West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 128 by Charlie Miller
____September 19, 1932 – An ordinance has been passed allowing the Mayor to contract with the West Jefferson Power and Light Company for electrical service for the lighting of the streets of West Jefferson.
____September 29, 1932 – West Jefferson will have a new gas station by the time winter sets in. T. J. Creedon has purchased the vacant lots just east of Mrs. Carrie Miller's residence. This station will make the 10th on Main Street. A. F. Dietsch, Texaco; Mr. Harrison, Sinclair; Harold Biggert, and Emmett Young, Standard Oil; Voss Brothers, Ford Garage; William Hughes, Shell; Martin Miller, Standard Oil; William Strosnider, Linco; Ira Hunter, Sinclair; and Cochran Pureoil at the intersection of Main St. and Blair Road. Ralph Parsons on N. Walnut St is the only one off Main Street.
____December 29, 1932 – The machinery of the HI-Grade Milk Co. was moved from this location to 1526 King Ave., Columbus. This plant, under the management of Ray Miller, has built up a splendid business in the city and feels it would be better to have the plant located nearer his customers. The plant here will later be remodeled to make butter and cottage cheese. (A picture of the HI-Grade Milk Co. Wagon can be found on Google.)
_____January 12, 1933 – Paul Miller was elected President of the Business Mens Club and Ralph ‘Paddy’ Gillivan Vice President—Jacob McCoy as Secry-Treas. The Club numbered 52 members. They met at the Wise Restaurant, enjoyed a chicken supper, and then adjourned to the Mayor’s office for the business session. (This was the forerunner of the West Jefferson Community Association.)
____June 1, 1933 – Corwin Carter, 93, was the only Civil War Veteran to attend the 1933 Memorial Day Services.
____June 29, 1933 – Lightning struck a binder in a wheat field on the Sidner Farm just south of town Saturday. Three men, Charles Gregg, James Long, and Charles McCarty, who were with the binder, had stopped the team and had taken shelter under a canvas on the binder, while Jesse Lowe and Lewis Cox took shelter under a wheat shock. Gregg, Long, and McCarty were stunned severely, and one of McCarty’s shoes was torn from his foot and thrown 100 feet. Gregg, Long, and McCarty were taken to Dr. Sheetz. Later on, Cox and Long were returning to the horses, and as they approached the barn, lightning struck the fence, knocking Cox to the ground. Long continued to the barn, and as he approached a silo, it started to fall, he ducked under a flat hay wagon, and the ladders fell off of the wagon, striking Long and knocking him unconscious.
____November 9, 1933 – The results of the 1933 Mayoral Election- H. G. Putnam-251; O. P. Van Schoik-240; Ellis Jackson-197; H. Bradfield- 14. Herb Allerton, Steve Martin, Frank Peters, James Palmer, Merkel Miller, and Harrison Smith were elected to the Village Council.