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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1953
Page
8
Carbon Hill High School seniors will hold baccalaureate services May 17 at 8 p m in the Methodist Church at Carbon Hill Rev Herbert H Harris will deliver the sermon. The Girls Glee Club will present the processional and recessional with numbers announced.
In Nelsonville Delmar Lee Nutt of Carbon Hill pleaded guilty in Mayor Arthur Kennedy’s court to operating a truck on Route 33 without a workable stop light. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and is employed by Kelly Transportation Co.
The roster lists 14 seniors receiving diplomas at commencement including Phyllis Blake Violet Chutes Shirley Clark Ana Devol Betty Morgan Lois Smart Dixie Wingman Bob Crippen Dick Devol John Lax Earl Lehman Darrel Lehman John Sanborn and Benny Spencer.
Mount St. Mary Hospital at Nelsonville rose from a broad community drive led by Sisters of St. Francis with a $600,000 pledge and $251,324.98 locally raised funded to $1.25 million via federal support. The project, aided by a nine‑unit guild and Lay Advisory Board, opened in 1950 offering 74 beds and modern facilities while serving patients from the Hocking Valley and beyond.
The game known as shovel-groat or shovel-penny was a popular pastime in England from the fifteenth century, according to Britannica. It highlights early names and cultural context for the pastime.
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