Old C and O Buildings at Nelsonville Sold to Reco
Nelsonville with Back Street site of former Chesapeak and Ohio machine shop and roundhouse, acquired two years earlier during railroad plans for razing, has been sold to the Reco Corporation. The new buyers are a manufacturing firm planning to start work there.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville
Reco Corporation
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Back St
F. E. Dowler
C. D. Shafer
W. H. Hyde
Nelsonville Observes Traditional Thanksgiving Holiday
Nelsonville will observe Thanksgiving in the traditional manner with schools closing Wednesday afternoon and classes resuming Monday morning. All stores banks post office and offices will be closed Thursday under notice by Mr. Dowler. Buildings total about 25 000 square feet erected by the U.S. government in World War I. Reco Corporation plans operations in the newly acquired buildings delayed by material shortages and slow equipment delivery.
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Nelsonville
U.S
Reco Corporation
Coal Research Lab Relocates for Continued Coal Testing
Nelsonville reports the laboratory on Fayette Street used by Lewis Co. Karrick a chemist and engineer is moved to a rear building on West Columbus Street near Western Auto Store. There the testing of Hocking district coals will continue in new facilities.
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Nelsonville
Fayette St
Lewis Co
Karrick
W. Columbus St
Western Auto Store
Conservation Club Formed Idea After Speaker Visit
Arthur M. Harper of the Ohio Department of Conservation spoke to the Nelsonville Teachers Association on November 20 urging thorough conservation instruction and proposing a Know Your County Club. He noted coal fossil specimens collected by Mary Sharp and Floyd Hemsworth from Kimberlys strip mine, including a horse tail fern fossil, and expressed interest in a future Nelsonville field trip through the hills and mines.
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Nancy Ann Krieg
Nelsonville
Arthur M. Harper
Ohio Department of Conservation
Nelsonville Teachers’ Association
Earl Freeman
Mary Sharp
Floyd Hemsworth
Kimberly
Harper
Leon Homemakers Elect New Officers at November Meeting
The Leon Homemakers met November 18 at the Leon Lodge Hall with Miss Lyda Smith presiding. Virginia Parson demonstrated cooking. Elected for the coming year were President Mrs. Ann Morgan Vice President Miss Irene Sayre Secretary Miss Juanita King and Treasurer Mrs. Cora Morgan. Hostesses were Mrs. Erma Burdette and Mrs. Lula Jiiden.
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Leon
Leon Lodge
Lyda Smith
Virginia Parson
Ann Morgan
Irene Sayre
Juanita King
Cora Morgan
Erma Burdette
Lula Jiiden
Sidney Smith
Joan
Crooksville
John Rairden
Paul Rairden
Alley
W. Va
Margaret Hayes
W. S. Beaver
Marriage Licenses Granted in Probate Court
Bernard Morris of Parkersburg West Virginia and Doris Southall of Middleport. Harvey Lanning of Jackson and Patricia Zinn of Pomeroy. Earl Davis of Chauncey and Madonna Hall of Pomeroy. Carl Foster of Greenville Pennsylvania and Maxine Ludwig of Middleport. Elmer Hart of Parkersburg and Alice Terrell of Pomeroy. P C Babbitt Jr of Hinton West Virginia and Mary Carroll Eubank of Rutland. Raymond Reed of Chesapeake Ohio and Arbutus Whitt of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Bernard F. Morris
Parkersburg
W. Va
Doris K. Southhall
Middleport
Harvey Lanning
Jackson
Patricia Zinn
Earl Davis
Chauncey
Madonna Hall
Carl R. Foster
Greenville
Maxine Ludwig
Elmer Hart
Alice Terrell
P. C. Babbitt, Jr
Hinton
Mary Carroll Eubank
Rutland
Raymond L. Reed
Chesapeake
Ohio
Arbutus Whitt
Service Tonight in Nelsonville at Church of the Epiphany
Evening prayer with sermon to be read at Church of the Epiphany in Nelsonville tonight at 7 30.
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Nelsonville
Divorce Petition Filed in Athens County Court
Ross E Reed files for divorce from Lucille H Reed at the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio Cause No 18857 on grounds of gross neglect and willful absence Hearing set for on or after December 11 1946 Attorney Harold J Rose represents Ross E Reed with last known address 627 Surf Street Chicago Illinois
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Lucille H. Reed
Surf Street
Schendel
Chicago
Illinois
Ross Ef: Reed
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Meeting Cancelled at Nelsonville VFW Post 3467
The Nelsonville VFW Post 3467 cancels its Thursday evening meeting due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Members were advised to note the date shift and expect a rescheduled gathering.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Post 3467
VFW
Gun complicates affair among three men in Nelsonville
A shotgun incident in Nelsonville ended with Justice Floyd Brown and Constable Charles Hashman resolving the case. William E. Warren admitted selling a gun loaned by Charles Wachenschwanz for ten dollars to a Columbus worker. Warren is to pay court costs, compensate Wachenschwanz, and reimburse two Columbus workers for their days off. Warren claimed Army service ahead.
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Nelsonville
Justice of the Peace
Floyd Brown
Charles Hashman
William E. Warren
Charles Wachenschwanz
William Warren
Brown
Warren
Wachenschwanz
Columbus
Mrs Lizzie Gethers Announces Daughter Elizabeths Marriage
Mrs Lizzie Gethers proclaims the engagement of her daughter Elizabeth to Eugene Mc Quaid of Haydenville. The couple will wed Monday November 25 at the Methodist parsonage with Rev William M George officiating. Both have worked at Barberton for five years.
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Lizzie Gethers
Elizabeth
Eugene McQuaid
Haydenville
William M. George
Barberton
Preston Holler Dies in Akron
Preston V Holler of Akron died recently after a long tenure at Columbia Chemicals Corp retirement age reached after World War II. He was married to Callie Stack Holler and planned to retire in December to Nelsonville. He leaves wife Callie and two sons Kenneth and Edward of Akron and sister Mrs John Sigmon of Nebo North Carolina.
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Nelsonville
Sylvia Pedigo
Preston V. Holler
Akron
Holler
Callie Stack
John Stack
Columbia Chemicals Corp
Heller
Callie Stack Holler
Kenneth
Edward
John Sigmon
Nebo
N. C
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Nana Bryant
Mr. Dowler
Coal Research Lab
Flere
Liniment
Tukgan
Conservation Club
Ross E. Reed
Harold J. Rose
Warrens
Nelsonville Cab Co
Preston Holler
Karl Supreme
Supreme
Cllnes Drug
Quicks Drug
Cosmetic and
Notion Counters
Douglas MacArthur
West Point
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Aia
James H. Wilson
First National Bank
Williamson Furnaces
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson
Mr. M. R. Reszke
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
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Wy MT Ae Sae
Ae Eee
Milwaukee
Joan Leslie
Janis
Pace S
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Patti Braddam Butler
Thomas Yost
W. Hunter Sr
Logan
R. L. Wilkinson
Carbon Hill
Green Gables
Lanning Motor CO
Stage Coach Inn
Joe Tucker Rockbridge
Edward L. Clewell
New Plymouth
OBIE
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