Vanborne fashion vans bring high style to West Virginia towns
NEA Service reports in Holden that door-to-door vanborne fashion services reach over 4000 mining families in Pocahontas Valley. The mobile shop offers dresses, suits, lingerie, hosiery, and home accessories with on-site dressmakers and tailors. Measurements are taken for made-to-order men’s suits from fashion centers to fit miners’ broad shoulders and slim hips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Holden
W. Va
Pocahontas Valley
West Virginia
New York
Cincinnati
Murray City War Bond Drive Surpasses Quota Early
Murray City exceeds its war bond quotas in Hocking County drive led by Frank Murphy. The district tops E and other bonds totals with 7,000 in E bonds 7,700 in Gs 740 in Fs and 3,000 in other securities. Vmail Christmas bond certificates enable sending bonds to service members with future value and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Murray City
Ward
Frank Murphy
United
Earl Elberfeld
Hocking County War Finance Committee
Logan Victory Center
Logan Social Notes Logans Mary Martha Circle meets on West Hunter
Mrs. John Spence hosts the Mary Martha Circle with twenty eight members. Programs led by Mrs. Sherman Lyke, Carl Spence plays Christmas medley, readings by Mrs. Lyke and others, a sale during social hour, and plans announced for Jan 9 meeting. Janet Struble guest. new member Jennie Fobble joins. Other clubs noted include Tourist Book Club and Junia Club with upcoming Christmas observances and refreshment hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M. Brown
Hutchison
Grueser
Clarence Schempp
Janet Struble
Otto Iles
Jennie Fobble
Esther Class Christmas Party at Christian Church
White candles chrysanthemums and a star of Bethlehem set a Christmas mood for the Esther Class party at the Christian Church Monday night. Mrs. R D Graham led We have seen a star and the carols program, with group singing led by Mrs C E Heft and Beverly Davis singing. Mrs Graham and Mrs J A Wharton offered prayers, a offertory for Cleveland Childrens Home, guests listed, refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Christian Church
R. D. Graham
C. E. Heft
William Austin
Beverly Davis
Cleveland Childrens’ Home
Christian Churches
Earl Landis
Margaret Sheldon
Clarence Heft
Ida Allison
Mary Jeffers
New Officers For W B A Review
At the W B A Review meeting on Monday night new officers were elected and installed. Ethel Woogerd is president, Ruth Baughman vice president, Edith Junod recording secretary and treasurer, Frieda Willock financial secretary, Flora Murphy chaplain, Marie Leonard press correspondent, and Anna Stauffer captain. Willock acted as installing officer. President H F Cakenougher led the business session and a Christmas party with potluck dinner and gift exchange was planned for December 18 for members and the officers' club. Ruth Baughman chairs the refreshment committee. After the meeting, attendees enjoyed a potluck supper.
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W.B.A. Review
Ethel Woogerd
Ruth Baughman
Edith Junod
Frieda Willock
Flora Murphy
Marie Leonard
Anna Stauffer
Willock Wa
H. F. Cakenougher
Club Meets At Chauncey Home
Mrs Elizabeth Harvey of Chauncey hosted the Past Chief s Club gathering with seventeen attendees. Mrs Matie Pritchard presided as prizes went to Mrs Bess Fleck and Mrs Margaret McHarg, with door prizes to Mrs Lenna Wood and Mrs McHarg. Next meeting will be with Mrs Thelma Linscott in The Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Harvey
Chauncey
Matie Pritchard
Lillian Sweeney
Ruth Smith
Bess Fleck
Margaret McHarg
Lenna Wood
Mary Dew
Thelma Linscott
the Plains
Wednesday club calendars outline meetings and births
Woman's Auxiliary meets 7 30 p m with Mrs Wilfred J Smith 72 Elmwood Place Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae Christmas party at B P W club rooms 8 30 p m Health Center and Athens County Council for Childhood Education dessert party 7 p m Women s Faculty Club Members invited Higley Study Circle Christmas party 7 30 p m with Mrs F C Schilling 249 F State St Rebekah Lodge officer elections at I O O F Hall Athens Bird Club meets 8 p m at T M Wolfe home Utah Place Dr King Adamson to discuss Auk Wildlife Management and bird records kept Thursday December 7 Martzolff Sunday School all day sewing session 9 30 a m potluck noon Beta Phi Alumnae 7 30 p m 17 Franklin Ave AAUW Study Groups Thursday 7 30 p m International Relations Group Ohio University David Hecht speaks on Russia Faithful Few Club 7 30 p m 156 Morris Ave PARENTS OF A SON Clyde Webster Bertha Grimes announce birth of Clyde Mevid born Nov 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Bird Club
T. M. Wolfe
Utah Place
King Adamson
H. T. Gier
Auk
Journal of Wildlife Management
A.W
A.A.U.W
David Hecht
Ohio University
Russia
Maude Matthews
Stanley Nida
Morris Ave
Apple Polishing Party at Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Gamma Delta hosted an Apple Polishing party at University Terrace to entertain Ohio University professors and their wives. Guests toured the house, rooms were decorated by teaching subjects, and games such as Battle of the Sexes drew hearty laughs. The event featured songs, a monologue, and a buffet supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Ohio University
Alpha Gams
University Terrace
Libby Cline
Mary Ellen Overholt
Peggy Webster
City Federation Hears Two Guest Speakers at Meeting
At Athens City Hall Council Chamber the City Federation heard Miss Rowena Sprout head of County Public Assistance Agencies and Atty. John W Bolin chair of the War Ration Board Food Panel. Mrs. H M Woods presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowena Sprout
Atty. John W .Bolin
City Federation
Council Chamber
Athens City
Hot breakfast fruit dish idea amid price concerns
A reader shares a practical breakfast idea using leftover fruit to make a hot fruit compote served before or with toast and eggs. The mix includes prunes, pears, and raisins, heated briefly to plump the fruit and warm the meal. Tomorrow they plan peaches and more prunes. All day meeting details for W S C S Richland Ave Methodist Church and Pallas Club gathering with host Irene Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.B.R
Red Cross needs volunteers to meet weekly quota
The Red Cross Secretary Ellen Biddle urges completion of the regular unit dressing volunteers this week to reach the quota for shipment. The local Red Cross Chapter appeals for help, especially now when every minute counts from volunteers, particularly ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ellen Biddle
Comedy Drama To Be Given Dec 7 Albany High
A comedy drama titled Bolts and Nuts will be staged by Albany High School seniors in the auditorium on Thursday December 7 with curtain at 7 30 directed by Helen Davis and Betty Zimmelman Mrs Anna Rose supervises. Cast includes Margaret Whiteman Beth Dailey Norma Lee McDaniel and others Ushers Dora Hawk Darlene Stanley assisted by Nita Munn Donald Gibbs and Marguerite Bowen. A small admission will be charged and the public is invited.
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Albany High School
Helen Davis
Betty Zimmerman
Anna Rose
Margaret Whiteman
Beth Dailey
Norma Lee McDaniel
Mabel Beatty
Donald van Dyke
Carl Robinson
Owen McVey
Charles Fridenmaker
Julia Jones
Billy Beckley
Mary Beatty
Max Staneart
Roger Foreman
Dora Hawk
Darlene Stanley
Nita Munn
Donald Gibbs
Marguerite Bowen
All Albany Conference Change Notice For Quarterly Meeting
Albany Circuit members are asked to note a change. The Quarterly Conference will meet at Albany Church on Wednesday at 7 p m. Dr Henry E Bright district superintendent will give a short message and take the usual reports. Recent guests of Mr and Mrs Raymond Welch The Plains include Norman Welch and daughters Maureen Kay and Sharone Columbus Mr and Mrs Neil Welch and daughter Virus Ruth Fairport Harbor Miss Eleanor Welch Dayton Miss Marjorie Welch Columbus and Miss Gaynelle Welch A
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Bible School Workers Bible School Workers Conference
First Christian Church
Albany
Albany Church
Henry E. Bright
Raymond Welch
the Plains
Norman Welch
Maureen Kay
Sharone
Columbus
Neil Welch
Virus Ruth
Fairport Harbor
Eleanor Welch
Dayton
Mar‘jorie Welch
Gaynelle Welch
Round About Town on a nationwide hookup tale
Round About Town previews a CBS broadcast featuring Lt. Dean F. Chatlain a wounded World War II veteran and former Ohio University student. The program includes his story and his poem What Did You Do Today sung by Lawrence Tibbett, with context from recent war hospital experiences and community support from Kiwanis and war loan drives.
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CBS
New York
Dean F. Chatlain
Ohio University
Chatlain
Lawrence Tibbett
Lowell Thomas
House of Representatives
Washington
Representative Wadsworth
Hudson
Ohio
Kiwanis Club
East Cleveland Kiwanis Club
Dean
North Africa
Tunisia
Ladies Night by Logan Kiwanis Club in dinner program
Logan Kiwanis Club held a Ladies Night dinner at the White House with carol singing led by L. P. Mooney and Mrs. Walter Prather at the piano. The Girls' Glee Club of Logan High sang, Dr. Gordon Hayes spoke, and a solo group closed the program. Assisted by several members, guests included Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brownfield and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
James Ray Smoot
Logan Kiwanis Club
White House
L. P. Mooney
Walter Prather
Wilhelmine Deissele
Bernice Black Sues for Divorce in Common Pleas Court
Bernice Black files for divorce from Edward Black in common pleas court alleging gross neglect of duty. Married in June 1928, no children. Plaintiff seeks temporary alimony, divorce, and restoration of maiden name Bernice Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Bernice Black
Edward Black
Bernice Smith
Attend Installation of Logan Venus Chapter Members
Monday evening attendees at the New Lexington Chapter installation included Mrs. Connie Schultz Mrs. Marvin Lackey Mrs. Joe Phillips Mrs. Darlene Wenn Mrs. Willard Lyke Mrs. Clarence Salts and Mrs. Lew Reynolt of the Logan Eastern Stars Venus Chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Logan Venus
New Lexington
Connie Schultz
Marvin Lackey
Joe Phillips
Darlene Wenn
Willard Lyke
Clarence Salts
Lew Reynolt
Local men listed for service and discharge
Goss is a volunteer from Sugar Grove Route 1 and Edward Leon Hiles of 434 N Culver St has received an honorable discharge from the U S Army at Camp Atterbury Ind on November 30 announcement by the selective service board
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Logan
John Edward Franklin Goss
Sugar Grove
Edward Leon Hiles
N. Culver St
U. S. Army
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Selective Service Board
Green family to move from Culver Street to Granville
Mrs. John H. Green and son Tommie along with Mrs. Elizabeth Green will relocate from 38 South Culver Street to Granville on Thursday. Mr. Green has worked at the Heath Refinery for the past year and will live at 329 West Elm Street in the new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John H. Green
Tommie
Green
Elizabeth Green
S. Culver St
Granville Thursday
Heath
West Elm Street
Logan Soldier Returns After Harsh Mountain Trip
Cpl James R Horwell arrived home in Logan after a snowy ice filled trek in Colorado where his car flipped 150 miles east of Denver. A Catholic priest aided his escape to a nearby town. He met his six week old daughter Melissa Ann before resuming duties at Buckley Field Colorado on December 10.
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Logan
James R. Horwell
Mountains
Colorado
Horwell
Denver
Melissa Ann
Miss Roberts Weds Sgt Arthur Lindley in Baltimore Chapel
Dorothy Roberts and Sgt. Arthur G. Lindley exchanged marriage vows Sunday December 3 at 3 15 PM in the Lutheran Service Center chapel Baltimore Maryland. Attendants were Bertha Banks and Private first class Lowell Brown. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Roberts Logan Ohio is a Logan High School graduate 1929 and Sun Glow Manufacturing office worker. The groom son of Mr and Mrs James Lindley Galion Ohio is a 1929 Galion High School graduate who attended the University of Pittsburgh. They plan to reside at 108 South Market Street Logan Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Roberts
Freisner Ave
Logan
Logan High School
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Sun Glow Manufacturing Co
Mansfield
Sergeant Lindley
James Lindley
Galion
Galion High School
University of Pittsburgh
Lindley
Sun Glow
S. Market St
Union Furnace Notes and Logan Eagles Meeting
Union Furnace notes describe weekend guests including Mrs Elsie D Kimberly and Mr Homer Anthony of Columbus visiting Mr and Mrs Elmer Anthony along with other out-of-town visitors and a midnight oyster supper. Also reported is Logan Aerie of Eagles to hold its regular meeting Thursday at 7 30 announced by Worthy President Lewis R Canty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Furnace
Elsie D. Kimberly
Homer Anthony
Columbus
Elmer Anthony
Edwin Baulin
Orient
Leslie Courter
Harry Bray
Bray
Anthony
Willard May
Haydenville
Nelsonville
Alice Allberry
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Logan
Logan Aerie of
Eagles
Lewis R. Canty
Logan area notices and personal visits
Mrs Bertha Hamilton and her daughter Erma travel to Los Angeles for holiday with Clarence Hamiltons. U B Senior Choir holds rehearsal and Christmas party at James Hutchinsons Wednesday at 8 30. Effie Spencer returns from Barberton visiting Sorrells and Spencers. Edward Hamilton from Chicago arrives to visit Vannatta and Huls families. Victor Nixon from Newark visits Logan. Virginia Fitzgerald of Athens guests Saturday and Sunday. Gertrude Miller, now with Farm Bureau in Columbus, visits Logan on business. Letha Starr and Rhea Bangert in Columbus Tuesday. Charles Shahan and wife buy Gus Kellenbargers 650 Motherwell Ave property to move in. Shahan a coal dealer formerly in Dicken Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bertha Hamilton
Erma
Los Angeles
Clarence Hamilton
U. B
James Hutchinson
W. Main St
Effie Spencer
Barberton
Chas. Sorrell
Dale Spencer
Edward Hamilton
Chicago
Frank Vannatta
E. Main St
Huls
E. Hunter St
Victor Nixon
Newark
B. O. Nixon
Virginia Fitzgerald
Athens
Gertrude Miller
Farm Bureau
Columbus
Letha Starr
Rhea Bangert
Charles Shahan
Gus Kellenbarger
Motherwell Ave
Shahan
Dicken Addition
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Elberfeld
Nellie Allen Adams
Federated Clubs
Mihigan Valley
Girls’ Industrial School
Allen
Fred Burchfield
Bedford Village
Stanton Pond
Lew Riggs
Virgil Martin
Roy Allison
Paul Bennington
William Clapp
J. D. Sanderson
Ella Rochester
Junia Club
Sanderson
Walter Kleinschmidt
John T. Sanderson
John Wellman
Wellman
Mound St
Jessie McManigal
Bird White
Wilhelmine Deissle
Barker
James Barker
North St
Ian Primmer
Clarence Blosser
John Pierce
Clarence Matheny
Frank Harden
Clinton Webb
Dallas Kinser
Harry Bell
John R. Pierce
Henry Dague
Judson Shriner
W.B.A
Chauncey Home
Ednesday
Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church
Wilfred J. Smith
Elmwood Place
Vvif
Zeta Tau Alpha
B.P.W
Athens County Council For Childhood Education
Higley Study Circle
F. C. Schilling
F. State St
Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Hall
Martzolff
First Methodist Church
Pi ‘Beta Phi
Gordon Gray
Franklin Ave
Clyde Webster
Bertha Grimes
Mill St
Clyde Mevid
Alpha Gamma Delta House
H. M. Woods
Ray Barnhart
Miss Sprout
Athens County
Attorney Bolin
C.P.A
W.S.C.S
Richland Ave
Methodist Church
L Pallas Club
Pallas Club
Faculty Women's Club
Irene Hand
John P. Coe
Sadamae Lands
Portland
John Perry II
Frank Lands
Perry Coe
St. Albans Naval Hospital
Long Island
N. Y
Sam
Brooklyn
Noel Coward
Winchell
Coward
Jewish War Relief Society
Bluejackets
Navy
We A
Central Ave
WSCS
Elery T. Rice
Cole
W.S.C
W.s.cs
Methodist Parsonage
N. College St
William Bryant
Guy Archer
Stewart St
Cecil Glass
Julia Anne Glass
Bethesda Hospital
Kiwanians
Goss
Granville
Logan News
Miss Roberts
Set
McKee
N. Court
Cologne
Prescription Store
of Athens
France
Toys
Lia
TPA
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Soft Water Dept
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