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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1941

Page

2

Nelsonville Set to Face Scrappy Middleport Friday Night

Nelsonville prepares for a Friday night clash with the Middleport Yellow Jackets in a high school football showdown. Union Furnace hosts a meeting of Presbyterian Missionary Societies with members from Nelsonville in attendance led by district vice president Mrs. John Saltz.

Athens Messenger Athens Ohio Nelsonville Middleport Yellow Jackets Union Furnace Presbyterian Missionary Societies John Saltz Lloyd Evans E. J. Kessinger Hoskinson W. L. Hudson C. W. Backus Helen Chappie Blanche Riley Anna Chapman Nelsonville Greyhounds Hounds Jackson Gallipolis Wellston Ted Juniper Greyhound River Lads Pomeroy Middleport High School

Nelsonville Greyhounds Host Middleport Band Night

Nelsonville prepares for a tough Friday clash with Middleport as the Greyhounds seek a victory with key players fit. The Middleport band will join the halftime show, adding color to the visit in Athens County.

Athens County

Miss Shaw Writes To Friends Here

Nelsonville residents received letters from Helen Shaw former Nel sonville High School girls athletic director now Girl Scout director in Fort Wayne Indiana She attended the National Girl Scout Convention in Dallas Texas and will tour Chicago and Indianapolis speaking Miss Shaw directs all Girl Scout work in Allen County with Fort Wayne as the county seat.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Friends Helen Shaw Nelsonville High School Fort Wayne Ind Dallas Texas Miss Shaw Chicago Indianapolis Allen County

Nelsonville Social Notes and Personal News

Nelsonville social items recount church classes at the Methodist and Presbyterian venues, bridge club high scores, and tea attendance in Columbus. Local members, guests from Reno and Baltimore, and visiting nurses from Brooklyn are noted alongside family visits and obituaries for the Call couple.

R. R. Stalter John Edington Gay Aumiller Harry Kelly Columbus Lazarus Dave Evans Guy Juniper Reno Nevada John Carr Baltimore

Personal and Social Notes of Hemlock

Helen Allen returns from Denver visit to sister Darlene Hagley while learning another sister Letty Misch is ill. Numerous local families from Murray City Osborne Zanesville and Columbus are listed as visiting relatives or attending events. Nina Davis and Lora Davis attended the Erma Toki and William Gescei wedding in Corning.

Ohio State Harry Tharp Sam Lily Ellen Lily Etna Forest Dennis Bill Davis Don Chastain Osborne Charles Davis John McCoy Floyd Green Clarence Whitmore Logan Darley McCoy Nolan Williams Jack Kramnick Columbus Jack Williams Paul Williams Noah Bray Ralph Post Delaware West Virginia Pennsylvania Hollis Franklin Carolyn Robert Jewells Don Osenbaugh Cleveland Pareels Osenbaugh Everett Spergin Congo Geraldine Peyton Shawnee Nina Davis Wayne Pryor Raymond Potts Zanesville J. E. Moore New Lexington William Osenbaugh Thomas Inman Lawrence Inman Ed Stump White Cottage Samuel Inman Inez Tom Claude Houserman Lora Davis Erma Toki William Gescei Corning

Band To Give Benefit Dance In Nelsonville

The N H S Band sponsors a benefit dance Saturday night at the K of P Hall. The new high school swing orchestra will play from 8 30 to 12 o'clock. Tickets available from band members or at the door.

Nelsonville N.H.S

High School Senior Hospitalized After Appendectomy

Nelsonville note reports Londa Lee Pollock daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Pollock underwent an appendectomy Sunday at Cherrington Hospital Logan. She is in Room 34 and a member of the high school senior class. Also included is a wartime pay rate line noting British RAF sergeants earn 2.76 dollars daily and pilot sergeants 3.24 dollars daily.

Nelsonville Londa Lee Pollock Amos Pollock Cherrington Hospital Logan

Dundas Residents Hurt In Fog Accident

In Dundas near McArthur a foggy morning collision injured four passengers in Goldie Thompson’s car. W. M. Thompson and Nina Reeder were hospitalized in Chillicothe with arm, heel, and facial injuries. Bertha Curry and Hazel Easterling related events at Hercules Pants Factory showers for Mrs. Ghearing. Buddy Collins listed at Mitchell Field, N Y.

Dundas Martindill Columbus McArthur Goldie Thompson William Thompson Nina Reeder Bertha Curry Chillicothe Donna Thompson W. M. Thompson Reeder Chillicothe Hospital Curry Miss Thompson Hercules Pants Factory Wellston Harold Ghearing Hazel Easterling Ghearing

Williams Formula touted for stomach relief and sleep improvement

East Liverpool resident Harry E Hale of Hall Chemical Co endorses Williams Formula for relief from sour stomach gas pains and acid reflux after meals. The ad claims herbal extracts and minerals provide laxative gastric tonic and diuretic effects and invites readers to buy at Ball Drug Store in Nelsonville, Ohio.

Harry E. Hale W. Center Ave East Liverpool Ohio Hall Chemical Co Williams Ball Drug Store

Local man on leave visits family before Columbus trip

A man enjoyed a few days leave visiting his mother Mrs. Dave Ebberts and friends before traveling to Columbus on Monday to see his sisters Mrs. Francis Southern and Mrs. Floyd.

Dave Ebberts Columbus Francis Southern Floyd

TON JON No. 3 Aids Athens County Woman in Kidney Trouble

A Miss Mary Perry of The Plains Athens County reports TON JON No. 3 eased her long standing kidney trouble. She says relief came from the first use and she now sleeps better and can do housework without pain.

Ton Jon Mary Perry the Plains Athens County U. B

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