Nelsonville waterworks rehab to start March 22 WPA project
The Nelsonville waterworks rehabilitation program a WPA project with an estimated total cost of 214000 will begin Saturday March 22 after a meeting between city officials WPA district reps and engineers. About 70 men will be hired immediately with an average of 388 on the six month schedule and possibly more as work progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
WPA
Clyde Barthiow
Logan
John L. Brothers
Ironton
Brothers
John Wiseman
Burgess & Niple
Mr. Wiseman
Marietta
Backus
Bake Sale Sponsored by FHA at Public Square
The FHA of Nelsonville High School plans a bake sale at the former Hub room Public Square Saturday from 9 to noon. The event was postponed from last week and will proceed as rescheduled.
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Nelsonville
FHA
Public Square
Communion Service Set at Concord Union Church
Rev. William M. George of First Methodist Nelsonville will preach at Concord Union Church near Jacksonville Sunday at 2 30 PM. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered during the service.
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Nelsonville
William M. George
First Methodist Church of
Concord Union Church
Jacksonville
Nelsonville GT Club Meeting Planned at Mrs Phillips Home
The Nelsonville GT Club will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Libby Phillips Poplar Street. Each member should bring a small gift for her capsule friend.
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Nelsonville
Libby Phillips
Poplar St
Sand Run Personal And Social Mention
Joe North of Akron spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Charles North. Bob Hannah of Akron and Mrs. Hannah of New Straitsville with Miss Florence Hannah of Somerset visited Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wolfe. Daisy Wahl Bernice Shultz Madge Mays and Betty Mays go to Akron to visit relatives. Ralph Beal and son ill with influenza. Edison North of Akron visited Mrs. North and family. Phillip Mays of Akron spent Sunday with his wife and family.
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Joe North
Akron
Charles North
Bob Hannah
Mary Hannah
New Straitsville
Florence Hannah
Somerset
Leo Wolfe
Daisy Wahl
Bernice Shultz
Madge Mays
Betty Mays
Ralph Beal
Edison North
Medieval Windsor Feast Amid 200 Foot Table Legend
Notice to executors heirs and creditors of multiple estates listing inventories appraisements and schedules of debts filed in court. Hearings set for March 1941 with exemptions possible till five days before. Probate Judge Francis D. White presides.
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Silas F. Mesehher
Lia M. Walker
Joseph A. Lonas
N. B Dodds
Jennie Dodds
James R. Harvey
William Jansen
Silas FP. Mesehher
Maggie Craig
Don R. Baker
George W. DeWees
Francis D. White
Novelty Show Planned for Friday Evening in Nelsonville
Nelsonville hosts a Friday night novelty show on March 21 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. The program features an original skit Hillbilly Wedding in June and an amateur hour with Bob Kinney as MC. Proceeds fund a trip to Washington, D C, in the spring.
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Nelsonville
Washington Club
Bob Kinney
Alice Duskey
Eileen Dewhurst
Roy Morris
Harry Blimes
Jean Cooley
Katherine Johnson
Charles
Craig Kinney
London Pollock
Spenny Steenrod
Dale Townsend
Martha Morris
Amesville
Betty Evener
Carbon Hill
Rosemary Coleman
Ruth Topsail
Jane Hickman
Mary Lou McKiddie
Maxine Kimble
Miriam Betts
Helen Anderson
Ann Orwiler
Joe Breeze
Joe Sims
Ruth Tomlinson
Betty Windle
Lois Ann Heft
Billy Wickliffe
Sally Jackson
Elvira Thompson
Trudy Hannas
Jill Warren
Nora Jo McGuire
Mildred Mallon
Reese Davis
Eldred Parsons
Panjo
Ruth Raine
Katherine Barron
Mary Dishon
Vergene Midkiff
Jean Hawkins
James Selby
Bob Sowers
Ruth Matthewson
James Ashworth
Donald George
Mary K. Sharp
Lidy
Eileen Hanning
Betty Parry
Bob Morris
Wanda DeVol
Walva Bateman
Ida Lee Hampton
Janet Cope
Bob Dishon
Mary Blimes
Martha Cooley
Sylvia Burchfield
Harold Boss
Cubs Meet Scouts in first Pack and Troop gathering
Cubs from Pack 66 join Scout Troop 66 for first meeting of the year from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Entertainment, games, and investiture services planned. New candidates for Tenderfoot rank to be inducted. Round up hike scheduled Saturday with 10:00 am assembly and 3:00 pm return. 100 percent attendance urged. Also notices of bankruptcy creditors meeting in Athens Ohio set for March 26 at 2 pm.
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Nelsonville
Glen Thomas
den Mather
Rodney Jonas
Bob Bateman
Wilbur D. Mender
Dick Matheny
Virgil McKnight
Dick Smith
Charles Davis
Bob Reynolds
Robert Johnson
Mender
Lenten Services Announced At First Methodist Nelsonville
The First Methodist Church of Nelsonville announces a two week series of Lenten services starting Sunday March 23. Services will be held nightly at 7 o clock with Rev. William Martell George preaching on topics including Alls Well Eternal Back to Bethel The Great Heritage of a Christian Putting on the Beautiful Garments The Peace of Christ Hiding Among the Stuff Fishers of Men.
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Nelsonville
First Methodist
William Martell George
Bethel
Nelsonville Presbyterian Social Notes Dinner at Colonial
Mrs. Frank Knox hosted the Sunday School class of the Presbyterian Church at the Colonial. The table featured snapdragons and daffodils with pink and blue tapers and rose-topped nut cups. Guests included Imogene Sayers, Emily Sharp, Marcia Mc Kiddie, Polly Johnson, Elizabeth Shafer, Ruth Mathewson, Ruth Raine, Gertrude McCombs, Alice Thompson, Betty Palm, Betty Tolliver, and the assistant teacher Mrs. Knox.
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Nelsonville
Frank Knox
The
Presbyterian Church
Colonial
Imogene Sayers
Emily Sharp
Marcia McKiddie
Polly Johnson
Elizabeth Shafer
Ruth Mathewson
Ruth Raine
Nelsonville Women’s Society meets with list of members
Nelsonville group sessions of the Women’s Society of Christian Service held at Logan Wednesday include Mesdames Higgins Bland Davis O’Mara Shafer Coakley Ogg Herold Spencer Crouse Kreppel Ball Jackson Cook Fisher Hawk Backus Myers Riley and Miss Blanche Moorehead and Rev and Mrs W M George Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church met with Mrs Mary Powell Tuesday evening Nora Siddie led devotions Bertha Howard led the social program Susie Wallace the class president led the business meeting The class plans to attend church services on Wednesday night March 26 Powell served a Patrick’s Day style refreshment for nine members and one guest.
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Nelsonville
Women's Society of Christian Service
Logan
Mesdames Higgins
Bland
Davis
O'Mara
Shafer
Coakley
Ogg
Herold
Spencer
Crouse
Kreppel
Ball
Jackson
Cook
Fisher
Hawk
Backus
Myers
Riley
Blanche Moorehead
W. M. George
Mizpah
Methodist Church
Mary Powell
Nora Siddie
Bertha Howard
Susie Wallace
Mrs Moore Hosts Sunday School Club Auction
Mrs Louzetta Moore entertained the Sunday School Club at Walnut Street with a business session led by Mrs Elizabeth Ray. An auction sale, gifts for Irene Shelton, games, and prizes for Ray and Shelton followed a lunch in St Patrick appointments for 12 members and five guests. Next meeting set for April 18 at Mrs Virginia Whyte home with Miss Inez Kettell as hostess. Logan guests visited Mrs Wesley Hawk.
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Moore
Louzetta Moore
Walnut St
Elizabeth Ray
Irene Shelton
St. Patrick
Virginia Whyte
Inez Kettell
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Cora Davis by Fidelis Class
A group of friends celebrated Mrs. Cora Davis birthday on Tuesday with a large cake and ice cream. Hostesses Mrs Kenneth Orwiler Mrs W L Hudson and Mrs E J Kessinger led the Fidelis Class social hour as 15 members were served.
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Cora Davis
Pat Galvin
Bess Bland
Gus Pidcock
Esta North
Kenneth Orwiler
W. L. Hudson
E. J. Kessinger
Fidelis
Presbyterian Sunday School
Nelsonville Personal News Highlights and Family Gatherings
Miss Ella Burnell visited her sister in Columbus. Mrs. C R Fisher and others from Columbus and Bexley visited the Morgans for the 47th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Ed Crouse was summoned to Columbus by the death of her sister Jane Waddell, a longtime friend of the area.
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Nelsonville
Ella Burnell
Leighton Aumiller
Columbus
C. R. Fisher
E. S. Martin
Stanton
Tedda
Bexley
William Morgan
Morgan
Ed Crouse
Jane Waddell
Fire damages room in Nelsonville home
A Thursday afternoon fire burned a window curtain and scorched the window sill and frame in the living room of Mr and Mrs Tommy Riley at the corner of Poplar and Campbell Streets. The house owner is Mrs Bertha Evans. Fire Chief Dana Windon reported no other damage and the cause remains undetermined.
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Nelsonville
Tommy Riley
Poplar and
Campbell Sts
Bertha Evans
Dana Windon
Nelsonville students plan Bunny Hop fundraiser and activities
Nelsonville school notes outline the Freshmen Class Bunny Hop set for Saturday March 29 with committees for food decorations dance and clean-up led by Evelyn Smith Clarabell Kerr and others. Also listed are baseball recruiting by the Southeastern Ohio league and amateur hour entrants for March 21 at the high school along with Geography Club activities and April meeting planning led by Arlene Hall.
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Nelsonville
Evelyn Smith
Evelyn Ross
Maxine Cope
Billy Monks
Clarabell Kerr
Bob Bateman
Edna Shaner
Don Fink
Margaret Kerr
Jessie Pergrin
Donna Mallon
Dorothy Raine
John Figgins
Richard Arnold
Junior Hallet
Don Jonas
Patty Nelson
Margaret Warren
Calvin Juniper
Leta Hampton
Jimmy Preston
Esther Juniper
Marilyn Wilson
Bob Hutchinson
Roland Mender
Harold Figley
Carl Campbell
Southeastern Ohio League
George Abraham
Helen Anderson
Betty Windle
Jane Hickman
Mary Lou McKiddie
Ann Orwiler
Hazel Rush
Ruth Tomlinson
Joe Breeze
Joe Sims
Billy Wickliffe
Spency Steenrod
Donna Hickman
Mary Dishong
Maxine Kimble
Reese Davis
Eldred Parsons
Geography Club
Maxine Carter
Helen Minor
Louise McDaniel
Joe McCray
Dorothy Shirley
Jean Warner
Mary Louise Kontner
Jo Ann Casey
Ann Preston
Velma McCray
Arlene Hall
Ella Jane Shaner
Janet Cope
Jean Cooley
David Davis
Sarah Crafts
Paul Cavote
Arlene
Stars Forecast a Year of Prosperity and Cautious Growth
The reading predicts strong forward movement across business and government with support from authorities. It warns of possible treachery, advises tact over force, and notes a child born today may excel in arts or diplomacy and thrive in group welfare or unique professions.
Men's Brotherhood Dinner Meeting at First Methodist
More than 50 men attended the Men's Brotherhood dinner meeting at the First Methodist Church in Nelsonville. The group adopted its constitution and by laws. Dr. John W. Danford, pastor of First Methodist Church in Athens, gave the address. Featured music included a trombone solo by Donald George with Miss Alice George on piano, and a violin solo by James Selbee with Charles Selbee on piano.
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Nelsonville
Men's Brotherhood
First Methodist
John W. Danford
First Methodist Church
Athens
Donald George
Alice George
James Selbee
Charles Selbee
Junior-Senior Prom Group Plans Dance
Nelsonville high school prom committee met to plan the event on April 25. Several orchestras have been contacted but not chosen. Weekly dancing classes prepare students for the night. Committee members include Margaret Warren Imogene Sayers Carl Bruce Junior Johnson Harry Westfall Bernard Carter Jimmy Knight and Mary V Thomas.
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Nelsonville
Margaret Warren
Imogene Sayers
Carl Bruce
Junior Johnson
Harry Westfall
Bernard Carter
Jimmy Knight
Mary V. Thomas
Services at Church of Christ in Nelsonville
The Church of Christ in Nelsonville announces regular Sunday services with Bible School at 9:30, worship and preaching at 10:30. Sermon topics are A Hero at 85 in the morning and Flying Too Low in the evening, with a 6:15 Young People meeting and a recitation contest of the 23d Psalm judged by outside clergy. Public invited.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
C. A. Freer
Bible School
Daughters of America Sponsor Benefit Party in IOOF Hall
Nelsonville notes a Friday evening benefit party hosted by Daughters of America at 7:30 PM in the IOOF Hall. Proceeds support the Orphan Fund.
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Nelsonville — Daughters of America
IOOF
Orphan Fund
Student Council Hears School Club Presidents
Nelsonville high school student council heard club presidents report on activities. Donald George spoke for the French Club Ann Preston spoke for the Geography Club Ruth Matthewson spoke for the On to Washington club. Next week Dorothy Bateman will discuss the Library Club Max Howard the Hi Y Charles Jones the S P Q R and Bob Hutchins the Edison Club.
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Nelsonville
J. K. Kinneer
Donald George
Ann Preston
Ruth Matthewson
Washington
Dorothy Bateman
Library Club
Max Howard
Hi-Y
Charles Jones
Bob Hutchins
Fdison
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