Nelsonville Asked to Aid in Athens County Industry Drive
Nelsonville will host a fundraising solicitation starting Wednesday to support the Athens County Industrial Development plan. A 17-member group aims to explain goals to businesses homeowners and workers, seeking diverse payments and pledges to finance at least one year of operation.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville
Athens County
Athens City
Ogeveral
Brooks Shoe Factory
Retail Clerks Organization
Gordon K. Bush
H. T. Rainey
Trimble
F. E. Dowler
B. B. Buckley
Miller Wilson
W. M. George
PD. R. Johnson
Frank Huddy
Lloyd Evans
Cliff Brown
James Sharp
Gerald Baird
C. S. Mechem
Kenneth Orwiler
Robert Kinney
Dwight Adams
Robert Ohlinger
John Cope
Glen Thomas
C. H Bartlett
J. K. Kinneer
Scrap Rubber Drive Urges Citizens to Use Stations
Scrap rubber collection rules were reversed and neighbors instructed to haul material to the nearest filling station. Under Governor Bricker guidance, residents must mobilize supplies at once as gas rationing depends on the drive’s success.
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Nelsonville
John W. Bricker
Factory Team Loses to Carbon Hill in Local Game
NELSONVILLE The league leading Shoe Factory team dropped its second straight loss to Carbon Hill 82 at City Playground last night. Pitcher McManaway held the Shoemen in check until Clyde Ray hit a home run with Evans aboard in the sixth. Carbon Hill scored three in the first and third, and two more in the sixth, while DeVol went 3 for 4 and Odenthal and Evans 2 for 3.
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Nelsonville
Shoe Factory
Carbon Hill
City Playground
McManaway
Clyde Ray
Evans
DeVol
Odenthal
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlights from Local Gatherings
Nelsonville social items list Rainbow Class meeting at Church of Christ hosted by Mrs. Ruth White with 14 members and a guest. West End Sewing Club to meet Ella Linton home. Birthday party hosted by Mrs. S. S. Blackburn honoring daughter Mrs. Raymond Powell with guests from across towns. Several local and out of town visitors noted.
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Nelsonville
Ruth White
Walnut St
Church of Christ
West End Sewing Club
Ella Linton
W. E. Keyes
Audrey Writsell
Columbus
Donald Warehime
Gallipolis
Ruth Brickles
Pomeroy
C. A. Stover
Gayla Millholland
S. S. Blackburn
Raymond Powell
Dame Rita
Boy Scouts Meet Tonight in Nelsonville
Troop No. 64 Boy Scouts gather at their rooms at 7 pm for an outdoor meeting weather permitting. Those absent lose eligibility for the weekend overnight hike. First and second class tests will be passed and a report on the rubber drive from Friday and Saturday will be given.
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Boy Scouts
Nelsonville
Two Fined In Mayor Court For Stop Sign Offense
Vern Coakley pleaded guilty in the court of Mayor Herman Ogg for failing to observe a stop sign. He was fined five dollars and costs after an affidavit by the State Highway Patrol. Gertrude Bolinger of The Diamond was fined five dollars and costs for parking on the highway and causing a traffic accident, per the patrol affidavit.
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Nelsonville
Vern Coakley
Herman Ogg
State Highway Patrol
Gertrude Bolinger
Ogg
Tri Psi Sorority Observes Ninth Anniversary at Logan
NELSONVILLE The Tri Psi Sorority marked its ninth anniversary with a formal dinner at the White House in Logan. Seating for 39 featured green and white decor, a toast by Evelyn Galvin, and guest speaker Mrs. Frank Knox speaking on Restoration by the United Nations.
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Nelsonville
Tri Psi
White House
Logan
Evelyn Galvin
Frank Knox
United Nations
Knox
Ruth Butt
Helen Washburn
Ruth Beckler
Anna Sellers
Jim Calvin
Betty Stewart
Swimming Meet Scheduled for Wednesday at City Pool
Nelsonville announces a city wide swimming meet for Wednesday June 17 at 7 30 P M at the city pool. Open to boys and girls with prizes for first second and third. Entries accepted at the pool until 5 30 Wednesday afternoon.
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Nelsonville
Funeral services held for Letitia Gayle Newman
Funeral services for Letitia Gayle Newman three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Nick Newman of Buchtel were conducted at the family home Wednesday with Rev Bancroft officiating. Local friends and relatives attended and guests from Chesapeake Nel sonville Delaware Murray City Glouster and others joined in the service.
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Buchtel
Letitia Gayle
Nick Newman
Bancroft
H. K. Woodruff
Hallie Woodruff Jr
Chesapeake
Clifford Barber
Harry Bell
George Newman Jr
Nelsonville
Evelyn Wood
Funeral Rites Today For Miss Lucy Haskins
Funeral rites were held at the home of her brother F A Haskins for Miss Lucy Haskins who died Saturday in a Paris Texas hospital. A native of Guyan Township she resided there until about 15 years ago and was laid to rest in the Haskins family cemetery near Crown City.
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Gallipolis
F. A. Haskins
Lucy Haskins
Paris
Tex
Guyan Township
Haskins
Crown City
Baptist Bible School Ends With Pageant
Gallipolis reports Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church reaches 190 enrollment and will close Thursday night with a pageant featuring the children and their activities.
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Baptist Bible School
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Attendance Slumps at Gallipolis Pool
Unseasonably cool weather cut attendance at the Gallipolis public pool, leading to lower receipts and strained pool finances.
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Gallipolis
Off Duty Six Months for Illness in Gallipolis
Probate Judge James S Clark is reported in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after illness off duty for six months. Jean Jones, secretary at the high school, is approved for two weeks employment at the county relief office by the board of county commissioners in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
James S§. Clark
Holzer Hospital
Jean Jones
County Relief Office
Board of County Commissioners
New Haven Man to Seek Fourth District Seat Against Geo Johnson
Mason County will nominate Harry Layne of New Haven for the Democratic candidacy to challenge longtime Fourth District incumbent George W. Johnson of Parkersburg. Layne, a former International League baseball player, has chaired the Mason County Democratic Committee for four years and plans a formal announcement within ten days.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Congress
Harry Layne
Democratic County Committee
George W. Johnson
Parkersburg
Layne
New Haven
International League
Missing 12 year old Betty Joe Miller in Sixth Street case
Mrs Martha Smith of Sixth Street reports her daughter Betty Joe Miller age 12 vanished from home amid concerns she left saying she would return in ten minutes. Authorities in Columbus and Gallipolis have been asked to search. The mother collaborates with county child welfare worker Ida Stanley and hopes the girl will be found safe.
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Point Pleasant
Martha Smith
Sixth St
Betty Joe Miller
Pat Wilson to See Cincinnati Specialist Today
Pat M. Wilson head of the local draft board and his daughter Mrs. Gretchen Kenny will travel to Cincinnati to consult a specialist. Wilson, a prominent farmer, is reported to be improving after a recent critical illness.
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Point Pleasant
Gretchen Kenny
Pat M. Wilson
Cincinnati
Begin Revival Meeting At Henderson Sunday
A revival meeting opened at the Henderson Tabernacle Sunday evening led by evangelist Willie Johnson of Moundsville. Johnson, a Holiness Church member, will conduct sessions for about two weeks.
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Henderson
Point Pleasant
Henderson Tabernacle
Willie Johnson
Moundsville
Holiness Church
Ice Cream Social Planned By Thurman Methodist Church
Thurman Methodist Church members plan an ice cream social on the church lawn Wednesday evening. A legal notice announces sealed bids for six school bus routes in Shade County Ohio due July 2 1942 with details in the Shade County Board of Education office Athena Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Thurman Methodist Church
Until & P. M
Shade Consolidated Board Education
Athena County
Ohio
Board of Education
Alton D. Hanning
Shade Coqnethetes Ba
Athena
Budget figures reveal Gallipolis college assets and 1942 request
Inventory at Rilo Grande College shows assets of 375000 dollars with a 1942 43 budget proposing expenditures of 74500 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Rilo Grande College
Plans for Nelsonville City Tennis League
Plans for a city tennis league in Nelsonville are nearing completion. Interested players are asked to sign up at the swimming pool this week.
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Nelsonville
Murray City Young People Society service set for June 19
Special services will be held by the Young People's Society of Pilgrim Holiness Church at Murray City on Friday June 19 at 7 30 o clock. The guest speaker will be from God's Bible School.
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Murray City
Young People's Society of Pilgrim Holiness Church
God's Bible School
Social Notes Highlight Dinner Guests in Point Pleasant
A Circle of relatives joined Capt. and Mrs. C. C. Stone for a Sunday dinner at Main St. in Point Pleasant. Guests included the Bupps of Charleston, the Happersetts of Akron, Peggy Reynolds of Marmet, the Couch and Reynolds families, and Mrs. George Merrills of East Aurora, with the Stone daughter set to depart June 22. 4-H Club meets Leon Homemakers hold a meeting at Miss Mary Alice Sheeran’s home with a furlough program and a lawn party, hayride, and games under Miss Nancy Rairden’s direction.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Stone
Main St
A. F. Bupp
Mary Louise Bupp
James Bupp
Charleston
Donald Happersette
Akron
Peggy Reynolds
Marmet
J. B. Couch
C. W. Reynolds
City
George Merrills
East Aurora
N. Y
Stones
Leon
Mary Alice Sheeran
Nancy Rairden
F. W. Ingraham
Marietta Manufacturing Co
New York
Harold Kenny
Buckhannon
Eleanor
James Hogg
Ohio St
Andrew Harrison Rodgers
Naval Reserve
Dutch Harbor
Emma Burnside
Robert McGuffin
S. K. Vaught
Washington
W. W. Rowsey
Delaware
Ostrander
Neice
Edith Quillin
George H. Overholt
Carolyn Vaught
Overholt
Katherine Fauver
Mary Jean Fauver
Lorain
Miss Vaught
Richard Fauver
Walter A. Windsor
Harold Sayre
Ann Windsor
Jacqueline Windsor
Phyllis Ingraham
Patty Lou Ingraham
Marjorie Bauerle
Marie Martin
Vera Mae McClain
Florence Krodel
Carol Krodel
Elise Ann Bardin
Harriett Lewis
Betty Lou Bell
Betty Jane Williams
Betty Jane Morris
Elizabeth Lasley
Josephine Thomas
Annette Lewis
Mary Somerville
Hilda Mae Wartenburg
Nancy Ferguson
Harry Lasley
Walter Mills Windsor
Harold Hayman Sayre
Rush Krodel
Nicky Krodel
Robert Harper
J. G. Pauley, Jr
Charles Stanley
Okey Roush
Victor Park
Ben Stout
Wm. Johnson
Harry Jones
Mike Snodgrass
Homer Martin
Richard Bell
Jack Locke
Earl Thomas, Jr
Sam Park
Alex Cruickshank
Patrolmen Arrest Four for Intoxication in Point Pleasant
Marion Leport 18, and Pearl and Early Flint 40, were arrested Saturday by state patrolmen on intoxication charges. Leport was fined 5 dollars and costs and jailed ten days. The Flints paid 5 dollar fines and were released. Magistrate Sam Taylor presided. Vincent Harris was also arrested for intoxication and held in jail.
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Point Pleasant
Marion Leport
Pearl
Early Flint
Leport
Crab Creek
Sam Taylor
Vincent Harris
Lone picket withdrawn at Point Pleasant bus terminal
At Point Pleasant the sole picket at the bus terminal was withdrawn by an A F of L local after a mortar carrier, who had an objection entered against him, was discharged.
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Point Pleasant
A. F. of L
County Agent Leads Instruction at Camp Jackson's Mill
Mrs. Hox tense Bell is sent from the county home demonstration office to Jackson's Mill as instructor at the 4-H camp in session. The camp closes June 23 with Wanda Lee Betty Lewis Rita Randolph aiding. Lop Randolph study music while Lewis handles recreation. Recreation studies are emphasized this year to boost morale, says Mrs Clarice Knapp.
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Point Pleasant
Hoxtense Bell
Jackson’s Mill
Newspaper Men Approve Special Tax Plan for County
Local newspapermen advised by the county court approved a special levy proposal set for the biennial primary election on August 4. The plan seeks 32 000 dollars over three years to pay pre August 1939 debts 10 000 to expand the county clerk’s office and 70 for unforeseen war related costs. Levy rates would be 4 cents Class 1 8 cents Class 2 and 16 cents for Classes 3 and 4.
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Point Pleasant
Th Messenger
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