State Grant Adapts Clay School District Building Plan
The state control board recommends an $80,000 grant to Clay local school district with a possible $70,000 boost if a bond issue passes and plans receive tax commission approval. A new six room elementary building on Route 7 in Clay Township is planned, with construction overseen by architect George E. Walter and county officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Control Board
State Department of Education
Guyan
Clay
County Board of Education
Mercerville
Clay Local
Route 7
Clay Township
Clay Local Board
B. Lewis Jones
George E. Walter
Walker, Norwich and
Assoc
Dayton
Jones
Walter
Gallia County
Paul Walter
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
John E. Halliday
Clay Board
Court House
Dewey Gay
Ivan Fife
John Evans
Frank Clark
Sam Hemphill
James Franklin
Pep tablets promise youth and vim to older adults
An ad-like fragment touts pep tablets for men and women aged forty to sixty, claiming age-reversing energy and vigor. It mentions tonic effects and urges readers to visit stores for the product, reflecting a midcentury health tonic pitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drug & A
Health Budget Of 10 000 To Be Asked By Board Of Health
Gallia County Board of Health approved a 1953 budget of 10 000 to be submitted to the Budget Commission. The increase of 400 over 1952 funds travel for county nurse Naomi Evans and sanitarian John Fraizer and higher public employee retirement system costs. Sanitarian Fraizer praised local cooperation on May sewage regulations. Board members present: Lee Rose, J E Berry, R C Saxton, Anna S Evans, and Dr F W Shane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Budget Commission
Gallia County
Sanitarian Frazier
Lee Rose
Bladen
J. E. Berry
R. C. Saxton
Thurman
Anna S. Evans
Vinton
F. W. Shane
Meigs County Farmer Darst Dies at 82 in Rutland
George Elmer Darst 82, lifelong Rutland resident, died unexpectedly at home. He operated a farm for over 50 years. Survived by wife, son Dayton of Lancaster, daughter Evelyn Tate of Gallipolis. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Church of Christ. burial Miles Cemetery. Friends may call Chase Funeral Home until 1 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
George Elmer Darst
River Traffic Summary From Gallipolis and Kanawha Zones
Boats reported on the Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River corridors show multiple vessels changing position. Several ships including Solvay, Juanita, Shirley, Lelia, Stevenson, Merrill, Cornell, Guadalcanal, Olcott, Invader, Inca, Reliance, Boggs, Zubick, Winchester, Price and Sohio State were recorded with rises or falls in level and times across the districts. Kanawha Falls shows a 0.06 foot rising. Upper gauge 184 lower gauge 97 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Solvay
Blazer
Kanawha
Juanita
London
Shirley
Marmet
Lelia
Winfield
Stevenson
Merrill
Cornell
Guadalcanal
Olcott
Invader
Inca
Reliance
Boggs
Zubick
Winchester
Price
Sohio State
Kanawha Falls
Ice Cream Social to Benefit Grange Hall Additions
Gallipolis reports an ice cream social sponsored by the Centenary Grange will be held Thursday evening at the Grange Hall. Homemade ice cream and cake will be served and proceeds will fund an addition to the hall for the juvenile grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Centenary Grange
Grange Hall
Marriage Licenses Granted in Ohio Trio Pairings
Chester Theodore Coy aged 45 of Gallipolis and Vergie Marie Chapman aged 43 of Gallipolis Route 2 obtained a marriage license. Carroll A. Thevenin aged 18 of Columbus and Annabelle Ramey aged 17 of Gallipolis Route 2 also secured a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Theodore Coy
Gallipolis
Vergie Marie Chapman
Carroll A. Thevenin
Columbus
Annabelle Ramey
Fines Levied On Drivers in Gallipolis Area
Gallipolis residents face fines and suspensions for traffic offenses. Florence Blott, 21, fined five dollars for too many front seat passengers. Richard Roach, 22, fined ten dollars for tailgating. Clair Mitchell, 17, Addison, license suspended 30 days for improper start. George Anderson, 45, Bidwell, fined fifty dollars, jailed five days, license six months for DUI. John Hall, 50, Bladen, fined twenty five dollars with most suspended for improper truck registration. Harold King, 26, Waynesburg Pa, forfeited twenty dollar bond for speeding. John Swartz, 34, Port Middleport, arrested for intoxication. Arvin Hayes, 19, Pomeroy, arrested for failing to obey traffic control device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Florence M. Blott
Richard H. Roach
Clair E. Mitchell
Addison
George Anderson
Bidwell
John J. Hall
Bladen
Harold W. King
Waynesburg
William H. Jones
State Highway Patrol
Births at Holzer Hospital Note Various Families Welcome Babies
Holzer Hospital notes list multiple newborns including a daughter for Mrs Virgil Miller of Gallipolis and sons for Mrs Lorraine Morris of Bidwell and Mrs Clarence Roush of Winfield. Several mothers from Jackson Gallipolis Oak Hill Point Pleasant and other nearby towns welcomed children. Discharged list includes numerous patients and their spouses from area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Miller
Gallipolis
Glenn Poling
Wellston
Lorraine Morris
Bidwell
Charles Ballard
Vinton
Clarence Roush
Winfield
W. Va
Marvin Ours
Bladen
Tom Mills
Walter Allie
Northup
Thomas E. Lambert
Oak Hill
Orville L. White
William Rudmann
Oscar Davis
William Walls
James Morgan
Paul Greenlee
Thomas Butcher
Boyd Stevens
Larry Baldwin
George Hamrick
Betty Adams
Adell Plymale
Dewey Montgomery
Dianne Perkins
Faye Shively
Stanley Jones
Paul Bush
Kathy Skaggs
Barbara Cardwell
Homer Burger
James Taylor
Walter Stewart
John Kirk
Lorraine Wilcoxen
Ernest Hively
J. E. Large
James Rodgers
Cecelia Grimm
Dale Tucker
Glen Roush
Nicy Scott
Donna Russell
Baby Hurt In Collision In Gallipolis
In Gallipolis at Second and State at 6 p m, 2 year old Christy Ann Kiesling sustained a lip laceration requiring five stitches after a collision when Virgil Hatfield 26 turned left in front of the Kiesling vehicle. Hatfield was arrested for failure to yield. The infant and mother Rachel Kiesling 22 were taken to a physician. several teeth were loosened. No other injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Christy Ann Kiesling
Rachel M. Kiesling
Second
Virgil Hatfield
Kiesling
Hatfield
Nelsonville Engagement Announced for Alice Kurtz and Charles Bagley
Mr and Mrs Chris Kurtz of Sandusky Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Jean to Charles Leroy Bagley son of Mr and Mrs Robert F Bagley of Sandusky The couple both have ties to Nelsonville and Sandusky with Alice a 1943 graduate of Sandusky High School employed by General Motors and Charles a former Nelsonville resident now employed by General Motors A September wedding is planned at St Peter and Paul s Church Sandusky.
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Chris Kurtz
Sandusky
Ohio
Alice Jean
Charles Leroy Bagley
Robert F. Bagley
Nelsonville
General Motors Corp
Miss Kurtz
General Motors
St. Peter and Paul's Church
Nelsonville Residents Visit Cleveland Relatives
Nelsonville figures Dr and Mrs J M Goodman and son Larry spent the week end in Cleveland as guests of Ralph Cox and family They traveled from W Washington Street to see Coxs relatives William Cox AFC who has been in Bermuda six months and TS Leslie Cox stationed at Enid Oklahoma Also Ed Fisk patient at Mount St Mary Hospital was visited by Emory Fisher and Columbus relatives and Donald Taylor and daughter Jaynie Lou returned to Tipp City after a 19 day stay with the Misses Verity on F Washington Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Goodman
Larry
Cleveland
Ralph Cox
W. Washing St
William Cox
Afc
Bermuda
Leslie Cox
Enid
Okla
Emory Fisher
Columbus
Ed Fisk
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Donald Taylor
Jaynie Lou
Tipp City
Verity
F. Washington St
Hospital Construction Witness Is Dead
George Fishback 58 a Division of Hospital Facilities employee died at home in Worthington after visiting Nelsonville during Mount St. Mary Hospital construction. He was a former executive secretary of the Ohio Hospital Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
George Fishback
Worthington
Fishback
Ohio State Department
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ohio Hospital Association
Vine Workers Local Schedules Meeting
Nelsonville area regular monthly meeting of Kimberly Local 9852 UMWA will be held Friday at 2 30 p m at the mine washhouse. Royal Hartman secretary treasurer urges good attendance as nominations for district and international officers will be made and a delegate elected to attend the next international convention in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Kimberly
Royal Hartman
Cincinnati
Motorist from Hebron Pleads Guilty on Stop Sign Charge
Renzo Moore of Hebron pleaded guilty at the court of Mayor Paul Galvin to failing to observe a stop sign. He was fined ten dollars and costs and committed to the county jail pending settlement.
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Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Renzo Moore
Hebron
Paul Galvin
James Chenevey Resigns as Recreation Leader
Nelsonville James Chenevey assistant manager of the summer recreation program resigns effective today citing conflict between work and his upcoming football coaching duties and graduate studies at Ohio University Clarence Whitey Tyo is named to run local athletic and play programs for four to five weeks. Tyo is a high school and college athlete and Ohio University student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James Chenevey
City Recreation Commission
Gilbert Smith
Commission
Chenevey
Ohio University
Clarence Whitey
Tyo
Installation of Chancellor Is Wednesday
Nelsonville area notes say Shelby Barber, elected chancellor commander of Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias, will be installed with other officers on Wednesday at 7 30 p m In addition the lodge will hold its official inspection led by Raymond C Patton grand prelate now based in Wilkesville The watermelon feed will close the evening with officers installed including Bill Weekley Bill Hardy Basil Baritzki Charles Sowards Leroy Bennett James Patton and the lodge deputy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Shelby Barber
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Raymond C. Patton
Wilkesville
Bill Weekley
Bill Hardy
Basil Baritzki
Charles
Emma Cook and Josie Baugh Honor Mrs Dilcher on Birthday
Mrs Allie Dilcher celebrated her 85th birthday at the Fayette Street home with relatives neighbors and friends. The group included eighties honoree Mrs Dilcher and guests from The Plains Burr Oak and local households. A pink white cake a long table with ice cream and coffee marked the party while church and community activity were noted by friends.
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Nelsonville
Emma Cook
Josie Baugh
Allie Ditcher
Cook
Baugh
Fayette St
Elizabeth Ray
W. A. Finney
the Plains
George Evans
Victoria Hale
Belle Herrold
Dilcher
Finney
Freda Dilcher
Noel Eveland
Roger
Susan
Burr Oak
Thelma Starkey
Bessie Stephenson
Family picnic marks 63rd birthday at Cutler Lake
Corning area residents state Nick Altier family members gathered Sunday at Cutler Lake to honor Mr. Altier on his 63rd birthday. Attendees include numerous Altier relatives, Hoffman family members, Jones from Zanesville, and Canoles of Minerva planning vacation travel.
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Columbus
Frances Hoffman
Youngstown
Virginia Beach
Howard Jones
Zanesville
Minnie Grimes
South Valley Street
Harry Hoffman
Middleport
Edwin Canoles
Minerva
Thomas Canoles
Betty Rogers
David
St Bernard Church
Love
Water Works Park
New Lexington
Bridgeport
Ill
Margaret Latta
Alzina Keller
Utah
Edward Nichols
Group life insurance covers about 31 million people
The article notes that group life insurance policies provide coverage for around 31 million individuals in the United States. It discusses how such plans pool risk across employers and organizations, shaping access to life protection for a broad workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Group
United States
Birth notices from Mount St. Mary Hospital list several newborns
Mount St. Mary Hospital announces births for Edward Cheeseman at Nelsonville and a daughter. Additional new arrivals include Mrs Clarence Hampton, Mrs Sarah Dupler, Mrs Pauline Brunton, Mrs Mildred Steele, Mrs Margaret Hamrick, Royee Ward, Mrs Pauline Linscott, Mrs Thomas Smith with a son and daughter, Mrs Kenneth Michel, Eugene Blake, Mrs Louise Wolfe, Mrs Pearl Gallagher, Mrs Nora Kettell, and Mrs Raymond Grabiec. Families are identified by locality such as Nelsonville New Lexington Trimble Glouster Union Furnace Athens and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cheeseman
Nelsonville
Clarence Hampton
Sarah Dupler
Pauline Brunton
Glouster
Mildred Steele
New Lexington
Margaret Hamrick
Royee Ward
Pauline Linscott
Trimble
Thomas Smith
Kenneth Michel
Union Furnace
Eugene Blake
Newark
Louise Wolfe
Pearl Gallagher
Shawnee
Nora Kettell
Columbus
Raymond Grabiec
Athens
Mozart Buried Unattended in Pauper Burial Ground
The renowned composer Mozart was buried in an unmarked pauper lot. the burial place remains unknown and unattended, sparking historical interest in his final resting place.
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Mozart
Visiting Elks To Be Feted By Nelsonville Elks
Local Elks host the South Central district visit with a dance and entertainment on Saturday evening and a district session at 2 pm for Elks and ladies. A Sunday dinner at 3 pm closes the weekend. Carias Oxg has served as district chairman. new district officers will be announced Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Elks
South Central District
Mrs Adam Scheeler Injured in Fall in Nelsonville
Nelsonville resident Mrs Adam Scheeler sustained a dislocated right shoulder after a fall at her son Dewey Scheeler’s home on Carlisle Hill Chillicothe Route. Mrs Raine, a local, is a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Adam Scheeler
Dewey Scheeler
Carlisle Hill
Chillicothe
Raymond Raine
Club to Meet Nelsonville at Mrs Fleher Home
The W. M Club will gather at 7 20 pm at the home of Mrs John Fleher on W Franklin Street in Nelsonville. Members are to attend the Wednesday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W. M Club
John Fleher
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Richard Chambers
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Point Pleasant
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Bidge
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Elmwood
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U.S. A
Pvt
Charles FE. McDonald
Sam McDonald, Bachtel
Fort Leonard Wood
Sixth Armored Division
Nelsonville Social Notes
Vr. Bagley
Vine Workers
Corning
Briggs & Stratton Engines
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Doctor of Motors
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