Pickpocket Trio Fail in Walnut Street Wallet Theft
Nelsonville police report a gray car with two women and a man attempted to lift M. E. Bailey's wallet while he helped them locate a church. The purse fell to the ground and the offenders fled without taking valuables, described as a 35–40 year old darker woman, a 25 year old lighter woman, and a thin blondish man.
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Nelsonville
M. E. Bailey
Walnut St
Bailey
Don Bumgardner
Hocking County
Happy Is The Day When Backache Goes Away
Nagging backache and fatigue may signal slowed kidney function. Doctors warn kidney health is key to wellbeing. Doan's Pills offer gentle diuretic relief used by millions for over 60 years.
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Dean
Doan
Emergency Treatment Given Two Workers
Curtis Heintzelman of Allentown Pennsylvania, stationed at the Air Force Survivor School at Dorr Run, received emergency treatment at Mount St. Mary Hospital for a severe laceration on his right leg while chopping posts. Charles Stowers of Johnson Hill near Nelsonville, employed by Keller & Weltner, had three fingers of his left hand badly smashed and a fourth finger fractured when a freight car door closed on his hand. He was treated in emergency at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Curtis Heintzelman
Allentown
Air Force Survivor School
Dorr Run
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Charles Stowers
Stowers
Johnson Hill
Here
Keller & Weltner
Nelsonville Student Is Named Treasurer
John William Sowers of 109 Monroe Street Nelsonville was elected treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega at Ohio University. A sophomore in Arts and Sciences, he is the son of Mr and Mrs C Sowers and a Nelsonville High School graduate active in Command Squadron Earth Science Club and Wesley Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John William Sowers
Monroe St
Alpha Phi Omega
Ohio University
C. Sowers
John
College of Arts and Sciences
Earth Science
Wesley Foundation
Local Resident Killed By Auto in Detroit
Nelsonville area report states Austin Hardgrove of Port Huron Mich a former Nelsonville resident was killed in an auto accident in Detroit Monday Details are sparse He is survived by his wife and one brother Deke Hardgrove of Port Huron Funeral services and burial will be in Port Huron Michigan
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Nelsonville
Austin Hardgrove
Port Huron
Mich
Deroit
Willard Brunston
Deke” Hardgrove
Woman fractures hip after fall at home
Mrs. Robert Ossman of 467 West Franklin Street sustained fractures of the bones in her right hip after a Monday fall at her residence. After emergency X rays at Mount St. Mary Hospital she was moved to University Hospital in Columbus for treatment.
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Nelsonville
Robert Ossman
W. Franklin St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
University Hospital
Columbus
Robinette Seel Plan Approaching Wedding
Nelsonville announces the engagement of Lorena Robinette of Mason City Hill to William E. Seel of Haydenville. Lorena, a Nelsonville High School graduate, works at S. Davis Grocery. William, Sidney High School graduate, is employed at Natcom Haydenville. The wedding will occur soon.
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Nelsonville
Lorena Robinette
Curtis W. Robinette
Mason City Hill
William E. Seel
Willard Seel
Haydenville
Miss Robinette
Nelsonville High School
S. Davis Grocery
Seel
Sidney High School
Natcom Haydenville
Couple Leave Faculty For Warren Teaching Posts
Mr and Mrs Gene Hughes longtime local faculty resignations were accepted by the city board of education and they will teach in Warren Ohio for the coming year He will handle general science and junior high coaching while she teaches elementary vocal music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Gene Hughes
City Board of Education
Warren
Ohio
Hughes
Barbara Adamson Joins Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Office
Miss Barbara Adamson of Nelsonville accepts a clerk role in the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. local office at Nelsonville. She trained at Chillicothe and previously worked at the Army Depot in Columbus, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Miss Mabel Campbell.
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Nelsonville
Barbara Adamson
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Bea Adamson
Chillicothe
Nelsonville High School
Ohio
Ohio State
Army Depot
Columbus
Mabel Campbell
Bible School Attendance Planned This Summer in Nelsonville
Local ministers and volunteers are invited to a Sunday 2 pm meeting at the Presbyterian Church to organize the Daily Vacation Bible School activities. Two two week sessions start June 14 at Central and East school buildings, with ministry staff teaching and plans to be finalized this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Charles Evans To Be Toastmaster For Alumni Banquet
Charles Evans will be toastmaster at the Nelsonville High School Alumni Association banquet in the First Methodist Church social rooms on Friday May 28. Dinner ticket sales close Tuesday May 25 at 5 PM. Seven class reunions including 1899 1909 1929 1934 1939 1944 and 1949 are planned, with advance arrangements for special table decorations. Dues are payable to secretary Mrs Jeanette Grim or any association officer.
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Charles Evans
Nelsonville High School Alumni Association
First Methodist Church
Jeanette Grim
Mount St. Mary Hospital Births and Admissions
Births include a son to Mr. and Mrs. John McGreevy of New Lexington and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson of Logan Route 4. Admissions list Mrs. Leo Kopis Shawnee Mrs. Grace Crabtree Chauncey. Dismissals include Mrs. Wilbur E. Crace Jacksonville and daughter and Mrs. Ross Steele Union Furnace. Also listed are Miss Neta Wade Buchtel Donald Turner Jr Haydenville and Mrs. Robert E. Lee Glouster Route 3 with Miss Nedra Smith Logan Route.
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John McGreevy
New Lexington
Robert Thompson
Logan
Leo Kopis
Shawnee
Grace Crabtree
Chauncey
Wilbur E. Crace
Jacksonville
Ross Steele
Union Furnace
Neta Wade
Buchtel
Donald Turner, Jr
Haydenville
Robert E. Lee
Glouster
Nedra Smith
Nelsonville History as Seen in 1878 Records
Nelsonville’s 1878 population reached 2800 with 38 shops. Officers were Mayor Asher Buckley, Marshal John Newton, and Policeman Wm Welch. Council members included C. A. Cable and S. F. Robinett. Advertisers spanned coal, bakeries, bootmakers, and clothing shops. A major feature discusses a light sage advertisement and a Sunday School excursion drew about 1900 attendees. Editor William Artz headed The Mirror.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Asher Buckley
John Newton
Wm. Welch
C. A. Cable
S. F. Robinett
F. F. Brodt
William Devore
J. T. Gray
Thomas Blake
W. G. Hickman
L. C. Steenrod
W. C. Hickman
C. W. Monks
First Ward
C. E. Welch
Thomas L. Minton
Minton
Athens County
C. C. Jones
Benson & Son
I. P. Primrose
Lick Run Coal Co
Wilson Brothers
John Dreany
Dreany
Fayette St
J. F. Camp
A. Poston
Lansley’s
John
J. G. Wilson
Hocking House
Wil
W. B. Brooks & Son
T. Longstreth
Postons & Pendleton
Lick Run
B. B. Sheffield
Nelsonville Mining Co
William Artz
The
Mirror
Nelsonville Circle 4 Hosts Covered Dish Dinner at Church
Nelsonville Society Circle 4 WSCS of the First Methodist Church plans a covered dish dinner at the church Thursday at 6 p.m. Members to bring table service for self and guest. The meeting was moved up a week due to the Alumni banquet the following week. Members asked to collect all unused eye glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle 4
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Circle 3 Womans Society to Meet in Church Parlors
Circle 3 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet in the church parlors Thursday at 7 30 p.m Donna Riley will be hostess Members should bring sales tax stamps Leaders are Margaret Clark and Lulu Courtney
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Christian Church
Donna Riley
Margaret Clark
Lulu Courtney
Mary Martha Group to Meet at Ora North Home
The Mary Martha group of the Christian Church will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at 111 Myers St. Mrs. Margie Weiss will lead devotions and Mrs. Ruth Brooker will present the program.
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Mary Martha Group
The
Christian Church
Ora North
Myers St
Margie Weiss
Ruth Brooker
Pythian Sisters to Meet Thursday Evening
The Pythian Sisters will assemble in the K of P Hall on Thursday at 7 30 p m for their regular meeting.
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K. of P
Church Ladies Entertained by Mrs Grace Plummer
The Business Girls class and Young Matrons group of the Christian Church will be entertained by Mrs Grace Plummer at her home Thursday at 7 30 p m Mrs Mildred Barrows will present the program
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The
Christian Church
Grace Plummer
Mildred Barrows
Choir plans Friday pot luck at First Methodist Church
The church choir invites members and families to a 6 30 p m pot luck in the social rooms and asks each member to bring a covered dish and their own table service. A brief choir rehearsal will follow the dinner and there is no Thursday night practice.
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First Methodist Church
Rummage Sale Planned by Rosary Altar Society at Parish Hall
The Rosary Altar Society of St Andrews Church will hold a rummage sale in the Parish Hall on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Those with rummage to donate are asked to call 972 or 978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrews Church
York Grange 2436 Meeting Friday Evening
York Grange 2436 plans a Friday 8 p.m. meeting at the Grange Hall. Serving committee members include Venice Brown Cliff Brown Cleo Whitmore Gilbert Whitmore Mildred Francis and John Francis. Sewing entries will be judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Grange
Grange Hall
Venice
Cliff Brown
Cleo
Gilbert Whitmore
Mildred
John Francis
Retta Howe Class Meeting Set At Mrs Williams Home
The Retta Howe class of the First Methodist Church will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Ed Williams 126 Mill St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retta Howe
First Methodist Church
Ed Williams
Mill St
Mrs Susie Maze Guest of Brother in Ohio
Miss Susie Maze of Garretsville Ohio visits brother Roy Maze and family on Logan Route 3. Mrs C C Ervin returns home after a week in Columbus with daughter and granddaughters. she attended Lazarus party on Monday May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Maze
Garretsville
Ohio
Roy Maze
Logan
C. C. Ervin
Columbus
Glouster Man Fined For Drunken Driving
Eldon Six, 39, of Glouster, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Thomas Williams Sr and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and three days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Eldon Six
Wilford Russell
Thomas Williams
Southeastern Ohioans Join Marine Corps
Two Southeastern Ohio men enlist in the U S Marine Corps for three years and depart for Parris Island S C T Sgt Charles J Martin at Athens said the men are James Allen Yates Bartlett and Meredith Heald Ellis Sharpsburg father mother names follow in Bartlett and Willoughby Ohio and Sharpsburg respectively
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Southeastern Ohio
U.S. Marine Corps
Parris Island
S.C
Charles J. Martin
Athens
James Allen Yates
Bartlett
Helen Mary Fisher
William Smith Yates
Willoughby Ohio
Meredith Heald Ellis
Sharpsburg
Lola Eleanor Brill
Powerful Sun Energy Peak in the Tropics
Engineers estimate tropical sun on one square mile for eight hours equates to the combustion energy of 7400 tons of coal. The calculation highlights the immense scale of solar input in tropical regions.
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Tropics
Group Visits Springfield From Glouster and Nearby Towns
A chartered bus carried about seventy residents from Chauncey Athens Coolville and Glouster to the IOOF Home in Springfield on Sunday. From Glouster Lodge attendees included Earl Oliver Kate Vaughn Mary Johnston Sophia Vegso Della Loomis Beulah Lee Ola Eddy Grace Zimmer Iva Price Eurfice Lamborn Esther Lamborn and the William Spencer family. Miss Dora Wagner a former Glouster resident currently at the Home joined as a guest for the noon basket dinner. En route home the group stopped at the Masonic Home to visit Bertha Duncan, another former Glouster resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Springfield
IOOF
Chauncey
Athens
Coolville
Glouster Lodge
Earl Oliver
Kate Vaughn
Mary Johnston
Sophia Vegso
Della Loomis
Beulah Lee
Ola Eddy
Grace Zimmer
Iva Price
Eurfice Lamborn
Esther
Glouster Friendship Circle Meets at Loomis Home
The Oakdale group led by Virginia Moore planned Memorial Day grave flowers for Prudence Knott Anna Brunton Helen Love and Mrs Yocum. Geneva Jewell read scripture after singing America and a June meeting is planned at Martha Harry’s with Madge Harry assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Della Loomis
Geneva Jewell
Virginia Moore
America
Prudence Knott
Anna Brunton
Helen Love
Mrs. Yocum
Fay Nott
Rosa Love
Nora Moore
Mae Lasey
Martha Harry
Leta Westfall
Ida Mae Stoneburner
Nell Hillyer
Lucille Wolfe
Bernice Lowery
Donna Mae Brunton
Pauline Brunton
Roby Norris
Madge Harry
Altar Society Plans Mother-Daughter Party at Church Hall
The Altar Society of Holy Cross Church met with Mrs. Norbert Johnston presiding. Twenty-four members attended as officers named to the Ways and Means Committee planned a Mother-Daughter party for June 3 and voted thanks to the Eagles Lodge for contributions to the flower fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Society of the Holy Cross Church
Norbert Johnston
Ways and Means
Jack Kurtzman
Steve Bendervitch
Carl Bradbury
Ellis Dew
Ann Paskievitch
Eagles Lodge
Belle Thompson
Swedish Yeast Heirloom Passed Across Generations
A single jar of yeast has circulated through four of five generations in a Swedish family. The jar is treated as an heirloom and has reportedly been kept growing in one bowl for up to 175 years.
Trimble High School Holds Baccalaureate Ceremony
Trimble Township Local High School auditorium hosted baccalaureate exercises at 10 30. Seniors in gray caps and scarlet tassels processed in. Rev G B Courtney gave the invocation and benediction. Mary Helen Jewell sang Prayer for Peace solo and Bless This House with Mrs Noble Brunton at piano. Rev Lester N Covert preached on John Ruskin The Seven Lamps of Architecture underscoring Truth Memory Power Sacrifice Obedience Beauty Life as standards for youth character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Brunton
Lester N. Covert
John Ruskin
Courtney
Glouster Student Named to Journalism Honor Society
Sondra Eileen Rose of Glouster 28 High St is among six journalism majors chosen for Kappa Tau Alpha by Ohio University professor George Starr Lasher. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas W Rose she is a senior in the College of Commerce and a Glouster High School graduate with affiliations in Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Lambda Delta Theta Sigma Phi Women’s League and YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Sondra Eileen Rose
High St
Kappa Tau Alpha
George Starr Lasher
Ohio University
Thomas W. Rose
College of Commerce
Marilyn
Alpha Gamma Deta
Alpha Lambda Delta
Theta Sigma Phi
Women's League
YWCA
Local Club Meetings Announced for Glouster Area
Glouster Lodge 607 F&AM plans a meeting at The Orphan Class of Glouster Methodist Church convenes Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the church basement with Loretta McGlaughlin and Audrey Frazier hosting. Jacksonville Mothers Club meets at Anna Paskievitch’s home Thursday at 7 30 p.m. with Anita Simons co hosting and a silent auction gift. Willing Workers Class of the Glouster Methodist Church gathers Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the church social rooms hosted by Mrs R B Smith and Mrs Tom Blower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Glouster Lodge
F&am
Orpah
Glouster Methodist Church
Loretta McGlaughlin
Audrey Frazier
Jacksonville Mothers Club
Anna Paskievitch
Anita Simons
R. B. Smith
Tom Blower
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Man
Frankenstein
Lon Chaney
Shadow
Betty
Barclay
Miss and Mrs
Auto
Detroit
Robinette-Seel
Eign
Nelsonville Society
Martha
Howe
Altar Society
McGregor
Cookson Clothing
James H. Wilson
First National Bank
Nelsonville, Ohio
Trimble High School
Glouster, Ohio
L. A. Faires
Glouster, O
Broad St
ATTA
Willett
Heywood
Wakefield
Madden
Norwalk
Tappan
General Electric
Delker
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Fawcett
Chesterhill, Ohio
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