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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1965
Page
3
Postmaster William H. Theisen urges prompt mailing for armed forces parcels and air mail to overseas units between December 1 and 10. Gift parcels should be mailed by December 5 for distant states and December 14 for nearby areas to ensure Christmas delivery. Cards have deadlines of December 10 for distant states and the week of December 15 for local delivery.
The postmaster urges surface mail to Alaska and Hawaii be sent by Nov 30 and air mail by Dec 15 to ensure Christmas delivery. He stresses updating correspondents with correct addresses and ZIP codes, noting ZIP codes speed mail handling. The Nelsonville and Doanville code is 45764.
Dr. Roger Johnson presented color slides of Sky Corral Ranch near Fort Collins Colorado to Nelsonville Rotary members at Ethels Tea Room. He and his family vacationed there over the last two summers. Reservations for the Christmas party are due by December 7 for the December 14 event at Freds Steak House.
The Roberts family at 503 Chestnut St Nelsonville marks Bertha Roberts 91st birthday this Saturday. Illness confines Miss Roberts to home. Mildred Roberts, recently retired teacher, long served Nelsonville High School and Cleveland schools. Brother David W. is a retired locomotive engineer with CSX. The family descends from John T. Gray, early Nelsonville settler and tannery operator.
Wilbert W. Warren Jr. of W. W. Warren Funeral Home in Nelsonville has passed the Ohio State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors exam and received a funeral director license. He joined the family business in 1963 and holds degrees from Ohio State, Ohio University, and the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He served in the Navy, is married to Sue Allman, and has two children.
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Carl F Wes terviller Nelsonville Route 2 a son and Mr and Mrs Terry B Collins New Straitsville a son. Admissions include Datelene Scott Albany Route 1 Mrs Janice Waldeck Glouster Route 1 and others. Dismissals include Harry Burchfield Nelsonville Route 2 Joseph Braglin Logan Route 4 and several more.
Elks Lodge in Nelsonville invites students from Nelsonville City and York Local High Schools to a youth leadership contest. A U S savings bond will be awarded at local district state and national levels. Open to all 18 and under who show initiative citizenship and leadership. Entry blanks from school principals. Three judges will pick local winners.
NELSONVILLE The Post Office will close Thursday for Thanksgiving Day with no window service or city and rural delivery. Special delivery will operate and the lobby will stay open for lock box patrons. Postmaster William H. Theisen says holiday schedules cover incoming and outgoing mail. Frank Camp and Odus Mitchell lead Missouri Valley football in their 20th head-coaching season at the same school.
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