World conference hears views on a female dictator
Mary Margaret M Bride reports discussions at a World Conference of Federated Women's Clubs where Lena Madesin Phillips imagines a dictatorial regime. She envisions compulsory universal language, removal of private charity, and execution for possession of war material, while stressing preserving culture and folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margaret M’bride
Paris
Federated Women’s Clubs
Lena Madesin Phillips
Miss Phil
International Eperation of Business and Professional
Hunter Family Holds Reunion At Athens Fairgrounds
The 13th annual Hunter family reunion occurred Sunday at the Athens Fairgrounds with a noon picnic dinner. A postlunch business meeting led by President Seth Hunter set August 1937 reunion plans and listed officers and committees.
Shopping About Town With Mary Lou Fashion Notes
Mary Lou Lammers reports fall merchandise in local shops featuring two standout dresses. A tunic style dress with red green and lavender bird motif and a tailored velvet skirt contrasts with a princess styled velvet dress trimmed with lace collars and velvet buttons. Also noted is a knitted rust two piece suit with wooden belt buckle and pocket details. Large black and white stuffed dogs with blue ribbons appeal to children. Columbus Athens club hosted by Mrs. B F Cline with radio and film culture discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mary Lou Lammers
Who's Going And Coming
Mrs. Mary E Kahler sails from New York City for Bermuda this week after a Sunday departure. California reports Mrs. Franz Woodworth visiting La Jolla. Carbondale guests include Mr. and Mrs. Bob Collins and four sons. Rainbow Lake visitors from Carbondale include several locals. Mrs Mildred C Chatter is guest in Washington DC. Dr and Mrs Robert Studer hosted Albert Studer and George Studer. L H Efaw and son Milton return from a northeastern vacation. Mary Farley returns home with daughters Helen and Anna Mae and son Joe. Theodore Thomas family and Mrs Dinton Hopkins visit Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hatfield
William Ethell
Philo
Arthur Hunter
Wilda
Lucille Hunter
Athens
Violet Hunter
Dayton
Seth Hunter
Dorothy
Elda June
Howard Hunter
Roe Rorick
New Marshfield
Ray Rorick
Katherine
the Plains
T. O. Alexander
Hazel
Frieda Alexander
Cumberland
Leslie W. Alexander
S. J. Alexander
Burdella
Mary
Edith
Roy
George
Robert Alexander
L. H. McGrath
Blue Rock
J. S. Quick
Mildred
Margaret Quick
T. J. Quick
Syracuse
Samuel Quick
McArthur
John Quick
Maud Chesser
Edna
Wayne Chesser
Wes Brandenburg
Ray Brandenburg
Geo. McDonald
Gene
Elmer Quick
William Quick
Bertha Pollard
Edith Pollard
Howard McDonald
Mary E. Kahler
University Terrace
New York City
Bermuda
California
Franz Woodworth
N. Congress Sr
Pacific Coast
Mary Farley
E. R. Laughlin
Emu Parenting Roles: Male Incubates Weeks, Female Lays Eggs
The male emu sits on the eggs for ten weeks yearly, then rears the young. The female completes her duties after laying the eggs, leaving the parental care to the male.
Tailoress and Mantua Maker Blanche Cleland Cotton’s Pioneer Story
Blanche Cleland Cotton, Irish immigrant and mother of ten, learned sewing and loom work in Ireland and taught daughters domestic crafts in Ohio. She sailed from Belfast in 1819 with six siblings, settled near Steubenville and Marshfield, Ohio, and raised ten children while weaving and quilting. She died December 20, 1865, after a life of pioneer work and family devotion.
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Carlisle
Belfast
Killala
County Down
Ireland
Cleland
James Cleland
Mary Carlisle Montgomery Cleland
Blanche Carlisle Cleland
Blanche
Ohio
New World
America
Clelands
Mary
Cape May
Delaware Bay
New Jersey
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Robert Hutchinson Cotton
Robert
Island Creek
Steubenville
Athens County
New Marshfield
Marshfield
Baltimore and Ohio
Cottons
Robert Cotton
James Achason Gesner
Cincinnati
Jonathan
Luzerne
Winfield Scott
Horatio Mortimer
War
Ren
Hadasseh Jefferson
George Scott
Cleopatra
Isaac Newton Gabriel
Charles G. Gabriel
Virginia Dunreath
James Love
Mary Malvina
William Henry Baker
Jacob L
Ruth Reynolds Baker
75Th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Union Furnace
Blanche Cleland Cotton
Ladies Auxiliary at Presbyterian Church Holds Picnic Program
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Alexander Presbyterian Church met at the church and went to Nice's Picnic Grounds for a picnic dinner. A birthday gift was presented to president Hattie Webb. A business session followed with plans for an ice cream social in September and a fish fry later in the month on the church lawn. Poems and jokes were shared by several members and guests. Attendance included many named members and their children. o.08 LADIES' AID TO MEET at Richland Avenue MFP Church Thursday at 1:00 pm.
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Alexander Presbyterian Church
Nice
Jerseyville Road
Hattie Webb
Fannie Matheny
Christine Dorsey
Grace Warren
Helen Saylor
Nora Whaley
Gauley
W. Va
Bess Lax
Indiana
Winnie Stanley
Edgar Guest
Jessie Warren
T. W. Coe
Mellissa Allen
Arthur Stuart
Maude Vorhes
Marie Dorsey
Edna Gist
Dena Gist
Sarah Tenrod
James
Ladies' Aid
Richland Avenue
MFP
WPA Folklore in Ohio Highlights Hiram College Traditions
WPA Writers Project survey finds Ohio folklore concentrated around Hiram College with terms like dating and perching. Notable local tales include Kicking Frolics in Highland County and a strange tombstone claim in Upper Sandusky. Also notes a Nashville murder connection involving Helen Clevenger’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
WPA
Hiram College
Hiram
Highland County
Upstate
Christiann Haag
Old Mission Cemetery
Upper Sandusky
Grange Members Hear Musical Program
After the Athens Grange business session at the Fairgrounds hall Albany Grange members performed a musical program. A quartet led by D W Hoftee and others sang numbers. a vocal solo by Hoftee. a seven man skit directed by McFarland. Henry and Mrs King described a Shenandoah Valley trip with Endless Caverns Gettysburg Natural Bridge and Skyline Drive. About 80 members and guests attended. The Athens County Pomona Grange plans a special meeting at York Grange Hall tonight to confer the fifth degree.
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Athens Grange
Fairgrounds
Albany Grange
D. W Hoftee
Frank South
Allen Coe
Harold Luckett
Hoffee
McFarland
Henry King
Shenandoah Valley
Endless Caverns
Gettysburg
Natural Bridge
Sky Line Drive
Athens County
Pomona Grange
York Grange Hall
Kenney Family Holds Annual Reunion at Albany Home
The eleventh Kenney reunion gathered at Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McVay home in Albany with a noon basket dinner, business meeting, and program. Mrs. Ora Haning of Athens was elected president and Mrs. E. W. McVay of Albany secretary for year. A next-year reunion is planned for the second Sunday in August at the Athens County Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. McVay
Albany
Ora Haning
Athens
Athens County Fairgrounds
Russell Carmean
Wade Parker
Columbus
Earl Bolin
Akron
Helen McVay
Mabel Creen
Lancaster
Floyd Kenney
Dayton
John Radford
Homer Radford
Roy Radford
Robert Mills
Fisher
Bertha Kenney
Leslie Ervin
Will Cooley
Mt. Blanco
Harry Evans
Mra
BE. W. Mee Vay
Camera proves impartial in Pasadena intoxicated driver case
A motion picture camera and Kleig lights set up to arrest intoxicated drivers backfired when a Pasadena police officer rode a bicycle into the glare, triggering complaints. The film clearly showed his condition, leading to evidence against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
U.P
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Cooperative Farms
Hunter
Athens Fairgrounds
Thomas Quick
Ruth McDonald
Wilda Hunter
Andrew Swendrych
Catherine Swendrych
Catherine
James Swendrych
Zanesville
Clifford Ellis
C. B. Beverage
Ida A. Allison
Ruth Beverage
Alice Lawson
Ruth
Eileen McDonald
R. D
D. J. Shover
Wilfred McDonald
Carbon
Gallaher
Court St
Mary Lou
Athenian
B. F. Cline
Butcher
Littrel
Rosa Hill
R. H. Thompson
William Pennell
Erma Fulwider
Nita Fulwider
Anna Fulwider
W. G. Knopf
George Pennybacker
Lola Clark
Deanna Durbin
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Saratoga
Peggy Stevenson
Helen Jacobs
Europe
Forest Hills
Helen Wills Moody
John Lanais
Carbondale
Bob Collins
Pomeroy
Juanita Holland
Earl Lowry
Rainbow Lake
Virgene Pollock
Ruth Russell
Irene Heightland
Roger
Betty Hervic
Mary Landis
Russell Lowry
Kenneth Lowry
Roy Mace
Leo Cox
Guy Lowry
Mildred C. Chatter
Dodge Hotel
Washington, D. C
Robert Studer
Grosvenor St
Albert Studer
Toledo
George Studer
Frank Chadwick
Mary Ellen
Lester Cordray
L. H. Efaw
Milton
West Virginia
Theodore Thomas
Jean
Murray City
Dinton Hopkins
Melvin Kenney
Union 81
Cini
Philcos
Philco
Saan
Summers & Son Cline
Blanch Carlisle Cotton
Mary Cotton Baker
Faye Baker Cline
Graham
William M. and
Lindore Dickon
Cutler
McDougal Church
Taavi
Broughton
Broughto
You
Carl Stickney
Congress St
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Nashville
N. Y
Mary Dresbach
Kingston
Stickney
Cornell University
Helen
Grange
Kenney
Chichesters
Diamond GY
Adrienne
Cates
Riour
Cline
NORGE
Southern
Norge Sales
North Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Palace Furniture
Nelsonville
Woods Purniture
Glouster
Geo. W. Hall
Logan
Malta Hardware Co
Malta
York
Norge Home Appliances
Brownell
C. V. Hill
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