Eagles Set Date for First Public Dance in Nelsonville
The Eagles announce a public dance at the K of P Hall Nelsonville on Wednesday January il. The dance committee Basil Whitlatch Fuzzy Evans Clyde Ray and Dewey Whyte promises one of Southern Ohio's best bands. More than 500 tickets have been sold signaling a major February event for the community. The group plans additional dances if this first one succeeds.
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Nelsonville
Eagles
K. of P. Hall
Basil Whitlatch
Fuzzy Evans
Clyde Ray
Dewey Whyte
Ohio
Nelsonville man named as Ohio Senate page
Paul L. Evans, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Ed C Evans, was appointed a page in the Ohio Senate. A Nelsonville graduate and York Township Republican, the news was announced yesterday.
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Nelsonville
Paul L. Evans
Ed C Evans
Ohio Senate
Paul
York Township
Nelsonville Benefit Party This Friday Evening
A benefit party is set for Friday at 7 30 in the St Andrews Parish Hall. The event aims to raise funds for a local cause and invites community members to participate in the social gathering.
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Nelsonville
St. Andrews
James Koon Pleads Guilty To Charge
James Koon admits to shooting Loudermilk after waiting at the shanty on December 22. He says he acted alone and hid the money, while investigators note a loaded revolver on Laudermilk and a gun traced to Massa Koon. Police report changes in Koon story and eventual confession.
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Koon
Laudermilk
Ted Power
Deanville
Bateman
Bertha Koon
Massa
Douglas Jennings
Athens
Ferris
Norman Koon
Frazee Dies in Columbus Hospital
Murray City Harry Frazee a 58 year old foreman with the state highway department died Wednesday at University Hospital Columbus after a period of ill health. Funeral services will be Sunday at two at the family home with interment in Green Lawn Cemetery. He leaves a wife Bess a son Joe a brother Carl of Detroit and two sisters Mrs Margaret Smart Murray City and Mrs Ethel Driggs Columbus.
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Harry Frazee
State Highway Department
University Hospital
Columbus
Greenlawn Cemetery
Frazee
Bess
Joe
Carl
Detroit
Margaret Smart
Ethel Driggs
Collumbus
Murder in Robbery Suspect as Yet Unidentified
Laudermilk was found dead in his shanty with a shotgun blast. Coroner ruled murder during a robbery. weapon located but no clear signs of recent firing. Last seen Dec 22 at Warren home. funeral held at Green Lawn Cemetery with three Springfield brothers in attendance.
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Deanville
CCC
Russell
Laudermilk
Ted Powers
Bateman
A. L. Pritchard
Garrett Warren
W. B. Hanes
Warren
Greenlawn
Springfield
Nelsonville Social Notes and Club Meetings Include Community Events
Community notes report Mrs. Fred Wilson hosting the Martha Class social on Jan 3 with 22 members and one guest, plus funeral news for Mrs. Minnie Mahoney. Local groups plan meetings at IOOF Hall, Madison Street, Chestnut Street, and Hy perion Club, with guest Sophia Wakim to speak and a Missionary Society gathering. A note adds a Central Australia water scarcity fact about yam moisture diets.
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Fred Wilson
Martha
Methodist Church
Wilson
Pete Shough
L. R. Powell
Jennie Powell
Miles Howe
Will Evans
Greyhounds Face Logan in SEOL Showdown
Nelsonville Greyhounds open a two game home stand hosting Logan Chieftains Friday night with a Reserve clash preceding at 7:30 and a varsity meeting at 8:30. The Hounds seek their first win after a two week holiday layoff while Logan aims to extend a league winning stance against depleted Nelsonville reserves.
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Nelsonville Greyhounds
Logan Chieftains
Jackson Iron Men
Camp Nelson
Chieftain
Hound
Logan
Scarlet and Gray
Hounds
Chieftains
Glouster
Mansfield
McArthur
Abraham
Mellinger Pughline Team Wins Match at Central Alleys
Nelsonville bowling report highlights Mellinger and Pughline defeating Pairan Mechem 1066 to 1017. Mellinger filled in for ill John Brooks with games of 356 388 322 for a 575 series, while Pughline added 491. Lee led C Haddy and C Lee 556 with a 201 best.
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Nelsonville
Mike Mellinger
Tony Pughline
Pairan-Mechem
Central Alleys
Mellinger
John Brooks
Blake Mechem
Mort Pairan
Pairan
Pughline
Huddy
Lee
Haddox
Smith
Garden Sewing Circle Holds Meeting
The Sunshine Sewing Circle met at Mrs. G. E. Coen's home last Wednesday to make a quilt for her. A potluck dinner followed. Members present included Maggie Buck Flora Meighen Velma Barnhill Eva Mohler Glennie St. Clair Catherine Goldsberry Martha Coen and several visitors. The next meeting will be Jan 11 at Mrs. Glennie St. Clair's.
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Sunshine Sewing Circle
G. E. Coen
Coen
Maggie Buck
Flora Meighen
Velma Barnhill
Eva Mohler
Glennie St. Clair
Catherine Goldsberry
Martha Coen
Flo Goldsberry
Columbus
Story Coen
Edith Coen
Glenn
Charles
Bob
Carol
Nadine
Ward Cunningham
Guysville
Aldo Barnhill
Donna Jewell
J. W. Weatherby
Hubert Weatherby
Paul Dowler
Louise Beal
Athens
Clarence Kyle
Detroit
Flora Kyle
Canton
New Yyar’s
Elda Smith
Norma Jean
Delbert Stancart
John Linear
Minersville Social and Personal Notes
Miss Avis Whaley returning to Columbus spent Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Webb Whaley and was joined by her sister Maxine for several days. Mrs Linnie Rummel and family visited sister Mrs Lulu Millis in Jacksonville. New Year guests included Mrs Ray Anderson and daughter Jacqueline Charleston and others from Pt Pleasant Pomeroy and nearby towns. Mrs Pearl Phillips learned of brother James McIntosh illness in Newfeld Ohio and operation in East Liverpool. visiting relatives followed. George Brown hosted New Year guests including sons and their families from Pomeroy and nearby. Lester Rose, recently in a CCC camp in Oregon, returns home for a stay with his father Cassa Rose. Miss Anna Catharine Mescher and Robert Haley Harrah married at dawn New Year’s Eve in Pomeroy with Rev Ralph Reuther officiating.
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Avis Whaley
Columbus
Webb Whaley
Maxine
Linnie Rummel
Glenna
Herbert Dixon
Lulu Millis
Jacksonville
Ethel
Clara Garland
Ray Anderson
Jacqueline
Charleston
George Childs
Pleasant
Minnie Davis
Sara Phillips
Pomeroy
John Mc- Callum
Norman Mc- Callum
Margaret
Mary
Pearl Phillips
James McIntosh
Newfell
East Liverpool
Phillips
Otto Hartenbach
Adolph Grueser
Grueser
Fred Mescher
George Brown
Raymond Brown
Clyde Brown
Victor Brown
Lester Rose
Oregon
Cassa Rose
Herschel
Anna Catharine Mescher
Harry Mescher
Robert Haley Harrah
Middleport
Ralph Reuther
GOP Club To Meet In Nelsonville
There will be an important meeting of the Mc Kinley Bricker Club tonight at 7 30 at the Legion Building. Dr W P Clark will be the speaker. A good attendance of Republicans of York Township is urged.
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IOOF
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Chestnut St
Hyperion Club
C. H. Bartlett
Sophia Wakim
Ohio University
Dew Hotel
Nelsonville
McKinley-Bricker Club
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W. P. Clark
York Township
FDR seeks more billions for WPA and relief program
President Roosevelt plans to request just over 750 million dollars to extend WPA through February to June 30. total recovery and relief costs would rise to 3.187 billion. He aims to cut costs to 2.266 billion in 1940, with 1.5 billion for WPA, 125 million for NYA, and 60 million for Farm Security Administration. No hidden defense spending in WPA or NYA plans.
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Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
WPA
National Youth Administration
Farm Security Administration
NYA
Covert Ice Team Hosts Camp Nelson Friday Night
The Covert Ice independent basketball squad makes its home debut Friday at 6 30 p m in Nelsonville at the high school gym. They meet Camp Nelson and will play without center Paul Whyte who is ill. Standouts include Bob Lancaster Hod Cope Meade Whyte Bob Blair Bill Watkins Kenney Cope Gene Conners and Dan Shay.
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Covert Ice
Camp Nelson
Covert’s
Paul Whyte
Bob Lancaster
Hod Cope
Meade Whyte
Bob Blair
Bill Watkins
Kenney Cope
Gene Conners
Dan Shay
Infant Kovaleski dies at home near Chauncey
Five month old Ronald Kovaleski twin son of Mr and Mrs Clem Kovaleski died at the family home near Chauncey Wednesday evening. Survived by parents four brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Nelsonville
Ronald Kovaleski
Clem Kovaleski
Chauncey
Nelsonville School Board Elects Officers
Nelsonville City School Board met for its organization meeting on Monday afternoon. C. W. Monks was elected president, with Mrs. Nelle Dowler as vice president and C. E. Washburn as clerk.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville City
C. W. Monks
Nelle Dowler
C. E. Washburn
Gas Pipes Extend Service in Nelsonville Back St Area
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co completes aBack Street extension this week laying about 800 feet of mains to serve nine families in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Back St
Former Cleveland Mayor Harry L Davis Hospitalized
Harry L Davis former Cleveland mayor and former governor will be confined in a hospital in Cleveland for the next two weeks under his personal physician care.
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Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
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