Bride Elect Honored With Shower in Athens
Miss Rete Shafer celebrated at her home on West Union Street with a party and gifts from friends including Miss Gertrude Cross Miss Wyte and Mrs Ross Hughes. She is secretary to Dr J M Higina health commissioner of Athens City and Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teture
Rete Shafer
Wyank Cross
West Union Street
J. M. Higpina
Athae City
Athens County
Mimes
E. Kimes
West State Street
C. D. Shafer Company
Henry Hays Found Dead in Parkersburg
Henry Hays a 37 year old Black resident of Parkersburg was found dead Friday morning beneath the Juliana Street Bridge by passerby John Latf reed. City officials called Magistrate R E Hays acting coroner who ruled death from natural causes induced by drinking denatured alcohol. Hays had likely died late Thursday night and was found sitting against a bridge pier. His wife Bessie Marks Hays and four sisters in Columbus Ohio survive along with his mother Mrs Rhoda Hays. The body will be taken to Athens Ohio for burial.
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Parkersburg
Henry Hays
Megro
Juliana Streets
Juliana Street
John Latfreed
R. E. Hays
Wald Hays
Hays
Athens
Ohio
Bessie Marks Hays
Edna ¥Inch
Florence Franklin
Camilla Richardson
Sucfile Daniels
Columbus
Rhoda Hays
Athengz
Bucy Bee Food Club Plans Chub Exhibits
The Bucy Bee Food Club met at Mrs. B R E Suttons home in Canaanville on Thursday to plan chub exhibits and posters for the County Fair. Water rotten was served. Members present included Jane Smallwood Edgilis Channell Eileen Dorr Paul time Rose Gladys Williams Irma Channell Marie Norris Helen Gaul and Margaret Ann Harper. Ina Faye Gaul and two cousins visited. This was the last meeting for this lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaanville
Bucy Bee Food Club
Nome
BR. E Sutton
Waterrotten
Jane Smallwood
Edgilis Channell
Eileen Dorr
Paul Time Rose
Gladys Williams
Irma Channell
Marie Norris
Helen Gaul
Margaret Ann Harper
Ina Faye Gaul
Inheritance Tax Decided for Athens Estates
Athens County Probate Court Friday ruled inheritance tax on the estates of Francesa 3 and Harley B Nelson owners of an Athens grocery killed in an auto crash last year. The former estate valued at 30,575.60 with tax 162.90 on 3,258.09. the Hervey B Nelson estate valued at 6,259.18 with tax 27.92 on 687.76.
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Francea
Harley B. Nelson
Athens
Asers
Athens County
Hervey B. Nelson
Bunco party at Harmony Farm hosts picnic plans
Dudley and family hosted a bunco night at Alkson with five tables. Mrs Bardin won the women’s high score and Mr Baird the men’s top score. Low prize went to Mrs Francis and Mr Rardin. Hostess aides were Margaret Rardin and Helen Baker.
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Dudley
Alkson
Mia
Richard Imes
Beker Avenue
Thorsdey
J. ©. Bardin
Frank Baird
Aliee Francis
Charles Rardin
Mary Margaret Rardin
Helen Baker
Ines Farm
Harmony Road
Mrs
Jenn
Entertains for Two Brides of Recent Date
RS James R Klingenberg hosted a Friday evening gathering at 33 Moore Avenue in honor of two recent brides Mrs Williams Lois Walton and Mrs Perry Nancy Kilkey. Guests included Beatrice Moore Clodythe Cranmer Lilian Dicken Francesa Hill Kathleen Frum Josephine Sect Leota McCoy Mary Blackbur and the honorees. Alien Charmion Ferson travels to Huntington West Virginia for a few days with uncle Harl Person and Mrs Person. Reba Shafer left Saturday for New York City for a week on business. Mrs Lee McWilliams and daughter Hazel visit relatives in Columbus for the weekend.
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James R Klingenberg
Moore Avenue
Jack Williams
Lois Walton
Halph Perry
Nancy Kilkey
Beatrice Moore
Clodythe Cranmer
Lilian Dicken
Francesa Hill
Kathleen Frum
Josephine Sect
Leota McCoy
Mary BE. Blackbur
Williams
Perry
Misa Reba Shafer
New York City
Expense Accounts Filed After Primary
The Athens campaign totals show $6.00 spent by two Republican mayoral candidates Robert Wood and R. D. Williams with clerk David Johnson. Wood spent 17.12 and Williams 19.38. city solicitor candidate Samuel B. Erskine filed 9.25. A. B. Wells, solicitor nominee, had not filed. Nelsonville mayoral nominee J W Bull Hickman spent 1.9, opponents Cooley and Las spent 21.37 and 59 respectively. Giouster mayor Andrew Alien spent 16.85.
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Athens
David Johnson
Athens County
Nelsonville
W. L. Cooley
G. W. Las
Andrew Alien
Giouster
Salvation Army Sunday Meetings in Athens Schedule
Four meetings at the Salvation Army Building in Athens on Sunday include a 10 30 a m business meeting with Adjutant Bernard Stone on The Higher Pathway and a 2 30 p m Sunday School with the Young People's Legion. A 5 o'clock salvation talk by Mrs Stone titled Full of Religion but not Salvation concludes the day.
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Salvation Army
Athens
Bernard Stone
Young People's Legion
Salvation
Mra
Girl Guards
Ladies Home League
Holiness
Band of Love
Auto Club Day Outing At Buckeye Lake Park
Members of the South East Ohio Auto Club join Columbus club members for Auto Club Day at Buckeye Lake Park on Wednesday August 26. Many families are expected to travel to the resort for a full day of娱乐 recreation for adults and children with free park ride tickets and picnic lunch tables provided for club members.
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South East Ohio Auto Club
Columbus Club
Auto Club
Buckeye Lake Park
Hospital Notes From Sheltering Arms Hospital Last Week
Reported admissions include Junior McCan Anerville Betty Athens Potts The Plains Barbara Richardson Raymond Frash Giamnisaed Ray Ruseil Doris Athens and John Hansz with minor operations and several injuries from automobile accidents. notes mention family relations and a wine accident.
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Sheltering Arms
Lente
Junior McCan
Anerville
Betty Athens
Potts
the Plains
Barbara Richardson
Raymond Athens
Frash
Millfield
Ophe
Ray Ruseeil
Doris Athens
John Hansz
John
Family in Need Seeks Cooking Stove and Bedding
Athens County Red Cross appeals Saturday for a coal or wood burning stove and bed coverings for a poor family. Seven children rely on open fires for warmth as blankets, comforts, and sheets are requested. notify the relief agency to arrange delivery.
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Athens County Red Cross
Ohio Theta Chi Men Headed to Vermont Fraternity Convention
Ohio University Alpha Tau chapter members led by Burke and Leake depart Athens by motor Sunday for Northfield Vermont to attend the Theta Chi Fraternity convention. Prof. George Starr Lasher will join as national secretary and editor of the Rattle. Other local notices include marriages, visits, and residents moving or traveling, with names and hometowns across Athens and nearby cities.
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Bob Leake
New Strake- M
Howard Jenkins
Hialesh
Ohio University
Oscar K. Rogers
Wooster
Paul Daniel Burke
Pittaburga
Setier
Athens Sundey
Northfield
Vermont
Theta Chi
Brothers of Alpha Tau
Burke
Goox
Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
George Starr Lasher
Rattle
Four-Year-Old Crushed by Cupboard in Rose Valley
Olive Conaway aged four was crushed to death at Rose Valley when a cupboard toppled onto her on the porch as she played outside.
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Cadez
Olive Conaway
Shai
Rose Valley
Calendar notices for local lodge meetings
Auxiliary and Spanish American War veterans meet at 7:20 Tuesday night in the B of P Hall. Ww. B A meets at 7:90 Tuesday night in Moose Hall with pot luck supper and bridge and banco. Pocahontas Lodge meets at 7:30 Wednesday night in Red Men Hall.
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B. of P. Hall
B. A
Moose Hall
Pocahontas Lodge
Red Men's Hall
Bishop Class Elects Officers at Year Meet
Avenue M E Church held its annual meeting and sociable Thursday night in the church basement electing officers Mrs Cadda Hughes president Mrs Alice Hamilton vice president Mrs Cynthia Harvey secretary and Mr Mildred Hutching treasurer. The next Central class gathering is planned for September.
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Avenue M. E. Church
Cadda Hughes
Mra
Alice Hamilton
Cynthia Harvey
Mildred Hutching
Belle Bishop
Central
Porter-Kerr Nuptials In Louisville Ky
Mrs. Porter of Amesville renounces the marriage of her daughter Beatrice Porter to Norman Kerr son of Mr and Mrs Fred Kerr of Marietta. The marriage was solemnized Wednesday August 19.
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RS. Florench Porter
Amesvile
Beatrice Porter
Norman Kerr
Fred Kerr
Marietta
Louisville
South Bridge Bid Awards Signal Road Project Start
Four Ohio road contracts announced at Columbus include the South Bridge project in which bids set for Court Street pres paving and widening. The new bridge will cross U S Route 50 and State Route 31 as work aims for completion by August 1 1932.
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Treiio
Court Street
Union Street
President Street
Richland Avenue
Hospital Gatea
Columbus
Ohio
Coshocton
Perry
New Lexington-Athens
West Lafayette-Shanesville
Allied Products Company
Cleveland
Lawrenes County
Ohio River
Frownie Brothers
Portsmouth
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Ohio River Road
HM. F. Dougherty
Steubenville
Weashington County
Merietta
Marietta Township
Bellefontaine Development Company
Washington County
Athens
G Vv Sewell 78 Dies in Athens After Stroke
G Vv Sewell aged 78 dies in Athens Saturday after a paralysis stroke five years ago. Funeral at his home Monday at 2 pm with burial at West Union Street Cemetery. He leaves a widow two daughters Mrs Histher Kinear of Columbia and Mrs Ruth Perrill of ABRville and two brothers James on a farm near Columbus and George in Washington. He was a carpenter and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church Athens and the Masonic Fraternity.
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S. ¥. Bowell
May Avenue
Athens
Weat
Union Street
Sewell
Lot Township
Histher Kinear
Columbia
Ruth Perrill
Abrville
James
Uvingon
Columbus
George
Washington
Grant Sewell
Guyaville
Clothing Sanitation Army calls for aid to needy families
Adjutant Bernard i Btene of the Salvation Army in Athens calls for clothing donations for children. A free distribution will be held next Thursday August 27 at the Salvation Army Building 92 West Union Street from 5 30 p.m. to 7 30 p.m. Jene Stone notes that with county schools reopening September 1 many children will miss classes without clothes shoes and stockings. Donors should write or call 2102 to arrange pickup.
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Bernard i Btene
Salvation Arry
Athens
Salvation Army
West Union Street
Jene Stone
Camp Rowland Scouting Week Altered by Illness in Sidney
Sidney Scouts could not reach Athens Gate Me Camp Rowland for the weekend due to Mrs Oldham illness. Athens County Fair curtails activities. three events planned including an ax-throwing contest and final swimming period. Irquola Tribe leads in knife throwing with Carroll Davies scoring 50 of 75. Warren Bigging 2nd with 35.
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Sidney
Athens
Camp Ryland
Mra
Ire Oldham
Oldham
Ralph Thorne
Rowland
Sam Kaser
Carrol Davies
Warren Bigging
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Franklin Avenue
Higgios
Misa Frances Clark
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GC. B. Moore
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Mason City
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Hame
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Mir. and
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Akron
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Regenia Grant
Hatch Book Shop
W. B. Drake
Varsity Beauty Shop
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Presbyterian Board of Mission
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Adda Francis Butt
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Louisville, Ky
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Mildred Giesecke
Ohio University Practice
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Philip Kriga
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Margaret Sprague
Jane Grover
Fies
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Indianapolis
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Hammond
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Delaware
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LG Woorstell
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Lakewood
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Paramount Beauty
W. Union Street
Vern Fulton
Albert F. Snell
Berry Hotel
Albert F. Snele
Erle
Banks Ice Cream Co
G Vv. Sewell
Chichesters
Ak Sroce
Chichestere
Bedan
Optometric Service
Boy Scout News
Irquola
Fug
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Pathinang
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