Athens County to contest $5,000 death claim in 1932 youth case
Athens County will defend against a $5,000 judgment sought by Arthur Banfield, father of Clairmont Banfield, 19, killed by a rifle bullet during the 1932 mine strike. The suit accuses a mob of armed men of causing the death near Mine 267. The county plans to hire John W. Bolin to assist in defense. trial delayed for jurors from a neighboring county.
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Athens County
Clairmont Banfield
Trimble Township
Common Pleas Court
Harold J. Rose
John W. Bolin
Arthur Banfield
Ohio Collieries Co
Notre Dame Senior Weds in Death Bed
The marriage of John C. Walton aged 21 a Notre Dame University senior from Cleveland Heights and Gretchen Brown aged 21 from Willoughby was announced as Walton lay dying in Lake County Memorial Hospital. Walton died Tuesday from injuries sustained when the car they rode in overturned Sunday.
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Painesville
U.R
John C. Walton
Notre Dame University
Cleveland Heights
Gretchen Brown
Willoughby
Walton
Lake County Memorial Hospital
George M. Walton
Loyalists Press Up Mountain Slope Near Madrid
Loyalist forces fought their way up Mt. Pingarron south of Madrid in a fierce civil war engagement aimed at dislodging Nationalists from the dominant peak. The action centered on control of the Valencia road corridor to the capital.
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Madrid
U.P
Mt. Pingarron
Valencia
Meeting for Farmers to Start New Farm Accounts
Farmers wishing to start new farm accounts on March 1 are invited to attend a meeting at the Farm Extension Office Friday February 26 at 8 o clock. Ross Wright county extension agent will conduct the meeting with more than a dozen farmers expressing interest to put their farming on a better business basis.
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Ross Wright
Births and hospital updates at Sheltering Arms
At Sheltering Arms Hospital a son, James Richard, was born to Mr and Mrs Paul McConnell of Avon Place on Monday. Loretta Shields Ogg of Chauncey underwent a surgical operation on Tuesday. Mrs Fred Beckler of 9 South Congress Street has been admitted for medical treatment.
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James Richard
Paul McConnell
Avon Place
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Loretta Shields Ogg
Chauncey
Fred Beckler
S. Congress St
Land Use Committee to Study Farm Management Use in Athens County
The Land Use Committee will meet at the County Extension Office on Friday February 26 at 10 o'clock. R H Baker land use specialist will join the discussion to study farm management and land use in Athens County. TURN DOWN PROPOSAL FINDLAY Electors in Mt Blanchard School District rejected a 24000 bond issue for a 50000 PWA school addition. RUBINOFF SUIT CALLED OFF Peggy Garcia sues violinist David Rubinoff for breach of promise, withdraws case with $500000 claim.
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County Extension Office
Athens County
R. H. Baker
U,p
Mt. Blanchard
PWA
Rubinoff
New York
Peggy Garcia
David Rubinoff
Funeral Arrangements for Free Worth Pierce
Funeral services for Free Worth Pierce will be at Union Church Thursday at o clock with Rev. Ray Huff in charge. Burial follows in New Marshfield Cemetery.
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Freeworth Pierce
Union Church
Moouu
Ray Huff
New Marshfield Cemetery
Norfolk clergyman to represent Episcopal Church at King’s coronation
U. S. Clerk Rev. James de Wolfe Perry Jr of Norfolk Virginia is named to accompany another clergyman in presiding at the coronation of King George VI He is the son of Rhode Island Bishop Perry head of the Episcopal Church in America and appears notably youthful in a new portrait
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U. S
James de Wolfe Perry, Jr
Norfolk
Episcopal Church of the
United States
George VI
Rev. Perry
Bishop Perry
Rhode Island
Episcopal Church In
Central Grade School Washington Birthday Program
Central Grade School in Washington held observances for George Washington's birthday across most grades. Fourth graders created posters on facts about Washington. the English Club featured reports and a skit with Washington, Lincoln, and Longfellow. other performances included piano solos and poems.
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George Washington
Central School
Washington
Bernice Kayser
Betty Jones
Mary Parestides
Jane Quest
Lincoln
Longfellow
Robbie Davis
Charles Stacks
Marion Franz
Elizabeth Riley
Rachel Hoffman
Helen Jean Brown
Union
Liberty
Stella Taylor
Betty Gaston
Evangelist Rev. William Steen to Speak at Nazarene Tabernacle
Rev. William Steen of Junction City, a well known evangelist, will preach at the Nazarene Tabernacle at W State and Walker Streets tonight at 7 30 pm. The Shingler Quartet of Mineral will provide music. Steen will preach each night through Monday February 28.
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William Steen
Junction City
Nazarene Tabernacle
W. State
Walker Sts
Shingler Quartet of
Mineral
Steen
Tabernacle
Episcopal rector to speak at Athens Lent Service
Reverend F C F Randolph rector of St Johns Lan caster will speak at the Lent service at Good Shepherd Athens tonight at 730 p m Randolph chairs the Missions Department of the Diocese of Southern Ohio.
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F. C. F. Randolph
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Lancaster
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Athens
Hospital Farm and Dairy Output Valued at $69 653 in 1936
Athens State Hospital reports total farm garden and dairy cash value of $69,653.92 for 1936, up $8,502 from 1935. Dairy led with 28,801 pounds of butter and 1,353,543 pounds of milk valued at $33,966.97. Garden crops remained strong despite a dry summer aided by irrigation from an old automobile motor. Irish potatoes and tomatoes were top crops at $4,420 and $3,520 respectively.
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Athens State Hospital
GC. H. Creed
Colder Weather Forecast for Athens Council Area
Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and colder in Athens and nearby areas. Tuesday reached a high of 40 with a strong wind overnight lowering temperatures. This morning the low 24 rose to 37 as clouds dimmed sunshine and a small amount of Tuesday snow lingered on the ground.
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Athens
Junior High Girls Build Own Dining Room Furnishings
Ninth Grade Home Economics students at Athens Junior High School hosted a Washington birthday tea from 3 30 to 5 30 PM and showcased a newly furnished dining room. Students and faculty admired handmade pieces including a stained dining table, four chairs, footstools, a night stand, a bathroom stool, a prune box book case, and green and white curtains.
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Washington
Athens Junior High School
Harriet Simmons
Norma Kempton
Kathleen Orr
Bernadine Farrell
Catherine Adams
Victoria McCallister
Mary Burns
Jane Gross
Margaret Mathers
Martha Mansfield
Joneses Return From Eight Week Pacific Coast Trip
Dr and Mrs C L Jones University Terrace returned today from an eight weeks trip to the Pacific Coast. They travelled via New Orleans El Paso and San Francisco Los Angeles by steamship to New York. On the return trip the ship visited Mexican ports the Panama Canal and Havana.
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C. L. Jones
University Terrace
Pacific Coast
New Orleans
el Paso
Texas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
New York
Panama Canal
Havana
Salvation Army Library Open to All on Union Street
The Salvation Army opens a new library in the basement of the Salvation Army Hall at 92 W. Union St. It welcomes all residents and operates daily from 1 30 to 3 30 p m and 6 to 8 p m Donations of instructive books and fiction are welcome Adjt Ronald Irwin announced.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Hall
W. Union St
Adjt
Ronald Irwin
Two Men Jailed After Guilty Pleas in Mayor’s Court
John Thacker of Athens pleaded guilty to fighting and was fined 25 dollars plus costs and jailed for nonpayment. John Walden of Caolville pleaded guilty to intoxication with the same penalty and jail term. Both are described as old offenders by the mayor.
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John Thacker
Athens
Len B. McCune
Thacker
John Walden
Caolville
Benjamin Franklin IV
Ohio University
Athens High School
Franklin
W. P. Porter
Hiv
C. D. Samford
John Lockard
Mabel Connett
Marriage tragedy ends in Toledo shooting
Susana Lara, 18, shot and seriously wounded her husband Jesse, 29, in their Toledo Ohio home after he accused her of infidelity. She said she fired through a bedroom door after locking herself in to escape. The couple had married when she was 14.
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Susana Lara
Jesse
Toledo
Battery C Drills at Armory Under Regular Army Inspector
Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery drilled in the Battery Garage Tuesday night with 75 millimeter guns. Major Stutz of the Regular Army visited. Captain Hall announced that Major Joseph R. Bibb from Louisville Kentucky will supervise the federal inspection set for Saturday March 6 at the Armory.
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134Th Field Artillery
Stutz
Regular Army
Paul Hall
Joseph R. Bibb
Louisville
Revival Service Delayed For Ill Pastor At Clarks Chapel
Ill pastor Rev. A. H. Beckett of 75 Central Ave Athens is confined to home with influenza delaying the revival at Clarks Chapel by one week.
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A. H. Beckett
Central Ave
Athens
Clarks Chapel
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