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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1946
Page
6
The Nelsonville Elks Lodge hosts a 300 attendee anniversary event with remarks on local commerce. Cables Store and Shel don Dry Goods figures, including Charles Beugh and Lewis Seibert, trace a long mercantile lineage since 1849 as the district’s enduring shops receive greetings.
At a regular meeting of Athens County Selective Service Board 2, discharges filed by region servicemen were officially received and passed upon. Names listed include Robert Lewis Dixon, Esmond Lawson, Belford C. Davis, Cecil Eber Thomas, Harrold J. Johnson, Joseph Sherman Prater.
A home remedy promises fast relief from rheumatic arthritis and related pains. The ad sells Ru-Ex Compound with a two week supply mixed in water and lemon juice, dosed twice daily, claiming results within 48 hours and offering a money back guarantee if no improvement.
Nelsonville First Methodist Church will hold an evening worship at 7 PM followed by a week of meetings on the theme Religion and Life. The Rev. Benjamin A Middleton of Bremen Ohio will speak Tuesday guest minister. All evenings start at 7 PM public invited. Local notices list several residents and re enlistment of Ross Warren Riggs in 1941 with honorable discharge Jan 27.
Nelsonville Elks marked 47 years with a turkey dinner floor show and dance attended by about 300 members and guests. Ohio Elks President John H. Neate of Upper Sandusky spoke, introduced by E. S. Powell, with remarks by John DeBo and Paul Betts.
Members of the Nelsonville High School Band and Glee Club with guests enjoyed a skating party at the Athens Rollercade on Thursday November 14.
Tickets for the Thanksgiving night dance at Pomeroy go on sale at the Colonial Restaurant in Nelsonville. Barney Rapps orchestra will perform comedy novelties and specialty acts in addition to dance music in the auditorium.
In Nelsonville Louis Lee Lehman of Logan pleaded guilty to cluttering the streets with coal from a loaded truck. He was fined $10 plus costs. Isaac Floyd Johnson of Cleveland paid $10 and costs after pleading guilty to failing to stop at a stop sign. Norman Ervin of Local pleaded guilty to impersonating an officer and fined $25 plus costs after authorities removed a special police badge.
Nelsonville event reports a semi annual birthday dinner hosted by York Grange Friday with a regular meeting afterward. Vivian Maccombs led a program featuring pie and turkey contests won by Cliff Brown and Mrs Everett Carbaugh and Mrs Adda Maccombs, a chorus of Old Black Joe, and remarks by Mr and Mrs Everett Carbaugh. The next meeting is scheduled for December 6.
Out of town mourners attended the funeral for Edward Shuttleworth in Nelsonville at Murray City Tuesday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Harry Shuttleworth Detroit Mrs May Russell Collinsville Ir Mr and Mrs Henry Bennett and family Mr and Mrs Frank Thomas Barberton O Mr and Mrs Clarence Hardy and family Columbus Mr and Mrs Joe Shuttleworth New Straitsville O Mr and Mrs George M Jones Lewisburg W Va Mrs Clara Robinson Logan O Mrs Byron Phillips and Mrs William Cooper Columbus and Mrs D R Warishime Gallipolis.
Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter DAR members gather at Mrs L I Krieg's Nelsonville home Monday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Lettie Doe Hintz as program speaker assisted by Mrs Joe Hardy and Miss Margaret Barber
In Nelsonville the Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church will meet after church services Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Susan Wallace. Miss Louise Pearce will lead devotions and Mrs. George Lattimer will present the program.
Nelsonville resident Will Burnell received Friday two elk roasts sent by his brother Pat from Wyoming. The meat, butchered by a nephew Bob, was killed in Wyoming and frozen before being shipped to Ohio, arriving still frozen.
NELSONVILLE The Methodist Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. J D Adamson next Tuesday at 7 30 p m The assisting hostess will be Mrs Albert Inman and Mrs Malvern Wilson will lead the program.
The Birthday Club announces the meeting will be postponed from November 21 to December 5 in Nelsonville.
In 1849 Charles Cable started a tannery and Cable’s Store in Nelsonville, a venture now the Cable family’s 97th anniversary as a major department store on West Washington Street. The article traces revisions, partnerships, and dignitaries from mayor to postmaster, detailing the firm’s growth into a Southeastern Ohio department enterprise with 20,000 square feet, expanded lines, and long-time partners S. E. Dean and the Moore Estate.
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