1942, 1952 July news from Hillsboro paper

New Vienna related news as reported in the Press Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio) from July 1942, 1952

July 3, 1942 - Former Local Man to Enter Air Service - Glenn L. McElwee, son of Mrs. Mary and the late John L. McElwee of Singing Spring and coach at New Vienna High School, has enlisted in the Army Air Corps Reserve at Patterson Field and is awaiting his appointment as a flying cadet.  Mr. McElwee was registered at the Highland County Draft Board and was in Class c-A before enlisting at Lima.  He is 24 years old.  He graduated from Wilmington College in 1939.  At the present time he is working on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

July 31, 1942 - Marriage Announced - Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Nester of New Vienna, announced the marriage of their daughter Julia (NVHS 1939), to Robert Pond (NVHS 1933), son of Mrs. Ida Pond, of New Vienna, on June 29, 1942 in Dayton.  They will make their home in Dayton.

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July 4, 1952 - Church Announcements [Most church announcements are for churches in Highland County but this newspaper edition includes two from New Vienna.]

1. Church of Christ in New Vienna, K. L. Washburn, Minister, has church news which includes "There were 212 present last Sunday." and "no evening service next Sunday as Mr. Washburn will deliver an address at the Butler Springs Christian Service Camp."  [Near Fort Hill, 18 miles SE of Hillsboro]
2. The Baptist Church, New Vienna, Ohio.  Harvey C. Black, pastor.  Church School 9:45 AM, Worship 10:45 AM.

July 8, 1952 - FOR SALE - Gary Tolle [NVHS 1953] offers a '41 Chevrolet 2-door Special Deluxe with radio and heater.  

July 11, 1952 - Death - Mrs. Sarah Clark, 92, formerly of New Vienna, died in Greenfield.  She was born in Highland County in 1860, the daughter of Nathan and Amy McDaniel Gilbert.  She was the great-aunt of Glenn Pierson, Jr. [1923-1959, NVHS '43, he died in mill vehicle accident].

July 18, 1952 - Maple Valley - of the 13 news items from Maple Valley four of them mention Shoemakers, two also mention New Vienna.

1. Charles Collier of New Vienna spent Monday night and Tuesday with Mary Martha Shoemaker.
2. Mr. O.M. Shoemaker, Grace and Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shoemaker and Mary Martha spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Elroid [Elroyd] Collier and Caroline [Carolyn] of New Vienna.  [Orva M. Shoemaker was Mabel Collier's father, her mother, Mary Kathleen Zile Shoemaker died in January 1952. ]

Early School History - Green Township, Clinton County Ohio

"The township may be proud of the general intelligence of her population." 
     –Clinton County History 1882 in section about Green Township.


A recent request for information on one-room schools in Clinton and Highland Counties allows me to pass this information on to you -- obviously there is a lot more that could be learned about these rural schools.  Vivan Rambo Deck, NVHS 1918, grandmother of Susan and Barbara, taught at a one-room school house before she was married.

Public School Buildings, New Vienna, Ohio

This School was built in 1878.  It was torn down in 1917.  

The above picture is from New Vienna High School Memory Book, 1881-1963, page 8

More information about this school building can be found in a previous post: "New Vienna School 1878-1917 postcard"

In March 1977 Homer Williams presented a report at the Clinton County Historical Society meeting which was to be recorded as a part of the Clinton County Retired Teachers' sponsored project on "History of Clinton County School."  In addition to the information below there is also mention of a "one room frame schoolhouse located on the site of the present Church of Christ."  The complete [presumably Wilmington News-Journal article from 1977] is transcribed here.  


A two page history of New Vienna Schools in the NVHS Memory Book is taken from material written by Homer and Josephine Williams, updated in 1998. Here's what it says about the first schools:

• About 1812, in the early history of our township, the first school house was built on the site of Hazel College, on Derivan Road near the Edgar Eaton farm, now [in 1988] owned by Don and Shirley McKamey.  It was built of logs with seats also made of logs with pegs on the under side for legs.
  
  The first township schoolhouse within the present limits of New Vienna was in the northern part of town near the Stephen Hussey property owned by Roy Dove in 1977.  Of two teachers employed at this school one was name Peggin and the other Savage. School was also held at some time either in the East Fork Meeting house, a log building constructed by the Friends in 1809, or in a building on the Henry Nordyke farm.
  
  Later a school building was contracted on the Henry Swingley land and located on what is now Levo Road where the road makes a right angle turn going east from the entrance off of SR-73, one half mile south of the Snow Hill Club.  At a later date this became subdistrict school No. 7.  It is believed to be the first public school in Green Township.  Thomas Swingley's father went to school there and the teacher was George Barrow, who was the Mayor of New Vienna in the 1850s.

Here's a bit more on old schools:

• Collection of photos and information about Old Ohio Schools – mostly "newer" old schools though.  Highland County; Clinton County
  
  
• A photo collection of 156 pictures of One Room Schools in Ohio - only two from Clinton County and they were from Wilson Township, but still interesting, a few from Highland County also.
  
  
• The 1982 Clinton County History book mentions some of the above info and adds "Before 1860 there was a sub-district school on the lot where the Catholic Church now stands [or previously stood on Nordyke Rd. – that would be the north side of town as mentioned above.]
  
  
• FIRST SCHOOL [in Green Township]  [From History of Clinton County, published by W.H. Beers and Co. 1916]  It is rather uncertain where the first school was located in this township, but popular opinion among the older inhabitants seems to point to the town of New Vienna. This house was built about the year 1812. Robert Peggin was first employed to keep this school, but he was a man of intemperance and lax morals and was soon released. James Savage was the next employee, but, morally, he was very little better, hence he was likewise released.[These teachers are mentioned in the Williams information above also.]
  
  
• [From 1882 History of Clinton County] Now there are nine subdistricts, one special and one village district. At first the schools seldom ran longer than three months in the year; now they average about eight months. The special district is at New Antioch, in the northwest part of the township; the village school in the southern part, at New Vienna. The special district has a good brick house, two stories, and two schools under the charge of Prof. -- Sewell and Miss Ratio Mitchell.
  This district was organized about eight years ago, or in 1874. James Dodd, a graduate of Bethany, W. Va., was the first Principal. Since he left, Profs. Laymon, L. D. Wysong and --- Sewell have taken charge o£ the work. The school has done good service, and is still prospering. The district has furnished many thoughtful men and women, and, several teachers, who have been eminently successful in schoolwork. It may be interesting to note a few facts in reference to some of the sub-districts of the township, showing population, term of schools, wages paid, etc. I shall have to transcribe a few things from the records of the Township Clerk:
  Report of District No. 1: -September 25, 1838. Our school commenced October 20, 1837, and expired April 20, 1838; the term of six months. There was $120 paid by subscription. No school tax. The number of pupils that attended school, fifty-eight. The branches taught-common reading, writing, arithmetic and geography. No building; no repairing We find on a settlement with the Treasurer, that there remains, after paying the Clerk for taking and returning the number of youths for 1837, $1.50, and leaves in his hand $17.86. After proposing to the meeting repairing schoolhouse, proceeded to business. -WILLIAM LUPTON, ABRAHAM FRASER, JOHN B. CLARK, BENJAMIN CLARK, Clerk, School Directors.
  The above is a verbatim copy of the report.
  
  Report of District No. 2:-September 21, 1838. The number of schools the past year is one for three months; the number of scholars in attendance, boys thirty-three, girls thirty; average attendance, thirty and a half. The branches taught were reading, writing, arithmetic and English grammar. The amount of public funds made use of this year was $15' the balance was raised by subscription. Amount raised by tax, none. We have received no school funds from the County Treasurer since the proportion of 1837. The balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer is $38.85 1/2.  JOHN HODSON, Clerk.
  
  Such are mere samples of early reports of the public schools of the township. It will be seen that wages were low, time of schools short, attendance small, and, it may be added, qualifications of teachers very moderate at best. At present there are ninesubdistricts in the township; eight months, average length of schools; attendance, good; wages average $35 per month; teachers' qualifications, fair. The teachers in the subdistricts are generally energetic and worthy of the trust committed to them. Subdistrict schools, or as they are more generally styled, common schools, are doing more in promoting intelligence among the masses and giving permanency to our Republican institutions than are our graded schools. They develop more thought, more intellect, less form, less style than do the graded schools. This tendency of our graded schools to inculcate mere form and style, with little thought, is the bane of these schools, and must, sooner or later, if not abated, prove their disgrace, perhaps their destruction.* The township may be proud of the general intelligence of her population.

• Sub-district School Number 7 was on the curve on Levo Road; #6 was to the west of Snow Hill, #8 to the north of Snow Hill.  Other sub-district schools were located near The Achor Cemetery in SW Green Township, Bernard Road, Antioch Road and Derivan Road.

1952,1962 - May news from Hillsboro newspaper

New Vienna related news as reported in the Press Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio) from May 1952 and 1962, which is published Tuesdays and Fridays and runs from 8-16 pages with more ads than in 1942, including full page grocery ads for Albers and Schaefer's.  In 1952, Korean War news is featured.  Subscriptions are $4/year.  H.E. Barnes, publisher.  In May 1962, single copies are 5¢.

May 9, 1952 - Judith Achor (NVHS 1963) and her mother, Mrs. Donald Achor, were injured in an "odd mishap" when they were pinned between two automobiles in an accident while parking in front of the Clinton County Courthouse on May 6, 1952.

May 13, 1952 - Rocky Fork Lake declared "complete" despite the fact the present site does not meet state requirements.  The dam is almost completed with all of the concrete work finished.

May 27, 1952 p.1 of 8 - Funds Released to Finish Rocky Fork Lake Work - Lack of state funds
necessitated an emergency allotment of $131,000 to make necessary improvements before the lake is filled.  Still to be done is the raising of bridges on the county home road and one on the south side of the lake; construction of a bathing beach, wells, sanitary facilities, safety fences, boat docks, shelters and access roads.

May 1, 1962 p. 2 of 8 - AUCTION! Brick Building w/2 connecting warehouses, New Vienna, Ohio to be held Saturday, May 5, 1962.  Owner:  Goldie E. [Allen] Sayre [1894-1985].  Located on Main St., in the center of the downtown section.  "One of NV's best business locations ... a grocery store has been in this building for a number of years but it can be used for any type of retail business."

May 11, 1962 p. 4 of 22 - Engagement of Lou Ellen Bowles (NVHS 1960) announced by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bowles of New Vienna, to Roger Allen Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wilson of Wilmington.

May 18, 1962 p.4 of 22 - Bennington-Gross Wedding Vows.  Fannie Gross, daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Gross of Hillsboro was united in marriage with Robert Earl Bennington (NVHS 1957), son of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Howard, Bloomingburg.  Ralph Milburn was the best man.  After four years in the navy, Mr. Bennington is currently employed [in 1962] by Buckeye Molding.

1962 Senior Class New Vienna (Ohio) High School

This month is the 50th Class Reunion for the New Vienna Class of 1962 – the next to last class to graduate from New Vienna High School.  Twenty-six students are pictured in the 1962 Tiger Tales Yearbook.  Julia Ulrey is not pictured.  Class members include:  John and Karen Hughes Bernard, James "J.N." Carey, Jerry E. Davis, Judy Eaton DeLuca, Eugene Engle, Joyce Hakes, John W. Hughes, Thomas L. McMillan, Dennis Messimer, Paul Eddie Orebaugh, Paul Pinkerton, Donald Robbins, Charles Salisbury, Jo Ann Sheffield, Sue Shoemaker, Patricia Stethem, John B. Streber, Carolyn Strevel, Julia Ulrey, Jean Vance, Larry Vanzant, Steve Walls, David James Wiget, Thomas Wilkinson, Richard Wolfe.

John A. Bernard, J.N. Carey, Carolyn Ann Conyers.

Jerry E. Davis, Judy Eaton Deluca, Edwin Eugene Engle

Joyce Hakes, John William Hughes, Karen Hughes Bernard

Thomas L. McMillan, Dennis Messimer, Paul Eddie Orebaugh

Jo Ann Sheffield, Sue Shoemaker, John B. Streber

Paul Richard Pinkerton, Donald D. Robbins, Charles D. Salisbury

Pat Stethem, Carolyn Sue Strevel, Jean Vance

Larry Joseph Vanzant, Steve L. Walls, David James Wiget

Thomas A. Wilkinson, Richard Wolfe

Mary Hoskins & 1973 50th Class Reunion of the Clinton-Highland Normal School

Mary B. Hoskins was the first grade teacher in New Vienna pictured here with the first graders in 1918-1919.  She also was a teacher in the Clinton-Highland Normal (teachers) School in New Vienna which was renowned in the early 1900s.  In 1925 the Normal School was moved to Wilmington College and Mary also moved to Wilmington.

Mary was born in New Vienna in 1885.  Her grandfather, John Hoskins, was born in the New Vienna area in 1813 after the family migrated from North Carolina in the early 1800s.  According to the Wilmington College Alumni News of May 1950, page 2, she retired from Wilmington College in 1950 after serving as associate professor of education for 25 years, having taught more than 2000 prospective teachers.  She had a "total of 46 years of teaching experience, teaching in the intermediate grades at Martinsville for three years, the primary grades at New Vienna for 11 years, and in the old Clinton County normal school for five years before joining the Wilmington College faculty."

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In an article in the Hillsboro (Ohio) Press Gazette, is an account of the 50th Class Reunion of the Clinton-Highland County Normal Class of 1923.  Found on page 5 in the Social Events section, the original can be found here.  Transcription follows with my notes [in italicized brackets].

50th Class Reunion Held on July 8

The Clinton-Highland County Normal Class of 1923 held its 50th Anniversary reunion on July 8 at Lions Club on Rt. 28, west, New Vienna.

Harold Gleadell [Leesburg, 1896-1997] gave the invocation before the bounteous 1PM picnic dinner. Many pictures were taken to add to the group's collection of the past. Each member told of their varied activities during the 50 years. all have retired from teaching with many years of service.

There were 21 members of the class with eight in attendance at the reunion. Letters were read from Mr. and Mrs. Everett Roush [Sardinia, 1902-1992], Nellie Deck [Roush, 1904-1994], Sardinia, Mrs. Hattie Ralston Walls [1904-1983], Wilmington and Mrs. Mabel Grove Ritchie [1904-1985], Hillsboro. Two classmates are deceased, Harold Roberds (1905-1945) and Wiley Manker (1972), and the instructor, Miss Mary B. Hoskins (1969).

Those attending the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Winkle [1902-1981] (Bessie Kuhn [1904-1991]), Fairborn; Mr. and Mrs. William Granger (Helen Brown), Springfield; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gleadell, Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Johnson, Lynchburg; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waits [1898-1984] (Gertrude Moon [1905-2003]), New Vienna; Mrs. Martha Jones Woodmansee [1903-1984], Highland; Mrs. Leora Rhodes Spindler [1905-1999], Mrs. Madge Chaney Griffith [1902-1982] and Earl A Rhodes, Hillsboro.

The class will meet again in 1975.

Mrs. Penn's 6th Grade 1961-62

These students would have become part of the East Clinton Class of 1968. Mary Etta Penn, born in 1915, passed away in 1996.

Front Row: Tommy Suttles, Harold Wallen, Mickey Wilkinson, Craig Wiget, Greg Prickett, Roddy Strupper, Dickey Curtis, Junior Milburn. Second Row: Rick Orebaugh, Donna Jean Williams, Lorraine Hull, Cleo Hazelbaker, Jacky Dean, Marsha Purtee, Barbara Rudisill Gildea, Cecil Lightner. Third Row: Arnold Collins, Carol Salisbury Webster, Gloria Miller, Karen Thompson, Susan Penn, Teresa Davidson, Libbie Rupp, Beth Harper, Mrs. Everett (Mary Etta Slaughter) Penn.  Top Row: Debbie Gibson, David Myers, Debra Brumley Carey, Billy Dayton, Peggy Fawley, Roy Rogers, Elaine Harner, Danny Ferguson, Mike Wharton, Robyn Minzler. Not Pictured: Sandra Behling, Bobby Cluxton, Georgia Campbell, Cynthia Irwin.

1962 - Mrs. King's 5th Grade

These students would have been part of the East Clinton High School class of 1969. In this picture they will forever be fifth graders.

Mrs. King's 5th Grade 1961-62.  First Row: Dana Storer, Sharon Hurst, Debbie Wolfe, Connie Conyers, Mike Williams, Larry Akers, Garry Akers.  Second Row: Butch Scott, Carol Smith, Mike Watson, David Custis, Jerry Curtis, Eddy Eaton.  Third Row: Linda Penn, Ricky Drake, Jennifer Gano, Mrs. William King, Carolyn Simbro, Logan Lawson, Robyn Streber.  Fourth Row: Mary Pat Clear, Douglas Prickett, Faye McVey, Larry Priest, Pamela Thompson, Clara Tolle, Roberta Uible, Donna Lightner.  Not Pictured:  Benny Achor, Michael Marshall, Barbara Deck, Larry Mongold.

1942 - April news from Hillsboro newspaper

The Press-Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio) was published on Tuesdays and Fridays in 1942.  Most issues were 6 pages, though some were 12.  News of the War and farm, dairy and poultry news comprised the top stories and two pages were usually devoted to social and personal news.  A subscription was $2/year or three months for 50¢.

New Vienna related items:

April 3, 1942: Lucy Wood (1870-1952, mother of Grace Long) entertained to dinner Sunday Homer Bohl (1897-1971), wife (Bessie 1897-1986) and daughter, Caryl Lou of New Vienna, Glenn Wood (1902-?) and son, Jimmy of Cincinnati, and Gleason Long (1911-1993) and wife.  Glenn was Grace's older brother.  Gleason and Grace Wood Long are the parents of Sue and Beth.  Caryl Lou later married Harry G. Allen (1929-2008).

April 10, 1942: Obituary of Allen A. Curtis (1855-1942), father of Carrie Curtis Eaton (1892-1971), grandfather of Virginia Eaton Hildebrant (1917-2007) and Joe Eaton (1918-1968), great-grandfather of Janie Hildebrant Pidgeon among others.  He was "survived by his widow, 11 children, 19 grandchildren and 14 great-children".

April 17, 1942: Military News - Corp. Elroid (sic) Collier (1915-2000), of Indiantown Gap, Pa., arrived Wednesday evening for a few days leave of absence, which he will spend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Collier, near Sinking Spring.  Elroyd married Mabel Shoemaker (1916-2004) in 1945.  They were the parents of Charlie and Carolyn.  See Shoemaker/Collier Family: NV Mill (related) stories #1 for more information about the Shoemaker/Collier family.

April 21, 1942:  Obituary of Linda L. Burton, 10-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Burton, who died at her home near Careytown.  Besides her parents she was survived by three brothers and one sister, David Allen (1932-2001), Robert Mitchell (1938-1990), Donald Lee (1940-2009) and Barbara Alice (1935-1984).  She was pre-deceased by a brother Ronald (1934-1934).  Hugh (1905-1967) and Sarah Shinkle Burton (1914-1984) were also the parents of Elaine, Hugh Jr., Dianne, Cynthia, Lydia, Aaron [and others between Linda and Elaine??]

Mrs. Wolfe's 4th-5th Grade Class 1962

The previous year Mrs. Wolfe had a combo 4th-6th grade class, when she was still Miss Smart. She must have married Bill Wolfe in the summer of 1961.

Mrs. Wolfe's 4th-5th Grade 1961-62.  Top Row: Paula Rollins, Marvin Fawley, Donnie Achor, Christine Berwanger, Mike Trenary, Robert Fisher, Shirley Rollins, Nancy Walker. 3rd Row: Barbara Roberts, Peter Marshall, Donald Dayton, Rose Whitmer, Billy Nischwitz, Cynthia Burton, Penny Fauber.  2nd Row: Larry Saunders, Ricky Cline, Wayne McCollum, Linda Holden, David Roehm.  Front Row: Mrs. William Wolfe, John Milburn, Johy Joy, Valerie Allen, Jill Laymon.  Not pictured: Janet Hagen, Anna Mae Wical, Danny Adams, Debbie Hutchens, Debbie Fenner, Vicki Priest

NVHS Class of 1931 A Memorial

In Memory of my aunt, Mary Uible Horton, last known surviving member of the Class of 1931, who passed away March 2, 2012.

Mary was born August 8, 1913, the daughter of Cecil and Gladys Hiestand Uible. The family moved to New Vienna in 1927. Prior to New Vienna, Mary attended school in Westboro and Hillsboro. She married William A. Horton from Jefferson County, Ohio.  They had four children: Joseph, Marianne, Cris and Robert.  Though they moved to Florida in 1951, the family often visited New Vienna.  For more on Mary see this post.

Trivial Tidbits about the Class of 1931

• 19 Class Members graduated – 9 boys and 10 girls.  When they were in first grade in 1918-1919, Mary Hoskins was the teacher and there were 31 enrolled.
• They were born in 1911(3), 1912(3), 1913(9) and 1914(4).   
• They died in the 1970s(1), 1990s(10), and six of them after the year 2000, when most of them still alive turned 87; and two in unknown years.  [Anyone have additional information about Alberta Gilbert or Olivia Michael?]
• Only one marriage occurred between classmates of this class: Velma Bernard and Willard McKenzie; though Eleanor Haynie Bentley's husband, Virgil graduated in 1930. 
• Two of them never married: Wilbur Cochran and Eloise Simkins.  The same two that have unknown death dates also have unknown marital status.
• Eleven of them lived most of their lives in Clinton County.
• At least six of them were related to the Bernard family by birth or marriage.
• Forrest Martin (1885-1940) was the School Supt. when the Class of 1931 graduated.  He was the father of David Martin (NVHS '34) and the grandfather of Larry Martin.  Forrest and Principal, Homer Caskey, are pictured further below with the graduating class outside the school.
  
• Pictured immediately below is the class in First Grade 1918-1919 with teacher Mary Hoskins.  At least 14 of these first graders did not graduate with the class – don't know about the five who are unidentified.  Those who did not graduate with the class include Ralph Sanders, Carl Hodson, Lora Runk, Wahneta Hodson, Julia Jones, Lena Gregory, Margaret Pinkerton, Pauline Brown, Eileen Brown, Nelson Powell, Donald Powell, Paul Miller, Stanley Sanders and Grant Fenner.  

The Class of 1931

• Carlos Achor (1913-1997) was the son of Edward S. and Charlotta Pratt Achor.  He married Dorothy Summers (1915-1989) in 1938, they had three children, Roger (Janet Terrell), Jeanette, and Wayne.  He was a farmer on Rapid Forge Rd, Clark Township. 
• Eleanor Haynie Bentley (1913-2004) married Virgil Bentley (1911-1993), who graduated from NVHS in 1930.   She died in Sabina (or WCH) in 2004.  They had a farm in Wayne Township on Terrell Road.
• Arthur Woodmansee Bernard (1913-2006) was the son of James K. and Erma Woodmansee Bernard.  His mother died the year he was born; he and his sister, Berneta Bernard Hackney were raised by his father.  He married Virginia Carey (1918-2011) in 1940.  He and his father farmed together – the Bernard and Tilton homesteads on Tilton Road.  He and Virginia had five children: Roger "Dean", John, Marilyn, Charles, and Paul.
• Wilbur Cochran (1912-1994) was the son of Edward R (1888-?) and Sarah J Fender (1890-1970) Cochran of Highland County.  He was one of seven siblings, including his older brother Ernie (1911-1992) who married Vivian Bernard (1910-2006).  Wilbur never married and died in Wilmington in 1994.  He had a farm on Anderson Road in Union Township.
• Virginia  Elizabeth McVey Fox (1913-2001) was the daughter of Frank McVey (1872-1947) and Bertha Driscoll McVey (1873-1957).  She  married Guy Fox (1909-1987) in Barbourville KY in 1937 and they had three children.  Her paternal grandparents, Edmund (1845-1923) and Martha Jane Bernard (1850-1896) McVey were born in Wayne Township.  She died in North Carolina in 2001.
• Alberta Gilbert (1914-?) was the daughter of Charles Gilbert.  They lived in Penn Township.  Her mother probably died when Alberta was young.  In the first grade picture she is identified as Albert.
• George William Johnson (1913-1994) was the son of William and Sarah "Sally" Elliott Johnson.  He married and was a machinist.  His cousin, George Washington Johnson (1902-1977) was a 1921 NVHS graduate and a life-long resident of New Vienna.  Both of these Georges would be a cousin to John and Linda Levo as the two Georges' great-grandfather, Michael Mount Johnson, was also the grandfather of Annie Johnson Levo.  Therefore Michael Mount Johnson would be the Levo's 2nd great-grandfather.
• Velma Bernard McKenzie (1913-1991) and Willard McKenzie (see below) - High School sweethearts, these two were married Feb. 22, 1934.  Velma was the daughter of James and Charlotte Staubus Bernard.  In addition to raising the couple's four children: Dwight, William, Patricia and Karen; she was active in local organizations and was a 4-H leader. 
• Willard McKenzie (1912-2009, see above) Willard was the oldest of two children born to Julian S. and Jessie Record McKenzie.  His mother died when he was quite young and he grew up on a farm near New Vienna.  He had a dairy farm on Clelland road near Martinsville and worked for Randall Co. until his retirement in 1980.   After retiring he and Velma moved to West St. in New Vienna.  
• John D. McKibben (1913-1998) was the son of Lakin and Kate Smithson McKibben.  He married Eleanor Dunlap (1917-2011), daughter of Isaac and Bernice Carey Dunlap.  They had two sons and a daughter, and lived on West Street in New Vienna.  John was a mason (bricklayer) and worked on many New Vienna homes and at Wells Mfg.  
• Olivia Michael born in 1914, was the daughter of  Wilbert K. and Carrie Michael who lived in Chester Township.  Her grandparents may have lived in New Vienna.
• Margaret Henderson Rea (1914-1978) was the daughter of Ernest Douglas and Grace Henderson. She was the sister of George Henderson, father of David (Ruby) and Nancy Henderson Hamilton.  She married William Rea of Washington County, Ohio, and they had four children.  She was a music teacher. 
• Wilber Howard Reveal (1913-1996 or 1995?) was the son of Howard and Vesta Florence Chancy Reveal.  He married Louise Tedrick in 1936.  They lived on S Beechgrove Road in Wilmington where he was a dairy farmer and drove a school bus for Clinton Massie Schools.
• Charles Edwin Rulon (1914-1998) was the son of Charles and Martha Ann Curtis Rulon.  He died in South Carolina where his daughter was living.  He married Joan Moore in 1940 and they later divorced.  She was the mother of their two children, Robert Edwin and Kathryn.  He later married Dorothy West and they also divorced.  He was a coach at New Vienna High School from 1940 until he joined the military in 1942.  He was a nephew of R.J. and Fred Rulon and thus his cousins included Alberta Harubin, Janet Cluxton, and Joellen Streber, Betty Thompson, and Joan Hughes. 
• Eloise Simkins (1912-1998) - was the daughter of Fred and Marie Deck Simkins.  Eloise was the president of the Senior Class as well as Valedictorian.  Unfortunately while she was in college she was involved in a serious car accident and was never quite the same.  She lived in New Vienna and never married.  She had  a younger brother, Allen.  She was born in Kentucky and in 1920 her family was living in Washington DC, though her parents were originally from New Vienna.
• Mildred Ann Stuckert Leach (1911-2010) was the daughter of Charles Albert and Clara Vollrath Stuckert.  She married Ralph Leroy Leach and had a daughter.  She was born in Illinois and moved to Ohio sometime after elementary school.  In 1930 she and her family were living as lodgers with Oscar Johnson (no relation to any of the other Johnsons mentioned in this class) on SR-73.
• Frances Johnson Trout (1911-1990) was the daughter of William Connell Johnson and Elinor Carpenter Johnson.  She had three siblings, John Ashley, Fred Warren, and George Edwin.  George Edwin Johnson (1917-1999) should not be confused with George William Johnson, a fellow classmate, mentioned above. 
• Emmett Wilkin (1911-1992) married Millie Mable Hunt of New Vienna, divorced in 1961.  He was a farmer near Newark, Ohio but moved to Colorado to live with his son just prior to his death.  Emmett was a 3rd cousin to Mary Uible Horton.

Class of 1931 NVHS. Front Row: Mildred Stuckert, Alberta Gilbert, Olivia Michael, Mary Uible Horton, Margaret Henderson, Virginia McVey Fox, Eloise Simkins, Eleanor Haynie Bentley, Velma Bernard McKenzie. Standing: Mr. Forrest Martin, Supt., Wilbur Reveal, Charles Rulon, Emmett Wilkin, Carlos Achor, Arthur Bernard, George Johnson, Wilbur Cochran, John McKibben, Willard S. McKenzie, Homer Caskey, Principal. Frances Johnson Trout is not pictured. Image courtesy of Karen McKenzie.

NVHS Class of 1931 Reunion picture c1986. Standing furthest left is Carlos Achor and John McKibben, furthest right is Willard McKenzie, second from right is Arthur Bernard. Seated from left Eloise Simkins, Mary Uible Horton, furthest right is Velma Bernard McKenzie. Image courtesy of Karen McKenzie

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Thanks to Karen McKenzie, Nancy Henderson Hamilton, Cheryl Cluxton Mongold and Larry Martin for helping with details on the class members.  Any errors are the result of my misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or typos.