Chauncey Fire Victims Buried in Sunday Services
Funeral services for Opal Walton aged 32 and her daughters Thelma 9 and Wilma Jeane 21 months were held Sunday 10:30 at Morristown Holiness Church. Pastors assisted. hymns sung. pallbearers named. burial at Hilltop Cemetery amid heavy attendance despite bad weather. Survived by husband Frank Walton and two children Elsie and Frank Jr. plus Walton relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Opal Walton
Thelma
Wilma Jeane
Morristown
Elaine Bullock
Elaine McKinney
Geraldine Mullins
Eileen Bullock
Juanita Bowen
Elaine
Maxine Bullock
Betty Staten
Eileen Easler
Hilltop Cemetery
Walton
Chauncey Family Safe After Freak Auto Accident
Mr and Mrs James Bullock and daughter Wanda with Mrs Bullocks sister Elizabeth Jones of Columbus escaped unharmed when a rear wheel detached from their car on the Columbus to Chauncey route. The wheel struck a stone and bounced into a field before the vehicle halted. The car was repaired and returned to Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
James Bullock
Wanda
Blaine Bullock
Chauncey Personalities Visit in Chauncey Area
Chauncey and Columbus residents spent a weekend visiting family in Chauncey and Crooksville. The gathering included Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Martin and others attending the funeral of Mrs. Walton and daughters in Columbus. Mrs. Elia Tedrick returned from Columbus after weeks with her sister.
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Chauncey
Cecil Hughes
Columbus
Merritt Martin
Crooksville
B. E. Carter
John Mullins
Myers Crossing
Sylvester Hammond
James Mullins
James Bullock
Elizabeth Jones
Walton
Elia Tedrick
Marie Linscott
Chauncey Churches Adjust Services Amid Snowstorm
The Church of Christ in Chauncey held morning worship with Miss Eva Ferrel leading Sunday School. Snowstorm disruptions postponed many Sunday activities and travel across Chauncey as weather hampered attendance.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ
Gardner family visit notes patient with hip injury
Mr and Mrs Ray Gardner and Mr and Mrs Guy Gardner of Athens visited relatives, while Mrs Gardner’s condition remained unchanged after a fall that caused a broken right hip earlier this week.
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Chauncey
Ray Gardner
Guy Gardner
Athens
M. J. Gardner
Chauncey Mines Report Notes One Fifth Reported
Twenty mines were marked up for work Monday per the Sunday night report. Two did not report: Nos W and 5. Marked mines include Nos 24 2 % 10X% 167 210 267 255 Ohio 1 Chauncey N YY 25 Poston 6 Hocking Salem Hollow Kimberly Carbondale Coonville Luhrig Lick Run Black Diamond.
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Chauncey
Ohio
Chauncey N. YY
Poston No
Hocking
Salem Hollow
Kimberly
Carbondale
Coonville
Luhrig
Lick Run
Black Diamond
New Plymouth Couple Celebrates Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W H Meanie observed their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a Sunday turkey dinner. Attendants included Mr and Mrs F C Taylor of Coolville and Mr and Mrs C H Oakes of Littie Hocking, with Miss Mary Leo Holdren visiting. Wanda Williams hosted by Vada Heinlein.
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New Plymouth
W. H. Meanie
F. C. Taylor
Coolville
C. BH. Oakes
Littie Hocking
Mary Leo Holdren
Wanda Williams
Vada Heinlein
Mre
Earie Heinlein
Deurbter
Eligabeth
PTA
Union Furnace
WCTU
Warren Cremean
William Gibbons
Celina
Lowry
Mrs Keebaugh Dies at Tuppers Plains at 78
Mrs Keebaugh widow of Makenzia Keebaugh died at her home in Tuppers Plains after a period of poor health. She was 78 and survived by a daughter Zelda Ridenour of Columbus and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Christian Church with Rev. Grant Holman presiding.
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Tuppers Plains
Keebaugh
Makenzia Keebaugh
Zelda Ridenour
Columbus
Christian Church
Thurasday
Grant Holman
Elma Shields
Cleveland
Elmer Stout
Shields
Emerson Stout
Orange
Helen Jeffers
Lottridge
Mary Guerra
Emory Keller
Freda
Ward Springer
Julia Craig Finds Unexpected Hope In Woodford Offer
Julia Craig, an office worker, is urged by attorney George Woodford to pursue singing. After hearing her sing on a radio program, Woodford invites her to sing at a private party on his boat, offering payment and a potential professional connection with talent scout Smith Garland.
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George Woodford
Woodford
Julia
Miss Craig
Mr. Woodford
Craig
Smith Garland
Percheron Pair Weighs 2000 And 1800 Pounds In Albany
Gabe Pincelli reports two purebred Percheron horses weighing 2000 and 1800 pounds. The pair were purchased from Henry White near Gallipolis.
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Albany
G. F
Gabe) Pincelli
Henry White
Galiipolis
Broaca Engaged to Miss Cordelia Ireland of Orleans
The Yankees pitcher Johnny Broaca announces his engagement to Cordelia Frances Ireland of Orleans Massachusetts. They met while he pitched for the Orleans team and have been a talked about couple in baseball circles.
Free Social For apron contest supporters Thursday
Ladies' Aid of M. B. E. Church hosts a free social at Masonic Hall next Thursday Jan 23. Admission for others is one cent per inch of waist. supper and program include entertainment and music. Guests include Mrs E Goldsberry and daughters Catherine and Velma Barnhill.
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Guysville
Ladies’ Aid
M. BE. Church
Masonic Hall
E. Goldsberry
Catherine
Velma Barnhill
Margaret Cunningham
Ray Bean
Parkersburg
W. Va
Leta V. McLaughlin
C. E. Hatfield
Shelley Watkins
Henry Geisendorfer
Wheaton Hardware Co
Athens
M. E
Rome High School
Ward Cunningham
Clarence Hatfield
Kate Snodgrass
Chesterhill notes include visits and moves in the area
Chesterhill reports T. M. Frisby returns to Columbus after visiting Mrs. Alice Newburn and C. T. Newburn. John Arms and sister Mary Horn relocate to the J. W. Hoon property. Cecil Rowland comes home from Dayton's Soldiers Hospital after weeks of nervous breakdown treatment. Flora Goddard dies at Wells ton. interment set in Bartlett Cemetery. Work resumes at Black Diamond Mine in Lathrop.
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Chesterhill
T. M. Frisby
Columbus
Alice Newburn
C. T. Newburn
John Arms
Mary Horn
J. W. Hoon
Cecil Rowland
Soldiers’ Hospital
Dayton
Bart Kasler
Dean, Trimble
Flora Goddard
Douglass Goddard
Wellston
Ohio
Black Diamond
Lathrop
Lucy Hoon
Coshocton
Bob Howard
Elliott
Fred Richards
Flora Roberta
McConnelsville
Odorless cabbage project at Cornell guards seed line
At Cornell University in Ithaca New York a thousand odorless cabbages guard their seed stock to prevent cross contamination with odorful varieties. Researchers aim to grow the new cabbage commercially for the American market in about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N, Y
Cornell University
Cornell
Fingland Factory Fatalities in 1933 Reach 688
The Fingland plant logged 688 deaths in a total of 115,200 factory accidents during 1933, highlighting severe workplace safety challenges.
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Fingland
Alfalfa Boosts Shade Area Farm Practices
Albany reports James Woodyard, a high school student, profited from a Poland China pig project earning $59.16 after seven months. Farmers in Shade turn to lime and local limestone to improve clay soils, expanding alfalfa planting and proving lime sources nearer home reduce costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
James Woodyard
Bill Martin
Pike County Man Starts Sheep Enterprise in Southeastern Ohio
Horace Kale, a farmer in Southeastern Ohio, begins a sheep venture with 10 Shropshire ewes bought from Albert Hoyt of Centenary in Gallia County. Kale aims to profit from hills suitable for sheep farming.
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Little Kyger
Horace Kale
Ohio
Albert Hoyt
Centenary
Gallia County
Lamb Feeding Economics in Wooster Works Not Profitable
In Wooster, D. B. Bell of the Ohio Experiment Station notes that keeping lambs on feed longer is generally not profitable. Tests show feed cost to gain 100 pounds in the fifth month is three to four times higher than in the first three months, making extended feeding uneconomical under most conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Bell
Ohio Experiment Station
Grange Leaders Outline 1936 Ohio Plan
Deputy master for Athens County at the Ohio State Grange reports plans outlined in Columbus for 1936. With the National Grange session in Ohio next November, officials anticipate heightened activity and aim to recruit 5,000 new members statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaanville
Merwin Mansfield
Ohio State Grange
Athens County
Columbus
National Grange
Ohio
Mansfield
Poultry Short Course Sees Full Attendance At Local Session
Harlan Martin, vocational agriculture instructor at the high school, reports strong turnout at the poultry short course meetings. Eight sessions have covered housing feeding and culling as brooding season nears with focus on raising baby chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Martin
Damewood Heads Grange Tuppers Plains E M
Damewood will head the C G Williams Grange No 1685 this year with a full slate of officers including Secretary Mrs Mable Kim Lecturer Ruth Damewood Overseer Robert Shields Steward J S Davis Assistant Steward Oliver Damewood Chaplain Emma Springer Treasurer J W Damewood Gate Keeper Homer Cole Ceres Ruth MacPherson Pomona Wanda Damewood Flora Myrtle Keller Lady Assistant Steward Doris Davis Legislative Agent J A Arbaugh Business Agent J S Davis Insurance Agent F R Alden Pianist Elma Shields
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Davis
J. A. Arbaugh
J. S. Davis
F. R. Alden
Elma Shields
Mud Dominates Farmers Talk as Ground Soggy in Athens Region
In Southeastern Ohio farmers discuss the Supreme Court AAA decision but rank mud highest. Weeks of extreme cold followed by warm weather left the ground soggy, making barnyards hard to work and forcing farmers to navigate rather than walk through their barn lots.
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Athens
Supreme Court
AAA
Ohio
Pig crop forecast shows sow farrow rise this spring
The mid winter crop report expects sows to farrow about 24 percent more in spring than last year but 4 percent less than spring 1934. It also notes 81 percent more pigs were saved in the United States this fall than in fall 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Orris Roush Highlights Dodd on Erosion Lessons
Orris Roush, third prize winner in the vocational agriculture field day, cites agronomist D. R. Dodd of Ohio State University on erosion. Dodd favors turning very steep ground to woods and using rolling ground for grass, and argues sheet erosion may cause more harm than gully erosion.
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Racine
Orris Roush
D. R. Dodd
Ohio State University
Roush
Dodd
New Marshfield Farmer John Herron Heads Grange 4-H
John Herron, master of the New Marshfield Summit Grange and 4-H leader, promoted for nine years of club work. He values boys and girls club work for agricultural promotion, parliamentary law, cooperation and sociability, with fruit exhibits at Athens County fair and managing 63 acres focusing on fruit and beekeeping.
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New Marshfield
John Herron
New Marshfield Summit
Herron
Athens County
Shade Town Farmers Strike Gold With Hard Red Clay
Farmers near Shade capitalize on stubborn red clay ground during plow time as an unexpected windfall. Local fields long thought difficult to work yield promising returns, drawing attention from SE Ohio growers and shifting regional expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Waterloo High student wins fourth in agriculture field day
James Ro mine of Waterloo High School placed fourth in the vocational agriculture field day contest. His essay centers on sheep with quotes from speaker 8S. C. Hartman noting low feed cost per head and high receipts per dollar of feed, making sheep the second best farm profit after chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
James Romine
Waterloo High School
C. Hartman
Wheat thrives in Hocking Valley as cold spell ends
Spasmodic snow and rain breaks ease and farmers report wheat thriving despite prior fears of winter damage. Across the county farmers finish corn husking late due to weather and note less winter plowing than in a decade, signaling a milder season amid ongoing storms.
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Athens
Hocking Valley
Waterlo o High School boys earn over one thousand dollars in labor income
W C Barrett reports that 33 vocational agriculture projects by Waterloo High School students produced 1,109.49 in labor income last year, averaging 33.62 per project. Projects included nine corn, seven potatoes, six truck crops, four sow and litter, two diary calves, one laying flock, two baby chicks, and one three acre wheat project with varied profits and a loss on one sow breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Barrett
Smith-Hughes
Waterloo High School
Poultry Health Advisory Highlights Fowl Diseases and Control
Reynoldsburg Laboratories reports three Ames Bern flocks showing fowl cholera and fowl paralysis. Cholera symptoms include weight loss, lethargy, swollen wattles, and yellowish diarrhea. paralysis causes loss of leg and wing use and possible vision issues. Prevention stresses strict sanitation, culling, disinfection with cresol or coal tar products, and medicated water. Public meetings note FFA events on January 20 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsburg Laboratories
Ames-Bern
Strick
Rev Harold Bayres to Lead First English Lutheran
The Mansfield clergyman Rev Harold A. Bayres has agreed to take the pastorate at First English Lutheran Church in Cleveland commencing February 1, it was announced Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harold A. Bayres
Mansfield
First English Lutheran Church
Amesville Hosts Mission Tea and PTA Meeting
Amesville news reports a missionary tea at Mrs. F L Thomas home with a letter from Alpha Miller in Africa read aloud. The Ames Bern PTA plans a meeting January 21 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium with the High School Public Speaking Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
F. L. Thomas
Alpha Miller
Africa
Thomas
Ames- Bern Pta
A. A. Boileau
Basil Sedwick
Columbus
D. H. Whittaker
Elkhorn
W. Va
Will Clark
F. H. Gifford
Dick Kirkbride
Zanesville
Albany Route 1 social notes with illnesses and visits
Mrs. Mary Robinet t is ill and cared for by her daughter Clara Conner. Revival services are led by Rev. Huff at Bethel Church. Former U S official Warren P Killen dies at 55 in Toledo after a career as an assistant U S attorney.
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Albany
Mary Robinett
Clara Conner
Byron Phillips
Sammie Crossen
W. P. Collins
Cecil Cox
Athens
Lee Elliott
Ella Enlow
John Stout
New Marshfield
Blanche Elliott
Golda Scott
Altha Scott
Mildred Scott
Blanche Chesser
Silas Scott
Elizabeth Dailey
Erma Sicples
Lloyd Knowlton
Huff
Bethel Church
Floyd Fought
R. W. Jones
Fisher
Edith West
U.S
DIES
Toledo
Warren P. Killen
U. S
Fostoria
Appointment of Executor for Effie L. Henry Estate
Notice announces R. W. Pin Sterwald of Athens Ohio appointed executor of the estate of Effie L. Henry deceased of Athens County Ohio. Dated December 21 1936 by Probate Judge 8. M. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Pin. Sterwald
Athens
Ohio
Effie L. Henry
Athens County
M. Johnson
Said County
Sale of 15 acres in Waterloo Township Athens Co Ohio
In pursuance of an Order of Sale the Athens County Common Pleas Court will offer at public auction at the court house door in Athens on Monday January 27 1936 at 1 30 PM the 15 acres off the west half of the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 33 Town 11 Range 15 Waterloo Township. Premises sold without appraisement and not for less than taxes and costs. Cash in hand day of sale. Sheriff Charles Stratton Attorney Gordon B Gray.
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State of
Ohio
Athens County
Athens
Waterloo
Water- Ino
Gale
Charles Stratton
Gordon B. Gray
Charles Y. Vhs
Lowing
Aan
Charles R. Beck
Tors
Balti Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Hewitt Street
Hewitt
Tee
Range Company
Mt Acres
Leondias
Airene
Poe
Deeds
Sheri
L. G. Worstel
Scrambled 1929 Era Tribulations and Sheriff Auction Notice
A fragmented 1929 era text objects to political mood after Roosevelt era, notes prosperity with Democratic scales, warns of social upheaval and a sheriff sale for Athens County Ohio case No. 4967. It details a long plural tract description, land boundaries, and mineral rights with a sale date to be announced.
William Dye Rites Conducted at Grendale Residence
The funeral of William Dye, who died at St. Francis Hospital, was held Tuesday afternoon at the Grendale residence with Reverend Rothrock of Nelsonville in charge. Burial followed at Green Lawn. Many relatives and community members from Logan, Nelsonville, Millfield, Carbon Hill, Athens, and surrounding areas attended or sent condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Powell
Nelsonville
Minnie Willis
Charles
Millfield
Virgil Bolton
Hamden
Elmer Crooks
Grace Rutherford
John Blake
Carbon Hill
William Dye
Hiram Dixon
Daisy
Jack Dixon
Logan
Ethelbert Horn
Harry Mills
W. W. Shivers
Fred Beal
Emory Biggs
Wachenschwanz
James Richardson
New Straitsville
William Courtney
Jack Britton
Boyes
Clyde Drayton
Columbus
William Drayton
William Poling
Donna Lee
Marlyn Lou
Athens
Joe Blosser
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Bern Township Ohio
The State of Ohio Athens County case 16271 G D Gorham as Treasurer sues James Saunders et al. for land in Bern Township described as section 8 town 7 range 12, with 30 acres more or less and ten acres off the east side, all land east of a county road owned by George E Henry. Property to be sold without appraisement for taxes and costs. Charles Stratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
G. D. Gorham
Treas
James Saunders
Athens
Berntown
George E. Henry
Bern Township
Charles Stratton
Gordon B. Gray
Estate sale notice in Athens County Ohio case 15870
The State of Ohio Athens County case 15870 identifies G D Gorham as Treasurer plaintiff and Donald R Poston et al as defendants. The description outlines land beginning at the southeast corner of fraction No 1 in sections 14 and 15 town 12 range 15, with specific boundary lines and acreage, pending sale subject to rights of the Southern Ohio Electric Company. Premises located at old Floodwood, appraised value, minimum sale price two-thirds of that amount.
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Nard Jones
Guysville Ladies
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Lodi Township
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
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Sheriff
REAL
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Baker Settlement
Sage
A. L. Snedden Baker
Roosevelt
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Grendale
State of Ohio
Donald R. Poston
York
To-Wit
Southern Ohio Electric Company
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