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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:31 PM |
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Monroe County’s Sewing Project Now Employs 26 Workers
From the May 16, 1940 edition of The Spirit of Democracy
Monroe County’s WPA sewing project, which recently had 26 workers assigned, produced 26,-425 garments and other articles during four and one-half years of operation, it was announced recently at Zanesville by Fred L. Roose, manager of the Southeastern Ohio WPA district.
“The statistic was another result of the vast summarization of accomplishments recently completed at Washington WPA headquarters,” Mr. Roose said.
This project, a modern prototype of the old-fashioned sewing circles, is similar to most of the latter in that its products go to needy persons (families on direct relief), but it differs in the fact that the job of making clothing has been streamlined by the use of power sewing machines, modern cutting devices, standard patterns of tested value, and a basis of operation something like an assembly line.
And while the garments are distributed by the county, the women making them are enabled to earn a livelihood. They are on duty regular hours, their daily time being so scheduled that each gets in the prescribed 130 hours per month.
The local center, in the Monroe Bank building, is in charge of Genevieve Felock of Lewisville. Up to December 31, 1939, women employed at it had made these garments: 3184 for men, 6019 for women, 4300 for boys, 4890 for girls, and 5307 for infants. The 2725 other articles included comforters, quilts and a variety of familiar household items made from cloth scraps. In 1939, they made 15,049 articles, 12,214 of them in the second half-year.
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Written by Submitted by Herman Zerger
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:14 PM |
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Salerno was one of the bloodier, more critical operations of the Second World War. For a time, the action hung in the balance as strong enemy counterattacks smashed and threatened the very existence of the initial beachhead. But at the last, a gallant defense held firm and Salerno was won. This was the opening struggle of the long and bitter Italian campaign.
On their first combat mission, 36th Division troops, under the command of Major General Fred L. Waller, became the first American division to invade the European mainland and test Hitler's continental fortress. Before dawn of Thursday morning, September 9, 1943, without previous naval or air bombardment, the leading waves stepped ashore on the sandy beaches near ancient Paestum.
The Italian surrender had been announced only the night before. Unwarranted optimism was soon reduced as the Germans in waiting faced the invaders. Shoved back from the beaches, the enemy thrust powerfully at Altavilla and along the Sele River. Casualties were heavy. Airborne reinforcements arrived from Sicily at the height of the battle. A new line was formed, and on September 14th, the enemy's heaviest blows were warded off. The beachhead was secure. The 36th had had a tough time of it, but they had given more than they had taken. The 3rd highest casualty list.
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Written by Submitted by John Ogden
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 1:14 PM |
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Following is information gathered by local historian John Ogden. The information comes from old articles in the Spirit of Democracy.
Tuesday, October 14, 1873
Monroe County was established February 3rd, 1815. The first session of the County Commissioners was held on the 5th day of June 1815. The Board was Cornelius Okey, Elijah Stephens and John Linn. The total tax of the county for the year 1815, was $156.34.
Stafford in Franklin township, was laid out by John Jones.
Lebanon in Bethel township was laid out by Thomas Masters.
Antioch in Perry township, was laid out in 1837 by William Jarvis.
Calais in Seneca township, was laid out by John Dailey in 1837.
Graysville, Washington township was laid out in 1835 by Daniel Gray.
The town of Sardis, this county, was laid out in 1843 by James Patton.
Baresville [now Hannibal], in Ohio township was laid out in 1846 by Jacob Bare.
Miltonsburg, in Malaga township, was laid out by David Pierson in 1836.
Lewisville, in Summit township, was laid out in 1837 by Barak Fisher and John Burton.
Cochransvlle, in Jackson township was laid out in 1846 by Thomas Cochran.
Malaga, in Malaga township, was laid out in 1818 by John Henderson and Horton Howard.
The first Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Monroe County was Benjamin Tappen.
The first resident Lawyer, in Woodsfield, was Seneca S. Salisbury, in 1821.
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Written by Submitted by Joyce Wiggins and Kyle Yoho
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:33 PM |
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Submitted by Joyce Wiggins, Monroe County Historical Society, and Kyle Yoho, Event Planner
The Woodsfield Civil War Living History Event Planning Committee, an affiliation of the The Monroe County Historical Society and the The Woodsfield Civil War Encampment, has slated their third annual event for June 8 & 9 at the Hollister-Parry House Museum in Woodsfield, OH. This year’s event is called “Aftermath: The Impact of Gettysburg and the Events of 1863 on the Men and Women of Monroe County.”
“Aftermath” will be the most unique thus far of the committee’s 150th cycle of events. Over the last two years this living history has followed the experiences of Monroe County soldiers in the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and civilians at the home front in Monroe County throughout 1861 and 1862 utilizing reenactors from the Army of the Ohio Reenacting Organization and volunteers from within the community. This year’s 150th commemoration brings us to the carnage of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Over the course of the three days fighting on July 1-3, the 25th Ohio lost approximately 81% to casualties; 220 men went into the battle, less than 50 came out unscathed. These casualties included several Monroe County soldiers within Companies B & C of the 25th. These wounded men filled the field hospitals of the 11th Corps, made in the homes of Gettysburg residents. This shocking scene is what this year’s event will portray.
Event committee members, along with the help of Civil War reenactors, will be turning the Hollister-Parry House Museum, built in 1858, and its surrounding area into a home-turned-hospital on the outskirts of Gettysburg. Reenactors Jared Haudenschield and Ryan Gray, of the Toledo area, will portray head and assistant surgeons of the 25th in charge of the hospital. Rose Branham, of Kentucky, is the event’s civilian coordinator and serving as head nurse for the scenario.
Without giving too much away, the living history scenario will feature the treatment of the flood of wounded men collecting in the hospital. Nurses from the United States Sanitary Commission and townspeople from Gettysburg lending a hand will be rushing to and fro to assist the surgeons and care for the wounded.
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Written by Staff
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 1:27 PM |
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 Pictured is the Monroe County village of Sycamore Valley, located in the southwest of the county in Bethel Township, at some time around the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. The photo, which was supplied by a Beacon reader, shows oil derricks on people’s doorsteps along the village’s main road.
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