Rutland PTA and Syracuse Daughters Attend Meetings
Rutland Western PTA met at Rutland High School with Principal Bennett presiding in Bernice Nelson’s absence. Officers were elected for a nominating committee and plans made for an alumni banquet. In Syracuse, Daughters of America held a district rally at Gallipolis with many members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
PTA
Rutland High School
Bennett
Bernice Nelson
Henry Null
Marcia Deneson
Helen Bolin
Langsville
Ora Nelson
Dexter
Doris Thomas
Clarice Longstreth
Salem Center
Carl Deneson
Naomi Chase
Goldie Graham
Betty Siders
Lawson Seifred
Carol Pierce
SEO
Athens
C. O. Chapman
Easter Leave and Visiting Roundup in The Plains
Pvt. Jim Nida, Camp Breckinridge Kentucky, spent Easter leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Nida. Mr and Mrs George Shamel visited Chillicothe with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Guy Moore. Flor ence Binkard of Webb Town joined sister Mrs Wiley Frame then visited New Brighton and Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. Mrs Earl Morris traveled to Columbus. Virgie Hawkins remains a surgical patient at Sheltering Arms Hospital with satisfactory condition. Lewis Hixon and baby of Peach Ridge visited Lorena Cochran. Ben Evans named their son Mark Wayne. Wiley Frame attended a Parkersburg West Virginia funeral for his cousin. John Krivesti Jr Salem hosted Sunday dinner for Tony Kovalcik family. Sharon Ann and Jan Anthony Kovalcik were baptized at St Pauls Church with the Krivestis as sponsors. Clarence Meek bought the former C H Lannings upholstery shop beside National Brands and began tearing it down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains
Jim Nida
Camp Breckinridge
Fred Nida
George Shamel
Chillicothe
Guy Moore
Florence Binkard
Webb
Town
Wiley Frame
New Brighton
Beaver Falls
Earl Morris
Columbus
Virgie Hawkins
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lewis Hixon
Peach Ridge
Lorena Cochran
Ben Evans
Mark Wayne
R. Kovalecik
Green Township opens modern elementary school in Green
The new Green Township elementary school designed by Ralph Crook of Lancaster replaces older one room facilities. The $200,000, six acre site features steam heat and inside toilets with glass brick light diffusion. History of local schools and early township life is outlined by Orlandeth Lehman as part of the county’s sesquicentennial observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Township
Hocking County
Ralph Crook
Lancaster
Jack Pickering Logan
Green
Orlandeth Lehman
Greendale
Orlandeth
Logan
Lord Dunmore
Ichabod Crane
Smith Chapel
East Hocking
Pattonville
Wright
Coakley
Shaw
Guess
Greenland
Oak Grove
Kraft
Kraft School
Grendale
Kraft Furnace Co
Newport
Haydenville
Haydenville Mining and Manufacturing Co
Board of Education
Hocking Valley
C. E. Bowen
Frances
Porter Alexander
Webb Summitt
Ohio University
McGuffey
Scrapwell
Wright School
Dicken Addition
Charlie Ziegler
Belvedere
Lehman
Local Easter Gathering and Community Notes
New Marshfield hosts a 13 day leave visit for Pre Dale M. Liggett with family and friends from Athens Union Centerbury and surrounding towns. Mrs Dorcas Hoodlet and Mrs Edith Sherman attend society meetings while local families visit and enjoy Easter dinners and church events across Athens McArthur Zaleski and Parkerburg areas.
Perry County Court Notes Briefs Fill Probate Docket
Filings include sale petition for Thornville lots 92 and 93 to pay Harry P Johnson debts. Inventory and appraisement for Daniel H Bush estate filed. guardian account shows receipts and a balance due. Will admissions include William H Weaver Cora Burton Bert Robinson. Highway land purchase approved for $4500. child support and divorce suits noted. Marriage license issued Walter Piccone and Iida Bigrigg. Realty transfers involve Snyder and Swanson Inc to Clearfield and various townships. several lot transfers and a Hemlock property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Thornville
Harry P. Johnson
Frances May Brooks
Daniel H. Bush
Jackson Township
Blanche M. Bush
W. A. Metzger
E. D. Griggs
R. L. Householder
Sherman Leasure
Chester Leasure
Leo Radkoski
C W. Garrison
Arthur F. Hillis
William H. Weaver
John W. Dugan
Paul Gordon
Funeral Notices and Nearby Visits Highlight Community
Among out of town relatives attending the funeral of Mrs. Harvey Burke at the Methodist Church were Clyde Burke and family from St Grove City and many others from Columbus Cincinnati and Lima. Local pastors and musicians assisted the service while visitors and service members returned from duties and travels in Pittsburgh San Diego and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mart
Chillicothe
Charles Hart
Richard Hart
Pauline Hart
Wilmington
Mildred Kohr
Middletown
Delmar Buchanan
Harley Jacks
Belle Williams
Columbus
Emerson Martin
Lancaster
Susie Grimes
Rockland
O. C Lockwood
Pennsville
O. D. Monte
McArthur
Hugh Egleberry
Clarence Hayman
Cleire James
Albert James
Thomas A. James
Pittsburgh
Patty Barnhouse
Athens
Max Rathburn
Orland Burke
Early Homer Township Ohio Boom Began With Civil War Oil
Morgan County's Homer Township grew from Ames and later Morgan County roots. The Civil War era sparked a shallow oil boom with wells 70 feet deep on Bishop and Joy farms, producing illuminating oil. Settlement era names include Mountsville Wrightstown Bishopville Ringgold and strong early families like Alderman Phillips Sharps Rices Lovells Beardsleys Vores Tyrons Joys Farleys Browns Carpenters Withiams Moodys McLains and descendants of Morris Atkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Homer
Ames Township
Athens County
Lit
Homer Township
Middle West
Sidney Tully
Bishop
Bishop Land
Joy Farm
Amesville
Lovells
Selbys
Federal Creek
Joy
Macksburg
Mountsville
Wrightstown
H. Wright
Bishopville
James Bishop
Calvary
Elliott Cross Roads
Lewis Hill
Cross Roads
Morris Atkinson
Asbury Ridge
Carbondale
Athen
Ringgold
Aquilla Amos
Samuel Ringgold
Amos
Aldermans
Elisha Alderman
Job Phillips
Olean
N. Y
Sharps Branch
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Marietta
Federal Valley
Alderman
Phillips
Sharps
Rices
Beardsleys
Vores
Tyrons
Joys
Farleys
Browns
Carpenters
Withiams
Moodys
McLains
Hosea Alderman
John Wright
Archibald G. Brown
Athens
Elliotts
Leepers
Lewi
Hydes
Pennsylvania
Gardner
Coulter
Local residents visit family and attend Easter events
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Linscott of Columbus visited relatives in Hemlock and New Lexington. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Gene Goodin of Windham, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Essex, and many others from Columbus, Philo, New Straitsville, and Mansfield. Easter activities and sunrise services noted. students enjoyed a seventh grade trip to New Lexington.
Escape at Marhill Station Shocks Glasgow Police
James Ruthven arrested on a house breaking charge punched through the plaster ceiling of his cell and escaped from Marhill Police Station. Police describe him as violent and dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Jim Ruthven
Marhill
Easter Visits and Local News from Nelsonville Area
The report details Easter weekend visits by families from Galion to Kennedy relatives in Connett and locals in Nelsonville. It notes Henry Kennedy family gatherings and multiple visiting others from Akron Columbus Wilmington and Dayton. William Wicks recovers from surgery at Mount St Mary Hospital. James Hartman and others visit. Arthur Hanning, 20, inducted into the army at Fort Meade. Funeral for Joshua Clark at Asbury Church. Roosevelt Club Easter supper attended by about 100 with local officials present. Oliver Carsey ill but improving. Howard Hill recovering from broken ribs. Jimmie Hill and Dan Hill visiting, plus Lewis Barnhart and Iona Maffin’s April 12 marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Betty
Gracie Kennedy
Maurice Graham
Herbert W. Catshall
Galion
Ohio
Thomas Kennedy
Connett
Robert Kennedy
Robert Beckler
Frank Cunningham
Wilmington
Robert Hatfield
Lewis Barnhart
Iona Maffin
Magisrate Floyd Brown
Jimmie Hartman
Dayton
Mark Foughty
Oak Grove
Raymond Rupe
Pearl Keplar
Robert Rupe
Columbus
Arthur Hanning
Bert Hanning
Nelsonville
Army
Fort Meade
Joshua Clark
Asbury Church
William Brown
Carroll Chesser
Richard Forrest
Freda Davis
Mable Kennedy
Athens
John Chilcoate
Howard Hill
Wolfe Hollow
James Lauderback
Floyd Brown
UNION FURNACE AND LOGAN VISITORS REPORTED
Local notes record multiple visits among residents of Union Furnace Logan and nearby areas. Families such as Starr Morse Bickle Molihan Loomis Hull Clark McGlothlin and Reinshell are mentioned with Easter and weekend gatherings. A Bellaire man faces manslaughter sentencing.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rutland Social Notes
Syracuse
Daughters of America
Gallipolis
Hazel Clerk
Sadie Theuner
Margaret Cottrill
Alice Capehart
Elizabeth Wilford
Margaret Eichinger
Esther Harden
Mary Lisle
Ural Thomas
Clara Sellers
Daisy Duckworth
Genevieve Schneider
Florence Duckworth
Eura Largent
Evelyn Stowe
Allah Teaford
Owen Watson
William Houdashelt
Meigs General Hospital
Pomegov
Reid Eynon
New Castle
Carrol Neigler
Ethel Quillen
Cmdr
J. E. Clark
Sandra
Stephen
Molly
Norfolk
Clark
Thomas Clark
Rebecca
Judith
Pomeroy
Dick Wine
Brenner
Roger
Mildred Chapman
Margaret
Eddie
Floyd Thomas
Connie Kay
Letart
Bonnie Badgley
James Quick
Curtis Lallance
Parkersburg
W. Va
Inlaw
Carl Lallance
William Davis
Mary
Richard Oliver
Cumberland
Joe Proffit
Racine
Anna McCoy
John
William Leifheit
Esther Leifheit
Harold Amspoker
Amspoker
Urbana
John Crooks
Barbara
Orville Crooks
Norma Lisle
Carl Duckworth
Oswego
Robert Guinsler
Stevie
Dora Duckworth
Robert White
Sammie Armeli
USS Carter Hall
Baltimore
Armeli
Margaret Theuner
Cincinnati
William Theuner
Luther Friend
Walter P. Dooie
Friend
Phyllis Offenberger
Deborah
Charlotte
Helen Branch
Waal
Mattie Springer
Lawrence Whitlack
Edmond Doone
Robert Harden
Holzer Hospital
Max Bowers
Janet
Media
Jenkins
Victor Counts
Elmer Napper
Charleston
O. G. McKinney
Donald Lisle
Vernon Weber
Middleport
William Plummer
Eleanor Myers Hutton
Bucyrus
Lee Myers
Methodist Church
Mildred McKnight
Fairport Harbor
Wesley Foundation
Emma Burford
Bessie Koeh
Miami
Walter F. Bell
Virginia
Homer West
Sam Cook
William Ransom
Leland Haley
Ralph Largent
William Largent
Tom C. Porter
Ruth Ellen
Pauline Adkins
Sharon
Harrisonville
George Adkins
Dewey Bentley
Bentley
Ralph Goins
Clinton Pierce
Johnnie
Terry
Paul
Leslie Hubbard
Dave Ables
Harold Braley
Harrisburg
John Braley
Branch Fleming
By Galbraith
Mer
New Marshfield
Harry Liggett
Dale M. Liggett
Myron Dewey
Edna Hoodlet
Dorothy Mulpas
William
Charlies Liggett
Vickie
Robert Munro
Chuck
Harry Gorby
Fred Dailey
Rose Marie
Lois Jeffers
William Liggett
Philip Stauffer
Mark
Roy Cline
Joe Carsey
Union
Alba Kyle
Earnest
Billy
Carolyn
Lester Cooper
Gloria
Charles Cooper
Jean Castle
Edith Sherman
Ronald Scott
Tressa
H. E. Ridenour
Becky
Centerbury
Liggett
Shepard Field
Wichita Falls
Texas
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Gertrude Andrews
Madora Davis
Edna Hayman
James Gilham
Kenneth Frazier
Lillie McKibben
Zaleski
Carl McKibben
Fred Bust
John Hevener
Marlinton
John Hulbert
Parkerburg
George Hayman
Carl Rorick
Leo Dickerson
June
Ernest Whitlatch
Mary Haught
Everett Wigal
Rolland Dinsmoor
Fred Hoodler
Order of Eastern Star
Lawrence Fluke
Earl Gibbs
F. G. Hoodlet
Clara Thompson
Gloria, Dale
Jannett
Wesley Hughs
Roscoe Richerson
Elyria
Myrtle Thompson
Marilyn Perry
Austin Conkey
Mildred Bridge
W. L. Bridge
Niles
Donald Reed
Caldwell
Harold Efaw
L. H. Efaw
Drue Hoodlet
Perry County
Albert Wilkes
Walter D. Piccone
U.S. Navy
Iida Bigrigg
Crooksville
Uminous Coal Corp
Saltillo
Oscar
Florence Leckrone
Marguerite Ridenour
Hopewell
Glenford
Hemlock
Thomas Barker
Philo
Clarence Hodgson
John McCoy
Ruth Bradley
Anna
Jeffery Miller
Bradley Home
Ralph Linscott
Evelyn Fouts
Kenneth Stalling
Mildred Snowden
Dixie
Howard Allen
Frank Hines
Cora McCormick
Baughman
Stallsmith
Nina Kayle
Harayda
Congo
Bruce Bernard
Jim Snowden
Corning
Delbert Potts
Zanesville
Gerald Tharp
John Lybarger
Erma Perry
Mae. Limnning
Danny Mason
Billy Davis
Fairborn
Charles Davis
Arthur Essex
New Straitsville Methodist Church
W. A. Eayle
Jack Williams
C. W. Hodgson
George Higgins
Jean Hazlett
Somerset
Floyd Gohring
Ernest Lanning
New Straitsville
Richard Lanning
Glenna Williems
Dick Turner
Weill
Union Furnace
Clifeford Courter
Charles Starr
Dan Jones
Etta Morse
Starr
Tom Stewart
Bob Stewart
West Virginia
Amanda Bickle
Michigan
Bernard
John Bickle
Bill Stewart
Pat
Elizabeth Molihan
Millie King
R. E. Gehres
Walter Loomis
Carl Hull
Dwain Clark
Ronnie
Jackson
Jerry Clark
Debbie
Carroll
Charlee Clark
Hensel
Max McGlothlin
Cecil I Nbert
Harry McGlothlin
Delbere Reinshell
Ray Reinshell
Norwood Staniford
Bellaire
Common Pleas
Charles Oktabetz
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