Domestic Arts Show Showcases Quirky Collections and School Work
Nelsonville hosts a Domestic Arts display in the Central School Building organized by the Ladies Division led by Mrs. Mabel Haffner. A bell collection by Mrs. Neal Kyle and a Glass collection by Jerry Grim highlight diverse hobbies alongside Nelsonville High School home economics projects. A style show by Miss L Kraeuter’s group is set for tonight at 6:30. Judging begins Thursday. door prizes Friday night.
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Nelsonville
Parade of the Hills
Mabel Haffner
Valley
Neal Kyle
Jerry Grim
Nelsonville High School
Haffner
L. Kraeuter
Kraeuter
Anna Riley
Gloria Jean Savely Crowned Little Miss Parade of Hills
Gloria Jean Savely daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Savely won the Little Miss Parade of the Hills title with escort Robert Crawford. Miss Traugh and Miss Arnold joined in the court with sponsors Northway Cabs and Sohio Distributors. Judges were Miss Irma Anderson Mrs Margaret J. Felsinger and Mrs Joshua Matheny.
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Gloria Jean Savely
Little Miss Parade
Nelsonville
Arthur Savely
Jackson Sr
Pat Linscott
Jimmy Linscott
W. Washington Sr
Cindy Jackson
Sam Jenkins
Final rites set for Harry Ball Nelsonville miner
Nelsonville resident Harry Ball 2 of 550 Poplar St will have final rites Thursday at 2 PM at Johnson funeral home with Rev. Ted Faulconer officiating. Burial follows in Green Lawn cemetery. He arrived from England at age nine and lived in Nelsonville 70 years. Surviving: wife Bessie daughter Marguerite Capehart of Charleston WV sister Caroline Holland of Columbus. Friends may call at any time.
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Nelsonville
Harry Ball
Poplar St
Johnson
Ted Faulconer
Green Lawn Cemetery
England
Christian Church
Bessie
Marguerite Capehart
Charleston
W. Va
Caroline Holland
Columbus
Local Nurses Attend PNA Annual Banquet
Thirteen practical nurses from Nelsonville attended the first annual banquet of the Practical Nurse's Association at the Athens First Methodist Church. Attendees included Margaret Martin Edna Standall Ettta Harper Annabelle Keplar Tessie Camp Mary Margaret Grinstead Nora Sanborn Nellie Allen Edna Polifroni Thelma McMannis Cora Campbell and Agnes Leta Tignor.
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Nelsonville
Practical Nurse’s Association
Athens First Methodist Church
Margaret Martin
Edna Standall
Ettta Harper
Annabelle Keplar
Tessie Camp
Mary Margaret Grinstead
Nora Sanborn
Nellie Allen
Edna Polifroni
Thelma McMannis
Cora Campbell
Agnes
Leta Tignor
Eagles Hold Dance After Parade of the Hills
Nelsonville Eagles will host a dance Saturday night following the Parade of the Hills. The event runs from 9 to 12 with music by the Twilighters Orchestra.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles
Twilighter
DAR to Meet Monday in Nelsonville at Dew Chapter
Nelsonville DAR Elizabeth Zane Dew chapter meets Monday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Gilbert Stalder on Franklin Street with regent Mrs Joseph Hardy and vice regent Mrs Hardy hostess. Mrs Hardy discusses The Real Purpose of Our Constitution by Edgar F Smith. Roll call answers Enemies Within Our Gates.
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Nelsonville
Joseph Hardy
Gilbert Stalder
Franklin St
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hardy
Edgar F. Smith
Nelsonville Drug Stores to Close for Parade Day
Nelsonville drug stores will close at noon Thursday and stay closed for the rest of the day due to the Parade of the Hills. They had been open 6 to 8 p m but will not operate tomorrow evening.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Drug
Nelsonville Group One Social Notes
Group One of the CWF of the Christian Church met at Mrs. Glenn Allen's home with 16 members. A rummage sale is planned for Oct 3-4 with pickup by telephone. Candy and Christmas cards will be sold again this year. Officers installed: Georgia Foughty chair, Ruth White co chair, Lou Allen treas, Jennie Sanders sec, Sigrid Love pianist. Next meeting at Verna Hand's home. Refreshments served.
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CWF
Glenn Allen
Allen
Jennie Sanders
Georgia Foughty
Ruth White
Lou Allen
Sigrid Love
Verna Hand
Belle Lancaster
Willing Workers Class to Meet for Pot Luck Lunch
The Willing Workers Class of the Christian Church will meet Thursday at noon in the home of Mrs. Faye Warren. A pot luck lunch will be served followed by a business meeting.
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The
Christian Church
Faye Warren
Pirouette Club Installations Set For Tuesday Evening
The Pirouette Club will install officers Tuesday at 6 p m in the First Methodist Church. Members planning to attend should reserve by calling Mrs. Robert Fick by Friday evening.
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First Methodist Church
Robert Fick
Mother Martha in Critical Condition After Surgery
Nelsonville reports Mother M. Martha, administrator of St. Ann's Hospital in Columbus, is in critical condition after major surgery at Mount Carmel Hospital. A longtime Mount St. Mary Hospital member since 1950, she became administrator in 1955.
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Nelsonville
M. Martha
St. Ann’s Hospital
Columbus
Mount Carmel Hospital
Martha
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Firemen Schedule Weekly Meeting Tuesday
Ville Volunteer Firemen will hold their regular meeting next Tuesday. The prior night’s session was postponed because of the Parade of the Hills.
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Nelsonville
Ginger Arline Vanbibber Born at Mt St Marys Hospital
Mr and Mrs Charles Vanbibber announce the birth of a daughter Ginger Arline on August 19 at Mt St Marys Hospital. Grandparents are Jesse Vanbibber of Nelsonville Route 2 and Walter Weede of Orbiston. The vanbibbers also have two sons Randy and Rudy.
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Haydenville
Charles Vanbibber
Mt. St. Marys Hospital
Ginger Arline
Jesse Vanbibber
Nelsonville
Walter Wede
Orbiston
Vanbibbers
Randy
Rudy
Paige Martin
Chuck Miller
Gertrude Weede
Logan
Delmar Martin
Mary Jane
Eldon Brown
Mike
Sherry
Scottie
Jody Martin
Robert Vollmer
Mary Ann
Straussburg
Belva Vollmer
Glen Farley
Lester Jones
Dayton
Homer Carter
A. L. Dabritz
Germantown
Alfred Ahart
Timmy
Akron
Roy Carter
Jake
Lancaster
T. E. Kinnison
Richard Wise
Merilee
Mark
Ralph Campbell
Lew Davis
New Plymouth
C. R. Angle
Ronald Hansel
Kris
Chillicothe
Roy Crothers
Jake Sherritt
Pat
Lisa
Carroll
Canal Winchester
Columbus
Parade of the Hills events schedule for Wednesday
Nelonville and nearby communities host three events on Wednesday including a 5 pm Little League game at the city park between New Marshfield and Nelsonville All Stars a 6 30 pm style show at Central School by Miss Kraeuter pupils and a 7 pm concert by the Buchtel Band.
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Nelsonville
New Marshfield
All Stars
Central School
L. Kraeuter
Buchtel
John Hoy
East Hocking
Mary Jane McKinley
Chauncey Chaunter Visitors List of Local Guests
Recent visitors to Chauncey area households include Mr. and Mrs. Whitey Michael and daughter Loy of Dayton. Dr. and Mrs. C. N. Sanders and Rev. Gilbert Courtney visiting Mr. Courtneys son-in-law and daughter at Norwood. Several families from Lancaster Columbus Glouster Bartlett and Evansville hosted gatherings and homecomings at various local homes.
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A. L. Preston
Whitey Michael
Loy
Dayton
C. N. Sanders
Gilbert Courtney
Mr. Courtney
Charles Hall
Norwood
Courtney
Hall
Sanders
Jack Lester
Lancaster
Frank Lewis
Roy Lester
Hulda Swart
Glouster
S. E. Border
Cecil Webb
Jess Pendleton
James Dorr
Bartlett
William Ervin
Ray Hubble
New Lexington
Corbin Norris
Columbus
Lawrence Burris
Jona
J. E. Burris
Apple Grove
W.va
Herman Lohse
Happy Hollow Church
Barney Snodgrass
McKinley Locke
Roger Lambert
Larado
W. Va
Charles McMurtrey
Evansville
Ind
Clinton Snodgrass
Pat Snodgrass
Peru
Nelson Brundige
Eugene
the Plains
Lavella Wilkes
Fred
Harold Sy
Nelsonville Newspaper History Told by C H Bartlett
C H Bartlett, former publisher, spoke to the Nelsonville Rotary about local press history from 1861 Miners Journal to 1930s Tribune. He traced papers including the Nelsonville Times 1872, Nelsonville Miner 1873, Nelsonville Mirror 1875, and Buckeye News revival 1920. He noted circulation growth from 110–115 to about 1,300 homes.
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Nelsonville
C. E. Bartlett
J. A. Straight
J. A. Tullis
T. Ervin Wells
Charles P. Reid
Athens County Republican
Tullis
Wells
Nelsonville News
Charles Jones
Watson Warren
E. W. Cable
Buckeye News
D. D. Crawford
L. A. Davis
Davis
Nelsonville Press
Arthur Thomas
A. J. Kyle
Somerset
Nelsonville Tribune
Alice Kunzman
Bartletet
Athens Messenger
Messenger
Fred Bush
The
Columbus Monitor
Athens County
Hospital Notes Chronicle Local Births Admits and Dismissals
Mount St. Mary Hospital records births for Dr. and Mrs. D R Johnson Nelsonville a son Atty and Mrs James Shu maker Nelsonville a daughter Mr and Mrs Donald Huntley New Plymouth a son Mr and Mrs Harry Canter Jr New Straitsville a daughter Mr and Mrs Daryle Turner New Lexington a son Admitted C D Duncan Nelsonville Florence F Huffman Logan Route 4 Michael Weaver South Bloomingville Mrs Ruth Amerine Union Furnace Mrs Maude Coe Carbon Hill Wilfred Smith Millfield Route Fred Chappelear New Lexington Mrs Garnet Blair The Plains Dismissed Mrs Ronald Smith Nelsonville and daughter Mrs Alton Springer Gloucester Route and son Ronald Smith Gloucester Route Miss Dorothy Wolf Nelsonville Seward Clark Gloucester Virgil Mathena Nelsonville Route 1 Mrs Virginia Ritchie Nelsonville
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D. R. Johnson
Nelsonville
Atty
James Shumaker
Donald Huntley
New Plymouth
Harry Canter, Jr
New Straitsville
Daryle Turner
New Lexington
C. D. Duncan
Florence F. Huffman
Logan
Michael Weaver
South Bloomingville
Ruth Amerine
Union Furnace
Maude Coe
Carbon Hill
Wilfred Smith
Millfield
Dorothy Wolf
Seward Clark
Glouster
Virgil Mathena
Virginia Ritchie
Former Carbondale Man Dies Sunday
Lyle Dabritz reports Max Dabritz of Buffalo New York died Sunday morning September 7 He was raised in Carbondale and services were held at 1 p m Wednesday in Buffalo.
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Carbondale
Germantown
Lyle Dabritz
Max Dabritz
Buffalo
N.Y
Dabritz
Nelsonville High names 1958 59 class officers
Nelsonville High School announced its 1958 59 class officers. Senior officers include president Jim Hellyer and treasurer Jean Radford. Other classes list presidents, vice presidents, secretaries and treasurers with multiple student names.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
J. L. Kinneer
Jim Hellyer
Eddie Howe
Becky Patton
Jean Radford
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Teresa Gruttemeyer
Chauncey
PNA
DAR
Danny Kaye
Merry Andrew
Pier Angel
Baccalon
Noel Purcell
Robert Coote
Nelsonville Social Notes
Family Weekly
Chevrolet
Fayette St
Dwight Adams
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Betty Newton
Elks Hall
Collins Refrigeration
Roberta Sutton
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Harper and Chestnut Sts
Hills
Korell
Priscilla
Logan's
C. H. Bartlett
Valley Register
Burnell
Athens
Register
Fred Chappelear
Garnet Blair
Ronald Smith
Alton Springer
JoEllen Wolf
Mickey Savage
Beverly Bennett
Shirley Hartman
Bob Hollenbaugh
Jim Chandler
Teresa Coury
Joan Withem
John Topsail
Gene Waering
Tom Guess
Curtis Robinette
Eddie Nelson
Harry Hitchings
Patricia Brooks
Karen Backus
Sarah Maiden
Mike Brooks
Peggy O’neil
Barbara Kettell
Arcade Shoe Store
Wain
Logan, Ohio
City Loan Co
Bob
Pat Dunning
Plymouth
Danny
New
Lawrence Welk
Abc-Tv
Chanhel
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