Messenger Marks Fiftieth Anniversary
The Daily Messenger celebrates 50 years since its 1924 founding, noting growth from a small town weekly to a state-wide paper. Editor Charlie Harris, OH University alumnus, remains the sole surviving original staff member as the newsroom reflects on spend to educate and inform readers.
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Onlo
Aide
Bush
Messenger & Herald
Eac
Invam
Ohio
Messenger
Harris
Athens
Ohio University
Daily Messenger
Charlie Harris
Sewana Perman
Vinton County Court Schedule For Five Indicted Men
In Vinton County common pleas court a five man indictment list follows a grand jury session that examined 20 witnesses in 11 cases. Indicted are Clifford Bake for shooting with intent to kill James Spires and John Johnson for forgery James Martin for grand larceny Henry Townsend for desertion.
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Arthur — Arral
Vinton County
Lewis Rutter Dies at 50 in Mount St Mary Hospital
Lewis Rutter 50 of Kimberley Nelsonville Route 1 died Wednesday evening in Mount St Mary Hospital where he had been a patient six weeks. He native of Athens County son of the late Earl Rutter survived by widow Carsie two daughters Ruth Spelman Janet Forest his mother Mrs Clarissa Rutter four brothers Glyde Earl Alva Elmer and four sisters Inez Tippie Reba Tucker Elsie Lehman Bessie Woodrum. One son preceded him in death. Funeral services Saturday at 1 p m in Nazarene Church Nelsonville Adams St Rev Langley Gullett to officiate burial Green Lawn cemetery. Body remains Johnson Funeral Home until time for ser
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Lewis Rutter
Kimberley
Nelson- Ville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Athens County
Earl Rutter
Carsie
Nazarene Church
Nelsonville
Adams St
Langley Gullett
Green Lawn
Johnson Fueral
Driver Fined and Jailed in DWI Case
Nelsonville court fined $100 and sentenced driver Six to three days in city jail after pleading guilty to DWI. The incident occurred Wednesday night when Six collided with a car driven by William Bulstron of Glouster near Poplar and Grosvenor streets.
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Nelsonville
Cornell
Lakewood
Friday & Saturday Brad Crawford and Barbara Hale in The Dead End Kids
Friday and Saturday feature Brad Crawford and Barbara Hale in The Last of The Comanches as the second feature with Code of The Streets showing alongside.
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Brad Crawford
Barbara Hale
Last of the
Dead End Kids
Nelsonville Girl Scout Thanksgiving Party Report
Nelsonville Troop 2 held a Thanksgiving party at the Girl Scout Little House with eighteen members and leaders Jean Hall and Mrs. Hall. Anita Jo Hall Lucretia Jo Hall Anne Wolfe and Ann Stalder organized hats corsages pilgrim decorations and a Thanksgiving prayer. Sandra Polley and Janice Barber won prizes. refreshments were served. Next meeting set for after school November 29 at the Little House.
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Little House
Jean Hall
Songs
Anita Jo
Lucretia Jo Hall
Anne Wolfe
Ann Stalder
Anita Hall
Wolfe
Miss Stalder
Sandra Polley
Janice Barber
Local Notables and Family Listings Across Multiple Towns
A fragmented OCR list shows names and locations including Nelsonville Glouster New Lexington Rock-bridge Haydenville and Logan with surnames Karn Nixon Wolfe Norris Mulipas Vegso Edington Smith Dunn and O'Brien among others. The text reads like a community roster noting relatives and addresses Route numbers and rural routes appear but no events or actions are described.
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Maroian
Stanley Karn
Haydenville
Sharon Nixon
Rock
Elma Wolfe
Nelsonville
Leonard Parry
New Lexington
Vasco
Murray City
Russell Norris
Glouster
Stes Franin Kinnon
City
Bart Conney
Nelsonvile
Clarence Taylor
Logan
Sire
Vicar Stuathers
Lena Mulip
Alfred Home Demonstration Club Meeting and Guests
The Alfred Home Demonstration Club plans Sunday meetings through Christmas with a session on Color in the Home led by Mrs. Geneva Nolan. A gift exchange will conclude the social part. Attending are Mr. and Mrs. Gaul of Athens and numerous local families from Canaanville Suysville Oak Hill Peach Fork Silver Ridge Chester and Chester. with funeral attendance for Frank H. Super.
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Alfred
MYF
Alfred Home Demonstration Club
Mabel Griffin
Geneva Nolan
G. G. Gaul
Athens
Ray Hart
Canaanville
Wayne Koehler
Suysville
T. In Weber
Oak Hill
Orpha Offutt
Near Pomeroy
Alva Partlow
Peach Fork
C.F. Bentzing
Silver Ridge
Docis Spancer
Chester
Charles Carr
Jewell Carr
W. S. Carr
Charles D. Woodel
Woode
J. B. Hayes
Delbert Gaul
J. M. Gaul
J. B. Crockarell
Frank H. Super
Helen D. Woode
Local Births and Medical Notices From Ohio Towns
A fragmented list records births including a daughter for Holzer and Jessie Morris Wellstons a son for Evan Stephenson a son for Ralph Grimm Point Pleasant a son for Morrison Point Pleasant and daughters for Bartram Jackson and McGuire Patriot plus multiple medical and surgical notices for residents of South Point Oakmin Gallipolis Wellston Ironton Addison Long Bottom Clifton and Kananga.
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Jessie Morris
Wellston
Evan Stephenson
Ralph Grimm
Point Pleasant
Vinton
John Morrison
Ernest Bartram
Jackson
S. Jones
Mary McClure
South Point
Gaits Burene Leslie
Oakmin
Edward L. Mills
Gallipolis
Roy Talbott
Sable Riley
Ironton
Paul King
Surgical
Nicholas Hockman
Addison
My Rip
Calupta
Paul Andrews
Long Bottom
Frank Denney
Riot Surgical
Edith Marie McGuire
Patriot
Tommy Sanders
Urgical
Dismissals and Medical Notes Listed in Hospital Ledger
The record lists Ted Riley Jr and Mix Ela Wright among patients in Midale port and Gallipolis with surgical and medical notes. A long list of names follows marked as DISMISSED including Mrs. Homer Burton and many others from Point Pleasant Cheshire Vin ton Bladen and nearby areas.
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Aus
Ted Riley, Jr
Midaleport
Mix Ela Wright
Gallipolis
Stanley V. Swisher
Cheshire
David Eugene Hudwell
New Haven
Nelsonville church notices list services across denominations
A Nelsonville church notices page lists worship times and events for several churches in Athens including Church of the Good Shepherd, Wesleyan Methodist and First Baptist. It notes Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., morning worship at 10:30 a.m., sermons and youth activities, midweek studies, choir rehearsals, and a Monday women’s fellowship. The page also mentions an upcoming music battle at First Baptist and a legal notice: John W. Lawrence of Columbus fined for improper passing.
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Ener Slen
Church of the Jood Shepherd
Athens
Gerald Priser
Kenneth Davis
Kenneth Orwiler
Christian
Fort and Short
Long
Penorania
Sm. Verner Senesit
Subje MoneeAnchor
Sout
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Wesleyan Methodist
Watkins St. Charles Hill
First Methodist
F. Melvin Wentz
Pilgrim Holiness
Chestnut St
Ellonville
Jubilee Gospel Singers
Yeaven Bound Gospel Singers of Columbus
First Baptist Church
Nelsonville
John W. Lawrence
Columbus
Earl Hilleary
State Highway Patrol
Forever Young Club Woman's Wardrobe Ad
An advertisement describes Magicrope fabric with confetti and rose bud detailing, featuring a navy and velvet trim coat dress in several colors. It promotes a slim, comfortable look with colors including navy grey blue cocoa and lists sizes from 14 to 24.
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Taffeta
YOUNG
Forever Young
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Ann Blyth
Nelsonville Social Notes
Mount Hospi St. Mary
Holzer Has
Donald N. Bumgardner
Clifton
W. Va
Donald Edward Johnson
Kananga
Arthur A. Farrar
Pital
Harold Davis
Jack Carsey
Jack Perry
Cecil Johnson
John Harrison
Paul Ebbert
Ella de Wweese
Langley Johnson
Ray Johnson
John Richards
Ottie Wiseman
Archie Winn
Lewis Search
Robert Nichols
Larry Edwin Shupe
Thomas Richard Wheeler
Roger Ray Lathey
Cecil
Lees
Basil Casey
Kenneth Stout
Nelsonville Church News
Smiyus
Robert Gastin
Church of the Nazarene
Adams St. Langley Gullett
Jackson St
D. O. Norris
First Baptist
Adams and Coumbus
S. H. Hughes
Cerath
Roger Dean
Fayette St
Cme Oy
Allmans
Missy
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