Albany Grange wins three consecutive county fair displays
At the Athens County Fairgrounds Agriculture Building Albany Grange earned first prize for the third straight year. The exhibit showcased canned fruits and vegetables, jams, breads, cakes, and ornate decorations led by Mrs. L. E. Miller and Mrs. Emmet Wingett. The 15 foot corn stalks from E. M. Sawyer drew crowds amid a festive setting by multiple Granges including Trimble and Athens.
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Albany Grange
Fair
Trimble
Athens
Athens County Fairgrounds
Wisteria
Frank Pugh
Athens Grange
Edith Jacoby
J. T. Hope
Bob Sheridan
Phil Briley
Audrey Shaw
Mary Terrill
Mary Mansfield
Mattie Jacoby
Della Shaw
Isabelle Snider
Isaac Newton
Newton
A. K. Newman
Richard Mansfield
Trimble Grange
Albany Granges
Notable Buckeye Lake Catfish Catch
Local tale recounts Charles Burnett retrieving a catfish after losing a rod and reel at Buckeye Lake. Burnett, using a rake on a line, hooks the rod and then a large catfish, described as the best catch of the week. A note thanks Mr. Fulton for the Not Over 50 sign and invites others to join the safety pledge.
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Charles Burnett
Burnett and Smith Company
Buckeye Lake
Burnetts
Fulton
Athens
Oscar Fulton
Washington St
Chicago
Columbus-Lancaster
Stars Signal Dynamic August 27 With Big Moves Ahead
The column predicts a highly eventful day with radical planetary influences affecting business, diplomacy, and secret circles. It cautions about clever ventures and possible journeys, noting a revolutionary trend for birthday individuals and lucrative, novel plans likely to unfold in public life. Ernest McConahay faced a charge of driving while intoxicated in Glouster after a Monday arrest. Moe Conahey entered a not guilty plea and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Glouster
Ernest McConahay
Fred Heck
Heck
Moe Conahey
Edith Coey Convalesces After Appendicitis Operation
Miss Edith Coey of Taylor Ridge is recovering at White Cross Hospital after an appendicitis operation earlier this week.
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Edith Coey
Taylor Ridge
White Cross Hospital
Dionne Doubles Contest Opens Entries From Local Towns
Pictures show curly haired girls from Nelsonville Haydenville and Millfield with no Athens entry yet. Three judges will select five that resemble the Dionne quintuplets and publish them in The Messenger. Entries close at midnight Sept 1 with photo and sheet listing name age eye color hair color height and address.
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Dionne
Nelsonville
Millfield
Haydenville
Athens
Tle
Messenger
The
Kleinschmidt Reunion at Rock View Park Aug 22
The eleventh Kleinschmidt reunion was held August 22 at Rock View Park Route 31. About nine relatives and friends gathered by noon for a cafeteria dinner, with 1936 minutes read and approved. Officers and members listed. 1938 reunion planned at the same site the fourth Sunday in August. Also noted is the birth of a 7 pound daughter, June Corrine, to Rodney Oiler and C L Cunningham, with grandparents and great grandparents named.
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Kleinschmidts
Rock View Park
Grace Michel
Ernest Kleinschmidt
Logan
Margaret McHarg
Athens
Harry Thomas
Val Rheinscheld
William Rheinscheld
Henry Rheinscheld
Theo. Harble
Elmer Michel
Lawrence Hankison
Ellsworth Rheinscheld
Roy
Clarence Stracke
Grace Leach
Toledo
Peggy
Betty Mahoney
Detroit
Mich
Rodney Oiler
McArthur
June Corrine
Arch Oiler
L. C. Gibson
Albany
W. M. Rittenhouse
Athens guests from Greenfield and California weekly visit
Mr Paul Hottel former Athens man and Mrs Hottel reside in California. Dorothy Kishler instructor in dancing for Athens pupils spent summer in Chicago studying with noted teachers. She returns Sept 1 to begin winter dancing at a new studio below Logan's Book Store. Various local residents entertained guests from Greenfield and other cities during the week. Oil was once considered a nuisance by American brine well operators due to salt bed contamination.
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Paul Hottel
Athens
Dorothy Kishler
Chicago
Chicago Association of Dancing
Ase Verionine Vestoff
Leo Kehl
J. Allen McKenzie
Grace Bronnan Jenkins
Elmer Wheatley
Lenor Angel Lansino
Elliot Vincent
Louis Stockman
Myrtle A. Pettingale
Jack Manning
From One Woman To Another
An Athens man recalls his mother telling him to take the biggest apple to claim the best. The story turns into a reflection on striving for the best, a self boosting approach, and the sacrifice of family duties to honor the mother who reaches for the best and earns respect.
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Athens
Marian
Loseys Plead Not Guilty in Grand Jury Move
A quarrel among Hartleyville residents over the Losey childr en led to the arrest of Russell and Mary Losey. They appeared with Mrs Lessie Walschack before Justice Christmas on an assault charge, pleaded not guilty, and were bound over to the grand jury.
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Glouster
Russell Losey
Mary Losey
Lessie Walschack
Hartleyville
Losey
Loseys
Love and
Heck
Fall River WPA Drops Chief Black Hawk in Alien Drive
Fall River Massachusetts reports Chief Black Hawk a full blood Powhatan Indian was removed from WPA ranks amid a broader drive on aliens. The action targets individuals deemed noncitizens as part of an enforcement campaign.
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Fall River, Mass
Black Hawk
WPA
Children Exhibit Opens in Moscow With 5000 Pieces
A permanent children art show unfolds in Moscow this year featuring more than 5000 exhibits from young artists.
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Moscow
Mesquakie powwow to feature peace pipe ceremony
Mesquakie Indians host visiting tribes and white men for their annual powwow with the peace pipe ceremony symbolizing friendship. The event brings together multiple tribes under a shared tradition and fosters intercultural relations.
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By Marian Bush Reeder
L. E. Miller
J. G. Tewksbury
Emmet Wingett
Ed Lash
Frank Radcliff
Lee Elliott
George Scott
Lucile Wingett
Edward E. Lewis
E. M. Sawyer
Chauncey
Route 14
Mr. Sawyer
Corn
Neva Lantz
Edna Lantz
Hazel Raber
Dow Cannon
Grange
George Ford
You
the Stars
By Genevieve Kemble
Marjorie Murray
Woodmere
L. I
Arnold McCloat
Coast Guards
McCloat
Southeastern Ohio
Oxley and Ballinger
Nice
Route 31
Kleinschmidt
Rock View
Greenfield
California
A. O. Sloane
S. Court St
Sloane
C. E. Ware
Wesley Kelley
Mull St
Charleston
W. Va
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
Camden
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Gettysburg
Cleveland
Kelley
Charles Klein
Nell Klein
Columbus
O. Oo
Fred Purcell
East
Liverpool
Zenner Company
Hall Neutzling
Richland Ave
Cincinnati
Indiana
Mike Zuniec
Bridgeport
Ohio University
DuPont Laboratories
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Oakley Ator
John
Akron
Ator
Pratts Fork
John Bridgewater
Lois Mulpas
New Marshfield Road
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Barker
Shagmooy
Yours
McHenry’s the Quality Store
Ital Asmn Geom! Garnet
A Peters
Shoe Store
N. Court
Athens Pharmacy
North Court Street
the Vendol Store
Lydia Pinkham
Tobacco
Prince Albert
Granger
Sir Walter Raleigh
Kentucky Club
Ipana
Milk Magnesia
Texas
Call
Blue Jay
Scholl's
Pletcher
Castorta
Slingluff
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