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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
2
An informal Child Welfare Council meeting at W. W. Warren’s home discussed forming a Nelsonville Community Chest. The plan would pool funds from public campaigns, set a single annual goal, and allocate distributions to member groups. A January meeting will report budgets and make a final decision.
Nelsonville High School held a Wednesday assembly showing the five reel sound film The Lady of the Lake. Student Council supervised by Kenneth Kinneer organized the program with Paul Wright as master of ceremonies, Jack Pritchard leading the color guard, and Dick Blair and Dean Bailey as flag bearers. The high school orchestra provided music, Ruth Laessle read the scripture lesson and led in prayer, and Supt. E. J. Arnold along with the master of ceremonies made announcements.
Nelsonville Christmas carols will be piped in Christmas Eve following a Girl Scout meeting. Thirty girls from Troops 1 and 2 directed by Miss Helen Shaw will perform. Shepherd's pipes are being made, with regular rehearsals planned and pipes of varying tones for harmonizing.
The Rev. and Mrs. D. C. Shearer of Marion Ohio are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shearer and Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Butts for Thanksgiving. Mrs. Clarence Butts and Miss Margaret Butts joined in the trip, leaving Wednesday evening for Kirksville Missouri to spend the holiday with relatives.
Mrs. Bess Higgins hosted the Loyal Workers class of the M E Church at her Poplar Street home Friday evening. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Cora Davis and Mrs. Alex Dailey. Mrs. Gus Pidcock led the devotions. Refreshments served to 14 members.
Homer Rodehaver will visit Nelsonville for a week of special meetings from Nov 29 to Dec 6. Rev. Lloyd Evans Rev. Leland Goodman and Rev. Harry Rothrock join in the preaching plan at the Christian Church with union services Thursday Friday and weekend events led by Rodehaver and local pastors for a broad community worship effort.
Eudora Chapter No. 72 Order of Eastern Star plans a notable installation at the Masonic Temple in Nelsonville. Miss Jessie Peck of Fostoria will install, assisted by Elma Haullinger of Springfield and Roberta Mindling of Beverly. Inez Wilson leads District 25. A 6 o'clock covered dish dinner precedes a 7:30 public ceremony. Masons and families welcome.
Mrs Retta Thompson 51 wife of W G Thompson died Wednesday morning at the family home in Columbus after a three week illness. She was the daughter of Aaron McNabb Nelsonville and was born and raised there. Burial will be at Greenlawn Nelsonville. Survived by husband, father, a son Belford of Columbus and a daughter Opal Clark of Moundsville West Virginia.
Local home gatherings feature visits by the Elliott Wingett Minear Reeder Knowlton West Woodrum Tom Bailes and other area families. News includes illness recovery and a Detroit relocation for Thomas Davis as well as a note about U S patent control on revolutionary television developments.
Ontario man Joseph Meredith credits OURINE with restoring hearing after two years of head noises. He reports hearing the minister read Scripture for the first time in years and urges ear patients to try the preparation, claiming quick relief at low cost with a money back guarantee.
Nelsonville High School hosts a Country Fair on Monday night December 14 at 7 30. The event offers free samples from various companies including soap powder baking soda crackers cookies gum and candy with songs dances and dialogues as entertainment. Admission covers samples and the program. Committee members include Lillian Stover and several others.
The Chester M. E. Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs. Everett Hayes, eighteen members attended, and refreshments were served. A salad demonstration occurred at the school with another cheese making session planned for Jan. 5 led by Eleanor Whitney. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones and daughter Mary visited Coolville. Daughters of America from Chester Council attended church services in thanksgiving attire. Jennie Osborn visited Ravenswood after a funeral, and a basketball crowd saw Chester narrowly beat Stewart at home.
Men teachers at Gallipolis High School and Washington Building meet weekly on Mondays to play volleyball and other recreations and plan to hold dinner meetings a few times annually.
Camp Nelson in Nelsonville plans a turkey dinner with mince pie for 155 boys and officers from the Army and Forest Service on Thanksgiving Day. The camp nears full occupancy with new kitchens, heated barracks, and electric lights. Fire remains a hazard with several calls and a 200 acre timber loss.
Miss Elizabeth Backus entertained her Sunday School class of the Presbyterian Church with a 6 o'clock dinner at the Dew Hotel on Tuesday evening. Afterward the group moved to the Backus home on E Franklin Street and played bingo with prizes awarded to Rosemary Snackenburg and Cleo Schmitter.
Clerks at The Athens Pharmacy demonstrate END-O-CORN to remove all corns and callouses. Beginning today and through next week thousands of Athens residents are urged to learn about a remedy claimed to remove corns quickly and painlessly. The product costs fifty cents and is praised as a cure-all worth much more.
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