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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1961

Page

8

Nelsonville Rec Commission Reviews Pool Receipts and Finances

Nelsonville Recreation Commission discussed finances in council chamber. Manager Byron Andrews reported pool receipts 4021 for season, about 300 below last year. Commission approved $34.22 in miscellaneous bills and planned to seek city council funding for tennis court sealing. Total expenditures about 8800. noted unusual items include baseball equipment, a riding mower, and a new diving board. Next meeting set for October 23.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Athletic Association Badger

Bank Forum At Rotary Discusses Banking Laws

Nelsonville Rotary Club held a noon forum on banking and federal deposit insurance. Local attorney James Shu maker and Vaughn Hill spoke on joint accounts and payable on death laws, with Lieut. James Maurer and others attending as guests.

Nelsonville C. R. Hubbard Rotary Club Hubbard Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation James Shumaker Vaughn Hill James Maurer Navigator United States Air Force Maurer Ohio State University David Pickett L. C. Gray Claude Chrisman Grant Burns Logan Alva Oakley Whitesville W. Va Kenneth Ackerman Athens

Mrs Turner Dies at 77 in Nelsonville

Viola Turner 77 of Nelsonville died Wednesday evening at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a month of treatment. Born in Athens County she was daughter of the late James W. and Katherine Lee and a Pilgrim Holiness Church member. Survived by husband Charles two brothers James Lee McArthur and Robert Lee Baltimore Ohio and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home with calling at the family residence Friday afternoon.

Nelsonville Viola Turner Mount St. Mary Hospital Athens County

Hemlock Social Notes Chronicle Visiting Friends Across Town

Connie Tharp spent days with Belinda Cook in Newark. Charles Winter and Barry Lee of Rantoul Illinois called on Jessie Lehman Sunday. Walter Spitler of Columbus visited Floyd Corning and Ned. Frank Liska of Shawnee hosted Willie Liska Francis Liska and children from Middletown and Richard Davis with kids from Thornport. Marguerite Masters and daughter from Columbus attended. A farewell dinner for Robert McClay at a church of Christ Biblical School in Idaho followed a Sunday picnic. Dorothy Clapp from Akron visited, as did Laura Powell and Jean Drayton. Drayton returned home after a month here. H L Cassidy and daughters of Columbus spent time with Bernard Hodgson’s family. Clifford Everetts of Lancaster visited Etta Allen Saturday. Jack and Roy Hottenrot Elyria and John Hottenrot Conning called at the Kaylo home.

Connie Tharp Belinda Cook Newark Charles Winter Barry Lee Rantoul Jessie Lehman Walter Spitler Columbus Floyd Corning Ned Frank Liska Shawnee Wilie Liska St. Paris Francis Liska Middletown Richard Davis Thornport Marguerite Masters John Liska North Carolina Robert McClay Church of Christ Biblical School Idaho Dorothy Clapp Akron Laura Powell Jean Drayton

New Library Books Placed On Reserve

Nelsonville Public Library lists new titles placed on reserve for Friday and Saturday and to be released to circulation Monday. Titles include The Watchman Grubb Inside Europe Today Gunther Hear Me Pilate Blythe Savanna Giles Kid nap Waller A Season of Mists Tracy Rogues Ransom Ashe Wait For the Wedding Fremlin Buying or Selling Your Home Denton The Voice of Strangers Duncan His Own Man Gellhorn How to Write Without Knowing Nothing Smith Missing Presumed Dead Keith The Backward Society Frost.

Nelsonville Denton Duncan Gellhorn Smith Keith Frost

Nelsonville Board of Trade to Meet at Noon Friday

Nelsonville Board of Trade directors will hold a lunch meeting at Ethel's Tea Room at noon Friday. A report on Parade of the Hills week Industrial Appreciation dinner will be presented. The Christmas decorations project and recent industry contacts will be discussed.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Board of Trade Ethel’s Tea Room

Duncan 40 Dies at Athens Hospital

Donald R. Duncan 40 of Glouster Route 2 died Wednesday morning in an Athens hospital. He was born in Joy Ohio, a World War II veteran, farmer and member of Glouster American Legion. Survived by his wife Dorothy Exlin, 6 sons and 4 brothers. funeral Sunday 1 p.m. at Fawcett Stone with Burgess Wogan officiating. Burial in Glouster Cemetery.

Chesterhill Donald R. Duncan Glouster Athens Joy Ohio John and Lulu Garret Duncan Dorothy Exlin

Daughter Born to McMannis Family in Nelsonville

Mr and Mrs Tommy McMannis announce the birth of a daughter Michele Nadine on September 14 at Mount St Mary Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roy Graham of Route 33 East and Mr and Mrs Donald McMannis of 167 Myers Street.

Nelsonville Tommy McMannis Washington St Michele Nadine Mount St. Mary Hospital Roy Graham Donald McMannis Myers St

Nelsonville unveils 3000 volume capacity bookmobile

The Nelsonville Public Library displayed its new bookmobile from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Acting head librarian Mrs. Kenneth W. Bodyer announced the vehicle increases capacity by 50 percent to 3000 volumes and will serve 19 county schools plus 125 adult stops. The five day week unit boosts outreach across Athens County with generators, bottled gas heater, skylights, and ceiling fans. Service is free and planned to expand in 1961 from figures in 1960. Drivers are Don Smith and Vincent Lechleidner.

Nelsonville Athens County Bodyer Ath Ens County Don Smith Buchtel Vincent Lechleidner

Funeral Attends Mrs. Suzanne Wash in Murray City

Out of town relatives and friends attend the funeral of Mrs. Suzanne Wash at the Murray City Methodist Church with Rev. F. M. Wentz presiding. Burial is at Greenlawn Cemetery, Nelsonville, as attendees travel from Cleveland Pittsburgh Dayton Medina Columbus and others.

Howard Craft Murray City Suzanne Wash Andrew Prock Cleveland

Nelsonville Eagles Host Southeast Zone Conference

Nelsonville Aerie 391 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will host the Southeast Zone semi annual conference on November 11 and 12. The zone includes 34 aeries across several Ohio towns including Athens Marietta and Logan. Robert Maxson of Zanesville announced Nelsonville as the conference seat. This marks the lodge’s second hosting, the first in April 1959.

Nelsonville Aerie Order of Eagles Watson Wolfe Nelsonville Eagles Lodge Wolfe Marietta Corning Glouster Athens Jacksonville Murray City Logan Pomeroy Steubenville East Liverpool Wellsville Toronto Dillonvale Cadiz Mingo Junction Bellaire Martins Ferry Barnesville Bridgeport Woodsville St. Clairsville Dover Dennison Carrollton New Philadelphia Uhrichsville Millersburg Robert Maxson Zanesville

Births and discharges at Mount St. Mary Hospital

Birth notices show Mr and Mrs Clifford Bates Glouster Route 2 a daughter and several other births including Howard Love Nelsonville Route 1 and Joseph N Thomas Nelsonville among listed parents. Discharges include Helen Steenrod Nelsonville Emil Cox New Lexington and Eva McClelland Glouster Route 3 with transfers noted for John Bodyer Nelsonville to University Hospital Columbus.

Clifford Bates Glouster Pearl Thacker Logan Howard Love Hattie Smith Nelsonville Pearl Howery Carpenter Joseph N. Thomas Rudolph Campbell Clarence King Sophia Jones John Penrod Trimble Eva McClelland John Bodyer University Hospital Columbus

Sugar Creek Group Elects Chauncey Ben nett President

Chauncey Phyllis Bennett was elected president of the Sugar Creek Community Club this week. Edith Bruce became vice president Betty Dunfee treasurer Hazel Heller secretary and reporter S L Darst spoke on a school tax levy. Next meeting is Oct 17 at 7 30 pm. The club will serve hot dogs each Wednesday.

Chauncey Phyllis Bennett Sugar Creek Community Club Edith Bruce Betty Dunfee Hazel Heller S. L. Darst Chauncey Schools

Forfeits Bond By Shuman In Unsafe Vehicle Case

Geoffrey R. Shuman of 590 Melrose Ave Columbus forfeited a $30 bond posted after being cited for unsafe operation of a motor vehicle by local officials in Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Geoffrey R. Shuman Melrose Ave Columbus

Poston PTO Hears Talk By Barnes

Nelsonville see fall meeting where elementary principal Bert Barnes spoke on immunization age qualifications for kindergarten and first grade. He noted birthday cutoffs for admission this term and Sept 1 next year for admittance ages, with exceptions for current kindergarteners.

Poston Pto Barnes

Nelsonville Friends Return From 10 Day Rice Lake Trip

Mr and Mrs Wilbur Pitts and daughter Leland Ann Kimberly and Mr and Mrs Merle Love of Chestnut Street have returned from a 10 day fishing trip to Rice Lake Ont En route home they visited Niagara Falls.

Wilbur Pitts Leland Ann Kimberly Merle Love Chestnut Street Rice Lake Ont Niagara Falls

Association to Meet Nelsonville

Ath ens County Antique Auto Association will meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Warren 679 Madison St A previous announcement was in error.

Nelsonville Athens County Antique Auto Association Harold Warren Madison St

Elks Plan Stag in Nelsonville Elm Club Event

The Elks activities committee announces a stag for Friday night in Nelsonville featuring turtle and corn on the cob.

Elks Plan Nelsonville

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Irvin Badger Andrews Rotary Bond Street Shaff Miss Mrs General Electric Carla Pleasure Island Port Arthur Tex Hemlock H. L. Cassidy Bernard Hodgson Clifford Everetts of Lancaster Etta Allen Jack and Roy Hottenrot Elyria John Hottenrot Kaylo D.R. Duncan Vavelay City Social Notes George Miller Anna Pittsburgh Mary Marko Agnes Hardy Bea Dyker Elaine Jacobs Dayton Kenneth Robinson Medina Robert Buchanan Piqua Leona Kilgore Ira Benedict Murray City Methodist Church F. M. Wentz Greenlawn Cemetery Charles Deem Corning St Penn Glouster Road Jay Huston Cemetery Hill Deem Huston Oscar Alexander Charles Robinson Martha Wilkinson Judy Conners Zenith Dorsch Charles Hise Nancy Ellis Lila Barberton Ellis Charles Scalow Catherine Ellis Scalow Ralph Weigand Barbara Gail Calivan Union Furnace Turley Marshall, Jr Charles Marshall Marshall Turley Marshall Nelsonville Eagles Helen Steenrod Emil Cox New Lexington Melvena Holcomb Glous Malcolm Raybould Carmelita Fultz Philip Forsback Erma McCullough, Glouster Raymond Simonton Renee Foster's Fostoria W. Washington St Sugar Creek Bert Nettie Carlin Clyde Jarvis Jean Carpenter Stoltz Rexall Drug Store Nelsonville, Ohio Campho-Phenique Family Weekly Tide Collins & Young Meerene Frigidaire Collins Young Ats FDA Columbus Street
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