Trucking bids sought for Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction manager
Nelsonville meeting of county egg auction committees at the American Legion Building reviewed manager applicants for the new auction planned to open in Amicon siding in July. Six candidates were interviewed about training experience and qualifications under Chairman Stout with Perry County leading the recruitment effort.
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Nelsonville
American Legion
Stout
Washington County
Perry County
Parks
Amicon
A. Wayne Logsdon
Defiance, O
L. B. Melching
Ohio State University
Robert B
Kibbey
Liberty Township
Vernon H. Ickes
Bruce H. Chapman
Athens County Livestock Association
Howard A. Spindler
Marietta
K. E. Snyder
Swift & Co
Meigs
Fairfield
Wee Ross Wright
Athens County
Water Shut Off in Nelsonville for Repairs Thursday
City officials announce a 8 AM to 12 PM water outage in the business district and north residential area for repair work. The notice cites line repairs in progress and lists several local and university figures connected to agriculture and livestock as part of the planning and outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W. Rose
Presbyterian Group Elects New Officers
In Nelsonville Charles Sharer was elected president of the Men’s Brotherhood of the Presbyterian Church. Connie Crawford, R. H. Sayers, and Steve Wilson were named vice president, secretary, and treasurer respectively. A clam chowder supper followed.
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Nelsonville
Charles Sharer
The
Presbyterian Church
Connie Crawford
R. H. Sayers
Steve Wilson
Brotherhood
John H. Starz
Cooperative Plan Pushed By Council
Nelsonville P T A Council agrees to cooperate with city parent teacher groups for a May 23 summer round-up for preschool children. The event, in the school nurse’s office, will be one day and chaired by Mrs. J B Preston with area group leaders assisting. New officers: President Mrs J D Knight, vice president J K Kinneer, secretary-treasurer Mrs Frank Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
P.T.A. Council
P.T.A
Br. W. H. Hyde
Tessie Cavanaugh
J. B. Preston
East
V. T. Imhoff
Central
Glen Thomas
West
George Barrows
Knight
Miss Stover
J. D. Knight
J. K. Kinneer
Frank Jackson
Placements Announced in District State Commercial Contest
In Athens on May 3 the District State Commercial Contest awarded five prizes per subject. Charlene Blimes secured second in Typewriting I with a speed over 51 wpm, Thelma Ave took third in Typewriting I at 49 wpm, Mary Blimes fourth in Shorthand II. Ruth Morris ranked seventh in Shorthand II, Mary Kathryn Shields 12th in Shorthand I, Billy Thompson 15th in Bookkeeping I, and Thelma Parry 16th in Bookkeeping I.
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Nelsonville
Athens
J. K. Kinneer
State Department of Education
Charlene Blimes
Thelma Ave
Mary Blimes
Ruth Morris
Mary Kathryn Shields
Billy Thompson
Thelma Parry
Nelsonville Alumni Banquet Tickets Go On Sale May 19
Nelsonville High School Alumni Association announces May 19 ticket sales for the annual banquet to be held at the Church of Christ on June 6. Committees members Alonzo Figgins Betty Stewart Charles Evans Ethel Knight and Paul Betts handle reservations. Dues of 25 cents per year are due and a canvass of alumni will occur that week.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School Alumni Association
Alonzo Figgins
Betty Stewart
Charles Evans
Ethel Knight
Paul Betts
Church of Christ
Gabriel Hosts Guests in Sunday Social
Mr and Mrs George Gabriel Jr hosted Sunday guests at Lower Plains counting Mr and Mrs Guy Dowler from Parkersburg Mrs Della Shaw from New Marshfield Road Mrs Elizabeth Barker from Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs Floyd Barker from Athens in a social gathering.
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Chauncey
George Gabriel, Jr
Lower Plains
Guy Dowler
Parkersburg
Della Shaw
New Marshfield Road
Elizabeth Barker
Nelsonville
Floyd Barker
Athens
Former Nelsonville Man Seriously Injured in Mine Blast
William Anderson of Ward West Virginia a former Nelsonville resident was seriously injured by a powder explosion at a West Virginia mine where he worked last week He was transported to a Charleston hospital Local relatives were notified and calls were made to Mrs Jack Raybould Mrs Evelyn Turner Arthur and Fred Anderson of this city who were summoned to Ward last Friday by the accident
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Nelsonville
William
Buttcut) Anderson
Ward
W. Va
West Virginia
Charleston
Jack Raybould
Evelyn Turner
Arthur
Fred Anderson
Nelsonville Club Elects Miss Blanche Moorehead President
Miss Blanche Moorehead elected president of the Nelsonville Business and Professional Women's Club at a May 13 meeting. Other officers include Gertrude Cordis as vice president and Jean Betts as recording secretary. Delegates to the state convention were chosen as Moorehead Dowler and Burnelle. A May 27 installation and upcoming meetings were announced.
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Nelsonville
Blanche Moorehead
Business and Professional Women's Club
Miss Moorehead
Gertrude Cordis
Jean Betts
Nelle Dowler
Lillian Butts
Arlene Powell
Sigma Love
Nita Power
Betty Verity
Ellen Burnelle
Business and Professional Women
Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza Hotel
11 Houses Included in Sale of Land in Nelsonville
Dr. C. G. Dew and John H. Saltz of Nelsonville completed a major real estate transfer, buying 1 015 acres from Sunday Creek Coal Co in York Township Connett district south of Nelsonville. Eleven houses are included. The tract is well timbered and will be subdivided into 10 to 50 acre farms with additional houses built over time.
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Nelsonville
C. G. Dew
John H. Saltz
Sunday Creek Coal Co
York Township
Connett District
Annual Award Banquet To Be Held Friday
Nelsonville announces its annual award banquet set for Friday May 16 at the high school. Miss Pauline Fierce and the home economics department will serve, with Mary Blimes directing and Eileen Dewhurst assisting with table decorations. Graduates who have received a letter or award are invited to attend. The event begins at 6 pm with a musical program during dinner and guest speaker Don Johnson of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. on sportsmanship. Short talks follow by Coaches Carl Campbell and Georg Abraham Superintendent E J Arnold and Principal J K Kinneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Pauline Fierce
Mary Blimes
Eileen Dewhurst
Nelsonville High School
Don Johnson
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Carl Campbell
Georg Abraham
E. J. Arnold
J. K. Kinneer
Union Meeting To Hear Contract Report
A special meeting of Local Union No. 146 Shoe Workers will be held Thursday evening May 15 at 7 30 in the K of P Hall in Nelsonville. The executive committee will present a report on the contract and all members are urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
K. of P. Hall
Plan Enrollment of CCC at Nelsonville
John H. Ale of the Veterans Administration Dayton announces a CCC enrollment for veterans in Nelsonville on May 26, 1941. Veterans honorably discharged may re-enroll three months after discharge instead of six months as previously.
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Nelsonville
John H. Ale
Veterans Administration
Dayton
CCC
Golden Rule Class Hosts Meeting At Mrs Esthel Kinneer Home
Mrs Esthel Kinneer will host the Golden Rule Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church at her home Thursday evening. Assisting will be Miss Marie Warehime and Miss Alice George. Mrs Inez Wilson and Miss Iva Murphy will present the program. Transportation requests should call Miss Alice George. Mr and Mrs Frank Lowry have moved to the Owen property on Clinton Street with Mr Eugene James, formerly of this city, living with them.
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Esthel Kinneer
Golden Rule
Methodist Church
Kinneer
Marie Warehime
Alice George
Inez Wilson
Iva Murphy
Frank Lowry
Owen
Clinton St
Death of S. G. Palmer Visiting Long Beach Relative
Mrs. Jerry Sanders learns of the death of her uncle S. G. Palmer aged 79 of Long Beach California. Palmer was well known in the area having visited his niece each summer for six years.
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Nelsonville
Jerry Sanders
S. G. Palmer
Long Beach
Calif
Palmer
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Set
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary of United Mine Workers will convene Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the R of P Building. Mrs Ethel Scott chairs. A birthday supper follows the meeting with members asked to bring sandwiches and a covered dish.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary
United Mine Workers
R. of P
Ethel Scott
Friendship Class Hosts Chauncey Church Meeting
Chauncey and Re ena Simpkins invite the Friendship Class of Chauncey Church of Christ to meet tonight at their Lexington Avenue home. The United States operates more than 500 000 gasoline filling stations.
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Chauncey
Andrien
Reena Simpkins
Lexington Ave
Chauncey Church of Christ
United States
Four Generations Attend Sunday Dinner Celebration
A surprise birthday dinner honored Mrs. Laura DeVore with four generations present. Attendees included DeVore’s daughter Mamie Chadwell and granddaughter Marietta Goldsberry, plus Donnie Brown the great grandson and birthday honoree Logan. Other relatives and friends from Chauncey Millfield Junction City Amesville and Detroit joined the gathering.
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Chauncey
Laura DeVore
Mamie Chadwell
Millfield
Grace Crabtree
DeVore
Mrs. Chadwell
Marietta Goldsberry
Cora Bell
Rolland Bell
Dorothy Bell
Bernice St. Clair
Junction City
Flossie Bell
Bremen
Joe Brown
Donnie
Logan
Oris Chadwell
Dryton
Ray Chadwell
Lancaster
Lois Closter
Amesville
Hare Offeldt
Detroit
Allen Chadwell
Glen
Plains Seniors to Stage High Pressure Homer Comedy
The Plains High School senior class rehearses the play High Pressure Homer to be performed at 8:00 PM Friday May 23 in the school auditorium. Cast includes Olson Campbell Welch Stauffer Corbett Harrison McDonald Darnell Lopez Aindhney Hudnall directed by Miss Diver with student teachers Greene Fisher Wilson Mechem Riehl. Senior party followed at Mr and Mrs Humphrey home with games and refreshments.
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Plains
The
Plains High School
Laurence Olson
Dain Campbell
Marjorie Welch
Wyona Stauffer
Marjorie Corbett
Mary Harrison
Dick McDonald
Margie Darnell
John Lopez
Elizabeth Aiidhney
Garrett Hudnall
Miss Diver
Wieford Hanning
Elizabeth Alidhney
Adda Maccombs
Injured Chauncey Man In Critical Coal Fall Wound
CHAUNCEY Max Williams of near Chauncey is in critical condition at a Columbus hospital a week after a coal fall at Chauncey Mine No 25. He was crushed through the chest with one lung collapsed and the other punctured. He is the son of Thomas Williams and brother to Mrs Fanny Maffin and Mrs Mae Tennihill. His brother Donald Williams died in Chauncey last February. Relatives have been with him at the hospital.
Mothers Day Observed at Zion Church Sunday School
Zion Church Lower Plains held a Mother’s Day program with recitations readings and songs led by Mrs Vera Bridgewater of Chauncey Flowers were given to attending mothers. W E Dicken directed the Sunday School and Guss Graham is pastor. Attendance was large.
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Chauncey
Zion Church
Lower Plains
Vera Bridgewater
W. E. Dicken
Guss Graham
May Day Program Held at East Millfield School
Chauncey May Day exams postponed from last week will be held Friday at 1 30 p m at East Millfield School Helen Erdy named May queen musical numbers by each grade teachers listed and Chauncey Dover High School Band directed by Harry McMahen will perform several selectionsParents urged to attend
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Chauncey
East Millfield School
Helen Erdy
Jessie Smart
Florence Howard
Ruth Simpkins
May Howard
Mildred Russell
Helen Sanders
Louise Nagle
Christine Brown
Chauncey-Dover High School
Harry McMahen
Chauncey Area Family Visits Highlight Local Weekend
Chauncey and Columbus residents join relatives for weekend gatherings near Chauncey. Athens visitor and local residents attend Sunday dinner in Chauncey and Lower Plains. Mother's Day service draws attendees from Jackson area. Etta Schoonover retires in Chauncey after visiting Nelsonville relatives.
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Chauncey
Nelsonville
Sarah
Silas Davis
Revival Services Continue at Church of God Chauntery
Each night at 7:30 and continuing, the Church of God Chauntery hosts revival services led by Evangelist Hollie McClanahan of Middletown assisting Pastor Clarence Way.
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Chauncey
Church of God
Chauntery
Hollie McClanahan
Middletown
Clarence Way
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