Salvation Army aids Galion residents through welfare program
Mrs. Billie Fisher, chairwoman of the local Salvation Army drive, reports broad community relief through the welfare program. Services include clothing, grocery orders, meals, lodging for transients, and aid after fires. The organization operates a Cincinnati area summer camp for underprivileged children, with advance local nominations coordinated by Mrs. Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Billie Fisher
Salvation Army Fund
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Committee
Fisher
Gallia County
Cincinnati
Glendale
Appointment of Neta S S Spaulding Administratrix in Ohio
Notice states Neta S&S Spaulding of 26 Maple Street Athens Ohio is appointed Administratrix with Will Annexed of the estate of Frank L Harvey deceased of Athens City Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months. Dated June 3 1957 Roger J Jones Sr Probate Judge of said County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neta S&s, Spaulding
Maple Street
Athens
Ohio
Frank L. Harvey
City of Athens
Athens County
Roger J. Jones, Sr
Said “County
Adoption Petition Notice for Tessie Ann Wells
In the Matter of the Adoption of Tessie Ann Wells in Athens County Ohio Cause No 23012 notice to Ruby Wigglesworth with unknown residence. Petition filed May 27 1957 for infant Wigglesworth born August 14 1955 in Jacksonville Florida. Hearing set July 26 1957 at 1 PM before Probate Judge Roger J Jones Sr. Lavelle and Vanity, attorneys for petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie Ann Wells
Athens County
Ohio
Ruby Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
Jacksonville
Florida
Athens
Roger J. Jones
Lavelle
Probate sale sought in Nancy C. Watson estate
William A. Lavelle as administrator filed June 3 1957 in Athens County Probate Court a petition to sell real estate in Athens City Lot 605 Campbell Addition to pay debts and charges. Named defendants must answer by July 11 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Mt. Hope
West Virginia
Frankie Bonafacio
Alderson
Wayland Neighbors
Brooks
Trover Watson
Baltimore
Maryland
Pearl Sears
Harvey
Harold Watson
Shirley Watson
Inkster
Michigan
William A. Lavelle
Nancy C. Watson
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
Campbell
Y Lavelle and
Vanity
Public sale notice of parcels in Bern Township Ohio
Probate Court of Athens County announces a public auction on July 6, 1057 at 1 00 PM at Rt 1 Stewart Broadwell Ohio for three parcels of land in Bern Township with timber and coal rights reserved. Parcel values range from 50 to 300 dollars with two thirds minimum sale price and other deeds referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Court
Athens County
Ohio
Rt. 1
Stewart, Ohio
Broadwell
Bern
Athens
State of
William Burns
Thomas M. Black
Bern Township
O.c.p
Harry Burns
Willard Burns
M. P. Totman
Lewis Hart
Ohio Company
H. T. McCune'sa
Federal Creek
H. T. McCune
Sieaae’ Wear
Holzer Hospital Notes June admissions and dismissals
Hospital entries list new births with parents and towns, and multiple admissions at Holzer Hospital including Mrs. William R Poling Gallpolis and Charles E Massey Bidwell. Dismissals include Gary Bane and several named patients and guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Poling
Gallipolis
J. Howard Neal
Cabell Walker
Charles E. Massey
Bidwell
Grace White
Jackson
Roger Dale Waugh
Glenwood
Naomi Gregory
Carlos Gillenwater
Bladen
Earl Gilmore
Rutland
South Africa Calls U.S. Reports Improper
Foreign Minister Eric Louw told Parliament that Senate Green and Representative Bolton made uncalled for and improper reports about South Africa after their visits last year. He described the remarks as unfriendly and inappropriate amid ongoing relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
South Africa
Ericc Louw
The
Union of South Africa
United States
Frances Bolton
Ohio
Theodore Green
Salem Center WSCS Meeting and Local Visits
A Salem Center Methodist Church meeting was held June 12 with cancer dressings made. Harry W. Overly of Canton spent a weekend with his parents. Mrs. Beecher Cooper hosted the Salem Center WSCS. Nora Thomas led devotionals, Caton read Scripture, and Cooper recited a poem. Next meeting at Fern Sweeney’s home. Floyd Davis visited Margaret Edmundson. Wilcox with Carl Everett and Linda Ann Shenefield visited Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Center
Harry W. Overly
Canton
O. E. Overly
Beecher Cooper
WSCS
Nora Thomas
Caton
Cooper
Fern Sweeney
Floyd Davis
Margaret Edmundson
Mrs. Wilcox
Carl Everett
Linda Ann Shenefield
Middleport
Aboriginal Dress Shift Elevates Social Standing
Australian aborigines who typically go nude are adopting clothing. Wearing pants or a shirt now raises their social prestige and marks a change in daily life and status within communities.
Men Begin Navy Duties At Great Lakes Training Center
Several men were accepted for enlistment in the United States Navy and are in recruit training at the U S Navy Training Center in Great Lakes Illinois Chief Howard W Fortney of the Athens Navy recruiting station said the enlistees include Roger William Hunter Charles Richard Houchas h le t Max Allen Eichinger Gary Ivan Carman and Everett Ray Johnson all sons of area residents with listed hometowns in Trimble Pomeroy Routes 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Howard W. Fortney
Athens
Roger William Hunter
John W. Hunter
Trimble
Charles Richard Houdashelt
William F. Houdashelt
Pomeroy
Max Allen Eichinger
Allen J. Eichi
New Security Course Approved at OSU
Ohio State University will start a national security course on July 1. University president Dr. Novice G. Fawcett said the program aims to produce competent civilians with skills useful in national disaster response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Novice G. Fawcett
Bealford Belles Club Hosts and Visitors Noted
Kingsbury townsfolk report Beal ford Belles 4 H Club gathering hosted by Lana Folger with refreshments for 10 members and two guests. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hoffman of London Ohio and Barbara Cone visiting her grandparents. Richard Houdashelt has shipped to Ashland Kentucky after enlisting. Others attend Heilman reunion and wiener roast events with multiple families present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsbury
Lana Folger
Bealford Belles
R. E. Hoffman
London
Ohio
Webber Wood
Barbara Cone
Athens
Melvin Morris
Richard Houdashelt
Armed Services
Ashland
Jesse Carr
Portsmouth
Myrtle Carman
Huntington
William King
Heilmore
Carl Heilman
Virgil King
Middleport Social Notes
Mary Shrine of White Shrine of Jerusalem meets Friday at 8 p.m. at the IOOF Hall in Pomeroy. Mrs. Marie Hawkins worthy high priestess announces a school of instruction by Mrs. Nettie Farley of Marietta. All officers and members urged to attend. a potluck supper follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Local residents and visitors in town and surrounding areas
Miss Loretta Hanning returns from a visit with her grandmother Mrs. John Hanning of Roseville. Several families from Miami, Buffalo, Narrows and Dallas visit relatives here. Mrs. Mary Reichman and son Joe are guests in Columbus. Diane Reichman spent the weekend here. The Kincaid family reunion occurs in Charleston with siblings unable to attend. A drug salesman Tom Middleton visits. Dr. Kathryn Poindexter accompanies Sadie Starkey to Grove City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Hanning
John Hanning
Roseville
Donovan Allen
Miami
C. E. Smith
S. Second Ave
Grace McAvoy Walker
Dallas
Tex
Myrtle Haning
Lancaster
Iva Brown
H. A. King
Anne
Ripley
W. Va
John Kincaid
Jo Ann Neal
Charleston
Kincaid
Tom Middleton
Columbus
Sadie Starkey
Kathryn Poindexter
Toledo
Grove City
Poindexter
George Daniels
720 Expected At Buckeye Girls State
Buckeye Girls State opens at Capital University in Columbus drawing 720 Ohio high school girls. The Ohio American Legion Auxiliary sponsors the fifth government training session for juniors, running through June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
Columbus
Capital University
Ohio
The
Ohio American Legion Auxiliary
Stork Shower Held by Hemlock Church Ladies for Minnie Peyton
Members of the Ladies of the Church of Christ in Christian Union of Millertown hosted a stork shower for Mrs. Minnie Peyton of Shawnee at Mrs. Pauline Hughes home. Attendees included Janet Ridenour, Violet Searles, Gloria Pettit, Katy Mezak, Lavina Dawson, Hazel Pettit, Mildred Post, Merle Alfman, Leoma Wilson, Mary Bray, Bernice Linscott, Dorothy Gohr, Etta Allen, and others.
Alfred Alfreds worship leader and local visits noted
Albert Warner served as lay leader at local worship services with Herman Taylor as assistant lay leader. Ernest Taylor and family attended Ohio University baccalaureate and commencement where son John graduated. Visitors included Bernard Sturm and Janet Stump of Millstone West Virginia, Louise Mullen Pearman with granddaughter, Iris Carr and daughters, Helen Woode, and Bertha Wright of Newcomerstown Ohio visiting Mrs. Clarence Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred— Albert Warner
Herman Taylor
Ernest Taylor
Ohio University
John
Bernard Sturm
Janet Stump
Millstone
W. Va
Dinsmore Boyles
Louise Mullen
Pearman
Delbert Gaul
Iris Carr
Helen Woode
Parkersburg
Bertha Wright
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Clarence Henderson
Helen D. Woode
Perry County Court Notes Chronicle Estates and Foreclosures
Guardians accounts and inventories filed for Stephen D. Larzelere and John Folk estates. Debts, real estate, and bond holdings listed for Rodgers and Watts estates. lawsuits over foreclosure and tax delinquencies. divorce petitions. marriage licenses. realty transfers in Perry County markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
L. E. Crowley
Stephen D. Larzelere
Nichols Larzelere
Ronald E. Folk
John Folk
John Rodgers
Corning
Clarence Watts Late
Crooksville
H. C
Ruth Morehead
Lancaster
Harry
Imogene McCloy
South Addition
Helen Tharp
Fern L. Martindale
Robert E. Lewis
Perry County
Paul Vavote
Willard Stoltz
Junction City
Stanley Alster, Jr
Reading Township
Isabelle Jane Johnson
Thomas Lewis’ Johnson
Greenup
T. J. Coal Co
Audrey Gaddis
Common Pleas
William Gaddis
Visitors from Several Towns Call on Local Families
Recent guests visited multiple households in Downington and nearby areas. Names include Charles Ellis from Columbus and Edward King from Harrisonville, with others from Pleasanton Athens Snowville and Cheshire. Also noted are visits by C A Bolen and Pearl Robinson households and by Vesta Robinson and Ora Carsey families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snowville
Walter Durst
Cheshire
Mary
Patty Haning
Near Pearl Chapel
Jack Wallace
Near Athens
Lucy Stotts
C. A. Bolen
E. Bolen
Albany
Tom Steinmetz
Athens
Pearl Robinson Home
Lawrence Oxley
Mary Howell
Cecil Haning
Harrisonville
Glen Haning
Duane Stanley
Stevie
Stanley
Nada Townsend
Vesta Robinson
Emerson Wise
Sue
Neva Howell
Harold Dean
Pearl Robinson
Alice Mae Stanley
Mae Dixon
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Athens Messenger
Holzer Hospital
Delbert Jenkins
Royse Dixon
James Gilbert
New Haven
Charles Wilson
Clyde Warner
Neola Lewis
Wendell W. Kaylor
Letart
Surgical
Richard M. Jefferys
Ironton
Medical
William E. Claar
Tom L. Clark
Wellston
Ray H. Bryant
Mason A. Grimm
Henderson
Hugh Boggs
Michael L. Swisher
William Napper
Ewington
Royse M. Dixon
C. W. Biggs
Vinton
Emory Gibbs
Gary Bane
Vernon Warner
Norma Newland
Fred Molitor
J. W. Peery
Ira T. Baker
Danny Hall
John Simmons
George L. Ferrell
Earl Moody
Ronald Coleman
Solons
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
Osu
Middleport Social Notes
Hemlock
Morris Dupler
Murray City
Jack Williams
Authorine Moore
R. W. Miller
Shawnee
Shawnee High School
Laura Powell
Ray Tharp
Charles Hodgson
Galion
Bennetta Hodgson
Bill Dunlap
Drakes
Alda Detler
Carl
Nina
Corning High School
Glenna Williams
Alfred
Kenneth Eugene Daniels
Somerset
Donna Jean West
Glenford
Dean C. Ackerman
Judith A. Miller
James W. Griggs
Arlene Wright
Ronald Chaffin
Molder
New Straitsville
Donna Wolfe
Sunnyhill Coal Sales Co
Board of Education
Clayton
Clayton Township
Merle
Maurine Dickson
Paul
Mona Nash
Arthur W. King
Richard
Dorothy Hamrick
C. M
Blanche King
Joe
Ina King
P. L
Mayme Vanatta
Everett
Richard Taylor
Pauline Mason
Armillar Rebekah Lodge No
George and
Virginia Christy
Mae
Clifford Cochran
Elizabeth Newton
Harrison Township
Downington
Louise Burbridge
Cora Jewell
Anna Hawk
Herb Barnhart
Ora Carsey and Sons
Barnharts
U.S. Pat
NEA Service, Tre
Dick Turner
Milton Cooper
Lawrence Woodruff
Dowler
Ferguson and Hughes Funeral Home
H. E. Hanning
Lida
Harold
Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. E. Dicken
W. Union St
Uhlman’s
Harold Goddard
Audt
Nash Statesman
Dodge
Platt
Hudson Sales
Sears
W&h Chevrolet
Logan
Metropolitan Auto Sales
Ed Goodwin
Pontiac
Gaylord Storer
Stewart
Dannie's Trailer Sales, Inc
Don Wilson
James Wallace
Landis Gulf
Auto Service
N. Court Dial
Parker Tire Shop
Cushman
Whizzer Motor
Schwinn
C. R. White
H. D
Athens Building Material CO
Acme Dry Cleaners
Nash
Rambler
Kinneer Motors
Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge
Plymouth
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Cincinnati Livestock
USDA
U.S
Miller’s Sanitation
Guysville
Coolville R. D
Elmer W. Sutton
U. S
Electric Motor Service
Union Dial
W. O. Rose
Bob
Bartlett
Mahaffey Motor Service
Central Ave
Pittsburgh
Johnson Furn
West Roofing Co
Depot St
William J. Sycks
D. M. Goddard
Grange Insurance Baughman’s Agency
Benjamin Moore & Co
Kerr-Hunter Hardware
Dean and Barry Paints
Baker & Stauffer
E. State
Majestic
White House
Strawn Plumbing
Sherwin-Williams
Virginia
Beasley Holzer
Orchard Hill
Lancaster, Ohio
Mr. Beasley
Janet Christy
Long Bottom
Hank Everett
Wally Boden
Vivian's Aviaries & Aquarium
Norwood
Tedrow
Route 2
Elmer Fairchird
Carpenter
Point Rock Store
Logan Fairground
Walls Leathercraft Co
Richland
Hampshire
Farrow
Coolville
Otis Allen
Isaac Lewis
Clifton
Elmer Rutter
Lincoln Weldealer Tee
the Matters Blog
Lincoln Electric Company
Lincoln
Lincoln Farm Welders
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