Nelsonville Greyhounds to Dedicate New Night Field
Nelsonville High School prepares for opening football season with a night game against Chauncey Blue Devils to unveil the new lighted field on Friday September 13. The Alumni game follows on September 20 at 8 p.m. with eligible graduates from 1938 1939 and 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hitchings
J. Call
R. Dishong
T. Rosser
P. Bateman
Pierce
F. Barber
M. Valkinburg
Ghent
Keating
Dexter, Jr. Johnson
F. North
Rue Devils
Husky
Nelsonville
Hounds
Greyhounds
Nelsonville church fall and winter schedule announced
The Nelsonville Church of Christ outlines its fall and winter program with Bible School at 9:30, morning worship at 10:30 and a sermon titled A Call to Arms by the pastor. An evening service begins at 7:30 with a sermon Fishing on the Wrong Side of the Boat. The Young People meet at 6:30 and plan an inspirational Sunday program.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Church of Christ
Bible School
Pleasant Valley Social And Personal Mention
Pleasant Valley social notes list visits from Harley Reeves Joe Howard from Huntington and local residents to McKinley Brooks and Williams homes. Guests include Mary Hanning Blanche Root Mary Root of Athens. A wiener roast by 24 Friendship Class members is noted along with visits to Chauncey Church of Christ and a Ky trip by Mr and Mrs Homer Stotts and their children.
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Pleasant Valley
H. M. McKinley
Labor Day
Harley Reeves
Joe Howard
Huntington
Dudley Smith
Columbus
Ed Brooks
Mary Hanning
Blanche Root
Mary Root
Athens
Pearl Wood
Parkersburg
Anna Powers
Howe Brooks
Kate Wood
Harold Jones
Chauncey
Wood Lake
Friendship Class
Laurel Cliff Social And Personal Notes
Rev Lewis McCumber and daughter conducted the funeral of Charles Beal at Carleton Church. Others visited, weddings occurred, birthdays celebrated, and local schooling resumed with teachers Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Tracy. Probate notices warn creditors to file claims within six months against Josephine and Harley Petty estates. Legal notices include Millfield station discontinuation and non agency operation under Ohio authority.
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
New York Central Railroad Company
Trimble
Ohio
Commission
Ohio Departments
South Front Street
Columbus
Jones, Jones & Erskine Co
T. Lewis, Jir
Laurel Cliff
Lewis McCumber
Charles Beal
Carleton Church
Faye Allen
Betty Ann Jacobs
Franklin Hoffman
Tuppers Plains
Freda Sapp
Shade
Estey Ackley
Sam_ Turner
Portsmouth
Josie Turner
Evelyn Turner
Nellie Tracy
L. C. H. Club
Hazel Eichinger
Hettie Evans
Eilene Burdette
James Smith
Gallipolis
Smith
Huntington
Whatcom County
Washington
Francis D. White
Millfield
Jones, Jones & Erskine
T. Lewis, JR
Minersville Personal And Social
A social column record of residents and visitors in Minersville and nearby towns. Families from Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati Nelsonville Athens Racine and Jacksonville travel to visit relatives. Local clergy notes Rev Brown’s final sermon of the year and Lakeside conference plans. Phyllis Hines graduates and moves to Cincinnati for university studies.
Ray and Gaston to headline Buchtel boxing show
The main event at Buchtel Opera House Friday night September 6 features Freddie Ray of Logan versus Billy Gaston of Athens in the finals. Three preliminaries and the show opens at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Buchtel Opera House
Freddie Ray
Logan
Billy Gaston
Athens
Nazi Air Assault Over England Reported In Heavy Raids
Hundreds of Nazi planes pounded England with large formations over the Thames and Kent towns. Hurricanes engaged raiders, injuries included two nurses killed in a Kent hospital strike and a Messerschmitt downed in a policeman's garden.
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Thames
Kent
Injured in Falls In Nelsonville
In Nelsonville, Mrs. Bess Higgins fractured her left arm after a fall at a neighbor’s home. Mrs. Eulahia M. Hocke suffered a broken right arm above the elbow in a fall in her own residence yesterday.
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Nelsonville
Bess Higgins
Eulahia M. Hocke
Stolen Car Recovered After Crashing Near Bishopville
The automobile owned by Rev. Lloyd Evans, stolen from a parking place on E Washington Street Tuesday night, was recovered Thursday near Bishopville in Morgan County. Police reported the car was off the road but undamaged.
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Nelsonville
Lloyd Evans
E. Washington St
Bishopville
Morgan County
Hockingport Social And Personal Notes
Recent social items from Hockingport recount a surprise wedding shower for Alvin and his wife, a family picnic with many relatives, weekend visits to Mt. Gilead and Marietta Fair attendance, and various local residents hosting or visiting kin including Columbus and Cincinnati connections.
Bashan Social Notes Record Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs A H Bailey Mrs Anna Singers and Harry Fisher spent last week in Mr and Mrs Dayton Hayman took Carl Fitch to Parkersburg to consult a physician Bert Orr visiting relatives at Delaware and Columbus has returned Miss Alta Frederick spent last week in Parkersburg Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wilt of Letart visited Mr and Mrs Stanley Trussell Sunday Robert Bailey and Dana Carpenter left for Northern Ohio for work Mr and Mrs Milford Cole Columbus spent Sunday here Mrs James Frank learned of the death of her brother Clarence Roush in Athens Mr and Mrs Oliver Bailey spent the weekend at Buckeye Lake Mrs Amanda Holter and son Harry of Chester WV Lester Bailey of Morning Star and Frank Bailey spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs A H Bailey Mr and Mrs Elmer Woode of Jeromesville and Mr and Mrs William McDale of Midland PA visited Mr and Mrs J A Torrence Monday
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Minersville
Dellos Hastler
Ronnie
William Dillard
Paul William
Columbus
Harry Keiser
Dutchtown
Elizabeth Meifort
Cincinnati
Harry Mescher
Robert Burnell
Cleveland
Anna Blumenauer
Will Hughes
Athens
Hughes
W. D. Thomas
Charles Nelson
Nelsonville
Will L. Thomas
Rawleigh Jones
Martha
Chill
Laura Hayman
Dicky Nunn
Linnie Rummel
Glenna
Jacksonville
Rev
Brown
Lakeside
Edward Borham
Val Grueser
Harlan Wehring
End
Ernest Rea
Wheeling
Stanley Rea
George Daniels
Edson Roush
Carmel
Ruth Daniels
Hugh Daniels
Racine
W. H. Thomas
John Roush
Phyllis
Ed Hines
P.H.S
Western University
Oxford
Milford Cole
James Frank
Clarence Roush
Oliver Bailey
Buckeye Lake
Amanda Holter
Harry
Chester
W. Va
Lester Bailey
Morning Star
Frank Bailey
A. H. Bailey
Elmer Woode
Jeromesville
William McDale
Midland
J. A. Torrence
Rare Plant Nears Bloom at Pleasantview Avenue Display
In Nelsonville Mrs. Clarence Shockley tends a night blooming cereal plant at Mrs. Ed Dewhurst’s home on Pleasantview Avenue. The plant bears 11 large buds with many smaller ones, and four blossoms are expected tonight. Citizens often visit to view the display during the blooming period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Clarence Shockley
Ed Dewhurst
Pleasantview Avenue
Corning Postmaster Sets Alien Registration Procedure
Corning postmaster Virgil Davis announces Corning office is not an alien registration site. Aliens must register at New Lexington or Crooksville offices. Form AR1 required before registration and can be obtained at the Corning office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Virgil Davis
New Lexington
Crooksville
Ladies Aid Society Elects Church Officers
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist Church met and elected president Mrs. Haye Edwards secretary Mrs. Mary Spence and treasurer Miss Myrta McCoy. They planned a Swiss steak supper in the church basement for Saturday September 14 and a Farewell party for Rev and Mrs Henry Stoody on Wednesday night September 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the
First Methodist Church
Haye Edwards
Mary Spence
Myrta McCoy
Henry Stoody
Portersville Post Office to Close September 1940
The Portersville post office will discontinue service after September 30 1940 with patrons redirected to Rural Carrier Aaron T. Reid on Route 2 Corning. Postmaster Virgil Davis filed the notice.
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Portersville
Virgil Davis
Aaron T. Reid
Corning
Butts Couple Announce Daughter Birth in Laurelville
Mr and Mrs Floyd Butts announce the birth of a daughter at their summer home in Laurelville on Saturday. Mr Butts is employed at the Sunday Creek Coal Company shops here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Butts
Laurelville
Mr. Butts
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Corning Library Reports Strong First Half Circulation
Corning Public Library completes its first half year of service with more than 6,000 books circulated among 399 patrons. The service remains free to users.
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Corning Public
Rally Day at Corning Church of God
Rev. James B. Diggins announced Sunday rally day at the Corning Church of God with large expected attendance. A program includes a message titled The Well of Christian Experience followed by Bible Study and gifts to helpers. An evangelistic sermon will be delivered in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Diggins
Corning Church of God
Annual Breeze reunion gathers Rodgers Barnett and Adams kin
Members of the Rodgers Barnett and Adams families met all day Sunday at Arethusa Park New Lexington. A basket dinner was shared and in the afternoon a business meeting elected James Mason of Columbus president and Mrs James Mason secretary treasurer. Several Corning relatives attended.
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Rodgers, Barnett and Adams
Arethusa Park
New Lexington
James Mason
Columbus
Corning
Broadwell Personal And Social Mention
Sunday guests of Joe Young included the Hoon and Grisby families and the Youngs as well as the Sand Rock household. Weekend visitors to Athens featured Laura James with the James family and a Parsons reunion attended by multiple families from Som erset and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisle White
Albert Ogg
Harold Harkins
Parsons
Clarence White
Richard White
Columbus
Vinton White
Hattie Hendershot
Clarence Rathburn
Webb Cole
Glendon Stroud
Akron
Jerry Connant
George Nye
William Nye
Nelsonville
William Pierce
Two Injured In Collision In Fog Near Spray Building
In heavy fog about 2 a m two men were slightly injured when their car crashed into a fire hydrant in front of the Spray Building on W Washington St. J B Irwin of Chicago slept in the back seat and the driver was Joe Sherman Hunter of St Louis. Both were treated and stayed at the Dew Hotel for the night.
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Nelsonville
W. Washington St
Charles Thompson
J. B. Irwin
Chicago
Joe Sherman Hunter
St. Louis
Irwin
Dew Hotel
Nelsonville Woman's Christian Missionary Society Meeting
The September meeting at Mrs. Adda Love's home featured devotional lead by Mrs. Ethel Wallace on building justice in the church. The program, led by Mrs. Nelle Johnson, covered shifting American farm populations with songs, readings, and reviews, followed by a social hour for 27 members and one guest.
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Nelsonville
Woman's Christian Missionary Society
Adda Love
Short St
Ethel Wallace
Mary Steenrod
Catherine Courtney
Jesus
Nelle Johnson
America
Helen Mechem
Elizabeth Hall
Verna Hand
Janet Cope
Charles Freer
Love
Inez Courtney
Mauda Barron
Roy Barron
Community members enjoy midnight boat ride from Pomeroy
Residents from this vicinity, including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams and many others, took part in a midnight boat ride out of Pomeroy on Wednesday night. Other area families, like Mr. and Mrs. Mabel Jones and son Charles, returned from visits and trips across several states during Labor Day weekend.
Varsity Group To Hold Tonight Meeting
Nelsonville announces an important Varsity N Association meeting at Central School tonight at 7:30. Attending will be the newly appointed Athletic Board members L. H. Krieg from the board of education J. K. Kinneer representing the high school and Charles Walker of the N Association.
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Nelsonville
N’’ Association
L. IL. Krieg
Board of Education
J. K. Kinneer
Charles Walker
N” Association
Buchtel Beats Carbondale in Twilight League Fight
Buchtel defeated Carbondale 3 to 2 at City Playground in a key Twilight League tilt. The win sets Buchtel even with Carbondale for the season and shapes the title outcome for a coming showdown with Logan Mingos tonight at 5.
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Nelsonville
Buchtel
Carbondale
Logan Mingos
Logan
Carbondale Abrhe
FEE
Actsmnacesacen
Stanley
Ease
WECM
Waonmenne
H. Pratik
Nccsane
B. Brooks
Scasnane
Doolittle
Lowge
Cadudatnenskas
Newman
R. Brooks
Nctuenesense
Buchtel AB
Stubbs
Wagner
Schmey
ROUEN
Ucnesducsese
Collins
Woodson
Esceces
Jorg
Frisby and
Schenz
Ida Brown and Kimberly face hearing for intoxication in Nelsonville
Mrs Ida Brown and Kimberly pleaded not guilty on arraignment in Mayor Co G Dew's court. They will have a hearing before the mayor on September 10 at 9 a m. Bond was posted for $50.
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Nelsonville
Ida Brown
Kimberly
Co. G. Dew
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William Smeeks, Jr
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J. E. Livingston
C. A. Medley
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Hilda Randolph
Alph Dumper
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Corning Social Notes
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This City
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Lancaster
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