Too Much Faith in Opinions Based on Ignorance
Dr. Shailer Mathews warned at Ohio University Summer School baccalaureate that people place excessive faith in the right to have an opinion. He urged reliance on intelligence, urged action over pessimism, and urged utopian caution. Graduation speaker next Friday will be Dr Gordon Laing.
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Shailer Mathews
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Mathews
Dean Mathews
Gordon Jennings Laing
Division of Humanities
Active 4-H Clubs Schedule Meetings and Events
Four 4-H groups State Canaanville meetings for record books clothing and judging August 13 at Mrs Edith Channel The Band Club held a Friday night rehearsal with 20 members and will meet August 6 The Photography Club plans county fair exhibit August 7 Nimble Fingers Club members work on records and plan county fair displays with next meeting August 13 Also a note on height statistics: only about one American male in 200 attains six feet tall.
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Busy Bee 4-H
Canaanville
Edith Channel
Nimble Fingers Club
Speaks Tonight at Coolville Camp Meeting
Fred G. Bale former Columbus Juvenile Court judge will deliver The Fiddler and the Fire at the Coolville Camp Meeting tonight. Alexander Kaminsky Imperial Russian violinist who performed a sacred recital Sunday will play selections before Bale's address.
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Fred G. Bale
Columbus
Fiddler and
Coolville
Alexander Kaminsky
H C Summers Dies at 85 Founder of Summers and Son Music Stores
H C Summers died at 5 20 p m Saturday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis aged 85 born Porter Gallia County son of David and Eliza Summers started in Jackson sixty years ago opening the first Summers store later expanding to Chillicothe Portsmouth and Athens survived by his second wife Nina and four sons Richard Carl Bert Will also a brother Edward Summers and sister Mrs Minnie McMillen funeral at the family home and burial in Jackson Cemetery born Porter Gallia County.
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H. C. Summers
Jackson
Summers and Son
Ohio
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Mr. Summers
Carl Summer
Porter
Gallia County
David
Eliza Summers
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Athens
Nina Graham Summers
Richard
Carl
Bert
Charleston
Ill
Will
Washington Court House
Edward Summers
Minnie McMillen
Summers
Jackson County
Jackson Cemetery
Passenger airline traffic in June 1936 shows growth
US scheduled airlines carried 97,453 passengers and 40,252,357 passenger miles in June 1936, with express pounds totaling 344,433,493 and total miles at 5,619,896. Availability was 68 percent occupied, up from 1935. Henry Ford notes broader opportunities for youth.
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United States
Bureau Amerce
Washington
Continental
Ridge Kept in Uproar as Officers Pursue Fugitive
Edward Taylor, WPA employee, was hunted on an assault charge around Dowler Ridge over the weekend. Deputies Karl Gardner Frank Joyce and Claud Steppe chased him through trees and barns, but he slipped away and remained at large after reportedly burning his wife’s clothing and threatening his in laws.
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Edward Taylor
WPA
Dowler Ridge
Karl Gardner
Frank Joyce
Claud Steppe
Taylor
Gardner
Steppe
Joyce
Kimberly
Burns
July auto sales in Athens County climb with 178 new cars
Athens County saw brisk car trading in July with 1,073 total transactions and 178 new cars changing hands at the clerk of courts office. The report highlights continued strong demand for new vehicles in the region.
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Athens County
Listen Guess Dies at 64 in Ohio
C Guess of Grosvenor died Saturday at Shelter ing Arms Hospital at 11 40 p m aged 64. He is survived by his wife Kate, a daughter Elaine Graham, three step-daughters Mozelle Stephens Hazel Wolfe Virgine Warner, a step-son Roscoe Shields, a step-daughter L C Burson who died earlier, a grandson James Aldrich and granddaughter Eleanor Stephens, brothers Jefferson Nahlon and Jess Guess, sisters Della James Jennie Gilmore, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral at home Tuesday at 2 30 p m Rev Warner will conduct burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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C. Guess
Grosvenor
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Kate Guess
Elaine Graham
Mozelle Stephens
Athens
Hazel Wolfe
Columbus
Virgine Warner
Amesville
Roscoe Shields
L. C. Burson
Glouster
James Aldrich
Eleanor Stephens
Jefferson Guess
Nahlon Guess
Pomeroy
Jess Guess
Della James
Union
Jennie Gilmore
Greenlawn Cemetery
Warner
Resort hotel romance at lake with rival suitor arrival
In a resort hotel scene, Ann Hamilton defies a suitor by promising to teach him to dance and swim. Ralph Spring pursues romance with casual lines about building a bridge to marriage as Jaime Laird arrives, a famed playboy with plans for a rest and a nurse role for Ann.
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Ann
Ralph
Miss Hamilton
Jaime Laird
Jaime
City
Bill Ware
Dance Across the Lake Sparks Intrigue at Majestic Hotel
At a lakeside hotel, Ann debates companionship with rich Jaime Laird and laid back Ralph while a dance across the lake promises glamour. Ann weighs loyalty to Ralph against curiosity about Jaime as romance and tension rise. The scene hints at a summer resort mood and a cliffhanger ending.
Headlight violation leads to arrest in Gallipolis
George Murphy of Charleston West Virginia was cited for driving with one light burned out and later arrested after failing to replace the bulb at a filling station. He paid a fine before Magistrate Fred Millisor and was ordered back for the bulb. Harry Raney of Gallipolis Route 1 was charged with insufficient brakes and no horn and to appear before Millisor next Wednesday.
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George Murphy
Charleston
W. Wva
J. B. Grogan
Gallipolis
Murphy
Grogan
Fred Milliser
Harry Raney
Townsend Meeting for 12 Counties Planned
An all day Townsend meeting for 12 counties in Southeastern Ohio will be held at the Athens County Fair grounds on Sunday Sept 6. The Tenth District Townsend Club has chosen a board of seven men to direct the activities in the coming political campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Athens County Fairgrounds
Townsend Club
Son Born Saturday To Delaware Couple
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Segrist of Delaware Ohio at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Saturday night. Mrs. Robert Blackwood of Rutland and Mrs. Delbert Jones of New Marshfield had tonsillectomies at the hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Segrist
Delaware
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert Blackwood
Rutland
Delbert Jones
New Marshfield
Estate of W H Fierbaugh distributes assets to heirs
In the estate of the late W H Fierbaugh the court authorizes Mary E Tharp administratrix to distribute assets via a certificate of proof of claim against Glouster State Bank. One fifth each to O S Fierbaugh H H Fierbaugh Mary E Tharp and Jessie Chalfant and one thirty fifth each to Henry Willikie Vern H Willikie Harvey Willikie Alfred Willikie Inez Waugh Rex Willikie and Phillis Willikie.
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W. H. Fierbaugh
Mary E. Tharp
Glouster State Bank
O. S. Fierbaugh
H. H. Fierbaugh
Jessie Chalfant
Henry Willikie
Vern H. Willikie
Harvey Willikie
Ephriam Heightland Dies at Home at 70
Ephriam Heightland aged 70 died at his Hooper Street home Saturday night after a recent stroke. Funeral services are set for ten o'clock Tuesday morning at Jagers Funeral Home with burial at Bates. His wife Effie McClain Heightland died five years ago. the couple had no children.
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Ephriam Heightland
Hooper St
Jagers Funeral Home
Bates
Effie McClain Heightland
Hayes Smeeks suit seeks $200 judgment in Athens County
H E Hayes claims a $200 judgment with six percent interest from Aug 3 1922 against William Smeeks and Anna Smeeks in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The text notes that in 1804 New Jersey abolished slavery.
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H. E. Hayes
William Smeeks
Anna Smeeks
Athens County
New Jersey
Waltonians Meet In Regular Athens League Session
Regular meeting of the Athens Trank Walton League will be held Tuesday night at 7 30 in the Council Chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltontans
Athens Trank Walton League
Council Chamber
Vendol Promises Quick Relief for Indigestion at Athens Pharmacy
A vendor named Vendol claims to double medicine content in each dose and ease indigestion with stomach friendly herbs. Mr Webb Cunningham of Chauncey shares how Vendol improved his sleep, digestion, and appetite after trying the remedy, endorsing it for others. Sold widely, including Hickman’s Pharmacy in Nelsonville and Vendol Man at Athens Pharmacy.
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Athens
Webb Cunningham
Manhattan Coal Company
Chauncey
SsaVvs
Nelsonville
Hickman
Ady
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