New Director To Take Post Next Monday
Nelsonville Public Library will get a full time experienced librarian as Dorothy Wightman of Ithaca N Y was hired and will assume direction on Monday July 27. Mrs Nelson Dowler will remain as assistant librarian. The library was established a year and a half ago with Rotary Club support and the board of education as sponsor. Tax funds to support the project have been allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Public Library
D. R. Johnson
Dorothy Wightman
Ithaca
Wightman
Western Reserve University
Earl Baker to Return Home After Grand Lodge Trip
Earl Baker of Nelsonville, past exalted ruler of Nelsonville Lodge No. 543 B P O Elks, traveled to Los Angeles for Grand Lodge sessions and will return home Friday via a northern route after a stop at the Dallas exposition.
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Nelsonville
Earl Baker
Nelsonville Lodge
B. P. O. Elka
Grand Lodge
Los Angeles
Calif
Dallas Exposition
Local library to be county wide and move to permanent home
The county library, funded by taxes, plans to become county-wide with services for all residents. A permanent location is targeted by Sept 1, using space from the Central School building and state library resources to increase book supply. Trustees include D. R. Johnson and E. J. Arnold. GOP Club to meet Nelsonville The Republican Woman's Club will gather at Mrs Delia Lewis Adams St Thursday at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
D. R. Johnson
E. J. Arnold
Mildred Roberts
Fannie Mulligan
Erma Wilson
Stanley Mechem
Frank G. Smith
Nelsonville
Republican Woman's Club
Delia Lewis
Adams St
Old Timers Beat Hocking Valley Giants 6 4 at Buchtel
The BUCHTEL-Dr Walker's Old Timers defeated the Hocking Valley Giants 6 to 4 on Tuesday evening at Buchtel. Mohney had four hits and Jonas hit a home run for the Old Timers as both teams produced heavy hitting and strong pitching. Upcoming games include Brooks Shoe Factory vs Vets at Buchtel Saturday at 3 PM and Glouster visiting Buchtel Wednesday July 29, with the Vets at Rose Farm Saturday August 1.
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Buchtel
Dr. Walker
Hocking Valley Giants
Vets
Phillips
Bruce
Giants
Woodson
Lewis
Mohney
Jonas
Brooks Shoe Factory
Glouster
Rose Farm
Mrs. Ethel McAfee Dies in Mineral
Mrs. Ethel McAfee of Mineral died Tuesday night. Funeral Friday at 2 pm in Mineral with burial at New Marshfield. She leaves husband, four sons, and one sister. C C Club to meet Friday at 6 pm at Miss Esther Gabriel's home for swimming party at Sayer's Pool. Bingo party at I O O F Hall Friday night at 8 o'clock.
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Mineral
Ethel McAfee
New Marshfield
Nelsonville
C. C
Esther Gabriel
Sayer
Buchtel
Nelsonville Social And Personal Notes
Mrs Doris Per grin named commercial teacher in Sugar Grove schools. Mrs Vint Ferguson returns home to Columbus after two week visit. Mrs Anna Weltzheimer and son Charles Akron with Mrs Russel Montgomery travel to Ironton to visit Weltzheimer’s mother. Miss Irene New Marietta visits Mr and Mrs Warren. Mr and Mrs Ralph White move to new property at Third and Poplar. Rev and Mrs Howard Musser of Saginaw Mich. visit then return with Stalter party and Mrs Herbert Lewshon of Philadelphia. Miss Nora Calhoun New York visits Fort Street home. Mrs Eugene Shafer Athens visits relatives Wednesday. Miss Frances Hall taken to Cherrington Hospital for appendicitis operation. Mrs Ethel Collamore and Mr and Mrs Pete Shaugh spend day in Columbus. Mrs Carrie Leighty Frank Esther visit from Ashland Kentucky. Mrs James Guy Columbus Street hosts guests George Wallace Illinois and wife, Mr and Mrs Joseph Sharp Lancaster, Mrs Fred Sharp and daughter May Sugar Grove visit Frank Jackson home. Cloyd Shorty Boss undergoes tonsil removal at Cherrington Hospital. Mrs W M Kelly visits Athens then returns to Cleveland. Mrs Edna Savage and two daughters Florence and June Louise of Cleveland visit at Mrs Robert Clark’s Mason City Hill.
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Nelsonville
Doris Pergrin
Sugar Grove
Vint Ferguson
A. L. Pritchard
Columbus
Anna Weltzheimer
Charles
Akron
Russel Montgomery
Ironton
Carrie Leighty
Frank
Esther
Ashland
C. E. Weltzheimer
James Guy
Columbus St
George Wallace
Illinois
Joseph Sharp
Lancaster
Fred Sharp
May
Frank Jackson
Cloyd
Shorty
Cherrington Hospital
W. W. Kelly
Athens
John Cross
Cleveland
Edna Savage
Florence
June Louise
Robert Clark
Mason City Hill
Higgins Rites Will Be Held in Nelsonville
Mary Ann Higgins widow of Clark Higgins former Nelsonville restaurant operator died. Survived by sons Walter Leslie Clark Merrill of Lancaster and Bertha Donohoe of York along with brother John McSherry and sister Margaret Jones. Body to lay at Clark Higgins home then at Stout’s Funeral Home Nelsonville services at 2 PM, burial Greenlawn.
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Nelsonville
Mary Ann Higgins
Clark Higgins
Lancaster
Walter
Leslie
Clark
Merill
Bertha Donohoe
York
John McSherry
Margaret Jones
Stout
Greenlawn
Juniper Injured on Federal Project in Columbus Hospital
Clarence Juniper, a well known local citizen of Nelsonville, is hospitalized at Grant Hospital in Columbus after a Friday injury while clearing the banks of Monday Creek. His condition is listed as serious.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Juniper
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Juniper
Monday Creek
Faithful Workers Class Meeting Postponed in Nelsonville
The M. E. Church Faithful Workers' Class event with Mrs. Dave Stewart scheduled for Friday evening in Nelsonville has been postponed to a later date. The note also mentions the average mosquito lifespan as two or three months.
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Nelsonville
Faithful Workers
M. E. Church
Dave Stewart
Entertains Bridge Club at E Washington Home
Mrs. Frank Jackson hosted her bridge club on Wednesday evening at her home on East Washington Street. Mrs. J. B. Preston won high score, with Mrs. Corwin Cookson in second and guest Mrs. Harriet Burgess attending.
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Nelsonville
Frank Jackson
Bridge Club
E. Washington St
J. B. Preston
Corwin Cookson
Harriet Burgess
Giants Defeat Camp Nelson Team in Nelsonville
In Nelsonville the Hocking Valley Giants beat a Camp Nelson squad 7 to 1 at City Playgrounds. It was Camp Nelson’s first game. Giants' pitchers Leach and Lewis handled the mound. Friday the Giants host Longstreth with Dane Garner and Brooker for Longstreth.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Whitewash Recipe Is Offered for Homes
Nelsonville The Woman's Community Garden Club has submitted a special whitewash formula from the Farmer's Bulletin Washington D C For sheds carefully slake one half bushel 38 pounds quicklime strain paste while thick add four gallons hot water While stirring pour into the lime mixture a solution made by dissolving 12 pounds salt and 6 ounces of alum 4 gallons hot water and adding one quart of molasses Thin with water
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Nelsonville
Woman's Community Garden Club
Farmer's Bulletin
Washington, D. C
Doanville Field Day Planned for July Twenty Fifth
Doanville Boosters Club schedules Field Day at Doanville on Saturday July 25 with a basket picnic lunch and grounds refreshments. Contests races and two ball games are planned and amateur hour entries are extended to Friday evening.
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Doanville
Class Is Entertained At John Clark Home
The Priscilla Class of the M. E. Church was entertained at the home of Mrs. John S S Clark in Glouster on Tuesday evening. Hostesses included Mrs. Margaret Elias Mrs. Glenna Reese Mrs. Stella Dyer and Mrs. Sue Householder.
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John Clark
Glouster
Priscilla
M. E. Church
John S&s. Clark
Margaret Elias
Gienna Reese
Stella Dyer
Sue Householder
Mayme Mavin
Sybil Kurtzman
Mildred Murphy
Mary Binderbasin
Lou Munden
Bertha Angle
Bessie Taylor
Helen Murphy
Bertine Preston
Ethel Horner
Birdie Brunton
Essie Wallace
Stella Rockhold
Mary Bailey
Goldie Willis
Glenna Reese
Lou Clark
Coal Miner Dies After Being Struck by Cars in Mine 9
Carl GLOUSTER Max Wassen a 63 year old coal miner died at his Corning home after injuries from being struck and run over by two empty mine cars in Mine 9 between Corning and Rendville. He suffered a broken left leg and chest injuries. The accident occurred when he was pushing an empty car and two loosened empties crashed into it.
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Glouster
Max Wassen
Corning
Rendville
Wassen
LeFavor Family Visit Ends With Return Home
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol LeFavor and their son Jimmie spent two weeks in Reading with his wife’s parents Mr. and Mrs. William Linville. They left Reading Wednesday and will return home Sunday.
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Glouster
Carrol LeFavor
Reading
Rodney Phillips Sustains Injury in Farm Accident
In Glouster near Trimble a tree limb fell on Rodney Phillips while hauling a tree. He was knocked unconscious and later treated by a local physician. His grandson fetched aid and B F Swartz, a game protector, assisted. Phillips remained dazed but was sent home by ambulance.
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Glouster
Trimble
Rodney Phillips
Phillips
B. F. Swartz
Illiteracy in South Carolina Highlights Census Note
A census aside notes that according to the 1930 census South Carolina has the highest illiteracy percentage in the United States. The same item mentions a visit from Mrs. Danford and relatives to New Brunswick New Jersey for a two week stay with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Danford and daughters.
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South Carolina
U. S
Hold Tent Meetings In Glouster Grove Near Burr Oak
Nightly tent meetings in the grove near Burr Oak east of the brick road are led by Rev. D. D. Axline of Trinway, an ex serviceman. Special vocals by Fred Wilder and Mary E. Wilson accompany the services. Mrs Burns visiting Glouster from Corning after time in Middleport to see daughters Maxine and Dorcas.
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Glouster
Burr Oak
Brick Road
D. D. Axline
Trinway
France
Fred Wilder
Mary E. Wilson
Corning
Burns
John Burns
Middleport
Maxine
Dorcas
Walter F. Harris
Sales Tax Officials To Visit Glouster For Returns
Examiners R. R. Johnson and Wayne Wingett of the State Tax Commission will visit the Glouster mayor's office on Friday this week and next to help vendors complete sales tax returns. All licensed vendors must file a return by Aug 1 even if no business occurred in the first six months. Rev. F. E. Roberts of Columbus, former Glouster Church of Christ pastor, will speak at the church tonight.
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Glouster
R. R. Johnson
Wayne Wingett
State Tax Commission
Athens
F. E. Roberts
Columbus
Charleston Guests at Graves Home
Mr and Mrs Graves of Charleston West Virginia host guests including Mr and Mrs Frank Yocum and others staying with Mrs Graves' parents during a visit to the area.
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Charleston
Graves
W. Va
Graves’ Parent
Frank Yocum
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