Teachers Remain Same in Buchtel York Schools
The board of education announced no changes to teachers for the upcoming term starting September. Superintendent Christman will lead the Buchtel high school with staff including Byers, Barnes, Hutchins, Martin, Powell, Sharp, Jeddeloh, Wolf, and Hoy. Elementary teachers listed include Whitmore, King, Whitmore, Rife, Gray, and more across Connett Oak Grove Kimberly Deanville with several named aides.
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Nelsonville
Buchtel-York
Educa
Rev. Wentz Assigned to Nelsonville Pastorate
The Rev. F. Melvin Wentz, formerly of West Liberty, is assigned to lead the First Methodist Church in Nelsonville. He and his wife will move to the parsonage at 80 E. Columbus St. They have two married children. The Nelsonville church had been without a pastor since the spring death of Rev. Victor Pfeiffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Melvin Wentz
West Liberty
First Methodist Church
Ohio
Lakeside
Springfield
Wentz
E. Columbus St
Victor Pfeiffer
Mrs Moledor Dies at Kent
Mrs Raymond Moledor formerly Opal Perry died at her home on Renfield Road Kent Ohio She had been an invalid about 16 years She was the daughter of Cleve and Grace Perry Oak Grove Her parents and a brother Jesse are dead Surviving are her husband and a daughter Martha Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 30 a m in Kent with burial there
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Nelsonville
Raymond Moledor
Opal Perry
Renfield Road
Kent
Ohio
Cleve Perry
Oak Grove
Jesse
Martha
Donahey Bites To Be Tuesday
Mrs. Vic Donahey 73 of Columbus widow of the former Ohio governor and USS senator died Saturday while visiting her son Robert Donahey in Shaker Heights. Heart attack. Native of Dover. Survived by 10 children J H Donahey and Richard S Donahey in Nelsonville, 20 grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 1 p.m. Linn Hert Funeral Home New Philadelphia.
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Nelsonville
Vic Donahey
Columbus
Ohio
USS
Robert F. Donahey
Shaker Heights
Dover
J. H
Richard S. Donahey
Linn-Hert Funeral Home
New Philadelphia
Sorority Delegates Leave for Florida
Four members of Psi Chapter Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority depart by car from Logan for Florida to attend the international convention. The gathering runs June 18 to 22 at the Roney Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach. Delegates include Miss Marilyn Garverick and Mrs. Richard Weis, with Mrs. Jack Tschappat and Mrs. Errett McWilliams accompanying, joined by Mrs. E. W. Tschappat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Psi Chapter
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Florida
Roney Plaza Hotel
Miami Beach
Sunay
Marilyn Garverick
Richard Weis
Jack Tschappat
Errett McWilliams
E. W. Tschappat
Miss Ermine Wolfe Rites Held Sunday
Last rites for Miss Ermine Wolfe of Maxville were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Perry County. The Rev. Wilburn Martin officiated with music by the Inbodens and Lois Inboden and burial followed at the local cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ermine Wolfe
Maxville
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Perry County
Wilburn Martin
Ernest Inboden
Perry Inboden
Lois Inboden
Lowell Inboden
Hint to motorists on spark plug installation
Advice on using new gas kets when fitting spark plugs and tightening firmly with a wrench. After initial use, tighten further to prevent compression leakage.
Ohio Highway bids invited for Athens County projects
The Ohio Department of Highways in Columbus invites sealed proposals by June 30 1953 for two linked projects in Athens County Route 33 York and Dover Townships pavement 6.15 miles and Route 38 Athens Township pavement 1.40 miles with asphalt and concrete surface courses. A $4500 certified check is required. The director may reject any or all bids.
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State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Athens County
York
Dover
Athens Township
Department of Industrial Relations
State Highway Department
Department of Highways and Office
Es Ag Linzell
Weltzheimer Funeral Rites Wednesday
Charles E. Weltzheimer former Nelsonville resident died Sunday in Columbus after a lingering illness. Surviving are his wife two daughters three sons ten grandchildren and a sister. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p m Wednesday at P E Rutherford funeral home Columbus with burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Nnville
Charles E. Weltzheimer
Nelsonville
Milford Ave
Columbus
Weltzheimer
Philadorian Lodge
F&am
St. Bernard Chapter
Kaybron
Logan Commandery
Knights Templar
First Presbyterian Church
Indianola
Margaret Montgomery
Akron
Helen Whitmore
Charles E. Weltzheimer, Jr
Oberlin
Paul H
William A. Weltzheimer
Macie Frisse
New Port Richey, Fla
P. E. Rutherford
Green Lawn Cemetery
Homemaking Class Set to Start at Nelsonville High
An adult education homemaking class will begin Thursday at 2 p.m. in the home economics room of Nelsonville High School. Any Nelsonville resident woman may attend, directed by Mrs. Doris Williams. The first meeting will introduce the course and decide lesson topics. Classes run about two hours for six sessions.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Doris Williams
Nine Hocking County Women Complete Red Cross Course
A Logan A course in home nursing under the Hocking County Chapter American Red Cross was completed last week by nine local women. Participants include Mrs. Gwen Warner Mrs. Stanley Huston Mrs. Katie McClandlish Mrs. Julia Shaw Mrs. Helen Holzapfel Mrs. Elizabeth Schorr Mrs. Vera Johnson Mrs. Ruth Ward and Miss Earlene Shubert. The class, taught by Mrs. Arthur Mason, finished successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Marianne Shaw
Hocking County
American Red Cross
James Horwell
Shaw
Susan
Services Conducted For Frank Blosser
LOGAN Services for Frank Blosser of Enterprise who died Wednesday were held at 1 p m Saturday at the Leonard Funeral Home. Revs Carl Wilson and E F Braden officiated. Music by Mrs George Jurgensmier and Mrs Walter Leonard with Carl Spence. Pallbearers Ross Steele Thomas Morris Fred Swartz Russell Stimson Lawrence Helber William Helber. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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LOGAN
Frank Blosser
Enterprise
Leonard
Carl Wilson
E. F. Braden
George Jurgensmier
Walter Leonard
Carl Spence
Ross Steele
Thomas Morris
Fred Swartz
Russell Stimson
Lawrence Helber
William Helber
Oak Grove Cemetery
Rites Planned for Mrs Ella Lutz Widow of Benjamin Lutz
Logan funeral notices outline arrangements for Mrs Ella Lutz who died Sunday at 2 30 p m at her Rockbridge Route 1 home. Surviving are two sons Robert and Russel Lutz and four daughters Frda Price Mattie Alley Bessie Kern and Cora Stevens. Body to be taken to Robert Lutz home. Leonard Funeral Service in charge.
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Logan
Ella Lutz
Benjamin Lutz
Rockbridge
Jilly
Robert Lutz
Russel Lutz
Freda Price
Mattie Alley
Detroit, Mich
Bessie Kern
Lancaster
Cora Stevens
Columbus
Leonard Funeral Service
Minor Crash Reported in Canal and Hocking Intersection
Nelsonville police investigated a minor Friday collision at Canal and Hocking. Vehicles driven by local Wyatt A. McMillen and Elmer Dunn of New Marshfield sustained slight left front fender damage. Dunn paid for the McMillen car damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Canal and Hocking
Wyatt A. McMillen
Elmer Dunn
New Marshfield
Dunn
McMillen
Hocking Valley Engineers Chapter Speaker Named
J Nealon, superintendent in charge of construction of the Ogan sewage disposal plant, addressed the Hocking Valley Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers Thursday night. Nealon served as a captain in the Sea Gees during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking Valley
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
J . Nealon
Ogan
Nealon
Seagees
Floriculture Chiefs Named For 53 Fair
Logan The Hocking County Fair Board announces Orlandeth and Seber Lehman will supervise the floriculture department with Mrs Joseph Phillips and Mrs Mae Bright as assistants. Exhibits may use flowers not raised by the exhibitor, a change from prior rules. Lehman will donate flowers for others to use. entrants may obtain flowers from his garden free of charge. He urges growers to plant zinnias marigolds snapdragons asters mums gladioli and cacti and notes fertilizer will enlarge marigolds and zinnias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlandeth Lehman
Driver Fined Total of $15
Nelsonville reports Donald L. Tippett of Newark pleaded guilty to backing a motor vehicle on a state highway without due vigilance and to operating without a license. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs and 5 dollars plus costs respectively. Dale Smith of Lancaster posted a 20 dollar bond for intoxication. bond forfeited. Two others, Branch W. Carsey of Columbus and Martha A. Davidson of Athens, pleaded guilty to crossing a yellow line and were fined 10 dollars plus costs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Donald L. Tippett
Newark
Arthur Kennedy
Tippett
Dale Smith
Lancaster
Mayor's Court
Branch W. Carsey
Columbus
Martha A. Davidson
Athens
Births and admissions at Mount St Mary Hospital notes
Record lists a birth to Donald Lee Adams and wife at Logan Route 2. Admissions include Frank McGreanor Glouster Mrs Woodrow Wilson Guysville Route 1 Donald Hamilton Jr New Straitsville Route 1 Ralph Peyton Shawnee. Discharges include Mervin Shivers Carbon Hill George Hartley New Marshfield and several Nelsonville area patients.
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Frank McGreanor
Glouster
Woodrow Wilson
Guysville
Donald Hamilton, Jr
New Straitsville
Ralph Peyton
Shawnee
Mervin Shivers
Carbon Hill
George Hartley
New Marshfield
Robert Campbell
Nelsonville
Walter McCloskey
Jacksonville
Nora Hamer
Murray City
Andrew Hiaway, Jr
New Lexington
Lawrence Kettell
Nelsonite
Frank O'Mara
Ila Carr
Yocke To Be Honored At Farewell Party
Nelsonville church women host a farewell party for Rev. Fr. Edwin F. Yocke at St. Andrews Parish Hall on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. He has been assigned to churches in Smithfield and Piney Fork and will depart Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Edwin F. Yocke
Father Yocke
Smithfield
Piney Fork
Kiwanis Ladies Night Arranged for Tuesday
Logan Kiwanis Club schedules a ladies night dinner and entertainment for Tuesday at Union Furnace High School. Mrs. Paul Hinkle of Celina will speak. Mrs. Hinkle is native of England and wife of Mercer County's Ohio General Assembly representative.
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Logan
Logan Kiwanis Club
Union Furnace High School
Paul Hinkle
Celina
Hinkle
England
Mercer County
Ohio General Assembly
Local Names Listed in Public Notice
A brief public notice lists residents including Mrs. Robert Harris of Logan and Mrs. Ray Snider of Logan along with I. R. Haas of New Plymouth Robert Bryant Bateman of Logan Clarence Nihiser of Haydenville.
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Ray Snider
Logan
I. R. Haas
New Plymouth
Robert Bryant Bateman
Clarence Nihiser
Haydenville
Daughter Julie Ann Born to Blackburns in Nelsonville
Mr and Mrs Melvin Blackburn of 346 Chestnut Street announce the birth of a daughter Julie Ann at Mount St Mary Hospital on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Melvin Blackburn
Chestnut St
Julie Ann
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ohio Northern graduate becomes drug clerk at Risch Drug
Logan Zaccharius, a recent Ohio Northern University graduate, started work as a pharmacist at Risch Drug Store last Wednesday. He and Mrs Zaccharius reside in an apartment on N. Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bill Zaccharius
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Risch Drug Store
Zaccharius
N. Walnut St
Storm Damage Delays Logan Pool Swim Classes
A heavy wind and electrical storm damaged the municipal pool in Logan last Friday night causing a postponement of the swimming and lifesaving program scheduled to begin Saturday. Pool manager Dwight Diller said a lightning strike cut power to the pump house, halting water purification. Repairs may take four days to a week, with classes starting as soon as possible. Enrolled are 103 people, mainly children, plus older youths and adults in lifesaving and advanced swimming. Instructor Jess Lee, a registered Red Cross lifeguard from Athens, will lead weekday morning sessions free through the Logan Recreation Commission and Kiwanis Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Dwight Diller
Diller
Jess Lee
Athens
Red Cross
Logan Recreation Commission
Kiwanis Club
Logan Optometrist Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Dr. S. E. Erbaugh, a Logan optometrist, returned home Friday from Miami Valley General Hospital where he had been under treatment for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
S. E. Erbaugh
Miami Valley General Hospital
Rev. Stanley Benton Assigned to Logan Methodist Church
The Logan Methodist pulpit filled after Dr. R. B. Wilson’s retirement. Rev. Stanley Benton, 31, formerly at Amanda and Pickerington, will move into the parsonage and preach his first sermon next Sunday. Dr. Wilson retires after nearly 48 years of ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Methodist Church
R. B. Wilson
Ohio
Dr. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Milk Samples Tested at Mobile Brucellosis Lab
More than 100 milk samples are brought to the mobile testing lab at the fairgrounds for ring test screening. The free program invites farmers to have milk tested, with optional blood tests for herds and beef cattle if initial results indicate brucellosis.
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Logan
Fairgrounds
Hocking County
Pipe Carving Hobby Draws Navy Vet and Celebrities
Blackie Felsten, a Navy veteran, leads a growing hobby of at home pipe making. He carves bowls to resemble famous people and pets, gifting most pipes while some reach celebrities like J Edgar Hoover and Bing Crosby. The California Hobby Show drew 115000 viewers.
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Lloyd Settle
M. J
Blackie) Felsten
Blackie
Johnny Ray
Lucille Ball
Douglas MacArthur
Jimmy Durante
Snozzola
Milton Berle
Blackie Felsten
California
J. Edgar Hoover
Bing Crosby
Dan Thornton
Art Baker
Bennett Cerf
Glen McCarthy
Felsten
Plymouth Motor Car Sponsors Model Airplane Champs
Hobby column highlights include nine to voting age youths building models for the Plymouth sponsored International Model Airplane Championships this summer. Also notes on dolls, USS Missouri scale model, stamp swaps, Pine Tree Central HO gauge railroad, and DIY leathercraft slippers.
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Plymouth
Dells
Missouri
Pine Tree Central
Besi John Page
Odel Railroader
7Th St
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Davenport
Iowa
Hobby Corner Request Prompts Reader Submissions
The Messenger invites readers to share hobby ideas and projects by writing FUN AT HOME c o The Messenger and enclosing a self addressed return envelope.
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C-O
New Officers Installed By FOE Aerie 2168
Logan Aerie 2168 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles installed new officers. Nash Phelps served as grand worthy past president and Carl E Blosser as grand conductor. New officers include Robert Kern president and Elmer Miller vice president.
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Logan—Aerie
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Nash Phelps
Grand Worthy
Carl E. Blosser
Robert Kern
Elmer Miller
Leo Beale
Bert Davis
Charles Jones
Carl Bell
Francis Roberts
Federal Aid Listing Sought for Three Roads in Logan County
Logan County Engineer Albert Seabright and Hocking County commissioners ask the state to add three road sections to the Federal Aid System. Eligible roads require 40 foot rights of way, 24 foot wide roadways, bridges, and culverts, plus at least five inches of gravel.
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Logan
Albert Seabright
Hocking County
Seabright
Mann-Thompson
Finterprise
Lake Logan Rd
W S Robey Dies at 90 Former Logan councilman obituary
William 8S Robey 90 longtime Logan resident former city councilman and retired stationary engineer died at 6 25 p m Saturday while under care at Valley Hospital He was a Knights of Pythias member survived by wife Elizabeth Robey three grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Leonard Funeral Home with Dr R B Wilson officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William
Robey
Hocking
Valley Hospital
Hocking County
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Elizabeth Robey
Leonard Funeral Home
R. B. Wilson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan Boy Injured In Bicycle Door Collision
A 12 year old Logan boy suffered bruises to his right arm and leg when his bicycle struck the open door of a parked car. Police report the accident occurred as the rider collided with a car owned by Chalmer Allender on Logan Route 2 near 419 Washington Ave. Robert Harvey, son of Curtis and Mrs. Harvey, was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Robert Harvey
Curtis O. Harvey
Washington Ave
Chalmer Allender
County PMA Ballot Set for July 10
LoganHocking County farmers in the Production and Marketing Administration program will ballot July 10 to 18 to select ten committees, one per township except Ward and Green which share. Eligible voters are PMA participants. Ballots by mail choose three committeemen two alternates and a county convention delegate. Office terms begin Aug 1 and cover agriculture conservation, price support payments and crop insurance operations. Farmers with unseeded wheat in 1951 1962 or 1953 may apply for 1954 wheat acreage allotments by June 25. Applications available at Logan PMA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan — Hocking County
Paul Shaw
PMA
Ward
Green Townships
Ae Pma
Shaw
Logan
Post Office Box Rentals Go Up July 1
LOGAN The post office announces lock box rental increases effective July 1 with quarterly fees collected starting June 20. No 1 box rises from 75 cents to 1.10, No 2 from 1 to 1.50, No 3 from 1.50 to 2.25, and No 4 from 2 to 3. The department cites higher costs for equipment maintenance and service as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Carl M. Brown
Ae Department
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Kimberly
Esther French
Mary Beckler
Deanville
Edith Hardy
Lena Huddy
Dorothy Blackburn
Rev. Wentz
Donahey
Leo Dillon
Neal Dillon
Essel Garrett
Charles Groves
Walter Gartner
Ray Poling
Donald Lee Adams
Delbert Canter
Nelsonle
Millard DeLong
John Rizer
Lawrence Reeves
de Frances Steenrod
Nelsonlte
Frances Steenrod
John Roberts
Buchtel
Kiwanis
Hocking Valley Hospital
Robert Harris
Belgium
Margrete Heron
Illinois
THE
Sacamaneshae
Jerry Cavinee
Laurelville
Annebelle Lanning
Miami University
Oxford
Jerry
Kenneth Cavince
Miss Lanning
Roy Lanning
FOE Aerie
W.S. Robey
SMOK
Dr. S. E. Erbaugh Optometrist Farmers & Merchants Bank
Jackson Street
Nelsonville, Ohio
Thompson
D. Phillips
G. Thompson
Western
Canada
Jesus Saves
Jesus Heals
John L. Carr
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