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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1954
Page
9
Nelsonville plans for the Parade of the Hills homecoming in September 1954 call for a five day festival without a carnival. An enlarged sponsor committee will recruit more members, with events starting September 8 and Old Timers Day closing September 12.
Nelsonville stores affiliated with the Retail Merchants Association will close all day Monday May 31 for Memorial Day. Local banks will also be closed. The American Legion will sponsor services at Fort Street Cemetery and Green Lawn Cemetery Monday morning.
Nelsonville church announces annual Vacation Bible School at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Jackson Street. Sessions run June 7 to June 18 from 9 to 11 a.m. with theme Treasuring Gods Word. Children ages 4 through 15 invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Harry Hoskinson Jr Nelsonville welcome a son. Admitted include Mrs Minnie Laughlin Nelsonville Mrs Stella L Porter Glouster Mrs Enid Cox Trimble Route Mrs Ollie Hise New Straits ville Route 1 Charles Saxon Nelsonville Route 2 William W Biggins Stewart Mrs Arthur Everett Trimble Route 1 and daughter Earl Barnhart New Plymouth Route 1 Joseph Blackford Glouster Route 3 and Mrs Nellie Mitchell Murray City.
Funeral services for Oscar VU Harris will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Bartlett Methodist Church with burial in Bartlett Cemetery. Friends may call at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home in Chesterhill at any time.
Nelsonville report shows Valley Lodge 169 debating remodeling of the Pythian Building during a regular session. Roof repairs are planned for summer. Lodge trustees listed as Ward Phillips Paul Wolfe and Clarence Monks.
The Union Furnace and New Plymouth Presbyterian congregations vote to call James Howell of Princeton Seminary as their minister. If accepted by Howell and Athens Presbytery, he would begin July 1. the call includes salary, manse, pension, and one month vacation. Lloyd Evans led the meeting with broad participation amid ongoing services by William Gill at Union Furnace.
The Business Girls class and Young Matrons of the Christian Church met at Mrs. How ard Plummer’s home Thursday. Mrs. Mildred Barrows led a program The Keeper of the Springs by Peter Marshall. A surprise miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Ruth Ann Tolliver Williams with refreshments for attendees and gift givers listed.
Circle 4 WSCS of the First Methodist Church hosted a 6 o'clock dinner in the church parlors with 37 attendees. Mrs Florence Coakley opened with devotions and welcome, led hymns, and Mrs George Freer reviewed Ruth while Miss Bessie Stephenson played two accordion solos. Prizes in contests went to Mrs Hazel Bean, Mrs Miriam Butts, Mrs Annabell Davis, and Mrs Doris Pergrin. A brief business meeting concluded.
Sponsored by the Mothers Club and the school the Oak Grove ice cream social is set for Friday at 7 30 p m Pie will be served and attendees may enjoy a community gathering with dessert included.
Mr and Mrs Frank Williams of Pasadena arrive in Nelsonville for several days visit to attend the 55th class reunion of Mrs Williams at the Alumni banquet Friday. Ada Beerman accompanies the couple.
Mrs Don na Riley led a First Methodist Church WSCS Circle 3 discussion on Why Support Missions using Bible based statements for home and abroad. Mrs Ronald Riley led devotions on The Great Prayers of the Bible. Miss Margaret Clark presided at the business session. Hostess Mrs Donna Riley served refreshments. Officers' Training Day at Albany on June 16 was announced.
Mrs Bessie Ball of this city and Mrs C L Stevens of Ka lerny Farm Fisher Station spent the end of the week in Delaware Ohio as guests of their sister Mrs Evelyn D Wood.
Seventh Annual Dairy Day planned by co chairs Donald A. Hutchison and James Fike. Event at the university dairy farm Mileground Road begins 10 a.m. with Dr. Herrell De Graff of Cornell speaking on milk economy in diet and the theme Drink More Milk. A full program will be released soon.
Nelsonville route 2 resident Charles Saxon employed by Snake Hollow Coal Co. was seriously hurt Monday when a high wall slip struck him. He suffered facial and neck lacerations and multiple fractures and was admitted to Mount St. Mary Hospital.
Two hit and run incidents were reported to police. Harold Johnson of East Clayton said his car on Canal Street near the Dairy Queen was struck by an eastbound vehicle, damaging the left rear fender and bumper while the other car left its right rear fender and hub cap. An affidavit was filed. Early Sunday two mail boxes on Route 216 Mason City Hill were knocked down by a hit and run.
Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Keplar widow of Barney Keplar who died in 1933 were conducted by Rev J A Long at the Christian Church where she had been a member for many years. Attending from away were numerous relatives and friends from Dayton Akron Lancaster Chauncey Columbus New York City and Columbus with members of the Keplar and Sporn families among others.
Two divorce petitions were filed in Circuit Court at Point Pleasant on Monday. Greta Marilyn Allen sues Lowell Allen and Anne W Reynolds sues George R Reynolds. Both cases list J G F Johnson as attorney.
Lawrence B. Copley Jr of Columbus pleaded guilty on arraignment before May or Earl Hilleary in court and was fined ten dollars plus costs after being charged by the State Highway Patrol with operating a motor vehicle without a muffler.
Hearing on charges of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest for Sherman Locke in Nelsonville was postponed from Monday to Friday at the request of attorneys.
Mrs Henry Rayburn and son at 2301 Mt Vernon Ave city. Mrs Charles Blazer and daughter of Point Pleasant Route 1. Mrs Gene McCool of Point Pleasant Route 1. a daughter Kathi Jean. Charles Kutrufis of 114 Dectar St underwent surgery.
Keith Grueser of Camp Conley earns six years of perfect school attendance and eight years of perfect Sunday School attendance. A 4-H member active in Trinity Methodist Church, he decks his garden and plans to continue school with hopes of an even stronger record.
POINT PLEASANT A volunteer 4 H Club Leaders Conference will be held at Jacksons Mill beginning Monday evening May 31. The event opens with supper and closes with breakfast June 5. Leaders assistants and adult council members are eligible. Registration is 10.20 with a few 6 scholarships available. The 4 H Leaders Association will help with transportation costs.
New Haven Lions Club announced Charles Icenhower won the commercial award. Delegates to the Lions Convention in Bluefield were H C Roney and John Dyer. Perfect attendance awards went to Earl Caldwell, Charles Jewell, and Bob Johnston. Jack Frey won the key award for most new members. Memorial Day plans and a city clean up drive were discussed. Ladies Night set for June 15. Attendees included Keith Arnold, Gene Athey, Earl Caldwell, Robert Cooke, John Dyer, David Fields Jr, Jack Frey, George Jewell, Lloyd Hennon, Charles Jewell, Bob Johnston, Bob Layne, Hank Roney, Ben Sayre, Clarence Tennant, Bethel Vance, Max Wetherall, and Karl N. Wilkes.
Mrs. Laura M. Lichelman aged 64 of Springfield died from injuries sustained when her car rolled from a parking space three days earlier. She was trapped between the car door and the vehicle as it wedged against a fence.
Point Clinic notes list admissions including Mrs Manuel Doninguez of Dayton for surgery, Miss Marcella Sayre of Leon for medical, Mrs Pearl Pearson of Point Pleasant for surgery, Ira Potts of Apple Grove, and Mr and Mrs Charlies King of Burdette Addition welcoming a daughter.
Bert Odell Honaker 26, of Gallipolis Ferry. Freda Lee McKinney 20, of Gallipolis Ferry. Robert Hatfield 33, of Leonard. Louisa Maxine Thornton 19, of Leon appear in a public records filing.
Mr and Mrs Dana Durst and daughter Linda Sue hosted a dinner at their Sand Hill Road home honoring Mr and Mrs J Milton Lewis who will move to Niles Ohio for employment. Attendees included Heights EUB Church choir members and many local residents and friends.
The Mason County Post 23 American Legion Auxiliary met Monday at Farmer's Hotel in Gallipolis. Re elected president Mrs Freda Fruth heads a slate including Nellie Lozier as first vice president and Mrs Fred Norris as second vice president plus treasurer Mrs Vernon Deweese secretary Mrs Clifford Durst sergeant at arms Mrs Vailie Toney and chaplain Mrs Calvin Maloney. They approved a $5 donation to the cancer fund and noted bake sale proceeds of $46.21 with poppy sale totals of $341. Marjorie Waldie led the program with poems read by Waldie and Maloney. Present were numerous members.
Hamlin West Virginia John Delbert Thompson 68 of Bowles Route was treating a mule for an open sore when the animal balked and threw him into rocks and a creek. He died from internal injuries after arriving at a Huntington hospital.
The National Farm Loan Association and Production Credit Association have moved from 419 Main St to the stone building at 219 Sixth St. The new offices share the building with the Athens Messenger and Justice of the Peace A. M. Goodwin.
Lawrence Searberry, son of Mr and Mrs Johnson Searberry of Letart Route 1, reports to the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point NC for duty with the Second Marine Aircraft Wing at ATR station Letart.
The Future Teachers Association of Point Pleasant High School held a buffet supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bardin on Jefferson Boulevard. Honor guests included Betsy Knapp Marlene Bumgardner Jean McCoy Eval Hill and Wayne Gammon with other members present such as Kennetta Shaffer Nancy Allen Janice Jordan Judy Mitchell Shirley Casey and Sue Rhodes. Guest of the club was Mrs Bethra S Filson.
Mrs F W Ingraham of Windsor Court has returned to the United States after months with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harry Bateson and their son Donald in Germany. She will visit another daughter and family Mr and Mrs Ben Stout and children Susan and David of Cornwall on the Hudson before returning home Returns at Wind sor Court after travels through Austria Bavaria Ireland and Scotland.
Mrs A F Wilson entertained with a dessert bridge party at her Park River home. Iris and rosebud decorations graced the rooms. High score went to Mrs Carroll Casto, second to Mrs J A Shinn, with guests including Mrs Casto, Mrs Shinn, Mrs Robert Corrie, Mrs J H Somerville Jr, Mrs W J Somerville, Mrs Fiton Boggan, Mrs William Woolfitt, and Mrs C L Head.
Vernon Durst and Harry Click visited Point Pleasant from Chestnut Ridge on Monday. Ohio residents Earl Shank and family visited Letart Falls. The article notes multiple weekend and Sunday visits among locals including the Bissells, the Olivers, the Thormases, and the Genslers, with travel to Columbus and Cincinnati for family events and hospital care.
Miss Phyllis Kapp of Pleasant spent Sunday with the Rev and Mrs Gary Roath at Hen-Tesy Uk MA providing a brief social notice of a neighborhood greeting.
An Athens Pharmacy advertises Blue Lustre, promoted as the greatest scientific advance in home carpet cleaning. The process involves vacuuming, applying foam with a long handle brush, letting dry, then vacuuming again. Store location: Court St Athens Ohio.
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