Obituary and social notes from Nelsonville page
Misses Anna Monks Lucile Smith Marie McCarty and Helen McCarty are weekend guests of Columbus friends. Mrs James McCulloch died Friday in a Columbus hospital after an operation. Funeral services will be held in Nelsonville at home on Columbus street. The Presbyterian men hosted a banquet at the church for forty attendees with talks by Ralph Parks I V Kinney and Albert Dilcher and a speech by Rev William Jennings of Columbus Memorial church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Monks
Lucile Smith
Marie McCarty
Helen McCarty
Columbus Friends
James McCulloch
Columbus
Columbus Street
McCulloch
Presbyterian Church
Ralph Parks
I. V. Kinney
Albert Dilcher
William Jennings
Nelson Memorial Church
Clyde Matheny
The
Christian Church
Myers Street
Frank Murphy
Mesg
James Emily Reed
Oma Beagle
Belle Seibert
Ruth Lehman
Anna Kourt
Mabel Simms
Lucile Barrows
Maybelle Dalton
Florence Hopkins
Baccalaureate and Commencement Events Announced
Rev C L Johnson delivers baccalaureate sermon Sunday at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. Class play at the Opera House Wednesday at 8 00. Commencement Thursday evening at 8 tickets on sale Tuesday at the Chocolate Shop reserved seats. Dr H G Williams of Columbus Ohio to speak. Alumni meeting Friday at Elks Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School
C .L. Johnson
Opera House
Chocolate Shop
H. G. Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Elks’ Hall
Salary schedule raises teachers in 1920 21 plan
The board of education adopts a 1920 1921 salary plan with tiered pay. Elementary Class D starts at 500, Class C 800, Class B 900, Class A 1000 with annual increments for experience. High school teachers earn a minimum 1000. details include training and experience requirements. Also notes a Willing Workers club gathering hosted by Mrs Clyde Matheny with attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Luncheon and Dinner at Bean Home in Spring Gathering
Mrs. W. T. Bean and Mrs. Joe Davis hosted a luncheon and dinner Thursday at the Bean home on Columbus street. The event featured springtime decorations with pink and white hues and a bright, charming atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean Home
Columbus Street
W. T. Bean
Joe Davis
Bean
Social event features luncheon and dinner with elaborate decor
In the table decorations of tulips and carnations and place cards, guests were entertained with an elaborate luncheon at one, followed by a dinner at six. Scott's orchestra provided music throughout the afternoon and evening as about sixty guests attended the luncheon and dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Linked Together Sermon and Missionary Pledge Night
Bible school at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m. The sermon theme Linked Together. A pledge will be taken for Mrs Johnson living link missionary in Africa. Junior and Senior Endeavorers at p m. No evening services but joint baccalaureate at the high school with C J Johnson delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Johnson
Africa
C. J. Johnson
Individual Responsibility or Am I My Brother's Keeper
Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m with divine worship at 10 30 a m The pastor topics the message on Individual Responsibility or Am I My Brother's Keeper No evening service or league due to the high school baccalaureate sermon
Shining Lights Theme at Holiness Church Services
The Holiness Church announces a 9:30 Sunday school and sermon on the theme Shining Lights. A 2:30 praise service, 7 PM song service with special singing and evangelistic sermon, and 7 PM Wednesday prayer meeting are listed. A welcome awaits newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holiness Church
Shining Lights
Episcopal Church May 6 Sunday after Ascension Day
A brief church notice marks May 6 as the Sunday after Ascension Day in the Episcopal Church calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Nelsonville Classifieds May Listings
Local notices and ads list rental wanted, for sale sewing machine and vehicles, plus two dances at K of P hall and Red Men's hall. Also a notice from Hock ing Lodge urging attendance and a job training offer from Mann's Business College in Columbus. Specific items include four or five room house for rent, two homes for sale, and various buggies and horses for sale.
Miss Florence Nightingale Day at Sunday School
Sunday school changes to 9 15 A M with church service at 10 30 A M Rev C B Plummer in charge The events mark Miss Nightingale Day highlighting her Crimean War work and Red Cross link The Right Rev Bishop Theodore Reese will attend May 21 2 30 P M for confirmation with Rev C B Plummer assisting Confirmands should attend May 16 for final instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Plummer
Florence Nightingale
Red Cross Association
Miss Nightingales
Matlock Bath
Crimea
Theodore Reese
Athens county votes on three mill school levy for funds
County leaders urge passage of a proposed three mill levy to fund a new state salary schedule for teachers. Districts accepting state aid will pay the scale while nonparticipating districts lose eligibility, risking poorer finances and shorter school terms. Leaders claim approval preserves county schools and attracts better teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
the Messenger
Root
Boards of Education
Road survey near completion in Athens county project plans
Division Highway Engineer Gra ham reported in Athens county that the Jerseyville Meigs line survey is nearly finished. One Pratts Fork bridge remains to be designed before sale. Summer start hoped for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
State Road Department
Athens County
Jerseyville-Meigs County
Pratts Fork
Nelsonville
Hocking County
Nelsonville Corporation
Nelsonville Council
Soldier Bonus Bill 18 Completes Revision in House
Washington May 15. Republican members of the house ways and means committee completed revision of the soldier bonus bill. The measure in its present form carries benefits totaling 1.49 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Athens county health unit to hire graduate nurses soon
Dr J M Higgins health commissioner reports Athens county will form local public health leagues and back state efforts. Ohio health code changes prompt focus on nursing needs with three graduate nurses planned for Athens area and deputies and a clerk to support operations. Public health nursing will include school child medical examinations this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Higgins
Athens County
Columbus
Ohio
State Public Health Association
Ohio Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Red Cross
Higgins
Athens
Health Commission
County seeks share of Trimble Brick sale proceeds
Athens county officials plan to collect overdue taxes on the abandoned Trimble Paving Brick Company property totaling 6042 dollars. Prosecutor Bartels will attend the sale in Dayton where receiver W H Crumb offers the plant, with Hisylvania Coal Company bidding around 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Trimble Paving Brick Company
Bartels
W. H. Crumb
Trimble Brick Plant
Dayton
Hisylvania Coal Company
Trimble
Columbus
Driver Stanley Smith Killed in Cleveland Auto Crash
In Cleveland last night Stanley Smith a 32 year old man died when his car struck a street car. Police said the automobile veered around one car and collided with a second street car head on causing Smith to be killed instantly and injuring four other persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stanley Smith
Smith
Freight car shortage eased by diverted equipment
Washington May 15. On orders of the interstate commerce commission thousands of freight cars are being rushed to food producing sections of the middle west where shortages have piled up products and grain. The commission cites switchmen’s strike and eastbound congestion as the main delay.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Keseh
House Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Bach
Pennsylvania
New England
Congress
Spa Conference Postponed to June 21 at Hythe
Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Millerand agree to delay the Spa Conference until June 21. Reports also state they back Lloyd George s plan for a fixed sum toward German reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
Hythe
England
Lloyd Gheorge
Millerand
Todey Miller
Lloyd George
Ohio University Overpowers Denison in 8 2 Victory
A large crowd watched Ohio University defeat Denison 8 to 2 at the playgrounds. Fuller led the slugging with two doubles and a sprint home, while Young pitched airtight ball for OU. Denison scored in the second and third innings, but Ohio answered in waves, closing the game after the seventh.
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O. L
Denison
Rettig
Seible
Young
O. U
Ohio
Fuller
Skinner
Erich
King
Gullums
White
Gus
McMahon
Jenkins
Guckert
Owens
Barstow
Delrymple
Hemmerly
Hollinger
Carstesen
Bounder King
Granville
Skirts Fall Style Height Declines Not Prices
In Cleveland on May 15 the National Cloak and Suit Manufacturers Association reported skirts will drop in height for fall and winter but not in price. Chairperson M Printz said knee length skirts may be popular in Paris yet have few buyers in the United States. Styles aim for conservative slender designs to give a youthful look. He cited persistently high labor and material costs keeping prices high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Paris
M. Printz
Mr. Printz
SUDO GURU ROAD Coal Mine and numerous city properties for sale
A listed coal mine at Minerton with 135 acres and two veins, current operation at Minerton Station, capacity about 200 tons daily. Property includes multiple dwellings on High St, Poplar St, Fayette St, Monroe St, Oak St, Chestnut St, and Parkdale plus several lots and a business block in Buchtel. Several large and modern houses advertised for quick sale, with prices and terms noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerton
Fayette St
The
Window and Graham Livery Barn
Cincinnati Man Held for Theft
Montreal May 15. Attorneys for D. L. Baumgarten formerly of Cincinnati and Boston, arrested here on a Massachusetts financier’s complaint for alleged auto theft, secured a habeas corpus writ to be argued May 28. Bail set at 5000. Baumgarten is a patient at Royal Victoria Hospital guarded by Sheriff Dehulees.
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Montreal
Que
D. L. Baumgarten
Cincinnati
Boston
Massachusetts
Baumgarten
Royal Victoria Hospital
Dehulees
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florence Hopkins of
McArthur
Citizen
Frank Shannon
Fayette Street
Citizens Phone
K. of
P. Hall
Hock- Hocking Lodge No
G. D. Evener
Jap Anderson
J. T. Spencer
Mann's Business College
Schultz Building
N. Hight St
Red Men's Hall
Jackson St. Newhouse
Chevrolet
Maxwell
B. Hickman
Jackson St. Bell
Grove Street
Surrey
Howe
Hocking Valley Railway Co
W. W. Houston
W. D. Grubb
Brotherhood of Railroad
Cypress Avenue
Wm. Morgan
Peoples Bank Co
Beate
Athena
I. Jao
V. Wood
Hank Do Edlemniv
C. E. Taggart
Aon
R.H.E., Denison
Ono — Ness
National Cloak and Suit Manufacturers’ Association
Wm. Mills
Citizens Central
Bank Bldg
Nelsonville, Ohio
ILS Vtls Neo
Gataram
Sudo Guru Road
High St
Poplar St
Myers St
Franklin St
Parkdale
High
Buchtel
West Columbus &T
Nelson Block
Fayette and Hocking
Back &T
Monroe &T
Oak St
Walnut St
Chestnut St
Public Square
Lash
Dr. Edwards
Weet. Smith
Swanson
Athens Nelsonvill
N. Court
Chestal
Tet
Helsonvile Tire & Repair Go
TNE Universal Car
America
F. R. Beasley
Glouster, Amesy
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