Wellston Men Vie In May Primary Races
Eighteen Wellston men filed for May primary offices. Incumbent Pearl Kisor seeks City Council president, opposed by Jackie L Jenkins. Ralph Booth seeks treasurer, facing Ed W Downard. Council seats see Democrats Jerry Collins Gary Huston Melvin Ervin. Republicans Larry Newman Hill Starkey Robert Colley. Lonnie Leonard unopposed for First Ward. Second Ward candidates Carl Griffiths and Ron Grotten. Third Ward contenders Jimmy Baker and Gregory Yates. Fourth Ward Scott Thompson opposed by Dennis Callahan. Henry Willard seeks city solicitor. John Dupre not seeking re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Booth
Ed W Downard
Jerry Collins
Gary M. Huston
Melvin N— Ervin
Larry Newman
Hill Starkey
Robert Colley
Lonnie Leonard
Tom Dick
Carl T. Griffiths
Ron Grottendick
Jimmy Baker
Henry Willard
Joseph A. Oths
Willard
Oths
John Dupre
Wesleyan Church to Host Rev Lehman on Sunday
Nelsonville area will hear Rev Lehman a Wesleyan missionary to South Africa speak at 7 30 p m Sunday. He was born in Johannesburg and began missions in 1931. He has led mission schools in Eastern Transvaal and headed districts in Gold Reef Portuguese East Africa and more. Slides and field curios will accompany his talk highlighting 31 foreign missions and current gospel, medical, and educational programs. The pastor invites all local residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Church
South Africa
Nelsonville
Lehman
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Portuguese East Africa
Kyger Ladies Aid Hosts Crochet Bead Demonstration
A Kyger Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Betty Conkle's home featured a bead crochet demonstration. Donald H. Saunders, 58, funeral services were held in Columbus with survivors including his wife Betty Bradbury Saunders and a large extended family. Relatives from Pickerington and Canal Winchester visited local residents and other area families, including Perry Bradbury and the Athey and Kennedy households.
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Ger
Kyger Ladies Aid
Betty Conkle
Kyger
Donald H. Saunders
Columbus
Betty Bradbury Saunders
Vehicles Club Plans 3 Day Trip to Dearborn
The Hocking Valley Historical Vehicles Club meets in Nelsonville to outline a three day trip to Dearborn Michigan likely starting July 13 with Paul Goss presiding in Raymond Patton’s absence. Roger and Marnie Courtney join as new members and next gathering is March 9 at the Pratt home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking Valley
Paul Goss
Raymond Patton
Roger
Marnie Courtney
Logan Route 1
Bill Pratt
Booster Sunday School class re-elects officers in Racine
The Racine Booster Sunday School class reconfirmed officers at the January meeting hosted by Mrs Gretta Simpson. Marjorie Grimm was named devotional leader. Helen Simpson spoke on the new year theme and hymns were sung before refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Gretta Simpson
Marjorie Grimm
Helen Simpson
Dorothy Budgley
Charles Norris
South Point
Arthur Cleland
Columbus
Jerry Powell
Linley Hart
Roderick Grimm
Florida
Laurence Grimm
Ronald
Linda Gunz
Dale McGraw
Hazel Carnahan
Frances Koster
Lottie Wilcoxen
Elmwood Nursing Home
Roy Riffle
Bill McKenzie
Gallipolis
David Crow
Lawrence Ables
The
Institute of Technology
Indianapolis
Ind
Woolworth Sales Rise as Soybeans Lead Cash Crops
Woolworth Co reports four week sales of 176.53 million dollars for the period ending January 27, up 6.3 percent from a year earlier. The piece notes soybeans as America's top cash crop with last year’s value exceeding 4 billion dollars for farmers.
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America
National Soybean Crop Improvement Council
New York
F. W Woolworth Co
Obituary and Community Notices From Wilkesville Area
Funeral services were held for Rev. M. O. Hutchinson 88 at Mount Olive Church after a long illness. Norvil Hounshell Sr. died undergoing open heart surgery in Columbus. Ellison Boatman 64 died in California after a heart attack. Several residents and visitors attended gatherings at local homes and churches while out-of-town relatives visited friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Pierce
Wilkesville
Mount Olive Church
M. O. Hutchinson
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Wilkesville Township
Carey Strausbaugh
Nellie Sayre
Gladys
Jay Robinson
McArthur
J. M. Jackson
Mabel Wood
Norvil Hounshell Sr
University Hospital
Here
Lois
Jerry Griffith
Mount Union Cemetery
Anna Ogden
Chiefs Club
Raymond Long
Hilliard
Ronald Bobo
Logan
Bille Terry
Patty
Ewington
J. E. Strong
R. H. Woltz
Wellston
J. Kk. Strong
A. O. Devault
Francis Cottrill
Paul Kunz
Galloway
Ellison Boatman
California
John
Nancy Bob Boatman
Kgger
Edgewater
Don Allen
Emily Boatman
Dayton
Ohio
Allens
Linda
Missouri
Barbara
Henry and
Merrill Bobo
Albany
Wesley Bobo
Chillicothe
Jewell Strong
Ivan Frazier
Frazier
Elleen Good
Frank Gray
Hamden
Gray
Georgia Gray
Lloyd Sayre
Paul McWilliams
Alva Devalut
Lawrence Keck
Roger
Newark
Keck
Celine
Huntington
Cindy
Charles Griffith
Pomeroy
Griffith
Births and town notices mix in Athens area news
Announcements report the birth of Robert Lich IV at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Athens on January 16 and Tina Louise with sibling Susan Marie born January 27 in the same hospital. The page also lists numerous visits, family events, and a February 17 1973 bid deadline for Ada Cray real estate in Meigs County. Public notices include executor appointment for Garnet S Kennett and several Athens city ordinances and lease actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Robert Lich
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Athens
Robert Lich IV
Edgar Thompson
Lindseyville, Ky
Robert Lich Jr
Louisville
Wesley Mattox
Tina Louise
Susan Marie
Emma Smith
Orange
Calif
C. Tenards
Western Australia
Southern Local board widens staff and programs
At the regular meeting Richards Fitch was hired as a teacher for New Straitsville Elementary. Driver education summer program approved. February 26 board session to negotiate with Southern Local Education Association. Meetings with non-certified staff in March. Elementary furnaces inspections and conversion proposals in progress. Miller High School Principal Richard Nash reported five more Miller students selected for Upward Bound at Ohio University: Harlin Goins Leanne Rutgers Bruce McQuade Sheryl Heathcoat Terry Halass. Ned Gehring and Lucian Bennett attend Elementary Principals Conference in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nash
Miller
Ohio University
Harlin Goins
Leanne Rutgers
Bruce McQuade
Sheryl Heathcoat
Terry Halass
Ned Gehring
Lucian Bennett
Columbus
Dunlap
Missionary to Speak at Four Area Methodist Churches
Miss Virginia Pickarts of the United Methodist Church will give four talks Sunday to Tuesday at Immanuel Logan, Nelsonville, Grace University Gallipolis, and Coolville United Methodist churches. On furlough from Sierra Leone she teaches at Moyamba Hartford School for Girls and assists youth and services. A pre talk potluck and film slides from West Africa accompany the Nelsonville event. The Athens District WSCS sponsors the appearance and invites neighboring churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Pickarts
United Methodist Church
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Logan
Nelsonville
Gallipolis
Coolville United Methodist Church
Miss Pickarts
Sierre Leone
West Africa
Hartford School For
Moyamba
Keith Conner
Athens District
Womens Society of Christian Service
Roy Ballard
Athens
WSCS
Miller High Honors 119 Students Led by A Learners
Miller High School lists 119 honor students for the third six weeks. Perfect grades belong to seniors Wilma Kincaid and Randy Teter, junior Patti Linscott, Cynthia Lightfine, and Mary Jo Thrapp, sophomores Roberta Fisher Gale Hunter Becky Mitchell Joyce Olah Cheryl Pyle Patti Saulbeamer, and freshman Lea Ferguson. Regular honor roll includes seniors Mike Bernard Starla Bryan Bonnie Crane Angela Durst Pam Glass Roger Halas Mike Hammond Richard Hinkle Tina Jones Linn Keller Karen King Jeannie Lanning Mary Lightfine Steve Severance Ruth Shaver Violette Starr Mary Vernon Elaine Wycinski. juniors Barbara Begley Christ Blaney Sherry Chappelear Denise Dodson Jane King Jane Ervin Debbie Fortner Cindy Gaddis Cathy Glass Leona Hamilton Gill Anna Harvey Debbie Irwin Becky Kranyik Lynn Lanningberg McGlone Diane Post Mark Thrapp. sophomores Martha Bookman Charlotte Brunton Tom Colvin Sheeley Crane Linda Farner Karen Fidler Mike Fortner Diane Gaddis Harlin Goins Forrest McCabe Lisa McGrath Bruce McQuade Randy Martin Susan Merckle Floyd Hinkle Seanna Rutgers Kenny Roberts Rick Snyder Jim Starlin Mark Thompson Joe Toth. freshmen Marla Berry Becky Brown Maomi Brunton Diane Dodson Richard Donohoe Lois Fink Susie Hermey Don Hern Garry Hoffman Cathy Johnson Brenda Jones Teresa Kincaid Bill Lanning Richard Lawson Teresa McGill Jenny Moulton Jean Nye Sherry Reed Karen Rose Robert Russell Michele Sicilian Mark Siemer Vickie Stickhorn Brenda Stiles Theresa Toth Susan Vernon Mike Wheeler Betty Wilson.
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Mike Bernard
Starla Bryan
Bonnie Crane
Angela Durst
Pam Glass
Roger Halas
Mike Hammond
Richard Hinkle
Tina Jones
Linn Keller
Karen King
Jeannie Lanning
Mary Lightfine
Steve Severance
Ruth Shaver
Violette Starr
Mary Vernon
Elaine Wycinski
Barbara Begley
Christ Blaney
Sherry Chappelear
Denise Dodson
Jane King
Jane Ervin
Debbie
Brenda Stiles
Theresa Toth
Susan Vernon
Mike Wheeler
Betty Wilson
Russell Ball
Jo Ellen Benedict
Marianne Boyle
Randy Downs
Jeff Ferguson
Trudy Ferguson
Tammy Gaitten
Kenneth Giffen
Margaret Harvey
Donna Houk
Dixie Keller
Lori Lanning
Kathy McGreevy
Alicia Miller
Carole Pompey
Sandy Rupe
Lorraine Stanley
Greg Stiles
Debra Storts
Susan Swelgin
Jane A. Mike Thompson
Markess
Executors Appointed for Athens Ohio Estate Case
Notice is given that Bob Francis Yaw and Betty Jayne Yaw Rutter of 55 Sunnyside Drive Athens Ohio have been appointed Executors of the Estate of Otto Virgil Yaw deceased late of Athens County Ohio Dated January 26 1973 Lowell B Howard Judge Court of Common Pleas 2 1 2 8 2 15
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Ralph H White
Fayette Street
Nelsonville
Ohio
Garnet S Kennett
Athens County
Harold J Rose
Court of Common Pleas
Bob Francis Yaw
Betty Jayne Yaw
Sunnyside Drive
Athens
Otto Virgil Yaw
Lowell B. Howard
Judge Court of Common Pleas
Pauline McLean Appointed Executrix in Ohio Probate
Pauline McLean of Chancey Ohio is named Executrix of the estate of George Keck deceased Chauncey Athens County Ohio by the Athens County Court of Common Pleas judge Lowell B. Howard dated January 29 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline McLean
Chancey
Ohio
George Keck
Chauncey
Athens County
Lowell B. Howard
Athens County Court of Common Pleas Probate
Bids Sought for School Bus Fleet by Federal Hocking District
The Federal Hocking Local School District in Stewart Ohio invites sealed proposals for thirty six passenger buses or two sixty six passenger and one forty eight passenger buses. Bids due March 16 1973 at noon with opening by the clerk Richard A Koker. The board reserves right to reject any bids by order of February 12 1973.
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Hocking
Stewart
Ohio
Richard A. Koker
Board of Education
Notice of Administratrix for Fred Fisk Estate
Jeanne Fisk Richards of 187 St Charles St Nelsonville Ohio 45764 named administratrix of the estate of Fred Fisk deceased of 169 West Canal Nelsonville Athens County Ohio dated January 29 1979NOTICE
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Fisk Richards
St. Charles
Nelsonville
Ohio
Fred Fisk
West Canal
Athens County
Lowell B. Howard
Cormmon
Athens Ohio approves emergency bulldozer purchase without ads
Passed January 22 1973 ordinance directs the Service Safety Director to obtain competitive bids without advertising and to enter a contract to buy a bulldozer for the sanitation department to maintain the landfill after the sole bulldozer burned, with funds from the sanitation fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio
Harry &. Crewson
Catherine Phillips
Donald L. Barrett
Mulligan
Mulligan Road
Harry B. Crewson
Sanitation
City OF
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Pearl Kisor
Jackie L Jenkins
Gregory Yates
Clarence Gray
Scott Thompson
Dennis Callahan
TOD
Fox oFfice
Mary B. Sisson
Robert Hart
Pickerington
Hart
Pennsylvania
Keith Bradbury
Bobby Wood
Canal
Winchester
Perry Bradbury
Roger Athey
Clair Athey
Charles Athey
Dale Kennedy
Middleport
Louise Rough
Rev. O. IL
Vehicles Club
New Haven
Irene McGrew
Otto Grimm
Roland Karr
Owensboro, Ky
Karr
Edwin Roush
Mr. Roush
Mrs
Johnnie Roush
Howard Wagenhals
Canton
Cleveland
Julia Brant Sewing Club
D. A. Smith
Thurl Stone
James McKnight
Lena Knight
Ottie Roush
Selah Powell
Herman Layne
Johnnie Fry
Kylah McKnight
Joy Kautz
David Russell
Paul Powell
Eugene Hester
Ricky Powell
Mrs Frainwrole Ra Kis
Woolworth Sales
Ures AY
Hanna Queen
Hope White
Alva Devault
Devault
Holzer Hospital
Jackson
Paul Bowers
Robin White
Westina Crabtree
Virginia Townsend
WC. and
Paul Peck
Austin Withrow
Tommy
Charleston
W. Va
Withrow
Bill Lawson
Cheryl
Wilbur Dailey
Murl Galaway
Earl Starkey
Ohio State Grange
Circleville
Starkey
Columbia Grange
Mendal Jordan
Dwaine Jordan
Walter Jordan
Rex Cheadle
Noble Hamon
Zaleski
Preston Hammon
Bob Wiles
Midway
Victor Perry
Elza McComas
Ralph Frazier
Alfred Rice
Rice
William Culwell
Charles Leist
Clarksburg
Charles Handley
Washington, D. C
Bill Thomas
Lavern Jordan
Danny
Betty
Jerrie
David Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Reed Jetters
Jessie Jewell
Emzie Davis
Parkersburg
W. C
Larry Stanley
Anna
Eric, Pa
Lewis Smith
Eugene Stanley
Arthur Crabtree
Goldie Gillogly
Kenneth Crabtree
Karen and
Tad Gilkey
Bernard W. Fultz
Pomeroy National Bank
Ada Cray
S. Third Street
Meigs County
Probate Division
Bernard V. Fultz
First Presbyterian Society OF
College Street
First Presbyterian Society of Athens
Ben Johnson AS
Lettier
Sally Struthers
Antonioni
Athena Cinema
Film Critics
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullmann
State OF
Athena
By Brandon Thomas
Forum Theater
Ohio University Theater
School of Theater
College of Fine Arts
Miller High
Lionel Bart
Oliver Twrat
Berean Theatre
Wolfe Furniture
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