Nelsonville High School commencement set Thursday evening
Nelsonville High School plans commencement exercises on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. A class of 81 will receive diplomas with the program featuring the high school orchestra, glee clubs, several speeches on America in the present world crisis, and a class address by Rev. James Thomas. Principal J K Kinneer will present the class with diplomas as Supt. E J Arnolt awards honorary honors.
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Nelsonvill
Nelsonville High School
Ustes
Invo Fation
W. M. George
Oley Speaks
America
Mary. K. Sharp
Nora J. McGuire
Alma Polly Johnson
Vienna Woods
James Thomas
Brent Street
Columbus
Jeanny ‘Allen
South
John Prindie Scott
J. K. Kinneer
Board of Education
C. W. Monks
E. J. Arnolt
W. M George
Kaiser Wilhelm Dies at Doorn Sleep
Exiled former German Emperor Wilhelm II dies at Doorn after a long illness. He had avoided returning to Germany for over 22 years, surrounded by family including his second wife Princess Hermine and heir Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm as his health declined.
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Teomumurs Serm
Hi Hhad
Germany
Wilhelm
Jong
Prince Hermine
Duchess of Brunswick
Louis Ferdinand
Kath
Franz Joseph
Henrietta
Kaiserin
Potts
Gam
Hohenzollern
Friedrich Wilhelm
Ate
Doorn
Departing Pastor Is Honored at Reception
Nelsonville ministers and wives held a farewell reception for Right Rev Albert Selbee and his family as they prepare to move to Chillicothe. Local clergy spoke on ministry fellowship while violinist Alice George played selections and refreshments followed. Selbee led the Independent Holiness Church at Watkins and Poplar for several years.
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Nelsonville
Albert Selbee
Chillicothe
Lloyd Evans
William George
Alice
D. E. Mason
Ben A. Awe
CA. Freer
W. M. George
Fellowship of the Christian Ministry
Selbee
Alice George
Independent Holiness Church
Corner Watkins and
Poplar Sts
Nelsonville social notes highlight clubs and birthdays
Nelsonville reports detail the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting at the Methodist Church with devotions, music, guest Jeanette Hulbert from Korea, and a social hour for 50. Tri Psi Sorority installs officers Ruth Butt leads as president and Betty Stewart treasurer. A birthday celebration for June Hayden at Renzo Erb's home features friends from nearby towns. Further items include a Carl Shingler visit, memorial day gatherings, and local notices.
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Nelsonville
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
E. J. Arnold
Herrold
Karea
Sharpe
Tri Psi
Helen Stewart
Ruth Butt
Helen’ Washburn
Evelyn Galvin
Betty Stewart
Renzo Erb
June Hayden
Poplar St
Miss Hayden
Robert Frisinger
Chas. Brooks
Bertie Green
Logan
Earl Green
Chas Shafer
Joseph Bagley
Alice Dusky
Donald Sanders
Anna +Hunter
Ten Men Called for June Service by Athens County Board
Ten men from Athens County Draft Board No 2 have been selected for military training and will report to Fort Hayes Columbus on Monday June 9 for induction. Eleven men were named for the June 9 call with one extra as substitute. seven are volunteers. Names include Floyd Raymond Smart Nelsonville and others employed by local coal interests. Two men were rejected at Fort Hayes for physical disability. William Bean was appointed to the board replacing J D Adamson. other members are Dr C G Dew Oral Daugherty Clyde Gibson and Clyde Parrish.
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Athens County
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Tocal Boar
Coal Coal Co
Floyd Raymond Smart
Nelsonville
Carbondale Coal Co
Gerald Vernon Covert
Wm. F. Kampf
John Bacanis
Jacksonville
John Lout Johnson
Newtonville
Carbondale’ Coal Co
Chia
Miton
Davia
Buchetel
Withur Darius Mender
Jar St
Gus Co
Clifford Pick
Hocking
Andrew James
Evans Buchtel
Carrollton
Ohio
Sie
Draft Board
Ft Hayes
Calvin Lawrence Efaw
Athens Rt
Jesse Ellis
Athens
William
Bean
Nelson- Ville
J. D. Adamson
C. G. Dew
Oral Daugherty
Clyde Gibson
Clyde Parrish
Stores to Close Thursday Afternoons This Summer
Nelsonville reports all Retail Merchants Association stores will close at noon Thursdays during summer months. Closing starts Thursday June 3 and continues through Sept 11 except July 3 and Aug 14 when stores stay open all day. Grocery stores follow Thursday noon closing year round.
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Nelsonville
Mrs Curtis Dies in Nelsonville at Mill Street Residence
Mrs Renecca Curtis aged widow of William Curtis died last evening at home on Mill Street. One son and one daughter are deceased. Survived by son Ernest and daughter Mary at home. Funeral services Friday at 2 pm at the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Renecca Curtis
Mill St
William Curtis
Ernest
Mary
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
Greenlawn
James Miller Dies at 80 in The Plains Area
Nelsonville obituary notes James Miller, eighty, died at his home in The Plains. The body was sent to Stouts Funeral Home for calling hours until noon Thursday. Thursday service at 1:30 p.m. at Latter Day Saints Church in The Plains, conducted by Rev. John Gabriel. Burial in Salem Cemetery. Survived by four daughters Mrs Clarence Beckworth and Mrs J H Laine, both in Ohio, and Angie South, Fisher Station, plus one sister.
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Nelsonville
James Atierge
the Plains
Stouts Funeral
Eall
Latter Day “Saints Church
John Gabriel
Salem Cemetery
Clarence Beckworth
McConnelsville
J. Hlaine
Miami
Vacation Bible School Closes After Successful Term
Daily Vacation Bible School concludes Friday June 6 with enrollment reaching 70. Children from ages three to high school seniors attended. Older students assisted instructors in classroom activities and in caring for younger pupils during the program.
Nelsonville seniors tour Washington to Mount Vernon and Capitol
Nelsonville High School seniors journeyed to Washington for a two day tour featuring Arlington Cemetery Mount Vernon and Lincoln Memorial. They visited the Smithsonian Jenkins and Capitol guided by Rep. Thomas Johnson then toured FBI offices and the Zoological Garden while buying souvenirs. The group returned home after a moonlight Potomac excursion and a busy shopping and theater day.
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Warrren Academ
MEL Nelsonville
Ontoington Club
Nelsonville
Ohio” River
Parkersburg
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Mount Vernon
Lincoln's Memorial
Congressional Library
Shakespearean Library
Smithsonian Institute
Washington Monument
White House
Captol
Thomas Jenfons
Sense
Doctor J. Qu
Potomac
Ohio
Missy Shaw
Byron Houser Dies at 47 in Columbus
Byron R. Houser, agricultural engineer 47, died Tuesday at his Columbus home. A 1925 to 1928 farm manager for New York Coal Co., he resided in Nelsonville. He leaves two daughters and his mother. Funeral services set for 11 30 a m Thursday Schoedinger Chapel with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery Columbus. Decoration Day guests at John Landis home include Henry Landis Columbus Mr Orl Beverage and son Kenneth and his wife of Marion.
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Nelsonville
Ollie Robinson
Clarence Grimm
Akron
Leonard Allen
Cincinnati
E.W. Allen
C. J. Stout
Columbus
Ohio Funeral Directors
Gilbert Johnson
Ellis Covert
R. D
Shinglers
Ief. Shingler
Byron R. Houser
New York Coal Co
Schoedinger Chapel
Greenlawn Cemetery
VISET
Carbondale
John Landis
Henry
Landis
Mr. Orl Beverage
Kenneth
Marion
Egg Auction Explained To Rotarians In Ohio
Poultry specialist from Ohio State University described the egg bag auction concept to Rotary members Tuesday. He cited the planned Southeastern Ohio auction near Nelsonville in July and noted growth from Wooster's start in 1924 to nationwide expansion, with 8000 carloads marketed in Ohio this year and prices rising about five and a half cents per dozen.
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Cllege of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Rotary ‘Club
Tuesay Evening
Cray
Southeastern Ohio
Neltonville
Consu
Ags
Ohio
Wooster
le B. Melching
Emmett. Parks
Perry County
Glen ‘Thomas
Retail’ Merchants Association
Bill Miller
Logan Club
A. H. Holmes
East Orange
N. J
Shelter House Under Construction at Lake Nelsonville
Nelsonville Sportsmen the shelter house is being erected at Portemen’s Lake Circlehill with progress. Groundwork for a 10 by 35 foot shelter is ready and the foundation will be poured Sunday June 8. Transportation to the lake is furnished from Nelsonville Lumber Co. on Sunday morning. A meeting of the club is set for Friday night June 6 at City Hall to hear the building committee report.
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Nelsonville
Portemen's
Circlehill
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association
Neltonville Lumber Co
Pastor Rev George Reappointed at Nelsonville Church
Rev W M Acorge pastor of Nelsonville First Methodist Church is returned for another year at the Ohio Methodist Conference in Colombo. He begins his third year at the local church after transferring from Oakley Church Cincinnati two years ago.
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Nelsonville
M. George
Campbell
Columbus
Shaw
George
Haydenville
Selsonville
W. Macorge
Nelsonville First
Perry County Court Notes Highlight Pension Surge and Legal Actions
Perry County records show 1,113 old age pensioners received checks near $25,000, an all time high, with steady monthly increases since January. The court reviews cost-cutting for the children’s home and handles probate actions, real estate transfers, divorces, and notary commissions while noting a recent boxcar flour theft and a fuel station entry.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Division of Public Assistance
State Welfare Department
Frantz Baking Co
New York Central
Seath
Texaco
Somerset
Roseville
Muskingum County
Samuel Arthur Riley
Mary Florence Riley
Harison ‘Township
Nora “Justice Walpole
Nathan W. Rinehart
Joseph Hatem
E. P. Walser
Joseph E. Foster
Nellie McCullough
Thornville
Verna
Thompson
City
Vida Brnckley
Glenford
Dan. M. McGreevy
E. Ray Folk
Junction City
W. le Brannon
Crooksville
C. E. Hammers
Sego
John Bernard Bell
Jean | Bell
Common Pleas
Mildred Mary | Naragon
Common Pleas Court
Ing
Guy Ells
Worth Naragon
James Yarborough, Jr
Columbus
Geraldine Conly
Rendville
Paul H. Weese
Potter
Marguerite McKinley
Clinton A. Hammer
Laura A. Brooks
Carol B. Brooks
Thorn
W. R. Hazlett
Dora
Swinehart
Harry Hazlett
Leah Hazlett
Casper Hazlett
Hopewell
William Harris
Guy Huffman
Bessie Huffman
Glouster Social Notes Preview Local Ladies Meeting
Glouster social notes describe a Tuesday gathering at Mrs C A Bingman on Madison St with readings by Iva Pedicord and prayers by Mrs R B Smith. A letter from Mrs Edda Clark of Athens invites an institute in Nelsonville on June 18 and plans for a Woman's Society for Christian Services program at the Methodist Church on June 27. The event features papers by Mrs C L Eddy and Mrs Bingman. A Past Noble Grands Club meeting was postponed to next Thursday due to a relative's death. The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7 90 in the Legion Hall with installation and refreshments.
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Church of Christ
Anna Linton
Bessemer Road
Saved, Shaner
Mabel Shiv
Thomas Lax
Velma Pritchard
Edna Barron
Flower Fund
Emma Cook
Mabel” Shaner
Alous Ee
C. A. Bingman
Madison St
Iva Pedicord
R. B. Smith
Edda Clark
Athens
Nelsonville
Woman's Society For Christian Services
Methodist Church
Ministry For Flowers
C. L. Eddys
Bingman
Noble Grands Club
Lo.o F. Hall
Harry Cheney
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Supt. Fred Linscott Honored At Buchtel Alumni Banquet
Buchtel hosts seventh annual alumni banquet at the opera house honoring Superintendent Fred C. Linscott for years of service to Buchtel York schools. He received a bronze trophy, was named honorary life member, and plans for the post banquet program included remarks by Raymond Brown. Approximately 200 attendees heard Dr Fransen at Ohio University address and witnessed decorations of blue and gold crepe paper and balloons as the event moved to the School gym for dancing.
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Buchtel
Audorium
Fred 0. Linscott
Buchtel-Yer
Onehalf
Raymond Brown
Western” Southern Life Insurance Co
Alton
Alton Assace
Nelsonville
Brown
Linncott
Emily Sharp
Imogene Sayers
Louse Low
Margaret
Warren
Linscott
Cation
Fred C. Linscott
Buch Xel High School
York
Doara
York Township
Wwter
Athens County ‘Teachers Association
Opera House
Methodist’ Church
Don Shirley
Mary King
Betty Sigmer
Joanna White
Mra Weysmeller
Glouster
Fransen
Ohio University
Norma Worthington
Percy “Lowery
J-T High School Alumni Dinner Dance Draws Many
Jacksonville Trimble High School alumni gathered for the annual dinner dance in the gym. Activities included a program led by M M Bryson, Cecelia Mandrell\'s alumni address, performances by Verna Sayre and Merle Danford, and music by Jimmy Johnson and his orchestra. River dinner and dancing ran until midnight, with Jo Lavon Faires and other soloists performing amid a patriotic decor.
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Glouster
Jacksonville + Trimble High School
M. M. Bryson
Cecelia Mandrell
Alumni Association
Donna Vaughn
Verna Sayre
Merle Danford
Donna Faye ‘Seckinger
Anna Mae ‘Antie
Margaret Cronin
Danford
Earl Johnson
Masonic Hall
C. A. Pride
Evelyn Hart
Athens
High Water
Pridenesday
Miss Hartman
Corning
Hollister
Points South
Hartman
High St
Sunday Creek
Pastors Return to Methodist Churches for Another Year
Rev J A Kompe will resume his pastorate at the Methodist Church for another year. Rev C E Palmer to continue at Trimble and Jacksonville charges, extending their assignments in the same regions.
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Glouste
J. A. Kompeson
Methodist Church
C. E. Palmer
Trimble
Jacksonville
Alouster Personal Notes Tallied Weekender Visits
A series of weekend visits unfolds among residents and relatives. Charles Kasler hosts Detroit family at his sister Emma Kasler’s home, while Herbert McDonald visits from Cincinnati Bible Seminary with his parents. Other locals and travelers from Columbus, Elyria, Omaha, and Cleveland appear in social snippets across Glouster and nearby areas.
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Alouster
Charles Kasler
Carl Moline
Detroit
Mich
Kasler
Emma Kasler
Herbert McDonald
Cincinnati Bible Seminary
Stacey McDonald
Cincinnati
Harry. Vaughn
Cynthia Lou Vernon
Mildred Nida
Gene
W. C. Wemmer
Hollister
Miamisburg
Laura
Carel Wemmer
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Kaiser
Nelson yiLte
Cnargea
H. E Murat
Aildavit
State Highway Patrol
Jeanne Allen
Nelsonville Social Notes
Lle Fogile
Donald
Barberton
Moe
Wesley "Chive
Ploodwood
Rudolph Bryan
Quantion
Grant Hos
Sts
Stowe and
Daugh
Metta Columbus
Ter
Lillian
C. D. Shafer Co
James Miller
Byron Houser
Rev. George
United States
Supt
Fred Linscott
J-T High School
CART
Adonna
Billy Kepler
Stanley Kepler
Cleveland
Nelsonville C.A.R
Robert Normeave
Chevrolet ‘Company
Cedar Ya
We Walker
Ridgiey Evans
Lela St
Allee
C. Brown
St. Kurta
Fi Foster
Edward
Alichnel
Loto
Algernon Bh
Uivaten White
Algern Fon Ih
Dulie
Nell W. Smith
Laud St Walker
Ntaues
Cote
Majestic
Donald Duck
Technicolor
Tad's
Carbondale-Kimberly Road
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