Mothers Honored In Nelsonville As Mrs Mechem Cited
In Nelsonville a Mothers Day ceremony honored Mrs Helen Mechem as mother of the year. Dr F M Wentz praised motherhood and the role of women in building homes and nations. The event featured music by Miss Patty Ray and remarks on community recreation plans for summer activities and park facilities.
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Nelsonville
F. M. Wentz
Nelsonville Eagles
Helen Mechem
Nelsonville Merchants
Woods Plumbers
Columbus
Walter Swaim
Worthy
Patty Ray
Jerry Grim
Mechem
Gerald Tucker
Ohio
Crabtree
Carrier Wins Bronze Wings Becomes Ace
NELSONVILLE Winning one of the highest awards in The Athens Messenger's Economy Reading Plan contest is Melvin Tommy Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Thompson 666 Chestnut St Qualifying as a Jet Ace Tommy has been awarded his bronze wings for outstanding work as a paper carrier After he completes college Tommy may become a space scientist He saves for college with earnings from his 98 customer paper route He is a lieutenant on the East End School Boy Patrol a sixth grader He is a member of the Pilgrim Holiness Church
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Nelsonville
Athens Messenger
Melvin
Tommy) Thompson
Melvin Thompson
Chestnut St
Tommy
East End
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Mrs Bertha Grose Dies at 70 in Nelsonville
Mrs Bertha Mae Grose age 70 died Saturday at 10 30 p m at her home 348 Poplar Street after an extended illness Surviving are her husband Walter a sister Edna Newman of Nelsonville a half sister Alice Poole of Nelsonville Walden Bruce of Haydenville who was reared in the home Funeral services 2 p m Tuesday at Warren funeral home Friends may call at the family residence until noon Tuesday The Rev Langley Gullett and Rev E E Leadingham will officiate burial in Green Lawn cemetery
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Nelsonville
Bertha Mae Grose
Poplar St
Walter
Edna Newman
Alice Poole
Walden Bruce
Haydenville
Warren
Langley Gullett
E. E. Leadingham
Green Lawn Cemetery
Teen charged after Nelsonville crash at Canal and Madison
Nelsonville 17 year old Paul Hasler of Chauncey charged with failure to yield in a Saturday afternoon collision with a car driven by 23 year old Margaret Forbes of Nelsonville at Canal and Madison streets. Moderate damage reported.
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Nelsonville
Paul Hasler
Chauncey
Canal and
Madison Sts
Margaret Forbes
Athens Driver Fined for Passing Yellow Line
Larry Russell of Athens was fined $10 and costs in Mayor Robert Ruflick's court on a charge of crossing a yellow line over a weekend in Nelsonville.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Larry Russell
Robert Ruflick
Columbus Woman Mabel Blackburn Dies at 69
Nelsonville reports Mabel E. Blackburn 69 of 891 Bruck St Columbus died Sunday. A saleslady for Omar Baking Co she is survived by two daughters Esther and Louise both Columbus a son William Columbus six grandchildren and one great grandchild. She lived in Columbus 49 years with services at Cook and Son Chapel at 1 30 p m Wednesday and burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Mabel E. Blackburn
Bruck St
Columbus
Omar Baking Co
Esther Blackburn
Louise George
William
Cook and Son Chapel
Green Lawn Cemetery
Nelsonville Team Plans Tuesday Practice Session
Nelsonville in the Hocking Valley Baseball League will practice Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the city ball diamond. The town will field two semi professional teams joining the Nelsonville Merchants in the Heart of Ohio League.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Baseball League
City
Nelsonville Merchants
Mount St. Mary Hospital Birth and Admission Notes
The Mount St. Mary Hospital lists births for the Barrows Whit latch Lewis Bentley Robenson Williams Pendleton and others. Admitted are Marion Swyers Dorothy Murphy William Lawson Charles Drake Evelyn Williamson Jess Carey Sylvia Bircher Kiefer Davis Thomas Bolyard and many more residents across Nelsonville Glouster Corning New Lexington and surrounding areas.
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Russell Barrows
Nelsonville
William Whitlatch
John Lewis
Damon Bentley
Millfield
William Robenson
Logan
Jerry Williams
Newark
Jess Pendleton
Chauncey
Marion Swyers
Dorothy Murphy
Corning
William Lawson
Glouster
Charles Drake
Evelyn Williamson
New Straitsville
Jess Carey
Sylvia Bircher
Christian Kiefer
John Davis
Mott Thomas
New Lexington
Gerald Bolyard
Kathy Sue Tye
Stefan Davis
Alta Masterson
Alberta Spencer
Charles Danford
Trimble
Debra Allen
Mary Horn
Carbon Hill
Goldie Byers
Frances Scott
Lois Davis
Logan Driver Hurt as Car Strikes Bridge
Logan man James Sherlock, 30, was injured in a Route 33 crash when his southbound car struck a northbound semi driven by John Gregem, 34, of Columbus. Sherlock was treated at Hocking Valley Hospital for head injuries and cited for reckless operation.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Hocking Valley Hospital
James Sherlock
John Gregem
Columbus
Sherlock
Big Pine Road
Laurelville
John Harper
Buchtel Group Ends Capital Trip With Eisenhower Snapshot
Nelsonville report says 34 Buchtel High School juniors and seniors returned from a five day trip to Washington D C and New York City. Highlights included meeting President Eisenhower and a late train hold up. They visited monuments the Bureau of Engraving the Capitol and more before boarding to return home.
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Buchtel Group
Eisenhower
Nelsonville
Buchtel High School
Washington D. C
New York City
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Gay Sharp
Clyde Byers
Fred Powell
Secret Service
Denver
John Hartley
Buchtel
Byers
Powell
Jim Brady
Washington
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington’s Monument
White House Lincoln Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Amphitheater
Alexandria
Christ Church
Mount Vernon
National Airport
Pentagon
U. S. Capitol
Supreme Court
Jerse City
N. J
Hudson River
Loyal Woman's Class of Chauncey Church Holds Meeting
The Loyal Women's Class met Thursday in the parish house with thirteen members. Mrs. Willard Simonton presided, opening with prayer and song. They discussed selling cards, received a new piano donated by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nye, and planned June birthdays and a July picnic.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of Christ
Willard Simonton
Edna Wharton
Jesus
Floyd Nye
Andrew Jackson
Nye
Clara Sheren
Glouster
den Skinner
Gilbert Courtney
Frank Lewis
W. D. Smart
Lloyd Pendergrass
Dan Johnson
Carrier Wins Silver Wings For Selling TRIMBLE-Gary Shaner
Gary Shaner a seventh grade Hollister School student and son of Laurence and Mrs Shaner Trimble Route 1 earns silver wings for gaining new customers in The Athens Messenger Economy Reading Plan contest ending May 17 He is a 52 customer paper route carrier since March 16 saves earnings for a bicycle and aims to be a doctor.
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Trimble
Gary A. Shaner
Athens Messenger
Gary
Hollister School
Laurence Shaner
Trimble Church of Christ
Shaner
Pythian Sisters and Daughters Meet. Spring Party Planned
Pythian Sisters meet Wednesday May 14 at 7 30 pm with a potluck lunch. Jol's Daughters practice regular meeting of Job's Daughters Monday. The Junior Progressive Study Club hosts a spring party at Lake Hope Monday May 19. Call Eve lyn Gatehel or Joan Brennan by May 16 for transportation.
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Pythian Sisters
Progressive Study ‘Club
Lake Hope
Evelyn Gatehel
Joan Brennan
Cincinnati
USDA
U.S
Music Festival Prepared by Chauncey-Dover Schools
The Chauncey-Dover Schools will stage a festival Friday May 16 at 7 30 p m in the auditorium. Six grades from Chauncey Millfield Sugar Creek and Chauncey will sing together with flute and elementary instrumental ensembles. About 400 children will participate and a long list of teachers is coordinating the program.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover
Millfield
Sugar Creek
Peggy Taylor
Patty Olbers
Isabel Scrappe
Erma Roberts
Sue Goldsworthy
Pauline McLean
Ruth Hartley
Jean Chase
Hilda Burch
Florence Gaston
Paul Fiske
Mildred Russell
Ruth Simpkins
Helen Sanders
Christine Brown
Kathryn McCoy
Mother's Day Guests Spread Across Local Homes
Chauncey area families hosted relatives for Mother's Day with visits from Simonton Starkey Love and Starkey households in Nelsonville Chagrin Falls and New Marshfield. Forsythe from Chagrin Falls visited Frances Howard. Barker Hillyer and Sterling guests paused en route from Washington New York Philadelphia Atlantic City with Mt Sterling seniors. Burg Johnston hosted Minnie Stalder Smith Johnsons for Mother’s Day dinner.
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Chauncey
Willard Simonton
Ann
Harry Love
New Marshfield
Carl Starkey
Sam Starkey
Nelsonville
Don Forsythe
Chagrin Falls
Frances Howard
Harold Barker
Jack Hillyer
Mr. Sterling
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Mt. Sterling High School
Burg Johnston
Minnie Stalder
Robert Smith
Sandra
Patricia
Smith
Dan Johnson
Chauncey Church of Christ Class Meeting Set
Chauncey Friendship Class of Chauncey Church of Christ meets Wednesday at 7 30 in the Parish House Mrs Marge Bennett leads devotions and coordinates refreshments
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Chauncey—Friendship Class
Chauncey Church of Christ
Marge Bennett
Chauncey Dover Band Boosters Meet Tuesday at 7:30
The Chauncey Dover Band Boosters will meet Tuesday at 7 30 in the band room. Officers will be elected and final plans for the Band Camp location will be decided. All band parents are urged to attend.
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Chauncey
Chauncey- Dover
Sewing Circle to Meet at Mrs Dew's Home
A special meeting of the Wednesday Sewing Circle will be held at Mary Dew Jacobs Ave. members expected to attend.
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Chauncey
Mary Dew
Jacobs Ave
OES Meeting Set in Nelsonville Eudora Temple
The Order of Eastern Star chapter 72 will hold its meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple.
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OES
Nelsonville
Eudora Chapter 72
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Termite Control Auctioneer Offers Saturday Sales Bremen
Marietta Chemical Products Co advertises termite control with W. E. Dicken at 297 W Union St for prices. William Maxwell is the auctioneer. Sale held Saturday only. Phone LO 97250 Bremen.
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Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. E. Dicken
W. Union St
William Maxwell
Bremen
Platt's
Rambler
Union St
Kasler
Kasler Dairy
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Columbus Road
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Athens Machine Shop
Will Finance
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New Plymouth
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John Deere
Miller's Sanitation
Guysville
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Elmer W. Sutton
Electric Motor Service
Union Dial
W. O. Rose
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Dodge
Claude V. Elliott
David Ave
Jackson
FORD
Charles E. Eads
Rutland
H. D. Martin
Studebaker Pickup
West Roofing Co
Depot St
White
William J. Sycks
Auto Service
Brown's Pure Oil
North Court
Call
Landis Gulf
N. Call
Cushman
Schwinn Bicycles
Whizzer
White’s Shop
Auto Insurance
D. M. Goddard
Grange
Baughman Ins
Albany
RAPP
LOXON
Sherwin Williams
Dean and Barry
Baker & Stauffer
E. State
Howard Brothers Carnival
Parkette Drive-In
Richland Ave
Fur & Garment
Acme Dry Cleaners
Mahaffey Motor Service
Central Ave
Angelo
Pizza House
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Firestone
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