Bloodmobile Visit Slated For Nelsonville Feb. 13
Nelsonville announces a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on Monday at the Methodist Church. The county blood bank program will be annual under Miss Bertha Vickers, with donors contributing twice yearly and a new 11 am to 5 pm schedule to aid workers. Committees for canteen nurses hostesses and registration are listed.
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Nelsonville
Red Cross
Methodist Church
Bertha Vickers
Bessie Bland
Belle Lancaster
Edith Patton
Florence Coakley
Ethel Knight
Faye Bingman
Louise Shay
Peshtigo Fire Toll Sets US Record in 1871 Conflagration
The greatest loss of life in a single fire in U.S. history occurred in Peshtigo Wisconsin on October 9 1871 when about 1200 people perished in a forest blaze.
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United States
Peshtigo
Wis
Elks Lodge Members Take Circleville Visit
Twenty nine members of Nelsonville Lodge 543 BPO Elks led by Exalted Ruler Earl Worthington traveled by bus to Circleville Tuesday night to visit Circleville Elks. Two more locals joined by car for a total of 29 as Circleville lodge initiated a large class of candidates.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Lodge
BPO Elks
Earl Worthington
Circleville
Circleville Elks
Circleville Lodge
Boy Scouts Observe 10th Anniversary with Assembly Program
Twenty nine Scouts of Troop 66 participated in a Nelsonville High School assembly marking scouting’s 10th anniversary. Rev. John Lloyd Evans reviewed scouting’s origins in London forty years ago and spoke of the Jamboree to be held at Valley Forge. Prizes were awarded in a TB essay contest and the program featured readings, songs, and a safety skit.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
John Lloyd Evans
First Presbyterian Church
London
Evans
Valley Forge
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
J. K. Kinneer
Elinor Call
Bill Carter
Betty Pickett
Ronald Culp
Lois Blackford
Gilbert Simonton
Cal
Grace Robinette
Keith Butt
Terry Lee
Bill Monk
Jack Sowers
Jack Woodson
Gary Bohyer
Jim Huddy
Corning visitors and birthday surprise noted in Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. E Penrod and Vaughn Richardson of Newcomerstown visited Mrs Jessie Richardson and the Nichols family on S Valley Street. Augusta Nichols hosted at Bernard Deime’s home. Ruth Ann Pedicord surprised by schoolmates at her parents’ Kyle Addition home for her birthday. Bert and Mae Rodgers and Jessie Richardson visited John Vicroy near Malta. Charles E Smith and wife took their two year old daughter Joan to Children's Hospital Columbus for treatment. condition reported serious.
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Cutler Cutler
Ivan Blauser
David Masters
West Jefferson
D. F. Masters
Kenneth McVicar
Akron
Kitty Kee
Columbus
Dana Gill
Cottageville
W. Va
Lloyd Remley
Parkersburg
Lyle Basim
T Corning Corning
E. Penrod
Vaughn Richardson
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Mr. Richardson
Jessie Richardson
Nichols
S. Valley St
Augusta Nichols
Bernard Deime
Ruth Ann Pedicord
Kyle
Foura
Pedicord
Bert Rodgers
Mae Rodgers
John Vicroy
Malta
Nelsonville
Charles E. Smith, Grosvenor, Sr
Joan
Children’s Hospital, Columbus
Darien, Colombia Established First European Settlement
The article notes Darien in Colombia as the site of the first permanent European settlement on the American mainland, dating to 1510 per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Clarence FE. Larson
Oak Ridge, Tenn. National Laboratory
Larson
Oak Ridge
Darien
Colombia
J. P. McCauley Services Held
Nelsonville obituary notes funeral services for James P. McCauley who died suddenly in Columbus. Survived by wife Bernardine Isselstein McCauley mother one brother two sisters. Also mentions wife's prior residence and Bell Telephone work. Bake sale planned by M. M. Club at Hilleary Shoe Hospital Friday at 10 a.m.
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Nelsonville
James P. McCauley
Columbus
St. Mary's Church
M. M. Club
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
A.m
Scare Devils Erected by Nicobar Villagers
In the Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal villagers set up scare devils to ward off birds, a practice similar to western gardeners using scarecrows to protect crops.
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Nicobar Islands
Bay of Bengal
Doan’s Pills Offer Kidney Relief For Backache
The ad promotes Doan’s Pills as a mild diuretic for backache and loss of pep caused by aging stress and kidney strain. It claims long use and wide popularity and urges readers to get Doan’s Pills today.
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Dean
Doan
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Lillian Butts
Elizabeth Galvin
Alice Kelso
Dorothy Shearer
Freda Newton
Ann North
Ruth Elliott
Margaret Crane
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Jarman
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Brandwene
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