Wilkes Home Hosts Dirtiday Party for Beloved Matron
The Wilkes family at 49 Pactery Street hosted a birthday party for Mr. Wilkes marking his seventieth birthday. Relatives attended a large dinner with a decorated cake and presentations including a Modern Speech Bite in Comventi. Guests included Mrs. Witkeshes, Mr. and Mrs. A Wy Wilkes, their children, and other kin from nearby Athons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2. I. Wien
Pactery Street
Waa
Tad Thorew
Irenichiltven
Mr. Wilkes Belove
Mee
Witkhes
Wilkes
Thorne
Weight contest begins in Berean Class at Nelsonville
The Berean Class at Nelsonville begins a Sunday weight contest with two groups the Beefers and the Porkers. Captains Frank Johnson and Charley Maltin lead the two sides. Weigh ins start next Sunday plus 300 pounds per new member and 260 for old members away six months. The contest ends June 26 with a winners banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsonville
Clauss
Tix
Nelsonville Reh of Christ
Clags
Beefers
Porkers
Prank Johnson
Charley Maltin
First Christian Church Bible School
Canton
Residents and visitors frequent Mt. Zion area in varied trips
Mrs West Pethet of Columbus called on Mrs Mary Anne Campbell in Mt. Zion for her illness. Columbus guests include Mrs Frank Emish and daughter Katherine. James Guy and Edwin Holland visited in Columbus and with families. The list notes travel to Wallbridge Athens Zanesville and Bridgeport with relatives and friends visiting in Columbus and Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Pethet
Columbus
Clifford Campbell
Mt. Zion
Mary Anne Campbell
Frank Emish
Katherine
James Guy
Edwin Holland
Mann's Business College
Steve Holland
Attendance Contest Aims To Grow Class Members
In Nelsonville on April 22 the Young Men's Fellowship Class of the Christian day school planned a Mothers Day membership drive. Two groups Reds and Blues, each with six members, aim to reach 40 by Mothers Day. Leaders urged perfect attendance next Sunday and thanked officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Young Men's Fellowship
Christian “Day School
Reds
Blues
Dean Long
Lisle Dalton
Frank Betts
Tom Sha
County Grange To Confer Degrees In May Meeting
The County Pomona Grange held a practice session Friday in the Chamber of Commerce rooms with Master O Bryson presiding. Refreshments were served. A special meeting to confer degrees is announced for May 10 at Amesville or Canaanville with the location to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange
O. Bryson
Bryson
Amesville
Canaanville
Nelsonville carnival draws record crowd for school benefit
A Nelsonville indoor carnival hosted by Nelsonville Junior-Senior High School and the PTA drew an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 attendees. The event featured an Ohio University acrobat show, state wrestling by Joe Degala, local student performances, the Boys Industrial School Band, five side shows, and refreshments. A mock wedding closed the program, with proceeds expected to benefit the athletic department.
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Nelsonville
Parent-Teacher Association
Athletic Association
Ohio University
Thor Olson
Joe Degala
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Ong Atting
Mecétem
Squire Ht BE
Donley
Chicago
Prines
Life as an Adventure of Faith Sermon at Presbyterian Church
Rev. Lloyd Evans preached on life as an adventure of faith, noting Abel’s sacrifice, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, and Moses as examples. He stressed that many lives are romantic through faithfulness in Bible reading and church attendance, urging trust in God amid trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Lloyd Evans
Presbyterian Church
Abel
Noch
Evans
Noah
Abraham
America
Jacob
Moses
God
Harper Starts Three Year Term At Ohio Penitentiary
Fred M Harper was sentenced last Friday to a three year term and sent to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. Sheriff William Williams escorted him to begin serving after eight months of resisting arrest, with custody taken in Monrose Michigan in February. The guilty plea covered grand larceny for copper wire theft from Kimberly New York Coal Company and local mines. Donald Kendall’s case remains pending.
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Fred M Harper
Ohio
Columbus
Harper
Columbua
William Williams
Glouster
Monrose
Mich
Kimberly
New York Coal Company
Hisylvania
L. G. Worstell
Donald Kendall
Harper's
Woman Not To Have Alimony in Future
Frederick R. Nice will stop alimony to his former wife Stella G. Nice now Mrs Lester M. Judy after a County Common Pleas Court decision. Nice had paid $10 monthly since March 1928 and the payments ceased when Mrs Nice married Lester M Judy on April 6.
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Frederick R. Nice
Stella G. Nice
Lester M. Judy
County Common Pleas Court
Nice
Nelsonville Couple Announce Daughter Marriage
Mr and Mrs Peter Harowa of West Columbus Street announce the marriage of their daughter Kathleen to Ralph Smith son of Sir and Mrs John Smith of Chauncey. The wedding was solemnized Tuesday April 16 in Zanesville with Reverend Shinier officiating.
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Nelsonville
Peter Harrowa
West Columbos Street
Kathleen
Ralph Smith
Sir
John Smith
Ghauncey
Turaday
Zanesville
Shinier
Woman's Netief Corps Meeting At Odd Fellows Hall
The Woman's Netief Corps will meet this evening at 7 30 o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall.
Local Social Notes Highlight Del Monte Visits and Scouting
DR W Gibson of Delaware was a guest of his parents in Sunday Columbus visitors included Mr and Mrs Robert Huenefeld and their son Bob. Miss Josephine Porter taught at Carroll school visited her parents. Several Columbus residents visited family in town including Mrs Marquis McCann of Athens and Miss Ena Stephenson. Nelsonville notes report Scouts absent from Friday session as upcoming meeting is crucial with new promotions and court of examiners scheduled for April 24.
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Bill Galvin
Hday
Wallbridge
Mer
Otto Shirley
Toledo
J. M. Henry
Beth Verity
Betty
Jane Verity
Herman Ohlinger
Middleport
Mother Krice
Columbus
C. N. Piggins
Athens
Jon Mathewson
Charles Scott
Roger
Wayne Sims
Zanesville
Merc
J. TM
Dridgeport
Gerald Nelson
Sirs
C, BH
Roudebush
O. Snackenburg
Tena Snackenburg
Snackenburg
Leighton Aumiller and Son
Gay Aumiller
Will Burnelle
W. Gibson
Delaware
Munday
W. W. Gibson
Mra
Robert Huenefeld
Bob
Josephine Porter
Carrol School
Jon Porter
E. M. Gilbert
Loraining
Siebert
Bartlett
Marquis
John Nutter
Margaret
J. C. Halletts
Mias
Esther Irvin
Ruth Chapman
C. C. Ervin
Boyd Roscoe
John Roscow
Bernard Porpichel
Columbus School For the Blind
Albert Pospichel
Ena Stephenson
Pearl Barrows
Offics Training Business College
Peter Barrows
Nelsonville
Powell
Joe Tuehler
Oeth
Chaplain McCorkle
Lawrence Siebert
Troon
L. V. Powell
W. D. Mender
Joe Buehler
Francis Kourl
William Howe, Jr
Cottril Dies in Dayton Gas Blast Victim
Cottril Cottril 23 died Saturday morning in Dayton from injuries from a gas explosion on Friday. The body was taken to Carbott for funeral services at the M E Church in Carbondale Friday morning. Burial will be in Ashbury. He leaves a wife a daughter and a son.
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Cottrit
Dayton
Pritay
Carbott
M. EK
Carbondala
Aelock
Asbury
Daughters of Veterans Sets Meeting at Odd Fellows Hall
The Daughters of Veterans will hold a meeting on Tuesday at 7 34 o clock in the Odd Fellows Hall.
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Daughters OF Veterans
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Western Pennsylvania Mine Operators Fight Freight Rate Change
Western Pennsylvania coal operators petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen the case on freight rates. They seek a 46 cent per ton reduction to move coal from northern fields to southern shipments, challenging the current 6 cent differential favoring northern operators. An Eastern Ohio Coal Operators' Association has filed a similar petition.
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Western
Pennsylvania
Washington
Vennagivanta Coal Traific
Dennagyivanta
Saeir Tacar
The
Eastern Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Jail Visitors Rise in April at Athena County Jail
Sheriff records show a surge of visitors in April at Athena County Jail with over 100 persons already visiting, possibly surpassing March totals as the month continues.
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Wislora
Athena
Recorda
William Wiliam
Jail Time Conditions Reported in County Records
Fragmented notes indicate custodial proceedings with varying lot U and nine day terms. March activity shows 110 persons spent time in jail, altering entries and recording in the free county hotel facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thie Free County
Indicted in Arson Case Near Han toy Farm
Williams of Santoy Perry was indicted by the county grand jury on a charge of arson for allegedly setting a barn on fire at the Bis Ji farm near Han toy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Willams
Santoy
Perry
Morse Ty Crand
Hantoy
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Mra C. BH. Bartlett
Wilkes Home
Berean Bibie Glass
Church of Christ
Trimble Church of Christ
Nelsonside
Trimble
G. B Courtney
Trimble Church
County Grange
Floyd Evans
BOY Scout News
Snell
Serry Hotel
General Tire
Generala
Athens County Buick Co
Pomeroy
Mark
Ure
Gene EL
Tab
General Tire Acceptance Corp
Cottril
Devo
Our
Aidak
Faile
Oreath
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