Nelsonville weighs sewage plant site and financing
City officials met with C&O Railroad representatives and Burgess & Niple to explore constructing a sewage disposal plant near the Hocking River. A five acre site near the railroad is under consideration, with financing options including mortgage revenue bonds or general obligation bonds potentially requiring a local vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James F. Shumaker
C&o Railroad
Cleveland Financial
Burgess & Niple
Columbus
William H. Watterson
F. S. Schubert
Clayton C. Bull
Shumaker
Delbert Kuhn
State Health Department
Railroad Company
Hocking River
Nelsonville Foundry
Engineering Department
Railroad
Watterson
Kuhn
Nelsonville Social Notes
Visitors Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luster Skiver in Ashton Ave. included Wesley Skiver Mae Mills and Bill Skiver with sons Don William and Dennis of Logan Charles Waugh with Gary Rodney Nancy Haydenville Donald Powell and Tommy Peggy Powell of Des Moines Iowa and Mrs Freda Powell of Columbus and Carl Skiver with son Steven of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luster Skiver
Ashton Ave
Wesley Skiver
Mae Mills
Bill Skiver
Don
William
Dennis
Logan
Charlies Waugh
Gary
Rodney
Nancy
Haydenville
Donald Powell
Tommy
Peggy
Des Moines
Iowa
Freda Powell
Columbus
Carl Skiver
Steven
City
Blanche Dennis
Glenn
Grace Weaver
Corning
Mae McDonald
Karen
George Higgins
Wallace
Camp Breckinbridge
Ralph Linscott
Laura Duffy
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Grace Russell
Ohio University
Athens
George Snowden
Dixie
Frank Hines
John Williamson
New Straitsville
Ouella Tharp
W. A. Eayle
Jack Williams
Ermine Wolfe
Maxville
Ebnezer Baptist Church
Thomas Larimer
Charles Heidiebaugh
Shawnee
Ollie Summers
Heidiebaugh
Dot Larimer
Murray City
Emblem Club Meeting Set For 8 PM At Elks Home
Members are to attend a meeting of the Emblem Club at the Elks Home this evening at 8 o’clock. A social period follows the business session and members are asked to bring a covered dish for the refreshment course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emblem Club
Elks
W N Club schedules Wednesday meeting at Mrs Steenrod's home
The W N Club will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Lucille Steenrod 306 Cross Street. A potluck lunch will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.N. Club
Lucille Steenrod
Cross St
Driver Fined Twenty Dollars After Stop Sign Plea
Charles Andrew Rickertson of Sandusky pled guilty at arraignment in Mayor Arthur Kennedy s court for failing to observe a stop sign. He was fined 20 dollars plus costs by the State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
State
Highway Patrol
Charles Andrew Rickertson
Sandusky
Arthur Kennedy
Soldiers of Revolution In Old Cooley Cemetery
The Cooley Cemetery near Carthage Gap on US Route 50 holds graves of two Revolutionary War soldiers, pioneers from 1799, and members of the Buckingham and Glazier families. The site, also linked to the old Medill Post office, is under consideration for a roadside marker along Route 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Peters
Cooley
Carthage Gap
Guysville
Carthage Township
Ashabe] Cooley
Cooleys
Massachusetts
Coolville
Ebenezer Buckingham
John
Ebenezer Jr
Zanesville
Ohio
Stephen Buckingham
Ebenezer
Carthage
Philo Buckingham
Conneicut
Starr Township
Hocking County
New Straitsville
William D. Buckingham
Nelsonville
Walter Glazier
Ames Township
Ames
Federal Creek
Joseph Gutherie
Connecticut
Cascaden
Arthur Cascaden
John Tibbles
Caldwell
Ireland
Moses Elliott
Athens
John Elliott
Missouri
Duppy
Hockingport
Lodi Township
Ohio River
Chilicothe
Milton
C. H. Harris
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes births admissions and discharges
Births list includes Nelsonville couples Mr and Mrs Paul Stump a daughter and Mr and Mrs William D McCall a son. Admissions note Frederick Vollmer Haydenville Roy Messbarger Lancaster Mrs Marve Brooks Carbondale Mrs John Oliver Haydenville Carol Ann Wilson Nelsonville Lillian Alvine Wilson Nelsonville Audrey Hartman Nelsonville Route 1 Donald Koon Lancaster Charles Kennard Jacksonville Landin H Bentley Union Furnace Dismissed J D Crossen Athens Route Miss Minnette Banfield Chauncey Bernard Noon New Lexington Billy Dean Leffler Nelsonville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Stump
Nelsonville
William D. McCall
Corning
Fredrick Vollmer
Haydenville
Roy Messbarger
Lancaster
Marve Brooks
Carbondale
John Oliver
Clarence Stage
Carol Ann Wilson
Lillian Alvine Wilson
Audrey Hartman
Donald Koon
Charles Kennard
Jacksonville
Landin H. Bentley
Union Furnace
Verna Vanhorn Marries Ralph Mansell in Columbus Ceremony
Miss Verna Vanhorn daughter of Mr and Mrs George Vanhorn and Mr Ralph Mansell son of Mr and Mrs N F Mansell plan to wed June 27 in a 2 30 pm open church ceremony at 7th Avenue Church of Christ Columbus. Several local families were noted visiting and guests attended various gatherings in the area including Ohio State University events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicky
Roger
Morgan County
Maurice Clifford
P. H. Clifford
Mabel Metzler
Jesse Plant
Columbus
Mary Bulick
Sire
Mary Wahl
Louisiana
Katie Latta
Kerseski
Ralph Briggs
Ohio State University
Cyrus Hay
Georgia Hatfield
Newark
Walter
Clifford
Glouster
Jessie Richardson
New Lexington Youth Injured After Front-Front Collision
Harry Smith 17 of New Lexington suffers a fractured leg and other injuries when he steps in front of a Shawnee driven auto. He is treated at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville. William Hughes 26 of Shawnee drives involved vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Harry Smith
Daniel Smith
William E. Hughes
Shawnee
Smith
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
William Kiener
Texas
Corning
Kiener
Plains of Texas
Eva Bradley
Forest Mumford American Legion Post
Roseville
Carl Wiseman
Loren Mauk
Bob Wilson
Leslie Cope
Everett Moody
Gladys Dodson
Jack's Shoe Store
Francis Walter
Mother Ill at Nelsonville Fractured Hip Reported
Mrs James F Shumaker of Nelsonville is in Cuyahoga Falls after her mother Mrs W H Stuber sustained a fractured hip in a fall and was taken there for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James F. Shumaker
Cuyahoga Falls
W. H. Stuber
Rardin Family History Anchors 150 Years in Bern Township
The Rardin lineage settled in Bern Township near Mt Hermon from early 1800s origins linked to William Rardin born 1797 near Pittsburgh. The narrative covers nearby pioneers, Dickey Hill, Route 50A development, and ties to Selby Heald Wickham Selby and other families. It notes abolitionist Billy Heald and Underground Railroad activity, church founding in 1857, and long-standing community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rardin
Athens County
William Rardin
Bern Township
Mt. Hermon
Washington County
William Bardin
Pittsburgh
Marietta
Betsy Anders
Marietta Run
Athens
Smith
Bartlett
Wells Farm
Sharpsburg Hill
James Dickey
Sharps Fork
Chillicothe
Haresback
Samuel Brown
Athens Road
Dickey Hill
Hermon
Rebecca Hanson
Elizabeth Work
United Brethren Church
Levi Bardin
Tthis
Wolf Creek
Billy Heald
Bern-Morgan County
Jonathan Lee
Bardins
Sharpsburg
Rardins
Dickeys
Selbys
Henrys
Wickhams
McCunes
Lampsons
Tracys
James Brothers
Oggs
Wyatts
Wolfes
Hines Selby
Warren
Dyar Selby
Mt. Hermon Neghborhood
John Henry
New York
John Wickham
Vermont
Thornton Swart
Virginia
Bern
Kansas
Auto Victim's Funeral Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Charles Ray Livezey 20 of Pliny will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in Pliny Presbyterian Church. He was killed in an automobile crash on Route 17 near Winfield when his car hit a tractor trailer. Richard Lee Bowman of Gallipolis escaped injury. Survivors include his mother Mrs Mary Livezey and sister Mrs Nina Lee Handley. The services will be conducted by Rev Harvey Orr and Rev Barnette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pliny Presbyterian Church
Charles Ray Livezey
Pliny
Livezey
Route 17
Winfield
Lawrence Craft
Richard Lee Bowman
Gallipolis
Winfield High School
Marshall College
Mary Livezey
Nina Lee Handley
Harvey Orr
Barnette
Local Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Funerals
Philadelphian Mrs. Rheda Hix and kin visited her mother Mrs. Cora Hooper in Columbus. Many relations traveled between Columbus Logan Corning and Zanesville for visits and a funeral for Ermine Wolfe in Maxville. Capt Ted Tharp and family have returned to Providence R I after furloughs in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock
Rheda Hixson
Philadelphia
Cora Hooper
Mrs Frank Johnson In Serious Condition After Heart Attack
Mrs Frank Johnson formerly of Nelsonville has been staying with her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank Huddy in Newark. She suffered a heart attack Sunday and is in serious condition, friends report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Frank Johnson
Frank Huddy
Newark
Club Holds Last Meeting in Glouster
The Senior Progressive Study Club held its final meeting at the Enid Cox country home on Glouster Route 2. An informal afternoon followed by a 6 p m buffet picnic under the willow tree, with members Es ta Cunningham Lalla Danford Ann Williams Bess Henshaw Esta Harper Sara Williams Dorotha De Long Adda Blower Jennie Jones Alta Sweeney Elinor Anderson Enoch Cox and guest Virginia Curtis of Mt. Sterling in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Progressive Study Club
Enid Cox
Cox
Esta Cunningham
Lalla Danford
Ann Williams
Bess Henshaw
Esta Harper
Sara Williams
N T Club Holds Corning Meet with Readings and Prizes
The N T Club visited Mrs. Sylvia Maxwell in Corning on Friday. Members included Kate Vaughn Mary Johnston Maude Vaughn Stella Dyer Anna Conaway Onez Williams Louise Zimmer Ola Eddy Grace Zimmer and Bessie Thompson. Prizes went to Grace Zimmer Maude Vaughn Ola Eddy and Anna Conway. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Bessie Thompson's home in Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
N.T. Club
Sylvia Maxwell
Corning
Kate Vaughn
Mary Johnston
Maude Vaughn
Stella Dyer
Anna Conaway
Onez Williams
Louise Zimmer
Ola Eddy
Grace Zimmer
Bessie Thompson
Anna Conway
Trimble Residents Take Western Trip for Vacation
Sayre and Darlene Kasler from Trimble travel to Oceanside California for a two week vacation. Miss Kasler will visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs Richard Harris, while Miss Sayre stays with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs Orland Sayre. Both Sayre and Harris are Marine Corps members stationed at Oceanside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Sayre
Darlene Kasler
Oceanside
Calif
Miss Kasler
Richard Harris
Miss Sayre
Orland Sayre
Mr. Sayre
Mr. Harris
Marine Corps
Burr Oak parking lots treated after rain flood repair
State trucks hauled red dog ashes from Hollister to Lake Burr Oak parking lots. The lots, graded at different points, had been unusable after a rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster—State
Hollister
Lake Burr Oak
Honor Roll Additions for Glouster Sixth Grade Students
Names omitted in last week’s Glouster honor roll list are Michael Mudrie Karen Williams Larry Kinneer Robert Smith Judy Nott and Rose Marie Sikorski. They achieved no grade below B in the last six weeks of school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Michael Mudrie
Karen Williams
Larry Kinneer
Robert Smith
Judy Nott
Rose Marie Sikorski
Class to Meet Glouster at Methodist Church
The Orpha Sunday school class will gather in the Methodist Church social rooms Thursday at 7 30 p m. Co hosts are Mrs Loretta Mc Laughlin and Mrs Audrey Fraser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Orpha
Methodist Church
Loretta McLaughlin
Audrey Fraser
Blind for 26 years woman to see again
Jo Ellen Carter 27 of 24 Braun St has been blind since ten months old and will try the new Clear Image Lens. Dr Bernard Abrams of Columbus reports a telescopic cap lens could give 18 to 20 inch reading and distant recognition with slow improvement as she studies large letters. Plastic lenses were developed by Dr Feinbloom at Columbia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Jo Ellen Carter
Braun St
Bernard Abrams
Columbus
Carter
Dr. Abrams
Dr. Feinbloom
Columbia University
Chauncey Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and Health
Local briefs report visits from Columbus to Chauncey including Mrs. Raymond Gray and family, Ralph McKibben under doctor care from a hand injury, and George Sweeney joining family in San Gabriel California. Also noted are hospital updates on Mrs. Helen Baughman, a trip to Magnetic Spring for Chi Rho campers, and funeral attendance for Addie Hogan with extended family from Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gray
Columbus
J. F. Kirkendall
Freddie
Gary Savage
Norwalk
Helen Baughman
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Baughman
John Ley
Th Hospital
Kelly D. Robinson
Charles Sweeney
Lee Schoonover
Wellston
Kirkendall
Addie Hogan
Margaret Wade
Pittsburgh
Kirkendalls
Perry County Court News Snapshot of Probate and Civil Actions
A probate petition seeks sale of Mordecai Jenkins real estate to pay debts. Jennie Thomas named executor without bond for James M. Thomas estate. Trust accounts show small balances. Lawsuit filed over a show horse death seeks $1000. others seek partition of Harrison Township property. Divorces filed with custody and alimony terms set in Mount Perry case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Mordecai Jenkins
Daniel M. Jenkins
Jennie Thomas
James M. Thomas
Harry F. Hoyman
Nellie Loose
Huntington National Bank of Columbus
Jay Stockman
John Tignor
East Fultonham
Plaintff
Robert Starcher
Akron
C. H. Starcher, Jr
Claude
Lou Starcher
Crookesville
Harrison Township
Carl Crossan
Somerset
Dorothy Crossan
Mount Perry
Dianne
Marriage Licenses Reported for Five Couples
Glenn Kroft a 22 year old farmer and Mary McCullough 26 a bank teller of Mount Perry intake marriage licenses. William Beck 25 technician and Janice Schmidt 22 clerk typist of New Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn T. Kroft
Fast Fultenham
Mary L. McCullough
Mount Perry
William D. Beck
Janice F. Schmidt
New Lexington
William H. Barnett
Newark
Jo Ann Aoe
Robert L. Flowers
Anne L. Mooney
Somerset
Real estate transfers in several townships listed
Real estate transfers include Charles and Dora Sanderson to Ernest and Helen Everett a Jackson Township tract. Holy Trinity Church trustees to Warren and Maxine Fortney lot 355 New Lexington. James and Eva Nutter to Kenneth Moore lots 15 16 17 Old Straitsville. Frank Rostashetux to David Miller parcels 91 92 Hemlock. Perl C Watts deceased to Cone Watts Crookie tract. Domonie and Mary Cencil to John R Abram two Shawnee parcels. Homer J White to Don Virla Young tract Reading Township. Forrest T Cooper to Buckeye Line Co 65 acres Ell Township. Harry and Frances Koblentz to Charles and Alice Finnen lot 1036 New Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Dora Sanderson
Ernest
Helen Everett
Jackson Township
Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of
New Lexington
Warren F
Maxine C. Fortney
James
Eva Nutter
Kenneth Moore
Old Straitsville
Frank Rostashetux
David Miller
Hemlock
Perl C. Watts
Cone F. Watts
Crookie
Domonie
Mary Cencil
John R. Abram
Shawnee
Homer J. White
Don
Virla Young
Reading
Forrest T. Cooper
Buckeye A Line Co
Ell Township
Harry and
Frances Koblentz
Alice Finnen
Jacksonville Methodist Church Meeting Set for Wednesday
The Rev. Lester Covert said the church official board will convene in the church auditorium Wednesday at 7 30 p m to discuss church matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Lester Covert
Jacksonville Methodist Church
Taken to hospital after incident in Nelsonville
Mrs. James Holbert was taken to Mount St. Mary Hospital in Nelsonville Sunday for observation and treatment after an incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
James Holbert
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Chaplain Vincent G. Scheike Admitted for Treatment
The Rev. Fr. Vincent G. Scheike chaplain at Mount St. Mary Hospital has been admitted to University Hospital in Columbus for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Vincent G. Scheike
Mount St. Mary Hospital
University Hospital In
Columbus
WSCS Meeting At Trimble Methodist Church
The WSCS group of Trimble Methodist Church was entertained at the home of Mr Grace Sayre on Wednesday evening. President Mrs Armel Rainey led the meeting with devotional by Mrs Helen Willeke and a lesson study on Youth and Christian Fellowship. A Kipling poem was read in memory of Mrs T Wolfe. Lunch was served to members listed including Mrs Grace Holmes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Lead Orhaus
T Wolfe
Grace Holmes
Elsie Underwood
Sadie Morrison
Laure Zimmer
Agnes Keeling
Esta Haskins
Pauline Henderson
Glouster News Social Notes Travelers and Visits
Glouster residents report visits and trips. Robert Emrick and son Jeffrey returned to Pittsfield after a week with Dorr Emrick and Talley Munden on Madison Street. Evan Morgan and family hosted in Columbus then returned home. W J Golding planned a ten day Virginias Kentucky trip. Miles Dyer visited Columbus relatives. Marie Hambel spent last week in Columbus with Clyde and Ide Mason, returning with Dale Downing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Emrick
Jeffrey
Pittsfield
Dorr Emrick
Talley Munden
Madison St
Evan Morgan
Columbus
Evan Morgan, Jr
Evan III
Glouster
W. J. Golding
Virginias
Kentucky
Miles Dyer
Local church leaders visit Belpre as minister search continues
Dr. C A Pepper rural and town secretary for the Ohio Baptist State Convention toured the area to aid Belpre First Baptist Church which lacks a pastor after Rev H K Freeman and wife left. Elizabeth Snodgrass of Rio Grande also visited to support rural mission work and church programs. A pastor is expected to be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
C. A. Pepper
Ohio Baptist State Convention
First Baptist Church
Belpre
H. K. Freeman
Freeman
Elizabeth Snodgrass
Rio Grande
Claire Linton
Centennial Congregational Church
Ireland
Centennial Congregational
Oville Bibee
Wilbur Dodd
William Cline
Morris
Phyllis Chalfant
Phyllis
G. H. Chalfant
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bull
Nelsonville Social Notes
Soldiers of Revolution
Old Cooley Cemetery
J. D. Crossen
Minnette Banfield, Chaun
Cupid
George Selby
Portsmouth
Gail Harris
Roy Rardin
Willard Rardin
C. W. Hodson
Hodson
Viola Hartman
Wolfe
Hazel Tharp
Mary Whipps
B. O. Fitzer
Bruce Baughman
Fairborn
Dale Baughman
Huntington
W. Va
William Baughman
Lena Stallsmith
Ted Tharp
Providence
R. L
Sherveport
Tharp
Otto Tharp
Harmon
Glenna Williams
Trimble
Burr Oak
Dick Turner
Rag. U. & Pet
BEA Service
Chauncey
Perry County Court News
WSCS
Pashia
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