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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1948
Page
2
The Christian Church Women will meet Wednesday at 8 p m at 19 College Ave home of Mrs Frank Huddy. Officers to be elected and pot luck will be served. Mrs William Mills has returned from two weeks in Vestal New York with her daughter Mrs 8 S Minauit.
Barbara Hull five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Hull was moved to Children's Hospital in Columbus on Friday after local physicians indicated infantile paralysis as the cause. Board of Health quarantined the home and two other nearby residences where contact with the patient was suspected. School officials and Supt D W Codding were monitoring the situation.
NELSONVILLE On his promise to remove within a week a pile of logs from a sidewalk on W Frank lin Sr arraignment of Thurman Bishop on an affidavit alleging cluttering of a sidewalk was deferred by Mayor Oral Daugherty last night. The affidavit was filed by Vern Coakley safety service director. Kenneth A Bergin Columbus charged by the State Highway Patrol with operating a motor vehicle on the left side of the highway pleaded guilty in mayors court here Monday and was fined 10 dollars and costs.
In Nelsonville cooperative effort Athens and Hocking Valley Mining Co. will host Kimberly miners and wives for a showing of the color film Kimberly Mine From Pit to Car at the Grange Hall Wednesday at 8 p m The picture by C B Nye and E A Cottingham covers the mine operation The hall is located on the Kimberly Carbondale drive
Robert Mills has been moved from Hocking Valley Hospital Logan to his home in Carbondale after five weeks of heart treatment. He rested at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Warehime My ers Street during his absence.
A Nelsonville Route 2 birthday gathering honored L D Huddy on October 17 with a potluck dinner and cake. Relatives and friends from Nelsonville Athens Buffalo Gordon W Va and Oak Grove attended the surprise party at his home.
NELSONVILLE The High School PTA opened the new year with Mrs. Glen Thomas presiding Supt D W Codding introduced new teachers Minutes read by secretary pro tem Mrs Arthur Newton L A Davis elected treasurer to replace Sidney Parker committees announced Hospitality Mrs Lucille Weaver chair Program Mrs R M Brown Mrs Harley Cummins Miss Helen Washburn Mrs Tolliver Membership Mrs Arthur Newton Supt Codding urged renewal of the 8 mill school levy and Mrs Doris Perrin urged support for the 1 mill Children’s Home levy Refreshments were served in the Home Ec room with Mrs Albert Inman playing piano during group singing.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Burch Jr announce the birth of a son at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan on Saturday October 16. The baby is named James Anthony. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green, Mrs. Hazel Burch, Nelsonville, and Luther Burch Sr. Marion. great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Dalton, Nelsonville.
Mrs. Clayton Lee returns from Joliet Illinois where Mr. Lee has taken a new position. The Lee family plans to move there and make Joliet their home in the latter part of the week.
Nelsonville reports a meeting of the Athletic Boosters' Club at City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock announced by president Max Linton. Separately Mrs. W. E. Howe is recovering at home after surgery at St. Anthony's Hospital Columbus. Mrs. Lena Anderson travels to Zanesville for sister Mrs. Ed A. Mills at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Miss Jane Hickman and Spenny Steenrod of Ohio State University spent the week end in Nelsonville with their parents.
The New York Central Railroad sues S A Neiman of Nelsonville in Athens Common Pleas Court for 158.38. The claim is the difference between rates charged for used rail shipment to Chauncey and the amount collected, per the petition.
Southern Distributing Co. sues W. A. Miller Miller Produce Co. and Nelsonville in Common Pleas Court to recover totals of 296 dollars on outstanding accounts. The action names the defendant entities and seeks payment of the claimed amount.
Nelsonville residents attend the Dayton wedding of Louise Crafts and Dr. Boyd Adams at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The couple are linked to Crafts and Jones families with Nelsonville ties. Also announced is the Golden Rule Sunday School Class gathering at the Methodist Church hosted by Mrs. Marie Hoskins with assistants.
The Cosmopolitan Club met at Mrs. James Beard’s home on Fayette Street Friday October 15 with Mrs. Wesley Hawk presiding. One new member Mrs. Raymond M. Brown joined. The program included readings on United Nations and federation messages, tax and school levy discussions tied to November 2 ballots, and an Ohio Poetry Day roll call.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Ware announce the marriage of their niece Alice Jean Ruscoe to Ray Carter. The ceremony was held October 13 at Sixth Ave Methodist parsonage Lancaster with Rev Kenison officiating. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Charles L Smith of Logan. They will live with the bridegroom's parents. An engagement is announced for Helen DeVal DeVore and Robert Victor Oakley with a church wedding planned on Saturday.
Members of the Rainbow class of the Christian Church will be entertained Wednesday at 8 p m in the Tri Psi sorority rooms with Mrs Libby Phillips and Miss Anna Butt as hostesses.
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