Notables and Political Moves Highlight Quiet Week
Gov James A Rhodes visited the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville and secured comedian Bob Hope for a 1966 Ohio exposition. Gov George Wallace announced Public Safety Director Albert Lingo will resign effective Oct 1, with Col C W Russell becoming acting director. Patty Duke remains in fairly good condition after an emergency appendectomy at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.
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James A. Rhodes
Louisville
Bob Hope
Lyndon Johnson
Lynda Bird
New York
George C. Wallace
Public Safety
Albert Lingo
Col. C. W. Russell
Lingo
Patty Duke
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Constitution Anniversary Reflections On The Square
On this Sept 1787 anniversary a call to remember the Constitution's balance of federal and state powers. The piece urges voters to stay informed defend rights and resist rising centralized authority while critiquing both major parties for conceding to Washington.
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United States
Washington
Democrat Party
Republican Party
Poultry Firm Plans SE Ohio Plant Expansion
Ohio Farm Industries Inc a new firm plans a fully integrated broiler operation in Southern Ohio with production and processing divisions. The production unit to serve a 50 mile radius and create 20 to 25 local jobs, while processing and marketing will be in Winesburg. Meetings are set Sept 21 Logan Sept 22 Athens and Sept 23 Nelsonville. Harold Koker leads the project.
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Nelsonville
Ohio Farm Industries, Inc
Ohio
Winesburg
Hocking River Pollution Hearing Set For Sept 22
Nelsonville public meeting on pollution conditions affecting the Hocking River and its tributaries will be held Wednesday night at 7 30 at the Legion War Memorial building Officials of the Nelsonville Fish and Game Conservation League sponsor the hearing to report on Hocking River problems Ohio Division of Wildlife reps will attend and other agencies are expected to be represented League officials say Rush Creek and Hocking River drainage areas face frequent destructive acid waters and have received reports of pollution entering the streams
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Nelsonville
Hocking River
Legion War Memorial
Columbus and
Fulton Sts
The
Nelson
Nelsonville Library Receives New Book Volumes
Nelsonville Public Library announces receipt of new volumes including In tern Doctor X The Golden Eagle In The Sun and Clara among others. The books will be on reserve Friday and may be taken out Monday.
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Nelsonville
Doctor X
the Golden Eagle
Robert Murphy
the Sun
John Golden
Clara
Geoffrey Householder
Christiane Rochefort
Theodore H. White
Nadine Cox Wilson
Victor Canning
the Grand Alliance
Christopher Bush
Richard Silverman
Charlotte Painter
Green Berets
Robin Moore
Devlin
Catherine Gaskin
Bethlehem
Norah Lefts
Constantine
Frank G. Slaughter
Wilfred Sheed
Dell Shannon
Nelsonville Meetings Move to Evening at Church Home
Mrs Bob Beliford of Pleasant View Ave will host Circle Three at First Presbyterian Church in the social rooms 7 30 p m Monday. The regular September session of the York Local District Board of Education meets Saturday at 9 a m in York School board room.
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Bob Beliford
Pleasantview Ave
Circle Three
First Presbyterian Church
York Local District Board of Education
York School
Organ Dedication at Pres byterian Church in Wilkesville
A special service marked the dedication of the new organ at the Presbyterian Church in Wilkesville. Local residents hosted visiting relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Max Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Little from Ashville. Walter Wells and John Colwell of the Masonic Lodge presented Otto Bard at Holzer Hospital a 50 year pin.
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Wilkesville
Presbyterian Church
Max Hall
Richard Little
Ashville
Mrs. Zelda Hall
Otto Bard
Holzer Hospital
Walter Wells
John Colwell
Masonic Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8467 Dance Saturday Night
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8467 and its Auxiliary sponsor a dance at the post home on Saturday night. They have begun a project to refurnish the post quarters and will feature the Fabulous Deecca's band for music.
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Nelsonville
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8467
Fabulous Deecca
Newark Youth Shot by Station Owner in Thornville
In New Lexington area a Thornville service station operator Emory Poston said he confronted two youths inside the station with a revolver and shot James McKnight aged 19 in the abdomen as he ran. McKnight was hospitalized in Zanesville in fair condition. Perry County Sheriff Tom Wilson identified the other youth as Jeffrey Franz of Newark. Franz turned himself in at the sheriff's office.
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New Lexington
Newark
Thornville
Emory Poston
James McKnight
McKnight
Zanesville
Perry County
Tom Wilson
Aew
Jeffrey Franz
Franz
Sheriff's Office
Poston
Local visits span Marietta to Parkersburg in community notes
Alfred and Nina Robinson visit the Swartz and Robinson families in Marietta and Belpre. Dinsmore Boyles and Mrs Boyles visit Mrs Florence Sturm in Millstone West Virginia. Ida Cooper’s Elmwood Nursing Home guests include Dawson and daughter Georgia Barnett. Clyde Reeder visits Clara Follrod in Alabama. Goeglen family visits Sophia Caldwell in Pomeroy. Everett Parker visits Mayme Parker at Elmwood. Atherton family visits parents in Columbus. Charles Wood and family visit Clair Woode in Pomeroy. 83rd birthday for Mrs J B Hayes celebrated in Middleport. Clifford Hayes also visited. WSCS to meet Sept 21 at Genevieve Guthrie’s home with program by Thelma Henderson.
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Nina Robinson
Gerald Swartz
Marietta
Robert Robinson
Tamara
Belpre
Dinsmore Boyles
Boyles
Florence Sturm
Millstone
W. Va
Ida Cooper
Elmwood
Mrs Dawson
Parkersburg
Tuppers Plains
Mr. Parker
Mayme Parker
Clarence Atherton
Columbus
Atherton
Arthur Atherton
Charles D. Woode
Clair Woode
Pomeroy
Mount St. Mary Births Reported Among Hill Residents
Mr and Mrs Daniel Mays of Carbon Hill welcome a son at Mount St Marys. The notice lists numerous individuals and places including Ralph Watkins in Athens and Mrs Helen Smathers in Buchtel along with other residents and routes, ending with Earl E Thompson of The Plains.
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Daniel Mays
Carbon Hill
Ralph Watkins
Athens
Helen Smathers
Buchtel
Louise Collins
Pamela Webb
Logan
Dorothy Andrachick
Jacksonville
William Hook Athens
Beatrice Stephenson
Glouster
Brenda Uotow
New Lexington
Earl E. Thompson
Plains
Hospital Notes Dismissed List Of Names And Places
Hospital notes show a series of dismissals including Mrs Thomas Joyce and daughter from Carbon Hill and several individuals from towns such as Nelsonville Logan Route 1 New Straitsville Millfield Glouster Murray City Jacksonville Corning and others. The brief item enumerates patients by name and home location.
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Thomas Joyce
Carbon Hill
Harry Burchfield
Nelsonville
Dale McKinley
Logan
Herbert Rush
New Straitsville
Charles Lehman
Millfield
Mabel Sayres
Eileen McClelland
Glouster
Mary J. Ayers
Murray City
Joseph Blackford
Jacksonville
Delbert Canter
Clarence Dunwoody
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