Nelsonville Church to Hold Ordination Sunday Morning
Ordination of new deacons Jimmy Preston and Bob Wilson will take place at First Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville at 10 30. Baptism of David Hudson Thomas, grandson of W. L. Hudson, will occur during the morning service.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville Church
Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
John Lloyd Evans
Jimmy Preston
Bob Wilson
Rolland Pierce
Guy Barber
Miss Jennie Powell Dies After Fall in Nelsonville
Miss Jennie Powell 82 longtime Nelsonville resident died at Cherrington Hospital Logan after a three week stay following a fractured hip from a fall. She was born in Australia and moved to Nelsonville at age 12 with her parents the Powells. Survived by a sister and two brothers and several nieces nephews and a grand-niece. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. W M George burial Greenlawn cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Jennie Powell
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Australia
Miss Powell
Lewis Powell
First Methodist Church of
Anna Scott
WL. Powell
City
Thomas Powell
Columbus
Orval Mathers
Mansfield
Lewis Mathers
Cincinnati
Irene Scott
Los Angeles
Cal
Howard Phillips
Geneva Reinhold
Virginia Phillips
Washington
Warren Funeral Home
W. M. George
Greenlawn
Miss Mabel Martin Visits Friends in Ohio States
Miss Mabel Martin of Nelsonville visiting relatives in New Pittsburg Glouster and Morristown over the weekend. She has been engaged in evangelistic singing across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. She is accompanied by the Rev Ethel Schaar of Arcanum who has led revival meetings at New Pittsburg Murray City and Morristown.
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Nelsonville
Mabel Martin
R.C
New Pittsburg
Glouster
Morristown
Martin
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Ethel Schaar
Arcanum
Schaar
Murray City
Civilian Defense Council Speaks On Meat Theft Issue
Mrs Parker urges vigilance against meat theft linked to black markets during wartime rationing. She warns that troves of tainted meat and by products drain legal supply and harm public health, urging reports to authorities to stamp out the crime.
Circle Meets At Church Thursday
NELSONVILLE Victory Circle No 3 of the Methodist Church met Thursday evening April 8 at the church with Mrs Parker S Sniffen as circle leader. Devotions were led by Mrs Sniffen assisted by several members. The topic was Prayer and What It Means to Me and a church healing article was read. A new recording secretary and treasurer were chosen and plans were made for the next meeting at Mrs E E Bells home on Fayette Street April 29.
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Nelsonville
Victory Circle No. 3
Methodist Church
Parker S. Sniffen
Sniffen
James Beard
C. L. Stout
Harry Jackson
Bessie Stephenson
E. E. Bell
Fayette St
Nelsonville Personalities and Local Hospital Visit Notes
Mrs. Grover Lewis spent two days this week at White Cross Hospital Columbus with her mother Mrs. Lon Traugh. She has been improving slowly for the past week. Her room number is 140. Miss Marjorie Dempster of Zanesville visited her mother Mrs. Meda Dempster Thursday. Calvin Lanning and mother and Mrs. Cora Pritts have returned from Dayton where they visited relatives and friends.
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Grover Lewis
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Lon Traugh
Marjorie Dempster
Zanesville
Meda Dempster
Calvin Lanning
Cora Pritts
Dayton
Buchtel Seniors Present My Mother-in-Law Tonight
The Buchtel High School senior class stages a three act comedy titled My Mother-in-Law at the school auditorium tonight. Curtain is at 7 30 with direction by Clyde Byers.
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Buchtel
Buchtel High School
Clyde Byers
Nelsonville couple to celebrate fiftieth anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tittle will mark their 50th wedding anniversary April 13, celebrated with a family dinner at the Blair home on Jackson Street. They were wed at Utah Ridge and spent their married life in and near Nelsonville. They have three daughters, 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. three grandsons serve in the military.
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Nelsonville
Richard Tittle
Burley Blair
Jackson St
Utah Ridge
Blair
Tittle
Walter Keating
New Straitsville Man Is Fined for Game of Chance
Pearl Slatter of New Straitsville pleaded guilty on arraignment in Mayor Herman Oggs court to operating a game of chance. He was fined 50 dollars and costs.
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Nelsonville
Pearl Slatter
New Straitsville
Herman Ogg
Concord Union Church Service Postponed for Funeral
Concord Union Church Nelsonville postpones Sunday afternoon preaching service because of Rev. Wm. M. George funeral at that hour. Regular service moves to Easter Day April 25 at 2 30 p m.
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Nelsonville
Concord Union
Wm. M. George
Organizations Aid Scholarship Fund For Conservation Lab
Ohio groups including garden clubs PTA and service clubs are urged to donate to a local scholarship fund to send a teacher to the Conservation Laboratory near Zaleski. The fund typically totals 75 to 80 dollars with the Dayton Garden Club sending three teachers. The program offers 6 to 9 quarter hours of credit through Ohio State University and runs June 17 to July 23, 1943.
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Gallipolis
State Department of Ohio
PTA
Zaleski
Dayton
Ohio State University
the Forest
Birchfield Rites Held for John Birchfield
Funeral services were held Friday at Mt. Olive Church for John Birchfield 57 of Ona brother of William Birchfield. He died Wednesday in Huntington hospital and burial was at Mt. Olive. He was a son of Garrison Birchfield of Southside.
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Gallipolis
Mt. Olive
John Birchfield
William Birchfield
Huntington
Ona
Garrison Birchfield
Southside
Jacksonville Girl Drowns In Vault At Grandparents Home
A nine year old girl Pearl Nadine Russell died after falling into a vault outside the Jacksonville home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Samuel Russell. Coroner A L Pritchard said the child drowned in about four feet of water and stated the death was accidental. Funeral services are set for Saturday at the Millfield Methodist Church with burial in Hilltop Cemetery.
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Chauncey
Pearl Nadine Russell
Samuel Russell
Jacksonville
A. L. Pritchard
Jin
Chester Russell
Millfield
Pritchard
Russells
Russell
Mary Milliran
Millfield Methodist Church
Hilltop Cemetery
New Plymouth Personal and Social Notes
Logan visitor Earle Frantz visited Monday. Garth Harris of Columbus visited relatives here over the weekend. Specht sale near Orland drew a large crowd Wednesday. The Chester Westfall trial at McArthur was attended by Mr and Mrs Charles Fuller and Mr and Mrs Homer Haas Tuesday. Teachers at McArthur meeting included Miss Marguerite Fuller Rev Raymon Konkright and Mr and Mrs Earle Heinlein. James Mowery of Lancaster visited his siblings Fred and Ethel Mowery Sunday. Week visitors at the Fuller home included Mr and Mrs LaVern Fuller and baby Lancaster Miss Helen Fuller Columbus and Private Gerald Lavery. Harold Miller and son attended funeral services for an uncle in Newark. Mrs Mamie Specht visited McArthur Thursday. Evan Lee family Ravenna spent weekend with Homer Haas. Private Cloud Bardain of Fort Knox on a ten day furlough with his parents. Robert J. Lewis and Gertrude Bay of Washington announce birth of Robert James Jr born March 24 at George Washington University Hospital. Grandparents Milton Bays New Plymouth and Wilkie Lewis Clarksburg WV. Great grandparents Lavinia Miller Orland and Allie Bay Lowell Indiana.
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New Plymouth
Earle Frantz
Logan
Garth Harris
Columbus
Orland
Charles Fuller
Homer Haas
McArthur
Marguerite Fuller
Raymon Konkright
Earle Heinlein
James Mowery
Lancaster
Fred
Ethel Mowery
Mowery
LaVern Fuller
Helen Fuller
Gerald Lavery
Stanley Miller
Harold
Newark
Mamie Specht
Evan Lee
Ravenna
Cloud Bardain
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Luther Bardain
Robert J. Lewis
Gertrude Bay
Washington, D. C
Robert James, Jr
George Washington University Hospital
Milton Bays
Wilkie Lewis
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Lavinia Miller
Allie Bay
Lowell
Indiana
Hartford Circuits Announces Services by Rev H Eldon Waltz
Hartford Rev H Eldon Waltz of Hartford presents Sunday April 11 services at Hartford Baptist Church morning worship 9 30 a m Sunday School 10 30 a m Graham Station Baptist Church Sunday School 10 a m morning worship 11 a m Davies Grove Baptist Church Sunday School 2 30 p m preaching 3 15 p m Evangelist Merle N Fuller to preach at Hartford and Graham Station in morning Sunday evening Fuller will deliver Closing message at Hartford Baptist Church His message titled The Last Red Light on the Road to Hell Saturday evening he will show Palestine moving pictures taken personally during a tour just before the war
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David Hudson Thomas
David Thomas
Akron
W. L. Hudson
Hudson
William M. George
First Methodist Church
Church of Christ
Fort and Short Sts
L. E. Evans
Sundny
George Barrows
Christian Endeavor
Lighthouse ‘Tabernacle
Corner Watkins and
Poplar Sts
Ewart C. Bond
Mable
C. L. Goss
Logan
Ohio
Geo. Call
Hartford
H. Eldon Waltz
Hartford Baptist Church
Graham Station
Baptist Church
Davies Grove Baptist Church
Merle N. Fuller
Graham
Fuller
Army Policeman Takes Deserter Back To Camp
Private Harold E. Abbott, 34, of Irenton, a deserter, is escorted from Gallipolis by Army Policeman Private Sheldon E. Mishkid and City Policeman Cecil Thivener to the West Virginia railroad station for transport to Ft. Eustis and military authorities for trial.
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Gallipolis
Sheldon E. Mishkid
Ft. Eustis
Harold E. Abbott
Irenton
Cecil Thivener
New Jersey
West Virginia
Band Booster Officers Elected in Gallipolis
Band Boosters guided by Richard Downs elected officers in the band room on Wednesday evening. Officers named are President Mrs J T Hall Vice President Mrs Gilbert Bush Secretary Mrs Frank Danner and Treasurer Mrs George Lear.
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Gallipolis
Richard Downs
J. T. Hall
Gilbert Bush
Frank Danner
George Lear
Mason County Honor Roll set to grow with 192 more names
Mason County's Honor Roll Book lists 985 service members with 192 more names to be added, totaling 1 177. War Mothers Emergency Aid Club members discussed wartime efforts, Bill Higgins founded the book, and Orville Higgins sent $125 for war bonds and a bicycle for a young admirer. Next meeting is May 4 at the courthouse.
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Mason County
Point Pleasant
War Mothers Emergency Aid Club
William “Bill” Higgins
Emmett Fowler
Sam
William Woods
Lottie Roach
Higgins
Orville
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Forrest Agraham
Daily Register
Athens Messenger
Christ Church Service Guild hears lawyer’s view on The Trial of Christ
Mrs. Os car S. Kelley hosted the Christ Church Service Guild meeting at the Parish House. Attorney William H. Bardin gave a talk on The Trial of Christ from a Lawyer's Viewpoint followed by a social hour with punch and cookies.
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Point Pleasant
Oscar S. Kelley
Christ Church Service Guild
William Meade
William H. Bardin
Marie Martin
Florence Buell
Huntington
Juliet Smith
Grace
Mabel Gibbons
Harold Sayre
Walter A. Windsor
C. O. Weissenburger
Meade
S. C. Moustin
Gail Faires
Frank T. Cady
Insurance Suit Will Be Dismissed by Court
The New York Life Insurance Co and Edgar M. Smith of Leon Route reach a compromise in Federal District Court Charleston to cancel a $15,000 double indemnity life policy. Smith will receive $17,000 lump sum, policy cancelled, total benefits $36,000.
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Point Pleasant
Edgar M. Smith
Leon
New York Life Insurance Co
Federal District Court
Charleston
J. G. F. Johnson
Smith
Barber and steam whistle expert leaves town after inquiry
Point Pleasant resident Lewis Ball, known for his barber shop and expertise on steam boat whistles, locked his Lowe Hotel shop on Wednesday and then departed. Hotel staff said Ball told inquirers he had left town for a few days.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis Ball
Lowe Hotel
Local Daughters of American Colonists Luncheon
A group of local women will attend the Daughters of American Colonists luncheon at Mrs. J. O. Holcomb’s home 1635 Quarrier St Charleston this afternoon at 1 o clock. Attending from the city are Mrs William H Vaught Mrs Harold Sayre Mrs S Channings Wilhelm Ora P Biddle and Mrs E Bartow Jones. Hartford guests include Mrs Hugo Juhling and Mrs A Keith McClung.
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Daughters of
J. O. Holcomb
Quarrier St
Charleston
Holcomb
William H. Vaught
Harold Sayre
S. Channings Wilhelm
C. O. Weissenburger
Ora P. Biddle
E. Bartow Jones
Hugo Juhling
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Mayor warns dogs at large will be killed after April 10
Point Pleasant mayor Krodel urges citizens to keep dogs home to protect Victory Gardens. He notes a city ordinance allows officers to capture and kill dogs found at large, to be strictly enforced during this rabies risk period and unusual circumstances.
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Point Pleasant
Victory Gardens
Krodel
Burial of Jack Rollins in Creston Cemetery
Burial for George Washington Jack Rollins, about 80, was held in Creston Cemetery Union District on Wednesday afternoon. A native of Mason County, he had lived in Jackson County for years where he died near Angerona. He was well known in Point Pleasant and eastern Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
George Washington
Jack) Rollins
Creston
Union District
Daughter Is Born in Point Pleasant and Hogsett
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter eight pounds to Mr and Mrs George Cottrill of Leon on Wednesday evening and a daughter Janice Lee seven and a half pounds to Mr and Mrs Joseph Austin Kalvnnaird of Hogsett on Thursday evening. Mrs Velma Sargent, a surgical patient, was discharged and returned home. Mrs Virgil Sutton is also discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
George Cottrill
Leon
Janice Lee
Joseph Austin Kalvnnaird
Hogsett
Velma Sargent
Elmwood
Virgil Sutton
Mayor Sets Dates for Clean Up Week
Point Pleasant proclaims Clean-up Days with Wednesday through Friday designated for trash removal. Mayor B. Walter Krodel urges residents in each ward to place rubbish in front of their homes on the assigned day to aid city crews and avoid duplication of effort. Citizens are reminded to note the service day for their area and prepare accordingly.
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Point Pleasant
B. Walter Krodel
Krodel
Gas Company Moves To 11th Street Office
Pleasant Natural Gas Co. moved its office from the State Theater Building to a room in the 11th Street building recently vacated by the Sterling Hotel. Fire discovered in trash at the rear of the I.O.C.F. Building at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, igniting a shed. fire department extinguished it by spraying booster tank contents.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Natural Gas Co
Hay
State Theater
11Th St
Sterling Hotel
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