Nelsonville Red Cross Canteen Units Ready for Action
Frank G. Smith announces two Red Cross Canteen Service units in Nelsonville prepared to operate with Civilian Defense. Unit 1 at the High School led by Mrs. C. P. Bingman includes 11 members. Unit 2 at the Methodist Church led by Miss Margaret Johnson includes 11 members.
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Nelsonville
Red Cross Canteen Service
Civilian Defense Council
Frank G. Smith
Red Cross
Pauline Fierce
C. P. Bingman
J. D. Adamson
Ruth Cookson
Maude Evans
Charles Hud Gy
Hazel Katzenbach
Mabel Lancaster
Treva Pospichel
Philip Weller
Elizabeth Bell
Margaret Johnson
Methodist Church
Linnie Allman
George Call
Lloyd Evans
Adda Hawk
J. D. Knight
Hazel Edington
Mabel Shafer
Maude McClain
Hube Mender
Rose Cook
Morgan County Court Notes
McCONNELLVILLE Glen Sturm of Bremen sues Manly McLaughlin for 1296.57 as his share of drilling costs at 1.50 per foot for an asl well in York Township. Probate Court administrator Frank J. Adrean seeks order to sell Howard L. Roth rock estate residence to pay debts. Calendine petition to adopt Janet Sue Calendine, age 1, by Leonard and Lottie Calendine. Will of McClellan Fitch provides monument cost not over 150 and care payments to Ruth Balding. rest of estate divided among Fitch children. Marriage licenses for Lanning Barringer and Evelyn Barringer. Recorder’s Office transfers: Ritchey to Ritchey 70.16 acres Bloom. Matson to Nettie Dougan 46 Brookside addn McConnelsville. Barkhurst to Parmiter et al 189.07 Bloom. Gheen to Mary Gheen 17.54 acres Meigsville township.
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Mcconnellville
Glen Sturm
Bremen
Manly McLaughlin
York Township
Frank J. Adrean
Howard L. Rothrock
Leonard and
Lottie Mell Calendine
Stockport
Janet Sue Calendine
McClellan Fitch
Union Township
Testator
Ruth Balding
Ernest C. Fitch
James A. Fitch
Sylvia M. Richards
Charles L. Fitch
Maggie May Nelson
Delmar L. Fitch
Ina Ruth Balding
Charlies Eugene Lanning, Potter
Denvertown
Samuel and
Freda Leota Strahl Joseph
Evelyn Maye Barringer
Crooksville Rt. 1
A. and
Birdie Stoneburner
Barringer Recorder's Office
Clarence Ritchey
Mary Ritchey
Bloom
W. D. Matson
Nettie Henery Dougan
Brookside
McConnelsv Ile
Edward M. Barkhurst
J .F. Parmiter
Oliver Gheen
Mary Gheen
Meigsville
Social Notes From Nelsonville Area Page
Mrs. Russell Montgomery of White Plains New York visits her parents Mr and Mrs Weltzheimer. Mr and Mrs Norris returned Saturday from a mountain vacation through Kentucky Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina. Mrs Vivian Schiffier of Toledo is visiting her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs R W Bateman for a week.
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Russell Montgomery
White Plains
N. Y
C. BE. Weltzheimer
John Norris
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Vivian Schiffier
Toledo
R. W. Bateman
Funeral services for Simeon Blackston in Marion Township
Simeon Blackston age 80 died Thursday at his home in Marion Township. Funeral services will be at Mt. Zion Brethren Church Saturday at 2 30 PM with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Survived by five sons Charles John Daniel Roy Homer and three daughters Clara Phelps Edna Schmeltzer Estella. Two brothers Wesley Phillip and two sisters Margaret Hodge Mary Flowers.
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Simeon Blackston
Marion Township
Mt. Zion Brethren Church
Oak Grove
Logan
Charles
John
Daniel
Near Logan
Roy
Homer
Elyria
Clara Phelps
Edna Schmeltzer
Carroll
Estella
Wesley
Millersport
Phillip
Pennsylvania
Margaret Hodge
Thurston
Mary Flowers
Lancaster
John Henry Blum 71 Dies at Good Hope Township
John Henry Blum 71 died Thursday night at his farm home in Good Hope Township. Funeral services are Sunday at 2:30 PM at St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Amos Heyde. interment in the adjacent cemetery. Survived by wife Eliza and children Oscar of near Logan, Mrs. Fred McClellan of Lairdsville, and Mrs. Lowland Reinstettle of Columbus. brother George of near Logan and sister Mrs. Lanz of Marion.
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George
Near
Logan
Mrs. Lanz
Marion
Pearl Slatter Fined For Operating a Game of Chance
Pearl Slatter of New Straitsville paid a fine of 850 and costs in Mayor Herman Oggs court this week after pleading guilty to operating a game of chance. Nelsonville Ministerial Association sets August meeting at Church of Christ study on Monday morning August 10 at 10 20.
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Nelsonville
Pearl Slatter
New Straitsville
Herman Ogg
New Cars Tires Approved By York Rationing Board
Nelsonville authorities approved two new car applications at the local Ration Board meeting along with a large batch of tire and tube requests. Recipients included L. E. Wood of Nelsonville and Freddie Russell of Nelsonville, both tied to transportation or repair businesses, plus numerous entries from coal and trucking firms, a funeral director, and a milk distributor seeking recaps and tubes.
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York Rationing Board
Nelsonville
L. E. Wood
Glouster
Freddie Russell
City Taxi
Ger
Vern Coakley
New York Coal Co
A. C. Kentner
Transportation
Defense Plant
George Townsend
D. L. Stephenson
Miner Transportation
Thomas Riley
Lawrence A. Newton
John Katzenbach
W. W. Warren
Bennett Co
Banks Milk Co
Keller & Weltner
Lon Coakley
Charles Hashman
Charles Vaughn
Vaughn Bros. Coal Co
Bert Albaugh
Edward Green
Henderson Social Notes Surprise Birthday for Marilyn Mathews
Henderson notes cover a surprise party hosted by Mrs. Lawrence Kelly for sister Marilyn Mathews with prizes for vocal and dance numbers. Guests include Gloria Gibson, Rose Marie Sayre, Ama gene Casey, Betty Colley and many others. refreshments served. Local exchanges mention trips to Point Pleasant and Charleston on Tuesday and Wednesday. The item closes with an odd fact stating the silk in a cocoon averages about 11 526 feet in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Casey
Crab Creek
Mrs. Sweazy Dies Thursday in Zanesville
Kathleen Sweazy 25 of Zanesville died Thursday night in a Zanesville hospital after a visit to Nelsonville. Survived by husband Lewis and daughter Kay Louise five months. Parents Howard Powers and wife, brother Robert in Washington DC, sister Maxine Collins of Zanesville. Body at Aunt Dupler home Nelsonville. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Methodist Church. Burial Greenlawn.
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Nelsonville
Kathleen Sweazy
Zanesville
Harmon Dupler
St. John St
Sweazy
Lewis Sweazy
Kay Louise
Howard Powers
Robert
Washington, D. C
Maxine Collins
Dupler
W. M. George
Greenlawn
Former York Township Resident Mrs Smith Dies at 90 in Granville
Relatives report the death of Agnes Lowry Smith aged 90 in Granville after living in York Township. Born May 5 1852 she married S S Smith in 1871 and had two sons Gus and B F Smith and two daughters Mabel Davis and FE L Hisey. Services are set Friday at 2 PM with Granville Cemetery burial. Chauncey Mingus reunion set for Aug 16 at Alice Johnson home with basket lunch.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
S. S. Smith
Granville
Chauncey
Mingus
Alice Johnson
Joint Sunday Service in Nelsonville at Two Churches
Nelsonville church activities include Bible School at 9:30 and worship at 10:30 with sermons by Rev Wm M George on The Slighted Invitation and The Salt of the Earth. A union evening service at the Church of Christ features the Methodist pastor preaching Certainty in A Time of Uncertainty.
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Bible School
Union
Church of Christ
William M. George
First Methodist Church
Nelsonville
Arthur Kennedy
Wm. M. George
Union Furnace Personal and Social Notes
Local social notes list visits and gatherings across Union Furnace and nearby towns. Residents travel to Columbus Logan Athens Lancaster West Salem and Stoutsville for family events church activities and Camp Meeting participation.
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Union Furnace
Chauncey Dover High Band Rehearsals Led by Knapp
Chauncey Dover High School band holds rehearsals twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at the high school under director William Knapp who succeeds Harry McMahen as instructor, with McMahen now serving in the U S. military. The piece also notes the Australian lungfish pedigree dating back 19 000 1000 years.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
William Knapp
Harry McMahen
U. S
Sunday Services in Dover District Announced
Rev Gilbert Courtney will preach at Trimble 9 30 and Taylor Ridge 10 30. Glaze Thompson preaches Greens Run 9 30 and Millfield 10 30. Chauncey morning worship 9 30 with church school. communion at usual hour. Evangelist James S Fitch of St John Ohio preaches 10 45 and 7 30. He tours to Middleport Nazarene Tuesday revival. Carrie Channell leads 9 30 Sunday School. Florence Noel leads 7 p m Young People.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Trimble
Taylor Ridge
Glaze Thompson
Greens Run
Millfield
James S. Fitch
St. John, O
Plains Nazarene Church
Middleport
the Nazarene Church
Frank Noel
the Plains Church
Carrie Channell
Florence Noel
Reunion Held at Horn Home in Salem
Chauncey guests and 40 family members gathered Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. William Horn in Salem for a reunion. The event marked birthday anniversaries for the Horn couple. Ruth Robinson of Bremen baked a three tier cake. A picnic lunch followed on the lawn. two relatives in Columbus and Colorado could not attend. Lewis Champlin of Chauncey attended as a guest.
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Chauncey
William Horn
Salem
Horn
Ruth Robinson
Bremen
Columbus
Colorado
Lewis Champlin
Wakely Funeral Held at Sugar Creek
Funeral services for John Wakely a 48 year old World War veteran and brother of Mrs Anna Blackford of Sugar Creek were conducted at Sugar Creek Church with Rev Gilbert Courtney and Chauncey Church of Christ singers. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery Dowler Ferguson funeral home. He formerly lived in Meigs County now of Athens County. Survived by five sisters and four brothers. Body brought to Mrs Norval Souths home at Sugar Creek.
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Chauncey
John Wakely
Anna Blackford
Sugar Creek
Londonderry
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey Church of Christ
Greenlawn
Dowler-Ferguson
Wakely
Meigs County
Athens County
Norval South
Chauncey District Social Ties In Wave of Visits
Chauncey residents traveled to nearby towns for family visits and illnesses. Mr and Mrs Lewis Champlin visited Mrs Lucy Stevenson in Mineral while Flor ence Ann Osborne recovers from an appendectomy at her father Dane Osborne’s home in Vere Ridge. Other guests included Mrs Lucille Parker of Columbus and Mrs Mabel Cage and Mrs Clara Hillen visiting Chauncey kin.
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Chauncey
Amelia Wilson
Hornsberry Columbus
Abbie Wilson
Amos Hen
Olive Rutter
Charleston
Lewis Champlin
Lucy Stevenson
Mabel Cage
Clara Hillen
Clarence Russell
Ellis Ave
Revival Continues At Nazarene Church Nelsonville
Revival meetings continue through the weekend at the Church of the Nazarene Adams Street Nelsonville with Rev D V Snyder in charge. Special music and singing featured. Services nightly at 745 pm. An all day service Sunday August 9 invites friends to bring lunch baskets and stay all day. The evening sermon is Back to Calvary. The Rev W L Williams is pastor.
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Nelsonville
Church of the Nazarene
Adams St
D. V. Snyder
Calvary
W. L. Williams
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Morgan County Court
Nelsonville Social Notes
AIG
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville Defense Council
Caribbean
Greenland
Flying Fortress
Oyeresuon
Atlantic
Spain
Ayeree
Algeria
French West Africa
Washington
Henry Kaiser
Hocking
John Henry Blum
Hocking Co
Penelope Kirk
Gloria Kaye
NEA Service
ING
Rock
Third Army Military Police Battalion
Louisiana
U. S. Signal Corps
Nea
J. M. Hyde
Hope Hollow Coal Co
Samuel E. Levering
Henderson Social Notes
Janie McGuire
Aldie Sybert
Harry Hammond
Elia Louise
Pearl Duffey
Walter McGee
Austin McGee
John Bickle
Edward Bickle
Enterprise
Clarence King
Orville Kistler
Walter North
O. M. Pence
Dan Jones
Harry Patterson
John McGuire
Stephen Oakley
Fred Murray
Jimmy
Ernest Murray
James Calvin
Tony Smiley
Stoutsville
H. ©. Bennington
Dallas Worthman
Bill
Frank Smith
A. G. Sellars
Anna
A. H. Bryan
James McClain
West Salem
Louise Jennings
Charlies
John Bumgardner
Ronny
John Murray
Grace Murphey
Bryan Calvin
Juanita Woodard
Bill Vanfossen
Johnny Bob
Ward Weldy
Jane
Jean Jones
Kathryn Ingmire
Bert Ingmire
J. R. Ingmire
Jack
Pittsburgh
Blanche Lavely
Maynard Simpson
John Robert Trobridge
Howard Trobridge
Addison Frey
Aberdeen
Maryland
Dover
The
Plains Church
Chauncey District
Lucille Parker
Columbuss
Charlie O'Neil
the Plains
Nazarene Church
Whitmores
Buchte
Bescue
West Washington Street
Nelsonville, Ohio
Majestic Elsonville
My Mary Pteal
A A Peremount Peters
Ean Akim Tamiroff
Lynne Overman
Eric Blore- Oveciee Oy
Examics
Vinee
Cliff “Ghaleleike” Edwards
Luana Walters
William Berke
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