York Township Service Club Urges Red Cross Donations
In Nelsonville the York Township Service Club asks residents to support the Red Cross Drive. They note a club inquiry for news on a missing son led to a Red Cross telegram confirming he is alive and a prisoner of war in Germany, a key morale boost for the Monks.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
York Township Service Club
Red Cross
Nelsonville
Parker S. Sniffen
C. H. Monks
Ellen Biddle
The
Athens County
Young Girl Severely Burned in Kitchen Accident
In Nelsonville four year old Nancy Nickols suffered severe burns while playing in the kitchen when her foot became entangled with a cord from an electric percolator spilling hot coffee. She is under treatment at Children’s Hospital Columbus for secondary burns. The report notes Red Cross appeals and community charity efforts for ongoing support.
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Nelsonville
Nancy Nickols
George Nickols, Mill Sr
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Martha Class Holds Meeting at Fayette Street Home
Martha Class of the Methodist Church met at Mrs. C. D. Shafer’s Fayette Street home in Nelsonville. Devotion by Mrs. Julius Fischer on The Living Bread from The Sanctuary. New member Mrs. Fred Voigt welcomed. Contests led discussion on Must We Go to Church to Lead a Good Life. Dessert social for 13 members and guest Mrs. Ben Yerkey.
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Nelsonville
C. D. Shafer
W. M. George
Martha
Methodist Church
Fayette St
Julius Fischer
Miles Howe
Fred Voigt
Howe
James Beard
St. Patrick
Ben Yerkey
Pennsboro
W. Va
Salvage drive urges tin tube and can donations in Nelsonville
Nelsonville citizens are urged to turn in old collapsible tin tubes by March 30 and to process and return all empty tin cans. The request comes after March 1 1944 when trading in tubes ends and stresses abundant need for tin after the war. Radar: none
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Nelsonville
War Production Board
S. H. Wakefield
O. G. Bird
Athens County
Smith Funeral Held for Lena Welch Smith in Columbus
Funeral services were held at Spears Funeral Home in Columbus for Lena Welch Smith widow of Alfred Smith formerly of Nelsonville. She died in Zanesville and is survived by three daughters Maxine Moore Mary E. Smith Elsie Mathews and two sons Charles R. Smith Leroy Smith. The Smiths were longtime Nelsonville residents with cousins in the city.
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Nelsonville
Spears
Columbus
Lena Welch Smith
Smith
Alfred Smith
Zanesville
Maxine Moore
Mary E. Smith
Elsie Mathews
Charles R
Leroy
Mansfield
Nelsonville Social Notes Update
Nelsonville social pages report gatherings of local groups. The Past Matrons and Patrons Association hosted 18 members at Masonica Temple with a green and white table setting and a 6 30 dinner followed by entertainment. The Circle of Ruth at Presbyterian Church met with a planned supper at 6. A program included prayers, missionary prayers, and papers on Jews and immigration. Local residents traveled or were hospitalized, and members of the armed forces were noted among visitors and transfers.
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Nelsonville
Maynard McDaniel
Retta Lennox
Margaret Galvin
Adda Hawk
Eudora
Masonica Temple
Harry Davis
John Saltz
Arrangements for Survey Completed
Nelsonville notices a national survey of all retail stores under War Price and Rationing Boards. In York and Waterloo Townships the survey is ready with office staff assisting due to volunteers. local office will close until 4 30 p m on Wednesday.
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Nelsonville
York
Waterloo
Revival Planned At Pilgrim Church
Nelsonville church announces a pre Easter revival starting March 26 featuring evangelist Rev. R D Brown of Indianapolis. Sunday services include 9 30 Sunday School 10 30 morning worship 7 evening worship with Rev B A Awe sermon and 6 Young Peoples service led by Miss Lillian Kinsey. Cottage prayer meeting tonight at Mrs Charles Kinsey home.
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Nelsonville
Pilgrim Holiness
Chestnut and
Harper Sts
Walter Primmer
Kingdom of God
Young Peoples
Lillian Kinsey
B. A. Awe
Charles Kinsey
R. D. Brown
Indianapolis
Church of God
H. M. Smith
George A. Tipton
Rilla Stephenson
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Eastern Avenue
John Spires
Church of Christ
Garfield Avenue
Ted Waller
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Francis Maryland Story
Hester Hill
George Gilmore
Goldie Hogan
Eine Cee Gust Sd
Man . E. Church
Church of Christ Schedule Announced
Nelsonville church outlines Sunday plan with Sunday School at 9 30 and morning service at 10 30 led by William B Evans. D W Codding oversees as speaker. Evening young people’s society meets at six but no evening service.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
William B. Evans
Board of Elders
D. W. Codding
Nelsonville Sportsmen appoint agents to sell licenses
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association designates members as agents authorized to sell fishing and hunting licenses. All commissions from license sales go to the local club for restocking the district. Official agents listed include C. E. Scott, Edward Paul Galvin, Rodney Reeves, Ned Newton, Earl Billeary, James Shafer and Walter Keating.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association
C. E. Scott
Edw
Paul Galvin
Rodney Reeves
Ned Newton
Earl Billeary
James Shafer
Walter Keating
Gallipolis Church Programs Highlight Worship and Events
The notice lists schedule details for multiple Gallipolis churches. First Baptist Church under Pastor J Edward Hakes features Bible School at 9 15 a m, worship at 10 30 a m with sermons on The Righteousness of God, and a 7 30 p m service. World Parish Day is planned for March 17 with dinner at 6 30 p m and Rev L S Snell as speaker. Other churches provide varied services and Childrens and Youth programs across mornings and evenings.
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First Baptist Church
J. Edward Hakes
Earl Saunders
God
L. S. Snell
Zanesville
Tanis Guild
Social Studiers
First Presbyterian Church
Cecil V. Marley
William H. Jones
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Charles G. Baird
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Church School
Clarence E. Brumfield
Young Thief Is Sent to State Prison
Robert Swisher, seventeen, who confessed to robbing two elderly sisters, was sentenced to an indeterminate term at Mansfield Reformatory by Judge John W. Howell. Deputy Sheriff Wood escorted him to prison. Betty Lou Swisher and Mary Ellen Jenkins faced probation for related involvement. Sheriff Hatfield recovered most of the stolen $1550, with funds returned to the victims.
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Gallipolis
Robert Swisher
Elvira
Mary Allison
Porter
Mansfield Reformatory
John W. Howell
Harold Wood
Swisher
Mansfield
Mary Ellen Kemper Jenkins
Howell
Betty Lou Swisher
Mary Ellen Jenkins
Plymale-Wagner
Service Men Of York District Update From Ohio Families
Mr and Mrs Pearl Lones of Canton Ohio report their son Pfc Pearl Lones Jr has been transferred from Brooksville to Pinecastle Florida The Lones family once lived in Nelsonville Also Pfc Lawrence O Williams son of Mr and Mrs John Williams Nelsonville is on a 15 day convalescent furlough from Jefferson Barracks Missouri visiting relatives and friends
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Dorothy Vorhes
Walter Floto
Steubenville
Lillian Taylor
Columbus
Margery Vorhes
Robert Johnson
Detroit
Thomas
Lax
Sylvia Devol
Walnut St
Marietta Hospital
Max Sniffen
Parker Sniffen
Fort Bragg
N. C
Santa Anna
Calif
Sniffen
John Kelly
Carp Rickey
Camp Maxie
Texas
Elouise Badger
Clarence Kelly
Ensign Darwin Cunningham
Pearl Lones
Canton
Ohio
Pfc
Pearl Lones, Jr
Brooksville
Fla
Pinecastle
Nelsonville
Lawrence O. Williams
John Williams
Station Hospital
Jefferson Barracks
Hoffman Funeral Services Held in Nelsonville
Funeral services for the late Thomas J. Hoffman who died March 2 at his sister Addie McGraner's home were conducted Saturday March 4 at Stout Funeral Home Nel sonville by Rev. W M George. Burial followed at Greenlawn cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Thomas J. Hoffman
Addie McGraner
Plains
Stout
W. M. George
Methodist Church
Greenlawn
Orndorf Funeral Planned for Saturday
Ices for the late Mrs Dora Orndorf, who died at her home in Murray City, will be held at the Murray City Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock. Burial will be at Greenlawn Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Dora Orndorf
Murray City
Greenlawn
Lenten Services in Progress at Epiphany Church
On the third Sunday in Lent March 12 a morning prayer and sermon will be held at Epiphany Episcopal Church at 9 30 a m. During Lent every Wednesday morning morning prayer is read at 7 o clock.
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Nelsonville
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Weaver Rites Sunday Service for Leroy Weaver Held at Deanville
Funeral rites for Leroy Weaver will be conducted Sunday at the family home in Deanville at two o clock. Rev. Lloyd Evans will lead the service and burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Leroy Weaver
Deanville
Lloyd Evans
Greenlawn
Pre-Easter Revival To Start Sunday In Pleasant
Pleasant notices that the pre Easter revival will begin Sunday evening at the Main Street Baptist Church and run for at least two weeks. The Rev Leslie Gould of Huntington will deliver the evangelical messages. Local residents including Mrs Ida C Stanley and Mr and Mrs Marvin McElfresh are mentioned in society notes with their trips and visits. State Senator Raymond Musgrave attended circuit court at Winfield.
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Puuin Pleasant
C. G. Billups
Main Street Baptist Church
Leslie Gould
Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Ida C. Stanley
Marvin McElfresh
Madison
E. McElfresh
Maggie Johnson
Mary McCartney
Flat Rock
Raymond Musgrave
Winfield
Lenore Jivid
Funkhouser Candidacy Highlights Putnam Speech in West Virginia Race
Raymond J. Funkhouser, Republican governor hopeful, spoke to a large Putnam County crowd at the courthouse. He praised conciliatory themes but warned against unnamed “Three Dictators” he says seek to block his bid, a jab aimed at Hallanan Kay and Neely.
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Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Putnam County
Funkhouser
Walter S. Hallanan
Robert H.C. Kay
M. M. Neely
Mason Agent Advises Farmers on Cattle Safety and Soil Care
Mason County Agent C. C. Anderson warns dairy cattle can be injured by poor bedding and stall partitions and faulty stanchions. He urges hoof trimming horn tipping, keeping wire and nails from feeds, and avoiding lead paint exposure. He also covers soil acidity and fertilization, recommending up to 20 tons per acre of manure for most vegetables and up to 10 tons for root crops.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Anderson
Anderson
Local Patients Listed After Clinic Procedures
At Point Clinic Mrs John Pearson of Leon had a tonsillectomy yesterday. Mrs Charles Van Sickle of Henderson was discharged to her home. Earl H Arnett transported Mrs Verna Cogar and her infant son to their home in North Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
John Pearson
Leon
Point Clinic
Charles van Sickle
Henderson
Earl H. Arnett
Vernon Cogar
North Point Pleasant
Condition Critical Carlyle Whaley Dies? Not confirmed
Condition at Point Pleasant remained critical for Carlyle L. Whaley after a third paralytic stroke on Monday. He is 85, born February 15. A daughter, Mrs. Clayton Castor of Detroit, arrived last night.
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Point Pleasant
Carlyle L. Whaley
War Mothers Club Meets at County Seat
War Mothers Emergency Aid Club of Mason County meets at the courthouse on a chilly March night with members from Leon Clifton Hogsett Henderson Grimm's Landing and other communities. Treasurer F W Ingraham reports 915 27 on hand and notes Legion Hall will host future meetings. Next meeting is April 4 at the Legion Hall.
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Point Pleasant
War Mothers Emergency Aid Club
Mason County
Leon
Clifton
Hogsett
Henderson
Grimm's Landing
Maude Mallette
Stuart Burdette
D. L. Wilson
William Wood
Everett Sutton
F. W. Ingraham
Legion Hall
William Higgins
Bill Woods
Leone Jones
L. C. McDermitt
Mary Patterson
Nora Watson
J. F. Utt
J. O. Plants
W. R. Melton
G. W. McDaniel
Velma Wise
Lena Crookham
Ella Krebbs
Otis Rainey
Robert Jones
H. C. Rodgers
Bonnie Waldie Krebs
Otis Fisher
John Adkins
Mary E. Davis
Sarah Burdette
Clarice Rodgers
Delayed in Building New Gas Station in Point Pleasant
Mayor B Walter Krodel faces delays in rebuilding his bulk gas oil station destroyed by fire. He has secured equipment priorities to replace what was lost but permission to expand and increase storage capacity has been withheld.
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Point Pleasant
B. Walter Krodel
Trained 4-H Club Officers Planned at Point Pleasant
A training school for 4-H club officers will be held March 17 at the Heights United Brethren Church in Point Pleasant. Mrs Clarice Knapp county club agent says Uncle Charlie Hartley state 4 H leader W H Roberts district supervisor and Clara Belle Motter home demonstration agent in Gallia County will instruct.
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Point Pleasant
the Heights United Brethren Church
Clarice Knapp
Charlie’ Hartley
W. H. Roberts
Clara Belle Motter
Gallia County
Coins Found From 13th Century Near Ayr Scotland
Excavation near Ayr Scotland uncovers coins dating to the 13th century. Local archaeologists report the discovery adds evidence of early medieval trade and economy in the region.
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Ayr
Scotland
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