Sorrell Son Arrives Safe in Panama Canal Area
Sgt Clyde L Sorrell sends cablegram to Nelsonville parents reporting safe arrival by plane in Panama Canal area after 30 day furlough. He returns to the Canal Zone for one year more service after 18 months there. A VFW post and American Legion post staged Armistice Day events with reflections, prayers, music, and a firing squad salute.
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Nelsonville
Steve Sorrell
Clyde L. Sorrell
Panama Canal Area
Sgt. Sorrell
Canal Zone
Nelsonville Armistice Day Parade Caps Holiday Observance
Nelsonville posts a grand Armistice Day parade sponsored by VFW and American Legion groups. More than 40 units including seven high school bands and numerous floats marched through the city amid leaden skies and light rain. A two-part program on the Public Square included a memorial service, a wreath, taps, and prayers.
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W. Canal St
Washington
Nelsonville Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jimmie Jones Post
VFW
Glenford Dugan Post
American Legion
Veterans’ Group
Nelsonville
John Lloyd Evans
First Presbyterian Church
Jimmie Jones
Buchtel
Carbon’ Hill
Chauncey
Glouster
Murray City
Union Furnace
Emblem Club
Retail Merchants Association
Eagles, Elks
Veterans of Foreign
Flossie Crawford
K. of P. Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Brooks
Liberty
Eagles
Betsy Ross
Nye Chevrolet
Marie West
Oral Daugherty
Chauncey-Dover
Homecoming at First Baptist Church of Nelsonville
Nelsonville First Baptist marked its 62nd anniversary on November 9 with choir performances by Athens Glouster and Lancaster groups, a turkey dinner for about 100, and a 3 pm program featuring ministers from area churches. The event drew many visitors as well as church officers and committee members.
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Nelsonville
First Baptist Church
Estella Steward
Lancaster
Little House
Athens
Earl Cooper
Herper Saunders
That
Rock
Glouster
Ora Viney
Ethel Riley
Lancaster Choir
Jesus
B. J. Hall
Georgeanne Hall
Ferne Henderson
Columbus
Beatrice Jones
Ruth Topsail
Josephine Saunders
Wiley Chapel Ame
William Dexter
Huldah Northcutt
Susan Davis
Dorothy Brunston
Roxie Hall
Rose Dexter
Goldie Brunston
God
With
Cleveland
Blame Defective Wiring In Mail Train Blaze
Postal authorities blamed defective wiring for a $13,900 fire in a Baltimore and Ohio mail train car from Hamilton. The Toledo to Cincinnati car had no first class mail and was en route to Cincinnati for transfer to points south.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Car Hits Parked Trailer Injuring Man in Monroe
Charles R. Cox of Sandusky Ohio was injured when his car struck a parked trailer on Telegraph Road in Monroe Michigan last night. He is treated at a local hospital. Police are investigating the collision and determining fault.
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Toledo
Charles R. Cox
Sandusky
Ohio
Telegraph Rd
Monroe
Mich
Dana Bookman Dies at Home in Buchtel
Dana Bookman 73 longtime Buchtel resident and former stable boss for local mining firms died Tuesday at his home after declining health. Survived by wife Frances, five children, one sister and a brother. Funeral Friday 1 p.m. at Buchtel Methodist Church with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home.
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Nelsonville
Dana Bookman
Buchtel
Frances Bookman
Elsie Call
Dorothy Tucker
Nelsonville Rt. 2
Bernice Liming
Columbus
Clayton
Orbiston
Roy
Nelsonville Social Notes Meeting Notes and Officers
Pythian Sisters will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the K of P hall. Officers will rehearse for the Murray City convention on November 21. Refreshment chair Edna Lash and assistants Belle Lancaster, Myrtle Linscott, Blanche Lee, Virginia Lee, and Anna Linton.
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Nelsonville
Rummage Sale Planned by Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter
Members of the Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter DAR plan a rummage sale for Saturday November 15 in the Coakley Building on Fayette Street. The sale opens at 9 a.m. Proceeds support chapter activities and local projects.
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Elizabeth Zane Dew
DAR
Coakley
Fayette St
Mrs Bryson to Host Willing Workers Class Meeting
Mrs Goldie Bryson of Oak Street will host the Willing Workers Class of the Christian Church Friday at 7 30 p m. A pot luck lunch will be served to members following the meeting.
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Goldie Bryson
Oak St
The
Christian Church
Rainbow Class Meeting at Walnut Street Home
Mrs Harry Ashworth will host Rainbow Class members of the Christian Church at her Walnut Street home Thursday at 7 30 p m. The event gathers neighbors for a social and discussion session.
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Harry Ashworth
Walnut St
Rainbow
The
Christian Church
Bandits Rob Klein's Fish Market in Akron Heist
Two masked bandits held up Klein's fish market in Akron last night and escaped with $1,000 in checks and currency, according to police reports today.
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Akron
Klein’s
Special Meeting Set by Haybrow Council at Masonic Temple
The Haybrow Council announces a special meeting at the Masonic Temple on Thursday at 7 30 p m. The royal and select master degrees will be conferred on a class of candidates.
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Nelsonville
Haybrow Council
Masonic Temple
Nelsonville Man Floyd A. Courtney Dies at 56
Floyd A. Courtney, 56, longtime Nelsonville resident, died Sunday at his Columbus home after a heart ailment. He had lived in Columbus 25 years and was a street car motorman. Survived by wife Lulu Bumgardner and two sons Charles and Kenneth, plus a brother and two sisters. Funeral Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Carroll Weir funeral home with Glen Rest Cemetery burial.
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Nelsonville
Floyd A. Courtney
S. Champion Ave
Columbus
Courtney
Lulu Bumgardner
Charles
Kenneth
New York City
Fred
Jake Seibert
S. S. Blackburn
Don Bumgardner
Carroll Weir
Glen Rest Cemetery
Holy Communion at Epiphany Church Nelsonville
Holy Communion to be observed at Church of the Epiphany Episcopal Nelsonville Thursday at 8 am. Service conducted by Rev. Rollin S. Polk Jr. priest in charge.
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Nelsonville
Church of the Epiphany
Episcopal
Rollin S. Polk, Jr
Piles Soothed Fast with Peterson's Ointment Ad
A dated advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment for piles promising quick relief within minutes. It highlights a cooling formula, mentions 35c boxed and 60c tube with applicator, and offers money back if not satisfied.
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Peterson
Adv
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