York Township Red Cross Drive Seeks Final Total
Nelsonville area faces a shortfall in the Red Cross War Fund Drive with a $4,000 quota and only about $3,000 raised. Ralph Cook, campaign chairman, urges missed residents to donate by Friday and contact local workers. donations can be left at Nelsonville banks and local firms are listed.
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Nelsonville
Red Cross War Fund
York Township
Ralph Cook
Cook
Nelsonville Bank
Merchants Plan Friday Night Meeting and Red Cross Support
A special Retail Merchants Association meeting is set for Friday at 7 p.m. in the Legion building, expected to last about one hour. The notice lists members and businesses and notes Deanville Schools have achieved 100 percent Red Cross support with pupil subscriptions totaling $20.90 across grades.
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Nelsonville
Retail Merchants Association
Legion Building
Red Cross
J. C. Hallett
State Liquor Store
Cliff Brown
Fountain Pharmacy
Hoodlett’s Department
Western Auto Store
Mechem’s
the Fair Store
J. D. Adamson
Ray Ashby
Nelsonville Electric & Mfg. Co
Deanville
Former Nelsonville Resident Anna Donley Shoop Dies
Mrs. Anna Donley Shoop former Nelsonville resident dies at her sister’s home in Bellaire. Funeral services at Stout Funeral Home Friday at 1 PM with burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by sister Mrs. Lacy Donley Akron and brothers Richard Bellaire Ora Buchtel and Harry Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Anna Donley Shoop
Squire
John) Donley
Lacy Donley
Bessie Hoch
Bellaire
Stout Funeral
Greenlawn
Hoch
Akron
Richard
Ora
Buchtel
Harry
City
Nelsonville Beautification Committee to Hear McCormick Address
Nelsonville committee on beautification met at Mrs. J M Hyde home and arranged for T H McCormick state highway division landscape architect of Marietta to address the group next Monday at 2 PM. Final planting plans and dates to be decided. Members include Mrs Roy Snackenburg as chair and other local residents. Also noted are local residents visiting or returning home from trips or camps and family updates from Nelsonville R2 and surrounding areas.
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Nelsonville
Canal Road
J. M. Hyde
T. H. McCormick
State Highway Division
Marietta
McCormick
Hyde
Roy Snackenburg
Leonard Myers
W. W. Warren
C. D. Shafer
E. E. Beal
Ed Cranmer
War Bond Drive Boosts Hocking County Cushion
Four War Loan campaigns and ongoing bond sales have built a 1,262,363 cushion for Hocking County families. The average per family is 278 dollars, with officials urging continued regular purchases to aid soldiers and postwar security.
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Elberfeld
Hocking County
Logan Brief Social Notes
Miss Margaret Cook visits Canal Winchester for an indefinite visit with her sister and brother in law. The St Mathew Lutheran Church ladies baked cookies and packed 45 boxes for service members from their congregation. Two boxes go to Athens for troop trains. Easter cards sent to all servicemen abroad. Donations from non members funded cookies and postage.
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Margaret Cook
Canal Winchester
William Weatherall
St. Mathew Lutheran Church
von Bora’s
Athens
United States
Hyperion Club To Meet Saturday Afternoon
Nelsonville the Hyperion Club will meet Saturday afternoon at 2 oclock with Mrs. W M George at 80 E Columbus St.
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Hyperion Club
Nelsonville
W. M. George
Columbus St
Nelsonville ration board warns truckers on gas deadline
The Nelsonville ration board informs truck drivers that Friday and Saturday are the final days to apply for truck gas. Applicants must present their war necessity certificates when applying.
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Nelsonville
Harmony Advances Nelsonville Sailor in Navy Rank
Harmony son of Mr and Mrs Harmony advances from hospital apprentice first class to pharmacist mate third class. He joined in July 1943 and is stationed at Naval Hospital Norfolk Virginia. Weiss recovers at home after leg and foot injuries from a railroad accident. He is a C and O railroad fireman based out of Toledo in the north division.
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Joseph P. Wolfe
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Lafe Wolfe
Annabell Walter
Nelsonville R. 2
Gene Shunkwiler
Willoughby
Charles Shunkwiler
Nelsonville
Don Harmony
A. E. Harmony
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Clifford Weiss
Weiss
C & O Railroad
Toledo
York Service Club Plans Projects
York Township Service Club met at the American Legion Building with Mrs. Parker Sniffen as president. They announced a jitney dinner on April 4 and other projects to fund their program, reported $1,300 raised for the Red Cross drive, and discussed sending packages to a son in a German prison camp. The group planned renovations to the Legion honor panel and welcomed new members, with the next meeting set for April 10 at 8 p.m.
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Nelsonville
York Township
American Legion
Parker Sniffen
Velma Evans
Gertrude Stocklein
Red Cross
C. H. Monks
Charles
The
Review of postwar plans at Nelsonville High Assembly
At Nelsonville High School a Wednesday morning assembly reviewed two postwar organization plans. Sponsored by Mrs. Frank Knox, the program featured book reviews of U. S. Foreign Policy by Lippmann and Smith's Peace Plan led by Jim Preston. Musical selections were performed by Janet Cope, Elvyra Thompson, Roger Webb, and others, with a call to colors and a Pledge of Allegiance led by Eileen Davis.
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Nelsonville
Frank Knox
Jesse Pergrim
U. S
Lippmann
Smith
Jim Preston
Billy Baird
Janet Cope
Chopin
Elvyra Thompson
Franz von Suppe
Roger Webb
Lake of Bays
Clark
Roger Johnson
War Time Changes to Eastern Standard Friday in Nelsonville
Nelsonville shifts from Central to Eastern Standard War Time Friday March 31 at midnight. Residents should set clocks forward one hour before bed Friday night as city ordinance governs time changes every six months on April 1 and Oct 1.
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Nelsonville
We Have Not Given Enough
The author reflects on sacrifices made by soldiers in North Africa Sicily Italy and the Pacific praising the 100 percent commitment of those who died at white crosses. He compares civilians remaining at home to the true magnitude of wartime effort and honors the fallen and those who follow.
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Joe Nichols
North
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Pacific
Lewis Funeral Held at Buchtel Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Lewis were held today at the Buchtel Methodist Church with Rev. John Lloyd Evans presiding. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. she is survived by husband William F. Lewis, daughter Minnie Whitmore, and son Lawrence Lewis in the U S Army at Camp Gruber Oklahoma. Amos Collins pleaded guilty to intoxication in Nelsonville court and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Ella Lewis
Buchtel Methodist Church
John Lloyd Evans
Presbyterian Church
Greenlawn
William F. Lewis
Minnie Whitmore
Lawrence Lewis
U. S. Army
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Amos Collins
Miles Howe
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