Christmas Party of Elizabeth Zane Chapter DAR
Nelsonville DAR members gathered Monday at Mrs Julius Fischers home for the annual Christmas party. Mrs Fischer and Mrs Patton hosted with fir boughs pine cones and a Christmas tree. Attendees enjoyed readings songs and movies reflecting holiday spirit.
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Nelsonville
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Dar
Julius Fischer
Delbert Patton
Bessie Stephenson
Marta
Mary Elizabeth Kessinger
Elizabeth Call
John Kelso
Fort St
B&PW Chorus Sings on Square for Christmas Eve Event
Nelsonville reports the B&EPW Minstrels chorus will perform Christmas carols on the Public Square Saturday at 8 p.m. as part of the community holiday observance. The lighted Square features Santa's Castle and a large Christmas tree.
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Nelsonville
B&epw Minstrels
Santa visit fills gathering at Weigand Kelso home
The appearance of Santa Claus distributed gifts from his pack to each attendee. A red velvet cloth decorated the festive coffee table. Mrs. W. H. Weigand and Mrs. Kelso presided. Twenty-two members and guests attended, with Mrs. Lorenzo Butts, Mrs. Mary Kessinger, Miss Bessie Stephenson, Mrs. James Knight, Miss Elizabeth Call, and Mrs. Paul Shearer among the guests.
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Santa Claus
W. H. Weigand
Kelso
Lorenzo Butts
Mary Kessinger
Bessie Stephenson
James Knight
Elizabeth Call
Paul Shearer
Thanksgiving travel and gatherings around Murray City
Local residents report return from Thanksgiving trips to Columbus Lancaster Somerset and Barbertown with families and friends. Households hosting or visiting include Hustons Sabo Thompsons Potts James Storer and Williams families sharing meals and holiday time.
Local Notes From Gallia County And Nearby Areas
Multiple brief items record visits from residents to relatives in Wellston McArthur Columbus and Columbus again. Notable mentions include births weddings illnesses and travel with names such as Mrs. Earl Matteson Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and Edgar Harper. A Navy enlistment and family hospital observation are noted.
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Hamden
Edward Nutt
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Gaskill
David Smith
Springfield
Harry Bush
Clarence Lomax
McArthur
Autye Baker
Fred Smith
Chillicothe
Charles Salts
M. B. Calvin
Logan
Jack Sprague
Harold Sprague
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Illinois
Thurman
England
Cincinnati
Harry Nettles
Earl Matteson
Wellston
Ruth Wycoffe
Columbus
Leo Harper
Philip Ward
Maxwell Matteson
Mr. Matteson
Fred Matteson
Smith
Frank Sargent
Minnie Gibson
High School PTA Hosts Christmas Meeting
Nelsonville PTA members gathered in the Junior High School auditorium for a Christmas meeting. Helen Anderson and Billy June Foughty sang two numbers, Mrs. Joe B. Davis read the Christmas story, and the group sang carols. Home Economics girls under Miss Helen Washburn served cookies sandwiches and coffee during social hour.
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Nelsonville
PTA
Helen Anderson
Billy June Foughty
Joe B. Davis
Wiseman
Helen Washburn
Maxville School lists high achieving pupils and punctual students
Principal Ross Summers of Maxville School announces pupils with average grades B or better for the six week period, listing students by grade from 1 through 8 and naming those who were never late or tardy. The December Maxville PTA met on December 12 with Mrs. Jesse Mohler as president, and other local notes include the janitor’s return, a birthday celebration for Daniel Beougher, retirement news for William Goodlive, and Ruth D. Nixon shopping trip report.
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Maxville
Ross Summel
Maxville School
Mildred West
Gladys Bourne
Clara Vickrey
Patty Starr
Martha Morgan
Terry McGrath
Jimmy Mohler
Judy Christian
Carl Wilson
Clyde West
Clara Patton
Arlene Mohler
Hal Stimmel
Patricia Stimmel
Janice Starr
Thelma Angle
Bonnie Vickrey
James Gordon
Charlene Ann Nixon
Dale Wolfe
Patricia Clarke
Evelyn Good
Bernice Whitmer
Wilma Summer
Garneta Brenneman
Betty Sheets
Carrie Hall
Carol Christian
Patricia Summel
Maxville Pta
Jesse Mohler
Franklin Wolfe
Daniel E. Beougher
Logan
William Goodlive
Community Notes from Union Furnace Area
Mrs Edith Worthman hosted Sunday school classes from the EUB church with a potluck and Christmas gifts exchange. Several local residents visited ill friends, welcomed newborn Julia Ann born Nov 28 to Mr and Mrs Robert Robinson, and celebrated birthdays at Delbert Reinshell’s dinner with guests from Logan Columbus Nelsonville Worthington and Canal Winchester.
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Union Furnace
Edith Worthman
EUB
Merl Elder
Worthington
Mary LaGore
James Bickle
Canal Winchester
Louise Jennings
Robert Robinson
Julia Ann
Millie King
Orville Kistler
Delbert Reinshell
Dan Jones
Fred Gibson
Paul Zimmerman
Amy
Joan Jones
Columbus
Edwin Worthman
Addison Frey
Logan
Harold Weed
Paul Hull
Barbara
Nelsonville
Sayre Family Visits and Church News in Concord
Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sayre and daughter Shirley of Ironton Ohio and Orland Sayre with Peggy Ashcraft. Milford Sayre's Oxford Michigan home partially burned. Rev Alvin Green of Jacksonville conducted services and will serve as Concord Church pastor.
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Concord
Victor Sayre
Lloyd Sayre
Shirley
Ironton
Ohio
Orland Sayre
Herman Budsworth
Peggy Ashcraft
Richard Antle
Mary Kay
Joseph Antle
Adrian Sayre
New York Central Railroad
John Moore
Elmer Russell
Myrtle Russell
Columbus
Alvin Green
EUB
Jacksonville
Concord Church
Green
Murray City PTA Plans Thursday Meeting
The Murray City PTA will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the high school gymnasium. A Christmas program will be presented by the 10th 11th and 12th grades. Lunch will be served after the business session.
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Murray City
PTA
Smith Rites To Be Friday
Mrs. Wallace Smith 61 of Pomeroy died Tuesday after a months long illness. She was a Federated Church member and lifelong resident. Survived by husband Wallace daughter Audrey two sisters and two brothers. Calling at residence. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Federated Church. Rev Robert L. Hegnauer to officiate. Burial Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Wallace Smith
The
Federated Church
Wallace
Audrey
Margaret Ericksen
Manhattan
Kansas
Kathryn Kautz
Westerville
Ohio
John
Albert Hartung
Smith
Robert L. Hegnauer
Beech Grove Cemetery
Russell Lennox Officiates Rusell Ky Marriage
Lugilie Bum garner wed Jack Reynolds in a single ring ceremony at Russell Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Russell Lennox. Bum garner, Wahama High School alumna, worked at Yunker Manufacturing in Point Pleasant. Reynolds, a riverboat employee, attended Point Pleasant schools. They reside with the groom’s parents in Henderson.
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West Columbia
John Stewart
Lugilie Bumgarner
Jack Reynold
Henderson
W. Va
Russell, Ky
Russell Lennox
Reynolds
Wahama High
Yunker Manufacturing Company
Point Pleasant
Solva
T. J. Reynolds
Evans announces birth of son Wayne Aloysius Evans
Mr and Mrs Harry Evans of Nelsonville announce the birth Tuesday at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan of a son weighing eight pounds. The child is named Wayne Aloysius Evans. Grandparents are F C Evans Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs John Withem Murray City.
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Nelsonville
Harry Evans
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
Wayne Aloysius Evans
F.C. Evans
John Withem
Murray City
Special Meeting Called for Philadorian Lodge 157
A special meeting of Philadorian Lodge 157 F and AM is set at the Masonic Temple Friday at 7 p.m. The master mason degree will be conferred.
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Nelsonville
Philadorian Lodge 157
F&am
Masonic Temple
Nelsonville Social Notes Holiday Gatherings
Nelsonville Garden Club hosts its annual Christmas party Saturday at the Little House with a 5 30 p m covered dish dinner. The Golden Rule Sunday School Class meets Thursday at 7 p m at Mrs Edith Howson 931 Chestnut St with gifts for Athens Children's Home.
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Nelsonville
Golden Rule
The
Methodist Church
Edith Howson
Chestnut St
Alberta Hellyer
Julia Reeves
Mildred Frank
Bertha Ashby
Mary K. Backus
Athens
Two Drivers Fined In Court of Mayor
In Nelsonville Frank Edward Walters of Logan Route 1 pleaded guilty to operating an overloaded truck in mayor Oral Daugherty court and was fined 15 dollars plus costs. City police affidavit filed. Jack Landis of Nelsonville pleaded innocent to crashing a red traffic signal and was found guilty in the mayor's court and fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Frank Edward Walters
Logan
Oral Daugherty
Jack Landis
Birth of William Ricardo Glenn in Logan Ohio
Roy Glenn Jr announces the birth of a son born December 7 at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces naming him William Ricardo. Grandparents are Mrs William Sprouse Columbus Patrolman Charles Thompson of the local police department Mr and Mrs Roy Glenn Sr Nelsonville great grandparents Mr and Mrs Lon Traugh Kimberly and Thomas Williams Logan.
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Nelsonville
Roy Glenn, Jr
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
William Ricardo
William Sprouse
Columbus
Charles Thompson
Roy Glenn
Lon Traugh
Kimberly
Thomas Williams
Loyal Workers Class Holds Christmas Dinner and Exchange
The Loyal Workers Class of the Methodist Church gathered in the church social rooms for its annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange. Seventeen members were seated at a decorated table as carols were sung, with Mrs. Adda Hawk leading devotion and prayer. Mrs. Bessie Warehime presided over the business session.
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VFW
The
Methodist Church
Adda Hawk
Bessie Warehime
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Holland in Columbus
Miss Marjorie Holland and Mr and Mrs Edwin Holland were weekend guests in Columbus, visiting for unspecified social reasons.
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Marjorie Holland
Edwin Holland
Columbus
Local Social Visits Highlight Weekend Guests
Mrs S G Holland and Mr and Mrs James L Leahy visited Columbus friends Mr and Mrs Carl Pettit on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Michael Canter and Mrs Hazel Burch returned from a motor trip to Richmond Virginia and were hosted by Mr and Mrs Oscar Burch. They were joined home by Mrs Burchs son William D Burch EM 3 c aboard the USS Missis...
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S. G. Holland
James L. Leahy
Columbus
Carl Pettit
Michael Canter
Hazel Burch
Richmond
Oscar Burch
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Martha Huston
Betty Sabo
Granville Thompson
Cleveland
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Judith Ann
Hanson
Ina Bauer
Mary Potts
Lancaster
Somerset
Harold Potts
Elaine
Richard Cooperrider
Hamilton
W. E. James
Russell McClure
Ed James
Billie
Frank James
Sherry
Robert James
Willard Dixon
Dee
Ted
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Judy
Mary Ann James
Albert Storer
Dan
Barberton
Frank Williams
Howard Craft
Jean
Barbara Denson
Elmer Evans
Wanda
Arthur Wilson
Lena Campbell
Johnnie
C. A. Slater
Richard
Ben Hillyer
Elden Loper
William
Oscar Lopez
Virgil Hillyer
South Bend
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Oscar Hillyer
Manville
Leone Chapman
Murray City Pta
Nelsonville Social Notes
Bernice Barrows
Kate Pettit
Legion Home
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Steenrod
Olive Ailstock
Gladys Bayless
Hazel Strawn
Clara Goodrich
Ruth Morrison
Erma Powers
Grace Hall
Christy
McGregor
Easen
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Welsonville
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