Two Men Burned in Flash Fire at Sterling Station
In Nelsonville two attendants Max Levering and Gerald Dresher suffered facial and arm burns after a flash fire demolished the Fletcher Sterling Gas Station on Fourth Street between Chestnut and Canal. Charles Fletcher, owner, reported total losses of 2700 with no insurance. The fire, likely from fumes near a hot water tank, led responders to evacuate and contain the blaze quickly.
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Sterling Station
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Fletcher Sterling
Fourth St
Chestnut and
Canal
Charles Fletcher
Southeastern Ohio
Fletcher
Max Levering
Gerald Dresher
Canal St
Glen Woods
Mineral
Ohio
Levering
Woods
Dana Wirndon
Watkins St
Chestnut St
East End
Meade Whyte
Window
John Owens
Births and admissions at Mount St. Mary Hospital notes
Mount St. Mary Hospital records births for Floyd Gibbons Nelsonville a girl Howard Call Nelsonville Earl Conley Nelsonville a girl Cecil Vansickle Deanville a boy. Admitted include Allan Bishop Nelsonville Charles Lineback Nelsonville Judy Porter Nelsonville etc. Foot and mouth disease noted as highly contagious among animals.
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Floyd Gibbons
Nelsonville
Howard Call
Earl Conley
Cecil Vansickle
Deanville
Allan Bishop
Charles Lineback
Judy Porter
George Dishong
Violet Ault
Moxahala
John Frasure
New Straitsville
David Louis Drescher
Union Furnace
Mary Dixon
Murray City
Frank Perry
Clyde Riker
Toledo
Gerald Garner, Jr
Joseph Pickett, Jr
Chauncey
John Williams
Frank Murphy
Mary McCarty
Bart Brown
Louisville, Ky
Charles Hook
Robert Powers
Floyd Williams
Ludith Porter
Paul Conrad
Donald Standley
Glouster
Lowell Miller
Homer Prater
Fidelis Circle Meeting at First Presbyterian Church
A Fidelis Circle gathering of the First Presbyterian Church will convene Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Frank Lowery.
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Nelsonville
Fidelis
First Presbyterian Church
Frank Lowery
Mrs Lawrence Newton Hosts W W W Club at Home
Tombstone Arizona boasts the world’s largest rose bush a white banksia about fifty years old eight feet tall and with an estimated 150000 blooms in May.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Andrew Ullom Memorial of McArthur and Vinton County
Recollected memoirs detail Andrew Wolf Ullom a McArthur born veteran and Athens business figure. life spanning slavery, covered wagons and early schools to 1933. Scenes of 1850 McArthur growth and family journeys shed light on mid 19th century Southern Ohio life with named locals and places.
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Andrew Wolf Allom
Athens
Vinton County
McArthur
Vinton
Andrew Ullom
Allegheny Mountains
Baltimore
East Shore
Great West Pass
Allem
James Allen
G. W. Shockey
Waynesburg
Pomeroy
Wheeling
Sam Bayard
Andrew
Thompson Allom
George
Game League Picnic Attracts Crowd In Nelsonville
The Fish and Game Conservation League picnic drew good attendance despite threatened weather. Activities included trapshooting, a softball game and horseshoe pitching with refreshments served. Curtis Robinette chaired the event. Nate Matheny oversaw the fish fry. A regular meeting is set for Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Red Men's Hall chaired by Everett Hewlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Fish and Game Conservation League
Curtis Robinette
Nate Matheny
Red Men's Hall
Everett Hewlett
Pythians to Confer Knight Rank Wednesday
Nelsonville report states Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias will confer Knight rank at Castle Hall on Wednesday night. A candidate class will complete the work, and a new class will begin August 2 with the rank of page. Knights are urged to bring more membership applications to Chancellor Commander Ward Phillips.
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Nelsonville
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Ward Phillips
Defective brakes case yields ten dollar fine
NELSONVILLE John Buchanan Jr Middleport pleaded guilty before Mayor Earl Hilleary Monday after being charged by the State Highway Patrol with operating a motor vehicle with defective brakes He was fined 10 and costs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
John Buchanan, Jr
Middleport
Earl Hilleary
Nelsonville Furniture Plant Reopens as Labor Talks Continue
Nelsonville Ohio The Robert Industries furniture factory at Carbon Hill resumed operations Tuesday morning pending new contract negotiations. About 35 workers had been idle since June 30 the former contract deadline. The CIO had decertified itself as bargaining agent mid June and District 50 UMW was named to act. Management will recognize United Furniture Workers of the CIO once a contract is reached. International union officers will meet Thursday with company representatives to begin negotiations and workers will remain on the job in the meantime.
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Nelsonville
Robert Industries
Carbon Hill
CIO
District 50
UMW
National Labor Relations Board
Sidney Cook
United Furniture Workers
Margaret Lehman
Lena Horne
Hobart Smart
Andrew Brooker
Chauncey Family Plans Columbus Visit This Week
Mrs. Charles Leffler Chauncey to spend a week in Columbus with her daughter Hazel, son Ruth and Charles Leffler visiting relatives in the city.
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Chauncey
Charles Leffler
Columbus
Hazel
Ruth
Sams Move to The Plains From Athens
Mr and Mrs Dale Sams formerly of Athens have moved to The Plains occupying Mrs O Rourke s property.
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Chauncey
Dale Sams
Dottie Bumgardner
Plains
Athens
O'Rourke
Woman Injured by Rusty Nail in Chauncey Visit
Mrs. Marie Morgan of Columbus visiting Chauncey with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Morgan and Mary Meinhart stepped on a rusty nail last week and is confined at her parents home.
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Chauncey
Marie Morgan
Columbus
Henry Morgan
Mary Meinhart
Tippett Couple Weekend in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Neil Tippett spent the weekend in Columbus visiting local friends and taking in city sights.
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Tippetts
Columbus
Chauncey
Mrs
Neil Tippett
Former Resident Chauncey Visitor Recounts Local Past
Chauncey resident Carl Shirkey of New York City, visiting Sunday, spent his vacation with relatives in Bremen and Toledo Ohio. He was raised by the late Mr and Mrs Frank Shirkey who ran Hotel Shirkey at Drake and Lexington, which burned years ago when Mrs Friend Love of Chauncey and Athens operated it.
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Arthur
Andrew Wolf Ullom
George Ullom
Athens
James Bayard
Andrew
Vinton Station
Young Allom
McArthur
Samuel
18Th Ohio Infantry
MacGuffey
Allom
David Richman
Richman
Hulbert & Sisson
James Dodge
John S. Hawk
Jacob Will
Dan
Jacob
Aaron
New Orleans
Elliott
Wesley Green
James Allen
Allem
Jacob Ullom
New York Tribune
Andrew Heard
Middle West
Chauncey
Carl Shirkey
New York City
Bremen
Toledo
Ohio
Frank Shirkey
Shirkey
Drake and
Lexington
Friend Love
Chauncey and
Garden Club Plans Election of Officers
Mrs. Sam Mac Donald will host The Plains Garden Club at 7 30 PM for the annual business meeting featuring the election of officers. Refreshments will be served to members.
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Garden Club
Chauncey
Sam MacDonald
Plains Garden Club
Guests of Courtneys Invite Chauncey Visitors
Mrs. Kate Black Stone and her daughter Mrs. Josephine Hoover with Ann Hoover visited Chauncey to see Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Courtneys on High Street. Colum bus, formerly of Orbiston, was also present during the stay.
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Chauncey
Kate Blackstone
Josephine Hoover
Ann
Columbus
Orbiston
Gilbert
Guest From Chauncey Hosts Relative From Long Island
Mr and Mrs Fred Gruttemeyer of 19 Converse Street Chauncey welcomed as their guest Richard G Gruttemeyer brother of the host from Hempstead Long Island New York.
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Chauncey Chauncey
Fred Gruttemeyer
Converse St
Chauncey
Richard G. Gruttemeyer
Hempstead
Long Island, N. Y
Wilson Rites Conducted in Chauncey
Funeral services for George W. Wilson 79 life long Chauncey resident were held Sunday at the First Church of Christ with Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating. A vocal trio and organist accompanied hymns. burial followed at Nye Cemetery Chauncey with Charles Thomas lodge IOOF conducting services and pallbearers. Wilson long member and honorary elder of the Church of Christ.
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Chauncey
George W. Wilson
Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Charles Bradfield
Christine Brown
Helen Courtney
Brown
Nye
Charles Thomas Lodge
IOOF
Lodge
Wilson
Visitors from Chauncey Visit Grant Hospital Kin
The Rev. and Mrs. Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey and Mrs. C. N. Sanders of Millfield spent Saturday in Columbus. They visited Eleanor Arthur, hospitalized at Grant Hospital, and Irene Jackson, formerly of Chauncey, who is also a patient there.
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Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Visits Daughters Chauncey D Jackson in Columbus
Chauncey S D Jackson visited daughter Irene Jackson in Grant hospital Columbus where she is recovering from serious injuries from a prior accident. He also called on daughter Lucille Butterworth. The text notes a separate unrelated fact about a female halibut weighing about ten times its mate.
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Chauncey
S. D. Jackson
Columbus
Irene Jackson
Grant Hospital
Jackson
Lucille Butterworth
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