Colorful Northwest Parade Draws Record Crowd
A two mile parade through Athens featured floats from Ohio University students and area groups. Highlights included Betsy Ross and the Flag, DAR and SAR entries, a U S veterans float, and the 40 piece Middleport High School Band. Festivities culminated with a historic wagon and local military and civic groups showcased around Athens.
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Betty Zane Miller
Elliott St
Athens
University
Rufus Putnam
Margaret Boyd
Ohio
Paul Fisher
Eleanor Cook
Donoven Zook
Mary Jane Beeler
Bill Jurkovic
Jack Sharp
Patty Mackinnon
Eleanor Hueter
John May
Ohio U
Clifford Bean
Mary Elizabeth Lasher
Athens High School
Ohio University
Chillicothe High School
Richard Whittington
Uts
Thor Olson
Theodore Paige
M. D. Hughes
Jane Martin
Daughters of Union Veterans
Henry Dickson
Meigs County
A. H. James
M. F. McCune
J. R. Myers
Flora B. Murphy
Edna Fleming
Blanche Phillips
Blanche Root
H. L. Atkinson
Blanche Dean
Frances Strong
Pearl Beal
Herbert Samborn
Artha Carpenter
Elizabeth Sea
Georgia Kilpatrick
Sarah Seipel
Athens parade features bands floats and historic pageantry
A multifloat parade through Athens showcases school bands from Waterloo, South Webster, and Nelsonville, veterans and civic groups, and themed displays from The Plains, Amesville, and Glouster. Marching units include 60 piece Bloom Township Band and 65 member Athens High School Band with drum majors, plus horse and coaster floats, and a Forest Service truck in the procession.
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Waterloo High School
Ohio
Bloom Township
Edwin R. McCowen
South Webster High School
Leslie Dutlel
Knights of Columbus
Edward J. Shannon
John Friel
A. F. Hadden
James Farrell
William Farrell
Tribe
Athens
Michael Krivusti
Oscar Tinkham
A. P. Hatch
Russell Michael
John Lovesey
Dogs Tree Coon
Northwestern
Athens High School
Warren Cooper
Donna Gaitten
Floyd Prince
Amesville
Mary Grosvenor
Marie Grimm
Garnet Sedwick
Katherine Hartley
Eula Johnson
Ann Orndorf
Mary Ellen Heston
Mary Lawrence
Kathryne Kern
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Harvey Allen
Maywood Autherson
George Andersach
Joseph Hovec
W. Thompson
Charles Thompson
R. E. Dowler
Ohio University Rotc
Social News Notes of Interest from Local Visits
Duke Banfield visited. Joshua Matheny Jr and family from Longstreth hosted. Ted Lowes of Carbon Hill joined Frank McClure’s relatives. Charles March improves after illness. Homer Byrd and families from Nelsonville Logan and Carbondale visited Elmer Byrd. John Potter visited with his son in law and daughter in Longstreth. Millard Campbell and families visited in Logan and Murray City. Dan Bateman Jr and family spent Sunday with Dan Bateman and relatives. Ray Keeton visited Clarence Garner in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Banfield
Orbiston
Joshua Matheny Jr
Longstreth
Matheny
Joshua Matheny
Louis Lowes
Ted
Carbon Hill
Frank McClure
Charles March
Homer Byrd
Nelsonville
Laurence Byrd
Logan
Clifford Byrd
Carbondale
Elmer Byrd
John Potter
Charles Christian
Millard Campbell
Roy Camp
Jobs
Len Campbell
Murray City
Dan Bateman Jr
Dan Bateman
Ray Keeton
Pomeroy
Clarence Garner
Dangerous to Know at Athena theater stars Tamiroff Wong
Akim Tamiroff and Anna May Wong headline with Gail Patrick Lloyd Nolan and Anthony Quinn in a Moura drama about graft terror and a city boss. Wong plays the hostess and adviser who turns on the tyrant, aiding his downfall in a rousing plot. Also features Harvey Stephens Roscoe Karns Porter Hall and Barlowe Borland. Bees showed the Indians where to get wax for sealing canoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna May Wong
Gail Patrick
Akim Tamiroff
Miss Wong
Tamiroff
Waterloo
Lloyd Nolan
Wells Fargo
Mae West
Anthony Quinn
Harvey Stephens
Roscoe Karns
Porter Hall
Barlowe Borland
Radio Station Network Highlights
A list of key radio stations across networks includes BLUE RED COLUMBIA MUTUAL WJZ WEAF WABC WLW KDKA WIR WGN WMAQ WCAU WOR WSM WHAS WSB WTAM WHIO as prominent outlets. The compendium mirrors a broadcast era reference catalog of major affiliates and call letters.
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Networks
Blue Red Columbia Mutual
WJZ
WEAF
WABC
WLW
KDKA
WIR
WGN
WMAQ
WCAU
WOR
WSM
WHAS
WSB
WTAM
WHIO
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Athens County Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans
Laura Noble
Alma Staffinger
Katie Horn
Jessie Roach
Emma Walker
Nellie McConnaha
Ida Sherlock
Ida Hampton
Catherine Mae Schloss
Delilah Fraser
Manasseh Cutler
Massachusetts
E. S. Haller
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
A. E. Wagner
Carrington
J. R. Harvey
Smith
New York
A. B. Sias
Dane
L. C. Nye
Kean
South Carolina
Edwin Monks
Ewing's
SAR
Harvey
Phillip Miller Nye
Liberty and Peace
K. T. Crossen Post 21
American Legion
Legion
Liberty
Betty Mapes
Charles Mapes
Spirit of America
John DeMolet
John Dowler
Boy Scouts of Troops
Herbert King
Sunnyside Drive
Middleport High Band
Middleport High School
Jack Abbott
Gordon Harris
Manasseh Cutler Surkey
A. Hooper
W. State St
Cutler
Congress
Yale
Athens Kiwanis Club
Clarence Shaw
Joe Cox
Marshfield Pike
Peter P. Parsons
Stewart
Gerald
Junior Meeks
Lewis Meeks
Billy
Thelma Coffey
Ohio We Trust
Haydenville
Clover Farm
Harrison Parker
Malta
Lewis Guy
Millfield
Rome
Raymond Connett
Ward Starlin
Harold Snow
Pauleta McLaughlin
Pauline Rose
Foster Starlin
Kathryn Winner
Florence Winner
Jean Crawford
Roy Sams
Mickey Seel
Weston Potter
Donald Mansfield
Donna Mansfield
John Ed Scott
Mary Norris
Elizabeth Morris
Rachel Crawford
Robert Morrison
Flont
Moses Hewitt
Waterloo Township
Walter Giffin
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Columbia, Tenn
Samuel Henderson
Charles Lillie
George Perry
Charles Siple
William Williams
F. H. Gifford
Sam Brown
Boston
Coonskin Library
Mary Lee Thomson
Marie Keirns
Jessie Owens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Campus Martius Fortification
Margaret Hughes
ELKS
Bette Baker
Ralph Armbruster
Virginia Burke
Wheelersburg High School
Kenneth Erlewine
America Is Safe
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
F. R. Beasley
Wheel of Industry
Virginia Beasley
Marjorie Beasley
Mary Ellen Bibbee
Pure of! Co
Carol Seeger
Stedman Co
Eddie Kamp
Clysta Rosser
H. G. Frost
Horse Traders’ Inn
Jason the Great
Railway Express
Edgar O’brien
William Harnden
Forrest Chism
Railroad Express
Lawrence Graves
Pony Express
William van Dyke
First Express
Leland Wilson
Plains
The
Plains High School
Dan Armbruster
Marion Guseman
Florence Dicken
Charles Armbruster
Juanita Bowen
Philip Stauffer
H. J. Tresch
Nelsonville High School
Brooks Frank
Paul Whyte
Danny Shafer
Ruth Laessle
Jane Figgins
Paul Daugherty
George Washington
Kroger Grocery Co
Elsie Lee Biddle
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
National Brands
William Liggett
James Goodfellow
John Goodfellow
Harrow Liggett
Dave Bartoe
Leo Russell
Wallace Hartley
von Barked
International Harvester Company
Ronnie Curtis
Marietta
Betty Sharpe
McCormick-Deering
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Loretta Flynn
Farm Bureau
Betty Russ
Jacoby
Dixie Lee Thorne
Patricia Jean Rowland
Amens
Wil
McBee
McBee Co
Putnen
Nita Ewing
Pione
J W. Bodley
Ruth Ogg
Cecil Cox
George Minameyer
Charles Tribe
Betty Horn
Juanita Saylor
Maxine Robertson
Richardson Baking Co
Glouster
Russell Church of
Sonny Richardson
Barbara Ann Richardson
Clyde Deeter
Homer H. Brown
Glouster Tomcats
Athens Motorcycle Club
Disabled Veterans of
Cemmier Si
Sma Mnee
Star of the Buccaneer
Roscoe Earns
Jack Holt
Parkyakarkus
Allan Lane
Athena
Hollywood
Science
Allan Franklyn Teenere
Amos
Andy Teeeeenee
Helen Menken
Candlelight
Fidward G. Robinson
C . Steneee
Wayne King
al Jolson
Horace Heidt
al Pearce Weaee
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Renny Goodman Peeerer
iAbe Lyman Orch
Sereeseves
DeVodi Orch
Pacman
God
Lowell Thomas
Easy Aces
James
Andy
Jack Fulton
County Courier
Tattenee
Ben Bernie Eeneeneee
Fred Allen Tee
Grace Moore
Gang Buster
Kay Kayser
Renny Goodman Seteene
Horace Heidt Orch
Rita Rio Orch
Srseseersees
Lia Goodman
E.S.T
U.S.1
M.S.T
P.S.T
Columbia Network
Camel Cigarettes
Sohio
Standard Oil Company
Sohio X