Gas Kills Two Miners In Auger Work Incident
Rescue teams recovered two miners after a gas exposure at an auger mining site. A witness blamed missing safety gear and lack of oxygen equipment, noting a torch or carbide lamp could have warned workers. The incident highlights new auger mining methods as crews sealed additional holes to keep onlookers away. Newsom and Nelsonville Cherniak are named among the deceased or bereaved. funeral arrangements are pending at Johnson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton Auger
Newsom
Betty
Yvonne
Christy
Sandra
Walter
Ethel Newsom
Johnson Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Ex-Resident Lucy Williams dies at 82 in Ohio
Lucy E. Williams 82 former Glouster resident died Thursday in Troy Ohio after a long illness. Survived by husband Zack six daughters two sons 29 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren church services Sunday 3 p m burial Wolf Creek Cemetery funeral home visit Saturday afternoon. Also notices of appointments probate matters and estate notices for Athens County read in compiled legal notices from October 1955.
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Glouster
Lucy E. Williams
Troy
Ohio
Zack
Floyd Easler
W. T. King
Lansing
Mich
Mae Russell
Trimble
Esther Hartley
Billa Dew
Gladys Ivers
Gloster
Charles
Frank
Williams
Glouster Church of Christ
Wolf Creek
Norbert W. Johnston
Logan county officials close courthouse for Columbus Day rites
Offices in the courthouse and several county facilities were closed for Columbus Day. Bolden, custodian of the courthouse, resigned for health reasons effective November 15. Funeral services were planned for Mrs. Maude Louise Hammond, 71, with services at St Matthew Lutheran Church and Maplewood Cemetery noted.
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IGAN
Logan Post ‘Office
George
City Water Office
Bolden
Falls Township
J. E. Stuart
Walter E
Mary Logan
Stuart
Maude
Louise Hammond
Uto-Kaseline
Front St
Hocking County
Edward
Suan Lehman Huffman
Peer
Columbus
Loganee
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Jerry Huffman
Cla Watts
Logan
Hammond
Order of the Macabees
The
Daughters of America
Leonard Funeral Home
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Thomas C. Smallsteed
Maplewood Jetery
New Lexington
Wife Dies From Collision Near New Orleans
Mrs. Durware Conroy of Memphis died on October 3 from injuries after an automobile crash near New Orleans. Mr. Conroy remains in hospital with severe injuries including internal damage and broken ribs. Reed driver blamed for taking a left-hand curve into opposing lane. Surviving siblings include Maurice Reed and six others of Reedsville and three sisters. Funeral planned at Eden A B Church Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial in Eden cemetery.
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Pumeaux
Durware Conroy
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
B.A. Dodson
Conroy
Florists
Reed
Maurice
Marvin
Dorhman
Robert
Dennis
Gary
David
Reedsville
Kathleen Smith
Toreh
Inez Jean Weaver
Waverly
Maxine Reed
White Funeral Home
Coolville
Reed Home
Eldon Blake
Eden A. B. Church
Eden
Community Notes and Visitor News from Racine Area
Local residents hosted and visited kin from Charlottesville Wellsville Akron and Salem Center. Funeral attendance included Ellen Arnott Virginia and Edna Ours of Wellsville with Racine Wickline Wyant and Harve Pershley. Upcoming events include a booster class meeting October 18 and Racine Baptist Church Christian Education banquet on October 2 with speakers and gifts.
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Racine
Merley
Schroeder
Steven
Ronald
Charlottesville
Douglas Wickline
Cora Wyant
Harve Pershley
Akron
Ronald McDade
Canal Winchester
Willie Davis
Ray McDade
W. HL. Comstock
Kananga
Francis Morris
Ashley, Letart
Beulah Morris
Helen Younce
J . Verne Watterson
Harold,Neigler
Isabel Simpson
Vera Beegle
Ollie Mae Cozart
Maggie Shain
Marie Roy
Lavie
Sayre
Wesley Jenkins
Henry Bentz, Jr
First Baptist Church
Ironton
Mary Cl
Picnic Guests Gathered at Schuler Home in Portland
A long guest list from multiple towns attended a family picnic dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schuler of Portland. Attendees included Bradburys, Woods, Ward, Ball, Mangum, Sisson, Lemley, and others from Xenia Huntingon Pomeroy and nearby areas. The group later noted selling store merchandise to Claude Rupe of Cheshire Route 2 and moving to a Langsville residence.
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Kyger
Nose
Paul Schuler
Portland
Tom Bradbury
Poe Bradbury
Huntington
Robert Woods
Xenia
Jim Ward
Richmond
Robert Ball
Bobby
Jim Bradbury
Philip Mangum
Rodney
Jacob Schuler
Pomeroy
al Howley
Aliddleport
Perry Bradbury
Keith
Wendell
Roush
Ortha
Darlene Price
Garfield Searls
Dale Mulford
Vivian Grant
Wendell Bradbury
Richard
Comer Bradbury
Chuck
Maxine Durst
Fred Sisson
Ann
Dale Sisson
Carl Lemley
Claude Rupe
Langsville
Fred Cranston
Marion
Mr. Cranston
Walter Cranston
Ruth Shaw
Steve
Rio Grande
Rex Lemley
Walter Bacon
Orin Ward
Cheshire
David Matthew
Marlin Rife
Old Ryger
Charles Young
Elbert Loveday
West Virginia
Larry Thaxton
Keith Bradbury
Donna Wristesel
Jchildren
Estelle Smith
Elizabeth
Chester Ward
A. J. McCoy
Pirney
W. Vi
Earl Snyder
Larry
Homer Gee
Ewington
Wellston
John Shoemaker
Kingston
M. J. Miller
Stanley Rupe
Clarence Cliffords
Pome- Toy
Arnold Stump
Holzerland
Local families gather for weekend visits across multiple towns
Mr and Mrs Elwood Sexton hosted relatives from Athens and Columbus with children at their home. The Falco and Saylor families joined the gathering with other guests. Several residents traveled to Columbus, New York and Ft Bragg while hospital and visiting updates circulated among local families and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Devault
Ruth Murdock
Doctors' Hospital
Phillip Mankin
Columbus
W. R. Whittington
Ethel Corfe
J. G. Bagley
E. E. Eubanks
Jackson
Mt Carmel Hospital
Robert Gerty
Charles Goodrich
McArthur
Henry Perry
Ebert Murray
Cecil Napper
Lewis Murray
Holzer Hospital
Owen Wilbur
John Doody
Ethel Corfee
Phoenix, Ariz
W. R. Whitington
Corfee
Mrs Whitington
Birth Announced for Copeland Family in Belpre
Chester D. Copeland Jr of Belpre and his wife announce the birth of a son on September 29. Grandparents listed include Genevieve Dean of Florida and Bird Johnson and Chester Copeland of Belpre, with great grandparents Art Copeland and Nora Morgan. Dance planned in Wilkesville with chili supper by Lythian ladies starting at 5 p.m. All members to provide items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester D. Copeland, Jr
Belpre
Genevieve Dean
Florida
Bird Johnson
Chester Copeand
New England
Art Copeland
Nora Morgan
Wilkesville
Wilkesville Temple 59
Lythian
In Memoriam Shirley Slater Channel Loving Memory
In loving memory of Shirley Slater Channel who departed this life four years ago today October 12 1952. Say missed by mother father sisters and brothers. Dewy mourns you with fondness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley
Slater Channel
Slater ‘Channel
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