Nelsonville tax fund brightens city finances
Nelsonville shows a brighter July financial picture after the county auditor settled half of real estate taxes. Receipts for July totaled 25,048.70 while disbursements reached 27,573.77. End of month balances by fund include General 6863.66, Water 7044.51, Sewer 265.72, Street 7574.78, Parking 9788.75, Direct Relief 4914.15, Recreation 2252.54, Water Guarantee 6571.75, Permanent Improvement 3564.73, Building Maintenance 6351.58, Sewage Disposal 13.21, with 25,000 invested in sewage disposal funds and 65,000 in permanent improvement funds.
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Nelsonville
Delbert Kuhn
Permanen Improvement
Pleasant Society Honors Mrs Plymale At Birthday Dinner
Local society notes celebrate Mrs Elmer Plymale of Koplis Ferry with a 70th birthday dinner at home. Family members present include Nellie Hyre and siblings in Point Pleasant New Haven and St Albans. Also reported is a St Peters Lutheran Church family picnic at Harmon Park and various visits around town. An item mentions a marriage announcement for Marsha Dee Daugherty and James Lloyd Boshell. The piece ends with an unrelated note about Argentina farm sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Plymale
Kpolis Ferry
Plymale
Nellie
W. S. Hyre
Point Pleasant
John A. Carpenter
T Larry
Stevie
Connie Jo
Mary Ann
New Haven
Ervin Plymale
Pamela
St. Albans
Nuga Daugherty
Henderson
Marsha Dee Daugherty
James Lloyd Boshell
Walter L. Boshell
Kopverston
W. Va
First Methodist
Williamsburg
Ind
3. H. Helm
Point Pleasant High School
Sylvania Electric Plant
Boshell
Oceana High School
Atlanta Steel Company
Kaiser Aluminum
Ravenswood
Main St
St Peters Lutheran Church
Harmon Park
Joseph
United Lutheran
New Directors Named By Red Cross
POINT PLEASANT The Red Cross chapter announced a new potential board at the annual meeting held in Point Pleasant Junior High School with Chairman Virgil Siders presiding. Directors were selected from a list including Mrs Ed McCullouch, Mrs John Watterson, Mrs George Rairden, Mrs John Brown, Mrs 0 K Burdette, Mrs S T Johnson, Mrs Gus Douglas Sr, Mrs Gerald Sayre, Mrs A B Woodrum, Mr J G Wolden, Thomas Hoffman, Harry Miller, Henry Powers and Dr Nelson A Park. John Walsh of Parkersburg spoke as field representative. Mrs Robert Hamm reported on the blood program and Mason County home service. The business session adopted revised bylaws, with Rev Kenneth W Chandler, Russell Priddy and Jack Kadoskie on the committee.
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Point Pleasant
Red Cross
Virgil Siders
Ed McCullouch
John Watterson
George Rairden
John Brown
0. K. Burdette
S. T. Johnson
Gus Douglas
Gerald Sayre
A. B. Woodrum
J. G. Wolden
Thomas Hoffman
Harry Miller
Henry Powers
Nelson A. Park
John Walsh
Parkersburg
Robert Hamm
Mason County Home Service
Kenneth W. Chandler
Russell Priddy
Jack Kasoskie
Wallace Burdette
Mount Mary Hospital Notes and Local Arrest Report
Hospital notes list births and admissions from Nelsonville Athens Glouster and nearby towns including Carl Buttrick Jr and Laverne Daugherty among new arrivals. Dismissals include Clifford Laing James Comstock Walter Forrest and others. A Nelsonville driver, Charles E Andrews, was arrested twice for unsafe operation on Sunday, posting $20 on each count and due in Mayor Hilleary's court Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Laing
Crooksville
James H. Comstock
Walter E. Forrest
Nelsonville
Donald Duncan
Glouster
Queen candidates named for Nelsonville parade
Nelsonville announces two Glouster girls as queen candidates for the 1956 Parade of the Hills. Melinda Gamwell and Carolyn Conway vie for the honor as the festival opens on August 28.
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Nelsonville
Melinda Gamwell
Carolyn Conway
Fourth Set of Triplet Fawns Found at Wildlife Station
POINT PLEASANT The fourth set of triplet fawns this year was found at the McClintic Wildlife Station, said Station Manager J. Appel. He noted deer are producing twins and many fawns are in their first year, crediting the herd’s health to the station’s nutritive forage.
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Wildlife Station
Point Pleasant
McClintic Wildlife Station
J. €. Appel
Appel
Wildlife’ Station
Torch Area Resident Dies
Mrs. Cornalice Matheny, 68, died Sunday at her Torch home after a long illness. She had lived in the area for 10 years and was a Baptist Church member. Surviving are her husband L W Matheny, six daughters and two sons, all of Akron, four sisters and four brothers, 17 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Orma Church in West Virginia. Friends may call at White funeral home until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soolville
Cornalice Matheny
Torch
White Funeral
Stony period family notices from Noble County area
Private Ronald Leach left for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Ross Shuler promoted to specialist first class and stationed in Germany. Various local residents attended church meetings and visited relatives in Athens Charleston Guysville Jackson Lake Newport Fremont Zanesville Point Pleasant Langville Upper Sandusky Jesse Creek Rutland and Old Kyser. Names include Fife Leach Shuler Burling Searls and Squire Taylor among others.
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Ronald Leach
Fort Leonard Wood
Mo Ross Shuler
Alex Shuler
Germany
Raymond Fife
Athens
Walter Underwood
Charleston
Roy Rife
Cliff Stout
Guysville
John Veith
Fred Buck
Zanesville
Sam Taylor
Mattie Hoffman
Point Pleasant
Squire Taylor
Adolph Smith
Jackson
Joe Leach
Lawrence Rupe
Langville
S. E. Rupe
Burdell Rite
Glenna Lou
Upper Sandusky
Horton Rife
Walter Rife
Jesse Creek
Stanley Searls
Clarence Nelsonville
Garney Searls
Cecil Clarke
Cowen
W. Va
Searls
Ray Searls
Court of May and Sons
Roy Searls
Earl
Glenna Shuler
Emma Fife
Old Kyser
Pleasant Personals visit relatives in Gallia County
Pleasant Personals alt and Mrs Lavearn Siders and Rickey of Williamstown W Va visit the Siders parents Mr and Mrs Guy Mc Williams and their son Mike of Lock 11. The group were Saturday dinner guests of Mrs Williams sister Mrs Margaret Swann Kipolis. Mrs Swann recently moved from Man W Va and will teach this year in Gallia County.
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Lavearn Siders
Rickey
Williamstown
W. Va
Siders
Guy Mc Williams
Mike
Lock 11
Williams
Margaret Swann
Kipolis
Swann
Man
Gallia County
Ohio Valley To Get Funds For Flood Controls
Maj. Gen. E O Itschner announced the Ohio River valley will receive the largest budget increase for flood control and navigation of nine districts in the 1958 federal budget. He noted a 71.6 million ton river level last year and forecast 100 million tons annually in coming years after meeting four congressmen from West Virginia Tennessee Pennsylvania and Michigan at Huntington.
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Ohio Ly Improvement Association
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Ohio River
M. G. Burnside
D-Wva
Clifford Davis
Dtenn
Frank Clark
D-Pa
John Dingell
D-Mich
Bicycle Car Collision Injures Local Boy
Richard Pickett, a boy from 922 Poplar Street, suffered minor cuts and bruises after his bicycle collided with a car driven by Donald A. Gabriel of 33 Highland Avenue Athens on Route 33 at the East City limits. Police report notes the boy moved from the left to right lane to avoid an approaching vehicle and was treated at Mount St Mary Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Donald A. Gabriel
Highland Ave
Athens
Richard Pickett
Poplar St
Canal St
Gabriel
Mount St Mary Hospital
Chauncey Garden Club To Install Officers
Chauncey Garden Club will install officers at a Thursday 6 p.m. gathering hosted by Mrs Bridgewater on the lawn. Members bring a covered dish and their own silver. Plans for the state convention will be discussed. Movies from the July flower show will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amonntri—Ars
Vow Bridgewater
Chauncey Garden Club
Chauncey C D Band Camp Near Logan Set Aug 19 29
Dover area band boosters meet Tuesday night in the Chauncey band room. About 68 members are slated to attend the C D Band Camp near Logan from August 19 through 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Logan
Dover
Chauncey Personals highlights weekend visits and family
Mrs Franci Koon of The Plains visited Mr and Mrs Charles Shields. Mrs Elizabeth Mayles hosted Mr and Mrs Frank Bouscher and daughter Carol and Sharon Wilson of Barberton. The group visited Mayles uncle James Houge in Reedsville who was ill. William Schoonover and family spent time with Danny Lee Schoonover. Betty Koon of Lancaster attended the funeral. Wilma Ferrell of Glouster weekend guest of her mother Elizabeth Ferrell. Hollis Cunningham and Jim Pancake families were weekend guests of Jack Cunningham and Carol in Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Franci Koon
the Plains
Charles Shields
Elizabeth Mayles
Frank Bouscher
Carol
Bouscher
Sharon Wilson
Barberton
Mayles
James Houge
Reedsville
William Schoont
Danny Lee Schoonover
Gerald Schoonover
Betty Koon
Lancaster
Schoonover
Wilma Ferrell
Glouster
Elizabeth Ferrell
Hollis Cunningham
Jim Pancake
Jack Cunningham
Steubenville
Parked Car Struck On Fulton Near Canal
Saturday at 9 p m a car driven by Robert E Kerns Newark struck a parked car owned by Marvin Winchell Nelsonville Route 1 on Fulton St near Canal St Police report says Kerns swung off Canal onto Fulton when the door of his car flew open He grabbed for the door losing control of the car which hit the Winchell vehicle Names include Joan Francis Loper 29 and Eleanor Sue Cartwright 18 with family relations listed in the report
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Nelsonville
Robert E. Kerns
Newark
Marvin Winchell
Fulton St
Canal St
Kerns
Canal
Fulton
Winchell
Clinic Date Is Changed for Well-Child Visit in Mason County
The well-child clinic at Mason County Health Department shifts from August 8 to August 22 at 1 p.m. due to vacation by Dr. Norman Goldstein of Holzer Hospital. Dorothy Watkins and Mrs. Floyd Taylor, with three nurses' aides, assist. appointments must be made in advance. Jon Call enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the Ashland induction station last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Health Department
Norman Goldstein
Holzer Hospital
Goldstein
Dorothy Watkins
Floyd Taylor
AIR Force
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Nelsonville Tax Fund
Brightens City Financial Picture
Pt. Pleasant Society
Mrs
Kymate
St. Paul
Mason County
4-H Club ‘Recreation Center
South Side
Anni
John Roush
Roush
Myrt de Roush
Dayton
Bertha Wilson
Joan
Glen Jiiden
Glendall Sue
Arnold Lee
Columbus
Lucy Cash
J. A. Bailey
Washington Ave
Therman Bailey
Bailey
Georgia Martin
Maine Street
Ina Wentz
Huntington
Ed Lewis
Jackie
Kay
Cathy Mayes
James Hall
Terry
Natalie
Mt. Vernon Ave
Daytona Beach
Fla
Wedear Thabet
Johnny
Main Street
Dale Roush
Ronnie Dale
Mt. Vernon , Ave
Kenneth Roush
Marquette Ave
Myrtle Beach
Robert Hite
Viand St
Argentina
Red Foley
Edward G. Robinson
Jane Mansfield
Big M
Dick Powell
Mr Lets
Superscope
Maxwet Reed
Joan Crawford
Mount Mary Hospital
Carl Buttrick
Dore
Mnie Townsend
Laverne Daugherty
Nelssonville
Frank O'Mara
Lilly McKibben
Zaeski
Claude Schmidt
New Lexington
Harriett Dixon
Denver Mohney
Waveline Pritchard
Mary Hartley
Deanville
Barbara Altier
Malta
Ada Groves
Edna Holland
Elizabeth Thomas
Murray City
Charles Robinson
Ronald Owens
James ‘Hook
John Dyer
Melda Vasko
Murrayity
Beatrice Andrews
Manfeld
Hannah Brookins
John Deal
Jacksonville
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Lewis George
Kay Jones
Hamilton
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Miss Gamwell
Egypt
Suez Canal
Farouk
Anzio
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Ku Klux Klan
Macon
Robert Ryan
Frank Sinatra
Debbie Reynolds
Gable
Turner Cron
Ohio Valley
Smash
Nane
Hi-Boys Shop
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Surcoats
Levi Dungarees
Joan Francis Loper
Sveark
Ohio
Eleanor Sue Cartwright
Mason
Theodore Robert
Viola Catherine Perry Loper
William Albert
Dorothy Susan Belcher Cartwright
Joan Brandon
Meigs County Fair
Rocky Springs
Brandon
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