County Egg Auction Tour Set for Nelsonville August 26
Athens County Farm Agent Ross Wright will chair the first county tour to the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction in Nelsonville on Tuesday August 26. The Athens County group will tour the auction grounds observe the sale and hear a talk by Dr. A R Winter OSU Poultry Dept. Producers and their families will attend a picnic and learn grading methods as part of a series to cover 11 counties over the next six to eight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ross Wright
Athens County
Southeastern Ohio
Mr. Wright
Cook
Athens
D. C. Meinturf
Stewart
Edgar Dixon
R. C. Dodd
Coolville
Alton Hope
Auction Association
A. R. Winter
Poultry Department
Ohio State University
Scouts Will Take Eight Day Trip From Nelsonville
The Explorer Patrol of Troop 64 Boy Scouts will leave Thursday for an eight day tour sponsored by the Nelsonville Eagles Lodge with Scout master Roland Pierce aided by Jack Mulligan Bob Wilson and Ted Barnhart. They will attend a Scout Camp near Ashland Kentucky then begin a three day expedition with scouts from Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky to Carter Caves Kentucky. Afterward the Nelsonville group will visit Norfolk Virginia and tour the eastern coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Boy Scouts
Eagles Lodge
Roland Pierce
Jack Mulligan
Bob Wilson
Ted Barnhart
Explorer
Ashland
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Carter Caves
Norfolk
Rotarians Hear Talk On Social Security
Nelsonville Rotary hears Lawton Harges explain the Social Security program at the Nelsonville field office. Two reels of pictures illustrate benefits for participants as the program now covers 50 million people. Frank Huddy organized the event with guests C. D. Shafer of the Athens Club and Howard Mitcheltree of West Middlesex, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Rotary Club
Lawton Harges
Social Security Board
Frank Huddy
C. D. Shafer
Athens Club
Howard Mitcheltree
West Middlesex
Pastor Returns To Speak in Nelsonville
The Rev. Walter Scott Cook of Erie Pennsylvania, former pastor of the Nelsonville Church of Christ, will preach at 10 30 a m at the Church of Christ and again at 7 30 p m at the union service at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Walter Scott Cook
Erie
Nelsonville Church of Christ
Church of Christ
First Presbyterian Church
Burley Funeral Set for Thursday in Nelsonville
Funeral services for the late Wash Burley will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the residence of his brother Thomas Burley on High Street in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley
Nelsonville
Wash Burley
Thomas Burley
High St
Ferndale
Rev J I Miller to Preach at First Baptist Nelsonville
The Rev J I Miller of Mt Pleasant Ohio will preach at First Baptist Church Nelsonville on Sunday August 24 with morning services at 10 45 and evening services at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
J. I. Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Ohio
First Baptist
Tap dancing class organized by Miss Marjorie Malone
A tap dancing class for younger and older children begins Saturday August 23 at the Troy Grange Hall with sessions each Saturday morning at 9 and 10. Local residents and visitors are noted in a social roundup with family visits and trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Marjorie Malone
Troy Grange Hall
Otis Crawford
Omaha
The X signature mark in ancient times
In ancient practice the mark X served as a required signature on all documents signifying good faith, not limited to illiterate individuals. It functioned as a formal seal of trust and obligation within agreements and legal actions.
Flower Show Planned in Nelsonville August Twenty-Eighth
Nelsonville hosts the annual Flower Show on Thursday August 28 at Parish Hall E Washington St with vegetables exhibited this year. Exhibits accepted 9 am to 2 pm and open to the public after 2 pm. Committees listed for receiving flowers display booths and visitor reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Women's Garden Club
J. H. Inderrieden
Mayme Keplar
W. M. George
E. Washington St
Oral Daugherty
W. W. Warren
Leonard Myers
Roy Snackenburg
Ed Cranmer
Rose Cook
D. H. McKiddie
William
Nelsonville Social Notes from local clubs and reunions
Multiple social items: Methodist Class No 1 meeting at Mrs Ella Linton's home with 11 members and guests. Business and Women’s Club picnic planned for Ash Cave. Rainbow Class of Church of Christ picnic in Logan with 33 attendees. MWM Club gathering at Lucille Campbell’s. a large Clark family reunion at Asbury Ridge. WEA Review annual picnic at Rachelmacher Park with meeting at Spray Hall. notes of community gatherings and host households across Nelsonville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Ella Linton
Grover St
Esther North
Minnie Scott
Bessie Bland
Linton
Margaret Riley
Cora Davis
New England States
Canada
Emily McManaway
Edna Hall
City
Sanders
Nitro
W. Va
Business
Women's Club
Ash Cave
Colonial
Logan
Church of Christ
Rachelmacher Park
Park
W. E. A. Review
Spray Hall
Double Birthday Chicken Dinner Honors Two Local Figures
A Sunday dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs James Woods Sr honored Melvin Skiver who turned 16 and Eugene Lehman who marked his 58th birthday. Attendees included Pearl Shiver and son Bobby Jennie Lehman and grandchildren Margie Johnny Thompson and the Woods family plus Ross Watkins and the two honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Woods
Melvin Skiver
Eugene Lehman
Melvin
Lehman
Pearl Shiver
Bobby
Jennie Lehman
Margie
Johnny Thompson
Ross Watkins
Birthday tribute for husband and brother ends with guests
Mrs. Ernest Chapman hosted a Monday evening party honoring her husband and his brother Willard Brunston. Guests received many presents and refreshments were served to a list of friends and relatives from Ohio New York and Springfield as the gathering wrapped up the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Chapman
Willard Brunston
Linnie Brunston
Harry Thomas
Margaret Davis
Edith Walker
Rozella Long
Ernest Lewis
Raymond Brunston
Dorothy Mae
Kenneth Chapman
City
Roy Seldon
Patsy
Springfield
Lucy Hotnit
New York City
John Hotnit
Columbus
League games resume after rain in Nelsonville slate
Twilight League action returns this evening with Brooks Shoes against Carbon Hill Longstreth. Monday opener features Logan Mingos versus Nelsonville Eagles, resuming after weather delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Brooks Shoes
Carbon Hill-Longstreth
Logan Mingos
Nelsonville Eagles
Aes
Mrs Charles Antle Dies At Home Near Glouster
Mrs Katherine Antle 68 died at Trimble Heights after a year long illness. She lived in Amesville area most of life and is survived by husband Charles, daughters Mrs Lewis Antle and Mrs Melville McCune, sons Charles McLeod and Ches ter Antle, adopted son Frank Saylor, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral set Thursday at Ferndale Church of Christ with Minister C B Tigner. Burial site undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Katherine Antle
Trimble Heights
Amesville
Peter Smith
Charles
Lewis Antle
Melville McCune
Trimble
RFD
Charles McLeod
Rt. 1
Chester Antle
Sharpsburg
Frank Saylor
Ned Smith
Somerset
Frank Smith
Gilbert Boudinot
Farmersville
E. N. McLeod
Guysville
Garl Grandsta
Dwight Beard Dies at Duncan Falls at 48
Dwight Beard of Duncan Falls died suddenly at 3 20 PM Tuesday while working as a fireman at the Ohio Power Plant in Philo. He was 48, husband of Anna, father of Louise Nina and Clarice, and survived by three sisters. Funeral at 2 30 PM Friday at the family residence with burial in Duncan Falls Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Beard
Duncan Falls
Glouster
Ohio Power
Philo
Josiah Beard
Mountville
Rush family reunion and community notices in Glouster
The seventh annual Rush family reunion occurred Aug 17 at Neasley Maxwell home with a noon chicken dinner and a business meeting naming Edward Rush as president and Douglas Foy as vice president. Future reunions set for August third Sundays. next at Ernest Rush home. Local social notes include visits, club events, and various residents’ travels and activities around Glouster and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Rush
Neasley R. Maxwell
Edward Rush
Douglas Foy
Columbus
Robert Gorsuch
Orville Allen
Canton
Raymond Maxwell
New Matamoras
Bill F
Dover Naval Men Are To Be Stationed in Pacific
Chauncey Simmers, a Chauncey Dover High School graduate, recently visiting parents after Navy enrollment at Great Lakes. Mound Street peer Barney Hale also visiting. Both expect to depart in September for Hawaii where Franklin Conrad Billy Keasey and Victor Leffler are already stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
John Simmers
Chauncey-Dover High School
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Til
Clarence Simmers
Mound St
Barney Hale
Theron Goodson
Hawaii
Chauncey Boys
Franklin Conrad
Billy Keasey
Victor Leffler
Marriage Announcement from Chauncey Meigs County
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Ferrer daughter of C W Ferrer Chauncey and Mr Thomas Dew son of Mrs Mary Dew Chauncey, solemnized in a single ceremony in Pomeroy on Friday August 15 officiated by Mayor Malcolm Hartley. The couple graduates of Chauncey Dover High School expect to reside in Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Mary Ferrer
C. W. Ferrer
High St
Thomas Dew
Mary Dew
Jacobs Ave
Pomeroy
Malcolm Hartley
Chauncey- Dover High School
Auxiliary To Meet CHAUNCEY Ladies Auxiliary No 9
The Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary No 9 to the United Mine Workers meets Wednesday August 20 at 7 30 p m in the Chauncey K of P Hall with President Mrs Ethel Scott in charge A business meeting followed by a members only benefit party Members asked to contribute inexpensive gifts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey — Ladies Auxiliary No
United Mine Workers
Chauncey K. of P. Hall
Ethel Scott
Miss Pan thea Pratt Hosts 95th Birthday Ob by Omitted Callers
At Millfield Mrs Charlie Vincent and Lucy Ann and Delores Muzio were accidentally left off the caller list for Miss Pan thea Pratt as she marked her 95th birthday last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Charlie Vincent
Lucy Ann
Delores Muzio
Millfield
Panthea Pratt
Eden Personal and Brief Social Notes
Eden notes list visits and family travel including Mrs Charles Denley and Alice Pierce from Wellsburg W Va visiting I F E Rood and Mrs Selda Randolph Miss Loretta Randolph returns from Belleville W Va to work at Randolph Inn Elden Blake and family visit Eden over weekend Winnie Holsinger and Rodney Holsinger return to Greensfield for work Alvy Holsinger family to visit Greensfield soon John Badtho of Wellsville visits Harrison Rood and family Iva Lily and family of Wellsburg W Va visit I E Rood and Albert Randolph
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Charles Denley
Alice Pierce
Wellsburg
W. Va
I. FE. Rood
Selda Randolph
Loretta Randolph
Belleville
Randolph Inn
Elden Blake and Sons
Winnie Holsinger
Rodney Holsinger
Greenfield
Alvy Holsinger
John Badtho
Wellsville
Harrison Rood
Iva Lily
I. E. Rood
Albert Randolph
To Live in Marion NELSONVILLE
Mrs. Howard Beveridge resigns after nine years with the William Brooks Shoe Co and moves with daughter Beverly Jane to Marion Ohio where Mr. Beveridge is employed. An extensive list of guests includes families from Caldwell New Boston Wellston Trimble Jacksonville Athens and others. The couple will celebrate their golden wedding next year at Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beveridge
Marion
Ohio
Henry Calentine
Fred Beveridge
C. G. Kreppel
Logan
Beatrice Barber
Ruth Cook
Athens
Minneapolis
Minn
Delta Kappa Gamma
Howard Mitcheltree and Son
West Middlesex
W. H. Hyde
Mitcheltree
Hyde
Pauline Blanton
Columbus
Harriett Davis
Harry Davis
Miss Davis
Grant Hospital
C. M. Clark
Phillip Pyper
Jill
Cleveland
Washington, D. C
Virginia Beach
Bernadine Rader
R. S. McLain
Lance Trainer
Russell
William Phillips
Caldwell
Carl Phillips
Trimble
Rodney Phillips
R. D. No
Shahebie
Nelsonville
Howard Beveridge
Geraldine Rosser
William Brooks Shoe Co
Homer Phillips
New Boston
Forest Phillips
South Shore
Don Phillips
Wellston
Loren Phillips
Harold Phillips
Jacksonville
C. E. Phillips
Otto Duncan
Trimble R. D. No. 1
Loren Anderson
Thomas Carl
June Patton
Levi Jolly
Mack Braley
R. D
Izetta Nichols
Emmett Erich
Plains School coal bid notice for 1941 42
Bids to furnish coal for The Plains School for 1941 1942 are due by noon September 8 1941. Submit with source and grade of coal. J McCullough clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Board of Education
J. McCullough
Athens Countians Involved in Wreck
Chauncey resident Mrs. C. J. Tippett traveled to Nitro Virginia after a collision involving her sister Mrs. Christine Mingus Baldy Eric Pennsylvania. Also in the car were Larry Baldy Mrs. John Baldy and three children of Millfield and Mrs. August Baldy of Corning. None were seriously injured and all returned home with Mrs. Tippett. The car was badly wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
C. J. Tipt
Nitro
Christine Mingus Baldy
Eric
Marriage of Virginia Mae Bobo and Elmer Wesley Thomas
Miss Virginia Mae Bobo and Elmer Wesley Thomas of Roseville were married Saturday August 16 at 9 p.m. in The Plains Church of the Nazarene parsonage with Rev. Frank Noel conducting. Witnesses included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Calkins of New Lexington. The couple plan to reside in Roseville where Thomas is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Virginia Mae Bobo
Elmer Wesley Thomas
Roseville
Plains Church of the Nazarene
Frank Noel Ceena Wenn
Robert Calkins
New Lexington
Calkins
Thomas
Peterson's Ointment Advertises Quick Relief for Itching
An old advertorial touts Peterson's Ointment as a fast cure for itching pimples eczema and red blotches. It claims relief for irritated feet and cracked toes and offers money back if one application fails to delight. Distributed through all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Henrietta Heffken Birthday Skating Party Held
Mrs Eda Heffken hosted a surprise skating party Monday for Henrietta Heffken’s birthday anniversary. Guests included Jean June and Billy Heffken Florence Hilderbrand Glenna Hanning Bertha Heffken and family members from Millfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Eda Heffken
Henrietta
Jean
June
Billy Heffken
Florence Hilderbrand
Glenna Hanning
Bertha Heffken
Taylor Ridge
Garnet Blower
Donna
Barbara
Henry Heffken
Carolyn
Millfield
Class Holds Picnic at Road Side Park Near Coolville
Kilvert Sunday School class of Kilvert Church of God and teachers enjoyed a picnic at Road side Park near Coolville Saturday. The day included a noon picnic lunch and afternoon games supervised by Rhuell Tabler. Present were Geraldine Harris Alvin Walker Jackie Viney Wilbur Sharron and June Jenkins Wilford James Gilbert Mary Eugene Shirl Beulah Violet Georgia and Kathleen Tabler. Dorothy Halbiert and Lenore Tabler acted as chaperons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilvert
Kilvert Church of God
Roadside Park
Coolville
Rhuell Tabler
Geraldine Harris
Alvin Walker
Jackie Viney
Wilbur
Sharron
June Jenkins
Wilford James
Gilbert
Mary Eugene Shirl
Beulah
Violet
Georgia
Kathleen Tabler
Dorothy Halbiert
Lenore Tabler
Miss Betty Courtney Attends Wisconsin Conference
Chauncey Miss Betty Jane Courtney daughter of Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney left Sunday for Lake Geneva Wisconsin to attend an international adult conference in session there for two weeks. She attended last year as one of five Ohio youths and this year is one of four from the state selected by the Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Betty Jane Courtney
Gilbert Courtney
Lake Geneva
Wis
Miss Courtney
Church of Christ In
Ohio
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Charlie Alden
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C. E. Keller
Ira Burnfield
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T. J. Gehring
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H. H. Chapman
Gun Lake
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Ralph Chevallier
Charlene Bingman
Camden-Clark Hospital
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E. J. Kessinger
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Robert
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Mary
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Zora Morrison
Glouster, R.D
Ray Michel
Sandusky
Glouster R.D. No. 2
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Dover
Pacific
Meigs County
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Chauncey, Ohio
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Henrietta Heffken
Wisconsin
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Mill Street
Beaco
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America's Finest
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Elsonville
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Joan Leslie
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