Nelsonville Trade Board Seeks Industrial Growth
Nelsonville officials highlighted plans to boost industry at the Board of Trade meeting in First Christian Church with Gov. Hoffman presiding. Talks covered forming a development council, widening Canal Street bottlenecks, and regional industry groups. New directors were named and $500 moved to a savings fund for industrial expansion.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Board of Trade
First Christian Church
William Hoffman
Main Street
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Willis Welch
Hoffman
Earl Hilleary
Marietta
State Highway Department
Garden Club Hosts Meeting in Glouster
Glouster Garden Club members met at Mrs. Alfred Howard and Mrs. Merrill Ogg’s home with Mrs. Harold Wagner presiding. The session included a tea invitation read for Nelsonville, a note of thanks to Athens State Hospital, and readings on flowers and gardens followed by lunch for thirteen members.
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Glouster
Alfred Howard
Merrill Ogg
Glenna Reese
Francis McCallister
Glouster Grade Pupils Visit Library
Glouster grade pupils from first through sixth visited the library and each child chose books. Mrs. Joseph Beshara and Mrs. Louis Jewell told stories. Grade one heard The Boy Who Had No Heart and the older pupils heard The Frowning Prince. About 2000 books circulate from these visits.
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Glouster
Joseph Beshara
Louis Jewell
Frowning Prince
Sugar Creek PTO Flea and Rummage Sale Planned
CHAUNCEY Sugar Creek Elementary PTO met Tuesday to plan a rummage sale for February 19 and 20 and a spring carnival in April with date to be announced. The next PTO meeting is set for February 16. NELSONVILLE Twig Nine of Mount St Mary Hospital Guild will meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Earline Dexter's home on West Columbus Street.
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Atty
Joseph Vanity
Athens
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Hilleary
Board of Trade
Betty Butts
Mary Kuhn
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Sugar Creek
PTO
Twig
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Earline Dexter
W. Columbus St
Ruth Long 43 Dies In Athens Hospital After Illness
Ruth Long 43 of 94 Grosvenor St. Nelsonville died Wednesday in an Athens hospital after a long illness. Born in Nelsonville she was the daughter of Eva and the late John Long. Surviving: daughter Patricia Wilkes Rendville. sisters Rosella Chapman Nelsonville Dora Jean Long Martha Long at home. brothers John Jr. Columbus Richard in Dias Texas. Services Friday 1 p.m. Johnson Funeral Home Dr F M Wentz officiating Burial Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call anytime.
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Nelsonville
Ruth Long
Grosvenor St
Athens
Eva
John Long
Patricia Wilkes
Rendville
Rosella Chapman
Dora Jean Long
Martha Long
John, Jr
Columbus
Richard
Air Force
Dias
Tex
Johnson Funeral Home
F. M. Wentz
Green Lawn Cemetery
Births and admissions at Mount St Mary Hospital
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Wyatt of Trimble and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Darby of Glouster Route 3. Admitted are Viola Turner of Nelsonville Ruben Hinerman Union Furnace Mort McClelland Trimble Azonelle Rose Logan Frances Woolever Nelsonville Ruth Slivka Malta Ronnie Lee Hook Trimble Route 1 Charles Clements Ghouster Route 3 Gladys Wade Buchtel Dorothy Lowery Nelsonville Route 1 Ney Carpenter Carpenter Baby Girl Hawk Logan.
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Jack D. Wyatt
Trimble
Alfred Darby
Glouster Route 3
Viola Turner
Nelsonville
Ruben Hinerman
Union Furnace
Mort McClelland
Azonelle Rose
Logan
Frances Woolever
Ruth Slivka
Malta
Ronnie Lee Hook
Charles Clements
Ghouster
Gladys Wade
Buchtel
Dorothy Lowery
Ney Carpenter
Carpenter
Hawk
Chauncey Personal Notes and Scout Meeting Report
Local social notes list visitors in Chauncey including Charles Leffler and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dodd of Columbus. Guests with the Knowltons in Albany include Mrs. Martha Kestival and her son Paul. Other items mention flu recovery and a Cub Scouts Den 2 meeting at Mrs. Dorothy Landis home with station visit and roles. A note about Madagascar mentions a Ravenala tree yielding water.
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Chauncey
Charles Leffler
Harry Dodd
Columbus
Walter Leffler
Martha Kestival
Paul
N. F. Knowlton
Albany
Lillian Wright
Methodist
Jacksonville
John Blackford
Florida
Arthur Smith
Goldie Spaulding
CUB Scouts
Den 2
Dorothy Landis
James Staley
Don Richardson
Weather outlook for Ohio and West Virginia today and tonight
Ohio area shows considerable cloudiness with snow flurries and very cold conditions with a high in the 20s and an overnight low around 18. West Virginia presents cloudy, continued cold with snow flurries today through Friday and a low near 10 to 18.
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Ohlo
West Virginia
Miers Duncan Dies At 56 In Chesterhill
Ellen Duncan Miers Duncan, 56, of Chesterhill Route 2, died Tuesday at her home. Born 1903 in Athens County, she was wife of Harlan Duncan and mother to five daughters, one son Otis, 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Friday at 1 p.m. at Fawcett Stone funeral home with Rev Burgess Woogan officiating. Burial in Mountsville cemetery. Friends may call anytime.
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Chesterhill
Ellen Duncan
Athens County
Harlan Duncan
Marshall
Margaret Hammond McNutt Duncan
Garnet Byers
Millfield
Elsie Hogsett
Columbus
Edith Keirns
Agnes Walker
New Philadelphia
Thelma Duncan
Otis
Harry McNutt
Eddie
Dover
Francis
Toledo
Elvie Irvin
Pauline McGrath
Juanita Jenkens
Fawcett Stone Funeral Home
Burgess Woogan
Mountsvile Cemetery
Community Notes From Reedsville and Surroundings
Mildred Emrick of Parkersburg visited her brother-in-law and sister Oren and wife. F M Coates left for a Florida vacation. WSCS at Mamie Buckley’s home. William Kirk and Bob Wallace visited at Lee Wallace’s. Mrs Harold Sauer and Josephine Coeal called at M H Pickering’s trailer. Debbia Morris is a surgical patient at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Ray Thomas is a patient in a Pittsburgh veterans hospital. Mark Pickering and H T Collins with son Mike were in Middleport. J S Marks visited friends near Chester.
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F. M. Coates
Florida
WSCS
M. E. Church
Mamie Buckley
William Kirk
Hogsett
West Virginia
Bob Wallace
Henderson
Lee Wallace
Harold Sauer
Rutland
Josephine Pickens Coeal
Missionary Meeting Planned Friday at Pilgrim Holiness Church
A missionary meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 p m in New Marshfield at Pilgrim Holiness Church. Guest speaker will be Rev David Keith of Minford on furlough. Church pastor is Rev David Brown of Vinton.
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New Marshfield
Pilgrim Holiness Church
David Keith
Minford
David Brown
Vinton
Teen-Ager Knifed After Nelsonville Basketball Game
Police continue probe into a Tuesday evening knife attack on Watkins Street after a Nelsonville High School basketball game dispute between two youths, ages 15 and 16. One boy cut the other once in the back of the head and twice by the neck. The injured teen was treated at Mount St. Mary Hospital and released.
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Nelsonville
Everett Hewlett
Ted Frey
Watkins St
Nelsonville-Jackson
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Hewlett
Frey
Jacob Wagner of Buchtel Dies at 77 in Mount St Marys
Nelsonville Ohio Jacob Wagner 77 retired Buchtel merchant died Thursday morning at Mount St Marys Hospital He ran a store from 1920 to 1954 now operated by his son Joe Survived by wife Dora son Joe daughter Mary Alice Woodley of Warren Mich brother Ben Wagner three sisters and five grandchildren Members of Nel sonville Elks Murray City Eagles Lodge and St Patrick Church Funeral home Johnson handling arrangements
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Nelsonville
Jacob Wagner
Buchtel
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Joe
Athens County
John
Margaret Wagner
Dora
Mary Alice Woodley
Warren
Mich
Ben Wagner
Cars Crash Near Logan Causes Minor Damage
A two car collision on Route 33 half a mile north of Logan caused no injuries but minor damage. Willis W. Chambers, 47, Logan, stopped to left turn when rear attacked by James W. Goss, 34, Logan. Goss cited for failing to stop within the assured clear distance.
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Logan
Route 33
State Highway Patrol
Willis W. Chambers
James W. Goss
Goss
Hocking
Joneses Visit Columbus Guests in Columbus
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones spent Saturday and Sunday in Columbus as guests of their son and family Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones and daughters. They were joined by Mrs. Emmett Eddy who visited her son and family Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eddy and daughters, returning Sunday night with the Joneses.
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Glouster
Ernest Jones
Columbus
Richard Jones
Emmett Eddy
Robert Eddy
Joneses
Committees Named for Nelsonville Garden Club Tea
Nelsonville garden club announces committees for its annual Guest Tea to be held Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Scout Little House. Leaders include Mrs. Roy Snakkenberg and Mrs. Malvern Wilson among nine listed organizers.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Garden Club
Scout Little
Glouster Library December Circulation Totals
The Glouster Branch Library reports December 1959 circulation of 3022 books with 1262 for adult reading and 1760 for juvenile reading.
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Glouster
Lights of New York First All Talking Film 1928
The motion picture The Lights of New York marked the first feature with synchronized dialogue released in 1928. It showcased a new era of sound cinema and influenced subsequent film production and distribution worldwide.
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New York
Maintenance Mechanics Wanted at Parkersburg Plant
Chemical manufacturer in Parkersburg seeks maintenance mechanics with industrial experience in welding millwright work pipefitting general mechanical repair or electrical. HS education preferred ages 25 to 40. Send experience details to Box No 672 care Athens Messenger.
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Parkersburg
Care of
Athens Messenger
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Nelsonville Trade Board
John Ward
Canal St
R. D. Rogers
Ruth Daugherty
Mount St Mary
Ohio
Sylvania
Welch
Alice Kunzman
Chris Wolfe, Jr
Delbert Kuhn
Roland Calhoon
Jack Wilson
Dix Powell
Irvin Badger
Robert Butts
John Coker
Edward Howe
Jack Maurer
James Shumaker
William Friedrich
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
FCM Ce A
Serta
Serta Associates, Inc
the Cable Co
Nelsonville, Ohio
Foster's
Salvador Dali
America
Huntington Hartford, Jr
New Art Museum
Hartford
Madagascar
South Africa
Miers
Duncan
Reedsville
Mildred Emrick
Oren Childers
Wolfe's
Wolfe Furniture Co
W. Washington St
Roy Snackenberg
Malvern Wilson
Victor Oakley
E. E. Bell
Frank Oakley
J. D. Adamson
Clarence Butts
Hubert Mender
Stoltz
Frigidaire Electric
GMAC
Collins & Young
W. Columbus Street
OFC
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