Hocking Valley Giants Defeat Brooks Shoes for Second Place
The Hocking Valley Giants won over Brooks Shoes in Nelsonville to claim second place in the City League standings on Monday. The result boosted the Giants while Brooks Shoes dropped into a lower position, with featured action noted in the Athens Messenger from Athens Ohio.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Hocking Valley Giants
Brooks Shoes
Leach
Dexter
Giants
Evans Hilleary
D. Smith
Shoemen
Nelsonville Greys
Walkers
White
Datweas
Ray
Boehk
Garner
Oeeesaenan
Evans
Hilleary
Adiee
Smith
Oliver
Shues
Williams
Tinh
Metnrn
Sp Mesons
C. Woodson
Outhouse
Suesorones
Roberts
H. Woodson
Jones
Young Child Dies at Home in Greendale
Funeral services for 12 day old Charles Samuel Wallis of Greendale will be held Wednesday at 10 30 a m at the family residence. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery.
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Greendale
Nelsonville
Charles Samuel
George Wallis
Ebenezer Cemetery
Three Year Old Girl Dies at Old Floodwood
Flora Bell Thompson age three died at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson near Old Floodwood early this morning. The family includes two sons and one daughter. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
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Nelsonville
Flora Bell
Robert Thompson
Old Floodwood
Nelsonville Library to Hire Two A. N. A. Clerical Workers
Miss Esther Dorst and Miss Paulette Davis will begin Aug. 22 and be stationed at the Nelsonville Library. They will perform clerical work as part of the National Youth Administration program.
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Nelsonville
Esther Dorst
Paulette Davis
Beinning
Band Instruments To Be Turned In
Nelsonville pupils with rental instruments must return them to the Senior High School office by Friday morning so that items needing repairs can be sent to the company.
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Nelsonville
Many Attend Schenz Rites In Nelsonville
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Schenz were held at First Methodist Church with large attendance by local and out of town mourners. Eudora Chapter O. E. S. conducted a Friday service at the family home. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. Attendees included numerous names from Athens Urbana and surrounding towns.
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Nelsonville
First Methodist
Alice Schenz
Eudora
W. P. Clark
Greenlawn Cemetery
Jacob Wagner
Annie Harris
Susie Newman
Elizabeth Newman
Robert House
Elsie Andrews
William Newman
Hulda Lewis
Albert Schively
Curt Smathers
Olney Whitmore
Althea Whitmore
Susie Blackstone
Ida Whitmore
Buchtel
Kate Walburn
Mayme Henry
Harold Mc’Anis
Richard Hutchinson
Tom Goodfellow
New Jersey
Darnell
Neta Ewing
Mary Laban
Edward C. Long
Sam Riggle
Anna Gall
Ruby Clark
Julia Barnhill
C. F. Goeb
B. C. McDonald
Ed Mahaffey
J. A. Slingluff
Dwight Junor
W. Glover
Athens
Martha Albaugh
Wesley Kemper
Betty Albaugh Nelson
New Straitsville
Christena Prigge
New Richmond
Rudolph Steenmeyer
Sue Reynolds
Alma Reynolds
Mary Rittemeyer
Will Scharfureka
Robert Wilson
Albert Fiske
All of Columbus
Thomas Robinson
Grove City
Earl Steward
Logan
Albert Schively Jr
Kimberly
Julia Cooley
Steubenville
Methodist Guild to Picnic at Cantwell Cliffs
Nelsonville group of Methodist Guild plans annual picnic at Cantwell Cliffs Thursday afternoon. Members are urged to attend and bring food for the picnic supper.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Guild
Cantwell Cliffs
Nelsonville Labor Party Meeting Planned at City Hall
A Labor's North Partisan League gathering was held Thursday night August 18 in the mayor's office at Glouster. Those interested in the league's welfare were invited to attend.
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Nelsonville
Labor
Glouster
Bids Sought for Athens East Side School Excavation
The Athens City School District Board invites sealed proposals for excavation for footers and foundations of the East Side School Building addition in Athens Ohio. Bids due by 12:00 M standard time on Wednesday September 14. Plans and specs available for $5.00 at the Board office. The board may reject any bid or waive informalities.
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East Side
Board of Education
Athens City
Athens
Ohio
Board OF Education OF
Athens City School
BE. R. Walker
FF. R. Walker
Athens Pastor Leads Service
Dexter Church of Christ hosts a two week revival led by Evangelist Neil Crawford of Athens with the topic The Greatest Sin in the World. Guy Glaze directs song, with nightly special music and an Albany M. E. Church orchestra to appear Wednesday night. Delegations from other churches expected nightly. Interested pastors or laymen should contact J P Miller in Middleport R D No 1 to attend.
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Dexter
Dexter Church of Christ
Neil Crawford
Athens
Guy Glaze
Miss Gillogly
Albany
Albany M. E
J. P. Miller
Middleport R. D
Middleport R. D. No. 1
Jonas Rites To Be Held At Old Home
Mrs. Mary A. Jonas widow of J. W. Jonas died early this morning at her son Wilbur Jonas's home on Fairview Street in Nelsonville. Surviving are one son four grandchildren and sister Mrs. Margaret Warner of Lancaster. Husband and daughter Augusta Richards are dead. Body to be taken to her old home at Happy Hollow for calling and funeral Thursday at 2 PM with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Mary A. Jonas
J. W. Jonas
Wilbur Jonas
Fairview St
Margaret Warner
Lancaster
Augusta Richards
Happy Hollow
Greenlawn
Home Coming at Coes Chapel Aug 21 1938
Nelsonville event at Coes Chapel Christian Church Sand Run Y on Sunday August 21 1938 with speakers Reverend Hoyt Reverend Ball Reverend Ewing Reverend Herman Lewis and others. Special music will be provided.
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Nelsonville
Coes Chapel Christian Church
Sand Run Y
Hoyt
Ball
Ewing
Herman Lewis
Visiting Relatives and University Ties Highlight Dowler Visit
Miss Nelle S Dowler visits Toledo and Detroit to see relatives then plans a return trip to Upper Sandusky to visit classmate Miss Virginia Kuenzki. Both are juniors at Capital University in Columbus and will continue their studies at the university.
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Nelsonville
Nelle S. Dowler
Toledo
Detroit
Dowler
Virginia Kuenzki
Upper Sandusky
Capital University
Columbus
Athens City School District bids for Senior High addition
The Athens City School District invites bids for excavation and construction of an addition to the Senior High. Proposal packets, contract documents, and inspection details are available at the Board of Education office, with a $5 deposit to obtain blanks. Bids must be signed on official forms, and proposals will be opened by the district clerk FF R Walker on the stated date.
Church Picnic in Meigs Draws Large Crowd
At Wills Grove last Sunday the annual Sunday School picnic of the Christian Churches at Rutland Bradford Bradbury and Dexter drew at least 250 attendees, a new record. The program featured Edith Russell, Edith Forrest, F W Autherson, Harrietta Amos, Clay Evans, Max Russell, Florence Waugh, Grace King, Thelma Michael, Jessie Sisson, G O Will, George Waters, Sherd Gilmore, Charles Autherson, Victor Braley, Cash Smith, Worthy Johnson, Rev J P Miller, Rev B H Morris, Rev Neil Crawford, Rev Don McMillan, Charles Walburn, Dee Hartinger and Judge Peoples.
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Bradbury
Wills Grove
Rutland
Bradford
Dexter
Edith Russell
Edith Forrest
F. W. Autherson
Harrietta Amos
Clay Evans
Max Russell
Florence Waugh
Grace King
Thelma Michael
Jessie Sisson
G. O. Will
George Waters
Sherd Gilmore
Charles Autherson
Victor Braley
Cash Smith
Worthy Johnson
J. P. Miller
B. H. Morris
Neil Crawford
Don McMillan
Charles Walburn
Dee Hartinger
Judge Peoples
Neva Pierce
Wilbur Pierce
Legion Meeting Planned At Glenford Dugan Post
Penh Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post American Legion will hold a Wednesday night business meeting at the Legion Building starting at 7 30. Post Commander Stanley Mechem urges all members to attend due to important business to come before the Post.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan
American Legion
Legion
Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlights Visits and Travel
Nelsonville residents and associated guests share weekend visits. Mr and Mrs James Hollenbaugh visited Delaware and Shelby to see his parents. Effie Lamborn hosted relatives in Nelsonville. Roy Townsend returned from nine weeks at Hocking Valley Bible School. James Pritchard of Columbus visited the Pritchards. Lawrence Howard moved back to Virginia after a Hocking Valley stay. John Hiner plans New Jersey trip before returning to Auburn New York. S A Stack of Columbus spent Sunday with friends. Albert Barber attended Moody Murphy reunion Greens Run. Elizabeth Cook vacationed in Columbus.
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Nelsonville
James Hollenbaugh
Delaware
Shelby
F. C. Hollenbaugh
Effie Lamborn
W. Franklin St
R. E. Finley
Dayton
Frank McDonald
McConnelsville
Blanche McDonald
Ashtabula
Roy Townsend
Lancaster
Hocking Valley
James Pritchard
Columbus
A. L. Pritchard
Lawrence Howard
Newport News
Albert How Robbins
John Hiner
New Jersey
Auburn
Stack
Albert Barber
Moody-Murphy
Greens Run
Elizabeth Cook
Stalter guests at Buckeye Lake cottage retreat
Mr and Mrs R R Stalter host guests Mr and Mrs Robert Stalter of New York City and Mrs Hubert Ley shon of Philadelphia at their Buckeye Lake cottage. A weekly benefit party sponsored by Degree of Pocahontas is set for Wednesday at 8 in Red Men's Hall, while the Rebekahs meet at IOOF Hall and cancel their regular benefit event this week.
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Nelsonville
R. R. Stalter
Robert Stalter
New York City
Hubert Leyshon
Philadelphia
Stalter
Buckeye Lake
Nelsonville—Degree of Pocahontas
Red Men's Hall
Rebekahs
IOOF
West Virginians Bay Farm Deal Near Adamsville
Mr and Mrs L D Warman of Logan County W Va have bought the 100acre farm of County Treasurer Ed Myers at Adamsville and will take possession in two weeks Myers will sell many household and farm utensils and move to Gallipolis when a residence is found The Myers farm lies on State Highway 35 near Rio Grande Village.
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Gallipolis
L. D. Warman
Logan County
W. Va
Ed Myers
Adamsville
Myers
Gallipolis Stove Boss Hospitalized Over Chin Infection
B C Zuhars, president of the Gallipolis Stove and Foundry Co., is a patient at Holzer Hospital for treatment of a chin infection. Walter Caufman attended funeral services in Southside, W Va, for Mrs John W Sommer, sister-in-law of the deceased.
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Gallipolis
B. C. Zuhars
Gallipolis Stove and Foundry Co
Holzer Hospital
Walter Caufman
Southside
W. Va
John W. Sommer
Grandson of Glouster Man Setting Record at Culver
Dr E E LeFever reports Culver Military Academy honors for his grandson Lee McDonald who will graduate Aug 20. Lee earned a 30-30 army rifle expert medal and a 22 rifle sharp shooter medal, won his second gold parade medal, and has three medals this year. He may earn a boxing varsity letter if he returns for winter school. This completes his third year at Culver.
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Culver
Social Notes of Glouster and Local Meetings
Social notes from Glouster record a workers conference at Church of Christ with a potluck, readings, and talks. Auxiliary to meet at Mrs Esta Haskins home for quilt blocks and lunch. A birth at Grant Hospital Columbus. Mrs Williams in serious condition. Local reunions and club meetings planned with changes to potluck plans.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Esta Haskins
Theodore Williams
Grant Hospital
Columbus
C. E. Williams
Trimble Glouster
Trimble M. FE
Arnel Rainey
New Members of Gallia County Republican Central Committee Organize
Gallia County Republican central committee members will meet at the Gallipolis Court House Friday August 19 at 1 PM for organization. Harry M. Miller, leader of the Henry Cherrington faction, notes the group controls 17 of 30 committee seats and will consult with Republican candidates for representative auditor and commissioner on plans and campaign program.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Republican Central Committee
Court House
Harry M. Miller
Henry Cherrington
Former Pastor Will Entertain at Eureka Picnic
Eureka Village residents are invited to a picnic this evening at the home of Rey and Mrs. Tracy Martindale the former resident Methodist pastor. A program of songs and games will be featured.
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Gallipolis
Eureka Village
Rey
Tracy Martindale
Gallia Jury Commission Sets Names For September Term
Gallia jury commission members Raymond Luman and Elmer Jones will meet Saturday at 1 PM to draw names from the jury wheel for grand and petit jurors for the September term of court.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Luman
Elmer Jones
Saturoad
Plan Watts Reunion in Gallipolis for Sept 4
Eleventh annual reunion of the descendants of Andrew E. Watts is announced for Sunday September 4 at the home of Mrs. William A. Slatter Ina Hott 58 Garden Road Columbus. Harley B. Watts secretary reports many Gallia County descendants plan to attend.
Honor Birthday at Withem Home Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Withem entertained relatives at their country home Glouster Route 4 on Sunday in honor of Mr. Withem birthday anniversary. Five birthday cakes marked the occasion, a dozen guests enjoyed social time and string music. Attending were family and friends from Athens Millfield Jacksonville and Glouster including Mary Withem William Barrowman Shearley Northrop Vollie Trace Margery Sabo Jud Skinner and the Withem children.
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Glouster
Darrell Withem
William Barrowman
Jacksonville
Shearley Northrop
Johannes
Edsel
Vollie
Trace
Millfield
Byron Danford
John Hartley
Athens
Margery Sabo
Ernest
Jud Skinner
Vern
Willard
Lawrence
Ellis
Annette
Jesse, Jr
Dorothy Vess
Billy
Junior
June
Mary
End Long Motor Trip By GLOUSTER-Frank Cunning ham and Leonard Kleinman
Ended a mountain tour of Virginia with a Washington D C trip. They visited Washington airport to photograph Atlantic Flier Corrigan. The travelers returned via Cleveland and Pittsburgh, staying overnight in each city.
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Glouster
Frank Cunningham
Leonard Kleinman
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Washington
Corrigan
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Cole Family Enjoys Long Motor Trips
Glouster resident E W Cole and family with relatives traveled through West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia on a lengthy motor journey to historic and scenic sites including Vincennes Cairo Memphis Vicksburg Lake Pontchartrain Mobile Montgomery Atlanta Chattanooga Chickamauga Lookout Mountain and return via Tennessee Kentucky and the Skyline Drive. Radio equipment is being installed in Swedish locomotives to transmit warning signals to receiving stations at grade crossings and loudspeakers will warn motorists of approaching trains.
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Glouster
Mayme Callaway
Carl
Harry Callaway
Coolville
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Skyline Drive
Virginia
Hawks Nest
New River Canyon
Mr. Cole
West
Vincennes
Ind
Cairo, Ill
Memphis
Sweden
Federal paving project eyed for Eureka Village in 1939
Gallia County report by Robert Jenkins indicates the Federal Bureau of Roads approved a two mile concrete highway through Eureka Village with 40 foot pavement and concrete walks. A $10,000 roadside beautification allotment will fund plantings from Raccoon Creek bridge to Eureka. bids for nursery work to be awarded to the lowest bidder. Second Avenue blocks from Cedar to Court Street to receive asphalt resurfacing and a concrete gutter along the park front.
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Gallipolis
Robert Jenkins
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Roads
Eureka Village
Jenkins
Raccoon Creek
Eureka
Gallia County
Second Ave
Cedar
Court St
Marietta
Parking Tags Issued Near Theater by Traffic Officer
On Monday the traffic officer tagged two drivers for parking in front of the theater and one for overtime parking.
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Logan
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