Y M C A Plans $7 000 Campaign In Nelsonville
Nelsonville Y M C A begins a $7 000 fundraising drive next Tuesday aided by an eight page miniature newspaper. Local civic clubs endorse the effort and twenty workers are appointed to solicit contributions. Ministers from Methodist, Christian and Presbyterian churches join in backing the drive. Vint out at beginning shows the Y’s broad community reach. A note on a Maryland farm tale underscores lessons of character.
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Nelsonville
Novy
M.C
Faithful Families Linked To Nelsonville Presbyterian Church
The Nelsonville Presbyterian Church honors long time members and families shaping its history. Notables include the Howe Cable and Poston lineages, Mrs. Katherine Myers and Mrs. Julia Baird families, donors J W Scott and C C Sharp, plus clergymen Silas Cooke and Edward Sharp, with ongoing roles in worship, organ recital, and church governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Gartlett
Sheppard
Nelsonville
Cet
Hdington
Ton
Tory
Cables
H. E. Howe
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Church
A. Cable
Elizabeth Patterson
Sr. N Poston
Elizabeth Scott
John W. Scott
J. W. Scott
Famuly
Scott
Poston Haz
Poston
TL Pritchue
Wethston
Mra
Loe
Cora Poston
Albert Mech
Elias McClellan Poston
Laward
Thomes Johnson
Edwards
Barnrcutts
Tatterworths
Weltrheimera
Edward Johnson
Seltzes
Tackuses
Hudson and Kelohs
Cooke
Courthouse Doings in Common Pleas Court
The report notes multiple actions in Common Pleas court. Robert W. Jones vs New York Central Railroad ended at defendant’s cost with record waived. An August petition in error against the state of Ohio by Loving Bennett was dismissed at his costs. Summers versus Davis and related filings show dismissals and cost allocations. The city of Nelsonville entered a demurrer in Stage versus R. R. Johnson et al. under judge L G Worstell.
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J. M. Lipford
Quilty
Common Pless
Robert W. Jones
New York Central Railroad Company
Common Pleas Court
Loving Bennett
State of
Ohio
Jones, Sears
Wil
Ham Summers
Jack Davis
State of Ohio
Common Pleas
Sommers
St A
Jones, Sears and Ioompany
Netsonyilla
Clarence Stage
R. R. Johnson
L G Worstell
Former resident dies in California at 85
Mrs. Sarah McDaniel McDonald aged 85, widow of WHI MecDonald of McConnelsville, died Thursday in California at the home of her daughter Mrs. Wilbur Seright. The petition for partition of property by Alex Cook against Mary Cook was dismissed at his costs. Funeral arrangements unclear with services probably Tuesday at the high school gymnasium per local notes.
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Sarah McDaniel McDonald
McConnelsville
Pasa
Dona
Cal
Alex Cook
Mary
Wilbur Seright
Cook
McConthe
Alea Cook
Olsen
McDonald
Mra
Marion Denford
Ames Township
Hvingj
Millfield
Athens
Bankera
Misa Lelia Walker
McDougall
Fred Kittle
H. &. Sfigiey
R. E. Hawk
RW. Lamborn
C. E. Cameron
Frank Cone
Virgie Davis
J. D. Haskin
D S&s. Allen
Charles Jordan
J. Ong
C. Gardner
Darrell Sams
W. B. Cable
C. A. Daugherty
Dwight Rutherford
C. H. Harn
F. J. Harshman
Wheeler Dew
Women’s club session acts on district business
The closing session of the Southeastern district conference of the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs focused on business matters. Reports from seventy-five clubs outlined district work and federation progress as Athens Lancaster and Ironton host city federations. A committee on resolutions finished the event followed by a luncheon at the Dew Hotel.
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Pilsonville
Ohio
Federat Toon
Wamiens Elibs
Acwinbl
J Kowcuth
Chris Tin
Fidwin Sayre
Elk Institute
Jophine Tierce
Genoa
J. Mc Hyde
Ratton
Tawrence County
Athens
Lancaster
Ironton
Dist
Committee On
Dew Hotel
Social Notes from Nelsonville Faithful Martha and Local Gatherings
Community update from Nelsonville detailing Faithful Martha church meeting at Mrs C Y Shafer on Monday evening, Class No. 21 at Mrs W Helley home on Kentner street, and Willing Workers at Mrs Frank Murphy home with an embroidered quilt presented to Mrs Murphy. Personal mentions include attendees at Daughters of Vatican convention and a preached talk by Edward Johnson about his life and family history.
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Martha
Faithul Mutha
MOB Church
C Y. Shafer
C . A. Stover
Otto Shirley
A. R. Rea
Methodist Church
W. Whelley
Kentner Street
Carl Pettit
Lass of the Christian Church
Frank Murphy
Poplar Street
Murphy
James Pidcock
Delia McMasters
Nelsonville
Glousier
Histe Keepper
R. E. Swope
Zanesville
Edward Johnson
Albert Nixon
Columbus
Nixon
Tils Aitte
Mane
Dean Wursns
Johnsan
Nelsonville City
Deer Park
Maryland
Johnson Farm
Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Delond
Antique Prison Auction Draws Connecticut Collectors
Granby Connecticut reports auction plans for Newgate Prison once owned by the Phelps family. The 160 year unused facility features stone battlements and ivy covered walls. An auctioneer will advertise the sale to antique collectors in late October with British Tory occupants noted.
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Phelps
Mrs Mary Stack Dies Friday in Nelsonville
Mrs Mary Anderson Stack aged 32 died Friday at her brother Fred Anderson’s home in Columbus after months of illness. A member of the Presbyterian church in Nelsonville, she leaves husband Geom Stack a son and a daughter, five brothers Will Frank Clarence Anderson Nelsonville John Kimberh and Fred Columbus. Funeral Monday at the Presbyterian church with Rev Gerard Exins officiating.
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Nelsonville
Mary Anderson Stack
Fred Anderson
Columbus
Stack
Presbyterian Church
William Anderson
Jackson Street
Glrard Exins
Geom Stack
Columba
Will
Frank
Clarence Anderson
John
Kimberh
Fred Columbus
Dr A L Pritchard Elected President in Marietta Meeting
Nelsonville reports Dr L Pritchard of Nelsonville chosen president of the Southeastern Ohio Medical Association at the convention in Marietta. About 100 district physicians attended as the Southeastern district covers ten counties.
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Nelsonville
L Pritchard
Southeastern Cmio Medical Association
Marietta
Phoebe Brooks Savings Spawned Nelsonville Manse Fund
The Dorcas society in Nelsonville formed in 1905 to raise funds for a church manse. Phoebe Brooks’ savings of 131 dollars helped seed the fund, which grew to 7744.9 dollars by 1916 through gifts and deposits. A memorial window for Rev. Henry Fulton was added in 1916 as the fund advanced.
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Bry C. BH. Hartlett
Charles C. Sharpour- Messenger
Nelsonvill
Presbyter
Nelsonville
Board of Trustes
Little Worker
Dorcas Society
Sharp
Depost -Yard
Valuable Residents Properties Bank
Edward Johnson
Columbus
Dorcas Manse
Henry Fulton
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Nelsonville Y. M.C. A
Idward Johnson
Lawyr
Dairds
Julia Baird
Lves
Lfe
R B Stuart
Bee
St. Paul Milas
Harriett J Baird
Charles
John Baird
Blake
C. C. Sharp
Charles C Sharp
Edward Rharp
California
Cambridge
Mass
U.al
Charles E. Lauterbach
Harvard University
Thor Olsen
School of Education
Char
Connecticut
Mary Stack
A. L. Pritchard
Phoebe Brooks
Buick
Paris
Harry B. Bagssett
Bulike Motor Company
American Hospital
London
ER. N. Marshall
Tong
Walsall Grammar School
Loska
Ry-Toff Co
Fourth Ave
Lowell
Wyeth
Remington Portable
Remington
J. E. Zeller
Logan
The
Gem Pharmacy
Moore
Parlor Furnace
Sperry & Wornstaff Home Furnishers
Elsonville
Nashua
Hoodler’s Department Store
Public
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Athens , Nelsonville
Middleport
the Great Hoover
Rollins
A. B. Chase
Mason and Hamlin
Packard
Bond
Schaff Bros
Emerson
Meissner School Piano
Parker Bros
Bank of Athens
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