Nelsonville appoints defense council leaders
Nelsonville names Frank G Smith executive director of its City Council of Defense. George Bateman, mayor-elect, to serve as council chairman. Additional officers include D R Johnson public utilities and Ralph W Parks welfare and business, with Rex etc. all certified by the Ohio Defense Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Frank G Smith
Sunday Creek Coal Co
C. G. Dew
Nelsonville Council of Defense
George Bateman
Dew
Ohio State Defense Council
Columbus
John W.W. Bricker
Public
D. R. Johnson
Ralph W. Parks
Department of Health
W. H. Hyde
Department of Education
E. J. Arnold
American Legion—Police
James Cope
Dana Windon
F. £. Dowler
Alonzo Coakley
York Grange
William Brooks
Win Boss
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Earl Harmony
C. H. Bartlett
J. H. McKiddie
Eagles Veet In New Home
In Nelsonville local Eagle lodge meets in its newly remodeled home after months of repairs. District Director Hayman of Pomeroy and William Watkins of Zanesville attend as the lodge plans prospective member night with guest attendance and refreshments. The turkey dinner was canceled, with Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners set for January dedication planned. A Nelsonville Junior Class jitney lunch runs noon Thursday in home economics rooms.
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Nelsonville
Eagles
Hayman
Pomeroy
William Watkins
Zanesville
Nelsonville High School
Nelsonville Christmas Social Notes and Local Visits
Nelsonville reports from the Rainbow Class Christmas party at Miss Sigma Love’s home with program items by Catherine Courtney and others, gifts to Mrs Nelle Johnson and Mrs Lu Allen, and officer re‑elections. Other notes include Golden Rule class Christmas dinner, Friendly Six Club party, Presbyterian Missionary gathering, a surprise chicken supper for Mrs Elizabeth Perkins’ birthday, and visits by Rev C A Freer and local OU students for holidays.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Miss Sigma Love
Madison St
Miss Love
S. S. Lane
Hannah Thomas
Mary Steenrod
Catherine Courtney
Marquise Morris
Jane Keating
Miss Courtney
Nelle Johnson
Jean Allen
Arlene Hall
Lois Bateman
Lu Allen
Esses
Alberta Barrows
Myra Milholland
Sigrid Love
Clyde Wade
Elizabeth Perkins
Fred Wade
Glenna
Oliver Shuttleworth
Tommy
Henry Perkins
Delores
Wade
Freddie
Gas Company Will Locate On Square In Nelsonville
Nelsonville Ohio Fuel Gas Co owner R B Stuart began remodeling the Stuart Opera House block on Public Square for a new gas company office to open around March 1. A glass front by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co and fluorescent lighting will modernize the front office. Gerald Baird the local manager says the Nelsonville office will be among the district’s best equipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
W. Washington St
Stuart Opera House
Public Square
Netkirks
R. B. Stuart
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Athens
Gerald Baird
Wilson Team Wins Nelsonville League Scores Night
Wilson Bros won three straight from Wolf Bowling while Smith Linen took two of three from Mechems. Sid Cook led scoring with 668. Ladies League games feature Senior Scouts vs Letha Lou Shop at 6 30 and B P W Club vs Brooks Shoes at 8 30.
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Nelsonville
Wilson Bros
Wolf
Smith Linen
Mechems
Sid Cook
Letha Lou
Special Tax Levy Approved in Southern Rural School District
A three mill special levy for two years was approved in a Monday election, raising about 12 000 to cover outstanding obligations. The measure passed 599 to 406, carrying in six of nine precincts Racine Letart Syracuse Portland Great River Syracuse Letart Village Racine Village and Minersville precincts contributed to the tally.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Letart
Syracuse Village
Portland
Great River
Syracuse
Letart Village
Racine Village
Minersville
Olive Grange Plans Christmas Party in LONG BOTTOM
Olive Grange met Friday February 12 with 30 present and planned a Christmas party for December 26 featuring a tree program music gift exchange and a treat. The meeting draped the charter for late state grange master Walter F. Kirk. Newly elected officers include Master Carl Buckley Overseer Ronald Osborne Lecturer Iva Buckley Steward August Weber Assistant Steward Willard Taylor Chaplain Elizabeth Taylor Treasurer Zelda Weber Secretary Eleonor Hannum Gatekeeper Jake Weber Ceres Hazel Milhoan Pomona Nora Mae Taylor Flora Josephine Richie Lady Assistant Steward Ella OsborneExecutive Commander Oscar Weber Business Agent C. F Myers Trustee Homer Webster Legislature Agent Nerva Pryor Organist and Reporter Glena S Milhoan.
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Long Bottom
Olive Grange
Walter F. Kirk
Carl Buckley
Ronald Osborne
Iva Buckley
August Weber
Willard Taylor
Chaplin
Elizabeth Taylor
Zelda Weber
Eleanor Hannum
Jake Weber
Ceres
Hazel Milhoan
Pomona
Nora Mae Taylor
Flora
Josephine Richie
Ella Osborne
Oscar Weber
C. F., Myers
Homer Webster
Nerva Pryor
Glenna S. Milhoan
New Books Added To Pomeroy Library
Pomeroy Public Library adds new adult titles to shelves including Two Way Passage Wild Is the River Windswept Wakefields Course Saratoga Trunk Marriage Is a Private Affair All That Glitters Above Suspicion Botany Bay Now Voyager Fighting Littles Doctors Dont Believe It On Safari Lookout Land of the Good Shadows Strange Woman and Mine Eyes Have Seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Public Library
Botany Bay
Now
Voyager
Fighting Littles
Lookout
Bennett Son Transfers From Camp Shelby
Mrs. Alberta Bennett of Second Ave says her son Corporal Gene Bennett has left Camp Shelby Mississippi with his division and she does not know his destination.
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Middleport
Alberta Bennett
S. Second Ave
Gene Bennett
Camp Shelby
Miss
George Ridley Changes Plea To Guilty
George Ridley pleads guilty in common pleas court to operating a motor vehicle without due regard for others. He is fined 25 dollars with the fine suspended and costs to be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
George Ridley
Common Pleas Court
Painters Work Amid Cold On First City Bank Building
Despite low temperatures workers apply a fresh exterior coat to the three story First City Bank Building in a downtown project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
First City Bank
U S Official and Related Clues A Puzzle Card
A crossword style puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues for a U S official and related terms. Includes hints such as Everlasting and Punitive with intersecting word play.
More Scouts Wanted For Troop 65
Nelsonville Troop 65 Boy Scouts sponsored by the Elks will hold a special meeting Thursday night December 18 at the Elks Home. Due to the national emergency all troop committees leaders and scouts are urged to attend. The troop is reorganizing with openings for patrol and assistant patrol leaders and a drive for new members is under way. Any boy 12 years or older who is not yet a Scout may attend. A new troop committee has been appointed and their duties will be announced.
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Nelsonville
Boy Scouts
The
Elks
Hemlock Social Notes Tie Local Visits and Christmas Cheer
Hemlock Ladies of the Main St Church of Christ met at Mrs. Nell Cottrell’s home for contests and a Christmas gift exchange. Columbus visits include Pearl Storts and daughter Alice, Lois Hodgson with Ernest Lanning, and Doris Farbaugh with William Osenbaugh visiting his parents. Several families travelled to Toledo and Nelsonville for work, birthdays, and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Williams
Wilbur Williams
Nelsonville
Jack
Nolan Williams
Marie Smith
Columbus
Harry Barton
Toledo
Barton
Stanley Springer
Ray Tharp
William Tharp
Glenda Tharp
Nettie Welsh
Mansfield
Icel Wilson
George van Horn
Verna
Corning
Arthur Essex
Charles Davis
Logan
Burglars Turn Out To Be Surprise Guests
POMEROY Will Bentz of Alfred found his home entered after doors were locked for church. His wife had lent the key to family members who arrived for a surprise seventy second birthday dinner. Attenders: Clinton Frost and son Bob Athens Cash Bentz Murray Hopkins family Bentz. Harrisonville Grange meets Thursday with Worthy Deputy Earl Starkey to install officers. refreshments served.
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Pomeroy
Will Bentz
Alfred
Clinton Frost
Bob
Athens
Cash Bentz
Murray Hopkins
Bentz
Harrisonville Grange
Earl Starkey
High School PTA presents Christmas Through the Ages program
A large Nelsonville crowd attended the High School PTA program Christmas Through the Ages a pageant of carols with country scenes. Students under Miss Helen Jackson performed scenes from many nations and periods, closing with carols led by the audience and Miss Maxine Hall at the piano. Mrs. James Knight presided over a brief meeting and Mrs. Edna Raine was elected secretary for the remainder of the year.
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Nelsonville
Helen Jackson
Rodney Jones
Verle Ogg
Ralph Boyd
Margaret Johnson
Roman
Adeste Fidelis
Frances Reeves
Patty Menn
Jesus
Noel
Bob Parks
James Seward
Paul Midkiff
Charles Russell
Kathryn Johnson
Virginia Hellyer
Marjorie Bateman
Barbara Foss
Stille Nacht
Helen Largent
Gayla Millholland
Billy Blair
Mes
Miriam Betts
Benson
Patty
Huddy
Students view The Lady of the Lake at senior high
Pomeroy Senior High students enjoyed a special show of the five reel silent film The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott on Tuesday.
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Pomeroy
Sir Walter Scott
European congresses of 1930 list unusual assemblies
In 1930 Europe hosted 836 congresses including the International Congress of Tramps and the International Congress of Lodgers plus a 20 000 fishermen gathering. The note adds that Diesel engines ignite fuel by high compression without spark plugs.
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Europe
Smith Announces WPA Play School Opens January Fifth
POMEROY Acting Superintendent W. A. Smith announced the WPA play school will open Jan. 5 at the Sugar Run Grade Building for children ages four to six. Teacher Mrs. Ethel Smith Willoughby will supervise with Mrs. Virginia Colling. Eligible four year olds turning five between February 1 and now may enroll. enrollment remains open.
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Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
WPA
Sugar Run
Ethel Smith Willoughby
Virginia Colling
Pomeroy Play School
Dixieland Dixie Ann Born to Syracuse Family
Mr. and Mrs. Mill and Pierce of Syracuse announce the birth of a daughter weighing seven pounds four ounces on December 12. The baby is named Dixie Ann. Grandfather Jake Jones of Orbiston, great grandfather Carmen Jones of Nelsonville, and great grandmother Minnie Pierce of Murray City are listed as family.
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Syracuse
Mill and Pierce
Athens
Dixie Ann
Jake Jones
Orbiston
Carmen Jones
Nelsonville
Minnie Pierce
Murray City
Howe resigns from City Civil Service Commission
Nelsonville report states Dr. M. R. Howe has submitted his resignation from the City Civil Service Commission effective immediately. He cites other duties and notes he was appointed by Mayor G. Dew on January 1, 1939. Mayor Dew has accepted the resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Howe
G. Dew
City Civil Service
Sion
Dew
Klein in Hospital in Columbus after appendicitis operation
Mr. Lenny Klein of Nelsonville now Columbus, formerly of Nelsonville, underwent an appendicitis operation in a Columbus hospital last week. His condition is reported satisfactory. Friends may write him in Room 2/2, Grant Hospital, Columbus. Fire damp is commonly known as coal mine gas.
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Nelsonville
Lenny
Peanut) Klein
Columbus
Omerly
Coolumbus
Fiji
Grant Hospital
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