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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1957
Page
2
Nelsonville city finances rose by about 8000 dollars in the past month as water bills and sewer assessments boosted active funds to 42513.31. Red balances remained in street recreation active permanent improvement and building maintenance funds with specific end month figures listed.
Richard Townsend 47 of Cleveland died Tuesday evening in a hospital there. Survived by wife Sarah and six siblings. Funeral services 3:30 p.m. Friday at Edwards funeral home Cleveland, body moved to Rawlings-Coats funeral home Middleport. graveside Saturday 2 p.m. at Temple Cemetery.
Nelsonville Rotary Club screened Hemo the Magnificant, a Frank Capra technicolor film by Ohio Bell Telephone Co. about the human heart and blood supply, largely animated. John Kock presented. John Brooks chaired. guest Gerald Baird of Logan attended.
Mr. and Mrs. George Butt of Nelsonville fly to Monterey California to visit their son Airman Third Class Keith Butt stationed near the city. They will be away nine days.
An amazing black tablet touted as the fastest acting medicine for acid indigestion gas heartburn and sour stomach. The Bell-ans tablet claims to neutralize three times as much acidity in a minute as rival tablets and contains no harmful drugs laxatives aspirin or tranquilizers. Available for 35 cents.
Nelsonville Circle Three of the First Methodist Church met in Phyllis Howe home with Susan Myers assisting. Devotions led by Margaret Riley Lena Cranmer chaired the program. Riley named membership chairman. Dessert served to 16 members. Next meeting set for Oct 14 at Florence Coakley home.
A meeting of Division 14 of the Practical Nurses Association of Ohio is set for Friday at 7 30 p m in Athens State Hospital. All practical licensed or not are asked to attend as plans to organize the division proceed. Mrs Mildred Smith PNAC executive secretary and Mrs Mary Bassett membership chairman will attend.
Nelsonville notices a Bennett and Traugh family reunion scheduled Sunday at Rachelmacher Park Logan. A basket dinner will be served at noon and the event is open to friends and relatives.
Frank Bailey 42 of Chester died Tuesday evening at New Martinsville Hospital after a heart attack. A former Rutland and Chester schools teacher, he later worked at the Philip Sporn plant. He leaves wife Eva, parents Henry and Mrs Bailey, three brothers Olin John James, and sister Mrs Abbott. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Rawlings-Coats. burial in Texas Cemetery.
In Nelsonville a mobile unit offered free X-Rays over two days with 500 scanned Friday and 527 on Saturday near the Kroger store and the Dew Hotel. Volunteers from East School PTA and Central School PTA assisted, with additional door-to-door chest surveys conducted by volunteers.
Nelsonville Lions Club will host Ohio State University geologist at 6 p.m. to discuss the Hocking River's geology and efforts to clean up and beautify the river. At a prior meeting Hocking County engineer Albert Seabright and Rev. John Lloyd Evans spoke on the river's importance and future possibilities.
Work on the new shelter house at the city park progresses under Warren Badger engineer who denies the plans. Steel girders for the roof are in place and workers begin adding wood over the trusses. Badger, a city recreation commissioner member, volunteers his supervision.
Germany United States and Japan topped three year tolls for international patent applications. The report lists Germany first followed by the United States and Japan based on the number of filings.
In Malaya along the South China Sea dense vines and plants impede movement, so elephants are used to bull doze paths that help other wildlife and human transport traverse the forested region.
The Golden Rule Sunday School Class of First Methodist will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the church Hostesses are Mrs Mildred Carlin Mrs Edith Howson and Mrs Lulu Hoskins De votions will be led by Mrs Cleo Whitmore.
Chancellor Commander Wilbur Wolfe asks all members of Valley Lodge 169 to attend the regular session tonight at 7 30 p m. The meeting will discuss membership programs and other special activities.
The Martha Class of First Methodist Church gathers Thursday at 7 30 p m in Elpha Howe's Elizabeth Street home. Mrs E E Bell leads devotions and Mrs Bessie Higgins conducts the program.
Nelsonville, Vern Coakley began razing the late 19th century Steenrod property on West Washington Street to clear space for Ohio Bell Telephone Co. dialing office. Built in the early 1890s by contractor Nat Blake for A B Wells, the house later changed hands to Mechem then Mrs Harve Sayers and others before Steenrod sold it to the telephone company.
Mount St Mary Hospital admits include Mrs Anna Coaley Akron Co J Josten Athens Mrs Betty Edwards Nelsonville Mrs Maude Jones Albany Della Hughes Logan Mrs Edith Morrison Jackson Mrs Irene Bailey Haydenville Mrs Eunice Wolfe Gore Mrs Clara Neal Deanville Richard Starner New Lexington Mrs Ruth Kineer Nelsonville Route 1 Earl Farres Glouster Mrs Sarah Gill Murray City Route 1 Mrs Mary Exenhamper Corning Mrs Beatrice Rupe Athens Route 5 C J Josten Athens Mrs Robert Fisher New Lexington and daughter Mrs Robert Nash New Lexington and daughter Mrs Charles Roofe Murray City and daughter Mrs Orbe Corp Moxahala and son
City police investigated a minor accident at 7 45 p m near Canal and Washington Streets involving Maxine Powell of Pickerington and Harry Childress Nelsonville. Powell stopped suddenly. Childress rear ended causing minor damage. Childress took responsibility. no charges filed.
The Hocking Valley Shrine announces a rummage sale starting at 6 30 a m in the building beside the post office in Nelsonville. Clothing and household goods will be sold and friends with items to donate are asked to call 234J by Thursday.
Three persons were fined in Magistrate George Schoonover's court. Donald Burchfield of Nelsonville Route 1 paid $5 and costs for assault and battery filed by Melvin E. Wood. Daisy Clark near Beaumont fined $10 and costs for removing household goods and groceries from Pat Pritts residence, fine suspended. Raymond Smart of Indiana fined $10 and costs for breaking Joseph Smart's car windshield and side window, fine suspended to allow restitution. All arrests by Maywood Byers, constable.
Three people sustained minor injuries in a Route 33 crash near Route 33 junction on Route 595 in Hocking County. Driver Hubert Ackinson, 18, and Floyd Perry, 39, suffered face and knee injuries. passenger Paul Sparks, 14, also injured. Perry fined $35 for unsafe operation.
The East School Parent Teacher Association will hold a get acquainted meeting on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the East School.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a rummage sale Saturday from 8 a.m. at the Legion home on Columbus and Fulton streets.
In Mayor Earl Hilleary's court, Donda Robinette of Nelsonville a waitress at Pritts Tavern was fined $25 and costs for selling intoxicating beverages to a minor. Lawrence Thomas of Athens was fined the same for buying for a minor. charges filed by a state liquor agent.
Nelsonville Athletic Association met to arrange a pregame feed for the Greyhounds before their Friday game with Chauncey. The menu includes steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, creamed slaw, cupcakes and ice cream prepared by wives and team mothers led by Mrs. Carrell Figgins and Mrs. Everett Carroll.
The advertisement promotes Doan's Pills for fast relief from backache headaches and muscular pains and also eases bladder irritation. It claims eight ways to work including pain relief soothing bladder discomfort and mild diuretic action with claims of long standing use and new large size for savings.
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