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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1926
Page
3
Nelsonville calls a seven-item special session led by Mayor L J Eberle to discuss fire department upgrades and budget reallocations. City Solicitor Fred S Scott warns bonding must be enacted this year for near term fire equipment purchases.
Nelsonville. Edward Boss, seriously injured in the Nelsonville New Straitsville football game last Saturday, is reported to be recovering at his home. He will be unable to attend school for another week.
Nelsonville notices a sacred concert at the Methodist church Sunday evening directed by Professor Charles E. Poston. This marks the first in a series of sacred concerts planned for the winter and spring months, reflecting Poston’s long experience as a music professor and church organist.
Delethia Evans 77 died Friday evening at her Elizabeth Street home after a long illness. Widow of Thomas Evans she left a son Pearl and four daughters including Mrs Ida Phillips Mrs Ella Shaner and Mrs Minnie Shaner all of Nelsonville and Mrs Margaret Price of Radcliff Ohio. Funeral processions leave Nelsonville Monday for Radcliff where services and burial will be held.
Annis Brown 67 wife of the late Samuel Brown died Friday night at her home in Buchtel. Funeral services Monday at 1 oclock at the residence by Rev. O J Howearth. Burial in Buchtel cemetery. She leaves four daughters and two sons. Husband died in March.
EFI Karnak Grotto of Nelsonville with wide valley membership plans a ceremonial session in Nelsonville on November 27. The gathering aims to mark fraternal events and engage local members in community activities.
The clipping records a Thanksgiving dinner with multiple households including Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis and guests, and notes the birth of a seven and a half pound son named Joe Shelby to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cox. Additional entries mention visits and travel by Clyde Anderson and his wife, Mrs. Will North and son Max, Miss Elizabeth Inman, and Mrs. Ida Jewett with brief dinner coverage.
A series of social visits and travel notes from Athens Ohio include W T Bean and others returning home to Stockdale Ohio after holidays. Visitors Raymond Shaner Detroit and Ray Ashby Pittsburgh are mentioned. Court actions report two men fined $100 each for possession. Mayor Ebere and Chief Pearson figures appear in a disturbance case on Last Washington Street Friday night with Merz and Johnson involved.
Nelsonville report says Blaine Merz pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor L J Eberle and was fined ten dollars plus costs. He filed an affidavit against James Standall accusing him of furnishing liquor.
A Thanksgiving day family reunion at Miss Margaret Clark’s Nelsonville home brought together Henry Stephenson of East Bank West Virginia and relatives from Mineral Ohio Bedford and Logan. Guests included James Harbarger and family, Eunice and Venice, James Harbarger Jr., Melvin Harbarger and son James, Virgil Brown and others. A musical program featured Virgil Brown and Melvin Harbarger.
Current events were the response to roll call Friday evening as members gathered for a Cosmpolitan Club meeting.
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