Nelsonville Officials to Get Salary Boosts in January
City of Nelsonville will raise mayor and police chief salaries effective January 1 to offset income loss from state case costs. Mayor from 150 to 225 dollars monthly. police chief to 268.50 to 300? per month. Costs will go to city funds under a new state law, keeping net income near current levels. Special council session planned to enact the ordinance.
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Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
State of
Ohio
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Eczema Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a simple cure for eczema pimples and red irritations. It claims fast itching relief and improved skin with a money back guarantee, noting use for itchy feet and cracked skin and a 40¢ price in all druggists.
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Peterson
New Lexington Area Briefs Highlight Local Elections and Drought
Rev Mabel Rife to speak nightly at Crooksville Evangelical United Brethren Church Oct 5 to Oct 18. Crooksville waterworks chief John Kellenbarger resigns after 26 years, moving to Indiana. Sheriff Moore appoints Lester Lee Snide as deputy. Mrs Lois Jones named acting Perry County home demonstration agent. Halloween festival to stage Oct 30–31 by Crooksville Fire Department. Jail break thwarted as prisoners cut bars but failed to breach outer grate. Christmas Seal chair W J Howdyshell in third year. Water shortage prompts hauling to farms. cisterns and wells used for drought relief.
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New Lexington
Mabel Rife
Columbus
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Crooksville
John Kellenbarger
Indiana
David Moore
Lester Lee Snide
Stanley Fair
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Homemakers of America
Nina Fee
Nancy Riggs
Vicce
Kay Hartley
Donna Whitehead
Crooksville Fire Department
Lois Jones
Pickaway County
Perry County
Agricultural Extension Service
J. T. Brewer
Junc
Tion City
James McCabe
W. J. Howdyshell
Shawnee
Corning
C. P. Robinson
Local Social Notes From Murray City Area
Weekend visitors and relatives are listed across Murray City and nearby towns. Mentions include Clarence Banfield Sr and family in Cleveland, Mrs. Elizabeth O Rourke in Shawnee, and Pfe Clarence G Campbell now on duty in Korea after hospitalization in Japan. Other names include the Sorrells Carter Campbell Bookman Wade and many local households in Nelsonville Newark Buchtel and New Straitsville.
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Orbiston
Clarence Banfield
Cleveland
Edward Peacock
Sherman Brown
Shawnee
Robert McCall
Robert
Murray City
Elizabeth O’rourke
Edith Halliday
Ralph O'Rourke
George Tschus
Columbus
Charles Poling
Logan
Clayton Bookman
Dana E. Bookman
Lawrence Smith
Pfe
Clarence G. Campbell
Japan
Korea
Steve Sorrell
John Carter
Robert Campbell
Nelsonville
Fred Conger
New Straitsville
Adrienne Sorrell
William Wade
Haydenville
William Robinson
Nelsonville couple announce birth of son John Raymond
Mr and Mrs J W Reed 138 Mill St announce the birth of a son at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital on Sept 25 He is named John Raymond Grandparents are Mr and Mrs W C Smith Logan and Mr and Mrs John Reed Nelsonville
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Nelsonville
J. W. Reed
Mill St
Marietta Osteopathic Hospital
John Raymond
W. C. Smith
Logan
John Reed
Gladys Bayless Hospitalized After Surgery
Mrs. Gladys Bayless of Athens, daughter of Estella Betts, visiting her daughter Jane Huffman in Hamilton Ohio, is now confined in Fort Hamilton Hospital after undergoing major surgery.
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Nelsonville
Gladys Bayless
Athens
Estella Betts
Jane Huffman
Hamilton
Ohio
Fort Hamilton
Rummage Sale Planned by Nelsonville Church Women
The Christian Church women plan a rummage sale at City Hall on Saturday October 17. Donations may be left at the church by Friday noon October 16 or call 656 or 349W to arrange pickup.
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Nelsonville
Women of the Christian Church
City Hall
Detroit Firm Subleases Sharp Co. Boiler Room
A Detroit welding equipment firm will sublease the rehabilitated boiler room at Nelsonville’s Sharp Manufacturing site from the city. The project, with a renewed roof, windows, doors, and floor, should be ready for occupancy in about 30 days. 10 to 15 workers expected under George Wagner who will head the operation.
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Nelsonville
Detroit
Sharp Manufacturing Co
Municipal Electric Light Plant
Vern Coakley
Hocking Valley Sand & Gravel Co
Gram
Sharp Manufacturing
Sharp
George Wagner
Nelsonville Foundry & Machine Co
Nelsonville Social Notes Circle 4 Meeting
Nelsonville circle of WSCS of the Methodist Church will meet at 51 E Columbus St at 7 30 p m Thursday. Mrs Edgar Stedwill assists and leads the program. Members are asked to bring sales tax stamps. Dr Frank Mason North and William Gardner sacred melodies are featured. Mrs Ray will serve refreshments after the program for 11 members and one guest.
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Circle 4
WSCS
The
Methodist Church
Frank Oakley
E. Columbus St
Edgar Stedwill
Frank Mason North
William Gardner
Ray
Meeting Notes From Christian Women’s Fellowship Oct Five
Mrs. Gertrude Ray hosts Group 2 of the Christian Women’s Fellowship at Madison Street. Edith Patton leads a hymn and prayer with Mrs. J. A. Long. Nelle Johnson reports secretary’s notes and Flossie Cope the treasurer’s. Plans for a rummage sale October 17 and a fellowship supper are set. Virginia Rowland leads devotion. An upcoming Christian convention in McConnelsville on October 25 features a program on minority groups and Spanish speaking Americans with “A Prayer for the City” as the hymn.
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Gertrude Ray
Madison St
Christian Woman’s Fellowship of the Christian Church
Edith Patton
J. A. Long
Nelle Johnson
Flossie Cope
CWF
Virginia Rowland
McConnelsville
Long
John Riley
C. E. Scott
Tignor
Ex-Resident Harry R. Johnson Dies in Columbus
Harry Richard Johnson a former Glouster resident died at his Columbus home Friday. Survived by wife Zeeba two sons Cecil and Richard and two daughters Dorothy Thomas and Edna Hester all of Columbus. He was reared in Glouster in the Johnson home and moved to Columbus in 1927. Funeral at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. H Beecher officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Glouster residents attended including Mrs Ora Viney Mrs Ethel Riley Mrs Helen Leach Mrs Mattie Leach and Homer and Clifford Johnson.
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Glouster
Harry Richard Johnson
Evergreen Cemetery
Ora Viney
Ethel Riley
Helen Leach
Mattie Leach
Homer
Clifford Johnson
Child Injures Ankle in School Fall at New Straitsville
Kay Sweazy aged 11 of New Straitsville chipped her right ankle bone falling on school stairs. She was treated in Mount St. Mary Hospital emergency room Tuesday. Christine Miller aged 3 of Millfield suffered a forehead laceration above the right eye from a dish fall. several stitches were required to close the cut.
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Nelsonville
Kay Sweazy
Water Sweazy
New Straitsville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Christine Miller
Bill Miller
Millfield
Trucker Pleads Guilty Overload Charge in Nelsonville
Paul W. North of Nelsonville Route 1 pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mayor Arthur Kennedy’s court to operating a truck on a state highway with an overload of 1650 pounds on the drive axle. He was fined $25 plus costs.
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Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Paul W. North
Arthur Kennedy
Indian native dress visitors speak at Ruth Circle meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Savery, teachers and nurse in United Christian Schools Jullundur India, spoke at the Circle of Ruth October meeting in First Presbyterian Church social rooms. The couple, visiting via Athens Presbyterian support, described their India work with handwoven apparel and photographed scenes. Hostesses included Mrs. James F. Shumaker Mrs. Jessie Shafer and Mrs. W. L. Cooley. The covered dish dinner featured yellow chrysanthemums and white vases, followed by a brief business meeting led by president Mrs. Ralph Cox.
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India
Francis Savery
United Christian Schools
Jullundur
Circle of Ruth
First Presbyterian Church
Sauer
China
Athens Presbyterian
United Church of England
Methodist
Presbyterian
James F. Shumaker
Jessie Shafer
W. L. Cooley
Ralph Cox
Nelsonville FHA Chapter Names New Members and Officers
The Nelsonville chapter of FHA held a business meeting to initiate new members including Arlene Savage and Phyllis Hall among others. New officers for the year are Shelby Swank president Barbara Dixon vice president Shirley Taylor secretary Ruthie Beal treasurer Jeanne Acker parliamentarian and Anna Mae Butt historian. The group will attend a fall rally at Athens High School on Oct. 30.
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Nelsonville
FHA
Arlene Savage
Phyllis Hall
Ada Woodson
Phyllis Gibbons
Arvilla Joy
Linda Tharp
Phyllis Barber
Nettie Carlin
Marilyn Miller
Patty Standall
Sharon Cope
Charlotte Prater
TanyaMannis
Nancy DeVol
Janet Keplar
Kay Harmony
Jeannine West
Lois Wolfe
Kathryn Yates
Sharon Doolittle
Margaret Bateman
Geraldine Lewis
Linda Wolf
Shirley Courtney
Christian Woman's Fellowship Meeting at Mrs. Lou Allen Home
The Christian Woman's Fellowship gathered Monday evening at Mrs. Lou Allen's home with Hannah Thomas leading singing and prayer. Secretary and treasurer reports were given by Mrs. Allen and Bertha Lawson, followed by devotions by Mrs. Cecil Morman and a program led by Sigrid Love featuring Music Box Story recordings by George and Madeline Brown. Special numbers included Jeanne Allen Shafer and a Michele and Glenna Lou Shafer duet. refreshments served to members and guests Jeanne Allen Shafer Michele and Glenna Lou Shafer.
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Christian Woman's Fellowship of the Christian Church
Lou Allen
Hannah Thomas
Allen
Bertha Lawson
Cecil Morman
Sigrid Love
Music Box
George
Madeline Brown
Jeanne Allen Shafer
Michele
Glenna Lou Shafer
Helen Mechem
Alice Hall
Sarah Morrison
Dorothy Ruscoe
Belle Lancaster
Verna Hand
Bertha Bowers
Lydia Nease
Elizabeth Ray
Glouster Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Glouster community members hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Attendees included James and Mildred Phillips in McConnellville en route to Florida for winter, Vaughn Earich and daughter Janet from Dayton, and many others visiting in Trimble Concord for the Wolfe reunion with 73 attendees.
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James Phillips
Arthur Phillips
McConnellville
Florida
Vaughn Earich
Janet
Dayton
Trimble
Wolfe
Concord
Edithe Vaughn
Merle Danford
Laura Zimmer
Leo W. Koons
Candidates Presented To Kiwanis In Glouster
At a Kiwanis Club meeting at Hotel Gordon Lawrence Colbert presented a list of candidates for the 1954 term with election set for Oct 19. A board meeting followed as fund raising plans were discussed and a scholarship committee was named to process pending applications.
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Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Gordon
Lawrence Colbert
Colbert
Roger Kittle
Richard Guinther
Porter Dugan
Kovach
Harold Rose
Ray White
Hugh Billingsley
Ben Goldberg
B. R. Angle
Kittle
Teater
Enlon Grubbs
Joe Williams
Norbert Johnston
Guinther
L. G. de Long
Richard Eddy
Carl Bradbury
Clifford Collins
Mount St. Mary Hospital Admits Local Residents
Admitted individuals include Mrs. Louise Dicken of Nelsonville and Mrs. Bessie Cable of Corning. Others are Mrs. Gertrude Nixon of Deanville, Mrs. Faye Bumgardner of Nelsonville Route 1, and Mrs. Joseph Scott of Nelsonville. Also listed are Mrs. Charles H. Courtney of Chauncey with son, and Mrs. Robert Kiner of Glouster with son, along with Mrs. Harry McGlouthlin of Union Furnace, Mrs. John Drake of Nelsonville, and Mrs. John Waldeck of Glouster.
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Louise Dicken
Nelsonville
Bessie Cable
Corning
Gertrude Nixon
Deanville
Os Faye Bumgardner
Joseph Scott
Charles H. Courtney
Chauncey, and Son
Robert Kiner
Glouster, and Son
Harry McGlouthlin
Union Furnace
John Drake
John Waldeck
Glouster
Class To Meet Thursday At Willing Workers
The Willing Workers class of the Christian Church meets Thursday at noon at Mrs Edna Guess home Walnut Street. A pot luck lunch will be served.
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The
Christian Church
Edna Guess
Walnut St
Red Men to Dine Nelsonville Oyster Supper
The Red Men will host an oyster supper at their hall in the Buckeye Building on West Washington Street Friday at 7 30 p m.
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Nelsonville
Buckeye Building
W. Washington St
Guest Night Planned by Thea Chapter Past Matrons
The Past Matrons Association of Thea Chapter will observe guest night Friday at the Masonic Hall with a 6 30 p.m. dinner. Each member is to give a reading at roll call.
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Glouster
Association of
Thea
Masonic Hall
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