Nelsonville approves new soft water supply
State health officials authorize the Nelsonville water system upgrade after Columbus lab tests. Residents report softer water, easier for households though some adjust to the taste. The project, run by Burgess Niple, with WPA support, wraps up soon as meters remain to be installed and an open house planned in spring.
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Nelsonville
Selsonville
Obatate Laboratories
Columbus
State Board of Healey
W Teipole
Doe Dewhirst
Citiens
Ray Fuller
Burgess & Niple
WPA
John R. Brothers
Women Society Meets At Methodist Church
The Women’s Society gathered Monday evening at the Methodist Church with president John Herrold presiding. Doris Bererin was program chair. the High School brass sextet provided music. Mrs Bessie Bland led devotionals. Mia Beano Stephenson assisted. a social hour followed with refreshments served by Mrs Carl Coakley and circle members.
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Methodist’ Church
John Herrold
Round Table
de Bunston
Activites
Armation
Mia “Hay
Backun
Merre Green
Mra. Malvern
Wilson
Mire Cart Coakley
Mire Garnet Schoon
Freer to Speak at Midweek Church Service
The Town Mail reports the midweek service at the Church of the held at 7 oclock will feature The Rev. G A Freer as guest speaker. Freer, former pastor here, now based in Akron, will speak during the evening service announced by Pastor Eleaningle Evans.
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Church of the
LE. Evans
Ane
GA. Freer
Freer
Akron
Civilian Defense Council Urges Letters to Soldiers
Captain Charles Cummings of Fifth Corps Area Headquarters asks relatives and friends to write long, engaging letters to troops abroad and at home. A free mail service lets soldiers send mail without stamps by writing free in the corner and adding their name and service. Town Hall meetings resume at 825 with Dr. James of Ohio University discussing Latin America’s role in the war.
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Charles Cummings
Fifth Corps
Ani and Service Branch
James
Ohio University
Latin America
Parker’ Saiften
Defense Garden Plans WPA and Individual Plots
Nelsonville Civilian Defense Garden Committee meets to outline funded and individual plots. The WPA garden will be farmed by workers with rent and plowing costs covered. Plots aim to be near the city for use in school lunches and canning, with county officials and garden club members named on the organizing committee.
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Nelsonville
Defense Garden
Herman Ogg
Fat City
Victory Garden
Ogg
Ross Wright
Wiliam
Rev. Lloyd Gang
Wesley Haw
W. W. Warren
Egbert” Whitmore
Garden ‘Club
Pauline Pierce
Publi Schools
Charles Stratton
WPA
Boy Scout Troop 66 to Meet Thursday in Nelsonville
Troop 66 schedules a Thursday evening gathering at West School for 6 30. An outdoor meeting on the hill follows with a treasure hunt and contests in fire building and cooking. Scouts should bring a quarter pound steak two potatoes flashlights and scout axes.
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Boy Scout Troop
Nelsonville
Boy Scout
King
West School
Scoutsare
Hold Services Thursday For Paul Henderson
Henderson a 13 year old of Nelsonville died Friday April 3 at Bis marck North Dakota. Services will be Thursday at 4 PM at Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville. Burial will be at Greenlawn at a later date. Mrs Woodrutt left Lakeside California to be with her father. Troop 65 Boy Scouts sponsored by the Elks will meet Thursday at the Elks Home at 8 PM.
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Bismarck
N. D
Stout Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Mable Henderson Woodrutt
Jacob Katzenbach
Chestnut St
Greenlawn
Boy! Scouts
The
Elks
Gelock
Nelsonville Sportsmen Sponsor Public Meeting
The Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association sponsors a public meeting at the Carbon Hill high school gym Thursday evening April 9 at 7 30. Burton T. Peen game management agent for the district representing the State Conservation Department will speak. Motion pictures will be shown. All citizens are welcome.
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Carbon Hill
Burton T. Peen
State Conservation Department
Nelsonville Alumni Plan Banquet and Officers
Nelsonville alumni committee held its first meeting and outlined plans for the annual alumni banquet set for Friday May 29. President Dwight Kuhn leads the association with secretary Mrs. Betty Mechem and treasurer Alonzo Figgins. directors include Miss Betty Stewart and Mrs. Jamis Knight among others.
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Dwight _ Kuhn
Betty Mechem
Alonzo Figgins
Betty « Stewart
Mra Jamis Knight
Chas
Evans
Alma Galvin
Rotary Club Chooses New Officers for Nelsonville
The Nelsonville Rotary Club selected L L Krieg Leonard Melching Paul Galvin and Gerald Baird as directors for the next year at a Tuesday meeting. Directors will name a club president from among themselves. New officers begin duties in June. After the meeting members toured Millfield Mine No 6 washery and coal cleaning equipment, arranged by Frank G Smith Sunday Creek Coal Co. Phil Ong Mine No 6 superintendent explained tipple details.
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Sinvounville
R. A. Srooxs
L.L. Krieg
Leonard Melching
Paul Galvin
Gerald Baird
Nelsonville
Frank G. Smith
Sunday ‘Creek Coal Co
Phil Ong
Eagles join City Twilight League under Ward Phillips
Worthy President Ward Phillips announced the Eagles will enter a team in the City Twilight League. Five new members were welcomed at the lodge meeting Tuesday evening.
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Nelsonville
Ward Phillips
Eagles
Fresh Ego Law Explained To Retailers
More than 30 retailers from the area attended a meeting at the American Legion building to learn an explanation of Ohio's new Fresh Ego law. Ross Wright chaired the session with James Smoot and speakers W Dale Hile ish and D D Moyer. The program outlined the law's purposes and how retailers may comply with its provisions.
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Nelsonville
The
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Ohio
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Mearthur
Chauncey
Albany
Ross Wright
Athens County
James Smoot
Hocking County
W. Dale Hileish
Bureau of Markets
Ohio Department of Agriculture
D. D. Moyer
Ohio State University
Hhow
Nelsonville Social Notes Birthday events and funeral attendance
A Nelsonville social note describes a surprise birthday gathering for an unnamed honoree at Sam Mount’s home with many relatives from Haydenville Greendale Carbon Hill and nearby areas. It also notes a funeral in Columbus for Dr. C E Buck and a 35th birthday celebration for Mrs. Louise Skiver with gifts and decorated cakes.
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Sam Mount
James Skiver
Charles Pierce
Albert Sparks
Minnie Mount
Alva Mount
Haydenville
Mary Blair
Carbon Hill
Joe ‘Mount
Fred Mount
Norman Mount
Greendale
Gertie Bond
Etta Skiver
Gladys Skiver
Rose Pierce
Min‘nie Mount
Wilburn Sparks
Louise Skiver
Local Club and Church Notices Published In Eccentric Style
Members of the Costar lab will be entertained Friday evening by Mrs C D Shafer at her home. Miss Mona Lane will assist Mrs Shafer. Lass Tomene Willing Workers Class of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday night at the home of Mrs Lena Shafer on Poplar Street. Mrs Anna Poapichael will be the assisting hostess.
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C.D. Shafer
Mona Lane
Lass Tomene
Church of Christ
Lena Shafer
Poplar St
Anna Poapichael
Funeral for George Chapman Held at Local Church
The service for George Chapman a former Nelsonville resident who worked as a machine man for years at Dunglen mine was conducted by Rev. J. J. Miller. He is survived by his wife two children Ellsworth and Bertha three grandchildren four brothers and two sisters. Two brothers Theodore and Ernest live here. Cecil and Hope Woodson are nephews. Revival services continue this week led by Rev. Floyd Farmsley. Dr. Holzer bought the T. Birt Tidge residence on Second Ave adjoining the municipal building with plans to house war defense workers then possibly join the Holzer Hospital system.
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Dunglen
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Bertha
Theodore
Ernest
Cecil
Hope Woodson
Holzer
Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Bert Tidge
Second Ave
Henry Gilman
Mary Aiaringer
Hood
Grant Hood
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Dayton
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Russel
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Mt. Gilead
Will ‘Thomas
Lloyd
Mae Houdashelt
Pt Pleasant
Housing Shortage Strains Mason County War Plant Areas
Demand for living quarters around Mason County war plant districts surpasses supply. Apartments are scarce. new units under construction fill quickly. West Virginia towns show better prospects, but overall need ranges from seven to ten thousand workers, with many relocating families awaiting housing plans and possible government or private developments.
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Council Hears Sewer Plans At Meeting
City council met in regular session to discuss routine matters and approve bills. Engineer J E Settle of Charleston outlined sewer system extension plans and Viand Street improvements tied to the state road project with storm sewer installations. Local officials present included Mayor Krodel, Recorder Dana Bradshaw, City Solicitor J G F Johnson, and several council members.
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Charleston
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Densil Durst
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Claude Cheesbrew
Joe Jaskins
R. M. Hardin
R. H. Melrose
School Children To Hold Annual Outing
Point Pleasant reports the Binson County schoolchildren will hold an annual steamboat excursion on May 6 from 10 am to 2 30 pm. Over 50 placards from last year’s trip noted, and pupils must bring fare payment within a set period.
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Point Pleasant
Binson County
No Change in Mine Strike Report from West WV Coal Co
Office manager R J Williamson of the West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co said there was no change in the labor situation at the company mine. Notices to report for work are posted daily but the men have not responded. Some say they are ready to return when all go back. No attempts to start a strike are reported.
Minersville News Notes and Local Obituaries
The Minersville News notes several deaths and family updates including Hood and Pomeroy relatives with funeral details for Mrs Hood and a drowning death of Clinton Hood. Local residents Ellen Ohlinger and Virginia Frank Hood are mentioned with visits from family and Easter events at churches. Elwood and others attend church services. Adolph Grueser family visits. Masonville and local workers receive furloughs and medical updates.
Alumni to Meet Buchtel
An alumni meeting is scheduled at the home of Mrs Norma Matheny on Sunday afternoon April 12 at 2 30.
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Buchtel
Norma Matheny
P I A GALLIPOLIS PIA SPEAKER AT PTA MEETING
Mrs Ww Gotha Evans was guest speaker at the Washington PTA meeting. She spoke at length on Mexican residents in the southwest forming a large portion of the population. Clyde Brown Steele Dray and Woodrow Cremees were fined $15 and costs each in municipal court for intoxication.
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Lanee
Gallipolis
Clyde Brown
Steele Dray
Woodrow Cremees
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