Mexico City traffic habits and a Nelsonville alum tale
Nelsonville residents Earl and Mrs. Washburn spoke to the Rotary Club about Mexico City driving. They described signals by horn after 10 pm and few wrecks, plus impressions of French architecture and modern buildings. Carl Robey and Carl Huprich were noted for meeting and fair events.
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Nelsonville
Mexico City
Earl Washburn
Athens High School
Washburn
Rotary Club
Mexico
Carl Robey
Richard Donahey
Ralph Cook
Carl Huprich
Athens County
Doanville Man Fined For Disturbing the Peace
Doanville resident William Wachenschwanz was found guilty after a hearing in the court of acting mayor Charles Shafer for disturbing the peace. He was fined 25 dollars with costs, the fine suspended. John Dance, a local, had his trial for operating a motor vehicle under the influence postponed. Rudolph Bata of Columbus awaits arraignment for speeding 50 mph in a 35 mph zone on August 18. The article notes England’s harsh winter of 1946 47 as the era’s worst in 70 years.
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Nelsonville
William Wachenschwanz
Doanville
Charles Shafer
John Dance
Rudolph A. Bata
Columbus
Turkish porter hesitates at light bundles
The hamal or Turkish porter, used to heavy loads on his back, hesitates when asked to carry a small bundle under his arm or in his hand.
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Hamal
John n Rider Rites Held
Nelsonville funeral for 86 year old John Rider from Fort Street occurred Tuesday at 2 p m at Warren Funeral Home. Rev J Lloyd Evans presided joined by Rev L L Evans. Burial in Greenlawn. Out of town mourners included Langlotz Diel Hoagland Savage Hardesty Young White and Gilbert Young from several cities.
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Nelsonville
John Rider
Fort St
Warren
J. Lloyd Evans
The
Presbyterian Church
Ll. E. Evans
Christian Church
Greenlawn
Fred Langlotz
Pomeroy
Oswald Diel
Cincinnati
Harry Hoagland
Grace Savage
Jim Hardesty
Columbus
William Young
William White
Gilbert Young
Montgomery
W. Va
A. B. Wells
Athens
Millfield Community Calendar Notes and Visits
Mrs. Frances Wallace hosted an all day Country Club meeting with winners Bertha Howard Velma Wemmer and Clara Theison. Clara Theison also led a G G Euchre Club event with Mae Boudinot as high scorer and Amy Jo Moody consoled. Various local residents attended at homes and visits to Moose Heart and Washington occurred.
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Millfield
Frances Wallace
Country Club
Bertha Howard
Velma Wemmer
Clara Theison
Dora Wemmer
Bessie Wemmer
Alice Carr
Janet Cole
Ruth Powell
Phyllis
Kathleen Mingus
Jimmy
Fontelle Powell
Patsy
Marsha
Donna Sue Wemmer
Josephine Moody
Cora Moody
Mooseheart
Ill
Theo Moody
G.G. Euchre Club
Mae Boudinot
Amy Jo Moody
Maxine Boudinot
Florence Pyle
Edward Mingus
John Theison
W. A. Bell
Doris Theison
Tyrus
Athens
Floyd Bennett
Crooksville
R. H. Wemmer
Louis Muzio
Earl
William Wemmer
Invention of horsepower and Roman tile markers
The term horsepower was invented by James Watt after experiments with dray horses, defining one horse's work as raising 33 000 pounds by one foot in one minute. Roman ceramic tile markers in England and Scotland showed Roman conquests two millennia later.
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James Watt
England
Scotland
Portland visitors and travels through Ohio and West Virginia
Mrs. Harry Price and family returned to Pittsburgh after a visit with Mrs. Annie Price in Portland. Various relatives from Columbus Point Pleasant and Sher man West Virginia New Martinsville Wickliffe and Akron are noted visiting or staying with relatives including the Hill Parsons Proctor and Hill families through the region.
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Portland
Harry Price
Donna
Bobby
Pittsburgh
Annie Price
Lucy Throckmorton
Columbus
Donald
Barbara Ward
A. E. Jackson
Sherman
W. Va
Dais Wolfe
Silversville
William Talbott
Bert Weiser
George Howard
George Anna
Harvey Parks
Stanley Lawwell
Springfield
Mattie Henderson
Eber
Kenneth McLeod
Cecil McLeod
Charles Sheline
Mary Fierbaugh
Point Pleasant
L. O. Hiatt
Jerry
Walter Williams
Carolyn
David
Marietta
Lawrence Ritchie
Frank Shimko
Charlotte Ann
Mildred Hill
Akron
Mont Hill
Laura Keiffer
the Hills
Mildred
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Nelsonville News
John N Rider
Mee
W. Washington St
Bob Wilson
Nelsonville, Ohio
Reston's
Ida Hill
Norwalk
John Sharick
John Dwight
Washington, D.C
Dwight Hill
Olive Brookins
Hill
George Shaner
William Matson
Matson
Miamisburg
Orris Boudinot
Myrna Rae
Denver White
Terry
Dennis White
Amesville
Albert Dust
Jacksonville
F. E. Boudinot
Bonita Kay
Myrna Rae Boudinot
Norristown
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
Nesonvie
Barber's
Geneva
Amazing Values
Rasa C
Vatel
Polo
Hickman
W. Washington Street
Bologna
Philco
Brown Furniture CO
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