Drowning Fatality Of Rex Flowers In Muskingum River
Rex Flowers 36 of Nelsonville and part-owner of the Midnight Inn drowned when a motor boat overturned on the Muskingum River near McConnelsville around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Basil Whitlatch and Walter Sanborn survived. Whitlatch swam ashore while Sanborn reached a sandbar. Coroner’s verdict was accidental drowning. Flowers leaves wife Auldean and two sons Billy Rex and Larry Joe, with services set at Nelsonville’s Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Nelsonville
Rex Flowers
Chestnut St
Midnight Inn
Muskingum River
McConnelsville
Flowers
Basil Whit Jatch
Walter Sanborn
Ray Doak
Morgan County
McConnelsville Voluntee
Austin Coulson
Sanborn
Doak
Whitlatch
William Brooks Shoe Co
Auldean Flowers
Billy Rex
Great Lakes
Larry Joe
Fred Flowers
Ray
Methodist Episcopal Church
William George
Greenlawn Cemetery
Reckless Speed Bet Lands Nelsonville Residents in Court
Thelma McSherry faced Acting Mayor Steve Wilson on a reckless operation charge after allegedly hitting 60 mph on Washington St with a $20 wager at stake. She claimed the bet was won and paid $18.60 of the winnings as part of a $10 fine plus costs. Also fined were Robert Mettler $25 and John Fuller $10 after intoxication and traffic light violations. William Badwell pleaded innocent to an intoxication charge and was held for further hearing.
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Nelsonville
Thelma McSherry
Washington St
Steve Wilson
Miss McSherry
Robert Mettler
John Fuller
William Badwell
Schedule Changes for Nelsonville Twilight Leagues
Due to many postponed games both Twilight League baseball and softball schedules have been rearranged to finish before Seni. 1. City commission and recreation director announced. Remaining softball games begin tonight at the high school field. Baseball: 34 games left, games nearly every night through August at City Playground. Revised softball and baseball dates list teams like Cubs, Giants, Miller, Chevrolet, Thomas Jewelers.
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Nelsonville
Seni. 1
Fiel
Aus
Zahutt
Great Dictator Screenings Stir German Audiences
Berlin viewers reacted negatively to Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator shown Friday night. Critics found the satire still too fresh and not fully splintered from reality.
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Berlin
Charlie Chaplin
Captain Francis Kouri Ends Army Signal Service Career
Nelsonville reports Capt Francis G Kouri former Army Signal Corps officer is on terminal leave after about five years of training and service. He served on Okinawa in the Pacific theater for the last 15 months and has returned to Columbus with his wife, planning a longer stay in Nelsonville later.
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Nelsonville
Francis G. Kouri
Army Signal Corps
Terminal Cave
Okinawa
Pacific
Kouri
George ‘Kouri
Columbus
Regular
Memorial meeting advances county World War II memorial
Nelsonville hosts third county wide session at Glenford Dugan Post 229 to form a county action committee for a World War II memorial. Roland Pierce named Nelsonville York Township area chairman. A 17 member policy committee to be named at next Athens County Courthouse session.
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Nelsonville
Glensford Dugan Post
Nelson‘ville
Don Campbell
Wilbur D. Mender
Roland Pierce
VFW
Nelsonville City-York Township
Athens County
Athens
C. J
Ailstock
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Athens City Offi
Cials
Bobo and
Bolin
Thearea
General Assembly of
Ohic i
Nelsorsville
Veterans
Veterlans of Foreign Wars
Wilbur ‘I. Mender
American Legtion
American Legion Committee
Foster Day J
Floyd Brown
Co. J. Allstock
Nelsonville Social Notes
Nelsonville social items list guests at local gatherings. Mollie Cairns of California visited her father Jacoby Landis and sister Alice Hillis for family illness, with Elza Hellyer attending a Past Chiefs event, and Ed Lesch and C. H. Bartlett hosting Chicago guests for a Shriners picnic in Parkersburg. Also, Orville G Brandeberry of Coolville named executor of Charles Ellsworth Brandeberry estate. creditors must file claims within four months.
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Mollie Cairns
California
Jacoby Landis
Alice Hillis
FW. Hickman
Worth- Sa
P. W. Hickman
Elza Hellyer
Columbus
Harry Davis
Ed Lesch
Chicago
C. H
Bartlett
Shriners Trim
Ohio
W. Va
Parkersburg
Wva
Orville G. Brandeberry
Coolville
Charles Ellsworth Brandeberry
Tate
Athens County
Francis D. White
Zota
Sal County
Trimble Park Meet Called For Thursday
Glouster Mayor Thomas Williams, chairman of the Trimble Township Memorial Park Association, calls a meeting at Trimble Park Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for all members and committees to review accomplishments and plan future work. A Wiener roast will be served with buns, wieners, and coffee provided. proceeds by free will offering. The Park Committee invites all association members to attend.
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Glouster
Thomas ‘Williams
Trimble Township
York Young People Are Church Delegates
Eight young people from the local Church of Christ represent the church as delegates to a district Youth Conference at Muskingum College New Concord. The group left Sunday to attend the conference which will continue for one week. Included are Lois Bateman Judith Ann Betts Robert Barrows Charles Mechem Helen Miner Jimmy Pritchard Elia Jane Shaner Jo Anne Tharp.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Muskingum College
New Concord
Lois Bateman
Judith Ann Betts
Robert Barrows
Charles Mechem
Helen Miner
Jimmy ‘Pritchard
Elia Jane Shaner
Jo Anne Tharp
Social Security Officer to Help Applicants in Nelsonville
A representative from the Zanesville Social Security field office will be at the U S Employment Service office in the YMCA building Nelsonville on Tuesday August 13 from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 2 pm. The visit assists applicants for Old Age and Survivors Insurance benefits and provides Social Security program information to beneficiaries and the public.
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Nelsonville
Zanesville
Drive Meet In Nelsonville Opens Band Week
The committee organizing the Nelsonville Band Week drive will meet at 10 oclock tonight at the high school building to begin the local fundraising effort.
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Nelsonville
Kiwanis Meet Set for Trimble Township Memorial Park
The Glouster Kiwanis Club plans an outdoor meeting at Trimble Township Memorial Park on Tuesday with supper served at 6:30 pm. The organizing committee includes Dr and Mrs W D Witham Mr and Mrs William Curran and Mr and Mrs Dan Kovach.
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Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Trimble ‘Township
W. D. Witham
Wiliam Curran
Dan Kovach
WSCS Picnic Planned at Jacksonville Methodist Church Park
The WSCS of the Jacksonville Methodist Church invites the public to a potluck picnic in the park Wednesday at 6 p.m. Attendees should bring their own table service except silverware, which will be furnished.
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Glouster
WSCS
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Yaw Families Visit Glouster and Athens Ohio Scene
Yaw family members including Mr. and Mrs Dean Wilhelm and Phyllis Yaw plus Bertha Yaw from ton visited Mr. and Mrs J V Yaw on Saturday. Mrs J V Yaw accompanied them to call on Mr and Mrs O V Yaw in Athens. Their daughters Chloe and Evelyn Yaw returned home after a two week vacation with their brother Cpl Roy Yaw at Lowery Field in Denver Colorado.
Richardson Rites Held for Glouster Pioneer in Newark
Funeral services were held Friday in Newark for George L. Richardson, longtime Glouster businessman. He operated a music store with son-in-law Henry Gee, later ran Richardson Furniture Co, then worked in lumber and milling trades in Newark and Millersport before retirement. He and wife, who died in 1903, had lived in Newark with daughter Meland Sands in recent years.
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Glouster
L. Richardson
Leonard Jr
Cynthia
Rankin Brunton
Dan Kavach
Enlon Grubbs
Alex Molnar
Richardson
George L. Richardson
Newark
Henry
Richardson Furniture Co
Tumber
Newarkland Millersport
Mel
Ocea Sands
Former Glouster Man Visits Home Saturday
Former Glouster resident Johny Thomas and his family from Barberton spent Saturday and Sunday visiting Mrs. Herb Armstrong and Miss Sabra Armstrong. Thomas, now a dental technician running his own lab in Barberton, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas of Glouster.
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Glouster
Johny Thomas
Peggy
Wayne
Barberton
Herb Armstrong
Sabrat Armstrong
Johny
William
Billy
Thomas
Glouster Personal Notes on Local Visitors
Miss Betty Lou Robinson returns home after a two week vacation with her uncle and aunt in Columbus. Mrs. Kenneth Bingman and baby visit Athens to spend time with Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Bingman. Tommy Buchman and his sister Ruth Buchman, recently discharged from the armed forces, visit Columbus this week. Dora Harry, employed in Columbus, spends the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kurtzman.
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Incolumbus
Ed Kurtzman
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Form Chauncey Dover Chapter
About 40 veterans from the First and Second World Wars and the Spanish American War attended a Chauncey High School meeting on organizing a VFW chapter for Chauncey Dover Township. Virgil Preston chaired with Ronald Pierce and Nelsonville Post officers present. A follow up meeting was set for Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium to likely establish the organization.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Hiskh
Yar Dover
Virgil Preston
Jack Lex
Ronald Pierce
Nelsonville Post
Chauncey-Dover
Dover Township
Miss Esta Cunningham Entertains Guests
GLOUSTER JACQUELYN and Peggy Cunningham daughters of Mr and Mrs Raymond Cunningham Richmond Va were Friday guests of their aunt Miss Esta Cunningham Callers at Miss Cunninghams home Friday were Mr and Mrs Jerry Goodwill Corning Mrs Hattie Ray of Uniontown Pa and Carl Goodwill Columbus Raymond Cunningham a former Glouster resident is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Zern Cunningham
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Glouster
Jacquelyn
Peggy Cunningham
Raymond Cunningham
Richmond
Esta Cunningham
Miss Cunningham
Jerry Goodwill
Corning
Hattie Ray
Uniontown
Carl Goodwill
Columbus
Zern Cunningham
Mayor Urges VJ Day Flag Display in Town
GLOUSTER Mayor Thomas Williams notes Wednesday August 14 marks VJ Day. He says no formal program is planned but urges homes and businesses to display the flag to honor the end of the war with Japan.
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Glouster
Thomas Williams
Japan
Ladies Aid Meeting Opens Quilting at Chauncey Church
Chauncey Methodist Church Ladies Aid plans an all day quilting session this Thursday at the church. Mrs. Rebecca Harrison of The Plains spent Thursday to Saturday visiting her mother Mrs. Lew Jones in Orbiston.
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Chauncey— Ladies Aid Society
Chauncey Methodist Church
Chauncey
Rebecca Harrison
the Plains
Lew Jones
Orbiston
Old Settlers meet plans for Jacksonville Homecoming
Committees report progress on reunion in Jacksonville mayor's office. Church Homecoming is the Sunday feature with details to be announced. Labor Day parade will showcase floats, bands, horses, and costumes, with prizes to be announced. Horse pulling, ferris wheel, merry go round, amateur hour, band concerts, and concessions planned. Agricultural exhibit to be announced. Process includes out of town speakers and Harry Simmons on grounds with his speaking system. General committee schedules meetings on Aug 16 23 and 30 to finalize preparations.
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Glouster
Old Settlers
Jacksonville
C. F. Guinther
William Hammond
Wahnera Exenkamper
Harry Simmons
Athens
Christian Mission Club Convenes on Friday
Dorothy Mae Race and Mrs. Kelsa Lowery hosted members of the Doreas Society of the Christian Mission Friday at Mrs. Sell Bentley’s home. Mrs. Lacey McNutt led the meeting while Elsie Lock and Dorothy Race sang. refreshments followed. CHAMNCEX Ladies Aid meets Aug 14 at 7 30 p m at Mrs. Helen Gillespie’s home with Mrs. Gertrude Brown conducting a literary program and potluck supper.
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Dorothy Mae Race
Kelsa Lowery
Doreas Society of the Christian Mission
Sell Bentley
Lacey McNutt
Elsie Lock
Dorothy Race
Ladies Aid Society
Millfield Methodist Church
Helen Gillespie
Gertrude Brown
Miss Rose Harrison Visits at The Plains
Chauncey Miss Rose Harrison of Dayton was a guest last week of her mother Mrs. Rebecca Harrison and brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs Dwight Grace at The Plains. Mrs Harrison's daughter in law Mrs Elizabeth Harrison and daughter Becky Ann of Dayton also visited and were accompanied home by David Harrison who had been visiting his grandmother. David will visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Carl Hilderbrand of Columbus formerly of Taylor Ridge.
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Chauncey
Rose Harrison
Dayton
Rebecca Harrison
Dwight Grace
the Plains
Plains WCTU Meeting August 6 at Plains Church
The Plains WCTU met August 6 in the Plains Church of the Nazarene led by president Ada Lakin with devotionals by Channell. Rev JN Lakin reported News of the Union Signal. Two new members joined, Channell secretary in Lakin’s absence. attendees included Carmel, Wharton, Cade, Grandy, Porter, Lakin, and Channell.
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Chauncey
The
Plains Wctu
Plains Church of the Nazarene
Ada Lakin
Carrie Channell
Union
J. N. Lakin
Mary Porter
Parsonage Fund Established by Pisins Met Dist Church
Rev. Charles Caffrey announces a fund to purchase and provide for the church parsonage with contributions welcomed from members and friends. Chauncey a joint meeting of the official board and Sunday School officers and teachers will be held tonight at 7:36.
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Chauncex
Charles Caffrey
Chauncey
Church of Christ
UMW Ladies State Picnic Set For Aug 18 at Buckeye Lake
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers held a meeting to finalize plans for the annual outing and picnic dinner on August 18 at Buckeye Lake. A chartered bus will depart the K of P building at 6:30 am Sunday. Members were told to bring their own dinner and table service, and a potluck supper capped the session led by president Mrs. Jessie Johnson. The next meeting was set for August 20.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies
United Mine
K. of P
Buckeye Lake
K. of FY
At & Sam
Jessie Johnson
Lucille Showalter
Havell Perry
Elsie Walke
Elizabeth Meee
Ira Hillyer
Myrtle Tippie
Lena Bailey
Ora Barnhart
Elizabeth Shisher
Ollie Hillyer
Wife Wins Relief From Neuritis Pain
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Norito
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Francis Kouri
Nelsonville Social Notes
Wills
Garnet Bennett
TE. Wilson
L. P. Tice
Welsonville
Truman
Rep
John Riley
South Carolina
Omar Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Omar Bradier
John Williamson
NEA Telephoto
Trimble Park
York
G. L. Richardson
Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
Dover
Auditorium
Miss Esta Cunningham
Old Settlers Reunion
Christian Mission Club
Millfield
Ting
STATI
Warriors of Peace
Voice of the Army
Mark Warnews
Soung
Harry Wismer
Guy Lombardo
Harry James
Xavier Cugai
Civil Service Room
P. O. Bldg
Athens, Ohio
UMW
Williamson Wurnaces
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
C. A Burris
Ghlo
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
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