OSU Band Director to Lead Massed Band Festival
Jack D ens of Ohio State University will direct the massed band at the Parade of the Hills festival education day on Sept 9 in Nelsonville. The program features two top players from each participating band's sections, with rehearsals at 9 a.m. and 12 45 p.m. and the festival at 7 30 p.m.
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Nelsonville
Jack Dens
Ohio State University
Evans
Ohio State
Charleston
S. C
Cleveland
Western Reserve Uni
Shaker Heights
Symy
Oberlinonservatory of Music
OSU
Europe
Sigma Nu Social Fraternity
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Kappa Kappa Psi
American Federation of Musicians
Music Educators National Conference
Ohio Music Educators Assn
College Band Directors National Assa
Mrs. Lambert Dies at 55 in Gallia County
Mrs. Marvella Walford Lambert 55 died unexpectedly at 12 15 a m at her Nebo Cora Road home after heart trouble. Survived by husband Dewey Lambert two brothers five sisters and several in laws. Born in Ransom Kentucky, funeral 2 pm Sunday at Oceana Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Vernon Cook officiating. Interment in family cemetery at Oceana. Friends may call after 2 pm Saturday at home.
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Gallipolis
Marvella
Walford Lambert
Nebo-Cora Road
Gallia County
Dewey Lambert
Jack
Robert Wolford
Phelps, Ky
Pearl Justice
Polly Bumgardner
Phelps
Martha Parsons
Garnet Coleman
Grundy
W. Va
Lydia Daugherty
Columbus
Ransom, Ky
James and
Melvina Scott Wolford
Tonedo Missionary Baptist Church
Oceana
Vernon Cook
Lieutenant’s Family Guests in Glouster
Mrs Roy Dean Rogers and daughter Leslie Diane visit Mrs Rogers’ parents in Lexington Kentucky while Lieutenant Jave Rogers serves in Tokyo. The family plans to join him in Japan by late September. Rogers heads the motor pool at Hardy Barracks in Tokyo and recently earned a high inspection rating.
Open House Planned To Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. John E Williams mark their 50th wedding anniversary with a Sunday open house at 661 Chestnut St. from to 4 p m. They married August 12, 1905 in Logan courthouse by Justice Wilbur Sheets. They have three sons Ralph Laurence at home and Tom in 360 Chestnut St. Mrs Williams sister Mrs Charles Shankwiler of Murray City celebrated her 50th last August 25.
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Nelsonville
John E. Williams
Chestnut St
Logan Court House
Wilbur Sheets
Ralph
Laurence
Tom
William
Charles Shankwiler
Murray City
Sam Bryan
Willoughby
UMW Local to Meet Glouster Saturday Afternoon
Local 648 of the United Mine Workers of America will meet Saturday at 1 p.m. in the 100F Hall, announced secretary Rolland Higgins. A series of notices and probate actions appear, including appointments of administrators and executors in Athens County, Ohio.
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UMW
Glouster
United Mine Workers of America
Rolland Higgins
Ohio road deaths rise in June totals and six months
Ohio reports 131 traffic deaths in June, up 12 percent from 117 a year earlier. Through six months, 839 deaths overall, up 1 percent from 834. Rural crashes account for 601 deaths, urban crashes 238, with 444 rural state-highway fatalities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Aghway Safety
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Travel and Family Ties
Oak Hill residents Mr and Mrs Toney Brewer called on George Brewer while Gallipolis visitors Mr and Mrs Charles Perroud saw Mrs Perroud's parents. Columbus couple Mr and Mrs Jerry Kuhn returned home after visiting Hollis Kuhn and family.
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Ritchie
Cincinnati
Gilbert Boster
Annie Davis
Gage
George Brewer
Paul Perroud
Nee Cee
Local Social Notes From Clifton Area Gather News
Annie Carter visits Welch West Virginia to see her brother John French and Mrs French. Billy Sunday Barbara Lynn of West Columbia spend Sunday with Will Rickard. Jack Johnson of Mason visits Harold Richard. Paul Stewart of West Columbia visits Annie Russell. Alma Peck and children host Freda Marr and Barbara Prince from Chillicothe Ohio. Laurie Varian accepts employment at Sylvania Electric Point Pleasant. Kenny Kearns returns to Zanesville after work. Mrs Prince begins Sno White Laundry work Point Pleasant. Laurene Lewis and Margie Cartwright visit Charles Cartwright at Holzer Hospital. Orville Bayes and Patsy in Charleston at Thomas Memorial Hospital.
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Clifton Clifton
Annie Carter
Welch
W. Va
John French
French
Billy Sunday
Barbara Lynn
West Columbia
Will Rickard
Jack Johnson
Mason
Harold Richard
Paul Stewart
Annie Russell
Marvin Marr
Freda
Prince
Barbara
Alma Peck
Chillicothe
Ohio
Earnest Henry
Laurie Varian
Sylvania ‘Electric
Point Pleasant
Kenny Kearns
Zanesville
Laun
J. Laurene Lewis
Margie Cartwright
Charles Cartwright
Holzer
Chauncey Area Personal News Roundup
Chauncey residents and relatives share weekend visits and travel. Ruth Simpson of Columbus stayed at her Chauncey home while Myrtle Simpson spent a week in town. Various families from Columbus Pikeville Toledo Circle Hill and Fort Recovery gather at homes and reunions. Picnicking at Burr Oak Lake included multiple local families and guests.
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Ruth Simpson
Columbus
Chauncey
Myrtle Simpson
Frank Lewis
Billi Lewis
Jack Lester
Walter Venters
Pikeville, Ky
William Savage
Robert Hellyer
Calvin Lanning
Bill
Toledo
Lake Erie
Carl Dickens
Circle Hill
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Henry Barnhart
Robert Sheley
Jobs
Kenneth Barnhart
Sandusky
S. L. Darst
C. W. Darst
Fort Recovery
Ohio
James A. Wilson
Portland
Ind
Darst
Treasure
Elizabeth Ferrell
Walter Ferrell
Pontiac, Mich
R. K Benedum
Jimmy
Parkersburg
Glouster Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
W H Stahl was surprised by friends at his birthday gathering with games and cake. The Sunbeam Class of Oakdale Church met at Emerson Brunton’s home with eleven members, and a lunch was served. The next meeting will be at Darewood Jewell’s home.
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Glouster
W. H. Stah
Oakdale Church
Emerson Brunton
Darewood Jewell
Oakdale Circle Honors Mrs. Ruby Norris With Stork Shower
The Oakdale Friendship Circle honored Mrs. Ruby Norris with a stork shower at her home Tuesday evening. Refreshments were served to the 22 attending.
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Oakdale
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admissions
Births list Mr and Mrs Everett Racer Gallipolis a son Mrs Morris Brown Vinton a daughter. Admitted include Mrs William Stapleton Crown City medical Mrs William Cosby Jackson medical Jerry Hill Letart Falls surgical Guy V Bryan Gallipolis surgical Mrs Harry A Godfrey Point Pleasant medical Dean D Hurley Middleport surgical Discharged John Richard Thomas Jr John Wise Charles Walters Mrs Clarence Stephenson Willie Grimm Mrs Dora Glenn Mrs Henry Click Mrs Howard Stitt Mrs Fred Armbuster Mrs Della Stevens Mrs Jasper Roush Mrs Charles Brady Jr John Mercer Mrs Minnie Jenkins E E Chambers Mrs Lonnie Burger Mrs Horace Miller and daughter Mrs Loren Wise and son.
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William Stapleton
Crown City
William Cosby
Jackson
Floyd B. Scott, Jr
Gallipolis
William Law
Cheshire
James K. Moore
Point Pleasant
Jerry Hill
Letart Falls
Guy V. Bryan
Harry A. Godfrey
Alonzo Thomas
Edward F. Dailey
Radcliff
Cris la Mar Fisher
William H. Proffit, Jr
Hag Lege
Robertsburg
Toler
William Gurney
Coalton
Jacob Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Grace J. Holter
Dean D. Hurley
Middleport
John Richard Thomas
John Wise
Charles Walters
Clarence Stephenson
Willie Grimm
Dora Glenn
Henry Click
Howard Stitt
Fred Armbuster
Della Stevens
Jasper Roush
Charles Brady, Jr
John Mercer
Minnie’ Jenkins
E. E. Chambers
Lonnie Burger
Horace Miller
Loren Wise
Local Visitors Share Weekend at Downington Homes
Guests include Mr and Mrs Max Haning and son Jimmie from Carpenter, Lawrence Dilcher of Columbus with family, and Rev Edna O Hawk visiting the Barnhart and Townsend households. Nearby Athens resident W F Martin visited a relative, while the Stuarts welcomed Bill Scott, Dy wain Stanley, and their children.
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Downington
Hattie. Haning
Max Haning
Jimmie
Carpenter
Lawrence Dilcher
Columbus
Edna O. Hawk
Herb Barnhart
W. F. Martin
Athens
Bill Scott
Dywain Stanley
Gath Townsend
Principal rivers highlighted worldwide
The article lists major rivers including Australia’s Darling, Africa’s Orange, and South America’s River of Doubt as examples among the world’s principal waterways.
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Australia
Africa
South America
John M Dunnette Receives Army Commission at Fort Lee
John M Dunnette of 13 Main St Glouster earns reserve army officer commission at Fort Lee Virginia August 5 in recognition of four years at Ohio University and six weeks ROTC summer camp training.
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Glouster
John M. Dunnette
Main St
J. H. Dunnette
Front St
Fort Lee
Ohio University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Cottage Prayer Meet at Morristown Holiness Church
Cottage prayer meeting hosted by Morristown Holiness Church will be held Friday at 7 30 p m in the home of Mrs Goldie Crippen The Plains. Rev Helen Tatman to lead.
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Chauncey—Cottage
Morristown
Holiness Church
Goldie Crippen
the Plains
Helen Tatman
Trap Shoot Slated at Bilie Farm by Sportsmens Club
The Sportsmens Club will hold another trap shoot next Sunday at 5 p.m. at the new automatic trap on the D. M. Kittle farm Bilie. Public is invited to attend and take part in the shooting.
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Glouster
Sportsmens Club
Bilie
D. M. Kittle Farm
Reserve Captain Attends Command School at Fort Meade
Roger Kittle of Kittle Lumber and Supply is on temporary duty at Fort George G. Meade Maryland. He attends the Army Command and General Staff School as a captain in the reserves.
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Glouster
Roger Kittle
Kittle Lumber and Supply Company
Fort George Meade
Maryland
Arm Command
General Sta
Teachers Re-Hired and New Positions in Glouster Schools
All district employees including custodians cooks bus drivers attendance officer and secretary to the superintendent have been re employed for the 1955 56 school year according to L G DeLong superintendent Two new eleven teachers Mrs Patricia Ridenour and Mrs Jean Everson both of Athens fill elementary vacancies Charlotte Ann Leonard of Killbuck Ohio is hired as full time instrumental and vocal music teacher she previously taught at Prospect Ohio.
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Glouster
L. G. DeLong
Patricia Ridenour
Jean Everson
Athens
Charlotte Ann Leonard
Killbuck
Ohio
Prospect
West School Reunion Set
Plans for the annual West School reunion were finalized at Miss Esther Verity's home. The event ties to the Parade of the Hills festival and starts at 2 p.m. Saturday at the old West School building. Prizes will honor the farthest traveling former pupil and the largest family group.
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Nelsonville
West School
Esther Verity
Old West School
Violet Hollembaugh
Florence Cook
Athens
Edna Oliver
Arthur Kennedy
Mabel Haffner
Leona Wells
Seiber Family Hosts Debbie Seiber Birthday Swim Party
Mr and Mrs James Seiber entertained on Tuesday for their daughter Debbie s fourth birthday with a home pool party. The event featured a decorated cake ice cream balloons as favors and a newly completed pool at the Seiber residence.
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Chauncey
James Seiber
Debbie
Mrs. Seiber
Last Reading Meet Set at School August 15
Chauncey Lois Simpson librarian announces final reading club meeting at the school on August 15 at 12 noon. Part of the program includes a picnic and all members are urged to attend. Awards will be presented by Miss Simpson.
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Chauncey
Lois Simpson
Reading Club
Miss Simpson
Nelsonville WSCS Circle 4 Meets at Adams Home
Nelsonville women of the First Methodist Church gathered for a WSCS Circle 4 meeting led by Mildred Carlin with devotion by Freda Newton and a program on current year activities by Kathryn Gray. Plans for the Parade of the Hills booth were set and pledges replacing dues were explained. Eleven members and one guest attended with refreshments served.
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Friendship Circle 4
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Beatrice Adams
Freda Newton
Kathryn Gray
WSCS
Births at Mount St Mary Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles O Nail Nelsonville welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Harry Bookman New Straitsville Route 1 welcome a son. Other noted names include Ross Steele Union Furnace Margaret Mourne Nelsonville Route 1 William Davis Murray City Hill Nelsonville Mrs Lois Gibbons Nelsonville Mrs Lary Docie Gouster and son Mrs Wolford Baumgartel Athens and daughter Mrs Georgia Wycoff Logan Route 1 Mrs Lena Glass Nelsonville Mike Lucas New Lexington.
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Charles O’nail
Nelsonville
Harry Bookman
New Straitsville
Ross Steele
Union Furnace
Margaret Mourne
William Davis
Murray City Hill
Lois Gibbons
Wolford Baumgartel
Athens
Georgia Wycoff Logan
Circle 2 of Womans' Society meets at Redmond home
Circle 2 of the Womans' Society of Christian Service gathered Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Treva Redmond with Mrs. Bess Bland assisting. Mrs. Betty Johnson, membership chairman, reported three new members. Refreshments followed.
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Womans’ Society of Christian Service
Treva Redmond
Bess Bland
Betty Johnson
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