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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1947
Page
7
Murray City Band Boosters will sponsor a bake sale Saturday at 1 p.m. at Art Slater's store. Don Mohney president says proceeds aid the Band Boosters picnic expenses and asks attendees to contribute.
The Nelsonville Fast PTA schedules a Friday gathering at 3 p.m. in the East building. Officials confirm the event details and location.
Nelsonville Carbon Hill led the first half of the Junior Twilight League schedule and shares second half honors with Buchtel. A playoff likely Friday will decide the winners who will then be considered for sending two boys to the coming World Series. The Twilight League executive report shows 80 boys involved, with $126.68 available for the series trip after expenses. The City Recreation Commission and City Ministerial Association funded extensive summer programs including six teams in the league, a cub base-ball league, a twilight softball league, senior basketball, a tennis tournament won by Bob Fick, and multiple dances attracting hundreds of youths.
Bill Watkins was elected president and Max Linton vice president of the Nel sonville Boosters Club at a City Hall meeting. Glen D. Thomas was re elected secretary. directors include Bernard Carter Carol Lines Donald Shafer Max Adkins and George Barrows. The club plans to resume the concession stand operation at the athletic field and will hire Lloyd Shafer as manager. They aim to use net receipts to fund a roof over the stand and then return control to the school. The stand investment is about 425 dollars. The group voted 25 dollars toward bringing Holy Family Columbus to play the Greyhounds on Friday Sept 19. School officials will contact Columbus to check the schedule.
New Straitsville notes recap WSCS Liberty Circle 2 meeting hosted by Anna Bell Lanning with Bess Davis assisting. Prizes to Mary Nicholas and Elizabeth Mills. attendees listed. News on local teaching assignments, hospital updates, reunions, and Legion meeting. several residents mentioned with weekend visits and illnesses.
The Plains area reports Labor Day visits as Mr. and Mrs. Wandling with Susan and David joined Mrs. Kempton in Jacksonville for the Old Settler's Reunion. Cleveland visitors include Mr. and Mrs. McCrone and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McGee. Other gatherings include trips to Columbus and Athens, births announced at Sheltering Arms Hospital, and relatives visiting from Sugar Creek and The Plains.
The text notes that Aristotle, unaware of migration, doubted seasonal bird variety and proposed that one species transformed into another rather than migrates.
Clyde Earl Wells of Circleville Ohio received the OO W Merrell award for meritorious service in the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The honor cites Wells arrest of an armed man, Robert W Moses of Circleville, following Moses’ April arrest by Wells.
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