Population of Chauncey Increased This Week-End
Chauncey residents welcomed new births this weekend. Noah Fouty and wife announced a daughter born Monday at Lexington Avenue weighing 8% pounds named Ruth. Grandparents James Fouty and Mrs Homer Bell announced a son born Sunday near the Lewis farm. Arthur Austin was named for a sow born to Clarence Mullins on Bilis Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Noah Fouty
Lexington Avenue
Ruth
James Fouty
Arthur Austin
Clarence Mullins
Bilis Avenue
Attendance reported at Chauncey churches and schools
Millfield Methodist Sunday School shows 42 attendees on Feb 15 led by superintendent John Marshall. Millfield Church of Christ Bible School records 49 attendees with superintendent Mrs. P. D. Hill. Chauncey Church of Christ Bible School reports 133 attendees on Feb 15 under secretary Dean Hamilton. Lauretta Fielder to speak next Sunday with special music. choir practice tonight at 7 led by Mrs. Ralph Brown.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Dean Hamilton
Chauncey Church of Christ Bible School
Lauretta Fielder
Ralph Brown
Ten Month Old Virgil Manning Buried in CHAUNCEY
Funeral services for Virgil Manning ten months old were held Monday at the Morristown Holiness Church. Rev Hiram Mingus led the service with hymns by A McKinney Dorothy McKinney and Mrs Sam Pyles. Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery. Pneumonia caused the death. parents Alonzo and Mrs Manning and three other children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Morristown
Billy Walton
Roy Bullock
Visit in Chauncey and Chauncey area family calls
Mrs. Lewis Sanders and her children from Millfield visited Chauncey on Sunday as dinner guests of her sister Mrs. Clell Cunningham on Mound Street. In the afternoon they and Mr and Mrs C L Cunningham and Mr and Mrs Woodrow Ferrer called on Mr and Mrs William Clarey at their country home near Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Chauncey
Lewis Sanders
Millfield
Chauncey
Prayer Meeting Plans In Chauncey and Morristown
A prayer meeting is scheduled tonight at the Morristown Holiness Church. The weekly cottage prayer meeting will be held Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pyles in Bailey Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Morristown
Holiness Church
Sam Pyles
Bailey Run
Mrs Gladys Pickering Hosts Valentine Bridge Party
Mrs Gladys Pickering entertained with a bridge party at her Chauncey home Saturday night. Two tables played with Mr Gibbs winning men's high and Mrs Gibbs ladies high. A delicious luncheon followed with St Valentine decorations. Guests included Mr and Mrs Joe King Mr and Mrs Gibbs Mrs Ralph Brown Miss Louisa Steele Miss Eleanor Minister and Mayor W D Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Gladys Pickering
Mr. Gibbs
Gibbs
Chauncey Area Notes Guests and Illness Update
Chauncey and surrounding towns saw a flurry of weekend visits from relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Ira Penn and Harold Brown of Pontiac Michigan guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Russell. Lorraine Kimble, Chauncey student, remained seriously ill with a hemorrhage. Several families planned moves and visits to Glouster Mansfield and Millfield with other locals traveling to Zanesville and Marietta for gatherings and seeing relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira
Penn
Harold Brown
Pontiac
Mich
Chauncey
Clarence Russell
Bills Avenue
Theodore Heffkin
John
Glouster
Wiley Mingus
Richard James
Truetown
Henry Heffkin
Millfield
Amanda
Ohio
Paul Hanning
Otto M. Russell
Otto Jr
Billy
Catlettsburg
Russell
Robert Hixson
Ellis Avenue
Lorraine Kimble
Maurice Kimble
Chauncey Schools
M. F. Andrews
James E. Love
Seuurera
Roy BE. Love
Darrell
Sharpsburg
Ralph ‘Kirkendall
Marietta
J. T. Nicholson
Ralph Brown
Wayne Snyder
Zanesville
Grace Kirkendall
John J
Floodwood
Joe Noland
Chil Barbara and
Teeteen
Messenger Briefs from Chauncey and The Plains
Chauncey and Millfield reporters bring terse notes from The Plains in a brief Messenger update. Local items include community happenings and quick notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. Bradfield, Jr
Chauncey, Millfield, the Plains
Valentine Party for Chauncey Junior Loyal Temperance Union
Annual Valentine party for the Junior Loyal Temperance Legion of Chauncey directed by Mrs. Ralph Brown was held Friday evening at Rev. G. B. Courtney's High Street home with hostesses Betty Jane and Isabelle Courtney. Members present included Alice Johnson Julia Johnson Pauline Agin Nellie Agin Floride Schultz Betty Jane Dickerson Ellen Blackford Gail Blackford Ruth Schoonover Helen Schoonover Leatha Collins Elsie Worden Mabel McColley Ruth Cruickshank Virgene Palmer Lois Earich Marcella Schoonover Evelyn Stewart Jean Bingman Louella Pencelli Anna Belle Blair Ruth Mullins plus guests Eloise Mussell Johnson Charles Harvey Marguerite and Junior Courtney.
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Chauncey
Junior Loyal Temperance Legion of
Ralph Brown
G. B. Courtney
High Street
Betty Jane
Isabelle
Courtney
Mrs. Brown
Legion
Alice Johnson
Julia Johnson
Pauline Agin
Nellie Agin
Floride Schultz
Betty Jane Dickerson
Ellen Blackford
Gail Blackford
Ruth Schoonover
Helen Schoonover
Leatha Collins
Elsie Worden
Mabel McColley
Ruth Cruickshank
Virgene Palmer
Lois Earich
Marcella Schoonover
Pleasant View Temple to Host Valentine Party Tonight
Chauncey Pythian Sisters group Pleasant View Temple will hold its annual Valentine party this evening after the regular temple meeting. A Valentine box and refreshments will be featured at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Pleasant View Temple
Pythian Sisters
Spitzer Home Hosts Marietta and Chauncey Guests
Mr and Mrs Luther Spitzer entertained at their Chauncey home Sunday with dinner guests from Marietta Ohio and Chauncey including Mr and Mrs T T Nicholson Mr and Mrs Virgil Sams and their children and Ralph Kirkendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Luther Spitzer
T. T. Nicholson
Virgil Sams
Marietta, O
Ralph Kirkendall
Seekers of the Noblest Class Host Pauline Tracy Millfield
The Millfield Methodist Sunday School Seekers of the Noblest Class met at Miss Pauline Tracy’s home. A brief program with songs solos and readings preceded a business session and games with refreshments. Attendees included Mrs Bertha Simpson and members Esta Rankin Hazel Willis Marietta Chadwell Clara Misner Mary Howard Dorthy Gillespie Kathryn Gillespie Margaret Marshall Grace Stace and guests Mr and Mrs John Marshall Leonard Simpson Homer Tracy and Clarence Tracy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Tracy
Millfield
Chauncey
Ladies' Aid Society to Meet at Millfield Church
The Ladies' Aid Society of Millfield M. E. Church will hold a business meeting at the church on Wednesday at 1 o'clock. The aid, recently organized, is led by president Mrs Allan Chadwell.
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Chauncey
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Millfield
M. E. Church
Allan Chadwell
Glouster Fire Destroys Three Business Buildings
A major blaze gutted three west High Street frame buildings in Glouster near Sunday Creek just before midnight. Fire departments from Glouster Murray City and Trimble battled flames fed by a gasoline leak as a bridge project closed access. A nearby one story shop and a two story Morris structure also faced damage while a separate Oak Street cottage burned beyond saving.
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Glouster
High Street
Sunday Creek
Trimble
Murray City
Strawser
Fire Department
W. E. McCarty
Elton Campbell
Campbell
Riley Morris
McCarty
Glen McDonald
McDonald
Fred Leach
Morris
Mr. Morris
F. P. Dulaney
A. M. Thomas
Thomas
James Lane
Oak Street
Trimble Grade School Teachers Stage Benefit Play
The Trimble Grade School teachers present a benefit play on Thursday at 8 PM in the Jacksonville Trimble Gymnasium. Proceeds support the school. The production is titled When a Woman Decides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trimble
Jacksonville Trimble Gymnasium
Dinner Held for Aged Retired School Teacher
GLOUSTER February 16 A. D. Andrew a retired school teacher observed the 74th birthday with a dinner at his Andrew home. Guests included his son in law and daughter E E Mundew and three children Elizabeth Jack and Milliard and L T Mundew. Another dinner Sunday drew Mr and Mrs James Love of Millfield and Mr and Mrs Roy Love and son Darrell of Sharpburg. Andrew born near Bailey Run, taught for years in Cincinnati, now spends summers on a Clarksville farm and winters in a flat on High Street.
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Glouster
M. IF. Andrew
Andrew
E. E. Mundew
Elizabeth
Jack
Milliard
L. T. Mundew
James Love
Millfield
Roy Love
Darrell
Sharpsburg
Bailey Run
Dover
Trimble Townships
Cincinnati
Clarksville
Munden
High Street
Former Mine Superintendent Leaves Hospital for Home
W H Brown ex superintendent of Ohio Collieries Co left Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after injuring his leg in mine 255 before Christmas. He was at work when caught between two cars and sustained a fractured limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
W. H. Brown
Ohio Collieries Co
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Mr. Brown
Glouster High to Close Season With Two Home Games
Glouster High School plans to end the season with two basketball games this week. Friday they host New Concord in a league contest at the local gym and Saturday they face Pomeroy at Pomeroy High gym to conclude the regular schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Glouster High
New Concord
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High
Train Runs Daily Schedule Is Stopped To Run Twice a Week
Local freight trains between Glouster and Shawnee on the Z and W division of the New York Central Lines will now run twice a week, instead of daily except Sunday. Services proceed on Wednesdays and Saturdays each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
This City
Shawnee
New York Central
Funeral for Walter Achauer Held in Zanesville
Mr and Mrs B F Achauer and Mr and Mrs L D Corwin attended the funeral of Walter Achauer held in Zanesville on Sunday afternoon. He died at his home Friday morning at 2 o clock after a long illness. He was 54 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
B. F. Achauer
L. D. Corwin
Achauer
Walter Achauer
Zanesville
Mr. Schauer
Third and Fourth Grades In 100 Percent Class
The West Side School third and fourth grades earned a 100 percent Junior Red Cross rating in Athens County. Officers include President Clayton Pierce, Vice-president Harold Cooley, and Secretary Phyllis Sheldon. Miss Myrna Bradford teaches the room. Mrs. Eugene Shafer is the Junior Red Cross chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Athens County
Boys Runaways Pay for Folly with Amputations
Two inmates of the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster were amputated after running away two weeks earlier. Kietis, 16 of Cleveland, and Theodore Vona, 17 of Washington County, suffered severe frostbite and gangrene. Surgeons from Lancaster and the school physician Dr. Willard performed the operations, removing parts of both boys' feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Boys Industrial School
Win
Kietis
Cleveland
Theodore Vona
Washington County
Wiliard
Vona
Tom Mix Weds Again in California Circus Romance
Cowboy star Tom Mix and circus aerialist Mabel Hubbel wed after a secret romance that began under the Sells-Floto Circus big top. The 52 year old Mix and 28 year old Hubbel married yesterday amid prior marriages and a reported $500,000 settlement in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calexico
Calif
U.R
Tom Mix
Mabel Hubbel
Sells-Floto
Mix
Victoria Forde Mix
Hoover's Federal Reserve Bill Advances to Senate
President Hoover's new Federal Reserve credit and currency measure moves from the House to the Senate after a 350 to 15 vote. The bill, framed at a White House conference, is expected to reach the president by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Hoover
Federal Reserve
White House
House
Senate
Perry County Waters Closed to Fishermen
New state conservation program closes Jonathan Creek in Perry County and all tributaries until July 2, 1934. Creek lies in Madison Hopewell Townships with tributaries into Thorn Reading and Clayton Townships. A. D. Fowler, county clerk of courts, holds map and list of affected waterways for public inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
State Department of Agriculture For the Conservation of Fish
Perry County
Jonathan Creek
Madison
Hopewell
Thorn
Reading
Clayton
A. D. Fowler
Moonshine Used As Anti Freeze In Chicago Court
Judge Ed ward B. Casey confiscated a jar of moonshine used as evidence in his courtroom and used that as the radiator anti freeze mixture on his car on a cold day in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward B. Casey
Prettiest Bride Weds Count in Budapest Ring
Hungary’s winter wedding of Countess Katalin Nadassdy to Count George Karolyi drew wide attention as Nadassdy is hailed as the prettiest bride in Central Europe. Karolyi hails from the famed Budapesti aristocracy line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Katalin Nadassdy
George Karolyi
Europe
Agnily da Budapeak
Meigs County Board Members Miss Monday Meeting
Two Meigs County Commissioners Karr and Smith met a brief session at the courthouse while third member Comp ton was home ill. Numerous Pomeroy residents also ill. John Gilmore, local news writer, has been ill at his Middleport home for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Board of Meigs County Commissioners
Karr
Smith
Compton
John Gilmore
Middleport
Garden Pond Under Construction At Talbott Hill Middleport
Feb 16 Middleport reports H M Cross is building a large pond on the B E Talbott hillside at the head of Rutland Street. The pond measures 18 by 45 feet with depths of 2 1 2 feet at one end and 3 1 4 feet at the other. Four workmen were on site Monday. It is expected to be a summer attraction in the first ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Cross
Middleport
B. E. Talbott
Rutland Street
D A R Plans Washington Birthday Decorations
Mrs W G Davis hosted Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter D A R in Middleport February 12 to plan two hundredth anniversary events for George Washington’s birth. Merchants to decorate windows Feb 22. churches to ring bells at 10 a m that day. Members to attend Marietta dedication of a marker where Washington camped. Delegates named for Cincinnati State Conference.
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Washington
Pomeroy
W. G. Davis
Jonathan Meigs
Middleport
George Washington
Marietta
Reno
Katherine Rathburn
Southeastern District
McCroba
Louise Finsterwald
Helen Eiberfeld
Cincinnati
C. D. Reed
Turnbull
Schaefer
Downie
Hugg
Miller
Bertha Rathburn
Davis
Warner
Huddleston
Third Gabriel Of Negro Play Takes Up Task
Cincinnati reports during Green Pastures at the Grand Opera House a new Gabriel actor Dodge Green filled in after two predecessors died. The performance featured the Angel Gabriel guiding a celestial scene with the trumpet as Sam Davis, replacing the late Gabriel, acted alongside De Land, while the cast of about 70 continued the play despite the second death of a Gabriel actor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Grand Opera House
Green Pastures
Gabriel
Jehovah
de Land
Dodoe Green
Wesley Hill
Angel Gabriel
Broadway
Samuel Davis
Dodge
Hill
New York
Sainie
Davis
Gabrial
Sowa Eb Garth
Plans for Ohioana Library Alcove at State Library
At the Ohioana Library committee meeting in Columbus plans were discussed to create a permanent Ohioana Alcove in the State Library building. The Martha Kenney Cooper Ohioana Library now houses nearly 1000 books and a near complete set of McGuffey Readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohioana
Ohio
Ohioana Library Committee
Albert A. Atkinson
Jor Finsterwald
Governor's Mansion
Columbus
Ohio Library Board
State
State Office
Devel
Finsterwald
Atkinson
Martha Kenney Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper
Athens County
McGuffey
Prominent Citizen Louis T. Gray Dies in Morgan County
Louis T. Gray, 72, leading McConnellsville resident and member of Beckett and Gray Insurance Company, died at home after months of illness. He served as Morgan County treasurer and most recently as a county representative after Atty. C. H. Fouts. He was noted for public spirited efforts in community improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcconnellville
Louis T. Gray
McConnelsville
Beckett and Gray Insurance Company
Gray
Morgan County
Atty. C. H. Fouts
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Helen Long
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Richard Radford
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Russell Secoy
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Hamilton
C. G. Williams
Wooster
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Delaware
W. O. Thompson
Frank Shuz
Dayton
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Spurgeon Bell
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Youngstown
Clarence Werum
Hillel Silver
Anthony Dunlap
Mary Louise White
C. B. Galbreath
Ohio Historical Society
Clara Keck Heflebower
Ohio League of American Pen
Florence S. Horchow
Portsmouth
Arthur R. Reed
Women's’ Association
Dwight Young
State Library Board
Julian Fowler
Oberlin
Ohio Library Association
Charles Collings
San Francisco
Mary E. Williams
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