Hocking River Potential Discussed Before Lions
Nelsonville Lions heard a briefing by Albert Seabright and Rev. John Lloyd Evans on the Hocking River's possible use for recreation and industry. They described dredging, dams, and development plans to attract boating, fishing, and tourism, plus potential government aid and new riverfront growth.
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Nelsonville
Hocking River
Lions Club
Albert Seabright
Hocking County
John Lloyd Evans
Evans
Lake Hope
Burr Oak
Hocking Canal
Canal St
New Orleans
Ohio River
Hocking
Seabright
Dorr Run
Columbus
Salt Creek
Logan
Athens
Nelsonville Schools announce teaching staff for coming year
Nelsonville Superintendent Lloyd C. Gray lists the complete teaching staff. Notable names include J. K. Kin neer as high school principal and Lowell Cole as elementary principal. East Central Central and elementary teachers cover grades from kindergarten to twelfth, with multiple specialists in English, history, science, music, and coaching roles.
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Nelsonville
Lloyd C. Gray
J. K. Kinneer
Lowell Cole
Delores Abraham
John Daugherty
Clark Devol
Frank Downhour
Martha Fick
Martine Green
D. W. Hoffee
Robert Sheskey
Helen Washburn
Roger Wolf
Robert Pack
East Elementary
Elsie Call
Margaret Jones
Mae Koker
Susan Myers
Hoy Seekinger
Helen Acker
Marinel Weymiller
Central Elementary
Beatrice Barber
Beatrice Adamson
Frances Cox
Catherine Figgins
Kathryn Gray
Ruth Hoskins
Margaret Johnson
Fisher Kinneer
Blanche Linton
Mary Norris
Edna Raine
Perry County Court Notes and Local Developments
New Lexington names mayors for Perry County villages including Floyd D. Wolfe and Harold Anderson incumbents. Corning seeks to double water capacity by building a reservoir pipeline, with bids due August 24. Buildex Inc of Ottawa Kansas to supply aggregate at New Lexington. Ohio University honors Robert Strawn. Shawnee names Alan Porter street foreman. Congress hears of Somerset sesquicentennial on September 22 to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Perry County
Floyd D. Wolfe
Crooksville
Harold Anderson
Harry W. Maxwell
Durwood Neff
Junction City
Wilbur Poling
New Straitsville
William A. Colvin
Paul Hatem
Marion Livingston
Harold W. Martin
Robert Stubbs
William Snider Glenford
Homer Lincimore
Corning
Willis Wright
Shawnee
Samuel Braglin
William Schuster
Hemlock
William Turner
Rendwille
Somerset
John D. Drumm
Thomas H. Johnson
Thornville
George B. Stevens
Clifford D. Hammers
Charles A. Smith
Roy Christman
Walter J. McClintock
New York Central
Lite-Stone Aggregate Co
Sunny Hill Coal Co
Kansas
Buildex Inc
Ottawa
Kincaid
College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio University
Robert Strawn
Shawnee Council
Alan Porter
John E. Henderson
House of Representatives
Birth At Mount St. Mary Hospital Reported In Ohio Village
Mr. and Mrs. William Coakley Logan Route 1 welcomed a daughter. Admitted: Walden C. Deal Jacksonville. Howard Barber Athens Thomas Riley Nelsonville. Mrs. Mildred Hardman Pleasantville Route 1 Mrs. Margaret Phillips Buch- Cecil Sanborn Chauncey. Dismissed: Mrs Luther Herron Logan and son. Mrs. Margaret Call Nelsonville Mrs. Grace Mingus Glouster. Nelsonville Visitor: James Cheeseman Pleasant Valley visited Sunday with his mother Erma Cheeseman and grandmother Mrs. Bertha Ray. Mrs. Cheeseman has been here several weeks caring for her mother who has been ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Coakley
Logan
Walden C. Deal
Jacksonville
Howard Barber
Athens
Thomas Riley
Nelsonville
Mildred Hardman
Pleasantville
Margaret Phillips
Buch
Luther Herron
Margaret Call
Grace Mingus
Glouster
James Cheeseman
Pleasant Valley
Erma Cheeseman
Bertha Ray
Scouts Return From Camp At Camp Kootaga
Ten Nelsonville Boy Scouts and three leaders returned from a week at Camp Kootaga near Parkersburg. Travelers included Jack Miller Glenn Tharp Forrest Fuller Gary Hook Bill Hollenbaugh Larry Steele Barney Jacobs Henry Sprouse Alan Higgins and Hubert Call. Leaders were Gilbert Simonton Noel Simonton and Le Roy Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Camp Kootaga
Parkersburg
Jack Miller
Glenn Tharp
Forrest Fuller
Gary Hook
Bill Hollenbaugh
Larry Steele
Barney Jacobs
Henry Sprouse
Alan Higgins
Hubert Call
Gilbert Simonton
Noel Simonton
Leroy Bennett
Shawneer Edward R Hopkins serves two weeks at Camp Breckinridge
Edward R Hopkins of the National Guard in Columbus works as an instructor at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky for the next two weeks. He is an assistant chemist with the Columbus Police Department. The Methodist Church runs a Bible school in its second week with teachers including Rev and Mrs. Farmer and several local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Hopkins
National Guard
Columbus
Camp Breckinridge
Hopkins
Methodist Church
Farmer
Margaret Hopkins
Margaret Garlinger
Roberta Hansen
Louella Hughes
Brenda Nicholas
Margy Brunton
Connie Huston
Donna Saltzer
W. W. Ricketts
Skippy
Ronnie
Washington D. C
Ralph Barnett
Sam Breeze
Paul Keiffer
Bob McGrew
Minnie McGrew
Appleman Family Visits Buckeye Lake Cottage Purpose
Mr and Mrs George Appleman and children of Akron formerly Nelsonville residents visited Mr and Mrs Melvin Blackburn and spent part of their summer at the Blackburns Buckeye Lake cottage Appleman formerly managed Economy Loan Co in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
George Appleman
Akron
Melvin Blackburn
Blackburns
Buckeye Lake
Appleman
Economy Loan Co
Cop Finds Still Hidden In Oddest Place
Philadelphia police after a fruitless search in a west side home found a 25 gallon drum buried in the back yard two thirds full of white whisky. Patrolman Charles Stitt quenced his thirst at a laundry tub tap and traced the pipe to the still. The discovery ended the covert liquor operation.
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Philadelphia
Charles Stitt
Stutt
Exams Set For Civic Employes
Civic service examinations for fireman and sewage disposal plant assistant and janitors will be held September 3. Applicants for fireman must be 21 to 31, sewage plant assistant 21 to 55. Application blanks available at the city building after today for a $1 fee. The tests will form eligibility lists. The local civil service commission was reorganized with Clyde Byers as president, Harry Davis as secretary, and Arthur Newton as a member.
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Nelsonville
Civil — Service
Harry Davis
Local Civil Service Commission
Clyde Byers
Davis
Arthur Newton
Nelsonville honors Ada Mae Woodson with scholarship
Miss Ada Mae Woodson of Nelsonville has won the Oral and Ruth Daugherty scholarship to Ohio University. A 1957 Nelsonville High graduate, she held glee club and GAA memberships, was active in FHA and Tri-Hi-Y, plus science club and prom committee. The $150 award covers one year.
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Nelsonville
Ada Mae Woodson
Hope Woodson
Ruth Daugherty
Ohio University
Nelsonville High School
Miss Woodson
Glee Club
Girls Athletic Association
Future Homemakers of
American
The
Tri-Hi-Y
Science Club
Prom Committee
Nelsonville area women hold church study and circle meetings
The Esther class of the Christian Church met for a 6 p.m. pot luck, led devotions, and discussed Christian women and education with 14 members present. Presbyterian Women’s Circle Four met at Mrs. John Saltz’s home, with Dorothy Vorhes presiding in the chair absence and reports on citizenship study.
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Esther
The
Christian Church
Agnes Cox
Velma Pritchard
Flora Powell
Merle Stewart
Circle Four
Presbyterian Women's Association
John Saltz
United Nations
Lloyd Evans
J. C. Green
Family visits unfold as Huntington veteran hospital update given
Mrs. Chester Reeves and her son Jimmy with Miss Florence Burnell visited their father Dave Burnell in Huntington West Virginia. He is in veterans hospital Ward A-3 Room 330 with fair condition after an operation. Miss Sylvia Matheny and nephew Vern Barnhart spent weekend in Middletown Indiana visiting sister Dora Slick. Mrs Slick and daughter Jacqueline joined them returning home after Columbus Zoo calls. They stopped in Columbus to visit the Columbus Zoo. Guests Monday of Mrs. Agnes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Reeves
Jimmy
Florence Burnell
Huntington
W. Va
Dave Burnell
Veterans Hospital
Sylvia Matheny
Vern Barnhart
Middletown
Ind
Dora Slick
Russell Rites Planned for Mrs Russell and Daughter
Graveside services for Mrs. W C Russell of Coral Gables Florida and her daughter Mrs Martha Russell Spain of Miami will be held at Beech Grove Cemetery in Pomeroy Saturday at 4 p.m. The Rev Albert S Chappelear III will officiate. Surviving are five of eight daughters and three grandchildren along with a grandson. Flowers are omitted per request.
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Middleport
W. C. Russell
Coral Gables
Fla
F. O. Spain
Martha Russell
Miami
Beech Grove
Pomeroy
Albert S. Chappelear
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Gallipolis
Capt
Joseph
Frances Saul Martin
Russell
Spain
F. C. Spain
Lee K. Jameson
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Nelsonville teen pleads guilty to breaking and entering
Wayne Hamilton, 19, of Nelsonville, pleaded guilty in Mayor Hilleary's court to breaking and entering and was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond. He was captured by city police for a Friday night break at Barber's Service station. About $23 of loot was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Wayne Hamilton
Earl Hilleary
Barber
Parade of the Hills planning meeting set in Nelsonville
The general committee of the Parade of the Hills will meet tonight at 7 in the city building to ensure all preparations are complete for the pageant starting August 25.
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Nelsonville
Parade of the Hills
No Fanfare Just Help Community Chest Supports Salvation Army
Logan notes the Salvation Army as one of six agencies in the Hocking County Community Chest second annual appeal in October. The piece recalls wartime aid and local services provided previously, including food, furniture, dental care, shoes, and emergency support, with Lancaster as the nearest headquarters and Erving Crawford directing local services.
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Hocking County Community Chest, Inc
Logan
Salvation Army
Lancaster
Erving Crawford
Hocking County
Red Cross June July activities in Hocking County
Mary Thompson reports Hocking County Red Cross volunteers aided 46 home service cases including emergency leave verifications for service personnel and military reports. About 150 volunteers served in blood donor work first aid training and program planning while 111 first aid certificates were issued. Gray Ladies contributed 394 hours at Chillicothe veterans hospital.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Logan Swimming Pool
Camp Hocking
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Hair Cut Prices Hiked by Pomeroy Association
Pomeroy and Middleport barbers announce a price increase effective Monday morning. Conventional hair cuts rise to 1.25 dollars and flat tops to 1.50. Other services list shave 1.00, shampoo .75, tonic .30, massages .75 and 1, with new hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs
Pomeroy-Middleport Barbers Association
Nelsonville Police Investigate Car Crash on Cables Alley
Nelsonville police investigated an accident yesterday at 3:45 p.m. at Cables Alley and Franklin Street involving Miles B. Wolfe 21 of Nelsonville Route 1 and Edward W. Regard 39 of Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Cables Alley
Franklin St
Miles B. Wolfe
Edward W. Regard
Logan-Howard Funk Reaches Home After Surgery
Howard Funk returned Wednesday to his home at 319 N Orchard St from Grant Hospital Columbus. He is reported much improved after undergoing surgery at the hospital.
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Hospital
Logan
Howard Funk
Orchard St
Grant Hospital
Columbus
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Marietta
Supt. Gray
William J. Joyce
Buildex
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Cecil Sanborn
Chauncey
Love Brothers
Nelsonville, Ohio
Shawneer
Nelsonville Area Women’s News
Circle 4
Carl A. Brooks
Betsy
New York
Brook
John V. Wood
Harris H
Harris A. Wood
Susan and
Hunter
Phoenix, Ariz
Woods
John Wood
Welsonville
Russell Rites
Wolfe's
Sealy
Willett
Kling
Lloyd
Kroehler
Dagstrom
Berne
Tell City Maple
Urniture CO
W. Washington Street
Your Community Chest
Red Cross
Good Housekeeping
Foster's
Daugherty & Wolfe
Chestnut St
Mechem’s
Dechow's Shoe Store
Columbus Street
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