Parade of the Hills opens with flower show despite rain
Attendance rises as Nelsonville residents view the Parade of the Hills flower show in Central School grounds. At 8 p.m. the 10 city winners from preliminary judging will be crowned from the grandstand. Contestants from Chauncey Glouster Haydenville Murray City New Marshfield Logan Nelsonville Shade Union Furnace The Plains and more compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Central School
Chauncey
Arlene Lester
Glouster
Joanna Richards
Barbara Sikorski
Alberta Withem
Ellen Markins
Jennetta Conaway
Susan Skinner
Elsie Craig
Georgenne Kirkendall
Linda Goss
Joellen Bond
Shade—Phylis
Jean Vore
Ann Oxley
Edith Brooks
Union Furnace
Karen Sue Armstrong
Sue Kay McDonald
Mary M. Eddy
Donna Jean Hunter
Joan Tipton
Beth Williams
Nancy J. Hawk
Janice Hanning
Hoffman Cable Co
Roberta Sutton
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hills
Local Woman Minnie Townsend Dies at 75 in Buchtel
Minnie Townsend 75 a Buchtel resident died Saturday evening at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a heart ailment. Survived by husband William H Townsend daughter Mrs John Sheskey sister Agnes McDonald brothers Thomas and Gervase Russell four grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 10 a.m. at St Patrick Church Buchtel with Rev Fr Cletus Aftermath. Burial Green Lawn Cemetery. Rosary 7:20 p.m. Monday at daughter’s home in Buchtel.
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Nelsonville
Minnie Townsend
Buchtel
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Reynolds
Agnes Russell
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
William H. Townsend
John Sheskey
Agnes McDonald
Thomas Russell Columbus
Gervase Russell
Akron
St. Patrick's Church
Cletus
Green Lawn Cemetery
Johnson Funeral Home
John Shieskey
Old Time Baseballers Relive Stories in Nelsonville Event
Hundreds of Old Timers Baseball Association members gathered in Nelsonville for a flag ceremony and an exhibition two inning game by the Nelsonville Eagles against the Nelsonville Merchants. Local players Corky Barstow and Bill Walters featured, with Ward Phillips managing. The Merchants won 1-0 over Beulah Park of the Heart of Ohio League in the following tightly pitched contest, Neil Hawk driving in Dupler in the fifth.
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Old Eagles
Ward Phillips
Nelsonville
Parade of the Hills
Ed James
Corky Barstow
George Newman
Pitt Dane
Bill Wigsman
Frank James
Floyd Champ
Millard Patton
Bill Walters
Gilbert Smith
Heck Hacker
Mark Brooker
Melvin Brookers
Bill Hacker
Old Timers Baseball Association
St. Petersburg
Fla
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nelsonville High School
Little Miss
Nelsonville Merchants
Eagles
Heck Hark
Neil Hawk
Dupler
Becky Dupler
Murray City
Ben Wagner
George Worthington
Buchtel
Pappy Stewart
Meade Whyte
Cecil Wood
Labor Group Attends Rally Against Right-to-Work in Columbus
A Nelsonville delegation from the United Organized Labor of the Hocking Valley joined more than 4000 people at a kickoff rally in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Columbus sponsored by the state organized labor group. John Owens of the United Mine Workers warned Ohio key to blocking the national right-to-work drive.
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Nelsonville
United Organized Labor
Hocking Valley
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Columbus
State Organized Labor
John Owens
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Athens
Logan
Charles Pancake
Charles Ennis
Organized Labor
State Organized Labor Group
Circle Two Methodist Meeting Postponed in Nelsonville
The regular Circle Two meeting in Nelsonville is rescheduled to Monday September 15 due to a conflict with the Parade of the Hills.
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Nelsonville
Circle Two of the
Methodist Church
Opening night crowd tops years for Parade of the Hills
Nelsonville reports the largest opening night crowd in years for the Parade of the Hills community sing at Central School lot. Music featured Lowell Cole Hoy Seckinger Gilbert Courtney Martine Green with the Cottrill Brothers and Jerry Grim. Mrs Janet Hutchins led group singing under Rev. Ted Faulconer and with invocations by Rev. John Evans and Dr. E M Wentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Lowell Cole
Hoy Seckinger
Gilbert Courtney
Martine Green
Cottrill Brothers
Jimmy
Jerry
Hubert
Jerry Grim
Janet Hutchins
Ted Faulconer
First Christian Church
John Evans
E. M. Wentz
Old Timers Day Parade Sidelights Near Montgomery County Courthouse
A crowd of several thousand gathered despite morning rain for Old Timers Day. Com mons Pleas Judge Charles L. Mills and County Auditor Jess Haines attended at the Montgomery County Courthouse. Local volunteers and alumni from Explorer Post 70 ran the concession. A chicken dinner followed, courtesy of the Nelsonville Eagles, for Old Timers and the baseball teams. Local musicians performed, with many named participants from Athens, Lancaster, Columbus, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Charles L. Mills
Jess Haines
Explorer Post 70
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Parade of Hills
C. D. Duncan
C. E. Heselden
Estel Crabtree
John Eyre
Ed Butterworth
Bill Adams
Clyde Ray
Hiram Dupler
Richard Duckworth
Syracuse
George Gardner
Lew Daugherty
Barberton
Dud Swindle
Bill Withem
Jacksonville
Rudy Blosser
Gabe Shelton
Abe Leonard
Merrill Haney
Bill Theisen
Barney Sanders
Millfield
James Odenthal
Jack Bowan
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinal
C. L. Mills
Common Pleas
Montgomery Co
Monroe Swartz
Cincinnati
New York, N. Y
U.S
Dea
Farm Bureau
Landmark
Farm Bureau Cooperatives
Adv
Pen
George Carlin
Carbondale
Nelsonville Eagles
Everett Windle
Arley Johnson
Bob Johnson
Johnny Miller
New Straitsville
Heck Harkins
Stockport
Ervin Karns
Bobby Goodman
Gay Clary
Arthur Bruce
William Matson
John White
Fuzzy Evans
Oscar Steward
Tom O'Malley
Dickie Jones
Shawnee
Donald Mohney
Www. C. Jones
Toronto
Phillipsburg
H. O. Theisen
Charles Far
America
Altman
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