Red Cross Worker Dies After Fall at Kyger Plant
Nelsonville resident John Wright III 27 died of injuries from a 50 foot fall at Kyger electric plant near Gallipolis. A WWII Navy veteran, he leaves a daughter and several relatives. Funeral plans are pending. Red Cross Day in Nelsonville set for March 2 with door-to-door fund drive to meet Athens County quota to support area hospitals and blood programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Nelsonville
John* Ight III
Washington St
Holzer
Gallipolis
Kyger Electric
Wright
Myrtle Wright
John Wright II
United
Jack Oakley
Athens County
York Township
Nelsonville Drive
West District
William Mechem
W. Washington St
Jeannette Grim
Fort St. Central
John Hoffman
E. Columbus St
Chestnut St
Williams Rites Are Thursday
Mrs. Emma B. Williams 64 of Glouster Route 1 died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by husband Frank, daughter Mrs. Margaret Spinnner, Detroit, son Frank Eldon, Houston, six grandchildren, brothers Joe Smith New Straitsville and Charles Smith Canton. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Glouster Church of Christ with Revs Teater and Hoon officiating. Burial place to be announced. Friends may call at Norbert W. Johnston funeral home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Emma B. Williams
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Frank
Margaret Spinnner
Detroit
Frank Eldon
Houston
Texas
Joe Smith
New Straitsville
Charles Smith
Canton
Glouster Church of Christ
D. K. Teater
Miles E. Hoon
Norbert W. Johnston
Relief From Arthritis Told By Mrs Wier In Mississippi
Mrs. Lela S. Wier of 2805 Arbor Hills Drive, Jackson, Mississippi, reports relief from arthritis after ankles were set. She asks for further correspondence and promises to explain how the relief was obtained. The notice includes $50 and a box number 2695.
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Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
Jackson 7
Mississippi
Rights of common stock owners in the stock market
Readers ask about ownership rights, dividends, and voting. The article notes that common stock represents a company stake, offers potential growth, and may pay dividends. shareholders on the New York Stock Exchange vote for directors and receive annual financial reports. It also cites dividend histories and suggests seeking guidance from a Member Firm of the Exchange.
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New York Stock Exchange
Investment Facts and Monthly Investment Plan details
Investment or bots explains what stocks are typical cash dividends and how to buy stocks. It invites readers to obtain a free copy of Investment Facts from a local member firm or by writing to the New York Stock Exchange Dept. 1-G, P.O. Box 252, New York 5, N.Y.
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The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
New York
P.O
N.Y
Local Ground Observer Corps planned for Nelsonville
In Nelsonville, W. L. Cooley announces a local Ground Observer Corps post to be manned if sufficient volunteers respond. Joy Arlene Parsons is named chief observer at 726 Poplar St., with other volunteers welcome. The group stresses citizen awareness of atomic age realities and aims to deter hostile air activity through vigilance.
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Nelsonville
W. L. Cooley
Cooley
Joy Arlene Parsons
Poplar St
Observer Corps
Murray City Mayor Fines Offenders
Murray City Mayor Floyd Stiff presided over cases in which Everett Saunders of Lancaster pled guilty to intoxication and disorderly conduct and to an earlier unsafe operation charge. Saunders was fined 50 dollars plus costs for disorderly conduct and 25 dollars plus costs for the traffic offense, totaling 109.90 dollars. Other weekly fines included Richard Sanborn of Corning 5 dollars for unsafe operation with excessive speed, Eugene Hinkle and Willard Hartley of Corning 5 dollars each for disorderly conduct, and Alden Easterling and George Archer of Murray City 5 dollars each for fighting.
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Murray City
Everett Saunders
Lancaster
Floyd Stiff
Floyd Keeton
Keeton
Ed Donson
Richard Sanborn
Corning
Eugene Hinkle
Willard Elsworth Hartley
Alden Easterling
George Archer
Dairy Freeze Set to Open on Canal Street in Nelsonville
Mack's Dairy Freeze returns for the season on Canal Street opposite the William Brooks Shoe Factory. Owned by Jack Wilson and Dr J L Wheaton, it expands to include sandwich shop fare. Jerry Pack will manage the dairy operation while the original Bennett creamery is dismantled for future parking space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mack
Canal St
Wm. Brooks
Bennett &Co
Jack Wilson
J. L. Wheaton
Jerry Pack
Bennett Frame Creamery
Alfred Richardson
Dairy Freeze
Sandwich Shop
Hospital Notes Record Births And Admits In Ohio Towns
Mount St. Mary Hospital notes several births and admissions across Nelsonville Logan Chauncey Gore and surrounding areas. Families listed include Kline Lehman Antle Gardner Dailey Gibbs True Malone Matheny Sweneryck Crothers Cullison Campbell Weaver Glazier among others with residences in Nelsonville Athens Chauncey Glouster and Gore Route areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kline
Nelsonville
Ernest Lehman
Logan
John Antle
Chauncey
Caroline Gardner
Jackson
Emma Dailey
Eleanor Gibbs
Athens
Eugene Jones
Nellie True
Gore
Charles Malone
Trimble
John Matheny
Earl Sweneryck
Columbus
Larry Crothers
Annual Spring Preaching Mission at Church of Christ
GLOUSTER The Annual Spring Preaching Mission runs March 14 to 27 with Fred Griffith of Grayson Kentucky as speaker. Miss Mary Bliffen of Huntington West Virginia directs nightly Gospel song services and solo. Youth meetings occur daily at 4 p.m. with new choruses and Bible drills. all school age youth invited.
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Glouster
Church of Christ
Fred Griffith
First Church of Christ
Grayson
Mary Bliffen
Huntington
W. Va
Mrs. Clara I. Shaw Rites Set For Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara I. Shaw who died Monday at her Carbon Hill home will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Warren North funeral home with visitation beforehand. Burial will be in Carbon Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Clara I. Shaw
Carbon Hill
Warren- North Funeral Home
Opportunities Unlimited film shown at Cosmopolitan Club meeting
Nelsonville Cosmpolitan Club met at Mrs. Harry Jacksons home to view Opportunities Unlimited a documentary on progress of handicapped persons in the U S The meeting featured a prayer by Miss Elizabeth Linton and a club call to unity Officers were elected Mrs Wesley Hawk president Mrs C D Duncan vice president Miss Louise Pearce treasurer Miss Elizabeth Linton secretary Eight members and one guest attended The club also accepted invitations to Community Garden Club Tea and Figg Style Show in Athens Refreshments were served next meeting set for Mrs R M Browns hosting.
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Nelsonville
Opportunities Unlimited
United States
Cosmopolitan Club
Harry Jackson
C. L. Stout
Elizabeth Linton
Pandorian Club
Athens
Harry Ball
OFWC
Ironton
Wesley Hawk
C. D. Duncan
Louise Pearce
Adda Neikirk
Ohio
R. M. Brown
Temple 137 Pythian Sisters Meet On Feb 24
Temple 137 Pythian Sisters met February 24 with Mrs Nellie Patton as most excellent chief presiding. Plans were made for the temple's annual inspection on April 14 by inspecting officer Mrs Roxy Wolfe district deputy grand chief. An anniversary dinner is set for March 24 at the K of P Hall with games and a pot luck follow. Next regular meeting is March 10.
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Temple 137
Pythian Sisters
Nellie Patton
Roxy Wolfe
P. Hall
Engagement announced for Nancy L Wolfe and Curtis D Coakley
Miss Nancy L Wolfe daughter of Mr and Mrs Watson Wolfe to Curtis D Coakley son of Mrs Zoe Henshaw and the late Dean Coakley. Wolfe a Nelsonville High School graduate Coakley also a graduate now stationed at Mitchell Field Long Island NY. Wedding planned for July.
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Nancy L. Wolfe
Watson Wolfe
Curtis D. Coakley
Zoe Henshaw
Dean Coakley
Miss Wolfe
Nelsonville High School
Mr. Coakley
Mitchell Field
Long Island
N. Y
Warden Fined for Deer Jacking in Battleboro
Battleboro Vermont report shows part time deputy game warden William Townsend aged 26 fined 300 dollars and 8.05 dollars in court costs for jacking deer by spotlight. He received a suspended 60 day jail sentence. The case centers on illegal attracting deer for killing using a spotlight.
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Battleboro
William Townsend
Retiring 82-Year-Old Advertising Man From Columbus
Colonel William M. Mumm USAR Ret. announces retirement after 52 years in advertising. He began in 1897 in Buffalo and helped form the umm Romer Co. in 1903, later moving to Columbus. His son William Mumm Jr also retires from the agency. He lives with daughter Marie at 1747 Franklin Ave Columbus.
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Nelsonville
William M. Mumm
Usar Ret
Columbus
Mumm
Public
Buffalo
N. Y
Philadelphia
Springfield
Ohio
Henry E. Romer
umm-Romer Co
Colonel Mumm
William Mumm, Jr
Marie
Franklin Ave
Annette
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Here
Buchtel Seaman Visits Hong Kong on Cruiser
Jimmy L. Martin a seaman son of Mr and Mrs Frank Martin of Buchtel serves aboard heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh of the U S Seventh Fleet. The ship recently visited Hong Kong after taking part in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands. The Pittsburgh had been at Fukuoka Japan for liberty when ordered to join other units for the operation.
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Buchtel
Jimmy L. Martin
Frank Martin
Pittsburgh
Hong Kong
U.S Seventh Fleet
Fukuoka
Japan
Grass Run Visitors Share Weekend At Groveport
Mr and Mrs Bradford King and nephew Don King from Groveport spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs W Brogan. Mr and Mrs Louis Boggs and son Mickey visited Mr and Mrs M McClure. Mr and Mrs Wirt Hellen and children called on Mr and Mrs J Charles Keller who has returned from 20 months service in Korea and is visiting sister Mrs Carol Durst. Arnold Jackson worked in Rutland for C L Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford King
Don King
Groveport
W. Brogan
Louis Boggs
Mickey
M. McClure
Wirt Hellen
J. W. Brogan
Charles Keller
Korea
Carol Durst
Arnold Jackson
Rutland
C. L. Patterson
Glouster Woman Fells From Furnace Fire Damages Home
A Glouster woman was overcome by smoke Saturday as an overheated oil furnace under a single story five room house caused about 400 in damage. Firemen confined the blaze to the floor and a partition while Norbert Johnston and Scoutmaster Edwin Carpenter revived Mrs Cavey with an emergency inhalator. the Caveys thanked volunteer firefighters and Boy Scouts who operated the device.
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Glouster
Here
Jesse Carey
Norbert Johnston
Edwin Carpenter
Patriotic Social Notes From Glouster Bishopville Meeting
Glouster notes describe the Missionary Society of the Church of Christ gathering at Mrs. Florence Bulen’s Bishopville home. Vice president Bulen led in president’s absence with readings on Lincoln Washington and McArthur and Frances Willard. A $40 donation to missions was recorded. A host of guests and a Moose Hall potluck note follow along with Legion Auxiliary meeting plans.
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Ethel Hopper
Thelma Cannon
Washington
McDonald
Alta Brown
Addie Williams
Donald Easler
Douglas McArthur
Pauline Gamwell
Frances E. Willard
Crooksville
Past Noble Grand Club Plans Birthday Dinner Meet
The Past Noble Grand Club will convene Thursday in the IOOF hall for a 6 p.m. birthday dinner. Members are asked to bring a small gift for the games portion of the gathering.
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Noble Grand Club
IOOF
Auxiliary Eagles Meet Tuesday Evening at Eagle Hall
The Auxiliary of the Eagles will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Eagle Hall with a coffee hour. Thea Chapter CES members will gather at the Masonic Hall on Wednesday at 1 p m to make cancer dressings under Mrs Julia Smith of the Athens County Cancer Society. UMW of Auxiliary will meet.
Dinner Honors Athens Woman on 81st Birthday
Mr and Mrs Harold Dew of Glouster Route 2 hosted a dinner Sunday for Mrs Z W Williams of Athens celebrating her 81st birthday. Guests included Z W Williams Athens Mr and Mrs Charles Williams Gladys Ivers Frank Williams Floyd Easler and son Paul Chauncey Paul Porter and son John. Mrs Gladys Ivers baked a cake.
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Harold Dew
Glouster
Z. W. Williams
Athens
Charles Williams
Gladys Ivers
Frank Williams
Floyd Easler
Paul
Paul Porter
John
Chauncey
Wallace circle of obituary notices and seminary visit
Mr and Mrs W W Wallace return from Broomsburg Ind after death of brother in law E W Ferguson husband of Louise Drake Ferguson. Daniel K Teater Glouster Church of Christ minister returns from Cincinnati Bible Seminary and stays with Woodrow Perry president of the Cincinnati Seminary. David Grubbs ministerial student joins Teater for weekend with Enlow Grubbs. U S highways east west use even numbers and north south use odd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Wallace
Broomsburg
Ind
E. W. Ferguson
Louisa (Drake) Ferguson
Wallace
Ferguson
Daniel K. Teater
Glouster
Perry
Cincinnati Seminary
David Grubbs
Mr. Teater
Enlow Grubbs
Trimble McCune announce birth of Marilyn Jane
Mr and Mrs Melville McCune of Trimble announce the birth of daughter Marilyn Jane on February 11 at Mount St. Mary Hospital. They also have three sons Dwight of Pontiac Michigan Roger and Neil at home. Grandfather is Mr Charles Antle of Sharpsburg.
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Trimble
Melville McCune, Trimble
Marilyn Jane
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Dwight
Pontiac
Mich
Roger
Neil
Charles Antle
Sharpsburg
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Hastings-on- Hudson
Wm. H. Giger
Hawthorne, N. J
Harriet Wallshein
Minsk Pinsk
Ninjinovgorod
Mrs. Shaw
Nelsonville Social Notes
Warden
Randolph Scott
Bob Hope
Marble Cliff
LJ Agricultural Limestone Division
Marble Cliff Quarries CO
Moose Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Noble Club
U. S
DR. Drake
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Celina Mutual Insurance Company of
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G. W. State
Robert Gayle
Dayton Kern
Fremont, Ohio
Cambridge, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Jackson, Ohio
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Youngstown, Ohio
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
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Toledo, Ohio
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