Industrial Arts Upgraded at Nelsonville School
Nelsonville school officials reported a major reorganization of the industrial arts department under Frank Downhour. Eighty eight of 113 pupils are enrolled as projects shift to woodworking and metalwork with new machines. Funds came from machine sales to Sharp Manufacturing and Nelsonville Foundry.
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Nelsonville
Board of Education
Supt
L. C. Gray
Frank Downhour
Sharp Manufacturing Co
Mrs. Maude Farmer Rites Planned in Murray City
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Farmer of Murray City will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Murray City, with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville. Friends may call at the family home in Murray City.
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Nelsonville
Maude Farmer
Murray City
G. E. Fisher
Green Lawn
Birth of Son for Cleveland Couple James Edward Reiley
Mr and Mrs Jack Reiley announce the birth of a son on December 4 in Cleveland. He is named James Edward. Grandparents are Mrs William Reiley of Cleveland and Mrs Freda Dilcher of Nelsonville, with great grandparents Mrs Laura Gandee and Mrs Allie Dilcher of the city.
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Nelsonville
Jack Reiley
Jean Dilcher
Cleveland
James Edward
William Reiley
Freda Dilcher
Laura Gandee
Allie Dilcher
City
Nelsonville Honor Roll honors 65 students across grades
Sixty five Nelsonville School students are named to the honor roll for the second six weeks under Principal J K Kinneer. Eighth grade leads with 26 percent, then tenth grade at 22 percent, follow by seventh 14 and eleventh 12. Names listed include students from seventh through twelfth grades.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville School
J. K. Kinneer
Jack Monk
Robert Richard
Herberta Taylor
Marlene Koker
Denise Kelley
Charles Crihfield
Beverly Breeze
Mary Lu Davis
Marlene G Adams
Donna Plummer
Vincent Lechleidner
Jerry Stufflebean
Robert Young
Charlotte Prater
Geraldine Lewis
Elizabeth Hall
Dixie Dixon
Phyllis Barber
Judy Barrows
Jack Bateman
Nettie Nan Carlin
Bobby Chapman
Martha Daugherty
Nancy Devol
Carolyn Elliott
Lilian Farish
Phyllis Gibbons
Mary Ann Kinneer
Ralph Pierce
Woman Takes Church Job In California
Mrs. W. T. Cook, missionary once supported by Athens Presbyterian in Manchuria and Korea, joins the staff of First Presbyterian Church Santa Maria California effective December 1. She and her late husband endured 30 years as prisoners of the Japanese at Los Banos Camp in the Philippines after Pearl Harbor. Mrs. Cook will assist Dr. Phil W. Barrett in office duties, church calling, and speaking to groups about missionary work.
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Nelsonville
W. T. Cook
Athens Presbyterian
Manchuria
Korea
First Presbyterian Church
Santa Maria
Calif
Pearl Harbor
Mount St Mary Hospital Births and Admits List
Birth Mr and Mrs John Newman announce a son. Admitted John Stanley Carbondale Mrs Mary Crook New Lexington Mrs Fay Mihlbauer Logan William Johnston Nelsonville John Forbes Nelsonville Route 1. Dismissed Edytha Walker Logan Route Mrs Alva Steele Gore Route 1 Lee Ellis Nelsonville Mrs James McClain Logan Route 3.
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John Newman
Carroll
John Stanley
Carbondale
Mary Crook
New Lexington
Fay Mihlbauer
Logan
William Johnston
Nelsonville
John Forbes
Alva Steele
Gore
Lee Ellis
James McClain
Elks Charity Ball Set For Saturday Night
Nelsonville Elks Lodge 543 holds its annual Charity Ball on Saturday night December 13. Proceeds fund a Christmas dinner for needy children at the Elks Home on Hocking Street on Sunday December 21. Tickets have been distributed among members.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Lodge
Elks
the Elks
Hocking St
Ilogan Dog Tags Go On Sale And Deadline Looms
Logan county dog owners are urged to buy state dog tags by January 20 to avoid a penalty. Tags cost 2 dollars for dogs three months and older, kennel licenses 10 dollars for five tags, and rules require licensing for dogs under three months when they reach that age.
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Logan
Harry Smit Smith
Smith
N M Acker Dies Aged 64 In Dayton
Noah M. Acker 64, former Murray City resident, died Monday in Dayton where he had lived 10 years. He worked at Moter Belmont Dairy in Dayton. Survived by wife Carrie, daughter Marie Mayfield of Willoughby, and three brothers C F Acker Lancaster Merlin Logan Maurice Union Furnace. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. at Murray City Methodist Church, burial Salem Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Noah M. Acker
Murray City
Dayton
Moter Belmont Dairy
Morgan County
Carrie Acker
Marie Mayfield
Willoughby
C. F. Acker
Lancaster
Merlin
Logan
Maurice
Union Furnace
Murray City Methodist Church
G. E. Fisher
Salem
Friend
Stout Funeral Home
Nelsonville Social Notes Class To Meet Thursday
The Golden Rule Sunday school class of the First Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Ruth Patton 669 Walnut St Assisting hostesses will be Mrs Esthel Kinneer Mrs Imogene Kennedy and Mrs Ava Fuller Mrs Bertha Ashby and Mrs Dorothy McAfee will present the program and devotions will be led by Mrs Frances Stage There will be a 50 cent gift exchange.
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First Methodist Church
Ruth Patton
Walnut St
Esthel Kinneer
Imogene Kennedy
Ava Fuller
Bertha Ashby
Dorothy McAfee
Frances Stage
December Fellowship Family Night at Christian Church
The Christian Church hosts a covered dish supper Wednesday at 6 p m as part of the Fellowship Family Night. Members of the Christian Women's Fellowship Business and Professional group will be hostesses. Mrs Garnet Withem directs a Christmas in song and story program with Sunday school children participating. Richard Gulley the superintendent presides.
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Fellowship
Christian Church
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Garnet Withem
Richard Gulley
Pythian Sisters Plan Evening Meeting and Gift Exchange
The Pythian Sisters will meet at the K of P Hall Thursday at 7 30 p m The gathering includes a Christmas gift exchange and a pot luck meal after the meeting.
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P. Hall
PTA To Meet Wednesday At East Building
The East PTA will meet on Wednesday at 2 45 p m in the East building to discuss upcoming activities and plans.
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PTA
East Pta
Dixon and Struble Attend White Shrine Dinner Meeting
Mr and Mrs W R Dixon of the local area and Mr and Mrs Charles Struble of Logan attended a Sunday dinner meeting of the LaVerne Meyers club of the White Shrine in Coshoct.
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W. R. Dixon
Charles Struble
Logan
Coshoct
LaVerne Meyers Club
White Shrine
Notestone Rites Held for Florence Notestone
Florence Notestone 36 wife of Dr Charlies Notestone died Saturday at home in Chillicothe after a long illness. A Columbus native she had lived in Chillicothe where her husband practiced dentistry. She was the daughter in law of Mrs Lara Notestone and the late Charles Notestone of Logan. Survived by two sisters Mrs Glen Moore and Mrs William Yost of Panama City Florida. Rites were held Tuesday in Chillicothe with burial in Oak Grove cemetery Logan.
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Logan
Florence Notestone
Charlies Notestone
Chillicothe
Columbus
Lara Notestone
Charles Notestone
Glen Moore
William Yost
Panama City
Fila
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Spencer Dies at 86 in Mount St Mary Hospital
Mrs Amret Spencer 86 of 942 Chestnut St local died early today after treatment at Mount St Mary Hospital since Nov 14. Widow of Pierce Spencer she leaves son Ernest of Walbridge two brothers Frank and Fred Coleman one sister Flora Smith five grandchildren six great grandchildren and two predeceased sons Edward and Ora. She belonged to Pilgrim Holiness Church and funeral arrangements are being handled by Stout Funeral Home with calling after Wednesday morning.
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Nelsonville
Amret Spencer
Chestnut St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Pierce Spencer
Ernest
Walbridge
Fred Coleman
Long Bottom
Frank Coleman
Marion
Flora Smith
Logan
Edward
Ora
Spencer
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Stout Funeral Home
Post Office To Stay Open Two Saturdays
Nelsonville Post Office will be open all day on Saturday December 18 and Saturday December 20 to serve patrons ahead of Christmas. Postmaster J B Preston announced the convenience measure.
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Nelsonville
J. B. Preston
Barber buys Ruby's Restaurant in Nelsonville
Mrs Inez Barber purchased Ruby's Restaurant on Hocking Street from Ross Reed and Arthur Newton and took possession on Monday strengthening local dining ownership in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Inez Barber
Ruby
Hocking St
Ross Reed
Arthur Newton
Sewage Plant Bids Ranked for Study in Logan
Logan city council plans a study of construction bids for the sewage disposal plant and separate bids for the sewage line. City Solicitor Richard Gerken notes no bonding company has been secured yet to purchase revenue bonds, while Burgess and Niple engineer Clayton Bull will discuss the plant and water works electrification. Residents petitioned for electrification to replace steam pumps, saving costs over four years.
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Logan
Logan City
Richard Gerken
Clayton Bull
Burgess and Niple Co
Polio Case Reported in Hocking County
Logan reports a fourth polio case with 15 year old Tommy Price son of Ernest and Mrs Price diagnosed positive and sent to Children's Hospital Columbus for treatment. No paralysis yet but the boy played on the Logan football team and was a reserve on the basketball squad. Earlier 1952 victims Ruth Devol Joe Wagner and Ralph Farrar have recovered and returned to school.
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Logan
Hocking County
Tommy Price
Ernest Price
Vine St
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Ruth Devol
Carbon Hill
Joe Wagner
South Bloomingville
Ralph Farrar
Births at Hocking Valley Hospital Lace Logan Area
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker Logan welcome a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Owens Logan Route 4 welcome a daughter. Discharges include Timothy Moorehead Logan and Mrs. Kenneth Reed Logan. Also listed are Mrs. Jack Walsh and daughter Logan, Mrs. Jacob Kraft and son Rockbridge, Dewey Harper Allensville, S. J. Nixon Logan, Mrs. Stella Smith McArthur, and Mrs. Virgil Murray McArthur.
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Charles Walker
Logan
William P. Owens
Timothy Moorehead
Kenneth Reed
Jack Walsh
Jacob Kraft
Rockbridge
Dewey Harper
Allensville
S. J. Nixon
Stella Smith
McArthur
Virgil Murray
Care Urged by Home Agent To Prevent Household Fires
Logan Mrs Emily C Van Fossen home demonstration agent urges housewives to be careful as many fires come from carelessness. She cites kerosene misuse starting fires and warns children should not handle kerosene. She notes overloads on circuits blow fuses and advises disconnecting equipment after use and checking devices before leaving.
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Logan
Emily C. van Fossen
Engineer Dies In Near East
Wayne Wright 53, civil engineer for an American oil company, died December 4 in Arabia. Native of Logan, he is survived by widow Francis Smith, who has been with him in Arabia. Body to be flown home for funeral services. arrangements incomplete. The couple previously lived in Long Beach California. Wright spent much time abroad on engineering projects.
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Logan
Wayne Wright
Arabia
Boyd Wright
Persian Gulf
Francis Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Wright
Graveside Services Held for Infant Charles Woltz
Graveside services were conducted at 2 30 p m Monday in Union Cemetery for Charles Warren Woltz infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Woltz of Rockbridge The boy died shortly after birth at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital He is survived by his parents a sister Joan and grandmother Mrs Harriet Woltz The Rev Calvin Rice officiated
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Logan
Union Cemetery
Charles Warren Woltz
Charles Woltz
Rockbridge
Lancaster-Fairfield Hospital
Joan
Harriet Woltz
Calvin Rice
Donkey Basketball To Be Played Tonight at Union Furnace
A donkey basketball game is set for tonight in the Union Furnace school gymnasium. A 7 p.m. preliminary pits sixth and seventh graders, with the main donkey game starting about 8 p.m. Proceeds support the school's athletic fund via the Union Furnace Band Boosters Club.
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Logan
Union Furnace School
Union Furnace Band Boosters Club
Hospital administrator attends Ohio and provincial meetings
Mother M Lid win a administrator at Mount St. Mary Hospital leaves Nelsonville for Columbus to attend the Ohio State Association of Hospital Administrators sessions. From Columbus she travels Friday to Stella Niagara New York for a provincial council meeting of the Sisters of St Francis and returns next Tuesday.
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Nelsonville
M. Lidwina
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Columbus
Ohio State Association of Hospital Administrators
Stella Niagara
N. Y
the Sisters of St. Francis
20 Deer Hunting Permits Issued in Logan County
Logan County clerk reports 20 deer hunting permits issued as of now. Each $5 license allows a hunter to pursue one buck on Thursday Friday and Saturday. One permit has been issued to a woman named Marie.
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Logan
Marie
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Central
Blanche Linton
Classroom Teachers Association
Ohio Education Representative Assembly
Bessie Ball
St.Joseph Aspirin
Estic Welsondille
MGM News
Mrs. Maude Farmer
Otarion Hearing Aid Center
Athens Hotel
Athens, Ohio
Gail D. Fisher
Edytha Walker
Ilogan
N. M. Acker
Nelsonville Social Notes
Hocking Valley Hospital
Tor
Near East
Ohio
P. R
Pete” Baird, Mgr
2Nd St
Pomeroy
A. L. Kidd
Eloans
N. Court Ste Athens
R. E
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New York
Intrai
New York Central
U.S
America
Hudsons
Platts Sales & Service
W. Union Street
Athen
Conte
Hudson
Hudesa
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