Fire Dept Report Details $33,000 Loss in 1952 Year
Nelsonville city records show Fire Chief Clarence Hall reporting 65 runs in 1952, with 23 grass fires and 9 automobile fires. Major losses included a $25,000 VFW Riverside fire, a $3,000 Henry Dolman home blaze, and a $1,000 J H Indersieden residence fire, amid two to three large incidents and new equipment upgrades.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Hall
VFW
Riverside
J. H Indersieden
Henry Dolman
High St
Buchtel
Carbondale
Haydenville
Floodwood
Carbon Hill
Chauncey
Lick Run
Orbister
Laurel Run
Kimberly
Happy Helley
Coal Hollow
Chief Hall
Robert Bumgardner
Bill Y. Hall
Hall
Nelsonville barber Frank Mellinger dies after long illness
Nelsonville resident Frank Mellinger, longtime barber in the business district for about 40 years, died Friday at Mount St Marys Hospital from a heart condition. He was native of Nelsonville, attended Ohio University, and belonged to the Christian Church and local Masonic and Elk lodges. Surviving are his wife Hazel Mallinger and two sisters. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM at the Christian Church with burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Frank Mellin
Eunice Melinger
Chicago
Resi
Guy
San Diego
Calif
Dent and Barber
William C
Columbus
Mount St
Conduct- Mary Hospital
Christian Church
Mg Health
J. A. Long
Heb 1
Elisbardsvile
Friends
Hocking St
Stout Fnn
Retal
Joe Porter
Mellinger
Calvin Mellinger
Harper
Ohio University
Here
Masonic and Elk Lodges
Hazel Mallinger
Ferndale
Mich
Vehicles Damaged In Accident On Poplar Street Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports a Friday 9 pm traffic collision on Poplar St. Garrett Hoch's westbound car was hit by Warner Midkiff's vehicle as Hoch attempted a driveway turn. Right side of Hoch car and left front of Midkiff car damaged.
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Nelsonville
Poplar St
Don Bumgardner
Garrett Hoch
Warner Midkiff
Hoch 1
Midkiff
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlights Club Meetings
The Good Will Club meets at Jennie Rowland’s Madison Street home with members and guests from Akron and Barberton. prizes awarded to Ora Barrows Betty Wintermute and Mary Smith. Several church classes plan Tuesday activities and devotions with named hosts and leaders. The Band Boosters and Twig to Meet at Mount Mary Hospital Guild also announce gatherings.
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Good Will Club
Jennie
Rowland
Madison St
Margaret Wend
Mary Smith
Mary Power
Bertha Butterworth
Ora Barrows
Gertrude Ray
Betty Wintermute
Buchtel
Rhoda Burgess
Logan
Cara Michaels
Akron
Sue Lee Petrie
Barberton
Mary Smith Lynch
Martha
Methodist Church
Ethel Jackson
E. Franklin St
Julius Fischer
Bertha Nixon
John Stocklen
Mount St. Mary Hospital
McNamee Graduates From Army Academy
Nelsonville Sgt 1-C Robert L McNamee has graduated from the Seventh Army Non-Commissioned Officers Academy in Munnich Germany. He joined in October 1946 and has been overseas since last fall. His wife Joan and parents live at 793 Walnut Street.
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Nelsonville
Robert L McNamee
I Seventh Army
Munnich
Germany
Army
Joan
A. B. McNamee
Walnut St
Christmas program at Connett Church by local pupils
Primary students of Connett School presented a Christmas program at Connett Methodist Church. A group song closed the program with cornet solos, readings, recitations, and poems by listed students. Gifts were given to the pastor Rev. Evan Edwards and pianist Mildred Wend for faithful service.
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Nelsonville
Connett Methodist Church
Connett
Nettie Cartin
Phyllis
Opal Gilkey
Ruth Kennedy
Rita Khinebriel
Norma Dalton
Patty Dalton
Ella
Cox
Rita Klinebriel
Over the Back Fence Silent Night Provokes TV Controversy
A columnist laments a New York playwright's firing after suggesting one TV program avoid singing Silent Night before Christmas. The piece defends the carol, argues against commercial overuse, and recalls Silent Night's sacred, peaceful origins and its place in American Christmas culture.
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New York
Wordens End Visit In Toledo Michigan
Mr and Mrs Harley Worden return to 308 Oak St after a month in Michigan and Toledo. Worden says they subscribe to The Messenger since 1921 and cannot keep house without it. Carl Petit local entered Veterans Hospital in Dayton last Monday for treatment and possible operation.
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Wordens
Toledo
Michigan
Nelsonville
Harley Worden
Oak St
Worden
Messenger
Carl Petiit
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Cleveland Doctor Called Home as Father Improves
Dr Joseph Stocklen of Cleveland was summoned to Nelsonville for his father John Stocklen who suffered a heart attack. His condition improved and Dr Stocklen plans to return to Cleveland on Sunday.
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Nelsonville
Joseph Stocklen
Cleveland
John Stocklen
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Stocklen
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Ohio
Nelsonville Pure Milk Co
Chestnut St
Nelsonville, Ohio
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Washington
Clifford Hawk
Carbon Roland Colbert
Rose Marcinko
Keevil Scott
Susan Mellinger
Ibe
Ruth Matheny
Pearl Bishop
Florence Arkles
Cashis Judson
Glousie
Vernice Adams
Wiliam McCoy
Neal Heydentiech
Nee
Nelsonville Social Notes
Queen Esther
Annabelle Davis
Mary Tignor
Ruth North
Rosalie Swank
Norma Matheny
Ruth Higgins
Etta Dyson
Beverly Davis
Jeannette Huddy
Florence Hickman
Circle of Ruth
Virginia Rowland
Boosters
Pearl Hartley
Ray Wright
Mt. Sterling
Clara Robinson
Bessie Azbell
Virginia Dew
Nelsonvile
Circle of
Ruth
First Presbyterian Church
Jack Oakley
Chester Hall
Arthur Burgess
Frank Lowry
E. J. Kessinger
McNamee
Army Academy
Ety
Bill Newsad
John L Mesum
Jacksonville
Paul , Galvin
Nelsonville Council
Daughters of America
IOOF
Columbus &I
Rebekah Lodge
Toof Hall
Columbus St
The
Christian Women's Fellowship
Edna Scott
Adeline
Wei
Rudolph
Duck Creek
Madame Schumanni
America
Joyce Kilmer
Backfeld
Nelsonville Maytag CO
Public Square
Helena Rubinstein
Foster's
Washington St
Las Onde
Ceens
Oakley Insurance Agency
R. W. Oakley
P. G
Oakley
D. W. Langley
Yorktown Shoes
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
Roger Wolf
Tee
Doodle Senate
Emia. FE
LIFE
Cohwebes
Mora
J. H. Wilson
First National Bank
Betts
Sunray Gas Ranges
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