Dwelling at Carbon Hill Destroyed by Fire in Nelsonville
A two story house behind the high school gym in Carbon Hill was destroyed by fire Tuesday about 7 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Corby and six children were affected. Mrs. Corby was hospitalized for smoke and stress. Fire Chief Hall fought the blaze as neighbors helped salvage some items and secure a new residence for the displaced family.
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Nelsonville
Carbon Hill
Mike Corby
Clarence Hall
Corby
Chauncey Mine
John
Mr. Corby
St. Mary Hospital
Orby
Joe
Pauline
Merline
Betty
Linda
Lydia Pinkham Remedies Offer Life Change Relief
Ad claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Tablets relieve hot flushes and mood shifts in women undergoing mid life changes. It cites doctor tests showing 63 to 80 percent relief and promotes the medicines as modern and effective for nervous distress and menstrual pains.
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Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nelsonville Christian Women's Fellowship Social Notes
Members of Group 2 led by Mrs A Long hosted a Christian Women's Fellowship meeting at the church social rooms. Mrs Dix Powell presided, minutes by Mrs Verna Lane, treasurer Carnes Hickman reported. The year’s project funds sewing equipment for Jamaican women, a Camp Christian gift was given, and Feb 3 Women’s Day with missionary Keith Hall was announced.
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A. Long
Christian Women's Fellowship
Christian Church
Dix Powell
CWF
Verna Lane
Carnes Hickman
Keith Hall
India
Alonzo Figgins
Harold Withem
Stanley Mechem
William Lawson
Wiley S. Young
Garden Club Hosts Easter Bazaar Plan and Tributes
Twenty three members and two guests attended a Garden Club meeting at the Oakley home on Monday night. A 6 o'clock covered dish dinner preceded discussions of an Easter bazaar on April 5. A gift supported the March of Dimes drive. Miss Bertha Nixon paid memorial tributes to Mrs. J. M. Hyde Mrs. Fred Wilson and Miss Ivah Hanning. Contests were held during the social period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kunzman
P. G. Oakley
W. W. Warren
L. R. Powell
Miles Howe
Garden Club
Oakley
Bertha Nixon
J. M. Hyde
Fred Wilson
Ivah Hanning
York Grange 2436 Plans Friday Meeting
York Grange 2436 will meet Friday at 8 pm. After the session, the following committee will serve: Marie Dixon, Victor Dixon, Barbara Dixon, Eileen Burchfield, Dale Burchfield, Ann Bumgardner, Nina McKnight, and Leonard Prater.
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York Grange
Marie
Victor Dixon
Barbara Dixon
Eileen
Dale Burchfield
Ann Bumgardner
Nina McKnight
Leonard Prater
Missionary Society Meeting Time Change at Mrs Wood Home
The Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday at the home of Mrs. John V. Wood, instead of the previously announced 2 p.m. start time.
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The
Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian Church
John V. Wood
Visitors from Nelsonville and New Marshfield aid Dayton convalescent
Mrs Vernon Cagg and daughter Bernice of Nelsonville and Mrs Henry Young of New Marshfield spent the weekend in Dayton to visit Mrs Frank Davis who is convalescing in Miami Valley Hospital. Her condition is reported somewhat improved.
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Nelsonville
Vernon Cagg
Bernice
Henry Young
New Marshfield
Dayton
Frank Davis
Miami Valley Hospital
West Virginia Woman Reported Missing After Long Bottom Stop
Oak Hill resident Bessie Crumbow Fitzgerald Crum bow, 5 4, 140 pounds, was last seen leaving the Meigs County telephone exchange in Long Bottom on Thursday night. Sheriff Charles Russell said she arrived Jan 22 and did not reach home. husband reported disappearance.
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Fitzgerald
Chauncey Personal Notices Round of Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Ed Wade were guests of the Pendigrasss Sunday evening. Joe Antle and Josephine Moody with daughter Sue of Newark visiting Millfield relatives. Harry Elick and Mary Jane of Lancaster weekend guests of Noah Harvey family. Marilyn Dew accompanied the Elicks home. Rev and Mrs Richard Wilcox attend Ohio Pastors Convention in Columbus this week. Carolyn Hillen staying in Dayton with William Simpson Jr and daughter Karen Lynee. Hillen and Simpson sisters.
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Ed Wade
Roy Pendigrass
Joe Antle
Josephine Moody
Sue
Newark
Millfield
Harry Elick
Mary Jane
Lancaster
Elicks
Noah Harvey
Marilyn Dew
Richard Wilcox
Columbus
Carolyn Hillen
Dayton
William Simpson, Jr
Karen Lynee
Miss Hillen
Mrs. Simpson
Beer Permit Rift Cleared in Ohio Supreme Court Ruling
Ohio clears way to issue hundreds of beer and wine permits as Liquor Director Bryant confirms plans to grant permits to qualified applicants. Court upholds liquor board quotas set as of April 11 1949 and DENIES appeal.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Ohio
William C. Bryant
Board of Liquor Control
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Strike Halts Bus Traffic in Cleveland Dispatch
Wildcat strikers halted Central Greyhound buses and blocked the Greyhound Terminal used by six other lines. Union officials offered no reason for the walkout begun by drivers and staff. A Buffalo-bound bus was allowed to proceed while pickets were limited and other cars stayed stopped.
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Cleveland
Wildcat
Central Greyhound Lines
Greyhound
Buffalo
Dayton Fire Rescue Saves Family From House Fire
Two off duty Dayton policemen turned firemen Tuesday and led a couple and their eight month old baby to safety from a burning Dayton home.
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Dayton
Rotary to Send Two Nelsonville Students to World Affairs Institute
The Nelsonville Rotary Club will sponsor two Nelsonville high school students to attend the Sixth Annual World Affairs Institute in Cincinnati on March 7 and 8. The event brings together leaders in world affairs with talks by statesmen educators scientists and business leaders. The local school faculty will designate the two students to attend as guests of the club. Superintendent L C Gray will arrange details.
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Nelsonville— Te
Nelsonville High School
World Affairs Institute
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Rotary Club
Ohio
Indiana
Rotary Group
Supt. L. C. Gray
Egypt hints at joining Middle East defense pact
Egypt may join a Middle East defense pact if Britain dispute is resolved to Egypt’s satisfaction. Aly Maher Pasha says participation would fit Egypt’s view once the national front government forms. Four powers who proposed the pact last October met with the new premier.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Britain
Aly Maher Pasha
United Nations
National Front
Strongman
Suez Canal
Quiz Family In Slaying
Police plan to take three family members for lie detector tests in the hatchet slaying of 74 year old George Branther. Coroner Belinky called the murder the most vicious he has seen after Branther was found battered on a cellar floor with a hatchet nearby. Branther lived with his daughter and her husband William Echard and his son William Jr., a DePauw University student, who were questioned.
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Youngstown
George Branther
David Belinky
Branther
Belinky
William Echard
William, Jr
DePauw University
Jury Awards Ironton Woman $15,000
A federal jury in Cincinnati awarded Mollie Terry of Ironton $15,000 in damages in a suit against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad over a boiler explosion that killed her husband Ray Terry, an engineer, at Chillicothe on May 12, 1948, claiming defective engine apparatus.
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Cincinnati
U.S
Mollie Terry
Ironton
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Mount St Mary Hospital Admit and Discharges List
Hospital notes list admitted patients Floyd Canter Murray City Robert Todd Nelsonville Route 2 John A Vickrey New Straitsville Route 1 Mrs Roy F Garner Glouster Route 3 Mrs Elgin Lanning The Plains dismissed Mrs Cecil Lyon Amesville Route 1 and daughter George Griffin Nelsonville Route Mrs Charles Fiddler Buchtel Mrs Robert Bardain Columbus Mrs Paul Erwin New Marshfield Route 1 and daughter Miss Shelby Showalter Chauncey Charles Barcus New Plymouth
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Floyd Canter
Murray City
Robert Todd
Nelsonville
John A. Vickrey
New Straitsville
Roy F. Garner
Glouster
Elgin Lanning
the Plains
Cecil Lyon
Amesville
George Griffin
Charles Fiddler
Buchtel
Robert Bardain
Columbus
Paul Erwin
New Marshfield
Shelby Showalter
Chauncey Charles
Dover Men In Service Meet in West
Chauncey Pfc. Ralph Crabtree of the U S Marine Corps at San Diego wrote home he met former schoolmate Jack Davis of Sugar Creek who is with the U S Navy. Ralph’s brother Raymond Crabtree with the Air Force at Travis Air Force Base also wrote the same day of visiting.
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Chauncey
Ralph Crabtree
U S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Jack Davis
Sugar Creek
Davis
U. S. Navy
Raymond Crabtree
Ralph
Air Force
Travis Air Fore Base
Fairchild
Calif
Daughter Is Born Chauncey
Mr and Mrs William Simpson Jr of Dayton announce the birth of daughter Karen Lynne on January 22 at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton Grandparents are Clyde Hillen of Millfield and William Simpson Sr of Dayton. Pvt Leo Hammond of Chauncey stationed at Camp Stoneman California recently visited Vallejo with Sgt and Mrs Raymond Crabtree. Ralph Crabtree and Sgt Raymond Crabtree are sons of Emmanuel Crabtree.
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Chauncey
William Simpson, Jr
Frances Cox
Dayton
Karen Lynne
Good Samaritan Hospital
Clyde Hillen
Millfield
William Simpson
Leo Hammond
Hammond
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburg
Calif
Raymond Crabtree
Vallejo
Ralph Crabtree
Sgt
Emmanuel Crabtree
Bridge Club Meeting at Millfield With Prizes Awarded
Mrs. Ruth Omen hosted the Millfield Bridge Club on Thursday night for two tables of play. Prizes went to Helen Sanders high, Frances Wallace second, Elizabeth Willis travel, and Bertha Sanders low. dessert was served to members present.
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Chauncey
Ruth Omen
Millfield Bridge Club
Helen Sanders
Frances Wallace
Elizabeth Willis
Bertha Sanders
Lizzie Patton
Lula Barr
Grace Border
Bertha Sameders
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First National Bank
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Grace Edwards
RFD 3
Robert G. Edwards
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New York
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Virginia
He Mee
Alte Oworak
Gene EV Ami Douglas Kemmedy Sxxem
Ioc Mae On
ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Greyhound Terminal
E. State St
Quiz
Ironton Woman
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Dover
West
Bridge Club
Hhese
Ladies
Rayon
S. M
Stark
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