Bols Galvin Midkiffe Are Appointed
Nelsonville mayor Herman Ogg announced the appointment of Win Bols Orville Midkiffe and Joe Galvin Jr to the City Board of Health. Bols fills the unexpired term of William Raybould ending 1945, Midkiffe serves to 1946 and Galvin to 1947. They replace Mrs. Joe Verity and William Powell. other board members are Charles Shafer and William Buechler.
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Nelsonville
Herman Ogg
City Board of Health
Win Bols
Orville Midkiffe
Joe Galvin
Bols
William Raybould
Midkiffe
Galvin
Joe Verity
William Powell
Charles Shafer
William Buechler
Miss Rhea Brown Weds Wayne Weese in Creola Ceremony
Miss Rhea O Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs William W Brown of McArthur wed Wayne Weese son of Mr and Mrs M F Weese of Jackson in an afternoon ceremony Sunday July 6 at the Latter Day Saints Church Creola A reception for about 50 relatives and friends followed at Brown's Restaurant Weese is a Jackson High School 1939 graduate employed by O R Henry Wholesale Grocery Co Jackson Brown is McArthur High School 1940 graduate and Deputy Auditor of Vinton County
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McArthur
Rhea O. Brown
William W. Brown
Wayne Weese
M. F. Weese
Jackson
Latter Day Saints Church
Creola
Weese
Jackson High School
O. R. Henry Wholesale Grocery Company
McArthur High School
Vinton County
Brown's Restaurant
Church of Christ Program Announced
NELSONVILLE The Church of the Nazarene announces services led by pastor W. L. Williams. July 12 will feature Nazarene youth in full charge of day services. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. N. Y. P. S. meets at 7 p.m. with evangelistic service at 7:30 p.m. Miss Florence Parsons and Miss Pauline Wood, with Miss Helen Lehman, lead activities. Public invited.
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Nelsonville
Church of the Nazarene
W. L. Williams
Nazarene
Florence Parsons
Pauline Wood
Helen Lehman
Nora Wein 72 Dies in Columbus After Treatment
Nora Wein 72 widow of Conrad Wein died this morning at Grant Hospital Columbus after treatment. Survived by six children including Clifford Wein Fred Wein Mrs J C Archer Athens and Mrs H J Frazee Pittsburgh. Body at Stout Funeral Home prior to Sunday service at two burial Greenlawn. Former mine official secretary treasurer United Mine Workers sub district. Member of Eudora Chapter OE S Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Nora Wein
Conrad Wein
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Clifford
Fred Wein
J. C. Archer
Adda Smith
Faye Hamer
Athens
H. J. Frazee
Pittsburgh
Stout Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Wein
United Mine Workers
Eudora
Charles Conley Home On 10 Day Furlough
Mr and Mrs Ralph Wilson hosted a chicken dinner at their Buchtel home in honor of Private Charles Conley on a 10 day furlough from Camp Chaffy Arkansas. Attendees included family members and friends. photos were taken and Conley departed for Columbus with several relatives.
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Buchtel
Ralph Wilson
Charles Conley
Camp Chaffy
Arkansas
Edward Conley
Verna Dearing
Irene Dane
Arthur Newman
Akron
Tom Hill
Clara Conley
Conley
Columbus
Donation to USO Fund Is Announced
Local USO drive reports over 1100 dollars raised as chairman man Ogg notes a 6.40 contribution from Fred Russell of City Taxi Co for receipts dated Monday July 6. Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shearer depart for Omaha to attend the Grand Lodge of Elks with Mr. Shearer representing the local BPOE.
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Nelsonville
Herman Ogg
Fred Russell
City Taxi Co
Ogg
Paul Shearer
Omaha
Neb
Grand Lodge of Elks
Nelsonville Birthday Club Hosts Picnic at Rachelmacher Park
Nelsonville Birthday Club held a picnic at Rachelmacher Park Logan Thursday with a six o'clock chicken supper. members listed include Ruth Smith Bonnie Mullins Elizabeth Dickerson Silvia Wallace Dorothy Staley Barbara Eunice Harvey Lillie Wallace Minnie Whitmore Wanda Jackie McDonald Betty Wallace Judy Kathleen Wallace Jerry Muriel Traugh Letha Boling Corrine and two guests Mrs Faye Feedman and Mrs Margaret Brossit Detroit. Fifteen Rainbow Class members of the Church of Christ gathered at Mrs Bernice Johnson Adams Street Thursday evening for a business session led by president Mrs Lu Allen followed by a pot luck lunch and treasurer’s report read by Miss Sigrid Love.
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Nelsonville
Rachelmacher Park
Logan
Ruth Smith
Bonnie Mullins
Elizabeth Dickerson
Silvia Wallace
Dorothy Staley
Barbara
Eunice Harvey
Lillie Wallace
Minnie Whitmore
Wanda
Jackie McDonald
Betty Wallace
Judy
Kathleen Wallace
Jerry
Muriel Traugh
Letha Boling
Corrine
Faye Feedman
Margaret Brossit
Detroit
Church of Christ
Bernice Johnson
Adams St
Lu Allen
Sigrid Love
Ration Board Awards Car Tire Aid in Nelsonville Meeting
The Ration Board awarded a new automobile to the Dry Dock Coal Co. at its meeting. It approved tire retreads for William Davis Carbondale Coal Co. D. F. Shafer Rev. Charles Hook Jean Dicken Hope Hollow Coal Co. Francis Bodkins and ordered tubes for A Hostetter New Marshfield and other listed operators.
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Nelsonville
Dry Dock Coal Co
William Davis
Carbondale Coal Co
D. F. Shafer
New York Coal Co
A. Hostetter
Rev
Charles Hook
Kimberly
Jean Dicken
Farmer
New Marshfield
Hope Hollow Coal Co
Francis Bodkins
Church Services and Week Activities at Nazarene
Nelsonville report lists Church of Christ services on July 12 with Bible School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m sermon by Rev L E Evans The garment of praise Union service at Methodist Church 7 30 p m guest preacher Rev Stewart W Radford First Presbyterian Harrisburg Ill Week activities include elders and committee meeting Monday choir rehearsal Tuesday and midweek meet Wednesday
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
L. E. Evans
Union
Methodist Church
Stewart W. Radford
First Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg
Ill
Vollenweider Funeral Held Sunday in McArthur
Mrs. O E Vollenweider aged 54 died Friday July 3 at the Vollenweider summer cabin near McArthur. She is survived by her husband and one sister Mrs Rodney Frye of McArthur. Rev O W Williams Columbus and Rev Joseph P Daab McArthur Christian Church officiated. Burial was in Hamden Cemetery.
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Mcarthur
O. E. Vollenweider
Vollenweider
Rodney Frye
O. W.williams
Columbus
Joseph P. Daab
McArthur Christian Church
Hamden Cemetery
Past Matrons and Patrons Picnic at Logan Park
Fifteen members of the Past Matrons and Patrons Association enjoyed their annual picnic at Logan Park on Thursday. The group left the city at three o clock. After dinner at six o clock, games and contests were held until nine.
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Logan Park
Evens and relatives host, report on Evans in Hawaii
Mr and Mrs Arthur Evans of Ashland recently visited relatives Mr and Mrs James Evans. Ellis Covert Clyde Shingler from Columbus visited Mrs Covert’s brother George Katzenbach in Dayton. Their son Private Alfred Burns Evans is in a Hawaii hospital with improved condition. Mr and Mrs Sam Starkey returned from Albany where they stayed with Mr and Mrs Willard Simonton and family.
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Arthur Evans
Ashland
James Evans
Ellis Covert
Clyde Shingler
Columbus
Alfred Burns Evans
Hawaii
Sam Starkey
Albany
Willard Simonton
Mr. Starkey
Retired Railroader Dies at Hamden
Andrew G. Will 69 died Friday at his Hamden home. Funeral services were held Tuesday July 9 at United Brethren Church with Rev B C Arbell officiating. Interment in Hamden cemetery. He lived in Hamden since 1900 retired 12 years ago as freight conductor on the B and O Railroad. Survived by wife Flora a son Mancel of Springfield and two grandsons Samuel Hamden and Richard Springfield. two sisters Mrs McClelland Bagley Hamden and Mrs James Davis Glen Rogers Va. two brothers Lawrence Jackson and Jacob Van Wert Ky.
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Samuel Hamden
Richard
Springfield
Will
McClelland Bagley
Hamden
James Davis
Glen Rodgers
Lawrence
Jackson
Jacob
van Wert
Methodist Church Announces Services in Nelsonville
The First Methodist Church in Nelsonville will hold a morning sermon on Sunday July 12 with the title The Changing and the Changeless delivered by Rev. William M. George. Union services will follow at 7 30 PM with Rev. Stewart W. Radford of Harrisburg Illinois preaching.
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Nelsnville
First Methodist
Nelsonville
William M. George
Methodist
Stewart W. Radford
Harrisburg
Ill
Public Square Park Blossomed by Garden Club Decor
Nelsonville is brightened around the Public Square fountain by the Garden Club led by Egbert Whitmore. Rows of rose and blue petunias canvas and dausty millet surround the fountain with white and lavender alyssum edging the border.
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Nelsonville
Garden Club
Egbert Whitmore
Presbyterian Church Sunday Program Noted in Nelsonville
The regular summer communion service will be observed at 10 30 in the morning at the Presbyterian Church Sunday July 12 announced by Rev John Lloyd Evans. The congregation will participate in the union evening service at the Methodist Church.
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Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
John Lloyd Evans
Methodist Church
Death of Mrs Mahala Peirce Lowe in Vinton Township
Mrs Mahala Peirce Lowe aged 78 died at her home in Vinton Township on Tuesday. Survived by children John Hawk Benjamin Albany Jasper Emmett Warren Charles Harvey of Vinton Township Nancy Huston Genoa Tina Molihan Radcliff Emma Peirce Bessie McGhee Mary Garvin Hannah Garvin Wilkesville and Katie Greenwall Columbus.
Pomeroy Social Notes Snapshot of Local Gatherings
Pomeroy social page lists the Victory Club gathering hosted by Mrs. Alice White of Minersville with six attendees. Harrisonville Clover Club met at the Cottrell home July 5 with nine members and two new admissions Don Beeble and Marion Russell. Several local visits are noted including trips to Columbus Huntington and Syracuse plus hospital and family visits among residents.
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Pomeroy
Alice White
Minersville
Victory Club
Nellie Thomas
Blanche Conde
Edith Hood
Eileen Hemsley
Mary Hubbard
Zelma Rizer
Harrisonville
Clover Club
Cottrell
Don Beeble
Marion Russell
Elmer Finlan
Condition of Blackmore Improves After Stroke
POMEROY H J Blackmore former Auditor of Meigs County now in Hillsboro is slightly improved after a recent stroke He will not return to employment for a month Dr and Mrs M D Hartinger of Butternut Ave visited Blackmore and his sister Miss Miriam Blackmore in Hillsboro on Sunday and Monday
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Pomeroy
H. J. Blackmore
Meigs County
Hillsboro
M. D. Hartinger
Butternut Ave
Rev Russell to Speak at Meigs Church Sunday
MIDDLEPORT The Rev Ed ward Russell pastor of a Church of Christ in Indianapolis and son of local residents will be guest speaker at the Church of Christ Sunday morning. His wife accompanies him and they stay at his parents home. A daughter Mrs Robert Russell of California visits. Last Sunday Benjamin F Turner Meigs Chapter DAV service officer and Republican state representative candidate spoke on The Church and Religion with excerpts from World War I dying soldiers letters.
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Middleport
Edward Russell
Church of Christ
Indianapolis
H. Russell
Russell
Robert Russell
California
Benjamin F. Turner
Meigs
Ohio River News Notes: Towboats For Repair Rush Back
Four towboats are in the marine ways for repairs or inspection as high water prompts quick return to service. The Sam P. Suit receives a welded cracked boiler head while D. A. B. heads for rudder and engine work at Steubenville. The William Larimer Jones visits Florence for inspection and Crescent City is serviced. Licenses issued or renewed for about 35 district steamboat operators. Downstream guides may be off station due to high water impacts on navigation.
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East Liverpool
Sam P. Suit
Island Creek Fuel Co
Dravo
Wheeling Steel Corp
D. A.B
Steubenville Landing
William Larimer Jones
Florence Ways
Crescent City
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Wheeling Steel Car
Costanzo Coal Co
Verona
The
Lyons River Transportation Co
U. S. Marine
William B. Rodger
Tri- State
Report 58 Divorces Filed in Meigs County
Meigs County saw 58 divorce cases filed from July 1, 1941 to July 1, 1942 per Clerk of Courts Herman Beards. Gross neglect of duty led with 25 filings, followed by extreme cruelty 22, wilful absence 7, adultery 3, and imprisonment 1.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Herman Beards
Rev John Miller to Be Guest Pastor at First Presbyterian
Middleport The Rev John W Miller executive director of the Westminster Foundation of Ohio will serve as guest minister at First Presbyterian Church in the pastor’s absence His sermon topic is The Years of God There will be no evening worship at the Syracuse charge but Sunday School will meet at the usual hour
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Middleport
John W. Miller
Westminster Foundation of
Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
H. L. Carr
Syracuse
Young Child Dies in Parkersburg Hospital
Joan Ruth Parsons age year old daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Parsons of Vienna WV died Wednesday evening at City Hospital Parkersburg Granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Parsons of Letart Falls and Mr and Mrs P M Durst of Newton Falls Funeral services held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Great Bend Methodist Church
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Pomeroy
Joan Ruth Parsons
R. L. Parsons
Vienna
W. Va
City Hospital
Parkersburg
Donald Parsons
Letart Falls
P. M. Durst
Newton Falls
Great Bend Methodist Church
Glouster Ministers Set Sermon Topics For Sunday
Glouster Church of Christ Pastor CC B Tigner preaches It Biteth Like A Serpent at morning service and Given Him from Heaven at evening. Rev A G Winkle of Glouster Methodist Church leads What Then Must We Do? topics with 10 30 am service and 9 30 am church school. Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday at 6 30 pm and prayer service is Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
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Glouster
CC. B. Tigner
Glouster Church of Christ
Tigner
A. G. Winkle
Glouster Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Rev. Winkle
Glouster Social Notes and Local Travels
Glouster social notes report the Wednesday Bridge Club at Spring St hosted by Mrs. C. L. Easley with three tables. High honors went to Mrs. L. G. Colbert, second to Mrs. Clarence E. Huddy, guest from Columbus, and third to Mrs. L. E. Richardson. Also attending were Mrs. L. W. Ley, Mrs. A. H. Chute, and Mrs. Al Craft.
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Richardson
Ernest Vernon
Ann Dennison
Ray White
R. C. Gatchel
Hedge Donated to Glouster Garden Club
Members of the Glouster Garden Club received a hedge donation after a notice in the paper invited use of yard landscaping hedging at Madison school. Mrs. F M Guthrie directed the dig up and transfer, with Mr and Mrs Bryson Supt and Mrs Figley delivering and planting the hedge. Mr Guthrie is principal at Jacksonville Trimble High School.
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Glouster
Glouster Garden Club
Madison School
M. M. Bryson
F. M. Guthrie
Canaanville Road
Athens
Thomas W. Figley
Guthrie
Milk Association Head Attends Board Meeting
Meigs County Director S Morris of the Southern Ohio Milk Producers Association attended the board meeting in Jackson with Meigs Agricultural Agent C E Blakeslee. The group has filed articles of incorporation to provide farmers a outlet for surplus milk and for manufacturing of milk products.
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Pomeroy
C. S. Morris
Meigs County
Southern Ohio Milk Producers Association
Jackson
C. E. Blakeslee
Meigs Unty Agricultural
Glouster School Attendance Shows Net Gain for 1943
Glouster Superintendent Thomas W. Figley reports that high school average daily attendance in 1941-42 was 204, down nine from the prior year, while grades one through eight averaged 393.5, up 25. With per pupil funding of 67.50 for high school and 45 for grade pupils, the district expects a net gain of 517.50 on the foundation program for 1943.
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Glouster
Thomas W. Figley
Glouster Schools
Eickel Rites Held In Corning Today
Henry F Eickel Sr aged 70 died after a three year illness at his Corning home. A 61 year Corning resident born in Germany he worked as a coal miner and helped found the local Eagles Lodge. Survived by his widow Catherine and many relatives. Funeral held at home with burial in Millertown Cemetery.
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Corning
Henry F Eickel
Eickel
United States
Germany
Services Announced at Trimble Church of Christ
Elder Harry Anguish will preach at the Trimble Church of Christ on the west side Sunday morning and evening. Bible study starts 9:15 with worship at 10:15 and the Lord's Supper. Evening service at 7:30. Sermons titled Going Opposite and Following Whom or What. Public invited. Broadcast Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. on WWYVA Wheeling WV featuring Evangelist BD Hadwin.
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Trimble
Harry Anguish
Trimble Church of Christ, West Side
Trimble Church
WWYVA
Wheeling
W. Va
Church of Christ
BD. H. Hadwin
Promotion of Russell Shepard to Sergeant at Randolph Field
Promoted to sergeant Russell Eugene Shepard formerly of Malta is stationed at Randolph Field Texas and recently enlisted in the air corps last July. Mr and Mrs James Roberts Broad Street are his uncle and aunt and note his rapid progress in training.
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Glouster
Russell Eugene Shepard
Malta
Randolph Field
Tex
James Roberts
Broad St
Sgt. Shepard
Air Corps
Abandon Project Glouster Chicken Supper Canceled
The Methodist Youth Fellowship announced a Saturday evening chicken supper in Glouster has been canceled. This cancellation affects all planned attendees and related church events.
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Glouster
Methodist Youth Fellowship
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