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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
6
The Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction board scheduled its annual meeting in Nelsonville for Wednesday October 28. A committee was formed to plan the program with a speaker and entertainment. Annual reports will be presented and all Auction members are urged to attend.
Nelsonville service director Joe Dewhurst reports that delinquent electric and water charges totaling nearly $50 000 are being pursued with strict rules for prompt current bills and a new easy payment plan for past delinquencies. The waterworks system reports a record first quarter collection of over $4 000 after a May start of meters and a new plant, with no summer shortages. Leaks are being repaired to cut bills, and the city issued 75 000 dollars in waterworks mortgage bonds to be retired from plant earnings, with a cautious outlook for future rate reductions once revenue is better known.
Cheshire school will open Monday September 14. Local families including the Roushs and Yeaguers hosted and visited each other over the weekend. Junior Roush is improving from an illness as the community notes the start of the new term.
The Secret Service and Treasury sponsor counterfeit awareness displays at Peoples Bank Co. and Citizens Central Bank in Nelsonville all week. Viewers compare bills to genuine samples, noting portrait realism, seals, serials, and paper threads to distinguish fake notes. John E. Murphy of the Columbus Secret Service office leads the effort.
Nelsonville brief notes Waldon Bruce, a Nelsonville High School 1939 graduate, is honored by Curtiss-Wright Local No. 927 U A W Aircraft Division for a time saving invention in forming parts. The device, developed with foreman's permission, produced machines significantly better than those ordered. Local 927 urges other workers to pursue practical daydreams and contribute to the war effort.
Local society notes record multiple events from Nelsonville including a Past Matrons and Patrons Association gathering at the Kelch home with 24 members, dinner and games. Also details upcoming Willing Workers Class meeting, a dinner honoring guests, bridge club results, a birth announced for a son at Cherrington Hospital, and visits by local residents to Dayton, Sandusky, Cleveland, and Ravenna.
Hartleys gathered for a Sunday Sept 6 reunion at Sawyer's Grove with a basket dinner. Attendees included Darrell Hartley Paul Hartley and Iron Michael Toledo Clift Hartley and daughter Jean ie Columbus Ralph Hartley Marion Carl Bailey Lorain Oscar Hartley Beck ey Lou and David Grace Thomas Jack Logan Leonard Johnson Judy Robert Rose Philip Logan Dean Bailey Sandusky Arnold Weideman Lansing Mich Howard Goheen Springfield Carl Hartley Philo John Partlow Amos Pollock Albert Hartley Frank and Rosalie Hartley Bert Hartley Eileen and John Bishop of Nelsonville.
The West Side Christian Service Society met in the Methodist Church social rooms with Mrs. Harry Ball presiding. Devotional led by Mrs. Thomas Spencer, music by a girl group, and a discussion on Youth of Our Church. Reports on Lancaster Camp Ground and Methodist homes were given. Next meeting Oct 5 will feature Mrs. S Welk and Mrs. L D Bean Athens as guest speakers. Eza Meeker’s cross country flight noted.
Mr and Mrs Karry Greene Nelsonville Rt 2 advised of Pvt Harold V Greene transfer from Atlantic City N J to Fort Worth Texas His new address is 1013 S S Tar rant Field Fort Worth He would appreciate hearing from friends The lowly bean is served as a delightful custard dessert in Mexico
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