Mrs Clara Hill Wins Nelsonville Home Decoration Contest
Nelsonville awards total 20 entrants in home decoration contest. Mrs Clara Hill of 442 Pleasantview Ave wins first prize of 25 dollars, judged by out of town officials. Other prizes include Pearl Grace 15 dollars and James G Francis 10 dollars with seven 5 dollar awards and six 2.50 dollar awards to local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Clara Hill
Pleasantview Ave
Retail Merchants Committee
Cliff Brown
The
Merchants Association
Pearl Grace
Mill St
James G. Francis
High St
Bernard L. Inman
Poplar St
Regina Whyte
Hubert Mender
Chestnut
Mary Jane Walker
Poplar
Clarence Coakley
W. Washington
Fred Wilson
Turner Rites To Be Held Here Friday
Funeral services for Sylvester Turner who died at his Rushville home will be held Friday at 2 PM in Nelsonville. Burial is scheduled for Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville Saturday at 1 30 PM with departure from Rushville to the cemetery. Daughters of America plan a benefit party Friday at 7 45 PM in the IOOF Hall with December tickets requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Sylvester Turner
Rushville
Greenlawn
The
Daughters of America
IOOF
Eastern Star to Install Officers in Nelsonville
Eu dora Chapter OES will hold its annual officer installation Friday at the Masonic Temple. A 6 pm turkey dinner opens the program followed by the installation, a pageant and special music. Mrs Flossie Kiltan of Athens assists, with Mrs Sylvia Burford of Middleport as guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Masonic Temple
Eudora
OES
Flossie Kiltan
Athens
Sylvia Burford
Middleport
Covert Ice basketball game cancelled by Marietta Pioneers
Nelsonville reports the Covert Ice basketball team will not play tonight as Marietta Pioneers cancelled late Wednesday night. The team resumes action Tuesday, Jan. 2 in Athens against Battery C, then travels to Carbondale on Jan. 4 and to Columbus on Jan. 6 to play Dickerson Shoe Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Pioneers of
Nelsonville Social Notes highlights and travels
Nelsonville social items recount open house at the First Methodist parsonage from 2 to 4 pm with new hardwood floors and upcoming 7 to 9 pm calls. The column also lists visits and departures of locals including Stocklens, Pedigos, Long, Wadley, Fout, Bell, Thomas, Kinneers, Weymueller and Stover guests in a holiday context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
William George
First Methodist
Georges
George
De Weese Family Celebrates 38th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles F De Weese observed their 38th anniversary at their Imperial country home on December 24 with a large gathering including children Clara Ruth Vandalea Joseph Bloomdale Edward a Bloomdale high school teacher and relatives from Columbus Urbana and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. DeWeese
Imperial
Charles DeWeese
Clara Ruth
Vandalea
Joseph
Bloomdale
Edward
Bloomdale High School
Floyd F. de Weese
Columbus
Walter FE
Britcher
Urbana
Ill
Robert
James
Doras
Mary
Everett Blackburn
Jane Sells
George Miller
Charles Morton
Vernon Britcher
Robert Bircher
Young Prodigy Dawson Shoots Seventy-One in Nine Holes
At three and a half years old, Bobby Dawson, son of the Lakewood Country Club pro, astonishes by carding a seventy-one over nine holes marking a remarkable golf achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Dawson
Lakewood Country Club
Lakewood, N. J
John Hall McSherry Dies in Columbus
Nelsonville resident John Hall McSherry age 81 died at his daughter’s home in Columbus where he spent the winter. Survived by widow three daughters including Mrs Lanner and Mrs McDowell one sister and many descendants. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm Haydenville Church burial Wolf Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Hall McSherry
L. A. Lanner
Dunedin Rd
Columbus
S. R. McDowell
Lanner
McDowell
P. C. Campbell
Margaret Jones
Lithopolis
John McSherry
Haydenville Church
Bancroft
Wolf Cemetery
Jefferson St
Kuhn Released as Two Remain in Local Jail
Gallia County jail authorities reduced prisoners to two after Harley Kuhn jailed on forgery charges was released on his own recognizance. Kuhn and his family are said to reside in East Liverpool, with return possible if the January grand jury indicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harley Kuhn
Kuhn
East Liverpool
Preston Will Devises Farm to Son with Heirs Proviso
John Preston of Chillicothe Rural inherits his father John Preston's farm under probate terms. The will requires the son to pay about $3000 to other heirs to satisfy their shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Gallipolis
John Preston
Chillicothe
John
Train schedules and routes for regional lines and air service
The page lists timetable details for the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, and Athens Airways networks. It shows east and west bound departures and arrivals, daily and weekly variations, and connections to major hubs like Columbus Pittsburgh Parkersburg and Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio East Bound
Diplomat
National Limited
West Bound
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Athens Airways
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Marietta
Christmas Observed at Taylor Ridge Church Program
Christmas program at the Taylor Ridge church drew a large crowd. The Anglin directed choir performed songs and recitations while the Intermediate class presented a playlet. A candy and nuts treat for church school children accompanied an offering to the Christian Home in Cleveland. Holiday guests and numerous local families spent Christmas with relatives, with many traveling from Columbus, Athens, Steubenville, and Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
C. M. Angelin
Geraldine Malpas
P. B. Chalfant
Fred Heffken
Rolland Mulpas
Church
Christian Home
Cleveland
Russel Poole
Bill
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Philadelphia
America
Freda ‘Oole
Columbus
Oren Justes
Ithaca University
Ithaca
New York
Justes
Jack Kutta
Boyd Kennedy
Donald
Ronald
Delano Kennedy
Lancaster
Forest Kelly
Billie
Bobbie
Glouster
Robert Hanning
Dwight Smith
Ronnie
Carol Ann
P. M. Smith
Bishopville
Carl Welling
Herbert Kloh
CCC
Superior
Montana
Hernen Kloh
Frank Hartley
Marysville
Carl Hildebrand
Charles Boley
Paul Durfey
Carl Hildebrand Jr
Clara
Gladys Hildebrand
C. M. Anglin
Mary Jane
Bob
Trimble
W. D. Coey
Akron
Rolland Mulpus
Wilfred Mulpas
Doras
Geraldine Mulpas
Chester Davis
Gerald Nagle
Geraldine
Della Chalfant
Amesville
Elmer Keirns
Athens
Blaine Chalfant
Steubenville
Ernest Chalfant
Glen Chalfant
Lenard Leach
Herman Kempton
Fred Olbers
Emmett Olbers
Emmett Jr
Don
Greens Run
William Olbers
John Wenger
Mont Davis
Wilber Risley
Clyde Canter
Chauncey
Clarence Loper
the Plains
Mary Hanney
Reedsville
Charles Hooper
Neiman's Are Victors In Bowling Match
Neiman Auto Parts bowlers defeated Beasley men at Central Alleys extending their winning streak to 23. Dusty Cook led all with 562 pins, while Jack Kelley struggled with new pins finishing 541. Beasley’s Tony Pughline totaled 507.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Neiman Auto Parts
Beasley
Central
Dusty” Cook
Jack Kelley
Neimans
Beasleys
Tony Pughline
Knapp
Pughline
Godenschwager
Cope
Neimans— Cookson
J. Kelley
P. Wright
Mrs Merrill Dies at Summit Station Ohio
Local friends learned of the death of Mrs. Jackson Merrill at her Summit Station home on December 22. She was mother of Mrs. Doris Horch, former head of the Home Economics Department at Nelsonville High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Nelsonville
Summit Station
Jackson Merrill
Doris Horch
Nelsonville High School
Party Scenes at Carbondale Center and Nelsonville Homes
Story Hour members of Ohio University YWCA Martha Jones Alice Mechem Thelma Snyder Evelyn Davis and Mary Rose Ricker hosted a Carbondale Center party Thursday afternoon at Neighborhood House. Four Ways Health Club held a party at Mrs Oral Daugherty’s Nelsonville home with Mystery Friends gifts and refreshments. In Nelsonville cubs meet at 7 30 tonight at Mrs George Barrows home West Side PTA sponsor. M M Club meets Friday at Oma Beagie’s Walnut Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Story Hour
Ohio University Y.W.C.A
Martha Jones
Alice Mechem
Thelma Snyder
Evelyn Davis
Mary Rose Ricker
Four Ways Health Club
Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
George Barrows
West Side Pta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ana ES
Athens Messenger
Turner
Russia
Eastern Star
Nelsonville Social Notes
J. B. Stocklen
Edward Stocklen
Youngstown
John Stocklen
James Hardman, Jr
Merle Pedigo
Cincinnati
M. B. Pedigo
Lucille Long
Chicago
Beatrice Merkhofer
University of Chicago
Merkhofer
Long
Vaughn Wadley
Paul
John Fout
E. F. Bell
John Hamer
Pearley Gaskill
David Thomas
W. L. Hudson
Edith
Gladys Kinneer
Toronto
Westerville
J. K
Kinneer
Mary Ann
Glenn T. Weymueller
American President Lines
Washington, D. C
C. A. Stover
Lillian
Coats
Earl Baker
Riverview
Ed Baker
Frank Brazin
C. O. Barnes
Comfort
W. Va
W. G. Bennett
Potter Bennett
Heen
Rosemary Bennett
Charles D. Learned
Elizabeth Fagan Learned
William Potter Learned
Lillian Boughty
Presbyterian Church
Charles Kennard
Ruth Coakley
PTA
Esther Dawley
Lawrence Lehman
Lulu Smith
Adrian Dodds
Louise Rice
Eve Carlton
Los Angeles
Neiman’s
Carbondale Center
CUB Pack
Oma Beagie
Walnut St
Cooper
Porties
Colegroves
Lard, Ib
Lem Schofield
Bob Burns
Man
Susan Hayward
Joseph Allen, JR
Elizabeth Patterson
Gene Lockhart
Charles Bickford
Alfred Santell
John C. Moffitt
Irvin $. Cobb
Eve
TET
PT al Time
Edington
Ohlinger & Wolfe
Anny
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