Red Cross volunteers to receive instructions in Nelsonville drive
Nelsonville and York Township Red Cross campaign chair Earl Hilleary announced a meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Junior High study hall where all solicitors should attend. Full drive instructions and distributed forms will be provided. The local drive opens Friday and aims to complete by March 14. The Athens County Chapter, led by William V Rowland and secretary Mrs Clarke Daily, is highlighted with a roster of area solicitors across multiple streets and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
Red Cross
York Township
Alf
So Township
Athens County
William V. Rowland
Clarke Daily
Church St
M. E. Street
Terrace St
Roland Mender
Joe Stedem
Watkins
DeSteiguer
Ward Phillips
Mason City Hill
Florence Hicks
Chestnut
Harper
Seine
Harley Hubble
South Side
Roy Davis
North Side
Kenneth Weaver
Railroad
Patton
James Hall
Jackson
C. D. Crawford
Jack Wilson
Myers St
Farrow Ave
Fart Worthington
Canal
Depot
Don McMannis
Robbins Road
Wilbert Hartman
Norma Shivers
Dorr Run
Arthur Green
Adams
Cables Alley
Pearl Hartley
Fayette and Monroe
Hazel Mellinger
Columbus
Public Square
Jefferson
Bess Neiman
John
William
Edwards
Frank
Brooks
Anna Morman
Love
Cross
Madison
Patty Ray
W. Washington
Carl Young
Willis Wolfe
Franklin
Mound St
Mark Ave
Jack Riley
Clifford
Hospital
Fdna Oliver
Pine Grove Ave
Charles Tanguay
Jack Haffner
City
Don Simonton
Fort
Ruth Wheaton
William Mechem
Franklin St. Kill
Dix Powell
Washington
William Friedrich
Ralph Weymiller
Grover
Ned Tolliver
Pleasantview Ave
Roy Hall
Verity
Diamond
Fairview
Bernard Jacobs
Scott
Dean
Oak and
College Ave
Rita Altier
Elizabeth
William Dean
Clinton
Jennie Mae Davis
East Side
James Bland
West Side
Far! Streets
Short
Lillian Wright
Fern Martin
Ruth North
Willa Brown
Lucille Dixon
County Brotherhood To Meet at Millfield
CHAUNCEY The Athens County Men's Brotherhood of the Church of Christ will meet in the Millfield church Thursday evening. A hymn sing and service will open the meeting. A short film will be shown, Roy Byers, who was recently elected for layman's work in this will give a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Athens County Men’s Brotherhood of the Church of Christ
Millfield
Roy Byers
Local Social Snippets Reach Across Nearby Towns
Sixteen Sixteen reports Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Maha visiting Cleveland relatives while Pearl McGinnis returns from Marion with family. Ernie Hartley former local resident had funeral services in Vinton. Dailey Wood travels to Wolfpen for daughter Mrs Paul McElroy illness. Junior Lamber leaves Marine Corps honorably. Local residents John Mahaffey Dailey Wood and John visit Athens. Mrs Marion archives visits Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis Maha
Cleveland
William Mahaffey
Pearl McGinnis
Marion
G. Mahaffey
Vinton
Ernie Hartley
Dailey Wood
Wolfpen
Paul McElroy
John
UMW Local 3852 to Meet Friday at Kimberly Wash House
Local 3852 of the United Mine Workers of America will meet Friday at 3 p.m. at the Kimberly wash house. Carl Duskey serves as president and Roger Hartman is secretary of the local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Nelsonville
Kimberly Wash House
Carl Duskey
Roger Hartman
Admitted to Hospital For Cunningham Family News
Chauncey Hollis Cunningham received word Monday that his father Vint Cunningham, living with a daughter in Ambus, has been admitted to Grant College Hospital in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Hollis Cunningham
Vint Cunningham
Ambus
Grant
Columbus
Valley Lodge Meets Tonight in Pythian Building
NELSONVILLE Valley Lodge 169 Knights of Pythias will convene at 7 30 p m in the Pythian Building. No initiatory work. Plans for March 11 include conferring knight rank. Bakoo Temple 28 Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan Columbus members expected. William Hardy asks area K of P members to attend and bring another member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Cosmopolitan Club Meeting Report
Mrs John Saltz hosted the Cosmopolitan Club at her W Washington Street home with Misa Louise Pearce presiding. Secretary pro tem Wes ley Hawk, treasurer Emma Beard, and new member Mildred Carlin were noted as officers and attendee, plus remarks on Inside Ohio magazine promotion and Eisenhower's Open Letter to America's Students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Saltz
Willa Brown
Cosmopolitan Club
W. Washington St
Misa Louise Pearce
Wesley Hawk
Ethel Jackson
Emma Beard
Miss Pearce
Circleville
Federated Club
Ohio
Beard
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
C. D. Duncan
Mildred Carlin
Roll Call
Pandorian Club Schedules Silent Auction Meeting
The Pandorian Club will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs J L Wheaton. Members are asked to bring items for a silent auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pandorian Club
J. L. Wheaton
Visions from Bingahura Highlight First Methodist WSCS Meet
Mrs. Wesley Hawk presided over the WSCS gathering in the First Methodist Church social rooms. Hymns accompanied by Miss Bessie Stephenson opened the session. The program Visions from Bingahura featured Mrs. Newton with assistants. Circle counts favored Circle 2 while Weaver-Steenrod hosted the social period with St Patrick decor and coffee service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Hawk
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Bessie Stephenson
Freda Newton
Bingahura
Newton
Willa Brown
Irma Wilson
Fred Voigt
C. D. Duncan
E. E. Bell
Hawk
Marie Weiss
Lucile Glenn
Bessie Ball
Victor Oakley
Circle 2
Weaver - Steenrod
St. Patrick's
John Williams
Laurel Cliff News The Brookovers attend funeral and travel notices
Mr and Mrs Lester Brookover attended the funeral of Robert Carsey in Athens. Thomas G Parker spent a 10 day leave with relatives and Mrs Parker will accompany him to Fort Leonard Wood. Wanda Biar has been ill and cannot attend school. The Brookovers were called to Sand Ridge West Virginia for illness of Mrs Brookovers mother. Mrs Pearl Parker reports other local visits and a Meigs General Hospital discharge for Norman Schaefer who is confined at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
Lester Brookover
Robert Carsey
Athens
Thomas G. Parker
Walter Walker
Star Route
Robert Bowen
Parkersburg
William Tubbs
Dolores Casto
Phoenix Briz
Ernest Powell
George Harmon
Vaughn McKnight
C. F. Hill
Norman Schaefer
Meigs General Hospital
Pearl Parker
Local residents noted in hospital visits and social calls
Gene Foreman of the U S Army visited his wife and mother Mrs Dora Foreman. Mrs Jack Moore of Railroad Street was taken to Chillicothe Hospital for observation and treatment. Mrs Bert Harkins stayed with her mother Mrs John Wilkerson at the Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis where Mrs Wilkerson underwent surgery. Mr and Mrs Herbert Norton visited their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Everett Cline of Peebles. Multiple local families hosted Sunday guests including the Dixons, the Dixons and Willis Dixon and sons at Allensville. Mr and Mrs William Simmons hosted Miss Susan Phillips of Cincinnati and Mr and Mrs Mick Jolly of Youngstown. Miss Minnie Campbell of Columbus and Mrs John Bishop and daughter Mamie visited Mr and Mrs Howard Weyand. Money potatoes and cigarettes were stolen from Lawrence Murdock store at Puritan. Mrs Minnie Gibson was mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Foreman
U. S. Army
Dora Foreman
Jack Moore
Railroad St
Chillicothe Hospital
Bert Harkins
John Wilkerson
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Wilkerson
Herbert Norton
Everett Cline
Peebles
S. A. Dixon
Willis Dixon and
Raymond Kruger
Allensville
William Simmons
Susan Phillips
Cincinnati
Mick Jolly
Youngstown
Minnie Campbell
Columbus
John Bishop
Mamie
Howard Weyand
Lawrence Murdock
Puritan
Minnie Gibson
Double Services Set For Backus Brothers
Nelsonville notes funeral services for Eugene and Earl Backus, once Nelsonville residents, drowned on a Florida fishing trip. They will be at Jerry Spears funeral home in Columbus on Thursday at 10 a.m. Burial follows at Green Lawn Cemetery in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eugene
Earl Backus
Columbus
Stuart
Fla
Jerry Spears
W. Broad St
Green Lawn
Mrs Stella Lester Rites Set For Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Stella Mae Lester who died Monday at her Mineral home will be conducted by Rev Harvey Smith at Chauncey Methodist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Nye Cemetery in Chauncey. Friends may call at the home of her daughter Mrs Vera Wallace on Mill Street Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Stella Mae Lester
Mineral
Harvey Smith
Chauncey Methodist Church
Nye
Chauncey
Vera Wallace
Mill St
Belie Center visitors and Detroit guests in Glouster
Mrs Mayme Rogers from Belie Center Ohio visits her brother Mr W R Balderson while his wife tends to illness in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Detroit guests include Bob Carter and Ralph Henry with family. The Lewis home hosts Mrs Vina Lewis Lena Richards and Lewis Richards for a birthday dinner honoring Mrs Lewis on her 78th and her grandson Lewis on his 25th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Rogers
Mayme Balderson
Belie Center
Ohio
W. R. Balderson
Balderson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Bob Carter
Detroit
George Carter
Ralph Henry
Carol Ann
Russell Lewis
T. D. Lewis
Lewis
C. L. Merritt
Henry Williams
Merritts
Florida
Frank Price
Vina Lewis
Athens
Lena Richards
Lewis Richards
Columbus
Band Boosters Plan Front License Plates Sale in Nelsonville
Nelsonville Band Boosters announce the sale of special front license plates for cars to start in a few days after a high school meeting. Plates will be available from deputy registrars and Band Booster members. Pearl Hartley leads the club. Also set is the April 24 Nelsonville High School Band concert. tickets will go on sale. A limited number of birthday calendars remain at Shafers News Stand. The group votes to launch passing baskets as a new fund raising effort with two baskets starting immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Band Boosters Club
Pearl Hartley
Ohio
Nelsonville High School
James Gilbert
Shafers News Stand
N T Club Social at Mrs Wilsons Home
Mrs May Wilson hosted the N T Club gathering with Ola Eddy in charge. Members read pieces by Kate Vaughn Bessie West May Wilson Mary Johnston Louise Zimmer and Inez Williams. A mystery prize went to Faye Clemons. Lunch followed and the next meeting was set for Mrs Anna Conway's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
May Wilson
N. T. Club
Ola Eddy
Kate Vaughn
Bessie West
Mary Johnston
Louise Zimmer
Inez Williams
Maude Vaughn
Grace Zimmer
Faye Clemons
Anna Conway
Death Claims Virs Spires in Rutland
Mrs Milton Spires 72 died Tuesday evening at Meigs General Hospital after a brief illness. She leaves husband three daughters J W Conrad Zanesville Walter Bennett Portsmouth and Robert Durant Barberton Ohio and son Ralph Crooksville Ohio with one son Brad deceased. Six grandchildren and six great grandchildren survive. Visitation at Chase Funeral Home until services Friday 2 pm at Rutland Methodist Church officiated by Rev Robert Linter. Burial in Miles Cemetery Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Milton Spires
Meigs General Hospital
J. W. Conrad
Zanesville
Walter Bennett
Portsmouth
Robert Durant
Barberton
Ohio
Ralph
Crooksville
Brad
Chase Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Robert Linter
Miles
Report Forms Ready For New Driver Law
In Nelsonville the report forms required by Ohio’s new driver responsibility law, effective March 1, have been received and are available on request from the Police Department at City Hall. Chief James Cope urges drivers to familiarize themselves with the new requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
City Hall
James Cope
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes
The column lists births and admissions at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Notable entries include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Everett Windle of Nelsonville, along with several patients and accompanying towns such as Glouster, Logan, Carbon Hill, Shawnee, Murray, and Millfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Everett Windle
Nelsonville
Frank Miller
Millfield
Walter Zukoski
Glouster
Robert Vasco
Murray
Mrag Ruth Horn
Carbon Hill
Augusta Roberts
Clara Self
Shawnee
Linda Sorrell
Buchtel
Richard Gail
Joseph Fiume
Logan
Pearl Wray
Ira Maxwell
New Straitsville
Thomas Morris
Rita Marie Standley
Sue Stone
Valley Johnson
Elizabeth Tinker
Bell-ans Ad Promises Quick Heartburn Relief
An old Bell-ans advertisement claims fast relief for heartburn and gas with tableta. It offers 80 cents refund if not satisfied and asks readers to send an empty carton to Bell-ans in Orangeburg New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell-ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Rev V C Pfeiffer Dies En Route To Washington
The Rev. V C Pfeiffer pastor of the First Methodist Church in Nelsonville died of a heart attack Tuesday near Winchester Virginia while traveling with his wife to Washington DC to visit a daughter. He had been in Nelsonville since June after transferring from Victory Methodist in Dayton and was active in youth work and the Couples Club. Funeral at First Methodist Friday at 2 30 PM with viewing at the parsonage Thursday. flowers omitted with gifts to the church mission fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Victor C. Pfeiffer
First Methodist Church
Ohio Conference
Winchester
Washington, D.C
Pfeiffers
Columbus St
Pfeiffer
Victory Methodist Church
Dayton
Ohio
Couples Club
Methodist Church
Church Mission Fund
Hope Seen For Break In Stoppage
Nelsonville reports a possible early end to the three week I T A work stoppage as members to meet at K of P Hall Thursday at 7 30 p m to review a counter proposal on pay adjustments from local permit holders. About 200 truckers stopped coal hauls to Poston Station Hamley Run on Feb 9 in protest over low income and conditions now reportedly easing. Permit holders filed for a new tariff with PUCO seeking original demands, but hearing date and decision remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Independent Truckers Association
K. of P. Hall
Paul Wolfe
Poston Station
Hamley Run
PUCO
Myrta Musser Dies at Home in Rutland
Mrs Myrta Musser 83 died at her son Dale’s home where she had lived for a year. She was preceded in death by husband George. Surviving are sister Mrs Martha Huston of Cleveland and brothers James McClure Akron and Sardin McClure Charleston W Va. Funeral services Saturday at 1 pm Chase funeral home Wells Cemetery burial. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Myrta Musser
Dale
Musser
George Musser
Martha Huston
Cleveland
James McClure
Akron
Sardin McClure
Charleston
W. Va
Chase Funeral Home
Wells Cemetery
Local Visits and Family News Highlight Weekend Figures
Miss Ruth Fiske and nephews Lloyd and Tommy visited relatives on Saturday. Mrs. Minnie Stalder is seriously ill at her Milt Street home. Mrs. Margaret Hamer had minor surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. James Stanley and daughter Sharon and Dick Robinson dined with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fiske. Mark Fiske, an Dayton employee, spent the weekend home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Fiske
Lloyd
Tommy
Minnie Stalder
Milt St
Margaret Hamer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James Stanley
Sharon
Dick Robinson
Mark Fiske
Dayton
Driver Fined for Reckless Operation in Feb Accident
Ralph E. Ogle of Rockbridge Route 1, 19, was fined 15 dollars and costs by Mayor Roger Friend after a State Highway Patrol filing tied to an accident on February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ralph E. Ogle
Rockbridge
Roger Friend
State Highway Patrol
W F Kalt Dies at 83 in Trimble Community
William F. Kalt 83 died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L R Gooding in Trimble after a three year illness. He was born in Columbiana County and lived 60 years in the area. Survived by son Damon Kalt Tucson Ariz daughters Eva Gooding Trimble T L Rissi Alice Whaley Detroit five grandchildren four great grandchildren a stepdaughter Leona Orme Jacksonville a brother Charles Kalt Crow Summit W Va and a sister Mary Hutchinson Harrisville W Va. He belonged to IOOF Charles Thomas Lodge Jacksonville and Jacksonville Eagles. Funeral Friday at 1 p m in Jacksonville Methodist Church. Burial West Union Street Cemetery Athens. Friends may call at L R Gooding home Trimble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Leona Orme
Jacksonville
Charles Kalt
Crow Summit
W. Va
Mary Hutchinson
Harrisville
Charles ‘Thomas Lodge
Gilbert Courtney
West Union Street
Athens
L. R. Gooding
Trimble
Couple's Two Sons Are Home on Leave
Seaman Terry Cunningham and Machinist Mate Fred Cunningham, sons of Mr and Mrs Hollis Cunningham, arrived home Sunday after serving with the Navy in the Mediterranean. Terry has a 20 day leave and Fred a 12 day leave. they will report to Norfolk Virginia at the end of their visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Terry Cunningham
Fred Cunningham
Hollis Cunningham
Navy
Mediterranean
Terry
Fred
Norfolk
Divorce Action Filed by Logan Jones for Custody and Alimony
Mabel Jones filed in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Floyd Jones on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. She seeks custody of minor children and alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Mabel Jones
Floyd Jones
Common Pleas
Burr Oak Auto Tags To Be Sold
Glouster Kiwanis notes a Lake Burr Oak auto plates sale to fund child welfare. The sale will occur at several business spots and support the club and related youth programs. Members discussed the Mannasseh Cutler scholarship delay and ongoing club activities including inter club relations and the Fellowship Cup tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. DeLong
Enlon Grubbs
Hugh Billingsly
Club For Action
Harold Rose
Gallipolis
Chillicothe
Glouster Club
Glouster
Portsmouth Club
Carl Bradbury
New York City
Committee On Agriculture
Boys and Girls
Richard Eddy
Ben Goldberg
Dan Kovach
Merrill Ogg
Daniel Teater
George Campbell
L. E. Richardson
B. R. Angle
Porter Dugan
Northern Ohio Trip Is Made
Mr and Mrs W L Ferrell accompanied by Mrs Viola Sanders motored to Cleveland Saturday as guests of Mr and Mrs Cle Cunningham They were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Edsel Kolister The Ferrells and Cunninghams attended the flower show in the public auditorium Sunday Mrs Sanders remained in Cleveland employed Miss Janis Davis joined the Ferrells to Mt Vernon to visit Donna Jo Ferrell at Mt Vernon Academy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
W. L. Ferrell
Viola Sanders
Cleveland
Cle Cunningham
Edsel Kolister
Ferrells
Cunninghams
Public Auditorium
Sanders
Janis Davis
the Ferrell
Mt. Vernon
Donna Jo Ferrell
Mt. Vernon Academy
FHA Spring Rally Planned at The Plains
Chauncey a county FHA official board met in Amesville Feb 26 with secretary and reporter. A spring rally will be held at The Plains next Tuesday with a sack supper planned. The meeting is for officers candidates chapter degree FHA mothers and advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
FHA
Amesville
Chauncey Dover
Jennie Jackson
the Plains
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Autye Baker
Max Pettit
Tire
James Salmons
John Harris
Franklin Frazee
Cora ‘Salmons Swartz
Swartz
Harris
Hamden
Anne Dirks
Miss Dirks
G. E. Gibbs
John Barron
Robbe Barron
U. S. Air Force
San Antonio Tex
Donald Oberholzer
Roman Miller
Glenview
Ill
Carson Oberholzer
Glenn Perry
Dolpha Perry
Ray Farmer
Vera Farmer
Chillicothe St
Better Home Makers Club
Kermit Ward
Leona Calvin
Dana ‘Salts
Sarah Stephenson
Hazel Wortman
Ida Salts
Norma Bryson
Wilma Salts
Cora Winters
Shirley Buskirk
Mildred Shoemaker
Annebelle Harper
Leone Calvin
Esculine Ward
Philip Ward
Connie Salts
County Brotherhood
Valley Lodge
Nelsonville Social Notes
Zemo
Backus Brothers
Stella Lester
N.T. Club
Ady
Willett
Tappan
Heywood
Wakefield
Madden
Norwalk
General Electric
Delker
Franklin Registered Furniture
Pennsylvania
Fawcett
Stone Chesterhill
Rev. V. C. Pfeiffer
Mr, Pfeiffer
W.F. Kalt
Adv
James H. Wilson
First National Bank
Burr Oak
Quick, Gallaher
Audrey
Lena Keeton
Murray City
Linda Lu Gretz
Audrey's Gift Shop
Franklin St
L. A. Faires
Glouster, Ohio
High St
Broad St
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