First GOC Training Session Held in Nelsonville
Fourteen volunteers attended the initial Ground Observer Corps training led by T Sgt John Yoho in Nelsonville with more needed to staff the post for potential national emergencies. The meeting noted the post will operate monthly for drills while emphasizing the need for experienced personnel and potential future female volunteers.
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Ground Observer Corps
John Yoho
Columbus
Air Defense Command
Nelsonville
Joe Galvin
Galvin
Air Force
National
GOC
Dick Gulley
Wilbur Mender
Charles
Rescue Truck Needs Three Volunteers for Carbon Hill Area
Nelsonville seeks three Carbon Hill area men to complete the civilian defense rescue truck crew. Training welcomes volunteers from Nelsonville Buchtel Murray City and Haydenville as the vehicle could bring CD fire equipment to the city and neighboring communities. Contact Fire Chief Clarence Hall at the Nelsonville city fire department.
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Nelsonville
Carbon Hill
Buchtel
Murray City
Haydenville
Clarence Hall
Hall
Nelsonville City
Four Are Fined In Mayor's Court
In Nelsonville Mayor Earl Hilleary fined four people during the weekend for intoxication or license violations. Wayne Hughes of Floodwood, Harri son Johnson of Nelsonville, and Dick Johnson of Nelsonville were each fined $10 and costs for intoxication. Joseph E. Giffen of Gloucester rural route was fined $10 and costs for no operator's license and the same fine for driving to the left of center.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
Wayne Hughes
Floodwood
Harrison Johnson
Dick Johnson
Joseph E. Giffen
Glouster
Rhetta Howe Sunday School Class Set to Meet
Nelsonville church group will gather Wednesday at 6 p m for the Rhetta Howe Sunday School class of First Methodist Church. Hosts Mrs Shelby Barber and Mrs Alice Hillis will lead devotions with Mrs Barber in charge.
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Nelsonville
Rhetta Howe
First Methodist Church
Shelby Barber
Alice Hillis
Holland’s Wooden Shoe Factory: Nation’s Sole Plant
The only wooden shoe factory in the United States operates in Holland, Michigan, serving as the singular domestic source for traditional wooden footwear amid a shrinking market.
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United States
Holland
Michigan
Notice to Contractors Ohio Department of Highways bid call
Ohio Department of Highways invites sealed proposals for Ath ens County Ohio Route 329 concrete bridge and road work. Bids due February 19, 1957 at 10:00 A.M. Local time. Bid bond $2800 required. Plans on file. director reserves right to reject all bids.
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State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of Ohio
Athens County
Bern Township
Sharpsork
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Highways
Division
S. O. Linzell State Highway
Charles Ball Dies Sunday in Mount St. Mary Hospital
Charles A. Ball 82 of Buchtel died Sunday morning after a brief illness at Mount St. Mary Hospital. A retired coal miner and Boyd County, Kentucky native, he was predeceased by wife Rosa. Survived by four sons Allen, Ralph, Arthur, and Richard. adopted daughter Vivian Proctor. brother Willis. nine grandchildren. three great-grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 1 p.m. Johnson Funeral Home. burial Whitmore Cemetery, Buchtel.
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Nelsonville
Charles A. Ball
Buchtel
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Boyd County
Ralph and
Levina Ball
Rosa
Allen
Ralph
Garden City
Mich
Arthur
Romulus
Richard
Wayne
Vivian Proctor
Gore
Willis
Toronto
Ohio
Johnson Funeral Home
Whitmore Cemetery
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Birth Announcements
A string of birth notices from Mount St. Mary Hospital lists new daughters for the families of Drescher Nelsonville Cox The Plains Bowen Shawnee Hill Glouster Mitchell Murray City Conker Buchtel Davis New Lexington Tate New Lexington Harper Haydenville Byers Nelsonville Poling Shawnee Hannas Nelsonville Taylor Glouster Route 3 Scott Athens Rice New Marshfield Poindexter Nelsonville Route 2 Stanley Nelsonville White Athens Route 4 Tharp Nelsonville Hill Nelsonville Newman Buchtel Easler New Marshfield Arnold Mairfield Route 1 Maccombs The Plains and daughter noted among others.
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Louise Bowen
Shawnee
James Hill
Glouster
Roy Eugene Mitchell
Murray City
Charles Conker
Buchtel
Edward Davis
Harry Tate
New Lexington
Etta Harper
Haydenville
Jennie Byers
Nelsonville
John Poling
Lois Anderson
Logan Rt
John Taylor
Arline Scott
Athens
Thomas Rice
New Marshfield
Poindexter Toney
Burl Stanley
Eileen White
Gerald Monroe
Logan
Glen Tharp
Thomas Hill
John Newman
Flora Easler
Delbert Arnold
Mairfield
Paul Maccombs
the Plains
Group Says Thanks For Aid to Family
Nelsonville committee thanks Murray City residents for furniture and clothing donations to the Dodds family burned out. The family has moved into another Murray City home. Special thanks go to Nelsonville Volunteer Firemen who assisted in collection. Wayne Morse of Oregon delivered the longest continuous speech in U.S. Senate history.
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Nelsonville
Murray City
Neil Dodds
Wayne Morse
Oregon
United States Senate
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Athens County Ohio
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court case Bolin v Blum offers for sale by public auction on Thursday February 28 1957 at 1 30 PM at the east door of Athens County Courthouse real estate in Ames Township Athens County Ohio. The parcel contains about 41 100 acres with exceptions and a right of way and is appraised at 10000 with a minimum bid of 6667. Cash only. Sheriff Harold Ke Shields notes.
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State of Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
George Bolin
Myr
Blum
Athens
Ohio
Ames
Ohio Company
Jennie D. Beasley
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Hooper Ridge Road
Harold KE
Shields
June Gibson
Bolin
Walker
Middleport People and Property Movements After Extended Local News
Kathryn Payne returns home from Meigs General Hospital on Oliver Street. Heath Church members attend Portsmouth District Mission Institute at Trinity Church. Dale Jacobs family relocates to Moulden-Coxon property on South Second Avenue. Ray Cale plans move after redecorating. A. E. Lowery and George Ebersbach families move nearby. Charlotte Perrin and Jeannette Waddell travel to Florida due to uncle George Juhling’s illness at Pine Bay Veterans Hospital. Frank Hayes and son Kenneth David ill at Mill Street home. Betty Romine assists. Wick Wyatt returns from Cleveland job. Central School substitutes fill in for ill teachers. Vanderhoof and Miller families host relatives. Kitchen-Young wedding weekend visit. Joe Young Jr. soloist for ceremony. Kyger Creek chemist Charles A. Bradbury trains five weeks at Huntington lab and attended hockey game with Haggerty and Walburn.
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Kathryn Payne
Meigs General Hospital
Oliver St
R. C. Kankright
Heath Methodist Church
Portsmouth District Mission Institute
Trinity Church
Dale Jacobs
S. Second Ave
Moulden-Coxon
Ray Cale
Jacobs
Ebersbach
A. E. Lowery
George Ebersbach
Clarence Ebersbach
Rutland St
Charlotte Perrin
Jeannette Waddell
Charleston
Florida
George Juhling
Middleport
New York
Juhling
Veterans’ Hospital
Pine Bay
Fla
Frank Hayes
Kenneth David
Mill St
Hayes
Betty Romine
William (Wick) Wyatt
Cleveland
Crary Davis
Central School
L. W. McComas
James Hawley
Central
Noah Haskins
Carl Vanderhoof
Marion
I. E. Miller
Joe Young, Jr
Melanie
Joe III
Woodsfield
Mr. Young
Charles A. Bradbury
Kyger Creek
Huntington
Gas and Electric Company
Bob Haggerty
Blaine Walburn
Bradbury
Auto Hits Tree Damaging Hedge and Lawn in Nelsonville
Walter J. Bolen of Route 1 Nelsonville lost control of his car Saturday at 11 45 p.m. on Walnut Street near Fourth Street and struck a tree causing considerable vehicle damage. He also damaged the hedge and lawn at 417 Walnut Street Pauline Ball residence. He was charged with unsafe operation and fined 15 plus costs in mayor s court.
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Nelsonville
Walter J. Bolen
Walnut St
Fourth St
Pauline Ball
Military Mail Call notices for service members
The Messenger invites readers to submit complete service member addresses for a public mail call. Included is the example of A3C William M. McCoy AF 15556231 at 344st Staron PO Box Z 2201 Lowery AFB Colorado.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Staron
Lowery Afb
Colo
Chesterhill Resident Lena Van Foffen Dies at 81
Lena Leota Van Foffen 81 of Chesterhill Route 2 died early Sunday at home after two years of declining health. Born June 1 1875 in Washington County she was a Wesley Methodist Church member and widow of Wilson Van Foffen. Surviving are daughter Bertha Bailey son Vernon two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Dale EUB Church Elder Burgess Wogan officiating. Burial Dale Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Tuesday at Fawcett Stone funeral home Chesterhill.
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Chesterhill
Lena Leota van Foffen
van Foffen
Washington County
Henry McGirr
Wesley Methodist Church
Bethel
Wilson van Foffen
Bertha Bailey
Vernon
Dale Eub Church
Burgess Wogan
Dale Cemetery
Fawcett - Stone Funeral Home
Cincinnati Market Prices for Eggs Poultry and Potatoes
Prices paid at Cincinnati area farms for eggs and poultry in cases, including consumer grades from U S A jumbo to B and grade C with checks, and No 1 quality fryers and hens with weights. Potatoes offered between 2 50 and 4 50 per unit.
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Cincinnati
USDA
U.S
Arkansas Pupils Find Bubble Gum From Ohio Bottle
Fifteen sixth grade students at Armorel School in Blytheville discover a bottle floating in the Mississippi River containing a note from Billy Branagan of Steubenville Ohio. Branagan explains he dropped a ketchup bottle in the Ohio River last July and sends bubble gum as a reply.
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Blytheville
Ark
Armorel School
Mississippi River
Billy Branagan
Steubenville
Ohio
Branagan
Ohio River
It Could Happen Here Editorial Sparks Air Disaster Fear
The Mountain View Register Leader warned of a possible airplane disaster in a persuasive editorial. Soon after the piece appeared an Air Force F84 jet fighter exploded and crashed into a home on the San Francisco Peninsula.
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Mountain View
Calif
Mountain View Register
San Francisco
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