Sands Speaks at Assembly at High School
Nelsonville Ohio H H Sands manager of the Ohio State Employment agency at Logan spoke at a Wednesday morning assembly. He outlined job placement in four counties Athens Hocking Vinton and Meigs noting local mining and clay work limit opportunities and citing 25 men placed after the Chauncey mine fire. He described demand for airplane mechanics and trained steel plant workers and noted room and board housing for service workers at $1 daily. The Seventh Grade program led by Miss Blanche Orehead featured musicians and a masquerade dance sponsored by the F H A with prizes for best costumes.
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Nelsonville
H. H. Sands
Ohio State
Logan
Sands
Athens
Hocking
Vinton
Meigs
Chauncey
Ohio
Blanche Orehead
Richard Kelly
Supt
E. J. Arnold
Billie Ann Bartoe
Stephen Oster
Virginia Bell
Tired Kidneys Sleepless Nights and Doan’s Pills
Doctors warn kidney fatigue disrupts daytime function causing night urination and backache. Doan’s Pills, claimed to cleanse the 15 miles of kidney tubes, are advertised as a long standing remedy for relief.
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Dean
Doan
Local students organize clubs and host dances in fall season
Jimmy Linscott and Jean Warner won door prizes as Tommy Rosser and Wilma Adkins led a grand march. The Junior Carnegie Club under Miss Mildred G. Roberts includes 34 seventh and eighth graders with officers Nancy Krieg and Louise Mc Daniel. Senior in hospital Londa Pollock and Mary Jane Howe recover after appendicitis operations. Sophomore dance planned for Nov 1. N Club met Oct 17 to plan automobile tag project featuring a greyhound emblem and Nelsonville civic branding. Lagnette Club met Oct 17 with Mary Jane Howe editing and staff applications open for top entries.
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Jimmy Linscott
Jean Warner
Tommy Rosser
Wilma Adkins
Mary V. Thomas
Imogene Sayers
Harry Westfall
Johnny Hannahs
Mary Jane Howe
Margie Barron
Ruth Galvin
Junior Johnson
Bob Sowers
Rosemary Snackenburg
Sally Jackson
Bob Howe
Mary
Mildred G. Roberts
Nancy Krieg
Louise McDaniel
June Cox
Roger Wolfe
Penn F H A Plans Halloween Party at Penn High School
Penn F H A Chapter met at Penn High School to plan a Halloween party and 90 minute program for Wednesday October 29 at 730 PM. They also sponsor a skating party at Riverside Rink Friday night. Refreshments of cider and doughnuts were served.
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Pennsville
Penn F.H.A
Penn High School
F.H.A
Riverside Rink
Lena McPeak
Audrey
Robert
Fred Mendenhall
John Giles
Lancaster
C. S. Hiatt
James Richardson
Zanesville
Charles van Fossen
Mt. Vernon
R. E. Bain
Utica
C. C. Carr
Crooksville
C. C. Graham
Graham
Claude Davis
Marietta
Dougan
Ohio State University
Elbert Wilson
C. H. Wilson
Edith Harkins
W. H. Thompkins
St. Clairsville
Hannah Archer
Mary Dean
Chesterhill
Russell Dougan
I. F. Dougan
Bess Bingham
J. F. Dougan
Memorial Hospital
Joseph Burcher
Beallsville
Penn F.F.A
Brooks and Letha Lou Teams Win in Local Bowling Night
Brooks Shoes beat the Senior Scouts three straight while Letha Lou Shoe won two of three from B P W Club in Ladies League play at local drives Wednesday. Pearl Hartley had 191 for high single and Mary Jo Wolf 508 for best three game total. A City League match is set for tonight as Mechems meet Wolf Bowling at 7:30.
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Nelsonville
Brooks Shoes
Letha Lou Shoe
Pearl Hartley
Mary Jo Wolf
Mechems
Wolf
Brooks K. Smith
BE. Betts
P. Hartley
A. Bateman
R. Dunkle
M. Shafer
M. Pergrin
Eae
Tom
Isaon
Birds Rain Down on Baton Rouge Streets in 1896
In 1896 a sudden shower of birds fell from a clear sky over Baton Rouge Louisiana. Catbirds ducks woodpeckers and many other species dropped in heaps along the streets alarming residents and prompting curiosity about the unusual natural event.
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Baton Rouge
Ohio Driver's Manual for Motorists Issued by Ohio Highways
The Ohio Department of Highways announces a free 36 page pocket manual for motorists. It covers safety topics such as traffic problems reaction time overdriving headlights tire care and the uniform traffic code with about 50 provisions. Copies are available by writing the Division of Traffic and Safety in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Department of Highways
H. G. Sours
Division of Traffic and Safety
State Office
Alonzo Baker Dies in Cincinnati at 82
Alonzo Baker 82 died Tuesday at home in Cincinnati after weeks of illness. Born in Jackson County, he lived in Canaanville and left two daughters Lillian Schwartz and Maude Burnett, two sons Joseph and W D, a sister E D Kelley, several grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services at Woods Funeral Home Jackson Friday at 10 AM with Vega Cemetery burial.
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Alonzo Baker
Lillian Schwartz
Cincinnati
Jackson County
Canaanville
Baker
Schwartz
Maude Burnett
Joseph
Naanville
W. D
Portsouth
E. D. Kelley
Jackson
the Woods Funeral Home
Vega Cemetery
Warren Gets Plant for Steel Ingot in Ohio
The Defense Plant Corporation authorized a $4,000,000 plant project yesterday to build a steel ingot facility in Warren Ohio.
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Warren
Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Ohio
Russian refugee to speak at Nelsonville church event
Alexander Varonaeff, a Russian refugee, will address the Pilgrim Holiness Church at Chestnut and Harper Streets Nelsonville this Saturday night Oct 25 at 4 pm and Sunday Oct 26 at 10 30 am and 7 pm He escaped imprisonment in Russia with his parents having been jailed prior to his escape.
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Nelsonville
Alexander Varonaeff
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Chestnut and
Harper Sts
Varonaeff
Russia
America
Thomas Johnson 88 Dies in Columbus Home Rites Set
Thomas Johnson 88 died Wednesday at his Columbus home after a heart ailment. Rites are at 2 p.m. Friday at Carroll Weir Funeral Home with burial at Green Lawn Cemetery. A Nelsonville native, he and his brother led Johnson Brothers in the Hocking Valley coal field and later Lorain Coal & Dock Co. He retired in 1916 and ran a stock farm for 18 years. He leaves wife Alice Bancroft Johnson four sons three daughters and two sisters.
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Nelsonville
Thomas Johnson
Columbus
Carroll Weir
Green Lawn Cemetery
Edward Johnson
Nent
Hocking Valley
Johnson
Johnson Brothers
Johnson Bros. and
Patterson
England
Lorain Coal & Dock Co
Ohio
West Virginia
Broad St
Edward Turner
Alice Bancroft Johnson
Charles Hill
George Wells
St. Clairsville
Scout Leaders Urged To Attend Meeting On Troop Plans
Scout leaders are urged to attend a Boy Scout Leadership Training Course meeting tonight focusing on planning troop programs. J R Stratton and J P Trepp outline topics with patrol discussions and a question list for leaders. Dean Lange will lead, Roger Smith to give an illustrated campfire, and Troop 50 handles ceremonies.
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J. R Stratton
J. P. Trepp
Laurence W. Lange
Roger Smith
Stratton
Legislative Deaths Among U S Legislators 1938 1940
During 1938 to 1940 a total of 34 U S legislators died including six senators and 28 representatives. The figures reflect mortality in the two year span as listed in the legislative tally.
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United States
Moon of Jupiter May Harbor Life Says Scientists
Jupiter dominates a moon nearly as large as Mars with scientists proposing the world could be inhabited. Researchers point to evidence suggesting possible life on the satellite.
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Jupiter
Mars
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