Nelsonville City Council reorganizes with new members elected
The Nelsonville city council elected Gilbert Courtney president pro tem for the current biennium and welcomed two new members Whyte and Foughty. The body approved 1962 appropriations of 255 393, discussed school grounds sale, a proposed cable franchise, and a joint meeting with the board of education.
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Nelsonville
John Brooks
Gilbert Courtney
Courtney
Carl Young
Matt Adkins
Young
Jack Whyte
Violet Hollenbaugh
Ray Foughty
Ward Phillips
Vaughn Hill
Whyte
Foughty
Mabel Tigner
Phillips
Betty Butts
Charles Shafer
Hollenbaugh
Adkins
Shafer
Hoffman
Nelsonville Board of Education
Board of Education
Gerald Bentley
Utilities Committee
Melvin Blackburn
Blackburn
Hollenbaugh and
Finance Committee
Max Valkinburg
Council
Hill
Old City
Athens County Law Library
Walter H. Moeller
Moeller
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hocking River
John Minsker
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Marine Corps League to Honor Widow of Named Marine
Nelsonville ceremony honors Mrs. Pritchard widow of the detachment’s namesake Marine. VFW Post 3467 hosts the 8 p.m. event with detachment commander Floyd Carter presiding. Local veterans groups invited, with attendees in uniform or post headgear.
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Nelsonville
Thomas Pritchard
Marine Corps League
VFW
Pritchard
Chestnut St
Floyd Carter
Carter
Marine Corps
Last Rites Thursday For Lawrence Hughes
Services for Lawrence Hughes age 59 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Humphrey funeral home in Shawnee with burial in Carbon Hill cemetery. He died Sunday at his Shawnee home. A native of New Pittsburg Ohio he will be remembered by friends who may call at the funeral home. Rev Eugene Whitmer will officiate.
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Lawrence Hughes
Humphrey Funeral Home
Carbon Hill
Hughes
New Pittsburg
Ohio
Eugene Whitmer
Initiation Postponed by Eastern Star in Nelsonville
The potluck dinner and election of officers for the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Association of the Eastern Star, originally set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, have been postponed to 6 p.m. Thursday at the same location.
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Nelsonville
Patrons Association of the Eastern Star
Kiwanis Installs New Club Officers in Athens
Athens Kiwanis Club installed officers for 1962 at a dinner meeting with over 80 attendees. Werner Hondell was named president with Roger Barron and Earl Hooper as vice presidents, Al Bechtel secretary, William Diles treasurer, and a board including Kenneth Woogerd and others. Past president Max Kinneer received a pin and thanked members. Evan Williams urged better service to nation and community.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Carl Frey
Ohio
Evan Williams
Williams
Athens Club
Werner Hondell
Roger Barron
Earl Hooper
al Bechtel
William Diles
Kenneth Woogerd
John Huffman
E. T. Hellebrandt
Art Kasler
Edward T. van Dyke
Robert Zetty
Ira Burnfield
Max Kinneer
Edward T. VanDyke
Bernard Black
Robert Wratten
W. W. Patton
David Vaughan
Circle K
Gene Vernon
William Diies
Grover Butler
George Beveridge
Raymond Lee
Earl Washburn
Norman Dean
Max Kin
Damaged Shelter and Auto Vandalism Reported in Guysville
A school bus shelter was toppled and a vehicle windshield broken in Guysville Monday night. Mrs. Forrest Metcalf on Route 1 reported the damage and a beer bottle was thrown at her son’s car. Mrs. A W Hart on Dye Road said a car drove through her yard leaving beer bottles.
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Guysville
Sheriff's Department
Forrest Metcalf
Harold Shields
A. W. Hart
Dye Rd
Four Drivers Cited by Patrol Fined in Municipal Court
State Highway Patrol cited four drivers for traffic violations in Municipal Court on Tuesday. Allen Nellis 57 Franklin D Hertsell 23 and James Gray 22 pleaded guilty to stop sign and parking violations, facing fines. Geraldine Singer 37 Hubbard posted 21 bond to appeal for failure to yield after a prior accident and pleaded not guilty.
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State Highway Patrol
Allen A. Nellis
Northwood Dr
Franklin D. Hertsell
Union St
James Gray
Indiana
Geraldine Singer
Hubbard
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Admitions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admits Charles Courtney Nelsonville and several others from Glouster New Straitsville Chauncey Athens Nelsonville and Logan. Discharges include Paul Kasler and son Ruth Lehman Logan and Gregory Ingram Nelsonville Route 2 and others.
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Mount ST. Mary Hospital
Charles Courtney
Nelsonville
Alice Kennard
New Plymouth
J. T. Wolf
Helen Andrews
New Straitsville
Frenda Wilson
Athens
Todd Dickens, Jr
Chauncey
Lucille Showalter
Ruth Hatfield
Timothy Metcalf
Paul Kasler
Andrew Kovach
Glouster
John Kemper
Ruth Lehman
Logan
Charles Deem
Murray City
Gregory Ingram
Eliza Neal
William O’neil
Navy Seaman Hiles Returns to Duty in Norfolk
Ron ald R. Hiles of 692 Jackson St stationed in Norfolk aboard the USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) has resumed duties after a leave with Mrs Hiles and relatives. He previously joined a protection assignment tied to President Kennedy’s South American tour and will next join the astronaut expedition later this month.
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Nelsonville
Ronald R. Hiles
Jackson St
Norfolk
Casa Grande
Hiles
Kennedy
Nelsonville Band Boosters Plan Meetings on Tuesday
Nelsonville Band Boosters Association will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the high school auditorium. President Charles Corrigan says discussion will cover two recent projects the sale of birthday calendars and the candy sale promotion.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Band Boosters Association
Charles Corrigan
Corrigan
New Marshfield Lodge 426 to Meet Thursday Evening
New Marshfield Constitution Lodge 426 Free and Accepted Masons will hold its regular meeting at 7 30 p.m. Thursday.
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge
F&am
Meigs County Native Dies at 83 in Wellston
Delbert W. Bosworth died Monday in Holzer Hospital at age 83. A retired carpenter born in Meigs County near Dexter, he lived in Wellston 14 years. Survived by two daughters, a brother and a sister, he was preceded in death by his wife Stella. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Wilkesville Methodist Church with burial in Standish Cemetery. Friends may call at Strong and Sons Funeral Home.
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Wilkesville
Delbert W. Bosworth
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Meigs County
Dexter
Thomas
Margaret Rawlings Bosworth
Stella Whittington Bosworth
Kenneth Nelson
Radcliff
Goins Rites Wednesday for Mrs Flossie M Goins
Funeral services for Mrs Flossie M Goins 57 will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Mount Hermon EUB Church with Rev Henry Mayle officiating Burial will follow in the church cemetery She died Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville after a long illness Surviving are her husband Willis four sons and five daughters and 20 grandchildren She was a native of Stewart and a member of the Church of God Friends may call at Roseville Chapel of the Cannon and Canaan funeral home
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Flossie M. Goins
Blue Rock
Mount Hermon Eub Church
Henry Mayle
Church
Goins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Stewart
William
Mertie Tabler Dalton
Church of God
Willis
Charles
Navy
Rhode Island
Albert
Chicago
Cpl
Willis Goins
Hawaii
Denzil
Charles Flowers
Robert Cole
Leonard Hill
Carl Holbert
Sharpsburg
Edna Goins
Winnie Mayle
Potluck Planned by Nelsonville First Church Class
Golden Rule Sunday School of the First Methodist Church meets in the church social rooms at 6 30 p m Thursday for a pot luck dinner. Mrs Orland o Hows on leads devotions with Mrs Clifford Weiss in charge of the program. Members asked to bring their own table service.
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Hill
William Hoffman
Ohio
Hoffman
Kroger Co
Nelsonville
Golden Rule
First Methodist Church
Orlando Howson
Clifford Weiss
Hilleary Seeks May Primary Run for Athens County Rep
Hilleary a four time mayor of Nelsonville announced Monday he will circulate petitions to run as a Republican candidate for the Ohio General Assembly representing Athens County in the May primary.
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Nelsonville
Ear T. Hilleary
Athens County
Ohio General Assembly
Hilleary
OU enrollment growth outlined for Rotarians at meeting
John Milar of Ohio University told the Rotary Club that by 1965 the campus will add 3000 students creating 340 direct university related jobs. He urged Athens residents to support a comprehensive community plan addressing water sewage and parking to handle higher enrollment and increased housing and business activity.
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Ohio University
John Milar
Rotary Club
Milar
Athens
Miler
Two Injured In Collision Near Lakin Route 62
A Valley Bell milk truck went over a 100 foot embankment two miles south of Lakin on Route 62 at 5 15 a m Tuesday. Alva Clark 27 of Pomeroy and Holly Staats 24 of Burdette were involved. Staats received facial and hand lacerations and was admitted to Pleasant Valley Hospital in good condition. Clark was treated for shock and released. Police investigated the crash with no immediate cause given.
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Point Pleasant
Valley Bell
B and O
Lakin
Alva
Clark
Pomeroy
Holly Staats
Burdette
Staats
Pleasant Valley Hospital
New State Law Study Planned for Athens County Officers
Sheriff Harold Shields says a January 16 1 to 5 p m session in the Common Pleas courtroom will cover recent changes in search and seizure law. An FBI agent from Dayton will discuss laws passed in the last legislative session, with the sheriff's department and FBI sponsoring the school. Invitations go to the State Highway Patrol and police in Athens Glouster and Nelsonville.
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Athens
Harold Shields
Common Pleas
FBI
Dayton
Ohio
Shields
Sheriff's Department
Glouster
Nelsonville
Court Fines Area Drivers In Athens County
In Athens County Court on Monday two Stewart Route 1 drivers were fined and another forfeited bond after State Highway Patrol arrests in accident investigations. Gerald E. Congreve 56 faced improper backing and Gene Norris 39 speeding restrictions. Marl Colburn 47 forfeited 15 bonds for stopping on the highway. Howard H. Smith 44 Belore was fined 15 and costs for speeding. Carl R. Huddy 25 Oak Grove and Conrad E. Hewlett 21 Nelson forfeited 10 bonds for having no mufflers.
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Stewart Route 1
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Gerald E. Congreve
Gene Norris
Marl Colburn
Stewart
Howard H. Smith
Belore
Carl R. Huddy
Oak Grove
Conrad E. Hewlett
Nelsonville
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Callus
Barre
Monument CO
W. Main Street
Economy Savings & Loan CO
Ros N. Court St
Lynnwood
Pomeroy, Metserville
Vahey
Kiwanis
Patrol
Russell Humphrey, Glouster
Mike Andinori
Nelda Smith
Congo
Boosters
Masons
Strong and Sons Funeral Home
PERMA
Tel
K. W. Bohyer
Jefferson St
Rambler
Platt’s
Rambler Sales & Service
W. Union St
the Electric Co
Solumbus and Esouthern
Chio Electric Company
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