Thursday Bridge Club Dinner and Gill Residence Games
Members of the Thursday Bridge Club entertained their husbands with dinner at the Hillcrest Inn and bridge at Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gill’s home on East State Street. Women’s scores: first Mrs. C. N. Mackinnon, second Mrs. F. D. Forsyth. Men’s scores: first Mr. F. D. Forsyth, second Mr. A. B. Roe. Genevieve Apgar of Ohio University spoke to the New Century Club in Portsmouth and planned a return Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Inn
C. M. Gill
East State Street
C. N. Mackinnon
F. D. Forsyth
A. B. Roe
Genevieve Apgar
Ohio University
Portsmouth
New Century Club
Women’s Benefit Association elects Bingman president
Mrs. E. W. Bingman was elected president of the Women’s Benefit Association for the coming year at a Thursday meeting. Mrs. Roy Saylor is a past president. Inspectors Ina Hoover and H. F. Cakenougher awarded an almost perfect inspection grade. New officers include Evan Hamilton vice president and Edith Junod secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Bingman
Women’s Benefit Association
Roy Saylor
Ina Hoover
New Salem
H. F. Cakenougher
Athens
Evan Hamilton
Flora Boring
Edith Junod
Frieda Willock
Sallie Johnson
Zola Dunfee
Mattie Pritchard
Geneva Masterton
Edna Junod
WBA
Edna Tribe
Anna Stauffer
Charles Wood
Frank Clutts
Bonnie Dalley
Ethel Beekman
Sylvia Mitchell
Election Laws To Be Changed In Ohio
A special committee app pointed by Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown will meet in Columbus on December 12 to aid re codification of Ohio election laws under the new code. The code takes effect January 1, and the panel will merge the remaining old code sections with the new provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Clarence J. Brown
General Assembly
Brown
Alpha Delta Pi Plans Christmas Dinner Party
Alpha Delta Pi auxiliary met at the chapter house 8 Franklin Avenue to arrange a dinner and Christmas party for December 12 at the sorority home. The auxiliary will exchange gifts and donate jars of jelly and jam for the house. Members will host the event and plan seasonal decorations.
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Alpha Delta Pi
Franklin Avenue
Fifteen Veterans Apply for Adjusted Bonus Pay
World War veterans apply for adjusted bonus compensation with 15 applications noted by Rose V. Davis secretary of the Athens County Red Cross Chapter. She reports over 50 inquiries and explains the payment amounts of one dollar daily for US service and one dollar twenty five for foreign service, with widowed mothers of fallen soldiers eligible if dependent. Applications must be filed before January.
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Rose V. Davis
Athens County
Red Cross
Davis
United States
Dispute over Western Hemisphere quotas nears resolution
Washington officials expect the State Department to win a long running clash over applying U S quota limits to entry of Canadian Mexican and Latin American citizens. Representative Johnson of Washington contemplates a bill to extend the quota system to the Western Hemisphere, currently non quota under the immigration act.
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Washington
U.R
State Department
United States
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Annual Christmas Party Of Local Methodist Groups
The King's Heralds and Little Light Bearers of the First Methodist Episcopal Church plan their annual Christmas party Sunday at 2:30 PM in church parlors. A toy for the Salvation Army will be collected. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Burson host visitors including Mrs. Arthur G. Whittington of Lakewood and Mrs. Fred Donzy of Toledo.
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King’s Heralds
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Salvation Army
Herbert S. Burson
Maplewood Drive
Arthur G. Whittington
Lakewood
Cleveland
Fred Donzy
Toledo
Donzy
Whittington
Florence Lash Williams Visits Boston Parents During Holidays
Mrs. Florence Lash Williams of Boston arrives home to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. FE Lash Sr. at 15 South College Street for the Christmas holidays. She had traveled via New York en route to Athens with the Atkinson and Carter families to attend the Prudential Insurance Company Regional Conference in Cincinnati.
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Florence Lash Williams
Boston
Mass
FE. R. Lash, Sr
South College Street
New York
Athens
CC. BE. Atkinson
Eveleth
M. S. Carter
Cincinnati
Prudential Insurance Company
Fair Board to Be Elected at Meeting Here
Athens County Fair Association holds its annual reorganization meeting in the Court House jury room at 4 30 Saturday morning. Morning reports on finances precede the election of six new directors from 12 30 to 2 30 and the selection of 1930 officers. The six retiring directors are Frank Caldwell Carthage Township Frank Gifford Amesville Frank Biddle Alexander Township L H Efaw Waterloo Township John Melaughain Troy Township and A N Ward York Township. This year's officers are A F Carter Albany president W Leo Williams Lodi Township vice president Frank Riddle secretary manager and TL H Blackwood Ass’t er
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Athens County Fair Association
Court House
Frank Caldwell
Carthage Township
Frank Gifford
Amesville
Frank Biddle
Alexander Township
L. H. Efaw
Waterloo
John Melaughain
Troy Township
A. N. Ward
York Township
A. Fi. Carter
Albany
W. Leo Williams
Lodi Township
Frank Riddle
H Blackwood
Asstrer
Christmas Gift Ideas In Shop-o-Scope
The Messenger Shop-o-scope lists atomizers as ideal gifts from 1 to 75 dollars and notes electric refrigerators at 178 dollars. It also mentions an electric table lamp with metal base available in Nelsonville for an unspecified price.
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Nelsonville
Fierce Storm Toll Reaches 23 Across British Isles
Storms of hurricane intensity swept the British Isles and adjacent seas for about a day. Twenty three people were killed including 16 crew members of the British steamship Frances Duncan near Waterford. Three fishermen drowned near Skerries and four others died on land.
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British Isles
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
Frances Duncan
Irish
Waterford
Skerries
Ireland
Parachutist Nelson Dies After Late Opening Parachute
Thom Nelson 26 dies after crash in snowstorm near Cleveland. His parachute opened too late as his plane wreckage was found by two Cleveland hunters in a Chagrin Valley ravine. He was en route to reach Cleveland Airport when forced down during the blizzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
L.R
Thomas
Nelson
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Chagrin Valley
Joseph Vincent
Louis Bellinger
Bobcats May Open 1930 Season Against Ohio State
Columbus reports a strong chance that Ohio University may oppose Ohio State University in the opening 1930 football game. The Bobcats finished undefeated and untied this season while Ohio State had a mixed record. Officials met in Chicago to draft schedules and determine feasibility of the cross state matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Murthere
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Ohio State
Bobcats
Indiana
Lew Ryrer
The
Columbus Citizen
J. W. St. John
Sam Wittaman
Collection of Taxes Starts in Short Time
Taxes in most districts of Athena County have been computed and balanced and turned over to the treasurer. December tax collection can begin once duplicate receipts are issued. Books should be ready for tax receipt near month end despite delays in budget reporting.
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Athena County
J. Clyde Edmundson
W. E. Moler
Auiditor
Dancer
Tree
Trimble
Nelsonville
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Bridge Club
Chas. C. Millikan
Optometrist
Masonic Building
Floor
Carl Stickney
Thas
John Erskine
Evansville
Ind
Sam K. Burson
el Dorado, Ark
Paul S. Keever
Lucile Barnhill
Misse Barnhill
Bert Barnhill
Grove
Coty’s
Paris
L’aimant
Styx
L’origan
Hudnut
Dubarry
Narcisse
the Cline Pharmacy Co
Mandalay Rayon
Carter
Golo and
Daniel Green
Woodworth's
S. Court St
Mnk
Elbert Hubbard
London
Dee
Ohio
Victor Radio
Victor Service
Victor
Ers
Victor Products
Victor Ra
Gamble
Home Furnishing Co
Parker Bros
Victor-Radio
Werb
Gem Pharmacy
Richardson Furniture Co
Electrola
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