Queen Selection A Highlight Of Festival Week Parades
Five high school bands from Union Furnace Haydenville Carbon Hill Buchtel and Nelsonville will join in a Thursday parade for Hocking Valley Festival and Homecoming. Queens and their courts will be introduced and a Miss Hocking Valley crowned Saturday on Fulton Street. The Joyland Shows return to Nelsonville on Canal Road with a history dating to 1919 and 1938 centennial concessions on the Public Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Queens
Union Furnace
Haydenville
Carbon Hill
Buchtel
Hocking Valley
Homer Adams
W. Washington
Roland Pierce
Washington
Jefferson and
Poplar Sts
Harper
Chestnut
Fayette
Public Square
Columbus St
Fulton St
American Legion
Columbus
Thomas Joyland
Baird
Fulton and
Hocking Sts
Canal Road
Ross Reed
Thomas
the Goodings
Peterson's Ointment Ad Prompting Quick Pile Relief
An advertisement urges immediate use of Peterson's Ointment to relieve pile torture within minutes. The cooling astringent formula claims to have given relief for 40 years and promises money back if not satisfied. Available from druggists 40 cents for box or 70 cents for applicator tube.
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Peterson
Nelsonville Cab Co Sold to Sebring Coal Partner
Nelsonville Cab Co on Public Square, founded by N E Tyo in 1937, is sold to Edward J. Lueking. The fleet of five radio-equipped cabs will be managed by Lueking’s brother Dec Lueking. Lueking, a Sebring Coal Co partner for seven years, plans to keep the same service. Tommy Dean stays as dispatcher. current drivers remain. Tyo retires for health reasons and may relocate, with son-in-law Francis Abdella pursuing studies at Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonville Cab Co
N. E. Tyo
Public Square
Edward J. Lueking
Tyo
Dec” Lueking
Lueking
Sebring Coal Co
Tye
Tommy Dean
Francis Abdella
Ohio University
Man Found Dead in Woods Near Gibisonville
Logan George McGrady 61 was found dead in a woods near Gibisonville where he cleared brush for a logging road. Coroner Dr. C F Shank ruled heart attack. He lived in Laurel Township and worked at Charles Summer sawmill. burial planned at Brethren Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
George McGrady
Gibisonville
C. F. Shank
McGrady
Laurel Township
Charles Summer
A. J. Waldron
Lucy Ann McGrady
William MrGrady
William of Lancaster
Brethren Cemetery
Herman King Dies at 62 in Huntington Veterans Hospital
Herman King 62 died Monday at Huntington West Virginia Veterans Hospital after a week there. A WWI veteran and coal miner, he was born in Perry County and moved to Millfield in 1929. He is survived by wife Cassie, brother George of Corning, and sister Mrs. Tressie Dine of Corning. Funeral Friday at 9 a.m. St Patrick Church Buchtel with burial at Hilltop Cemetery Millfield.
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Nelsonville
Herman King
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Perry County
Millfield
Cassie
George of
Corning
Tressie Dine
Buchtel St. Patrick’s Church
Hilltop
James Smart Dies at Age 66 in Mount St. Mary Hospital
James Smart 66 a Murray City hardware store owner for 40 years died at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a heart attack at his home Sunday. He was a Mason and K of P member. Survived by wife Margaret and brothers John and Joe. Stout funeral home planning services.
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Nelsonville
James Smart
Murray City
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Smart
Masonic and
K. of P
Margaret Smart
John
Barberton
Joe
Toledo
Stout Funeral Home
August fines and licenses total $798.96 in Nelsonville
Mayor Earl Hilleary reports August collections for fines and licenses reached $798.96. Of this, $429.70 funded the city general fund and $53.65 the auto tax fund. Distributions include state fines $53.65, state costs $75.20, police chief costs $53, and Athens County $133.79.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
State of Ohio
State
Highway Patrol
Mayor Hilleary
James Cope
Athens County
Tax Receipts Show Increase Across Messenger Area
In five county Messenger Area Athens Hocking Meigs Gallia and Vinton counties sales tax receipts rose 38 percent in the last week of August from a year earlier. Year to date 1950 receipts exceed 1949 by more than 18 percent. Statewide, sales tax revenues are 30 percent ahead of last year and other tax collections 27 percent ahead.
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Ohio
Don Ebright
Athens
Hocking
Meigs
Gallia
Vinton
Birthday dinner honors Golda Osenbaugh at Hemlock home
Mrs. Ella Osenbaugh hosted a birthday dinner for her daughter Golda attended by Walter Osenbaugh Conneaut Mae Hupp Bellefontaine Maude Moore baked the centerpiece cake. Guests included the Osenbaugh family and relatives from New Lexington Zanesville Lancaster Columbus Detroit and California.
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Arlie
Mae Hupp
R Bellfontaine
P. B. Osenbaugh
Lancaster
James Thimmel
California
Harry Tharp
Ruth Maxwell
Christine Beattie
Gail Beattie
New Straitsville
Harry Tha
Nelsonville Social Notes Report of local reunions and events
The Lowery family held their annual reunion September 10 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Allen in Nelsonville Route 2. Attendees include Morris and Charles Windle Eugene Wolfe William Wolfe Evelyn Lowery and James Levering with others. A basket dinner was served at noon. The Rainbow Class of the Christian Church meets Thursday at 8 pm at Mrs. Marquise Morris home. Golden Sunday School Class members are hosted Thursday evening by Mrs. Ruth Patton at 669 Walnut St with assistance from Esthel Kinner Ava Fuller Imogene Kennedy Frances Stage and Lucille Weaver for a program. Glen D. Thomas and family depart with sons Ted and Larry and Charles Wiseman to Duke University in Durham NC where Ted starts junior year and Larry and Charles begin freshman year. Charles Wiseman is son of W. E F Wiseman and the two Nelsonville High School graduates are Class of 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd and
Mary Lowery
Harley Allen
Nelsonville
Morris Lowery
Charles Windle
Eugene Wolfe
William Wolfe
Evelyn Lowery
Athens
James Levering
Rainbow
The
Christian Church
Marquise Morris
High St
Golden Sunday School
Methodist Church
Ruth Patton
Walnut St
Ted
Larry
Charles Wiseman
W. EF. Wiseman
Durham
N.C
Duke University
Duke
Charles
Nelsonville High School
Bardains Arrive From El Centro to Start New Life
Robert Bardain, with his wife and two sons, has returned from El Centro California after a four year stay following Navy service in World War II. They plan to live with Bardains parents at 222 Adams St while he enters school next year. Wilbert Warren Jr leaves to begin his senior year at Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Clarence W Rieder return to Hardenville after a Smoky Mountain trip in which they gathered cotton in South Carolina. In Sophia North Carolina they visit Mrs Emery Smith, sister of Mrs Rieder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bardain
el Centro
Calif
Navy
Clarence W. Rieder
Hardenville
South
Smoky Mountain
South Carolina
Sophia
N.C
French Agriculture Leaders Tour Nelsonville Egg Plant
A group of 18 French agricultural leaders with two interpreters toured the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction in Nelsonville. They were shown the plant by manager Harold Koker and arrived after visiting Marietta. The trip, funded by the Marshall Plan, follows a U.S. tour from Washington to California. Local 259 United Foundry and Machine Workers meet Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Nelsonville
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Harold Koker
France
United States
Agricultural Cooperative Movement
Koker
Washington
California
Pacific Coast
United Foundry & Machine Workers
IOOF
Class Officers Elected For City School Year
Nelsonville students select officers by class with seniors and juniors choosing presidents and treasurers. Enrollment counts by grade list home room teachers and total pupils, while a nurses meeting at Mount St Mary Hospital is postponed a week.
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Thelma Mallin
Julia Howe
Melvin Hook
Eugene Yatea
Arthur Hunley
Patty Donahey
Jack Whitlatch
Jill Gray
Carlin Carpenter
Jeannine West
Belle Whitman
Nelsonvisile
Athens
Hocking Counties
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Land Bought For School In Green Local District
The Green Local School District announces purchase of about 11.5 acres of land from the Charles Wright farm near Routes 33 and 595 east of Logan for a new elementary school. The site includes space for a building, play areas, and a woodlot. Bottom land cost 400 dollars per acre. a 200,000 dollar bond issue approved in the primaries funds the 10 room school plus lunchroom sanitary system and an auditorium gym. The site was selected by the Green citizens committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Green Local
Board of Education
Charles Wright
Green Citizens Committee
Earthquake Mechanics Affects Ground Shaking
A fracture in the upper earth layer releases energy causing a jolting ground movement. The process involves stress buildup and rapid rupture along faults leading to seismic waves.
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John Reed
Bill
Doris
Joyland Enterprises
Robert Tipton
Jarvis Kincade
Joyland Amusement Co
Tommy Thomas
Reed
Circleville
THU
Orwell Borchers
Seusope
FOX Movietone
Orpheum
Sebring Coal Partner
Cab Company
Hemlock
Nelsonville Social Notes
Lowery Reunion
Glen D. Thomas
Pythian Sisters of
Valley Temple 137
K. of P. Hall
Marietta
Washington County Vegetable Growers’ Association
Roger Wood
Dean Vaughn
Jennie Mac Davis
Alouise Allier
Flaine Swank
Elinor Call
Nancy Smith
Patty Green
Diane Crabtree
Patty Mender
Florence Byrd
Jack Sowers
Dick Hubbare
Frank Hartley
Bob Jackston
Jo Ann Mallin
Violet Woody
Doris Pererin
Sarah Wiseman
Lowell Cole
Roger Wolf
Mary Sharp
Doris Wiliams
James Chenevey
Helen Washburn
Don Eastman
Ernest Weaver
Lois Wood
Norge
Blyore
Nelsonville and
Glouster
James H. Wilson
First National Bank
Quick. Gallaher
McGregor
Cookson
Drvegor Sport
Keller
Frederick Avenue
St. Joseph
Missouri
Hadacol
Floyd Mabe
South 7Th Street
St. Louis
Link Robinson
Lindser
Newport
Kentucky
John Geary
Urauline Street
New Orleans
Louisiana
Howworth
Paco
Texas
Dudley J. LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc
LeBilane Corporation
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