Three Coal Bids Opened For Light Plant Contract
Three bids for delivering No 6 run of mine coal to the municipal electric light plant for six months beginning July 1 were opened by the city board of control. Bids ranged from 3.65 to 4.29 per ton with current contract at 4.35. Delivery averages about 20 tons daily. award pending technical details. Also, Pastor Lin Polk takes a one month vacation, attending Wesleyan University commencement in Middletown, travels to Westport and Troy.
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Nelsonville
Municipal Electric Light
City Board of Control
Earl Hilleary
Vern Coakley
Harry Evans
Wesley Grimstead
Buchtel
Meyer Coal Co
Coakley & Shelton
Rollin S. Polk
Wesleyan University
Middetown
Conn
Paul Rabut
Westport
Troy
New York
Police Aid in Ohio Car Check Drive
Murray City marshal Floyd Keeton announced police will join a state wide July traffic check drive by the Ohio Chiefs of Police Association and the State Highway Patrol. Last year 622705 vehicles were checked with 114857 defective. Officials will inspect brakes horns lights steering wheels windshield wipers and stop lights. Drivers with satisfactory cars will receive a 1949 traffic safety sticker.
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Murray City
Floyd Keeton
Ohio Chiefs of Police Association
State Highway Patrol
Marshall Keeton
Man Denies Assault in Nel sonville Case
Nelsonville charged with assault and battery on Joellen Maiden a 3 year old Vernice War ren pleaded innocent at arraignment before Earl Hilleary acting mayor. Hearing set for Friday 7 p.m. bond $20. Marie Barber Deanville charged with intoxication pleaded guilty fined $10 costs committed to county jail pending settlement.
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Nelsonville
Joellen Maiden
Vernice Warren
Earl Hilleary
Elmer Maiden
Marie Barber
Deanville
Pilgrim Holiness and Episcopal Notices in Nelsonville
Nelsonville church listings show Pilgrim Holiness with Ray mond Simpson as pastor scheduling Sunday school at 9 30 a m morning worship 10 30 service 7 30 evening sermon and a 7 30 prayer meeting in the church basement Also Fort and Short with J A Long ministering Sunday school 9 30 am morning worship and communion 10 30 sermon A House of Prayer Chi Rho Youth meeting 7 pm and an Evening with Jonah Mid week study and devotional hours Epiphany Episcopal Rol ling S Polk Jr priest in charge June 19 first Sunday after Trinity morning prayer and sermon 9 30 Kenneth C Orwiler lay reader.
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Pilgrim Holiness
Raymond Simpson
Fort and Short
J. A. Long
House of Prayer
Chi Rho
Jonah
Epiphany Episcopal
Rollin S. Polk, Jr
Trinity
Kenneth C. Orwiler
Pageant by Children at Nelsonville Church
The Methodist Sunday School children presented a cantata pageant The Singing Heart as part of the annual Children's Day observance at the Nelsonville church. Terry Lee Tignor read the 23rd Psalm and the Flowers song was performed by the beginners. Cast included Joan Brown as Lady Blue Bell and Phillis Barber as Joy with many other children in the program. Announcements were by Arthur Kennedy, Sunday school superintendent.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Sunday School
Singing Heart
Terry Lee Tignor
Lady Blue Bell
Joan Brown
Joy
Phillis Barber
Jane Campbell
Janet Howson
Netty Nan Carlin
Judy Wallace
Joyce Fiske
Martha Weller
Mary Beth Goss
Carolyn Elliott
Donna Jean Howson
Sheila Glenn
Danny Sheets
Martha Campbell
Ann Bishop
Driver Permit Charge Results in Ten Dollar Fine
Kenneth Mur phy of Columbus faced a driving without license charge and pleaded guilty before acting mayor Earl Hilleary. He was fined ten dollars plus costs. James Crabtree of local area pleaded guilty to assault and battery. sentence was withheld pending investigation.
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James Crabtree
Minnie Crabtree
Social Guests Visit in Haydenville and Surrounding Towns
Guests included Frank and Franklin Ginther and Hazel Hawkins of Middleport with Mr and Mrs Albert Sparks. Lancaster couple Mr and Mrs Frank Black and Logan couple Mr and Mrs Bloss er Lehman visited the Sparks. Massachusetts visitors Emil Myers and Mrs Alvin Angle stayed with local households. Gene Coe traveled from Massillon and was employed in Milton West Virginia. S. H. Bowles and Metty and Janis visited Mrs Gertrude McClelland in Wellston who was seriously ill. Mrs Annabelle Lehman.
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Haydenville
Albert Sparks
Frank Ginther
Franklin Ginther
Hazel Hawkins
Middleport
Frank Black
Lancaster
Blosser Lehman
Logan
Francis Lehman
Emil Myers
Massachusetts
Harvey Angle
Alvin Angle
Massillon
Milton
W. Va
Gene Coe
S. H. Bowles
Metty
Janis
Wellston
Gertrude McClelland
Annabelle Lehman
Cincinnati Livestock Market Report June 17
Hogs salable 2075 and steady with best Thursday. Cattle and calves weak with mixed demand. grain fed steers scarce at 23.00-24.25, stock cattle 18.50-23.00. Sheep and lambs weak. spring lambs 24.50 down to 23.00, slaughter ewes 5.50-9.00. Local demand very narrow.
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Cincinnati Livestock
Cincinnati
Athens
Cincinnati Egg Prices and Grades Report
Cincinnati consumers received grade figures for eggs dated June 16. The U S A large eggs show 51 to 36 percent split, medium 49 to 51, B large 48 to 50 and wholesale grades ex tras large 435 to 31 with current receipts at 37 3.
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Cincinnati
Underground Coal Mine Entry Hit Near Chauncey
Engineers from Sunday Creek Coal Co locate a mine entry 120 feet beneath a stake on State Route 13 north of Chauncey. William G. Cook, veteran drill er from Coalville, conducts the drilling for Mine 255 with water pumping plans and a power line extension. Cook, 20 years in water, gas and oil drilling, lives in Coolville and comes from the pioneer Cook family long settled in Rome Township, Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Chauncey
William G. Cook
Coalville
Cook
Coolville
Piencer Cook
Beebe
Rome Township
Athens County
William A. . Cook
Bill Wines
Nelsonville Hostesses Lead Methodist Sunday School Party
Mrs. Shelby Barber Mrs. Raymond Brown and Miss Joan Carter organized a party for the primary department of the Methodist Sunday School at 6 15 p m Wednesday. Thirty guests enjoyed contests games and group singing. A lollypop tree outside the church let each child pluck a color premier lollypop. Ice cream and cookies were served then children were taken to the sanctuary for a showing of Jairus Daughter to which all departments were invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Shelby Barber
Raymond Brown
Joan Carter
Methodist Sunday School
Jairus
Nomads of Avrudaka Meet in Hall on June 20
The Nomads of Avrudaka will meet June 20 in the K of P Hall at 7 30 p m. Hosts include Edna Lash James and Violet Hollen baugh and W D Wolfe. Members should return tickets at this time.
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Avrudaka
K. of P. Hall
Edna Lash
James and
Violet Hollenbaugh
W. D. Wolfe
Potluck Dinner Tonight for Retta Howe Class at Schoonover Home
Members of the Retta Howe Sunday School class of the Methodist Church are to have a potluck dinner at 6 30 this evening at the home of Mrs Garnet Schoonover. Members should bring a dish and sandwiches.
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Retta Howe
The
Methodist Church
Garnet Schoonover
Auto Taken To East For Shipment Abroad
Nelsonville notices a US Army officer M Sgt Charles Godenschwager and his wife at Augsberg Germany with the Army. His father George Godenschwager drove the automobile to New York for shipment abroad. The car was delivered at the Brooklyn port of embarkation and the father returned home by train.
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Charles Godenschwager
Augsberg
Germany
New York
George Godenschwager
Sgt. Godenschwager
Port of Embarkation
Brooklyn
Mr. Godenschwager
Nelsonville Veteran Wounded in World War II Action
Rolland Pierce of the local post office is in a government hospital at Battle Creek Michigan for an annual physical check up. He was wounded in action during World War II overseas service.
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Nelsonville
Rolland Pierce
Battle Creek
Mich
Local social notes and travel updates from Ohio area
The item lists multiple families visiting sites and attending events in Ohio and nearby states. Doris Covington graduates from Ohio University with her parents present. Other families travel to Fast Lafayette Cincinnati Columbus and Old Man's Cave. Warren H Badger recovers at Doctor's Hospital Columbus after surgery.
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Shade
E. P Covington
Ohio University
Doris
George Malloy
Jack
Malloy
Lafayette
Ohio
Fred Hooper
Columbus
Hooper
R. F. Perry
Joe
James Jeffers
Linda
Ivor Shumway
Kelson
Keith
Albert Coates
Cincinnati
Warren Winners
Oklahoma
Bar! Williams
Williams
Walt Williams
Phyllis Fulton
Clyde Pratt
Old Man's Cave
Joe Bobo
Dayton
Nelsonville
Warren H. Badger
Pleasantview Ave
Doctor’s Hospital
Rio Grande Faculty and Students Enjoy Lake Jackson Outing
Rio Grande College faculty and students held a Thursday picnic at Lake Jackson. About one hundred attendees traveled by bus and car for fishing, swimming, and a supper, organized by Mr. Peony Northcutt and W. A. Lewis as part of summer social events.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Lake Jackson
Peony Northcutt
W. A. Lewis
Two Citizens Fined In Gallipolis Municipal Court
In Gallipolis Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones fined Evanonte Gilmore of Pomeroy Route 1 for intoxication with costs and jailed for non payment. Edna Childers of Gallipolis Route 1 was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless operation with 15 dollars suspended.
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Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Evanonte Gilmore
Pomeroy
Gilmore
Edna Childers
Jones
Holzer Hospital Notes Gallipolis
Admissions list for Holzer Hospital includes many patients from Jackson Wellston Henderson and Holtsville with names such as Willard Russell Mercer Bonita Wavesley Mrs Mary Ellen Beakins and Mr Fred Crow Births report a daughter to Mrs William H W Burdette Point Pleasant and a son to Mrs Eugene Carter Discharges include Mrs Brice Cremens Mrs Edward Miles and several others from Jackson and Wellston.
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Gallipolis
Willard Russell Mercer
Jackson
Paul Sharpe
Bonita June Wavesley
Henderson
Mary Ellen Eakins
Oak Hill
Bill Hughes
Oak Hil
William HW. Burdette
Point Pleasant
Eugene Carter
Brice Cremeens
Edward Miles
John Arthurs
J. T. Short
Inis Barton
Christopher Fox
Ernest Levisay
Henry Hunt
Jack Rose
Everett Richards
Hewitt Buescher
Nancy Rameey
Thomas Conboy
Services To Be Held For Lorena A. Allison
Funeral services are set for Saturday in Columbus for Lorena A. Allison aunt of Mrs. Bert Robinson of Gallipolis. She died yesterday in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Lorena A. Allison
Bert Robinson
Ohio University commencement attendees and local visits noted
Mrs Dora Webb Mrs Mary Morgan Mrs Myrtle Wall and Mr and Mrs William Bel attended the commencement at Ohio University. Bill Spicer son of Mr and Mrs Frank Spicer is recovering from an appendix operation at University Hospital Columbus. Mrs Dottie Brown convalesces at her parents home. Ruth Bell.
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New Straitsville
Dora Webb
Mary Morgan
Myrtle Wall
William Bel
Ohio University
Paul Webb
Ruscoe
Muskingum River
Bill Spicer
Frank Spicer
University Hospital
Columbus
Frank Wallace
Dottie Brown
Dave Williams
Bruce Orndorf
Orndorf
Akron
Nell Orndorf
George Mitchell
Steve Spurges
Logan
Harriet Webb
Ruth Bell
Gallipolis Church News Highlights Local Services
Grace Methodist hosts 6 am service and 10 am communion with 10:30 am Sunday school for kids and 11 am classes for adults. Junior youth assemble at 11:15 am. First Baptist lists Bible school 9:15 am, 10:30 am worship with Jake Boggs speaking, 4:30 pm youth, and evening services. St Peters Episcopal offers 9:30 am Sunday school and 11 am sermon with Wednesday choir. First Presbyterian notes 9:50 am Sunday school and 10:40 am worship with Vacation Bible School program closing. midweek service and choir rehearsals scheduled.
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Grace Methodist
L. A Donnally
Church School
Rio Grande
First Baptist — Bible School
Jake Boggs
Charleston
Boggs
Hoggs
Roadside Park
Tnuteday
Driver Injured When Truck Overturns Near Wellaton
GALLIPOLIS four miles south of Wellaton on Route 327 at 2 15 am Thursday a truck driven by Glendon Keller 26 Jackson Route 4 ran off the left side of the highway and overturned Keller was taken to Holver Hospital Gallipolia with possible several fractured ribs per the State Highway Patrol.
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Gallipolis
Wellaton
Glendon Keller
Jackson
State
Sal Keller
Holver Hospital
Gallipolia
Man and Woman Held For Investigation
Gallipolis police detain a Columbus man and a Cleveland woman at Eureka on suspicion. They are held for investigation, according to Sheriff George Ehman.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Cleveland
Eureka
George Ehman
Gallia County women attend Ohio Home Demonstration Meet
Gallia County women attended an Ohio Home Demonstration Council meeting at Ohio State University in Columbus June 14 and 15. Participants included Miss Donna Rice, Mrs. Joe Miller, Mrs. Evan Rees, Mrs. G. Elliott, and Mrs. S. H. Fadely. The program focused on "The Homemaker, a Better World Citizen."
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Gallipolis
Ohio Home Demonstration Council
Ohio State University
Columbus
Donna Rice
Gallia County
Joe Miller
Evan Rees
G. Elliott
S. H. Fadely
Gailia
River Traffic Reports From Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha
River traffic reports list several down and up movements on the Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River. Vessels include the B D Kenna Sul livan Peace Cook Dorothy M4 Jefferson Virginia Ogram Soho State and Wood with gauge readings showing upper 9 lower 9.8 feet and Kanawha Falls at 1:07 rising.
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Gallipolis
Gale Lipolis
B.D. Kenna
Creighton
Lelia
Patriot
Kanawha
Sullivan
Marmet
George 'Fl
Peace
Winfield
Dorothy
Robert T
Bob S. W
Atlas
Price
Jefferson
Virginia Down
Ogram
Soho State
Wood
Kanawha Falls
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Nelsonville Social Notes
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Betty Hartford
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