Former Plant Readies For Revival In Spring
Nelsonville reports the former Hocking Valley Brewing Company site will resume beer production after repairs on Jackson Street as part of a voluntary reorganization. The plant, idle since prohibition, will see a 20 percent stock assessment with stockholders across the country contributing labor and funds. Alfred Richardson leads repairs and Emmett Quest of Athens handles sand blasting on tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Brewing Company
Hocking Valley Cereal Beverage Company
Jackson Street
Beirs
Aselet
Alfred Richardson
Emmett Quest
Athens
Unfavorable Weather Delays FERA Street Projects
In Nelsonville the West Franklin and Clifford Street FERA improvements progress is slowed by weather. Brick salvaged from last year’s Route 31 work will pave these streets. West Franklin sections between Clifford Adams and Adams Madison near completion with grading and curbing advancing. Clifford Street connects West Franklin and West Washington with cement curbing forms in place and grading begun. Property owners funded materials, and spring is expected to accelerate additional approved street jobs.
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West Franklin and
Clifford Street
FERA
Raymond Raine
West Franklin Street
Clifford
Adams
Madison
Madison Street
Cables Alley
Mit
West Franklin
West Washington Streets
Nelsonville Pupils Stage Big Musicale Tonight
Nelsonville students present a welfare fundraiser at the high school. Central School acts feature The Wooden Soldier and The Rhythm Band with separate student groups under Rebecca Rosser and Jimmy Keating. East School offers The Old Fashioned School along with School Days and other numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Rosser
Central School
Wooden Soldier
Betty Lu Dewhurst
Leora Allen
Marie Davis
Alma Jean Dewhurst
Josephine Donley
Rosemary Snickenburg
Norma Jean Straits
Virginia Lee
Marion Call
Jean Boyd
Juanita Thompson
Betty Jean Ross
Jimmy Keating
Krieg Kinney
Loren Warner
Joan Fellem
Waiva Bateman
Billy Keaton
Virginia Thompson
Jack McCail
Thelma Parry
Tom Sowers
Charline Blimes
Betty Hickman
Carl McCombs
Ruth Galvin
Max Howard
Donald Powell
Ruth Morris
Alice Richardson
Frank McCall
Joe Burch
Chas Fink
Paul Rieder
Ruth Shafer
Edith Cook
Bob Hutchins
Virginia Dawson
Rachel Hitchings
Teath Green
Margaret Wolfe
Maryland Wilson
Ruth Six
Arzetta Smith
Kether Juniper
Howard Green
Johnnys
Max Howrd
John Rankin
Little Red School
Jeanette Reeves
Margery Blair
Violet Fink
Mary Blimes
Louise Wolfe
Wilma Ematerling
Frances Reeves
Marverine Hall
Dorothy Stewart
Wilma Adkins
Immogene Sayers
Lucile Warren
Jean Allen
Emma Martin rites planned in Nelsonville home setting
Emma Martin age 84 died Wednesday at 3 pm at her daughter Grace Morris’s Columbus home after a long illness. Born in Logan she was married to John Martin and moved to Nelsonville. 6 children died in infancy and only two daughters remain. Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm at her daughter-in-law’s Fort Street home, Rev. Lloyd Evans officiating, burial at Greenlawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Emma Martin
Grace Morris
Columbus
Martin
Logan
Jacob Rhodes
Elijah MeeVickers
Emma McVickers
John
Jack) Martin
Mr. Martin
L. Don Martin
Charles H. Martin
Fanny Krepple
Lucy McVickers Hoodlett
First Presbyterian Church
Woman's Relief Corps
L. D. Martin
Fort Street
Lloyd Evans
Greenlawn
Chippewa Club to Elect Officers in Friday Meeting
The Chippewa Club will meet in the Presbyterian Church basement Friday night at 7 oclock. Officers will be elected and other business discussed. Dues will be collected. The club has discontinued weekly meetings during the last two months because of school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Evans family visit noted in Nelsonville
Mrs. Lloyd Evans and her son Lloyd are spending a few days at her Nelsonville home while Mrs. Evans helps her mother at Parkersburg City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Lloyd Evans
Lloyd
Revival services draw Nelsonville residents to Logan church
Nelsonville citizens attend nightly revival at Bible Christian Church in Logan as services continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Nelsonville
Bible Christian Church
Hyperion Club Hostess Plans at Mrs Henry’s Home
Mrs Ralph Henry will host Hyperion Club members Saturday at 2 o clock at her home on E Columbus Street in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Henry
Hyperion Club
E. Columbus Street
Nelsonville Drum and Bugle Corps Rehearsal Tonight
The Legion Drum and Bugle corps holds a rehearsal this evening at 7 o’clock in Nelsonville. Members are reminded to attend and prep for upcoming events.
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Nelsonville
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Indians May Seek Return Of Hocking Valley Sage
The piece critiques national planning moves seen as reclaiming lands from white control and converting districts to federal ownership. It argues Indians may eventually regain the Hocking Valley, while lamenting historical degradation and environmental damage caused by settlers and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hocking Valley
National Planning Board
Colorful Array Of Fans Watch Cage Tourney
Readers from Coolville Hollister Shade and Buchtel filled the stands for a cage tournament. Notables include Clyde Parrish Joe Kay Mary Mount and The Plains standouts Claire Ball and Mary Armbruster among many teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Clyde Parrish
Jack Parrish
Mr. Hoover
Mary Lou Wolfe
Inez Brafford
Beth Walden
Edith Sheets
Hollister
Joe Kay
Kenneth Kay
Burton Maxwell
Elmer Cooper
Orville Allen
Elizabeth Hildebrand
Christine Galloway
Will Mount
Mary Mount
Jack Rothery
Betty Rothery
May McCullough
Charles
Mike Fade
Thelma Adams
Floyd Cooper
Filmer Yount
Garnet Wallace
C. J. McCullough
Buchtel
Bernard Colbert
Gerald Robinson
Virgil Phillips
James Tully
Max Tolliver
Harold Tolliver
James Kinnear
Charles Nutter
Robert Schenz
Del
Eloine Fields
Butch Conrad
Joe Bobo
Charles Burson
Carl Conrad
Gibb Cohen
Glen Downey
Marian Douglas
Lowell Christman
Amesville
Wooley Webb
Albany
Agnes Ross
Claire Ball
the Plains
Mary Armbruster
Kenneth Carr
John Long
Athens High School
Bob Stansbury
Athena
Prep Follies Opens Friday Night in Alumni Auditorium
The ninth annual Prep Follies Skit Show features 116 singers and dancers performing diverse stage roles. Sorority groups such as Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Phi Mu portray ships and critters in colorful costumes while Chi Omega and Alpha Xi join with themed outfits and animal motifs for a vibrant campus entertainment event.
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Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Phi Mu Gypsies
Alpha Gam
Pi Phi
Chi Omega
Alpha Xi Quartet
Alpha Delt
Former Albany Resident Dies in Columbus
Earl Reeves age 30 of Westerville formerly Albany died Wednesday afternoon at St Francis Hospital Columbus after surgery. Funeral services Friday afternoon in Westerville with burial there. He was a son of Alvin and Mrs. Reeves of Albany and lived there until four years ago. He leaves his wife Helen Krebs Reeves and three children Shirley June and Richard plus two sisters Osmond Luckett and Blanch Reeves of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Reeves
Westerville
Albany
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Reeves
Alvin Reeves
Helen Krebs Reeves
Shirley
June
Richard
Osmond Luckett
Blanch Reeves
Eskimo Pies Sold Throughout Evening In February Cold
In the February cold, vendors sold Eskimo Pies for the evening, drawing steady interest as a popular cooling treat amid chilly conditions.
Revival Services At Pilgrim Holiness Church Start March 3
The Nelsonville revival at Pilgrim Holiness Church East Chestnut Street runs March 3 to March 17 with Rev Jack Donovan preaching his first sermon on Sunday March 3 at 11 AM Evening services follow at 7 PM Special singing highlighted. Donovan formerly known as Flash Jack Fernandez and other aliases is described as transformed after a life of acting and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Pilgrim Holiness Church
East Chestnut Street
Ngelist
Jack Sovan
Donovan
Flash Jack" Fernandez
Fence
Cincinnati
J. Edmund Sheridan
Armand Duval
Jack Claire
Ursus
New York
Anderson
Ind
Jack
Mr. Donovan
Local News From Oak Grove and Vicinity
Mrs Lenore Johnson returns to her parents home after hospital stay in Cherrington Logan with condition unchanged. Rev Marvin Martin Athens to preach at Connett Church next Sunday. Mrs Royal Hartman in White Cross Hospital Columbus recovering. Mrs Nancy Davis of near Carbondale visited daughter Mrs Arthur Cage. Miss Fio Hankinson from Nelsonville here for a few days. Mr and Mrs Maris Lowery and family visited their parents Mr and Mrs Danny Smith of Hamley Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Lenore Johnson
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Thomas Schultz
Johnson
Marvin Martin
Athens
Connett Church
Royal Hartman
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Nancy Davis
Carbondale
Arthur Cage
Fio Hankinson
Nelsonville
Maris Lowery
Danny Smith
Hamley Run
Mrs. Alice Parson Dies at York Home
Nelsonville report states Mrs. Alice V. Parson 36 died after long illness at her Nelsonville Rural Route 1 residence where she had lived since 1878. She is survived by no children and by her late husband John A. Parson who died in 1922. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 pm at Warren's Funeral Home with burial in Greenlawn. visitation begins after 6 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Alice V. Parson
John A. Parson
Parson
Martha Goff
Peter Spears
Warrens Funeral
Warren's
Greenlawn
Voigt Birthday Dinner Honors Ted L Voigt
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Voigt hosted a Tuesday birthday dinner for their son Ted L Voigt. Guests included Andrew Hallet, Barney Neiman, Thomas Sheppard and Bob Eb Neiman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Fred Voigt
Ted L. Voigt
Andrew Hallett
Barney Neiman
Thomas Sheppard
Bob EB. Neiman
Legion Auxiliary Initiation At Athens Draws Local Women
Mrs. Leonard Cooley Mrs. Donald Betts Mrs. Joe Barrow Miss Irma Wilson and Mrs. Gladys Bayliss attended the initiation and installation of the new auxiliary of the Legion in Athens on Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Leonard Cooley
Donald Betts
Joe Barrow
Irma Wilson
Gladys Bayliss
Athens
Auxiliary of the Legion
Hemsley and Harrington Wed at M E Parsonage
Leroy Hemsley of Glouster and Miss Louise Harrington near Logan wed at the M E Parish Parsonage in Nelsonville with Rev H A Rothrock presiding They will reside in Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
May Leroy Hemsley
Glouster
Louise Harrington
Near Logan
M.ef. Parsonage
H. A. Rothrock
Class Will Repeat Back to the Farm at Nelsonville High
Nelsonville High School public speaking class presents the play Back to the Farm again for those who missed the first showing. The second performance is scheduled Friday March 8 at the high school auditorium with newly changed scenery and costumes.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
High School
Injured Youth In Oak Grove Recovers After Eye Incident
Joseph Dishong remains in slow recovery at his parents’ home after being struck in the eye during a play battle weeks ago. A Columbus surgeon recently performed operations to save the eye. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. William Foughty visited Jess McKee in Dowler Ridge. Nettie Wend has returned home from Michigan. Orville Parson of Columbus spent the weekend with his parents, and Herbert Ely, Charles Howard, and Leonard Davis drove to Wingett Chapel where Leonard visited his sister Mabel Barrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Joseph Dishong
Willard Dishong
Columbus
William Foughty
Jess McKee
Dowler Ridge
Nettie Wend
Michigan
Connett
Orville Parson
Jesse Parson
Herbert Ely
Charles Howard
Leonard Davis
Wingett Chapel
Mabel Barrows
Woman's Relief Corps Holds Patriotic Session at Nelsonville
Nelsonville event featured Mrs. Whitmore leading a patriotic program. Charles Jones performed with his mother singing Little George Washington's Hatchet and The Old Raccoon. Clara Packus spoke on Washington life and Mt. Vernon visit tales. Readings by Mrs. McMasters and poems by Mrs. Whitmore preceded The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Woman's Relief Corps
Whitmore
Charles Jones
George Washington
Clara Packus
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Valley Forge
McMasters
Arrival of Margery Ann to Farr Green family
Mr and Mrs Farr Green announce the birth of a daughter named Margery Ann to the Nelsonville St Charles Street couple. Emma Warren is noted as the child’s grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mrs Farr Green
Annabell Warren
St. Charles Street
Margery Ann
Sperry Trio to Perform at New Floodwood Friday Evening
Nelsonville readers are invited to the New Floodwood school Friday night March 1 at 7 30 o clock for an entertainment by the Sperry Trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Sperry
Taxed to Support State. Mechem Speaks at Meeting
Mechem says sales tax burden falls on citizens and merchants. he reads a single letter opposing the tax and warns it pressures customers and drains commerce. He notes residents in Ohio and nearby states buy goods to avoid tax, urging reconsideration at public meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonvells
Ohio
Dugan Post
Ohis
Mechem
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