State minded on schools urged at Nelsonville Rotary
W E Kershner Columbus secretary of the Ohio Teachers Retirement System urged Ohio to treat schools as a state issue like roads stressing equal opportunities for all children and a new deal for public education or the system will fail. He noted real estate values no longer dominate tax revenue and praised the gasoline tax as fair based on benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
General Assembly
W. E. Kershner
Columbus
Ohio Teachers’ Retirement System
Kershner
Phil Monroe
Leland T. Powell
Cleanliness Urged For Nelsonville Jail
City officials push for prisoners to keep Nelsonville jail sanitary at all times after inspectors note the facility’s decline in order during latest State Division of Charities review. They cite disorderly inmates and extended housing as factors prompting renewed cleanliness measures.
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Nelsonville
Sidney Cook
S. C. Griffin
State Division of Charities
Nelsonville High sends 24 to All Southeastern Ohio choruses
Twenty four Nelsonville High School vocal students will sing with the All Southeastern Ohio Boys and Girls choruses at Jackson on October 28 as part of the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Convention program. Under Ward W. Hamm they mark the school's largest chorus delegation to a sectional event.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Jackson
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Convention
Rosemary Smith
Margaret Connor
Arlene Betts
Mary Adelyn Wilson
Mary Margaret Betts
Mary Jo Haffrer
Elizabeth Backus
Vesper Warehime
Marjorie Matthewson
Mary Tomlinson
Margaret Howe
Wilma Scott
Clara Galvin
Aileen Patton
Dorothy Howe
Charles Patton
Jack Kerr
Edison Hickman
Elwood McCreary
Harold McCray
Paul Courtney
Joseph Galvin
Rusty” Wend
Jack Haffner
Ward W. Hamm
Light globes and door stolen at Nelsonville City Building
A person visited the Nelsonville City Building on Monday night and removed three light globes from the main hallway. The same night a door and lock were taken from a newly built vault behind the Sunday Creek Coal Company office used for map storage.
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Nelsonville
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Willing Workers Class to Meet at Mrs Murphy’s Home
The regular meeting of the Willing Workers' Class of the Christian Sunday School is set for Thursday night at the teacher Mrs Frank Murphy's home on Poplar Street.
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The
Christian Sunday School
Frank Murphy
Poplar Street
Bardain Honored On Robert's Ninth Birthday Party
Mr and Mrs Henry Bardain celebrated their son Robert's ninth birthday with a Tuesday evening party at Adams Street home from 5 30 to 7 30. Guests included Paul Ray Max Linton Mary Josephine Kennedy Forrest Rosecoe Jean Allen Thelma Betty Parry Ikey Smith Mary Kate Sharp Dora Corbin Jean Hartley Junior Johnson Pauline Johnson Max Valkinburg Clarence Coakley Bobby Tignor and many gifts were given to the celebrant.
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Robert
Henry Bardain
Adams Street
Paul Ray
Max Linton
Mary Josephine Kennedy
Forrest Rosecoe
Jean Allen
Thelma
Betty Parry
Ikey Smith
Mary Kate Sharp
Dora Corbin
Jean Hartley
Junior Johnson
Pauline Johnson
Revival Services Held At Pilgrim Holiness Church
Revival services are held each night this week at the Pilgrim Holiness Church on East Chestnut Street in Nelsonville. Reverend Fitch of Cincinnati delivers the sermons each evening at 7 o clock and the public is urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Pilgrim Holiness Church
East Chestnut Street
Fitch
Cincinnati
Area residents plan visits and anniversary celebration
Mrs. Leroy Keene and Pauline return to Lancaster after visiting Alex Dailey family. Harold Spencer and Paul Collins visit Akron. Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan stay in Columbus. They will attend a clam bake at C. C. Slater farm near Sunbury followed by the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. William Edgell in Belxey.
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Leroy Keene
Pauline
Lancaster
Alex Dailey
Harold Spencer
Paul Collamore
Akron
William Morgan
Columbus
C. C. Slater
Sunbury
William Edgell
Edgell
Bexley
Cosmopolitan Club Opens Year With Friday Meeting
The first Cosmopolitan Club gathering of the year is set for Friday night at the home of Mrs. John Saltz on West Washington Street. Mrs. John Love will assist as hostess.
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Cosmopolitan Club
John Saltz
West
Washington Street
John Love
Eudora Chapter Honors Past Patrons and Matrons Night
In Nelsonville on October 12 the Eudora Chapter Order of Eastern Star held Past Worthy Patrons and Past Worthy Matrons Night at the Masonic Hall with about 70 in attendance and a refreshments course served.
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Nelsonville
Eudora
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Grand Jurors Report on County Jail Conditions
The grand jury report lists members charged with failures to provide for dependents and unlawful use of explosives, then describes a visit to Athens County Jail on Oct 11 1982. They condemn the jail as unsanitary, crowded, ill ventilated and cold, calling it a breeding ground for disease and a blot on Athens County and Ohio. They urge local citizens to address the conditions voluntarily rather than state intervention.
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Athens County
State of
Ohio
State Welfare Department
Mine Pickets Arrested for Defying Law
In Taylorville Illinois on October 1 Commanded by National Guardsmen a crowd of 1000 pickets affiliated with the Progressive Miners of America was detained in the town square with several hundred held in custody at the Christian County Courthouse. Efforts to deport nonlocal protesters began and Taylorville residents were released.
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Taylorville
U.P
National Guardsmen
Christian County
G O P Women Plan Fete In Athens County Visit
Athena County Women's Republican Club plans a Tuesday visit with breakfast in Nelsonville at 10 30 arrival by the wives of state candidate pledging to greet county candidates. The group moves to Athens at 2 30 for an 8 PM public reception in the courthouse main room.
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Nelsonville
Athena County
Woman’s Republican Club
Athens County
American Legion
Woman's Republican Club
Athens
Mra. T. N
Principal Speaker Set for Nelsonville and Athens Meetings
Hoover Athena will oversee ticket sales for a tea event at the Bette Shop in Mita. Gilbert Bett heads the program. A man will be the principal speaker at both the Nelsonville and Athens meetings.
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Hoover Athena
Robb and Hitt Sentenced for County Funds Embesslement
Lewis H Robb former Williams County treasurer and Prather Hitt former deputy treasurer were sentenced by Judge BR Walters Van Wert to from one to two years in the Ohio Penitentiary and fined 73400 dollars each after pleading guilty to charges of embossling county funds.
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Bryan
Get. Li
Ohio
Lewis H Robb
Williama
Prather Hitt
BR. Walters
van Wert
Illness Hits Ohio Orphans Home Ward Inmates
Dr. A. C. Messenger and Superintendent Harold Haya pressed ongoing inquiry into a mystery ailment that sickened about 120 inmates at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans Home in Xenia. The peak appeared past, with no serious cases among children. food from green walnuts on a Sunday excursion was ruled out as the cause, and staff remained unaffected.
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Xenia
U.P
A. C. Messenger
Harold Haya
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors
Messenger
Middaugh faces first degree murder charge in farmer death
In Zanesville on October 12 Elena Middaugh, 42, was expected to be charged with first degree murder over the death of M Perry County farmer George Guysinger. Guysinger died from a fractured skull after a fight with Middaugh.
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Zanesville
Elena Middaugh
George Guysinger
M. Perry County
Guysinger
Middaugh
Attorney General ruling on city street lighting funds
An opinion from Attorney General Bettman states that the city may not use any portion of motor vehicle or gasoline funds for repairing or reconstructing street lighting or for supplying electrical energy to the system.
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Columbus
Bettman
State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of
Ita
Two Light Standards Are Ordered by Kiwanis
GLOUSTER October 12 Southern Ohio Electric Co. pays for two electric light standards for use in the city. The Kiwanis Club had previously raised funds and placed the order. Lighting will replace poles on High and Main Streets and remove all electric and telephone poles from those streets. The luncheon program fell short of the planned quartet, so club singing filled the time. One visitor, William Horndorf of Cincinnati, attended. Attendance prize went to Vera Kinney, club pianist.
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Glouster
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Kiwants Club
Beld
Botes Gorden
William Horndorf
Cincinnat
Meeting of Jacksonville M E Church Board After Prayer
An important meeting of the official board at the Jacksonville M E Church will follow the prayer meeting which begins at 7 o clock. The session will convene at the close of the service.
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Qlouster
Jacksonville M. EB
Legion Auxiliary elects new officers in Glouster
At a Monday meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary in Glouster new officers were elected for the coming year. Named are President Mary McCann, First Vice President Josephine Hedfeit, and Second Vice President listed among the officers.
Local visits mark weekend in several towns
Mrs Eva Smith and others from Carben Hill and Middleport visited Mr and Mrs Ralph Hyeell in Sunday gatherings. Mr and Mrs Weasley Loman enjoyed a weekend in Lower Phaina. Ralph McCathran from Columbus stayed with the Burchfields, while Maggie Stevenson visited Benton Potts in Murray City. Mrs William Poston of Vere Ridge was the great Sunday of Mrs Nettle Shielda.
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Eva Smith
Carben Hill
BH. Dicken
Lester Bailey
Richard
Middleport
Ralph Hyeell
Weasley Loman
Clarks Chapel
Lower Phaina
Ralph McCathran
Columbus
Arthur Burchfield
Maggie Stevenson
Murray City
Benton Potts
William Poston
Vere Ridge
Nettle Shielda
Progress Study Club Marks 32nd Anniversary
Glouster October 2 The Progressive Study Club meets at the home of Mrs Jennie Jones to observe its 32nd anniversary with a program on Ohio writers led by Mrs Jones the sole charter member remaining active Others present included former members and new member Miss Dorothy Jones who helped serve refreshments to Bertha Angle Grace Bryson Mary Bryson Garnet Drury Dunnett Rees Henshaw Mazel Jauschis Grace Ocha Mildred Ruth Watkins and Bara Williams.
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Glouster
Jennie Jones
Mary Bryson
Ohio
Garnet Drury
Dunnett
Rees Henshaw
Mazel Jauschius
Grace Ocha
Mildred
Ruth Watkins
Bara Williams
Funeral gathering for Henry Definbaugh held in Glouster
Residents from Canton Bishopville Albany Road Patna and Powhattan Point attend services for Henry Definbaugh. Family members named include Mrs Thomas Williams Sr and Jr Mrs Goldie Definbaugh Marta and Carl Definbaugh and Cart Wood among attendees.
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Glouster
Henry Definbaugh
Thomas FB
Williams
Mra
Thomas BR
Willams, Jr
Gerald Williame
Canton
Samuel South
Charles Canter
Bishopville
Angle
Goldle
Albany Road
Oliver Gabriel
Patna
Willian Anderson
Marta
Mrna Goldie Definbaugh
Carl Defitbaugh
John Wood
Mag Cart Wood
Powhattan Point
Mrs Willan Grandy Taken to Grant Hospital for Treatment
Mrs Willan Grandy of the Clem Keone farm east of Trimble is at Grant Hospital in Columbus after an operation two months ago. She is not recovering as expected. She was accompanied by May Grandy and their daughter Thelmay.
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Trimble
Willan Grandy
Clem Keone
Grant Hospital
Colimbua
At 77 Is Young Again Takes Iron
A testimonial from FY. W. Lindquist notes improved strength and speed after taking Vinol iron tonite. He reports feeling much younger and stronger, and praises the Vinol taste as delicious. Sold in Nelsonville at Gem Pharmacy.
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FY. W. Lindquist
Nelsonville
Gem Pharmacy
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