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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1941

Page

2

Nelsonville Auction Dinner Planned for Sept 23

Nelsonville Merchants and Professional Association members will attend the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction dinner at the Methodist Church on Sept 23 at 7 PM. The group has supported the egg auction since its inception and continues to back the enterprise. L. L. Rummell of Cincinnati will be guest speaker at the event.

Nelsonville Merchants and Professional Association American Legion L. L. Rummell Cincinnati

Varsity N Group to Meet in Nelsonville Tonight

The Varsity N Association of Nelsonville graduates will gather at 7 30 in the K o P dining room. President Harry Kelly says the group will discuss football season plans ahead of Friday’s game against Chauncey and requests a large turnout.

Nelsonville K. of P Harry Kelly Chauncey

Neiman Team Wins From Barber Five

NELSONVILLE Neiman Auto Supply defeated Barber Service three straight games in the City League. George Wolf scored 266 and 618 for Barber, while Joe Spray led Neimans with 231 and 598.

Nelsonville Neiman Auto Supply Barber Service George Wolf Barber's Joe Spray Neimans Letha Lou W. Sweazy Howe Kerres-en Friedrich Wolf R Barber Dads Neiman Supply D. Sipe F. Conley J. McCarty B. Neiman D. Spray

PTA Week Proclaimed in Ohio Aims Higher Membership

Nelsonville reports Ohio Governor proclaims PTA Week from September 28 to October 4 to promote awareness of PTA work and a long range defense program. Ohio membership stands at 178,336 with a goal of 190,000 as the state convention gathers in Columbus October 22 to 24. Local members plan to attend.

Nelsonville Ohio P.T.A National Congress For America's Children Columbus

Zaleski Social And Personal News Notes

Sunday guests of Velinus James and sister Miss Cleire James included Albert James son Donald and Tyler James from Columbus and Miss Alberta Noel James a student in Blackstone Virginia. Mr and Mrs Frank Bond Wor thington visited the Vanderford family near Red Diamond. E T Ansel Groveport recently visited sister Mrs R Egelberry and family. Mrs Frank Bighouse ill guests Sunday son and daughter in law Leo Bighouse and their small daughter of Wapakoneta and Mrs Lena Pennell Athens. Junior Egelberry at Rio Grande College spent week end here. Mr and Mrs Pearl Schneider and Mrs Howard Graham and daughter Sally Madge Columbus spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Schneider. Mr and Mrs Leland Daft Spokane Wash and Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis Dayton were recent guests of Mrs Cora Daft and son Oren. Mr and Mrs Albert Pennell visiting son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Clara Kyle Grove City. Mrs Dorothy Bolton and daughter Mary Belle Piqua were recent guests of Roy Matthews. Miss Mary Alice Bedinghouse Cincinnati visited here from Saturday to Monday. J L Cavanaugh hospitalized at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens treated for shingles affecting eye showing improvement. Children and grandchildren of Mrs Lily Daft Nelsonville formerly of Zaleski honored her with a dinner at a Lancaster park last Sunday for her 75th birthday.

Leo Bighouse Wapakoneta Lena Pennell Athens Junior Egelberry Rio Grande College Pearl Schneider Howard Graham Sally Madge Columbus John Schneider Leland Daft Spokane Wash Frank Lewis Dayton Cora Daft J. L. Cavanaugh Sheltering Arms Hospital Lily Daft Nelsonville Zaleski Lancaster Park

Class to Meet Nelsonville Sunday School Fall Meeting

The Golden Rule Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church will hold its first fall meeting Thursday night at 7 30 at the home of Miss Alice George Columbus Street.

Nelsonville The Methodist Church Alice George Columbus St

Paper Drive Organized by Local Church Group

The Meth odist Guild in Nelsonville sponsors a newspaper and magazine drive inviting members and friends to contribute. Those with papers or magazines should call Mrs Malvern Wilson at 924 W to arrange collection in the coming days.

Nelsonville Methodist Guild Malvern Wilson

Revival services, Grange event and local social notes

Coolville revival services led by Rev. David Dean continue through the week. The Congregational Ladies Aid meeting is postponed. Troy Grange hosts Athens County Pomona Grange for an all day gathering on Saturday September 20, with dinner help requested from Troy members. Bethel Church holds annual homecoming Sunday September 21 with an all day meeting and basket dinner. Local social calendar lists numerous Sunday and weekend visits among area families and residents.

Coolville Congregational Church David Dean Caldwell Congregational Ladies Aid Society Troy Grange Athens County Pomona Grange Troy Helen Rogers Bethel Church D. C. Davis Dale Heil Bellaire Coolville Church Portland T. E. Galbreath John Hayhurst Clarence Antrim Ohio University G. O. Shanks Roy Deeter C. L. Stout Nelsonville

Mrs Jennie Kenney Dies at Doanville

Mrs Jennie A Kenney of Doanville, age 33, died this morning at Cherrington Hospital Logan after hospitalization since Sunday. Survived by husband Theodore a son William parents Mr and Mrs William Koon Doanville a brother Robert Koon Doanville and sisters Mabel Hixenbaugh Athens Margaret Raver and Lillian Yates Columbus. Funeral Friday at two at the Kenney residence Doanville with burial in Green lawn Cemetery. Friends may call after six this evening.

Nelsonville Jennie A. Kenney Doanville Cherrington Hospital Logan Kenney Theodore William William Koon Robert Koon Mabel Hixenbaugh Athens Margaret Raver Lillian Yates Columbus Greenlawn

Esther Chauncey Class Meeting at Nicholson Home

The Chauncey Esther Class of the M. E. Church will gather tonight at the home of Helen Nicholson on Mill Street for a church group gathering.

Chauncey Esther M. E. Church Helen Nicholson Mill St

Aircraft dividends spark mild NY market activity

In a generally quiet session in New York, aviation stocks drew attention after Consolidated Aircraft declared a $2 cash and 100 percent stock dividend. The issue traded within a point early, while energy output hit a new post Labor Day rebound but lagged expectations. Oil sector readers noted a 447,000 barrel drop in East Coast gasoline stocks and a total national gasoline run of over a million barrels, amid transport facility shortages to the eastern seaboard.

NEW York Consolidated Aircraft Great Eastern Seaboard American Petroleum Institute

New York Stocks at Noon Prices Listed

The noon stock table shows Amer. Car and Fdy down 0.31 percent plus declines for Amer. Rolling Mills Am. Smelt and Ref and several rail and industrials. Notable movers include Baldwin at 1080, Curtiss Wright, Douglas Aircraft, Gen. Motors, Procter and Gamble around 60 percent, and United Air Lines up 13 percent amid broad market activity.

Amer Noemeenneeeneen Am Tob O. Fi Baldwin Bendix Aviat Curtiss Wright Douglas Aircraft Elect Auto Lite Gen. Elect Wee Foods Gen Motors Goodrich Qoogyort Nicdactinewa Great Northern Railway Esegers Saponin Nickel Canataoatereienasamenetere Lee Rod Tel GAG “Egr Cenetheete Ices Johns Manville Maemo Capewee Kroger Groe Mont. Ward Pate Daley N. Y Central Ohio Oil Paramount Pix, Penney J Procter and Gamble U. B Teal Gom Westinghouse Elec and Mfg Woolworth Oan Weit Teen Puis Youngstown Sheet and Tube _. OF

Market Reports from Parkerburg Livestock Sale

The Parkerburg sale lists hogs and cattle prices with widespread ranges for various weight classes and grades. Receipts include hogs 600, cattle 530, calves 125, sheep 300, and horses 10, with reported price movements and top figures for each category.

Parkersburg

Toledo grain prices for wheat corn and oats

Grain prices from Toledo list Wheat No 2 red at 1.06 per bushel Corn No 2 yellow 0 75 0 76 Oats No 3 white 0 50 0 51 across markets with bid figures and price units.

Toledo

Motorists Fined in Mayor's Court

Nelsonville traffic cases report three motorists arraigned before Mayor C. G. Dew. Lawrence Rutter of The Plains was found guilty of unsafe operation after a collision at Fort St. and Public Square and fined 10 dollars plus costs. Ralph T. Donaldson of Columbus received 10 dollars and costs, while Jack Reeves of Haydenville was fined 5 dollars and costs for failure to observe stop signs on highway inter sections.

Nelsonville Lawrence Rutter the Plains C. D. Walker C. G. Dew Fort St Public Square State Highway Patrol Ralph T. Donaldson Columbus Jack Reeves Haydenville

Birthday and club notes from Nelsonville area

Social items from Nelsonville and The Plains report a birthday party for Flora Devore with many guests, plus upcoming meetings for the M M Club and G T Club. Also listed are local visitors, surprise birthday dinner for Mrs. Albert Todd, and weekend guests at the Morris and Stump households.

Knitting Lessons to Be Given Tonight

Nelsonville residents may attend a knitting class this evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Oral Daugherty. Mrs William Mills will teach the first lesson in a series at her home.

Nelsonville Oral Daugherty William Mills

Hollister U B Church Plans Home Coming

Hollister United Brethren Church schedules its annual home-coming for Oct. 12 with Letha Rowland Isabel Lenigar and Sam Bickley on the arrangements committee. Sunday School attendance reached about 50, birthdays observed for Mr. Bailey 85 and Jack Moore 12, and a Sept 13 picnic at Rachelmacher Park in Logan with 50 attendees.

Hollister Hollister United Brethren Church Letha Rowland Isabel Lenigar Sam Bickley Mr. Bailey Jack Moore Rachelmacher Park Logan Eddy Jacksonville U. B Davis Hollister-Jacksonville Hollister U. B Letha Westfall Sally Orndorf Helen Rothery Old Man's Cave P. Irving Olsen Hollister School Olsen U. S. Marines Olson

Straitsville Personal and Social Notes

Straitsville notes attendances and birthdays tally a Logan dinner for Martha Ann Palmer and a long list of relatives and friends from New Lexington Columbus and Elyria. A Barberton hire, a pneumonia death of a Russell Thompson infant, homecoming plans for Sept 28 and illnesses at Duncan Falls and Columbus are recorded.

Chauncey Children Urged To Join Play Classes

Zoe P. Coakley announces Chauncey playground and preschool classes start Thursday at the Boy Scout Building. Three to five year olds may attend 12 30 to 3 30 p m with stories coloring books singing and games. mothers urged to send children. Mrs Coakley also runs evening playground activities for older kids.

Chauncey Zoe P. Coakley Boy Scout

Unusual Plant Attracts Visitors In Sand Ridge

Mrs Emma Rope of Sand Ridge near Chauncey displays a night blooming cereus that recently opened 14 blooms and now has 18 buds awaiting bloom. The plant stands over six feet tall and is eight years old. Mrs Rope invites visitors to view the plant.

Chauncey Emma Rope Sand Ridge

Trimble Grange To Meet Saturday

CHAUNCEY Trimble Grange will meet Sept 20 at the Grange Hall in Trimble at eight o clock. Members prepare for inspection on Sept 27 and are asked to contribute their favorite food for the potluck supper.

Chauncey Trimble Grange Trimble

Pittsburgh Produce Prices for Eggs and Poultry

Government graded white and brown eggs steady with various sizes quoted. Poultry prices hold for heavy hens, leghorn hens, rocks, and ducks with range shifts and notes on extras and current receipts as recorded by the Cleveland butter and egg board.

Pittsburgh U. S U. 8 Leghorn Springers Old Roosters Ducks Cleveland Butter and Egg Board

Langsville Personal And Social Notes

Langsville notes report Mr and Mrs Dale Wright vacationing in Michigan with Mrs Cora Wright staying at their home. Mrs Edith Hull of Ocoee Florida visits relatives. A daughter born Sept 12 to Mr and Mrs Neff, their seventh child. Hulbert Williams of Akron visited with wife and infant sons. Miller sisters visit W T Miller and family. Clarence Longstreth of Charleston joined Harold Miller’s Sunday guests. Carl Gorby of Chillicothe spent the weekend with his parents Dons and Mrs Gorby.

Langsville Dale Wright Michigan

Shumways Entertain Guests At McDougal Home

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shumway hosted weekend visitors Mrs. Cora Lines and Mr. and Mrs. Flo Mitchell and children from Columbus. Monday guests included Dwight Shumway and children and Mr. and Mrs. Herman McCune and children of Sand Ridge.

Chauncey Frank Shumway McDougal Cora Lines Flo Mitchell Betty Jane Mary and Woodyard Columbus Dwight Shumway Herman McCune Sand Ridge

Columbus guests attend annual farm bureau field day

James Bolen and the Sawyers Cartwrights Boudinot and Ray Cartwright traveled to Columbus for the farm bureau field day event.

Columbus Chauncey James Bolen Dave N. Sawyer Carl Cartwright Celia Boudinot Ray Cartwright Farm Bureau

Chauncy-Dover High School Band Presents Franklin IV Magic Show

Chauncy-Dover High School Band sponsors an 8 o clock entertainment at the high school auditorium featuring Benjamin Franklin IV, magician, as the main attraction.

Chauncey Chauncy-Dover High School Benjamin Franklin IV

Some Don'ts for Pimples and Itch Relief Ad

Don’t scratch or squeeze pimples to avoid infection. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief for itching pimples eczema and red blotches and promises better skin after one application. Available at all druggists 35c. Money back if not delight. Also soothes irritated or itchy feet and cracks between toes Adv.

Peterson

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