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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1955

Page

7

Nelsonville Community Falls Behind in Busy Methodist Week

The Nelsonville society reports a bustling Methodist program with a Thursday postponement to Friday, a Family Picnic planned, and a Sunday school gathering at the church. Activities include group singing, devotional sessions, a building fund vote, contests with prizes, and a dinner at Matheny Tea Room for Eudora Chapter OFS members.

Nome Mis Piday Bim Mt Jor Rachelmacher Park Methodist Mra Cleo Whitmore Jennie Estella Cagg Mary Stout Mea Faye Howard Mary” Stouts JSS Ambers Toskins Betty Cass Aanes Cox Jeanie Davies Eda Dodds Blanche Stanley Sirk Hatinahs Kaward Vurpay Ofrs Emma Cook Ida Hill Anna Lax C. E. Washburn Eudora Chapter OFS Matheny Tea Room Clarence ‘Washburn Pearl Williams

Speeding cases cited in Nelsonville and county notices

May 1 police citation in Nelsonville led to a Logan man pleading innocent but found guilty on speeding 55 mph in a 35 mph zone. Shrine meeting fines totaled $20, plus costs, for court at Eagles Hall. A separate speeding report listed other locals fined 25 and 10 dollars with costs.

Nelsonville Robert W. Keirns Logan Earl Hilleary Hocking Valley Shrine Eagles Hall Lot ‘Supreme ‘Shrine Kansas Charles E. Andrews Aging Anes Severson Cleveland Leo Kenneth Richter Columbus Sion Hilleary Galt

Dismissed Names From Nelsonville Area Notices

A list of individuals and places including Margery Vorhes Nelson Miss Carolyn Staten Millfiel Route 1 Pearl Kettell Nelsonville and others from Glouster Gore and Logan districts. Several entries show dismissals and family relations with addresses on Route 1 2 3 and city names like Nelsonville Gore Carbondale and Columbus.

Carolyn Staten Millfiel Pearl Kettell Nelsonville Alton Vickery Logan Claude Wilson Nellie Chambers Glouster Betty White Blanche Lee Nelsonvill Bertha Dennison William Burch Richard E. Kelly Nelsoville Jesse Allen Carbondale Thurman Kline Gore Eldon McCombs Sylvia Fisk Walter Lehman Francis Goetz Columbus Ralph Schutt Giouster

Local residents visit Osteopathic Hospital in Marietta

Mr and Mrs K x ninger of Cleveland and Mr and Mrs Paul Berry with son Michael of Columbus returned home after visiting Mrs Paul Robinson at the Osteopathic Hospital in Marietta. Also visiting were Mrs Howard Craft Mrs Pat Foltz of Logan Paul Robson Louise Martin and Mr and Mrs Dale Swyers.

K. x. Ninger Cleveland Paul Berry Michael Columbus Berry Howard Craft Pat Foltz Logan Paul Robson Louise Martin Dale Swyers Paul Robinson Osteo- Pethic Hospital Marietta

Mrs Fulton Dies at 91 in Gallia County

Lola Cramier Fulton 91 died at 1 a.m. at her daughter Rose Kincaid’s home in St Gilead widow of James Fulton. She lived in the Bulaville community until her husband’s death. Survivors include three sons Chester Fulton Marion Dale Fulton Washington Court House and Carl Fulton Gallipolis. 10 grandchildren including Frank C Wetherholt, Mrs Kenneth Johnson, Melvin Mooney, Bob Fulton. 18 great grandchildren. sister Mrs Luna Wattsoff Obetz. Services set for 2 a.m. Wednesday at Wetherholt Funeral Home.

Melvin ‘Mooney Bob Fulton Galtin County Luna Wattsoff Wetherholt Ineral

Murray City Miner McDonald Dies at 66

Murray City resident McDonald 66 died Sunday morning at Mount St Mary Hospital. A retired miner, he is survived by wife Bertha, four sons William Homer Jerry of Murray City and Eddie in Okinawa, daughter Margaret Guth of Toledo, twelve grandchildren, a brother Ben Detroit, and four sisters in Ohio. Funeral by Rev George Rof ers Wednesday at 2 pm at Warren North funeral home, burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Rites Held for Mrs Stella Roberts in Nelsonville

Funeral services for Mrs Stella Roberts who died Saturday in a Zanesville hospital will be Wednesday at 2 p m at the Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville with Rev John Lloyd Evans officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Johnson funeral home.

Neasonville Stella Roberts Zanesville Elsonville Aroon John Pozenel Presby Terian’ Church Nelsonville John Lloyd Evans Green Lawn Johnson Funeral Home

Hospital Notes Highlight Multiple Births and Admissions

Holzer Hospital notes report several births including a Tucker son and a Long son in Gallipolis and Wilkesville. Admissions list numerous patients by name and residence across Centerville Gallipolis Oak Hill Crown City Point Pleasant Bladen Wellston Jackson and other Ohio locales, with medical or surgical designations.

Henderson William Claar Saree Surgical Chloe Eachus Gallipolis Roger Lee Shatter Bladen Willam H. Johnson Patricia Ann Henry Orlan Farrar Jackson

Discharges Listed in Athens Messenger May 16 1955

A long list of discharges appears in the Athens Messenger issue dated Monday May 16 1955. Names include Mrs Homer Null Howard thaw Mrs Elizabeth Cottrill Loyd Farley Mrs Clarence Sell is Mrs Marie Van Cooney and many other individuals with varied family relations. The roster features numerous Mrs and Mr entries indicating discharge notices or acknowledgments from local institutions.

Homer ‘Null Howard Thaw Elizabeth Cottrill Loyd Farley Clarence Sellis Marie van Cooney Theodore Gordon Alfred Williams and Son Roger Lee Robers Pearl Hargis Florence Ward Lawrence ‘Saunders Alfred Bursal James Houck Richard McCul Patricia White Virginia Albert Burns Albert Pierce Don Swick Charles Stockhoff Stanley’ Mooney Darrel Orender Hollie Carder George Lemley Mabel ' Dray Manning Wetherholt Alfred Schuldt

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