Local students return from Camp Christian weekend
Nelsonville Nine local high school students and Joan Williams The Plains have come home Sunday evening after a week at Camp Christian. Fifteen junior high students left Sunday for the camp to stay until Saturday afternoon. Names include Dick Bradbury Jeannine Carol West Rosalie Ann Hartley Barbara Lee McKnight Janet Keplar Patty Conner Ruth Ann Tolliver Marilyn Sue Martin Patricia Ann Anderson Jon Herdiitzka Verna Irene Cabie Linda Sue Tharp Jacky Bateroan Jim Huddy and Dixie Lee Dixon. Parents and friends accompanied the group and returned those who had spent the past week there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Joan Williams
the Plains
Camp Christian
Dick Bradbury
Jeannine Carol West
Rosalie Ann Hartley
Barbara Lee McKnight
Janet Keplar
Patty Conner
Ruth Ann Tolliver
Marilyn Sue Martin
Patricia Ann Anderson
Jon Herdiitzka
Verna Irene Cabie
Linda Sue Tharp
Lamnecek Invites Officials To Discuss Relief Hold Up
Gallia County lines exposed as welfare funds appear delayed in February reimbursement for poor relief. J F Lamneck, state welfare director, writes that hold up may be until county cooperation on the permanent disability fund. Gallia, Harrison, and Guernsey counties face participation issues. Commissioners, Prosecutor Halliday, and Auditor Bodimer prepared for talks in Columbus on June 19 to resolve the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. F. Lamneck
State of
Columbus
Court House
Gallia
Harrison
Guernsey
State Welfare Department
Gailia
Tom Daniels
Chauncey I. Johnson
Harry M. Wilcox
Halliday
Charlies W. Bodimer
Gracie Louise Long Granted Divorce in Common Pleas Court
Gracie Louise Long age 19 of Berger Sr. has been granted a divorce from John Franklin Long of Park Central Hotel in the common pleas court. The 1944 marriage in Hot Springs Arkansas ended amid charges of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Custody of their minor child was awarded to Gracie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gracie Louise Long
Berger Sr
City
Common Pleas
John Franklin Long
Park Central Hotel
Hoting
Ark
Municipal court fines and forfeiture in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis municipal court Ralph Burgert was fined five dollars and costs for speeding. Phyllis Isabel Nolan of the city paid five dollars for violating a stop sign. John Russell of Patriot forfeited a fifteen dollar bond on an intoxication charge. The piece also notes sale of unclaimed property by the Athens city police chief at the City Waterworks garage on Wear State Street at 10 30 AM June 73 1951 terms cash on the day of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ralph Burgert
Jackson
Phyllis Isabel Nolan
City
John Russell
Patriot
City of Athens
City Waterworks
Wear State Street
Public auction sale of Athens property in 1951 case
In Athens County Ohio Common Pleas Court case 10014 the execution against Miaintiff Welch proceeds. At 1 30 PM July 23 1951 the east door of Athens County Court House will offer for sale 288 in Factory Gould and Company Add to Athens now 181 W State Street a five room house with four story metal roof basement and fittings appraised at 2500 can not be sold for less than two thirds cash on day of sale Sheriff George Bateman Deputy Parliner Rowland and Rowland Auctioneers 4-10-51.
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State of
Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
KR. DD
Welch
Miaintiff
Neil M. Welch
Maymie L. Welch
Athens
Iniet
Fatrie Gould and Company
State Street
W R Francis Dies Aged 50 At West Columbia
Wilbur Ray Francis 50 died of a heart attack at his West Columbia home. He worked as an electrician for Marietta Manufacturing Co. at Point Pleasant. Survived by two sisters and six brothers, with funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. in West Columbia EUB Church. Burial Suncrest Memorial Park. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Columbia
Wilbur Ray Francis
Francis
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
George P. Francis
Lula Mason
Charleston
Marie Francis
Marion
Ralph Francis
William Francis
Syracuse
Carl Francis
Lawrence Francis
Pomeroy
EUB
W. Gearhart
Ralph Mahoney
Suncrest Memorial Park
Hearing for driver postponed in court
GALLIPOLIS The case of Robert Nibert, city, charged with driving while intoxicated, scheduled for hearing Monday, has been postponed pending the return of an ill witness on vacation. The case of Howard Hunt, charged with driving while intoxicated, is scheduled for Common Pleas Court Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Nibert
Howard Hunt
Common Pleas Court
Births and discharges at Holzer Hospital notes
Birth announcements list several new arrivals including William Aaron Penick and Dennis Bales among others with residences such as Gallipolis, Oak Hill, Wellston and Logan. Discharged patients include a long roster led by William Hall, Mrs Lester Cobb, Mrs Marshall Canaday, and Barbara Ann Harris among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hall
Lester Cobb
Marshall Canaday
George Yonker
Donald Arrick
Dale Ellensworth
John Hood
John Ward
George Senda
T. D. Snodgrass
J. C. McKay
Thomas Drape
A. D. Morrison
George Ingalls
Eugene Porter
Robert Ellis
Clyde Serrett
Doris Jacks
Lowell Northup
Gallipolis Locks Log Shows Numerous River Tugs and Movements
The docket records boat traffic on the Kanawha and Ohio systems. Stevenson and Louisiana lead up and down the Kanawha routes with times from early morning to night. Additional vessels including Semet Hatfield Price Bruce Atlas Memphis and others appear with up or down statuses. Onto River gauge readings show a fall from thirteen to the lower eleven range, with Kanawha Falls rising to three point five seven.
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Gallipolis
Stevenson
Memphis
Camelia H
la. m
Keystone
Jefferson
Rand
Cherokee
Chris
Keeley
iFern
Y. m
Twain
Tecumpseh
Onto River
Kanawha Falls
Kimberly camp meeting and local notices in Nelsonville area
Two week long Kimberly camp meeting starts June 24 at Pilgrim Holiness Camp Grounds Route 33 near Kimberly crossing with an all day service on July 4. Daily Vacation Bible School opens and runs two weeks with instructors from Whitworth College and New York Biblical Seminary. Roosevelt Club meets in Nelsonville Legion Building. refreshments served by Ladies Auxiliary. Obituary notes Maude Brown buried at Greenlawn Cemetery Wednesday. In Vancouver a roof repair ends with an elderly man saved after dangling from a rope tied to the chimney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Pilgrim Holiness
Route 33
Kimberly Crossing
William Deer
Nelsonville Hospital
Idd Brown
Merle Millican
Richard Cole
Whitworth College
Washington
Margaret Bedford
New York Biblical Seminary
York Township
Roosevelt Club
Legion
Nelsonville
John Chilcote
Athens
Robert Hatfield
Columbus
Eugene Pickett
Lancaster
Floyd Brown
Corrective Fly Control and Plant Disease Notes
The county extension agent outlines fly control options for livestock including sanitation, spray choices like DDT methoxychlor and lindane, and proper application. It cautions against overreliance on chemicals, stresses cleanliness of barns, and notes potential insect resistance. The article also warns of wildfire disease in field set plants, suggests Bordeaux treatments, crop rotation, soil conservation, and pasture limeing and fertilizing, plus farmer family cooperation and breeding measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobado
Ion
Tina
Agricultural Extension Office
CIC Club Meeting Notes and Local Movements
The CIC Club met with Mrs. J. C. Burk of Gallipolis. 14 members attended and bingo was played. Joseph Simon opened an independent chain store in the old W. F. Deem building and runs a fruit and vegetable market in Middleport. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jenkins moved into the Niday property. formerly of Gallipolis. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Onley and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Black and Cora Black. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lester and niece Marcia of Detroit spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Messeir. Mrs. Lester’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Short of Columbus, visited Mr Short’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Short. Mrs. W. W. Ricketts spent two weeks with her two sons in Kentucky. Christine Black.
Two Alleys Made One Way Thoroughfares in Nelsonville
Nelsonville allows two alleys Cables Alley and Beasleys Alley to operate as one way streets. Council enacted traffic regulations at the May meeting, with markers installed. Cables Alley traffic must enter from Washington Street and travel toward Franklin or Columbus. entrances from Franklin or Columbus are prohibited. Beasleys Alley access is via Columbus Street toward Washington Street. entrance from Washington is prohibited. Parking in both alleys is forbidden.
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Nelsonville
Cables Alley
W. Franklin
W. Columbus St
Beasley's Alley
Carnes Alley
W. Washington
W. Columbus Sts
Council
W. Franklin St
W. Washington St
Nelsonville Emblem Club Installs Officers Friday Night
Nelsonville Emblem Club holds its annual officer installation Friday at the Elks Home. A 6:30 p m dinner in the dining room precedes installation at 7 o'clock with Mrs Hazel Garrett as installing officer. A dance for new officers and out of town guests is set for 10 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville Emblem Club
Elks Home
Hazel Garrett
Fellowship covered dish supper at Christian Church
The June Fellowship covered dish supper will be held Wednesday in the social rooms of the Christian Church. The event honors aged and shut ins and will start at 5 30 p m. The Christian Woman's Fellowship will run the program with Mrs Dix Powell as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Christian Woman's Fellowship Group
Dix Powell
Simonton Rites Held For Former Nelsonville Resident
Graveside services were held at Greenlawn Cemetery for William Bill Simonton, 56, a former Nelsonville resident who died Saturday in a Montgomery West Virginia hospital. A miner by trade, he lived with his sister Mrs Ben Davis in Smithers West Virginia. He is survived by his sister one daughter Mia a son Jack Kerr and a granddaughter Beverly Ellen Kerr of Galion a half brother Tom Simonton of Smithers and a half sister Mrs Etta Conaway of Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Greenlawn
William
Bill) Simonton
Montgomery
W. Va
Ben Davis
Smithers
Mia
Jack Kerr
Beverly Ellen Kerr
Galion
Tom Simonton
Etta Conaway
Evans at Wooster Meeting Attends Synod Sessions
NELSONVILLE Rev and Mrs John Lloyd Evans of the First Presbyterian Church attend the annual sessions of the Ohio Synod in Wooster Mrs Evans represents Athens Sagat and serves as presiding officer during the past year as moderator of the synodical group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Lloyd Evans
First Presbyterian Church
Wooster
Ohio Synod
Synodical
Evans
Athens Sagat
Levering Rites Wednesday in Nelsonville
Funeral services for George Levering 78 who died Monday at Mount St Mary Hospital will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Stout funeral home. The Rev Paul M Niswander will conduct the service with burial in Connett Cemetery. He was a retired coal miner and lived with sister Mrs Jake Gleason on Logan Route 3. He leaves two sons Jerome Michigan and Albert Canton Ohio, three brothers Henry Charles and Edward Nelsonville Route 1, six sisters including Mrs Gleason and Mrs Horton, and five grandchildren with three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
George Levering
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Stout Funeral Home
Paul M. Niswander
First Methodist Church
Connett Cemetery
Levering
Connett
Jake Gleason
Logan
Donald
Jerome
Mich
Albert
Canton
Ohio
Henry
Charles
Edward
Gleason
Billa Horton
Walbridge
Ida Ball
Mary Burchfield
Columbus
Josie White
Margaret Johnson
Mount St Mary Hospital Notes Names and Addresses
Mount St Mary Hospital notes list individuals including Wayne Dennis and Pamela Jeffrey in Nelsonville and Gore, with several residents from Glouster and Trimble. Some entries show routes such as Route 1 and dismissals noted for Mrs Oscar Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Dennis
Logan
Pamela Jeffrey
Nelsonville
Anita Jeffrey
Nancy Smith
Buchtel
Sherman Russell
Glouster
Mary Kathryn Harris
Gore
Mary Hartman
Don Huddy
Vern Sayre
Trimble
Oscar Davis
Robie Henry
Mary Bradley
Pearl Phillips
Murray City
Willard Ault
Chillicothe
Dixon Family Observes Father’s Day in Nelsonville
Mr and Mrs W R Dixon spend Father’s Day in Nelsonville with their son and wife Mr and Mrs William J Dixon of Baltimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W. R. Dixon
William J. Dixon
Baltimore, Md
Driver Fined $10 in Nelsonville Court
Albert Ober dier of South Viera pleaded guilty to unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in Earl Hilleary court after arraignment on Monday. He was fined ten dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Albert Oberdier
South
Viera
Earl Hilleary
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Lamnecek
Gallia County
Crossroads Rangers
Evergreen
Ruth Aan Douber
Esther
Norma Powell
Nancy Thompson
Marjorie Largen
Patty Neal
Sandra Knotts
Ruth Douber
Centerville Flying Needles
Centerville
Jenea Hayes
Sylvia Simms
Bettie Blanton
Helping Hands 4 - H Club
Carolyn Thomas
Marilyn Reese
Rhea Ann Underwood
Jean Ann Blazer
Katie Lou Martin
Carol Mor
Gan
Mrs. Thomas
Northup Cloverettes
Virginia Cremeans
Madge Pettus
Joan Pettus
Kathryn Elliott
Mae Belle Saunders
Donna Lou Kuhn
Caroline Cremeans
Donna Gail Sheets
Cremeans
Little Kyger Valley Girls
Nan Thompson
Roll Call
Ruby Lucas
Ida Mae Thompson
Donna Thompson
Donald G Mink
Patricia June Fellore
Bidwell
Marion A. Lowks
Northup
Hilda S. Patterson
Crown City
George Bateman
Aghoge
Coun Ohio
Dare . Parnniter
Rowland
Auamnere
W. R. Francis
Holzer Hospital
Carl Myers
James Raymond Rubenstahl
Ted Harder
Ewington
William Aaron Penick
Gallipo
Chester Bennett
James Price
Coalton
Rutland
Harley Crump
Dennis B. Bales
Wellston
Clifton M. Reese
Donald Eugene Single
Cheshire
Willis H
Markham
George Butner
Sion Cine
S. Court St
Maude Brown
Vancouver
Duncan Murray
Dick Turner
Eeevice
San Fernando
Calif
William P. Smith
Soil Conservation District
Kanalga
Nelsonville Social Notes
Simonton
Mrs. Evans
Schine
CTU
Suse Ray Milland
John Hodiak
Nancy Davis
Lewis Stone
Jean Hagen
Air Cadet
Union Station
White House
Fearn
N. Court Athens
Technicolor
Ronald Rhonda Reagan - Fleming
Bruce Bennett
Bill Williams
Woah Beery
Peter Hanson
Lewes
F Foster
Geoffrey Homes
George Wortting
Winston Miller
William H. Fine
William C. Thomas
Meley
Cowboy Copas
Lazy Jim Day
Oklahoma Cowboys
Grand Ole Opry
Ernie Tubbs
Quick's Drug Store
Jon Hali
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