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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1945
Page
2
Nelsonville Methodist members met at Mrs Ruth Call s home with gifts to the organ fund and plans for a Christmas party December 10 including a 6 o clock dinner and gift exchange. Hostesses served to 16 members and 2 guests.
Mr and Mrs Frank Riley Mason City Hill announce the marriage of their daughter Vivian Pauline to George Jacob Whiteman of Athens. They wed in Athens on November 21 with Justice J W Bailey officiating. The bride wore aqua flannel. plan to reside in Athens. The notice mentions a later event with trees and a memorial project, including donors and a Penny march raising funds.
NELSONVILLE Marion F Lambert Gore Rt 1 pleaded guilty to an intoxication complaint and was fined 35 and costs by Mayor Miles Howe on Wednesday. Lambert was arrested after a wreck on East Canal Rd. driving east, colliding with a machine owned by Oakley Hanning parked astride the curb. In Lambert's car were Leo White of New Brunswick and Merlin Kline of 216 West Washington St. both receiving a slight forehead cut. others not injured. Both cars were badly damaged according to the officer.
Nelsonville social notes report the Loyal Workers Class of the Methodist Sunday School entertained in church parlors with Mrs. Cora Davis and others as hostesses. Officers for 1946 were elected and plans set for the December 18 Christmas party. Also noted are Thanksgiving and visiting relatives events involving Col Henry Crawford and various local families.
Nelsonville War Council appeals to Eastern Star members to donate a necktie for veterans at Cambridge hospital. Ties with name and address should be given at the Masonic Temple installation of Hudera Chapter No 72 on Friday night November 30 at 8 o'clock. If unable to attend, ties may be left at Betts Drug Store this weekend.
Apple Grove and nearby communities share Thanksgiving visits with relatives at Parkersburg Letart Falls Ravenna and Letart. Guests include Mr and Mrs Howard Carpenter and family Mrs John Hayman caring for Mattie in Washington and Cpl Howard Scott Shank home from Fort Bragg with a turkey dinner in his honor. Robert Bardain returns to Nelsonville after three years Navy service in the South Pacific earning Asiatic Pacific Ribbon two Battle Stars American Defense and three years Good Conduct.
A bird study grew popular as soldiers in distant theaters used feather care as wholesome relief from battle stress. The hobby spread familiarity with avian species and offered a calming distraction amid long deployments.
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