Mrs Sniffen Leads Nelsonville Clothing Drive to Three Tons
Nelsonville reports the National Clothing collection yielded about three tons after sorting. Chairwoman Mrs Parker Sniffen organized church and school committees, with deports at six locations including Church of Christ and City Hall. Buchtel chair Mrs James Odenthal directed WSCS members and others to collect five large boxes.
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Nelsonville
Parker 5 Sniffen
Church of Christ
M. E. Church
Light
House Tabernacle
Buchtel
James Odenthal
WSCS
M. E Church
Myrtle Mohney
Sheets
Turner
Stella Krotche
EL. Kohler
Clyde Byers
Traffic Accident Reported in City
A sedan operated by Russell J Spears of Guysville RT 2 east on Canal Ira sideswiped a car and trailer owned by Rev E C Bond and parked near Monroe St. intersection around 6 45 Sunday morning. The left running board and left rear fender of Bonds car were damaged and both sides of Spearss car were damaged. Police report he may have dozed after working all night in Columbus. The Dorcas Society of the Presbyterian Church collected five large boxes of clothing, with high school students organizing 2843 pounds, labels, and packing. City crews and newspapers aided, with shipments to Cincinnati for overseas delivery. total Melsonville shipment reached 6000 pounds.
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Nelsonville
Russell J. Spears
Guys Iville Rt. 2
Canal Ira
E. C. Bond
Bis
Monroe St
Spears
Bond
Columbus
Dorcas Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Helen Chappie
Dorr Run
Deanville
Paulline Fierce
Girl Scouts Organization
Betty Snackenburg
City Hall
Chester Bay
Athens
Cincinnati
Hazel Melinger
Arley Fiske
E. E Bell
James Beard
Miles Howe
Bessie Stephenson
Sniffen
Church of Christ
Melsonvile
Sines Rites On Tuesday
NELSONVILLE Corporal Ralph N Sines died Friday at Finney Army General Hospital in Georgia. His funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Pulgrim Holiness Church, Chestnut St, conducted by Rev. B A Ane. Burial at Greenlawn. Soldiers and sailors on furlough urged to attend by 1 15.
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Nelsonville
Ralph N Sines
Finney Army General Hospital
Georgia
Stout Funeral Home
Pulgrim Holiness Church
Chestnut St
B. A. Ane
Greenlawn
Lines
Clifford Lines
Glouster Social Notes and School Operetta Report
Glouster notes detail a euchre card night at Mrs Lola Gillett with ten players, and a school operetta The Golden Whistle staged by Glouster schools under Mildred Howard. Cast includes David Grubbs Zarla Molnar Marilyn Gamwell Tanya Hartman Richard Bailey and others with groups Brownies Rossi Butterflys. Also Chapter 192 OES plans a Mother Daughter party May 12 at Masonic Temple with potluck ice cream beverages provided. Charles Stires visiting Glouster from Hawaii before returning to Wares.
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Glouster
Mildred Howard
Boys Glee Club
Girls Glee Club
David Grubbs
Zarla Molnar
Marilyn Gamwell
Tanya Hartman
Richard
Oklo
Ruth Burdette
Harley Kittle
Sal
Busy McClelland
Billy Jean Brown
Warry Joe Dugan
Sharon Batley
Norma Jean Wiliams
Judy Ball
Lawrence Noon
Robert Noon
Kay Hines
Louise Limo
Grace Day
Western Pacific
Fis
Robert Dugan
Richard Riva
Iwo Jima
Judy Parks
Martha Parks
Neill
Strausbaugh
Anna Strausbaugh
Masonic Temple
Hach Tuember
Nelsonville Social Notes and Local Updates
Miss Frances Scott hosted the Hy perion Club at their final meeting of the year. More than 150 dollars of articles made by the blind were sold by club members, with remaining pieces on display at the Nelsonville Library. Also covered are library book topics, a colonial tea, Emblem Club dinner changes, and upcoming visiting dignitaries. The Nelsonville Personal notes report deaths and arrivals, including Edmond Hall’s passing and Dan Shay receiving overseas notice from his daughter Helen Shay. A brief local excerpt notes Chinese tipping as a cultural practice and its price impact.
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Nelsonville
Frances Scott
Hyperion Club
Dorothy Wightman
W. H. Badger
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
James Markins Dies At Home Saturday
James Edward Markins, 70, died at his Derthick home Saturday evening after a two month illness. He moved here from Jackson County in 1923. Survived by sons Charles Crooksville Alva Worton W Va Sgt Archie Markins Pfc Harvey Markins in South Pacific James H A 2 in California and Frank Glouster daughters Mrs Ben Elkins W Va Mrs Ray Whaley Mrs Robert Conaway Glouster Mrs Ralph Wade Mansfeld Sadie Markings Ada Markins WAVES Bethesda Md and sister Mrs Billa O Keenan Columbus. Wife Maude died in 1944. Funeral at Hollister A B Church Tuesday at 1 pm Rev Roy Standiford officiating. Burial Maplewood cemetery.
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Glouster
James Edward Markins
Derthick
Jackson County
Charles
Crooksville
Alva
Worton
W. Va
Archie Markins
Harvey Markins
South Pacific
James H. A
California
Frank, Glouster
Ben Elkins
Ray Whaley
Robert Conaway
Ralph Wade
Mansfeld
Sadie
Ada Markins
of the Waves
Bethesda
Billa O’ Keenan
Columbus
Maude
Hollister A. B
Roy Standiford
Maplewood Cemetery
Life-Long Morgan County Resident Dies at reading temp
William H H Brown age 1 died Saturday afternoon in McConnelsville after a long Morgan County life. Survived by three sons Fred Glouster Charles and Albert of the home. wife died in 1936. Friends may call at John S Blower Funeral Home. funeral Tuesday at 3 30 in Liberty Hill Church with Rev Alva Shifflet officiating. Burial in Liberty Hill cemetery.
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Slouster
Willam
H .Brown
McConnelsvile
Morgan County
Fred
Glouster
Charles
Lima
Albert
John S. Blower
Liberty Hill
Alva Shifflet
Glouster Honors Eagle Flag Gift to Village Depot Square
Mayor Thomas Williams acknowledges a large American Flag donated by the Glouster Eagles. The flag was hoisted on Depot Square replacing the worn old banner as thanks to the community for the patriotic gift.
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Thomas Williams
Glouster
Glouster Eagles
Depot Square
Willams
York Soldier Wounded Second Time in Europe
Pfc. Carlyle R. Mender of Nelsonville with the 6th Infantry Division in the ETO reports in a April 19 letter he was wounded in the left leg by shell fragments on the night of April 14 while withdrawing from a bridgehead across the Elbe. He has earned the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and Purple Heart and is hospitalized in France. This is his second wound after earlier injuries in Normandy and during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Nelsonville
Carlyle R. Mender
Earl D. Mender
Elbe River
France
Pfc
Mender
Normandy
Belgum
O%wn
Rhine River
Ninth Army
Elbe
Second Armor
Missionaries Safe Arrival in Los Angeles
In a May 2 arrival in Los Angeles, the Rev W T Cook and Mrs Cook, former Manchuria missionaries, reach safety with other Americans freed from Japanese captivity in the Philippines. The Cooks, longtime figures in Athens Presbytery, had been prisoners at Los Banos Camp until liberation on Feb 26. A letter from Mrs Cook notes plans to spend time in California before returning East.
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Nelsonville
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Los Angeles
Calif
W. T. Cook
Manchuria
Philippines
Cook
Athens Presbytery
Forzen Field
Athens
Dover Airmen Freed After German Capture Report
Mrs Nellie Blackford of Chauncey received a telegram stating her son Staff Sgt Lloyd Blackford, prisoner of Germany after his plane was forced down, had been released after several months in captivity.
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Chauncey
Nellie Blackford
Esturdsy
Lloyd Blackford
Germany
Rites Held For Elizabeth Channel At Mulfield Home
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Gilbert Courtney for Elizabeth Channel 435 at her Mulfield home. Burial took place at Hulltop Cemetery with W. J Warren officiating. She is survived by her father Ralph Channel a brother and sister in law Heber and wife of Akron. Kathleen Mingus sang at the service. New books arriving at Chauncey Library and available this week per librarian Grace Crabtree with hours Tuesday 1 to 5 pm Friday 11 am to 4 pm and 6 pm to 3 pm.
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Chauncey
Gilbert’ Courtney
Church of Christ
Elizabeth Channel
Mulfield
Witty
Hulltop
W. J Warren
Isabelle
Heber Channel
Akron
Grace Crabtree
Chauncey Library
Guy Osborne
Crabtree
Esther Class Teaches Care For Ill Chauncey Woman
Mrs Eliza Katzenbach wife of the late George Katzenbach Chauncey is reported seriously ill at her Millfield home For several months her daughters Mrs Allie Swart Mrs Elizabeth Anna Smith Mrs Mary Schoon Boing and others have taken turns caring for her Tonight at 7 30 the Esther Class of Chauncey M E Church meets at Mrs Ruth Bridgewaters home High St A social hour and refreshments follow In Chauncey Mrs J A Brooks visits mother and sister Elizabeth Ferrel Eva Benedum At Chauncey Methodist Church weekly quilting of the Ladies Aid will be Thursday night
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Chauncey
Eliza Katzenbach
George
Katzenbach
Millfield
Allie Swart
Eliabeth
Anna Smith
Mary Schoon- Boing
Ella Conant
Katie Meeting
Esther
Knight
Lucy Covert
Chauncey M. E. Church
Ruth Bridgewater
High St
J. A. Brooks
Cora Ferrel
Trenton
Mich
Elizabeth Ferre
Eva Benedum
Chauncey Marriage Solennized in Pomeroy Last Tuesday
Frank Kirkendall and Mary Hicks both of Chauncey were married in Pomeroy last Tuesday and will reside in Chauncey on High Street with a serenade from local youths. Vint Cunningham of Chauncey reported seriously ill at home in Ellis Avenue and his wife Dessie is also in poor health. Mrs John Pettitt has been discharged from Good Samaritan Hospital to her home in Glouster improving satisfactorily. A tank crew’s four men equal forty riflemen in firepower and speed.
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Chauncey
Frank Kirkendall
Mary. Hicks
Pomeroy
Vint Cunningham
Ellis Aves
Dessie
Hospital
John Pettitt
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
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Ee Eee
William Prince
James Brown
Dick Erdman
George Tobias
Henry Hull
Warner Anderson
Tiang Weiroi
Song OF
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Jennifer Jones
Charles Mocktor
Athens Messenger
Victor
Cline Ride
Atbees
Chib
Lawrence Gillett
Orphan Ayers
Vivian Fierce
Mae Showers
Patty
Mary Russell
Flossie McClellan
Bonnie
Edith Morrison
Ruth Murray
Lola Gillett
Charles Stires
Hawaii
Marion Elliott
Emblem Club
Methodist Church
Elks Club
Grace Main
Main
Carlson
Scott
Dunkin
Ashland
Marshall
A. Fisk
Edmond Hall
St Francis Hospital
Ed Hill
Fisk
Fred Craig
Wayne
W. 5. Rhodes
Jumbus
Dan Shay
Helen Shay
Shay
China
Sonja Henie
Vet
Donald Duck
Mussolini
James Markins
York
Bandit Ranger
Erica Alee
Atasegis
Elag
Aio
Indiana
Tegawgolor
Brennan Wocallister
Leeanees Cratn
Berethy , Ackedin
Babaccar
Minviren
An Ray Mikend
Rath Hussey
Rsp
Corneliats Shiner
Warner Timing
Casablanca
Berlin
Ama
Gestapo
Pal
Eedin
Avs
Faye Emerson
Neliwut
Dantine
Raymond Massey
Andrea Ang
Peter Loqre
Sconce Couloorie
Ty Jo Paqera
Abed Beurte
Franc Wineie
Melody Master
Faye Emerton
Mn Soardinars
Dover
Sgt
Ladies Aid of
Tane
Chenille
Lenners
James H. Wilson
Citizens Bank
Bidg
Logan
Mulberry St
Thorsteys
Moter
Sorman
Hitler
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