Plans for SE Ohio basketball banquet formed in Nelsonville
Plans are underway for the all South eastern Ohio League basketball banquet in Nelsonville in late February. Committees named by the Nelsonville Athletic Association will run the event honoring last year’s league winner. The banquet aims to feature a notable speaker as organizers contact prominent basketball figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Athletic Association
Ester Crabtree
Dick Hubbard
Lowell Cole
Robert Wolfe
Darrell Figgins
J. K. Kinneer
William Friedrich
Ways and Means
Ward Phillips
Everett Carroll
Max Adkins
John Lloyd Evans
John Ward
Nelsonville Native Ella Rayburn Dies in Troy
Ella Rayburn 47 of Troy died after a five week illness in a Troy hospital. Nurse trained at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis she worked at western Ohio hospitals and most recently with the Troy board of public health. Survived by two daughters Harrett and Vikki her father William Johnston three brothers Charles William Kenneth. Funeral services were held in Troy with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ella Rayburn
Troy
William Johnston
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ohio
Board of Public Health
Harry E. Rayburn
William
Margaret Levering Johnston
First Presbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Harrett
Vikki
Charles Johnston
Springfield
Kenneth
U. S. Air Force
Estates and guardianship notices in Athens County proceedings
Notices list inventories and appraisements filed for multiple decedents in Ohio including Elmer Cole Martha Diltz Rose Ann Nibert Laura Parker Frederick Schilling and Fred Schilling with hearing set December 23 1957 at 1 pm Probate Judge Roger J. Jones Sr and deputy Beatrice Nanna. Executors administrators guardians and heirs may file exceptions by five days before hearing. Also lists accounts filed in probate court with hearings postponed to January 14 1958 and names numerous estates and fiduciaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Cole
Martha A. Diltz
Rose Ann Nibert
Laura O. Parker
Iaura K. Parker
Frederick C. Schilling
Fred C. Schilling
F. C. Schilling
Richland County
Ohio
Roger J. Jones
Beatrice Nanna
Athens County
Clifford E. Barber
Elsie Barber
Wm. Parker Walker
de Bonis
James Ellard Bishop
Drue B. Hoodlet
Ray E. Burt
Lilian B. Guffien
William M. Cheatham
Gaylord E. Cook
G. Raymond Cook
Dorothy M. Day
Denver L. Day
Lucy G. Davis
Don L. Davis
Lilian B. Gilfilen
Brady
Bessie B.taylor
Gilbert B. Wilson
Ivah Mae Wilson
Bernice E. Edwards
Mary Winifred Jones
Anna Merz
Leah Merz
Beatrice Rupe
Leslie Windsor
Nelsonville Area Church Schedules and Services
Local churches list weekly schedules with ministers, services, classes, and events. Nelsonville First Presbyterian and other area congregations, including Deanville chapel talks, Circle meetings, choir rehearsals, youth groups, and special sermons, are detailed with times and locations.
Meigs Native Flor ence Lightfoot Dies at 81
Flor ence Lightfoot 81 of 639 Chestnut St Nelsonville died early today in Mount St Mary Hospital after a week as a patient She was a Meigs County native widow of John E Lightfoot 1948 survivor list includes three sons Ted Wilbur John and two daughters Fannie Brown and Cora Love a sister Ida Bolen and brother J E Pennybaker Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 p m at Johnson funeral home with Rev J A Long officiating burial in Green Lawn Cemetery calling hours at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Florence Lightfoot
Chestnut St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Meigs County
J. F. Pennysbaker
John E. Lightfoot
Ted
Wilbur
Logan
John
Ft. Myers
Fla
Pullins Rites To Be Sunday At Whites Chapel
William H. Pull ins 80 of Coolville died Thursday in Athens hospital. He was a Whites Chapel Church member. Survived by widow Blanche and nine children Julia Deeter Howard Pullins Homer Pullins Thelma Watkins Florence Wyrs Mildred Brooks Hazel Wedd Gladys Cray Ruth Watkins, all of Columbus, sister Cora Dudan of Coolville, 21 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday at Whites Chapel Church with burial in adjacent cemetery. Rev E W Cole and Rev Roy Deeter officiating. Friends may call White Funeral Home.
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Coolville
William H. Pullins
Athens
Whites Chapel
Blanche
Julia Deeter
Howard Pullins
Tuppers Plains
Homer Pullins
Pontiac
Mich
Thelma Watkins
Florence Wyrs
Reedsville
Mildred Brooks
Hazel Wedd
Gladys Cray
Ruth Watkins
Columbus
Cora Dudan
E. W. Cole
Roy Deeter
White Funeral Home
Mount St. Mary Hospital Admissions Note
Frank Standall Jr and several women and families are listed in a hospital notes summary. Names include Mr. and Mrs. William Lehman with a son, Mrs. Amanda Hick, Mrs. Bertha Searles, Mrs. Florence Sirk, Mrs. Ida Emerick, John Snyder, Mrs. Helen Zimmerman, Mrs. Gage Fink with a son, Mrs. William Romine with a son, Herbert White, Mrs. Rosa Caldwell, and Frank Standall Jr. Nelsonville and Glouster areas referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Hick
New Plymouth
Bertha Searles
Logan
Florence Sirk
New Straitsville
Ida Emerick
Glouster
John Snyder
Helen Zimmerman
MacArthur
Gage Fink
Shawnee
John Dyker Rites Planned in Murray City Church
Final rites for John Dyker of Murray City will be held Saturday at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church with mass at 9 a.m. Burial follows in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Warren funeral home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Dyker
Murray City
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church
Green Lawn Cemetery
Warren Funeral Home
Two Vehicles Crash At Nerrick's Corner
Nelsonville police investigated an accident yesterday at 8 20 a m at Nerrick s Corner involving William H Grigsby 33 Guysville and Jerry Smith 20 Nelsonville. Moderate damage occurred to both vehicles and no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nerrick’s Corner
William H. Grigsby
Guysville
Jerry Smith
Legal Notice Betsy Gilden v George Gilden
Betsy Gilden by her next friend Ma E Hum phreys sues George E Gilden in Athens County Court for divorce custody of a minor and support on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Petition filed November 20 1957 seeks hearing on or after January 3 1958. Attorneys Roling and Walker represent plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Gilden
Ma E. Humphreys
George KE. Gilden
George FE. Gilden
George E. Gilden
Station Hospital
Apo
New York
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Woman Files $10,000 Claim Over Rally Injury
A claim for $10,000 was filed with the Public Institutions Commissioner on behalf of Kathryn L. Robey of Lakin. The injury occurred at a Democratic rally at the State Institution at Lakin near Point Pleasant. Attorney John A. Amick sent the letter, and Theodore T. Dorman said it would go to the attorney general's claims division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
State Institution
Lakin
Public Institutions
Theodore T. Dorman
Charleston
John A. Amick
Kathryn L. Robey
Dorman
The
Attorney General's Office
Santa Claus To Visit Here on Saturdays
Santa Claus will make weekly Saturday visits to Point Pleasant per the chamber of commerce merchant division. He is stationed at the O. J. Morrison Store this Saturday and will appear on the street part of the time. An extra appearance is planned on the eve of Dec 13 with guests and treats for children.
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Point Pleasant
Santa Claus
Santa
State Liquor Stores To Be Open Longer
State liquor stores will stay open two additional hours on nine holiday season days. They will operate until 9 p.m. on December 18 19 20 21 23 26 27 28 and 30 to meet the holiday rush in Columbus.
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Columbus
Arm Broken in Fall in Mount St. Mary Hospital
Mrs. Bess Davis 67 of New Straitsville fractured her left forearm after a fall on the way home from church. X rays showed the break and the arm was placed in a cast at Mount St. Mary Hospital.
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Nelsonville
Bess Davis
New Straitsville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Two Men Fined in Nelsonville Court
In Nelsonville Mayor Earl Hilleary's court two men were fined for intoxication. William W Lawson of Nelsonville and Harrison Johnson of Nelsonville Route 2 paid $10 plus costs. The note adds that St. Louis Missouri, settled in 1764 by French fur traders, remains the nation's largest raw fur market.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
William W
Lawson
Harrison Johnson
St. Louis
United States
Circle of Ruth Holds Breakfast Christmas Party Planned
McARTHUR The circle of Ruth held its annual Thanksgiving breakfast on November 28 at 6 o clock in the church social room. Decorations featured cornucopias with fruits and nuts and Chrysanthemum corsages at each place. Twenty nine members and guests attended. the next party will be December 10 at 6 30 at Mary Crow’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle of Ruth
McArthur
Elizabeth Dearth
Martha Andrews
Mary Robb
Dorothy Harkins
Catherine Murphy
Dorothy Wells
Mary Crow
Jean Morgan
Loretta Osborne
FHA Loans Lift Incomes for West Virginia Farm Families
Judson Brake of Mason County says annual gross income rose from 3686 to 5819 dollars in five years for 43 West Virginia farm families who received Farmers Home Administration ownership loans in 1951. Net worth grew from 6725 to 9265 dollars. farm size edged from 189 to 195 acres. equipment and livestock value increased from 4924 to 7393 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Judson Brake
Mason County
Farmers Home Administration
West Virginia
FHA
United States Department of Agriculture
Point Pleasant Churches Weekly Schedule of Services
The notice lists church affiliations in Point Pleasant with service times and pastors. Sacred Heart Church hosts Mass on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Mason, Henderson Bible studies, Christ Church Episcopal services, and many other local churches with times for morning worship, Sunday schools, youth fellowships, prayer meetings, and choir practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentz
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Christian Church
John O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
Point Pleasant
St. Joseph’s of Mason
Church of Christ
Henderson
Clifford Shaver
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome D. Rodgers
Young People’s Fellowship
Church of God
George Osler
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
Church of the Nazarene
J. S Bramon
Eub
Leon
Donald Pringle
Rockcastle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Harmony Baptist
Warren Dean
Concord Baptist
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Adult Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Seventh-Day Adventist — Bible Chapel
Howard Avenue
Belleade
Ervin Patrick
Heights
EUE
Roy McCoy
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Main St
J. P Keefer
Henderson Tabernacle
Orville Walker
Spencer
Presbyterian
Eighth and Main
Robert Ray
J H Johnson Dies at 86 in Point Pleasant
J H Johnson 86 of Leon died at home after a long illness. Survived by wife Anna three daughters Mrs Early Bailey Mrs Everett Lee of Dunbar and Mrs Bessie Miller of South Charleston two sons Harry and D I Johnson of Kenna two sisters Mrs Aggie Smith and Mrs Roxie Barnett and a brother J A Johnson. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Emma Chapel Church Putnam County with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Raynes funeral home in Buffalo until one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Henry
Dick) Johnson
Leon
Anna
Early Bailey
Everett Lee
Dunbar
Bessie Miller
South Charleston
Harry
D. I. Johnson
Kenna
Aggie Smith
Given
Roxie Barnett
Mosdesto
Calif
J. A. Johnson
Emma Chapel
Putnam County
Church
Raynes
Buffalo
Deadline December 15 for Parade of the Hills baskets
Nelsonville district urges residents to submit names for Christmas baskets by December 15. Clarence Hall notes required details include family name size and complete address. A special committee will screen nominations and award baskets to the most needy families.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Hall
Hall
Two More Buck Deer Shot in Mason County
Two more buck deer were killed on the fourth day of the six day deer season in Mason County. Conservation officer Miles Durst cites the total at 30 bucks in Mason County. Herman F. Waugh of Glenwood checked in a 6 point buck at MecClintic wildlife station and Charles Engle of Pliny at Cornstalk hunting ground station reported a 5 point buck. Both deer were killed on government land.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Miles Durst
Herman F. Waugh
Glenwood
MecClintic Wildlife Station
Charles Engle
Pliny
Cornstalk
DeMolay Plans Eight New Members Initiation
Chief Cornstalk DeMolay announced plans for eight new members to be initiated December 15 at 2 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Initiatory degree practice is set for December 14 and December 8. The group also organized a second annual Sweetheart Dance for December 29 at the Moose home with Wayne Gammon and orchestra. a Demolay Sweetheart will be named at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cornstalk
Masonic Temple
Tommy Sauer
Micky Snead
Jerry Escue
Charles Holestien
Dickie Johnson
Butch Gardner
Frankie Quillin
Tommy Kenny
Eddie Skidmore
Moose Home
Wayne Gammon
Vinton County Land Transfers Summary
Transfers record multiple property moves including Ethel Stoneburner to Arthur Napper and George Wallace related parcels in Richland Two. Lawrence Morton to Ohio Power Co. 218.36 acres mineral in Vinton Two. several Hamden, Knox Two, Swan Twp parcels among Barnett Branscomb Graves Tennant and Wallace families with lots and acres noted.
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Ethel Stoneburner
Arthur Napper
Hamden
Russel
Bernice Barnett
Harry
Lillian Nettles
Lawrence
Elva Morton
Ohio Power Co
Vinton
Clarence
Myrtle Graves
Harley
Susie Graves
Ray
Wayne
Ollie Tennant
Pearl
Bertha Graves
Jack
Marion Branscomb
Bertha
Pearl Graves
William
Hattie West
Frank McDowell
Knox Two
Ethel
Harry Bowers
George G. Wallace
Richland
George G
Mary Wallace
Phena Bennett
Catherine Hollar
Ivy Henson
Harrison Two
Earl
Ora Barney
Herbert Coleman
Roy and
Grace Conley
Forest
Mabel Martin
Swan Twp
Injured Kaiser Worker Transferred to Holzer
Al F. Dille of Proctorville Ohio a Kaiser painter injured in an auto wreck was moved from Mason Clinic to Holzer Hospital with severe facial cuts bruises and possible internal injuries. His passenger Paul Akers of Mason was killed instantly. Funeral services will be announced by Rollins Funeral Home in Kenova.
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Point Pleasant
al F. Dille
Proctorville
Ohio
Kaiser Plants
Mason Clinic
Holzer Hospital
Paul Akers
Mason
Rollins Funeral Home
Kenova
Reception Planned for Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Yoho in Presbyterian Church
A reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Yoho will be held Friday from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church dining room. Louise Houchens Yoho, from Charlottesville, Va., was married on Thanksgiving Day in Lexington, Va., by Rev. Robert Ray. A Post 23 American Legion and Auxiliary meeting planned the annual Christmas party for Monday at 8 p.m. at the Legion home with Santa, a canned item for baskets, and a gift exchange among auxiliaries. Attendees included Vernon DeWeese and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Yoho
Presbyterian Church
Yoho
Louise Houchens
Charlottesville
Lexington
Robert Ray
Presbyterian
American Legion and Auxiliary
American Legion
Legion
Santa Claus
Vernon DeWeese
James Crosley
Denver Kennedy
Ronald Crawford
Lottie Wilfong
Ellen DeWeese
Moose Women hold initiation and Christmas party
Mrs Marguerite Dawley was initiated at a regular meeting of the Women of the Moose at the Moose Home Tuesday evening. Miss Daisy Durst presided during the business session as senior regent. A Christmas party followed with a pot luck dinner led by Roma Wartenberg. Wilma Melrose won the attendance prize. The group sang Christmas carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Dawley
Reguar
Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Daisy Durst
Roma Wartenberg
Wilma Melrose
Service Guild of Christ Church Meets for Luncheon
The Service Guild of Christ Church Episcopal held its monthly meeting and luncheon in the church parish house. Pine and red white decor brightened tables as Master Steve Somerville gave the invocation and Mrs. William Meade led the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Guild
Christ Church Episcopal
Church Parish House
Steve Somerville
Gail Faires
Juliet Smith
Jerome D. Rogers
William Meade
James P. Allcutt
Spokane, Wash
Hotel Owner H. D. Lowe Dies at 68 in Point Pleasant
H D Lowe 68 owner operator of the Lowe Hotel in Point Pleasant died Thursday at his hotel apartment after a long illness. He arrived in 1929 from Spencer where he ran two hotels and he was born December 7 1888 in Walton WV. He is survived by wife Bessie, son Homer D Lowe Jr, daughter Mrs Ben Tracy Jr, brother Howard Lowe and six grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2:30 pm at Lawrence G Mohr funeral home. Burial in Suncrest Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday after 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. D. Lowe
Lowe
Mr. Lowe
Spencer
Walton
W. Va
Matthew T
Sarah Elizabeth Flesher Lowe
Bessie Cornwell
Carlinton
Homer D. Lowe, Jr
Ben Tracy, Jr
Ashland
Howard Lowe
Parkersburg
Lawrence G. Mohr
Jerome D. Rodgers
Suncrest Cemetery
Ohio Nurses Choose New Executive Secretary
Mrs. Florence Fogle announces the appointment of Miss Dorothy Cornelius of Johnstown Pennsylvania and Cleveland as Executive Secretary of the Ohio State Nurses Association. Miss Cornelius succeeds Miss Celia Cranz who retires after serving since 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Fogle
R. N
Ohio State Nurses’ Association
Dorothy Cornelius
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Miss Cornelius
Celia Cranz
Thanksgiving guests listed for Mr and Mrs Schultz
Thanksgiving Day dinner guests of Mr and Mrs William Schultz of Point Pleasant included Mr and Mrs Marion Schultz and their children Billy and Amy Marie from Wapakoneta Ohio, Mr and Mrs John A Yastrzemsky of Baltimore, Mrs Clara Schultz and daughter Violet of Point Pleasant, and Roy Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schultz
Point Pleasant
Marion Schultz
Billy
Amy Marie
Wapakoneta
Ohio
John A. Yastrzemsky
Baltimore
Clara Schultz
Violet
Roy Schultz
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Fred Bottrill
East Tawas
Sadie Linton
John Herrold
Paul Linton
First Presbyterian
Westminster Fellowship
Evans
Deanville Chapel
Roy Sayres
J. A. Long
Bethlehem
First Methodist
Dr. F. M
Church of the Epiphany
Episcopal
Ogden Ludlow
Mr. Ludlow
Henry W. Hobson
Southern
Langley Gullett
Wylie Chapel
T. J. Smith
Pentecostal
Ray Benson
First Baptist
S. M. Hughes
Pilgrim Holiness
Effe
Leadingham
Robert Gaskin
Apostolic Gospel
Walter Shafer
Dorr
Vance Sandlinger
Dorr Run
Doanville
Evangelical United Brethren
Ray Mann
Latter Day Saints
Jackson St
D. O. Norris
Zion League
Carbon Hill
Roy Bookman
Liberty Hill
Meigs
William Lehman
Gore Route 1
Frank L. Standall, Jr
Nerrick
Gotey Gilde
Roling and Walker
America
J. H. Johnson
Vinton County
Kaiser
Holzer
Roger Dean Fayette St
Chevrolet
Dom Taylor
Sally Forrest
Raymond Burr
Ee Arlene Dahl
Phil Carey Herbert Marshall
Shoe Store
Dorothy Malone
John Ireland
the Bushwhackers
Taber
Texas
Kris Kringle
Kanauga
Silver Bridge
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