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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1956
Page
6
Nelsonville city council approved $935.11 for playground equipment at the new athletic field playground funded by a $2,500 county county appropriation. They also budgeted $1,160 to hire a patrolman June 1 to Oct 1, with possible continuation to fill retiring James Cope’s shoes.
A list of patients admitted to Mount St Marys Hospital including Seward Clark Glouster Ralph Hartley Deanville Mrs Mary Rush New Straits Mrs Jeanie Carpenter Nelsonville Mrs Hattie DeVol Carbon Hill Miss Audrey Barnes Newville Mrs Grace Ackison New Plu Route 1 Delbert Matheny Glouster Route 3 Mrs Bertha Fisher Nelsonville Richard Standall Nelsonville Earl Pyles Columbus Imogene Newman Buch tel John Adams Malta Route 3 Clyde Beddow Corning Route p Mrs Mary Kendrick New Thomas Vaughn Glouster Jemma Keels Hayden.
Mrs Elizabeth Brannon 67 of Radcliff dies Saturday evening. Funeral 10 a m Wednesday at Radcliff EUB with burial in Radcliff Cemetery. Survived by husband James Brannon two children Eldon Arbaugh and Mary two brothers Dale and Lon Hensler. Memorials may be made to the funeral home.
Nelsonville city board approves four new teachers for next year. vacancies reduced to two. Hires include Alice Lois Gray vocal music, William Carter high school, Nancy Smith elementary, and Clark Revel junior high. Six seniors to graduate, PTA and Elks announcements, and local meetings set. Police cautions bicycle riders to use streets and obey traffic laws.
The Buchtel York School Board will meet Friday at 7 pm in the Shafer Building. Applications for cooks janitors and child care workers will be accepted. A rummage sale and church event occur in Nelsonville with various items listed and a dinner served.
In Nelsonville the Sunday game between Nelsonville Burger and Nelsonville Sunnyhill nearly ended as foul balls vanished. Local youths relayed balls to an accomplice on a bicycle for a pool. six balls worth 18 dollars were recovered. Fans pitched in to buy more balls and play continued. Sunnyhill prevailed 2 4 0.
In Mexico City General Agustin Olochea urges more settlers to move west to the peninsula. He notes the region can absorb around a million new residents, citing good fishing, mining, industry, and fertile soil for agriculture and cotton. Brett Carter, a local figure linked to Chauncey and the Methodist church, dies. his rites set for Thursday at 1 pm at Chauncey Methodist Church, with burial at Chauncey Cemetery. Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home before services.
The Nelsonville Society of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gordon, with friends from Obetz and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gordon, plan an annual banquet. Paul Tomlinson and Earl Wright are noted participants. Women's Wednesday Night Bowl is mentioned. A phone call notes a meeting on Wednesday May 16 at 6 p.m. at First Methodist Church in Greenville, Ohio.
Mrs Elvin Bean hosted a slumber party for her daughter Sharon celebrating her 12th birthday. Guests enjoyed games, refreshments, and record playing as part of the evening. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Arerisx welcomed Mother's Day visitors Ross Keplar and his children Pam Lewis and Barbara from Cleveland for the weekend.
Nelsonville area mayor announces a new order requiring all dogs poultry and live stock to be penned up and kept on owners premises through October 1. The move follows multiple complaints from local property owners about animal control.
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