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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1940

Page

2

Nelsonville Board debates lighting high school field

Nelsonville Board of Education favors flood light installation for night football. The athletic committee was asked to obtain cost estimates and financing plans with a view to installing the system by next fall. The board approved bonds, surety for Clerk Washburn, and annual appropriations totaling $86,421.42 from the general fund.

Athens Messenger Athens Ohio Nelsonville Board of Education Nelsonville C. E Washburn Board of Education C. W. Monks Nelle Dowler R. W. Parks C. E. Washburn L. J. Krieg

Rev Miner to Be at Pilgrim Church in Nelsonville

The Rev. W. R. Miner, missionary to the Isle of Pines Cuba, will speak at Pilgrim Holiness Church Chestnut Street Nelsonville on Sunday January 28 at 10 30 a m and 7 p m He is also an accomplished musician and will perform on an electric Hawaiian guitar Sunday School at 9 30 a m Walter Primmer is superintendent A welcome is extended to all not attending elsewhere.

Nelsonville W. R. Miner Pilgrim Holiness Church Chestnut St Isle of Pines Cuba Walter Primmer

Nelsonville Girls Win First Of Season

Nelsonville High School girls beat Buchtel 84 to lead in a preliminary to the Covert New Marshfield contest. Lois Bateman scored three while Bonnie Connors Doris Cook and Mary Cope added points. Guard play by Margie Beverage and Betty Stewart limited Buchtel stars Wagner and Worthington. The Nelsonville team schedules games with Ames Bern, Logan, Bliss College, New Marshfield, and Amesville through February. Dewey Whyte books the schedule.

Nelsonville Buchtel Girls Lois Bateman Bonnie Connors Doris Cook Mary Cope Margie Beverage Betty Stewart Buchtel Wagner Worthington Ames- Bern High School Logan Girls Columbus Bliss College New Marshfield Girls Ames-Bern Amesville Akron Dewey Whyte Columbus St

Mrs. Almira Graft Dies in Nelsonville

Nelsonville widow of Enoch Graft dies at her daughter Mrs. Blanche Wolfe home on Chestnut Street. Survived by another daughter Mrs. Murriel Mathews of Zanesville, three sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 at the Wolfe residence with burial at Greenlawn.

Nelsonville Almira Graft Enoch Graft Blanche Wolfe Chestnut St Wolfe Murriel Mathews Zanesville Viola Trout Deila Mace Middleport Julia Allen Oklahoma Victor McWhorter Columbus Greenlawn

John Pickett Dies in Wellsburg West Virginia

John Pickett a former Nelsonville resident died Thursday in Wellsburg West Virginia His body will be brought to Stouts Funeral Home for burial at Green Lawn Cemetery He was the brother of George Pickett whose funeral was held here a few weeks ago

Nelsonville John Pickett Wellsburg W. Va Stouts Funeral Home Greenlawn Cemetery George Pickett

Local 146 United Shoe Workers Meeting Set

Nelsonville group Local 146 United Shoe Workers announces a meeting Monday night at 7 30 in the K of P Hall.

Nelsonville United Shoe Workers K. of P. Hall

Chester Grange Hosts Degree Work Tuesday

Chester Grange No. 2609 met Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ritchie receiving the first four degrees. The event featured degree work by the Women’s and Young People’s degree teams and refreshments. Nearby notices mention February meetings, illness recoveries, and a burial for an infant from Flatwoods.

Chester Chester Grange No. 2609 Carl Ritchie T. K. Bell Henry Beaver Paul Hoffman Vern Cleland Hayes Brown E. R. Hayes Columbus Mabel Cleland Racine Coolville Racine Purple Jennie Osborne Chester M. E. Ladies Aid Clarence Roecher Leslie Kimes Ernest Windon Flatwoods Chester Cemetery

McDougal News Briefs

Sunday schedule lists Sunday School at 1 30 and preaching by Rev Nutter at 2 30. Family visits include Clarence Morris and family Sugar Creek with Pearl Morris, and Warren Munn with Herald Parker Athens. Sam Totten and family visited E T Linscott in New Lexington on Sunday.

Stocks on Mixed day in Quiet New York Trade

Stocks and bonds were irregular in quiet trading today. Bethlehem Steel opened 1,000 shares at 7 percent off and then recovered. Bethlehem 5 percent preferred rose to 203 16, up 21 16. Other steel issues steady. Coppers narrowly mixed. Aviation issues firm, mercantile securities, utilities slightly easier and motors firm.

New York Bethlehem Steel Bethlehem Phillips Pet N. Y. Central Amer. Corp Pacific Emwenee Alaska Goodyear Tobacco Nash Kelvinator Weews Col Commonwealth Commel. Credit Ewes Harvester Kennecottes Mont Ward Weeee Distillers Seagram Radio Corp Conne Weeee Ee Schenley Distillers Sears Roswuck Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Elec Cence Procter and Gamble Alum. Corp. of America Amer Barnsdall Oil A Republic Aviation Ohio

Livestock and Grain Prices Across Several Markets

Price listings show Toledo grain quotes for Wheat, Corn and Oats with varying No 1 red and No 2 yellow grades. Pittsburgh and Chicago produce markets report butter eggs and poultry prices, while livestock in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati lists cattle hogs calves with price ranges. A note states blue is favored by men and red by women in car color tastes.

Toledo

Caribou Reintroduction Experiment underway in Nova Scotia

Nine caribou with young were brought from Newfoundland and released into a game preserve in Nova Scotia as part of a provincial experiment to reestablish herds. The effort, led by provincial authorities, aims to allow the animals to roam the forests once again.

Liscombe N. S Nova Scotia Newfoundland

Milton Hoodlet 56 Dies in Florida

Nelsonville mourns Milton Hoodlet 56 who died at his Fort Lauderdale home. Born in Nelsonville to Jacob and Elizabeth Hoodlet he was the youngest of 13 children. He lived in Florida about 15 years and is survived by a wife a daughter Emma Jo three brothers John Charles and Porter and two sisters Mrs. Kate Withoft and Mrs. Ella Garner.

Nelsonville Milton Hoodlet Fort Lauderdale Fla Ft. Lauderdale Hoodlet Jacob Elizabeth Hoodlet Emma Jo John Charles Hoodlet Porter Newark Kate Withoft Oakland Calif Ella Garner Columbus

Purrington to Lead Holy Communion in Nelsonville Church

The Epiphany Episcopal Church in Nelsonville holds its regular monthly Holy Communion service at 9 a.m. with Rev. Robert G. Purrington as celebrant and preacher.

Nelsonville

Nelsonville-Western Baseball Officers Club Benefit Party

The Nelsonville-W.B.A. Officers Club hosts a benefit party this Saturday at 8 PM in Spray Hall. Patrons are asked to bring month-end tickets.

Nelsonville St. Andrews Church St. Andrews W.B.A

Nelsonville Social Notes and Club Gatherings

The M M Club plans a 7 30 gathering at Mrs Minnie Scott's home on W Washington St. The GA Club sponsors a benefit party at the hall Saturday night with Mrs Oral Daugherty as lone substitute in the bridge game led by Mr Gay Aumilier. Mrs Wallace Glenn, Mrs Dee Shafer and Mrs Gay Aumilier top scores.

M.M. Club Minnie Scott W. Washington St GA. Club Too.f Oral Daugherty Gay Aumilier Wednesday Bridge Club Wallace Glenn Dee Shafer

Nelsonville CBS Church of the Air program set Sunday

The Church of the Air on CBS is scheduled for Sunday January 28 at 1 PM EST. The broadcast is sponsored by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Nelsonville Church of the Air Chain Columbia Broadcasting System Reorganized Churches O Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sain

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