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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1956
Page
5
A fragmented halftime note hints at a concert segment or selection lineup. It mentions performances and possibly a local choir or band, with unclear performer names. The readable text suggests a focus on the best selections to showcase during intermission.
Nelsonville High School marching band under James Rees rehearses a Showboat themed halftime program featuring majorettes Marlene Adams Rita Ulich and a full ensemble of flutes, clarinets, brass, saxophones, and percussion with selections from Swanee and Ed Sullivan program.
Nelsonville Greyhounds football players dined on fried ham browned potatoes green beans tomato salad ice cream cupcakes and milk before their game with The Plains. Meals sponsored by the Nelsonville Athletic Assn were prepared by local volunteers including Mrs Stuttle bean Figgins Carroll Risley Keating Flowers and Hartman with ice cream donated by Mrs Pope.
Nelsonville churches list their schedules with multiple church groups. First Methodist led by F. M. Wentz holds morning worship at 8:30, Sunday school 9:30 and 10:30 service with sermons. Other churches include First Presbyterian with youth trips, Episcopal with liturgy, Pilgrim Holiness and Nazarene with evening services, and Latter Day Saints with 9:30 Sunday school.
NELSONVILLE The Central School Parent Teachers Assn met for its first gathering of the year. Principal Lowell Cole spoke on teaching methods while Superintendent Lloyd Gray outlined reading efforts. Mrs. Martin Fick urged mothers to support Girl Scouts and lead units. Room count honors went to Mrs. Lloyd Gray and second grade, with Mrs. Max Hos contributing a second place. A tea followed in the lunch room.
Nelsonville police investigated a 1 45 a m accident involving Vern Daft of Athens and Jerry Grose of Nelsonville. Daft pulled from a curb and was struck by Grose causing extensive damage. Daft was fined $20 and costs for failure to yield in Mayor Earl Hillarys court.
Walter Halbert funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Norbert Bible Reading. Burial in Maplewood cemetery. WCTU and local figures participated in services. friends may call Johnston funeral home.
Glouster Trimble Township Jaycees met with 16 members to review a shooting match set for Oct 21 at 9 a.m. on the Kelly Crawford property near Glouster Route 13, with postponement to Oct 28 if rain. They approved lodging expenses for out of town members, discussed Voice of Democracy, and plans for bosses night and a Jaycees dinner dance.
Approximately 100 descendants of the Kasler Lin Scott family met at Hooper Ridge Church on Sept. 9 for their annual reunion. A noon basket dinner followed by a short program featured accordion numbers, songs, and talks. New officers were elected: Harry Linscott president, Arda Kler vice president, Mrs. Darrell Anile secretary-treasurer. The 1957 reunion will be held on the first Sunday after Labor Day at Hooper Ridge Church.
W. E. Engle of McArthur has secured the contract to construct a bridge on Route 1775 in Sand Fork, as announced by the State Department of Highways.
William Henry Schreiber lifelong Meigs County resident dies after years ill. Born June 17 1879 at Pomeroy son of Henry Diehl Schreiber he was a saw mill man until retirement. Surviving are daughter Lucile Beach Niles sisters Catherine Thoma and Frank Landak and George Schreiber Colorado. funeral arrangements by Ewing Funeral Home Walnut Township site.
Nelsonville resident Austin Ball 53 died after a heart attack yesterday afternoon at the Fairmont Creamery in Columbus. He operated Balls Pharmacy on Public Square for 13 years. Surviving are his widow Pauline, his father Harry, step mother Bessie, and sister Mrs. Charles Capehart of Charleston. Funeral set Sunday at 2 pm with burial in Green Lawn cemetery.
Mount St Mary Hospital notes two newborns, a daughter for Mr and Mrs William Potter of Columbus and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clyde Mount of Lothan Route 2. The section lists admissions including Mrs Sarah Finn Nelsonville and several others, and dismissals such as Mrs John Zimmer Trimble and Mrs Bertha Hashman Glouster Route 3.
One of the tiniest hoofed animals, the mouse deer or chevrotain, dwells in tropical Asia and Africa. About a foot tall, the male is hornless yet bears short tusks.
Glouster churches report service times and pastors including Rev J Anthony Bosco Rev White Dale Hoplight Fr Anthony Nickel and Miles Hoon Oakdale Church of Christ D K Teeter Seventh day Adventist and Pentecostal services. Sabbath school times vary around 9 20 to 10 15 a.m with worship at 11 a.m or 7 p.m. Local elders Robert and Stephen Craig present for Seventh Day Adventist services.
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