Nelsonville Mayor to Build Landing Field for New Airplane
Nelsonville mayor C. G. Dew becomes the towns first airplane owner, receiving a Taylor cabin model at Athens Airport. He plans a landing field and hangar on his farm south of Nelsonville while training for a license. Dew traces a long interest in transportation and recalls repeated WPA road delays that hinder access to his farm, prompting the aircraft project.
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S Messenger
Athens
Nelsonville
C. G. Dew
Harry Sinclair
New York State
Doc
Carbondale
Foster Cullums Dies in Toledo Accident
Mrs Harve Cullums and Mr and Mrs Allen Mackall learned Saturday of Foster Cullums death in an accident in Toledo Ohio He was 40 and an electrician The Cullums formerly lived in Nelsonville and the family plans to travel to Toledo after the telegram Foster leaves a wife five sons parents two sisters and a brother in Toledo as survivors.
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Nelsonville
Harve Cullums
Allen Mackall
Doras Cullums
Toledo
Foster
Foster Cullums
Cullums
Mackalls
Mackall
Thelma Houston
Harvey Jr
A. M. Bennett
Billy
Bennett
Muskingum River
Faith Lanz
Columbus
E. H. Lantz
Faye Janchius
Vera Cherm
Chicago
Ill
Grant Wallace
Ola Welling
Richard Enlow
Chillicothe
Enlow
C. E. Palmer
Ohio State University
Sanford Nagle
Rollie
William Timcoe
Richard
Jean
Sophia Nagle
Roy Knight
Barbara Knight
Nagles
Nelsonville Junior Order Benefit Party Slated
The Junior Order will hold a benefit party in the J. O. O. F. Hall at o'clock Tuesday night to raise funds for an unspecified cause.
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Nelsonville — Junior Order
J. O. O. F. Hall
Relief commodities to be distributed in Nelsonville
Relief commodities will be given out Tuesday at 1 o'clock at the York Township House in Nelsonville. Notices announce road closing petitions in Athens County with hearings set July 31 and August 7 1939 and an appointment of Elmer E. Jacobs as administrator of Lawrence L. Young estate. A divorce petition against Perry Jenninge Wriston in Athens County Court of Common Pleas will be heard after August 21 1949.
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Nelsonville
York Township
Raymond FP. Johnson
Board of County Commmissioners
Athens County
Peach Ridge Road
Peach Ridge School House
O. Gibson
Elmer E. Jacobs
Athens
Ohio
Lawrence L. Young
Athena County
Francis D. White
John
Said
Perry Jenninge Wriston
Kingston
West Virginia
Mattle Chioe Wriston
Court of Common Pleas
Mrs Eblin Dies Sunday In Pomeroy
Mrs Charles Eblin aged 53 died at her home near Union Ave Bridge Sunday at 6 30 p m after a long illness Funeral services will be held at Bradford Church Wednesday at 2 p m Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs Niday of Springfield a son Charles Eblin Jr of Pomeroy and six grandchildren
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Pomeroy
Charles Eblin
Union Ave. Bridge
Bradford Church
Death Notice for Mary Hoodlett McNerney in Cleveland
John and Charles Hoodlett inform of the death of their sister Mary Hoodlett McNerney age 76 wife of John McNerney in Cleveland while visiting sons Dr Neville and Dr Joseph McNerney. Born in Nelsonville she dies Sunday. Funeral Tuesday at 2 in Columbus at the family home. Survived by husband two sons four brothers and two sisters.
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Nelsonville
John
Charles Hoodlett
Mary Hoodlett McNerney
John McNerney
McNerney
Neville
Joseph McNerney
Cleveland
Columbus
Rich Wolcott
Rhea Hans
Roy Washburn
Wooster
Roy
West Coast
Jack Carpenter
Jimmy Frericks
Crooksville
Robert Parker
Eleanore Woodard
Geo, Heisman
Dorothy
Bob
Huntington
In. Va
Violet Woodard
Hugh
Roger
Emmett Fraecher
Irene Freriks
John Carpenter
Ed C. Evans
John Cross
Athens
W. R. Burnell
James Cavanaugh
Jackson St
Ralph Barber
Washington, D. C
Nelsonville man pleads guilty to intoxication
Calvin May of Nelsonville pleaded guilty on arraignment in Mayor C. G. Dew's court Sunday and was fined five dollars plus costs. In Buchtel, relief commodities will be distributed at the mayor's office Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Nelsonville
Calvin May
C. G. Dew
Buchtel
Two Youths Hurt In Nelsonville Truck Crash
In Nelsonville on Greens Run hill Sunday night Jake Ruther age 15 and his younger brother Henry were badly injured when the truck they drove failed to stop near the hilltop. Jake suffered a dislocated left ankle requiring surgery and admission to Marietta Osteopathic Hospital. Henry had facial injuries with a 15 stitch wound. They had been in Glouster for gasoline before the crash.
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Nelsonville
Jake Ruther
Henry
Hollister
Greens Run Hill
L. E. Butts
Marietta Osteopathic Hospital
Nelsonville High Band Concert and Dance Night
Nelsonville reports a Wednesday 7:30 pm band concert at the swimming pool grandstand with a postconcert dance on the tennis courts. Proceeds fund volleyball shuffleboard and pingpong equipment as cement courts for volleyball basketball and shuffleboard are completed.
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Nelsonville
Future Homemakers Entertain 220 Girls in Nelsonville Area
The FHA chapter at Nelsonville High School hosted 220 girls from regional home economics districts on Friday July 21. Activities included a swim or movie, a picnic supper, games, and music with a dance in the gym. Represented schools included The Plains New Marshfield Chesterhill Pennsville Coolville Stewart Murray City Chauncey Shade Pipens Melville and others with teachers listed.
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Nelsonville Area
Nelsonville
FHA
Future Homemakers Association
Nelsonville High School
Heam
the Plains
Beryl Cone
New Marshfield
Mildred Judy
Chesterhill-Pennsville
Calvin
Coolville
Olive Parrish
Stewart
Bernice Russell
Murray City
Ruth Davis
Chauncey
Carolyn Guerra
Shade
Grace Russell
Pipens
Ruth Giesen
Melville
Louise
Drake
Pauline Fierce
Nelsonville Social Notes and Westward Return Updates
Social notes recount Mrs Minnie Freer hosting the Faithful Workers Class at her W Columbus Street home with Scripture readings prayers and contests and plans for a Rock House picnic on August 9. The section also details several returns and travels including the Sharp family NEA trip to San Francisco and visits to Yellowstone the World's Fair and Yosemite with other locals taking trips to Montgomery and New York World's Fair.
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Minnie Freer
Faithful Workers
Methodist Church School
W. Columbus St
Charles Monks
Thomas Spencer
C. G. Kreppel
George Evans
Willard Bartoe
Sam Frank
Stella Betts
Kreppel
Spencer
West
Stacy Sharp
Mary K
National Education Association
San Francisco
Patricia Clifford
Charlotte
Monica Acker
Montgomery
W. Va
Gilbert Young
Dix Powell
Arlene Betts
Columbus St
Mary Coakley
Leo Hans
Akron
Sunday Family Reunion at War ren Home
Sunday Mr and Mrs W W Warren hosted a family gathering with Mrs Nick and husband John Nick and their children Paul Edna and siblings Delbert Shir ley Harold Dorothy Lawrence Guthiel Dorothy Moody Byron Parks and Chas Knowlton plus families from Lower Salem and Malta in attendance.
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W. W. Warren
John Nick
Paul
Edna
William Nurger
Delbert
Shirley
Carl Miller
Harrold
Dorothy
Byron Parks
Lawrence Guthiel
Dorothy Moody
Lower Salem
Chas. Knowlton
Malta
Young Mother Myrtle Reuter Dies in Meigs County
Mrs Myrtle Reuter 25 died at her Pomroy home at 1 a m after a recent operation. Surviving are husband Raymond and parents Dana and Mrs Karr along with siblings and a 10 month old son Tommy Ray. A sister Henrietta died in 1913. She graduated Pomroy High School in 1931. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Pomeroy
Myrtle “Karl Reuter
White Cross Hospital
Raymond Reuter
Dana Karr
Clair
Charles
Clarence
Thelma
Thulma
Tommy Ray
Henrietta
Reuter
Pomeroy High School
Swim Class Draws Interest in Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports rising interest in the weekly swim class held Tue Wed Thu Fri at 9 a m at the pool. Coach George Abraham leads instruction with life saving tests by Norman Brown and Miss Helen Shaw. A list of those who passed badges is named. A dual meet at Gallipolis on Aug 4 will feature diving swimming and water polo. Local swimmers may contact pool management for events and daily practices run at 5 p m except Sunday.
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Nelsonville
George Abraham
Norman Brown
Helen Shaw
Robert Wilkins
Robert Parks
Marian Betts
Robert Pierce
Roy Eugene Davis
William Keating
Charles Kinney
Craig Kinney
Richard Arnold
Ralph Boyd
Jean Boyd
Richard Hall
William Baird
Willard Call
Clyde Lehman
Dean Burch
Dale Burch
William Deer
Harley Hubble
Arthur Deer
Loren Warner
Gallipolis
Eagles Win Sunday 16-1 in City Playgrounds victory
Nelsonville Eagles exploded for 16 runs to rout Gallipolis Merchants 16-1 at the City Playgrounds. Gilbert Smith started four innings before giving way to Nixon who impressed as the staff turned back the Mercs. Paul Taylor batted and next Sunday Jacksonville Indians visit for a rematch.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles
Eagles
Jacksonville Indians
Jacksonville
Maggie Rife Taken for Appendicitis Operation
Mrs. Maggie Rife of Buchtel was transported by ambulance to Cherrington Hospital in Logan on Sunday for an appendicitis operation. A Church of Christ fellowship and attendance meeting is planned in Nelsonville at 7 o clock tonight.
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Nelsonville
Maggie Rife
Buchtel
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Church of Christ
Will Entertain Nelsonville Past Council Club Benefit
The Will Entertain Nelsonville Past Council ors Club hosts a benefit party tonight at 8 o clock in the I. O. O. F. Hall.
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Nelsonville
Councilors Club
Community Picnic Committees Gather for Evening Meetings
All committees for the Community picnic will meet at the New York Central station Friday night at 8 o clock. Each committee is asked to prepare a general report of activities to be given Friday night.
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M. E. Church
Logan Waterworks Park
Glouster
New York Central Station
Education Board Names Don Greiger Football Basketball Coach
Glouster Education Board names Don Greiger to coach football and basketball. Community notes include Loyal Women Class of the Church of Christ meeting, fund-raising reports, and multiple social visits and visits from relatives across Columbus, Hollister, and Bucyrus. Next Friday’s events set for Antle's Grove with a noon potluck.
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Church of Christ
Elsie Stahl
Helen Thomas
Kate Vaughn
Pearl Miller
Two Corning Girls Drown in Cistern at Home
Two five year olds Leila Exenkemper and Vivian Wright drowned after falling into a cistern at the Exenkemper home in Corning. Firemen and neighbors recovered them. revival efforts failed. Leila’s funeral was held at 2 pm Monday with burial in Crooksville Cemetery. Vivian’s obituary notes she was the youngest of five and lists surviving relatives.
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Corning Fire Department
Leila Exenkemper
Vivian Wright
New York Central Railroad
Henry Stoody
M. E
Crooksville
Lillian Wood
Exenkemper
John Exenkemper
Jacksonville
Death Notice for Mrs Temperance J Shilling 67
Mrs Temperance Jane Shilling aged 67 died Thursday. Born in Perry County on March 26 1872 she lived in this vicinity most of her life and belonged to the United Brethren Church. Survived by husband Wesley five sons Sydney Nelson Birley Forrest Elwood Theodore and Seawood one grandchild Robert Shilling Sources: note of deaths and immediate family members.
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Temperance Jane Shilling
Seawood
The
Home
Robert Shilling
Unclear OCR fragment on liabilities and interest due
Fragmentary OCR text mentions interest due and uncollected liabilities with unclear names or dates. The readable portion references financial items and a ledger style notation without complete details or identifiable entities.
Miss Murray Named Lower Grade Principal in Glouster
Glouster Board of Education adjourns July session naming Miss Rachel Murray head of all grades below the Junior High. Don Greiger of Tippecanoe City hired as head coach for football and basketball with Glen Wallenhaupt as assistant. Madison Street Building not used. most grades move to Monroe Building. details to follow. Notes advertised for bids received no bidders and will be offered to the state treasurer.
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Glouster
Glouster Board of Education
Don Greiger
Tippecanoe City
Greiger
Wittenberg College
Glen Wallenhaupt
DeLong
Rachel Murray
Madison Street
Monroe
Carter Yerian Boys Write From Camp Darby
Mrs George Carter and Mr and Mrs Paul Yerian report letters from Robert Carter and Franklin Yerian saying their sons have reached Darby Montana for CCC duty. Laurence Andrews, son of Mr and Mrs John Andrews, has been at the Darby camp for weeks. Howard Dodson, son of Mr and Mrs Larry Dodson is in Santiago after returning from Panama aboard the USS Smith.
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Glouster
George Careter
Paul Yerian
Robert Carter
Franklin Yerian
Darby
Mont
CCC
Laurence Andrews
John Andrews
Darby Camp
Laurence
Howard Dodson
Larry Dodson
Santiago
Panama
Howard
Uss Smith
Legion Conclave Attendees From Glouster Attend McArthur Event
Glouster American Legion and Auxiliary members attended the Eighth District convention in McArthur Sunday. Names include Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Lunsford Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kinney Cecil Watkins Harry Richards Ben Swartz and Duke Cominski. The planet Mercury has a year only 88 days long.
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Glouster
Glouster American Legion and Auxiliary
McArthur
Sune Day
C. G. Lunsford
H. A. Rogers
F. D. Kinney
Cecil Watkins
Harry Richards
Ben Swartz
Duke Cominski
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Nelsonville Social Notes
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Mura
F. J. Beasley Co
Meigs County
Hollister A. B. Church
Mae McGee
Hollister School
G. E. Stephenson
Jimmy
Gary
Sidney
Lester Faires
Frank Boroff
Oscar Fulkerson
Dayton
William Stewart
Corning
James
Henry Stewart
Arsa Linscott
Millertown
Blanche Stewart
Frank Hyde
Shawnee
United Brethren Church
Arthur Shonkwiler
Beech Grove
J. G. Blower
Financial Statement
Pracvice
Federal Home Loan Bank
Federal Insurance Reserve
L. C
John H. Saltz
Nelsonville Home and Savings Association
A. D
John Kelso
Julius Fischer
A. M. Wilson
James Sharp
Miss Murray
Carter
Yerian
Legion
Claudett
Pnece
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