Nelsonville canal highway project cleared for early start
A Nelsonville city delegation met in Columbus with state WPA executives and the state highway department to push the canal route improvement through town. Officials said all major obstacles are overcome and final approval may come soon. the project will be funded under the blanket WPA program with grading concrete work by WPA and completing road work by the state highway department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
WPA
State Highway Department
Columbus
C. G. Dew
City
Neilsonville
Corporation
U. S
CWA
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Dew
Oral Daugherty
C. D. Shafer
F. G. Kouri
A. M. Wilson
Vern H. Vorhes
J. W. Wilson
Athens County
Carl Watson
Gerry Kane
Nelson
State Highway Division
L. C. Gibson
Zanesville
Shoe Workers Elect Convention Delegate
Nelsonville group elects Stanley Partlow president of Local Union No. 146 to represent at the national convention in Rochester New York in September. Walter Tignor and Ray Shaner named to elect the Nelsonville local at the state convention in Columbus early in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Stanley Partlow
Shoe Workers Local Union
Rochester
N. Y
Walter Tignor
Ray Shaner
Columbus
Nelsonville Labor Day Plans Discussed At Eagles Club
A Nelsonville meeting at the Eagles Club Thursday at 8 p m invites all businessmen interested in a Labor Day celebration. Several labor men will outline plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eagles Club
Nelsonville Man Pleads Guilty To Intoxication
Fred Flowers of this city pleaded guilty to intoxication on arraignment before Mayor C. G. Dew Tuesday. He was fined five dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Fred Flowers
C. G. Dew
Nighthawk Makes Extreme North-South Migration
The nighthawk travels the longest distance among land birds from Yukon to Argentina about 7000 miles, illustrating remarkable seasonal migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Argentina
Nelsonville Woman Celebrates 76th Birthday in July
Mrs. Addie Hunter of Nelsonville R D No 3 marked her 76th birthday on July 29 with family including Lulu Hunter and several relatives. The hostess served ice cream and cake and she received several presents from her kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Hunter
Nelsonville R. D. No. 3
Lulu Hunter
M. J. Hunter
Thad Hunter
Dallas Goodwin
Knowles Martin
Clara Parry
Mrs Gertie Bowersock Hosts Junction City Dinner
Mrs Gertie Bowersock of Junction City entertains with a chicken dinner joined by Raymond Smart Clinton Smart Dewey Hughie Kathryn Guy Ethel Verna Pickett Carrie Pickett Columbus Mr and Mrs Virgil Bowersock Shirley Edna Logan Raymond Selean Glenn Callie Floyd Clyde Elnora Josephine Bowersock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Bowersock
Junction City
Raymond Smart
Clinton Smart
Dewey
Hughie
Kathryn
Guy
Ethel
Verna Pickett
Carbondale
Carrie Pickett
Columbus
Virgil Bowersock
Shirley Edna
Logan
Raymond
Selean
Glenn
Callie
Floyd
Clyde
Elnora
Josephine Bowersock
Wedding Attended By Miss Louise Rice In Columbus
Miss Louise Rice is in Columbus today for the wedding of Miss Josephine Heffly and Mr. Clarence Nafzigger. Nafzigger formerly served as the Nelsonville school music director. Remaining notices describe travels and visits by local families including Mrs. C. EF. Washburn and daughter Helen, Mrs. Emma Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Howe and others visiting Columbus Newark Coshocton and Crooksville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Rice
Columbus
Josephine Heffly
Clarence Nafzigger
Nafzigger
Nelsonville School
C. EF. Washburn
Helen
Emma Gibson
Frank Knox
W. &. Courtright
Robert Baldwin
Yeldw Springs
Winona Glenn
Millard Howe
Jean
Ed Howard
Floyd and
Dean
Marion Campbell
Thelma Howard
Jane
Newark
Granville
Coshocton
A. Stover
Lillian
Charles Tedrow
Crooksville
William
Legion bean dinner draws large crowd at Wales Mill
Point Rock Post 476 Wilkenville held its second annual legion bean dinner at Wales Mill on Saturday with strong attendance. Local gatherings featured numerous visits and trips as residents shared news of travel, weddings, and fires. Howard Bolton lost a straw stack in a Friday fire that damaged lambs and wheat but spared the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Rock
Joseph Freeman
Wilkenville
Wales Mill
Lawrence Oxley
Lulu Mae Wells
Kentucky
Howard Bolton
Clyde Morris
Junior Bolton
Junior
Clyde
Rex Shenefield
Lewis McLaughlin
Howard Knapp
McLaughlin
Earnest Perry
Woodrow Jeffers
Middle Fork
Eugene Holliday
Carl Shenefield
Garnet Verigan
Walter Hampton
PD. W. Morris
W. R. Holcomb
Pomeroy
Francis Knapp
Marysville
George Albert Radekin
Dorothy Morrison
Zella Rupert
J. A. Turner
Freda Kennedy
Ronald
H. C. Schupbach
New Martinsville
W. Va
Kennedy
Turner
Georgia Nelle Radekin
Cincinnati
George Radekin
D. W. Morris
Eagles Lodge
Boy Scouts Return From Cleveland
Nelsonville Scouts led by Wilbur D. Mender earned medals and certificates at the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland. Troop 66 plans meetings, camping, and Explorer events in August and September with new patrols and a more active craft program. Fox Patrol won July inter-patrol, Flaming Arrows won second quarterly contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Bob Sowers
Paul Midkiff
Alfred Richardson
Verl Ogg
Charles Pedigo
Wilbur D. Mender
Cleveland
Murray City
Whitehead
Kootaga
Dupler
Athens
Explorer Scouts
West School
Fox Patrol
W. D. Mender
Flaming Arrows
Eagles and Indians to clash in Sunday deciding game
Nelsonville Eagles and Jacksonville Indians, each with one win, are expected to meet Sunday in a deciding series game. The teams are regarded as the standout clubs in the Valley and Dewey Whyte is arranging a Glouster venue to entertain district Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles
Jacksonville Indians
Eagles
Glouster
Dewey Whyte
Church of Christ Midweek Service and Deaconess Meeting
A midweek service at the Church of Christ will be held tonight at 7 30. The 8 15 meeting of the Board of Deaconesses is planned with a large attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Minersville Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Minersville updates list multiple visitors including Mrs. John Allinder of Bethel West Virginia and Mrs. George Quillen of Amarillo Texas as guests of Mrs. Norman McCallum. Other visitors include Rev Karl Michaels and family from Muscatine Idaho and Mrs. Elizabeth Grueser and relatives in Zanesville and Cleveland. Community events note a Methodist Church basement project and an ice cream social to fund improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minersville
John Allinder
Bethel
W. Va
George Quillen
Amarillo
Tex
Norman McCallum
McCallum
Pomeroy
Zahl
Aaron Zahl
Will Ohlinger
Middleport
Kate
Carrie
Annie Yeager
Mayme
Will
Gretta Brown
Howard Wyde
Zanesville
Ed Rea
Jimmy
Wilson
Morgan
Ernest Rea
Laura Hayman
Columbus
Grace
Ralph
Charlies Neff
Chicago
Elizabeth Grueser
Maud Grueser
Betty Dean
Neff
Ed Smith
John McCallum
Elizabeth Aubrey
Madisonville
Jenkin Aubrey
Eagles Receive More Applications
Nelsonville report shows eight new applications at the Eagles meeting leaving 15 needed for the first quota. Attendance was 152 with State VP Virgil Davis visiting plus William Lehman of Columbus Aerie and City Council member. A pep meeting Thursday aims to reach the quota before August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eagles
Virgil Davis
William Lehman
Columbus Aerie
Columbus
Aerie
Brooks Shoe Workers To Take Strike Vote
A special meeting of William Brooks Shoe Co. workers in Nelsonville will be held tonight to vote on a strike over the discharge of an employee. The company says it has six weeks of cutting orders ahead, about 50 000 to 60 000 pairs, contingent on completing by Sept 15, otherwise the customer will cancel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
William Brooks Shoe Co
Knights of Pythias Meet Tonight in Nelsonville
Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias will convene at 7 30 at Castle Hall Washington Street Edward Burchfield to receive the Rank of Knight Chancellor Commander Wilbert Dean urges attendance. plans for a special class of candidates for early fall activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville—Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Washington Street
Edward Burchfield
Wilbert Dean
Scouts Receive Nelsonville Share From Picnic Proceeds
The Nelsonville Finance committee of the local Girl Scouts received a check for 40.74 dollars from last year's National Brand Stores picnic proceeds. Scouts plan to raise at least 100 dollars this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid Society Hosts Friday Event
Taylor Ridge notes report a Ladies Aid gathering at Mrs. Gilbert Strausbaugh home. Clifford Olbers arrives from Dayton for vacation with family in Greens Run. David Davis family holds annual reunion at Old Man's Cave with basket dinner and attendance from multiple Ohio towns. Officers elected for 1940 Lake Hope meeting: Evan Davis president and Bertha Wyatt secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge — Ladies Aid Society
Gilbert Strausbaugh
Clifford Olbers
Dayton
Fred Olbers
Emmett Olbers
Greens Run
Clara Hildebrand
Charles Boley
Carl Hildebrand, Jr
Helen Hildebrand
Columbus
Charles Lechner
Max
Elmer Davis
Shirley
Jacksonville
James Bulloch
Bob Bulloch
Glouster
Jimmie Black
Philadelphia
William Davis
John Williams
Nelsonville
G. C. Murphy
David
Judith Ann
Ellensboro
W. Va
Sam Wyatt
Bertha
Trimble
Ralph Winn
Marvin Murphy
Eddie
Clarence Winn
Floyd
George P. Murphy
Pennsboro
David Swartz
Billie
A. Ridison
John Davis
Evan Davis
Lake Hope
Zaleski Park
Bertha Wyatt
Walks in Front of Car and Breaks Hip in Totter Accident
Mrs. Alba Totter of McLeish, living with the Stanley Sikorskis, was struck by a car driven by Pearl Loomis of McLeish Tuesday night about 8 o clock. Her right leg was broken near the hip and she suffered head injuries. a Warren ambulance took her to a Columbus hospital. Witness Ray Miller said Loomis was not at fault and Loomis reported the incident to Marshal Heck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Alba Totter
Stanley Sikorskis
McLeish
Pearl Loomis
Loomis
Totter
E. E. LeFever
Marshal Heck
Ray Miller
Carbondale Defeats Camp Nelson 7-2 In Twilight League
Carbondale beat Camp Nelson 7-2 riding a fifth inning burst after a close start. R Brooks, B Brooks, and Mace keyed the five-hit frame for Carbondale while Medley pitched for Camp Nelson and Hartman started for the Dalers. Camp Nelson scored first on a Bruce single and Medley’s two-bagger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Carbondale
Camp Nelson
Camp Boys
Bruce
Medley
Dalers
R. Brooks
B. Brooks
Mace
Kenny
Hartman
Arnold
Mediey
Camp Nelson Abruhe Ugg
Ucastacabines
Stowers
Médley
Weroniers
Shuttleworth
Moéédy
Ranty
Caunende
Woodson
Dupler
Funeral Attendees from Wide Area Honor James Kearns
Jacksonville social notes list distant mourners at the funeral of James Kearns and Thomas Palmer, with many relatives from Newark, Marion, Columbus, Athens, and more attending services and visiting in the area. Interment followed for Palmer in Russell Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
James Kearns
Joseph Kearns
Cleveland
Michael Curtis
Middleport
Lawrence Miller
Newark
Ray Vess
Oontiac
Mich
James Swindell
Columbus
Ralph Kearns
Warren
J. K. Kraus
Henrietta Alexander
Minerva
Thomas Palmer
Ida South
Lawrence
Methodist Church
Russell Cemetery
Thomas Babcock
Paul Hinze
Marion
Car! South
Dayton
Jesse Nickoson
Leroy Nickoson
Guysville
Thomas Anderson
Denzil
Dwight Karns
Frank Curry
Cecil Stephenson
David Palmer
Glouster
Cecil McCafferty
Chauncey
C L. Koons
Bert Palmer
Arthur Palmer
Margaret Cradlebaugh
Elza Chalfant
Loren Anderson
John Anderson
Trimble
Perry Chalfant
Taylor Ridge
William Hallam
Thomas Davis
Jake Neice
Fostoria
William Colliton
Vivian Hallam
Dan Reinhard
Ray Groves
Ralph M. Hoisington
L. M. McGrath
McConnelsville
A. R. Woodgerd
Sallie Jarvis
Della Irwin
Athens
Harold Woodgerd
Eliza Robinson
Robinson
E. S. Koons
Rex
Lena Swaim
C. von Scheele
D. D. Blake
Lancaster
Blake
W. J. Johnston
Robert Faine
Della Johnston
William Johnson
Carlene Moody
Eileen Love
Mary Lou Swindell
South
Mrs. Emma Hayes Dies at Murray City
Mrs Emma Hayes 56 died yesterday at her home in Murray City. Funeral services will be held Friday at two oclock at the Murray City LL B Church. She is survived by her husband Phoenix Hayes one son Charles at home one daughter Mrs Grace Beer Huntington W Va one brother John Simpson Murray City three sisters Miss Lizzie Simpson and Mrs Bertha Bridge both of Murray City and Mrs Dora Potter Jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Emma Hayes
Murray City
LL. B
Phoenix Hayes
Charles
Grace Beer
Huntington
W. Va
John Simpson
Lizzie Simpson
Bertha Bridge
Dora Potter
Jobs
Twilight League slate set for Thursday and Friday
Nelsonville reports no game tonight in the City Twilight League. On Thursday Brooks Shoes meets Nelsonville Greys, and Friday features Buchtel against Brooks Shoes in a postponed first-half game. The Hocking Valley Giants versus Nelsonville Old Timers has been rescheduled for Thursday August 10 due to rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Brooks Shoes
Nelsonville Greys
Buchtel
Hocking Valley Giants
Nelsonville Old Timers
Straitsville Social Briefs Highlights Local Visits and Weddings
Straitsville residents share weekend visits with relatives in Akron Hackensack Logan Canton and Columbus. A marriage is announced Mary Burke and Bernice Sarahan wed at St Rose Church. A Lancaster funeral for Sophronia Tucker is noted with her brother John Tucker passing earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Raymond Ruscoe
Clark
Whissen
Delbert Orndorf
Akron
Clyde Orndorf
Hackensack
N. J
Raymond Orndorf
Bob Clark
George Lanning
Novella
Jean Mills
Martha Ann Palmer
New Lexington
Levi Palmer
C. W. Graham
Logan
M. E
D. B. Blankenship
Majorie Swatzel
Josephine Kimes
Pomeroy
Margaret Osborne
Fred Blankenship
Mary Burke
Miles Burke
Bernice Sarahan
St. Rose Catholic Church
Joseph Bever
Mary Ashbaugh
Junction City
Barney Blankenship
Elmore Faine and Sons
Charleston
W. Va
Minnie Faine
Indiana Lake
Sophronia Tucker
Lancaster
Miss Tucker
John Tucker
Margaret Mills
Delbert Mills
Columbus
Albert Hite
Mary Jane Mills
James Blankenship
Canton
Claude Osborne
Cincinnati
Chester Ambrose
Harry Hite
Forest Coakley
Mark Burgess
Mrs Helen Wood Ferrel Fractures Wrist in Waterford Fishing
Mrs Helen Wood Ferrel wife of Elmer Ferrel slipped on the Muskingum River bank near Waterford while fishing and broke her left wrist. A Waterford physician placed a cast and an X ray was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Helen Wood Ferrel
Elmer Ferrel
iChauncey
Muskingum River
Waterford
Ward Corson in Toledo Hospital with ruptured appendix
Ward Corson of Reno Beach is reported to be in critical condition at St. Vincent Hospital Toledo after a ruptured appendix. He is married to Ruth Thimmes, daughter of Mildred Syx Thimmes formerly of Chauncey. Mrs Carson is a niece of Mrs John Ley of Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ward Corson
Reno Beach
St. Vincent Hospital
Toledo
Ruth Thimmes
Mildred Syx Thimmes
Carson
John Ley
Elder Chauncey‑George Katzenbach Ill at Home on Mill Street
Aged resident Chauncey George Katzenbach Sr. is reported seriously ill at his Mill Street home. Wyoming has 16 one pupil schools and spends 700 dollars yearly to educate a single child at each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
George Katzenbach, Sr
Mill St
Wyoming
Three Chauncey District Bible Schools End Thursday
Three Vacation Bible Schools at Chauncey Millfield and Morristown will hold commencement Thursday Aug 3 at 730 p m. Chauncey exercises in the high school with scripture readings songs dialogues and memory verses. Out of town speaker will address Chauncey program under Catherine War ehime with a 75 plus enrollment. Millfield program in East Millfield Community Center directed by Louis Swartz with speaker Rev Gilbert Courtney. Morristown program led by Paul Ketchum. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Millfield
Morristown
Grace Ann Mullins
Jo Ann Johnson
Ralph Brown
Wanda Mullins
Richard Stalder
Ruth Ann Howard
Bonnie Jean Keirns
Patty Ward
Sue Pender
East Millfield Community Center
Gilbert Courtney
Morristown Church
Paul Ketchum
Girl Wounds Foot After Step On Broken Bottle
Ten year old CHAUNCEY Margart Pauli sen daughter of Mr and Mrs John Paulisen near Beaumont suffers a badly cut foot Sunday night after stepping on a broken bottle while wading the Hocking River near the old red bridge. Frank Phillips and Fred Hashman gave first aid and the girl was taken to a physician for stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Margaret Paulisen
John Paulisen
Beaumont
Hocking
Old Red Bridge
Frank Phillips
Fred Hashman
Holiness Mission to Buy Pulpit Bible
Rev Howard Simpson pastor of East Mill holiness mission reports 30 in Sunday school last Sunday. An offering on Wednesday night August 9 at the church will fund a pulpit Bible for the newly organized independent holiness church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Howard Simpson
East Millfield
Honor Daughter Stewart Birthday Dinner
Mr and Mrs William Cummings hosted a birthday dinner Sunday in honor of their daughter Mrs Bernard White for her 24th birthday anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs Everett Starling Mr Herman Mrs Carl Meeks and families Big Run Simon Layton Broadwell and the honor guests. Mrs Carl Meeks accompanied Mrs White home to spend a few days.
Funeral services for Glyde Jorden at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Glyde Jorden age 52 who died Monday night at the family home on Mill Street will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Episcopal Church conducted by Rev. Robert Lawrence. Burial will follow in W Union Street Cemetery Athens. Early locomotives carried stacks of baled hay to protect passengers in case the boiler exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Glyde Jorden
Mill St
Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Lawrence
W. Union St
Athens
Greens Run Church Night Program Planned
The Greens Run Church of Christ will host Church Night on Friday August 4 at 7 30. A devotional service business meeting games and contests will occur followed by refreshments. The Official Board will meet during the service to plan a Community Church Day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Greens Run
Church of Christ
Charles James moved home from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey Charles James formerly treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens was transported by Stouts ambulance to his home east of Millfield on Tuesday after a ten day stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Charles James
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Stouts
Millfield
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Pile Relief
A 90 year old Buffalo druggist created Peterson's Ointment for pile itching and smarting. The ad touts quick cooling and astringent relief, claiming fame nationwide and offering a 35 cent box or 60 cent tube with applicator, money back if not delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Druggist
Peterson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shoe Workers
Tark
America
Booth Tarkington
Kennebunkport, Me
Nelsonville Social Notes
Point Rock Social Notes
Boy Scouts
Brooks Shoe
Knights of
Pythias
Taylor Ridge Social Notes
Jacksonville Social Notes
ASL
Straitsville Social Briefs
F. J. Beasley Co
Chauncey District Bible Schools
Chauncey, Morristown, and
Holiness Mission
Pulpit
Jorden
Greens
Jane Arden
Rosella Towne
William Gargan
James Stephenson
Benny Rubin
Dennie Moore
Terry Morse
Warner Bros
Pietere
Stuart Erwin
Gloria Stuart
Org
Nelsonville, Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!