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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1950

Page

7

Towers Stolen From Greenlawn Cemetery In Nelsonville

Floyd Brown justice of the peace reports since Memorial Day 18 people have reported potted flowers removed from graves at Greenlawn Cemetery. He asks community help to catch the culprits and notes penalties for cemetery shootings under Ohio law. Legion Post 229 will meet tonight at 7 45. Donald and Alice Sanders announce birth of Gary Lee Sanders Duskey in Zanesville.

Nelsonville Floyd Brown Greenlawn Brown Ohio Donald Sanders Alice Duskey Zanesville Gary Lee Good Samaritan Hospital Zanes Ville Jerry Sanders Carl Duskey City

Countians Active at Southeast Ohio Education Meeting

Hocking County teachers take prominent roles at the Southeastern Ohio Education Association annual meeting in Athens October 26 27. County officials and Logan schools staff hold posts in committees sections and workshops with state and local educators speaking and city county schools closing for attendance.

Logan Hocking County Southeastern Ohio Education Association Athens Velva Brashares George Carr Howard FE. Kirk Logan High School C. C. Salts Howard Hall Fred Luchs First Methodist Church Mary Connor Logan West School Virginia S. Sanderson Ohio State University

Wedding Bells for Margaret Knapp and W Everett Burt

Margaret Knapp and W Everett Burt exchanged vows at 1 30 PM in the First Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev A N Grueser officiating. The ceremony featured Carl Spence at the organ playing The Lords Prayer and attendants Mr and Mrs Stanley Nixon. The couple will reside at 244 East Main Street after a trip to Washington DC. Mrs Burt is longtime city treasurer and Morris Store associate. Mr Burt is an Ohio University graduate and accountant for Ogg Beasley.

Nixon Burt Logan Morris Ohio University Ogg & Beasley Washington, D. C

S. B. Miller Dies at Age 76 in Logan

Logan resident Samuel Bell Miller 76 and longtime Chesapeake & Ohio Railway employee died Saturday at his home 245 Warner Ave. He was born in Chillicothe son of the late Joseph and Emma Miller and a member of the Logan Elks Lodge. Survived by wife Zella daughter Martha Ross of Richmond Va son Charles of San Francisco aunt Mrs Isabelle Hyson and six grandchildren. Services 2 30 p m Tuesday at the residence with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Logan Samuel Bell Miller Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Warner Ave Chillicothe Joseph and Emma Miller Logan Flks Lodge Zella Martha Ross Richmond Charles San Francisco Isabelle Hyson Rollin S. Polk, Jr Henry L. Carr Oak Grove Cemetery

Blanche Ryan Dies at 75 Former Logan Resident

Funeral services for Blanche A. Ryan 75 died Saturday in Doctor's Hospital Columbus will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. R. B. Wilson officiating. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. She was a native of West Virginia and lived in Logan many years before moving to Columbus to care for her brother William J. Ryan who died a year ago. She belonged to Venus Chapter 76 Order of the Eastern Star the Methodist Church Four Square Class Logan Women's Relief Corps and in Columbus to YWCA TA TA and White Cross Hospital Guild. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Heinlein funeral home.

Logan Blanche A. Ryan Doctor's Hospital Columbus First Methodist Church R. B. Wilson Oak Grove Ryan West Virginia William J. Ryan Venus Chapter 76 Order of the Eastern Star Methodist Church Logan Church Women's Relief Corps YWCA White Cross Hospital Guild Heinlein Funeral Home

Betts Returns From Wedding trip to Durham and Smoky Mountains

Donald Betts came back Sunday after attending the marriage of his daughter Miriam to Dr. R A Gowdy in Durham North Carolina and spending a week in the Smoky Mountains.

Nelsonville Donald Betts Miriam R. A. Gowdy Durham N. C The Smoky Mountains

Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Daughters and Dismissals Listed

Mount St Mary Hospital notes report a birth for Mr and Mrs Noah Gibbs Ath ens a daughter. Names include Marion Pickett Nelsonville Mrs John Drake Buchtel and others. Dismissed patient Mrs Betty Wolfe Nelsonville and several listed residents from Nelsonville Glouster New Straitsville Tiltonville and nearby areas.

Marion Pickett Nelsonville John Drake Buchtel Lena Wolfe Lawrence Lines Cleve Thompson Logan Richard Johnson Paul Johnson Betty Wolfe Mabel Triplett Murray City Pearl Rosser Nellie Miller Glouster William Harkless New Plymouth Harvey Carter New Straitsville John Edward Toth Corning James Woods Dora E. Webb Isabelle Gibson Tiltonville Myrtle Rizer

Funeral Services for Silas Wright Weaver

Funeral services for Silas Wright Weaver 79 of Logan Route 4 were held at 2 p.m. in Leonard funeral home conducted by Rev. C C Louder of Canton with burial in Zion Cemetery Marion Township. The lifelong farmer died Saturday at his home. Surviving are five daughters Viola at home Treacy Snyder and Josie Fulton Columbus Fanny Ansel Enterprise Mary Ellinger Sugar Grove and three sons John at home Reginald Toledo and Edward Columbus.

Columbus Fanny Ansel Enterprise Mary Ellinger Sugar Grove John Reginald Toledo Edward

Photographer Leaves Nelsonville Studio

Bill Miller, longtime associate of Alvin Lamborn at Lam born's Studio on Hocking Street, has disposed of his interest and returned to Coshocton. The studio will continue under Mr. and Mrs. Lamborn with part time help from Jerry Brown, Athens high school student.

Nelsonville Bill Miller Alvin Lamborn Lamborn Hocking St Coshocton

Joseph J. Smith Promoted to Sergeant in Air Force

Murray City resident Cpl. Joseph J. Smith has been promoted to sergeant in the U S Air Force. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William E Smith and an apprentice aircraft mechanic who entered active service in August 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma City.

Murray City Joseph J. Smith William E. Smith U.S. Air Force Frederick H. le Febre Air Force Reserve Training Center Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma City Okla Smith

Troop 66 To Meet and Plans for Outing

Nelsonville Boy Scouts Troop 66 meets today from 7 to 8 15 p m. New members welcome who meet Scout movement qualifications. Boys must be 11 to join. Leopard Patrol led by Bill Evans will guard the flag at the Public Square. An outing is planned for next Sunday afternoon for members and their fathers.

Nelsonville Boy Scouts Scout Movement Leopard Patrol Bill Evans Troop 66

Bradshaw Rites To Be Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Letha Bradshaw 86 who died Sunday in Pomeroy will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. She was a Church of Christ member. Survivors include daughter Mrs. F. L. Klintworth Seminole Oklahoma sister Mrs. Viola Jones Pomeroy and niece Mrs. Jed Webster Sr. Pomeroy. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.

Pomeroy Letha Bradshaw Ewing Beech Grove Bradshaw Church of Christ F. L. Klintworth Seminole Okla Viola Jones Jed Webster

Class Entertained at Halloween Party by Business Girls

The Christian Church Business Girls Class held a masked Halloween party in the Tri Pst Sorority rooms on Thursday. Prizes went to Eliza beth Siddle for prettiest costume and Wanda Gulley for funniest. Pearl Hartley led devotions and Elizabeth Siddle presided as president. Margaret Howe won the election as president with Pearl Hartley as vp, Genev a Kuhn as secretary, and Grace Plummer as treasurer. Refreshments were by Jean Lawson and Elsie Wright for 16 members and one guest, Waveline Pritchard.

Business and Professional Woman's Club Cecil Shafer Jennie Mae Davis Nancy Wolfe Jody Hallsman The Christian Church Tri Pst Elizabeth Siddle Wanda Gulley Pearl Hartley Margaret Howe Geneva Kuhn Grace Plummer Jean Lawson Elsie Wright Waveline Pritchard

Ohio Embalmers and Funeral Directors Exam Notice

The Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Ohio will hold examinations to license embalmers and funeral directors on November 1 and 2 at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus. Examinations begin at 9 A.M. The notice is issued under Ohio law by Secretary-Treasurer.

Notiche Board of Mmbalmers and Funeral Directors of Ohio Fimbalmers Deshler Wallick Columbus Embalmers and Funeral Directors OF

Man To Spend His Nights At City Jail

Nelsonville reports John Linton pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Earl Hilleary. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs and sentenced to one week in the city jail with work release each morning. Ray Dishong and Jack Kovaleski faced disturbance of the peace charges. Affidavits cite Tad's Bar staffers. Separate assault charges were filed against John Tippie.

Nelsonville John Linton Earl Hilleary Ray Dishong Jack Kovaleski Chauncey

New Books About Youth Are Available

Nelsonville public library shelves a list of youth related titles including Our Rejected Children by Deutsch The Thread That Runs So True by Jesse Stuart And Madly Teach by Mortimer Smith How to Help Your Child in School by Frank Back woods Teacher by Joseph Nelson Oui Teen-Age Boys and Girls by Crow Assignment to Austerity by Herbert Matthews Belles on the Toes updates on Gilbreth family.

Nelsonville Deutsch America Jesse Stuart Kentucky Mortimer Smith Frank Joseph Nelson Big Piney Ozarks Crow England Herbert Matthews Gilbreth Nelsonville Public Library Athens County

Notice of Probate Petition in Athens County Ohio

The unknown heirs of John F. Jonas are notified that Francis D. White as Administrator filed October 1950 in Probate Court Athens County Ohio a petition to sell lot thirty eight in Glouster to pay debts and costs. The heirs are named as defendants and must answer by January 3 1951.

John FB. Jonas Francis D. White John F. Jonas Athena Ohbio Said Towit Athens Ohio Glouster Sedulin Esouth Francis JD White

Flood of visitors crowds Hocking State Parks

Traffic was heavy across Hocking County as thousands visited Hocking State Parks for peak foliage. A Logan motorist counted 507 cars heading toward Fairfield County on Route 33. One minor accident was reported Saturday morning at Mulberry and Second Streets involving Ross Summel and Anna Ringhiser.

Logan Hocking County Hocking Ohio Hills Lancaster Fairfield County Ross Summel Logan Route 4 Anna Ringhiser Mulberry and Second Sts

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Ellis Hall Opal Wylie Logan Schools Frank W. Downhour Carbon Hill High School van Meter Robert Co. Wiskham Ohio University College of Applied Science Ruth Armstrong Ewing Auditorium S. I. Hayakawa Chicago Blanche Moorhead Hocking County Schools E. Main St Hamilton D. A. Rannells Brandt Rannells Market Hunter Streets Raymond Keairns Alexander Hamilton Aaron Burr Reairns Arthur Miller Bernard Baruch Andrew Mellon Gen Douglas McArthur Minnie Moore George DeCamp New England Federation Clubs Russell Berlin George de Camp Carlos Gaffin Keniins Jack Myers Emerson Poston Ralph Poston Amos Potts Howard White Franklin Kerr Wilhelmine Deissle George Hengst Vern Woodard Ed Godfrey Marty Stevenson E. O. Pettit Margaret Lutz Cora Brown Zoa Blosser Ben Ross George von Auer Vance Rannells FE. M. Martin S. B. Miller Blanche Ryan Mount St. Mary Hospital Noah Gibbs Wrensee Om H. G. Southard Vinton Carl R. Reed Mount St. Mary Chest Clinic Lawrence G. Worstell Silas Weaver Ford Motor Company Mercury Aport Mechems Elsonville Glen Ford Franchot Dane Clark Hter Squadron Maria Montez Cobra Woman Nelsonville and Quick's Peper Fek Athens Bottling Co Pepsi-Cola Co New York Bob Hope Fancy Pan Bruce Cabot Jack Kirkwood Duchess OF Idaho Dan Dailey Richard PE MSU raNer le Cam Gama Richard Conte Goleen Gray DISIN Direc GE Sherman Liard Goldstein
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