Nelsonville High Senior Class Play to Be Presented Friday
Nelsonville high school hosts the Senior Class play Jumping Jewels in the auditorium Friday evening. The three act maystery comedy includes a touring portrait plot with stolen pearls and crossing love notes, plus a band performance and musical numbers between acts.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville High
Nelsonville
William Ellis Jones
Doris Pergin
Grace Roberts
Andy
Fanny
Raymond Connett
Wilma Bishop
Margaret Kerr
Walter Crane
Richard Hall
Burke Stacey
James Preston
Miss Parsons
Dorothy Raine
Stanley Castle
William Monks
Linda Rogers
Donna Mallon
Patrick O'Leary
Craig Kinney
City Firemen Respond Twice in Nelsonville Saturday
Nelsonville city firefighters answered two alarms on Saturday. A short circuit damaged a Duke Thomas truck parked off Hocking Street while he collected trash. Damage stood at about 75 dollars. Assistant Chief George Shaner reported a late call to Ashton Avenue for a grass fire on a hillside aided by Est Service fighters from Camp Nelson and city workers.
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Nelsonville
Duke Thomas
Hocking St
Thomas
George Shaner
Ashton Ave
Forest Service
Camp Nelson
Robertson Rites Scheduled For Wednesday
The body of Harry Robertson former Nelsonville resident who died in Jacksonville Florida will arrive Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 50 o'clock at Stout Funeral Home with burial at Greenlawn. His wife Mable Robertson preceded him in death.
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Nelsonville
Harry Robertson
Jacksonville
Fila
Stout Funeral Home
Buria
Greenlawn
Mable Robertson
Two Fines in Nelsonville Mayor Court
Two arraignments in Mayor Miles Howe's court Sunday. C Elva Roth of Columbus charged with reckless driving, fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty. Mrs Mable Ray of this city charged with intoxication, fined $5 and costs.
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Nelsonville
Miles Howe
State Highway Patrol
C. Elva Roth
Columbus
Ife
Mable Ray
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Meetings
Nelsonville social notes report the Past Chiefs Club of the Pythian Sisters meeting at Mrs. Dean Linscott’s home on Wednesday May 3 at 730 PM. Mrs. Marjorie Dempster Roberts Melba Keyhoe and Dorothy Attwood head to Miami Beach Florida for several months after visiting Mrs Meda Dempster. Pvt Donald E Fink stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana recently visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Fink. Mrs John DeLong formerly of Nelsonville Route 4 received a cushion top from Pvt John W DeLong stationed somewhere in the Aleutian Islands for seven months. Miss Rosemary Snackenburg a Ohio University student spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Snackenburg. Accompanying her as house guest for the weekend was Miss Marian V Flecknoe from Mt Vernon Ohio.
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Nelsonville
Cosmopolitan Club
Harry Jackson
Leonard Myers
Bertha Nixon
Parker S. Sniffen
Walter Wolfe
Rose Weigand
Avalanche
Kay Boyle
Chiefs
Pythian Sisters
Dean Linscott
Marjorie Dempster Roberts
Melba Keyhoe
Dorothy Attwood
Miami Beach
Fii
Meda Dempster
Pvt
Donald E. Fink
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
John Fink
John DeLong
Ruby Lones
Canton
Route 4
John W. DeLong
Aleutian Islands
Rosemary Snackenburg
Ohio University
Roy Snackenburg
Marian V. Flecknoe
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Nellie Scarberry
Columbus
Carrie Williams
Eulah
Flora Leonard
Cincinnati
J. N. Martin
Will Gibbons
New Plymouth
Minnie
Stella Arthur
Melba Baker
Army Nurses Corps
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Daisy Baker
Virgil Martin
Edwin Irgens
Portland
Harold Austin
Susannah Lupton
Chicago
Harry Lupton
George Williams College
Robert McMaster
Sampson
N. Y
Roger
Charlotte Hambrick
Charleston
Mr. Hood
Emma Forth
George
Ella Windon
Mason City
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Ordnance Works
Bertha Nobles
Monroe Ave
Alfred Elmore
England
G. C. Hite
Maurice Mayes
W. C. Nebbergall
Sonja Jo Mayes
Tommy Nebbergall
St. Albans
W. C. Bowie
Bill
Clifton Forge
George Tillis
Frank Biffle
Huntington
Herman Kearns
Chillicothe
Audrey Blessing
Sixth St
Masons Meet Twice In Present Week
Nelsonville notes a Masonic Lodge regular meeting tonight at the temple with the Master Mason's degree to be conferred. A special meeting is announced for Thursday night.
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Nelsonville
Masonic Lodge
Temple
Chapman Removes Family from Holzer Hospital
Mervan Chapman removed Mrs. Emmett Webb and her infant son Charles Raymond from Holzer Hospital to their home at Gallipolis Ferry yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Mervan Chapman
Emmett Webb
Charles Raymond
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Ferry
Swan Grange Honored for Year of Work at Meeting
Swan Creek Grange received a National Grange certificate for excellent work in the past year. Forty members attended the Friday night meeting led by Grange Master Ira Neal, followed by a potluck supper and a literary program.
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Gallipolis
Swan Creek
National Grange
Ira Neal
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Nursing Paths
Miss Mildred Beard received a diploma from the Jewish Hospital Nursing School in Cincinnati. She is the third Beard daughter to enter nursing. The column also notes visits from Nellie Scarberry, Flora Leonard, Will Gibbons, and others, with military and college ties in Columbus and Chicago.
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Gallipolis
Mildred Beard
Jewish Hospital Nursing School
Cincinnati
Columbus
D. A. Beard
Mildred
Miss Madge Swisher Dies Near Cheshire
Miss Madge Swisher sixty with local ties dies at home near Cheshire from a heart attack early Saturday. She worked as a clerk at Playford Denney's general store until 9 p m Friday and had lived all her life in the community. Funeral set for 2 30 Tuesday at Cheshire Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Zundell officiating and Gravel Hill Cemetery burial.
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Gallipolis
Madge Swisher
Cheshire
Dean
Amanda Tricker Swisher
Annett Knight
Hazel Swisher
Miss Swisher
Cheshire Baptist Church
Ralph Zundell
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Auto Store Damaged By Fire and Water
Gallipolis report of a Sunday fire at Jack's Auto Store 49 Court Street where burning trash in the rear lot spread to the building. Chief Walter Wise said stock and fixtures suffered heavy damage as water soaked the metal ceiling and spread through the store.
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Gallipolis
City Fire Department
Jack's Auto Store
Court Street
Walter Wise
Extradition Sought For C. L. Oliver
Prosecuting Attorney William H. Bardin sent preliminary papers to Governor Neely in Charleston and will apply to Governor Bricker of Ohio for extradition of C. L. Oliver on a non support charge. Oliver was arrested last week in Chillicothe and refused to return without extradition.
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Ting
William H. Bardin
Neely
Charleston
Bricker
Ohio
C. L. Oliver
Oliver
Chillicothe
Seek Licenses To Wed in Gallia County
Gallia County applicants seek marriage licenses listing Stephen Blankenship 23 and Elva Bosworth 18 both of Putnam County West Virginia. Garland Saunders 24 of Huntington and Marie Jones 18 of Gallipolis. Russell Greene 26 and Georgia Langdon 26 of Addison and Gallipolis respectively. John Blain returns from Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota reporting beneficial treatment.
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Gallipolis
Stephen Blankenship
Elva Bosworth
Putnam County
W. Va
Garland Saunders
Huntington
Marie Jones
James
Lola Edier Jones
Neil Avenue
Russell Denver Greene
Jack
Soldier
Georgia Edith Langdon
Addison
Ernest
Edith Swisher Langdon
Point Pleasant
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Lawson Visits Mason To Meet Voters
Lawson, former Mason County resident and ex state auditor from 1929 to 1933, campaigned in POINT PLEASANT for the Republican nomination for state treasurer. He previously owned a farm now part of the ordnance works reservation and has since run an insurance business in Charleston with a major state agency.
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Point Pleasant
Edgar C. Lawson
Mason County
Lawson
Ordnance Works Reservation
Charleston
Reynolds held on peace warrant arrest at Point Pleasant
Elza Reynolds of Smith Street was arrested Saturday evening on a peace warrant by State Trooper Coyner. He will be arraigned today in a justice court.
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Point Pleasant
Elza Reynolds
Smith St
Coyner
Mason Board Starts Mailing of Absentee Ballots for Primary
Mason County officials begin sending civilian absentee ballots for the May primary. About 200 soldier ballots have already been mailed and some returned. Soldiers may vote at the circuit clerk's office this week with in person application.
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Mason Board
Point Pleasant
Board of Ballot Commissioners
Parkersburgh
Mason County
Circuit Clerk
Bakery Is Sold to W. H. Gross
The Schneider bakery and residence on Fourteenth Street sold at public auction at the courthouse steps. Bids started at 12 500 and climbed to 14 330 before sale to W. H. Gress, Ohio Street grocer. The buyer said no immediate use planned. The property includes the former Schneider home on Viand Street and the bakery block extending to Ohio Street with brick construction and a loading platform. An expert said the property could not be replaced for 30 000.
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Point Pleasant
Schneider
Fourteenth St
Raymond Musgrave
W. H. Gress
Ohio St. Grocer
Gress
Pete Schneider
Viand St
Ohio St
Pt. Pleasant Social Notes Highlight Club Delegates and Visits
Mrs Glenn Sayre and Mrs Melvin Schmidt were chosen as delegates to the state convention of junior women's clubs meeting in Charleston this week. The Mason County Public Library fundraiser and a handkerchief shower for Mrs R D Oseland were noted with several local residents mentioned by name. War Mothers Club plans a meeting at the American Legion Hall and local residents were listed with travel and employment movements noted.
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Point Pleasant
Glenn Sayre
Melvin Schmidt
Charleston
Mason County
Joe Barr
H. Paige Bell, Jr
George O. Harper
War Mothers Club
American Legion Hall
Viand St
Public Health Conference Attendees in Charleston
Major Ward Oliver district health officer Miss Dorothy Watkins county health nurse and J D Spiggie district sanitarian attend a public health conference at the Boone Hotel in Charleston. The meeting opens at 9 this morning and runs to Wednesday evening with six states and the District of Columbia represented. Dr Milton H Kronenberg of Chicago will speak as state health officer J E Offner notes focus is wartime disease control. The conference ends with dinner on Wednesday night.
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Point Pleasant
Ward Oliver
Dorothy Watkins
J. D. Spiggie
Charleston
Blic Heath
Boone Hotel
District of Columbia
J. E. Offner
Milton H. Kronenberg
Chicago Health Department
Miss Nancy McCulloch Weds Cleveland Heights Groom in Charleston
Miss Nancy Richardson McCulloch daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward McCulloch wed Mr. Charles Adam Meyer of Cleveland Heights at The Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church Charleston. The ceremony featured organist accompaniment, floral decorations, and a reception at the Meyers home with family and community guests.
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Point Pleasant
Nancy Richardson McCulloch
Charles Edward McCulloch
South of the Kanawha
Charles Adam Meyer
Adam Meyer
Cleveland Heights
Mr. Meyer
First Presbyterian Church
Charleston
Wallace M. Alston
Raymond Spear
Ava Maria
John Hoover
Tuning Rites Will Be Held At Addison
Helen Tuning, 74, of Addison, died Saturday at Holzer Hospital from thrombosis after a diabetes struggle. Last of the Tuning siblings, she worked at O H E in Addison, lived in Dallas, then returned to Addison about 20 years ago. Surviving relatives include two nieces Maude Reynolds Nelson and Vivian Tuning Wilkins. Services set for 3 30 p m Tuesday at Addison Methodist Church, burial in Addison Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Helen Tuning
Holzer Hospital
Addison
William and
Mary Keister
L. H. Nelson
Maude Reynolds
Fourth Ave
Earl Wilkins
Vivian Tuning
Norfolk
Rutter
Dallas
Texas
J. P. Tuning
Huntington
Addison Methodist Church
Julius Chandler
Cob Blier of Fairyland at Central Grade School Operetta
Central Grade School pupils staged The Cobbler of Fairyland Friday evening at the Junior High auditorium. Miss Mandellen Skene coached and directed the performance before a packed audience of parents and patrons. The tale unfolded in the Kingdom of Make-Believe with a large cast led by Donald Higginbotham Don Ward Nancy Vaught Joe Carper Billy Jordan Joan Van Horn Lois Jean Hill Betty Reder Carolyn Foglesong Phyllis Knapp Parky Gardner Joan Chambers Jack Park Frank Riffle Peggy Jo Stone Patsy Treadway Bobby Eschenaur Paul Siders and Phyllis Sheets.
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Point Pleasant
Central
Mandellen Skene
Kingdom of Make-Believe
Donald Higginbotham
Don Ward
Nancy Vaught
Joe Carper
Billy Jordan
Joan van Horn
Lois Jean Hill
Betty Reder
Carolyn Foglesong
Phyllis Knapp
Parky Gardner
Joan Chambers
Jack Park
Frank Riffle
Peggy Jo Stone
Patsy Treadway
Bobby Eschenaur
Paul Siders
Phyllis Sheets
J. T. Clench Visits City on Business
J. T. Clench of Glenwood spent Saturday in Point Pleasant on business. He sought a jump trap to catch hawks that prey on his chickens. The trap is a steel device without a protruding spring set atop a pole to prevent hawks from alighting on the spring.
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Point Pleasant
J. T. Clench
Glenwood
Messenger
Mr. Clonch
Heck Grocery Installs Unique Vegetable Crisper
The Heck grocery in Point Pleasant completed a vegetable crisper the only machine of its kind in the downtown area and likely the county. It keeps greens cold and clean to prevent waste. He plans a small bakery in the adjoining room between his store and Thompson drug store.
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Point Pleasant
Heck Grocery
Heck
Thompson Drug Store
Roush Attends State School Meet in Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Walden F Roush and son Walden Bennett returned from Parkersburg where he attended the annual meeting of the state school superintendents association. Fifty three of fifty five counties were represented.
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Point Pleasant
Walden F. Roush
Walden Bennett
Parkersburg
State
Haughton Returns Home From Charleston Hospital
Mrs. H. D. Haughton, formerly a patient at Charleston General Hospital for several weeks, was brought back to her home at 2217 Mt. Vernon Ave yesterday by E. E. Franklin.
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Point Pleasant
H. D. Haughton
Charleston General Hospital
Mt. Vernon Ave
E. E. Franklin
Fragmentary notice about family caregiving and visits
A fragment mentions caring for Mrs. Warner for a few days and mentions Mr. Wallace and Mrs. Willis. It notes visitors from the Lyons and Lyons families and indicates someone plans to visit their brother Everette. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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I Sabe Gari Willis
Jake Lyons
Everette
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