Reorganization of Truck Mining Industry Planned by Operators
Nelsonville leaders head the move to unify Ohio truck mining operators to protect regional interests. A New Lexington meeting drew strong attendance. a second gathering is set for March 3. The plan aims to form the Ohio Truck Mine Operators Association with county by county outreach statewide. Excessive trucking rates are seen as harming the industry.
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Rage Ooss
Nssna
Thens Messenger
Athens
Nelsonville
Ohio
New Lexington
Southeastern Ohio Truck Mine Operators Association
William R. Pierce
Pearl Glenn
Ed Bennett
Pierce
Perry County
Ohio Truck Mine Operators Association
District Eagle Meeting At Nelsonville Tonight
President Harry Chesher of the Eagles announces a district meeting at Nelsonville. The local lodge will open at 7 30 PM at the K of P hall across from the Eagles Home, with the district session starting at 8 PM after the close of the regular meeting.
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Nelsonville
Harry Chesher
The
Eagles
K. of P. Hall
Truckers Fight Industrial Insurance Inequities to Save Coal Industry
Leaders of the trucking group say the base rate for industrial compensation differs by as much as five dollars per hundred of payroll between large operations and trucking firms. They allege inequities in state compensation law administration and plan a united campaign to protect their coal mining sector from extinction.
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Pierce
Call To Seek Nomination to Council Post
Nelsonville Jack Call announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for president of council at the August primary. His petition will circulate soon as terms of municipal officers expire this year and several prospects for mayor are being groomed. Call formerly served for four years as a member of council at large.
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Nelsonville
Jack Call
Call
Miss Evva Wright Joins NYA In Nelsonville Library
Miss Evva Wright daughter of Myrtle Wright will serve with the NYA and be stationed at the Nelsonville Library. This assignment places Wright within the local NYA program reaching youths in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Evva Wright
Myrtle Wright, Adams Sr
NYA
Sportsmen To Hear By-Laws Wednesday
Nelsonville Sportsmen Association meets at the American Legion Building Wednesday March 1 at 7 30 p m. By laws will be approved and prospective members urged. Open enrollment includes Carbon Hill Carbondale Longstreth Buchtel Murray City and nearby communities. The club will handle hunting and fishing licenses and retain a portion of fees for its work.
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Nelsonville
Longstreth
Buchtel
Murray City
Community Program At Longstretch
A Washington birthday program at Richard son Hall featured patriotic songs and the Pledge of Allegiance. Sponsored by Oscar Dupier and directed by Mrs. Nelle Spray, the event included 4-H Club plays Colonial Tea Party and a drill, plus piano solos tap dancing and Junior Boys songs.
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Longstreth
Washington
Richardson Hall
Oscar Dupier
Nelle Spray
Faye Pettit
Catherine Horner
Carbon Hill
Nora Sanborn
Virginia Matheny
Grace Mack
Ruby Harris
Clara Gears
Mable Cope
Romine Clary
Alverta
Ella Dupler
Helen
Wanda Mack
Juanita
Audrey
Lawrence Harris
Margery Cope
Betty
Mary Jane Justice
Services Held for James S Rafferty in Nelsonville
Interment at Greenlawn Cemetery occurred Monday for James S Rafferty who died Friday at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus. He leaves wife and son Charles D Rafferty Columbus. Funeral services were held in Columbus then burial beside his first wife Bill a Nelson. The Rafferty family is well known in the Hocking Valley.
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Nelsonville
Greenlawn
James S. Rafferty
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Charles D. Rafferty
One Olock
Billa Nelson
Rafferty
Hocking Valley
Church of Christ Holds Special Lenten Services
In Nelsonville the Church of Christ hosts weekly Lenten services each Wednesday until Easter. This week’s theme is The Cross Speaks. Services begin at 7 p.m. with candlelight, altar light, a robed choir, and a hushed congregation.
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Church of Christ
Nelsonville
Friends of the Church of Christ
Coultrap Thanks Friends for Condolences
Nelsonville notes from former Prof. F S Coultrap of Long Beach California express thanks for condolences. Mrs Coultrap died recently and he recalled returning to Ohio two years ago to renew old friendships with local Nelsonville residents.
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Nelsonville
F. S. Coultrap
Magnolia Ave
Long Beach
Calif
Coultrap
Ohio
Valley Lodge To Confer Page Degree at Meeting
Valley Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias meets Wednesday at seven o clock to confer the Page degree on several candidates. At the last regular meeting the members thanked the committee in charge and all who helped make the Anniversary Dinner a success.
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Nelsonville
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Nelsonville Social Notes and Pocahontas Benefit
Mrs Mae Churchill visited her parents in Nelsonville and is now at Shawnee. Harold Nanna drove to Leon West Virginia to see his wife's parents due to her father’s illness. Edward Cagg recently visited business in Columbus. Mrs Herbert Swingle spent a week with her parents. Pocahontas Degree sponsored a benefit party at Pocahontas Hall on Wednesday at 7 30 o clock.
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Nelsonville
R. D
Mae Churchill
Irvin Nanna
Churchill
Shawnee
Harold Nanna
Leon
W. Va
Herdman
Nanna
Edward Cagg
Columbus
Herbert Swingle
Degree of
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Hall
Hillen Funeral Held at Millfield Church
Funeral services for Isabel Johnson Hillen 70 who died Friday at her Millfield home were held Monday at Millfield M E Church with Rev Hiram Mingus officiating. Singers from Chauncey accompanied by Mrs Lucille Sanders performed three hymns. Pallbearers were Clarence Sanders Ray Sanders Edward Russell Charles Fitzer Oscar Omen and Bert Learned. Burial followed at Hilltop Cemetery.
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Chauncey
Isabel Johnson Hillen
Millfield
Millfield M. E
Hiram Mingus
Holiness Church
Lucille Sanders
Clarence Sanders
Ray Sanders
Edward Russell
Charles Fitzer
Oscar Omen
Bert Learned
Hilltop Cemetery
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Middleport residents recount visits from Huntington and Columbus. Eugene Hysell of Chillicothe and Edward Tewksbury from Jackson attended local events, while funeral services and hospital recoveries were noted. A Chinese checker gathering, women’s mission plans, and Athens visits with community concert ties also appeared along with a church soup sale.
Wion Rites To Be Held Wednesday Afternoon
The body of Mrs. Nellie Wion is received at her son Joe Wion's home where friends may visit until noon Wednesday. Funeral services at First Presbyterian Church Wednesday at two o'clock conducted by Rev. Lloyd Evans. Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Nellie Wion
Joe Wion
Firstresbyterian Church
Lloyd Evans
Greenlawn Cemetery
Assembly Announced at Nelsonville High School
Nelsonville high school will present a morning assembly Wednesday at 8 oclock under the direction of Mrs. Faith Cordrey. The program features the girls glee club the girls sextette and two soloists with parents and friends invited to attend.
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Assembly
Nelsonville
Faith Cordrey
Millfield Church Business Meeting and Quilt Day
The Ladies Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ holds a Thursday all day quilting and pot luck dinner at Miss Olive Brookins home. CHAUNCEY reports another smallpox case in Greens Run and says Mrs. Floyd Ayers is ill with the disease.
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Ladies Aid Society of
Millfield Church of Christ
Olive Brookins
Chauncey
Greens Run
Floyd Ayers
Two Miners Injured at Millfield and Chauncey Mines
Two miners suffered injuries Monday at Poston No 6 Millfield and New York Mine 25 Chauncey. Alfonse Jennings Hollister timberman Poston Mine injured back and right foot by slate fall. taken home by Dr. C N Sanders. Hershal Bescoe Chauncey loader injured back and right hand and arm by coal fall. treated and sent home by Dr. Sanders.
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Chauncey
Poston No. 6
Millfield
New York
Alfonse “Peck” Jennings
Hollister
Poston
C. N. Sanders
Hershal Bescoe
Chauncey Mine
Sanders
Chauncey WPA Sets Special Wednesday Meeting
A special WPA County meeting is announced for Wednesday March 1 at 7 p.m. in Chauncey high school. County committee members include Abner Phillips Chauncey president J H Lock Chauncey Hugo Theisen Athens Ray Gasken Canonville Lawrence Vess Glouster and Mike Krivesti The Plains.
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WPA
Chauncey High School
Abner Phillips
J. H. Lock
Hugo Theisen
Athens
Ray Gasken
Canaonville
Lawrence Vess
Glouster
Mike Krivesti
the Plains
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary Meeting This Evening
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers meets tonight at 7 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Addie Tippie on Main Street.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies
United Mine Workers
Addie Tippie
Main St
Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Yocum in Glouster
A Glouster gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yocum on Broad Street celebrated Mrs. Yocum's birthday with games and prizes led by Sadie Williams as champion. Guests included many locals, with some listed by name, while others were confined by illness.
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Yocum
Homer Morris
Delta Morris
Jessie Sharp
C. A. Vernon
Lizzie McKee
Ora Carr
Mary Roberts
Rosalie Swartz
Dick Jones
Isabell Bulloch
Getta Ley
Josephine Crawford
Sadie Williams
Lalla Canford
Esta Cunningham
Fred Ervin
Belle Creachbaum
Greens Run Scholars Celebrate Washington's Birthday
Greens Run sixth grade scholars led a school assembly on Washington's Birthday with a short biography read by Wanda Dunn and recitations by Wayne Craig Geneva Smith and others. A playlet on February Days featured Mary Geary Nina Kloh Mary McClelland and more. Darrel Vernon's PE group demonstrated First Aid and the Fireman's Drag, finishing with a Resuscitation act.
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Greens Run
Paul Bingman
General Assembly
Washington
Mary Lou Swindel
George Staten
Frank Smith
Art Lucas
Noel Bryan
Mary Lou
Darrel Vernon
James Pyles
Acta
Jack Vare
Delbert Ber- John Murray
Joe Kulakowski
Clifford Mackey
Emmett Herbst
James Reinhart
James Strausbaugh
Thurman Judson
Francis Strausbaugh
Mike Newsod
Glenn Cannon
Leopold Zukowski
Lewis Yankoski
Eugene Thomas
Raymond Korpela
Bill John Gwillym
Kenneth Kutta
Delbert Bernard
Library Moves to Front Street Building
Glouster Library, previously on Main Street opposite the Gordon Hotel, relocates to 14 Front Street in the former Wallace and Son Funeral Home. The expansion follows a surge in demand with over 3,000 books loaned in February.
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Glouster
Main St
Gordon Hotel
Front St
Co. F. Wallace & Son
Wharton Undergoes Major Operation in Morgantown
Former Chauncey resident and long time merchant underwent a major surgical operation at Morgantown City Hospital and is recovering at the home of his son Dr Ralph Wharton. Mrs Wharton and a daughter also remain with him at the son’s residence.
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Chauncey
Emer C. Wharton
City Hospital
Morgantown
W. Va
Ralph Wharton
Wharton
Marriage Announcement for Marguerit Slater and Lawrence Brooks
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Slater announce the marriage of their daughter Marguerit of Guysville to Lawrence Brooks of Glouster on February 25. Rev. Hoyt Williams read the ceremony at the bride’s home. the bride wore blue with wine accessories.
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Lewis Slater
Marguerit
Guysville
Lawrence Brooks
Glouster
Isaac Brooks
Hoyt Williams
Glouster Declares March 2 Ohio Coal Day Holiday
Glouster Mayor C F Wallace proclaims Thursday March 2 as Burn Ohio Coal Day to support the coal bill vote in the State Legislature. All city businesses except restaurants and schools will close for the day to allow a special train trip to Columbus with the local delegation.
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Glouster
C. F. Wallace
Columbus
Glouster Beats Logan in Special Bowling Match
In a Monday league event at Wolf & Sons alleys Glouster toppled visiting Logan by 292 pins. J Johnston led Glouster with 600 while Logan’s Starsmith posted 549. Rich Leaf won two games for Luckoff in City League action as Red Janchius led with 549.
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Wolf & Sons
Logan
J. Johnston
Starsmith of
Rich Leaf
Luckoff
Red Janchius
Jones Scelaces
Stalemith
Appleman
Columber
W. Wolf
L. Price
J. McA
Tom Cats Open District Tourney With Racine in Logan
GLOUSTER The G H Tom Cats begin the district Class B tournament in Logan this week. Glouster faces Racine Wednesday at 7 p.m. and again Thursday at 8 p.m. The J Cardinals meet Crooksville in the same schedule.
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Racine
Glouster
Tom Cats
Logan
J-T Cardinals
Crooksville
Vandals Take Papers From Car in Athens Incident
Clyde Sellars found his car entered on Sunday night on West Union Street Athens. A thief took his driver's license license registration bill of sale for the car and truck an extra set of keys and valuable contracts and papers from the front compartment.
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Glouster
Clyde Sellars
Athens
W. Union St
Homer Grange 691 to Meet in Regular Session Saturday
Glouster Homer Grange 691 will hold a regular session on Saturday March 4 at 1 pm. Secretary Leroy Brown announced today.
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Glouster
Homer Grange
Leroy Brown
Get Up Nights Determine Kidney Disorder Relief Ad
An advertisement promotes Buketa 25¢ for kidney function support to reduce nocturnal urination and irritation. The ad claims help with frequent or scanty flow and burning sensations and notes availability at Cline Pharmacy with a long standing business relation.
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Cline Pharmacy
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