All City Fire Hydrants Inspected and Repaired in Nel hville
Nel sonville reports all 118 hydrants opened flushed and repaired after mayor ordered checks. Fire man Clarence Hall outlined issues including stuck valves leaks and a sheared pin corrected on Washington and Madison. Graphite grease applied to nipples. Fall inspection planned and ongoing schedule to continue.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Hall
Earl Hillen
Hall
Flushing
Ned
Washington
Madison St
Franklin
Madison and
Cross St
Fort and
Scott St
Ashton Ave
Raymond Smith
Hilleary
Farm Game Hearings Shape District 4 Wildlife Plans
In Cambridge on June 28 District 4 officials and 15 county representatives, led by chairman M. M. Sears and secretary Dr. B. K. Jones, discussed season dates and rules for squirrels rabbits raccoons and other fur bearing species. Local sportsman Everett Hewlett represented Athens County with John Potter Jr. elected to attend the July 12 Columbus hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Farmer
Division of Wildlife
Cambridge
Everett Hewlett
Sportsman
Athens County
M. M. Sears
Morgan County
B. K. Jones
Guernsey County
John Potter, Jr
Vinton County
Columbus
Glenn Montgomery
Byran Foster
Coshocton
Joe Plant
Perry County
Tol
State Division of Wildlife
Guernsey
Jefferson
Meigs
Morgan
Muskingum
Tuscarawas
E. D. Martin
Merrill C. Gilfillan
E. E. Ridge
Nelsonville Social Notes Update on Local Visitors and Death
Mr and Mrs Bill Schivley return to Fairborn Ohio from a Smoky Mountains trip and visit relatives in Buchtel with son Gregory. Guests include Clyde Wend Elizabeth NJ Mona Bradford Covington KY and Ralph Wend San Diego CA in Nelsonville for the death of George Wend. Mrs Frank O Mara and daughter Beryl spend Sunday at Lancaster Campground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Schivley
Smoky Mountains
Fairborn
Ohio
Schivley
Porter Schivley
Buchtel
Gregory
Clyde Wend
Elizabeth
N.J
Mona Bradford
Covington
Ralph Wend
San Diego
Calif
Mildred Carlin
Nelsonville
George Wend
Frank O'Mara
Beryl
Lancaster Campground
Rotary Club Tours Hocking Valley Brick Plant
Nelsonville and Logan Rotary clubs toured the Ohio plant of Hocking Valley Brick Co. in The Diamond Monday evening. Company executives led the modern plant visit followed by a picnic lunch. New Nelsonville officers include John Koch as president and Bill Friedrich as secretary.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Diamond
Logan Club
G. R. Robinson
Logan
John Koch
Nelsonville Club
Bill Friedrich
W. H. Badger
C. L. Stout
Richard Anderson
Ralph Cook
C. D. Walker
James F. Shumaker
Veterans office reports 252 interviews and GI Bill deadline
Logan A R Miller veterans service officer reports for June the office handled 252 interviews. Correspondence received 86 and written 94 with disability and widow’s pension claims. yearly compensation 10 180 with an increase of 180. GI Bill deadline July 25 with few exemptions. consult office. Jimmie Jones VFW post will sponsor a dance in Nelsonville Saturday 9 to 1. Legal notice in Athens County Ohio suit for partition of real estate in Giouster Wa ssall Fire Clay Addition.
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Logan
A. R. Miller
Veterans Service
Miller
Veterans Office
Leon G. King
Point Comfort
Englewood
Florida
James Lee King
Charlene Herberta Finsterwald
Charles Finsterwald
Carroll Street
St. Albans
West Virginia
Edward Hallam
Marie Hallam
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Towit
Wassall Fire Clay Company
Giouster
Marie Mallam
Two Boys Escape from Lancaster School Caught Hitchhiking
Deputies Hudson McFan and O H Bryan stopped two offenders from the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster after spotting them walking against traffic on Route 33. The 16 and 17 year olds admitted attempting escape by stealing a truck and shirts, and confessed to planning no specific destination.
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Logan
Lancaster
Hudson McFan
O. H. Bryan
Goodhope
McFan
Cincinnati
Dayton
B.L
George Wend Services Held in Nelsonville
Funeral services for George Wend were conducted at the Warren funeral home with Rev. J. A. Long presiding. The service featured two hymns sung by Mrs. Jean Shafer and Miss Sigrid Love. Surviving sons are Ray, Clyde, and Ralph. sister-in-law Maggie Wend. several nieces and nephews including Pearl, Carl, Lydia Wend, and Mildred Carlin. Te funeral rites included K of P pallbearers. interment followed at Green Lawn Cemetery beside his wife Elizabeth.
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Nelsonville
George Wend
Warren Funeral Home
J. A. Long
Jean Shafer
Sigrid Love
Wend
Ray
Ospital
Chillicothe
Clyde
Elizabeth
N.J
Ralph
San Diego
Calif
Maggie Wend
Pearl
Carl
Lydia Wend
Mildred Carlin
P.lodge
Order
Clyde Wend
Ralph Wend
Mona Bradford
Covington
Harry Lantz
Frank Lantz
Lancaster
Custer Wend
Carbondale
Walter Wend
Connett
Greenlawn Cemetery
Two Return Home From Campground
Nelsonville reports Phyllis Barber and Nettie Nan Carlin returned from Holiday Lodge Lancaster Methodist Campground with awards on promotion day. Phyllis earned a year pin for one year of perfect attendance, Nettie Nan a third year bar for three consecutive years.
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Nelsonville
Phyllis Barber
Nettie Nan Carlin
Holiday Lodge
Lancaster Methodist Campground
Selby Barber
Phyllis
Nettie Nan
Francis McLain Dies at Age 42
Nelsonville and Kansas City mourn Francis Mick McLain 42, a Nelsonville school alumnus of 1927. Survived by wife, mother, half brother I C McLain of Kansas City, and three sisters in Decatur Illinois and Champaign Illinois. Funeral plans unsettled.
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Nelsonville
Inansas City
Francis
Mick) McLain
McLain
Ruhl Mclain
Walter Tignor
Kansasity
I. C. McLain
Kansas City
H. E. Shrout
F. C. Filson
Decatur
Ill
E. E. Ferguson
Champaign
Births and admissions at Hocking Valley Hospital
Birth announcements include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Helber Logan and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Jay McDaniel Jr. New Plymouth. Admissions list Lewis Frank Evans Logan Route Mrs. John Collins Logan and Mrs. Jerry Griffith McArthur. Dismissals note Mrs. Robert Edwards Enterprise and daughter and Donald Lee Phelps Logan.
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Gilbert Helber
Logan
Jay McDaniel Jr
New Plymouth
Lewis Frank Evans
John Collins
Jerry Griffith
McArthur
Robert Edwards
Enterprise
Donald Lee Phelps
Barn Fire Destroys Hay, Implements in Goodhope
A blaze in Goodhope Township destroyed a barn on the old Beougher place. Boyd Blum found it burning around 11 am and notified deputies. The Meyers brothers arrived to find the barn a total loss, with 15 tons of hay a clover hauler a tractor cultivator and a grain drill lost. Cause unknown but suspected spontaneous combustion due to green hay.
Mayor Reports June Fines and License Totals
Nelsonville mayor Earl Hilleary reported June fines and licenses totaling 1123.80. The city general fund received 585 and auto tax fund 182.50, with total city receipts 767.50. Costs were allocated to the mayor 61.10, police chief 20, state highway patrol 182.50, and Athens County 92.70.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
State of Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Athens County
Notice of Sale in Albany Ohio Estate Case
Clyde C. Hooper as administrator seeks court authorization to sell lots 308 and 310 in Andrew Wilson's Addition Albany Athens County Ohio under Ohio law. Robert Westenberger and Letha Gabriel named as interested parties. Answer required by August 4, 1951.
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Loy C. Hooper
U. S. Naval Station, Great Lakes
Illinois
Sadie B. Hooper
Clyde C. Hooper
Athens
Ohio
Albany
Athens County
Andrew Wilson
Mary E. Stratton
William Gray
G. C
Lyde C. Hooper
Nelsonville Wins 50 Percent Drop in Fatal Accidents
Nelsonville reduced its accident death rate by 50 percent in 1950, one of 63 Ohio cities with at least a 10 percent decline from the prior year. Harry M. Pontious of the Ohio Safety Council presented a certificate to Mayor Earl Hilleary and city officials at a council meeting.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
Ohio State Safety Council
Harry M. Ponticus
Columbus
Earl Hilleary
Ohio Safety Council
Pontious
Hilleary
Marion Local School District hires two new staff members
Logan Hocking County Superintendent Samuel H. Dillon announced that the Marion Local School District added two new staff members. Charles Turner was hired as principal to succeed Floyd Riggs, and Ruth Chute was assigned to teach third and fourth grades, replacing Mary Hoover who resigned.
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Logan
Hocking County
Samuel H. Dillon
Marion
Charles Turner
Vinton
Turner
Floyd Riggs
Ruth Chute
Rockbridge
Miss Chute
Mary Hoover
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James H. Wilson
First National Bank
Nelsonville Social Notes
Orpheum Theatre
Thur
Caekey
Ito
Fi Gordon
Gene Nelson
America
Ettinelsonville
Rotary Club Tours Plant
M. D. Hughes
Gordon B. Gray
Wakeeney
Kans
West Indies
Majestic
Theatre
Beaver Valley
Jov Rogers
Trigger
Francis McLain
Hocking Valley Hospital
Robert Francis Westenberger
Letha Louise Gabriel
Nein
Ann Blyth
Mark Stevens
Bill Williams
Stooges
Don Bumgardner
Ats
Elliott
Serry Grable
Dan
Danny
Lye el
Emome
THURS
Bud & Lou
Feudin Hillbillies
Dorothy Shay
The
Park Avenue
Yore
Gene Autry
Frront Power
Susan Hayward
Ugh Marlowe
Dean Jagger
Edgar Buchanan
Henry Mathaway
Samuel G. Engel
Dudley Nichols
Wy Tonite
Rory Calhoun
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