Nelsonville rally draws 200 Republicans at First Christian Church
About 275 tickets were sold for a Nelsonville dinner meeting where nearly all GOP primary candidates spoke. The event featured Eisenhower and Nixon images, red white and blue decor, and remarks by Athens County Republican Chairman Dr. Lowell Burnelle. Senator Mechem urged watchfulness over delegates and warned of a strong Democratic organization this fall.
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Nelsonville
First Christian Church
Eisenhower
Nixon
William A. Mechem
Athens County
Republican Executive Club
Lowell Burnelle
Glouster
Earl Hilleary
William Mechem
Helen Jackson
Harry Richards
Daniel Doran
Fairfield County
Republican Club
Hilleary
Congress
Oakley C. Collins
Ironton
Homer Abele
McArth
John Cline
E. M. Conant
Carl Graham
Eugene Jacoby
Albert Ogg
G. F. Pincelli
W. H. Wakefield
Chriss Wolfe
Keith Zimmerman
Homer Gall, Jr
Beatrice Nanna
Harold Shields
John Dowler
Charles Patton
Claudis Chappel
Charles Cone
T. O
Chicago
Mechem
Gov
DiSalle
Benefit nets $75 for Easter Seals in Plains games
The Plains community raised 75.17 dollars for the Easter Seal Campaign. Funds came from benefit basketball games between local women and high school girls and men and the varsity team. Proceeds include home baked goods by Mrs. Floyd Kittle and Mrs. Carl Michael, plus a purse auctioned by Foster's University Shop Athens.
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Plains
Mary L. Michael
Floyd Kittle
Carl Michael
Foster's University Shop of Athens
Michael
Chauncey Personal Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Faye Cramer of Columbus spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Jake Martin of Sand Ridge. Gilbert Anders of Logan visited Gerald Sorrells and son Greg, as did Byron Linscott and family from Athens. Patricia Ann Cooney marked her 11th birthday on March 12 with gifts ice cream and cake.
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Chauncey
Faye ‘Cramer
Columbus
Jake Martin
Sand Ridge
Gilbert Anders
Logan
Gerald Sorrells
Greg
Byron Linscott
Athens
Patricia Ann Cooney
Birth of Robert Robinson in Chauncey and Millfield
Mr and Mrs Gerald Robinson of Millfield announce the birth of a son named Robert on March 26 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Orley Toth of Millfield and Mrs Beulah Robinson of Chauncey. The couple also has a daughter, Brenda.
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Chauncey
Coal Firm Drops Appeal in Saffell Case
Sunnyhill Coal Co. abandons its appeal in the Jesse Saffell case after Judge A S McGonagle ruled the pre strip mining coal deed did not grant an inherent right to mine by other methods. The company seeks dismissal of its appeal in Perry County Court.
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New Lexington
Sunnyhill Coal Co
Jesse Saffell
Court of Appeals
Perry County Common Pleas
A. S. McGonagle
Perry County Man Faces Escape Case After Jail Break
Robert Hall, 36, of near Somerset, escaped from the New Lexington jail February 15 after fighting a police officer and fleeing through the street while dodging bullets for 40 hours. He surrendered to the sheriff and pleaded not guilty before County Judge Walter McClintock, with a $1000 bond set. He said he does not remember the events.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Robert Hall
Somerset
Hall
Walter McClintock
McClintock
Straitsville visitors and hospital notes in local column
Mr. and Mrs. Robin Kirkpatrick and children of Chicago visit Mrs. Marian Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Starling Lower of Columbus visit Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dixon. George Redding and daughter Betty Jean of Columbus spend a day with the Sherrards. Julia Williams and other residents visit Novella Linn at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Mrs. June Keplar and Mrs. Nell Horden are patients.
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New Straitsville
Robin Kirkpatrick
Chicago, Il
Marian Foster
Starling Lower
Columbus
Ray Dixon
George Redding
Betty Jean
John Sherrard
Julia Williams
Jean Williams
Dottie Brown
Joan Belkas
Novella Linn
Mount St. Mary Hospital
June Keplar
Nell Horden
Ministers Accept Call to Ontario Church of God
Rev. and Mrs. Robert E. Baker of the New Lexington Church of God have accepted a call to the North Haven Church of God in Welland Ontario Canada. The Ontario church is listed as the largest English speaking congregation of the Church of God in that province.
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New Lexington
Robert E. Baker
European lightweight championship results summaries
In Los Angeles Johnny Smith stopped Billy Hester in the fifth round. Fernando Sota outpointed Ronnie Perez in Richmond. Bennie Cas ing knocked out Al Wildher in Stockton. Chuck Taylor stopped Bobby Speight in McKeesport. Dave Charnley halted Mario Vecchiatto in London.
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Richmond
Calif
Fernando Sota
Portugal
Ronnie Perez
Hayward
Stockton
Bennie Casing
al Wildher
Los Angeles
McKeesport
Chuck Taylor
Detroit
Bobby Speight
Moncton
London
England
Dave Charnley
Mario Vecchiatto
Italy
Montreal blanked Chicago 4 0 in playoff game
Montreal leads the best of seven series 3-0 after a 4-0 win over Chicago. Detroit won 2 1 in overtime against Toronto, tying the series at 2-2. Montreal at Chicago is on the schedule for Thursday.
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Montreal
Chicago
Detroit
Toronto
Perry County delegates attend Ohio Rural Health Council meeting
Mrs. Carl Griggs of Maxville and Mrs. R F Dornbirer of New Lexington represented Perry County at an Ohio Rural Health Council meeting in Columbus recently.
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New Lexington
Carl Griggs
Maxville
R. F. Dornbirer
Perry County
Ohio Rural Health Council
Columbus
Hawkins Dies At 76 In Ohio Homegoing
Middleport Howard Charles Hawkins aged 76, a former Middleport resident, died Wednesday morning at his sisters Lelia Edith and Grace Hawkins home in Columbus. Brother Ford Hawkins had predeceased him. Friends may call at Rawlings-Coats funeral home after noon Thursday with arrangements incomplete.
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Charles Hawkins
Middleport
Lelia, Edith
Grace Hawkins
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Mount St. Mary Hospital Births and Admits
Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Auflick of Nelsonville and a son to Mr and Mrs Bernard Fried man of Athens among others. Admitted list features John E Potter Jr of Glouster Pamela R Potter of Glouster Mae Eberts of New Straitsville Ruth Nelson of Chauncey Reneva Pitchard of Nelsonville and others. Dismissals include Mrs Carl Ginnery and son Mrs Ronald Six and daughter plus several named patients.
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Robert Auflick
Nelsonville
Bernard Friedman
Athens
James McClelland
Glouster Route 2
Mae _ Eberts
New Straitsville
Ruth Nelson
Chauncey
Reneva R. Pitchard
Donnie Altman
Florida Mash
John Duncan
Chesterhill
James Rimelspach
Logan
Carl Ginnery
New Lexington
Ronald Six
Murray City
Burne Dye
Frank Christman
James Bradley
Alfred Wright
Glouster
New Lexington Contractor Named for Bearfield Two School
Andrew J. McMillan of New Lexington was awarded the contract for the Bearfield Two school near Six Mile Turn. His bid of 88 452 dollars secures the project which will include four classrooms and a multi purpose room.
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New Lexington
Andrew J. McMillan
Institute Delegates Report To Rotary Club
Miss Jo Ellen Wolf and Miss Beverly Bennett, delegates sponsored by the Nelsonville Rotary Club to the World Affairs Institute in Cincinnati, reported their experiences. They described hotel lodging at the Sheraton-Gibson, 770 delegates from four states, and discussed disarmament questions with speakers including Thom as K. Finletter and Thomas Morse.
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Nelsonville
Jo Ellen Wolf
Beverly Bennett
Rotary Club
World Affairs Institute
Cincinnati
Bennett
Max Bennett
Sheriton-Gibson
Miss Wolf
J. T. Wolf
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Russia
America
John A. Morse
U. S. Navy
Chicago
United Nations
Betty Getz
Senate Subcommittee For
Suit Filed In Shooting Near McLaney Ohio County
A civil suit seeks 20499 from Loren W Ford Crooksville Route 2 claiming he shot Earl Goody during an argument over disconnecting a telephone on November 5. Goody says Ford who uses a wheelchair and drinks heavily fired a 22 pistol into the floor and at him, the bullet passed through his right lung and neck and remains in his body causing permanent disability.
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Earl Goody
Roseville
Loren W. Ford
Crooksville
Ford
Goody
Plaintiff
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs Lillie Brickles
Mrs Lucille LeMay organized a surprise birthday party for her mother Mrs Lillie Brickles of Sharpsburg on Sunday March 27 for her 65th birthday. Attendees included the Townsend family, LeMay family members, and friends from McArthur Dundas Adelphia and surrounding areas. Helen Kay Townsend baked a two layer yellow cake with pink and white icing.
Perry County Court Notes Highlights Divorces and Appointments
Common Pleas Court records show George W. Urban of New Lexington divorcing Helen Urban. Other actions include leave to answer cross petition in a motor case, appointment of Maurice Ricketts as auctioneer, and dismissals at plaintiff request. Probate notes cite two wills with trust provisions and broad bequests to churches and cemeteries. Ruby Murray bequeaths all to her husband.
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George W. Urban
New Lexington
Helen Urban
William Berry
Leslie Murdock
New Straitsville
Floyd Hartman
Gore
Maurice Ricketts
Junction City
Lester Lasky
M. D
John R. Humphrey
Helen Tharp
M. E. Hyns
Oscar Humberger
Thorn Two
Grace Lutheran Church of
Thornville
St. Paul’s
Real estate tax deadline set for April 10
NEW STRAITSVILLE April 10 is the deadline for payment of the first half real estate taxes it has been announced by County Treasurer Eva Bradley.
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New Straitsville
Eva Bradley
FASTEETH Offers Firmer, Comforting False Teeth
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Lewis Named Law Teacher
New Lexington resident Robert E. Lewis has been hired as a law teacher at the University of California. A graduate mining engineer from Ohio State University, he earned a National Coal Association prize as Ohio’s top engineering student, and completed a Juris Doctor degree with his law class. He and his wife Joyce and three children will relocate to Berkeley California.
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New Lexington
Robert E. Lewis
David J. Lewis
University of California
Lewis
Ohio State University
Columbus
National Coal Association
Ohio
Joyce
Berkeley
Calif
Marriage Licenses for Thompson and Mann Pair
David Leroy Thompson age 20 of Junction City and Marilyn Marlene Mann age 18 of New Lex obtained a marriage license. Records show two residents pursuing a union with local civil authority signature.
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David Leroy Thompson
Junction City
Marilyn Marlene Mann
New Lexington
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Charles McDonald
C. Stanley Mechem
William Abraham
Charles Bolin
Richard Cary
Emerson Sherow
John Bolin
Common Pleas Court
Harold Rose
Dr. Burnelle
Edgar A. Guest
Thomas A. Jenkins
William J. Abraham
Pol. Adv
Wm. J. Abraham
Sharif
N. Straitsville
Gladys Lines
Johnny Smith
Billy Hester
Havana
Jaime Varela Canosa
Mexico City
U.S
Castro
Cuba
H. C. Hawkins
Howard
John E. Potter, Jr
Pamela R. Potter
Wilfred Maccombs
Addison Davenport
Buchtel
Mabel Moore
William Glick
Shawnee
Robert Thomas
Beeman Rhoades
Anna Wade
Institute
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Roger Wolf
Sia
William Fry
Christian Science Monitor
United States
George Utley
Lancaster
Frank Phillips
McLaney
Cays
Bunny
City Loan Co
Aspiain
Walgreens
Nateral
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Ane
Marlin Pig
Pert Renee
Mr Pane
Sige
JR. Aponetel
Olavite
Foster
Chevrolet
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