Every Youth at BIS To Receive Yule Gilt
Boys at the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster will receive gifts from Santa Claus as part of the Christmas at BIS program. Donations from citizens and organizations fund the gifts for homeless or overlooked youths. The campus will feature garlands and holiday scenes with lit decorations, mail from relatives processed by a large mail committee, and plans for festive meals and New Year activities including a Catholic Mass and a movie.
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Noys
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Santa Claus
T. Lyston Fultz
Fuitz
Fultz
Millfield Social Notes Birth Day Party and Local Visits
Mrs. Ben Gennix hosted a birthday party for her granddaughter Peggy Corwin turning 15 with fifteen guests and games and refreshments. Various local visits followed as families hosted and visited across Millfield and Columbus, including Mrs. Susie Bell, Mrs. Clara Theisen, Charley Carr, Richard Powell, Floyd Wemer, Donna Sue and Hugh Weiner, Loretta Bowers, Olive Brookins, Warren Chappalear, Bill Theisen, Allen Boudinot, Ray Gilliott, Dan Keirns, and Chester Grant among others.
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Millfield
Ben Gennix
Peggy Corwin
Susie Bell
Clara ¢ Theisen
Elza Linscott
Trimble
Charley Carr
Richard Powell
Lancater
Floyd Wemer
Donna Sue
Hugh Weiner
Orvil Boudinot
Loretta Bowers
Columbus
Olive Brooklins
Warren Chappalear
Alouster
Bill Theisen
Allen Boudinot
Ray Gilliott
Jack ‘Onville
Dan Keirns
Chester Grant
West Virginia
Wills Grant
John Theise
Lad Finishes Barber Job. Boy Mimics Father
Oklahoma City report says three year old Robert Butkin asked for a haircut like his father Morris Then at home he used scissors to finish the cut leaving his father bald The unusual tale highlights a child mimicking parental grooming habits.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Butkin
Morris Butkin
Local social notes from Greens Run to Columbus and Cast
Mrs Rob ert Lee of Columbus reported Judy entering Children's Hospital in Columbus for observation. Athens couple the Bergers were dinner guests in Athens and Greens Run families attended a funeral in Canelton W V. Rebecca Jewell and neighbors visited P B Chalfant in Trimble. Lee Chandler of Columbus visited Garfield Wheeler family recently.
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Robert Lee
Columbus
Greens Run
Garfield Wheeler
Judy
Children’s Hospital
Wilford Berger
Athens
William Bartels
Charles Drake
Dorothy
Bill
Clarence Shifflet
Donna
Canelton
W. Va
Rebecca Jewell
Lois Chalfant
Della Lynn and
Rolland
Trimble
P. B. Chalfant
Lee Chandler
Garfield ‘ Wheeler
Carl Welling
Local Social News From Wilkesville And Area
Mr and Mrs Lowell Tope and Mr and Mrs Num Betz recently visited Mr and Mrs Kyril Betz Leesburg. Mr and Mrs J E Strong visited their daughter Mrs Paul Kunz of Galloway Via Francis Woodruff Ruth Cor yell Karen Wiseman David Duffy and Georgia Gray employed in Columbus spent a weekend here. Mrs John Schilling and her son Gary stayed in Rutland a few days with Mr and Mrs Jake Schilling. Mrs Bessie Wells weekend guest was her daughter Mrs Laura Keck of Newark Ohio. Mrs William Spires and Mrs Clair Penn attended the postmasters meeting and dinner in the Farmers Hotel Gallipolis. Mrs Ann Edmunson recuperating from a recent operation returned after spending several days with Mr and Mrs Ralph Wiseman. The annual Christmas program will be held Christmas Eve at the Methodist Church. Mrs Ralph White. WAC PROMOTED WAC Ellen L Salmons daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Salmons Hamden Route 1 recently promoted to private first class while serving with the 50th Area Service Unit at Fort i Okla
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Lowell Tope
Num Betz
Kyril Betz
Leesburg
J. E. Strong
M Irs
Paul Kunz
Galloway
Francis Woodruff
Ruth Coryell
Karen Wiseman
David Dutfy
Georgia Gray
Columbus
John Schilling
Gary
Rutland
Jake Schilling
Bessie Wells
Laura Keck
Newark
Ohio
William Spires
Clair Penn
Farmer's Hotel
Gallipolis
Ann Edmunson
Ralph Wiseman
Methodist Church
Ralph White
Winners of Good Luck News Paperboys Contest Named
Twenty-one messenger carriers won prizes in the Lever Brothers Co sponsored Good Luck News Paperboys Contest eight week run. Prize winners include Donald Sylvester and Jerry Baker among others with addresses listed. The program encouraged collecting clover stamps from Good Luck margarine pack fronts.
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Messenger News
Lever Brothers Co
Colorado Toll Road Revenue Tops Two Million Early
Boulder reports that Colorado's Denver-Boulder turnpike has surpassed two million dollars in toll revenue, two years ahead of engineers' schedule. The road opened January 21, 1952, with a 25 cent per car toll.
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Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Denver-Boulder
Edison’s habit of pocket sized pencils
In a note from 1956 Athens Messenger, Thomas Edison reportedly used only short tub pencils small enough to fit in his vest pocket when working. The item highlights Edison’s compact writing tools as part of a brief historical trivia feature.
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Athens Messenger
Thomas Edison
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