Nelsonville Churches To Join For Thanksgiving Services
All Nelsonville churches unite for a Thanksgiving service at the Methodist Church at 10 30 in the morning with Charles Poston on organ. Walter Morrison will give the invocation and the audience will sing America and share a responsive reading. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. D C Shearer. The Presbyterian reader will be W L Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Methodist Church
Charles Poston
Walter Morrison
The
Christian Church
America
Methodist
Mander
W. L. Hudson
Presbyterian Church
Death of Charles Brooker in Longstreth
Charles Brooker aged 45 died suddenly Saturday night at his Longstreth home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2:30 at his father Ambrose Brooker's home in Longstreth. Burial will be at Carbon Hill. He is survived by a daughter in Colorado, his parents, sister Esther Dolley, and brother Jack of Longstreth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Charles Brooker
Longstreth
Ambrose Brooker
Carbon Hill
Colorado
Esther Dolley
Jack
Nelson Interment at Greenlawn in Nelsonville
In Nelsonville the funeral party for Mrs. James Johnson also known as Cora Nelson arrived from Lancaster at noon Saturday and escorted to Greenlawn Cemetery after funeral services in Lancaster. A short grave side service followed as many relatives gathered at the cemetery. The procession included Stanley Johnson of New York City and Dr and Mrs Wilbur Johnson of Carey D along with many other Johnson relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James Johnson
Cora Nelson
Lancaster
Greenlawn Cemetery
Greenlawn
Stanley Johnson
New York City
Wilbur Johnson
Carey
Tom Johnson
John Nelson
Maryetta Cann
Columbus
W. H. Cann
James
Billy Cann
Frank Benson
Two Local Men Lose Driving Privileges in Guilty Plea
In Nelsonville the court of Mayor 8. G. Holland arraigned Arthur Jones of Poplar Street and Joe Lehman of Canal Street for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Each man received a six month driving ban and fines of 100 dollars plus costs. Harold France of this city and James Shackett of Doanville were arrested in Doanville Saturday night by Constable Pearl Allman and charged with fighting. They pleaded guilty before Mayor Holland on Sunday and were fined five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
G. Holland
Arthur Jones
Poplar Street
Joe Lehman
Canal Street
Harold France
James Shackett
Doanville
Pearl Allman
Junior Order U A M to open meeting early for benefit dance
Nelsonville report says the Lt. O O F benefit dance shifts the Junior Order U A M regular meeting to 7 PM and officers will be nominated at the session. The group will host the 1 O C F Thanksgiving spot dance with music for mixed dancing, a silver offering, and a special all evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
U. A. M. Lodge
Order of Junior Order of U. A. M
Fasteeth Powder Promises Firm False Teeth All Day
Pasteeth powder offers a new improved formula to hold dentures firmly in place with no taste or paste residue. Enjoy eating smiling and talking comfortably while using Fasteeth from your druggist in three sizes.
Old Gallia County Records From 1793 Written in French and English
Gallia County’s earliest deeds date to 1793 when the area was part of Washington County. The county recorder notes the book’s English entries alongside prior French records. Signers include G Washington and Th Jefferson, with patents to Putnam Cutler Oliver and Griffin Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Gallia County
Washington
Jefferson
County Recorder's Office
Washington County
Gallia
Rufus Putnam
Manasseh Cutler
Robert Oliver
Griffin Greene
Marietta
G. Washington
Health Seal Drive Nears in Athens County
The annual Christmas Health Seal campaign will launch next week announced by Mrs. Frank W. Cone chairwoman. Seals sell at the Athens Post Office and Logan's with proceeds aiding tubercular and near tubercular residents. Funds buy milk eggs cod liver oil clothing and necessities for patients sent to Mt Vernon sanitarium. Committee members include Mrs. W. L. Gard treasurer and Mrs. Carl Hannen secretary with O. L. Wood, Mrs. Arthur Boyles Sr., and T. E. Byrne participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Frank W. Cone
Athens Post Office
Logan's
Mt. Vernon Sanitarium
W. L. Gard
Carl Hannen
O. L. Wood
Arthur Boyles
T. E. Byrne
Thanksgiving Assembly at East Side School
East Side School hosts a Thanksgiving program Wednesday afternoon with fourth through sixth graders. Each grade will present a talk and music from the fifth and sixth grades. Classrooms are decorated in yellow white and brown crepe paper with turkeys pumpkins and Pilgrims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side School
Large Type Furnace Installed in Bakery
A new large type furnace has been installed in Littler Bakery on East Union Street by William Smith of Richland Avenue. Fired with coal, it heats the bakery and a seven room apartment above plus a four car garage. The bakery must maintain a summer temperature of eight degrees to keep dough in proper condition, and the furnace is large enough to do it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littler
East Union Street
Wiliam Smith
Richland Avenue
Union Thanksgiving Service in Athens at Presbyterian Church
All Athens congregations join for a Union Thanksgiving Service Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Athens Presbyterian Church. Rev Reed J Downs of the Christian Church will preside and Rev Wilbur N Fowler of the First Methodist Church will deliver the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Athens
Athens Presbyterian Church
Reed J. Downs
The
Christian Church
Wilbur N. Fowler
First Methodist Church
Leaf-Rakers Fat A Marshmallow Roast at Fast Hill
Mr. Henri Hess principal of East Side School hosted a marshmallow roast on Fast Hill last Monday night for the two children who volunteered to rake leaves from the playground last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fast Hill
Henri Hess
East Side School
Attendees Gather for Milligan Funeral in Williamston
Mrs. Dora Heffkin and Mrs. Effie McClelland attended the funeral and burial of Anton Milligan, a former resident of Little Greens Run, with Mr. Fred Leake and Mrs. Ada McConkey also present in Williamston, W Va. The Milligan family resided here 13 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Dora Heffkin
Effie McClelland
Fred Leake
Ada McConkey
Williamston
W. Va
Anton Milligan
Little Greens Run
Milligan
Logan Man Injured In Route 31 Tragedy
Lancaster. Henry L. Rucisille a 50 year old Ott Huffman Restaurant owner died Friday night when his car struck a coal truck on State Route 31 north of Lancaster near H T Drumm farm south of Carroll after 5 p.m. A Logan man named C H Smith riding with him was only slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Henry L. Rucisille
Ott Huffman
South Broad Street
H. T. Drumm
Carroll
C. H. Smith
Logan
Rucisille
Pastor Urges Thankfulness on Thanksgiving Street
The Rev. Wilbur N. Fowler of First Methodist Church asked worshippers to live every day as holy and to thank God daily. He compared Jesus giving thanks before miracles to the everyday growth of wheat and urged gratitude for attenders workers and leaders in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Wilbur N. Fowler
First Methodist Church
Thanksgiving Street
East Side Children Help Toy Shop For Christmas
East Side school children began Christmas work collecting old toys for the Toy Shop run by the Athens Eagles Lodge. Discarded toys are repaired and given as gifts to needy children. Teddy bears trains dolls are brought in for repair. Canned foods will also be collected for the Salvation Army for distribution at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Athens
Initiation of Nelsonville A class by Red Men lodge
A class of candidates will be initiated by the degree team of Kill Eagle Tribe No. 179 Improved Order of Red Men at the lodge hall Friday night November 30. Following the ceremonies, refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Kill Eagle Tribe
Todge Hall
Local Social Visits Highlight Stewart Outing
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Oxy spent Sunday in Stewart with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Copeland. The Copelands are siblings of Mr. Ices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E Oxy
Stewart
W. A Copeland
Mr. Ices
Legion Auxiliary of Wilkesville Receives Merit Citation
Wilkesville Auxiliary of the American Legion earned a Special Merit Citation at an Eighth District conference in Wellston for a well rounded activity program last year. New officers include Lena Cray chairing Child welfare, Anna Blore rehabilitation, Eva Morris fidac, Happy Kruskamp activity, Maud Castor legislative, Edith Newsom publicity, Erma Newsom membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Wilkesville
The
American Legion
Eighth District
Wellston
Lena Cray
Anna Blore
Fidac
Eva Morris
Happy Kruskamp
Maud Cast
Blanche Davis
Lottie Kruskamp
Ester
Drusilla Tolwich
Florence Warner
Cincinnati
Frank Mulholland
Pomeroy
Vogle Mulholland
Louise Waltz
John Shaner
Juniors To Present Benefit Wednesday
Nelsonville High School Auditorium hosts Windsor In door Chautauqua Wednesday night November 28 at 8 o clock under the Junior Class. Tommy Windsor directs a program including magic cartooning rag pictures hypnotism and dancing with Jeanne performing various dance styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Windsor
Nelsonville High School
Tommy Windsor
Jeanne
Mrs Lulu Smith Dies at 59 in Carbon Hill
Nelsonville report: Lulu Smith age 59 died at her home in Carbon Hill. Burial planned at Antioch, W Va. Survived by husband Jackson Smith and four daughters and one son including Theodore Smith, Velva Lowes, Pearl Coe, Stella Bay, and Anna Horn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Lulu Smith
Carbon Hill
Antioch
W. Va
Jackson Smith
Theodore Smith
Velva Lowes
Pearl Coe
Stella Bay
Lancaster
Anna Horn
Haydenville
Sheriff Sells Land in Foreclosure Cases at Gallipolis
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield sold two tracts in mortgage foreclosure suits. H. W. Cherrington bid in the H. R. Givens farm in Glenn Summitt Morgan Township for the plaintiff J. W. Evans at 800 on a 1200 appraisal. In the Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank case against Lewis A. Glassburn the bank’s rep H. C. Johnston bid 1000 for the 102 acre farm in Raccoon Township between Harrisburg and Vinton, appraised at 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
H. W. Cherrington
H. R. Givens
Glenn Summitt
Morgan Township
J. W. Evans
Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank
Charleston
Lewis A. Glassburn
H. C. Johnston
Bank
Raccoon Township
Harrisburg
Vinton
James Holland Dies Funeral Is Tuesday
James Holland, longtime Athens County resident and miner, died Saturday in a Columbus hospital after three weeks there. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Carbondale Methodist Church with burial at New Marshfield. He leaves six daughters and four sons, plus two sisters and extended family across Ohio and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Holland
Athens County
Columbus
Carbondale
New Marshfield
Holland
M. O. Meadows
Elmer Bond
B. W
No Sand and Gravel In Upper Kanawha
A Gallipolis report notes the Kanawha River lacks sand and gravel while the Ohio River nearby is rich in these materials. River men attribute the absence to glacial activity, suggesting the glacier diverted loads away from the Kanawha into the Ohio or prior to West Virginia’s formation.
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Upper
Kanawha
Gallipolis
Kanawha River
Ohio
Pt. Pleasant
West Virginia
Charleston
Ohio River
Clue Emerges in Hunt for Duncansville Deaths
Reporting on a mass death case near Carlisle, investigators probe clothing and fare for five victims, including three children found wrapped in white in a shack area. Authorities note carbon monoxide poisoning and possible starvation after a four hour bus trip from New York to Harrisburg.
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New York
Harrisburg
White
Duncansville
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cumberland County
Carlisle
Edward A. Haegele
Po Hce
Nelsonville Elderly Resident Recounts Old Canal Days
Mrs. Hannah Crane, nearing eighty four, recalls Nelsonville’s early days when corn fields and canal coal boats dominated. She remembers Morgan's Raid, canal transfers for Civil War soldiers, two horse sleighs to church, and a town of a dozen homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Hannah Crane
Athens
Morgan
Wilkesville High School Home Economics Club Met
The Wilkesville High School Home Economics Class held its November meeting at noon. Evelyn Phillips was initiated during the business session, followed by games and stunts led by Nina Nelson, Margaret Perry, and Mary Ellen Moler. New units include wool dresses or suits for second-year girls and breakfasts for first-year students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville High School
Evelyn Phillips
Nina Nelson
Margaret Perry
Mary Ellen Moler
Wade J. Taylor Sues for Divorce in Gallipolis
Wade J. Taylor files suit for divorce from Vernena Taylor alleging she has lived with Alva Boggs for 16 months. Married in December 1915, the couple has seven children. He seeks custody of the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wade J. Taylor
Vernena Taylor
Alva Boggs
Taylors
Most Exciting Night Patrol Tales From Gallia Officers
Gallia County officers recount perilous chases and close calls from car thefts bank robberies and counterfeiting cases. Chief John Fraley Sheriff E E Hatfield Deputy Harold Wood and others describe dangers thrilling pursuits injuries and narrow escapes across Gallipolis and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
John Fraley
W. B. Cooper
Kananga
Cooper
Edwards and Offutt Tie The Knot In Gallia County
A marriage license was issued in Gallipolis to Harold Edwards a 22 year old Vinton farmer and Pearl Offutt a 22 year old daughter of M. E. Offutt of Bidwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Edwards
Vinton Farmer
Pearl Offutt
M. E. Offutt
Bidwell
Undertaker A E Tope Injured In Rollover Crash
Gallipolis arrest reports say local undertaker A E Tope is recovering from an arm fracture after his car skidded into a ditch near Rocky Hill Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. E. Tope
Rocky Hill
Gallipolis Churches Unite For Thanksgiving Service
Gallipolis held a 9 30 a m Thanksgiving service at Grace Methodist Church with Rev George Sagen delivering the sermon. Ministers from all local churches joined the ceremony as the Roose elt proclamation designating the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day was read. A union choir directed by Robert Price provided music and Rev H H Wilbur led the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
George Sagen
The
Baptist Church
Rooseelt
Robert Price
H. H. Wilbur
Methodist Church
Federal Housing Act Meeting Set for Tomorrow in Gallipolis
An open meeting on the Federal Housing Administration program will be held at 7 PM Tuesday night at the Lafayette Hotel. Joan A. Hall of Washington DC will speak on program feasibility. Attendees include county contractors suppliers and homeowners planning repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Federal Housing Administration
Lafayette Hotel
Joan A. Hall
Washington, D. C
FHA
Gal- Na
Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Wife in Gallipolis
Minor Hoover admitted assaulting his wife and was sentenced to leave the county and state. He remains jailed behind bars for several days due to intoxication arrest on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Minor Hoover
Buried Rights and Odd Mentions at Ohio Penitentiary
A fragmentary note references B Strong moving right for Thacker and Ray, with mentions of Electrocy Winton Yo buried, in a June 4 scene at the Ohio Penitentiary involving a rabbit and a tiger of Sy ley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong
Thacker and Ray
Ohio Penitentiary
Syley
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D. C. Shearer
M. E. Church
Longs
Eymoon
Huey Long
Hot Springs
Ark
Leo P. Mc.Laughlin
Huey
Mrs. Long
Arkansas
Nelson
Suntors
Cecilb. Ett
Th. Jefferson
Newport
Rhole Island
Gibbs and
Stevens
Major Fairchild
Ohio Company
Scioto Company
Leonard de- Neffville
Winathrop Seargeant
Benjamin Tallmedge
Gad Talbot
Jabez True
Dr. Fowler
Legion Auxiliary of
Mrs. Smith
By Floyd Brown
the Plains
James Matheny
Caraysonville
Nea
Way Ciiching
Frank 4
Ervin
Wag
Ruby Hook
Ruby Rogers
Crane
Rogers
William
George Matheny
Hauncey
Mrs
Hocking
Edna Ervin Messenger
Mansfield Reformatory
Fraley
Silver Bridge
Etna Furnace
Cannon's Creek Hill
Lawrence County
Hatfield
Harold Wood
Charles Swanson
Lawrence Pinkerman
Wood
Lega
Garfield Avenue
Fellowes
Akron
Chester Leaper
J. H. Shato
Leaper
Howard Gates
Archie Richards
Tope
Federal Housing Act
RAY Troth EU
W. Union St
Coabola
Christmas Club
U. S
the Security Bank
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