Nelsonville’s Last Civil War Vet Dies at 99 in 1941
Joseph R. Stalling died Sunday at his granddaughter’s home in Nelsonville at age 99. Born in 1842 in Maryland, he served 18 months in Co D 33d OVL in Sherman's Army. He was blind for years, lifelong Methodist and Republican, with funeral set for Tuesday at Stout Funeral Home.
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Nelsonville
Joseph R. Stalling
Chris Wolfe
Mason City Hill
Mary Ellen McMillen Lanning
Wolfe
Effie Lanning
Robert Stalling
Corning
Mr. Stalling
Maryland
Ohio
Palestine
W. Va
Mary Ellen McMillen
Co. D
O.V.L
Sherman
Utah Ridge
Deanville
Athens County
B. A. Awe
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Chestnut St
Stout Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Glenford Dugan
Amer=p Legion
Serce
Masons Will Install New Officers In Nelsonville
Tonight at 7 oclock at the Masonic Temple Philadean Lodge No 157 will install its officers. Following the ceremony an oyster fry will be served and a large crowd is expected to attend.
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Nelsonville
Masonic Temple
Philadorean Lodge No. 157
Nelsonville Social Notes Recaps Club Gatherings and Visits
Local society items list a week of gatherings in Nelsonville. Mrs Bea Schaeffer hosted the M M Club with gifts to Gladys Pierce and Ruth Keating and prizes won by Myrtle Matheny and Freda Hellyer. Other meetings include Methodist and Church of Christ events, bridge night, and visits by area residents to Columbus and Athens.
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Nelsonville
M. M. Club
Bea Schaeffer
Oma Beagle
Gladys Pierce
Ruth Keating
Myrtle Matheny
Freda Hellyer
Nelsonville Victors In Interstate Bowling Standings Tie
Nelsonville won two of three games at Parkersburg to stay level- with Parkersburg at the top in the Inter state League. Johnny Johnson led with 615 as totals show Parkersburg margin and individual scores like 496 and 582 amid the tight race.
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Nelsonville
Parkersburg
Johnny Johnson
Barbers Service
Brooks Shoes
Wilson Bros
Bee Johnson
BRC Oe
Wewwerea Be
Ae. Weereee
Meeting of Clerk's Union No 887 Delayed To Dec 8
The Clerk's Union No. 887 meeting in Nelsonville is postponed from tonight to next Monday night December 8. The note mentions Earthshine causing the outline of the full moon to be faintly visible during new moons.
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Nelsonville
Clerk's Union
Straitsville Sewing Club Entertained and Local News
Straitsville News brief reports the Sewing Club entertained at Mrs. Mary Winefordner’s home with 20 present. Prizes went to Mrs. Velma Jones and Mrs. Sue Taylor. Organizers planned a turkey dinner and Christmas party for Dec 16 at Mrs. Lena Grandy’s home. Additional items include moves, births, visits, anniversaries, and a school concert upcoming.
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New Straitsville
Star Sewing Circle
Mary Winefordner
Velma Jones
Sue ‘Taylor
Florence Huston
Anna Begley
Myrtle Wallace
Bea
Iva Dishon
Lena Grandy
Harry Strain
Ray
Second St
James Campbell
Russell Campbell
Barney Blankenship
Isaac Ashbaugh
Sue
Anna Ashbaugh
New Lexington
Charlene Davis
William Barthlow
Logan
Fred Blankenship
Don Blankenship
Mary Swatzel
Pomeroy
Joseph
Edward Yarger
Detroit
Susie Yarger
Jackson Williamson
Ollie Wells
Olaf Cundliff
E. M. Rush
Robert Goodlive
Charles S. Poling
Junction City
Fiona Rider
Lancaster
Albert Hite
Baptist
Ray Sanborn
Billy Jean Orndorf
Doris Keeler
Marjorie Kemper
Virginia Keel
Raymond Ruscoe
Pete Strain
Clyde Ambrose
Mabel Slatzer
Sam Hartman
Alice Angle
Anna Lillico
Helen Sayer
Mae Morgan
Agnes Snider
Nelle Ross
Bess Kemper
Lester Ambrose
Grover Heard in Talk at Football Dime Glouster
B T Grover director of Public Relations of Ohio University Athens spoke at Glouster High School football banquet and dance, urging education over college sports and noting school shifts to fit the child. Teachers, players, and coaches attended with trophies and letters awarded, decorations by local greenhouse sponsors, and dancing to Bob Milo and his Lancaster orchestra.
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Glouster
B. T. Grover
Ohio University
Athens
Glouster Pta
Grover
Roger Kittle
Thomas W. Figley
Don Greider
Carl Kemp
Jack Bradley
Frank Kamento
Greider
Lawrence Limo
John Cunningham
Paul McClelland
Charles Carter
Bob Bryson
Franklin Burns
Bob Byers
Don Cunningham
Charles Jennice
Donald Hickman
Frank Wolf
Wendell Dunlevy
Lewis Morrison
John Searles
Russell Smith
Haskins Greenhouse
Trimble
Whitmores Greenhouse
Buchtel
Jane Murray
Bob Milo
Lancaster
Rosemary Sayre and Albert Kinneer Sea man wed at St Patrick Rectory
Miss Rosemary Sayre and Mr. Albert Kinneer Seaman were married Saturday at 1:30 PM in a single ring ceremony at St Patrick Rectory. Rev Father William Strecker officiated. Attendants were Miss Freda Marie White and William Schively. The couple will honeymoon and then reside in Detroit where he works.
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Buchtel
St. Patrick
Rosemary Sayre
Albert Kinneer Seaman
William Strecker
Freda Marie White
William Schively
Nelsonville
Ohio University
Mary Seaman
Athens
Detroit
H. S. Sayre
Robert Barnes Dies in MecConnelsville
Mrs Flossie Crawford was summoned to Mc Connelsville Sunday by the death of her uncle Robert W Barnes age 94. He suffered a stroke last Tuesday and funeral services are planned for Tuesday. Barnes was brother of the late Mrs Henry Davis mother of Mrs Crawford.
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Nelsonville
Flossie Crawford
McConnelsville
Robert W. Barnes
Barnes
Crawford
Henry Davis
Nelsonville Junior Order Benefit Party at 100 C F Hall
The Nelsonville Junior Order plans a benefit party to be held in the 100 C F Hall on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Proceeds will support the organization's charitable efforts.
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Nelsonville — Junior Order
New Straitsville High Cagers Lose Nonleague Game
The New Straitsville High basketball team fell to Murray City 38 to 16 in Logan on Wednesday evening. The locals led 7 to 2 in the first period but trailed 16 to 8 at halftime and 27 to 15 after three quarters.
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Sam Orndorf
Margaret Edwards
Gertrude Mills
Amy Lanning
Logan
New Straitsville
Christmas Party Plans To Be Set By Glouster Church Group
The Progressive Class of the Church of Christ in Glouster will meet Tuesday at 7 30 PM at president Mrs Pauline Brown home to plan the annual Christmas party. All members urged to attend. Committees include Tickets Pauline Brown Louise Gladden Lois Dunlap Decorations Ada Thomas Ghila Bell and Mrs Alec Molnar Entertainment Wanda McAllister Tillie Sweeney and Valera Sweeney.
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Glouster
Church of Christ
Pauline Brown
Louise Gladden
Lois Dunlap
Ada Thomas
Ghila Bell
Alec Molnar
Wanda McAllister
Tillie Sweeney
Valera Sweeney
Bride Ione Cunningham Weds Charles Clark In Local Church
Miss Ione Cunningham daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Cunningham and Charles Clark son of Mrs John S Clark both of this city were married Saturday evening at 6 30 at the Methodist Church parsonage Logan. Rev Stanley W Wiant officiated with Mrs Richard Allison and Mr Allison of Columbus as attendants. Mrs Clark mother of the groom was present. Clark a Gloucester High School graduate 1934 and Ohio Bell employee in Dayton. Cunningham a Gloucester graduate 1939 will stay with her parents temporarily.
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Ione Cunningham
Hugh Cunningham
This City
Charles Clark
Dayton
John S. Clark
City
Methodist Church
Logan
Stanley W. Wiant
Richard Allison
Columbus
Allison
Clark
Mr. Clark
Glouster High School
Ohio Bell Telephone &Co
Junior Progressive Study Club Meeting Tonight
The Junior Progressive Study Club will meet this evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Roger Kittle on South High Street.
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Progressive Study Club
Roger Kittle
S. High St
Weekend visitors and travels among Columbus residents
A long list of guests and trips shows Columbus residents entertaining out of town visitors and traveling to Cleveland, Cincinnati, Ravenna, Jacksonville, and Columbus. Names include Raymond Kempton, Iris Cunningham, Ilah Mae Viney, Harold Vaughn, Dwight Hartley, Foster Brown, Jack Zimmer, Matthew Dawson Sr, James Clemons Jr, Bill McGrew, Pearl Orndorf, Veg Morgan, Raymond Blower, Elmer Jones, Tommy Jones, Jacquelyn Ley, and L W Ley with hospital recovery for L. W. Ley.
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J. H. Henshaw
Raymond Kempton
Raymond, Jr
Detroit
Iris Cunningham
Jim Brown
Pittsburgh
Ilah Mae Viney
Columbus
Andrew Viney
Harold Vaughn
Dwight Hartley
Foster Brown
Jack Zimmer
Elyria
Matthew Dawson
James Clemons, Jr
Ravenna
Bill McGrew
Lancaster
Glouster
Pearl Orndorf
Veg Morgan
Cincinnati
Raymond Blower
Canton
Jacksonville
Patrick Curtis
Blower
E. H. Taylor
Clarence Marker
Elmer Jones
Tommy
Circleville
Herman Jones
F. H. Heck
Fire Department Is Called Three Times
Glouster Fire Department responded three times over the weekend. Saturday at 2:55 p.m. a grass fire threatened John Hinton’s residence in No. 6 district. At 4:45 p.m. an Atlas Store awning fire from a cigarette flare was extinguished quickly. Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Union Lunch soot and stove pipe flare caused smoldering. precautionary call, fire put out with chemicals ensuring complete extinction.
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Glouster
T No
No. 6
John Hinton
Atlas
Union
Navy Woman Proceeds Homeward From Duty
A Navy member expects to return to her home this city on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cartwright and son Billy of Wellston visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vernon and three children from Akron spent Sunday with Mr. Vernon's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Vernon.
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Navy
Ed Cartwright
Billy
Wellston
Ernest Williams
Harold Vernon
Akron
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Philadelphia
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Richmond Hills
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Washington, D. C
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