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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1950
Page
10
The December meeting of the Martha Class of the Methodist Church has been postponed until Tuesday December 12. Mr and Mrs Amos Lehman have returned after visiting their daughters in Mt Vernon Ohio for Thanksgiving.
City employees under Mayor Earl y Service Safety Director Homer Adams and Street Commissioner Raymond Raine worked to clear snow from Nelsonville business streets. Crews used high lift shovels to speed removal and aimed to finish within a day.
Jasper J. Shepard 70 died Wednesday at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after a monthlong illness. Born in Morgan County he lived in Burr Oak all his life. He was treasurer of Bishopville Masonic Lodge. Survived by son Ira and six daughters, 17 grandchildren. Funeral plans pending Blower funeral home.
Funeral services for Alonzo R. Christian aged 35 of Columbus will be held Thursday at 1 p m at the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Nelsonville. Burial follows in Greenlawn Cemetery. Christian, a former local resident, was found dead Sunday in his car in a Columbus parking lot.
Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville restricts visiting to two per patient at a time starting Saturday December 2. Immediate family may be admitted when doctors order no visitors, and children under 16 are barred. Mother Lidwina and Sisters of St. Francis urge public cooperation for patient welfare.
Mrs. Emily Jonas 56 a lifelong Glouster resident and long time clerk of the Board of Public Affairs died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. She leaves two daughters Marcella Brown and Selma Williams four grandchildren and three brothers and three sisters. Funeral at Church of Christ Friday at 2 pm. Burial Maplewood Cemetery.
Thanksgiving dinner guests at the home of Mrs Ruth Johnson Millfield included Mr and Mrs Harold Johnson with daughters Dorothy and Caroline, plus Oris Foster and son Tommy of Columbus, and Mrs Margaret Hunter with daughters Patricia and Phyllis and son Robert of Guysville.
A Cub pack meeting at the Methodist Church is not held this Thursday. The next gathering is scheduled for Thursday December 23 at the same location.
Nelsonville reports the Community Chest pledges total about $2100 with final reports pending. Campaign chairman Paul Betts says the goal remains $2500 and notes current totals exceed last year's drive.
On Saturday November 25 the Ohio Bell Nelsonville exchange handled 11 000 local calls and 759 long distance connections. Long distance traffic roughly doubled typical volumes for a comparable day while local calls topped normal Saturday load by about 2000 during the ongoing storm emergency. Operators worked full shifts as the storm stranded Thanksgiving visitors away from home.
Mrs. Arthur Newman of Buchtel and Mrs. Henry G. Phillips of Circleville welcomed daughters. Fred McManaway Shirley Streets and Georgia Adams were admitted in Nelsonville. Mrs. Harry Bittner and son left Murray City. Loren Vincent Hoodlett and James McDaniels discharged from Nelsonville.
Thanksgiving guests visited numerous families including the Mace household with Ruby Barber and others from Athens New Marshfield Columbus and Barberton Ohio. The Dunlaps Browns and Crow families hosted relatives and friends from Newton Falls Vinton Athens Barberton and nearby suburbs for the holiday.
In Van Wert Ohio the Evans brothers seven Presbyterian ministers and elders gathered for a reunion in October at the First Presbyterian Church near Scott their birthplace. Notable leaders include Dr Hugh Ivan Evans moderator of the General Assembly and Rev John Lloyd Evans moderator of the Synod of Ohio. The dinner featured remarks on their devout upbringing and family involvement in church schools and activities.
Nelsonville VFW post headquarters on Riverside Road postponed the dinner meeting set for Thursday night due to unspecified reasons.
Mrs. Cynthia Phillips of Circleville is the 1000th patient admitted to Mount St. Mary Hospital since it opened last April, announced by the hospital staff today.
Charles Moody, 75, died Sunday at 6 50 am in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Born in Morgan County he lived most of his life in the area. Survived by wife Anna Nolan Moody two daughters Lucy Collins Columbus and Garnet North Crooksville Route 2 nine grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren four brothers Ollie Bishopville Neely Glou ster Route 2 Elza Chesterhill Virgil Chillicothe one sister Flora Joseph Bishopville. One son two sisters and one brother preceded him in death. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at C F Wallace funeral home Rev John Devol. Burial Maplewood Cemetery. Friends may call.
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