Fifth annual Horse Show draws crowds at Athens County Fair
Spectators from Athens and nearby communities filled the grandstands for the fifth annual Horse Show at the Athens County Fair. Ohio University graduates and Columbus visitors helped present ribbons and trophies while judges from Franklin and Columbus oversaw events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Roy D. Pavey
Columbus
Pavey
R. D. Stevens
Franklin
Carl R. Griffith
Griffith
People You Know Vacation and Visit Notes
News briefs list multiple social visits and travels. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klingenberg and Billy Joe return from a two week Canada and Michigan trip. The Hixsons hosted Barr family guests in Hastings Addition. Love family vacationed in Point Pleasant to see relatives. Snedden family visits Greenville. Eva Griffin hosts guests including Stout and Klay families from Greenfield and Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Klingenberg
Elmwood Place
Billy Joe
Lavina Sycks
N. Court St
James Klingenberg
Canada
Michigan
William Hixson
Hastings Addition
Clarence Barr
Dennis Rea
Comanche
Iowa
Hixson
Dennis Hixson
Athens
Barrs
Clinton
Harry F. Love
Sue
Willard
New
Eva Griffin
Fair Week Prep Highlights Athens County Fair Volunteers
Athens County’s 98th annual fair kicks off with volunteers setting up booths and lighting for the American Legion, Grange and city services. Notables include John Demolet Spinny Robinson Carl Heck and Frank Harvey as Legion stand chair, with Hugh Jefferson noted for historical express horse shipments and J S Sherrard overseeing gate work and tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Bush Reeder
Athens County
American Legion
John Demolet
Spinny
Robinson
Carl Heck
Herb Bowman
Bernard Cooley
Benny Williams
Pete Seel
Wilson Carr
Elza Wyatt, Jr
Sgt. Jenkins
Fairgrounds
Frank Harvey
Legion
Hugh Jefferson
Columbus
Old
Adams Express Co
Express Company
Piketown Fair
Express
Jefferson
Athens County Fair
Roi Hughes
L. H. Irwin
Water Works
Athens City Hall
Athens
Five Frying Methods For Potatoes From Successful Farming
Five proper ways to fry potatoes are listed including French-fried Country Style Hash-brown Lyonnaise and OBrien with step by step instructions and temperatures. Also notes out of town guests at the Ellenwood home and visitors including professors from Ohio State University and University of Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
W. W. Ellenwood
Carpenter Route 1
F . §. Scott
R. F. Goddard
Annie Burns
Wellston
F. S. Howlett
Ohio State University Department of Horticulture
Spurgeon Jenkins
Columbus
James M. Beattie
C. W. Ellenwood
Ohio
Wooster
A. F. Vierheller
University of Maryland
College Park
Athens Youth Choir Returns From Sacred Music School
The Athens Inter-Church Youth Choir toured Winona Lake Indiana for two weeks August 1 to 14 attending the School of Sacred Music. About 400 participants performed at two main concerts with 5000 to 6000 in attendance. The group joined the larger station WMBI broadcast, with daily programs from the school and a nightly vesper service. The Athens choir learned new music and was later allowed to extend for a second week with chaperones Mrs Don D. Tullis Mrs Carl Nessley Mrs John Jagers and Mrs H J Huffman expressing gratitude for community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Winona
Lake
Ind
School of Sacred Music
WMBI
Winona Lake
Clyde Wolford
John Jagers
Indiana
Don D. Tullis
Carl Nessley
H. J. Huffman
Mr. Soft Touch features Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes in a comedylaced crime tale
Glenn Ford plays a former nightclub owner who robs 100000 dollars, hides at a settlement house with Miss Evelyn Keyes as the worker he rents safety through. He disguises his past, helps the needy, and uses quirky stunts to aid others while evading a parolee status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Glenn Ford
Evelyn Keyes
Millie
Santa Claus
Glenn
Miss Keyes
Club Calendar and Church Events Notice
Group 7 of the Women's Association meets at 8 p.m. August 22 at the home of Mrs. Mabel Ward Athens Route 1 with co host Mrs. Etta Foster. Athens Emblem Club No 165 meets 8 p.m. August 22 in Elks club room for officer drill. Ladies Day Bridge Luncheon at Athens Country Club Wednesday August 24 at 1 p.m. Reservations to Mrs. C E Nunemaker 27634. Homecoming of Wilson Chapel Church Sand Rock on Sunday August 28. Attendees bring own table service. Assumption Deanery meets August 28 at St Marys Church Marietta. St Pauls unit members to call Mrs Agnes Padden 20755.
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Athens County
Grange Hall
Granger
Fair Board
Nora Frank
Home Co
Athens Grange
Ralph Barker
Pearl Lee
Dorothy Terrell
Mary
Agnes Terrell
Ellen Thompson
Gertrude Irwin
Harold Brown
Carole Irwin
Shirley Norris
Susanne ‘Tolson
Patty
Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church
Mabel Ward
Athens
Etta Foster
Athens Emblem Club
Elks’ Club
Athens Country Club
C. E. Nunemaker
Wilson Chapel
Sand Rock
Assumption
St. Mary's Church
Marietta
St. Paul's
Agnes Padden
Logan Library Compiles Hockings History New Books Ready for Distribution
Logan Hocking Library makes multiple copies of History of the Hocking Valley to prevent damage. New books ready for distribution include Lydia Pinkham Is Her Name and The Mudlark, among others, with extra copies sold at a nominal printing cost. Flowers grown in the Ruble gardens accompanied the summer display and handwork by Mrs Alice Ruble and Miss Adaline Ruble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
Mansi
Lydia Pinkham
Nigel Balchin
Theodore Bonnet
Gregory
Elizabeth Janeway
Alice Ruble
Adaline Ruble
Hansel
Ruble
Nickel Plate
Legan Area Social Notes Miss Peggy Sanderson Marry Mr. Lloyd Shafer
Legan area social notes report the August 20 double ring wedding at St Pauls Episcopal Church Logan of Miss Peggy Sanderson and Mr Lloyd Shafer. The bride wore a nylon marquisette gown with seed pearl bodice and a Mary Queen of Scots lace bonnet. The reception followed in the parish house. After the ceremony the couple planned a wedding trip and will reside at 254 East Second Street. Sanderson is a former Logan High and Murray City Schools teacher. Shafer is Nelsonville High and Ohio University alumnus. Earlier, Alton Frazier suffered a snake bite while mowing weeds on N Walnut Street and was treated by a local physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Sanderson
Sherman
Texas
Johanna Hill
Robert Sherwood
Mr. Sherwood
Robert Howe
Elizabeth Shafer
Thomas Donoghue
Margaret Shafer
Wilma Jean Bishop
Shafer
Donald
George Equire
Harry Hand
David Davis
Logan
Alton Frazier
N. Walnut St
Books Being Repaired As Project Of PTA
West Logan Parent-Teacher Association initiates a library rehabilitation project. Mrs Ewalan Mansel, district librarian, notes the program aims to improve the school library and has funded several book purchases. Volunteers Besse Goss, president, and Mra d Win Hagan, treasurer, along with Mr Hansel, oversee book mending and cleaning.
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PTA
Logan
Weat
West Parent-Teacher Association
Ewalan Mansel
Logan-Hocking
Ndrarian
Driver Is Fined S100 for Intoxication Charge
Logan Route 4 resident Dafford, 20, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 100 dollars by Mayor Roger W. Friend after a Saturday night citation on E Front Street. James L McQuire, 25, 142% W Second St, pleaded guilty to parking without fights on a state highway and was fined 10 dollars and costs after an arraignment with Mayor Friend following a Route 38 north Nelsonville citation.
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Logan
Raymond CC
Dafford
Roger W. Friend
E. Front St. James
McQuire
Second St
Friend
Nelsonville
Coats
Hocking Man Dies At Age 81
Frank Schrader 81, native of Hocking County, died Aug 21 at his daughter's home in Portsmouth Me. A retired railroader and cement contractor, he survived by Mrs. Rapp Columbus state and others. Funeral Aug 24 at St. Johns Catholic Church, Rev. Fr. Foy officiating, burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Frank Schrader
Hocking County
Howard Rapp
Portamouth
Me. Schrader
Marion Township
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carolyn Dunlap
Mitsic Hicks
Bernice Lukz
Marian Vanity
Ann Channell
Athens Lions Club
Channell
Ohio University
Kenneth Kerr, Jr
Franz Woodworth
J. S. Sherrard
Don Strawn
Edmund Efaw
Julia Wadley
P. F. Good
Dwight Rutherford
Little Candy Mathews
Kiss
Robert Mathews
Candy
Dickie Vaughn
Carl M. Ferguson
Jack Sweeney
Fred Beckler
Charles Woodworth
Olive Dorsey
Arthur Cornwell
Williams. Steinhoff
A. T. Lawhead
Allie
Edward Sprague
John W. Bolin
Beverly Bolin
H. M. Fuller
MacConnelsville
H. C. Dorman
Charles
Richard Holzer
Robert Robinson
Richard Banks
Arthur Boyles, Jr
Anne Pickering
Bing
Esther Farley
Donnadine Smith
Ursula Green
Nancy
W. H. Sisson
Portsmouth
C. B. Nye
Harold J. Baedecker
Phillip
H. B. Ackerman
L. A. Baldwin
Stephen Fuller
Howard Stout
Clarence Parker
Gladys Brooks
William B. Biggs
Bob Littler
Joan Vance
Jean Vance
Lois Shafer
Marshfield
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mr. Love
Harry G. Love
Charles Love
Leon
A. L. Snedden
Martha
Greenville
S. C
John Snedden
Epsigous
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Pepsi-Cola Company
New York
ABC
Lot Treet
LS Jewel
Lowman
Athens, Ohio
C. L. Jones
Fair
L. C. Baker
J. Howard Cline
Cline
Dr. Jones
Albany
Hugh
Weather Holding
Sid
Pat Sherrard Peterson
Lancaster
Bert McAfee
Walter Pyle
John Peterson
John Finsterwald
Arthur Waugh
Charlie Andrews
Cliff Andrews
Ardis Arnold
Jean Frank
Bertha Hanson
Allen Snyder
Charlie Bobo
Dewey Laughlin
Laughlins
Suzanne
Jane
Imogene
Harold
Frank Rauch
Robert Salmon
New Canaan
Connecticut
By Gene Handsaker
Percy Kilbride
John Ireland
Legan
Farley
Union St
Athens, O
Quick's
Hocking
St. Joseph
Tbe
Acme Dry Cleaners
W. Union St
Ohto
DIAL
Chesterhill
Ambinst
Gory
Enio
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