Hock Hocking Lodge Hosts Athens County Odd Fellows Meet
Nelsonville hosted the Athens County Odd Fellows Association for its first gathering at Hock Hocking Lodge No. 339. Members from multiple lodges attended and Magic City lodge conferred the first degree on Joe Williams of Glouster. The next meeting is set for Coolville on November 7.
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Nelsonville
Athens County Odd Fellows Association
Hock- Hocking Lodge
C.F
Hock-Hocking
Sereno
Athens
Coolville
Charles Thomas
Jacksonville
Stewart
Magic City
Glouster
New Marshfield
Carbondale
del Carbo
Belpre
Zanesville
Magic City Lodge
Joe Williams
H. M. Bennett
Robert Harvey
Pearl Kettel
Sant White
Wendell Clark
John Barrows
Ernest Crow
John Blower
Edward Oskey, Jr
C. L. Jordan
I.o.0.f
Athens County
Ralph Wolf
Carbon Hill Revival Meetings Begin at Church of Christ
Carbon Hill hosts a two week evangelistic series starting Monday at the Church of Christ. Rev. C. A. Freer of the Nelsonville church will lead in nightly services with illustrated songs shown on the screen.
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Carbon Hill
Speaking Tour for Miss McDowell Across District Meetings
Miss Irene McDowell spends several days speaking at district missionary meetings in Washington D C Circleville and Cincinnati substituting for Miss Riley who is in Philadelphia due to her sister s illness Mrs Frances Eckles of Albany accompanies Miss McDowell
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Nelsonville
Irene McDowell
Washington D. C
Circleville
Cincinnati
Miss McDowell
Miss Riley
Philadelphia
Frances Eckles
Albany
Probate Court Suspends Accounts Hearing In Athens County
Notice states accounts filed in the Athens County Probate Court are suspended for publication and exceptions until November 4 1940 at 9 oclock AM. Administratrices and administrators named include Baillie Johnston Cameron King and others with first, final or partial accounts listed. Written exceptions may be filed before five days prior to the hearing.
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Athens County
Ohio
Baillie Johnston
Tom W. Johnston
Carlos H. Cameron
Potry
Albert D. King
Georgia Cooley
W. King
William 8. Kelley
Iva Brannon
Wilma Brannon
John P. Kelso
John Mason Warrener
Sohio Edged by Brooks Bowlers in City League match
Nelsonville bowling scene saw Sohio Service edged by Brooks Shoes in two of three games. Grubby Steen rolled a 234 single and 616 triple with Johnny Johnson close at 602 total. Neimans vs Mechems scheduled for 8 tonight.
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Nelsonville
Sohio Service
Brooks Shoes
Steenrod
Johnny Johnson
Neimans
Mechems
Eagles Set Armistice Day Flag Raising Celebration
Nelsonville Eagles adopt a resolution to cooperate with the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion for a flag raising and patriotic program on Armistice Day November 11. Committees from all lodges plan the event and four new team captains Raymond Andres Watson Wolfe Marshall Smith Karl Worthington lead the membership drive through December 15.
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Nelsonville
Eagles
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion
Raymond Andres
Watson Wolfe
Marshall Smith
Karl Worthington
Andrews
Wolfe
Dr. L. E. Butts Elected to Osteopathic Surgeons Group
Nelsonville report notes Dr. L. E. Butts, who trained at Bushline Rossman Hospital Grove City Pa, became a member of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. The path to membership requires good standing in the AOA and state association, case records, an acceptable thesis, at least one year as assistant chief, and 200 major operations in the past year. Dr. Butts arrived in Nelsonville in 1927 as the first licensed osteopathic physician in Athens County and is the first osteopath admitted to the College of Surgeons in Ohio Southeastern District.
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Nelsonville
L. E. Butts
Bushline-Rossman
Grove City
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
College of Surgeons
American Osteopathic Association
State Association
Professional Educational Committee
Butts
Athens County
Ohio
Mrs Add Cole Dies At Home In Trimble
Mrs Anna Cole age 65 wife of Add Cole died at the family home in Trimble after a four year illness. She lived in Trimble over 25 years and is survived by son Rev Carl Cole and three daughters Mary Ethel Davis and Mrs Charles Stephenson all of Trimble. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 pm in Trimble Church of Christ with Rev Gilbert Courtney officiating. Burial place not announced.
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Glouster
Anna Cole
Add Cole
Trimble
Gilbert Courtney
Kimberly Child Dies at Four Months in Nelsonville
Frank Edward Pickett, four months old, died at home near Kimberly. Funeral services are set for Saturday at two o'clock. He is survived by his parents Mrs. and Mr. Frank Pickett, two sisters Ruth and Donna Jean, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pickett and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wood.
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Nelsonville
Frank Edward
Frank Pickett
Kimberly
Ruth
Donna Jean
Eugene Pickett
Bert Wood
Operation of Draft Cleared By Officials
Officials outline the draft process detailing how serial and order numbers determine call priority. Men with low order numbers should plan for possible mobilization within 20 to 30 days. the master list will appear at boards after five to seven days. Each registrant will receive a questionnaire to assess service availability, mailed in lottery order at about 50 forms daily.
Candidates Invited To Nelsonville Church Event
Athens County candidates for upcoming election are invited to a special service at the Nelsonville Church of Christ. They will sit together in reserved seats with their families and friends. The program includes songs and patriotic pieces. The sermon will be non political titled The Greatness of the Church of Jesus Christ.
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Nelsonville
Last Game of Year Set For Sunday at Nelsonville
A baseball game between the Hocking Valley All-Stars and The Plains is scheduled at City Playgrounds Nelsonville on Sunday Oct 13 at 2 oclock. Ben Wagner and Windy Smith will manage the All-Stars with Bennie Harrison guiding The Plains. Players listed include Haddox Coon Hill and others for The Plains and Stubbs Walters Finn Shirley Marshall DeVol Wagner Jones North Taylor Winn Collins Frederick Brooks for the All-Stars.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
All-Stars
The
Plains
Ben Wagner
Buchtel
Windy” Smith
Carbon Hill
Bennie Harrison
the Plains
Haddox
Coon
Hill
Nelson
Kestival
Ross
Hunter
Conley
Eielson
Harrison
Wills
Stubbs
Walters
Finn
Shirley
Marshall
DeVol
Wagner
Jones
North
Taylor
Winn
Collins
Frederick
Brooks
John Homer Bock Dies at Home in The Plains
John Homer Bock aged 63 died last evening at his daughter Mrs. Kelly Lowry home in The Plains. He is survived by son Charles of Moundsville West Virginia and two daughters Mattie and Ella of Columbus and three sisters in West Virginia. The body was brought to Stouts Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Nelsonville
John Homer Bock
Kelly Lowry
the Plains
Lowry
Charles
Moundsville
W. Va
Mattie
Ella
Columbus
West Virginia
Stouts Funeral Home
Trimble Village Election Notice for 1940 Tax Levy
Notice of election in Trimble Ohio held at village polling places on Tuesday November 5 1940 for a five year tax levy exceed the ten mill limit to fund current expenses including street lights at a rate up to three mills per dollar of valuation Athens County Board of Election Frank W Poston chairman and O K Parrett clerk dated September 20 1940
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Trimble
Athens County
Ohio
Athens County Board of Election
Frank W. Poston
O. K. Parrett
Trimble Township
Atvens County
Trimble Village to Hold Election on Additional School Tax
Voters in Trimble Village Rural School District Trimble Township Athens County Ohio will vote in the General Election on Tuesday November Sth. The proposed ballot allocates an extra 3 mills per dollar of valuation for five years exceeding the ten mill limit. Clerk Vv. K. Parrett signs the notice.
Early New York stock market shows little change
New York AP reports modest price movements with no clear direction in early trading. Dun and Bradstreet survey indicates nationwide retail store activity remains strong, up 6 to 10 percent year over year. New York Federal Reserve member banks show a $14.9 million weekly rise in loans across commercial, industrial and agricultural sectors.
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NEW York
Dun and Bradstreet
New York City
Federal Reserve
Toledo Grain Prices and Livestock Markets Report
Grain and produce prices list wheat and corn values with No 1 red and No 2 red figures. Livestock details cover fowls hogs cattle sheep vealers and bulls with weights ranges and price bands, noting steady to weak trends and salable quantities.
Egg grade and price list summary
Government graded white eggs listed with sizes U 8 extra large 35939 units and U 8 extra mediums 29, standards large 32, standards medium 29 30, U 8 trade 25. Also small figures Eyes-Firsts 22 and hennery white extras 33, with white standards 28.
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Hennery
U. 8
Market Receipts Mixed As Cream and Eggs Hold Steady
Butter receipts show steady at 725 639 with creamery grade spread and 92 score indicators around 300 30 percent. Egg receipts stay firm at 4 962 with grading of extra firsts and local firsts, while current totals reflect 18 4 and storage packed extras near 24.
Live poultry and egg market prices steady in Cleveland
Prices paid shippers in 100 case lots. Extras seven dollars per hundred pounds and up. Candied light yolks clear twenty nine cents a dozen. Current receipts fifty five pounds and up twenty one. Live poultry steady with colored fowls heavy seventeen, leghorn fowls eleven thirteen, broilers various weights. Turkeys young nineteen to twenty two.
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Cleveland Butter and Egg Board
British Bomb Nazi Ports Amid Heightened War Tensions
The Japanese via Domel warn naval demonstrations amid US Japan strains as Tokyo renews Foreign Office talks with Washington. The U S orders Hawaii reinforcements and Thai deliveries shift. Roosevelt freezes Romanian assets. In Liverpool, air raids drop 40 high explosive bombs injuring several, with near misses and shelter evacuations reported in London.
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United States
Hawaii
Marine Corps
Thailand
Siam
Japan
Roosevelt
Liverpool Dispatch
London
Old Papers To Be Collected Saturday
Nelsonville residents are asked by the high school parent teacher association to place magazines and papers on front porches by nine o'clock Saturday for collection between nine and twelve.
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Nelsonville
Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle Veal Sheep
Hogs receipts 200 175 to 220 lbs and 220 to 250 lbs with price ranges. Cattle receipts 161 with steers fat cows Bulls price ranges. Veal calves receipts 150 with tops seconds and choice price points. Sheep receipts 130 with lambs fat sheep and culls price ranges.
Women of Church Meet In Nelsonville
In Nelsonville the annual Presbyterian district missionary meeting gathered forty women in the Nelsonville Church parlors. Mrs. Edith Stiers was absent as district president. Mrs. Lloyd Evans chaired. The gathering included lunch, devotions by Mrs. James Stewart, an organ solo by Mary Louise Bowen, and a Margaret Johnson vocal.
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Nelsonville
Presbyterian District
Edith Stiers
Lloyd Evans
James Stewart
New Plymouth
Mary Louise Bowen
Margaret Johnson
W. B. Lacock
Logan
Paul Monks
R. S. Kirkendall
Gallipolis
Synod of
Glouster Class Adopts National Colors and Plans Fundraiser
GHS sophomore class selects blue and white as colors with red rose as flower. They aim to raise funds for a class party later this year. October features the annual autumn events the high school play directed by T. W. Figley and the Halloween Carnival in the gym. Figley selects Red Eagle for the production with cast details to come. Plans for the carnival are under way.
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Glouster
GHS
T. W. Figley
Announce Services At M. E. Church Nelsonville
The Rev. William Martell George, pastor, will preach Sunday morning on The Church and Her Responsibility and evening on The Meaning of the Cross. Sunday School convenes at 9 30 a.m. under superintendent Arthur Kennedy.
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Nelsonville
William Martell George
First Methodist Church
Arthur Kennedy
Nelsonville High names 1940 41 student officers
Nelsonville High School selects 1940 41 student officers with Max Howard as president Junior Johnson as vice president Leora Allen as secretary treasurer The first student council meeting reviewed book keeping for treasurers and plans for duties of the council through the year.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
J. K. Kinneer
Max Howard
Junior Johnson
Leora Allen
Grace Roberts
Charles Long
Dick Bingman
Theodore Crane
Mary Blimes
Harold Bols
Jeanne Allen
Harold LeFavor
F. H. A. Club
Ohio University- Western State Teachers College
F. H. A. Fund
Ohio
Love Funeral Will Be Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Love wife of Francis Love will be held at the Oakdale home Sunday at 2 p m with burial in Glouster Cemetery. She leaves husband three sons William Ralph Lee a daughter Barbara also her mother Mrs Gertrude Jewell and many brothers and sisters including Jack in the U S Navy Mrs Lester Champlin Mrs Ben Vaughn Mrs Lawrence Phillips of Jacksonville and Mrs Guy Vaughn of Nelsonville One brother died years ago.
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Glouster
Lena Love
Francis Love
Oakdale
Norfolk, Va
Lester Champlin
Ben Vaughn
Lawrence Phillips
Jacksonville
Guy Vaughn
Nelsonville
Easleys Triumph At Wolf's Alleys In Trio Victory
Easleys beat The Glouster Press as Chute led Easleys with a 414 three game total and McCune added a 401 triple while McCune’s 156 high single paced the scoring. In Trimble Township Ohio voters head to the polls on November 5 1940 for a school district tax levy vote seeking five year millage.
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Glouster
Mary Chute
Easleys
Glouster Press
Wolf's Alleys
Margaret Ann McCune
B. Wolf
A. M. Wolf
D. Vernon
S. Wolf
Blind
Easley
S— M. Bulloch
G. Price
M. McCune
M. Kelly
M. Chute
J-T School Leaders Plan Early Activities and Events
Trimble-Jacksonville joint finance committee elected Mrs Esta Haskins president Mrs Armol Rainey vice president and Mrs Alice Phillips secretary treasurer Other members include Mrs Marie Anne Edna Rawlins and Viola Kuhne The Fall Festival date is set for Nov 15 with a chicken supper at 5 pm Jacksonville Trimble High School music offerings include glee clubs piano and voice lessons The Girls Glee Club officers are Dorothy Jo Danford Irma Jean Nicholas Dorothy Judson Nadine Frazee Helen Roman and Donna Sayre The orchestra has 15 members directed by Mr Raymond Connett Dudley Gilmore District Forest Ranger spoke at the school about fire safety and posters The Freshman Class elected all male officers led by President Bobby Cominsky Vice President Walter Anderson Secretary Norman Schoeman Treasurer John Matyskella and home room teacher Mrs Sara Willis.
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Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville-Trimble
J-T) High School
Frances Hatch
Glee Club
Irma Jean Nicholas
Dorothy Judson
Nadine Frazee
Helen Roman
Donna Sayre
Raymond Connett
J-T High School
Bobby Cominsky
Walter Anderson
Norman Schoeman
John Matyskella
Sara Willis
Services Announced in Glouster Churches
Rev J A Thompson presents Sunday schedule at Glouster churches including Sunday School 9 30 Morning worship 10 30 special Communion Epworth League choir to sing Evening 7 Epworth League Prayer service Wednesday 7 Bible School 9 Lord's Supper 6 Junior Society sponsor Irene Stahl Senior Society sponsor Mrs Harry Vernon Armistice Day dinner and bazaar on Nov 9 by the Glouster American Legion Auxiliary
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Harry Vernon
Officers Club Benefit Party in Sprays Hall
Will Give Party Nelsonville W B A Of ficers Club will hold a benefit party Saturday night at 8 o'clock in Sprays Hall.
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Nelsonville
W. B. A. Officers Club
Sprays Hall
Glouster Social Notes Highlights Local Lodge Activities
Twenty one Frank McCann Post American Legion members attended officer installation in Murray City. I O O F lodge from Athens County, Oakdale Friendship Circle at Helen Love’s home with readings and games. Plans include Halloween party at Helen Love’s and farewell for Beatrice Roman. attendees and winners listed.
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Frank McCann Post
American Legion
Murray City
Johnson
Amanda
Oakdale
William Nott
Columbus
John Mount
Waterford
Mae Losey
Garnet Brunton
Sarah McClelland
Delia Loomis
Madge Harry
Zeneth Jewell
Geneva Jewell
Mary Miller
Rosa Love
Youcum
Ruth Hook
Gertie Jewell
Elizabeth Rankin
Grace Dixon
Gloria Roman
Gene Barnes
Nelsonville hosts Red Crown Open Play Ten Pin Carnival opener
The $50,000 Red Crown Open Play begins Saturday at the Wolf Bowling Center in Nelsonville. Eight weekly contests will be held nationwide with events continuing through December 7.
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Nelsonville
Wolf Bowling Center
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