Gas Ordinance on Second Reading as Council Has Busy Session
NELSONVILLE council spent three hours on a busy agenda including a compromise gas ordinance on second reading amid a PUCO rate dispute with Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Public safety measures included bicycle licenses and street paving plans while the budget and waterline policy were reviewed.
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Nelsonville
Central School
Health and Recreation
Matt Adkins
Pearl Glenn
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Public Utilities Commission
Robert Auflick
Dancers Asked To Bring Card Tables For Friday Dance
Nelsonville plans a Friday night dance at the city park tennis courts from 8 30 to 10 30 pm. attendees are asked to bring card tables if available. Frank Downhour, summer recreation director, said folding chairs would be sought. Refreshments on sale.
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Nelsonville
City Park
Frank Downhour
Brooks Shoe Pony League
Athens County Pony League
Athens County Fairgrounds
Jacksonville-Trimble
Downhour
Water shut off for customer hookups in Bessemer area
Water will be shut off Wednesday at 9 a m for two hours for residents north of the Sylvania plant on Bessemer Rd. Raymond Smith in charge of water lines said the outage will allow hookup of several new customers in the Bessemer area.
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Nelsonville
Sylvania
Bessemer Rd
Raymond Smith
Bessemer
Band Boosters Plan Fundraising Meeting For Hats
Nelsonville band boosters schedule an important meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the high school band room.President Matt Adkins says the goal is to raise funds to buy new hats for band members. Boosters and band supporters are urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Band Boosters
Matt Adkins
Adkins
Perry County Court Notes Show Wills Taxes Divorces
Carrie Masterson of Crooksville leaves all to husband Levi with son Claude Masterson named executor. Will witnessed June 22, 1954 by Fred and Gertrude Cannon. County treasurer Eva Bradley reports a 12 percent increase in personal property tax collection to 133072.31 for the first half. Central Petroleum seeks 100.49 from Francis Metzger for fibre coating plant and linseed oil shipped in 1955. Dry Creek Crushed Gravel sues Rome Daughtery for 10874.65 over a Route 13 bridge affecting a plant during a June 14, 1956 storm. Carolyn Sue Nutter seeks divorce from Raymond Nutter, alimony, and her maiden name. married July 14, 1956. Mary Margaret Bray sues Noa Bray for divorce seeking custody, support, and alimony. three Hemlock parcels involved.
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Carrie Masterson
Crooksville
Levi
Claude Masterson
Fred
Gertrude Cannon
Eva Bradley
Central Petroleum Co
Cleveland
Francis Metzger
New Lexington
Carolyn Sue Nutter
Meredith Debarry
Raymond Nutter
Somerset
Mary Margaret Bray
Hemlock
Noa Glenn Bray
Sayre Dies at 69 in Racine Funeral for H. J. Sayre
Homer I. Sayre 69, longtime Standard Oil employee, died at his Racine home. Survived by wife Lovey Deiley Sayre a daughter Letta Sayre at home and two brothers O F E Sayre of Bradenton Florida and Arthur M Sayre of Miami Florida. Funeral by Rev John Elwood set for 2 pm Thursday at Ewing funeral home. Burial in Letart cemetery.
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Letart Cemetery
Mrs Stover Feted At Bon Voyage Party
A bon voyage party for Mrs Major Stover was hosted by 14 coworkers from the Ohio State Employment Bureau in Massillon before she sails to Germany on July 18 to join her husband Pfc Stover. A luncheon attendee list includes Mrs Ted Burwell Mrs Beverly Beirch Mrs Roland Street Mrs Lester Hoyman Mrs Lloyd Summers Mrs Nick Koutras Mrs Clarence Schmidt Mrs Don Storer Mrs Robert Ulrich Mrs James Riffee Mrs Roland Moore Mrs Taylor Adkins Miss Carol Krug and Miss Margaret Raser.
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Major Stover
Germany
Pfc. Stover
Ohio State Employment Bureau
Massillon
Stover
Ted Burwell
Beverly Beirch
Roland Street
Lester Hoyman
Lloyd Summers
Nick Koutras
Clarence Schmidt
Don Storer
Robert Ulrich
James Riffee
Roland Moore
Taylor Adkins
Carol Krug
Margaret Raser
Mount St. Mary Hospital Births Admits Dismissals
A list from Mount St. Mary Hospital notes births for a daughter to Mr and Mrs Melvin Wood and a son to Mr and Mrs Lewis Roberts among other newborns. Admissions include Mrs Mary Smathers and others. dismissals record twins for Mrs William H. Nelson and several patients leaving in good order. Blood used is also listed.
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Melvin Wood
New Plymouth
Lewis Roberts
Athens
Cecil Sanborn
Nelsonville
William H. Nelson
Adrian Jago
Trimble
Rosa Bruce
Chauncey
Ronald Courtney
Logan
Nelsonville tackles weed growth on vacant lots
Nelsonville Mayor Robert Auflick warns that overgrown vacant lots obstruct traffic and annoy residents. He cites city laws requiring weed cutting with costs billed to property owners and notes possible arrests and fines for neglect and littering. Property owners are urged to cooperate.
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Nelsonville
Robert Auflick
Hofius Greets Nelsonville Police Chief Hewlett
Knute Hofius, a world renowned hobo poet and Greenville sesquicentennial envoy, wrote to Police Chief Everett Hewlett in Nelsonville greeting old friends. He recalled a past visit and invited letters from Nelsonville residents to the State Theater in Greenville for late September celebration events.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
Everett Hewlett
Knute Hofius
Greenville
Helly
State Theater
Trimble Mayor Wins National Rehabilitation Commission Citation
Trimble mayor Richard Cary, of the Glouster post, was one of nine American Legion post service officers in seven Ohio districts honored with a National Rehabilitation Commission citation for outstanding work during the Legion year. Ohio Legion News notes they were chosen from 30 nominations from department service officers in Cleveland, Dayton and Cincinnati. Cary was the sole Eighth District honoree across eight counties.
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Trimble
Richard Cary
American Legion Post Service
Ohio
National Rehabilitation Commission
The
Ohio Legion News
Department
Cleveland
Dayton
Cincinnati
Cary
Glouster Post
Legion
Nelsonville Rainbow Girls Meet Before Initiation
The Nelsonville Rainbow Girls will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Masonic Temple for their final meeting before initiation. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hartley and sons Ronnie and Johnnie and Mrs. John Saltz mourn the death of Stella Woodard Hinman in West Virginia. MSgt. and Mrs. Gail McNamee and two children from Fort Bragg are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McNamee.
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Nelsonville
Masonic Temple
J. M. Hartley
Ronnie
Johnnie
John Saltz
West Virginia
Stella Woodard Hinman
Gail McNamee
Ft. Bragg
N. C
A. B. McNamee
Camp bound: Ten youths depart for week at Magnetic Springs
Ten members of the Christian Youth Fellowship of the First Christian Church left Sunday for a week long church camp near Magnetic Springs. Participants include Sandy Hall Patty Rizer Sue Powell Karen Jones Dixie Herdlitzka Bob Crombie Hubert Cottrill Eddie Howe Jerry Steele and Quigley Siddle.
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Nelsonville
Christian Youth Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Magnetic Springs
Sandy Hall
Patty Rizer
Sue Powell
Karen Jones
Dixie Herdlitzka
Bob Crombie
Hubert Cottrill
Eddie Howe
Jerry Steele
Quigley Siddle
Brown Family Returns From East Trip With Elks Convention Visit
Mr and Mrs Willard Brown and son David returned home after a motor trip east. They visited Washington D C New York City where Brown as exalted ruler of the Nelsonville Elks Lodge attended the Grand National Convention and saw many places of interest before returning via Atlantic City N J.
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Nelsonville
Willard Brown
David
Washington D. C
New York City
Brown
Nelsonville Elks Lodge
Atlantic City
N. J
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