Change in Precinct 2 Ward 4 Voting Place
City Auditor Delbert Kuhn announces a polling place shift for Precinct 2 Ward 4 voters. Election day they vote at Ruby Evans residence 729 Poplar Street instead of the Tigner property on Chestnut Street. Other ward polling sites remain: First Ward Legion building and De Rardain residence. Second Ward Christian Church and Presbyterian Church. Third Ward City Hall and Methodist Church. Fourth Ward Town House Walnut Street and Mrs Flossie Dixon store room Fourth Street.
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Nelsonville
Delbert Kuhn
Ruby Evans
Poplar St
Tigner
Chestnut St
First Ward
American Legion
Fulton St
Mrs. de Rardain
Adams J
Third Ward
City Hall
Fourth Ward
Walnut St
Flossie Dixon
Fourth St
Women Plan Leadership Institute Here
In Nelsonville at the First Methodist Church women from Ath ens to Washington Counties are invited to attend a Leadership Institute sponsored by the United Church Women of Ohio. The session runs from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. with registration from 9 to 10, a noon luncheon, and sandwiches to be brought along. Mrs Ruth Mongey Worrell and Mrs Clyde Matheny lead the program with state officers expected to attend.
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Nelsonville
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
First Methodist Church
United Church Women of Ohio
F. Melvin Wentz
Ruth Mongey Worrell
Leadership Education
Clyde Matheny
Columbus
ThreeWay Crash In Hocking County Involves School Bus
A Union Furnace school bus carrying 15 passengers was struck from behind by Charles Young of Athens on a highway in Hocking County. A following vehicle driven by Stanley Dupler of Buchtel also skidded into the Young car. Young and Dupler were cited to appear before Logan Mayor Joseph Phillips for failing to stop within the assured clear distance.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Union Furnace
Ernest Murray
Charles Young
Athens
Stanley Dupler
Buchtel
Young
Dupler
Joseph Phillips
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Births and Admissions
Births include a son for Mr and Mrs Robert Juniper of Nelsonville and a daughter for Mrs Charles Boggs of Nelsonville Route 1. Admitted are Lowell Cole of Nelsonville and Mrs Anna Davis with Frank Miller of Millfield Route 1. Other entries list Jennie Duffee Union Furnace, Mrs Margaret McMannis Nelsonville Route 2, Mrs Rinnie Nelson Logan, Mrs Ruth Gustin Nelsonville. Discharges note Joan Dotson Logan, Charles Newman Nelsonville, and Mrs Esther Parsons Trimble Route 1.
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Robert Juniper
Nelsonville
Charles Boggs
Lowell Cole
Anna Davis
Frank Miller
Millfield
Jennie Duffee
Union Furnace
Margaret McMannis
Rinnie Nelson
Logan
Ruth Gustin
Joan Dotson
Charles Newman
Esther Parsons
Trimble
Nelsonville Athletic Association to Meet This Evening
The Nelsonville Athletic Association will meet at 7 30 p m today at the high school announced by president Max Barker.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Athletic Association
Max Barker
Nelsonville Circle 1 Social Notes Recap
Nelsonville Circle 1 met at 219 Fayette St with 15 members present. Mrs Frances Stage led the devotion and reviewed Man and God in the City. Mrs Betty Thompson spoke on Man Learns That God Cares. business orders were given for Christmas cards and dish cloths. Winners in the attendance contest were Mrs Stage and Mrs Patton.
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McClain-Duncan
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Ed Juniper
Fayette St
Robert Green
Betty Thompson
Frances Stage
God
Kenneth Miller
Duncan
Patton
Howson
Cleo Whitmore
McClain
Bessie Warehime
Stage
Local Social Notices Highlight Family Visits and Gametime Trip
Mr and Mrs H A VanWey of Derry Pennsylvania visit George and Mrs Barrows with sisters Mrs Barrows and Mrs VanWey. Mrs Mabel Barnecut spends week in Columbus with daughter Mrs Dean Myers and family. C E Whitmore and James Sheppard return from two week fishing trip at Indian River Michigan and visit Detroit and South Bend during travel. Lyman Gunyou and Shirley Knight of Celina attend Ohio State Wisconsin homecoming after visiting James Knight's family.
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H. A. VanWey
Derry
George Barrows
VanWey
Mrs Barrows
Mabel Barnecut
Columbus
Dean Myers
C. E. Whitmore
James Sheppard
Indian River
Mich
Michigan
Whitmore
Detroit
South Bend
Ind
Lyman Gunyou
Shirley Knight
Celina
James D. Knight
Gunyou
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Missionary Society to Meet at Mrs Backus Home
The Presbyterian Church society will meet Thursday at 2 at 45 East Franklin with Mrs Roy Snackenberg as devotional leader and Mrs John Saltz presenting the program.
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The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
WB Backus
E. Franklin ii
Roy Snackenberg
John Saltz
Lt. Searls Visits Japan On Leave From Korea
Second Lt. Billie E. Searls of Nelsonville Route 1 spent seven days in Japan on rest and recuperation leave from the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion in Korea. A Far East veteran since last May, he graduated from Eastern Kentucky State College and entered the Army in July 1953 as a communications officer.
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Nelsonville
Billie E. Searls
Elmer Searls
Japan
52Nd Field Artillery
Korea
Searls
Far East
Eastern Kentucky State College
Army
Los Angeles Grand Jury Announces Smog Inquiry
The Los Angeles county grand jury approved a full-dress probe into the smog crisis after a tense dispute over a resignation suggestion by County Air Pollution District head Gordon Larson. Governor Knight urged refinery shutdowns during smog events, while refineries resisted. weather forecasts predicted clear skies for days as the 18 day smog attack ended.
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Los Angeles
Gordon Larson
County Air Pollution Control District
Herbert Legg
Goodwin Knight
Weather Bureau
Train Crash Kills One in Port Henry Near Lake Champlain
The Montreal to New York Laurentian Express collided head on with a 133 car freight near Port Henry New York on Lake Champlain killing one trainman and injuring about 50 others. D and H officials plan an investigation into why the trains did not pass at a siding. Twelve passengers were uninjured and six crew members were hospitalized.
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Port Henry
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson
New York City
Laurentian
Lake Champlain Shore
D&h
Child Born to Widow Of Crossing Victim
A daughter was born Monday at Mount St Mary Hospital to Mrs Charles Boggs near Carbondale Nel sonville Route 1. Charles E Boggs, husband and father, was killed Saturday in a collision between his car and a freight train at a Canaanville crossing. Funeral services were set for today at Jagers funeral home in Athens conducted by Rev Carroll Chesser.
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Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Charles Boggs
Carbondale
Charles E. Boggs
Canaanville Crossing
Jagers
Athens
Carroll Chesser
Tri County Concert Drive Surpasses Membership Goals
Mac McGinness, president of the Tri County Community Concert Association, announced a successful second straight year membership drive with a full house expected for four performances. About 400 of roughly 750 memberships were sold in Gallia County, the rest in Meigs and Mason Counties. The eight year old group lists Angelaires, De Pauy Infantry Chorus, Mario Berchiatti, and Kenneth Smith among March offerings, and notes reciprocity with Athens and Jackson allowing cross attendance.
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Gallipolis
Mac) McGinness
Tri-County
Angelaires
de Pauy Infantry Chorus
Mario Berchiatti
Point Pleasant
Kenneth Smith
McGinness
Tri-County Community Concert Association
Athens
Jackson
Queen Kings To Be Picked At Rio Grande Carnival
Six kings and six queens will reign at the Rio Grande School Halloween carnival this evening. Senior, junior, sophomore, freshman, and lower grades name royalty. A parade with prize awards, a class song program, a playlet, and a dancing class number follow under supervision. Admission is 10 cents.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande School
Bert Crothers
Anita Tope
Harold Barnett
Elaine Graham
Bob Hamrick
Alice Fluellen
Richard Reese
Mary Petrie
Sammy Williams
Theresa Thorne
Johnny de Long
Gwen Evans
Clyde Dale
Martha Flynn
Margaret Wickline
Kathleen Call
Extinguisher Ends Car Interior Fire Near Nelsonville
In Nelsonville a fire extinguisher battled a smoldering blaze inside a car interior shortly after 11:45 p m Sunday. The seat covers were destroyed and the interior damaged as John S Jarrell of New Straits ville Route 1 reported picking up two hitchhikers on the way home from Pomeroy. He investigated after detecting a burning odor in the vehicle.
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Nelsonville
W. Washington St
Everett Hewlett
John S. Jarrell
New Straitsville
Pomeroy
Jarrell
Conveyor Belt Mishap Injures Man at Plant
George Fearns, about 30, of Nelsonville, was seriously injured when his clothing was caught in a conveyor belt at the E. M. Poston station at Hamiley Run. He was taken to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Franklin.
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Nelsonville
George Fearns
E. M. Poston
Hamiley Run
Fearns
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Franklin T
Recovering from Fall in Nelsonville
Willi J. Ted is recovering after a ladder fall in Nelsonville that caused a wrist fracture.
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Nelsonville
Willi J. Tedrow
Gallia County Land Transfers in Gallipolis Area
Deeds filed between October 9 and October 18 in Gallia County Recorder Mary H. Wetherholt's office show transfers across multiple townships. Notable conveyances include Steve W. Clark from Witham and Alyce Hoffman and purchases ranging from $1,000 to $13,000, with parcels in Mercerville Green, Cheshire, Huntington, Harrison, and Gallipolis townships and Fair Haven in Gallipolis Township.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Irene Raines
Stacey Belmont Myers
Anna Laura Myers
Bowman
Vinton
Charles L. Harper
Nora F. R
Adameville
Greeland
Eva Lynch
Ohio Hiver Collieriea Co
Cheshire Township
Arvil
Virgie McGraw
Harvey Co
Doris J. Wilson
Maple Shade
Lewis
Neilie M. Daugherty
Anthony and
Love Hamilton
Huntington Township
James A. Halfhill
Stanley A. Saunders
Pine Street
Chester
Cora Ward
Ohio River Colliers Co
Martin L. Fetta
Milvin R
Dolly Smith
Solomon
Celia Mullins
K. M. Hauldren
James E. Adams
Green Township
Clifton Lewis Crawford
Virginia Crawford
James E Adams
James EF
Helen Adams
Perfect Pedestrian Waiting for Light Nabbed by Police
Cleveland officers spotted Edwin Garden crossing East 9th Street with careful steps and calm demeanor. They hailed him as the city’s perfect pedestrian of 1954, awarding a $50 defense bond and two tickets to the Press Club Ball on October 29.
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Euclid
Edwin Garden
Cleveland
Press Club
Pfc Ernest L Hamilton Earns High School Diploma
Pfc Ernest L Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs Don Hamilton New Straitsville Route 1 received a high school diploma from the Seoul Military Post education center. Among 55 soldiers to complete Army education program he earned the diploma through group study classes. He entered the Army in March 1953 and arrived overseas in September 1953.
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New Straitsville
Ernest L. Hamilton
Don Hamilton
Seoul Military Post
Korea
558Th Military Police
Hamilton
Millfield Home and School elect officers
The Millfield Home and School group met in East Millfield School. Officers elected include Homer Omen as president Cris Chadwell as vice president and co secretaries Mrs Cleo Thomas and Mrs Dorotha Matheny with Mildred Russell as treasurer. A November Thanksgiving program by the children at West Millfield school is planned.
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Chauncey
Millfield
East Millfield
Homer Omen
Cris Chadwell
Cleo Thomas
Dorotha Matheny
Mildred Russell
West Millfield
Shower Planned for Mrs Mabel Smith at Millfield Church
A miscellaneous shower is scheduled Wednesday evening in the basement of Millfield Christian Church in honor of Mrs Mabel Smith of Athens. Friends are invited.
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Chauncey
Millfield Christian Church
Mra
Mabel Smith
Athens
Grade School Carnival in Glouster Tonight Parade and Prizes
Glouster Elementary holds a masked parade starting at Gamwell Store and proceeding to Main Street High Street and the school where a king and queen are crowned. Prizes go to best costumes with an auction of lamps dishes clocks and toys. The Glouster High School Band led by James Kerwin will march. Hartford Dunette is parade material. Master of ceremonies is the Glouster Fire and Police Departments, which will not participate in the parade.
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Glouster
Glouster Elementa
Gamwell
Main St
High St
Prigses
Glawster High School
James Kerwin
Rade Hartford Dunnette
Giouster Fire Department
Police Department
Early Birds Breakfast Drive Aims for Scout Fund
In Gallipolis the Boy Scouts fund drive uses an 8 am breakfast at the Farmers Hotel. Dr Thomas W. Morgan, campaign commander, urges 186 volunteers including two colonels and six majors to each solicit five people to reach the $100 Gallia County goal by 10 am Wednesday. The gifts committee has already raised $1500 toward the target.
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Gallipolis
Boy Scouts
Farmers Hotel
Thomas W. Morgan
Gallia County
Police Charge Witness With Grocer's Murder
Baltimore police charged a 12 year old junkman who said he witnessed the grocer slaying. Alfonso Hill described two men entering the store as Frank Leimkuhler, 62, lay fatally wounded on the floor. A woman customer found him and another witness recalled a junk wagon nearby at the time.
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Baltimore
Alfonso Hill
Frank Leimkuhler
Worman
Daughter Jennifer Lynn Seiber Born in Sheltering Armes
Mr. and Mrs. James Seiber announce the birth of daughter Jennifer Lynn on October 18 at Sheltering Armes Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shields and Mrs. Ruth Seiber. Great grandmother is Mrs. Anna Fink. The Seibers have two other children.
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Chauncey
James Seiber
Jennifer Lynn
Sheltering Armes Hospital
Homer Shields
Ruth Seiber
Anna Fink
Seibers
Max Elliott Installs New Three-Light Signals
Max Elliott and the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. installed three new traffic lights on Pine Street replacing two-light signals at the Second Third and Fourth Avenue intersections.
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Gallipolis
Max Elliott
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Pine St
Bake Sale at Millfield Church Sponsored by Loyal Workers
Chauncey Loyal Workers of the Millfield Christian Church sponsor a bake sale on Saturday at 9 a.m. in Sanders store. Proceeds benefit church activities. Local residents urged to contribute desserts and attend.
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Chauncey « Loyal Workers Class
Millfield Christian Church
Sanders
Carnival at East Millfield School Nets $135
Proceeds from the carnival held at East Millfield school totaled 135 dollars after all expenses. Local organizers reported the event as a success and credited volunteers for the support.
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Chauncey
East Millfield
Eagles Initiate McKenzie Into Gallipolis Aerie 2290
Robert S. McKenzie was initiated into Gallipolis Aerie 2290 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles on Monday night, signaling a formal welcome to the fraternal group in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Robert S. McKenzie
Gallipolia Aerie
Order of Eagles
Berean Class Meets at Cleaver Church Home
Berean Class of the Cleaver Church of Christ met at Mrs H H Zimmer home. Mrs Evelyn Bailey Mouer led devotions and Mrs Ruth Teater spoke on Different Bible Colleges and Missions. A pot luck dinner was served with many attendees listed and Vermichers asked to be masked.
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Cleater Church of Christ
H. H. Zimmer
Evelyn Bailey Mouerer
Ruth Teater
Ieader
Teater
Binie
Christian Women Fellowship meeting at Trimble Church home
The Christian Women's Fellowship of the Trimble Church of Christ gathered at Mrs. Lacy Harvey's home with program leader Fern Jonsson. Members planned projects for the coming month and honored Etta Hart who will move to Chauncey. Refreshments were served to Mabel Sisson Shirey Zoe Herrold Pearl Christman Connie Brown and others.
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Christian Women's Fellowship
Trimble
Community Club Meetings and Social Gatherings Scheduled
WSCS will meet at Mrs Beta Hasking's home at 7 PM on a date to be announced. Pythian Sisters plan a Wednesday evening gathering with each member bringing a favorite covered dish. Women of the Moose set a Halloween party Friday at 7 PM in the Chapter Hall.
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Trimble
WSCS
Beta Hasking
Pythian Sisters
Women of the Moose
Chauncey Personal News From Weekend Socials
Columbus visitors joined local families for weekend gatherings. Guests included Mille and Willis households, Mingus and Norris families, King and Cain clans, Coffman and Border relatives, Leys, Ferrer, Canter and Sanders groups, with football game attendance noted.
Missionary Society Meets at First Baptist Church
The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church met Wednesday with Mire Ethel presiding. Mise Lelia Booker led prayer as plans formed to host the Hocking Sub-District Missionary Institute on November 14. Booker will be the society delegate. next Sunday evening, the society leads services with Jackson presenting a talk on troggies and Sacrifices and Helen Leach delivering the biography of St. Paul. The next meeting is set for Wednesday, November 9 in the church auditorium.
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Glouster
The
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Mire Ethel
Mise Lelia Booker
Hocking
Helen Leach
St. Padwl
Echuren
Bert North Rites Held in Oakdale Church
Funeral services were held October 22 at Oakdale Church for Bert North who died October 9 at his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Lee High Street, Glouster. Burial followed in Hollister Cemetery with Rev R S Lawrence officiating and John Morris as soloist. Relatives and friends from Cleveland Akron Barberton Columbus Newark Findlay Haydenville New Lexington Murray City Jacksonsville Chauncey Oakdale and Greene Run attended.
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Clouster
Wallace
Cleveland
Akron
Barberton
Columbus
Newark
Findlay
Haydenville
New Leneington
Murray City
Jacckaonevile
Chauncey
Oakdale
Greene Run
Trimble Carnival and Variety Show Presented
Irimble school presents a carnival and variety show on Wednesday evening starting at 7. The program includes vocal and instrumental numbers, skits, and pantomime. Food and desserts such as cakes pies candy and ice cream will be sold, with prizes awarded.
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Trimble Township
Phil Itices
Glasses announce birth of Jennifer Joyce in Jacksonville
Mr and Mrs Charles Glass announce the birth of a daughter Jennifer Joyce on October 1 at the Glass home at Fourth and Palmer in Jacksonville. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Edward Phillipa of Deanville and Mr and Mrs Ernest Gilneas of Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville
Charles Glass
Jennifer Joyce
Fourth and Palmer
Edward Phillipa
Deanville
Mes
Ernest Gilneas
Birth of Benjamin Stephen to Mr and Mrs Kingman
Mr. and Mrs. Kingman announce the birth of a son at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. He is named Benjamin Stephen. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E. Kingman and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vaughn. great grandmother is Mrs. Gertrude Jewell.
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Glouster
Gitner
Kingman
Horn
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