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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1950

Page

6

Annual Nelsonville Polio Drive Begins

In Nelsonville the Business and Professional Woman's Club sponsors the annual polio campaign using miniature iron lungs placed around the community. A house to house canvass starts this year and runs until January 31 directed by Mrs. Mabel Haffner. Citizens are urged to donate generously as last year's funds strained the county treasury and required national aid.

Nelsonville Woman's Club Mabel Haffner National

Veteran Bumgardner enters Fort Thomas hospital

World War II veteran Robert Bumgardner, 27, was taken to the Veteran's Hospital at Fort Thomas Kentucky on Wednesday for treatment. He was accompanied by his wife Mrs Bumgardner and his parents Mr. and Mrs Don Bumgardner.

Nelsonville Robert Bumgardner Veteran's Hospital Fort Thomas, Ky Bumgardner Don Bumgardner

Mrs J C Mc Grath Called To Madison For Niece Care

Mrs J C Mc Grath is summoned to Madison West Virginia to attend and assist her niece who recently underwent major surgery and is recuperating at a medical facility.

Nelsonville J. C. McGrath Madison W. Va

Identification of Body Completed

The body of Emory Burch field 45 formerly of Nelsonville who died in Chicago January 8 is being returned for funeral services and burial. FBI fingerprint checks linked him to an Army enlistee in 1940 named Ray Backus with a Nelsonville address. Local relatives recall distinguishing marks to confirm identity. Services will be Friday at 2 pm at Stout funeral home with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. He leaves a daughter Barbara Guseman of Lancaster, four sisters and four brothers.

Nelsonville Emory Burchfield Chicago Kotila FBI Ray Backus Everett Hewlett Burchfield Harry Columbus Stout Funeral Home Raymond Simpson Pilgrim Holiness Church Greenlawn Cemetery James Sarah Burchfield Barbara Guseman Lancaster Guy Savage Howard Mathews Leo Swartz Detroit Matt Adkins Andrew Earl Northville Mich

Irving Koch Named Official

Irving O Koch of Columbus formerly of Nelsonville was named president of the Ohio Dairy Products Association after a directors meeting in Columbus Koch heads a federation of Ohio ice cream manufacturers milk products manufacturers and milk distributors The convention is set for Cincinnati from June 23 to 25 Koch is the son of Mrs N S Koch of Columbus and a Nelsonville High School graduate of 1912

Nelsonville Irving O. Koch Columbus Ohio Dairy Products Association Koch Borden’s Dairy and Ice Cream Co Ohio Ice Cream Manufacturers Association Ohio Milk Products Manufacturers Ohio Milk Distributors Association Cincinnati N. S. Koch Nelsoville High School

Stay Healthy Stay Out of Kitchen Quarrels Rise

A Chicago study of divorce suits filed in one week shows the kitchen as the scene of nine out of ten battles where objects were thrown. The report warns that marital quarrels often escalate when the kitchen becomes the battleground.

Chicago

Mrs Hartley Dies at 56 in Nelsonville Visit

Mrs Janet Hartley aged 56 wife of Harry Hartley of 27 Adams Street Nelsonville died suddenly of a heart attack while visiting her daughter Mrs Agnes Gorden in Columbus. She was active in the First Methodist Church of Nelsonville, affiliated with the Order of the Eastern Star and WBA Review. She leaves husband two sons Leroy and William Hartley Columbus a sister Elizabeth Hannans Nelsonville a brother James Kilpatrick Toledo and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Nelsonville Janet Hartley Harry Hartley Adams St Agnes Gorden Columbus Hartley Robert Agnes Kilpatrick First Methodist Church Order of the Eastern Star WBA Review Leroy William Hartley Elizabeth Hannans James Kilpatrick Toledo

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