Early Nelsonville Settler Joseph Brett and Bethel Farm
Joseph Brett an early Nelsonville settler and postmaster under Buchanan was known for clearing the Bethel Farm between Nelsonville and Haydenville. The account details local river canal history including L. L. Scott’s 1895 walk from Haydenville to Nelsonville, lock climbs, Dorr Run to Shallow, and the old Helltown settlement near Welch’s garden.
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Joseph Brett
Nelsonville
Bethel Farm
John Moore
Spain
Brett
L. L. Scott
Haydenville
Josh Bethel
Buchanan
Jay Goodman
Chuck’ Barrows
Hocking River
Perry County
Wolf’s Lock
Isaac Walton
Wolf
Davis
Logan
Hayfoot
Poplar Run
Athens
Hocking
Eugene Cable
Jake
Atlanta
Gorham
Chauncey
Welch
Helltown
Monday Creek
Dorr
Births and admissions at Mount St. Mary Hospital
Birth announcements include Mr and Mrs Wylie Woltz Logan a daughter and Mr and Mrs Harold Wilson Gloucester a daughter. Admissions list Elizabeth Burdiss Jacksonville Jerry Akinson Plymouth Route Colleen Sanderson Logan Route 1 Margaret Riley Nelsonville Jimmy Pierce Nelsonville Martha Glenn Haydenville Lucille Sayre Athens John Yates Logan Route 1 Dismissals include Mrs Robert Boliske Athens and son Mrs Farley Brunton Buckeye Lake and son A SE Harmony Nelsonville Mrs Forrest Jolley Nelson Joseph Blackford Gloucester Route Inez Bricker Athens Route 2 Darla Cook Murray City Elizabeth Gordon Gloucester Paul Callahan New Lexington Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie Woltz
Logan
Harold Wilson
Glouster
Elizabeth Burdiss
Jacksonville
Jerry Akinson
Plymouth
Colleen Sanderson
Margaret Riley
Nelsonville
Jimmy Pierce
Martha Glenn
Haydenville
Lucille Sayre
Athens
John Yates
Robert Boliske
Farley Brunton
Buckeye ‘Lake, and Son
A. SE. Harmony
Forrest Jolley
Joseph Blackford
Inez Bricker
Darla Cook
Murray City
Elizabeth Gordon
Paul T. Callahan
New Lexingston
Churches and services listed for Nelsonville area
A compilation of church schedules and leaders. It lists Epiphany Episcopal, First Presbyterian, Dorr Run, Deanville, Wylie Chapel AME, Church of the Nazarene, Pilgrim Holiness, Apostolic Goseph, Murray City EUB, Reorganized Latter Day Saints, Zion League, Carbon Hill Methodist Circuit, Liberty Hill, Carbon Hill, First Baptist, Independence Holiness, The First Christian and Chi Rho CYF events with service times, pastors, and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Langley Gullet
Wylie Chapel
T. J. Smith
Ray Benson
Pilgrim Holiness
E. Ef, Ledingham
Young Peoples
Robert Gaston
Apostolic Goseph
Walter Shaffer
Murray City
Evangelical United Brethren
Ray Mann
Reorganized
Latter Day Saints
Jackson St
Zion League
Carbon Hill
Eugene R. Whitmer
Ted Faulconer
Mystery of Life
City Doctor Is Contributor To Journal
Nelsonville doctor Leszek Ochota and Charlottesville physician Oscar Swineford Jr contributed to the August 1958 Iowa State Medical Journal. The article reviews 100 fall hay fever patients observed five years, noting fall pollen hay fever often accompanies perennial hay fever and asthma. The report cites a case illustrating common problems in fall hay fever patients. The note adds that the Liberty Bell cracked while tolling for Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Leszek Ochota
Oscar Swineford, Jr
Charlottesville
Iowa State Medical Journal
Swineford
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Virginia Medical School
Ochota
John Marshall
Firearm Dealer Ad Promotes Wide Gun Stock
A local supplier lists numerous firearms including Ruger models and S and W pistols plus Beretta Astra Star Browning shotguns and rifles. The ad notes over 100 guns in stock a complete line of bullets and reloader supplies with Red Dot Powder on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruger
Blackhawk
Highway Patrol
King Sentinel
Star
Browning
Weaver
Lyman
Mrs. Verna Hendrix 60 Dies in Ohio
Verna Hendrix 60 of Middleport died Thursday in an Athens hospital. She was born in Roseville, daughter of Frank and Margaret Parsons Allison, and a member of the Middleport Church of Christ and Daughters of America. Survived by husband Thomas F. Hendrix, daughter Mrs. George Vaughan, three sons Roy Bill Loren and Thomas Jr, a sister Mrs. Harry Smith, and twelve grandchildren. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. officiated by Mr. Fred I Gardner at Riverview Cemetery burial.
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Middleport
Verna Hendrix
Athens
Frank
Margaret Parsons Allison
Roseville
Hendrix
Middleport Church of Christ and
the Daughters of America
Thomas F. Hendrix
George Vaughan
Roy
Bill
Loren
Port Clinton
Thomas, Jr
Toledo
Harry Smith
Rawlings-Coats
Fred I. Gardner
Riverview Cemetery
Twig Sponsors Rummage Sale at Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild
Twig 5 of Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild will sponsor a rummage sale on September 5. People with items to donate for this hospital project should call Alice Kunzman Dorothy Ruscoe or Eleanor Hammond for pickup or drop off.
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Nelsonville
Twig 5
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Alice Kunzman
Dorothy Ruscoe
Eleanor Hammond
Sergeant Bumgardner Family Returns to Lincoln for Transfer
Sgt Donald Bumgardner Jr and his wife with four children visit his parents in Lincoln after relocation in Lincoln Nebraska where he served with the Air Force. He is to be transferred to the Dayton Air Force base and plans to move household goods.
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Donald Bumgardner, Jr
Don Bumgardner
Lincoln
Neb
Air Force
Dayton
Grasshoppers Cost Farmers Big Losses Across Midwest Belt
The 1934 to 1938 grasshopper invasion swept through the wheat and corn belt west of the Mississippi, inflicting damage estimated at more than 315 million dollars on farmers.
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Mississippi
Magnolia planted by Jackson near White House
A southern magnolia grows beside the south entrance of the White House in Washington. It was planted by President Andrew Jackson as a tribute to his wife Rachel.
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White House
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Rachel
Glouster Area Church Schedules Dozens of Services
A consolidated church list from Glouster catalogs services across many denominations. It names Oakdale, First Baptist, Church of Christ, Catholic, Jehovahs Witnesses, Methodist, EUB, Nazarene, Seventh Day Adventist, and others with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, supper and study sessions, and midweek meetings.
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Oakdale
Miles E. Hoon
First Baptist
Franklin E. Mitchell
Wiley Harris
William M. Parham, Jr
Bishopville Church of Christ
Gerald Stemm
Donald Easler
Holy Cross Catholic
Anthony Nickel
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Hooper Ridge Church of Christ
David Grubbs
Israel Linscott
Glouster Methodist
Lester Litten
Chester Parks
Jacksonville
L. R. Carmichael
Hollister
Fred C. Thorn
Bill Bartels
Trimble Methodist
Jim Parrish
Glouster Church of Christ
Daniel K. Teater
Hugh Sweeney
George Williams
Trimble West Side
Car skids into bank near Athens Hocking line
Mrs. Melvin Blackburn of 346 Chestnut St. escaped with a head bump after her sedan left Route 33 and struck a high bank. The car’s right side was crushed. truckers gave aid and husband arrived with a wrecker. GLOUSTER Marcellite Rebekah Lodge No. 401 meets IOOF Hall at 7:30.
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Nelsonville
Melvin Blackburn
Chestnut St
Athens - Hocking County
Glouster—Marcellite Rebekah Lodge No. 401
IOOF
Dance Promised at VFW Home in Nelsonville
SEO Tuberculosis Hospital employee will sponsor a dance on August 15 at the VFW Home. A local orchestra will provide music from 9 p m to 12 a.m. The public is invited.
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Nelsonville
SEO
VFW
Glouster Boosters Sponsor Dance at Local High School
Glouster Glouster Band Boosters plan a Saturday dance from 9 to 12 with The Twilight ers providing music. A queen will be chosen for the Jacksonville Old Settler's Reunion. Girls from Glouster in grades 9 through 12 are eligible. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanville Community
L. W. McIntire
Richard Graham
Wylie Chapel
A.M
Louise Hurley
the Christian Church
Columbus
Boosters
Glouster
Glouster Band
Twilighters
Jacksonville Old Settler's
Dairy Plays Racine in HWA Playoff Tie at Racine
Nelsonville Deeds Dairy advances to second round in the HWA league meeting first round winner in Racine. The Dairy men depart from the local ball park at 11 30 a.m. Sunday for Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Deeds Dairy
HWA
Racine
Dairymen
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Presbyterian
John Lloyd Evans
Jack Oakley
Dorr Run
City Doctor
Journal
Savage
Remington
Winchester
Marlin
Ithaca
Harold & Edithe Vaughn
Nelsonville Social Notes
Twig
Gen
Nelson Melo
Secretary Dulles
Rio
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Rio de Janeiro
Juscelino Kubitschek
Kubitschek
Lodge
Athens Messenger
Beckham Shoe Store
Columbus St
Millfield
Russ Anders
Mgr
High St
Spenter
Ohio
Dairy
Monsters
Williams
Lola Albrvbht
Derek
Stewart
Family Weekly
Chevrolet
Fayette St
Dwight Adams
S Simpsong
Bargain
State Pride
Cannon & State Pride
Avondale
Shoe Dept
Red Riding Hood Girls
Dan River
Little Boys King Cole Sport
Feria
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