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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1963
Page
5
Nelsonville residents will receive by Saturday a copy of the proposed city charter plan ahead of the November election. The notice urges all voters to read and study the document to understand what the proposal entails before voting.
Local items report Mrs. Arthur Tripp's return home after ten days in Hocking Valley Hospital following surgery, and her husband remains hospitalized. Birth announced for Darla Jean Peters in Sheltering Arms Hospital with Peters family details. Various social visits, travels, and court note. Nelsonville charter discussion covers mayor or manager plans with a Missouri style charter proposal and voter participation urged.
Mr and Mrs Harold Holter spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Ted Hayman in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Evan Erle wine from Wellsburg and Mr and Mrs Joseph Erle wine from Proctor visited E W Erlewine and Serena. Mr and Mrs Marvin Marks visited Canton. Mrs Jim Carter visited Mr and Mrs Alvan Holesinger in Reedsville. Mr and Mrs Emerson Johnson of Portland and Mr and Mrs Harold Osborn of Reno visited Mrs Ethel Larkins.
The widow Nellie Alexander settles and dismisses her suit seeking 61 687 dollars after her husband Charles Crooksville flagman died four days post being struck by Mona Davis on Route 75 between New Straitsville and Shawnee on December 13 1961. Marriage licenses list several couples in Perry County.
Recent guests in Downington include Har ry Geipel and family of Massillon visiting C. A. Bolen in the Bolen home. Paulette Stanley joins visits with the Carsey household in Athens while Ora Carsey hosts others from New Marshfield and Pomeroy. The Rev Ray Rouse from West Virginia spent a weekend locally. Other visits include James Clark and Clark family in Harrisonville and Columbus trip by Mrs. James Clark.
Twig 4 Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild meets at 6 p.m. for a dinner program to discuss numerous fall and winter projects. World-Wide Communion Sunday observed at First Methodist Church with sermon The Fingers of God by Rev. Paul E. Ertel at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Legal notices include transfers, sales, and divorces from New Lexington and surrounding areas.
The Golden Rule Sunday School class met with Mrs. Fred Sisson and carpet rags were sewn. Christine Rife Napier, attending Rio Grande College, has been in North Carolina for months where her husband is stationed. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Spires celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary. Rev. Julius Chandler of Mulford spoke at Wesley Chapel homecoming. Galen Mulford and son Wendell visited his parents in Chillicothe. Ann Sisson, Columbus, and Mrs. Fred Sisson were noted. Mrs. Howard Roush and family from Columbus visited the Roushs. Elizabeth Athey Nuriel Spires and Irma Bales stayed with Ella LaRue’s family near Harrisonville.
Final program details for the 1963 national first aid and mine rescue contest were announced for Oct 7 to 9 at Charleston West Virginia Civic Center. Marling J Ankeny director of the Bureau of Mines said 16 teams are entered for the mine rescue segment Monday. The event is part of West Virginia Centennial observances with Gov Barron and dignitaries slated for the ceremonies at 8 pm. Admission to most events is free.
Nelsonville area hospital notes list admissions including Edward Oskey Sr Jacksons ville Robert L. McGill Millfield Lewis C. Bock McArthur Patsy A. Lambert Logan Master Dennis Lambert Logan David L. Wallace Nelsonville James Rogaski Jr Nelsonville Jack Hartley Nelsonville Route 2 Warren Dupler Buchtel and transfers to Children's Hospital Columbus and University Hospital Columbus. Also noted are local names, a blood usage total of four units, and unrelated local items about a blooming redbud tree and a baby shower in Logan.
Suzi Call a Fairmont State College freshman flies to Richmond Virginia to compete for the National Tobacco Queen crown She is West Virginia State Tobacco Princess and a Point Pleasant High School graduate Daughter of Harold and Viand Call she will also reign at the Black Walnut Festival in Spencer with niece Candie Jo Call as attendant and James Call as escort F C Winston Jr of Raleigh NC accompanies her to Richmond
The Rev. Harry Long, an Oklahoma Indian mission missionary and Creek Tribe member, will lead Sunday service at 10:30 am with holy communion at Trinity Methodist Church in Point Pleasant. The Methodist Youth Fellowship meets at 6 pm, evening sermon titled The Importance of Miracles at 7:30 pm, and the official board meets at 8:15 pm.
Edward F Kilbarger and Marjorie Ann Kilbarger convey a Logan lot to John C Owens and Angela B Owens. Property details and filing indicate a private real estate transfer between the named parties.
Nelsonville reports the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints plans apple butter making Monday and Tuesday to fund a church organ. Orders taken until Monday at 75 cents per quart with deliveries via PL 3 2698.
A feed pamphlet urges applying dieldrin after the first alfalfa cutting before November 1 to control both alfalfa weevil and spittlebug. It saves time by eliminating a separate spray and lets field work be done when soils are dry and workloads are lighter.
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