Odd Fellows District Meeting Held In Glouster
Seventeen Magic City Lodge I O F members attended the Odd Fellows district meeting at Valley Lodge McConnelsville area. Grand Master Gedhill Grand Chaplain Clark and Conductor Hessler led the session with other Grand Lodge officers present. Attendees included Attorney Mole ex Judge Weaver and Valley Lodge members. Mr Person of McConnelsville, an Odd Fellow for 51 years, received a jewel for long service.
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Glouster
Magic City Lodge
I. O.F
Valley Lodge
McConnell
Grand Lodge
Gledhill
Arren
Clark
Hessler
Gedhill
McConnelsville
Weaver
Isville
Erson
Knights of Pythias plans hedge around former Armory grounds
Pomeroy April 4 The Knights Pythias order, a strong local chapter in the sized town, is beautifying the grounds of the former Megis County Armory by planting hedges on both sides and in front. The work is already underway.
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Pomeroy
Knights Pythias Order
Middleport
Megis County
Divorce Cases Heard in Pomeroy Common Court
Two divorce suits heard in the Common Court with 30 day advisement. Cases: M. Ross vs Oscar Ross and Lucy May Pickens vs Alfred Pickens. While proceedings occurred no marriage licenses have been granted in the lower court for many days.
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Pomeroy
M. Ross
Oscar Ross
Lucy May Pickens
Alfred Pickens
William Lott Taken to Athens State Hospital after sanity exam
POMEROY April 4 William Lott 57 a farmer in Sutton Po was brought to Probate Court for examination as to his sanity. He was found demented and taken to Athens State Hospital that afternoon. His farm and wells will be cared for by his wife. Lott had previously been an inmate of the same institution but was discharged in 1921 as improved.
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Pomeroy
William Sedate
S Run
Sutton Po
Athens State Hospital
Lott
Easter Time Notes From Groveport And Nearby
Mrs Will Michard and children spend Easter in Groveport visiting the former's brother Moore. Clarence Hamm, recently employed in Frankfort Kentucky, returned home for the holiday. Miss Frances Daniels left her parents to resume studies at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati accompanied partway by her mother to Columbus. The Whatsoever Class of the Presbyterian Bible School plans an evening meeting in the assembly room with Mrs G H Stansbury as social chairman. Mrs Elmer Dent and daughter, now in Charleston, visit the Dan iels family.
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Middleport
Will Michard
Groveport
Moore
Clarence Hamm
Frankfort
Kentucky
Frances Daniels
D. H.daniels
Conservatory of Musc
Cincinnati
Columbus
New York
Presum Bible School
G. H. Stansbury
Elmer Dent
Charleston
Charles Vernon Retired on Pension in Glouster
Charles A. Vernon of Glouster, after 20 years with Standard Oil, receives a lifelong monthly pension. He began in 1905 by installing tanks, later ran deliveries by mule and wagon, then tank truck. Vernon plans to stay in Glouster as Nelsonville handles local business until a successor is found.
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Glouster
Charles A. Vernon
Standard Oil Company
Vernon
Mountville
Modoc
Taylor Ridge
Nelsonville
Taxi Driver Is Badly Beaten When Held Up
Clarence Reid, 32, Lima taxi driver, was found dying with a chest bullet wound beside his cab on the Harding Highway near Ada. He was taken to Ada for first aid and then to a Lima hospital. Police believe he was ambushed by bandits around midnight while returning from Kenton to Lima, a violent struggle ensued, and he was left beneath the taxi.
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Lima
UPR
Clarence
Reid
Harding Highway
Ada
Kenton
Harper Seeks Divorce and Custody in County Pleas
Mrs Ethel Harper files for divorce in Athens County Common Pleas Court against Fred Harper alleging adultery neglect of duty and criminal actions. They wed February 8 1918 and have three children Katherine 11 Margie 3 and Harry L 21 months. Harper is jailed on burglary charges and wife seeks temporary alimony and an injunction to prevent disposition of real estate interests.
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Ethel Harper
Athens County
Pleasanton Road Re surfacing Underway In Ames Township
County Surveyor J W Wilson announced the Pleasan ton Road will be re surfaced with Minestone for four and a half miles from Morrison Brown Hill to Pleasanton. Four Ames Township roads are planned for limestone resurfacing starting Friday.
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Pleasanton Road
J. W. Wilson
Pleasanton
Ames Township
Houck Awarded In Auto Collision Suit In Athens County
Ed ward Houck sued William H. Brown for 409 damages after a collision on August 12 1928. The jury found Brown at fault but awarded Houck 106 while Brown claimed Houck was negligent and sought 396 in a cross petition.
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Edward Houck
William H. Brown
Ohio Collieries Company
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Houck
Brown
History of Printing Discussed by Roe at Club Meeting
A. B. Roe general manager of the Mc Bee Binder Company spoke to the Women's Commercial Club at Hotel Berry on Wednesday night. He traced printing history from hieroglyphics to papyrus parchment and the first press to modern high speed presses and color printing.
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A. B. Roe
McBee Binder Company
Women’s Commercial Club
Hotel Berry
Mr. Roe
103 Masons Attend Gloucester Lodge Inspection
Gloucester Ohio April 4 One hundred three Masons attended the annual inspection of Glouster Lodge No 607 F and A M conducted Wednesday night by District Lecturer J R Alderman from McConnelsville Visitors outnumbered members with 57 visiting Masons and 46 local members present Two candidates received the Entered Apprentice degree followed by a brief talk from Alderman A banquet closed the event and a social period followed
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Glouster
Glouster Lodge
J. R. Alderman
McConnelsville
Alderman
Pettit Weds Glouster In Crooksville Nuptials
H. E. Pettit of Crooksville married Laura Seeley of Waterford at the Church of Christ parsonage Crooksville with Rev. N. B. Martin officiating. Pettit belongs to the W. A. Showers contracting and building firm and the couple will reside in Crooksville.
Wrong Name Used in Story of an Arrest
A correction note states Homer France of Beebe is not the guilty man. The Athens Messenger misidentified Howard France of Athens as the paternity conviction, and Homer requests the record be clarified to reflect his noninvolvement and lack of relation.
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Athens Messenger
Homer France
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Howard France
Athens
Beebe
Twenty-One Dogs Killed in Athens County
Athens County dog warden Porter Dicken reports twenty one dogs killed in March. Four were sheep killers and seventeen had no license tags. Dogs found statewide. four held at Athens County dog pound.
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Athens County
Porter Dicken
Dicken
Brown Appointed For Game Preserve Superintendent
John O. Brown of Rock Camp Lawrence County has been named superintendent of the Roosevelt Game Preserve near Portsmouth. He succeeds Jv. A. Weber who resigned after liquor was found in a lodge on the preserve. Brown leads the Lawrence County Sportsmen's Association and serves as a director of the Ohio Fox Hunters' Association.
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Columbus
Dayton man A V Lester Sr dies in crash near West Jefferson
The body of A V Lester Sr 52 president of the Industrial Building Company Dayton was taken from the scene after his car overturned on death stretch near West Jefferson last night.
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Columbus
UPR
A. V. Lester, Sr
Industrial Building Company
Dayton
West Jefferson
Debaters Receive County Pins For Participation
The County Board of Education awarded silver pins to members of all county high school debate teams after abolishing best-team awards this year. Pins were presented during school assemblies by County Superintendent H. R. McVay and assistants Dr. O. Chappell and L. F. Miller, listing recipients by school.
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County Board of Education
H. R. McVay
O. Chappell
L. F. Miller
All on a Midsummer's Day at Ohio University Playshop
A one act comedy presented in the student chapel featured a lumbering old Mammy and three disconsolate ladies in crinoline. The plot follows three spinster desires fame wealth and marriage fulfilled through telegrams and letters carried by the Mammy. Directed by Pauline Jones with cast including Helen Rupp Shirley Davis Betty Jones and Jean Rauch.
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Ohio University
Helen Rupp
Shirley Davis
Betty Jones
Jean Rauch
Pauline Jones
Local Alternates Named for Team Roster
The lineup lists aloud alternates including Fern Sargent Edith Mc Gucken Chauncey Dover Lucinda Sands Hazel Harvey Alice Dew Louise Dew Gwendolyn Andrews Carroll Tippett Lucy Nye Elsie Rankins Hollister Oliver Cooper Rolland Dew Afinabelle McLaughlin George Demchok Anna Wolszak Dana Hines Helen Wolczak Christine Galloway as alternates.
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Fern Sargent
Edith McGucken
Chauncey Dover
Lucinda Sands
Hazel Harvey
Alice Dew
Louise Dew
Gwendolyn Andrews
Carroll Tippett
Lucy Nye
Elsie Rankins
Hollister
Oliver Cooper
Rolland Dew
Afinabelle McLaughlin
George Demchok
Anna Wolszak
Dana Hines
Helen Wolczak
Christine Galloway
Logan Furniture Plant To Be Moved To Gallipolis
Eric Ferguson president of the Logan Furniture Co announced that the Logan plant will be moved to join the Gallipolis plant in this city. The Logan factory was damaged by fire several weeks ago.
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Gallipolis
Eric Ferguson
Logan Furniture Co
Logan Furniture Company
Logan
Old People Spring Tonic Promises Strength and Health
The article urges the elderly to take Father John's food tonic to boost energy in spring. It claims the product nourishes blood, strengthens the body, builds resistance, acts as a mild laxative, and is free from dangerous drugs.
Athens Chamber Discusses Highway Upgrades and Gas Tax Rise
The Athens Chamber of Commerce met at Hotel Berry to urge support for road improvements in Athens County and a proposed increase in the gasoline tax from three to four cents. Officials highlighted Federal Highway No. 50 benefits and called for broader backing of the Southeast Ohio Motor Club’s highway projects.
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Athens County
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Berry
Co. M. Gill
Myers Y. Cooper
Co. H. Beasley
Ohio
Former Lancaster Officer Alonzo Wolfe Dies of Heart Attack
Lancaster on April 4 Alonzo Wolfe a 48 year old former member of the Lancaster police force died here of a heart attack His widow and a daughter survive the event is reported as a sudden death in his hometown with local authorities noting no further details.
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Lancaster
Alonzo Wolfe
Rockefeller Leaves Florida for Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller with his household departed from Ormond Beach by train tonight heading to their summer home in Pocantico Hills New York, as reported from Florida.
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John D
North
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Beauties Use Mello-glo Face Powder
Beauties who guard their complexions use MELLO GLO Face Powder. famed for purity its coloring matter is government approved. The skin stays smooth and flaky free. It spreads evenly and yields a youthful bloom by a new French process.ZENNER CO.
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DPD. Zenner CO
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Wallace Gillogly
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Harold Greifer
Mabel Justin
Fern Starkey
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Loring Dalton
Richard Hayes
Coolville
Jack Burdette
Ward Hornsby
Ben Yagala
Clinton Burdette
Lennie Sharp
Hazel Place
Harold McBride
Harold Calaway
Trimble
Elsie Bailey
Audria Collins
Mary Sayer
Anna Edzikowski
Helen Hildebrand
Thelma Grandy
Grace Watkins
Juanita Barich
Velma Lowry
Hazel Hewitt
Charles Brown
Gene Dunlap
Amesville
Helen Brawley
Marjorie Mansfield
Ada McDaniel
Blanche Frash
Alyce Wilson
Daisy Burns
Mary Edith Armstrong
Mae McDaniel
Lodi
Audra Davies
Grace Muligan
Wilford Chaney
Helen Guthrie
James Eggleston
Ruth Cowan
Wayne Maid
Sommer’s Store
Logan Furniture Plant
Father John
Chamber of Commerce
Beasley
South East Ohio Motor Club
F. W. Bush
Automobile Club
H. N. Burgett
Secret Gill
Chamber
Sterling
Quaker State Oil
Lancaster Street
Biedel-Mead Oil Co
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Carpenter Streets Stadium
Richland Ave
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