Kiwanis Mark Silver Anniversary With Radio Talk
Kiwanians in Ore. celebrate the club's 25th anniversary with a program led by Enlon Grubbs. Andrew Kovlan of WATH spoke, followed by James D. Lingard of Moundsville Kiwanis on radio broadcasting and local radio service for Athens County.
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WATH
Athens
Athens County
PTA
L.E. Richardson
Ray White
Joe Willams
Ray Lange
Dan Kovach
Enlon Gr
Donations Slow for Halloween Party in Glouster
Mayor Thomas Williams reports slow donations for the public Halloween party expenses on High Street. He urges business leaders and citizens to contribute, offering prizes or cash and hoping funds arrive without formal solicitation.
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Glouster
Thomas Williams
High Street
Williams
Chit Chat Club Gathers at Mrs Brown's Home
GLOUSTER The Chit Chat club met at the home of Mrs. Wilda Brown. Hostess Mrs. Dora Parker helped serve lunch. Present were Mrs. Lela McAllister, Vera Meade, Rita Seiler, Mary Trace, Jane Faires, Pat Faires, Glenna Gamwell, Jody Moore, Betty Dennison, plus the hostesses.
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Glouster
Wilda Brown
Dora Parker
Lela McAllister
Vera Meade
Rita Seiler
Mary Trace
Jane Faires
Pat Faires
Glenna Gamwell
Jody Moore
Betty Dennison
Mrs Frank Curry Hosts Canasta Club
Mrs Frank Curry entertained her canasta club Saturday evening. Irene Blought won high for women and Mr Charles Beckle high for men. Frances Garrett had low scores for women and Frank Curry had low for men. Other players included Henry Blought Corning Louise Beckle Athens Hugh Garrett and the hostess. Refreshments followed.
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Glouster
Frank Curry
Irene Blought
Charles Beckle
Frances Garrett
Low
Henry Blought
Corning
Louise Beckle
Athens
Hugh Garrett
Curry
Philodorian Lodge 157 Plans Annual Banquet
Nelsonville. The Father and Son banquet observed annually by Philodorian Lodge 157 F and A M will be held at the Masonic Temple Monday Oct 30. Ticket reservations should be made early to Amos Pollock Max Hoskins or Carnes Hickman. The annual lodge business meeting and officer elections will be held Monday Nov 6 at pm.
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Nelsonville
Philodorian Lodge
Masonic Temple
Amos Pollock
Max Hoskins
Carnes Hickman
Riverlake Belt Conveyor seen as threat to Ohio coal
Nelsonville Rotary hears that the proposed Riverlake Belt Conveyor would hurt Ohio coal by diverting out of state supply and cost 15,000 railroad jobs and a $56 million payroll annually. Lawson cites rail tax impacts and wartime freight needs to argue against the plan.
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Nelsonville
O.K. Lawson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Columbus
Nelsonville Presbyterian Church
West Virginia
Kentucky
Lawson
Ohio River
Athens County
Glouster
Chauncey
Trimble
Jacksonville
Ohio State University
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes
Hospital notes list patients and dismissals by name and town. Current residents include George A. Simms Nelsonville and Mrs. Sarah Jonas Glouster. others are Kim Lindler Chauncey Jack Shingler Marion John Withem Nelsonville Leslie Kinnison Murray City Cody Lewis Glouster John Boyle New Straitsville. Dismissed are Harry Braglin Shawnee Route Paul Johnson Nelsonville Richard Johnson Nelsonville Mrs James Kennard New Plymouth Route 1 John Barrows Nelsonville.
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George A. Simms
Nelsonville
Sarah Jonas
Glouster
Kim Lindler
Chauncey
Jack Shingler
Marion
John Withem
Nelsonvill
Leslie Kinnison
Murray City
Cody Lewis
Paul Johnson
Richard Johnson
James Kennard
New Plymouth
John Barrows
West Salem Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Club Event
West Salem residents report visits and hospital stays. Leslie Hoffman vacationing in Chillicothe. Floyd Davis family at aunt Madge Minor's Kingston funeral. Earl Davis and Ernest Davis make local rounds with Marion Long. Lizzie Caton recovering from surgery at Holzer Hospital. Horton Dennison visiting brother Howard in Richmond. Star Garden Club met at Mrs. John Radekin's home with 21 members and 5 guests. Flora Chase Milford Edith Strong and Carrie Smith of Columbus joined as visitors. Emma Romine won first for flowers with Maggie Caster second and Minnie Nichols third.
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West Salem
Leslie Hoffman
Chillicothe
Floyd Davis
Madge Minor
Kingston
Earl Davis
Eugene Graham
Ernest Davis
Vinton
Marion Long
Lizzie Caton
Holzer Hospital
Horton Dennison
Richmond Ind
Howard Dennison
Star Garden Cluir
John Radekin
Flora
Chase
Milford
Edith Strong
Carrie Smith
Columbus
Norma Gillogly
Albany
Mittie Nelson
Dexter
Winnie Bolin
Bessie Stout
Emma Romine
Maggie Caster
Minnie Nichols
Norma Nicholson
Anne Graham
Springfield
Max Edmundson
Scotts
Floyd Dav
Knights of Pythias to Welcome Official Visit in Murray City
Nelsonville Davis Lemas ters grand chancellor of Ohio Knights of Pythias will make an official visit to the Murray City lodge on Oct 30. The open meeting is sponsored by the Hocking Valley Pythian Association. All Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters are invited.
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Nelsonville
Davis Lemasters
Vernon
Ohio Knights of Pythias
Murray City
Hocking Valley Pythian Association
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Nelsonville Garden Club notes shared hope for levy
Nelsonville Garden Club members met Monday with 25 in attendance. President Thelma Starkey led a business session after a covered dish dinner and a five dollar gift was given to the Christmas Stocking Fund at Chilliothe Veterans Hospital. The club renewed the library magazine Flower Grower for three years and endorsed a 3 mill school levy. Members shared reports on Lancaster and Athens flower shows and discussed an indoor plant garden program led by Jack Pritchard. A November 27 meeting will feature roses with hostess Delbert Patton and slides of Hocking Valley and the Smoky Mountains.
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Rose Cook
Florence Cook
Miles Howe
Thelma Starkey
Veterans Hospital
Chillicothe
Lancaster
Athens
Cosmopolitan Club hosts first fall meeting
Mrs John Saltz hosted theCosmopolitan Club Friday. Miss Louise Pearce presided and the group supported a 3 mill levy for schools at the November election. Plans for the Southeast District meeting of the Ohio Federation of Woman's Clubs were discussed. Richard Kunzman spoke on Japan Before and After the War.
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John Saltz
Cosmopalitan Club
Louise Pearce
Ohio Federation of Woman's Clubs
Navy
Stella Hinman
Parcel post sale planned by Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild
Members of Twig No. and Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild plan a parcel post sale in conjunction with the annual meeting Friday evening in the Elks dining room. Packages should be sent to Miss Verity's home Thursday afternoon or evening. the sale follows dinner and the meeting. Circle 4 WSCS of the Methodist Church, led by Mrs. Marie Weiss and Mrs. Pearl Williams, will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Malvern Wilson's home, 106 Adams St.
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WSCS
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Methodist Church
Marie Weiss
Pearl Williams
Malvern Wilson
Adams. St
Ohio Miner Retires After 59 Years With UMWA
Nelsonville Ohio native David Watkins retires from the United Mine Workers of America after 59 years of membership. He served as local and district official for 46 years and was vice president of Ohio District 6 under presidents Lee Hall and G W Savage in the Hocking District. Watkins began work in the Brook Mine at age 13 in Barnhill Ohio.
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Nelsonville
David Watkins
Buffalo
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Watkins
Hocking
Ohio District 6
Lee Hall
G. W. Savage
Brook
Barnhill
Nelsonville Soldier Killed in Korea Pearl Morman
Nelsonville youth Pvt. Pearl Morman, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Morman, was killed in action in Korea on Oct. 9 after two weeks in the war zone. He enlisted March 8, 1949, trained at Fort Knox and San Antonio, and served in the Medical Corps before shipping to Kobe Japan and then Korea with the First Cavalry Division. He attended local schools and before leaving helped on the Messenger route. four brothers survive. Local relatives also await word on Pvt. Lowell Gillilan, reported missing in action last July 16.
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Pearl Morman
William Morman
William Sr
Korea
Department of Defense
U.S. Army
Medical Corps
Fort Knox
San Antonio
Texas
Japan
Kobe
First Cavalry Division
Pearl
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The
Messenger
Donald
Dale
Roger
Charles Morman
Pvt
Lowell Gillilan
Surgeon Dr Goodman Attends Boston ACS Convention
Dr Julien M Goodman, director of Surgery at Mount St. Mary Hospital, attends the American College of Surgeons annual convention in Boston. He was recently named a fellow of the ACS and received the honor at the conference. He returns home this weekend.
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Nelsonville
Julien M Goodman
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Boston
Mass
American College of Surgeons
Laurel Cliff News Family Visits and Calf Incident
Captain and Mrs. Ross Kerr visited Mrs. Kerrs parents along with numerous relatives from Zanesville Columbus Bailey Run and Columbus. A calf knocked down and dragged a relative injuring Mrs. Lester Brookover, with Elizabeth Sharp assisting in care. Various visits by Diehl Brookover Hinds Hysell Hy sell Musser Jacobs Buck Chapman Ferguson Alkire Lowery Schaefer Maier Stephenson Parker noted.
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Laurel Cliff
Ross Kerr
William Musser
Kenneth Hagegy
Clifford Jacobs
Anna Buck
Eloise Chapman
Bailey Run
Georgia Diehl
Hugh Ferguson
Gene Alkire
Ethyl Lowery
Columbus
Wyatt Schaefer
Vernon
Norman Schaefer
Hazel Maier
Eugene
Goldie Stephenson
Lester Brookover
Pearl Parker
Pythian Sisters to Meet in K of P Hall
Pythian Sisters will gather in the Knights of Pythias Hall on Thursday at 7 30 p m for their meeting. Members are urged to attend and participate in planned activities and discussions.
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Bean Dinner Served by Nelsonville Legion Auxiliary
The Nelsonville American Legion Auxiliary will serve a bean dinner at the American Legion Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Badger returned today after three weeks in the Great Smoky Mountains. Mrs. W. H. Skees, guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Barker, returned Sunday to Charleston West Virginia.
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Nelsonville
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
W. H. Badger
Great Smoky Mountains
W. H. Skees
W.L. Barker
Fayette St
Charleston
W. Va
Chicken dinner serving at Trimble Methodist Church
The serving of a chicken dinner in the basement rooms of Trimble Methodist Church begins at 5 PM Thursday and continues until 7 PM. Proceeds support church activities.
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Trimble Methodist Church
City Posts Open After Civil Service Exam
Eight applicants were certified as eligible for city payroll positions after a City Civil Service Commission exam at City Hall. Names include Willard Reeves Lawrence McKibben for janitor East End School. Charles W Carey for engineer at the light plant. William Edward Bowers and Robert Bateman for fireman. Harrys Delbert Westfall for water works operator. Dean Charles Keplar and Thomas J Kelly for patrolman. Salary ranges up to 205 dollars monthly.
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Nelsonville
City Hall
City Civil Service Commission
James Lee
Burley Blair
Chester Reeves
East End
Willard Reeves
Lawrence Clyde McKibben
Charles W. Carey
William Edward Bowers
Robert X. Bateman
Harrys Delbert Westfall
Dean Charles Keplar
Thomas J. Kelly
Jacob Biggs Dies Aged 82 in Tuppers Plains
Jacob Biggs 82 of Tuppers Plains died this morning in Athens. He was a member of the Chester Masonic Lodge and Tuppers Plains Christian Church. Surviving are his wife Manda and a sister in New Brighton PA. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. at Tuppers Plains Christian Church. Burial in Success Cemetery. Friends may call at Arbaugh Funeral Home Tupers Plains.
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Tuppers Plains
Jacob Biggs
Athens
Biggs
Chester
Buckeye Ramblers to Perform on WATH Radio Program
Nelsonville reports the Buckeye Ramblers a five member hillbilly band will air Saturdays from 2 to 2 30 p m on station WATH Athens beginning October 28 They previously performed in Lancaster and other places Members are Charles Green Lester Young Charles Townsend Dick Dye and Ted Covert The frequency is 1540 kc per hour.
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Nelsonville
Buckeye Ramblers
WATH
Athens
Ramblers
Lancaster
Charles Green
Lester Young
Charles Townsend
Dick Dye
Ted Covert
Wesley Shivers Omitted From Grandparents List
In Nelsonville a correction notes Wesley Shivers Logan the great grandfather was accidentally left off the list of grandparents for the couple Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keplar Ruth Moore who welcomed a son on October 5.
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Nelsonville
Wesley Shivers
Logan
Richard Keplar
Ruth Moore
Church History Study Group Planned in Nelsonville
A study group on church history will meet at the Church of the Epiphany parish rooms each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. through December 13. Coffee will be served.
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Nelsonville
Church of the Epiphany
Milk Bottle Collection To Be Made By Scouts
Nelsonville Boy Scouts will collect milk bottles from local customers Friday and return them to the distributors Bennett s Pure Milk and Lowmans. Citizens are asked to place bottles on porches where they are easily seen. Distributors will pay the Scouts for the service, funds to be deposited in the camp fund.
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Nelsonville
Boy Scouts
Bennetts, Pure Milk
Lowmans
Million Dollars Spent On Pile Remedies Ad
An advertisement claims over a million dollars yearly is spent on remedies for piles and promotes Peterson's Ointment as fast relief. It promises cooling soothing action within minutes with a 60 cent tube and a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
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