Sidewalk project eyed for Nelsonville with FERA aid
Nelsonville will pursue a low cost sidewalk program on city streets with city trucks supplying sand and gravel. Mayor Holland has filed for FERA labor help for ten workers and plans to explain costs to property owners. The program aims to rebuild most sidewalks this spring and summer with community cooperation. Gerald Nelson Jr. was returned home from hospital after four weeks of treatment. his condition is satisfactory.
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Nelsonville
8. G. Holland
Holland
FERA
Ohio
Tts
Gerald Nelson, Jr
Gerald Nelson
Werrens
Marietta
Eastern Star to Meet Nelsonville
Regular meeting of Eudora Chapter O. EB. 8 will be held Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock at the Masonic Temple.
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Eastern Star
Nelsonville
Eudora Chapter O. EB
Masonic Temple
Chicago Bank Teller Kills Son and Daughter
William Gardner a chief teller for the First National Bank of Chicago shot and killed one son and a daughter and wounded another son in their La Grange Park home. Police said Gardner was in a crazed condition and sought coroner assistance to subdue him after four months of illness.
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Chicago
William Gardner
First National Bank of Chicago
la Grange Park
Edward Jones
Gardner
Jones
Rio Grande Parents And Teachers To Elect
Rio Grande April meeting of the parent teacher association will elect officers. Rev Harry C Bickster will speak on The Place of the Rural Church in the Lives of Young People. Holy Week services closed with Sunrise service Easter Sunday at 7 am on the campus.
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Rio Grande
Parent-Teacher Association
Harry C. Bickster
Temple Hills
Oak Hill
W. H. Thompson
West Union
Methodist
Centerville
Calvary Baptist Church
Morgan Jones
David Jones
Edna Jones
Helen Bowles
Vinton High to Stage The Alley Daffodil May 9
VINTON The Vinton High School Senior Class announces the play The Alley Daffodil to be presented May 9 at the Vinton Auditorium. Cast includes Estwain Hutchinson Wanda Poling Robin Glenn Laura McGhee Mary Cottrell Vera Metcalf Arnold Schoolcraft Raymond Caste Reuben Holcomb Harold Edminston and Jack Dowler. Mrs G EB Glenn is at home recovering from a mas toid operation at Holser Hospital. Rev H A Lewis and daughter Ruth of Denvertown visited friends here and in Gallipolis. Mr and Mrs G P Ewing and daughter Lucille. Mrs Fanny Matthews and Miss Esther Durkee spent Sunday in Logan.
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Vinton
Vinton High School
Vinton Auditorium
Estwain Hutchinson
Wanda Poling
Robin Glenn
Laura McGhee
Mary Cottrell
Vera Metcalf
Arnold Schoolcraft
Raymond Caste
Reuben Holcomb
Harold Edminston
Jack Dowler
G. EB. Glenn
Holser Hospital
H. A. Lewis
Ruth
Denvertown
Gallipolis
G. P. Ewing
Lucille
Fanny Matthews
Esther Durkee
Logan
Local visits and obituaries trim Dexter social rounds
Dexter residents share visits across Tiltonville and Wolf Pen while Mrs Dora Webb Thomas is buried at Nelson Cemetery near Star Hall. An infant son of Wesley Bolen dies shortly after birth and is buried at Standish Cemetery.
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Dora Webb Thomas
Cheshire
Nelson
Star Hall
Morgan Jones
J. F. Bowles
Myra Musser
Wolf Pen
Heil French
Harrisonville
Jerry Bosten
Orient
G. L. Wilson
Malcolm Davis
Glouster
G. B. Davis
Homer Marchington
Emerson Marchington
Columbus
Loyal Folden
Gallipolis
Wesley Bolen
Standish
Mills Creek and Beech City Dam contract awarded to Phil Ups and Davies
A contract for service and emergency gates and accessories for the Mill Creek and Beech City Dam in the Zanesville District has been awarded to Phil Ups and Davies, Inc., Kenton.
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Washington
Mill Creek
Beech City Dama
Zanesville
Phil Ups and Davies, Inc
Kenton
China Orders Military Training for Male Students Nationwide
Nanking reports China has ordered all male high school and college students to complete at least one year of intensive military training aligning with global arms buildup. The move affects educational institutions nationwide and signals broader national security priorities.
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Nanking
China
Housing Law Is Made Clear in Local Meeting
M E Corous of FHA in Columbus laid out phases of the better housing program at a Retail Merchants Association meeting in the American Legion Building. He explained Town 1 and 2 of the federal act on modernization and new construction and noted local expositions or spring festivals as cooperative ventures for merchants builders and suppliers. A committee of C B Mechem Edward Sharp and C E Bennett was formed to study a local exposition plan. Secretary C B Mechem summarized new sales tax rulings and legislation. Members complained about insurance rate hikes and were told to contact the rate-making bureau. Miners’ paydays on the 14th and 29th were cited as factors in store hours, with calls for uniform Thursday evenings. The Pyramid of Khufu is said to have held 2 300 000 stones.
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Nelsonville
M. E. Corous
Columbus
FHA
Retail Merchants Association
American Legion
Mechem
Edward Sharp
C. E. Bennett
Ministers to Convene at Pilgrim Holiness Church Nelsonville
A religious convention gathers this week at the Pilgrim Holiness Church on East Chestnut Street Nelsonville with Rev. W L Surbrook and Rev L R Roberts among the ministers and wives. The first service Tuesday at 7 30 pm follows by an address to ministers on Wednesday at 9 30 am open to the public. Special singing marks the midweek services with further papers read and discussions.
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Nelsonville
Pilgrim Holiness Church
East Chestnut Street
W. L. Surbrook
L. R. Roberts
Three Are Fined by Mayor of Nelsonville
Leonard Hill pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and was fined 25 dollars plus costs and jailed until payment. Jake Carlin pleaded guilty to quarreling and fighting with a 10 dollar fine. Mrs Victoria Davis charged with intoxication pleaded guilty and was fined plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Leonard Hill
G. Holland
Hill
Bateman Coal Company
George Hartley
Jake Carlin
Victoria Davis
Holland
Pocahontas Lodge Calls Meeting in Red Men's Hall
A called meeting of the Pocahontas Lodge of Nelsonville will be held Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at the Red Men's Hall.
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Nelsonville
Pocahontas Lodge
Red Men's Hall
Famous Bard Answer to Previous Puzzle
Horizont puzzle clues mix with vertical and across hints. The page asks who authored the last of something and lists numerous wordplay entries including common terms from literature and daily life. The piece reads like a puzzle column from a vintage newspaper.
Young Wife Esther Spencer Dies in Columbus Hospital
Esther Spencer 36 wife of Ernest Spencer died Monday at White Cross Hospital after a week of illness. She leaves a daughter, her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Patton of Chestnut Street, brothers and sisters, and was a Methodist and Pocahontas lodge member. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev Rothrock.
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Nelsonville
Esther Spencer
Ernest Spencer
White Cross Hospital
Albert Patton
Chestnut Street
Methodist Church
Pocahontas
Rothrock
High School PTA Discusses Canal Ground Gymnasium Use
Nelsonville parents and teachers meeting opened with song and prayer by Reverend H. A. Rothrock. Garth Lightfoot and Charles Evans performed solos before the group talked with city officials about converting the canal ground behind the school into a gymnastics space. The Democracy Class led a round table on the Tercentenary Movement with Elizabeth Pierce Barbara Steenrod Mary Frances North Eleanore Ray Ruth Rothrock Mary Margaret Betts Edison Hickman and Ralph Barber taking part.
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Nelsonville
Parent-Teachers Association
H. A. Rothrock
Garth Lightfoot
Charles Evans
Kineers
Elizabeth Pierce
Barbara Steenrod
Mary Frances North
Eleanore Ray
Ruth Rothrock
Mary Margaret Betts
Edison Hickman
Ralph Barber
Postcard Shower Planned for Miss Ruth Chesser on Birthday
Friends of Miss Ruth Chesser plan a postcard shower for her birthday on Saturday, April 27. Chesser, a Union Furnace High School graduate, has been seriously ill at her home on Asbury Ridge since last December.
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Carbondale
Ruth Chesser
Union Furnace High School
Chesser
Asbury Ridge
Bingo Party Replaces Thursday Dance in Nelsonville
The Pythian Sisters cancelled a Thursday dance at the K of P Hall and planned a bingo party instead. The game starts at 6 15.
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Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Union Ministers Seek Higher Pay and Job Security
The Ministers Union pushes for higher salaries to equalize pay among pastors with multiple churches. They aim to secure economic safety for clergy, support union principles, and advocate for only union-made church literature, while linking wage fairness to community stability and respect for the profession.
Decree of Pocahontas Bingo Night Set at Rea Hall
In Nelsonville the Decree of Pocahontas hosts a bingo party at Rea Men’s Hall on Wednesday night with games starting at 8 15. Door prizes include a spinet writing chest a theater tickets book a pair of shoes and a ring. Attendees should bring door tickets.
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Nelsonville
Pocahontas
Rea- Men's Hall
Community Event Benefits Echo Fund In Doanville
Nelson family hosts guests from Zanesville and Ploudy for a Sunday visit. The Week ends with a Monday return and a Tuesday benefit at Doanville hall to raise funds for the Echo. Proceeds support the local charity.
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New York
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Majestic Theatre
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de Mello
Columbia Picture
Columbia
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Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Frank Capra
Robert Kiskin
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Dexter News
China Falls
Khufu
Gizeh
Horizont
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Greece
Preston
Union
New Union
Chaffee
Local No. 1
American Federation of Labor
Brooklyn
David Cory
Cuyler Presbyterian Church
Edison Company
Dr. Chaffee
Ministers’ Union
Dr. Cimffee
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Nelsonyil
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