Obituaries from Ewington Nelsonville and Rutland area
Leslie Samuel Holcomb first grade student at Vinton Grade School dies at home at 4 a.m. Friday. Survivors include parents nine brothers and three sisters and grandmother. Services Sunday 2 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home Vinton Memorial Park. Howard P. Miner 70 of Nelsonville dies Friday morning after long illness. Surviving wife two daughters one brother and three sisters and five grandchildren. Carrie Wright 78 of Rutland dies Friday morning at home. She was born in Meigs County and survived by husband a son and a brother with service Sunday at Martin Funeral Home Rutland. Burial Miles Cemetery.
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Ewington
Leslie Samuel Holcomb
Vinton
Wendell Holcomb
Vinton Methodist Church
Lee
Newark
John
Joe
Detroit
Mich
Thomas
Vietnam
Larry
Germany
Jack
Bill
Keith
Edward
Connie
Rose
Tina
Golda
Logan
McCoy
Cloyd Graves
Rev
Vinton Memorial Park
Nelsonville
Howard P. Miner
Franklin St
Trimble
Lawrence
Francis Miner
Akron Transit System
Akron Transit
Trimble Church of Christ
Eagles Lodge
Edna
Mary J. Hagen
Wasco
Calif
Helen Morrison
Bakersfield
Columbus
Gladys Turner
Sharon Center
Helen Ginnan
Warren Funeral Home
Rutland
Carrie Wright
Main Street
Meigs County
Samson Bentley
Mount Moriah
Middleport
Andy
Charles
Tucson
Ariz
William Bentley
Martin
Albert McGee
Miles Cemetery
Wright
Two Charged In Accidents
Kath erine Cochran aged 22 of Chicago was injured when she lost control on Route 2 south of Point Pleasant and hit a tree. State Police reported $1,000 damage. Reba K. Clench 22 of Gallipolis Ferry was arrested for improper passing in front of a Carolina Lumber Truck driven by Richard N. Spurlock 29 of 126 Highland Ave. no injuries and minor damage occurred.
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Point Pleasant
Katherine Cochran
Chicago
Ill
Reba K. Clench
Gallipolis Ferry
Carolina
Richard N. Spurlock
Highland Ave
Nelsonville Elks Lodge Sunday Breakfasts Continue
Nelsonville Elks Lodge No. 543 serves breakfasts Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A varied menu is offered and crowds have grown since the program began a few weeks ago. Proceeds fund replacement equipment after a fire destroyed the old building. The public is invited.
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Nelsonville
Elks Lodge No. 543
Elks
Pastor to Lead Walk at Presbyterian Farm
NELSONVILLE The Youth Group of the First Presbyterian Church sponsors a Sunday picnic at Presbyterian Farm. A nature walk will be led by Rev. J. Lloyd Evans. Attendees meet at the church at 2 p.m. Transportation will be provided.
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Presbyterian Farm
Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
J. Lloyd Evans
Mrs Powers and friends travel and visit relatives
Mrs Jennie Powers visits relatives in Pair esville. Nellie Dixon Marian Stubbs and Gladys Walters visit Mrs Anna Newman in Rushville. Paul Hatem returns from Lebanon with Nora Louise Lewis of Homs Syria for a visit with her sister Mrs Joseph Hatem and other kin.
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New Straitsville
Jennie Powers
Pairesville
Nellie Dixon
Marian Stubbs
Gladys Walters
Anna Newman
Rushville
Paul Hatem
Lebanon
Nora Louise Lewis
Homs
Syria
Joseph Hatem
Russell Campbell
Akron
C. S. Stover
Connie Boyle
Thomas Boyle
St. Joseph College
Cincinnati
St. Aloysius Academy
New Lexington
Eugene Begley
Burr Oak
Ralph Malcomb
United Methodist Church
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Priscilla
Ethel Wade
Thea White
James Stobbs
Cuyahoga Falls
Anna Davis
Gaylord Angel
Wellston
Roy Cremeans
Ironton
Chester Wade
Carpenter News Notes and Weekend Visitors
Westina Crabtree reports a weekend of community happenings in Carpenter including Young Farmers Camp at Camp Muskingum, births baptized by Rev. Howard Mayne, and multiple visits among families such as the Jordans Crabtrees and Canodes. Area residents and bus drivers are noted, with social events at Temple WSCS and Busy Bees club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westina Crabtree
Dwaine Jordan
Carl Crabtree
Camp Muskingum
Carrolton
Ronald Bolin
Ralph Keefer
County Road 2
Charles Hartman
Mendal Jordan
Carl Greenless
Pomona
Mar Galaway
Columbia Grange
Jerry Huff
Dayton
Huff
Genevra Foster
Arthur Crabtree
Frank Ryther
Pomeroy
Ida Dennison
Salem Center
Faye Jordann
Dorsey Jordan
Dorsey Jordans
Max Haning
Leslie Canode
Lucasville
Rob Turner
Elizabeth Canode
Ed Culwell
Indianapolis
Ind
T. H. Blanton
Greg
Jackson
C. H. Keefer
Manford Smith
Rena
Lancaster
Lewis Smith
Nancy
Columbia
Albany
Alexander
Rex Cheadle
Pansy Jordan
William Miller
Robert Mattox
Frank Bennett
St. Albans
W. Va
Bill Hyde
Covington
Earl Starkey
Forrest Harper
Chillicothe
Harper
Hillsboro
Roy Wiseman
Harrisonville
Larry
Fern Gillogly
Margaret Edmundson
Ney Carpenter
Vina Rutherford
Columbus
Faye Jordan
June Jones
Inlaw
Victor Perry
Girl Scouts Plan Chauncey Fund Drive Campaign
Chauncey selects Mrs Don Anderson as general chairman for the Four Rivers Girl Scout Council Fund Drive. Mrs Wallace J Bennett, council president, announces the drive runs Monday to Oct 5. Chauncey designates Girl Scout Week with 44 registered scouts in Brownies Juniors and Cadettes conducting house to house canvassing.
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Chauncey
Don Anderson
Old Dog Pound Road
Four Rivers
Wallace J. Bennon
Parkersburg
Charles Wadley
Anderson
Richard Evener
Paul Foss
Rabid Skunk Captured Near Pomeroy Farm
A rabid skunk was found on a farm near Pomeroy in the Bedford area, the eighth such animal found recently. It was discovered next to a farm where two other rabid skunks had been found earlier, according to the County Health Department.
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Pomeroy
Bedford
County Health Dept
Logan Campbell Charged With Excess Speeds
Logan William Campbell, 17, of 60 Norwood Ave, was charged by the Sheriff’s department with excessive speeding on Route 33. His car reportedly left the berm, lost control, and toppled into a field at Poston’s Curve Wednesday at 3:46 p.m.
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Logan
William M. Campbell
Norwood Ave
Sheriff's Department
Campbell
Poston’s Curve
Land Transfers in Vinton County Listed for 196 Acres
Transfers show multiple deeds across Vinton and Richland townships including Clyde M Morris and Ferral Morris to Robert and Caster Banosik for 69.27 acres in Vinton Township Virgie Chowning Thompson to Albert and Nora Weller Jr for 40 acres in Richland Township Helen and Glen Arnot to Kenneth and Polly Nickell for acres in Harrison Township Frank and Minnie Buren to New England 18.50 acres in Jackson Township Fred W Arnott et al to Robert and Jean Cline for a farm in McArthur Raymond and Ruth Burns to the State of Ohio 5.07 acres in Vinton Township Ralph and Corolyn Fitzgerald to Francis and Martha Martin 8 acres in Richland Township Elmer L Eckles to Harold and Lu LeMay 1 acre in Richland Township Harley L Lyons to John and Grace Murphy 42 acres in Wilkesville George B Ringer to Frank and Evelyn Frizzell lot in Jackson Township Mildred Loper trustee to Anise and Arthur Camp 26 acres in Clinton John M Snyder to Eugene and Georgia Moe Legg 118 acres in Swan Township Max D Cox to Frank and Elsie Murphy lot in McArthur Max D Cox to John R and Dorothy L Morgan Lot 1 McArthur Marion and Margaret Perry to John W and Daisy M Kidd 10 acres in Knox Amanda P and W D Atkinson to Melvin Proter forin McArthur Frank L Shoemaker to Margaret E Fri lot in McArthur
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Clyde M
Ferral Morris
Robert C
Caster J. Banosik
Vinton Township
Virgie Chowning Thompson
Albert E
Nora A. Weller Jr
Richland Township
Helen
Glen Arnot
Kenneth F
Polly Nickell
Harrison Township
Frank
Minnie Buren
New England
Jackson Township
Fred W. Arnott
Robert 8
Jean Cline Fot
McArthur
Raymond
Ruth Burns
State of Ohio
Ralph L
Corolyn Fitzgerald
Francis J
Martha M. Martin
Elmer L. Eckles
Harold FE
Lu— LeMay
Harley L. Lyons
John A
Grace Murphy
Wilkesville
George B. Ringer
Frank L
Evelyn Frizzell
Mildred Loper
Anise
Arthur E. Camp
Clinton Township
John M
Della M. Snyder
Eugene M
Georgia Moe Legg
Swan Township
Max D. Cox
Elsie Murphy
John R
Dorothy L. Morgan
Marion
Margaret Perry
John W
Daisy M. Kidd
Knox Township
Amanda P
W. D. Atkinson
Melvin Proter
Frank L. Shoemaker
Margaret E. Fri
Service Members Named in Vietnam and Domestic Disaster Efforts
Army Pvt. 1st Class James A. Dishong, 19, from Nelsonville, assigned Aug. 20 to the 1st Signal Brigade in Vietnam as a switchboard operator. Army Pvt. 1st Class Robert F. Meeks, 19, of Shade Route 1, joins the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam Aug. 30 as a rifleman. Airman Daniel L. Reed, Laurelville, aided Hurricane Camille relief at DeRidder AFB, directing traffic and distributing food. Thomas J. Welch, Nelsonville, serves aboard USS Springfield in Portsmouth with refresher training planned at Guantanamo Bay. Sgt. James F. Cogar, Weston Route 1, earns the Bronze Star Aug. 30 near Chu Lai, Vietnam. wife Ladean resides in Guysville Route 1. Charles F. Pierce, 20, Point Pleasant, assigned Aug. 24 to the American Division in Vietnam as infantryman.
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Army
James A. Dishong
Carence Dishong
Myers St
Nelsonville
1St Signal Brigade
Vietnam
Robert F. Meeks
John Meeks
101St Airborne Division
Daniel L. Reed
Emmet E. Reed
Laurelville
Deesier Afb
Miss
Laurelville High School
Reed
Thomas J. Welch
Thomas A. Welch
Springfield
Portsmouth
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
James F. Cogar
Shirley Cogar
Weston
W. Va
Chu Lai
Ladean
Guysville
Charles F. Pierce
Tiolene M. Pierce
Kanawha St
Point Pleasant
Racine WSCS Met as Sayre Funeral Attends Sayre Service
In Racine the WSCS met in the church sanctuary with Mrs. Sybil Miles as program chair. Readings were given by several members including Lavina Simpson, Mattie Circle, Ora Hill, Erma McClurg, and Mrs. Miles. Mrs. Laura Sayre and Hazel Wickline attended the funeral for Rev. Clark G Sayre in Galion. An average human brain contains about 10 billion nerve cells.
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Racine
WSCS
Sybil Miles
Critt Bradford
Lavina Simpson
Mattie Circle
Ora Hill
Erma McClurg
Laura Sayre
Hazel Wickline
Clark G Sayre
Galion
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Nelsonville Elks
N. Straitsville
Gladys Lines
Stihl
Oregon Bar and Chain
Tillison
Mable
Ohio
Paul Bunyan
Stimson Ave
Athens
ASP
United States
Ohio University
Claude R. Sowle
Nguyen van Tho
Dang van Chau
Gilbert Stephenson
International Education Institute
Tho
Sowle
Carpenter News
Clark
Tamra
Dinane Holliday
Dexter
David Wiseman
Larry Stanley
Lima
Girl Scouts
Logan Man
New Delhi
the Hindu
Madras
Earl F. Mathews
Insurance
John J. Lavelle
N. Court St
Vinton County
Wirephore
Arch A. Moore Jr
Huntington
Edward H. Greene
New State Board of Regents
State's Colleges and Universities
Mrs. Francis Morris
Bill Roscoe
W. Union Street
West Fairgrounds
Bankamericard
North Court ST
Impala
Chevrolet
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