Mayor Eberle Outlines City Program For Coming Year
Nelsonville notes show Mayor I J Eberle detailing plans for 1928 including a building code secondary water line across the Hocking River, extension of Myers street sewer, lower insurance and tax rates. He cites bond retirement and strong department cooperation while praising civic support. Captain H N Burgett reports Athens County Automobile Club growth and a school zone sign project for Nelsonville. Dan X Bateman, 61, longtime resident and former coal miner, dies after years of bronchial asthma. he owned a grocery and held Masonic and K of P memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking River
Myers Street
Jackson Street
I. J. Eberle
Rotary Club
Mayr Eberle
Eberle
H. N. Burgett
Athens County Automobile Club
Burgett
Dan X. Bateman
Ir. Bateman
Masonic and
K. of P
Reports Denied By Mine Owner In Nelsonville
Nelsonville Dec 28 Reports reaching Governor Donahey’s office claimed large operators in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys planned to rush in strike breakers from Pittsburgh. A prominent mine owner denied the reports saying no such plan exists and that operators prefer to work with their own employees at wages they can afford. He leaves a widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
A. V. Donahey
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Pittsburgh
Missionary Society Meeting at Mrs Saltz Home
The Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet at the home of Mrs J H Saltz on West Washington street Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. H. Saltz
W. Washington Street
Christmas Dinner Held by Mr and Mrs Arthur Hicks
Mr and Mrs Arthur Hicks entertained at a 12 o'clock Christmas dinner Sunday. Covers were laid for Mrs W E Evans and Mr and Mrs Roscoe Evans and their son Harry, Mrs Love Kammerling and daughter Margaret and son Don, all of Carbon Hill, Fred Hawk of Lima Ohio, Mr and Mrs Theodore Kammerling and son Henry of Columbus, Mr and Mrs Max Partee Jr and Betty and Lillian Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hicks
W. E. Evans
Roscoe Evans
Harry
Love Kammerling
Margaret
Don
Carbon Hill
Fred Hawk
Lima
Ohio
Theodore Kammerling
Henry
Columbus
Max Partee, Jr
Betty
Lillian Hicks
Mrs Cox Hosts Faithful Workers Class Party Night
Mrs. Cox will entertain the Faithful Workers class of the M E Sunday school at a New York party Thursday evening. A program will be given followed by an exchange of gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Cox
M. E
New York
Four Generations Share Christmas Dinner at Spencer Home
Four generations gathered for a family Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Thomas Spencer on Monday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Harvey Hannahs with their children, the Spencers, and the Reynolds family including Edna Reynolds Harold Ruth Marie Spencer Vera Venice Reynolds and John Lee Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Spencer
Harvey Hannahs
Edna Reynolds
Harold
Ruth Marie Spencer
Vera
Venice Reynolds
John Lee Reynolds
John Duffy Cleared in Nelsonville Liquor Case
John Duffy of Nelsonville faced a hearing before Mayor L J Eberle on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor. Duffy pleaded not guilty, but the mayor dismissed the action after hearing the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Duffy
L. J. Eberle
Duffy
Donald W Powell Vacation With His Parents
Donald W Powell, a student at an Ohio university, is spending his vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Powell at their home in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Powell
Ohio University
Local residents share Christmas visits and guests
The list details numerous visitors and guests skiing through the holiday season. Names include Mrs. W F Powell, Phil Devol, Hal Simpson, Frances Gorsuch, Sally Holmes, Grace Hilbarger, R E Swope, C A Stover, Lillian Stover, Belle Weymueller, Glen Weymueller, Lou Lane, Nona Lane, Fr W Fischer, Joe B Davis, Mrs. James Evans, M M McBride, James McBride, L P Rice, Mable Young, Vesper Young, Albert Patton, Ruth Patton, Dr W R Linn, W W Gibson, C W Gibson, C M Gibson, J L Woodwin, Victor Oakley, Curtis Daugherty, and Ruth Woodcock, with several attending events in Columbus, Logan, Ostrander, Marion, Wheeling, and Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Holmes
Grace Hilbarger
Logan
L. J. Eberle
L. D. Johnson
R. E. Swope
Zanesville
C. A. Stover
Lillian
New York City
Belle Weymueller
Glen
8S. S. Lane
Clyde
Sam Daugherty
Residents challenge Jacksonville Main Street assessments in Athens court
Thirty four Jacksonville residents sue in Athens County Common Pleas alleging illegal Main Street improvement assessments. They claim assessments exceed lawful amounts based on property valuations and name the village of Jacksonville the state Ohio and county officers as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Daniel McKinley
Ohio
J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens County
R. Johnson
Cordelia L. Kane
Elizabeth G. Davis
Joseph Iszikowski
James Watkins
Lige Smith
Iva McCaskey
Sarah Stratton
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Andrew Ginnan, Sr
Joseph Wemmer
Carl Dehman
William Lent
Florence Grimm
Mary McMahon
C.F. Reed
George H. Wolfe
Herman Exenhamper
Carrie Hammond
John and Etta Knight
Thomas McMenamy
Hettie G. Rambo
TD. B. Morrison
Owen Cr
Greens Run Girls Form High School Glee Club
CHAUNCEY Dec 28 A Girls Glee club forms at Greens Run high school supervised by Lenora V Sayler music instructor Trimble township Officers include President Teatrick Hixon Vice President Alma Clemons Secretary Emma Hylinski Treasurer Elmer Lainey Pianist Doris Fierbaugh The club has 28 sopranos and 17 altos They dedicate lunch hour practice each Wednesday with no current year plans but expect a program in the second semester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Greens Run High School
Lenora V. Sayler
Trimble Township
Teatrick Hixon
Vicce
Alma Clemons
Emma Hylinski
Elmer Lainey
Doris Fierbaugh
Family Reunion Held Saturday on the Plains
Chauncey reports a Shafer family reunion at The Plains with a Christmas Eve tree event and gifts. Attendees from Athens and Chauncey enjoyed a Christmas turkey dinner and included Mr. and Mrs. Bingman Thelma Sands Brookins Channell Wharton Shafer. Martha Sayers, 88, is reportedly seriously ill in Millfield with J R Wade family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
John Shaw
Shafer
the Plains
Santa Claus
KE. W. Bingman
Thelma
Athens
Kenneth Sands
Guy Brookins
Flay Channell
Maxine
Othella
Anna Lee
Walter Wharton
Walter, Jr
John Shafer
Martha Sayers
J. R. Wade
Millfield
Cross and candlelight service at Millfield church
Chauncey December 28 cross and candlelight service at the Methodist Episcopal church in Millfield to be led by Rev. L. A. Donally at 7 pm. The piece notes entertainment of guests by local residents during the Christmas holidays with attendees from Chauncey and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Methodist Episcopal Church
Millfield
Ll. A. Donally
Christmas Day Visitors and Family News
List of local families visiting in Drake Street over Christmas Day and a note that Dr. Francis H. Keck returned to Columbus after a short visit with his parents on Ellis Avenue. Names include the Lefflers, Pierces, Tipps, Hartleys, Martins, Six, Cunningham, Mourne, Smiths, Smiths of Liberty Hill, and Aug. Shephard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Keck
Columbus
Mrs
George Keck
Ellis Avenue
Married Here Chauncey Roscoe Damron Weds Laure Young
Roscoe Damron of Garrett Kentucky married Laure Young in Chauncey at the bride’s sister Mrs Bess Green’s Mill street home Tuesday evening. Rev G B Courtney officiated. A wedding dinner followed. The couple will reside in Garrett where the groom is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Green
Chauncey
Roscoe Damron
Garrett
Kentucky
Laare Young
Mill Street
G. B. Courtney
Church of Christ
Green
Damron
Etta Schoonjover
Garfield Nicholson
Glouster
Garrett, Ky
Naomi Bible class meeting postponed to next Wednesday
The Naomi Bible class of the Methodist Episcopal church at The Plains planned for tonight at Mrs. Marie Michaels home is postponed until Wednesday next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Naomi Bible Class
Methodist Episcopal Church At
the Plains
Marie Michaels
Large copperhead snake killed on Sand Ridge farm
Elvin Weakley and Roy Savage near Chauncey report killing a four foot copperhead on the FE A Weakley farm on Sand Ridge. The boys were hunting when they found the reptile on a log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Elvin Weakley
Roy Savage
FE. A
Osbornes Celebrate Christmas at Chauncey Home
The Osborne family and relatives from Coolville The Plains Athens Warren and Chauncey gathered at Mr and Mrs Henry Osborne on High Street Chauncey for Christmas. Guy E Osborne a vocational school teacher traveled to Columbus for the teachers association and to visit the vocational department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Osborne
Chauncey- Diver
Columbus
Teachers’ Association
Everett Bingman
Coolville
Harry Noble
The
Plains
Jed Osborne
Athens
Dane Osborne
Warren
Henry Ossborne
High Street
Chauncey
Woman throws baby from car after collision in Ipswich
Mrs RR Patton drove through a collision near Ipswich England and threw her baby from the vehicle. The crash caused no injuries to others but the baby was found dead at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
Eng
RR. C. Patton
Village council failed to pass welfare resolution on improvement
Complainants allege rights prejudiced by lack of lawful publication and seek a temporary injunction restraining the treasurer from collecting any part of unpaid assessments. They contend assessments may be excessive, over 38 1 3 percent of property value, and seek a court determination of proper amounts plus a perpetual injunction limiting collection to 33 1 3 percent of value.
U.S. Leads Sporting Goods Production Over Britain
The Commerce Department reports Great Britain increased sporting goods output by 97 percent over the last twenty years, while the United States surged 161 percent, as English buyers increasingly source equipment from the United States.
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Britain
Washington
Dec
U.P
United States
Great Britain
Commerce Department
Preacher Goes Mad in Sydney Pulpit After Family Deaths
In Sydney New South Wales Reverend J C Corrise suffered a breakdown in church, following the deaths of three relatives. He resumed preaching in an unstable state before authorities intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
J. C. Corrise
Cincinnati Judges Owed Wedding Fees
Five Cincinnati municipal judges must repay a total of 1479 dollars in marriage ceremony fees to the city treasury. The 3 dollar fee was allowed by law, but a recent opinion held that fees collected by municipal judges must be turned over to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Cincinnati
Tracy
Moses Blau
C. C. Crabbe
Turner
Justices of the Peace
Publishers Brush and Wickersham Named GOP Delegates
Louis H. Brush of Salem and Howard L. Wickersham of Steubenville were selected as delegates to the national Republican convention in Kansas City at a meeting of county chairmen for Ohio's eighteenth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Louis H. Brush
Salem
Howard L. Wickersham
Kansas City
Ohio
Police search for missing Maitland brothers after duck hunt
In Chicago area six northern suburbs aided by scouts two airplanes and coast guard gunboats police hunt for Alexander Maitland 25 and his 14 year old brother in law Robert Case after they disappeared following a Monday duck hunting trip Maitland wore a raccoon overcoat and carried about 100 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
U.P
Coast Guard
Alexander Maitland
Robert Case
Maitland
Four Granted: Two Athens County Marriage Licenses Issued
In Athens County Probate Court on Tuesday afternoon two licenses were issued. Roscoe Damron, 34, miner from Garrett Kentucky, and Clara Bell Young, 27, housekeeper from Chauncey, were paired with Rev. Gilbert Courtney to officiate. Anthony Bernard Korves, 25, machinist from Detroit Michigan, and Elizabeth Marie McGarvey, 26, of Athens, will wed with Rev. Father Schaeffer of Buchtel officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Roscoe Damron
Miner
Garrett
Kentucky
Clara’ Bell Young
Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Anthony Bernard Korves
Detroit
Michigan
Elizabeth Marie McGarvey
Athens
Schaeffer
Buchtel
Milliron Divorce Filed in Athens County Court
Mary Milliron filed for divorce against Arthur Milliron in Athens County Common Pleas Court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Milliron
Arthur Milliron
Divorcs
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Couple wed in 1922 as suit seeks decree for neglect
The couple married May 26, 1922 and have two children. Willful absence and neglect are grounds for the decree. Suit on a note was filed by E V Hill against Edward Eslocker and Faye Eslocker for 1264 dollars with interest from December 23, 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Hill
Edward Eslocker
Faye Eslocker
Major Martin Injured In Hicksville Plane Crash
Maj Frederick L Martin, famed Army flyer, and passenger William Roy Ives escaped serious injury when their plane struck a barn at Hicksville New York after mist caused a late landing. Martin suffered lacerations and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Frederick L., Marstin
Hicksville
Bolleing Field
Washington
Williame Roy Ives
Maretin
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Charles
George
Leonard
Robert
Anna Riley
W. F. Powell
Phil Devol
Murray City
Hal Simpson
Lebanon
Frances Gorsuch
Huntington
W. Va
Chauncey By
Charles S.bradfield, Jr
Greens Run Girls
Charles Leffler
EF. E. Mace
C. H. Strand
Ernest Wyckoff
Ernest William
White Cottage
Thomas Pd, Schoonper
Drake Street
Edward Leffler
Homer
Willard
Dorothy
Frank Pierce
John Edward
John Tippie
Alva
Hollas
Forest
Walter Hartley
Henry Martin
Frances
Junior
Dorothy Six
Mary Kathryn Richard
Wyona Mae
Webb Cunningham
John Mourne
Addie Mourne
City
Herb Smith
Dewey Smith
Augusta Smith
Billy Shepherd
Liberty Hill
Chauncey Boys
Charles A. Daugherty
Coe
Pauline
Beaumont
New Lexington
Sam Feigley
Luther Cruikshank
Edward Winner
Cruikshank
Remington
J. E. Zeller
May Avenue
U.S
Preacher
Treasury
Publishers
Martin
W. J. Dorion
Carter
Pepperell
Gray
Toom Choice
Cretonne
Coats
Everett
Alpaca
Wool Charlies
Women's Union Suits
Uieanore
Scarfe
Dr. Iso
China
Nelsonville Dry Goods Co
de En-Ar-Co
Standard Motor
En-Ar-Co
Auto Tire & Gas CO. Cor
Chestnut and
Harper Sts
the National Refining CO
Cleveland, Ohio
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