Scholarships May Be Answer To Providing Area Nurse Supply
The Hocking Valley faces a serious nurse shortage as hospitals and doctors acknowledge the need for more registered nurses. Scholarships with strings attached could attract students who otherwise could not afford nursing school, with the promise they will return to work in local facilities after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cross
Hocking Valley
Logan
Mount St. Mary
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Athens State Hospital
Hudson Health Center
Ohio
Tri-County
Nurse Shortage Cited Prompts Local Hospital Plan
A regional report highlights a tremendous shortage of registered nurses in Hocking Valley area hospitals. It urges two strategies: recruit new nurses for fixed terms and persuade inactive RNs to return part time. The piece compares nursing education costs and programs, cites local hospital leaders, and suggests scholarships to secure future staff for area facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Buerhaus
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Committee On Careers
National League For Nursing
Independent School of Nursing
Ohio University
Bidwell couple among Silver Bridge victims to be buried
Joint funeral services are planned for Charles Thomas Smith and Oma Letha Smith both 65 of Gallipolis Route 2 who died in the Silver Bridge tragedy. Charles was born in Chapmanville West Virginia to John and Virginia Smith and worked 27 years for C and D Railroad. Oma was a native of Ripley daughter of the late John and Minnie Parsons Frey. They are survived by ten children, three sons Charles Thomas Jr Herbert P John and five daughters. Also surviving are siblings and inlaws. Funeral at First Church of God Jackson Pike Gallipolis Friday at 2 pm with burial Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Waugh-Halley Funeral Home Thursday 3-5 and 7-9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bidwell Route 2
Silver Bridge
Charles Thomas Smith
Oma Letha Smith
Mr. Smith
Chapmanville
W. Va
John
Virginia Dingiss Smith
C and D Railroad
First Church of God
Smith
Charles Thomas Jr
Huntington
Herbert P
Long Beach
Calif
Harry Unroe
Virginia Beach
David Hopkins
Norfolk
John Fritz
Pandro
Dennis LaCrosse
Yokuska
Japan
Betty Roberts
Gallipolis Ferry
Jackson Pike
Ezra Bowen
John Wheeler
Calvary Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Alma Duff
Smith St
Ohio River
Crow-Hassell
Landis Absten
Mt. Flower Cemetery
Joseph Duff Sr
Rosie Rayburn
Charles Pearson
Bonnie Meadows
Mildred Morgan
Cottageville
Joseph
William
Kanauga
Darlene Kay Mayes
Church of Christ In
Christian Unie
Victor Turner
Miss Mayes
Robert
Louella Jarrell Mayes
Gallia Academy
Jerry
Lima
Connie
Georgia Robbins
Kananga
Mohr- Stevens
Addison-Reynolds
Hesson
Waugh-Harley Funeral Home
Clifton
Roy Pickens
Wheeling Steel
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Letart
Ezra
Sarah Kearns Pickens
Ray of
Ray Pickens
Middleport
Lloyd
Winona) Hoffman
Foglesong Funeral Home
James Morrison
Point Pleasant Obituary Highlights From Silver Bridge Tragedy
A Point Pleasant couple and several relatives buried in Kirland Memorial Gardens after the Silver Bridge disaster. Paul D. Wedge, 54, and his wife Lillian, 51, to have joint services at Crow-Hassell Funeral Home with graveside rites by Eastern Star and Masons. Also listed are Alma Duff, William Victor Turner, James Meadows and son Timmy, Darlene Kay Mayes, and other victims with services at Crow-Hassell and Gospel Tabernacle. multiple survivors and burial locations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Silver Bridge
Kirland Memorial Gardens
Paul D. Wedge
The
Boilermakers
Mason County Board of Education
Lillian Wedge
Rathnor Lane
Crow - Hassell Funeral Home
Charles Frum
Charles A. Pitzer
James F. Meadows
Kennedy Ave
Timothy
Timmy
Crow-Hassell
Landis Absten
Buffalo Memorial Park
Area Death Notices span several Ohio communities this week
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. Ara L. Scott of 13 S Lancaster St Athens at Central Avenue Methodist Church with two local ministers. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Emmett W Jones of Burlingham dies after months of illness. services at Hughes Funeral Home with burial in Burlingham. Addison James R Baker 83 Addison retired C and O Railroad foreman dies. services at Addison Methodist Church with burial at Addison Reynolds Cemetery. Franklin Harvey Jones 59 Logan dies at home. services at Leonard Funeral Home. Roy Pickens 76 Clifton dies. services at Foglesong Funeral Home. Burial details and calling hours listed for multiple local obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ara L. Scott
S. Lancaster St
Russell Nursing Home
Albany
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Eugene Brundage
Harold F. Braley
West Union Street
Hughes Funeral
Two Injured In Accidents In Nelsonville
Timothy Berry aged 16 of 923 Poplar Street sustained a left leg injury in a Sunday motorcycle crash and was treated and released from Mount St Mary Hospital. Stanley Clary, 64, of the Dew Hotel, fell on stairs Monday and was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Timothy Berry
Luther Berry
Poplar St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Stanley Clary
Dew Hotel
Turtle Sets Record Size In Hawaii Waters
A 764 pound Pacific leatherback turtle, possibly a local-record size, was hauled in by a fishing boat in November off Hilo Hawaii. The leatherneck species can grow to about 1,000 pounds further south. The restaurant buyer plans to serve it as cutlets and soup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
Hawaii
Nelsonville meetings for Ladies Auxiliary and Rainbow for Girls
The Ladies Auxiliary of Monday Creek Fish and Game Club will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Carbon Hill gym and bring a gift for the exchange. Nelsonville Assembly No 109 Order of the Rainbow for Girls will meet Wednesday at 7 p m in the Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monday Creek Fish and Game Club
Carbon Hill
Nelsonville
Veteran Transfers To Lexington Hospital
James M. Long, listed at North Grosvenor Street, was moved from Huntington Veterans Administration Hospital to Lexington, Kentucky, Veterans Administration Hospital. His room is 349, with visitors Mrs. William Evans and son Roy from Logan and Miss Edith Walker of Nelsonville. Madama Dubarry, a clairvoyant in Whitstable, seeks police help to recover a stolen crystal ball. Government data show the average U.S. family spends 5.9 percent of income on education and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James M. Long
Grosvenor Street
Huntington Veterans Administration Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lexington
William Evans
Roy
Logan
Edith Walker
Nessonville
Whitstable
England
Madama Dubarry
U. S
Big Santa Overwhelms Little Fry in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio. Don ald Piskach, a 31 year old man, is described as the world’s largest Santa Claus at 7 feet 2 inches and 350 pounds. He wears a size 22 boot and a red flannel suit his mother made from eight yards. Children are often overwhelmed by his size at Christmas parties as he embodies the real Santa Claus in a striking way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald Piskach
Santa Claus
Piskach
Police Locks Damaged at Kentner Hill Transmitter
Vandals damaged the Kentner Hill police radio transmitter station near the city reservoir. Locks were broken and entry forced into the tile block building. Safety Director Dale Wharton warned that power in the equipment created danger to anyone tampering with the transmitter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Kentner’s Hill
Dale Wharton
Wharton
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes and Nelsonville Service
Mount St Mary Hospital notes list several births in Dayton Logan Nelsonville and McArthur with families including Bryson Wallace Pedigo Hutchi Clark Wolfe Miller MecWilliams Hickman North and others. A dismissal roundup includes Pyett North Withem Pidcock Love Kinson and Marzluf Reynolds Cullison Brest Hale. Nelsonville hosts a Christmas Eve service at 8 p.m. at the Church of the Epiphany Episcopal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty A. Pedigo
Nelsonville
William Hutchison
Logan
Ernest Clark
Lena Wolfe
Fred Miller
Jacksonville
Irene MecWiliams
McArthur
Verna Hickman
Hattie North
Jesse Pyett
Robert North
Norma Withem
Donald Pidcock
Julia Love
Norman Kinson
George Marzluf
Samuel Reynolds
Louise Cullison
Mark Brest
Laura Hale
Church of the Epiphany
Episcopal
Markets Cincinnati AP USDA cattle and hogs report
Cincinnati market report shows cattle and calves steady to strong with bulls up to 50 higher. Steers 950-1000 lb at 26.00, 850-1000 lb good 22.25-25.25. 850 lb heifers 25.00. 750-900 lb 21.00-24.00. Cows 15.50-17.00, bulls over 1000 lb 20.50-23.00. Calves weaker. hogs slow, barrows 190-220 lb 18.35, sows 400-500 lb 12.00-12.50, boars 10.00-11.00. Sheep steady. slaughter lambs 23.00-23.50 for 90-110 lb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
USDA
Four Of Five Suspended Youths Return To School
Logan Board of Education heard reports on five high school boys suspended for hair length under a dress rule. Four of the five returned after haircut compliance. one mother questioned timing and consistency while others said warnings had been given. Principal Ellinger said suspension was 10 days or until hair met regulations. administration authority over student dress was affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Board of Education
Mike Brown
Mike Baird
Ramie Pierson
Real Ones
Buddy Imboden
Kirk Mowery
Brown
Logan High
Harley Ellinger
Dwight Diller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oma Smith
Mrs. Smith
Ripley
John and
Minnie Parsons Frey
Harley Chapman
Hollywood, Fla
Tom Dean
Jane Albert
New York City
Wedge Services
Mr. Wedge
Mrs. Wedge
Mrs. Wedge Was
Fostoria
Henry and
Mary Russell Herrig
Order of Eastern Star
Wedges
Betsy Blain
Beverly Cottrill
West Columbia
Paul D
Denny) Wedge
Bowling Green
Jimmy Joe Wedge
Dickie Herrig
Miami, Fla
Wedge
William Anderson
Robert and
John Herrig
George Herrig
Bradner
Henry R. Herrig
Scottville, Ariz
Eastern Star
Masonic
Edge
Duff Services
Turner Services
William Victor
Vic) Turner
Gospel Tabernacle
Suncrest Cemetery
Meadows Services
Mayes Services
Scott Services
Franklin H. Jones
Burlingham
Emmett W. Jones
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Freddie and
Rhoda Jones
Shade
Jones
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Harchisonville
Masonic Lodge
Harrisonville
Astern Star
Grange
Farm Bureau
Pomeroy
Bessie
Max Emmett Russell
Harold
Edith Jones
Dorothy Dandakis
Pearl Russell
Racine
Emerson
Frank
Hughes Funeral Home
Herbert Harris
James Baker
Addison
James R. Baker
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Herman Nursing Home
Morgan Center
Gallia County
Moses
Julia Vance Baker
Addison Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Maintance of Way
Helen Ann Keeler Baker
Lawrence
Freda) Hesson
Rhea Miller
Lancaster
Paul Baker
Syracuse
Ora Roush
Cheshire
Franklin Harvey Jones
Denison Avenue
Harry
Anna Kocheran Jones
Clinton County
City Water Department
Harley Jones
Harry Jones
Tempe
Ariz
William Perrin
New Straitsville
Leonard Funeral Home
Clyde Miller
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lexington Hospital
Santa
William Bryson
Dayton
Donald Wallace
Firestone
Motor King
Firestone Inn
Ome & Coury
Larry Curl
Spenter
Armory
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