Interest Grows in Nelsonville Cement Sidewalk Project
Nelsonville launches a citywide sidewalk program on Payette and Hocking Streets with cement walks planned along Elk's building fronts and toward the Public Square. Mayor Holland says labor is provided by FERA and property owners fund materials. initial estimates put owner costs at about seven cents per square foot. Numerous applications are already on file with more anticipated as the program aims for a broad summer rollout.
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Nelsonville
Payette
Hocking
G. Holland
Light and Water Office
Fayette and Hocking
Elk’s
FERA
Holland
Anniversary celebration marks Simingtons tenth year
Nelsonville honors Mr. and Mrs. Willard Simington on their tenth wedding anniversary. They hosted the Christian Church Business Girls Class at the Slarkeys home, decorated with roses, with contests and games and a refreshments spread. The guests brought gifts for the couple.
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Nelsonville
Mra
Williard Simington
The
Christian Church
Sam Slarkey
Starkey
Business Girls Entertained by Local Club
In Nelsonville thirty one members and two guests attended a Monday night gathering at a Myers Street home. Hostesses Lucile Newman Edna Donley Lucile Powell Bernice Linscott and Ethel Medciff served a two course luncheon after an enjoyable bingo session with prizes awarded to Bertha Starkey Lillian Silcott and Nell Johnson.
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Nelsonville
John Cox
Mamie Evans
Lucile Newman
Edna Donley
Lucile Powell
Bernice Linscott
Ethel Medciff
Christian Church
Myers Street
Bertha Starkey
Lillian Silcott
Nell Johnson
Mrs Josephine Smith Dies in Columbus
Nelsonville Mrs Josephine Smith 71 died Monday at White Cross Hospital Columbus after several weeks illness. She will lie in state at her Derr Run Bridge home until noon Wednesday then be taken to Stouts Funeral Home for 2 pm services by Rev Lloyd Evans. Burial at Greenlawn. She leaves four daughters and three sons. husband Albert Smith preceded her in death.
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Nelsonville
Josephine Smith
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Derr Run Bridge
Stouts Funeral Home
Lloyd Evans
Greenlawn
Albert Smith
Marriage of Feb 1 Is Being Announced
Nelsonville reports the marriage of Miss Jennie Juniper of Nelsonville to Mr. Joe Gompf of Logan. The ceremony held at St Marys West Virginia on February 1 with Rev Dawson presiding. The couple plans to reside in Logan where Gompf works at J A Fickle Chevrolet Agency.
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Nelsonville
Jennie Juniper
Harley Juniper
Joe Gompf
Chris Gompf
Logan
St. Marys
W. Va
Dawson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Gompf
Nelsonville High School
Ohio University
Logan High School
J. A. Fickle Chevrolet Agency
Loyal Women Meet At Woodward Home
Mrs Agnes Woodward hosted the Loyal Woman s Class of the Methodist Church at her country home with assistance from Mrs Bessie Warehime and Mrs Fanny Williams The group planned an annual picnic at Rising Park in July A handkerchief shower honored Mrs Warehime who entered Radium Hospital Columbus for treatment A two course luncheon was served to 2 members and five guests
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Nelsonville
Agnes Woodward
Bessie Warehime
Fanny Williams
Loyal Woman's
Methodist Church
Margaret Riley
Rising Park
Elia Sheldon
Emma McManamay
Mra. Warehime
Radium Hospital
Columbus
Stolen Car Recovered In Nelsonville Case
Automobile owned by G. T. Zeigler of Trimble stolen from Glou ster Saturday night was found Monday on information given to Police Chief George Bateman. The car was secreted in Wail Knight Hollow near Mason City Hill and Zeigler recovered it. it appeared undamaged.
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Nelsonville
G. T. Zeigler
Trimble
Glouster
George Bateman
Wail Knight Hollow
Buchtel
Mason City Hill
Zeigler
Plan Bingo Benefit At Parish Hall Nelsonville
Huge bowls and baskets of roses will be placed through St. Andrews Parish Hall Tuesday evening for a bingo benefit by the Business and Professional Women. Guests will play contract and bid. the door prize is the feature with other prizes awarded.
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Nelsonville
St. Andrews Parish
Nelsonville Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Summer Plans
Nelsonville community notes list Mrs C W Cable of Columbus visiting friends. The Jacobs family from Columbus spent Sunday with Mary Jacobs in Corning. Clarence Slater and a Columbus couple visited Mrs W W Poston. Bob White and John Sayers traveled to Sandusky with Phebe Fitzzer and Freister for a two week vacation. R Sherburn and daughter Jennie Mays from Columbus were Father’s Day guests of Lucius Kepler.
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C. W. Cable
Columbus
William Jacobs
Mary Jacobs
Corning
Clarence Slater
W. W. Poston
Bob White
John Sayers
Sandusky
Nelsonville
Phebe Fitzer
Miss Freister
R. Sherburn
Jennie Mays
Lucius Kepler
Mayor Fines Three In Nelsonville Pleas
Nelsonville residents William Shaner and Fred Jenkins faced arraignment in Mayor 8 G Holland’s court for intoxication and pleaded guilty. Bach received a $5 fine plus costs. Raymond Windle changed a prior not guilty plea to guilty for quarreling and fighting and was fined $10 plus costs.
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Nelsonville
William Shaner
Fred Jenkins
G. Holland
Bach
Raymond Windle
Home Guards to Meet for Marshmallow Roast
All members of the Home Guards are asked to meet at the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 4 30 for a marshmallow roast and campfire service.
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Nelsonville
Home Guards
Methodist
California Fare Question From Wichita Caller
A Wichita resident and a later mystery traveler asked L B Smith of the Santa Fe Railroad about standing room fares to California after inquiring about summer rates to the Pacific Coast. Smith answered there were no standing room fares available. London buses travel about 186000000 miles annually.
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Kas
Pacific Coast
L. B. Smith
Santa Fe Railroad
California
Smith
Home-Coming At Fairview Church Near Coolville
Tuppers Plains reports an all-day home coming at Fairview United Brethren Church near Coolville on Sunday July 7. Services start 9:30 with Sunday School and preaching, basket dinner at noon, afternoon praise meeting at 2, evangelistic service in the evening by Rev D Vause Snyder. Assistants include Rev Everett Cole and John Poling. The Snyders attend a Nauvoo Church convention in Portsmouth midweek and return Saturday. A new lunch room at Mac's Super Service will soon be finished.
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Tuppers Plains
Fairview
Giouster
John Poling
D. Vause Snyder
Portsmouth
Christian Endeavor
Nauvoo
United Brethren Church
Nancy Brandebury
Centennial Congregational Church
Social notes from Rio Grande and area
Miss Florence Chubbuck will entertain friends Thursday evening at the Allen home. Mr. and Mrs. W. EB Clark attend Hughes High School graduation in Cincinnati where daughter Mareena earned a diploma in a class of 435. Several families and individuals from Cincinnati and Jackson visit local residents and households across the weekend and summer months. Morton Geotting returns home with a University of Michigan degree for a short vacation.
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Rio Grande
Florence Chubbuck
Allen
Mary Miltenberger
George Daily
Pittsburgh
H. S. Sayre
W. EB. Clark
Hughes High School
Cincinnati
Mareena
Robert Hall
Robert
David Williams
Billy
A. J. Clark
Morton Geotting
University of Michigan
C. W. Hutchison
Ellen Broyles
Harry Marehman
Jackson
Kathryn Denny
Dorothy Sutton
New Boston
Carbon Hill Brief Notes
Carbon Hill notes a major surgical operation on Roy Johnson at Cherrington Hospital with favorable prospects. Local families visit relatives, marriages announced for Delbert Coe and Cora Belle Smith, and travels and funeral attendance extend from Ohio to Kentucky and West Virginia amid family ties and gatherings.
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Carbon Hill
Roy Johnson
Robert Johnson
Cherrington Hospital
Indiana Pastor To Preach Saturday At Bunker Hill Church
Rev. J. G. Conner of Huntington will preach at Bunker Hill Saturday night at 7 30. Local residents hosted guests and attended events including a Christian Endeavor meeting and a Sunday School convention at Chester.
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Bunker Hill Church
Bunker Hill
J. G. Conner
Huntington
Ind
Norman Meilman
Richard Heitman
Clay Bryant
Middleport
Amber Will
Denver
Denver Carman
Will King and Sons
Kingsbury
George Hellman
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