Holiday Celebration at Grotto Proves Exciting
About 1500 people attended the Grotto country club grounds event organized by the Grotto and Buckeye Motorcycle Club Columbus. Polo matches hill climb dancing fireworks and contests provided excitement and public interest alongside weekend guests visiting local residents. A separate civil action seeks a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction over a name listed in a telephone directory.
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Nelsonville
Grotto Country Club
Grotto
Buckeye Motorcycle Club
Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Boy’s eye hurt in carbide explosion
Nelsonville July 6 14 year old Dick Snowden son of Mr and Mrs Will Snowden was seriously injured in the left eye Monday afternoon when a small carbide can he handled exploded a piece of metal pierced the eyeball his mother took him to Columbus for specialist care also Nelsonville notes: 36 passengers took an excursion to Cedar Point and a dinner party honored Walter Lanner and Phyllis McClain on their birthdays with guests Ernest Hopkins Lorraine Smith and Maynard McDaniels
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Dhen
Canter's Cave
Leighton Aumiller
Billy
Columbus
Will Burnell
T. J. Davis
Lancaster
H. L. Heck
William Pennell
E. C. Molengraft
J. P. Pennell
Golden Dana
Melvin Pennell
George Pennell
Athens
Fred Craig
Evelyn June
Pontiac
Mich
William North
Cleveland
C. W. Craig
Margaret Linn
H. C. Bobo
Arthur Fritz
Dorothy Jane
Jeanette
Hamilton
Roy Schnackenburg
Charles Moler
Gilbert
Marl Moler
Akron
Ralph Higgins
Gail Washburn
Cc. E. Washburn
I. G. Maxwell
Wooster
Nelsonville
Dick Snowden
Will Snowden
Dana Windon
Walter Lanner
Phyllis McClain
Ernest Hopkins
Lorraine Smith
Maynard McDaniels
Foreign Mission Society Meets in Nelsonville
The Monthly meeting of the Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church was held at Mrs. Frank O'Mara's Chestnut Street home with hostesses Mrs. Maggie Craig and Mrs. Chas Monks. Devotional was led by Mrs. Alex Dailey, and Mrs. Barker presided. A missionary letter from Africa was read, and reviews and readings followed including "Prayer and Missions" and "Musical Revival in North India." Retta Howe was named a life member. quilting plans were outlined with a picnic setup for 1 o'clock the next day. The Nelsonville section notes the King's Heralds will meet at 6 pm in the church special rooms.
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Nelsonville
Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank O'Mara
Chestnut Street
Maggie Craig
Chas
Alex Dailey
Barker
Wesley
Hawk
Africa
John Plurphy
Otto Shirley
Wesley Hawk
Infant Daughter Dies In Nelsonville Funeral Planned
Funeral services for Carol Bay 19 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bay will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at Carbon Hill Methodist Episcopal Church. The child formerly of Nelsonville died Sunday in Lancaster after moving from the Ohio town.
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Nelsonville
Carbon Hill
Earl Wollett Dies Buried at Glen Ebon Church
Earl Wollett 52 died Sunday after a short illness at his granddaughter’s home in Glen Ebon. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Christian church conducted by Rev. C. J. How earth. Burial followed in the mausoleum at Woontown. He had lived in Glen Ebon since his wife’s death four months ago, after long residence in Nelsonville. The bereaved include Karl Weiss and family, Harry Dilcher and son, Lou Corwin and son, James Bland and daughter, Margaret, Cleve Hallett and son, Bob Williams and Albert Dilcher and two children.
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Nelsonville
The
Christian Church
C. J. Howearth
Earl Wollett
Vivian Frazier
Glen Ebon
Wollett
Woontown
Karl Weiss
Harry Dilcher
Lou Corwin
James Bland
Margaret
Cleve Hallett
Bob Williams
Albert Dilcher
Heaviest Sunday Rain Floods District and River Rise
The district recorded the year's heaviest rain on Sunday morning totaling 2.28 inches in four hours. The Hocking river rose seven feet to 11.60 feet, flooding lowlands and damaging corn wheat and truck gardens while thousands of fish were carried downstream. Humidity kept heat oppressive into Monday with a high near 85 and a cool drop to 63 Monday night, easing by 10 am Tuesday.
Athens Steam Laundry Fights Confusing Name
The Athens Steam Laundry, led by W. 8. Southerton H. T. Neutzling and C. R. Wilson, sues Jacob A. Weisenbach doing business as Athens Home Laundry over use of a similar name and a truck with that sign. They seek to prevent public confusion and stop the Athens Home Telephone Co from listing a phone under the rival name.
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Athens
Athens Steam Laundry
W. 8. Southerton
H. T. Neutzling
C. R. Wilson
Jacob A. Weisenbach
Athens Home Laundry
Athens Home Telephone Company
Scientists Weigh God Order in Modern Science Sermon
Dr. Daniel McGurk at First Methodist argues scientists reinforce belief in purposive order yet do not define God. He cites a scientist’s view of an immanent, purposive principle guiding nature and notes true intelligent purpose appears in beauty, while the power remains undefinable.
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Daniel McGurk
First Methodist
Dr. McGurk
McGurk
Presbyterian Church Aims 15 Million Pension Fund
The Presbyterian Church unites ministers to raise 15 million dollars for a Service Pension supporting aged ministers missionaries and educators. The plan sets annual contributions of 7 percent from church salaries and 2 percent from ministers salaries, aiming for a self sustaining system in 15 years with wider church participation nationwide.
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Presbyterian Church
Aymen
Will H. Hays
Andrew W. Mellon
General Assembly
Baltimore
William O. Thompson
Ing
Service Pension Fund
Hays
Coolville Board Sells Four Schoolhouses for 332
The Coolville board of education auctioned four old schoolhouses for 332 dollars on leased land with plans to move them. The high school building brought 170 dollars, Bethel ridge school 70, Cincinnati hill 25, and Sand Ridge 60, with foundation and furniture reserved.
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Coolville
Bethel Ridge
Cincinnati Hill School
Sand Ridge
H. R. McVay
Archie R. Morrison
New
Coolville High School
Death of Mrs J B Clayton at Athens home
Mrs. J B Clayton 76 died at her North Congress street home after a brief illness. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at the residence with Dr A Y Wilcox and Dr Daniel McGurk officiating. Burial in West Union street cemetery. Born in Pennsylvania she moved to Ohio and married Jefferson B Clayton. Surviving: daughters Mrs Florence Yocum of Washington DC and two sons Earl St Cloud Minnesota Roy St Louis. two brothers O B Sloane and A O Sloane. Her death followed a hip fracture and long residence in Athens.
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J. B. Clayton
North Congress Street
A. Y. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church
Daniel McGurk
First Methodist Church
West Union Street
Pennsylvania
Jefferson B. Clayton
Florence Yocum
Washington D. C
Earl
St. Cloud
Minn
Roy
St. Louis
O. B. Sloane
A. O. Sloane
Athens
Sloane
Washington
Yocum
Survey Targets Ohio Grade Crossing Dangers
The Ohio Cloud Roads federation announces a survey to identify the most perilous grade crossings in Ohio. The federation aims to push removal or mitigation of the dangerous crossings, stating the effort is a feature of their agenda.
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Ohio
Ohio Cloud Roads Federation
Woman Seeks Retrial in Amesville Arson Case
A motion for a new trial filed by Loberta Flash of Amesville alleges six errors in her arson trial verdict. The defendant claims abuse of discretion in juror excusal after both sides passed, plus errors in admitting state testimony and excluding defense evidence.
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Loberta Flash
Amesville
Court Review Notes Alleged Errors In Jury Instructions
The appellant asserts the trial court erred in instructing the jury and that other evident errors appear on the record alongside Mrs Frash’s substantial evidence challenges.
Aimee Receives Death Threats in McPherson Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles July 6 40 Investigators resumed the search for Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapers with renewed vigor after receiving a death threat authorities believe came from the same group that sent a 500000 ransom note to Angelus Temple before Mrs McPherson was found in Douglas Arizona five weeks after her sea disappearance.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple Mcl
Herson
Angelus Temple
McPherson
Douglas
Ariz
Fourth of July bomb attack kills boy in Ravenna
Police seek unidentified man after a grenade tossed from a car into a group of boys in Ravenna kills 14 year old Leo Consenting. The incident occurred on July 6 as the city marks Independence Day with the fatal blast shocking local residents.
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Ravenna
U.P
Leo Consenting
Bomb Explodes After Car Throw Incident
A bomb thrown from an automobile did not explode at once. A bystander, identified as young, stopped to inspect it and it exploded, mangling the body. Consenting's companions were frightened and failed to obtain the license number of the car.
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Young
Consenting
Rabid Dog Killed by Athens Police Captain
Police Captain Charles Maple shot a dog on Mill Street after residents reported it. The dog was found to have rabies and the owner remains unknown.
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Mill Street
Charlies Maple
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Hocking Valley Railroad
Foreign Mission
Society OF M. E. Church
King's Heralds
Methodist Episcopal Church
Start Action
Athens Laundry Concern
Home’ Company
H. Hays
William C. Thompson
Coolville Board
RED Star Bus
East Washington Street
Lostro
Union Street
Central Ohio Transit Co
J.B. Clayton
State Highway Department
Hocking
Morgan
Vinton
Monroe
Meigs
Gallia
Little Hocking
Washington County
Porterfield
Guysville
Athens County
Mills Station
Gallia County
Hocking Valley
Trimble
New York Central
Gibson
Prescription Store
Summer’s Store
R. R. Johnson County Treasurer
Aimee
Athens City
Carpenter Hardware Co
Glouster
F. C. Stedman Co
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