History of Old Home Dates to Ohio Purchase
Story and photograph recount the Parker brick homestead in Salem Township Meigs County. Descendants trace back to William Parker who joined the Ohio Company Purchase in 1800 and settled at Salem. The article notes family ties to Athens County pioneers, notable marriages, and the house’s brown glass panes as a distinctive feature. The property is nearby Rutland depot and last occupied by Dr. Frank Parker, now owned by his daughter Adeline Parker Browning of Athens.
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Co. H. Harris
Parker
Salem Township
Meigs County
Frank Parker
William Parker
Malden
Mass
Ohio Company
Salem
Athens County
William
Betsy Wyatt
Joshua Wyatt
Ames Township
Sally
Ephriam Cutler
John
Daniel
Nancy
Stephen Strong
Ohio
Fanny
John Fordyce
Lewisburg
Fordyces
Alpha
Omega
Alleluia
Peace
Ebenezer Parker
Daniel Parker
George
Frank
Rutland Depot
Adeline Parker Browning
State St
Athens
Richardson Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
Fifty relatives attended a Sunday open house at Alfred and Mrs. Richardson’s Myers Street home in Nelsonville for their 60th anniversary. All seven surviving children were present except son Albert in New York. The couple, married January 8, 1890 in Buckingham, Ohio, were joined by many relatives including the Richardson, Downey, Traugh, McElwee, Young, Randells, Dver, Riley, and Monks families from nearby towns.
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Nelsonville
Alfred Richardson
Myers St
Albert
New York
Richardson
Newell
Flossie) McElwee
Galena
Baker
Hazel) Young
Athens
Lee Randells
Alabama
Noe Dver
Logan
Robert Riley
Clarence W. Monks
William Monks
Four From Local Schools To Attend National Meet
Nelsonville officials announce four representatives from the city school system will attend the American Association of School Administrators sessions in Atlantic City from February 25 to March 2. Supt. D W Codding Principal J K Kineer C R Tomlinson and Harold Koker will travel, with $300 approved for expenses. The board updates projects including rededication of General building and interior repainting at East, plus new safety areas for East School.
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Nelsonville
American Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
D. W. Codding
J. K. Kineer
C. R. Tomlinson
Central School
Harold Koker
Board of Education
Codding
Farr Hilleary
Service Gafety
Homer Adams
James Cope
Man Fined 1000 and Jailed for One Year in Delinquency Case
Nelsonville 27 year old William Barron was fined 1000 dollars and costs and sentenced to Ath ens County Jail for one year by Judge John F. Newcomb after pleading guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A 16 year old Nelsonville girl reported an assault on Poplar Street. she identified Barron at City Hall. Earlier Cecil Carlin of Carbondale was found guilty of intoxication and fined 25 dollars and costs.
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Nelsonville
William Barron
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Barron
Everett Hewlett
Poplar St
East End
City Hall
Earl Hilleary
Cecil Carlin
Carbondale
Ice Damages Logan Elm in Pickaway County
Five or six large limbs of the historic Logan elm near Circleville were broken by last week's ice and sleet storm. Erwin C. Zepp, director of the Ohio Archeological and Historical Museum, said cleanup is underway and visitors may hardly notice the damage next summer. The elm sits seven miles south of Circleville along St Route 361 and is tied to an 1774 appeal by Indian Chief Logan to Lord Dunmore.
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Columbus
Pickaway County
Ohio Archeological and Historical Museum
Erwin C. Zepp
Circleville
Logan
Lord Dunmore
Ohio
Six Dollars Stolen From Nelsonville Lunch Register
Newton's Lunch at West City Limits was illegally entered last night. About six dollars in change was removed from the cash register and some chewing gum taken. An attempt to force open a jukebox failed. Entrance gained by forcing the front door lock.
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Nelsonville
Newton
West City Limits
B&PW Club Dinner Meet Set for Wednesday Evening
The Business and Professional Women's Club schedules a 6 15 p m dinner meeting at Mrs Cecil Shafer home on Franklin Street in Nelsonville. Members unable to attend should notify Miss Mary Sharp or Miss Marjorie Hill.
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Nelsonville
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Cecil Shafer
Franklin St
Mary Sharp
Marjorie Hill
Church Congregation To Meet Wednesday
The First Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville will hold its annual congregational meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. after a 6 p.m. covered dish dinner in the social rooms. Reports for 1949 will be presented and officers elected for 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
Old Haymarket Theater to Be Torn Down
The Haymarket theater on Madison Street near Halstead in Chicago opened in 1887. It featured drama vaudeville and films, but was best known as a burlesque house. The building will be demolished to make way for a super highway.
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Chicago
Haymarket
Madison Street
Halstead
Corporal Larson to Attend Engineer School at Port Belvoir
Corporal Charles R. Larson of Little Hocking and Headquarters and Service Company, 1092 Engineer Combat Battalion, Parkersburg National Guard, will spend eight weeks at the Engineer School in Port Belvoir Virginia. He leaves January 25 to study military water supply and purification.
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Little Hocking
Cpl
Charles R. Larson
Headquarters and Service Co
Engineer Combat Bn
Parkersburg National
Stalter and Lowry Attend Dr Winters Funeral
Mr and Mrs R R Stalter and Mrs Frank Lowry traveled to Columbus on Monday to attend the funeral service for Dr B E Winters.
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Nelsonville
R. R. Stalter
Frank Lowry
Columbus
B. E. Winters
Bre men Ships Seedlings for Berlin Tiergarten Replanting
Bremen ships 35 000 oak and Linden seedlings to Berlin to replant the Tiergarten once famed and burned in war. Freezing Berliners had stripped the park for firewood during hardship years. The effort aims to restore the green space and memorial value for residents and visitors.
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Berlin
Bremen
Eels Found In Depot Water Tank After Drying Issue
In Ton England engineers and firemen recovered thirteen eels from a dry railway depot water tank. They ate them for supper boosting morale during the outage.
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England
Women’s Council Group 2 Sets Monthly Meeting Date
At a Christian Church Women’s Council Group 2 gathering held at Mrs. Belle Lancaster’s home, members chose the first Thursday of each month for future meetings. Mrs. J A Long led devotions using Ezra 8 22, theme The Lure of the Challenge, with a refreshments stretch for several members and two guests, plus Rev J A Long and Mrs. Mable Hawk. Will Evans to host next meeting.
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Women’s Council of the Christian Church
Belle Lancaster
J. A. Long
Ezra
Lancaster
Elizabeth Riley
Lillie Bland
Belle White
Madge Evans
Greens Run-Officers Elected At Ladies Aid Meeting
Greens Run Ladies Aid met January 6 at the parish house with nine members and one visitor. Lena Leake was named president, Lillian Toth vice president, Bessie Cartwright secretary, Freda Simons treasurer, Clarissa Smith flower committee, and Jessie Erwin news reporter. January birthday members were Bessie Cartwright Iva Hunley and Mae Showers. Lunch was served by Elizabeth Mingus and Lillian Toth. Next meeting February 1 at the parish house with lunch by Clarissa Smith and Freda Simons. members will bring valentines.
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Greens
Greens Run
Ladies Aid
Lena Leake
Lillian Toth
Bessie Cartwright
Freda Simons
Clarissa Smith
Jessie Erwin
Iva Hunley
Mae Showers
Elizabeth Mingus
Valentines
Pythian Sisters Plan Thursday Meeting at K of P Hall
The Pythian Sisters will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the K of P Hall. A pot luck lunch will follow the meeting.
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K. of P. Hall
Burgess, Davis Visit at Mercy Hospital in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Bill Burgess of Logan and Mrs Tom Davis of Buchtel with Mrs Donald Tippett visited Mercy Hospital in Columbus on Sunday. Mrs C C Ervin returned home Saturday after holiday visits in Columbus with her children and families.
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Bill Burgess
Logan
Tom Davis
Buchtel
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Donald Tippett
C. C. Ervin
Bogus Check Artists Captured Wholesale
A man attempted to pass a bad check at a west side currency exchange. Manager Ted Borowski locked him in the cashier’s cage, the suspect fled through a window but was later caught by police. Borowski alerted officers and prepared to face a second intruder.
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Chicago
West Side
Ted Borowski
Borowski
Vinton County Land Transfers
David S and Annes M Yates transfer lots 365 366 367 368 369 and 375 in Hamden to E M Wilbur Maggie and D M Stewart transfer lot 597 in Hamden Bernice O Morrison transfers 6 acres in Eagle Township to Harold E and Doris L Hinton Margaret Stephenson transfers 130 acres in Brown Township to Glen H and Werley C Sickles
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David S
Annse M.yates
E. M. Wilbur
Hamden
Maggie
D. M. Stewart
Fannie McCluskey
Bernice O. Morrison
Harold E
Doris L. Hinton
Eagle Township
Margaret Stephenson
Glen H
Werley C. Sickles
Brown Township
Cincinnati Markets Livestock Report
U S Department of Agriculture data from Cincinnati shows wholesale hogs slow with most bids down 50 cents to 1.00, sows 50 cents lower. cattle and calves generally steady to weak with selective demand. Vealers light, lambs scarce with under tone. loads and weights cited across hogs cattle and sheep with prices per hundredweight and per head noted.
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Cincinnati Livestock
Cincinnati
U_S. Dept. Agr
Poultry Butter and Potato Prices in Cincinnati Market
Cincinnati price notes list poultry categories with price ranges for heavy broilers fryers roasters hens and roosters along with butter wholesale quotes per pound and butterfat levels and potato prices from 2.00 to 4.75 per bag or unit.
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Cincinnati
Japanese Shipwrecks Average 15 Craft a Day
Tokyo stats show 5410 vessels lost in Japanese waters last year with an average of nearly 15 craft per day. Typhoons and nature caused 40 percent of losses, careless navigation 25 percent, and faulty designs 15 percent, the rest miscellaneous.
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Tokyo
The
Marine Safety Board
Scout Troop To Award Tenderfoot Badges
Scout Troop 66 will meet at 7 p m to award Tenderfoot badges to new members who completed requirements. Patrols receive projects soon for the annual Scout Week program in February. Scout Executive D D Montoya of Parkersburg HQ suffered a heart attack this past week with no further details available.
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Nelsonville
D. D. Montoya
Parkersburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ohio Purchase
Keynote Club
Commercial Department
State Department
Superintendent of Schools
Mise
Konpon
Sniffles
Nicoliet Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Paul Douglas
Usds
Celeste Darnell « Holm
William E
Laura Elliott
Special
Og Aes
Germany
Pol
Europe
Athena
Thur
Bette
Joseph
Jan August
Bugs Bunny
B&pw Club
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Vinton County
Chicago Public Library
Carl B. Roden
Port OF New York
Durbin
Charles R. Rogers
Oscar
Binnie Barnes
Alice Brady
Charles Winninger
Mischa Auer
Nan Grey
Barbara Read
John King
Rex
Xl’s
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