Nelsonville to Dedicate School Field and Stadium
Nelsonville High School will formally dedicate its athletic field and stadium on Thursday Oct 28 with a program starting at 1 o clock. L W St John athletic director of Ohio State University will give the principal address. WPA officials will participate and a football game against Glouster High follows at 3 o clock.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
L. W. St. John
Ohio State University
Columbus
WPA
Leland Goodman
L. C. Gibson
Board of Education
C. W. Monks
William Kelly
St. Andrews Church
St. John
Fayette St
Discussion Session Planned by Young Men's Fellowship Class
Nelsonville church group schedules a Sunday 9 am discussion meeting for all members to plan re organization and future activities. Officers include W D Mender president Bill Hall vice president Wilbert Pierce secretary Calvin Lancaster treasurer.
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Nelsonville
Young Men's Fellowship
Christian Church
W. D. Mender
Bill Hall
Wilbert Pierce
Calvin Lancaster
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Athens County
Sarah B. Croy of Athens Ohio appointed Executrix of the Estate of Nathan B. Croy deceased late of Athens County Ohio Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months or be forever barred Dated October 15 1997 Louis Tyroler Probate Judge of Athens County 10 20 37 30tw
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Sarah B. Croy
Athens
Ohio
Nathan 8. Croy
Athens County
Louis Tyroler
Public sale of The Ellicott Oil Corporation assets set for Nov 12
Notice of sale in Athens County Ohio offers The Ellicott Oil Corporation personal property on multiple leases in Waterloo Township. Leases cover 108.3 to 2744 acres with 8 oil wells plus tanks, engines, and fittings. Estimated production about 4 barrels per day. appraised at 6045 dollars. sale at 2 pm with terms one third cash and balance after court confirmation. The receiver Knowles Martin of Nelsonville and law firm Jones Jones Erskine represent the sale.
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Ellicott Oil Corporation
J. D. Goodin
Winifred Goodin
Charleo
Rhoda Pickett
T. Young
Common Meal Court
Athens County
Ohio
Knowles Martin
Bilicett Ol! Corporation
Nelsonville
Jones, Jones & Erskine
Nelsonville Opens WPA Stadium Aimed at Community Benefit
Nelsonville's new high school stadium seats 4 860 and cost 50 000 as part of a 65 stadium WPA project in Ohio. The program totals 165 814 seats and 3 million dollars invested in stadiums fields and improvements across the state including Logan Chillicothe Wellston Oak Hill Portsmouth and Marietta.
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Columbus
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Glouster
WPA
Ohio
Carl Watson
Nelsonville Stadium
Logan
Chillicothe
Wellston
Oak Hill
Portsmouth
Marietta
Canton
Logan Stadium
Wellston Stadium
Plant Now by Woman's Community Garden Club
Nelsonville notes urge planting now for trees shrubs and perennials. Tulip bulbs should be planted six inches deep and six inches apart with drainage. Plant where visible to passersby, around a tree, or in a pot but avoid wooden window boxes and ensure eight inches deep if possible.
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Nelsonville
Pythians Sponsor Annual Halloween Fete
Nelsonville report says the Pythian Sisters will host their annual Halloween party at the KP hall Thursday evening. Members are asked to bring sandwiches. there is no benefit entertainment this week.
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Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters
KP Hall
Cosmopolitan Club Backs Pool Project In Nelsonville
Nelsonville report notes Cosmopolitan Club favors building a swimming pool as part of the athletic field and playground project.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Nelsonville
Corps to Elect Officers After Legion Meeting Tonight
Nelsonville Drum and Bugle Corps will hold a business meeting and election of officers after the Legion meeting tonight. All members are urged to attend as several matters of importance require action.
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Nelsonville
Drum and Bugle Corps
Legion
Drum Corps
Round Table Club to Meet Thursday on China Topic
Nelsonville Round Table Club plans a Thursday 8:30 PM gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Evans. Oral Daugherty will preside as president with China as the discussion focus.
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Nelsonville
Round Table Club
Lloyd Evans
China
Oral Daugherty
Brotherhood of Railroad
Fay Howard
Robbins Rd
Pocahontas Lodge Benefit Party At Murray City
Murray City Pocahontas Lodge hosts a benefit party Thursday evening at 8 o clock. The public is invited to attend for a community fundraiser.
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Murray City
Pocahontas Lodge
Juniors Meet Tonight in Nelsonville Masked Assembly
The WBA Juniors plan a 7 o'clock meeting at the home of Helen Odenthal in Nelsonville. All members are urged to attend masked.
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Nelsonville
WBA
Helen Odenthal
District 3 Business Women Set Meeting in Marietta Ohio
Announcement states the annual meeting of District No. 3 of Business and Professional Women's Clubs will be held in Marietta Ohio on Sunday Navy 21. The notice indicates a forthcoming formal announcement with details to follow.
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MERT
Marietta
Nelsonville
Business
Ohio
Navy
Scouts Meet Tonight in Nelsonville at M E Church
Troop 65 Boy Scouts will meet at the M. E. Church in Nelsonville tonight at 7 o clock. The brief gathering aims to organize activities and discuss upcoming events for the troop.
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Nelsonville
Troop 65
Boy Scouts
M. E. Church
Jacksonville Class Elects Officers For M E Church Group
Jacksonville reports the Dens Hallam Class of the M E Church elected officers with Betty Dunlevy as president and Gertrude Bernard as secretary. The Standard Bearers group elected Virginia Hartley president and Clea Conaway treasurer. A Halloween party is planned for Friday night at the Jacksonville M E Church. Nonlocal funeral attendees and residents are noted for Joseph F Thyne and local visitors in Athens and Racine. Dr C Von Scheele remains seriously ill at home.
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Geraldine Hoilington
Jacksonville
M. E. Church
Flo Hallam
Betty Dunlevy
Gertrude Bernard
R. E. Davis
R. S. Lawrence
Cecilia Mandrell
Virginia Hartley
Cordelia Viall
Clea Conaway
Jane Cox
Geraldine Hoisington
Arlene Davis
Mary Hallam
William Kalt
Racine
Joseph F. Thyne
Mary Barnhurst
Maud Hardage
Cincinnati
George O'Leary
Andrew O'Leary
Mary
James O'Leary
Cecilia Cavanaugh
Lucy Hayes
Zaleski
Leo Carter
Nellie McBride
Hilda McBride
Detroit
Loren Gehring
Dott Lehman
Iona King
Nellie Maupin
Martin Layden
Isabelle Carter
Columbus
W. E. McMillan
Zanesville
Dan
Irma Jean Nicholas
C. von Scheele
Charles Tipple
J. C. Hartley
Athens
John Hartley
H. H. Huthmacker
Donald Townsend
D. L. Kane
Huthmacker
Epworth League
Trimble M. E
Jacksonville M. E
Lulu Mills
Minersville
Mary Jones
Halloween Festival at Happy Hollow School House
The Happy Hollow PTA announces the annual Halloween festival at the Happy Hollow school house on Friday evening October 29 at 7 o clock. A masquerade opens the event with prizes for prettiest and ugliest costumes and for the best unmasked identity. Refreshments, games, and contests follow.
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Happy Hollow
The
Happy Hollow Pta
Eight New Members Accepted By Business and Professional Club
Nelsonville group held a Tuesday session at W. Washington Street rooms with Mrs Neal Wyatt Kyle presiding. An 7 o'clock executive meeting preceded the 7 30 regular session. Eight new members were proposed and accepted. Members urged to attend Halloween party at Mrs L E Butts home tonight. Next dinner meeting set for November 9.
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Nelsonville
Business and Professional Women’s Club
W. Washington St
Neal Wyatt Kyle
L. E. Butts
Nelsonville Briefs Highlight Local Hospitality Guests
Nelsonville notes guest visits from Toledo resident Mr. Homer Showers and wife to Mrs. Henry McCulloch and daughter Edith Stiers. Columbus guest Anita Hall visited with her mother Mrs. George Hall. Dayton visitors Mr. and Mrs. George Higgins and Dr. Maud Higgins Hayden joined Mr. and Mrs. John Hoodlet for a Sunday afternoon visit.
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Nelsonville
Homer Showers
Toledo
Henry McCulloch
Edith Stiers
Anita Hall
Columbus
George Hall
George Higgins
Hayden
Maud Higgins
Dayton
John Hoodlet
Canary Bob Celebrates 27th Birthday In Illinois
Elgin, Ill. canary Bob living beyond typical life span at 27 years, owned by Mrs. Mary E. Simon, still sings. The piece notes average speeds of the Twentieth Century Limited train between New York and Chicago covering 961 miles in 18 hours at 53.4 mph.
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Elgin
Ill
Bob
Mary E. Simon
Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Chicago
Bank in Nelsonville Adds Modern Interior Fixtures
The Citizens Central Bank in Nelsonville plans to finish installing updated bank room and lobby furniture within the week. New marble wainscoting, bullet proof glass, cast bronze metal work, and shielded tellers’ windows replace antique partitions from Merchants & Miners Bank days, part of a modernization including a private directors’ room and coupon booths for deposit box renters.
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Nelsonville
Citizens Central Bank
Merchants & Miners Bank
Steubenville Bank
Philip B. Weller
Permanent Director Is Sought by Choir
NELSONVILLE The Session of the Presbyterian Church has secured Mr. Robert Whitacre of Ohio University to direct the choir for the Thursday evening rehearsal and Sunday music. The choir was formerly directed by Mr. Martin Alexander. The church will employ a permanent director as soon as possible. Rehearsals are each Thursday at 7 30 oclock.
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Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Robert Whitacre
Ohio University
Martin ¢ Alexander
Taylor Ridge Church Plans Halloween Masquerade
The Taylor Ridge Church of Christ Sunday School will host its annual masquerade and Halloween party at the church Thursday night at 7 o'clock with games contests and refreshments. Community notes report several local visits and family movements among residents including hospital stays and confirmations.
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Taylor Ridge
Church of Christ
George Gaskalla
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Fred Olbers
Clifford
Emmet
Billie Olbers
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Guy White
Vern
Jane
R. H. Wemner
Aldine Wemner
Millfield
John Davis
Albert Moody
Greens Run
James Taylor
Chester Davis
Davis
Evan Davis
John Wenger
Band Boosters Sell Tags to Fund New Uniforms
At the dedication of the new Nelsonville High School stadium on Thursday band boosters will sell tags to raise funds for band uniforms. Senior girls Lillian Huddy Mary Bumgardner Harriet Davis Bernadine Adkins Annabelle Bussey Betty Hitchings Peggy Freer Joanna Rider Marguerite Morrison Helen Weltzheimer and Alice Mechem are designated as sales girls. the top seller will receive an award.
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Nelsonville
Lillian Huddy
Mary Bumgardner
Harriet Davis
Bernadine Adkins
Annabelle Bussey
Betty Hitchings
Peggy Freer
Joanna Rider
Marguerite Morrison
Helen Weltzheimer
Alice Mechem
Sunday School Halloween Party at Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Joe Galvin Jr led the Nelsonville Sunday School class in a Halloween masquerade party in the church social rooms. Games and contests featured prizes for costumes won by Rosemary Snackenburg Ada Jean Raine and Joan Straits. A potluck supper fed 15 members.
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Nelsonville
Joe Galvin, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Rosemary Snackenburg
Ada Jean Raine
Joan Straits
McKinley Republican Club Holds Meeting With Address
In Nelsonville Edith Stiers chaired a session attended by over 70 members. Precious Correll Logan delivered an insightful talk on changes in government and the two major parties over the past two decades. A social hour followed. Next meeting will be led by Converse Hutchins.
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Nelsonville
Edith Stiers
McKinley Republican Club
Precious Correll
Logan
Converse Hutchins
Rotarians View Notable Films At Ladies Night Event
Nelsonville Rotarians and guests enjoyed a special Ladies Night meeting with moving pictures. William Morgan trainmaster of C. O. Rail arranged the show with sound. The Coal Bin of America featured coal belt scenes in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. The George Washington showcased a Chesapeake and Ohio Lines train.
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Nelsonville
William Morgan
America
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Chesapeake & Ohio Lines
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Freddie
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Union Bus Station
W. Union St
Nelsonville Briefs
Bank
Schneider
George Bateman
Bateman
Fourth St
Pat O’brien
Joan Blondell
Margaret Lindsay
Warren Duff
Adele Regers
Wall Street
Edward Arnold
Cary Grant
Frances Farmer
Jack Oakie CO Re
RKO
Rowland V Lee Edward Small
Wenger
Clyde Canter
Chauncey
Garnet Barnard
St. Francis Hospital
Lenard Leach
Iris Kempton
Leach
Fred Leach
Elizabeth Hildebrand
Carl Hildebrand
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Nelsonville Apparel
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