Nelsonville Ballots Counted In City Levy And State Issues
Unofficial results show 2,088 voters in Nelsonville across nine precincts. Seven mill levy for Nelsonville York School carried by 192 votes, while State Issue Two failed in all precincts. Issue One passed. Athens County Tuberculosis and Children’s Home levies showed strong support. Yard North results include presidential and judicial races with variable support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Mender
Nelsonville
York School
Homestead
Athens County
Children’s Home
York North
Legion Building
City Voters Back Humphrey Nixon Ticket in Local Election
Nelsonville voters cast ballots across nine precincts with Humphrey Muskie garnering 1,111 votes to Nixon Agnew 833. Wallace LeMay 127, high totals for county offices included coroner Robert Butts 1,406 and clerk Marjorie Mitchell 1,340. Sheriff Harold Shileds ran unopposed with 1,367, and major results for treasurer, engineer, and judges also reported alongside detailed ward tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Ball
Algeo
Mitchell
Shields
Merrill Riggle
Gibbs
Wright
Kennard
Rose
Hann
Hitchens
Butts
Patton
York North
Supreme Court
Duffy
Taft
John Mathias
Brother
Herbert
Court of Appeals
Moore
Stephenson
Nelsonville
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Wallace LeMay
Robert Butts
Charles Patton
Marjorie Mitchell
S. Vianna Algeo
Harold Shileds
James Edwards
John Law
Earl F. Lowry
Jack White
John J. Gilligan
U. S. Senate
William B. Saxbe
Clarence E. Miller
Harry B. Crewson
J. Sherman Porter
Oakley C. Collins
James Sherman Porter III
Local visits span Rutland and Gallipolis communities
Rutland residents Mr and Mrs Hampton and their son hosted visitors. Mr and Mrs Eugene Green of Gallipolis spent an afternoon with Mrs Lucille Burris Sue and Larry. Mr and Mrs James Bush and Jimmy with Mrs Ermel Ward and David visited Mr and Mrs Bill Woods Allen and Judy of Columbus. An estimated 150 million dollars worth of treasure from sunken Spanish ships between the Caribbean and Spain remains unfished salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Hampton
Son
Rutland
Richard Hampton
Eugene Green
Gallipolis
Lucille Burris
Sue
Larry
James Bush
Jimmy
Ermel Ward
David
Bill Woods
Allen
Judy
Columbus
Caribbean
Spain
Angolan Cane Mill Opens Near Benguela
A new sugar mill near Benguela in Angola can process 1500 tons of sugar cane daily. The $4.5 million plant is the province’s third largest and belongs to the Angola Sugar Company. Officials expect higher output, boosting export of sugar cane to Portugal beyond the 27,000 tons shipped in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luanda
Angola
Benguela
Angola Sugar Company
Portugal
Rutland Student Visited by Families in Ohio Trips
Miss Sabra Canaday a Capitol University sophomore in Columbus with her parents visited this weekend. Mr and Mrs Robert Canaday hosted guests, while Mr and Mrs Ross Schuler of Racine and Mr and Mrs Paul Taylor of Barberton visited Bruce Davis and family. Mr and Mrs Dick Foley were weekend guests of their son in law and daughter Jim Quillin and family in Cleveland with their son Jimmy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabra Canaday
Capitol University
Columbus
Robert Canaday
Ross Schuler
Racine
Paul Taylor
Barberton
Bruce Davis
Dick Foley
Jim Quillin
Jimmy
Cleveland
Social notes from Letart area include visitors and dinners
Spec 4 Charles McFarland of Fort Belvoir Ky spent a fur lough here recently with his parents Mr and Mrs William McFarland. Mrs Harry Dyer has returned to the home of her son in law and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Harry Layne after visiting Lt Cmdr Ret and Mrs James Dyer Norfolk Va. Miss Mae Rickard formerly of Letart Route 1 now Parkersburg W Va visited her niece Mrs Emory Roush and family. A basket dinner was given in Miss Rickard's honor at the Roush home with many attendees from Letart New Haven and Parkersburg including the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McFarland
Fort Belvoir
William McFarland
Harry Dyer
Harry Layne
Cmdr
James Dyer
Norfolk
Mae Rickard
14Th St
Parkersburg
W. Va
Toy Blowgun Danger Warned By Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports urges parents to avoid the Zulugun toy blowgun due to risk of inhaled darts or injury from improvised weapons. The Philadelphia made toy, sold for 10 cents, uses suction darts with needle armed tips and has 13 reported dart accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Fleer Corp
Philadelphia
Medical World News
Minnesota Orchestra Debuts With Regional Scope Rename
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, aged 65, begins the 1968 69 season under the new name Minnesota Orchestra. Governor Harold Levander notes the shift toward regional development for future growth. Nearby, the Portland Symphony has also rebranded as the Oregon Symphony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Harold Levander
Orchestral Association
Portland Symphony
Oregon Symphony
Fair Slated For Saturday at First Christian Church
Nelsonville notes the Holi day Fair will be held Saturday all day in the First Christian Church social rooms. Craftwork handiwork decorations and baked goods will be offered for sale as a flower mart and plant booth appear. Adrian Burt will aid selections and church committees plan booths with items ready by Friday except baked goods by 10 a.m. Saturday. Gifts through local business firms will be awarded to attendees and church members are asked to help in booths contact Adele Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
First Christian Church
Adrian Burt
Friends of the Church
Twig V to Meet Nelsonville Thanksgiving Dinner Meeting
Twig Five Mount St Mary Hospital Guild will hold its Thanksgiving dinner meeting Monday night at Ethel's Tea Room. Serving begins at 6 p.m. Members should call Mrs Emma Connor at 753 2555 to reserve by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Twig Five
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Emma Connor
Mrs. Cullison Admitted to University Hospital
Mrs. Joe Cullison, 82 West Washington Street, was admitted to University Hospital Columbus on Sunday for observation and treatment. Her room number is 1091.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Joe Cullison
West Washington Street
University Hospital, Columbus
First Precinct Last In Reporting Returns
Nelsonville reports the first precinct of the Fourth Ward was the last to tally votes in Tuesday’s election. Errors on levy tally sheets caused the delay, with the precinct about an hour behind Precinct Two of the First Ward, finishing around midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Precinct
Nelsonville
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Nixon
Humphrey
Wallace
U.S
Gilligan
Saxbe
Congress
Crewson
Miller
Collins
Porter
Porter III
Welker
Edwards
Law
Lowry
White
Ralph Welker
Claire M. Ball
Luta M. Wright
Anna G. Gibbs
County Recorders
Betty R. Kennard
Olive Rose
Harold W. Hitchens
Gerald E. Hahn
Kingssey A. Taft
John C. Duffy
John M. Matthias
Merrill D. Brothers
Thomas M. Herbert
Fourth District
Forrest P. Moore
Earl E. Stephenson
Ward
Nixon-Agnew
Humphrey Muskie
Precinct
Recenecen
Neils
Court
C&e
Richland Ave
Atlantic
C&e Howe
New Haven
Clarence Blessing
True Blessing
Oris Lieving
Clarence Thomas
Robert Thomas
Lisa
Lucille Roush
Roseline Roush
Emory Roush
Letart
Glenn Weaver
Freddie
Jennifer
Jeff
Rodney
Franklin Sayre
Jim
Warp Bros. Oe
Adeline Ray
Twig V
Skein
Famous ‘Clinic
Belk
Orion
North Court Street
WARP
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