Pastor and Wife Sail This Week as Missionaries
The Rev and Mrs Dungan, new missionaries bound for five years in China, will sail from New York City on Wednesday. Dungan formerly taught at a boys school and will join the Manchuria mission after joining regional church efforts. Middleport Presbyterian Church views the Dungans as a real field mission alongside W T Cook. In a separate note, Leo Beeson travels from Columbus after his mother Mrs EZ Beeson’s health worsens with little hope of recovery.
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Leport
Irvinegan
E and Missions
Dungan
China
New York City
Middleport Presbyterian Church
W. T. Cook
Manchuria
Cook
Athens Presbytery
Middleport
Leo Beeson
Columbus
EZ Beeson
Little Athens Girl To Receive Heroism Medal
Seven year old Mary Jean Bozell of Athens near Atlanta Ohio risked her life to save her infant sister from a house fire in November. She carried the seven month old to safety while flames claimed her brother Fenton and left five siblings behind. A Ralston Purina Hero commission will confer a hero's medal in a public ceremony recognizing her bravery.
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Irena Hines
Athens
Atlante
Indiana
Hines
Jean Bozell
Ralf- Purina Hero Commission
William Ll
Atlanta
Athens County
Wil
Fenton Bozell
Fen
Denzil
Mary Jean
Joanna
Car
J. C. Reynolds
The
Christian Church
Ralston Purina Hero Commission
Rosell
Theamily
Rene Thomas
Adaline
Helen Ebersbach Bride of William W. Reifel
In Pomeroy on Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ebersbach, Miss Helen Ebersbach wed William W. Reifel. The Rev. Forqueran of Grace Episcopal church officiated. She is a Wellsley graduate and former Chester teacher. The groom, a naval officer, is stationed in Detroit. They left for a Canada wedding trip.
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Pomeroy High School
Wellsley University
Chester
Mr. Reifel
Detroit
Father Wins Right for Son to Visit Two Weeks Annually
In Pomeray on August 18 Judge Crow ruled in favor of D. W. Hennessey granting his request for the son to spend two weeks each year with his father and paternal family during summer vacation. The divorced mother, living in New Lexington, contested the arrangement.
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Pomeray
D. W. Hennessey
Reverend Crane Reappointed at Pomeroy Free Methodist
A telegram to Laurel Cliff reports Rev. W. E. Crane back with the Free Methodist church on the Pomeroy circuit. The message closes the Annual Free Methodist conference in Galion. Rev. Crane and family returned home. Rev. R. B. Niles of Zanesville district also reappointed for a second year.
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Pomeroy
Laurel Cliff
W. E. Crane
Free Methodist Church
Pomeroy Circuit
Free Methodist
Galion
Gas Strike Near Mason City Prompts Industry Hopes
Pomeroy August reports a million foot gas well struck near Mason City across the river. The find, drilled in untested territory, boosts prospects for new industries and potential further wells nearby. Nearby, the Meigs County dry oil well reached the Berea sand at 1564 feet on the John Carl farm, drilled by Ohio Fuel Supply, with equipment moved to a new site on the Herbert Barnhart farm.
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Pomeroy
Mason City
Mason
Meigs County
Berea
John Carl
Kingsbury Creek
Bedford Township
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Herbert Barnhart
Carl
Clarke reunion at Bidwell park draws local attendees
Middleport on August 13 reports a Clarke reunion held Sunday at Bidwell park. Attending from here were Mr and Mrs Arther Boice and daughter, Mrs Jessie Johnston and daughter Betty Lou, Mr and Mrs M G White and son Frank, and Mrs White's sister Mrs Cookie Archer of Columbus.
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Middleport
Clarke
Bidwell Park
Bidwell
Arther Boice
Jessie Johnston
Betty Lou Johnston
M. G. White
Frank
White
Cookie Archer
Columbus
Hobson Defeats St Pleasant In Nine at Pythian Park
Hobson beat St Pleasant 11 to 7 in a Saturday afternoon game at Pythian Park. Fans called it a good contest with Hobson showing well. A rematch was played Sunday at the Gallipolis fairground with Hobson lineup changes.
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Middleport
Hobson
St. Pleasant
Pythian Park
Gallipolis Fairground
River Trip Highlights River Boat and Wharf News
The General Wood stopped at Ravenswood on a Pittsburgh to Cincinnati voyage with eighty passengers aboard including twenty nine Pittsburgh club women. Ravenswood loses its wharf boat. Bernard Dunn sold the boat at Paden City for trucking use.
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General Wood
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Ravenswood
Bernard Dunn
Dunn
Paden City
Syracuse
Aha! Foiled! Robbers Demand Money on Carleton Hollow Road
Harry Davis faced highwaymen on the Carleton Hollow road and, upon being ordered to stick them up, complied by lifting his hands with money in his hip pocket. The robbers searched him but found nothing of value and sent him on his way. Davis is visiting relatives from Canton.
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Pomeroy
Carleton Hollow
Harry Davis
Mr. Davis
Canton
Local residents take short motor trips and visits
Mr and Mrs Will Lowe left Sunday on a motor trip of eight to ten days in northern Ohio. Miss Beulah Forquer and cousins Helene and Margaret Radford toured to Columbus visiting relatives including Mrs L H McCracken and Lucille Mayer. Several families from Columbus and Addison areas visited locally, with others continuing trips through Iowa and to Bel laire for illness in the family.
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Will Lowe
Beulah Forquer
Helene
Margaret Radford
Columbus
Miss Forquer
L. H. McCracken
Mayer
Lucille
Ray Farmer
Harvey Baker
Pomeroy Bridge
Elmer Wysong
Tifft
Iowa
Bucyrus
M. F. Leonard
Salisbury constable arrested for intoxication after crash
Middleport Aug 13 constable Hi Bolin of Salisbury township was arrested Saturday night for drunken driving after his car allegedly struck another auto and liquor was found in the vehicle. The Washington steamer will run the season's last excursion from Pomeroy Thursday evening.
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Middleport
Hi Bolin
Bolin
Salisbury Township
Washington
Pomeroy
Bird Man Contest Ends With Colorful Mountings
The contest closes as participants submit vivid colored colorings. Notable entries include Mary Elizabeth Littler with a white border and red blue diagonal inner lines, Agnes Hartley’s black foil mounting, and Pauline Flowers and Betty Jane Snackenberg earning top placements in Class I and II respectively. Numerous individuals receive honorable mention for originality and mounting.
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Mary Elizabeth Littler
Robert Riley
Anna Riley
Frank Chute
Athens
Agnes Hartley
Elizabeth Brady
Fannie Drusilla Glenn
Helen
Margaret Gandee
Esther Dorst
Dorothy Mae Howard
Frances Hazel Hall
Mertie Oliver
Irene Davis
Catherine Davis
Jimmy Davis
Eleanor Davis
Pauline Flowers
Frank
Miller Avenue
Pauline
Walnut Street
Nelsonville
Betty Jane Snackenberg
Franklin Street
Wanda
Eloise Davis
William Swindell
Bessie Swindell
Annabellé Bussey
Ida Lee Waugh
Hallie Bruce
Stanley Bruce
Barbara Lee Sayre
Verna I’. Sayre
Otis Johnson
Charles Welling
Marguerite Judson
Zelma Pack
Frank Cunningham
Eileen Sherman
Ross Reed
Lucille Warren
Mary Frances Graves
Isabelle M. Easterling
Jack Pritchard
Frieda Gloeckner
Ruth Wilson
Helen Guinter
Wyona Hubler
Rosemary Forsbach
Herbert Lowther
Roger Scott
Kathleen Smith
Judson Morrison
Paul John Oskey
Edward Oskey
Arthur Henderson
Sidney Cook
Edith Mae Tinker
Helen Moore
Ruby Mildred Lones
Lernice Snyder
Billy North
Eighth grade graduates listed for Athens county schools
Continued list of eighth grade graduates from Athens county schools names Delmar Frost Gedna McGrath Mary Niggemeyer Burneta Konkoskia John Dean Hanes Hawk Cecil Butts Marie Baughman Nora and others. Graduation diplomas to be awarded at August 29 commencement in Ewing hall auditorium during Athens County Teachers Institute meeting.
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Athens County
Ewing Hall
Athens County Teachers’ Institute
Lodi Township
Munn
Delmar Frost
Gedna McGrath
Blackwood
Mary Niggemayer
Kinney
Burneta Konkoskia
Judson
John Dean
Han
School Rosters by Township and District Names
A long list of student and staff names for Trimble Hollister Greens Run Hartleyville Goose Run Oakdale Fierce Ridge Blackwood Troy Hockingport Harmony Hill Huckleberry Torch and Torch schools. Names include Hazel Andrews Clairmont Bandield Pete Daunch Lewis Dew Alvin Horner Ralph Leach Pauline Stevenson Pearl Conaway Helen Verba and many others.
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Trimble
Hollister
Hazel Andrews
Clairmont Bandield
Pete Daunch
Lewis Dew
Alvin Horner
Ralph Leach
Jerald Moody
Pauline Stevenson
Pearl Conaway
Helen Verba
Greens
Elden Gunstead
Carl Herbst
Ros Kutta
Virgil Strausbaugh
Rexford Willeke
Steve Toth
Hartleyville
Clifford Brooks
Mary Kovach
Faye Lowery
Dwight Maxwell
Delores Roberts
Goose Run
Agnes Verba
Mullard Pierce
Oakdale
Arthur Barnes
Belfort Hook
Celia McClellan
Robert Mount
Geneva Nott
Angeline Sikorski
Fierce Ridge
James Douncan
Leonard Walton
Blackwood
Dorothy Wells
Donna Wells
Troy Township
Coolville
Covert Adams
Frank Chapman
Ethel Collins
Dorothy Deeter
William Deeter
Clifford Dixon
Goldie Friend
Homer Friend
Page Gordon
Emerson Holter
Ward Hornsby
Audrey Rollins
John Sheets
Roy Ware
Herbert Wilson
Wilma Cubbison
Hockingport
Ira Brawley
Mary Ice
Paul Price
Harmony Hill
Ruth Leona Basim
Goldie Rebecca Pierce
Huckleberry School
Glenn Blake
Torch
Elsie Goodwin
Faye Barrows
Ethel Blackburn
Cecil Baker
Denver Day
Homer Ice
Mr and Mrs Fyre Return Home After Visit
Mr and Mrs Lawrence M. Fyre ending a weeklong visit to relatives here returned today to their home in Columbus.
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Lawrence M. Fyre
Columbus
Hope to Show Ancient Tribes Lived on Isle Royale
Isle Royale Michigan August 13 The Isle Royale Archaeological expedition sponsored by Milwaukee Public Museum penetrated the cave of skulls as scientists seek evidence that the island was once inhabited by ancient Norsemen. The survey aims to confirm Norse copper digs were worked on the island long before Indians and French arrived.
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Isle Royale
Mich
U.R
Milwaukee Public Museum
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Telephone
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Mill Street
Helen Ebersbach
William Reifel
Hennessey
Son
W. EB. Crane
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Harley Ferguson
Central Division
Ohio River
J. W
Dike) Wilson
Ohio State
Ohio Universities
Ohio
Wilson For Surveyor Club
Wilson For Surveyor
Bird Man
Madison Street
McPherson
A. D. McPherson
Rapid Shoe Repairing
W. Union ST
Isle
Prince
Cross Bros
W. Union
Voss
Rinso
Voss Metal
Southern Ohio Electric Company
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