Beauty Learning Found In Hills Around Athens
Athens lies among hills with North and East Hills drawing the most interest for over a century. The piece recalls early tours, initials carved on High Rock, Sunday walks with fathers, and later ownership shifts to Bill Ring East Hill and Dan Stewart holdings. It notes hunting was rare as hill life grew slowly.
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Athens
North Hill
C.W.H
Father
East Hill
Peach Ridge
Bill Ring
Dan Stewart
Stewart
Dan Steward
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Canaanville
Parkersburg
Marietta
Security Bank
Lancaster Street
Great Ridge
Hocking River
Ring Holdings
Congress Street
Snow Brothers
Chauncey Personals Dinner Guests Refer To Local Families
Wednesday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Kostival and their sons included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hotary with Michael and Kathy, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lang with Julie Ann, both from Detroit. Athens residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard Jr. visited Frances and Janice Howard. Additional visits included Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Clark of Athens to the Howards, and Howard Bobo and family hosting Gernet Bobo’s group. Sunday visitors included Ted Langley and Joe Charney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Kostival
Paul
David
Charles Hotary
Michael
Kathy
Jack Lang
Julie Ann
Detroit
Mich
Elizabeth Kostival
Charles Howard Jr
Athens
Frances Howard
Janice Howard
Pearl Clark
Howard Bobo
Garnet Bobo
Children
Columbus
Ted Langley
Murray City
Joe Charney
the Plains
Man Fined $25 for Littering in Nelsonville
Paul Fields of 875 S Front St Columbus was fined 25 dollars and costs in Mayor Earl Hilleary's court for placing injurious objects on the highway. He was charged with dumping beer bottles from a car onto Ganal Street on U S 33.
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Nelsonville
Paul Fields
S. Front St
Columbus
Earl Hilleary
Fields
Ganal St
U. S. 33
Passion Play Slides Shown For Meeting
Mrs Lester Risch of Logan presented projected slides from the Passion Play in Oberammergau Bavaria to the Women’s Society of Christian Service. The event highlighted village life and play characters as the Bavarian village hosts the production every ten years. Mrs C D Betts presided. next study course session by Dr Wentz set for Sunday at 7 p.m. Florence Coakley and Marie Barton led devotions. a plate collection supported Lancaster Camp Ground work.
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Nelsonville
Lester Risch
Logan
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Oberammergau
Bavaria
Risch
C. D. Betts
Twig 3 Holds Meeting at Mrs Najms Home
Mrs. T. J. Najm hosts Twig No. 3 Mount St Mary Hospital Guild at 422 West Washington Street Nelsonville Monday evening. Final plans will be made for the annual spring card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Najm
Twig No. 3
Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild
West
Washington Street
Births Reported at Mount St. Mary Hospital
Miss Kathleen McClelland and Mrs. Mary Davis welcomed births at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Also listed are Mrs. Pauline Brown, Stuart Speelman, Mrs. Jerry Smith and son, Mrs. Teddy Martin and son, Mrs. Josephine Tipton, Mrs. Dorothy Carr, and Mrs. Anna Hill with their newborns in the Mount Saint Mary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen McClelland
Glouster
Clarence
B. Richards
Shawnee
Mary Davis
New Lexington
Pauline Brown
Millfield
Stuart Speelman
Nelsonville
Jerry Smith
Mineral
Teddy Martin
Buchtel
Josephine Tipton
Dorothy Carr
Anna Hill
Letart Ladies Aid Meals and Birthday Observances
The Oakgrove E U B Church Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Virgil Adkins home to celebrate the birthdays of Rev. and Mrs. John Isenhaur with a dinner. Cakes were baked by Maud Roush Naomi Yeager and Ercel Adkins for the occasion. Present were Maud Roush Amy Bastian Ethel Fry Laura Gibbs Ada Thompson Naomi Yeager Atchie Hoffman Ercel Adkins Nellie Adkins and Ethel Rayburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Fry
Laura Gibbs
Ada Thompson
Naomia Yeager
Atchie Hoffman
Ercel Adkins
Nellie Adkins
Ethel Rayburn
Regular Meeting of Nelsonville Methodist Club
The Nelsonville Methodist Class 21 held a regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Lulu Courtney on W Washington Street. De votions were led by Mrs. Courtney and Mrs. Blanche Jonas. Guests included Mrs. Anna Riley. After business, a social hour included contests with prizes awarded to Mrs. Riley and Mrs. Barton.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Lulu Courtney
W. Washington Street
Courtney
Blanche Jonas
Oda Elliott
Freda Dilcher
Nora Weiss
Oda Greene
Florence Coakley
Marie Barton
Anna Riley
Riley
Barton
York Boosters Open 1961 Membership Drive
York Athletic Boosters kicked off the 1961 membership drive at the regular meeting. President Fred Sayre announced plans for an All-Sports banquet on April 27 and thanked volunteers who helped during recent basketball tournaments at York High School gym.
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Nelsonville
York Athletic Boosters
Fred Sayre
Boosters
Sayre
York High
Record Hop Saturday at The Connett School
Nelsonville hosts a record hop Saturday evening from 7 30 to 10 30 sponsored by The Connett Community Center. Music will be provided by Tom and The Imperials.
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Nelsonville
Connett
Connett Community Center
Tom and the Imperials
Dancing at Red Men's Hall Saturday Night in Nelsonville
Dancing at the Red Men’s hall in Nelsonville will start at 8 p m Saturday. A local band supplies the music and the public is invited to attend.
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Nelsonville
Red Men’s Hall
Keyettes Present Program at Kiwanis Meeting
Four members of the Keyette Club sponsored by the Kiwanis Club led a Thursday Kiwanis program under Sherwood Costen. Beverly Burris spoke on projects, Sharon Pillsberry gave a club history noting 35 members, Roberta Stracher directed, Rita Jividen and Kathy Blaine provided piano music. Steve Safford was introduced, with Richard Sommers as guest. Pancake sale at the Moose Home March 18 at 10 a.m. Dr C E Roth of Morris Harvey College to speak next week.
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Point Pleasant
Keyette
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Sherwood Costen
Cherie Mitchell
Beverly Burris
Keyettes
Sharon Pillsberry
Roberta Stracher
Rita Jividen
Kathy Blaine
York Grange No. 2436 Renews Meeting Schedule
At a recent York Grange No. 2436 meeting in Nelsonville members approved a new meeting pattern to be held on the first and third Thursdays of each month. The next session will be Thursday March 16 with reports approved. Three members were reported ill and 24 members plus two guests, Mr and Mrs Raymond Case of Trimble Grange, attended. Edward Howard presided.
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Nelsonville
York
Raymond Case
Trimble
Edward Howard
Knapp and Young Listed in Court Filing
George William Knapp, 38, Middleport, and Bertha Henrietta Young, 21, Mason, are named in a recent court filing as involved parties in an unresolved matter.
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George William Knapp
Middleport
Bertha Henrietta Young
Mason
Survey Map Impresses Commission
POINT PLEASANT The city planning commission met to review progress of the land use survey map by Michael Baker Jr. The group praised the work, noted errors in drafts, and urged updating zoning laws to guide future growth and protect citizen property through a new zoning ordinance.
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Point Pleasant
City Planning Commission
Arthur Gelwicks
Wadear Thabet
R. W. Eshemar
Seldon Fleming
Cecil Diverick
The
Chamber of Commerce
Michael Baker Jr
Mason County Land Transfers Summary
Land transfer items listed involve pairs such as Mary and Albert Gloeckner to Robert and Nancy Hamm and Carrie and Herman Stewart to Robert and Nancy Hamm. Transfers include real estate in Lewis District City Waggener District Point Pleasant and involve various buyer-seller pairs including James and Elsie Bennett and Floyd Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mary
Albert Gloeckner
Carrie
Herman Stewart
Lewis
Robert
Nancy Hamm
John
Joan Hushion
City
Cecil
Nancy Milton
Everett
Lula Sutton
E. B. Jones
John McNeill
Marjorie Ball
George
Ida Chamberlain
J. H
Margaret Caudill
Lester Lee Caudill
Frank Young, Jr
Jean Young
Lewis and
Irma Gilland
James
Elsie Bennett
Waggoner
Floyd Road
James and
Flag rehoists at Public Square in Nelsonville
The Stars and Stripes again flies from the Public Square flag pole after two years of disuse due to rotted halyard. An itinerant steeplejack restored the pole and Troop 69 of the Boy Scouts now handles raising and lowering duties. A nylon Ohio State flag accompanies the American flag.
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Nelsonville
Stars and Stripes
Troop 69
Boy Scouts
Ohio
Jesse Brown Elected Mason DHIA President
Jesse Brown of Letart Route 1 was elected president of the Mason County Dairy Herd Improvement Association at a Henderson school dinner meeting. Clair Lee Cottrill of Point Pleasant was named vice president, W. W. Brown became secretary-treasurer, and W. A. Barker with Rolfe Lee were elected to the board of directors.
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Point Pleasant
Jesse Brown
Letart
Mason County Dairyherd Improvement Association
Henderson School
Clair Lee Cottrill
W. W. Brown
W. A. Barker
South Side
Rolfe Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
Cottrill
William Gregory
Edsel Gainer
West Virginia University
Europe
Pioneer Farm Women’s Club
J. E. Sommer
Glenn Smith
Archie Henry
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Chauncey
Alan Ladd
Don Murray
Hell
Twig 3
T. J
Bollinger
Dean
Keller & Weltner
Monument CO
John N. Eberst
Hocking
Fairfield Counties
W. Hunter St
Mount ST. Mary Hospital
William Padgett
Methodist
Drive
Israel
Walworth Barbour
Massachusetts
Foreign Service
U. S
Kennedy
London
Grange
Mason County
Mason Dhia
Bert Henderson
Thomas Bumgarner
Ray Crank
Emmett Mitchell
Elmer Newberry
Otis Randolph
David Roush
Marcus Weaver
T. A. Williamson
Howard Roush
Bill Lewis
G. C. Sommer
Lyle Austin
Charles McCulloch
Charles Blessing
Clair Lee Cottri
Shoe Store
Nitta
Nelsonville Home & Savings Association
Washington St
Savings & Loan
Elberfelds
Big Yank
General Electric
Ev Ee Eee
Lawn Boy
Elberfelds Housewares Dept
Rayon
Wiss
Pomeroy
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