OU's Dr Hill Speaks at Rotary Meet in Nelsonville
Dr George Hill head of Ohio University Guidance Department addressed 10 Nelsonville High School National Honor Society seniors at the Rotary Club luncheon in Nelsonville with remarks on expanding intellectual capacities Supt L C Gray introduced the students Christine Copeland Teresa Coury Joe Dalton Robert Higgins Diane Kieffer Ada Jane Little Linda Norris Ted Voigt Karen Warren Joan Withem John H Coker Boy Scout official noted the high percentage of scouts attaining national honorary scholastic standing Visiting Rotarians from Logan Marietta Whitesville and Athens attended
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Nelsonville
L. C. Gray
George Hill
Ohio University Guidance Department
Rotary Club
Hill
Nelsonville High School
Gray
Christine Copeland
Teresa Coury
Joe Dalton
Robert Higgins
Diane Kieffer
Ada Jane Little
Linda Norris
Ted Voigt
Karen Warren
Joan Withem
John H. Coker
Albert Seabright
Arthur Frey
Grant Burns
Claude Christman
Logan Club
Alva Oakley
Whitesville
W. Va
Grant Russell
Marietta
George Utley
Lancaster
Herbert Whanger
Athens
OU Group Honors Two Nelsonville and Chauncey bandleaders
Miss Mary Jane McKinley and Miss Kathryn McCoy, school band directors at Nelsonville and Chauncey, were initiated as honorary members into Alpha Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma at Ohio University. The May 16 ceremony was led by Tau Beta Sigma president Miss La Donna Wolfe. The society honors Ohio University bandwomen for leadership, musicianship and character.
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Nelsonville
Mary Jane McKinley
Kathryn McCoy
Chauncey
Alpha Delta Chapter
Tau Beta Sigma
Ohio University
la Donna Wolfe
Miss McKinley
Miss McCoy
Lake Burr Oak fishing news far reaching and strong
Glouster reports a week of bass fishing with several five pounders and multiple large bass. Art Smith notes Sunday slow compared with earlier days. Francis McAllister and Raphael Snowden weigh in with 23 and 24 inch specimens around five pounds. Dayton anglers led the best catches with 12 bass on Saturday and 40 pounds on Sunday.
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Glouster
Burr Oak
Art Smith
Mrs. Wise
Raphael Snowden
Kenny Barnhart
Ed Knott
Jack Edwards
Blake Ave
Dayton
Harold Arnette
Derl Arnette
Deb Bishop
Letart Falls PTA installs new officers in meeting
Letart Falls Corsages were given to newly installed officers led by Mrs. John Stobart as installing officer. Officers are Mrs. Dale Hill president Mrs. Roy Donahew vice president Mrs. Andrew Cross secretary and Mrs. Herschel Norris treasurer. A skating party for school patrol and eyeglass project were noted.
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Letart Falls
PTA
John Stobart
Dale Hill
Roy Donahew
Andrew Cross
Herschel Norris
Middleport Teachers Elect 1961 62 Officers
The Middleport Teachers Association chose new officers for the 1961 62 year at a Monday meeting in the high school cafeteria. Elected were Emily Sprague as president Dorothy Lacey as first vice president Flossie Allensworth as second vice president Nan Moore as secretary and Nolan P Swackhamer as treasurer.
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Middleport Teachers Association
Daisy Blakeslee
Emily Sprague
Dorothy Lacey
Flossie Allensworth
Nan Moore
Nolan P. Swackhamer
Pearl Reynolds
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
Reynolds
Sprague
Lacey
Bowling Green
Blakeslee
Miriam Miller
Recipes Exchanged At Farm Meeting
Reedsville Olive Farm Women's Club met at Mrs. Ella Osborne's home with Mrs. Mamie Buckley presiding. During the program hour recipes were exchanged and Mrs. Avn Myers presented the legend of the dogwood. Refreshments were served to the attendees including Mrs. Vivian Humphrey, Hazel Buckley, Margaret Brown, Ina Massar, Tress Swain, Pauline Myers, Ella Hannum, Lillian Pickens, Ronaleen, Tommy and Martin Osborne.
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Farm Women’s Club
Ella Osborne
Mamie Buckley
Avn Myers
Vivian Humphrey
Hazel Buckley
Margaret Brown
Ina Massar
Tress Swain
Pauline Myers
Ella Hannum
Lillian Pickens
Ronaleen
Tommy
Martin Osborne
Proposal to recolor U.S. paper money advances
Mrs. Elizabeth Rudel Smith, the new U S treasurer, backs a plan to change the color of all U S paper money except the $1 greenback to aid identification. The proposal aims to reduce confusion and improve currency recognition nationwide.
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Washington
U.S
Elizabeth Rudel Smith
The
United States
Birth of a son for Wolfe family in Nelsonville
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wolfe of Wellston announce the birth of a son at Mount St Mary Hospital on May 19. They name him Robert Kyle. He has two brothers Brent and Drew. Grandparents are Watson Wolfe, Zoretta Fick, and William Fick of Nelsonville. Great grandparents are Bessie Hicks of Athens and John A. Fellum of Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Robert E. Wolfe
Wellston
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Robert Kyle
Brent
Drew
Watson Wolfe
Zoretta Fick
William Fick
Bessie Hicks
Athens
John A. Fellum
Gallipolis Residents Gather For VariousVisits
Mrs Lester White of Gallipolis fractured her ankle while visiting her niece Mrs Yes ter Bailey. Mrs Junior Rowley returned to work in Pomeroy after leave. Jo Ann White of Middleport visited Mr and Mrs Bud Russell and Wallace for Sunday dinner. Mrs Marie Wilkinson of Canton spent a week with Mr and Mrs Cash Johnston. Mrs William Harmon and children Lisa and Mitchell of Toledo visit Mr and Mrs Francis Overturf. The Harmons plan a Florida trip to join her husband. Mr and Mrs Bill Russell and family of New Haven West Virginia visited Annabel Russell. Judy Overturf spent the weekend in Gallipolis with sister Mrs Ralph Durst.
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Marie Wilkinson
Canton
Cash Johnston
William Harmon
Lisa and
Mitchell
Toledo
Francis Overturf
Harmon
Florida
Bill Russell
New Haven
W. Va
Annabel Russell
Judy Overturf
Gallipolis
Ralph Durst
Nelsonville students place on state tests
In the final district state scholarship contest held at Athens Nelsonville students won district placements in chemistry Forrest Fuller fourth physics Christine Copeland twelfth Algebra 1 Richard Shearer third Sharon Gillian fifteenth Forrest Fuller placed 19th in state chemistry and sixth district Richard Shearer 16th in state Algebra 1 and seventh district
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Nelsonville
Athens
Forrest Fuller
Christine Copeland
Richard Shearer
Sharon Gillian
247 Vehicles Checked For Safety Week In Nelsonville
Nelsonville conducted a safety check week totaling 247 vehicles with 241 passenger cars and six trucks examined. The event extended to a second Sunday after only 96 vehicles initially responded, then 151 more were inspected on May 21. Only 22 vehicles failed the 10 point check, including issues such as defective tires and glass replacements, while all brakes were in good condition. The initiative was sponsored by the local police, American Legion, and Hess Chevrolet, and carried out by the police, Highway Patrol Auxiliary, and Hess Chevrolet.
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Nelsonville
Max Valkinburg
Valkinburg
American Legion
Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Hess Chevrolet
Eighth grade Syracuse party honors graduates
Members of Syracuse School eighth grade honored at the annual party and banquet in the school auditorium on May 18. The event featured a buffet, a class history, a will, a prophecy, short talks, perfect attendance awards, and a post dinner dance with extensive mother volunteer support.
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Margaret Cottrill
Syracuse
Nancy Parker
Linda Eichinger
Eleanor Schneider
Clarice Norris
Patty Winebrenner
Lynn Parker
Linda Lipscomb
Linda Stowe
Jeanie Mauer
Pat Yockey
Lucille Hendrix
Veda Teaford
John Bass
Robert Imboden
Roger Sayre
Bryce Smith
Robert Crow
John Li
Miss Stowe
Hayman
Mr. Rose
Mrs. Wingett
Bill Cundiff
Bill Jewell
Genevieve Schneider
Irene Parker
Margaret Leichinger
Sarah Roush
Virginia Fisher
Marjorie Manuel
Mary Lisle
Evelyn Stowe
Kathryn Crow
Beatrice Lisle
Addie Norris
Evelyn Smith
Bernice Winebrenner
Sylvia Zwilling
June Sayre
Francis Imboden
Mildred Pierce
Clara Baer
Ora Bass
Cheshire News Briefs Highlight Local Arrivals And Incidents
Cheshire notices report J F Sayre Floreffe Pa to attend Alumni Banquet at Cheshire Kyger Creek Auditorium May 27. Otto Hoffman Jackson visited with Bert Hern family. Lou Lou den’s daughter suffered serious burns in Syracuse. Shaver child injured by tractor near town. condition listed as satisfactory at Holzer Hospital. Pauline Jones Jay Middleport and Mrs Tucker Robertsburg visited Raymond Clark. Charles Hern and family traveled to Athens on business.
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Cheshire
J. F. Sayre
Floreffe
Cheshire Kyger Creek
Otto Hoffman
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Pauline Jones
Jay
Middleport
Tucker
Robertsburg
Raymond Clark
Charles Hern
Athens
Judgment Awarded to Ohio Farmers in Swisher Suit
Judgment of 202.90 dollars plus interest from December 1956 awarded to Ohio Farmers Insurance Co in a Common Pleas Court suit against Swisher Coal Co.
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Ohio Farmers Insurance Co
Common Pleas
Swisher Coal Co
Jacqueline Presents Golf Course To Jack
Jacqueline Kennedy plans a private three to four hole golf course for President Kennedy at Glen Ora estate in Middleburg Virginia. Workmen carve greens and fairways on about 20 acres within the 400 acre leased property. The longest hole will be around 350 yards and a sign names it Glen Ora Country Club. Kennedy turns 44 on May 29.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Middleburg
Virginia Hunt Country
Glen Ora Country Club
Mrs Howe Installed As Emblem Club President
Mrs Martha Howe was installed president of the Nelsonville Emblem Club in a ceremony at the Elks Hall after a dinner. Las Vegas officials Dorothy Cox and Bunny Harris installed her, marking the 15th wedding anniversary for the Howes. The event included gifts, new officers, and a social hour with refreshments. Guests came from Logan and Athens. next meeting set for June 13 at the Elks Hall.
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Howe
Nelsonville
Emblem Club
Elks Hall
The
Elks
Bunny Harris
United States Emblem Clubs
Dorothy Cox
Supreme Marshall
Las Vegas
Nev
Dorothy Ruscoe
Blanche DeLong
Marshall
Peggy Galvin
Lillian Worthington
Jo White
Helen Jackson
Elizabeth Phillips
Gladys Keating
Betty Lewis
Auldean Whitlatch
Nora Jo
Dorothy Shearer
Logan
Athens
Nelsonville High School
Meigs County Land Transfers Show Multiple Parcel Deals
Meigs County records list transfers involving Cris and Dorothy Roush to Max and Dorothy Edmundson for two acres in Salem Two. Otto Marcinko parcels to Winifred Marcinko in Olive Two. Clyde G. Millhone to Bernard Fultz for a lot in Pomeroy. Central Asphalt Paving Co. gains Letart Two parcels from George Hayman and from Ross Development Co. to Hayden and others in Letart Two. Hayden and others transfer Letart Two parcels to Central Asphalt Paving Co. Transfers also include Walter Neutzling to Beulah and Carl Neutzling in Pomeroy, Oris Hubbard as administrator to Hallie Cross in Syracuse, Martin Major and Ruby Major to Charles and Janet Bland in Middletown, G H and Frank Ewing to Ralph and Nell Graves in Pomeroy, Martin Mollohan and Zana Mollohan to Ohio Power Co. for coal lands in Salem Ray, Rose George to Ohio Power Co. for coal in Salem Two, Milams and Leach parcels in Bedford Two, Lt. Leach to Milam in Bedford Two, Cooke and Cooke to Richard and Dorothy Frazier in Middlefield, Henry Taylor estates to Paul C. Taylor in Rutland, Minnie Taylor estate to Paul C. Taylor in Rutland, Ohio Electric Co. easement in Olive Two, Luther Caldwell to AT and T in Rutland, Caldwell guardianship to AT and T in Rutland, Arthur Ebersbach to Bernard Fultz as trustee for lots in Pomeroy.
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Otto Marcinko
Winifred A. Marcinko
Olive Two
Clyde G. Millhone
Bernard V. Fultz
Pomeroy
George H. Hayman
Central Asphalt Paving Co
Ross Developmen Co
William O. Hayden
Jack P. Hayden
D. S. Long
M. M. Lilly, Jr
J. M. Slack, Jr
V. N. Green
Letart
Wilda Hayden
Jack and
Jeane Hayden
Hazel C. Lilly
J. M Slack, Jr
Frances R. Slack
W. N. Green
Marjorie Green
Walter Neutzling
Beulah
Minnie Neutzling
Carl W. Neutzling
Oris Hubbard
G. H. Ewing
Frank Ewing
Ralph Graves
Nell Graves
Martin Mollohan
Zana Mollohan
Ohio Power Co
Salem
Ray
Rose E. George
Harold L. Milam
Frank Milam
Harold W. Leach
Bedford
Kenneth D. Cooke
Jean Cooke
Richard Frazier
Dorothy Frazier
Middleport
Carl Taylor
Minnie Taylor
Paul C. Taylor
Rutland
State of Ohio
Marietta Electric Co
Luther V. Caldwell
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Guardian
Vergie M. Caldwell
Arthur Ebersbach
Oldest Mother Honor Sparks Mother's Day Notes in Laurel Cliff
Mrs. Lou Ella Stahl, Laurel Cliff, received a dozen roses from a Pomeroy store for being the oldest mother to register for Mother's Day. Mrs. Vernon Howell got a wire-delivered pot of flowers from her son Roy in Albany, New York. Several residents visited or hosted guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brown of Pomeroy, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Parker, and others. Local family visits spread across Albany, Akron, Columbus, Zanesville, and St. Albans as relatives gathered and hosted in Laurel Cliff.
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Laurel Cliff
Louella Stahl
Pomeroy
Vernon Howell
Roy
Albany
N. Y
Georgia Diehl
Clyde Brown
Roy Howell
Lennie
Mickey
Kay
Howell
Robert Arnold
Pearl Parker
Lew Diehl
Bardbury School
Lewis Arvin Diehl
William Glass
Akron
Eugene Mair
Charlotte
Columbus
Lester Brookover
Dora Stratton
William Cooke
Zanesville
Brookovers
George Harris
St. Albans
W. Va
George Renshaw
Retiring New Lexington meter man Scotchy James ends era
George Scotchy James, a 12 year veteran New Lexington meter police officer, retires at 68. He reflects on a career marked by issuing tickets to family, colleagues, the mayor, and once to his own car.
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New Lexington
Geore
Scotchy) James
Public loan suit seeks payment on 1961 note in Ohio court
The McArthur Savings & Loan Company files a petition in Athens County Court of Common Pleas seeking $8,063.90 plus six percent interest from April 12 1961 on a promissory note secured by a 1.98 acre mortgage in Athens Township. The defendants Garth R. Miller and Luella L. Miller of Marathon Florida must answer by June 24 1961.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
McArthur Savings & Loan Company
McArthur, Ohio
Garth
Athens
County of
State of
Walter Smith
Flossie Smith
Elizabeth Shafer
H. J. Bust
Ann N. Courtney
Zina A. Courtney
Blanch Verity
Edward Johnson
Garth R. Miller
Luella L. Miller
C. Motter
Local visitors pay calls in area towns
Murray City guests included Mr and Mrs Clarence Lemmmerman of Etna and others visiting Howard Craft. Bill Drake and Ruth Carsner plus Gyneth Thompson from Ath ens visited Betty Sabo and Frances. Richard Duffy family and Louis Sabo and son visited. Dora Wilson and Almeda Moody of Glouster visited relatives.
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Clarence Lemmerman
Etna
Bill Drake
Glouster
Ruth Carsner
New Lexington
Gyneth Thompson
Athens
Howard Craft
Richard Duffy
Louis Sabo
Smiths Attend Bethel I O J D Inception In Barberton
Mr and Mrs Harry P Smith weekend in Barberton for the founding of a Bethel of International Order of Jobs Daughters with Mrs Smith serving as grand chaplain They visited relatives in Pomeroy Middleport and other Meigs County communities Athens and Monte Vista Colorado were noted as home destination for Mr and Mrs Herbert Martin after hosting Emmet W Peoples This was Mrs Martin s first return to Ohio since childhood Her mother Cora Whaley Cowen was sister to the late W L Whaley D A Whaley and Mrs C A Hines
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Harry P. Smith
Barberton
International Order of Jobs Daughters
Smith
Herbert Martin
Monte Vista
Colo
Pomeroy
Middleport
Meigs County
Athens
Emmet W. Peoples
Martin
Ohio
BIDS SOUGHT FOR MEIGS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PROJECT OHIO
The Meigs County Hospital Commission invites sealed bids for general construction plumbing heating and electrical work on the Meigs Memorial Hospital project OHIO-143 in Pomeroy Ohio with bids due by 11:00 A.M. EST Friday June 2 1961. Bid bonds 10 percent and completion time 400 calendar days.
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Meigs County Hospital Commission
Theodore T. Reed, Jr
C O Farmers Bank and Savings
Pomeroy
Ohio
Meigs Memorialospital
Harry Ray Nay
A. 1.A
Nay
Market Street
Wheeling
W. Va
Office of County Commissioners
Pittsburgh Builders Exchange
Standard Life Building
Pittsburgh
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charleston
5Th Avenue
Columbus
Builders Exchange
Dublin Road
Archie Tect
Bigs County
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