Nelsonville to hire locally for new shoe factory
Nelsonville plans a locally staffed shoe factory under The William Brooks Shoe Company with only a few foremen from outside. The drive to pay mortgage debt has raised over 15000 in donations as citizens commit to the project. Also noted are carnival success at Central School yard and visits by dignitaries returning from Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
William Brooks
Presia
William Brooks Shoe Company
Luncheon Held as Next Meeting Set for July 29
A luncheon was served and the next meeting is scheduled at the home of Mrs. Charlies Scott on Madison Street Friday, July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Scott
Madison Street
Man Charged With Non Support Arraigned in Nelsonville
Kenneth June was arrested on a non support affidavit filed by his wife Agnes June. He will be arraigned today in Nelsonville after returning from Dayton with Police Chief George Bateman. Frank Brown pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $10 and costs.
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Nelsonville
Kenneth June
Dayton
Ohio
George Bateman
Agnes June
June
Frank Brown
J. W. Hickman
Rainbow Class hosts postcontest party on Madison Street
The losing Rainbow Class of the Christian Church held a three month in class contest with a July 1 start. Mrs Bernice Johnson and Miss Anna Butts led the events at homes on Madison and Short Streets, with prizes to Mrs John Scott and Ruth Butts. A luncheon for 24 members and three guests followed the games. In Nelsonville, July 16, news came of Joe Sayre 45 of Glouster dying in Hollywood Calif from heart disease, with funeral plans in Columbus and relatives noting Harrold Mechem as a half-sister of Sayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow
The
Christian Church
Dewey Ruscoe
Ivan Matheny
Madison
Short Streets
Bernice Johnson
Anna Butts
S. S. Lane
John Scott
Ruth Butts
Scott
John Love
Nelsonville
Joe Sayre
B. W. Hawk
Glouster
Hollywood
Calif
Harrold Mechem
Columbus
Sayre
Card Party Highlights And Prize Winners
Mrs Tom Bush Jr entertained on Friday night with two tables of card games and prizes awarded to Mrs Paul Allen Miss Lucille Verity Miss Frances Bennett and guest prize to Mrs Arthur Hoy Columbus. Hostess served a two course luncheon. Mrs C E Welch hosted a bridge gathering at 68 W Columbus Street with guests including Mrs S L Landen Mrs Cecil Shafer and others. High scores went to Mrs John Edington Mrs Harry Kelly and to Mrs Glenn and Mrs Cecil Shafer.
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Tom Bush, Jr
Jackson Street
Paul Allen
Lucille Verity
Frances Bennett
Arthur Hoy
Columbus
C. E. Welch
Bridge Club
Columbus Street
S. L. Landen
Pittsburgh
Cecil Shafer
Stanley Dew
Wallace Glenn
John Lawson
Miller Wilson
E. J. Kessinger
Donald Shafer
John Edington
Harry Kelly
Glenn
Social Notes Across Ohio and Nearby States
Mrs. Clayton Crafts and daughters Louise and Sara of Akron visit Mrs. E. J. Cable and Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Dean. Mrs. Bob Ryder and Lois Ann of Akron visit Mrs. Hannah Parry and family. Mr. Ryder returns to Akron. Sunday guests include Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bundy, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hitchcock and Miss Josephine Fischer of Carlton. Mrs. E. J. Kessinger and Mary Elizabeth visit relatives in Smithfield. Misses Geraldine Rosser and Louise Hanning spend time in Athens. Miss Matilda Urick of Ironton visits her cousin Mrs. Julius Fischer. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Glenn visit Columbus. Mrs. Ed Keyes of Columbus stays with her parents, the Blackburns. Mrs. C. A. Stover and daughter Lillian visit Columbus. Ford Doolittle of Carbondale moved to Grant Hospital in Columbus for an abdominal operation. Miss Margaret Day of Lincoln Nebraska guests at the Baird home.
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Clayton Crafts
Louise
Sara
Akron
E. J. Cable
S. E. Dean
Bob Ryder
Lois Ann
Hannah Parry
Ryder
Eldon Bundy
Paul Hitchcock
Josephine Fischer
Carlton
Ohio
Frank Bean
E. J. Kessinger
Mary Elizabeth
Smithfield
Geraldine Rosser
Louise Hanning
Athens
Matilda Urick
Ironton
Julius Fischer
Wallace Glenn
Columbus
Ed Keyes
S. 8
Blackburn
C. A. Stover
Lillian
Ford Doolittle
Carbondale
Grant Hospital
Margaret Day
Lincoln
Nebraska
Baird
Riverside
Martha Class Meets in Church Parlors July 19
The Martha Class of the Methodist Sunday School will meet in the church parlors Tuesday night July 19 at 7 o'clock. Hostesses named include Mrs. Clarence Butts Mrs. James Beard Mrs A G Cotton and Mrs Ed Crouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Methodist Sunday School
Clarence Butts
James Beard
A. G. Cotton
Ed Crouse
Episcopal Sunday School Picnic at Grotto Grounds
The annual Episcopal Sunday School picnic was held Friday at the Grotto Grounds with 50 in attendance. Picnic dinners were served at noon and at 6 o'clock. Games and contests provided entertainment for the day.
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Episcopal Sunday School
Grotto Grounds
Charity dance to aid Buchtel commissary at Opera House
The Buchtel community charity dance, hosted by the committee, will be at the Opera House Monday night. Dancing starts at 8 and goes to midnight. Admission is a pound of food or a small cash donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Buchtel Commissary
Opera House
Plains and Nelsonville All-Stars to clash Sunday
Nelsonville hosts the Plains and the Nelsonville All-Stars at 2 30 in the city playground with Robinett as pitcher and Warren as catcher. Also planned is a Nelsonville Merchants versus Logan game Monday evening at the local field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
the Plains
Nelsonville All-Stars
Robinett
Warren
Nelsonville Merchants
Logan
Postal Wage Cut Plan Hits Athene Post Office
The Ath ens Post Office plans an 8.13 percent pay cut for all employees under the 30 day furlough scheme. Some workers will take forced vacations later while others lose pay. those on vacation may have their duties covered by colleagues or substitutes. Postmaster Harry W. McKinstry says details remain complex and local offices await further guidance.
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Athens
Harry W. McKinstry
McKinstry
Ancient Gold Rush Town is Awakened
Central City Colorado wakes to a revival as a New York cast performs the Opera Mille for a week in the old opera house. Costume night features miners, dance hall girls, gamblers, and sheriffs as the town, once a booming gold camp, recalls its 50 year past with figures like W L Douglas and George Pullman remembered in context.
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Colorado
Camille
New York
Central City
John Gregory
Clear Creek
W. L. Douglas
Teller House
George Pullman
Plastering to Start Monday at Athens Post Office
Work on the Athens Post Office Building addition moves to lathing to begin plastering Monday morning. Construction chief C. E. King said Saturday. Roof decking for the mail truck shed was laid Saturday and a composition roof covering will follow in days.
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Athens Post Office
C. E. King
Labor Group Backs Five Day Week for Government Staff
In Atlantic City on July 16 the AFL executive council endorsed President Hoover's five day week for government employees. William Green praised the move as a great step forward in labor’s push for similar private sector practices.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
Hoover
Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Organized Labor
Athens County Board Cuts Education Budget And Appoints Attendance Officer
The Athens County Board of Education reduced expenses by at least 1200 for the coming year and named J. G. Russell Stewart as county attendance officer replacing Fred P. Linscott. Russell will resign from the board before Sept 1 to begin duties. Linscott stays until then. Russell, a Beasley Company employee and Rome Township board member, has 15 years in county schoolwork. The Luhrig board visited to raise a bus driver hiring dispute tied to nepotism charges, but the county board cannot resolve local board disputes. Supt. Alex Root agreed to a 10 percent salary cut. teachers face similar reductions once state schedules are released.
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Athens County Board of Education
J. G. Russell, Stewart
Fred P. Linscott
Russell
Board of Education
Linscott
F. J. Beasley Company
Rome Township Board of Education
Athens County
Luhrig
Luhrig Board
George Brewer
John McBride
Edgar Wilson
Tom Pidcock
Orville Russell
Alex Root
A. K. Walker
Buchtel
Clyde Gibson
Ameesville
J. G. Russell
Stewart
G. O. Shanks
Coolville
C. O. Wingo
Hebbardsville
Electric fan eases heat for Athens ditch workers
In Athens on Friday Ray Shafer, an area contractor, supervised nine foot deep trench work behind the Athens Post Office Building. To relieve heat, he installed an electric fan blowing into the confined ditch, giving workers a refreshing breeze as they labored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ray Shafer
Athens Post Office
Shafer
Beach Resters Clean Up Their Spot at County Courthouse Yard
The Beach Resters Club organized a Friday clean up of their shaded corner near the jail yard. Members arranged and restored benches and cleared litter with scrub buckets brushes and brooms, leaving the area tidy and approved by regulars who keep the unwritten order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed House
Athens
Air Yard
Ever Ready 4-H Club Plans Bearwallow Lawn Party
The Ever Ready 4-H Club met at Bearwallow School on July 13. They planned a lawn party and ice cream social for July 22 at Clara Mae Perry’s home after a short business meeting and games. Eight members, the leader, and seven visitors attended, including Mrs. Everet Day and the Frost family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade
Bearwallow
Clara Mae Perry
Everet Day
Winnie Frost
Son Junior
Betty Jean Frost
Big league auto racing returns to Cleveland at North Randall
Twenty two drivers compete for starting positions in a big league auto race at North Randall near Cleveland. Twelve entrants have previously taken part in the Indianapolis event, as the program resumes tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Indianapolis
North Randall
Athens Airman Wins Cash Contest Prize
Chand Dry, an Athens airplane pilot, won third prize of 280 dollars in Popular Mechanica contest. He submitted a 500 word or less article on a practical idea from the magazine and described building an aerial camera for plane photography. Dry later earned a Commerce Pilot license. Colleen Moore notes she has a home projection machine and sound system for private screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chand Dry
Athens
Popular Mechanica
Dry
Contestanta
Department of Commerce
Colleen Moore
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Crop Prospects Reported Low In U S
A government crop bulletin notes district prospects below average due to prolonged dryness. Some rains in late June and early July helped corn, late potatoes, pastures, and other late crops, while grains and hay lagged. Wheat oats barley hay show declines. oats and barley acreage rise in others. Apple peach pear and grape forecasts vary, with about half of crops below last year.
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Bulletin
Production Start for Father and Sons at MGM Culver City
Jackie Cooper begins directing the MGM feature Father and Sons at Culver City Studios with Charles Reisner supervising. Maurice Rapf wrote the original screen story and the cast includes Conrad Nagel Lewis Stone Verree Teasdale Maurice Murphy and Lawrence Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Cooper
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Father and Sons
Culver City Studios
Charles Reisner
Maurice Rapf
Conrad Nagel
Lewis Stone
Verree Teasdale
Maurice Murphy
Lawrence Grant
South Bridge Brick Work Starts Monday
E F Lackey, superintendent of construction, says brick work on South Bridge begins Monday. Pillars for guard rails finished last week and hand rails completed Saturday night. Bricking expected to take about one day plus hauling time. paving should finish Tuesday night. Afterward, Richland Avenue bricking will start with most brick already hauled.
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South Bridge
E. F. Lackey
Lackey
Richland Avenue
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W. B. Drake
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Libby Holman Reynolds
Myron Kahn
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