Demotion of Arnold and Kinneer Reconsidered by Nelsonville Board
Nelsonville schools board votes to reconsider its March 26 action demoting high school principal J. K. Kinneer and superintendent E. B. Arnold. The move, tied to legality concerns, opens the possibility to restore the earlier contract terminations while the board studies the issues before its next session. The group also approves consolidating West and Central Schools at the Central Building as part of an economy plan.
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Nelsonville
E B. J. Arnold
Board of Education
J. K. Kinneer
State Department of Education
State of
Ohio
L. I. Krieg
City Board of Education
O. E. Hill
Ray
Department of Education
Arnold
West
Betty Verity
Maxine Hall
Verity
Haydenville
Catherine Spencer
George Abraham
Naval Reserve
Washington, D. C
Rehaase
Pastor To Speak At Evening Service In Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports Rev. Lloyd Evans will address the Passion Week vesper service at the Presbyterian Church at 7 PM on Jesus and the Mind of Man. The choir will sing and Miss Mary Louise Bowen will play the organ. A leaders meeting follows the session.
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Nelsonville
Loyd Evans
Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Man
Mary Louise Bowen
Sportsmen To Meet Friday Night In Nelsonville
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association will meet Friday night at 7 30 at City Hall. Officers expect large attendance to discuss proposed changes in state hunting laws including rabbit and groundhog protections. E R Carter will attend district meeting at Waverly April 10 and Columbus April 21.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association
City Hall
E. R. Carter
Waverly
Columbus
More Men Needed For Service In Nelsonville
In Nelsonville at least 25 businessmen must register for the new First Air Course held Thursday evenings from 7 to 10 on the library’s second floor. Ambulance drivers voluntary firefighters and a policeman have not yet registered in sufficient numbers. A community leader says it is a privilege as well as a duty to help.
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Nelsonville
Scouts Plan Room Cleaning and Painting
Nelsonville Troop No. 64 held a regular meeting to discuss cleaning their scout rooms in preparation for painting and decoration. They planned a night hike for Friday and will meet at 6 pm to depart for camp led by Assistant Scoutmaster Bob Morris.
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Nelsonville
Bob Morris
Gilbert E. Smith
Barbers Service Tops Galvin's Sohio in City League
Nelsonville league play sees Barbers Service win two games over Galvin's Sohio as Clyde Ray scores 211 for high single and Doc Gardner totals 578 for the three game set. Tonight features Smith Linen versus Mechems at 7 and Brooks Shoeshop Neimans Auto Supply at 9 with individual scores listed for Barbers and Galvin's teams.
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Nelsonville
Barbers Service
Galvin
Sohio
Clyde Ray
Doc Gardner
Smith Linen
Mechems
Brooks Shoeshow
Neimans Auto Supply
Barber Service
WOW
Dwane
Barber
Friedrich
Walt
Galvin Sohle— Co. Mellinger
Gardner
M. Mellinger
Bobo Named for Local Draft Induction Contingent
Carl Richard Bobo of Shade Ohio is among the next group of selectees to be inducted from Athens County Draft Board No 2 announced by the board at the American Legion building.
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Nelsonville
Carl Richard Bobo
Shade
Ohio
Athens County
American Legion
Easter Egg and Bake Sale Sponsored by Nelsonville Junior Class
The Nelsonville Junior Class hosts an Easter egg and bake sale Saturday morning at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co office. Proceeds support school activities.
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Nelsonville
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Mrs James Beard Leaves Hospital for Home
Mrs James Beard has moved from St Anthony Hospital Columbus to her Nelsonville home yesterday. She is recovering satisfactorily after a recent operation.
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Nelsonville
James Beard
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
Canal Road beautification drive seeks donations in Nelsonville
The Nelsonville Garden Club renews efforts to beautify the canal right of way with planting time. Mrs. Harry Kelly donated bulbs now planted on the banks. The club invites shrubs vines and bulbs via any member contact. Raymond Raine street commissioner leads the project.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville church social notes on Lent service
Members of the Friendship Class at the Meth odist Church led by Mrs Henry Lancaster are asked to meet at the church Wednesday evening to attend special Lenten services in a body. The service opens at 7 30 o'clock.
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Nelsonville
The
Methodist Church
Henry Lancaster
Betty Wright Weds Charles Baron Sapp in Canton
Mr and Mrs William Wright announce the marriage of their daughter Betty to Charles Baron Sapp of Chauncey. The ceremony was conducted by Rev W M George at the Methodist parsonage on Saturday March 28. The couple will reside in Canton where Mr Sapp is employed.
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William Wright
Madison St
Betty
Charles Baron Sapp
Chauncey
W. M. George
Canton
Mr. Sapp
Woodard Family Announces Birth of Michael Ken
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Woodard announce the birth of their son Michael Ken. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Vess Woodard Nelsonville Route 2 and Mr and Mrs Amos Steenrod Nelsonville. Great grandfather Arthur Woodard Nelsonville Route 2.
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Kenneth Woodard
Rachel Steenrod
Michael Ken
Vess Woodard
Nelsonville
Amos Steenrod
Arthur Woodard
Methodist Sunday School Class Meets at Warehime Home
Class No. 11 of the Methodist Sunday School holds an all day meeting Thursday at Mrs. Bessie Warehime's home on US Route 33. A pot luck dinner will be served and members are asked to bring sales tax stamps for checking.
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Methodist Sunday School
Bessie Warehime
Meeting of Past Chiefs Club Postponed Indefinitely
The Past Chiefs Club of the Pythian Sisters meeting scheduled for Wednesday evening has been postponed indefinitely, officials announced.
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Chiefs
Pythian Sisters
Captain and Mrs Keyes Visit Columbus Couple's Home
Captain and Mrs William Keyes with Donald Blackburn and Miss Audrey Witsell of Columbus spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs S S Blackburn.
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William Keyes
Donald Blackburn
Audrey Witsell
Columbus
S. S. Blackburn
Play Presented at Mineral Well Receives Warm Reception
A two act play She Married the Minister was performed Friday night at the Mineral School by Mineral PTA volunteers. Cast included Elsie Stephenson Grace Gibson Dorcas Gibson Goldie Lewis Idene Ely Ethel Addis Blanche Chesser Rebecca Buckley Mattie Younkins Maude Brooks Nannie Hester Margaret Gibson Myrtle Emish. A jitney supper followed and proceeds benefit Mineral School. The PTA recently bought a piano for the school.
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Mineral
Mineral School
Mineral Parent-Teachers Association
Elsie Stephenson
Grace Gibson
Dorcas Gibson
Goldie Lewis
Idene Ely
Ethel Addis
Blanche Chesser
Rebecca Buckley
Mattie Younkins
Maude Brooks
Nannie Hester
Margaret Gibson
Myrtle Emish
P.T.A
Contractors to Build Offices for Ordnance Plant Near Here
Point Pleasant E B Badger and Sons Co contractors for the government explosives plant valued at 55,000,000 will construct an office building to replace Camp Conley mess halls now in temporary use, learned earlier this week.
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Point Pleasant
E. B. Badger and Sons Co
Camp Conley
Personnel Cuts at E. B. Badger & Sons Co
Several office staff members at E. B. Badger & Sons Co. were laid off last Saturday as the firm cited excess personnel. In some cases the firings affected heads of important divisions.
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Point Pleasant
E. B. Badger & Sons Co
William Cox Dies Today in Nelsonville Home
William H. Cox, 65, died at his 216 W Columbus St home after a heart attack. He worked as a cook at the White Front Cafe since Oct 1 1907 and lived in Athens and Hocking Counties most of his life. Surviving wife Dora, son Merrill, brothers Selby and Frank, sister Mrs Carrie Price. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 at the residence. burial Greenlawn.
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Nelsonville
William H. Cox
Columbus St
White Front
Mineral
Athens
Hocking Counties
West Columbus St
Logan
Methodist Church
Dora
Merrill
Selby
Frank
Laurelville
Carrie Price
Lancaster
W. M. George
Greenlawn
Five Fail To Report Here For Induction
Five men were to report for induction at the Mason County Selective Service Board in Point Pleasant. Only 114 appeared, leaving 5 absent. one injured in a highway accident. They rode three Greyhound buses to Huntington for induction. Between 250 and 500 relatives and friends accompanied the selectees to the departure point, blocking Main Street briefly.
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Point Pleasant
Mason
Main St
Daughters of the American Revolution Meet at Tu Endie Wei
Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR holds its regular monthly meeting Friday afternoon at Tu Endie Wei Mansion House at 315. The session includes a business review of Long Meadows by Mrs. William Steenbergen and hostess duties by Mrs. Charles Edgar Hogg and others. Florence Krodel hosts a six o clock dinner at the Mosse Club honoring Miss Phyllis Ingraham and Miss Jane Beck with guests from Karns City and Pennsylvania College for Women.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Tu-Endie-Wei Mansion
Christ Church
Episcopal
William Steenbergen
Long Meadows
Charles Edgar Hogg
Carl Gardner
Howard L. Robey
Tom Halliday
Lillie Hogg
Florence Krodel
Mosse Club
Phyllis Ingraham
Jane Beck
Karns City
Pennsylvania College For Women
Pittsburgh
Miss Krodel
Ann Windsor
Margaret Thomas
Hilda Mae Wartenburg
Jo Ann Jewell
Harriett Lewis
Marjorie Bauerle
Dance Fundraiser by Junior Woman's Club in Mason County
The Junior Woman's Club hosts a square dance Tuesday evening in the Junior High School Gym to benefit the Mason County Public Library. Earl Gibbs and his orchestra will provide the music for the event.
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Junior Woman's Club
Mason County Public Library
Earl Gibbs
Federal Approval For Water Sewer Mains In Point Pleasant
Regional Director C L Vickers of the Federal Emergency Administration approved Point Pleasant officials' plan to fund water and sewer mains through North Point Pleasant and Bellemeade. The project, tied to wartime industry growth, awaits Presidential approval before housing projects proceed. Mayor Krodel, City Solicitor Johnson, and engineers returned from Washington after urging aid and learning wartime priorities, including a warning that bath tub production will soon end and stocks will be frozen.
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Point Pleasant
C. L. Vickers
Federal Emergency Administration
Richmond
North Point Pleasant
Bellemeade
Vickers
Washington
B. Walter Krodel
J. G. F. Johnson
J. E. Settle
Charleston
G. A. Buell
Access Road To Be Started By Engineer For Point Pleasant
Field engineer Barney Lilly and state road official Bruce Harper oversee a million dollar access highway project linking Shadle Bridge to Mason Pomeroy Bridge in Mason. Bridges over Old Town Creek and Eight Mile Creek, plus road relocation, will lift the highway above flood levels, enabling Point Pleasant access to the outside world in floods. Start delayed by material shortages, with main surface work on Main St. from 6th to 12th City slated soon.
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Point Pleasant
Barney CO
Lilly
Old Town Creek
Ohio
Main St
Vland
Phéles
Five Arrested by Officers of City
Five persons were arrested at the week end on charges of drunkenness. Ed Chamberlain and Joseph Scadding, soldiers quartered here, were arrested by Trooper Coyner and turned over to their commanding officer. Chief of Police Jividen and Patrolman Morrison arrested Roscoe Layne and James Hayman, both of this city. They were tried by Mayor Krodel. Burton Hanson of Parkersburg was arrested by Jividen, but the man has not been given a hearing.
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Point Pleasant
Ed Chamberlain
Joseph Scadding
Coyner
Jiiden
Morrison
Roscoe Layne
James Hayman
Krodel
Burton Hanson
Parkersburg
Jividen
Cafeteria at Camp Conley Sold to Chain Catering Firm
John Rairden of Leon has turned over his Camp Conley mess hall cafeteria to a chain catering company after a request from the West Virginia Ordnance Works.
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Point Pleasant
John Rairden
Leon
Camp Conley
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Three Months Toll Of Rivermen Large
Hamilton A. Johnson reports seven of the Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association's 150 members died in the first quarter of 1942. Three deaths followed the sinking of the W. G. McBride near Cincinnati, including Capt. Ray Eddington of Augusta Kentucky and Capt. T. R. Lalance of Ashland Kentucky. Also lost were Capt. James Crum of Louisville Kentucky, Capt. John Dippold of Swickley Pennsylvania, Capt. Henry Holloway of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Capt. Dennis Taylor of Cincinnati Ohio, and Capt. R. D. Brown of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Hamilton A. Johnson
Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association
W. G. McBride
Cincinnati
Ray Eddington
Augusta
T. R. Lalance
Ashland
James Crum
Louisville
John Dippold
Swickley
Henry Holloway
Pittsburgh
Dennis Taylor
R. D. Brown
Will Organize Volunteers for Defense Unit
A class of civilians will be organized at the courthouse Tuesday evening at 7 45 to form a defense unit. If enrollments exceed 40 a second class will start Wednesday at the same hour with sessions 7 45 to 9 45 daily, lasting three weeks. County Coordinator Delbert C Staats will instruct, focusing on protecting life and property and morale.
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Point Pleasant
Court House
Delbert C. Staats
Increased Activity At Ordnance Works
Several workers at the West Virginia Ordnance Works report a noticeable Tuesday increase in activity. Small groups gathered near downtown offices awaiting chances to secure war cards and participate in wartime measures.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Motorist Is Fined in Gallipolis DWI Case
John H. Weaver was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a six month revocation of driving rights in municipal court after a charge of operating a car while intoxicated.
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Gallipolis
John H. Weaver
Concrete batching plant at ordnance works nears completion
Report from Point Pleasant indicates the West Virginia Ord nance Works batching plant is nearing completion as construction winds down.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Break Ground For Igloos At TNT Plant
POINT PLEASANT It was learned yesterday that the ground is being staked for igloo style buildings at the TNT plant for storage to age. Grading for these structures is expected to begin in ten days.
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Point Pleasant
Mrs. E. B. Jones To Address Rotary
Mrs. E. B. Jones of POINT PLEASANT is scheduled to speak to the Gallipolis Rotary club at the Lafayette Hotel this evening. A former Republican campaign speaker in West Virginia in 1932, she was a Chicago delegate that year for Hoover. Her talk will cover the war and its aftermath.
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Point Pleasant
F. Bartow Jones
Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Newell Couple Relocate to Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Richard Newell have moved to Point Pleasant from North Carolina and stay with Mrs W J Kenny and her husband on Ohio Street. The husband works at The Marietta Miss Betty Burdette of Parkersburg visited Aunt Mrs Eunice Beller on Mt Vernon Ave Sunday. Attorney William B Hogg of Columbus visited his mother Mrs Charles Edgar Hogg over the weekend.
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Point Pleasant
Richard Newell
North Carolina
W. J. Kenny
Ohio St
Newell
Marietta
Betty Burdette
Parkersburg
Eunice Beller
Mt. Vernon Ave
William B. Hogg
Columbus
Charles Edgar Hogg
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