Nelsonville bids for coal plants amid higher offers
Seven local truckers submitted bids to the Nelsonville City Board of Control for coal to the municipal plant for July through December. Prices ranged from 1.96 to 2.20 per ton, with James Allen submitting the low bid at 1.96. The board will decide by week’s end and require bond from the winner. The city uses about 450 tons monthly. current bill runs around 1,300 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
City Board of Control
Municipal Electric Light and Waterworks
Board of Control
G. Holland
William Burrows
E. F. DeVore
NRA
Walter Maccombe
James Allen
Walter Maccombs
Guy Millholland
William Barrows
Funeral of Bashan Woman Held Sunday At Lee's Cemetery
Bashan Mrs. Ruby Bailey dies at home Friday night. Funeral held Sunday at 2 pm at Lee's Chapel with burial in Lee's Cemetery. Local residents and relatives noted in surrounding calls and visits. Several families and visitors from Plain View and nearby towns attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee’s Cemetery
Vacation School at Taylor Ridge Ends With Sunday Program
Taylor Ridge closes its Daily Vacation Bible School with Friday night exercises at the Church of Christ at 7 30. A children’s day program is set for Sunday night at 7 30 under Mrs C M Anglin and committee. Local residents attended events and visitors were noted in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Church of Christ
C. M. Anglin
James Jones
Joe Jones
Terre Haute
Ind
Fred Sehwalbak
Akron
Martin Burnard
Jacksonville
Minnie Keck
John Wenger
Charles
Mont Davis
Columbus
Carmelline
Charleen Wahl
Glouster
Dwight Smith
Delia Chalfant
Elizabeth Hildebrand
Church of Christ Young People's Conference
Marietta
M. Anglin
West Virginia
Dora Heffken
Opal Campbell
Jobs
Martin Barnard
Gus Gaskalla
Joseph Gaskalla
Oren Justus
Jack Kutta
Car Gwinn
Raymond Mulpas
Sugar Creek
Rolland Mul Mies
Gertrude Sainey
Lancaster
Emil Sainey
W E A Club Meets Friday in Nelsonville
Members of the W E A Club will meet Friday evening with Mrs Anna Foss on Poplar Street. Andorra the tiny Pyrenees country has no army police stamps coins newspapers or railroads. The composer Robert Schumann suffered from hallucinations that the musical note A was ringing in his ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W. E. A. Club
Anna Foss
Poplar Street
Andorra
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Robert Schumann
College Hill News Notes on Boudinot Illness and Visitors
C H Boudinot, seriously ill then improved, drew many visitors from Amesville Athens Greens Run and nearby towns including Boudinot kin and friends. Several households shared meals and calls over the weekend while D M Sawyer conducted business in Haydenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Hill
C. H. Boudinot
Eugene Post
Sylvia Post
Wesley
Corning
Henry Heffken
Betty
Carolyn
Millfield
Arthur Corwin
Camp Athens
Len Boudinot
A. E. Potter
Boyd Potter
Billy
Emma Jo Burke
Dix
Albany
Bernadine Sawyer
Trimbie
Parker Boudinot
Bob
New Lexington
Arthur Sawyer
Ralph
Malta
D. M. Sawyer
Frank Corwin
Herbert
Edward Howard
Nelsonville
Alma Sawyer
S. D
M. Sawyer
Haydenville
Utah Prisoner To Die Before Firing Squad
A Utah inmate Delbert Green faces a firing squad execution described in detail. Five unnamed executioners will fire at a heart target in the prison yard with one blank shell ensuring uncertainty about who delivers the lethal shot. The process ends with a physician confirming death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Delbert Green
Green
United States
Nelsonville Bridge Club Social Night Features Substitutes
Mrs Walter Mechem hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club with substitutes Mrs Herb Ley shon Mrs C E Welch Mrs R P Stalter and Mrs John Lawson joining. High scores went to Mrs William Mille Mrs John Edington and Mrs L P Rice. Mr and Mrs Benson Preston travel to attend the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Masters with their two children accompanying them from Bowerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Herb Leyshon
C. E. Welch
R. P. Stalter
John Lawson
Walter Mechem
William Mille
John Edington
L. P. Rice
Benson Preston
Bowerstown
Mexican Catholics Stage Parade Of Hope
About 15,000 Roman Catholics marched through Mexico City under banners protesting religious persecution and government repression, as authorities showed reluctance to intervene amid past suppressions.
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Mexico City
Boy Scout Troop 46 to Meet Friday Night
Nelsonville Troop 46 meets Friday at 7 15 pm in the K of P Building. Scoutmaster W D Mender urges uniforms. Sixteen Scouts attended Scout Circus in Parkersburg last Friday. transport limits left some unable to go. Committeemen Roy Tomlinson Earl Bateman James Patton Bill Lawson and Harry Wolfe to meet at 9 pm in K of P club room. Wolfe new member replacing Harry Evans.
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Nelsonville
K. of P
Parkersburg
EB. J. Arnold
Bill Lawson
C. L. Stout
W. D. Mender
Roy Tomlinson
Earl Bateman
James Patton
Harry Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Jim Newman
Harry Evans
Vacation School To Open in This Area
The Methodist Church plans vacation schools starting Monday June 24 in Nelsonville Haydenville and Carbondale. Mrs Ann Sandy will supervise and will meet workers at the Nelsonville Methodist Church Sunday at 7 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Haydenville
Carbondale
Ann Sandy
Farmers of College Hill District Start In Poultry Business
College Hill farmers plan poultry ventures as egg and dressed chicken prices rise. Clarence Bernard buys 190 White Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, D M Sawyer 300 English White Leghorns, Allen Boudinot 200 White Leghorns, and 100 each of Jersey White Giants and English White Leghorns between Boudinot and Arthur Corwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Hill
Clarence Bernard
Rhode Island
D. M. Sawyer
Allen Boudinot
Arthur Corwin
Jersey
Children Appear in Millfield Program At Church of Christ
Millfield Children’s Day exercises at the Church of Christ drew a large audience with a pageant drills recitations and songs. Hazel La Hugh Mozelle La Hugh Ernestine Mingus sang with piano, Rev Hiles Hoon of New Marshfield to speak at the regular appointment.
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Millfield
Church of Christ
Hazel
Mozelle la Hugh
Ernestine Mingus
Hiles Hoon
New Marshfield
Church of Christ Here
Vaughn Earich
Trimble
William Cole
Chesterhill
Mamie McGuire
T. M. Keirna
Amesville
Russell Davis
Jacksonville
Harry Vernon
Glouster
Courtney Petitt
Robert Miller
F. E. Boudinot
Lola Boudinot
Donald Green
Athens
Herbert Hartman
Modoc
James Hartman
Concord
John Omen
Zanesville
J. H. Sharick
Ida Hill
Ralph Wilson
Browneville
Charles Humphrey
West Virginia
Humphrey
Rebecca Tracy
Robert Dust
Columbia
Dusz
Albert Dusz
Visit McConaha Home Hosts Ohio Guests
Mr and Mrs W T McConaha welcomed over the weekend the latters sister Mrs Joe Garlinger and niece Mrs Med Stanley plus Mrs Garlingers two sons Charles and Rayland of Eastern Ohio. Mrs McConahas mother Mrs Margaret Allman also returned from 18 months with Mrs Garlinger. Mrs C L Bowen Millfield spent a few days with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs McConaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W. T. McConaha
Joe Garlinger
Med Stanley
Garlinger
Charles
Rayland
Ohio
McConaha
Margaret Allman
C. L. Bowen
Millfield
Mrs. McConaha
Nelsonville Community Notes on Hospital Visit
Mrs. Bertha Ray and family spent Tuesday in Columbus visiting Mrs. William Cheeseman at Grant Hospital where she recovers from a surgical operation. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Leyshon of Philadelphia stayed with R. R. Stalter. Ed Mills of Zanesville attended the funeral of Mrs. Joseph Smith. Billy and Jimmy Cheeseman joined the visit at the hospital.
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Bertha Ray
William Cheeseman
Frank Cheeseman
Columbus
Grant Hospital
Cheeseman
Herb Leyshon
Philadelphia
R. R. Stalter
Ed Mills
Zanesville
Joseph Smith
Billy
Jimmy
Jimmy, Spent Tuesday With Mrs. Cheeseman
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Nelsonville Coal
Robert J. Dunham
Chicago Park
Hoodlet
George Hensley
Mary Lou
J. M. Triplett
Arthur Orr
EF. KE. Hayman
Middleport
Vista Frank
Stella Frank
William Sorden
Melbourne
W. Va
Clint Orr
Raymond Ervin
Mount Olive
A. Rairden
Eliza Ervin
George McCullough
Pomeroy
A. McCullough
Girl
K. of P. Hall
College Hill News
Mrs. Mechem
Ana Tait
Palace of Fine Arts
Mexico
Cardenas
Calles
Boy Scout Troop
Ween Enamel
Edington
Majestic
CES Temple
Rosemary Ames
Joel McCrea
Caere
Ulf
Gulf
It Co
Cosmopolitan Club
Harry Jackson
Ask
Nelsonvilld
June Palmer
RED Coats
Valley Grill Buckeye
Nelson
West Washi
Rida Atur
Mechem Nelsonville
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