Nelsonville Musicians Shine at Portsmouth Festival
Nelsonville's band soloists and ensembles earned high ratings at the South East Ohio district high school music contest in Portsmouth. Dorothy Schmitter and Lewis Vaughn received top ratings, with other soloists earning superior or excellent marks. The Ward Rural Mixed Chorus gained excellent and will enter the state contest in Columbus. A brass quartet and vocal quintet also scored well. The Nelsonville band, though praised, will wait to enter the state contest next year. Another item notes surplus commodities distribution at York Township building Tuesday after 1 p.m.
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Nelsonville
Portsmouth
Ward
Columbus
Louise Rice
Don Sanders
Louise Duskey
Jimmy Arnold
Hugh Webb
Jean Alien
Dorothy Lowden
Polly Johnson
Mary K. Sharp
Alice Duskey
Nelsonville Band
Oberlin
Dorothy Schmitter
Lewis Vaughn
Jean Allen
Brooks Franks
Faith Cordrey
York Township
Hocking St
Benefit party planned by Jr. C. U. A. M. in Nelsonville
A benefit party organized by the Jr. C. U. A. M. is set for Tuesday evening at 8 o clock in the IOOF Hall in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
IOOF
Freddie Davis Likely Re-elected Nelsonville Eagles Treasurer
Freddie Davis, long time Nelsonville native and father of five, seeks an eighth term as treasurer of the Eagles lodge. Voters head to the polls on May 2 with Freddie favored to retain the office after 18 years as an Eagle and strong membership gains.
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Nelsonville
Freddie Davis
Eagles
Freddie
The
C. and O. Railroad
Nelほんsonville Woman's Garden Club Plans Clean-Up Week
Nelsonville residents will learn the date of the Annual Clean-Up Week as the Woman's Garden Club coordinates efforts. The club will push cleaning of vacant lots and sponsor a whitewash campaign for back lot fences and sheds.
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Nelsonville
Woman's Garden Club
Wil
Church Filled For Services In Nelsonville
The First Methodist Church in Nelsonville held three services with 1110 attendees across all departments. Sunday activities featured the Mills duo, Dr. Clark on sermons about Christ and the Triumphal Entry, baptisms for three children, and an expected attendance target of 500 for next Sunday.
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Nelsonville
First Methodist Church
J. D. Adamson
Lillian Betts
W. P. Clark
Charles E. Poston
Mills
Dr. Clark
Christ
Aged Woman Susie Blackstone Dies at Home in Nelsonville
Mrs Susie Blackstone 73 wife of John H Blackstone died at the family home on Buchtel Road Sunday. She leaves husband six children including William A Blackstone John H Jr Ira died last year and daughters Anna Linton Leona Sawders Gertrude Sherwood Flossie McNamee and several brothers. She belonged to Pythian Sisters Pocahontas and UMWA Auxiliary. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Buchtel M E Church with Rev Lineberger. burial Green Lawn.
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Nelsonville
Susie Blackstone
John H. Blackstone
Buchtel Road
William A. Blackstone
Buchtel
John H., Jr
Detroit
Anna Linton
Leona Sawders
Akron
Gertrude Sherwood
Flossie McNamee
New Lexington
Ira
Pythian Sisters
Pocahontas
UMWA
Buchtel M. E
Lineberger
Greenlawn
Presbyterian Church Filled on Sunday
Palm Sunday services at First Presbyterian Church drew large crowds in Nelsonville. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. set a five year peak while the 10:30 a.m. service featured both choirs in the largest attendance of the season. The Tuxis Young People's Society met at 6 p.m. with Mrs. Frank Knox addressing "Jesus I am the Bread of Life." Rev. Lloyd Evans led evening worship opening Holy Week.
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Nelsonville
Palm
First Presbyterian Church
Anne
Tuxis Young People’s Society
Frank Knox
Jesus
Lloyd Evans
Mrs. Neiman Dies at 56 in Nelsonville
Mrs. Sarah Neiman wife of A B Neiman died Saturday night at the family home on Poplar Street after a period of failing health. The body was taken to Columbus where funeral services were held in Schoedinger's Chapel and burial occurred there. She leaves two sons Barney and Robert, both at home, besides her husband.
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Nelsonville
Sarah Neiman
A. B. Neiman
Poplar St
Columbus
Schoedinger
Barney
Robert
Special Music At Presbyterian Service Tonight
The 7 o clock service will feature The Old Rugged Cross sung by a quartet Emily Sharp Imogene Sayers Dana Barber and Elizabeth Shafer with the choir. Martin Alexander will lead hymn singing and deliver Holy Week talk He Made His Grave with the Wicked.
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Nelsonville
Old Rugged Cross
America
The
Presbyterian Church
Emily Sharp
Imogene Sayers
Dana Barber
Elizabeth Shafer
Martin Alexander
Record Mushrooms Gathered by Two Women in One Spot
Mrs Mae Lines and Mrs Louise Skiver of Factory Rural Route set up a mark for mushroom hunters and collected 183 specimens in a single small space while foraging Sunday in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Mae Lines
Louise Skiver
Services To Start At Christian Church In Nelsonville
Tonight at 7 o clock the Church of Christ holds services that run through the week. Rev. Lawrence Crawford Butler speaks tonight, followed by Rev. Gilbert Courtney on Tuesday. The Wednesday Lenten meditation is "The Cross and the Shadows" and marks the final meditation. An upper room Communion is planned for Thursday night. The week ends Friday with guest minister Rev. Neil Crawford of Athens delivering the closing message.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Lawrence Crawford Butler
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
Neil Crawford
Athens
Nelsonville Social Notes Selections and Birth Announcement
Nelsonville social notes report Mrs. Melvin Guess of Floodwood admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital with fair condition after surgery. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Rose Union Furnace a daughter on March 21 weighing 8% pounds. Meetings set for Pythian Sisters tonight and Ruth Circle of Presbyterian Church tonight. Martha Class to meet Tuesday for brief business followed by church services. Emma Jean named for Harley Blackston daughter born Thursday.
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Melvin Guess
Floodwood
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Clarence Hall
Edgar Garlinger
Smithfield
Ohio
Ned Stanley
Margaret
Clayton
Charles
Hopedale
Paul Wright
Brilliant
W. J. McConaha
Clayton Rose
Union Furnace
Harley Blackston
Emma Jean
Two Held to Grand Jury by Mayor
Nelsonville report states James Staley and Gilbert Adams Kimberly were charged with assault and battery in an affidavit by Mayor C G Dew. Both pleaded not guilty, bound over to the grand jury under $200 bond each, and jailed pending bond. Theodore Sharp Hamley Run signed the affidavit claiming they assaulted him on Poplar Street last night. James Bryan Coonville pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge and was fined $5 plus costs.
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Nelsonville
James Staley
Gilbert Adams
Kimberly
C. G. Dew
Theodore Sharp
Hamley Run
Poplar St
Townsend Meeting Set in Coolville Williams to Speak
A Townsend meeting in Coolville will be held Wednesday evening April 5 at 7 30 with Rev Patrick H Williams as speaker. The public is invited. Lincoln Nebraska John G Moore filed early for the 1940 University of Nebraska board of regents election listing his candidacy a year and 15 days before the deadline.
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Nelsonville
Townsend
Coolville
Patrick H. Williams
Lincoln
Neb
John G. Moore
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
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