Famous radio orchestra to perform in Nelsonville May 2
Nelsonville Elks announce a May 2 concert by the renowned Henry Thies radio orchestra, a WLW favorite. The event features a radio revue with Charlie Cameron and dance and concert music, proceeds aiding the Elks Charity Fund.
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Tamous Broadcasting Orchestra
Nelsonville
Nelsone Elks
Radio Orcestra
Henry Thies
Mous
Thies
WLW
Cincinnati
Charlie Cameron
Elks Intertainment Committee
Elks’ Charity Fund
East P T A Sponsors Spring Frolic Friday
Nelsonville April 21 A Spring Frolic sponsored by the East School Parent Teacher Association will be held at the East Building Friday night The evening features the play The Goose Creek Line acted by mothers in the association Other items include April’s Farewell by grades one and two Toy Orchestra by grade three History Lesson by grade four Reading the Weekly Banner by grade five and Dr Cure Mil by grade six Admission ticket covers all entertainments Receipts go to western work
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Nelsonville
Parent-Teacher Association of the East School
Goose Creek
Mothers of the Association
Class Play Announced by Murray City High
The Senior Class of Murray City High School will present The Haunted House in the auditorium on Friday evening April 22. Reserved seats are now on sale. The Miners' Association postponement notice and Martha Cress Methodist Church meeting notes follow with brief reports of activities and new member Mrs. L C Spring.
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Murray City High School
Martha Cress
Methodist Church
Miles Howe
L. C. Spring
Log Problem Still Faces Nelsonville
Nelsonville faces growing concern over dogs despite police warnings. Mayor Hickman releases a letter from G. D. Ridenour praising dogs while urging owners to curb wanderlust during lawn and garden season. Ridenour’s humorous complaints profile various dog types and their garden antics near Chestnut Street.
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Nelsonville
J. W. Hickman
G. D. Ridenour
Ohio
Miners Plan Saturday Mass Meeting at Nelsonville
A miners mass meeting bringing attendees from at least four counties will be held Saturday at 2 PM on the Nelsonville playground. Speakers include William Thompson and Orin Beatty, with possible participation by miners’ district leaders. The event aims to draw an international officer to Nelsonville and precedes later gatherings in Crooksville and another site.
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Glouster
Nelsonville
W. B. Morris
Miners’ Scale Committee
Lee Hall
David Watkins
Miners’ District Organization
Miners’ International
Morris
Crooksville
Mr. Morris
Small Boy Fractures Arm for Third Time
Richard Coffman, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earland Coffman of Route 4, fractured his arm while playing football on Sunday in Glouster. This marks the third arm fracture for the boy, with two previous breaks occurring within six months.
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Richard Coffman
Glouster
Women Supervise Hollister School Meals and Helpers
In Hollister, a group of women led meal service at the Hollister schools over recent weeks. Mentions of aiding contributors include doctors Le Fever Gibson Crawford and local businesses such as LeFavor's Pharmacy and Kroger. An operetta by Greens Run high school students drew a large audience under the music supervisor's direction.
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Hollister
Glouster
Hollister Hools
James Einhart
Leonard Adams
Ona Dew
Ted Phelps
Louis Sass
Ellsworth Byers
Elia Westfa
John McGee
Elmer Andrews
Robert Cooper
Wesley Byers
Fred Waldeck
Ernest
Greens Run
Twilight League Opens With Burns Barbers at Glouster Park
The Twilight League season begins Monday at 5 pm on the American Legion grounds with the Burns Barbers facing the American Legion. Three games weekly are planned including a Wednesday Reds versus Jacksonville and a Friday Burns Barbers versus the T. T. T. team, a group of colored players.
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American Legion
Burns Barbers
Why Do You Like Life in Small Town
Ohio University associate professor F B Gullum favors small towns for a friendly climate and better family training opportunities. He cites easy outdoor access, personal community interactions, and stronger local support for children's development and personality growth. He enjoys gardening and outdoor work amid ample space and fresh air.
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F. B. Gullum
Ohio University
Gullum
Mr. Gullum
Miami University Imitation Democratic National Convention
Oxford reports Miami University students and faculty will hold an imitation Democratic National Convention tonight and Friday, reflecting campus political activities and engagement.
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Oxford
Miami University
Make This Model at Home The Athens Messenger pattern
Step by step instructions and diagrams accompany a dress pattern designed by Anne Adams. The junior miss frock features a youthful scalloped collar short sleeves and a peplum. The piece is described as easy to make suitable for party wear or school and able to be crafted by older girls themselves.
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Anne Adams
All But One Teacher At School Had Mumps
Mountville reports an epidemic of mumps hitting the high school. Mr. Roberts served a week in charge while S. B. Vickrey remained home with the illness. Leona Wade, the domestic science teacher, returned after a week off with mumps.
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Roberts
Mountville
Vickrey
Leona Wade
Bowers Second County Candidate To Expire
W Bower of Athens dies leaving two Republican candidates for county commissioner as ballot printing proceeds J W Lax of Alexander Township also dies before the May primary Seibert Stiff of Glouster accepts a traveling salesman post with P R Casket Co for southeastern Ohio and will be home every other Sunday with a Sunday at Bridgeport
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Glouster
W. 8. Bower
Athens
J. W. Lax
Alexander Township
Lax
Mr. Bower
Stiff
Fashion Catalog and Pattern Sale from Anne Adams
Advertises dress fabrics and patterns with options in flat crepe georgette voile organdie for school lawn cimity shanting swiss. Pattern 2199 limited to sizes S 10 12 14 16 and size 10 needs 258 yards of 36 inch fabric. Fifteen cents per pattern plus twenty five cents for catalog and pattern together. send name address and style number with size. Mail to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department 43 West 18th Street New York City.
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Anne Adams
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
West Lith Street
New York City
Richland Paving Project to Start May 1 at $30,000
Richland Avenue from the South Bridge to Athens State Hospital will be repaved starting May 1 under the bridge construction plan. Estimated cost is $30,000 with a 36 foot wide street and seven foot sidewalks each side. Fence around the old Ohio University athletic field has been moved to allow sidewalk space.
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Richland Avenue
New South Bridge
Athens State Hospital
John W. Dowler
Ohio University
Court
President Street
Woman 77 Burned When Gown Ignores Gas Stove
Mrs M C Nelson aged 77 of 66 Maplewood Drive suffered serious burns when her gown caught fire from a gas stove. Her son E R Nelson and Mrs Mary Willis living with them aided by tearing off the burning garment. Nelson was taken to Shelter ing Arms Hospital with burns to the back and hips.
Advance New Theory Detective Thinks Cleveland Divorcee Murdered
Sol Levy 40 to be arraigned on a murder charge for killing Kathryn Mason Jones 28 a red haired divorcee in an apartment building in Cleveland’s Little Hollywood district. Jones worked as an investigator for private agencies and a drinking party at a speakeasy preceded the fatal beating. The homicide allegedly began after she resisted the men’s advances.
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Cleveland
U.P
Sol Levy
Kathryn Mason Jones
Little
Hollywood
Cody
Child Welfare Work Being Planned Here
Women of the churches in Athens will hold an afternoon and evening ten May 3 at the Presbyterian Church in the interest of child welfare in Athens County. The hours will be from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9. A silver contribution will be asked and the proceeds will be used in county health work. Wives of ministers will pour and Mrs Field Scott leads arrangements for continuous music.
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Athens
Presbyterian Church
Athens County
Field Scott
Kentucky poetess to give Friday lecture recital at Ohio Univ
Jacqueline Embry, Kentucky born poetess now associated with Louisville, will present a Friday 5 o clock lecture recital at Alumni Memorial Auditorium as part of Ohio University Mothers program. Her 14 line form blends couplets and quatrains reflecting sharp, original lines celebrated by The Nation Harper s and The New Yorker. Gov White will not intervene in Cleveland Policeman Ryan case death row execution at Ohio Penitentiary Friday night.
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Jacqueine
Kentucky
Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Jacqueline Embry
the Nation Magazine
Harper's
Century
Vanity Fair
The
New Yorker
Frankfort
Louisville
Misses Howe
Marot
Thompson, Conn
League plans ward meetings and candidate info drive
The League of Women Voters outlined four ward meetings open to all women voters before primaries. Readers will hear from both parties’ candidates, with letters to candidates read and ballots explained. Meetings aim to inform, not campaign, with two pre primaries speeches by Dem and GOP nominees.
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League of Women Voters
Mra
Mre
H. Ring
Mary Helen Frotta
League
Mixx Wfretts
Athens County Welfare Committee to host benefit tea
An announcement invites opposition to retirement pension impacts and promotes a May 3 benefit tea sponsored by the Athens County Welfare Committee at the Presbyterian Church. Eight Athens churches are aiding the project and will cooperate in the effort.
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Athens County Welfare Committee
Presbyterian Church
Athens
Weather pattern teases with showers and heat wave
A stretch of sunny days gave way to unsettled conditions as showers returned. Temperatures climbed to 82 degrees at the peak, then dropped to 45 overnight, with morning skies cloudy and the Hocking River steady around four feet.
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Ohie
Hocking
Four Ballots Cast in Athens County Board Oversight
Four absent voters ballots were cast yesterday under Clerk David Johnson of the Athens County Bidugma tion Board. Ballots from Mr and Mira I M Foster of Washington DC and J S Gillespie of Columbus were mailed back. Mary R Whaley of Alexander Township voted at the clerk s office.
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David Johnson
Athens County
Bidugmation Board
Mira
I. M. Foster
Washington, D. C
J. 5. Gillespie
Columbus
Mary R. Whaley
Alexander Township
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Fayette
Washington Streets
Una Miller
Chauncey
Jacksonville
Redtown
Taylor Ridge
Angeline Zglenski
Brett Johnson
Elmer Brodka
Helvin Kutta
Estaline Bowers
Nyle Cannon
Pauline Bentley
Wilbur Cartwright
Doris Zglenski
Louise McClelland
Glen McClelland
George Clemons
Louise
Twilight League
Legion
Glous Park
Athens Messenger
Bowers
South Bridge
State Hospital
M. C. Nelson
Tess
Ako
Jaqueline Embry
Just
Ems
Roy Tailors
Pri
Mitashi
East End
Old Bon Ton Bldg
Mise Mary Cont
Fife
Mise Qgennett
Miss Connett
F. H. Krecker
Bing
National League of Women Voters
Detroit
Anna K. Price
Mra. Bing
Yalo
NBC
Federsl
Smith-Hughes
Federal Children's Bureau
H. R. McVay
National League
Thomas A. Jenkins
Monito
Haney-Gross Co
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