West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 130 by Charlie Miller
_____1934 – The West Jefferson Firemen for 1934 were Ed Lamb, Chief; Miller Clark, John Chenos, E. Strain, E. Moore, Gene Compton, and Tommy Neeshan.
____January 3, 1935 - John W. Kubitschack, veteran hotel keeper and restaurant operator, died this afternoon following a long illness at his home in the Star Hotel, which he had operated for more than 20 years. Mr. Kubitschack, a native German, had been in business in West Jefferson since 1891. (John was born June 8, 1851, in Austria and immigrated to America in 1882. On May 17, 1893, he married Margret Kehoe, the daughter of James Kehoe. He was a baker by trade and owned and ran the Star Hotel on Main St. This building is still standing just east of the Blauser Building. Margret Kehoe died October 21, 1918, and is buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He married Elizabeth McHenry on February 18, 1922. She was still living in 1950. He was 38 years older than her. He must have been a character, and the story told us that he also sold cigars in the hotel. When asked the price, he said 8c. apiece or 3 for a quarter, what do I care for a penny.)
____February 14, 1935 – The Kiser & Hoe Cannery of West Jefferson has merged with the Crampton Canneries of Celina, Ohio. William A. Beddle will remain in charge of the local plant.
____February 18, 1935 – Zachary Taylor, aged 85 years, a veteran of the Indian Wars, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace Tinkler, Frey Ave. He spent 7 years fighting in the Indian Wars on the Western Frontier and then returned to this community. (This is not the druggist Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor was born November 9, 1849, in Canaan Township, north of West Jefferson. He enlisted on February 21, 1870, at Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, and was discharged on April 5, 1877. He served in Company G, 14th U. S. Infantry. He lived at the U. S. National Home for Disabled Veterans in Dayton, Ohio, off and on between 1903 and 1933. He is buried at the Foster Chapel Cemetery.)
____April 29, 1935 – Jimmy Clark, the ‘Village Lamp Lighter’ for many years, died Monday. (James J. Clark was born in 1857, the son of Miller Clark, who was a wagon maker in 1860, and he was born in 1825. He served as a Private in the 18th O.V.I. and was killed in the battle of Marietta, Georgia, on July 4, 1864,)
____June 5, 1935 – Thomas Corwin Carter, 91, West Jefferson’s last Civil War Veteran, died Saturday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Berry, Frey Ave. He was born September 27, 1840, in Paint Township. He enlisted at Camp Dennison on May 2, 1864, and served in Co. A 154th O. V. I. He was honorable discharged in September of 1864. He is survived by a son, Robert of Columbus, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert A. Wilson Sr. and Mrs. Berry.