Executive Welcomes Big Crowd at Athens Banquet
Mayor Stewart of Cincinnati spoke on unity between city and country urging cooperation and friendship for America. He described a long 18 to 20 hour day in city leadership under a city manager system. The event at Hotel Martin drew 70 plus attendees with Henry Dixon of Meigs County’s Civil War lineage among honored guests.
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Citizens
Stewart
America
Cincnnati
Council
Cincinnati
Henry Dixon
Downington
Meigs County
Martin
Community Notes Highlight Local Club News and Visits
Middleport social pages report Mrs Roy Lansbury hosting the Ladies Guild of Heath Methodist Church with helpers E M McCarty and M G Brown. Annual picnic planned for Lake Breezy on August 14. Also new Chiquitti Club officials elected at Dorothy Dillard home. Members returned from Buckeye Lake vacation funded by bake sales and dances. Various visits and guest notices follow, including Columbus travel and family visits connected to local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lansbury
the Heath Methodist Church
E. M. McCarty
M. G. Brown
Chiquittt i Club
Local Social Notes From Hannastown and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Ralph Nichols and family of Hannastown Pa visit Mrs Nichols mother Mrs W B Swisher Gravel Hill. Miss Esther Louise Hoyt returns from a vacation tour including Buffalo Niagara Falls New York City World’s Fair and Washington D C. The Worthwhile Class Presbyterian plans an ice cream social on the church lawn Thursday evening with indoor option if rain. All services resume at First Baptist Sunday.
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Ralph Nichols
Hannastown
Nichols
W. B. Swisher
Gravel Hill
Alice Selby
Columbus
H. W. Craig
Ashland
Ben Franklin
Pt. Pleasant
Plumer Liephart
Bellaire
John B. Downing
First Presbyterian Church
Eva Klein
Robert Kaser
Orville Young
Baby
Gallipolis
River Hill
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
New York City
Washington, D. C
Miss Hoyt
International Christian Endeavor
Springfield
Maxine Warren
Portsmouth
Alec Mitchell
Los Angeles
George Anderson
Thena Brunker
Belpre
Corinne Ho
Parker-Watts Circus Set to Visit Athens on July 25
Parker & Watts Circus plans two Athens performances on July 25 at 2 PM and 8 PM with noon street parade and big menagerie. Featured acts include the aerial Ort ons, Stan Valera, Flyers from Mexico, the Aerial Fannings, the Conners and Ernie Stubers as circus day features.
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Parker & Watts Circus
Athens
Ortons
Stan Valera
Mexico
Four Conners
Ernie Stubers
Jacksonville Social Notes Birthday party and church events
Mrs. Otto Kuhne hosted Kathryn Kuhne’s 14th birthday with games and prizes for Betty Jane Kay and Ruth Ann Chappelear. Epworth Leaguers returned from Lancaster Campgrounds after a week of institute work. A series of church services and camp week notes follow with names of attendees and visitors across Trimble, Spencer, and Columbus.
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Jacksonville
Otto ‘Kuhne
Kathryn
Betty Jane Kay
Ruth Ann Chappelear
Charles
Geraldine Hoisington
Jane Cox
Ruth Lent
Dolores Davis
Betty Dunlevy
Irma Jean Nicholas
Dee Viall
Virginia Hartley
George Burdiss
James Davis
William Mandrell
Clea Conaway
Earl Linscott
Walter Sayre
Trimble
Orville Jones
Amesville
O. D. Jones
Spencer
W. Va
Trimble Church of Christ
Methodist Church of
Church of Christ
Robert S. Lawrence
Methodist Church
Gilbert Courtney
William Hallam
William Colliton
Carol
Vivian Hallam
Russell Miller
Hilda Mackey
Columbus
Lloyd Buckley
Ison
Flushing
William Hilt
Eva Zimmers
Piney Fork
Julius Bratka
Carl Loeffler
Shadyside
Gilbert Gillette
William Tippie
Emil Bratka
Fred Bratka
B. Shumway
Della Shulta
George Kratzke
Don Potter
Lansing
Mich
Harlen White
Athens
A. L. Stanley
Allenville
Harold Shumway
Trimble Heights
Arthur Shumway
Willis Shumway
Charles North
Lydia McColley
Sugar Creek
Allie Dailey
Clifford Drake
Pennsville
Meigs WPA Workers Plan Local Mass Meetings
Meigs County WPA workers announce mass meetings of the Workers Alliance at Siiversville and Long Bottom tonight with a Rutland gathering set for Wednesday. The county charter at Syracuse aims to keep men informed. A Thursday lay-off was described as a protest, not a strike, with nearly half of WPA workers belonging to the alliance. Workers will return Friday after a stoppage day on their projects. A countywide meeting is slated for Thursday at 2 PM at Rutland High School.
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Workers Alliance
Siiversville
Long Bottom i
Rutland
Syracuse
Byers
Ae Wpa
Meigs County
Jave
Rutland High School
Edward Lewis Ordained As Baptist Minister
Edward Lewis will be ordained as a Baptist minister in a ceremony at the First Baptist Church in Middleport on Friday July 21 at 7 30 p m. The service features Rev T T Shelton Racine Rev L O Grant local pastor Dr A Y Wilcox Athens Rev W T Parker Rio Grande College and Rev George Sagen Gallipolis with the candidate’s benediction prayer. Lewis has served near Athens while pursuing an M A from Ohio University and graduates with honors two years ago. he is the son of Mr and Mrs George Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Edward Lewis
First Baptist Church
T. T. Shelton
Racine
L. O. Grant
A. Y. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
W. T. Packer
Rio Grande College
George Sagen
Gallipolis
Lewis
Ohio University
George Lewis
Birth announced for Curtis Morris couple in Hartwell
Announcement from Hartwell Ohio reports the birth of Attis Leroy Morris to Mr. and Mrs Curtis Morris. The baby, born July 9, weighs eight pounds fourteen ounces and is welcomed by Mrs Viola Blake formerly of Meigs County Children's Home.
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Pomeroy
Curtis Morris
Hartwell
Ohio
Hospital Update From Holzer Patients Recovering At Pace
Recent Holzer Hospital patients include Mrs. Arthur Covert who had an emergency appendectomy and Russell Mills who underwent removal of his eye after losing sight in a hunting accident last fall. Both are recovering satisfactorily.
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Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Arthur Covert
Russell Mills
Mills
Collision on E Main St Involves Barber and Parks
Tuesday collision on E Main St involved Robert E. Barber of Lakewood Ohio and John Parks. The drivers settled damages privately with Parks taking the blame, per Police Chief Walter Wolfe.
Two Suits for Divorce Filed in Meigs Court
Elizabeth LaRue filed for divorce from Charles J. LaRue in Meigs common pleas court after alleging her husband was convicted of bigamy and is confined at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe. The LaRues married Oct. 28, 1936, in Pomeroy. A second suit, by Caralee B. Bailey against Paul L. Bailey for cruelty, follows their Feb. 6, 1932 Gallipolis marriage and includes their one child.
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Pomeroy
Washington State Reformatory
Monroe
Wash
Elizabeth LaRue
Common Pleas Court
Charles J. LaRue
Paul L. Bailey
Caralee B. Bailey
Meigs Girls Bake Sale to Fund 4-H Camp Attendance
Meigs County Home girls aided by Mrs Evelyn Jones will hold a bake sale and market at Sanitary Grocery on Saturday to raise funds for the 4-H Camp near Jackson. Dressed chickens and baked goods will be sold. camp cost is four dollars per girl for the week. Donations may be left with Miss Mary Ellen Miller at the County Agricultural office in the courthouse.
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Mary Ellen Miller
Extended family trips and local church activities reported
Richard Elberfeld travels with his grandparents and aunt to Florida and the southern states while Rev and Mrs Scdt vacation in Columbus and Ann Arbor. An ice cream social was held at Nazarene Church by the Ladies Aid Society. Grace Guild hosts at Mrs Freda Hartinger home Five Points. Mrs Raymond Reuter returns from Columbus after an operation in serious condition. Mrs W Q Kincead visits Rutland after two weeks in New Jersey with the Williams family.
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Richard Elberfeld
Alfred Elberfeld
R. B. Laughead
Middleport
Mary Laughead
New York
Florida
Walter Scdt
Columbus
Ann Arbor
Mich
Nazarene Church
Ladies Aid Society
Grace Guild of Episcopal Church
Freda Hartinger
Chester Rd
Raymond Reuter
Naylor
W. Q. Kincead
Ridgefield
N. J
Longstanding Swedish Yeast Jar Through Generations
A Swedish family reportedly preserves a single jar of yeast across four or five generations. The heirloom is passed along and, in some cases, yeast has continued to culture for 175 years in one container.
Juarez to Be Seen At Athena Theater Friday and Saturday
The Athena Theatre presents Juarez as its feature Friday and Saturday with Paul Muni and Bette Davis in a historic film about Benito Juarez and Emperor Maximilian. Warner Bros announced a September 1937 plan to film Juarez with a star cast and a screenplay in development.
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Juarez
Athena Theater
Athena Theatre
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Warner Bros
Jack L. Warner
Hal B. Wallis
Henry W. Blanke
Benito Pablo Juarez
Mexico
Republic
Carlota
Maximilian
Muni
Brian Aherne
Gale Sondergaard
Empress Eugenie
Claude Rains
Napoleon Lil
Donald
Oldest New England Roundhouse Razed in Stockbridge
In Stockbridge Massachusetts the West Stockbridge roundhouse of the New Haven railroad, razed recently, was the oldest in New England dating back to 1838.
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Stockbridge
Mass
West Stockbridge
New Haven Railroad
New England
Three Pomeroy Girls Interviewed on WLW Radio
Three Pomeroy girls Betty Gress Maxine Russell and Kathryn Hennessy were interviewed by Deacon Moore orchestra leader at Buckeye Lake during a Monday WLW broadcast. They are weeklong guests at Buckeye Lake with the Pomeroy Catholic Girls Club and are joined by Dorothy Gloeckner Betty Gross Maxine Russell Kathryn Hennessy Vera Hepp Mary Hackett Barbara Hackett Dorothy Raub Margaret Ann Strauss and chaperones Miss Margaret Clifford and Mrs Paul Clifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
WLW Radio Stattion
Deacon Moore
Buckeye Lake
Betty Gress
Maxine Russell
Kathryn Hennessy
Pomeroy Catholic Girls Club
Dorothy Gloeckner
Betty Gross
Vera Hepp
Mary
Barbara Hackett
Dorothy Raub
Margaret Ann Strauss
Margaret Clifford
Paul Clifford
Picnic at Boy Scout Camp Chester by Mineral Lodge No 242
Members of Mineral Lodge No 242 I O O F and their families plan a Sunday picnic at the Chester Boy Scout Camp. Ice cream lemonade and coffee will be served. The day features social games contests and a noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral Lodge No. 242
Chester
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Hart Stanbery
Kenyon
Edison Hobstetter
Chamber of Commerce
M. D. Hartley
Excelsior
Mr. Stanbery
Hobstetter
Lincoln Hill
Wesley Green
R. G. Webster
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Basil Rathbone
Alcatraz
Uncle Sam
Rita Johnson
Tom Neal
Bernard Nedell
Today & Thurs
Middleport Social Notes
CLUB
Kenneth
Cash Durst
Ryger
Dan McNaughton
Robert Coats
Thomas Elder
Howard McElhinney
Charleston
Dana Lambert
S. Third Ave
Mont Howell
New York Central
R. R
Michigan
Parker-Watts
Jacksonville Social Notes
Norway
Santa Claus
Financial Statement
Mutual Home & Savings Association
Federal Home Loan
Torr
Tlusgme Sen Cota Raita
State OF Ohio
Athens County
F. P. Frebault
Mutual Home Savings Association of
M. D. Hughes
L. J. Addicott
Charles S. Bethel
H. H. Townsend
Mutual Home & Savings Association of
I. J. Addicott
Bethel H. H. Townsend
Meigs
WPA
Royal Roman Hippodrome Wen
Wrsacenie
Goodyear
West Union Street
Athens, Ohio
Meigs Court
Balto
WLW
New York Moneys Lending Institution
Bellens
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