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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1947
Page
16
The defendant appeared in the court of Mayor Oral Daugherty on Wednesday and was fined $15 plus costs after a State Highway Patrol affidavit found him driving 65 mph in a 50 mph zone.
Mr and Mrs Virge Riley of Chillicothe return home after visiting Mr and Mrs C W Brush and Mrs Clara Potts who is ill Anne Brush accompanies them to Chillicothe for a few days. Mr and Mrs Raymond Sommers return to Phoenix Arizona after two weeks with relatives and friends here. Sulphur, once monopolized by Sicily, is now also sourced from Texas Louisiana and other regions.
Rev. Ralph W. Parks Jr spoke to the Nelsonville Rotary on practical church ministry across communities. He described broad outreach, including Alcoholic Anonymous, and noted 12,000 members cite its value. Parks urged continued social service emphasis and specialized training for future ministers.
Nelsonville Post No 3467, VFW will meet at 7 30 p m with all officers asked to attend. The session is the final local meeting before the state encampment in Columbus July 3 6. Delegates and alternates will receive credentials at this time.
Robert Ohlinger, moved from Ohlinger City to Ford Hospital Detroit for treatment and operation, located in Room B-108. Local visitors, quilting group, and several families shared news of visits and attendance at Mrs. Hendershott and Webb Cole.
Miss Ives Lorraine Kettell married Herman Gilbert Bond at 3 p.m. Sunday in Happy Hollow Church of Christ in Nelsonville. Rev. O. A. Awe officiated. The bride, daughter of George and Mrs. Kettell, and the groom, son of Ernie Norgle and family, reside in Columbus after the ceremony.
Announced engagement of Miss Myreta Jane Adams of Dayton to Mr. Robert Reynolds son of Mrs Lew is Erb of Nelsonville. The wedding is planned for Dayton in late summer.
Mrs John A Herrold hosted a rehearsal party Wednesday evening for the Sharp Dozier wedding. Red roses filled the living room while white flowers decorated the dining room. The brides table held a bowl of regal lilies and baby breath with tall white tapers in crystal holders.
Serving by her sister-in-law Mrs John Tracy of Pasadena and Mrs Joe B Davis hosted 30 guests. Visitors from Rocky Mount N C Needham Dozier Jr and others joined including Miss Georgi anne Tuck Pontiac Mich Miss Marilyn Young White Bear Lake Minn Miss Mary Covert Cleveland Glanville Wheeler Cedar Rapids Iowa Mrs Eva Hocutt Washington DC Mw Co B Fike Ahoskie NC Claude Fike New York City Miss Evelyn Fike Marion Indiana and Miss Mary Louise Bowen Logan.
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