Nelsonville Miners Vote to Halt All Mining in Two Valleys
Local Union 358 of the United Mine Workers votes unanimously to stop all mining in the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys until a new contract is reached. Chauncey officials urge a mass meeting at Nelsonville City Playgrounds to discuss the district’s policy and ongoing grievances over unauthorized emergency coal deliveries.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Sunday Creek
United Mine Workers
Chauncey
Calvin Lanning
Arthur Green
Athens County
Mrs. Bartram Dies at 76 in Rutland Ohio
Laura Bartram age 76 died Monday at her daughter’s home in Columbus after a long illness. Survived by two sons Leroy and Jack and five daughters including Lily Gokey Martha Gilmore Dorothy Whittington Viola Edwards Virginia McDaniels. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. Storys Run Baptist Church. Burial Lone Oak Cemetery Point Pleasant. Friends may call at Chase funeral home Rutland. Booster meeting in Nelsonville for football banquet. Ragweed pollen allergy noted around New York City area.
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Rutland
Laura Bartram
Lily Gokey
Columbus
Leroy
Pomeroy
Jack
Okey Cort
Lone Oak Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Chase Funeral Home
Halloween Party Hosts and Funeral Notice in Letart Falls
Jeannine Shields and Marlene Clark hosted a masked Halloween party at the Shields home. Gideon Roush, a lifelong East Letart resident, died after an illness. funeral services were held at the Letart Falls Methodist Church with burial in the local cemetery. Jack Shank of Belleville, W. Va. visited Scott Shank and Mrs. Bart Shank.
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Apple Grove
Clair Carpenter
Belpre
Howard Carpenter
Jeannine Shields
Marlene Clark
Clarence Shields
East Letart
Gideon Roush
Letart Falls
William Coyle
Jack Shank
Belleville
W. Va
Scott Shank
Bart Shank
Miers Blake Services Held
NELSONVILLE Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Blake former Nelsonville resident and WCTU worker were held Friday at Stout funeral home with Rev. Paul Niswander officiating. Burial at Greenlawn. Mrs Blake was Athens County WCTU president eight years and a state field worker until illness. active in local Christian Church. Columbus visitors included numerous relatives and friends.
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Nelsonville
Kate Blake
WCTU
Stout Funeral
Paul Niswander
Greenlawn
Glenn Allen
Sigrid Love
Old Rugged Cross
Christian Church
Columbus
R. P. Radford
T. R. Blake
Caroline
Clark Eliott
Etta Gaston
Lydia Arthur
J. A. Makeever
Martha Paine
Florence Milhon
Maggie Fuller
Jessie Davis
Fred Schubert
Allie Schrader
Pomeroy Native Wildermuth Dies in California Home
Merrill Wildermuth, 49, a former Pomeroy resident, died Friday at his Fuller ton California home. He visited his native city last summer after 30 years away. Burial is in California. Survivors include his wife, son, daughter, his mother, and a brother Floyd. He was the son of the late George Wildermuth of Pomeroy and nephew of Charles Wildermuth.
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Pomeroy
Merrill Wildermuth
Fullerton
Calif
Wildermuth
California
Floyd
George Wildermuth
Charles Wildermuth
Degree of Pocahontas in Murray City Initiation Meeting
The Degree of Pocahontas of Murray City will hold a meeting and initiation Friday at 7 30 p m in the K of P Hall. Visitors include Mrs Clara Metzier great chief Dayton Mrs Margaret Howell manager of finance and Mrs Hazel Coon member of the orphans board. Murray City degree team will confer the degree and all district councils with candidates are invited to present them for initiation.
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Degree of
Pocahontas
Murray City
K. of P. Hall
Clara Metzier
Dayton
Margaret Howell
Hazel Coon
The
Orphan’s Board
Twig 3 Meeting at Mrs. White’s Home
Twig 3 of the Mount St Mary Hospital Guild will meet at the home of Mrs Ralph White 841 Walnut Street on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Twig
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ralph White
Walnut St
Local groups schedule midweek meetings and hospital visit
The Girl Scout Council will meet at Little House Wednesday at 2 p.m. The VFW Auxiliary meets Wednesday evening at the VFW home. Members should bring candy for Chillicothe Veterans Hospital, groceries for the basket, plus cards puzzles and books. A group from the Auxiliary plans to visit the hospital next Sunday.
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Girl Scout Council
Little House
VFW
Veterans’ Hospital
Chillicothe
Pandorian Club Meets for Speaker at Berry Home
Mrs. Eldon Dailey president of the Southeast District Ohio Federation of Woman's Clubs will speak Thursday to Pandorian Club members gathered at Mrs. Milton Berry's home on West Washington Street at 2 30 P M.
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Eldon Dailey
Ohio Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Pandorian Club
Milton Berry
Washington St
Local couple wed in Nelsonville home ceremony
Marion Hethcoat Pickett and Mary Maxdalene McDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron McDonald, exchanged vows October 31 with Floyd Brown, justice of the peace, at the bride groom’s parents’ home in Nelsonville.
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Marion Hethcoat Pickett
Mary Maxdalene McDonald
Kimberly
Aaron McDonald
Floyd Brown
Mrs. Hethcoat Pickett
Nelsonville
Retta Howe Sunday School Class Party Set
The Retta Howe Sunday School Class will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Mrs. James Evans home on Walnut Street for a party event.
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Retta Howe
James Evans
Walnut St
Nelsonville Halloween Parade Draws 500 Spectators
About 500 people attended the Nelsonville High School Halloween Night observance at the field track. Prizes included cash candy sets and skates. Winners named for ugliest and most beautiful costumes, with youngsters and babies featured among prize recipients.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan Post
American Legion
Nelsonville High School
Tony Pughtine
Legionnaires
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Post
Dale Glenn Puckett
Margaret Hall
Charles Lineback
Kay Riley
Rita Jones
Ruth Tye
Anna Mae Simmons
Bobby Poling
Tom Shaddan
Willard Stanley
Carlyle Mender
Legion
Tom Lax
Floyd Brown
Chester Ray
Degree Work Slated by Haybrow Council at Masonic Temple
Nelsonville notices announce Haybrow Council 119 R&SM meets Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple to confer the degrees of royal and select master Light refreshments will follow. Nelsonville Joe Galvin is recovering after recent major surgery at Brown Hospital Dayton Ward 4 Mrs Galvin stayed with him Sunday.
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Nelsonville
Haybrow Council
R&sm
Masonic Temple
Joe Galvin
Brown Hospital
Dayton
Albany WSCS October Meeting Hosted by Mrs Baugh
Mrs Wilbur Baugh hosted the Albany WSCS October meeting with president Mrs Irene Wingett in charge. Devotions were led by Mrs Addie Gilkey and the program introduced by Mrs Vance Springer featuring guest speaker Mrs DB B Greene of Athens on The Advance. Members and Athens guests enjoyed refreshments for 31. Many social notes follow with visits to Lancaster Fair Buckeye Lake and trips to St Petersburg Akron Aliquippa and Gallipolis among others.
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Albany
Wilbur Baughman
Albany Wscs
Irene Wingett
Addie Gilkey
Vance
Springer
DB. B Greene
Athens
Jandes
Woeis
Jesse Gilkey
Wiliam Midkiff
Charleston
Gilkey
Cincinnati
Be.t. Datley
Los Angeles
Lewis Brown
Gallipolis
Frank Radcliffe
Glen Tewksbury
Akron
Lena Gorslin
Tewksbury
Melva Radcliffe
New Straitsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Mr and Mrs Williard Seckman of Logan visit Whitmer and Wilson families while others travel to Florida Columbus and Lorain. Mrs Delphus Miler sells Main St home to Bill Davis and stays with Evans family. The Jolly Eight Bridge Club meets at Laura Miller's home. high score goes to Pearl, low to Williams. New Straitsville school hosts masked Halloween party for first six grades on Oct 27.
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New Straitsville
Williard Seckman
Logan
John Whitmer
Robert Wilson
Florida
Delphus Miler
Main St
Bill Davis
Charles Evans
Davis
Glouster
Peter Lillicoe
Columbus
Thomas Hatem
Joe Hatem
Catholic Hill
Wayne Senis
Grover Backus
Loretta Beck
Anna Mae Lanning
George Wehrle
Lorain
Danny Daugherty
Danny, Jr
Frank Spicer
Dan Daugherty
Jolly Eight Bridge Club
Laura Miller
Mildred Thompson
Audrey Ambrose
Annie Lillicoe
Flossie Lillicoe
Nelle Ward
Garnette Pearl
Jack Willams
Genevieve Hartman
Sue McQuade
Miller
Pearl
Williams
New Straitsville Public School
Death of Lewis Gibbs A Middleport Native
Word arrived of the death of Lewis Gibbs former Middleport resident in a Farmington hospital. Gibbs was a widely known vocal soloist in the community. Surviving were a son Travis Gibbs Philadelphia and a brother Phil.
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Middleport
Lewis Gillda
Farmington
Gibbs
Travis Gibbs
Philadelphia
Phil
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