How Not To Get Hurt In Car Crash Told At Nelsonville
Nelsonville Rotary Club heard Dr. D R Johnson discuss auto accident prevention during a noon meeting. He cited 10 percent of highway cars in crashes last year, 24 second injury and 14 minute death rates, and that neck head injuries cause 40 percent of traffic deaths. He proposed safety measures such as better seat retention, doors that lock into seats, chest straps and helmet use, collapsible steering wheels, higher seats to prevent neck whip, and popout windshields, stressing engineering as the key to prevention.
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Nelsonville
Johnon
Johnson
Nto
Charles Wolf Dies at 61 in Glouster Area
Charles Wolf, 61, died leaving wife Irene and children Kenneth of Milliard Ohio James of Glouster a daughter Mrs Art Smith Athens seven grandchildren a sister Mrs Morrison Brown Glouster a brother Arthur Wellington Ohio. Services Saturday 1 pm Church of Christ by Daniel K Teater. Friends may call at W Johnston funeral home after Thursday noon Mount Saint Manns. List includes Gerald Westing Nelsonville a daughter John Carter Glouster Route 3 a son Allen Miller Haydenville a son and others admitted or dismissed at local area hospitals or residences.
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Irene
Art Smith
Athens
Kenneth
Milliard
Ohio
James
Glouster
Morrison Brown Glouster
Arthur
Wellington
Church of Christ
Daniel K. Teater
Gerald Westing
Nelsonville
John Carter
Giouster
Allen Miller
Haydenville
Marve Brooks
Carbondale
Ada Wright
Georgia Boreham
Logan
Norman Whitlateh
James Six
Grace Miller
Malta
Indians and Early Meigs County Tales From Letart
In Meigs County northern settlements traced to Washington County before 1819. A grave near Olive Town ship marks an Indian traveler disputedly killed near Alfred. A brutal raid at Muses Bottom left a dead mother and daughter, scalpings, and a trail to Forked Run. Later notes mention Letart events, births, funerals, and community efforts including a water system plan and a Shell Grange meeting.
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Com Mumnty
Meigs County
Washington ‘County
Marietta
Scioto River
Sandusky
Olive
Ind
Ohio
Tuppers Plains
George Pearman
Alfred
Forked Run
Olive Township
Orange Township
Moses Bottom
Shafer elected Columbus and Electric Co secretary
Chauncey Man, secretary of utility, announces G. C. Shaf as new Columbus and Electric Co secretary effective today. Shafer, a Tonio University graduate, previously worked at General Electric in Bridgeport before joining SOE in 1938. He held roles including assistant chief accountant, assistant controller, and assistant treasurer before succeeding John A. Niles who retired after 40 years in the electric utility business.
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G. C. Shafas
Columbus and Electric Co
Shafer
Tonio University
General Electric
Bridgeport
Conn
Prattsville Visitors Attend Funeral and Club Meeting
Prattsville residents joined relatives in Chillicothe for the funeral of Edna Armstrong, a former Vinton County resident. Guests included Norbert Hensiet h and daughter Jody with Hensiet h family, the Dearths, Bundy Perry, Delbert Pearse, the FR. Cos grandmother, and the Ebert and Martin families. The Sugar Creek Community Club met Monday night with a program of colored slides of European countries.
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Pharmviate
Nown Deart
George Dearth
Bundy Perry
Delbert Pearse
Edna Armstrong
Vinton County
Chillicothe
Norbert Hensieth
Jody
H. P. [Dearth
FR. Cos
Frank Ebert
Eugene Martin
Chauncey
Sugar Creek Community Club
Nelsonville Rainbow Girls Meet at Girl Scout House
The Nelsonville Assembly Order of Rainbow for Girls will meet at 7 p.m. in the Girl Scout House.
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Rainbow
Nelsonville Assembly
Order of Rainbow For Girls
Girl Scout House
Kiwanis Club Collects $65 on High St
The Kiwanis Club polio fund drive on High St netted 65 dollars Saturday. President D K Teat fer announced at the Hotel Gordon meeting. Donors thanked. plans discussed. Reports on industrial development meeting and Southeastern Ohio Regional Council Feb 23 in Nelsonville. Seventeen members attended.
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Wlouster
High St
Kiwanis Club
D. K. Teatfer
Gordon
Supt
S. H. Dillon
Carole Sue
Glouster
Adkins
Ann Bishop
Kay Gillilan
Mike Thompson
Linda Goss
Karen Jones
Sharon Robert Byers
O'all
Sue Powell
Georgia
Steele
Edna
Sue Nelson
Columbus
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Nelsonville
Sam Dillon
Kiwanis
Girl Scout Troop 10 Plans Dinner Slumber Party
Girl Scout Troop 10 met on Monday to plan a dinner and a slumber party at the scout house on February 3.
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Girl Scout Troop
Glouster House Fire Moves Family To Safety
A mid day blaze on Waterworks Hill destroyed a newly built home owned by Mr. and Mrs. Six. An overheated coal stove is blamed as four grandchildren escaped from a room while Mrs. Six, who briefly left to fetch a bucket, returned to find the house aflame. Firefighters reached 12 28 p m but were delayed when a passing car blocked the route. The Six home stood near the site of a 1954 fatal fire that claimed five Williams Richards children.
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Glouster
Harry
Six
Jones Coal Company
Garnet Williams Richards
Mothers March on Polio nets $125 in Buchtel
The Mothers Club in Buchtel and Happy Hollow raised 125 dollars for polio relief. Mrs Cleo Whitmore and Mrs Ruth McDonald led volunteer workers, with support from families including Bernard Powell and others. A separate society event linked to the Powell nuptials and community gatherings followed at local churches and homes.
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Buchtel
Happy Hollow
Cleo Whitmore
Ruth McDonald
Nelsonville VFW Post 2467 to Inspect Thursday Evening
A Nelsonville VFW Post 2467 inspection is set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Elmo Scott of The Plains, a District 12 inspection team member, will lead the review. Refreshments will be served after the inspection.
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Nelsonville
Elmo Scott
the Plains
District 12
St Mark Ladies Aid Meets With Mrs Blessing for Quilting
For several weeks members of the St Mark Ladies Aid have been meeting with Mrs C Blessing to quilt. The gatherings highlight community service and social bonding among church volunteers.
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St. Mark
Falls Prom Ladder at Ironton Hospital Fails
SELSONVILLE Bobsma electrical foreman for George Electric Co of Ironton fell from a ladder while installing conduit at a new tuberculosis hospital site Tuesday morning. He was treated at Mount St Mary Alona and released. CHAUNCEY Lions Club to hold 6:30 dinner meeting at parish house tonight.
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Selsonville
Bobsma
George Electric Co
Ironton
Mount St Mary
Alona
Hava Meer Rustine
Chauncey
Chauncey Lions Club
Birthday Celebrated At Sugar Creek For Sherean Lewis
CHAUNCEY Mr and Mrs Winfield Lewis Sugar Creek hosted a surprise party Sunday for their daughter Sherean as she turned 10. Family and friends including Mingus Ross Erwin and others visited the Mingu s home. a note of illness mentions a stroke and heart attack in the family. Shawnee PTA to hear Shawnee High concert under James Orwell with a 7:30 pm meeting. concert at 8:15 pm at Shawnee High School.
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Chauncey
Winfield Lewis
Sugar Creek
Sherean
Ens Aungus
Mingus
Norman Ross
Columbus
Earl Yyisonville
Ernest Mingus
Jacksonville
Francis Erwin
Wendell Mingus
James Mingus
Effie Ross
Ayenna
PTA
Shawnee
Shawnee High School
James Orwell
Shawnee Pta
Kay Wilcox
Chauncey Area Personal Notices Include Visitors and Events
Local social notes record Mr and Mrs Leo Osky visiting the Sammons and Mr and Mrs Don Rogers with son Lancaster visiting Johnson and Rogers households. Nellie Leffler returns home after hip surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Arlene Lester visits Susie Daugherty. Chauncey Dover Band members attended a festival in Athens. Church groups from Millfield and Chauncey attended Trimble Church of Christ services. Frank Shumway returns from visits to Lancaster and Columbus. Lester Shumway convalesces after leg fractures. Past Elks rulers to meet in Nelsonville for night and initiation on Feb 21. Sugar Creek school hosts a red dance Friday at 30 r to community club.
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Wiiour
E. Powell
Bernard’ Powell
Jackson St
Marie DeVore
Ed Stevens
Jacksonville
Harry Brooks
N. E- Church
Chauncey
Willian
Christ
Columbus
Schoonover
Mrs. Powell
Will
Frank Shumway
Myrtle Ave
Columbus Net
Russell Hiles
Frankind
Gilbert St
Jin
James Johnson
Emmett “ Stevens
Robert Howard
Wilton’ Cory
William Westhee
John Stevens
Bernice Scott
Jack Frazee
al’ Gregory
Jean Gregory
Nick
Frances ‘Cero
Danny Devore
Leo Osky
Glouster
S. J. Sammons
Don Rogers
Lancaster
Steve Johnson
Clem Rogers
Nellie Leffler
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Arlene Lester
Susie Daugherty
Coe Daugherty
Ruth
Canton
C. A. Daugherty
Harold Sams
Fred Sayres
Shirley Sayre
J. H. Lack
New Straitsville
Carolyn Tippitt
Janice Weakley
Beverly Hix
Chauncey- Dover
Athens
Millfield
Trimble Church of Christ
Phyllis Tolson
Carolish
Lester Shumway
Nelsonville
Elks
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Charles Wolf
Mount St. Ma
Robert Sheley, Jr
Dottie Brown
Straitaville
Karen Keller
Marjorie Campbell
Murray City
Calvin
Jessie Shafer
BALL
Arctics
Basto
Kroger
North Meigs
Letart Falls
Herbert Shields
Letart Cemetery
Rade
Letart
Douglas
Reese
Mason Clinic
Everett Connally
Clarence Hupp
Anna Fay
Bruce
George Hupp
Alaska
James Kulling
Terry
Russell Gibbs
Hupp
WSCS
A. E. Sopher
Edward Miller
Ortsmouth
HG. Roush
AE. Roush
Salem Center
Ralph West
Cincinnati
Austin Allen
E. M. Roush
Zanesville
East Letart
Ross Norris
William R. Zerkle
Florida
J.D. Roush
Chauncey Man
Roger Dean
Chevrolet
Roger Lrean
Fayette Street
Prattsville
Nelsonville Society
Lodge 169
Upren rLars
Rocanonial Farm Women's Club
Gerald Rood
A. P
Valley Roush
Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Arnett Roush
North Mason Ory
New Haven
York Grange
All Friends
Rela
York Grange 2496
Pam
Grange
Mall
Oak Grove
Elmer Newberry
Clifford Brown
Dennis
C. C. Blessing
Florence, Mae
Ollie
Richard
Murs. E.g
Fort St
Mr. Lee
Orlando
Fla
New Orleans
Danville
Freeland Davis
Williamson
W. Va
Burbage Spaulding
Tommy
Alva Swick
Charles. Gotsehall
Meigs General Hospital
Gotsehall
Gilen Caton
Mrs. Schoonover
Deen Improv
James H. Wilson
First National Bank
Newsonville, Ohi
Slouster Personals
Sharff
Sharif
Logan's
St Joseph
United States
RCA
Victor
RCA Victor
L. A. Faires
Glouster, Ohio
Lewis
West
Levp's
Luckoff
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