Pensioners Intimidated in August Primary, Johnson Charges
David Johnson, chairman of the county election board, alleged state highway department and Old Age Pension Office workers pressured elderly voters in Athens County to vote for Governor Davey or risk losing pensions. He vowed prosecutions, noting possible invalid ballots and multiple applications from the same pensioners amid threats of fines and prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Old Age Pension Office
Athens County
David Johnson
County Election Board
Johnson
Davey
Highway
Election Board
Secretary of State
Intor- Spon
Harold J. Rose
Buchtel
Lucetta Kirkendall
Rebecca Stevens
Elizabeth Dow
Elizabeth Gibson
Mary Beth Geenter
Edward Arah Kirkendall
Belle Orge W. Smathers
C. E. Spencer
Lena B. Port
Tina Warren
B. S. Rhodes
Sarah Davis
Silas Davis
Ellen Nanna
Olive Adams
Jennie M. Manaway
Eua A. Hock
Lacey Donley
Kalleee
Phone Plant Tops Rivals Ten Years After Move
Athens Home Telephone Co celebrated ten years since moving to its new W Washington Street building on August 1 1928. On August 19 the firm added automatic switching, among the earliest in small cities in the region, according to manager Dr C L Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Home Telephone Co
W. Washington St
C. L. Jones
Athens Company
Athens
Local Couple Buy Cafeteria on N Court Street
Mr and Mrs E L Nye purchased The Buckeye Cafeteria from R W Finsterwald and Gordon B Gray this morning The Nyes plan to run the kitchen Mrs Nye a Ohio University home economics graduate has taught cooking for 13 years and will supervise the kitchen Mr A P Hawk remains as assistant manager under new management The restaurant will maintain current policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
N. Court St
E. L. Nye
R. W. Finsterwald
Gordon B. Gray
A. P. Hawk
Mrs Flowers Dies at Stillwater Sanatorium Dayton
Mrs L F Flowers age 33 of Dayton died today at the Stillwater Sanatorium after months of illness. Survived by husband two daughters Marlene 14 Artha Lane 12 two sisters Rex Farebrother of Dayton and Frank Phillips of Athens a brother Thomas Bayles of LaGrange and half-brother M Harry Tetrick of Dayton. Funeral Wednesday at Dayton with burial at Clark's Chapel at 3 pm.
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Frank Phillips
Athens
A. D
L. F. Flowers
Dayton
Stillwater
Flowers
Mary Bayles
Marlene
Artha Lane
Rex Farebrother
Phillips
Thomas Bayles
LaGrange, II
M. Harry Tetrick
Bayles
Clark's Chapel
Missionary Mr Newcomb Powell to Speak at Wesleyan Church
Mr Newcomb Powell a decade long missionary in Chile will speak at the Wesleyan Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The event invites all community members to hear his report and insights from South American missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcomb Powell
Chile
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Ohio University summer session graduates urged to stay loyal
Dr. Edmund D. Soper, retiring president of Ohio Wesleyan University, urged 263 graduates to keep loyalties to God, home, and country. He warned of totalitarian regimes and noted Germany and Japan threaten academic freedom, stressing personal discernment in choosing loyalties.
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Ohio University
Edmund D. Soper
Ohio Wesleyan University
Alumni Memorial
Germany
Italy
Russia
Dr. Soper
Caesar
Japan
Martin Luther
Ohio Wesleyan
Soper
T. C. McCracken
College of Education
Europe
Asia
Allen Kresge
Our Fathers
Jesu
Clarence C. Robinson
Kresge
Modern Woodmen Picnic Sparks Athens County Fairgrounds
The Athens County Fairgrounds hosted a statewide Modern Woodmen of America picnic with 200 attendees. A full day featured midget auto and greyhound racing, drills, contests, dancing, band concerts, and a fireworks finale.
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Athens County Fairgrounds
Woodmen of America
Stratton
Homer A. Ramey
Toledo
Judge Ramey
Col. C. F. Munz
Akron
Columbus
Marietta
Watertown
Wooster
Coshocton
Peavy Visits Athens While Seeking State Senate Nomination
Democratic candidate F. J. Peavy of Marietta toured Athens and nearby Hocking Valley cities visiting supporters and friends during his campaign for the State Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Peavy
Marietta
Athens
Hocking Valley
Labor Leaders Attack Davey at Athens County Meet
Frank Grillo of the International Union of Rubber Workers led a cross union protest at The Plains High School denouncing Governor Davey as a racketeer. Thomas Price and EF H Little backed the charge, urging labor action to back Sawyer.
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al Capone
Hitler
Mussolini
Ohio
Frank Grillo
International Union of Rubber Workers
Labors
Athens County
Plains High School
Thomas Price
United Mine Workers
EF. H. Little
Firestone
United Rubber Workers
Grillo
Davey
H. T. Rainey
League
Little
Sawyer
Mile of Bottles Bar Tour in Tia Juana Claims World Record
Reporter describes Pedro Orozco at the Longest Bar in the World in Tia Juana Mex ico a 300 foot counter with 400 seating. The piece paints a vivid scene of tourists, Mexican stalls, and local life around the border town. It notes a shift from Agua Caliente to other border attractions and includes travel vignettes and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pedro
Mexico
Marian Bush Reeder
Tia Juana
Pedro Orozco
Amer-hica
Agua Caliente
U. S
United States
Lavanderia
Barberia
Blanco Y Negro
Fruteria
Verdura
Week at Birch Hollow Fresh Air Camp Near Carbondale
Twenty two colored boys began a week long session at the Athens County Fresh Air Camp at Birch Hollow near Carbondale. At week’s end equipment will be cleaned and repaired and on Monday county girls from needy families will attend the camp for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Birch Hollow
Carbondale
Salvation Army Picnic Ticket Office Hours
Children may apply for picnic tickets at the Salvation Army office on Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Personal notes on travels and visits across states
Mr and Mrs E A Holmes and family took a 10 day vacation to Austin Lake Kalamazoo Michigan with daughter Eileen Miss Kathleen Long will attend Cameo School of Beauty Culture in Zanesville Mrs George Rasp and Mrs Ruth Peters returned from a week with Mrs C J Herrly in Niagara Falls They were joined by Mrs Alex Nelson Past Chiefs Club to meet at Mrs Lizzie Canter Chauncey with Miss Clara Wallace assisting Civil War era nutmegs used as pennies in New Haven Connecticut.
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E. A. Holmes
Eileen
Tom Chintz
Helen Long
Austin Lake
Kalamazoo, Mich
Kathleen Long
Zanesville
The
Cameo School of Beauty Culture
George Rasp
Elmwood Place
Ruth Peters
Columbus
Chiefs’ Club
Lizzie Canter
Chauncey
Clara Wallace
OU Summer Session Chorus Delivers Memorial Concert
The Ohio University Summer Session Chorus presented a Memorial Auditorium concert Sunday night as part of the baccalaureate program. Soloists Miss Helen Louise Schmidt and Miss Ann Beasley performed violin and vocal selections with accompaniment from Dr. C. C. Robinson and Prof. Paul Fontaine. The 80-voice University Chorus closed the program with pieces by Mitchell Del Riego Sibelius Nevin and Tours, with Lilian B. Robinson as accompanist.
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Sarasate
Helen Louise Schmidt
School of Music
Ohio University
Ann Haworth
Memorial Auditorium
Dix
Sullivan
Merrill Davis
C. C. Robinson
Paul Fontaine
Liszt
Chopin
Rachmaninov
Ann Beasley
Ohio Wesleyan
Julliard School of Music
Carl H. Beasley
Frimi
University Chorus
Mitchell
Tours
Lilian B. Robinson
Community meetings and picnics on Tuesday in Richland area
Calendar lists Friendship Class meeting at Villa Tippie home Monday August 1 to discuss local issues. Eastside PTA speaker Harper Pendry addresses bond issue at W. H. Herbert home Monday 7 30 p m. 31 Club at Miss Helen Morgan home Tuesday 7 30 p m. WBA groups picnic Nice s Park Tuesday 6 p m. Philathea Class picnic at Nice s Park meet at church 5 30 p m. American Legion Auxiliary Legion Home Tuesday 7 30 p m. Child Study Club at Miss Ellen Charney Tuesday 7 30 p m.
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Richland Ave. M. P
Villa Tippie
Richland Ave
Harper C. Pendry
Eastside
PTA
W. H. Herbert
Helen Morgan
Philathea
The
Christian Church
Nice’s Park
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Child Study Club
Ellen Charney
Eber F. Woolley Dies In Cleveland
Athens County relatives learn of the death in Cleveland Saturday of Eber F. Woolley. He was a native of Ames Township and long employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Lang Funeral Home in Cleveland. He leaves many Athens County relatives.
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Athens County
Cleveland
Eber F. Woolley
Lang Funeral Home
Rain cools Athens after near inch of rain
Rainfall amounts to almost one inch overnight in Athens cooling the day as noon temperature reaches 75. Yesterday’s high was 90 and the low last night was 69 for a warm trend end.
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Athens
Local Weekend Visits Tie Up Middleport
Mrs Maude Cooper spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Lula Mason. She was taken to Columbus Sunday by Mrs Alice Selby who will travel to New York and New Jersey for a month long vacation. Miss Marjorie Diles returned home on Beech Street after visiting relatives in Pittsburgh accompanied by Sam and Mary Adams. Wayne McElhinney of Charleston visited with Mr and Mrs Dana Lambert over the weekend. John Hancock and John Adams, leaders in the fight for American independence, were born within a year of each other in houses less than a mile apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Cooper
Lula Mason
Columbus
Alice Selby
New York
New Jersey
Marjorie Diles
Beech St
Pittsburgh
Middleport
Sam and
Mary Adams
Wayne McElhinney
Charleston
Dana Lambert
John Hancock
John Adams
Family Reunion Observes 89th Birthday at Stewart Home
Ludwick family gathers two miles from Stewart to celebrate Mr. Lewis Ludwick’s 89th birthday with a large cake of 89 candles. Attendees include L C Ludwick S J Biddison Bernard Linton and many relatives from Stewart North Jackson Forest and Athens. A benefit party by Athenian Temple No 173 Pythian Sisters is set for Monday at 8 p m in IOOF Hall Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul and
Lewis
Eileen Simm
Clair Chalfant
Donnie
Gilbert
North Jackson
Isaac Barnhart
Elmo
Carlton
Eugene Linton
Forest
Clarice
Janice
Lillian
Bobby
Bethany
Flossie Wolfe
Tommie
Florence Anne
Detroit
Mich
Chet Windsor
Leroy Nickoson
Ross
Stanley
Eloise
Imogene
Rex Nickoson
Garnet
Nell
Audra Erlen
Bruce Nickoson
Aubrey Nickoson
Glen Nickoson
Thomas Grim
Guysville
Charles Rowland
George
Fred Everett
Clifford
Yvonne
Athens
Lon Runion
Harold
Lottridge
Orin Watkins
Billy
Amesville
Herman Ahart
Eileen
Mary Anne
Little Hocking
May Pearl Davis
New England
Maria Hornsby
Coolville
IOOF
N. Court St
Athenian Temple
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Athens City
Ray R. James
Electa Moore
Anna Haning
Elizabeth Schuler
Lydia Nod
Leonard Skiver
May Smith
Jah J. Gillett
Lucy Frame
Barbara Allmashy
Elizabeth Allen
Eletha Riley
Sarah Jackson
Cora Radcliff
Anna Walburn
Sarah Martin
C. H. Chilton
Jane Bartlett
Rosa Fulton
Emma Laughlin
Sarah E. Knight
Albany
George Climer
Mary Climer
Elmer Doss
Harry Webb
Margaret Keirns
Sarah Johnson
Ida B. Frash
Ella Waderher
Liddie Ann Powell
Elizabeth Cooper
Hester Shampson
Bennie Harrison
Susan Ball
Elizabeth McGraner
Martha Potts
Catherine Laney
Lyde Patton
Beatrice Linscott
Bertha Shafer
George Shafer
Beulah Hawk
Herman E. Stage
Ed Anderson
Minnie Bryan
Emma Fraser
Lil Setty Lonas
Rebecca Davis
Glouster and
Trimble
James Jewell
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Mavin
Ella Hamnen
Angelia Love
Mary Domenico
Cornelia Vermaiten
Hannah Hall
John W. Tudor
T. W. Smith
Ella Wyne
Mertie Crawford
Edith Burns
Jane Auer
Waterloo
Christopher C. Brooks
Lucy Chevalier
Samuel Allen
Charles J. Haybron
Theodocia Minear
Harlow Hysell
Ella Hysell
Charles Haybron
Nancy Collins
Dover
Elijah S. Leland
John Edward Quinn
John Mourn
Elizabeth Dowler
Eliza Spitzer
Isabel Hillen
Elmer West
Nancy Jane West
Troy
Rome
Canaan
Rosetta Armstrong
Frances J. McGrath
Amos A. Place
Ella Wise
Mary Baker
Lydia C. Waterman
Mary Snyder
Mary Hayden
Margaret Voorhees
Alice L. Perry
G. W. Hawk
Flora Kyle
Iva Barrows
Charles McGill
Hattie Hopkins
Y Fm
Finance
N. Court
Dowler & Ferguson
Funeral Home
C.U
MWA
Harry Lackey
William Thompson
Youngstown
Glen Mathews
Eleanor Kincaid
Arthur Larch
Robert Liggett
James Daft
William Pierre
Harry Swank
Mildred Marshall
Ralph Carr
Albert Frum
Robert Sams
Denver Thoma
Clarice Coon
the Plains
Westinghouse
Blanche Steppe
Kathleen E. Smith
Pomeroy
Stanley Davis
Gallipolis
C. E. Jackson
Robert Harvey
Thomas Rose
Emma F. Smith
Harold Ator
M. E. Livingston
Peavy
Ramona
Old
San Diego
Helen Hunt Jackson
Daughters of Union’ Veterans
Chiefs
New Haven
Conn
WBA
H. A. Fisher
ELGIN
Underwriters Laboratories
QUICK
Postoffice
Berry
Middleport Briefs
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Benefit Party
W. Union St
Rytex
Rytex Charter Club
Logan
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Athens, Ohio
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