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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1961

Page

3

Chauncey-Dover Opens Sept 9 For School Year

Chauncey-Dover Exempted Village schools restart Tuesday under S L Darst with 2 30 p m dismissal. New entry rules require six by Nov 30, birth certificate, and immunizations against polio smallpox diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough or a written parental objection. Temporary teacher assignments listed for Chauncey Millfield Sugar Creek and high school with staff across elementary and secondary grades.

Chauncey Chauncey-Dover S. L. Darst Darst Ruth Hartley Pauline McClean Ruth Willis Margaret Shepard Sandra Gillespie Peggy Taylor Isabel Schrappe Joyce Richardson Helen Walls John Reach Ruth Bridgewater Millfield Ruth Simpkins Helen Sanders Mildred Russell Sugar Creek Jean Chase Florence Gason Mary Weisenbach Don Anderson Leah Featherston

Scouts Hike Five Miles Near Nelsonville For badges

Girl Scout Troop 9 hikers covered five miles from the Scout Little House, circling The Point on a hill overlooking Nelsonville and Kimberly. They cooked supper with one match, shared songs by a large campfire, studied nature and stars, and earned hiking and camping proficiency badges under Violet Hollenbaugh and Janet Wolfe.

Nelsonville Scout Troop 9 Adams Street Big Kimberly Violet Hollenbaugh Janet Wolfe

Births and admissions at Mount St. Mary Hospital

The Mount St. Mary Hospital notes report births for Donald Norris and Lewis Whitmore couples. Admissions include Sherry Freeman, Geneva Stalling, Carol Keeney, Ethel Hooper. Discharges list Patricia Rieder and Chlora Leach among others. Blood used six units.

Mount ST. Mary Hospital Geneva Stalling New Lexington Carol Keeney Nelsonville Ethel Hooper Glouster

Nelsonville Private Wood Begins Fort Knox Training

Private Gary Wood 18 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wood Nelsonville is at Fort Knox Kentucky with Company B 10th Battalion Fourth Training Regiment for eight weeks of basic combat training focused on rifleman duties military life indoctrination and preparation for advanced skills program ends September 23 Wood graduated Union Furnace High School in 1961 before entering service.

Nelsonville Gary Wood Charles Wood Fourth Training Regiment BCT US Army Training Center Armor Fort Knox Wood Union Furnace High School

Ex-Teacher Organist Dies in Buffalo Home

Mrs. Fannie Ray Fry 87 of 1510 Viand St. a former Mason County school teacher and Trinity Methodist Church organist for 62 years died at 7 Ban Pridey at a nursing home in Buffalo after nine years of illness. Born in Buffalo she lived most of her life in Mason County. Survived by daughter Mrs. Carl Gardner Point Pleasant son Charles M. Fry Point Pleasant two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Crow funeral home arranging.

Point Pleasant Fannie Ray Fry Viand St Mason County Ban Pridey Buffalo Fry Trinity Methodist Church W. Va Charles E. Ray Carl Genvieve) Gardner Charles M. Fry The Crow Funeral Home

Middleport Woman Nancy Siders Dies at 75

Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Siders of Logan Street died Friday morning at Meigs General Hospital. Survived by daughter Louise, sons Leslie and Cleland, a grandson, four great grandchildren, sister Blanche Winsteed, and brothers Earl and Charles Good. Husband William preceded her. Visitation at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with services Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev. Ralph Zandel officiating. Burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery.

Elizabeth Siders Logan S Meigs General Hospital Louise Siders Leslie Pomeroy and Cleland Blanche Winsteed Megadore Earl Good Akron Charles Good Canton William Rawlings-Coats Ralph Zandel Middleport Hill Cemetery

Group One to Meet Nelsonville

Group One of the Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the home of Mrs. Glenn Allen 105 Madison Street. Mrs. Edgar Stedwill will lead the program and devotions.

Nelsonville Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church Wll Glenn Allen Madison St Edgar Stedwill

Driver Cited After Wreck in Nelsonville

Nelsonville scene at 6 20 p m Thursday two car crash near Baties West End Drive In led to citations for Melvin Woods 37 of Nelsonville Route 1 for failure to signal and A Waldemar Johnson 63 of Columbus for improper passing after police found Woods veered toward the centerline and Johnson attempted a right side pass. No injuries were reported as both cars traveling east on Route 33 sustained damage to doors and fender.

Nelsonville Melvin Lee Woods A. Waldemar Johnson Fourth St Columbus Batie West End Woods Johnson

Ex-Resident Dies At St Wallace Ophir Burk

Wallace Ophir Burk 89 formerly of Hebardville died Thursday in West Springfield Pa at the home of a daughter Mrs Bessie M Draper His wife Leora and a son Wade W Burk died earlier Survivors include another daughter Mrs Sarah Alice Aeshleman Cleveland and two sons Wenzel E Burk and Herman H Burk Akron Graveside services by Rev Richard Kasunic at 3 p m Sunday in the Alexander Presbyterian Church Cemetery Hebardsville

Wallace Ophir Burk Hebardville West Springfield Bessie M. Draper Leora Wade W. Burk Sarah Alice Aeshleman Cleveland Wenzel E. Burk Herman H. Burk Akron Richard Kasunic Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebardsville

Ex Chester Woman Corena Massar 81 Dies in Parkersburg

Corena Lorena Massar 81, former Chester resident, died after an extended illness Thursday at Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg West Virginia. Born near Coolville she was daughter of Alexander and Jennie DeVore and married Charles Massar in 1907. Survived by two sons Leonard Belpre and Charlies at home a daughter in law two daughters in law nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. husband three sisters and a brother preceded her in death. She lived on the Massar homestead in Meigs County and later with her son Leonard in Belpre. She belonged to First Lutheran Church Parkersburg. Services 2 p.m. Sunday Spencer funeral home Pastor H G Schwegler officiating burial Massar Cemetery near Chester. Friends may call after Saturday noon.

Belpre Corena Lorena Massar Chester Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg W. Va Leonard Charlies Arville Frecker Tuppers Plains Beulah Williams Vera Beach Fla Massar Meigs County First Lutheran Church of Parker

Athens Labor Market Estimated for August 1961

The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports in its August 1961 Ohio Labor Market Information that about 1600 Athens residents would take work at current wages, including 1200 men and 400 women. One fifth of men are skilled, similar share semi skilled. three quarters under 45. one fifth of women qualify for clerical sales or service jobs. Factory employment averaged 1700 in 1959, with entry wages for men from 1.25 to 2.91 and women from 1 to 1.90. earnings run about one fifth below the state average.

Athens Bureau of Unemployment Compensation BUC

Fire Damages Home of Mr and Mrs Charley King Near Harrisonville

A Wednesday fire near Harrisonville caused extensive damage to the home of Charley and his wife. The blaze whose cause is undetermined destroyed most contents while neighbors helped control the flames and the couple moved in with their daughter and son in law Gaylord and Mrs Saulsberry.

Harrisonville Charley King Mrs. King Mrs. Gaylord Saulsberry

Man fined for intoxication in Hilleary court

Ronald Decker, 52 East Columbus Street, found guilty in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court of intoxication. He was fined ten dollars plus costs.

E. Columbus St Earl Hilleary

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