Former Colonel Tehou to Deliver Nelsonville High Address
Nelsonville High School will host commencement exercises with Colonel M. Thomas Tehou as speaker. The former secretary to General Chiang Kai-shek and head of the Chinese Army will discuss The World, Bond or Free at 8 o'clock Thursday May 25 in the school auditorium. Baccalaureate services open the week on Sunday May 21 at 8 o'clock led by Rev. William M. George.
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Nelsonville
M. Thomas Tehou
Chiang Kai-shek
Nelsonville High School
Tchou
Chew
Labor Department
China
Geneva
William M. George
Methodist Church
Sorority To Hold Party at Logan
In Nelsonville on Sunday June 11 Tri Psi Sorority marks its eleventh anniversary with a formal dinner at The White House Logan. Mrs Corwin Cookson Miss Ruth Beckler Miss Evelyn Skinner Mrs Lilian Lee Miss Jane Rose Miss Helen Stewart and Miss Ruth butt supervise the event. Monday evening the sorority held its regular monthly dinner meeting with Mrs Elizabeth Murphy in charge assisted by Mrs Lilian Lee Miss Dana Barber Mrs Betty Riley Miss Mary Mulligan and Mrs Mary Kuhn at 6 30 with tables decorated in garden flowers.
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Nelsonville
Tri Psi
White House
Logan
Corwin Cookson
Ruth Beckler
Evelyn Skinner
Lillian Lee
Jane Rose
Helen Stewart
Ruth Butt
Elizabeth Murphy
Mary Mulligan
Mary Kuhn
Cambridge names Harry Zuber as school head
Harry Zuber, former Nelsonville and Struthers superintendent, was named head of the Cambridge public school system in Ohio. He will assume duties after the current term ends.
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Nelsonville
Harry £. Zuber
Struthers
Ohio
Cambridge
Zuber
Nelsonville High to Hear Former Secretary as Principal Speaker
Former secretary to Chiang Kai-Shek Colonel Tchou will address the Nelsonville high school graduating class on May 25 at the annual commencement exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tchou
Nelsonville High School
Nelsonville Social Notes
Nelsonville news notes church events and social gatherings. Delegates from Nelsonville attend the Diocese of Southern Ohio convention in Columbus. Women’s Auxiliary members and a Church of Christ class meet with potluck and Mother’s Day devotionals. June meeting set for Myrtle Christopher’s home. Golden Rule Sunday School class gathers at Elizabeth Green’s home with program led by Marie Hoskins.
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Nelsonville
Frank Smith
Lillian Barber
William Brooks
Kenneth Orwiler
Tom Sheppard
Wallace Glenn
Chas. E. Poston
Columbus
Diocese of
Southern Ohio
Episcopal Church
Smith
Miss Barber
Ada Ashby
Gladys
Woman's Auxiliary
Southern
Ohio
Grace Plummer
Church of Christ
Inga Martin
Margaret Howe
Myrtle Christopher
Adams St
Golden Rule
The
Methodist Church
Elizabeth Green
Efither Kinneer
Edna Raine
Marie Hoskins
Security Cards Must Be Taken To Job
Nelsonville news reports William W. Martin of the Social Security Board says workers in war plants must carry social security cards. Employers must record each worker’s name and social security number on payrolls, full or part time. Application blanks are available at any post office if no local field office exists.
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Nelsonville
William W. Martin
Social Security Board
High School PTA Meeting in Nelsonville Elects Officers
Nelsonville High School PTA met on Monday May 15 with Mrs C H Ruble presiding. Officers elected include President Mrs C H Ruble Vice President Mrs Glenn Thomas Secretary Mrs Elizabeth Green and Treasurer Miss Mildred Roberts. Music by Martha Barber Dorothy Green Phyllis Dishong Peggy Ann Green Shirley Sayre accompanied. William Martin of the Social Security Board outlined the program and Superintendent D W Codding spoke on future educational problems.
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James Knight
P.T.A
C. H. Ruble
Glenn Thomas
Elizabeth Green
Mildred Roberts
Martha Barber
Dorothy Green
Mammy
Phyllis Dishong
Peggy Ann Green
Shirley Sayre
William Martin
Social Security Board
D. W. Codding
Bridge Steel Arrives for New Hocking River Crossing
Steel for the new bridge over the Hocking River on State Route 278 arrives at local railroad yards in Nelsonville. The State Highway Department awarded the contract, the county will share costs, and the span replaces the old covered bridge once near Columbus.
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Nelsonville
Hocking River
State Highway Department
Columbus
Funeral services for Bert Lewis set at family residence
Funeral services for Bert Lewis will be held Thursday at 1 30 oclock at the family residence in Buchtel. Burial will follow in Whitmore Cemetery.
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Nelsonville
Bert Lewis
Buchtel
Whitmore
George Ade Dies at 78 in Indiana Home
Hoosier humorist George Ade aged 78 died at his Brook Indiana home last night after suffering three heart attacks within a week. Ade was famed for Fables in Slang and other humorous writings.
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George Ade
Brook
Ind
Road to Scout Camp Reopened and Pine Border Planted
Nelsonville reports the old road to the Millet Patch on Kentner's Hill is being reopened using a state grader to provide access to a new Boy Scout Camp. Three thousand pine trees have been planted along the seven acre site. Remaining items note church masses on Ascension Day and Elks party planned for May 18 with pot luck.
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Nelsonville
St. Charles St
Kentner’s Hill
Middleport social notes outline town gatherings and visits
Honor guest Charles Rayburn leaves for the U S Navy after a salute dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Tom McGuffin. The week brings WCTU and Presbyterian group meetings plus a rummage sale. Local residents, relatives, and travelers visit from Columbus, Akron, Alliance, Toledo, and Gal lagia, with several families hosting and hosting events.
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Middleport
Charles Rayburn
U. S. Navy
Tom McGuffin
Mary McGuffin
Point Pleasant
Robert Byers
Florence Ann Sisson
Carl Spangler
Columbus
Rayburn
Navy
R. Ebersbach Garage
Full Carload of Eggs Shipped to Camp Peary
Nelsonville reports a full carload of 600 cases or 18 000 dozen eggs sent to Camp Peary at Magruder Virginia. It marks the first complete shipment from Nelsonville since the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction was organized three years ago, said manager L B Melching.
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Nelsonville
Southeastern Ohio
Camp Peary
Magruder
L. B. Melching
Former Nelsonville Resident Is Dead
Amanda Ellen Louks aged 73 wife of Ed ward Louks died Tuesday at the family home in Oak Hill Ohio. She is a former Nelsonville resident leaving children Mrs. Mary Klinebriel Mrs. Rho da Collins Mrs. Anne Skivers Mrs. Nellie Franklin Emmett Louks and siblings Mrs. Permitto Goff and Frank Carpenter. Body removed to Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville for funeral arrangements.
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Nelsonville
Amanda Ellen Louks
Edward Louks
Oak Hill
Ohio
Mary Klinebriel
Rhoda Collins
Belpre
Anne Skivers
Toledo
Nellie Franklin
Grove City
Edna DeFord
Emmett Louks
Nelson
Mrs. Sarah Carr Dies In West Virginia
Mrs. Sarah Carr widow of James Carr longtime Nelsonville resident died Tuesday at her son William Carrs Wellsburg home Wellsburg West Virginia Funeral Mass Friday at 8 30 a m burial Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville Rev Father William Kelly will lead services Granddaughters Margaret and Elizabeth survive her
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Nelsonville
Sarah Carr
James Carr
Wellsburg
W. Va
William Carr
Greenlawn Cemetery
William Kelly
St. Andrews Church
Garden Club joins improvements along Canal Road in Nelsonville
Local residents view a series of improvements by private owners on Canal Road in Nelsonville. Ed Shafer removed an old coal house and planted a fine garden on the lot. The project is among several upgrades planned for the summer and fall.
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Nelsonville
Ed Shafer
Young Girl Dies at Home in Floodwood
Betty Lucille McCombs age 19 died last night at her Floodwood home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Raymond McCombs two sisters Birdie and Pauline three brothers James John and David all at home and grandparents John McCombs Happy Jellow and Mrs Mary Bartlett Floodwood NELSONVILLE The Hartley Fisher Circle No 4 of the WSCS Mrs Fred Voigt 292 W Washington St at 730 o'clock.
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Nelsonville
Betty Lucille McCombs
Floodwood
Raymond McCombs
Birdie
Pauline
James
John
David
John McCombs
Happy Jellow
Mary Bartlett
Nelisonville
Hartley- Fisher
WSCS
The
Methodist Church
Fred Voigt
Washington St
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
Holzer Hospital lists new and returning patients including Eva Ramey Rutland admitted in fair condition and Margie Shaffer nine year old burns patient from Wellston. Others include Mrs William Bowen Henderson W V good, Mrs Ernest Wells Pt Pleasant good, Ruth Wilcoxen Gallipolis R 2 recovering from appendectomy, and Floyd Washington and Ross Shoemaker reporting good post operative progress.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Eva Ramey
Rutland
Margie Shaffer
Vernon Shaffer
Wellston
Church of the Nazarene
William Bowen
Henderson
W. Va
Ernest Wells
Pleasant
Theodore Meadows
Hayden Johnson
Blackfork
Emma Reardon
Vinton
Evan E. Rees
City
Clyde Shawver
Middleport
Ruth Wilcoxen
Gallipolis R. 2
Colorful Ceremony Held Tuesday At Production Award Event
Commander Wilson Starbuck presented the Army-Navy Production Award to General Chemical Defense and West Virginia Ordnance Works. Pfc James W Saunders awarded E pins to selected employees after brief remarks by Mr Bowen and a star-spangled finale. Local dignitaries from Marietta, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Point Pleasant and Charleston attended the ceremony.
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Wilson Starbuck
Naval Operating Base
Norfolk
Mr. Mason
Walter A. Windsor
Marietta Manufacturing Co
William H. Barcin
George Howell
Pomeroy
C. O. Fisher
Middleport
B. Walter Krodel
Point Pleasant
Stewart Clendenin
Gallipolis
Homer W. Hanna
State Department of Unemployment Compensation
T. E. Jeffers
Elizabeth Peters
Government Employment Agency
Charleston
Jackson Wilt
C. E. Holzer
Lawrence J. Culbertson
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Social notices from Orbiston and nearby towns
Fort Eustis officer Charles Russell Campbell is on a 10 day furlough with his parents in Orbiston. Local residents include Mary Jones and Ralph Campbell's family visiting Murray City. Numerous dinners and visits occur among families in Murray City The Plains Columbus Lancaster and Trimble with regular guest appearances and illness in the Sorrell family.
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Orbiston
P. V
Charles) Russell Campbell
Fort Eustis
Clell Campbell
Frank Williams
Murray City
Mary Jones
Allie Nida
Clarence O'Rourke
Kenneth Johnson
Logan
Martin Sorrel
Russell Sorrell
Ralph Campbell
Clarabell
Beverly
Stanley Robinson
Vance Glancy
Alice Glancy
Cherrington Talks With Gov Bricker Ahead of Convention
Gallipolis attorney Henry W. Cherrington one of two delegates from the 10th congressional district left for Columbus to confer with Governor John W. Bricker. He attended a Deshler-Wallick Hotel dinner for about one hundred delegates and alternates pledged to vote for Bricker for president.
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Gallipolis
Henry W. Cherrington
Trio Sings for Henderson Grade School Graduation
A Henderson Grade School graduation program featured Barbara Jean Smith Martha Lynn Rothgeb and Nancy Snodgrass from the Senior High School choir. Fifth and sixth graders picnicked with teachers Helen Hope and Evelyn Kelly, while a seventh grade wiener roast was held at principal Mrs Walter Sommer's Beech Hill home. The class of 15 members eligible for Junior High includes Cleo Birchfield Anna Jean Casey Sally Lou Darst Marcella Faudree Joy Lee Jones Ann Rothlisberger Betty Helena Roach Virginia Bush Delores Wogan Jetta Mae Wears Betty Lou Roush Bobby Joe Chapman Bobby Mayes Eli Siders and Bobby Lewis.
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Point Pleasant
Barbara Jean Smith
Martha Lynn Rothgeb
Nancy Snodgrass
Henderson
Helen Hope
Evelyn Kelly
John William Steenbergen
Walter Sommer
Beech Hill
Olin Roush
Cleo Birchfield
Anna Jean Casey
Sally Lou Darst
Marcella Faudree
Joy Lee Jones
Ann Rothlisberger
Betty Helena Roach
Virginia Bush
Delores
Wogan
Jetta Mae Wears
Betty Lou Roush
Bobby Joe Chapman
Bobby Mayes
Eli Siders
Bobby Lewis
Proficiency Awards Made to Students
In Miss Edith Bowens elementary typewriting classes the following students earned certificates for typing 25 or more words a minute on a fifteen minute unfamiliar copy: Edgar Abbott, Carolyn Barr, Martha Branch, Gloria Fischer, Mary K. Foster, Howard Mullen, Dorothy Watson, Elnora Barnitz, Nina Donovan, Mary Grimm, Ruth Harbrecht, Earline King, Ruth Nease, Mary Osborne, Winifred Raub, Patty Watson, Elaine Young, Mary Zwilling. In Mr W A Drakes advanced class the following earned certificates for 40 wpm or faster on a ten minute test: Lois Ann Neutzling, Margaret Holmes, Betty Jacobs, Beaulah Kesterson, Doris Leifheit, Iris House, Erma Gibbs, Willie Carr. Lois Ann Neutzling's best was 61 wpm, Margaret Holmes 58 wpm. Certificates were awarded to College Prep Class members: Betty Mae Couch, Rose Marie Nease, Danny Rosenbaum, Martha Myers, Mary McCallum, Betty Ebersbach, Phyllis Brown, Patricia Brider, Ruth Brickles, Joan Raub, Milford Mowrey. All typed 25 wpm or faster on a ten minute unfamiliar straight copy test.
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Lois Ann Neutzling
Margaret Holmes
Betty Jacobs
Beaulah Kesterson
Doris Leifheit
Iris House
Erma Gibbs
Willie Carr
Betty Mae Couch
Rose Marie Nease
Danny Rosenbaum
Martha Myers
Mary McCallum
Betty Ebersbach
Phyllis Brown
Patricia Brider
Ruth Brickles
Joan Raub
Milford Mowrey
Two Actions Filed in Court in Gallia County
Willard Grover sues H C Carter claiming a 12 month exclusive real estate contract to sell a 124 acre Huntington Township farm and seeks five percent of the sale price after Carter allegedly sold the property for about 2750. Gertrude Ralph Evans sues George E Evans for divorce alleging neglect. They wed in July 1943 at Marion and have no children.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Grover
Gertrude Ralph Evans
George E. Evans
Marion
Tips for Tired Eyes and Lavoptik Ad
Advice on relieving tired eyes after driving or exposure to dust and wind. Recommends bathing eyes with Lavoptik to soothe inflamed burning itching and granulated eyelids with a money back guarantee after 30 years of success. Sold at all drug stores.
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Ady
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Tehou
Tal
Gem Pharmacy
K. of P. Bldg
Col
M. Thomas Tchou
Nelsonville Social Notes
Ynn Bari
Victor McLaglen
Janis Carter
Robart Willems
Richard Me
Stanley Clements Bereee
Joseph Mesimon
Dorcas Cochege
Som Wste
Wm. Berke
Bougainville
Home Economics
J. Webb
J. H. McKiddie
J. Hall
James Cope
Howate Patton
Pauline Fierce
St. Andrews
Women Plan Party
Lady Elks
Elk’s Club
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Middleport Social Notes
WCTU
L. W. McComas
Main St
H. A. Rothrock
I. E. Miller
Rose Sanborn
Rothrock
Ralph Zandel
Woman's Association of the
First Presbyterian Church
C. A. Poindexter
Erma McKay
Second St
P. M
Edison Hohbstetter
Lincoln Hill
William Hobstetter
Charles Gross
R. B. Laughead
Harry Houdashelt
Owen Fink
Thomas Boggs
B. F. Cobb
Watchmakers Association of Ohio
Will Besserer
C. F. Besserer
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Nina Bland
Jean
Billy
Charlies
Akron
Sara Bennett
George
Alliance
Pt. Pleasant
Max Lambert
Richard
Harry Mills
Glenn Sharp
Zanesville
Robert Sharp
Ithmer Neal
Kit
Ravenna
Fred Hoffner
George Wittmer
George Beards
Margaret Fink
Stansbury
Nelle Childs
George Berens
Paul French
Howard Kitchen Jr
Delmer Bolin
U.S.N
Albany
H. J. Russell
Seaman Bolin
Christine Coats
Robert Coats
Ruby Bumgarner
Howard Byers
John Leeper
Norman Foss
St. Albans
Earl French
Athens
Edward French
Charles Sauer
Sally
Dayton
James Hundley
Lloyd Backus
Lloyd Backus, Jr
Chicago
Edward Parsons
Backus
Sarah Parsons Pie
Charles Jividen
L. D. Diles
Beech
Clark Jividen
Racine
Scott Willock
New Jersey
Willock
Eber Willock
Beech St
Virgil Edwards
Phil Edwards
Fourth Ave
Jane Ann Fick
Bettie Becker
Sam Fick
Delbert Becker
Donovan Alien
Buffalo
N. Y
Rio Grande
A. H. Bradbury
Catherine Burns
Margaret Croushore
Walter Harris
Kananthhae Wentie
Portsmoun Gues
John Mason
At Sirs
Red Gomes
Uen
Frank Lewis Rave
Earn
Fraok Knope
J. A. Ford
Montgomery
Irene Tanley
Marie Hysell
Herbert Sell
Malcolm Cottingham
West Virginia
Pomeroy Page
Pfc
James W. Saunders
Battle of
Cassino
J. L. Clark
Clark
Ruby Baer
Mary L. Brown
Alberta Koehler
B. B. Laudon
Maurice Lott
E. A. Masters
Gladys Miller
J. F. Moore
Charles Ross Ray
M. W. Reid
Orbiston Social Notes
Walter McManaway
P.V.T. Howard Malone
Michigan
P. A. Nida
James Robinson
Elizabeth Roberts
Helen Bookman
William McDonald
Walter Wade
Charles McCall
Clarence McCall
Dean DeWitt
Mike Bartoe
Plains
Jack Yates
Lancaster
Helen Fulton
Trimble
Floyd Wade
Leadway Coffee
C. D. Shafer Co
Cherrington
Gov
Bricker
Trio
Tad's
Carbondale
Kimberly Road
F. J
Beasley CO
PEPSI
Epfersihin
Pepsi-Cola
Long Island City
P Cola Bottling Co
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