Aged Somerset Man Fiddles His Way Out of Jail
A Perry County man Richard Snyder 70 years old was found drunk in a ravine on Jackson Street. He played Mendelssohn on his violin in the county jail for about two hours while inmates cheered. Sheriff Clifford Wilson released him stating any man who can play like that should not stay in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Perry County
New Lexington
Nero
Rome
Hamlin
Sheriffs Office
Jackson Street
Richard Snyder
Clifford Wilson
Snyder
Mendelssohn
Wilson
Witson
Fiddie
Chicago Opera Tenor Schipa Delights Memorial Audience
Tito Schipa of the Chicago Opera Company charmed a capacity crowd at Memorial Auditorium in Ohio University’s Music Lecture Course. His soprano voice earned crescendoing applause with encores including O Sole Mio and Santa Lucia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Mitchell Faris
Ohio University
Tito Schipa
Chicago Opera Company
Memorial Auditorium
Thia
Santa Lucia
Scehipa
Barthelemy
Rand Opera
Amariti
Caccini
Nina
Persolese
Manon
Massenet
Rogers
Suzanne
Paladilho
Princesita
Padilla
Randolph Curtis Dies at 76 in Glouster
Randolph Curtis, 76, a well known Black resident of Glouster, died Monday at 11 45 AM from organic heart disease at his nephew Wiley Harris’s home near Mine 256. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 PM at the First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Glouster Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Randolph Curtis
Wiley Harris
Mine 256
First Baptist Church
Glouster Cemetery
Community Figures Gather for Weekend Visits
South Jacksonville residents Mr and Mrs Maynard Sayre of Fierce Ridge and Mr and Mrs Alza Wyatt with Elza Carl Jr spent Sunday with the Chapmans. Mrs S W Beal of Dayton is visiting her parents the Chapmans. Mrs Beal and Mrs George Chapman were Athens visitors Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOUTH
Jacksonville
Maynard Sayre
Fierce Ridge
Alza Wyatt
Elza Carl, Jr
Joe Chapman
George Chapman
S. W. Beal
Dayton
George Chepman
This
Athens
Local Visits Highlight Family House Guests
Mr and Mrs John Jewett and daughter Benarda of Lancaster visited Sunday with Mrs Jewetts parents Mr and Mrs Jd Rn Cheney. Orlando Millhol land and daughter Verna Annette Mrs Inez Courtney and son Paul Nelsonville and Arthur Higgins Columbus were guests Sunday with Mr and Mrs Fred Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
John Jewett
Benarda
Lancaster
Columbus Visit Highlights Local Social Figures
Mr and Mrs Frank Binderbasin Jr and John Jansen of Jacksonville and Miss Reta Staley of Shawnee spent Sunday in Columbus for a social outing. They were joined by friends and enjoyed daytime activities and conversations around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Binderbasin Jr
John Jansen
Jacksonville
Reta Staley
Shawnee
Columbus
McDonalds Purchase Gibbs and Cotter Poolroom
Feb 4 report states A. and Glenn McDonald bought the Gibbs and Cotter poolroom and soft drink place in the Moose Building and relocated their barber shop to the new site combining the two businesses. Bryan Gormley will move his pressing establishment to Front Street location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
CO. A
Glenn McDonald
Gibbs & Cotter
Moose
Postoffice
Bryan Gormley
Boy Receives Five Stitches After Lip Gash
In Glouster on February 4, four year old Jack McDonald son of Glenn McDonald fell with a milk bottle in his hand and cut his upper lip. He is cared for by his grandparents Mr and Mrs T G McDonald of Walnut Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Jack
Glenn McDonald
T. G. McDonald
Walnut Hill
Missionary Society Meeting Set at Mrs Kemper Home
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will meet at Mrs. Paul Kemper's home Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. A large attendance is desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Paul Kemper
Frieda Willock
Grosvenor Street
Glouster Minister Aids London Evangelistic Meeting
The Rev. F. E. Roberts of the Church of Christ in Glouster is in London assisting the Rev. D. L. Browning and former Glouster minister in an evangelistic meeting. Roberts leads the singing during the London sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
F. E. Roberts
Church of Christ
London
D. L. Browning
M. E
Roberts
Perfect January attendance at Fierce Ridge School
The Fierce Ridge School reports perfect attendance for January by students Dostha Vaughn Harry Vaughn Violet Vaughn Donald McLeod Darrel Antle Robert Duncan Dorothy Meeks George Duncan Joseph Walton Frances Zarley Frieda Zarley and Nelva Kasler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fierce Ridge
Dostha Vaughn
Harry Vaughn
Violet Vaughn
Donald McLeod
Darrel Antle
Robert Duncan
Dorothy Meeks
George Duncan
Joseph Walton
Frances Zarley
Frieda Zarley
Nelva Kasler
Illness summons reach Urbana relatives in Ohio
William Sawyer III of Glouster is gravely ill in Urbana Ohio. D M Sawyer of near Jacksonville Mrs C H Boudinot of near Millfield and Mrs Albert Cannon of Fairview were notified Monday of the illness and called to Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sawyer III Glouster
D. M. Sawyer
Jacksonville
C. H. Boudinot
Millfield
Albert Cannon
Fairview
Urbana
William Sawyer
Boudinot
Revival At Free Methodist Church In Redtown
Revival meetings are being held at the Free Methodist Church in Redtown as of February 4, with services announced by local church leaders seeking community participation and spiritual renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Free Methodist Church
Redtown
Athens Federation Honors Members at Monday Meeting
Mrs. E. D. Sayre was elected to honorary membership in the Athens City Federation during a Chamber of Commerce session. The group heard letters from Mrs. S. N. Hobson and Mrs. Clara McAdoo, honored previously, and praised by Mrs. H. L. Jones. Members read reports, noted calls on the ill and needy, and voted $10 to the Pan-American Scholarship fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Sayre
Athens City Federation
Chamber of Commerce
S. N. Hobson
Clara McAdoo
S H. L. Jones
Hobson
McAdoo
H. M. Woods
Andrew Murphy
R. P. Imes
John Finsterwald
W. l L. Gard
Portsmouth
Sayre Study Circle
C. Snow
Henry Atkinson
P. J. Huffman
Abraham Lincoln
Athens County Commissioners
Federation
Christian Church Class Meeting Delights with Recitals
Mrs. D A Bardin hosted the Es ther Class monthly gathering on Morris and May Avenue. President Mrs. A N Johnson presided with devotions led by Mrs. Frank Watkins. Guests included Mrs. Carl Neff of Columbus and Ana Robinson with Vivian and Montgomery of Nevada. The program featured vocal solos by Earl Watkins and Alice Bardin, Myrna Riggle recitation, a tenor drum solo by Bobby Darst, cornet by Montgomery Robinson, and encores. Refreshments were served by the hostess and assistants including Mrs. E N Cullums and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Bardin
Morris and
May Avenue
Esther
The
Christian Church
A. N. Johnson
Frank Watkins
Carl Neff
Columbus
Ana Robinson
Vivian
Son Montgomery
Nevada
Earl Watkins
Alice Bardin
Myrna Riggle
Bobby Darst
Darst
Montgomery Robinson
E. N. Cullums
H. W. Biedel
Oden Johnson
J. D. Miller
H. M. Bennett
Brannon Family Trip to Athens. Ross Accompanies
Mr and Mrs J C Brannon of Dover with their niece Mrs Clarys Smith Ross of Cleveland traveled to Athens Sunday to visit Mrs Ross parents Mr and Mrs L H Smith of 110 Morris Avenue. The Brannon couple return home today while Mrs Ross stays a week with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Brannon
Dover
Clarys Smith Ross
Cleveland
Athens
Annual guest night of the Current Events Club
The Current Events Club will host its annual guest night Friday at 7 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Patch Family Spends Saturday With Daughter in Roseville
Mr and Mrs J H Patch of Roseville visited their daughter Mrs Herbert Littler and family on Coss Street Saturday keeping close with relatives and sharing a family afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Patch
Roseville
Herbert Littler
Coss Street
Hooper couple announce birth of son James Herbert
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hooper of Mound Street announce the birth of a son James Herbert on Saturday February 1 at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hooper
Mound Street
James Herbert
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miss Thelma Lehew Heads to Delaware Sanatorium
Miss Thelma Lehew of Athens National Bank leaves Wednesday for a sanatorium in Delaware to recuperate after weeks of illness. Mr and Mrs Fred Woodruff with daughters Marie and Donna Lee and James Sweeney motor to Columbus to visit Mr and Mrs E M Stout and their grandmother Mrs Minerva Calvert who is past 101.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Lehew
Delaware
Miss Lehew
Athens National Bank
Fred Woodruff
Marie
Donna Lee
James Sweeney
Columbus
E. M. Stout
Minerva Calvert
Papes Cold Compound Promises Quick Cure for Colds
The ad urges readers to beat a cold quickly with Pape's Cold Compound. It claims one can snap out of misery by taking small white tablets that cause no harm and cost only 3Sc, available at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Mrs Benedict to Lecture Recital Before Cambridge Trip
Mrs Margaret Benedict of Ohio University School of Music faculty leaves this evening for Cambridge to give a lecture recital on Folk Songs for the Federation of Women's Clubs. From Cambridge she will travel to Columbus to sing at the wedding of her niece Martha S Mathewe to Kenneth Horrall in Bexley Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Margaret Benedict
School of Music
Ohio University
Cambridge
Federation of Women's Clubs
Mrs Fenzel Reports Health Improving in Miami Beach
Mrs Maud Fenzel of Florida says her health is improving and she is settled at Ter race Apartments No 3 Lenox Avenue Miami Beach Fla The report notes her condition is improving and she is staying at a local apartment complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Lillie
Wichland Avenue
Maud Fenzel
Florida
Terrace Apartments No
Lenox Avenue
Miami Beach
Fla
Wagner Visit With Daughter and Grandchild
Prof and Mrs A F E Wagner of 90 West State Street host daughter Mrs Pha L Jones and her young daughter Barbara Ann from Bedford Indiana during a family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F E. Wagner
West State Street
Pha L. Jones
Mabel Wagner
Barbara Ann
Bedford
Ind
Doctor Goff Visits Family Then Heads to Johns Hopkins
Dr. J. J. Goff of Parkersburg West Virginia visited Sunday with his son in law Harold Coe and daughter and children at 299 East State Street. He left Monday for Baltimore Maryland to seek treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Goff
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harold Coe
East State Street
Miss Lemmon Attends Leadership Training Course
Miss Bessie B. Lemmon, primary instructor at the Columbia School, attends night classes in Etna Ohio for the Standard Leadership Training Course under Miss Pear Rosser of Dennison University. She will receive a Leadership Training School certificate at course end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie B. Lemmon
Columbia School
Etna
Ohio
Pear Rosser
Dennison University
Miss Lemmon
Funeral attendees travel from out of town for Mrs Hatjean Tippie
Out of town mourners visiting Trimble for Mrs Hatjean Tippie funeral included Mrs Gladys John and son Claton from Chesterhill, Mrs Maggie Howard, Mrs Hazel Campbell, Mrs James Smith, Mrs Charles Stratton from Trimble R F D, Mr and Mrs Claton Vorhes of Athens, Mr and Mrs John Radford and Homer from Fisher, Mrs Morris and son Pearl of McDougal, Mrs William Antle, Mr and Mrs Bert Kasler from Trimble R F D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatjean Tippie
Trimble
Gladys John
Claton
Chesterhill
Maggie Howard
Hazel Campbell
James Smith
Charles Stratton
Claton Vorhes
Athens
John Radford
Homer
Fisher
Morris
Pearl
McDougal
William Antle
Bert Kasler
Mr. John Gist Returns From Pittsburgh Business Trip
John Gist has returned from a business trip in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania with reports of productive meetings and potential new partnerships. He visited several firms and will follow up with colleagues this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gist
Pittsburgh
Valentines Events and Church Activities in Hermeys Hall
A Valentine card party and dance at St. Berbard Church Hermeys Hall on Tuesday night February 14 includes bridge and euchre from 8 to 10 and dancing 10 to 1 hosted by Helen Maxwell Margaret Selmer and Ada Goulding. Other notices list rescheduled ministers meeting postponed to February 19 and church women planning sewing sessions and a minstrel February 29 led by Frank Johnson with Ernie Foraker and Dubbs Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Berbard
Hermeys Hall
Helen Maxwell
Margaret Selmer
Ada Goulding
Southeastern Ohio
Corning M. E
Anderson
Ladies Aid Society of
The
M. E. Church
Vern Dunlap
M. E. Church Sunday School
Ernie Foraker
Dubbs Dunlap
Frank Johnson
Community Guests and Locals Noted Across Area
Alfred Willeke returned home after a week with friends in Lancaster. Numerous visits include Forrest Kellys in Glouster, Henry Hefkin in Millfield, and Miss Mary Keck visiting her ill mother Minnie Keck. Several residents attended a Chauncey basketball game and others hosted relatives from Greens Run Athens Redtown and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Willeke
Lancaster
Freda
Clea M Hanning
Glouster
Forrest Kelly
Joseph Dalton
William Dalton
Redtown
Mary Keck
Minnie Keck
Helvin Kutta
Chauncey
Henry Willeke
P. H. Willeke
Edward Cartwright
Ernest
Greens Run
Joe Gaskalia
Vern Kempton and Son
Athens
John Kempton
Alma Sainey
Fannie
Elma Mackey
Millfield
Inez Willeke
Carl Welling
Charles Hooper
Court House Doings: Byrd Delinquency and Probate Actions
Glen Byrd fined 100 dollars and costs for delinquency of minor Earlwood Byrd. Carl E. Wharton, administrator of William H. Wharton estate, furnishes and secures additional bond. Real estate sale ordered and Beckler estate sale report approved. Philander Swaim will admitted to probate and record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Byrd
Earlwood Byrd
Carl E. Wharton
William H. Wharton
John F. Beckler
Philander Swaim
Claim by Herbert J Parker Allowed Against Buck Estate
The claim of Herbert J Parker for 150 dollars and 77 cents against the estate of Benjamin W Buck has been allowed. The approval indicates the executor will settle the debt from estate funds. Estate matters proceed under probate processes with distribution pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert J. Parker
Benjamin W. Buck
Certified tax entry for estate of Frank R Gross
A certified copy of the entry determining the inheritance tax on the estate of Frank R Gross has been ordered by the county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Gross
Another Gangster Dies In Chicago Boer War
Chicago police and the state's attorney pledged drastic action to curb murders and bombings after a gangster, William Healy, 37, was shot and left near death in a hospital within hours. Healy was tied to Danny Stanton's South Side beer runners, and police believe he faced vengeance from rival gangsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Willam Healy
Danny Stanton
South Side
Eight Troy High students compete for state judging team
COOLVILLE Feb 4 Eight vocational agriculture students from Troy Township High School compete for a place on the state apple judging team to represent the school at Farmers Week in Columbus. From Frank Chapman Billie Dixon Marquard Travis Paul Chase Robert Ramsburg Ola Murphy Ward Hornsby and Virgil Berdine four will be chosen. At Columbus the team will be hosted by instructor Samuel Pailet. Seventy teams entered the state meet. Ray Kenney, son of Wayne Kenney of Pleasanton and a winter student at Ohio University, began teaching duties in Cincinnati Monday after leaving Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Vocational Agriculture i
Troy Township High School
Lapple
Columbus
Frank Chapman
Billie Dixon
Marquard Travis
Paul Chase
Robert Ramsburg
Ola Murphy
Ward Hornsby
Virgil Berdine
Samuel Pailet
Ray Kenney
Wayne Kenney
Pleasanton
Ohio University
Cincinnati
Ohio Farmer Must Join In Newest Move
At the 18th Annual Farmers Week in Columbus Ohio State University officials promote cooperation over individual farming. Secretary Arthur M Hyde and Perry L Green cite a 10 month grain marketing project that earned 4 000 000 dollars benefiting Ohio operators along with wool marketing and livestock co operatives as key successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio
Ohio State University
Arthur M. Hyde
Washington
Perry L. Green
University Hall
Green
Former Shawnee Residents Die
Robert Nevela 88 a former Shawnee resident died in an Akron auto crash. William Stewart 81 a former Shawnee citizen died at Huntington Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Robert Nevela
Akron
William Stewart
Huntington Beach
Calif
Third Set of Teeth Acquired by Man
SALINA Kan Feb 4 Fifteen new teeth appeared in his gums within the past month are proudly exhibited here by Michael Gray at a celebration for his ninety third birthday. Mr Gray has discarded a set of false teeth in favor of his third set of natural motara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Michael Gray
Mr. Gray
Phillips Milk of Magnesia aid for babies and children
The advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a safe, mild laxative for infants and children to ease sour stomach symptoms in the digestive tract. It claims relief from sour belching, vomiting, feverish conditions, colic, and constipation with a teaspoonful dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genutin Phillips
Magnesia
Chas, AH. Phillips Chemical Oo
Chas. H. Phillince
Funeral rites for Charles Brown pioneer Roseville businessman
Funeral services were held Sunday for Charles Brown 79 a Roseville pioneer businessman. He was father of Carl Brown former county treasurer and owner of the gusher that first made Roseville famous for its oil strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Charles Brown
Roseville
Brown
Carl Brown
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Baptist Church
McDonalds
Boy
Jack McDonald
F. F. Roberts
City Federation
Worman
Red Men's Hall
Annie Yowell
Jessie Lovell
Latchaw
Paul Lovell
Marietta
Herb J. Salters
William Salters
Clarks Chapel
Louise Cullums
Franklin Avenue
Frank Gross
Ernest Gross
Bess Masten
Augusta Masten
Canton
Ex.a. Holmes
North Cemetery Street
Rardin
the Cline Ice Cream Co
Corning
U. B
U. B. Church
Taylor Ridge News
Robert Hanning
Henry Hefkin
Dora Heskin
Chas
Millikan
Optometrist
Millikan’s Jewelry Store
Masonic Building
Mavis
Gline Pharmacy Co
Court House
Probate
Troy High
Comfort Demonstrator
Dr. Scholl
Wm. M. Scholl
Ake
Golden Gun
Phlips Co
Hudson St
New Yo N
Axminster
Velvet
Wilton
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