Nelsonville approves bids for Adams Street elementary school
Nelsonville City Board of Education let base bids totaling 364 226 for a 16 room elementary school on Adams Street with bids for general electrical plumbing and heating. The board expects total costs near 420 782 plus architect fees and furnishings. A two mill school levy renewal was placed on November ballot.
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Nelsonville
New
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Walter Chaney
Newark
Sever-Williams
Washington Court House
O. J. Paul
Zanesville
Conrath Electric Firm
Athens
American Electric of
Lancaster
Geiger Brothers
Logan
Gosling Co
Columbus Heating and Ventilating Co
Theo Johnson
Baker
Rollins
Rolins
Pine Grove Drive
Atty
James Shumaker
Nelsonville Radio Club Opens New House in 1954
The Hocking Valley Radio Club, Inc. meets each Monday at 7 30 p m in its new tile club house on State Route 13 near Route 675. The club with calls W8VPP operates 125 watts on multiple bands and plans code and theory classes for electricity education.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Radio Club, Inc
Federal Communications Commission
Walter D. Gastin
Poplar St
Rainbow for Girls to honor members at Wednesday service
The Order of Rainbow for Girls will hold a majority service Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Girl Scout Little House for Mary Beth Goss and Betty Dew Shafer. The Retta Howe Class will meet at 6 p.m. for a pot luck dinner. Kill Eagle Council 57 Pocahontas will hold a special meeting in the Redmen Hall at 7 p.m.
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Order of Rainbow
Girl Scout Little House
Mary Beth Goss
Betty Dew Shafer
Retta Howe
First Methodist Church
Kill Eagle Council 57
Degree of Pocahontas
Redmen Hall
Nelsonville residents fined in separate cases
Nelsonville Mayor Earl Hilleary court fined Johnny Windle ten dollars and costs and sentenced him to ten days in jail on intoxication and held for parole violation. Harry Childress was fined ten dollars and costs on selling misbranded apples. charges filed by a state agent.
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Nelsonville
Johnny Windle
Earl Hilleary
Harry Childress
Jack's Bar Triumphs Over OSU Engineers in Nelsonville
Jack's Bar and Grill softball team defeated a group of engineers from Ohio State University now studying at Lake Hope by a score of 10 to 4 in Nelsonville. Irvin Badger, a Nelsonville resident, brought the Engineers to town and teaches at the school.
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Nelsonville
Jack’s Bar and Grill
Ohio State University
Lake Hope
Irvin Badger
Juveniles Questioned in Sohio Station Break-In
Nelsonville city police nab two juveniles suspected in the Saturday early morning break in at Shafer's Sohio Station. They are being questioned today.
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Nelsonville — City
Shafer
Sohio
Mount St Mary Hospital Births and Admits
A list from Mount St Mary Hospital records births for several families including Mr and Mrs William Holden of New Lexington delivering a son, and Mr and Mrs Donald Frank of Nelsonville with a daughter, plus other births. Admitted patients include Donald Morman of Nelsonville and Robert Barrett of Trimble among several others.
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William Holden
New Lexington
Donald Frank
Nelsonville
James Collins
New Straitsville
Donald Morman
Robert Barrett
Trimble
Grace Mingus
Glouster
Local social notes include Lake Hope visit and guests
Racine residents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Simpson and family spent a Sunday at Lake Hope with guests Mrs. Lavinia Simpson Mrs. Sybil Miles and companions from Chillicothe Columbus and others. Mrs. Lavinia Simpson planned an indefinite visit with Mrs. Knightstep. The Cleland family vacationing in the west.
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Jim Simpson
Lavinia Simpson
Sybil Miles
Lake Hope
Lee Jackson
Chillicathe
Paul McSwegin
New Cumberland
W. Va
Esther West
Dorcas
Beulah Morris
Helen Younce
Nelsonville Emblem Club Hosts Ice Cream Social
The Nelsonville Emblem Club will sponsor an ice cream social in the Elks Dining Room Friday starting at 6 p.m. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Emblem Club
Elks
Peniel EUB Ladies Aid Meets at Parsonage
The Peniel EUB Church Ladies Aid met at the parsonage hosted by Rev and Mrs Forrest Murray for an all day potluck. Officers were retained for another year: Mrs Rupert Rice president Mrs Harold Lewis vice president Mrs Marcus Weaver secretary and Mrs Dale Berkley treasurer.
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Peniel Eub Church
Ladies Aid
Forrest Murray
Harrison Robinson, Jr
Clifton
Rupert Rice
Harold Lewis
Marcus Weaver
Dale Berkley
George Weirick
Marty
Patrice
Aurora
Weirick
C. C. Blessing
Mason County
Marjorie Keener
Joe Elias
Gerald Rood
Bill Gregory
West Virginia University
North Mason Oru
FFA
FHA
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Linda Bush
John Bush
River Rouge
Mich
P. E. Roush
George Rood
First Methodist Church Board Sets Tuesday Meeting
Nelsonville church trustees will convene Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Chapel for a reorganizational session. Ralph Bond of Nelsonville departs for U.S. Army service, joining the Fourth Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas.
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Nelsonville
The
First Methodist Church
Ralph
Dick) Bond
Naomi France
U.S. Army
Fourth Armored Division
Ft. Hood
Tex
Athletic Club Meets to Plan Football Season
Ville Athletic Assn meets at 7 30 pm in the Junior High School to map membership plans and chart the coming football season. Old business from last spring will be discussed by president Dick Hubbard. The group supports the football team with dinners chartering a bus for long away games and sponsorship of the Little League Football program in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Athletic Assn
Dick Hubbard
Pearl Divers Wear White Coveralls to Shield from Sting Jellyfish
In the Persian Gulf divers use white cloth coveralls as protection during Pearl fishing. The lightweight garments shield skin from stings while handling jellyfish and extending working hours at sea.
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Persian Gulf
Bridal shower honors Mrs Simpkins in Millfield
Chauncey women hosted a mixed bridal shower for Mrs Robert Simpkins of Millfield at the Ben Simpkins home with 30 guests. Assisting servers included Mrs Charles Sanders Ruthie Simpkins and Miss Norman Simpkins.
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Chauncey
Charles Smith
Dan Simpkins
Frank Poston
Robert Simpkins
Millfield
Ben Simpkins
Charles Sanders
Ruthie Simpkins
Norman Simpkins
William Forsythe
Don
Chagrin Falls
Don Forsythe
Terry
Billy
Johnny
Frances Howard
Janice Howard
Elwood Daugherty
Athens
Arthur Sapp
Stephanie, Glouster
Mary Lee Savage
Safety Service Director Gets New Position
Nelsonville safety service director Homer Adams began work Monday as a Bureau of Motor Vehicles investigator. He trains in Columbus this week and will oversee Logan Vinton and half of Athens counties, while remaining safety service director temporarily until a replacement is found. G D Priser takes over half of Athens Morgan and Washington counties after returning from Cleveland work. The term lens comes from the lentil bean resembling a biconvex lens.
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Nelsonville
Homer Adams
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Columbus
Logan
Vinton
Athens County
Earl Hilleary
Adams
G. D. Priser
Athens, Morgan
Washington
Priser
Cleveland
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Nelsonville Women’s News
Pocahontas
Jack’s
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Roy Savage
Deanville
Bessie Bailes
Allen Nichols
Carbondale
Marion
Levingston
Elizabeth Whyter
Racine
S. Court St
Hannah
Maxwell H. Gluck
U.S
Ceylon
State Department
Ohio
Eisenhower
Chauncey Women’s News
Thomas Savage
White Cross Hospital
Chester Baughman
John
Maryanna
Virginia Beach
Leona Glass
Jéan Sherwood
Gerald McDaniel
Dayton
McDaniel
Chattanooga, Tenn
Tampa, Fla
Southeastern
George C. Shaw
Logan Monument CO
W. Main St
Logan, Ohio
Capital Finance Corp
Gerald Forbes
Columbus St
N. Court St
Gallipolis
Court St
R. A
Bob'’ Boudinot
Mgr
Pomeroy
2Nd St
Kal Hindy, Mew
Main St
May, Mer
Ford
United States Auto Club
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
Carpenter ST
Fred R. Beasley, Inc
Washington ST
Nelsonville, Ohio
OGG Motor CO
High ST
Glouster, Ohio
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