Schools Open Wednesday Sets Regulations for Opening
Nelsonville boards announce is opening on Wednesday September 5. Pre school teachers meet Tuesday September 4 at 9 am with separate principal meetings at 10 am. New teachers meet with principals at 11 am. Luncheon at noon. Techno Tex projectors demonstration at 1 pm. Lunch pricing 30 cents per meal or 1.50 weekly. Kindergarten age rules require five and six by Sept 15. Enrollment rules include birth certificates and August 31 deadlines. Attendance rules include trip excuses with pay for teachers and possible penalties for unexcused absences. Dress code guidelines limit shorts for older students and require modest attire. Community notices: classmates visit and hospital stays noted.
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Nelsonville
Technifax Corp
L. C. Gary
Board of Education
Nelsonville Greyhounds Preseason Scrimmage Announced
Nelsonville Greyhounds will host a preseason scrimmage at 8 p.m. Saturday at the athletic field. Coach Bob Sheskey announced the out-of-town opponent and noted admission is one bar of toilet soap.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Bob Sheskey
Sheskey
York Schools Opening Set
York Local School District will open for a full day of classes at 8 30 a m Tuesday. The cafeteria will also open Tuesday with a teacher’s meeting at 8 30 a m Monday. Kindergarten pupils must be five and first grade six by Sept 1.
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Clum
Kinneer
Buchtel — York
George Christman
Births Recorded at Mount St. Mary Hospital
The Mount St. Mary Hospital noted multiple birth and naming entries including Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Doolittle of Nelsonville with a son, Mr. and Mrs. Brent Doolittle of Buchtel with a daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buckman of Corning with a son. Names listed also include Otto B. Smart, Maude Evans, Lydia Stanley, Cora Grinstead, Helen Hutchinson, Josephine Smart, Walter McKaskey, Ralph Houk, Carolyn Sue Smith, Rocksandra Richmond, Doshin Snyder, Viola Wilson, Donald E. Boyle, Jacinta Boyle, George Alan Wilson, Danny Kehl, William C. Stewart, and Mabel James among others.
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Kenneth Doolittle
Nelsonville
Brent Doolittle
Buchtel
Robert Buckman
Corning
Otto B. Smart
Maude Evans
Lydia Stanley
Carbondale
Cora Grinstead
Glouster
Helen Hutchinson
Haydenville
Josephine Smart
Toledo
Walter McCaskey
Jacksonville
Ralph Houk
Crooksville
Carolyn Sue Smith
Rocksandra Richmond
Doshin Snyder
Murray City
Viola Wilson
New Lexington
Donald E. Boyle
Logan
Jacinta Boyle
George Alan Wilson
New Straitsville
Danny Kehl
Hemlock
William C. Stewart
Athens
Mabel James
Straitsville Woman Dies at 73 in Mount St. Mary Hospital
Mrs Lillie Mae Hunter 73 of New Straitsville died Thursday evening in Mount St Mary Hospital where she had been admitted Sunday. She was a native of New Straitsville and lifelong resident, widow of Andrew Jackson Hunter. Survived by daughter Mrs Lillian Carlton and five sons Earl Chester Charles William and Carl. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at family home with Rev Max Harvey. Burial New Straitsville Cemetery.
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Earl
Canton
Chester
Charles
New Straitsville
William of Columbus
Carl
Funeral services for Nathan A Matheny in Nelsonville
Nathan A Matheny 60 died Wednesday morning at Mount St Mary Hospital. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev Ronald Axtell and Rev Langley Gullett officiating. Eagles memorial services will be held at 7 30 p.m. Friday at Warren funeral home with viewing until services.
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Nelsonville
Nathan Andrew Matheny
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Church of the Nazarene
Ronald Axtell
Langley Gullett
Eagles
Warren Funeral Home
Turner Family Attends Funeral at Shilo Church
Mr and Mrs Charles Turner attend the funeral of his sister at Shilo Church Red House West Virginia. Mrs Mary Joy Brown returns home after visiting her sister Mrs Charles Turner. Delbert Teaford visits Virginia to see son and daughter in law Laurence Teaford.
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Antiquity
Charles Turner
Shilo Church
Red House
W. Va
Mary Joy Brown
Delbert Teaford
Virginia
Laurence Teaford
Oval Diddle
Libby Diddle
Janice Epple
Athens
Ray Roush
Freedom
Rutland PTA Hosts First Grade Party
The Rutland PTA treated first graders and their mothers to a party at Rutland Elementary. Principal Herbert Park er and teachers Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Page outlined materials, safety rules, immunizations, and lunchroom details. Children toured the building and received favors.
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Rutland
Rutland Pta
Herbert Parker
Margaret Parsons
Olive Page
Infant death reported in Middleport
Jackie McCumber infant daughter of Pete and Nancy Lee McCumber died at birth at the family residence on N Front Street. The Middleport Emergency Squad and a physician were summoned but the infant died. Arrangements are being handled by Rawlings Coats Funeral Home.
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Middleport
Jackie McCumber
Pete
Nancy Lee MceCumber
N. Front St
Rawlings- Coats Funeral Home
Student Pastor Will Give Farewell Sermon
Nelsonville Doanville Community Chapel will hear farewell sermon from Terry T. Timson at 9 a.m. Sunday before he leaves for the University of Dubuque Iowa to study in the graduate division of theology. Timson, a Zanesville native, earned a bachelor of arts degree at Ohio University last February.
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Nelsonville
Terry T. Timson
Elizabeth Sr
Doanville
Timson
University of
Local Visits and Family News in Laurel Cliff
Laurel Cliff residents share visitors and travels. Gene Musser and family spend time with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Musser. Harold Wogan, recently discharged from the Army, visits his brother-in-law and sister. Multiple families from Columbus Gallipolis and Beckley attend a funeral and visit relatives.
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Laurel Cliff
William Musser
Roseville
Gene Musser
Harold Wogan
Gener Musser
Paul Archer
Mark Hison
Columbus
Lew Diehl
Ivan Diehl
Charles Braun
Gallipolis
Murel Harris
St. Albans
W. Va
Ike Warren
Olin
Ewington Community News Highlights Short Trips and Birth
Mrs. George Martin drove after Mrs. Caton to Jackson for an overnight visit and then to Circleville with the Spires children. Circleville visits included helping grandchildren prepare for school. Larry Wells returned home after discharge from the service. A PTA meeting at Salem Center, new committee chosen, first regular meeting Sept. 10. Harold and Jer ry Hiles welcomed a daughter Linda Kay born Aug. 15. Mrs. Eugene Johnston hosted visitors while Sue Trout and her children visited kin in Albany and Carroll reunion attendees at Carter Cave Kentucky.
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E. C. Johnston Ewington
George Martin
Rodney Wright
Holzer Hospital
Salem Center
PTA
Dorothy Cray
Harold Hiles
Lancaster
Linda Kay
Hiles
Jerry Oiler
Eugene Johnston
Pharoh Johnson
Lloyd Osburn
Sue Trout
Albany
Anne Edmundson
Sam Hicks
Carroll
Carters Cave
Kentucky
C E Snider Dies Friday in Pomeroy
Charles Ed ward Snider aged 68 died Friday morning at his Union Ave residence after a heart attack. The Pomeroy Emergency Squad arrived too late. He leaves wife Janie. four daughters Ruth Koenig Janet Reeves Jean Templeton Beatrice Rairden. four sons James Charles Dale Ralph. 28 grandchildren and one great grandchild. a brother Henry of Cincinnati. two sisters Grace Cooper and Ada Brumfield. Coats Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Pomeroy
Charles Edward Snider
Union Ave
Janie
Ruth Koenig
Long Bottom
Janet Reeves
Columbus
Jean Templeton
Beatrice Rairden
Hartford
W. Va
James
Charles
Dale
Rutland
Ralph
Middleport
Henry
Cincinnati
Grace Cooper
Florida
Ada Brumfield
Huntington
Rawlings- Coats
Fellowship Meeting Held at Mt Zion BTU Institute
RUTLAND Mt Zion Baptist Church hosted a get acquainted fellowship of the Hocking District Baptist Training Union Institute led by retired president Mrs Edith Luckadoo. Attendees included ministers from First Baptist Reedsville Rutland Naomi Pomeroy Forest Run and host Rev R D Jones. Activities featured recitations by Judy and Kenneth Ferguson and refreshments by Mt Zion women. Nelsonville Monday Longstretch Homecoming features baseball games at 2 p.m. Sunday and Monday with Cokers versus Plantsville and Murray City, plus Old Timers softball, sack races, pie eating and concessions.
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Jones
Mt. Zion Church
Joe van Hook
Anne Luckadoo
Edith Thomas
Carrie Wright
Nelsonville
Coker’s
Plantsville
Murray City
Local Folk Homecoming and Community Notices
Storys Run by Glenna Shuler notes Robert Taylor returning from 13 months in Korea and reunions among families in the area. It lists visits, travel to Ft Belvoir, and plans for deployment. Various townsfolk attend funerals and gatherings, with church group meeting details for the Presbyterian Women’s Association in Nelsonville.
Local social notes from Nelsonville and nearby towns
Youths and adults attended the MYF picnic at Forked Run Lake on August 25. Several families and visitors from Millston West Virginia Huntington Parkersburg Marietta and Cleveland are listed among weekend gatherings and hospital notes. Miss Fanchion Sue Talbert of Nelsonville was discharged from Mount St Mary Hospital. her name was incorrectly listed as Franchion Calvert in a previous edition.
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Alfred
MYF
Forked Run Lake
Nelsonville
Fanchion Sue Talbert
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Franchion Calvert
Moeller to Appear With Old Settlers in Jacksonville
Rep. Walter Moeller is slated to speak Monday on the third day of the Old Settlers celebration in Jacksonville. The three day event opens Saturday at 7 p.m. with a Trimble Local High School Band concert and includes dances, rides, a parade, band concerts by several groups, queen contest finals, and a twist contest through the weekend.
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Walter Moeller
Old Settlers
Trimble
Sandy Erb
The
Methodist Church
Pleasant Valley Boys
Count Downs
Rep. Moeller
Nelsonville
Chauncey-Dover
Windsor
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