Boy Scout Troop 63 Charter Is Renewed
Nelsonville Troop 63 sponsored by the Rotary Club renews its charter for the new year. Tommy Keating is scoutmaster with Roger Johnson as assistant. Meetings are Wednesdays at the Gas Co. office on Public Square. An important session is set for Wednesday evening January 19 at 7 o clock with all members asked to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Boy Scouts
Rotary Club
Tommy Keating
Roger Johnson
Gas Co
Public Square
Fourth War Loan Drive Opens in Nelsonville Tuesday
Nelsonville takes up the Fourth War Loan Drive with Frank G. Smith as chair and Ralph W. Parks and Philip B. Weller as vice chairs. The local quota is 983,294 with 826,102 for Vinton Township. A kickoff meeting at the Elks Club on Jan. 17 will distribute canvassing kits and align volunteers. Local agencies return as aides, and a Jan. 24 High School program in Isonville features veterans, music, and entertainment to rally support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Frank G. Smith
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Ralph W. Parks
Peoples Bank Co
Philip B. Weller
First National Bank
Ris Pergrin
Peoples Bank
D. W. Codding
C. Roy Tomlinson
Kennethee Blake Mechem
Parker S. Sniffen
E. L. Koehler
Buchtel
Elks Club
Fred H. Sands
Athens County
Nelsonville Home and Savings Association
Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Peoples Bank Co
the Elks
Isonville
Athens
Mediterranean
Pacific
R. D. Gardner
E. A. Hansen
Ohio University
Darrel E
Jonsey) Sams
B. A
Wolfe
Former Nelsonville Resident Bert Stedman Die s at 64 in Belle Vernon
Bert Stedman aged 64 former Nelsonville resident died at his Belle Vernon Pennsylvania home on December 8 from a heart attack. His wife Kate predeceased him by 41 days. Surviving are five children George and Sam of Belle Vernon Wilford of Great Lakes Training Station James at Camp Davis North Carolina and Florence at home. Also two brothers Clarence Bucyrus and Guy Carbon Hill and two sisters Ethel Beerman and Bertha Landis of Columbus. He was the son of Sam and Calista Stedman longtime Sand Run residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Bert Stedman
Belle Vernon
Kate
George
Sam
Wilford
Great Lakes Training Station
James
Camp Davis
N. C
Florence
Clarence
Bucyrus
Guy
Carbon Hill
Ethel Beerman
Bertha Landis
Columbus
Mr. Stedman
Sam and
Calista Stedman
Sand Run
High School Band Show at Six Towns
An open talent program features a high school band with a variety of acts including tricks on a trical guitar. Roger Connor serves as master of ceremonies. The event, free of charge, will be held in Mechanicsburg Amesville Chauncey New Marshfield Nelsonville and The Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Connor
Mechanicsburg
Amesville
Chauncey
New Marshfield
Nelsonville
The
Plains
Mayor Howe Speaks to York Township Women’s Club
York Township Republican Women’s Club met at First Baptist Church with Mayor Miles Howe as guest speaker. He discussed national issues and delinquent children, urged support for the National War Bond Drive and Salvage Campaign, and Founders Day plans on Lincoln’s Birthday with a potluck and guest night scheduled for Feb 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
York Township
Republican Women's Club
First Baptist Church
Raymond Brunston
Lou Chapman
Miles Howe
Lincoln
Republican Party
Preston Dexter
Cecil Woodson
Edith Walker
Hope Woodson
Clinton Chapman
Ruth Long
Delbert Thompson
Delia Lewis
York servicemen update and family notes
John Fellem Jr. of Nelsonville, medically discharged last August after 10 months at Billings General Hospital, Fort Benjamin Harrison, moved to St. Francis Hospital Columbus for observation. Pvt Cecil Fellem, 18 months in service, arrives in New Guinea and reports all well. Pvt John Thomas on leave from Camp Barkeley joins his brother at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Pvt Robert Blackford, from Camp Butner, spends days at home with wife and family awaiting return. Clyde Ray and Edward Figgins also at Camp Butner and reported OK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fellem, Jr
Joan Feilem
Nelsonville
Army
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Cecil Fellem
John Fellem
New Guinea
O. K
John Thomas
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Thomas Thomas
Deanville
Camp Atterbury
Thos.Thomas, Jr
Robert Blackford
Camp Butner
N. C
Clyde Ray
Edward Figgins
Blackford
Darkest Africa mayor takes oath as new town leader
In a ceremonial gathering at City Hall Mayor Miles Howe was inducted with help from a common pleas judge and two ministers. The new Council, largely Republican, organized and set an annual appropriation ordinance while debating a gas rate measure. The piece notes a strong home-front mood, wartime shortages, and a call to preserve American pride as soldiers return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Africa
Miles Howe
Common Pleas
City Hall
Howe
Daniel Nelson
Arthur Kennedy
Louisiana
Georgia
Court Street
Hickory Corners
Miraculous Medal Novena moved to Sunday at St Andrews
The regular weekly Novena Service of the Miraculous Medal at St Andrews Church Nelsonville will be held Sunday night at 7 30 p m instead of Monday A Requiem High Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Bishop James J Hartley will be held Monday at 830 a m at the church
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Nelsonville
St. Andrews
James J. Hartley
Nelso Club Holds January Meeting in Columbus
Nelsonville club members formerly from Nelsonville met at the Seneca Hotel in Columbus for January dinner at a long decorated table. Prizes were awarded in contests and games to Mrs Iona Hall and Mrs James Sheppard. attendees included Mesdames Murphy Fulton Sheppard Robinson Born Preston Daft Gray Christopher Evans Hall Kilpatrick Chapman McCarty Primmer Jenkins Cole Groce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelso Club
Nelsonvile
Seneca Hotel
Iona Hall
James Sheppard
Mesdames Clayton Murphy
Roy Fulton
Douglass Robinson
Oscar Born
William Preston
Bert Daft
Tom Gray
Chas. Christopher
Bertha Evans
Georgia Kilpatrick
Cliff Hampton
Lynn Chapman
Chas. McCarty
Frank Primmer
David Jenkins
William R. Cole
Sylvia Groce
Nelsonville Church announces Sunday services and events
The Church of Christ at Fort and Short Streets schedules Bible School at 9:30, worship at 10:30 with Lord's Supper, a sermon by Rev. L. E. Evans on The Gift for this Day, and an 7 p.m. evening service with letters from church service members and a sermon titled Drifting. Choir rehearsal Tuesday 7, midweek meeting Wednesday 7, division captain meetings Monday 7, and the B and O Fellowship Supper postponed to January 28 due to speaker absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Fort and Short Sts
Bible School
L. E. Evans
Christian Endeavor
D. W. Codding
Crabby Crabtree Handles Coal Company Work in Nelsonville
Nelsonville native Crabby Crabtree, coach of the Cincinnati Reds, is doing special work for the Carbondale and Dry Dock Coal Companies from his home this winter. He expects to report to Cincinnati early in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Este Crabtree
Cincinnati Reds
Carbondale
Dry Dock
Crabby
Cincinnati
Diamond Jim Brady Sickness Questioned in Social Notes
Fragments from Nelsonville social notes discuss Diamond Jim Brady and possible stomach or ulcer pains. An Udga advertisement urges sufferers to try a 25¢ box with a double-your-money-back offer at Athens Pharmacy and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Jim Brady
Athens
Ady
Nelsonville Education Association Second Social Meeting
The Nelsonville Education Association met January 12 at 7 o'clock in the Home Economics Rooms for the second social gathering of the year. Miss Blanche Linton reported on the Ohio Education Association Columbus convention. Supt. D W Codding gave a summary of superintendent group meetings. Glenn Hanes discussed school finance under Ohio laws and read relevant quotations and poems. President Gordon Thompson adjourned the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Education Association
Blanche Linton
Ohio Education Association
Columbus
D.W. Codding
Glenn Hanes
Athens County
PTA Meeting Scheduled at Nelsonville High School
The High School P T A will hold a meeting Monday at 7 30 PM in the high school building. Miss Pauline Fierce from Home Economics will lead the program and refreshments will be served after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Nelsonville
P.T.A
Pauline Fierce
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Sunday Messenger
Ohio
Jan Frank G. Smith
Nelsonyill
Boy Scout
Betts
W. Wash. St
Nelsonville, Ohio
OPA
Mechem’s
York
W. Wash. St. Nels
USMC
NEA
Baker
Bougainville Island
Daniel Diggs
Asheville
Samuel C. Pitts
Philadelphia
Everett Withrow
Pullyup
Wash
C. H. Bartlett
America
Bricker
Dewey
Paul Parks
Willkie
John Reed
Jon Holland
Beauty Studio
W. Col. St. Nelsonville
United States War & Onds
Home & Savings
Hilleary's
W. Wash. St. Nelsonville
Diamond Jim
Western Auto
Education Association
Hallmark
Valentine
Gem Pharmacy
Renee
Murray City
K. of Pi
Grace Shaffer
Clara
Specia
Tignor Beauty Shop
Chestnut St
Esther Cherryholmes
Cherry Beauty Salon
Letha Lou Beauty Salon
W. Cols. St. Nels
iPhone
Pt. Pleasant
Styles
Hades
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