Pool Attracts Many During Heat Wave
Nelsonville WPA reports a heat wave boosting pool use as hundreds visit daily. Civic events include a craft clay modeling class by Zoa Coakley at 2 PM Wednesday at the stadium field and a Story Telling Club tea party next Tuesday at 10 AM. Tennis interest rises with Friday evening start. notable players Shaffer Rothermund Shay Selby Whyte Jones and others listed for singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
WPA
Zoa Coakley
Sonny Shaffer
Eggie Rothermund
Frank Shay
James
Charles Selby
Paul Whyte
Bill Jones
Norris Returns From Vacation For Logan Clay Co, visits
John W Norris resumes work after a two week break. He spent a week on a business trip to western and southern states for Logan Clay Product Co. Logan. He visited Anderson Indiana where Mrs. Norris and daughter Mary joined Mr. and Mrs. Ray Finlay. The Norris family made several local visits before returning home. A separate note clarifies that John Williams, highway inspector, was not arrested or fined in the local mayor's court for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John W. Norris
Logan Clay Product Co
Logan
Anderson
Ind
John W. Norris, Jr
Wilmington
Rt. 2
John Williams
Walnut Sr
Legion To Discuss Building Repairs At Meeting
Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post of the American Legion will hold a Wednesday evening meeting. Several important matters will be presented. All members are urged to attend as further repairs to the building and roof repairs require immediate action.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan
American Legion
Nelsonville Bride Louise Skinner Weds Orla Hochman
Louise Skinner and Orla Hochman wed at the Skinner home in Nelsonville with close family in attendance. Rev. W M George performed the ring ceremony. reception followed. The couple will live on Fort Street after a motor trip. Hochman manages the Standard service station on the Public Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Louise Skinner
S. N. Skinner
Orla Hochman
Riverside
W. M. George
First Methodist Church
Evelyn Skinner
Paul Galvin
Fort St
Hochman
Hemlock Social Notes and Court Sale in Athens
Local notes list visits and travels of residents from Glouster to Columbus and Detroit with relatives in Shawnee Athens and Utica. The Milton Banking Company sues Sadie A Gilmore. sale of property in Athens Lot 847 at 44 N Shafer St scheduled for August 2, 1940 at 1:30 PM, appraised at 2600 dollars with two thirds minimum, cash sale.
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State of Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Milton Banking Company
a _ corporation
Sadie A. Gilmore
Court House
Athens
Ohio
Blackwood
N. Shafer St
Charles W. Bayless
Esther B. Gross
Harry B. Reese
Murray Class Goes to Lake for Picnic
Murray City July 23. Miss Mary Bauers led Sunday School Class on an all day picnic to Lake Hope. Attendees included Mary Lou Koon, Mary Lanning, Adrian Kinningson, Betty Barsock, Betty Sapp, Nalda and Shirley Slater, Betty Currens, Nellie Spencer, Mary Belle Bryan and extended family. Continued visits and travels include relatives in Cleveland and Glouster, with plans for a summer stay and upcoming marriage announcements in the Patterson and Lewis families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Mary Bauers
Lake Hope
Mary Loug Koon
Mary Lanning
Adrian Kinnison
Betty Barsock
Betty Sapp
Nalda
Shirley Slater
Betty Currens
Nellie Spencer
Mary Belle Bryan
Gratis Bryan
Ed Slater
Rolland Hanson
Mary Lou Andrews
Detroit
Albert Spencer
Harry Patterson
Cleveland
Leonard Koenig
Luther Wallace
Lewisburg
W. Va
Patterson
Merlin
Vaughn Collins
Barberton
Fred Collins
Leo Mitchell
Crooksville
Spencer
Janet Maxwell
Corning
Grace Donoghue
Lorenzo Lewis
Mike
Bethel
Eliza Frazee
Columbus
M. R. Lewis
Charles Hoffman
Clarence Hoffman
William Hoffman
Albany
Ann
Margaret Popoczy
Frank
John
Edward
Joe Popoczy
Joe Taylor
Moe Tolen
Chippewa Lake
Thomas
Glouster
Joe Crewe
Philip Fisher
Aubrey Irvin
Earl Irvin
Frank Wright
the Plains
Vern Wright
Ruth Loper
Bertie Boling
Earl Morris
Joe Hellyer
Ward Rural Band Boosters Plan Summer Benefits
The Ward Rural Band Boosters Club met July 22 at the high school to set a roller skating party at Grotto Grounds on July 26 an ice cream social on August 2 and to collect sales stamps. Proceeds fund instrument repairs and 15 attended. Next meeting August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Hill
Ward Rural Band Boosters Club
Grotto Grounds
Meetings Draw Strong Attendance at Jobs Junction
Tented meetings at Jobs Junction are well attended with nightly services at 7:30 led by Rev. John Currens of Murray City Holiness Church and Frank Walton of Morristown. The Martin Sisters Mable and Ilene of New Pittsburg oversee special singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Jobs Junction
John Currens
Murray City
Lodge Plans Trip to New Marshfield Meeting
Nelsonville Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias will meet at New Marshfield on Wednesday night. Knights are asked to go to the clubrooms at Pythian Castle at 6:45 p.m. Those with cars should bring them. After the meeting water melon will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville—Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
New Marshfield
Pythian Castle
Marshfield
Scouts Meet Tonight at West School for Troop 66 Session
Explorer Scouts of Troop 66 are requested to attend a 7:30 pm patrol meeting at West School. Parry Bateman is first mate, Charles Pedigo second mate, Carl Windle yeoman, Don Jonas treasurer. All eligible members should attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Explorer Scouts
West School
Parry Bateman
Charles Pedigo
Carl Windle
Don Jonas
Mayor Nelsonville Arraignment Ends in Fine
Guy Fellem of this city pleaded guilty to intoxication at arraignment in the court of Mayor C. Dew Monday, and was fined five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Guy Fellem
C. Dew
Public Enemy Doubled By Hemp Ailments And Drug Use
Wild hemp is described as a double public enemy causing suffering to hay fever sufferers and serving as a source for making marihuana cigarettes.
Budget Notice of The Plains Rural School District
Copies of the 1941 budget for The Plains Rural School District in Athens County Ohio are on file. A hearing will be held at 8 p m on August 1 in the high school building office of the Superintendent. c J McCullough Clerk.
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Plains Rural
Athens County
Ohio
Hamden Personal News Recap of Sunday Visits
Hamden residents share Sunday visits across towns. Hattie Sowers and family visited Paul Brooks in Sciotoville. Graves improved from illness. Shirley Rinehart returned home after visiting relatives. Several others from Creola to Chillicothe and Columbus were guests or travelers, and houses on Railroad St and Trainer estate see painting and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hutchinson
Ed Kerns
Lovica Felsenthal
B. M. Thornton
Marvin
Chillicothe
T. H. Leffler
Susie Davis
Jackson
John Rinehart
Ray Webb
Morea
Mendell
Robert Strausbaugh
Columbus
Hamden and
Puritan
Andy Wills
Sammy
Leon Snyder
Roy Robbins
Huntington
W. Va
William J. Rowe
J. D. Rowe
Earl Gardner
Hooper’s Park
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Mary Comink
Ohio University
Frank Comink
Charles Salts
Trainer Estate
Anna Stanton
Railroad St
T. C. Lewis
Helen Johnson
Gallipolis
Hamden
John Haynes
Haynes
Rev. Frye
Gallia
Pocahontas Hall to Host Degree Benefit Party
Degree of Pocahontas sponsors a benefit party in Pocahontas Hall Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock to raise funds for its activities. Local residents are invited to attend for an evening of support and community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Degree of
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Hall
Glouster Personalities Enjoy Motor Party Trip
A mixed party including Mr. and Mrs. F L Thomas Amesville Miss Augusta Gordon of New York City Mr S B Danford and Miss Merie Danford Trimble toured to Gallipolis for the Sesquicentennial. They dined at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop in Middleport and visited historic sites in Gallipolis including old homes tavern Our House O I McIntyre Memorial and Mound Hill Cemetery with a view of the Ohio River. The group ended at Eureka Dam during the day’s itinerary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our House
O. O. McIntyre
Mound Hill
Ohio River
Eureka Dam
Willing Workers Class hosts meeting at Mrs Blower’s home
Mrs E M Blower, Mrs Molly Hawk and Mrs Blanche Strohmyer hosted the Willing Workers Class of the Methodist Church on Friday evening at Mrs Blower’s home. Devotions were led by Mrs William James, with prayer by Mrs W W Leadbetter. After a brief business session led by Mrs P J Stanley, readings included Be Kind by Mrs M M Bryson and two Edgar A Guest poems. Rev F G Boroff spoke on the Women’s Division of Christian Service. Eleven attendees and one guest, Mrs J B Stiff of Athens, shared melon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Blower
Molly Hawk
Blanche Strohmyer
Methodist Church
Local Social Notes From Glouster And Surroundings
Tampa resident Mrs. Anna Jonas visits Mrs. Joseph Richards in Glouster while family members rush to the area due to the illness of Mrs. Anna Rice. Guests include Mrs. Mary Bowes of Lancaster and Miss Elsie Jean Wallace of Newark. other calls arrive from Pleasant City and Athens as neighbors tour Chauncey Cemetery and nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jonas
Tampa
Fla
Joseph Richards
Jonas
Mary Bowes
Lancaster
Elizabeth Mooney
New Lexington
Anna Rice
Helen Richards
Albert Richards
Pleasant City
Richard Williams
E. E. McCoy
J. W. Jones
Elsie Jean Wallace
Newark
W. W. Wallace
Wallace
Chauncey
Karl Gardner
Chauncey Cemetery
Clyde Bingman
Detroit
Mich
C. A. Bingman
Bernard Rice
Cleveland
John Rice
Glouster
S. Kleinman
Youngstown
H. A. Rogers
Claudis Chappel
Claudette
Margaret Smith
Athens
Frank Pedicord
McConnelsville
Jack Blower
Oakdale Friendship Circle Picnic and Museum Visit
The Oakdale Friendship Circle held its first annual picnic Sunday at Indian Lake Park along the Ohio River and then toured the Marietta Museum. Attendees included Everette Brunton, Helen Love, Mary Miller, Sarah McClelland, Della Loomis, Georgia Barnes, Geneva Jewell, Zenith Jewell, Rosa Love, Mae Losey, Prudy Nott, Gertrude Jewell, Ruth Hook, Faye Nott, Madge Harry, with two club named cakes donated by Mrs Hook and Mrs Brunton.
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Oakdale Friendship Circle
Indian Lake Park
Ohio River
Marietta Museum
Everette Brunton
Helen Love
Mary Miller
Sarah McClelland
Della Loomis
Georgia Barnes
Geneva Jewell
Zenith Jewell
Rosa Love
Mae Losey
Prudy Nott
Gertrude Jewell
Ruth Hook
Faye Nott
Madge Harry
Jimmy Richards Injured in Elbow After Fall at Braun Street
Jimmy Richards son of Mr and Mrs Albert Richards sustained a dislocated and broken left elbow Monday afternoon after falling at his uncle Homer Vian’s home on Braun Street where an excavation was ongoing.
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Glouster
Jimmy Richards
Albert Richards
Homer Vian
Braun St
Soft Ball League Formed in Glouster Town
Glouster forms a six team city softball league led by manager Happy Sweeney. Teams include City Hall Gang Little Auto Parts Catholic Church First Baptist Church Glouster High School and Little Italy. Opening game set for 5 30 p m between City Hall Gang and First Baptist Church at the stadium grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
City Hall Gang
Little Auto Parts
Catholic Church
First Baptist Church
Glouster High School
Little Italy
Corning Social Notes Surprise birthday dinner hosted for O’Farrells
On Sunday July 21 friends and neighbors gathered at Joseph O’Farrell’s home for a surprise dinner honoring Joseph and Charles O’Farrell whose birthdays are July 26 and July 19. Mr and Mrs Gaston Sicilian are the parents of a daughter born at their home Saturday morning.
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Corning
Joseph O'Farrell
Charles O’farrell
Gaston Sicilian
Veterans gift fruit basket at Stallings home
Mr and Mrs Everett Stallings hosted guests including Frank Aders and Lawrence Fisher from Dayton and several New Lexington couples. The men, all World War veterans and pals of the disabled host, presented him with a large fruit basket at the Sunday gathering in Junction City and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Stallings
Frank Aders
Lawrence Fisher
Dayton
Vince Sinon
Leo Wilson
Frank J. Quinn
Dorothy
New Lexington
W. J. Patton
Junction City
Mr. Stallings
Marriage Announcement for Charles Roberts and Doris Darling
Mrs Merle Roberts of Millertown announces the marriage of her son Charles to Doris Darling of Albion Michigan. Charles is a Corning High School graduate and has been employed in Albion where the couple will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Roberts
Millertown
Charles
Doris Darling
Albion
Michigan
Corning High School
Local families visit and travel amid scattered illnesses
Nick Altier and sons Pat and John Altier along with Joe Leimer Malcolm Ross and Albert attended baseball games in Cincinnati Sunday. Numerous relatives from Nelsonville, McCuneville, Somerset and Middleport visited kin, while Emil Keller’s sister D C Hatfield recovered from an operation in Temple Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Altier
Pat and
John Altier
Joe Leimer
Malcolm Ross
Albert
Cincinnati
Jo Warehime
Nelsonville
Betty Brown
Beauty Culture
Columbus
Lily Brown
Jake
Emil Keller
Warren
Lewis Keller
H. J. Sandblade
A. R. McKinney
Bobby
Junior
Middleport
Dewey Beaver
Ray Towner
John
Clendenon
W. Va
Charles Schlingerman
M Irs
John Beauchamp
Adrian
Mich
Pat Altier
Jerry
McCuneville
Somerset
D. C. Hatfield
Temple
Texas
Defense Instruction Enrollment Grows at J T High
Thirty-nine students enrolled in the national defense program at J T High School during a Monday night meeting. Names must be submitted to the Federal Employment Office in Athens. W M Anderson will teach and will take the list to Athens today. Twelve to fourteen will be selected. Classes start tomorrow. Eleven enrolled are currently employed and will join the night class planned for September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
National Defense
J.T. High School
Federal Employment Office
Athens
W. M. Anderson
Glouster Retail Clerks Meet Tonight
Retail clerks meeting to be held tonight at 7 30 with officers installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster—Retail Clerks
Local boosters attend Crosley double header for Reds Giants
A group of Nelsonville boosters traveled to Crosley Field Sunday afternoon to back the Cincinnati Reds in a double-header against the New York Giants. Some came by car, others by train, highlighting fan devotion in the season’s early games.
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Nelsonville
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Crosley Field
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Nelsonville Social Notes
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M. E. Church
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Garrett Schoonover
Ida Duskey
W. W. Warren
James Humphrey
Cyrus Harvey
Shelby
Walter Morrison
William Barber
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Mildred
Cyrus Thorne
Ella Arthur
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W. J. Burnell
Marguerite Morrison
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Nellie Spray
Carl Lovett
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Joe Hines
Mae Hupp
George Hill
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Mildred Rawlings
Clara Driggs
Elsie Nowell
Mary Call
St. Marys Church
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Rosamond
Anna Bradley
Sheriff's Sale
Greta
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Greta Garbo
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New York
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Edgar Hellyer
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C. J. McCullough
Tad's
Carbondale - Kimberly Rd
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Corning Social Notes
Corning Personals
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Richard DIX
Chester Morris
Lucille Ball
RKO Radio
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John Eldredge
Tony Martin
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
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