Seniority Lists Show Familiar Names in Nelsonville Railroading
Nelsonville records from 1913 detail locomotive engineers and firemen on the Hocking Valley Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The list highlights local families with deep railroading ties and items like an oil lantern and brass switch key recalling coal movement days. Today’s yard crew is smaller than the multi-crew teams that once served Nelsonville yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Charles Chesher
Thomas Mulligan
Horace
Hod) Mender
L. T. Rhoades
James Coleman
C. W. Silcott
Fred Juniper
J W Shafer
James McKee
C C. Cummins
C. E. Patton
A. A Nelson
John J Stocklen
Frank C Betts
Otto R. Shirley
H S Leyshon
H. D. Minner
Charles Selby
Ed R. Tucker
Guild Holds Quarterly Dinner Meet at Mount St. Mary
Nelsonville Mount St. Mary Hospital Guild met for its quarterly dinner in the hospital coffee shop with Mrs. Katherine Chute presiding. Representatives from six twigs reported on projects and activities while Mother Euphemia announced a new General Electric Diagnostic X ray machine being installed. Guild donations for at least a year will go toward the nearly $30,000 purchase price. Next quarterly meeting set for February 11, 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Katherine Chute
New Lexington
Euphemia
General Electric
Guild
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes and Nelsonville Notices
Nelsonville church notes announce a Queen Esther Class Christmas dinner at 6 p.m. on December 1 with a dollar gift exchange and reservations by Friday with Mrs. William R. Cox. Austin Allen pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Hoffman, fined $10 plus costs. Admission and patient lists include numerous residents from Athens Nelsonville Glouster and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Queen Esther
First Methodist Church
William R. Cox
Austin Allen
Wiliam Hoffman
Recreation Commission Set to Meet in Logan
Logan council and residents learn the newly appointed recreation commission will convene Friday at 7 30 p m in Dr Fred Blume’s office. Members include Dr Blume George Blosser Councilman Sandy Hand James Myers and Gene Morgan. Hand said he cannot obtain full cost and revenue figures from the school board for budget planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Fred Blume
Blume
George Blosser
Sandy Hand
James Myers
Gene Morgan
Hand
Post Office Closed for Thanksgiving Day Observation
Nelsonville post office will close Thursday for Thanksgiving with no city rural or window service. Box sections available after 9 am. holiday schedule follows collection receipt and dispatch of mail.社
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
William Theisen
Fire department answers two calls in Nelsonville
The Nelsonville fire department responded to two calls on Tuesday. At 11 30 a m the Fos ter Tolliver residence on Lyle Ave behind the Methodist Church reported a gas heating stove ignited by the pilot light during cleaning with no damage. At 4 p m township equipment went to State Route 216 in Buchtel where straw bales along the highway were set on fire with minimal damage. A child was reported to have started the straw fire and the incident is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Lyle Ave
Foster Tolliver
Buchtel
Camp Fire Girls Visit TB Hospital in Nelsonville
Troop Three of Camp Fire Girls toured the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital to donate checkerboard sets and dominoes for the recreation room. Mrs Helen Holzapfel received the presentation. Patsy Cox’s winning troop flag design features a camp fire emblem on white with a blue field and inscription Troop 3 Ta Wa Ten Ya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Helen Holzaphel
Roger Johnson
Patsy Cox
Rotary Speaker Discusses Ohio Workmen's Act
Nelsonville Ohio Rotary Club luncheon features John E. Lewis of the Evans Co. explaining the Workmen's Compensation Act and how employers can improve their accident records through bureau procedures. He notes over 30,000 claims monthly and that the Evans Co. serves as consultants to private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Lewis
E. I. Evans Co
Columbus
Nelsonville Rotary Club
Ethel’s
David Neiman
Lewis
Bureau of Compensation
Speacker
Bureau
Evans Co
Rotary
Roy Davis
Wilbert Warren
Don Delor
Bud Freeman
Logan
Alva Oakley
Buchtel
Committee Reviews City Dump Operation Plans
Logan council committee led by Tom Walsh studies two main options for a new landfill to replace Old Smokey. A city run system or franchised operation are evaluated with cost, equipment, labor, and regulatory needs outlined. Land for the dump has been proposed, with terms to be negotiated with landowner Joe Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Tom Walsh
Walsh
Joe Hutchins
Students Tour Hospital During Thanksgiving Holiday
Glouster High School physiology class visited Mary Hospital last week spending two hours in the hospital laboratory with medical technologist Sister Marie Vianney. A round table discussion on health careers led by public relations director Mrs. Alice Kelso followed. The visiting group included Danny Cunningham, Roger Grubbs, Nancy Sanders, Greg Morris, Jim Cartwright, Don McDonald, Loretta Hughes and Margie Guffey, accompanied by teacher Max L. Gunn. Trimble Local District schools were dismissed Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday. classes resume Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Glouster High School
Marie Vianney
Alice Kelso
Danny Cunningham
Roger Grubbs
Nancy Sanders
Greg Morris
Jim Cartwright
Don McDonald
Loretta Hughes
Margie Guffey
Max L. Gunn
Glouster
Trimble
Auto Repair Course Completed By Soldier
CORNING Pvt. Duane R. Bolyard son of Mr and Mrs Valis R Bolyard Corn ing Route 1 has completed a 14 week automotive repair course at the Army Ordnance Center and School Aberdeen Proving Ground Md Bolyard received instruction in the maintenance and repair of engines for the Army s tracked and wheeled vehicles The 17 year old soldier entered the Army in May 1964 and completed basic training at Fort Knox Ky He is a 1964 graduate of Miller High School Perry County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Duane R. Bolyard
Valis R Bolyard
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Bolyard
Army
Fort Knox
Miller High School
Perry County
Miss Lintala Engaged to Hadley Jewell in Wooster
Mr. and Mrs. Tanna Lintala of Wooster announce the engagement of their daughter Vicki Susan to Hadley Jewell of Wooster. Vicki is a Columbus year teacher and Jewell a senior in engineering at Ohio State University. The wedding is planned for December 27 at Zion Lutheran Church in Wooster. Vicki is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williams of Spring Street.
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Lane F Ely
C. E Brooks
Harry Hall
William Siddle
Earl D. Mender
C. W. Keating
J. I Pritchard, Jr
James Mathena
W H. Bennett
Charles Brickles
J. M. Baileys
C. A. Patton
Elzie Hillyer
D A. Shafer
Carl McLaughlin
Washington Roberts
P C. Zeisler
Earnest Spencer
C. E. Sowers
John Stocklen
Frank Betts
Lane Ely
East End
New Straitsville
Luther Berry
Eugene Berry
Roy Groce
Earl Weiss
Nelson Dowler
John Hillis
Carl Starkey
John W. Worthman
Pearl Groce
Pearl Grace
Messenger Newsphoto
Lady Buxton
Satin
W. Washington St
Robert Schappe
Athens, Son
Jesse Devol
Carbon Hill
Julius Vegso
Wicks
Jacksonville
William Seel, Jr
Gilbert Lewis
Carla J. Johnson
Albany
Gloria Jean Rutter
Tim Chuvalos
Carl H. McKee
New Marshfield
Malcolm Ross
Sayre
Anton Ellis
Shawnee
Mildred Welch
Carpenter
Leonard Six
Athens
Doris J. Call
John Thompson
Leona Bush
Haydenville
Recreation Commission
W. E. Young
Chauncey
William Pierce
Linda
Newark
William Carr
Faye Cramer
Jake Martin
Sand Ridge
Cleo Pierce
Laura Sapp
Ida Williams
Cecil Antle
Concord
Harlan Linsecott
Hooper Ridge
Max Reynolds
Jack Antle
Madge Baker
Phil Briley
Alice Shumway
Glouster, Ohio
Ohio
Camp Fire
Miss Lintala
America
Chevrolet
BOB Hess, Inc
E. State ST
Bob Hess
Nelsonville, Inc
Fayette ST
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