Flames Destroy Residence in Nelsonville
A two story frame farm house on Wolfe Bennett Road was destroyed leaving only the foundation and two chimneys after a fire that started around 3 p.m. Thursday. Fire officials suspect coal furnace or hot cinders as the cause. The blaze followed an earlier 10:32 a.m. fire at Max's Dairy Freeze and a 5:15 p.m. lint fire at Joe Reeves residence with no injuries reported.
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Nelsonville
Max Bumgardner
Wolfe- Bennett Road
Max
Canal Street
Joe Reeves
Poplar Street
Local Estate Brands Active Parkway Names
A list of estate and vehicle names appears, including Kropf Windsor Park Estate Hillcrest Sheffield Active Valiant Great Lakes Regal Detroiter Delta Deluxe, suggesting a catalog or branding sequence.
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Kropf
Windsor
Park Estate
Hillcrest
Sheffield
Active Valiant
Great Lakes
Regal Detroiter
Delta
Deluxe
Pony killed by Ross Bros coal truck near Buchtel
A pony owned by Mayor Herman Lanning was hit by a Ross Bros coal truck on old Route 216 in Buchtel near Main Street Monday at about 7 am. The carcass remained by the roadside Thursday night as authorities, a dog warden, and residents debated burial while subzero weather slowed dig attempts.
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Pony
Ross Bros
Buchtel
Herman Lanning
Trustees Schedule Meeting
Logan board of trustees at Hocking Valley Community Hospital will meet in executive session Saturday at 10 a.m. to discuss by laws for a dental staff and requests by three Logan dentists for surgical privileges. Also on the agenda is a medical doctors injunction and a Feb 9 hearing before Judge Harley Meyer on a motion to limit Dr. Charles Prit osteopathic surgeon privileges.
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Ruth Wilkinson
Heart Sunday
Logan
Paul Moore
Hugh W. Morton
Dennis Blythe
Heart Fund
Hocking County Heart Branch
The
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Charles Pritosteopathic
Harley Meyer
Hocking Valley Hospital Admits Local Residents
Admissions list includes Mrs. Donald Roley of Sugar Grove Mrs. Roy Bolenbaugh Sr. and Marvin Smith of Logan Master Aaron LeMaster Mrs. Harry Johnston Mrs. Thomas Marshall Mrs. Donald Lantz and son Fred McBride and Raymond Hoy were also admitted.
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Donald Roley
Sugar Grove
Roy Bolenbaugh Sr
Marvin Smith
Logan
Aaron LeMaster
Harry Johnston
Thomas Marshall
Donald Lantz
Fred McBride
Raymond Hoy
Youth Groups Plan Memorial Cross at Methodist Church
Nelsonville First United Methodist Church youth groups meet Sunday to discuss Can Christians Disagree with participants Patsy Cox Merrilee Kunman Nancy Stalder and Debbie Fick. They voted to donate a sanctuary cross and had 25 members present.
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Nelsonville
First United Methodist Church
Patsy Cox
Merrilee Kunman
Nancy Stalder
Debbie Fick
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes
Mount St Mary Hospital notes list patients and relatives across multiple towns including New Marshfield New Lexington Athens Glouster McArthur Nelsonville and Glouster. Names mentioned include Iva McKibben Adolf Dobsiewicz Sister M Francella Margaret Wend Lucretia Adams Louise Clark Ronald Huiss George McLain and others.
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Iva. McKibben
New Marshfield
Adolf Dobsiewicz
M. Francella
New Lexington
Margaret Wend
Lucretia Adams
Nelsonville
Louise Clark
McArthur
Edward Long
Athens
Ronald Huiss
Glouster
Speed Charge Filed Following Accident
Nelsonville Chris C. Matheny 21 of Buchtel ordered to appear in Mayor's court Jan 30 on conditional speed charges filed Jan 20. He allegedly skidded on Jefferson Street turning into Washington Street, hitting a parked 1962 sedan owned by D R Johnson causing medium damage to both Johnson car and Matheny's 1961 vehicle. Six altar boys accused of stealing 1500 from St Patrick Church offering baskets and held on juvenile delinquency charges as police say they pilfered cash from October to December.
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Nelsonville
Chris C. Matheny
Buchtel
Matheny
Jefferson Street
Washington Street
D. R. Johnson
Walnut St
Johnson Auto
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church
Lt Col Simon Visits Parents in Nelsonville
Lt Col Dorothy A. Simon Army Nurse Corps visits her mother and John Simon in Murray City Nelsonville for several weeks. She arrived Jan 1 from Vietnam where she served one year and earned the Bronze Star Medal as Chief Nurse at 98th Evacuation Hospital Long Binh. Her next assignment is Letterman General Hospital San Francisco California.
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Col
Simon
Nelsonville
Murray City
Dorothy A. Simon
Army Nurse Corps
Apial John Simon
Murray
Col. Simon
Vietnam
98Rd
Long Binh
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Calif
225000 Goal Set For New Church Building
Nelsonville reports a $225000 goal for a new First United Methodist Church building. Visiting Workers kicked off with 267 attending Loyalty Day. Architect Ted Kelly outlined plans while leaders Sufronko Wharton Kern Ballard spoke at services. Daily prayer and study groups continue as fund drive runs monday through friday.
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Nelsonville
First United Methodist Church
Walday
Ted Kelly
Dis
Cussed
George Sufronko
Dale Wharton
Don Kern
Roy Ballard
Skating Party Planned and Meeting Held by Harmony Class
Harmony Class of First Christian Church met at Marilyn Carter’s home with 13 members. They planned a public skating party for February 27 and held a white elephant sale. dessert was served afterward. Thomas Findly of Columbus, 19, paid a $10 fine in Nelsonville Mayor's Court after improper passing charges.
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Nelsonville
First Christian Church
Marilyn Carter
St. Charles Street
Thomas Findly
Columbus
Logan Federal Savings And Loan Expands Office Space
Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association plans spring expansion using space vacated by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. The tenant will relocate to a West Hunter Street office near the Shake Shoppe. At the annual meeting, the 83rd year of operation was announced along with assets near 17 million dollars. Walter A. Leonard was re elected to a three year board term alongside directors W Denzil Weltner Bruce Fickel Earl D Later Lyndon Johnson. Officers include Fickel president Johnson executive VP and Athens branch manager, Leonard and Weltner VPs Later secretary and David L Lovett treasurer.
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Logan
Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Hunter Street
Walter A. Leonard
W. Denzil
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Green Hill Bal Incorporated
W. 2Nd
Pomeroy
Hove
Trustees
Methodist Memorial
Marietta
Athens County Veterans Service
Tenochtitlan
Mexico City
London
Henry VIII
Mount St. Mary Hospital
George McLain
William Allen and Son
Fern Martin
Edward Friel
Paul Taylor
Coleen Carter
Nellie Carter
Hattie Huffman
Emmett Morley
Ruth Bernard
Thompson
Crusade
Betty White
Logan Federal Savings and Loan
Margaret Sparnow
Walter J. Polsiey
Hope Spencer
Madelyn Redd
Karolyn Gordon
Geneve Nungester
Dianne Burnett
Vera Weaver
Emblem Club
Nelsonville Emblem Club No
Elks
Insurance Corp
FOIC
ALL Savings Pomeroy
Rutland
Pickens
Messenger
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