Community drive seeks 10000 for Nelsonville shoe factory loan
The Retail Merchants Association sponsored fund drive in Nelsonville has reached 7370 of its 10000 goal to cover a 20000 mortgage on the shoe factory. Lloyd Evans, committee chair, says 42 subscribers have given. Athens and Columbus firms contributed 150 each, and local police and firemen pledged 100. The drive continues through year end with plans for broader public solicitations.
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Nelsonville
Industrial Development Fund
Retail Merchants Association
Lloyd Evans
C. EB. Welch
L. J. Eberle
Evans
Athens
C. D. Shafer
P. O. Nichols
Gus White
Columbus
Orr, Brown & Price
Kauffman and Lattimer
O. A. Rider
Shoe Factory
Frank Saylor Dies at 73 in Nelsonville
Nelsonville Frank Saylor, 73, died Monday at his Cleveland home. The body was brought to Nelsonville and funerals set for Thursday at 1 p.m. at Stouts Funeral Home with burial at Greenlawn. He belonged to K of P and J O O F lodges in Murray City. Survivors include daughters Mrs James Hanna and Mrs Bess Rummer of Cleveland, Harry Saylor of Cleveland, Mrs Arley Tennihill of Detroit, a stepdaughter Mrs Fauna Malleny of Jobs, a brother Harry of Murray City, and sisters Mrs Catherine Winchell of Columbus and Mrs Bird Kanade of Logan. one sister Mrs Ed Fluke died recently and was brought here for burial.
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Nelsonville
Frank Saylor
Cleveland
Stout
Greenlawn
K. of P
Murray City
K. of P. Lodge
James Hanna
Bess Rummer
Harry Saylor
Arley Tennihill
Detroit
Fauna Malleny
Jobs
Harry
Catherine Winchell
Columbus
Bird Kanade
Logan
Ed Fluke
Club to Host Christmas Party at Dew Hotel
Nelsonville reports the Business and Professional Woman's Club plans a twilight Christmas dinner at the Dew Hotel with an exchange of gifts and a committee of Miss Ellen Burnell Miss Helen Shaw and Mrs Jo Kelly coordinating. A benefit bingo event by the Past Councilors Club is scheduled for December 12 at the I O O F Hall starting 7 30 p m.
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Nelsonville
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Dew Hotel
Ellen Burnell
Helen Shaw
Jo Kelly
Past Councilors Club
Episcopal benefit bridge party postponed to Monday
Nelsonville event notice says the Episcopal benefit bridge party planned for Wednesday evening has been postponed to Monday evening December 16. The change affects attendees and related arrangements.
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Nelsonville
Episcopal
Rotary talk on Indianapolis race films by Firestone rep
Fred Kuhlke of Lancaster for Firestone Rubber Company was guest speaker at the Rotary Club Tuesday night. He showed motion pictures of the Indianapolis motor races to the gathering.
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Nelsonville
Fred Kuhlke
Lancaster
Firestone Rubber Company
Rotary Club
Kuhlke
Indianapolis
Clerks Back Union Aid in Nelsonville Christmas Drive
Local store employees allied with the Retail Clerks Union urged residents to shop in Nelsonville during Christmas and received support from miners unions in Kimberly and Lick Run and truck miners locals. A Jan 1 deadline was set for stores to obtain union store cards, with noncompliant shops to be reported to district mine locals.
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Nelsonville
Retail Clerks Union
K. of P. Hall
Miner's
Kimberly and
Lick Run
Truck Miners
Clerk's
Glouster
Benefit Bridge Draws Many for Charity Night
Despite bad weather the Business and Professional Women's Club drew a large crowd Tuesday at its new rooms in the Tri Psi Sorority house on W. Washington Street. Contract scores topped by Mrs. John Edington and Mrs. P. Bingman with Mrs. William Gray low. auction high by Mrs. Ann North and Mrs. Eleworth Devore with Mrs. Joe Porter low. Prizes donated by friends, and proceeds fund a Christmas gift for a needy family.
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Nelsonville
Tri Psi
W. Washington St
John Edington
P. Bingman
William Gray
Ann North
Eleworth Devore
Joe Porter
Columbus
Vivian Cookiey
Ruth Kelch
Irma Wilson
Blanche Moorehead
Helen Jackson
Mrs Wright Honored On Birthday By Local Circle
On Monday evening December 9 the Woman's Bible Class honored Mrs Eva Wright for her birthday with a large cake and gifts. Refreshments were served to a long list of attendees including Rev and Mrs G C Nutter Mrs Ed Stevens Mrs George Newman Mrs George Worthington Mrs Theo Schenz Mrs Myrtle Mohney and many others.
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Lulu Williams
Sarah Kirkendall
George Snowden
Dora Wagner
Arthur Taylor
Walter Hoppestier
Bess Kinneer
Lancaster Brown
Dorothy Beitelschies
Scouts To Give Bingo Parties
Nelsonville Troop 6 meets at the Methodist Church to plan a 2 to 3 day Athens Scout Camp trip after Christmas. A Christmas program for parents is planned. To raise funds for equipment, bingo nights at St Andrews Parish Hall begin Thursday at 7 30 with many prizes. Commission inspection delayed. several boys must pay registration by week end or be dropped.
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Nelsonville
Athens
St. Andrews Parish Hall
Martin Cleaners Triumph in City Bowling League
Martin Cleaners swept three games from Mac Chevrolet on Central Alleys in Nelsonville Tuesday night. Hemssey led single-game scoring with 222, while Gormley topped the series with 595. Mac Chevrolet recently entered the league replacing Ohio Fuel Gas Co and appears poised to challenge for top standings once their lineup settles into their stride.
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Nelsonville
Martin Cleaners
Mac Chevrolet
Hemssey
Gormley
Mae Chevrolet
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Atride
New York Stocks Dip as Mining Issues Weigh Market
Heavy trading opens with mining shares dragging the tape while United States Smelting, American Smelting, Kennecott, Westinghouse, United States Steel, General Motors, General Electric and Standard Oil of New Jersey lag. Gains come from American Can, Santa Fe, and Montgomery Ward as Edison Electric Institute cites a rise to a record week for power. Dun & Bradstreet notes a seasonal drop in building with permit values exceeding November 1934 totals.
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NEW York
United States Smelting
American Smelting
Kennecott
Westinghouse
United States Steel
General Motors
General Electric
Standard Oil
New Jersey
American
Santa Fe
Montgomery Ward
Edison Electric Institute
Dun & Bradstreet
Treasury figures show December 7 balance and debt changes
U S Treasury daily report lists receipts of 80 521 853 68 dollars and expenditures of 30 052 603 6 dollars with a balance of 1 580 023 642 66. Customs receipts for the month are 8 377 748 11. Fiscal year receipts since July 1 total 1 549 864 684 18 with expenditures 3 261 987 139 37 including 1 469 476 601 18 of emergency spending, reducing excess expenditures by 1 204 478 75. Gross debt stands at 20 13 851 858 94 with a gold asset figure noted.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
George Cain Appointed Erosion Camp Foreman
George Cain of Athens Route 3 left today for Bethel Ohio to take the post as foreman of the soil conservation camp there. He was one of 15 chosen from hundreds of applicants and received the appointment Tuesday via telegram from E T Eastman of Columbus head of conservation work in Ohio. The Gordon Bennett trophy is noted as aviation history.
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George Cain
Athens
Bethel
Ohio
Cain
E. T. Eastman
Columbus
Toledo Grain Prices and Pittsburgh Produce Update
Grain on track with No. 2 red wheat at 94 1/4 to 96 1/2 cents and corn around 9 dollars 59 cents. Potatoes Idaho Russet Bur banks and Michigan round whites listed with varied 1.25 to 1.50 per 100 pounds, poultry and eggs show mixed current receipts and prices, turkeys and hens adjusting slightly, hog dressed at 28 cents.
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Toledo
Idaho
North Dakota
Minnesota
Baltimore Produce Prices and Receipts Noted
Unsettled market for eggs with current receipts and nearby figures. Reported quantities include 32 33 and 30 31 for unsettled prices, whites large 36 37 and some higher, medium. Butter 1 657 tubs and eggs 2 084 cases recorded.
Cleveland and Chicago Produce Prices Report
Cleveland butter and egg market shows unsettled butter with extras in line. creamery standards 36, 37. Eggs steady with top quality must grade to board specs. Chicago butter at 3.611, eggs at 3.270 with weak extra firsts and fresh graded firsts, current receipts 26 27, refrigerator extras 21.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cleveland Butter and Egg Board
Pittsburgh Livestock Auction Report Slips Prices Across Hogs Cattle Calves
Hogs 800 head with 800 directs mostly five cents lower. Top 140 to 220 lb hogs at 1920, heavy butchers down 10. Cattle 400 total with 300 directs, top steer price 9.50, heifers 7.80 down, cows 3.25 to 6. Bulls 6.25. Calves 600, steady to 60 cents lower, dealers 11.50. Sheep 600 lambs 25 cents lower, fat lambs 10.50 to 11.25, sheep 5.50 to 9.75.
Livestock Auction Results Show Mixed Cattle and Hog Trade
Hogs 2400 head dealers note bids 15 to 25 cents lower on 160 to 225 lb stock with steady talk on packing sows around 8950 dollars. Cattle 380 calves 250 with slaughter cattle slow to barely steady. best yearlings 69.50. steers to 10.50. cows and bulls active. fat cows 64.75 down to 63.25. Sheep 300 steady with lambs mostly 9.50 to 11.50. choice under 11.50. weak to average end noted. totals call for quota ble 394.
Chauncey Alumni to Meet Tonight for Elections
Chauncey Dover High School Alumni Association will gather at 7 45 tonight in the high school. Reports on ticket sales from the recent dance will be presented and officers for the coming year will be elected.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Rail Time Card Listings for Central and Baltimore Routes
Daily and weekly rail timetables for New York Central lines and Baltimore National Limited summarize arrivals departures and service days. Timings include No 2 No 4 No 3 and No 9 daily except Sunday with morning and evening slots and prices like $30 per week.
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NEW York Central
NEW York Central Norte
Onio
Sun
Baltimore
OBIO
National Limited
Diplomat
Diplomat Daly -Lzem
Rupe Death at 34 in Sand Ridge
Durward Arthur Rupe of Sand Ridge died Tuesday evening after a long illness. He was 34 and is survived by his wife Nellie and two children, Elizabeth and Fred. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Nelsonville—Durward
Arthur Rupe
Sand Ridge
Nellie
Elizabeth
Fred
Youth Week brings Dean Dutton to Nelsonville
Dr. Dean C. Dutton renowned speaker and writer, formerly with Redpath Chautauqua and the University of Oklahoma, now with the International Character Education Association, will begin a series of addresses here next Monday December 16. He will speak at the high and grade schools by day and in local churches at night, with a Rotary Club meeting also hosting him. The program, part of a regional Youth Week effort, will include visits from Columbus where similar events are underway. A complete schedule will be announced later and the public is invited to attend all meetings.
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Nelsonville
Dean C. Dutton
Redpath Chautauqua
University of Oklahoma
International Character Education Association
Cincinnati
Dutton
Rotary Club
Dr. Dutton
Union
Columbus
D A R Birthday Celebration and Birth Announcement
Nelsonville chapter of the D A R marks its tenth anniversary with a 1 PM luncheon at the Dew Hotel and meetings at Mrs H E Deans home. State regent Mrs John S Heaume and past vice president general Mrs Herbert Backus will attend. Roy James Azabell born Dec 9 to Mr and Mrs Roy Azabell. grandparents are Mr and Mrs Chas Arabell and Mr and Mrs Elmer Beiteischies.
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Nelsonville
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dew Hotel
8. E. Dean
John S. Heaume
Springfield
Herbert Backus
Roy Azabell
Roy James
Chas. Arabell
City
Elmer Beiteischies
Chauncey
Gilbert Johnson Is Licensed Embalmer
Gilbert Johnson of Nelsonville passed the Ohio State Embalm ing Board examinations along with 86 of 113 candidates in the recent state licensing class. Son of Mr and Mrs John T Johnson, he is a Nelsonville High School graduate and longtime Athens Messenger carrier. He trained with C L Stout and studied embalming in Cleveland, now serving as an assistant at Sout's.
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Nelsonville
Gilbert Johnson
Ohio State Embalming Board
Johnson
John T. Johnson
Athens Messenger
C. L. Stout
Cleveland
Sout's
G. T. Club Plans Christmas Party At Hutchins Home
Members of the G. T. Club will gather at Mrs. Thelma Hutchins home for a Christmas party Friday night. An exchange of 530 cents gifts will follow the festivities.
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Nelsonville
G. T. Club
Thelma Hutchins
Red Men to Entertain Nelsonville Bingo Night
The Red Men sponsor a bingo party at their hall on Thursday December 12 with play starting at 8 o clock.
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Nelsonville
Boston Wool Prices Hold Firm Amid Light Trading
Wool trading was light with scattered small sales and inquiries. Prices remained firm as some high bids were refused. French combing 64s and finer territory wools sold in prig nel bags at about 19 81 cents scoured basis.
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Actus
Harley Skivers Dies Tuesday in Nelsonville
Harley Skivers 64 longtime Nelsonville resident died Tuesday at his Franklin Street home. He leaves wife and four children Mrs Charlotte Hubble Leonard and Everett of Nelsonville and Bernard of Columbus plus eleven grandchildren four brothers and seven sisters. Funeral services Friday at 2 PM at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev H A Rothrock with burial at Greenlawn.
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Nelsonville
Harley Skivers
Franklin St
Skivers
Charlotte Hubble
Leonard
Everett
Bernard
Columbus
Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
Greenlawn
Christmas Party Planned by Nelsonville Business Girls
The Business Girls' Class of the Christian Church will hold their Christmas party Friday evening at the church at 6 o'clock. After dinner, the group will visit the home of Mrs Edna Backus on Adams Street for their meeting.
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Nelsonville
The
Christian Church
Edna Backus
Adams St
Band Boosters Club to Meet at Lightfoot Home
Nelsonville notices the Band Boosters Club will hold its meeting Thursday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mr and Mrs John Lightfoot. All members urged to attend. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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Nelsonville
John Lightfoot
Weekend visit from Athens couple at Bartoe home
Mr and Mrs Max Bartoe entertained at week’s end with guests Mr and Mrs Frank Cook of Athens visiting the household for a social gathering.
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Max Bartoe
Mrs
Frank Cook
Athens
Buchtel Church Kids Practice for Christmas Program
All children of the Buchtel M E Church are asked to attend practice at 7 PM Friday. Parents should ensure their children are present for rehearsal.
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Buchtel
Buchtel M. E. Church
Howard Professor Favors Early Negro Explorers Theory
Dr. Charles Wesley of Howard University argues that Africans reached the Americas before Columbus, citing canoes drifting to South America and the West Indies and connections in trade goods, rites, skulls, and mounds. He links these ideas to historian Leo Weiner and mentions Balboa noting a Black man race.
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Washington
Charles Wesley
Howard University
New World
South Atlantic
South America
West Indian
Balboa
Wesley
Garcia de Montalvo
California
Americas
Leo Weiner
Harvard University
Bahamas
Canaries
America
West Africa
Weiner
Howard
Washington University
Ohio a for See Ohio a for See In addition
Fragmented OCR notes discuss agricultural and other employes taxes with figures like $3,000 and a benefit example of $81.25. Mentions of ages 1937 and 65 appear. References to employer and employee tax sharing and a daily airmail rate of 126.6 percent appear in disjointed form.
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Mark T
Nelsonville Group
Mrs. Wright
Party
Banks See Cream Co
Chevrolet
Berry
Crabtree
Courtney
Huddy
Rittenmeyer
Martins Parks
Patton
Davis
Hemsley
Brooks Shoe Co
Adams Express
Chrysler
Card Corp
Ween
Curtiss Wright
Dupont Oears
Motors
Goodyear
Harvester
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Ligg. and
Myers
Auiticgnieceenareit Loriseard
Mont Ward
Deiry
Distillers
N.Y. Central
Paramount
Penn
Procter and Gambie
Berg
N. J
Republic Steel
Sid
Eda
Elec
Texas Corp. UN
Unit Corp
Weewee
West UN
Wren
Cincinnati Produce
Baltimore Produce
Chicago
Pittsburgh Livestock
Cincinnati Livestock
Dolores Mehee
Herbert Newton
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
France
D. A. Rupe
Dean Dutton
Boston Wool
Majestic
Cinnen
CTV
North Court
Islands
Ohio A
Unites Airmail
Santa Claus
Messengei
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