Nelsonville Band Wins Superior Rating At Ohio Contest
Nelsonville High School band earned a superior rating at the Ohio Musical Educators District Contest in Ironton, joining Oak Hill High School as 2-B class leaders. Judges praised tone, intonation, and director Mary Jane McKinley, noting minor intonation issues in upper woodwinds and awarding high marks for musical interpretation and ensemble. The performance against Beethoven and Whitney pieces secured a bid to the Mansfield state contest on April 28, with Band Boosters planning a fund drive to cover travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Oak Hill
Stephen M. Clarke
Capitol University
Arthur Erseman
Fairmont High School
Kettering
Jack Devilbiss
Colonel White High School
Dayton
Virgil Wilson
Cincinnati
Nelsonville
Mary Jane McKinley
Nelsonville Organization
K. L. King
Dorian
Whitney
Miss McKinley
Erseman
Clarke
Deverbiss
Mansfield
Charles Corrigan
Corrigan
DAR Chapter Holds March Meeting On Museum Topic
Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter of the D A R hosted Mrs. Clifford Brown for a meeting at her Bessemer Road home. Reg ent Mrs. Joe Hardy led opening rituals, with devotions by Chaplain Mrs. John Saltz and prayer by Mrs. Harry Burden. Mrs. J M Hartley spoke on the DAR Museum and its collections from Washington to Jefferson and Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Daughters of the American Revolution
Clifford Brown
Bessemer Rd
Joe Hardy
John Saltz
Harry Burden
J. M. Hartley
Dar Museum
Tion
The
National Society
Washington
Washingtons
Joan Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Boone
John Paul Jones
Adelbert Patton
Firemen Douse Grass blaze in Meeker Run Hollow
Fireman James Dishong and off duty patrolman Dale Townsend fought a grass fire started to burn off a garden patch. The wind spread flames over about one acre along an abandoned strip pit. Alarm at 3 30 p.m. The incident occurred in Meeker Run Hollow.
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Nelsonville
James Dishong
Dale Townsend
Meeker Run Hollow
Dishong
James Pickett
Mr Canter Dies At 61 In Newtown Near Murray City
Nelsonville notices state Harry Canter 61 of Newtown died of a heart attack at home Tuesday night. Retired coal miner born Scioto County leaves wife Ruth two sons Harry Jr Dale six daughters eight grandchildren and siblings. Funeral Friday 1 p m Newtown Holiness Church burial Salem Cemetery. Eagles Hall dance Friday 9 to 12 p m featuring Don Lewis Orchestra announced by John Ayers Eagles lodge.
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Nelsonville
Harry Canter
Newtown
Murray City
Scioto County
George
Jane Canter
Ruth
Harry Jr
Dale
Glouster
Willetta Clinquepathy
Wanda Self
Marie Ball
Buchtel
Catherine Bonnie
Beverly Canter
Charles
Floyd
Blanche Bloom
Edna Beal
Logan
Lucille Burton
Columbus
Newtown Holiness Church
Salem Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
Eagles Hall
Don Lewis
John Ayers
The
Eagles Lodge
Entrants Chosen For Local Spelling Bee In Columbus
Nelsonville selects schoolwide and grade school representatives for the Citizen Journal Spelling Bee to be held in Columbus on June 6. Eliminations began March 22 with a written test by High School Principal Kenneth Kinneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Citizen-Journal
Columbus
Kenneth Kinneer
Charles Young
Foncee Coker
Cathy Dalton
Jody Holbrook
Vicky Iles
Debby Sheskey
Jeff Hall
Jean Ward
John Coker
Phyllis Mingus
Tim Weaver
Steve Hubbard
Mark Mechem
Two Seniors to Attend World Affairs Institute
Nelsonville seniors Bill Kunz and Forrest Fuller will attend the World Affair Institute in Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday. The Cincinnati Rotary Club sponsors the event with the theme Communism The American Challenge and tours to the University of Cincinnati Xavier University museums and other sites. The Nelsonville Rotary Club sponsors the local visit and Mr and Mrs Roger Wolf will chaperone. The party stays at the Sheraton Gibson Hotel and attends a Friday evening dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Bill Kunzman
Forrest Fuller
World Affair Institute
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Rotary Club
University of Cincinnati
Xavier University
The
Art Museum
Cincinnati Museum
Sheraton-Gibson
Minister Grover Strawn Dies at 75 in Perry County
Logan Route 4 resident Grover Cleveland Strawn age 75 died at home Tuesday. A Church of God minister for 35 years he served at McCuneville. Survived by wife Mabel son Harley daughter Lillian Durant three grandchildren three great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Heinlein funeral home Oak Grove Cemetery. viewing after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Circle 2 First Methodist Church meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in church social rooms with Mrs Harry Stage in charge.
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Logan
Grover Cleveland Strawn
Perry County
Gore
Thomas
Julia Nixon Strawn
Church of God
McCuneville
Mabel
Harley
Rockford
Lillian Durant
Newark
John
S. P. Strawn
New Straitsville
Nelsonville
Carlin-Whitmore
First Methodist Church
Harry Stage
Teenage Girl Injured in Route 377 Crash
A Chesterhill teenage girl, Mendle Smith, 17, suffered head and face lacerations when her car collided with a tractor-trailer two miles north of town on Route 377. Talbott, 25, the truck driver, and Linda Kinney, 17, a car passenger, were uninjured. Talbott paid a $25 fine for overwidth vehicle. NELSONVILLE section reports Charles Dup ler, 45, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $10.
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Chesterhill
Here
Mendle Smith
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Terry Talbott
Linda Kinney
Morgan County Sheriff's Department
Talbott
Morgan County
Nelsonville
Charles Dupler
Hoffman
Births and admissions and a grass fire report
In Mount St. Mary area births listed for Scarberry Hite Thompson. admissions include Horden Spurgus Hook Dye Ley Hartshorn Russell Keating Cook Gee Pettit Campbell Berry Auflick Pearson Roof Buchanan Hook. Nelsonville fire chief reports grass fire at Paul Martin residence Myers Street, extinguished with portable tank.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Hall
Paul Martin
Myers St
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Nelsonville Band
Ohio Music Contest
York Township
Billy R. Neal
Nelsonville Garden Club
Mr. Canter
Gallipolis
Maysville Business College
Ohio Valley Bank
State Street
Mildred Bouton
Libby Hotel
United States
Labor
Main St
Logan, Ohio
City Loan Co
Steve Schultz
Ralph Shivers
Suzanne Wolf
Gloria Miller
Donette Kern
Jeri Corrigan
Judy Thompson
Joy Young
Peggy O’nail
Anita Burchfield
Suzanne Brooker
Ernie Perkins
Larry Steele
Mary Jo Matheny
Mary McConnell
Linda Patton
the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Frondizi
Prince
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Britain
Prince Philip
Arturo Frondizi
Mr. Strawn
Belk's
N. Court St. LY
Heavenly Freedom
Mount ST. Mary Hospital
George Scarberry
McArthur
Jerry Hite
Denver Thompson
Admissions
Nellie Horden
Millie Spurgus
Teresa Hook
James Dye
Radcliffe
Owen V. Ley
George Hartshorn
Alice Russell
Ruth Keating
Nelson
Ville
Robert Cook
Chauncey
Mary Ellen Gee
Rebecca Pettit
Rudolph Campbell
Clarence Berry
Freda Smith
Carpenter
Blanche Williams
Shawnee
Robert Auflick
Carl Pearson
Maxine Roof
Millfield
Don Buchanan
Belks
North Court St
Capri
Belk’s
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