VFW Declares Mop Up Week March 21 28
National VFW Headquarters announces Mop Up Week from March 21 to 28 for posts nationwide. Local VFW Post 3467 aims to reach full membership with 30 missing members. Commander Whyte urges area veterans to join and visit the post home on Riverside Drive or contact the local committee for details.
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Mville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Lotal Vfw
Leroy Bennett
Arthur Burgess
Dude Howe
Lawrence Oliver
Jimmy Pierce
Bill Reed
Meade Whyte
Nelsonville Post
Post
Riverside Dr
Nelsonville Garden Club Spring Tea Saturday
The Nelsonville Community Garden Club will hold its annual spring tea Saturday from 2 to 4 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. District 11 members of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs are invited, with local members bringing guests. Music by a quartet and flower arranging demonstration will accompany the event.
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Nelsonville
Frank Oakley
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Joe Galvin
James Rees
Curt Heintzelman
Jerry Grim
James Titus
Rutland
Kenneth Orwiler
Gilbert Johnson
Forest Trees Delivery Set in Meigs County
Forest trees ordered from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry will be delivered to the state highway garage in Meigs County no later than 1 00 p m Friday. E J Gebhart forester says cooperators will be notified of delivery date and must pick up trees promptly after arrival. Seedlings for reforestation are available each spring at cost. applications are available from the State Division of Forestry or county agricultural agencies.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Forestry
Meigs County
E. J. Gebhart
Forester
State Division of Forestry
Missionary Group Plans Sunshine Boxes for Shut-Ins
Evangeline Missionary Group of the Pomeroy Church of Christ met at the church for a 6 30 p m pot luck supper before a session. Mrs Elwood Bowers presided. Mrs Florence Burnside led prayer and Easter thoughts. April hostesses named Mrs Clarence Andrews and Mrs Edward Veney.
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Pomeroy
Evangeline Missionary Group
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Elwood Bowers
Florence Burnside
Clarence Andrews
Edward Veney
Local Social News Highlights In Chester Area
Mrs. Essie Warner hosted the Past Councilor Club with Mrs. Elizabeth Hayes at the Warner home. The Vanmeters from Gary Indiana visit Mrs. Mabel Vanmeter and kin. Huntington visitors include Mrs. Buel Ridenour and Mrs. Elizabeth Wickham. Eastern High School minstrel featured Joyce Ginther Coralie Duskey Janet Knight Richard and Joan Frost Helen Bentz. Willard Hines of Pomeroy visited his parents. Harold Newell and family of Belpre visited Cecil Nelson and family.
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Richard Vanmeter
Gary
Ind
Mabel Vanmeter
Buel Ridenour
Elizabeth Wickham
Huntington
Joyce Ginther
Coralie Duskey
Janet Knight
Richard
Joan Frost
Helen Bentz
Eastern High School
Willard Hines
Pomeroy
Harold Newell
Belpre
Cecil Nelson
Meeting Postponed for Nelsonville Class of 1954
The Nelsonville High School class of 1954 meeting at 20 Monroe Street hosted by Mrs. Lou Evelyn Flowers has been postponed until March 26 at 7 30 p m due to the hostess illness.
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Nelsonville
Lou Evelyn Flowers
Monroe St
Two Truckers Fined by Nelsonville Mayor Court
Two truckers were fined yesterday in the court of Mayor Robert Auflick for overloads. Carl E. Jenkins of Mineral paid $139 total, and Clarence Jordan, address not listed, paid $62 total.
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Nelsonville
Robert Auflick
Carl E. Jenkins
Mineral
Clarence Jordan
Mrs Webb Shows Slides At Pirouette Club Meeting
In Nelsonville the Pirouette Club March meeting at First Methodist Church featured Mrs J L Webb presenting world travel slides with narration by her husband Dr J L Webb The group planned a bake sale rummage sale after Easter and shared a potluck lunch while working on the Litterbug project Earlier the club held a Litterbug Poster contest at the local high school Jane Heintzelman created Wanted signs for Litterbugs to be distributed by Girl Scout Troop 5 for use in automobiles
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Nelsonville
Pirouette Club
First Methodist Church
J. L. Webb
Jane Heintzelman
Girl Scout Troop 5
Pomeroy Loyal Helpers Hear Review at St Patrick Theme
The Loyal Helpers Class of Syracuse ME Church met at Mrs. William Eichinger’s home. Christiana Grimm presided and Gladys Robson led devotion. Helen Damewood reviewed The Strengthening Christ. Refreshments with a St Patrick’s Day theme followed.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
William Eichinger
Christiana Grimm
Gladys Robson
Helen Damewood
Christ
POMEROY Friendly Neighbors Club observes 10th anniversary
The Friendly Neighbors Club marks its tenth anniversary with a 7 p m gathering Monday at the Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Friendly Neighbors Club
Farmers Hotel
Gallipolis
Holdouts Refuse Surrender On Lugano Island Jungle
In Manila two Japanese soldiers entered Lugano Island jungle to pressure two World War II holdouts to surrender. The holdouts answered with gunfire and remain hidden since the war ended.
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Manila
Lugano Island
Spring chores and sunny sayings from Nelsonville
Housewives start spring cleaning as calendars outrun weather. Clarence Hall washes city walls while Watson Wolfe and others repaint the water plant and Eagles hall. The town notes small humor from church collection plates and kindergarten birth certificates, ending with a quip about parking tickets.
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Clarence
Fat) Hall
Watson Wolfe
Wolfe
Eagles
Cables Hardware
Betts
Logan
Son Two
Chauncey Area Personal Notices and Local Visits
Chauncey personal items note Mrs Loma Deal Mrs Jennie Canter and Wid Canter visiting the ill Dan Hudson of Wellston and attending Mary Thurman’s funeral. Multiple weekend visitors from Coolville Dayton Johnson City Ind Millfield Athens Columbus and Chauncey attended gatherings and birthdays including Mr Carr 41st celebration with Jacksonville guests.
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Loma Deal
Jennie Canter
Wid Canter
Dan Hudson
Wellston
Mary Thurman
Everett Snider
Billy
Coolville
J. C. Snider
Burg Johnston
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Gerald Schoonover
Dayton
Wm. Schoonover
Lucille Showalter
Joey
Jeanie
Chauncey
Francis Miller
Eddie Miller
Columbus
William Carr
Jean
Evelyn
Carr
Bobby Carr
Bobbie
Ronda
Ruthie
Timmie
Jacksonville
Oscar Tinkham
Dave Lanning
Athens
Lorena Keirns
Morristown
Garden Club Meets With Mrs Stout
The Star Garden Club of Dexter met at Mrs. Grover Stout home with eight members. Members named flower seeds ordered and discussed new seed catalogues. Mrs. Orion Nelson led devotions and seed identification contest. Tea-towel showers honored birthdays of Ruth Nicholson Vona Russell and Erma Vale. Next meeting at Mrs Ed Russell’s Pomeroy home on April 9.
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Dexter
Star Garden Club
Grover Stout
Orion Nelson
Stout
Nelson
Ruth Nicholson
Vona Russell
Erma Vale
Ed Russell
Pomeroy
Western Local School Board Meeting at Salem Center
The Western Local School District Board of Education held its monthly meeting at Salem Center School. A dinner for members and County Superintendent O. O. Patterson was served by Lauren and Leslie Hoffman under Salem Center Elementary Principal Nellie Vale. Attending were Wayne Turner John Holliday Bob Davis Carroll Snowden Orion Nelson William Hobstetter John M. Parsons and Patterson.
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Middleport
Western Local School District Board of Education
Salem Center
O. O. Patterson
Lauren Hoffman
Leslie Hoffman
Nellie Vale
Wayne Turner
John Holliday
Bob Davis
Carroll Snowden
Orion Nelson
William Hobstetter
John M. Parsons
Patterson
Divorce Petition Cites Gross Neglect and Drunkenness
Mary S. Smith files in Hocking County Common Pleas Court for alimony and custody of minor children against Chester H. Smith. Grounds are gross neglect of duty and habitual drunkenness. She seeks support, expense money, alimony, and a restraining order to protect her and the children from harassment or interference.
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LOGAN
Hocking County
Daughter Brenda Lee Coon Born in Lancaster
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coon announce the birth of a daughter Brenda Lee on March 1 in Lancaster. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. William Schoonover of Chauncey and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Coon of Nelsonville. The family has two older children Rodney Allen and Donna Lynn.
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Chauncey
Donald Coon
Lancaster
Brenda Lee
William Schoonover
Clifford Coon
Nelsonville
Coon
Chilren
Rodney Allen
Donna Lynn
Local Marine Returns to Camp Pendleton
Larry Ross Isel, local Marine, returns to his base at Camp Pendleton California after visiting his mother Mrs Rosetta Isel and his grandparents Mr and Mrs Ernest Hitchings of Nelsonville Route A during a leave period.
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Nelsonville
Pfe
Larry Ross Isel
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Rosetta Isel
Ernest Hitchings
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