Explosion Damages Bus Stop and Mail Box In Ravenswood
State Police Trooper A V Clay reported dynamite blasts on December 23 damaged a Route 21 bus stop south of Ripley and a Divide Hill mailbox. A farmer found dynamite on Kenna Kentucky road, likely run over by a vehicle. potential fatal blast was avoided by cushion of soft explosive. Gov. Okey L Patteson will lead West Virginia University day on February 7 in Morgantown with Dedication of a new classroom building and remarks from President Harold Stassen. News notes also list local obituaries, student returns from holidays, and a faulty pistol accident in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswood
A. V. Clay
Clay
Route 21
Ripley
Divide Hill
Kenna- Kentucky
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Irvin Stewart
University Field House
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Social Evening Visits in South Bloomingville and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Earl Culp visited Mr and Mrs Frank Keck while Miss Norma Warehime and Miss Charlotte Brown joined other locals for dinners and guest visits. Families including Daughertys Browns Harpers and Shaws, Warehimes, Kecks, Morenos and Wisemans gathered for multiple dinners and calls across South Bloomingville and Columbus area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bloomingville
Earl Culp
Frank Keck
Norma Warehime
I. C. Daugherty
Charlotte Brown
Anna Davis
William Wine
Walter
Elsie
William Gray
Walter Harper
Columbus
Pearl Shaw
Ivan Brown
H. O. Brown
Oscar Hartley
Maxine
Charles Keck, Jr
David Watters
Richard
Frank Moreno
Columus
Geraldine Thomas
Adelphi
H. R. McLaughlin
David
Maud Warehime
Floyd Warehime
Delmer Denton
Jennie Woodard
Sarah
Howard Wiseman
Sherry
Edson Shaw
Frank Bruen
Ida Mills
John Mills
Maxine Johnson
Social News From Union Furnace Area
Residents and visitors share time across nearby towns. Families and friends travel between Union Furnace, Columbus, Nelsonville, Logan, Athens, and Charleston for visits and gatherings. A New Year party at the EUB Church concludes with a potluck lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Furnace
Stanley Clark
Bob
Michigan
Cynthia Washburn
Eli
Millie King
Delbert Rheinshell
Walter McGee
Dan Jones
Columbus
Marie LaGore
Dallas Worthman
Nelsonville
Logan
Barbara Hull
Carl Hull
Carl Loomis
George Geiger
Brent Geiger
Nelson McDaniel
Athens
Lew Davis
Near Starr
Eub Church
Clyde Disbennet
Lois
Grace Murphy
Louise Jennings
Earl Cummings
Charleston
Pearl McGuire
Jane
Ladies Aid Society Meets at Taylor Ridge Church
The Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid gathered for the first session of the year at the local church with Mrs. Travis Chesser in charge. Prizes were awarded in contests to Mrs. Smart, Mrs. Chesser and Mrs. Chalfant, followed by refreshments hosted by Mrs. Leo McNutt and Mrs. Welling. Several families and guests from Dayton, Butler, Mansfield and nearby towns joined in New Year visits and dinners, with numerous relatives listed as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Leo McNutt
Ladies Aid Society
Travis Chesser
David Swartz
Murray
Smart
Chesser
Chalfant
McNutt
Welling
Jacksonville
Willard Coey
Clarence Pierce
Glouster
Juant Conway
Ruth Sorrell
Donna Coey
Ted
Richard Sorrell
Near Glouster
Edward Vess
Bishopville
Alex Spurges
Frank
Elizabeth Spurges
Mike Bycofski
Stephen Spurges
Logan
Joseph Dalton
Dayton
Charles Drake
Ralph Werner
William Woods
Bert Murray
Dale Fuller
Columbus
Charles Morrison
Greens Run
Fred Olbers
Clifford Olbers
Sharon
Barbara
Carol
Della
Myrtle Law
Billie
Don
William Sisson
Anita
Trimble
Elizabeth Robinett
Millfield
Charles Holland
Athens
Beckley
W.va
Ralph Coey
Zanesville
Carl Welling
Local families share holiday dinners across towns
Mr. and Mrs. B O Fitzer hosted a large gathering with relatives visiting from Hemlock, Steubenville, Athens, Shawnee, Columbus, and nearby towns for the holidays. Guests included the Haddbas, Collins, Dawley, Collins, Jaynes, and others. Also noted were Mrs. Florence Hines ill and the death of Mrs. Jennie Gehring in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock
B. O. Fitzer
Stanley Miller
Stanley
Howard Dishon
Jere
David Collings
Ralph
Lancaster
Steve Haddbas
Janis
Stephanie
Steubenville
Don Dawley
Athens
Margaret Collins
Shawnee
Ralph Fitzer
Charles Rea
Gladwin
Michigan
Tom Barker
Philo
Clarence Hodgson
Leonard Durbin
Larry Essex
Columbus
Birge Jaynes
S. T. Conn
New Albany
Arthur Essex
Steve Hadobas
David Collins
Isabelle Murray
Mary Jane Mosier
W. A. Eayle
Kenneth Stalling
Pearl Hoops
George Snowden
Dixie Lee
Glenda Tharp
Danny Mason
Corning
Charles Davis
Jean
Florence Hines
Paul Nash
Elsie
Jennie Gehring
Glenna Williems
Zaleski Social Notes and Obituaries
Funeral services were held at St. Peter's Church Chillicothe for Mrs. Margaret Burke Wilson wife of George G Wilson. She was born and raised in Zaleski daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Burke. Survived by husband two sons George Jr Allensville and Thomas Chillicothe. a son and a daughter had died previously. Mrs Merida Pierce died at her son Otho Gregory Radcliff funeral held in Radcliff Sunday. Pierce lived in Zaleski and had lived alone since the death of her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross E. Wood
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
Christian Church
George Phillips
W. E. Pierce
Parkersburg
Ravenswood Cemetery
Wood
Ravenswood
Paul C. Starkey
Mr. Wood
The
Germany
Japan
Bethany
Oberlin
University of California
Harvard University
Byron King’s School
Tyler County
Warren
Dora Gorrell Wood
Starkey
Dana Marsh
Woodsfield
Ivan Brandt
Oakland
Calif
Warren Wood
Exeter
Earl
Jackson County
O. J. Casto
Vaughn Funeral Home
Casto
Elizabeth
St. Joseph’s
Camden-Clark
Charles
Margaret Casto
Maryland Medical College
Merida Pierce
Otho Gregory
Radcliff
Pierce
Zaleski
Perry Pinney
Mabel Gaskill
Fannie Gaskill
Harvey Gaskill
Moline
Ill
Rebecca Atkinson
Geo. Atkinson, Jr. Sandwich
Atkinson
Jacob and
Jane Nickels Gaskill
Pleasant Valley
Zales
Carl
Walter
Joan
Athens
Vanderford
Red Diamond
Methodist
Lockwood
Hamden
Clyde Smith
East Liverpool
E. F. McKibben
Gerald Woods
Columbus
Frances J. Hayes
Walter Woods
Harvey Campbell
Jean
Phyllis
Dicky
Springfield
Campbell
Charles Campbell
Cleire James
Chillicothe
James McKibben
Local notes and obits from Shawnee area page
Elizabeth Hopkins and Nelle Morgan were installed. James Woodruff visited grandparents Walter and Jones. New Year gatherings span Columbus to Canal Winchester with many relatives. Church services start Jan 15 from 6 to 7 pm to allow pastor to attend Hamden services. Notices include estates inventories for Glass Judy Mechem Nichols and bids for road equipment in Canaan Tow nship with a Warco grader and Ford dump truck trade-ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Elizabeth Hopkins
Nelle Morgan
James Woodruff
Columbus
Walter D. Jones
Gertrude Roberts
Clyde Dickerson
Joe E
Junction City
Ohio
Marvin Ricker
Margaret
Ruth
Canal Winchester
John Greene
J. R
Groveport
Trustees of
Canaan Or
Athens Co
Canaan Two Town House
Canaanville
Warco
Board of Trustees
Bessie L. Dillinger
Drakes Host Week of Visitors From Columbus Area
Mr and Mrs Michael Cantor return from a Columbus relatives trip while numerous guests visit the Drakes including Mr and Mrs Harold Drake and son Jeffri Louis of Delaware and others from Columbus Corning Fultenh am Crooksville Hemlock and Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buza
P. B. Osenbaugh
James Shula
Hemlock
Reich Home
James Briggs
Crooksville
Pete Cantors
D. C. Maxwell
Columbus
D. C
Community Notes and Family Visits Across Reedsville
Mrs. Flossie Petty and daughter Mary Ann hosted a birthday party for Nina Petty with games and gifts at their farm home. In additions, relatives and friends shared meals and greetings, while others visited kin in Reedsville and nearby towns. Russell Williams and Miss Gene Bennett wed in Parkersburg and plan to live in their new home at Number Nine, built by Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Flossie Petty
Mary Ann
Nina Petty
Harold Massar
Clarence Baker
Freeman Enoch
George
Naomi Pickens
Betty
Vanilta Boring
Gladys Boston
Margaret Harris
Vivian Humphrey
Clara Massar
Edgar Dorst
Pearl Dorst
Clair Dorst
Archie Dorst
Junior Petty
Norfolk
U.S.S. Marquette
Sherman Buckley
H. A. Dutton
Athens
Kenneth
Mary Ethel Taylor
Lee Wallace
Charles Taylor
Norfolk, Va
Taylor
U.S.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rose Stephenson
James Powell
Byesville
Sophia Caldwell
Alfred
Martin Koehler
Earl Isheit
Minnie Chevalier
Lancaster
E. A. Kibble
Glouster
Paul Kibble
John
Gerald Kittinger
Akron
Russell Williams
Gene Bennett
Wellsburg
W. Va
Parkersburg
Lucy Kibble
Community Notes From Wilkesville and Athens County
Local clubs report new officers for the Pythian Sisters with installing officers Jolyn Strong and Gladys Major. Garden Club meets at J. E. Strong home. OES district meeting planned for Feb 4 at Wilkesville High School. Also notices of births, visitors, bids for coal, and probate court accounts filed with hearing set for Feb 13, 1950. multiple guardianships and executors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Pythian Sisters
Jane Cottrill
Alice Raines
Verna Kruskamp
Mae Duffy
Gertrude Strausbaugh
Mittie Nelson
Gaynelle Mahafey
Zelda Hall
Edith Campbell
Jewell Strong
Gladys Major
Canal Winchester
Ohio
Ralph Wiseman
Howard Pond
Athens
Rinehart
Salem Center
R. D. Harrison
J. E. Strong
Board of Commissioners of
Athens County
E.S.T
Court House
County Home
Childrens Home
Veterans Building
Lancaster Street
Board of
Athens County Commissioners
Ralph Elliott
Funeral services held for Harley Haynes and Charles L. Armstrong
Funeral services were held for Harley Haynes 73 at the EUB Church after his death at home. He is survived by three daughters, a half-brother and a half-sister. In a separate notice Charles L. Armstrong died Thursday after an earlier hospital transfer, with funeral at Adelphia Methodist Church and surviving wife and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurelville
EUB
Harley Haynes
Haynes
Frances Horn
Alice
Wilma Haynes
Columbus
Cliff Haynes
Ae Bert Karshner
Daisy Strous
Bishop Karshner
Harry Boechert
Circleville
Delores Crider
Ora Crider
Billy
Charles L. Armstrong
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Adelphia Methodist Church
Sam Elsen
Frazier
Armstrong
Daisy
Robert
Athens area social notices and legal filings from 1950
Mr. and Mrs. Spurlock and family hosted guests in Hurricane and nearby towns. Legal notices include First Wesleyan Methodist Church petition to sell real estate in Athens and Rome Township trustees seeking fund transfers. An annual financial report for Ames Township records receipts, payments, and debt as of December 31, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Wesleyan Methodist Church of
Athens
Ohio
Athens Wesleyan Methodist Church
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Alderman Heights
FIRST
Wesleyan Methodist Church
M. D. Hughes
Board of Township Trustees
Rome Township
J. N. Noble
P. R. Russell
Co. H. Moore
W. B. Spear
Ames Township
Leehesens Eoves
Farm Bureau Ins. Co
State Liquor Dept
Tabweet
Hess Cone
Pitepairtaber and Tienepair
Ra- Satan Cs Aetinsicocinceri
Jos Seutaidesia
Ee Givstesaiae
Orkmen
G. Householder
A.D
Mabel T. Boster
Hal H. Rowland
Roy O. Davis
E. F
Athens County Savings and Loan
Hal H. Rowland Roy O. Davis
E. F. Sells
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Ravenswood News
Charles Okey Casto
Nellie Ball
Bessie Chenoweth
Florida
Clarence Rathbone
Vertie Staats
T. J. Casto
Clayton Casto
Ruby Staats
William Floto
Bill Leeson
Bill Milhoan
Sue
Eileen Myers
Carl Grimes
Blaine Jarrett
Ronald Kyger
Jack King
W. S. Ritchie, Jr
Howard Frazier
Gerald Price
T. A. Knotts
John Grimes
Mary You Rowley
Nelson Critchfield
Marshall College
Huntington
Lois June Moorehead
Mary Jo Finch
Bob Hartley
Leona Sullivan
Eleanor Hamilton
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buchannon
Dale Winters
John Lee Tucker
Gerald Cunningham
Kenneth Dickerson
Marietta College
Eleanor West
Fairmont State College
Debbie Laughlin
Glenville
Joan King
Alderson- Broaddus
Philips
Dennis Parsons
Dexter Parsons
Sherman
Edgar Parsons
Charleston General Hospital
Parsons
Dick Turner
Armen
Reemer
Grandpa
Seagrave
Zaleski Social Notes
Elva Belle Glass
Uriah Judy
Blake Mechem
Frances Nichols
John F. Newcome
Drakes
Carl Drake
William Courtney
Peter Dudash
Dora Titko
John Reho
Jack
New Lexington
Earl Roberts
Mary Nevins
Randall Talbott
Ralph Post
George Drakes
Golden Drake
Percy E. Bingman
Wesley A. Bingman
Nell A. Boyles
Arthur F. Boyles, Jr
Geraldine Whittington
Herbert S. Burson
Otis Clark
Oscar Clark
Mary A. Edmundson
Lizzie Stedman Hackman
R. C. Hopkins
Charles D. Hopkins
Paul E. Kimes
Francis E. Kimes
J. C. McGrath
Wm. Parker Walker
Sadie Tedrow
Robert Zimmerman
Leona Zimmerman
Ada J. Christy
Arthur Fitch Bean
Delle Jordan Finsterwald
Patricia Delle Coffman
Floyd E. Dunfee
Sidney I. Dunfee
Alice L. Brown
Anna Mae James
Walter Robert
Harold Donald
Paul Edward Brown
Nellie G. McLead
Billy Gene McLead
Floyd S. Beveridge
Donna Jane Saylor
Lucille Crim
Shirley Elaine White
Anita Lucille White
Nora W. Atkinson
Emery V. Wolfe
John F. Newcomb
First National Bank
Amesville
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
F. L. Thomas
F. H
Laurelville News
Carpenter
T. J. Spurlock
Tommy
Homer Harrison
Hurricane
Dorothy Frazier
Gallipolis
Margaret Gillogly
Fern Gillogly
H. E. Starkey
Pomona Grange
Rocksprings
Arthur Crabtree
Ellen McKnight
Roger
Clara Gillogly
J. K. Crabtree
Verlin Peck
Goldie Chase
Burr Peck
Chester Dailey
Janie Dailey
Robert Darsey
Si Bowles
Albany
Glenna Mayles
James Smith
Hemlock Grove
Ermel
Chase
Westina Crabtree
Melvin
Orland DeLong
J. E. Beecher
Maude Walker
Mary Bitzer
Curtis
Alabama
O. B
George Hurst
WSCS
Ray Poling
Emma Cox
Elsworth Scheeler
Rosalie
Lillian Hoy
Lecca
Celesta
Lee Bigham
Opal Miller
Alice Morris
Violet Armstrong
Celesta L. Hoy
Financial Statement
Athens County Savings & Loan Company
Agerere
LEROD
State OF Ohio
H. G. Householder
Athens Unto Savings and Loan Company
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