Thousands to Attend Union Fourth of July Celebration
Nelville expects thousands of visitors for the United Mine Workers of America district wide Fourth of July celebration. Local unions will send delegations to participate in parades, dances, and entertainment including a ball, dives, balloon ascent, free dance, addresses, ferris wheel, and street parade. Festivities begin with a 2:30 p.m. ball game between the Old Timers and Murray City, with a free dance at McFarland's Garage and a street parade at 6 p.m.
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Nville
Nelilie
United Mine Kers of America
Ohio
Williams
Miners’ Scale Committee
Htel
Murray City
McFarland
Fay Street
Patt
State Asked To Hold Meeting On Location of State Route 31
Nelsonville residents petition for a public hearing to determine Route 31 location, protesting the city council action designating the present route for permanent improvement and urging a canal route vote by state officials. The petitions, signed by about 1,300 voters, seek an early hearing in Athens County Ohio to settle the long dispute.
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Nelsonville
State Highway Department
George White
Ohio
O. W. Merrell
Athens County
Y M C A Fourth of July Parade Program
The parade travels from Fort Street to the Public Square and through streets ending at the Public Square. Featured bands include Nelsonville high school, Glenford Dugan, Murray City, Glouster, Chauncey-Millfield, Buchtel, New Marshfield and Logan bands. Exhibitions by Captain Hoyle and Harry Sinclair are planned alongside a speaking program on the Public Square chaired by John Williams with Mayor Hickman delivering the welcome. District 6 U M W of A officers will speak plus other officials. Rides will line West Columbus Street and Fulton Street for the week.
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Fort Street
Public Square
Hocking Street
Fayette Street
Chestnut Street
Fourth
Poplar
Jefferson
Washington
Nelsonville High School
Glenford Dugan Post
Nelsonville Citizens
Murray City
Glouster
Chauncey-Millfield
Buchtel
New Marshfield Band
Logan Band
Hoyle
Harry
Happy) Sinclair
John Williams
J. W. Hickman
Percy Tetlow
West Columbus Street
Fulton Street
Quiet Lancaster Wedding Unites Miss Dorothy Barnes and Bernard Haas
In Lancaster Ohio on July 1 at First Methodist Parsonage Dorothy Catherine Barnes and Bernard Martin Haas wed in a simple ceremony officiated by Rev. William Grant Seaman. The couple, graduates of Lancaster High School, plan to establish a home in Lancaster in the early fall.
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Nelsonville
Dorothy Catherine Barnes
J. Stanley Barnes
Ohio
Bernard Martin Haas
Ralph P. Haas
East King Avenue
Lancaster
First Methodist Parsonage
William Grant Seaman
Haas
Lancaster High School
Hase
Ohio University
Phi Sigma Chi Fraternity
Bird
Beta Theta
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Johnson Paint and Glass Company
Columbus Street
Mathews to Speak at Nelsonville Young People Union
Charles E B Mathews of Cleveland will address the Pres byterian Young People meeting in Nelsonville Sunday evening on the topic Do I Live Downstairs or Up The five Ohio University graduates who graduated in June will lead parts of the program in a union meeting with the regular evening service The gathering begins at 6 30 p m and Mathews attended Wooster College with three from the group
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U. P
Nelsonville
Charles EB. Mathews
Cleveland
Hartley changes plea to guilty in quarreling case
Ralph Hartley of Nelsonville changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in a quarreling case. Mayor J W Hickman fined him ten dollars plus costs.
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Nbelsonville
Ralph Hartley
J. W. Hickman
Girl Scouts Troop to Meet With Catherine Ingram
Girl Scouts Troop No. 2 will meet Wednesday night with Catherine Ingram. The meeting runs from 5 45 to 9 p m and a picnic supper is planned for 6 o clock.
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Girl Scouts
Catherine Ingram
Walter Gadbury to Return Home Tomorrow
Friends announce Walter Gadbury will return to his home after several weeks in Columbus for treatment.
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Walter Gadbury
Columbus
Independence Day Service at Nelsonville Church
Nelsonville Presbyterian Church observes Independence Day with a 10:30 a m service led by Rev Lloyd Evans on The Forgotten Man. Frances Hatch of Athens sings as visiting soloist. 6:30 p m Young People Society program features speaker Mr Charles Matthews of Auburn Seminary. Sunday school meets 9:30 a m. Vacation Bible School opens last Monday with 190 children enrolled.
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Nelsonville
Young People’s Society
Charles Matthews
Auburn Seminary
Social Roundup of Local Visits and World’s Fair Trips
Local residents report trips to the Worlds' Fair in Dublin and Chicago. Families plan summer stays at Buckeye Lake and Lakeside, with outings to Nelsonville, Grove City, and Cincinnati. A Presbyterian Session picnic honors 15 members and guest J. R. Howe of Athens on the manse lawn.
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Harry Davis
Harriett
Audrey Hall
Lewis Davis
Dublin
Davis
Fred Hall
Marie
Springfield
K. of P
Therman
Mary Margaret
Clara Alice Hellyer
Nelsonville
Robert Reese
Belpre
William Reese
R. R. Stalter
Bob
Buckeye Lake
Ralph Parks
Lakeside
Hayes Yeager
Clara Pritchard
Washington, D. C
W. W. Evans
Ashton Avenue
Kathleen Saltz
Columbus
Ruth Kelch
Josephine Porter
Ohio University
Cozy Corner Cottage
Lake Chautauqua
Ohio
Freda Smith
Leonard Bateman
Cincinnati
J. R. Howe
Athens
Presbyterian Manse
Athens Countians Enroll at Ohio State Summer Term
Columbus July 1 Students enrolled for the first term of the summer quarter at Ohio State University include Athens residents Otis J. Barnhill Ralph F. Beckett Edwin N. Cooper Donald R. Clippinger Wayne T. Matthews Allen A. Nellis Harper C. Pendry Ruth I. Fiske Olin D. Morrison Bertram A. Rinkenberger Rhea Davis Phil Shurrager Rudolph Pedigo From Coolville Mrs Clara H Barnett Jacksonville Faye McKinley Nelsonville Margaret Johnson Lucille Long Blanche Moorehead Helen Stewart
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Athens
Otis J. Barnhill
Ralph F. Beckett
Edwin N. Cooper
Donald R. Clippinger
Wayne T. Matthews
Allen A. Nellis
Harper C. Pendry
Ruth I. Fiske
Olin D. Morrison
Bertram A. Rinkenberger
Rhea Davis
Phil Shurrager
Rudolph Pedigo
Coolville
Clara H. Barnett
Jacksonville
Faye McKinley
Nelsonville
Margaret Johnson
Lucille Long
Blanche Moorehead
Helen Stewart
Floral banquet honors departing Martha Class members
A Methodist Church social room was filled with garden flowers as the Faithful Martha Class bid farewell to two members, Mrs. Warner Green and Miss Marie Hickman, who leave for California. Mrs. Julius Fischer presented gifts and lauded the Hickman and Carnes families for a century of church involvement. Seventy six attendees included three guests and local officials.
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Methodist Church
Martha
Warner Green
Marie Hickman
California
Julius Fischer
Vesper Carnes Hickman
J. R. Hickman
Thomas Minton
L .D. Johnson
Herbert Leyshon
H. A. Sayers
Siupt. F. B. Allen
Faithful Workers Class Entertained at Mrs Stewart Home
Faithful Workers Sunday School class at the Methodist church met Thursday evening at Mrs. D. H. Stewart’s Jackson Street home. Mrs. Adda Newkirk assisted. Readings by Mrs. Sam Frank and Mrs. George Evans accompanied short stories by Master Jerry Bryan and Donald Frank. Refreshments for 18 members and one guest, Mrs. Young.
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Methodist Sunday School
D. H. Stewart
Jackson Street
Adda Newkirk
Sam Frank
George Evans
Jerry Bryan
Donald Frank
Young
Philadorian Lodge to Conduct Funeral for Fred Marsh
Philadorian Lodge No. 157 Masons meet Sunday at 4 pm at the Masonic Temple. They proceed to Greenlawn for the funeral service of Fred Marsh of Columbus.
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Philadorian Lodge No. 157
A. M
Masonic Temple
Greenlawn
Fred Marsh
Columbus
Salvation Army Announces Busy Week Schedule
Captain Fred Reif outlines Salvation Army events for Sunday and the coming week. Activities include a 10:30 a.m. regular service, a 1:50 p.m. performance by Athens Girls String Band at State Hospital grounds, 2:30 p.m. Sunday School, 6:30 p.m. Young People's League, and 7 p.m. evening services. Monday features Girls Sunbeam at 6:30 p.m. Life Saving Scout meeting at 6:30 and a 7:30 parade of Life Saving Guards. Tuesday sees a second group of guards aged 11 to 16 depart by motor for a week at Fresh Air Camp in Glendale, Ohio, with Capt. Reif returning the first group from last Monday.
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Salvation Army
Fred Reif
Athens Girls
State Hospital
Young People’s League
Sunbeam
Fresh Air
Glendale
Reif
Week Schedule for Wednesday to Saturday
The notice lists events this week including Wednesday Ladies Home League at 7 30 p m Friday public services at 7 30 p m at the hall Saturday open air services at the Courthouse at 7 p m and at the hall at 8 p m
Recorder Report Delayed Due to Paper Shortage
The semi annual report of Recorder Emmett Carpenter is delayed because the report paper from George S. Myers secretary of state has not been received. The Recorder's report is due July 1.
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Emmett Carpenter
George S. Myers
Recorder
Reduction in license tag prices draws owners to DMV office
Crowds gathered as reductions in motor vehicle tag prices were offered. Deputy Commissioner David Johnson reported the discounts as the second cut of the year, following an April reduction when a quarter of the original prices were slashed. Tags are now half off the January prices.
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David Johnson
Nelsonville Board Seeks Federal Aid for School Link
Nelsonville Ohio July 1 The Board of Education will seek federal public works aid under the Recovery Act to connect the two Fayette Street high school buildings by a hallway. The plan, authorized for planning, would use a 70 percent state funded operating share and loans repaid over ten years. Teacher hiring is deferred pending state financing action.
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Nelsonville
E. J. Arnold
C. E. Washburn
William Mills
Nelsonville City
Maxine Hall
Prin
Hot-Footed Heifer At Large In Athens
A red heifer about half grown was lost after falling from a truck owned by N Logan and Sons in Parkersburg. The calf roamed Mulberry Street and surrounding areas before vanishing late Friday night. Police were notified at 10 PM and residents were urged to report sightings.
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Athens
Mulberry Street
N. Logan and Sons
Parkersburg
South Bridge
Heifer
Court Street
Universality Terrace
Park Place
Junior
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