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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1952
Page
6
Connie Herman of Lancaster pleaded guilty to passing a school bus during disembarkation in Nelsonville. Mayor Paul Galvin fined her $10 plus costs. affidavit filed by Leonard Breeze, the bus driver.
Nelsonville The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany sponsors a rummage sale in the Warner building on West Columbus Street. The sale runs Friday and Saturday with doors opening at 9 a.m. each day.
Nelsonville merchants outlined holiday plans at City Hall. About 1000 dollars for extra street decorations was authorized. The extended Christmas adornment will cover the Public Square and key streets to Cables Alley. Promotions begin November 17 with longer store hours starting December 19 and 7:30 p.m. closings on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. A Bob Wilson Studio meeting next Monday at 7 p.m. will finalize Christmas plans.
Charles Henry Kesterson 67 died this morning at Rocky Glen Sanitarium McConnelsville after being brought there yesterday. A miner and carpenter he lived with daughter Opal Arnold Carbondale and is survived by three daughters Martha Hamilton Helen Hughes Pauline St John, three sons Elmer Logan Harold Leonard, a brother John and sister Dora Kittell, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services Saturday 2 p.m. at Warren funeral home conducted by Rev. William Brown burial Green Lawn Cemetery.
The Organiser cites Vividh Vrit evidence that S. B. Talpade flew an electrically controlled aircraft over Bombay in 1895, eight years before the Wright brothers. The flight reportedly ended safely with Talpade later losing interest after his wife’s death and a British firm buying his machinery.
Nelsonville Mrs Wesley Hawk opened the WSCS meeting in First Methodist social rooms with a program Fruits of Evangelism. A quartet sang Tell Me His Name Again and Mrs Clifford Weiss presided over business while reports were read. Members planned a dinner for November 18 and an executive board meeting for November 17.
A loaded school bus on Route 62 two miles north of Point Pleasant collided with a truck while the bus driver George W. Kearns attempted a left turn. The 50 pupils aboard were unharmed. the driver suffered a facial cut and the truck driver Claude Adkins received a ticket for defective brakes. Another bus then transported the students to Point Pleasant.
A 35 year old dress shop owner in Oakland Calif during her final driving lesson lost control after hitting a curb. The car rammed a house creating a 4 by 11 foot hole and halted with the front end suspended in the basement. license issuance was postponed.
A Pittsburgh man lent an engagement ring to a friend to seal an engagement with payment to come. The engaged man was drafted, the engagement failed, and the lender now has a court order to reclaim the ring from the former fiancée.
Mr and Mrs Jesse H Jones donated 600000 toward building the Houston Academy of Medicine Library in the Texas Medical Center. The library will house about 145000 volumes and is the ninth building in the center.
Twig 5 of Mount St Mary Hospital Guild elected officers at a Tuesday meeting held at the home of Mrs. Glenn Tharp. Eleanor Hammond RN was named chairman with Tharp as vice chair, Clyde Ray recording secretary Oral Daugherty correspondence secretary and Dewey Ruscoe treasurer.
Plans for a Christmas bazaar and for sending gift boxes to boys in service were finalized at a Monday meeting of the Women’s Christian Fellowship of the Christian Church. Mrs Edith Patton led the session with hymn singing and devotionals included by Mrs Gertrude Ray who read the 103rd Psalm.
Mrs. Virginia Rowland led a discussion on Freedom's Legacies from These Rights We Hold. Refreshments during social hour were served to several members, and the next meeting is set for Monday December 1 at Mrs. Elizabeth Tignor's home with Mrs. Williams leading devotions and Mrs. Bess Long presenting.
The president Mrs. Bessie Bland led a meeting with a pot luck dinner and games. Prizes went to Mrs. Adda Neikirk, Mrs. Grace Lax, and Mrs. Bland. The next meeting is scheduled for November 19 at Mrs. Ila Mallin’s home in Nelsonville.
Last Sunday evening the MYF seniors of First Methodist Church entertained the intermediates. Devotions were given by juniors Shelby Swank and Bob Jackson who also led games. Refreshments followed catered by Shelby Swank and Ruth Beal with assistance from Mrs. V. C. Pfeiffer and counselors Mrs. Orlando Howson and Mrs. Robert Butts.
Mrs Elizabeth Hannahs entertained members of the Wednesday Night Club at her Murray City home last night. The business session followed with social remarks and plans for upcoming community events.
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