Cousin of Nelsonville Woman Dies in Staten Island
Mrs Ruth Davis Brown of Staten Island Long Island died with no details given. Daughter of the late Val and Mrs Davis of Athens she was a charter member of the Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter D A R and a direct descendant of Elizabeth Zane Dew. Funeral services will be held in Athens Saturday afternoon. Her husband Monroe Davis and two daughters are expected to visit the Bell home before returning East.
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Nelsonville
FE. E. Bell
Ruth Davis Brown
Staten Island
Long Island
Brown
Val Davis
Athens
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Monroe Davis
Bell
Nelsonville Elks Sponsor Patriotic High School Essay Contest
Nelsonville Lodge of Elks announces a patriotic essay contest for high school students across their jurisdiction. National prizes total 1000 500 and 250 with local awards of 25 15 and 10 plus entrant prizes. Essays must be 300 to 500 words on What Uncle Sam Means To Me and due by March 31 1941.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Lodge of Elks
Elkis National Defense Commission
National Defense Committees
Nelsonville Lodge
National Defense Commission
Elks Defense Committee
Buchtel
Greens Run
Jacksonville-Trimble
Glouster
Uncle Sam
Elks Magazine
J. K. Kinneer
Paul Allen
Harry Kelley
Elks Lodge
State
Elks Association
Bashan Personal and Brief Social Notes
Bashan social notes report church events and family visits across Racine Rutland Syracuse and Long Bottom. Notables include Reverend Mc Carley speaking at the Methodist Church and Robert Bailey preparing to depart for the U S Army as the first local youth to enlist.
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Bashan
E. E. Hayman
Clinton Orr
Effie Torrence
Mable Smallie
Torrence
Linnie Swan
Long Bottom
Bert Orr
John Taylor
Robert Bailey
U. S. Army
Arthur Orr
Minnie Orr
Ervin Rites To Be Held Friday Noon
Funeral services for C. C. Ervin will be held Friday at 2 o clock at Stout Funeral Home. Rev. C. A. Freer will officiate and burial will follow at Green Lawn. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Nelsonville
C. C. Ervin
Stout Funeral Home
C. A. Freer
Greenlawn
Condition of Aged Man Is Improving
Nelsonville residents report George Burgess age 77 improving after a stroke. He was found unconscious at his home and is now staying with his daughter Mrs. George Lattimer on Watkins Street.
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Nelsonville
George Burgess
Buchtel
George Lattimer
Watkins St
Burgess
Nelsonville Benefit Party at 100 C F Hall Friday
The D of A in Nelsonville will sponsor a benefit party in the 100 C F Hall Friday night at 7 30. Patrons are asked to bring their February tickets.
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Nelsonville
D. of A
100.C.F
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief Promises
Tired kidneys disrupt sleep and cause backache and swelling. Doan's Pills claim to flush out poisons from blood and restore kidney function, backed by decades of use and national distribution.
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Haarlem
Dean
Kinney Family Buys Donley Residence
Nelsonville report says Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinney and W. Franklin Sr. bought the Donley residence at the head of Fort Street from Mrs. Lacey B. Donley. They plan to move in the spring after remodeling. Kinneys have lived on Franklin Street for 14 years at the Charles Vorhes property.
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Nelsonville
Robert Kinney
W. Franklin Sr
Donley
Fort St
Lacey B. Donley
Kinney
Charles Vorhes
Franklin St
Men urged to attend B and O meeting Friday night
Nelsonville church groups urge Men of the Church of Christ to attend a Friday 6 45 pm B and O meeting marked as Ladies Night. Men may bring wives while bachelors bring sweethearts or mothers. The article notes the US paid 102 200 000 dollars to six foreign governments for territory purchased.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
United States
Broadwell Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Sunday guests at Albert Smiths included Frankie Vanway family from Redfield and Mary Allen from New Lexington with Eddie and Ocie Vanway. Lyle White left for Columbus for work. Flossie Nice and son Claire and Harold Driggs visited from Columbus. Belman Robinsons from McConnelsville visited Oscar James. Tillie Brill hosted Lihu Starling and Raymond, Erwin Mosier from Amesville. Raymond Mosier joined CCC camp. Joe Young and family traveled to Silver Ridge to see ill sister G W Christy. John Weaver ill. Parsons stayed with them.
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Frank Parsons
John Weaver
Chesterhill
Nelsonville School Notes and Club Activities
Edison Club met at the high school with president Bob Hutchins hosting Maynard McDaniels who spoke on static electricity using a demonstration machine. Winners in a song-name contest were Donna Patton, Dorothy Raine, and Mary Jck Minner. refreshments served. Library Club officers chosen: Dorothy Bateman president Nora Jo McGuire vice president Donald George secretary treasurer. program led by Waiva Bateman. Donald George reviewed Escape by Ethel Vance and won honors in contests with Marion Call Mary Dishong. Refreshments by the entertainment committee led by Edith Cook for 15 members under sponsor Mildred Roberts. Until a name is chosen the group will be known as the Library Club. Advanced home economics trip to Columbus on Feb 27 to observe equipment, styles, fabrics, and OSU campus. supervised by Misses Bovie Clark Winner and Miss Pauline Fierce. Students: Wilma Adkins Mercedean Bruce Jean Bumgarner Alice Calentine Margaret Dishong Jean Fiske Ida Lee Hampton Irene Hoch Betty Kesterson Isabelle Lohmier Marjorie Lohmier.
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Nelsonville
Edison Club
Bob Hutchins
Maynard McDaniels
Donna Patton
Dorothy Raine
Mary Jck Minner
Kathleen Boyd
Library Club
Polly Johnson
Dorothy Bateman
Nora Jo McGuire
Donald George
Waiva Bateman
Ethel Vance
Marion Call
Mary Dishong
Edith Cook
Mildred Roberts
Columbus
Ohio State University
Bovie
Clark
Winner
Pauline Fierce
Wilma Adkins
Mercedean’ Bruce
Jean Bumgarner
Alice Calentine
Margaret Dishong
Jean Fiske
Ida Lee Hampton
Irene Hoch
Betty Kesterson
Isabelle Lohmier
Marjorie Lohmier
Quick Relief Balm Advertises Neuralgia Relief
An Athens Pharmacy and Clines Pharmacy advertise Coffey's Quick Relief Balm promising fast comfort from neuralgia rheumatism lumbago and muscular soreness. The ad guarantees money back and offers the product for 25 cents.
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Coffey
Athens Pharmacy
Clines Pharmacy
Albert Van Sickle Pleads Guilty in Mayor Court
Albert Van Sickle was charged with intoxication in Nelsonville and pleaded guilty at a Wednesday arraignment before Mayor G. Dew. He was fined $5 plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Albert Vansickle
Co. G. Dew
Fire Burns Roof In Nelsonville Home
A small fire damaged the shingle roof of Thess Matheny’s Madison Street home Wednesday afternoon. Firemen say a burning fragment likely blew from the flue and alighted on the roof. The blaze was extinguished before the fire department arrived.
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Nelsonville
Thess Matheny
Madison St
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