Brooks Success Story Told to Rotary Club
Nelsonville Rotary heard Kenneth Orwiler recount 25 years of the William Brooks Shoe Co. in Nelsonville from its start in 1932 to a major producer of boys shoes. He traced Brooks career from Columbus newspaper routes to factory leadership and noted wartime contracts and national reach with Sears Roebuck.
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Brooks
Rotary Club
Nelsonville
William Brooks Shoe Co
Columbus
Orwiler
Zanesville
H. C. Godman Shoe Co
Nelson
Washington
Boston
America
Brook
Brooks Shoes
Sears Roebuck and Co
Gerald Baird
Logan
William Parks
Detroit
Ralph Parks
Ed Altmayer
New York
Bob Rogers
F S McInturf Dies at 77 in Pennsville
Fred S. McInturf, 77, of Pennsville died at his home Tuesday night after four years of declining health. A retired farmer and stock raiser, he was born March 16, 1880, in Penn Township and survived by his wife Carrie Moody and 11 children, with services planned at his farm home and Pennsville Church of Christ.
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Chesterhill
Fred S. McIinturf
Pennsville
Mr. McIinturf
John L
Matilda Boyd MccInturf
Penn Township
Pennsville Church of Christ
Morgan Lodge
IOOF
Westland Grange
Carrie Moody
Dwight
Frank
Columbus
Eli
Newark
William
Robert
Ray
Mary Niceswanger
Marietta
Alice McInturf
Zanesville
Mae Martin
Ruby McPherson
Canton
Ruth Townsend
Malta
John McIntorf
James Harris
Farm Home
Mop fairs shaped eighteenth century labor hiring
In the eighteenth century mop fairs, laborers displayed themselves with craft emblems while farmers hired workers for the year, linking personal display to agricultural labor needs and annual employment cycles.
Births at Mount St Mary Hospital Share News of New Arrivals
Mount St Mary Hospital reports multiple births including a son for Wayne Hamvel of Glouster Route 2 and a son for Bruce Norton of Glouster Route 3. A daughter arrives for Foster Sayre of Trimble and for William Palmer of Nelsonville Route 1. Admits include Guy Sapp and others. dismissals list Grace Scott and several adults.
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Wayne Hamvel
Glouster
Bruce Norton
Foster Sayre
Trimble
William Palmer
Nelsonville
Guy Sapp
Chauncey
Homer Johnson
Donna Roff
New Straitsville
Boyd W. Allen
the Plains
Clay Rafferty
New Plymouth
Beatrice Mesaros
Elks Plan Stag Party in Nelsonville
Nelsonville Elks announce a Friday stag party at the Elks Home featuring a fish fry with pickerel as the main item on the menu.
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Elks
Nelsonville
Family Takes Trip to Virginia Beach and Williamsburg
Mrs. Harry West and daughters Jeannine and Janie returned home after a ten day trip to Virginia Beach and Williamsburg Virginia.
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Nelsonville
Harry West
Jeannine
Janie
Virginia Beach
Williamsburg
Zaleski Social Notes Highlights Of Local Visits And Travel
Zaleski social notes recount visits and health updates from residents. Mrs Ernest Atkin's son stayed in Columbus with sister Mrs William Marcum who is recovering from surgery. Numerous trips to Columbus, Pittsburgh, Old Man's Cave, and family gatherings are noted, with several relatives returning home after hospital stays or visits.
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Robert Martin
Kay
Barberton
Harry Tripp
Tripp
Columbus
Donald James
Albert James
Thomas James
Pittsburgh
Clyde Martin
Anne
Dean Rush Elliott
Ohio University
Elliott
Margaret
Susanne
Eugene
Fischer
University
Margaret Jane Fischer
New York City
Ernest Fischer
Hugh Egleberry
Jean
Everett Moore
Hope
Moore
Silas Moore
Austin Black
Kenneth McKibben
McArthur
Albaugh
Lucy Albaugh
Fred McKibben
Johnstown
Albany
A. H. Hayes
Tom Harris
Robert Lent
Zenas Crippen
Springfield
Harris
Jim
Airman Home En Route to New Duty Station
Nelsonville Navy Airman Third Class Thomas Carroll son of Mr and Mrs Everett Carroll and husband of Betty Dew Shafer Carroll is home on delay en route from Gunter Air Force Base Alabama He will report to Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton Friday and will work in preventive medicine He is a 1956 Nelsonville High School graduate and former football co captain and top student
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Nelsonville
Thomas Carroll
Everett Carroll
Betty Dew Shafer Carroll
Gunter Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Carroll
Alabama
Wright-Patterson Field
Nelsonville High School
Nelsonville Education Day plans announced Parade of the Hills
Plans for Education Day on Wednesday August 28 include a 12 30 p m spelling bee in Nelsonville High School room 217 and senior achievement tests in room 203 with 5 3 prizes. At 2 p m Nelsonville Little League All Star baseball faces Buchtel at the athletic field and a Logan High School band concert runs 7 30 to 8 30 at the Central School yard. The committee includes J K Kinneer Roger Wolfe James Rees and Frank Downhour.
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Nelsonville High School
Nelsonville
Buchtel
Logan High School
J. K. Kinneer
Roger Wolfe
James Rees
Frank Downhour
Nelsonville Woman Receives Ohio University Scholarship
Miss Jean West, a Nelsonville High School graduate and sophomore at Ohio University, has been awarded a $150 upperclass scholarship for the current year. Living in Voigt Hall she serves as sports chairman and head Women’s League representative, majoring in home economics education.
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Nelsonville
Jeannine West
Harry West
Nelsonville High School
Ohio University
West
Ruth Daugherty
Voigt Hall
Rainbow Girls to Initiate Four Members in Nelsonville
Nelsonville Rainbow Girls will initiate four new members at tonight's meeting in the Girl Scout House. Masons and Eastern Stars may attend the event which begins at 7. Mrs. Virgene Carpenter is Mother Advisor.
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Nelsonville
Rainbow Girls
Girl Scout House
Virgene Carpenter
Nelsonville Man Falls Before Savings Assn Store
Pearl Peck Allman of W. Washington Street fell yesterday morning in front of the Nelsonville Home and Savings Association building, breaking his left shoulder and being taken to the hospital by local ambulance.
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Nelsonville
Pearl (Peck) Allman
Washington St
Nelsonville Home and Savings Assn
Young Leaguers Register at Park in Nelsonville
Nelsonville youth baseball notice urges all Little League and Pony League players to register at the city west end baseball diamond Sunday at 1 p.m. They will be introduced in pre game ceremonies and a post game treat is planned. Coker's Little League meets New Marshfield at the Little League Diamond, while All Stars practice Friday at 1 p.m. for Education Day game against Buchtel Wednesday at 2 p.m.
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Nelsonville
West End
Coker
New Marshfield
Buchtel
Cotton Bale Weights Vary By Country
A bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds in the United States though weights differ in other nations. The discrepancy reflects regional standards and measurement practices across markets.
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United States
Countries
Murray City Methodist Church Homecoming Sunday
Murray City Methodist Church invites visitors for a homecoming with Sunday school at 9 a.m. registration at 10:30 a.m. a basket dinner at noon and an afternoon program at 1 30 p.m. visiting ministers will participate.
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Murray City
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Roger Vean
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F.S. McInturf
J. H. Wilson
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Sharfls
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Mary Harsh
Johnny Johnson
Miles Crawford
Garrett Hoch
Pearl Allman
William Collins
Grace Scott
Marvin Wilson
Barbara O’neil
Mary Krannitz
Myrtle Wright
Donald Garnett
Zaleski Social Notes
Plymouth
Vos
Kroger
Peck Allman
Ady
Fuerte
Jeff Chandler
Jeannie Cara
WACK
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Betty White
Lawrence Welk
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