NelsonvillePlots 26 Acres for Victory Gardens and Cash Prizes
Nelsonville launches a large community gardening drive leasing 26 acres in three tracts for 30 by 100 foot plots to boost food production. The Garden Club funds cash prizes to spur participation while the Civilian Defense Council oversees the Victory Garden program with plots near the river and around town. The effort builds on prior seasons with extensive local support and aims to fill idle ground as citizens sign up for backyard and group gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Bartlett
Messenger
Nelsonville
Athens County
Civilian Defense Council
Garden Club
Lloyd Evans
Roy Morris
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Victory Garden Movement
Victory Garden
R. B. Stuart
Stuart
Lon Coakley
Herman Ogg
W. M George
Roy Sayers
Joe B. Davis
W. W. Warren
Wesley Hawk
Willis Wolf
Fred Coakley
Woman's Garden Club
Nelsonville Social Notes
Nelsonville society items note M C T Club meeting at Mrs. Earl Streets. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Minnie Scott Mrs. Lucille Steenrod and Mrs. Gertrude Ray. Fifteen members and one guest Mrs Harold Boling attended. Next meeting at Mrs Gertrude Ray's home. Jitney sale planned with prize for every member. Out of town guests at dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Bert Hartley. Executive WSCS meeting at Miss Blanche Moorehead's with reports and business. Parents and relatives visiting service members noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
M. C. T. Club
Earl Streets
Minnie Scott
Lucille Steenrod
Gertrude Ray
Harold Boling
Tom Lax
Bert Hartley
Myers St
Darryl Hartley
Paul Hartley
David, Corning
Grace Thomas
Jack
Logan
Arnold Weidemann
Florida
Evelyn Pollock
Howard Goheen
John Bishop
Eileen Hartley
Sixty nine registrants called for screen tests April first
Nelsonville area Selective Service Board No 2 mailed notices for screening at 9 a.m. April 1 at the American Legion building Nelsonville. Lists numerous local registrants from Athens County and nearby towns providing names and addresses. Also notes two local board cases from March 26 Colum bus and two upcoming calls to induction centers in Clarksburg West Virginia within ten days.
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Nelsonville
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 2
Office of the Board, American Legion
John F. Mulligan
W. Washington St
Donald Lee Powell
Jackson St
Robert Joe Reeves
Walnut St
Don Richard Harmony
Williams St
Harry Jackson Simmons, Jr
Grosvenor St
Bert Tolliver
Myers St
Kenneth Bruce Klotz
Sheldon Paul Patton
Harper St
James Ladow Woods
Jesse Altman Walker
Franklin St
Gerald Charles Jacobs
Carl Frederick Ellinger
Furette St
Gilbert George Moler
Poplar St
John L. Lanning
Sheri Franklin Marks
Dale Pete Pitts
Floyd Berl Boggs
Frost
Jack E. White
Coolville
William Sylvester Durfee
Stewart
Dana Russell Barnhouse
Albany
James Willard Wallace
Deanville
Dale Lyle Province
Clarence Henry Phillips
Mineral
William Simons
Amesville
Cecil Young
Walter Kelli
Raymond Edward Rife
Buchtel
Orville Atwood Williams
Shade
Cecil Cline Castle
Athens
Ray Richard Johnson
Stanley Richardson
Lorenzo Dow Huddy
John Wesley Sams
William Gerald Cook
Fillmore Marrie Taylor
Wayne Franklin Welch
Roy Paul Gordon
William Harrison Hewitt
John Doe Herron
New Marshifield
Rt. 1
Theodore Richard ‘Scott
Raymond Thurmond Turner
Columbus
Willard Lahurman Tabler
Lathrop
Wright Speaks On Gardens To Nelsonville Club
Nelsonville Community Garden Club members hear Nelsonville agricultural agent Ross Wright discuss wartime gardening. He compares past and present money value, urges self supplied vegetables, notes Victory Garden fertilizer and food programs, and stresses patriotic duty and garden planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ross Wright
Athens County
Victory Gardens
Wright
Garden Club
J. M. Hyde
Mohoney Funeral To Be Held Wednesday
Nelsonville obituary notes the death of James Mohney from a heart attack at his home in Buchtel. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Buchtel Methodist Church with burial at Whitmore Cemetery. Mohney was a respected local citizen and an old time baseball player in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James Mohney
Buchtel
Buchtel Methodist Church
Whitmore
Mohney
Work Is Halted at Local Red Cross Dressing Unit
Shortage of supplies forces suspension of the surgical dressing unit in Nelsonville. Mrs Helena Stedem Kirwan, in charge, says the unit will reopen when new supplies arrive and notices will be published in the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Red Cross
Helena Stedem Kirwan
Army Specialized Training and Navy College Programs Exams
Prospective students will take qualifying exams in room 315 at Nelsonville High School at 9 am on Friday April 2. Principal J. K. Kinneer says most accepted students will become commissioned officers in the Army Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard. Army and Navy cover college expenses for selected students based on the tests. No further tests are planned for some months, so current students or graduates must take April 2 exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Navy College
Nelsonville High School
J. K. Kinneer
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Kineer
Sale of Tags Is Lagging
Nelsonville deputy registrar Ed C Evans reported Saturday and Monday license sticker sales totaled about 3500, lagging 25 percent from last year as many owners join the army or work in defense plants. Wednesday is the final day before the 1943 sticker deadline. vehicles after then must display new permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ed C. Evans
Evans
Church Members to Hold Annual Presbyterian Meeting
Nelsonville church plans its annual congregational meeting at the First Presbyterian Church on Wednesday evening with a 6 o'clock covered dish dinner and coffee. At 7 o'clock reports from church organizations will be presented, followed by a financial statement and election of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
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