Fish and Game Conservation League to Meet
The Fish and Game Conservation League in Nelsonville will meet Thursday, June 29, to review progress on projects. The Big Fish contest with Western Auto Store is under way with several entries. A committee led by T. A. Hickman will develop a plan for an Ohio Conservation Training School, endorsed by the Ohio Conservation Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Fish and Game Conservation League
Dick Smith
Western Auto Store
T. A. Hickman
League
Fish
Ohio Wildlife Division
Fish and Game Group
Ohio Conservation Training School
Everett Hewlett
C. Stanley Mechem
J. Lloyd Evans
Wilbur D. Mender
Ohio Conservation Congress
Philodorian Lodge Plans Observance
Nelsonville observances focus on St Johns Day with Philodorian Lodge 157 F and AM guiding a procession from the Masonic Temple to First Presbyterian Church at 10:30 a.m. Judge Verner Metcalfe of the Court of Appeals will preach the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
St. John's
Philodorian Lodge
F&am
First Presbyterian Church
Masonic Temple
Verner Metcalfe
Court of Appeals
Mrs Cook Dies at 46 After Heart Attacks
Mrs Sidney Cook 46 died Tuesday night in Mount St Mary Hospital after a heart attack at home and a second attack Tuesday. A native of Deanville, she lived in Nelsonville 18 years since marriage to Sidney Cook. Survived by husband, son Jack, daughter Peggy, two sisters Mabel Call and Edna Sweazy, and two brothers Fred and Harry Thompson. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Stout funeral home. Burial Greenlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Sidney Cook
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Fred
Harry Thompson
Deanville
Stout Funeral Home
Greenlawn Cemetery
John Beard 83 Dies at Home Near Mountville
John Beard 83 of near Mountville died Tuesday night after a weeklong illness. Born in Morgan County he lived there his life. Surviving wife Minnie and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for Friday 2 p m at Pizgah Methodist Church Rev Sam Pottet Oakfield to officiate. Burial in Pizgah Cemetery. Friends may call at home anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
John Beard
Mountville
Mr. Beard
Morgan County
Minnie Beard
Pizgah Methodist Church
Sam Pottet
Oakfield
Pizgah
Missed in Census Contact Mayor in Nelsonville
Nelsonville residents who believe they were not counted in the recent census are urged to contact Mayor Earl Hilleary. Preliminary figures show a population of 4845, about 155 short of the 5000 threshold needed to retain the current form of government. Officials are checking for errors and possible temporary absences.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
Auditors Named for Knights of Pythias Lodge Books
A auditing committee of Clifford Barber Paul Wolfe and Henry Kelch is appointed by Acting Chancellor Ward Phillips Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias to audit accounts before installing new officers in July. Harry W Fitch of Granville Ohio is named Administrator of the Estate of Lillie E Fitch deceased of Glouster Athens County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated June 16 1950 John F Newcomb Probate Judge.
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Nelsonville
Clifford Barber
Paul Wolfe
Henry Kelch
Ward Phillips
Valley Lodge 169
Knights of Pythias
Harry W. Fitch
Granville
Ohio
Lillie E. Fitch
Glouster
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Nelsonville Couple Announce March 26 Wedding
Mr and Mrs Landon Shafer of Columbus announce the marriage of their daughter Ellen Marilyn to Lt Francis Loren Olsen USN on March 26 in Evanston Illinois The bride is a Nelsonville High School graduate who worked for the U S Government including a year in Guam and most recently as secretary with the Training Supervisor Industrial Relations Dept Great Lakes Illinois The groom a Halispell High School Montana graduate and Miami Business College Florida alumnus is stationed at Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Marilyn
Francis Loren Olsen
USN
Evanston, Ill
Landon Shafer
Columbus
Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
U. S
Guam
Great Lake
Ill
Halispeel High School
Montana
Miami Business College
Florida
Great Lakes
Mizpah Class Holds June Meeting at Miss Pearce Home
Eleven members of the Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church met in June at the home of Miss Louise Pearce on Poplar Street. After a 6:30 dinner, Miss Elizabeth Linton presided over a business session, with devotions by Mrs. Nola Bishop and a social hour program of contests led by Mrs. Helen Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Louise Pearce
Poplar St
Elizabeth Linton
Nola Bishop
Helen Brown
Shrine announces county wide paper drive effort
At a Hocking Valley Shrine meeting on Tuesday evening a paper drive was decided with date to be announced soon. Roland Pierce leads the local collection while Mrs Elizabeth Murphy and Shrine officers coordinate donations. Logan County collection is led by Mr and Mrs Oddest Stephenson and Mrs Evelyn Salts. County residents are urged to call these organizers with any papers or magazines to donate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Roland Pierce
Elizabeth Murphy
Logan
Oddest Stephenson
Evelyn Salts
Hocking County
Anniversary party for Roy Keplar hosted by Mrs Keplar
Mrs Malinda Keplar entertained with an anniversary party for her son Roy Keplar on his birthday June 19. Guests included Betty Jean Warren Gary Lee Warren Shirley Courtney Beverly Courtney Christina Copeland and Kenneth Lash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda Keplar
Roy Keplar
Betty Jean Warren
Gary Lee Warren
Shirley Courtney
Beverly Courtney
Christina Copeland
Kenneth Lash
Warner and Brooks Heads North for Canadian Fishing Trip
Mr and Mrs Howard Warner and Mr and Mrs William Brooks left today for a Canadian fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Warner
William Brooks
Births at Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital notes list births: to Mrs. Herman Sims Crown City a son. Mrs. F A Haskins Gallipolis. Connie Ruth Wilburn Gallipolis. Mrs. George Champer Gallipolis. Mrs. Lawrence Barry Gallipolis. Mrs. Virgil G Moss Point Pleasant. Mrs. Howard Gibson Jackson. Mrs. Francis A Walters Gallipolis. Miss Louise Roe Jackson. Mrs. Loren Howard Gallipolis. Mrs. Etta George Lloyd Calhoun. Mrs. Martha Roedel Mrs. James Reeves and son. Mrs. Herbert Thivener and daughter. Mrs. Wallace Lee and son. Mrs. Arthur Davis. Judy Chafin. Connie Wilburn. Carol Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Doles
Ray
George W. Craig
Leon
F. A. Haskins
Gallipolis
Robert Ray Lewis
Oak Hill
Connie Ruth Wilburn
George Champer
Lawrence Barry
Robert Eldon Myers
Tommy Myers
Marvin M. Myers
John William Myers
Virgil G. Moss
Point Pleasant
Howard Gibson
Jackson
Etta George
Lloyd Calhoun
Martha Roedel
James Reeves
Herbert Thivener
Wallace Lee
Arthur Davis
Homer Marcum
Judy Chafin
Connie Wilburn
Carol Jones
Hollister Social Notes Honor Dickey Andrews Birthday
Mrs Lawrence Andrews entertained a group of children for Dickey Andrews fourth birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Raymond Merrill and Mr Milton Merrill of Mountain View New Jersey. Tewpie McGee visited brother Charley Morgan in Hemlock. The Aberts and Wilbur Martin visited Phelps parents in Lancaster and Newark respectively.
Rutland Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Rutland social items recount visits and weekend guests across nearby towns. Families such as Deem, West, Fleming, Barton, Atkins, and King share health updates, travels to Ohio, California, and Japan, plus hospital stays and mine incidents, with multiple households hosting relatives and friends in a bustling community snapshot.
Nelsonville Man Recovered After Hospital Transfer
Charles J. Wolfe of Nelsonville Route 2 was returned by ambulance from the Veterans Hospital in Dayton after a stroke of paralysis at his East Clayton area farm. His condition is listed as slightly improved and he is resting at his sister Mrs. Fred Conner’s home nearby.
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Nelsonville
Charles J. Wolfe
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
East
Clayton
Fred Conner
Community Visitors Share Afternoons Across Local Towns
Mr and Mrs C P Warthman and son Jim hosted visits with Earl Warthman of Amanda and with Mrs Effie Brashares. Several families from Logan Lancaster Groveport and Bremen spent time with local residents and attended services at St Mathews Lutheran Church in Logan.
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Enterprise
C. P. Warthman
Jim
Earl Warthman
Amanda
Ross Steele
Effie Brashares
Ted Helber
Billy
Shirley Helber
Albert Redick
Mt. Pleasant
Arnett Griffith
Lancaster
Minnie Lentz
Columbus
Lawrence Warthman
Robert Bryan
Logan
Russell Binkley
Theda Kay
Binkley
C. P. Worthman
Jim Burgoon
Curtis Brewer
Grove
Bremen
Frank Weiss
Bill Mowery
Thelma
Emma Seymour
Arthur Casto
Linda
Bill Helber
William Helber
Local Social Notes From Dexter And Nearby Areas
Loretta Nelson visited her grandparents in Columbus. Samuel Wright enlisted in the U S Air Force and is stationed in San Antonio Texas. E L Bosworth visited his mother. Minne Nichols visited Emma Romine. The Willard Coon family of Proctorville were weekend guests of W A Harless. Ben Stout returned home after visiting nephew C E Stout. condition improved. Flora Chase of Milford is with sister Winnie Bolen helping care for her mother. Charles Steele has sold his farm and now lives with Laura Folden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Loretta Nelson
Harley Amos
Columbus
Samuel Wright
U.S. Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
E. L. Bosworth
Minne Nichols
Emma Romine
Willard Coon
Proctorville
W. A. Harless
Ben Stout
C. E. Stout
Flora Chase
Milford
Winnie Bolen
Charles Steele
Laura Folden
Birth Announcement for John Herrold Lancaster III
Mr and Mrs John Herrold Lancaster Jr announce the birth of a son on June 15 in Tiffin Ohio. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Lester Roby of Tiffin and Dr and Mrs Jach Lancaster of Delaware. Great grandmothers are Mrs Alice Stinchcomb of Delaware and Mrs Mabel Lancaster of Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
John Herrold Lancaster, Jr
Tiffin
Ohio
John Herrold Lancaster III
Lester Roby
Jach. Lancaster
Delaware
Alice Stinchcomb
Mabel Lancaster
Ward family visit and Ohio divorce notice
Recent guests of Mr and Mrs Wesley Ward include Ed Price and son Roxie and Wesley E Ward of Middleport along with Ed Thompson of Addison and Ray Hartman of South Zanesville. A Columbus weekend visit involved Charles Ward and children Anna Mae and Edna Fae. Divorce notice in Athens County Court names Gertrude Compton seeking divorce from George Compton for wilful absence, hearing set after July 190.
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Wesley Ward
Ed. Price
Roxie
Wesley E. Ward
Middleport
Ed Thompson
Addison
Ray Hartman
South
Zanesville
Charlene
Rosanna Ward
Charles David
Keith
Karen
Columbus
Charles Ward
Anna Mae
Edna Fae
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Gertrude Compton
George Compton
Gertrude Comp
Joel B. Draper
Ex-Resident Is Appointed
Charles E. Fleming of Newark formerly of Nelsonville is named representative for the Virgil M. Fogle Agency of Ohio National Life Insurance Co. for Licking County. He served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II and studied civil engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He is married with a young daughter and active in St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Elks, Masons, and Moundbuilders Camera Club. He completed company life insurance courses in Sandusky after leaving the railroad express business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Charles E. Fleming
Newark
Virgil M. Fogle
Ohio National Life Insurance Co
Licking County
Fleming
Navy
University of Cincinnati
Mr. Fleming
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Elks, Masons and
Moundbuilders
Sandusky
Nelsonville and Vicinity
Boy Injures Tongue in Accident at Play
Gallipolis Delmas Wetherholt 14 son of Mr and Mrs Dallas Wetherholt Route 2 Bidwell is at Holzer Hospital with two stitches in his tongue after an injury while playing. Attendants could not determine exact incident.
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Gallipolis
Delmas Wetherholt
Dallas Wetherholt
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
River Traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha District Locks
Canal tolls report river traffic with multiple vessels listed at Gallipolis and Kanawha locks. Measurements show upper gauge 18.2 and lower 18.5 feet, with 30 feet at the rollers and Kanawha Falls rising to 4.86 feet.
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The
Patriot
Willie Mayo
Rowe
Wisherd
Rand
Aztec
Jason
Laughlin
Martin
Ohio
Omar
Forsythia
American
Jean Marie
Atlas
Ravenswood
Monongahela
Price
Bayless
Casablanca
Alice
Kanawha Falls
Rev Evans Selected as Moderator of Synod
Native of Scott Ohio Rev Evans educated at Haviland Wooster Princeton and Penn State. He has led community Bible programs and served Athens Presbytery as moderator and administrator of the Presbytery Farm. He will preside over remaining Synod sessions and lead the ministerial group for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Ohio
Haviland High School
Ohio State University
College of Wooster
Princeton University
Princeton
Henry van Dyke
J. Duncan Spaeth
John J. Davis
Hocking Valley
Evans
Athens Presbytery
Presbyterian
New Plymouth
Presbytery
Robert Longstreth
John Lloyd Evans
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
59Th Synod
Births and admissions at Mount St Mary Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ed Welch of Nelsonville welcome a son. Charles Clifford Haynes and Sheryl Spencer admitted. Juanita Andy admitted in New Plymouth. Discharges include LaDonna Martin of Buchtel Frank Buren of Haydenville and Goldie Spaulding of Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clifford Haynes
Nelson Ville
Sheryl Spencer
Nelsonville
Juanita Andy
New Plymouth
LaDonna Martin
Buchtel
Frank Buren
Haydenville
Goldie Spaulding
Chauncey
Chauncey Local Plans Election for Saturday
Annual election of officers of Chauncey Local 258 UMWA set for Saturday at 10 am in the theater building Chauncey. Members work at Mine 25 of New York Coal Co. Calvin Lanning presides as president and Arthur Green serves as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Chauncey Local 258
UMWA
Chauncey
New York Coal Co
Calvin Lanning
Arthur Green
Father Yocke Attends Hendricks Services
In Nelsonville the Rev. Fr. E. E. Yocke of St. Andrew's Parish traveled to Buffalo to attend funeral services for Rev. Fr. Joseph Hendricks who was killed in a Saturday night automobile accident. Hendricks was brother of Sister M. Leonarda an anesthetist at Mount St. Mary Hospital here.
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Nelsonville
E. E. Yocke
St. Andrew's Parish
Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph Hendricks
Father Hendricks
M. Leonarda
Mount St. Mary Hospital
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Nail Wondy Davis Kaut Tine
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E. L. Murphy
Shepherds
Nelsonville Social Notes
Miss Pearce
Herman Sims
Crown City
Hollister
Rutland Social Notes
Rutland
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Hubert Deem
Leroy Hutton
Sutton
Henry Dean Frederick
Henry Frederick
Westerville
Ira Fleming
Neretha
Bob Roberts
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Elmer West
Debby and
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Homer West
Jane
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Harry Edwards
Millard Grimm
Robert Snowden
Ohio State
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Charles Siders
Pfe
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California
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Japan
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Gordon
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Earl Atkins
Harrisonville
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Bob Rob
Erts and Sons
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Dewey Bentley
Meigs Clinic
Ebersbach
Dwight Mutchler
Chicago
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Dean Chapman
Athens
Raymond
St. Albans
W. Va
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Gerald Greuser
Earnest Saunders
Kelson Phillips
Lillian Moore
Vinton
Frank Utsinger
John Spires
Bernard Higley
Giles Smith
John Utsinger
Ethel Snowden
Allie Gardner
John Meadows
Hollis Gardner
Joella Gardner
Huntington
C. E. Karr
John Williams
Mabel Swan
Langsville
O. Stansbury
James H. Wilson
First National Bank Bldg
Nelsonville, Ohio
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Christy
Fern
Solvay
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Kanawha
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Hollywood
Rev. Evans
Ed Welch
BEG
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Guar Seafighter Cartoon News
Anne Baxter
Techniicolor
Chauncey Local Plans
Father Yocke
Hendricks Services
Public Sq
Tonite & Thurs
Maureen O'Hara
Melvyn Douglas
Deanna Durbin
Robert Paige
Rory Calhoun
Harry M. Popkin
Jackie Robinson
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