School Officials Give Resignations In Murray City York Board
York Local Board of Education accepted resignations of Andrew Mazz and Harry Westfall at Monroe night. New hires include Mrs. Ralph Clum as guidance and science teacher and six elementary teachers. Lillian Houser resigned as Murray City cook effective July 1. Board set aside funds from tax settlement for power project and bond retirement. Stadium bid selected and plans require state approval by Aug. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Andrew Mazz
Moray City
Harry Westfall
York
Lillian Houser
Cook
Murray City
York School
Columbus Contracting Firm
Schaeffer and Nadalin
Mrs Wilson Dies At 85 In Nelsonville
Nelsonville native Mrs. Em ma Wilson 85 of 105 E Columbus St died Monday at Mount St Mary Hospital after a short illness. She was a DAR member and former Union Department Store employee. Survived by son Charles Ruble granddaughter and great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Johnson funeral home burial Green Lawn Cemetery. Army Pvt Wilbur K Pierce 23 son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Pierce Nelsonville is in advanced infantry training at Fort Chaffee Ark finishing July 20. He graduated Waterloo High School and joined the Army last March after basic at Fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Emma Wilson
E. Columbus St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Andrew
Clarissa Bennett Tedrow
Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Daughters of the American Revolution
Union Department Store
Columbus
Charles Herman Ruble
W. Columbus St
Mary Ann Frank
Gregory
Lucinda Frank
John L. Wilson
Johnson Funeral
John Lloyd Evans
Green Lawn Cemetery
Wilbur K. Pierce
Forrest Pierce
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Pierce
Waterloo High School
Army
Fort
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes
The Mount St. Mary Hospital log lists patients including Master Sammy Simons and Mrs Ethel Roach of Jacksonville, plus Orestes Fulton Athens Route 4 and several Nelsonville residents. Dismissals include Mrs William Foughty and daughter and Mrs George Kinnison and daughter among others.
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Sammy Simons
Jacksonville
Ethel Roach
Orestes Fulton
Athens
Maxine Preston
Nelsonville
Charles Wallace
the Plains
Leota Browning
Shawnee
Garnet Schoonover
Lucille Donaldson
Charles Randolph
Murray City
Worley Giffin
Jimmie Lee Pitts
William Foughty
Glouster
George Kinnison
Bertham Knapper
Mary Rawlings
Harry Peyton
Albany
James Rogaski
Hartman Pleads No Contest In Canal Street Speed Case
Robert D. Hartman of Nelsonville pleaded no contest in Mayor Hoffman’s court to driving 60 mph on Canal Street. He was found guilty and fined 25 dollars plus costs. John Chilcoate of Millfield pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Robert D. Hartman
City
William Hoffman
Canal St
John Chilcoate
Millfield
Postmaster Candidates Nominated in Nel sonville Committee Plan
Nelsonville Democrats set July 16 deadline for postmaster applicants to file in writing with County Democrat Chairman William Lavelle of Athens. A July 26 City Hall meeting will vote by secret ballot until a candidate earns a majority. Each candidate will be allowed to speak in his defense.
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Nelsonville
Democrat
William Lavelle
Athens
City Hall
Lavelle
Carl Young
Hoffman
Shafer
John Lloyd Evans
Washington
Area Redevelopment Administration
Community Facilities Administration
Department of Agriculture
Corps of Engineers
Hocking River
D. R. Johnson
The
Gem Coal Co
Burton DeVeau
Ohio University
Council
Car Wreck Victim Dies in Mount St Mary Hospital
Miss Lucy Talbert 88 of Nelsonville died early Monday at Mount St Mary Hospital where she had been a patient since July 2 after an automobile wreck. She came from near Zanesville in 1918 and lived with Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith at 140 Fourth St. She belonged to St Andrew's Church. Rosary at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home. services at 1 a.m. Wednesday at the church conducted by Rev Fr Roger Brisgal. Burial at Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Lucy Talbert
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Talbert
Zanesville
Raymond Smith
Fourth St
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Marriage Licenses in Athens Area Reported
A list of marriage licenses shows Charles Rowland 24 of Athens and Treva Scott 19 of Athens Route 2. James Singard 45 of St. Augustine Florida and Margaret Sparks 44 at home Athens. Roger Swart 20 of New Marshfield Route 1 and Carol Mace 17 of Mineral. Blythe Swart 20 of Murray City U S Army and Rosemary Newman 16 of Buchtel. Michael Zalupski Jr 39 of Athens and Lois Bean 26 of Athens. Kenneth Wince 20 U S Navy Harrisville West Virginia and Christine Hooper 19 of Athens.
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Charles Rowland
Blader
Athens
Treva Scott
James Singard
St. Augustine
Fla
Margaret Sparks
Roger Swart
New Marshfield
Carol Mace
Mineral
Blythe Swart
U. S. Army
Murray City
Rosemary Newman
Buchtel
Michael Zalupski, Jr
Shonborn Shover Double Ring Ceremony
Miss Linda Lou Shonborn and Mr William Shover wed in a double ring ceremony June 2 at the bride’s Hollister home officiated by Rev L R Carmichael. The couple now resides in Hollister with reception hostesses Mrs Twila Mathias and Mrs Blanche Bonar.
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Ion
Kathleen Showborn
Joseph Mathias
Twila Mathias
Blanche Bonar
Hollister
Racine Man Earns Carnegie Hero Medal
Ferguson died from burns after a truck crash as bystander Powell pulled him free from the burning cab. Powell, kneeling on the running board, reached through intense heat to grips Ferguson’s arms and drag him away before the fuel tank ruptured. The medal also went to Richard G. King for rescuing a woman from the Ohio River. King, 14, formerly of Belpre, now Yucaipa, Calif., received $750.
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Ferguson
Powell
Carnegie
Richard G. King
Yucaipa
Calif
Belpre
Beauty Contest Opens in Nelsonville Miss Parade of the Hills
Girls aged 16 to 21 may enter by being interviewed at Spark's Grocery at 2 p m Thursday. Mrs Gerald Hoffman, committee member, will explain contest rules and hand out applications. Nelsonville Athletic Association to elect officers at 8 p m Wednesday at city park shelter house.
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Haydenville
Spark’s Grocery
Gerald Hoffman
Nelsonville
Hoffman
Real Estate Transfers and Birthday Celebration in Nelsonville
Real estate transfers listed include L A Townsend to William H Hixson Athens lot 16 and several tracts in Hebardville and Athens Township. Names include George H Evans to Lenore Evans Albany and Gilbert B Courtney to Theodore R Lane Nelsonville. A birthday celebration honored Albert Perry with family attending from Morristown Dowler Ridge and Athens area crews.
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L. A. Townsend
William H. Hixson
Athens
George H. Evans
Athens County
Lenore Evans
Albany
Hebardville
Richard J. Lindl
Kenosha County
Wis
James J. Armbruster
New Marshfield
Bennajah G. Conant
Freda Bolen
Athens Township
Elden W. Kramer
Gilbert B. Courtney
Nelsonville
Theodore R. Lane
Fred Heavener
Evan Williams
Canaan Township
Merritt W. Herion
Robert Mingus
East Fultenham
Vernon E. Russell
Glouster
Trimble Township
Albert Perry
Clara Perry
Lower Plains
Lloyd Wade
Francis
Morristown
Conrad Zimmerman
Mark Allen
Dowler Ridge
Lucille Jackson
Millfield
Corraine Walker
Courtney and Mrs Butts resign from Nelsonville council
Nelsonville council accepts the resignations of Gilbert Courtney at large and Betty Butts city clerk since 1960. Courtney moves to Coolville to join Tri County Bank as cashier and executive vice president. Butts cites other duties and aims to transfer records by August 13.
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Paul Betts
Nelsonville
Gilbert Courtney
Betty Butts
Courtney
Coolville
Tri-County Bank
Butts
K. & B. Business Service
William Lavelle
Ward Phillips
John Brooks
Phillips
John W
Jack) Riley
Matt Adkins
Brooks
Charles Shafer
Alonzo Figgins
Kroger Co
Howard Ambleby
Thomas Farr
Columbus Real Estate
Marvin Banek
Cincinnati
Benek
Council
William Hoffman
Walnut Street Kitchen Fire Extinguished in Nelsonville
Firefighters extinguished a kitchen blaze at 791 Walnut St in the Sheldon Lowry residence after a curtain and shade caught fire from a kitchen range. No building damage reported. The incident occurred at 2 10 p m Monday per Fire Chief Clarence Hall. Later notes mention a potluck picnic at First Methodist Church and city council discussions on parking meter staffing and a dam project meeting with Huntington representatives.
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Nelsonville
Sheldon Lowry
Walnut St
Retta Howe
First Methodist Church
Fred R. Beasley
Max Valkinburg
Council
Ptl
Clarence Wolf
Act of Council
Valkinburg
Wolf
Shafer
Huntington
W. Va
U S. Army Corps of Engineers
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the Messenger
Ohio
Pvt
Russell Patrick
New Plymouth
Admissions
Kenneth Wince
U.S. Navy
Harrisville
Christine Hooper
Shonborn-Shover
Mrs
William Shover
Racine
Rambler
U.S.A
Douglas Rambler, Inc
Union St
W. Washington
Fort St
Franklin
the Electric Co
Southern
OMG Electric Company
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