Fort Street Cemetery in Nelsonville Noted for Pioneer Burials
The Fort Street Cemetery in Nelsonville, donated by founder Daniel Nelson, houses pioneer graves including Nelson and early pastor Thomas J. Downey. Downey preached in 1868 and died in 1869, with 40 years of age. Rehabilitation funded by the DAR and Elks Lodge, Amos Ailes led this year’s care, as Civil War soldiers number about sixty.
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Nelsonville
Fort Street
Daniel Nelson
Nelson
Thomas J. Downey
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Downey
United Brethren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Maria Sheppard
E. Washington St
Green Lawn
Myers Crossing
Oral Daugherty
The
DAR
Elks Lodge
Amos Ailes
Community Auction Sale Plans Considered by Local Groups
NELSONVILLE The Quarterback Club and Band Boosters discuss joint sponsorship of a community auction sale to be held early in October. A committee will meet Sept 4 to finalize details. Proceeds benefit both groups. Jack Maurer elected president of the Quarterback Club with Delbert Kuhn and Max Linton as officers.
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Nelsonville
Quarterpack
Jack Maurer
Quarterback Club
Delbert Kuhn
Max Linton
Boosters
Maurer
Ted Crane
Max Adkins
John Abel
Could Be And It Was Nelsonville News Reunion
A Nelsonville native M Sgt Sam McNamee met his Ohio relatives while stopping in Denver. He recalled growing up 60 miles south of Columbus and confirmed the Donahey family from Nelsonville were visiting. He spent Sunday night with his parents Bliss and a reunion tale spread among friends.
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Nelsonville
Dick Donahey
Denver
Ohio
Columbus
Sam McNamee
Sergeant McNamee
Bliss McNamee
Mount St. Mary Hospital Births and Admissions
Mr and Mrs Kenneth B Snider of New Lexington welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Arthur Slatzer of Shawnee Route 1 welcomed a son. Henry Breeze was admitted from Nelsonville Route. Dismissals include Mrs Guy Cottrill of New Straits aatt ville Loretta Smith of Glouster Route 3 and Mrs Charles W Warren of Dean ie. Mrs Edward G Enderle, Grove port, and Mrs Robert M Blevins of Nelson ville and their newborn son.
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Kenneth B. Snider
New Lexington
Arthur Slatzer
Shawnee
Henry Breeze
Nelsonville
Ville Loretta Smith
Glouster
Charles W. Warren
Deanie
Edward G. Enderle
Groveport
Robert M. Blevins
Sergeant Is Home After Alaskan Duty
Sergeant Leslie Cox of the Air Force is on home leave with his parents in Nelsonville. He was transferred from Eilson Field Alaska to the Enid Oklahoma base. Pictures of Alaska taken by Sgt Cox will be shown at the First Presbyterian Church meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m. The public is invited.
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Nelsonville
Leslie Cox
Air Force
Ralph Cox
Eilson Air Force Base
Eilson Field
Alaska
Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Cox
First Presbyterian Church
John Lloyd Evans
Sniders welcome birth of son John Patrick
Mr and Mrs Kenneth B Snider of New Lexington announce the birth of a son John Patrick at Mount St Mary Hospital on August 28 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Snider of Somerset and Mr and Mrs Roy Snackenberg local The Sniders’ three year old daughter Sarah Jane is visiting here this week with her grandparents.
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Nelsonville
Kenneth B. Snider
Betty Snackenberg
New Lexington
John Patrick
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Frank Snider
Somerset
Roy Snackenberg
Sniders
Sarah Jane
Local Justice Nelsonville Attends Ohio Peace Officers Meeting
Floyd Brown justice of the peace and executive committee member will attend the annual meeting and dinner of the Ohio Magistrate and Peace Officers Association at the Southern Hotel in Columbus on August 31.
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Nelsonville
Floyd Brown
Murray City Band Practice Scheduled for Thursday
Murray City band members will meet for practice Thursday at 9 30 a.m. at the school. Director Bill Goodell says the session is scheduled and open to members.
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Murray City
Bill Goodell
Card Party Planned at St Andrews Parish Hall
A card party is scheduled at St Andrews parish hall in Nelsonville on Friday at 8 p m. Cash prizes will be awarded and refreshments served.
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Nelsonville
St. Andrews Parish
Pool Season Will End Thursday in Nelsonville
The Nelsonville City Recreation Commission announced the current pool season will close Thursday. Harry Westfall, pool program manager, is preparing a season report for the city council. attendance has fallen as seasonal changes become evident and significant repairs will be needed before next year.
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Nelsonville
City Recreation Commission
Ward Phillips
Harry Westfall
Board of Education
City of
Nelsonville First Methodist Class 21 Social Evening
The Nelsonville First Methodist Church Class 21 met Monday at Mrs. Earl Weiss's home on Elizabeth Street with Mrs. Mabel Jones assisting. Lunch was served to 11 members by the hostesses.
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First Methodist Church
Earl Weiss
Elizabeth St
Mabel Jones
Mrs Kathleen Boyd Visits With Family group in Cleveland
Mrs Kathleen Boyd of Cleveland is spending a week here on vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs John W Scott Mrs Martha Barr and Pearl and Frank Barr Sabina and her sister Mrs Jennie Fugitt are visiting here with Kathleen Boyd.
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Kathleen Boyd
Cleveland
John W. Scott
Martha Barr
Pearl
Frank Barr
Sabina
Jennie Fugitt
New Roof Construction To Start at Factory
Nelsonville builder Jim Hail Roofing Co will start a new built up roof on the William Brooks Shoe Co factory this week. The firm recently completed a similar roof on the Elks’ lodge room at Hocking Street.
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Nelsonville
Jim Hail Roofing Co
William Brooks Shoe Co
Elks
Hocking St
Local families visit and announce births across several towns
Mr and Mrs Reed Jeffers and family return from Niagara Falls. Guests include Hayes Lamartine Pa Fisher Wilson Pa Greig Robby Chardon and Dye family in Mobile Ala. Bumgardner Coshocton birth announced Aug 20 with Dye grandparents. Ellis birth Aug 25 with Perry and Ellis grandparents. Numerous visits and birthday greetings listed among families in West Hamlin, Cleveland, Bidwell and Gallipolis. Mrs Westina
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Wendell Butcher
West Hamlin
W. Va
Charles Butcher
Chester Bumgardner
Coshocton
Dale Dye
Baumgardner
Lucy Dye
Kenneth Ellis
Powellson
Ruth
Ann
Christine Powellson
Mason
Harry Dudgeon
Westina
Visitors and locals gather in Point Pleasant and nearby towns
West Columbia notes show Mrs Silvie Coleman and Miss Mildred Van Meter visiting Point Pleasant. Several families from New Haven Mason Gallipolis Middleport and Gallipolis shop and call at local homes. Frank Martin experiences a serious accident. Helen E Roush referenced.
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West Columbia
Silvie Coleman
Mildred van Meter
Lawrence Coleman
Point Pleasant
Alburtis Young
Dickie
Billy Young, Jr
New Haven
William Young
James Lee
Jimmie Lee
Bob Lee
Jess Lynes
Hoy Roush
Lester Stewart
Mason
Jack Cartwright
Eunice Gay
Virginia Kerwood
Jenie
Middleport
Case Barnett
Gallipolis
William Perry
Ben O. Roush
Milton Knapp
James Sprouse
Frank Martin
Helen E. Roush
Robert Frank Dies at 68 in Nelsonville
Robert Frank 68 a Carbondale resident died this morning at Mount St Mary Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. A retired coal miner he lived with his niece Grace Treadway. He was born in Missouri, son of George and Dorothy Frank last of his immediate family. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at niece Marve Brooks home Carbondale burial in Asbury Cemetery. Contact at Stout funeral home Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Robert Frank
Carbondale
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Grace Treadway
Missouri
George
Dorothy Frank
Marve Brooks
Asbury Cemetery
Stout
Brooks
Nelsonville City Council Meeting Held After Labor Day
Nelsonville city council will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in council chambers, moved from Monday due to Labor Day. President Arthur Kenney announced the schedule change and that the meeting follows the usual custom of shifting for the holiday.
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Nelsonville
Arthur Kenney
Maxville Community News Roundup and Obituary
Maxville notes report Mrs William Wolfe returned home from Lancaster Fairfield Hospital after observation. The Beery and Howdyshell reunions were held at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Attendees include Ted Scott Nellie True and Amanda Wilson. Mrs Kishler died near Maxville August 24. funeral plans pending. Ruth Nixon signs off with rural electric picnic attendance remarks.
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Maxville
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
William Wolfe
John Spohn
Howdyshell
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ted Scott
Columbus
Nellie True
Gore
Herman A. Wilson
Amanda Wilson
Circleville
Paul Summer
Ivor Lehman
Logan
Ernest Weaver
Buchtel
Clifford Wolfe
Weaver
Maxville School
Minerva Nixon
Stanley E. Nixon
Clifford Bell
Chicago
Harold Valentine
Emma Wilson
Amanda Vanatta
Ralph Brady
Lancaster
South Central Rural Electric Company
Charles Kishler
Dundas Socials and Local Visits Reported
Mr and Mrs Bill Welker and children visited Mr and Mrs Kelly Hunt in Vinton. Ruth Morrow spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Santford Evans. Ralph Bratton, a Ohio University student, underwent an appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The Rev Miller of Gore was assigned to the Dundas E A B Charge. Several families from Columbus and Wellston visited local hosts, with multiple ill health notes and travel visits among area residents.
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Dundas
Bill Welker
Kelly Huntly
Vinton
Garrett Allwine
Columbus
A. E. Christian
Ruth Morrow
Eugene
Hamilton
Garvin Salts
Don Foreman
Hamden
Bart Allen
Ralph Bratton
Ohio University
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Emma Lou Morrow
George Loper
Miller
Gore
Dundas E. A. B
Willard Fridenmaker
Wellston
Clarence Morrow
Mike Ously
Stanley Sheline
Arthur Camp
Fred Camp
Clarence Hughes
Joe Hamilton
Roy Hamilton
Garry Brooks
Burt nett-Chambers Reunion Held At Old Burtnett Home
GLOUSTER The Burt nett-Chambers reunion gathered at the Burtnett homeplace cottage. A basket dinner was served at noon. Attendees included numerous Burtnett and Chambers relatives and spouses from Glouster Pickerington Newark Crooksville Miami Hollister and other nearby communities.
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Charles Brown
Branson Chambers
Raymond Hambel
Rodney
Albert Burtnett
Juanita Burtnett
Sanford Min
Richard Synfer
Chester Wooly
Robert Kittle
Elmer Kittle
Fred Beard
Emmett Mingus
Dwight Steffey
Donald Sands
Romsey
Elizabeth
Bonnie
Russell Miller
Thelma
William Chambers
Lucy Kirkbride
John Martin
Murray City
Carl Burtnett
Raymond
Pickerington
Walter Specker
Opalocka
Fla
Emmett Watts
Barbara
Jerry
Michael
Crooksville
Leon Arthur
Rickey
Miami
I. W. Ankrum
Donna Jean
Newark
Walter Burtnett
Fred
Joseph
Louise
Glenford
William Williams
Frank ‘Burtnett
Genevieve
Kathryn
Blue Rock
John Mingus
Hollister
Alva Price
Jacksonville Auxiliary of UMWA Meeting Notice
The Jacksonville Auxiliary of UMWA meets in the Sayre building Wednesday at 7 30 p m A potluck lunch will be served Members should bring groceries for the Labor Day basket donation.
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Glouster
Jacksonville
UMWA
Sayre
Hemlock Grove Grange Ice Cream Supper Planned Friday
Hemlock Grove Grange announces an ice cream supper at Grange Hall on Friday. Various local families including Mrs Mary Rawlings Nelsonville and many others visited or hosted relatives in the area during the week. A bel ling and shower was held at Grange Hall for Mr and Mrs Homer Baxter and Mr and Mrs Junior Farnsworth.
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Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grange
Grange Hall
Mary Rawlings
Nelsonville
Avery Nelson
Carl McNemar
Smithwee
Ziba Clark Mason
Bert Romine
Gene
Henry Euler
Daniel
Robert
Racine
Glen Taylor
Panania
Homer Midkiff
Huron
Robert Price
Bob
Marietta
Robert Hawk
Homer Baxter
Junior Farnsworth
Local social notes from Glouster and surrounding areas
Glouster area residents and visitors are listed in a weekend round of travels. Names include Wilbur Kemp ton and Lewis Kempton in Lorain and Cleveland visits, plus trips by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Dayton and other locals to Columbus Athens Trimble and Lake Hope. The Rev. Earl Mohler shows improvement after illness.
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Glouster
Wilbur Kempton
Lewis Kempton
Kenneth Kempton
Andrew Cominsky
Jacksonville
Lorain
Ohio
Cleveland
al Aggazi
Kempton
Sarah E. Mitchell
D. D. Wallace
Dayton
Mr. Wallace
W.W. Wallace
Broad St
Charles Cornwell
Athens
Thomas R. Reese
Lake Hope
Frank Bean
Debbie
Esther Robinson
Columbus
Della Johnson
Cora Davis
H. D. McGee
Chillicothe
al Huber
Harley Blower
Monte
Cynthia
Dorothy Rainey
Bernard Harvey
Ter
Gwen
B. H. Pettit
Charles Johnson
Trimble
Frances Clark
Eugene Miner
Ernest Skinner
Earl Mohler
Edna Kasler
Erland Coffman
Home from Hospital for Jeff Buhla
Jeff Buhla son of Mr and Mrs Frank Buhla returned home from Sheltering Arms Hospital after major surgery on Tuesday under the care of medical staff.
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Jeff Buhla
Frank Buhla
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mansfield Man Named Glouster Band Chief
Supt Karl Bodenbender announces La Verne S Stone of Mansfield will direct the Glouster schools band He is 34 single a Ashland College graduate studied at Ohio University taught in Wilkesville Cable and Middleport He will lead rehearsals twice daily before school starts and Mrs Nona Morris becomes secretary to the superintendent This completes the Glouster school staff.
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Glouster
Karl Bodenbender
Nona Morris
Glouster Schools
Bodenbender
Kiwanians Hear Report On Finances
At a Kiwanis dinner in Glouster on Monday the club agreed to meet Tuesday next due to Labor Day. Karl Bodenbender read from a Safety Council publication. The treasurer presented a full financial report showing net receipts from a July Fourth benefit horse show and park concessions, both benefiting underprivileged children. Attendees included Joe Williams Dan Kovach Carl Bradbury Enlon Grubbs Lawrence Colbert Merrill Ogg B R Angle Ben idberg George Campbell Porter Dugan and Dick Guinther.
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Glouster
Karl Bodenbender
Safety Council
Memorial Park
Joe Williams
Dan Kovach
Carl Bradbury
Enlon Grubbs
Lawrence Colbert
Merrill Ogg
B. R. Angle
Ben Idberg
George Campbell
Porter Dugan
Dick Guinther
Hobert Jewell Dies at 53 in Glouster
Hobert Jewell 53 died at Veterans Hospital in Dayton Monday evening after a long illness. He was a Glouster resident, WWI veteran, and survived by wife Bessie Dorris Jewell and son Robert. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at C F Wallace Funeral Home with burial in Dew Cemetery. McCann-Frederick Post, American Legion, to participate. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Glouster—Hobert Jewell
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
James and
Emma Coe Jewell
Glouster
Bessie Dorris Jewell
Robert
Nora Scott
Ecorse
Michigan
Jessie Hogue
River Rouge
Mich
C. F. Wallace
Aubrey Mitchell
Corning
Dew Cemetery
McCann-Frederick Post
American Legion
Bake Sales Planned by Jacksonville VFW Auxiliary
Mrs. Virginia Ginnan announces bake sales sponsored by the Jacksonville VFW Auxiliary. The first sale is Saturday at 10 a.m. on Sixth Street in Jacksonville, followed by a sale at Economy Drug Store in Glouster at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Glouster
Virginia Ginnan
Jacksonville
VFW
Turday
Sixth Street
Economy Drug
John Drury Davis Returns Home From Summer College
John Drury Davis, who has been at the summer session of the College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University in Ada, arrived home Saturday for a two week vacation. He will return to begin the fall term on September 10.
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Glouster
John Drury Davis
College of Pharmacy
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Ugly Eczema No Joke Advertisement
Sufferers from itching eczema pimples angry red blotches or other irritations can try Peterson's Ointment. One application must delight you or money refunded. Also for itching feet cracks between toes.
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Peterson
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