Nelsonville Police Chief Bateman Charges Dismissed
The Nelsonville civil service commission dismissed the complaint against Police Chief George Bateman filed by Councilman John Barrows. The board said the civil service group lacked authority and the mayor is the proper official to act, ending the case at this time.
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Nelsonville
George Bateman
Municipal Civil Service Commission
John Barrows
M. H. Howe
M. P. Ohlinger
Lou Allen
Civil Service Commission
Miles H Howe
Bateman
Barrows
Athens County
Commission
Ohio
Jack Barrows
Harry A. Mettler
State Civil Service Commission
Poice
Civil Service Laws of
Family study meetings draw large crowd at Bradbury
The Christian Family Institute in Bradbury draws big attendance with Monday session led by Mrs. Clarence Hamilton of Oberlin on why parents are important. Women-only session covered Problems of Middle Age. Evening program titled Marriage Is a Way of Life set for 8 p.m. Free will offering noted. Wednesday at 2:00 high schoolers discuss dating and courtship.
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Bradbury
Christian Family Institute
Clarence Hamilton
Oberlin
Hamilton
Nelsonville Water Works Plans Approved
Preliminary Nelsonville water works improvement plans by Burgess & Niple received approval from the State Board of Health. City service director F. G. Kouri was advised as engineers proceed to detailed designs. A WPA survey team joined officials for a "plan in hand" assessment of the project.
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Nelsonville
Burgess & Niple
State Board of Health
F. G. Kouri
WPA
Lawson Rites Held Monday in Nelsonville
Funeral services for B. W. Lawson were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the family home, with Rev. Lawrence Crawford Butler and Rev. C. A. Freer officiating. Burial followed at Greenlawn. Out-of-town attendees included relatives from Niagara Falls, Parkersburg, Camden, Fairmont, Harrisonville, Detroit, Buchtel, Oak Hill, Marion, Columbus, and Athens.
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Nelsonville
B. W. Lawson
Lawrence Crawford Butler
C. A. Freer
Butler
Lawson
Greenlawn
L. M. Butler
Clarabell
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Roy Lowther
Tom Ellis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mildred Lowther
Camden
N. J
M. C. Lawson
Collie Lawson
Jeanette Webber
Fairmont
W Va
Sylvester Prunty
Harrisonville
C. L. Grimm
Detroit
Mich
Charles Grimm
Buchtel
Frank Shumate
Betty Border
C. Webb
Will Barrows
Oak Hill
B. A. Pierre
Marion
W. H. Armstrong
Wilma
Ruth Cline
Charles Krouse
Columbus
Frank Webb
Carbon Hill
Adam Laverty
New Straitsville
O. A. Webb
Athens
Chauncey Opens Season Versus Glouster in New Stadium
Chauncey high's football schedule lists Sept 20 opener against Glouster in the new stadium here. The Scarlet and Gray host seven home games, with up to eight possible, as 35 players report for practice under Coach Greider who held two daily workouts last week.
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Glouster
Glouster High School
Chauncey
Scarlet and Gray
McConnelsville
New Concord
Caldwell
J-T
New Lexington
Crooksville
Philo
Murray City
Scarlet
Gray
Greider
Pocahontas Hall to Host Benefit Party Wednesday Night
Degree of Pocahontas will sponsor a benefit party at Pocahontas Hall on Wednesday at 8 o clock. Patrons are asked to bring month end tickets.
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Nelsonville
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Hall
Kiwanis Meeting Moves Inside at Hotel Gordon
Kiwanis Club members will meet at Hotel Gordon at 6 30 PM instead of Antle's Grove due to weather. Tonight is a business session not Ladies Night, announced by club president Dan Kovach.
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Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Gordon
Antle’s Grove
Dan Kovach
Family in Need of Household Articles After Fire
GLOUSTER The Adkins family of Palos lost their home in an August 18 fire during a storm and remains in need of basic items. People with usable stoves mattresses bed clothing chairs and dishes may call X-33 or X-97 for pickup.
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Glouster
Thurman Adkins
Palos
Orders for Cookies Are Still Wanted
Nelsonville Girl Scouts regret late city delivery left some customers without cookies. Those who did not receive orders or want more may call Mrs Edward Sharp Mrs J B Preston or Mrs Joe B Davis. Cookies are packed and still fresh.
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Nelsonville
Edward Sharp
J. B. Preston
Joe B. Davis
Glouster Social Notes Recap Weddings and Dinner
Mrs. Rena Chappelear and Wesley Sanborn of Nelsonville hosted a Sunday chicken dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Sam McClelland Greens Run Mr and Mrs Cecil Sanborn Bailey Run Mr and Mrs William Barnhart and baby daughter Morris town Mr and Mrs Thomas McCutcheon Logan and Mr and Mrs Chester Sanborn and son Thomas Glouster Also Mrs Grace Ochs and son Bob Ochs of Columbus with Miss Nelva Makaster Trimble Heights attended in Columbus where Bob Ochs was best man at the wedding of his cousin Paul Lugger and Miss Eilene Davis at St Pauls Lutheran Church reception at the bride's parents Terrace Ave.
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Glouster
Rena Chappelear
Wesley Sanborn
Nelsonville
Rt. 3
Sam McClelland
Greens Run
Cecil Sanborn
Bailey Run
William Barnhart
Morristown
Thomas McCutcheon
Logan
Chester Sanborn
Thomas, Glouster
Grace Ochs
Bob Ochs
Columbus
Nelva Mkaster
Trimble Heights
Paul Lugger
Eilene Davis
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Terrace Ave
J. H. Elias
Montgomery
W. Va
Elias
Joe Jonas
Ronald Dehman
Robert Seaman
J. E. Anderson
Earl Faires
Phil and
Earl, Jr
Buckeye Lake
W. D. Witham
Witham
Stella Witham
Chauncey
Ben Close
Thomas Reese
Syracuse
Charles Clayberger
Ralph Gatcher
Gaylord
Mich
Robert B. Anderson
Wilbur Hutchins
Kate Pettit
Toledo
State Legion
State Women's Auxiliary
Harry Moore
Moundsville
C. H. Ruble
Moore
Rubles
James Monk
Billy
Gloria Bond
Goldie Hiles
Norman
Margaret
R. H. Shipley
Stella Walker
Athens
Barberton
Ohio
Alva Daugherty
Womens Aid Meeting and Aug ust Birthday Observance
The Ladies Aid Society of the Trimble Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening at the church for a potluck lunch and a handkerchief presentation marking two August birthdays.
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Ladies Aid Society
Trimble Methodist Church
Trade Bombs In Night Raids Across Europe
British air raids hit Italy again and Swiss anti aircraft guns defended the skies for hours. In the Balkans a large migration sends Romanian peasants back to the Old Kingdom as Hungary re occupies Dobruja under Nazi pressure. In London a hospital patients shelter as bombs fall nearby causing no serious damage.
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Italy
Balkans
Europe
Dobruja
Murray City Social Notes
Murray City August 27 notes show many residents visiting relatives and attending events. Carrie Easterling travels to Columbus for a ill daughter, legions delegates attend Toledo convention, and bake sale planned by the Methodist Church on Main Street.
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Murray City
Carrie Easterling
Columbus
Waveline Mitchell
James Madden
Marietta
Hattie Longfellow
William Slisher
Ella Farmer
Coshocton
Charles Maffin
Nelsonville
Vaughn Collins
Barberton
Fred Collins
Eugene Burns
Toledo
Charles Hoffman
Russell Jewett
William Wollett
C. G. Lunsford
Glouster
Robert Tipton
Glen Loper
Lunsford
Albert Storer
Sally Riggs
Gerald Robinson
The
American Legion
Riggs
Robinson
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Howard Bush
Akron
Cleveland
Clarence Harris
Esther Donson
Ruth Donson
Cherrington Hospital
Conrad Martin
Athens
J. W. Martin
William Foster
Laurenburg
North Carolina
Tom Foster
Gilbert Foster
Hilliards
Harry Foster
John Kennedy
Robert Foster
James Smart
Edward Driggs
Mac Driggs
Joe Frazee
Myrtle Penn
John Penn
Fairview
Smithfield
Raymond Maness
Logan
Almeda Maness
Arthur Shelton
Marion
Ind
Sadie Shelton
Methodist Church
Main Street
Donald Neal
Martins Ferry
James Flyers
Bobby Lewis
Lorenzo Lewis
Mike
Bethel
Mode Lewis
Ed Pertler
Bert Lairson
Detroit
Clifford Donson
Nelsonville social notes recount travels and local visits
Betty Stewart Ruth Kelch Helen Stewart Ruth Beckler and Helen Washburn returned Sunday from a week in New York City and the World's Fair. They toured Chinatown Harlem Rockefeller Center and the National Broadcasting Studios plus a Hudson River cruise to West Point and two days at the Fair. They saw Phil Spitalny and Vincent Lopez orchestras and attended Tobacco Road and Separate Rooms with autographs from stars.
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Nelsonville
Betty Stewart
Ruth Kelch
Helen Stewart
Ruth Beckler
Helen Washburn
New York City
New York
Chinatown
Harlem
Rockefeller Center
National Broadcasting Studios
Hudson River
West Point
Statue of Liberty
Phil Spitalny
Allgirl
Vincent Lopez
Ruby Gladys Mercer
Athens
Tobacco Road
Lyle Talbot
Glenda Farrel
Alan Dinehart
Birthday dinners mark the weekend at two homes
Melvin Pack hosted a Sunday chicken dinner on August 25 to celebrate Rev. Robert Ossman Kath leen Pack and Jerry Lee. Guests included Mrs. Leo Ossman, Bess Hook, Jean Hill, Albert Yates, Alva Tanner and others. A second birthday and anniversary gathering occurred at Henry Skiver's Maydenville home with Nelsonville guests and Mrs. Robert Bagley.
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Melvin Pack
Robert Ossman
Kathleen Pack
Jerry Lee
Leo Ossman
Bess Hook
Jean Hill
Albert Yates
Alva Tanner
Henry Skiver
Maydenville
Skiver
Robert Bagley
Nelsonville
Joe Bagley
Ronald
Mary Margaret
Joan
Lester Skiver
Jackie
Betty
Donna Jean Wend
Eileen Knight
Lester Turner
Haydeanville
Eugene Lehman
the Diamond
Pedestrian Convicted After Roadway Collision Incident
In Columbus a 63 year old Lorain man Fenton Hall was convicted of walking on the paved portion of a highway after a two car collision near Wellington left two motorists critically injured. One driver swerved to avoid Hall.
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Columbus
Wellington
Fenton Hall
Lorain
Hall
Lake Ladoga Freezes Seasonal Ice Walls Reach Sea Shore
Lake Ladoga begins to freeze in October and deep sections are solid by January. Seasonal ice forms walls up to 80 feet high along the shores due to winds and temperature shifts, illustrating the lake's dramatic winter behavior.
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Ladoga
Russia
Finland
Dominion of Canada Tops World Asbestos Exports
The Dominion of Canada leads global asbestos shipments, dominating world exports with significant volumes reported across major markets and industrial sectors.
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Dominion of Canada
Mettler at Fair in Columbus Exhibit
The law office of Harry A. Mettler will be closed all week. Mettler, executive secretary for the Ohio Coal Foundation, is in Columbus with the mining exhibit sponsored by the Foundation at the State Fair.
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Nelsonville
Harry A. Mettler
Mr. Mettler
The
Ohio Coal Foundation
Columbus
Foundation
John Rife Pleads Guilty in Nelsonville Court
John Rife was charged with intoxication and pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor C. G. Dew’s court. He was fined $5 and costs.
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Nelsonville
John Rife
C. G. Dew
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H. E. Jones
W. H. Stahl
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Athens Fairgrounds
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Hollister
S. S. Carson
Earl Rife
Susan Vince
Betty Molnar
Barbara Ann
Tom Lax
Alex Meszaros
Margaret Lucas
Violet Slay
Dayton
Mrs
Everett Slay
Gloster
Murray City Social Notes
Nelsonville Social Notes
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Nell Clary
St. Anthony Hospital
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Z. F. Hopstetter
Robert
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James Daugherty
E. J. Kessinger
Mary Elizabeth
Great Smokies
B. M. Coakley
Ruth
Vivian Hopstetter
Juanita Daugherty
Ruth Ann
Wallace Harrel
Virginia Lu
Chillicothe
Mettler
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A. M
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Wm. A. Smith
W. M
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Secy
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