Morgan County Attorney M E Danford Dies at 78
Morgan County native M E Danford of McConnelsville died suddenly Saturday at 3 30 PM after a brief illness. He taught school in Homer Township and Hooper Ridge before practicing law, served two terms as Morgan County prosecuting attorney elected in 1885. He leaves a wife a daughter Blanche a son W D Danford a brother S B Danford and a grandson. Funeral was held Tuesday at his McConnelsville home with burial in McConnelsville Cemetery.
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Glouster
M. E. Danford
McConnelsville
Danford
Trimble
Blanche
Morgan County
George Antle
Homer Township
Hooper Ridge
Miss Blanche
W. D. Danford
Belle Lantz and Harold Cornwell wed in Parkersburg
Belle Lantz and Harold Cornwell married Sunday afternoon in Parkersburg West Virginia at the M E parsonage officiated by Rev Myron Colling. The couple were accompanied by Miss Florence Slick and Bob Brunton. The bride is the daughter of John Lantz and a Glouster High School graduate of 1932. The groom is Mary Cornwell’s son, a Glouster High School 1929 graduate who attended Ohio University and worked at Carpenter Hardware Co. They reside with the bride’s mother-in-law after the ceremony.
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Glouster
Harold Cornwell
Belle Lantz
Parkersburg
W. Va
Myron Colling
M. E. Parsonage
Florence Slick
Bob Brunton
John Lantz
Glouster High School
Mary Cornwell
Ohio University
Athens
Carpenter Hardware Co
N. T. Club Meets at Home of Mrs. Heffkin
A regular N. T. Club meeting convened Friday evening at Mrs. Emma Heffkin’s home in Glouster. Led by new president Mrs. Grace Holzschuh, the gathering opened with the club song The Old Rugged Cross and the world’s prayer. Fourteen members attended and a dainty lunch followed. Mrs. Holzschuh donated the club gift. Next meeting will be January 22 with Mrs. Kate Hinton as hostess.
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Glouster
N. T. Club
Emma Heffkin
Grace Holzschuh
Holzschuh
Kate Hinton
Florence Smith Weds Guy Waldeck Near Bishopville
Florence Smith daughter of Harvey and Mrs Smith near Bishopville married Guy Waldeck son of Jacob Waldeck at Trimble. The ceremony Saturday morning was conducted by Rev Alva Shiplett of the Holiness Church. The groom works at the Sayre Store.
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Glouster
Guy Waldeck
Florence Smith
Bishopville
Trimble
Alva Shiplett
The
Holiness Church
Harvey Smith
Jacob Waldeck
Sayre
Youth Is Honored GLOUSTER-Lewis Vaughn Returns From Clinic Band
19 year old Nelsonville high school student Lewis Vaughn was chosen for the National High School Clinic Band from 1,000 Ohio applicants after his time in Urbana Illinois. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs Isaac Vaughn and grandson of J M Vaughn and Bertha Warehime. Ernest Vernon went to Norwalk Saturday to work as a brick mason on a school building.
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Glouster
Lewis Vaughn
Nelsonville
Urbana
Ill
National High School Clinic
Ohio
Isaac Vaughn
J. M. Vaughn
Bertha Warehime
Hollister
Ernest Vernon
Norwalk
Greens Run Ladies Aid Meeting Postponed
The Greens Run Ladies Aid Society will meet Wednesday at 7 PM at the parish house. The club’s scheduled meeting last week was postponed due to the death of Mrs. Minnie Maynard.
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Qlouster
Greens Run Ladies Aid Society
Minnie Maynard
Mrs. B F Achauer Leaves Hospital After Nasal Operation
Mrs B F Achauer is discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after a nasal operation. Her husband B F Achauer and son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs L D Corwin of Columbus accompanied her home.
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Leaves Hospital
B. F. Achauer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
L D. Corwin
Columbus
Mundew Recovering in Grant Hospital Columbus
Mundew is recovering at Grant Hospital Columbus after treatment. His condition showed marked improvement Monday. His sister Mrs Frank Emrick visited from the weekend. Harold Winefordner returns to Arizona after visiting his parents in Scottsdale. He will drive a new school bus from Lima to Scottsdale. The first Quakers annual meeting in America was held in Scituate 1660 and the first monthly meeting at Sandwich 1672.
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Glouster
L. T. Mundew
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Frank Emrick
Arizona
Harold Winefordner
Scottsdale
Ariz
William Winefordner
Lima
America
Scituate
Mass
Sandwich
Kanauga Social Notes Highlight Ladies' Aid meetings
Kanauga notes show the Ladies' Aid Society entertained by Mrs. W. W. Pullins with devotional by Rev. H. N. Snider. Officers were elected with Mrs. Forrest Fife as president and Mrs. George Rhodes continuing as vice president. Eleven members and one visitor attended. next meeting set for Feb. 4 at Mrs. Nanna Rothgeb's home. Several local residents mentioned in illness and travel updates.
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M. N. Snider
Nanna Rothgeb
Paul Oliver
Florence Ann Lee
Charleston
T. J. Oliver
H. Gibson
Pauley
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Lloyd Bush
Eureka Dam
Dunbar
Wayne Sisters Home
Fred Weston
Huntington
Grace
Ella Wagner
Austria's top woman shorthand typist is unemployed
Austria's best woman shorthand typists are jobless, announced with the 1936 competition results. Fraulein Grete Svoitko won two prizes for writing at 200 syllables a minute, highlighting speed and legibility in the event. The report also notes the first practical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick in 1831 built in a log cabin blacksmith shop near Steele's Tavl ero, Va.
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Vienna
U.P
Austria
Fraulein Grete Svoitko
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Steele
Tavlero
Motorist Injured In Door Accident At Hope
Tom Morgan aged 27 was riding in an automobile when he reached for his cigarette and grabbed a door lever instead. The door opened and he fell to the pavement suffering a skull fracture a broken nose and facial lacerations.
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Hope, Kan
U.P
Tom Morgan
Morgan
New Guinea Tribe Sells Prospective Wives for 25 Cents
Report notes husbands in a newly found New Guinea tribe purchase their prospective wives for about 25 cents in native coin.
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New Guinea
Nelsonville Seeks Bids for 60000 Municipal Light Bonds
The City of Nelsonville Athens County Ohio invites sealed bids by February 1 1937 at the Auditor's office for 60000 in mortgage bonds to finance the municipal light plant. Bonds pay up to 4 percent interest semiannually with serial repayments through 1954 and are mortgage bonds under city ordinance.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Ohio
W Venere
Elsworth Devore
Modesto High School Runs Itself For Day
Students at Modesto High School ran every department from principal to teachers who watched as spectators in a one day self governance experiment. The event gave pupils control over school operations and reflected their leadership interests.
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Modesto
Cal
U.R
Modesto High School
Navy Ship Sails Without Drake Drum For Luck
The cruiser Devonshire departed on a voyage without Sir Francis Drake’s drum replica aboard. Navy officers and crew fear the drum has brought bad luck to the ship and decided to leave it behind.
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London U.P
Devonshire
Francis Drake
Morristown Holiness Church School Elects Officers
Morristown Holiness Church Sunday School elected officers and teachers for the coming year. George Adkins will be superintendent with Andrew McKinney as assistant. Ersel Bullock was chosen secretary treasurer and Eileen Bullock librarian. Teachers include Andrew McKinney Mae Mullins Vera Bridgewater Nora McKinney Ruth Peel and Eileen Bullock.
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Chauncey
Morristown
Holiness Church
George Adkins
Andrew McKinney
Ersel Bullock
Eileen Bullock
Mae Mullins
Vera Bridgewater
Nora McKinney
Ruth Peel
Adams Hurt in Mine Injuries at Hocking mine
Chauncey E. J. Adams, a loader at the Hocking mine, is confined to his Main Street home with injuries below the knee from flying coal struck at work Friday. He is under a physician’s care.
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Chauncey
E. J. Adams
Hocking
Mines in Chauncey District Operate Today
Work in 17 Mines CHAUNCEY-Mines in the district in operation today were: Pos ton No. 6 Chauncey N Y 25 Hocking No. 9 Lick Run No. 10X No. 5 Kimberly No 255 Coonville No 267 No 219 Carbondale No. 28 White Ash No. 69 No. 90 No. 15 and Black Diamond.
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Chauncey
Poston
Chauncey N. Y
Hocking
Lick Run
Kimberly
Coonville
Carbondale
Rev Ray C Greene to Preach at M E B Church Wednesday
Reverend Ray C. Greene will preach Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in the M E B Church followed by a meeting of the church official board. Mite boxes will be received during the service and the public is invited.
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Chauncey
Ray C. Greene
Revival Continues at Zion Church With Local Musicians
Revival services continue this week at Zion Church conducted by Rev. Fred Fields of Athens. Services are well attended with music highlighted by Owen Snedden and John Powell, who sing and accompany themselves on guitars. The public is invited.
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Chauncey
Zion Church
Fred Fields
Athens
Owen Snedden
John Powell
Miss Lucille Rivers Returns From Columbus Visit
Chauncey resident Miss Lucille Rivers has returned home after visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ralph Shaw and their child in Columbus Ohio.
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Chauncey
Lucille Rivers
Mrs
Ralph Shaw
Columbus
Chauncey Visit Abroad Ends With Homeward Departure
Rev and Mrs Victor Glenn of Bedford Indiana left Chauncey after visiting Rev and Mrs John Peel at the Holiness Church parsonage. They were accompanied by the Peels who traveled to Bedford to visit Mrs Peel's parents Mr and Mrs Arthurs.
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Chauncey
Victor Glenn
Bedford
Ind
John Peel
Holiness Church Parsonage
Peel
Mrs. Arthurs
Chauncey Personal Notes Mention Local Visits
Chauncey residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bridgewater Columbus Mrs. Luella Linscott Lan caster Mr. and Mrs. James Rankin Lan caster Mrs. Gertie Channel Mrs. Ida Bricker The Plains, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Quinn Lathrop, and Herman Theisen Jr. Chauncey saw Roger Richard Arlin Wendell Moore family visits. Neil Tippett returned from Fort Worth Texas.
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Chauncey
William Maffin
Logan
Joe Bridgewater
Luella Linscott
Columbus
Albert Robinson
James Rankin
Lancaster
Peter Rankin
Wendell Moore
Roger
Richard Arlin
Harry Moore
Lower Plains
Gertie Channel
Ida Bricker
the Plains
A. L. Preston
E. J. Adams
Edward Quinn
Herman Theisen, Jr
Mill St
Lathrop
Hugo Theisen
Ty. Athens
Neil Tippett
Fort Worth
Texas
Honolulu School Attendance Among City’s Population
Honolulu reports one of the nation’s highest per capita classroom attendance rates. Superintendent Oren E Long notes enrollment reaches 35,607, about a quarter of the city’s total population.
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Honolulu
U.P
United States
Oren E Long
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Man Returns Extra WPA Pay From Bank Teller
William Lurie found he was paid a dollar too much from a WPA check and took the overage to police HQ at 5 30 am. A patrolman later delivered the mispaid amount back to the bank when it opened.
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Cleveland
U.P
William Lurie
Hollister Dorcas Class Meets at Hodgson Home
The Dorcas Class of Hollister U P Church met at Mrs. Catherine Hodgson’s home on Wednesday January 6 with twelve members and one visitor. Two birthdays were observed. A mystery box went to Mrs. Stella Gibbs. Lunch was served by Miss Annetta Hodgson.
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Hollister
Dorcas
Hollister U. P
Catherine Hodgson
Stella Gibbs
Misa Annetta Hodgson
Lizzie Johnson
Fairy tales may trigger stammering in children says Burgess
London report states H. E. Burgess told an Imperial Institute lecture that fear caused by fairy tales like Red Riding Hood could induce stammering in children.
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London
U.P
Red Riding Hood
H. E. Burgess
Imperial Institute
Film Week Schedule With Stars At Local Theatre
Our matinee Sunday at 1 PM features "Two Fisted Gentleman" with June Clayworth James Dunn and "PLOT THICKENS" with James Gleason Zasu Pitts on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday showings include "PEPPER" starring Jane Withers and Irvings Cobb and "SEA SPOILERS" with John Wayne Nan Gray. Saturday offers "ROAD TO GLORY" with June Lang Warner Eater, plus matinee prices 10c and 15e.
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June Clayworth
James Dunn
James Gleason
Zasu Pitts
Thurs
Pri
Pepper
Jane Withers
Irvings
Cobb
Sat
John Wayne
Nan Gray
Sun-Mon
June Lang
Warner Eater
Matinee Sun
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Golden Gate Bridge
Bay Bridge
Mundew
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
William S. Knudsen
G. M. Employes
Kanauga
Hoodoo
Morristown Church School
Adkins
McKinney
Adams
Chauncey and
Dover
Sohio x
Standard Oil Company
Weather Bureau
Standard Oil
Monest Man
Beatrice Bickley
Sarah Mitchell
Tempie McGee
Ann Rowland
Dora Bethel
Florence Hodgson
Lela Powers
Emma Batley
Banfield
Amanda Hawkins
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