Shumaker Named Clerk of Board in Nelsonville
James F. Shumaker was retained as clerk of the city board of education for the unexpired term of C. E. Washburn. The ex service man and recent law graduate will receive 1000 dollars yearly. A new school bus arrived and began service due to rising enrollment. Ralph Simpson is the temporary operator. Vera Jo Pyle resigns as secretary to Principal J. K. Kinneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James F. Shumaker
City Board of Education
C. E. Washburn
Shumaker
Ralph Simpson
Vera Jo Pyle
J. K. Kinneer
Berry Quits Council Job and Allen Appointed
Nelsonville City Council accepted the resignation of Eugene Berry as councilman at large after his yardmaster duties with the C and O Railroad required new hours. EI E. W. Allen won a tied ballot to fill the unexpired term, sworn in by Mayor Oral Daugherty. The council also discussed forming a three member utility board, a storm sewer project, and several street and wage adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eugene Berry
Berry
C&o Railroad
Earl Hilleary
BE. W. Allen
C. D. Crawford
Bob Matheny
Charles Shafer
Hilleary
E. W. Allen
Oral Daugherty
Allen
Daugherty
Patton Sts
Clarence Birtcher
Vern Coakley
Service Committee
Arthur Kennedy
Gerald Nelson
M. E. Street
W. Franklin
W. Washington Streets
Paine
Service Department
Coakley
Fern Bay
Hocking St
Service Committee of Council
Bay
Hospital
Frog Hollow
C. W. Monks
Light and Water Department
Dorothy Green
Harry Evans
Community notes mark visits, retirements, and family events
A long list of local greetings and travels fills the LETART FALLS page. Clergy, veterans, and families from Athens Racine Columbus and St Louis share gatherings, hospital stays, birthdays, and school transitions across Labor Day and early September.
Heaviest Local Registration Under Selective Service
Nelsonville reported its heaviest registration day under the selective service act with 45 men in the 20 year group. The tally includes 26 local non veterans three transient non veterans eight local married veterans and eight single veterans with volunteers Mrs Mary Kessinger Mrs Tom Lax and Mrs Paul Galvin assisting at the American Legion building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
American Legion
Mary Kessinger
Tom Lax
Paul Galvin
Guilt Denied By Driver in Local Motor Vehicle Case
Nelsonville plea of innocent entered by P G Oakley Jr on unsafe operation of a motor vehicle before Mayor Oral Daugherty with a Sept 16 hearing set. North case postponed. Eugene North intoxication plea. George France guilty, fined 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
P. G. Oakley, Jr
Oral Daugherty
Eugene North
Deanville
George France
Hockingport Residents Relocate and Social Guests Noted
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Deeter moved from the George Parker property to New Marshfield Route 1. Mrs. Alice Clark and daughter Mildred of Racine Ohio visited Mrs. Bertha Jackson for two days. Syd Smith of Point Pleasant joined weekend hosts Mr. and Mrs. Billie Mayers. Willie Shields and family plus guests spent a weekend in Cleveland. W. T. Matheny home hosted many visitors from Cincinnati Lisbon New Brighton Pa Barberton Waynesburg Torch and Roger Mary Lincicome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette
Matheny
Cincinnati
Francis M. Althur
Lisbon
Charles Vankirk
Virginia Simons
Richard
Kathaleen Watt
New Brighton
Chester Giffin
Barberton
Joe M. Ford
Waynesburg
LeRoy Kelbaugh
Clarence Randolph
Walter
Torch
Dorothy Rockhold
Roger
Mary Lincicome
41 Register For Draft In Nelsonville
Forty one young men registered Saturday at the American Legion building under the National Draft Act. The group included twenty one local veterans and one transient veteran, five single local non veterans and seven married local non veterans. Registration continued Monday with Emblem Club volunteers Mrs Stuart Hoodlett Mrs Charles Hubbard and Mrs Raymond Foughty in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
American Legion
Emblem Club
Stuart Hoodlett
Charles Hubbard
Raymond Foughty
Lloyd reunion gathers family across towns
Vinton hosted the Lloyd reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd on Bidwell Route 2 with thirty five family members attending from Detroit Columbus Huntington Gallipolis McArthur Rodney and Vinton. Other notes mention Simms reunion near Cheshire and multiple relatives visiting or ill with various travels and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Lloyd
David Lloyd
Bidwell
Detroit
Columbus
Huntington
Gallipolis
McArthur
Rodney
Frank Markins
Simms
Cheshire
Markins
I.D. Snodgrass
Ed Long
Frank Holcomb
J. C. Aldrich
Charles Vance
R. B. Poling
Uldrich
Luther Aldrich
Nelsonville mayor offers to resign if road work approved
Nelsonville Mayor Oral Daugherty told the city council he will resign if the state improves Mason City Hill or Poplar Street by bituminous treatment. He says he has no personal political ambition, seeks only to aid Nelsonville, and claims politics are blocking local improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Ray Bobo
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Daugherty
Local notes from Radcliff area including teaching moves and births
Radcliff notes report Jean Pierce will teach at Dennison High School and visit Schoenbrunn Memorial Park near New Philadelphia. Lawrence Camp announces birth of Naomi Faye, their seventh child. School started Sept 7 with full staff. Vin ton Township teachers attended a meeting at McArthur. Shaner Evans and Pierce relatives visited, and Maggie Pierce was called on. Garden Club September meeting planned at Mamie Martin's house with officers to be elected. Dwight McLaughlin Jr and Roger Fair enlisted in the U S Navy after physicals at Portsmouth. Harry Morton wintering with aunt Mrs Clyde Morris at Pt Rock. Howard Robert Barton staying with parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff
Clyde Pierce
Jean
Ardath
Dennison
Schoenbrunn Memorial Park
New Philadelphia
Lawrence Camp
Naomi Faye
Vinton Township
Parnie McLaughlin
McArthur
G. H. Shaner
William Shaner
Pearl Evans
Nelsonville
Maggie Pierce
Mamie Martin
Dwight McLaughlin, Jr
Roger Fair
U. S. Navy
Portsmouth
Harry Morton
Clyde Morris
Pt. Rock
Howard Robert Barton
Special DAV Meeting Called at Pomeroy
A special meeting of the DAV will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Meigs County Courthouse. George Hawley Commander announced the gathering and noted preparations for the fall semester at Muskingum College where he is pre medical student. Robert Erickson resuming studies after a hospital summer return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAV
Pomeroy
Meigs County
George Hawley
Muskingum College
Robert Erickson
White Cross Hospital
Well Established Furnace Firm Seeks Sales Engineers
An Ohio area firm seeks several married men aged 25 to 35 with pleasing personalities and sales talent to train as sales engineers in nearby Ohio territories. Liberal income offered. Write W. H. Wuerdeman at 4558 Mareburg Ave Cincinnati 9 Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
W. H. Wuerdeman
Mareburg Ave
Cincinnati
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Letart Falls
Antiquity Baptist Church
William Richardson
East St. Louis
R. A. Hayman
Pfc
Eugene Canaday
First Baptist Church
Charles PD. Kirsch
Delaware
Homer Roush
Solomon Adams
Canton
Labor Day
Gordon
Eber Wolfe
R. S. West
Ellis Sayre
W. W. Varian
Sherman Barnhart
Sandyville
W. Va
Ralph Webb
Henry Balser
Ott Boston
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Burl Ashley
Lansing
Mich
R. D. Ashley
Ashley
J. R. Sweeney
Cleveland Heights
W. FE. Wilson
T. E. Jeffries
E. S. Thaxton
H. E. Wheaton
Clarksburg
Louise
Dana Parr
Albert Hill
Raymond Hensler
David
Racine
H. G. Roush
Hill
Emil Plechta
Suellen
Cleveland
J. E. Grimm
C. E. Powell
FE. F. Spencer
Larry
Spencer
Syracuse Roadside Park
W. Snedeker
Wilson Slaughter
Snedeker
Clarence Chapman
C. E. Burri
Alberta Alexander
Edgar Sayre
St. Louis
M. F. Sayre
J. D. Roush
Pilgrim Holiness Church
New Pittsburg
Evangelist — Special Music
Virgil Lanning
Hockingport
Jessie Braley
Neva Denney
Mary Ewing
Louise Woltz
Clem Wilcox
Max Matthews
Matthew
H. K. Butler
Goldie McCarley
Lena Sweeney
Athens
Stella E. Wilcox
Aline
Okh10
Faye
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