Wagon Mine Operators Warned Against Out of Town Selling
Nelsonville March 2. Operators of town wagon mines warned that transporting coal outside the district by truck will stop such operations. Miners have used wagon mines during the strike to supply coal for heating and public facilities within the district. Reported that Brush Fork Coal Company at New Pittsburgh halted operations yesterday after coal was allegedly moved outside the territory in large trucks.
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Nelsonville
Brush Fork Coal Company
New Pittsburgh
Coal Production Is Little Changed in Week Ended Feb 20
Ohio's bituminous coal output edged down from the prior week while national production held steady. The U S Bureau of Mines report shows total weekly production at about 6.625 million tons, a 16.1 percent drop from the 7.905 million tons a year earlier. Ohio output reached 382,000 tons for the week, with January state production totaling 1,638,000 tons compared with 2,064,000 tons in January 1931.
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Nelsonville
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Ohio
Kontner Rites Held At Christian Church
Funeral services for Charles B. Kontner were held at the Christian Church in Nelsonville with the Rev. John J. Scott officiating. Knights of Pythias pallbearers attended. burial followed at Greenlawn. Out-of-town relatives listed include Grounds, Sigler, Perry, Cox, Grounds, Davis, Schubert, Figgins, Kontner, Pendergrass, and Everett Kontner families from Columbus, Wheeling, Detroit, Athens, Brookyn and Chauncey.
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Christian Church
Nelsonville
Charles 8
Kontner
Mill Street
John J. Scott
Knights of Pythias
Greenlawn
Fred Grounds
Lem Sigler
Ed Perry
William Grounds
Carmen
Della
Jack Grounds
Powellton
W. Va
Orn Grounds
Detroit
Mich
Lee Cox
Joe
Athens
Henry Grounds
Ralph Grounds
Wheeling
Willis Davis
Harry Davis
Schubert
Jas
Cusi¢c
Clyde
Thomas Davis
Joe Figgins
Willis Figgins
Ed Figgins
Rollie Figgins
Columbus
Roy Pendergrass
Chauncey
Everett Kontner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Forest Kontner
Paula
Jean
Nelsonville Girls Set To Host Lancaster In Return Meet
Nelsonville High Girls, riding a four game win streak, prepare to host Lancaster in a league contest at the local gym. Earlier, Nelsonville beat Logan 42 to 27 and will feature the Alumni in the preliminary game at 7:00 PM as they tune up for the Athens tournament.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High
Lancaster
Shaw
Logan
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Greyhounds
Mhore
Athens
Alex Hobson
Dude
Howe
William Howe
Tom Wolfe
Paul Huddy
Oscar Hartley
Tickets On Sale At High School For Friday Game
Mrs Hoodlet and her bridge club met at 119 East Columbus Street Tuesday night. The group played at three tables. Mrs Shafer and Miss Smith won first and second prizes for high scores.
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C. S. Hoodlet
East Columbus Street
Donald Shafer
Freda Smith
Surprise party honors Carl Duskey at Popular Street
In honor of his wife s birthday anniversary Carl Duskey planned a surprise party at their home on Monday night. Guests included the Sunday School Class of the M E Church taught by Mrs Retta Howe with many members attending.
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Carl Duskey
Poplar Street
M. E. Church
Retta Howe
Mrs Duskey
Rose Vaughn
Hazel Katzenbach
Leila Lightfoot
Mildred Hutchins
Hildred
Bridge Club Honors At Miss Elconin Hostess Night
Miss Mary Elconin hosted her bridge club Tuesday at Miss Rose Shay’s East Columbus Street home. High score trophies went to Miss Lillian Coleman for first and Mrs. Durward North for second. the hostess served a luncheon.
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Mary Elconin
Rose Shay
Columbus Street
Lillian Coleman
Durward North
Petit larceny charges denied in Nelsonville arraignment
Mrs Myra Brooks filed charges of petit larceny against Carl Altman and Mer rel Simmons in Nelsonville. Both men pleaded not guilty before Mayor J W Hickman and were released on bond for a hearing set for March 10.
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Nelsonville
Myra Brooks
Carl Altman
Merrel Simmons
J. W. Hickman
Miner official observer travels after brother's death
Nelsonville March 2 Colonel JohnS Shetler official observer in the local mining district representing Governor White was called to Columbus Tuesday evening by the death of his brother Porter C Shetler at St Francis Hospital
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Nelsonville
Johns. Shetler
Governor White
Columbus
Porter C. Shetler
St. Francis Hospital
Gillick Broadcasts From WAIU in Columbus This Week
Local friends say Pat Gillick radio organist from Cincinnati is on air each morning this week at 10 45 over Station WAIU Columbus. He is married to Eva Minner a former Nelsonville resident.
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Pat Gillick
Wailu Nelsonville
Cincinnati
WAIU
Columbus
Gillick
Eva Minner
Nelsonville
Miss Frances Parry Visits Columbus Guest of Colum bus Family
Miss Frances Parry visits Columbus as guest of Mrs. Ralph Orr and family for several days. Mrs. C. A. Stover spends today and Thursday with her daughter Miss Lillian Stover in Columbus. Floyd Leffler and family announce birth of son Billie Joe on Monday February 29 at their home. Helen Collins ends week with mother and returns to Toledo as head nurse at Toledo Hospital.
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Frances Parry
Columbus
Ralph Orr
C. A. Stover
Lillian Stover
Floyd Leffler
Geneva Fellem
John Fellem
Billie Joe
Helen Collins
Harry Runion
Toledo
Well Near Marietta Gusher Delivers 100 Barrels
Marietta March 2 Further evidence that the Crago well in Grandview Township is a genuine gusher was shown Monday evening when it produced 100 barrels of oil into the tanks. The flow lasted most of an hour, subsided, then quieted for the night. By Tuesday morning the hole filled again with fluid and another flow was expected.
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Marietta
Crago
Grandview Township
Gas Men To Fight Increase in Values
Gas producers from Washington and Morgan Counties meet in Marietta on March 4 to oppose the Ohio Tax Commission decision raising the tax value of working and royalty interests in gas territory. The move comes despite a general downward trend in taxable property values and is seen as a blow to a crippled industry, fueling resentment in the gas regions.
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Marietta
Washington
Morgan Counties
Ohio Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Birthday Greetings for Margaret Winning in Rufus Putnam School
A sixth grade student, Margaret Winning at Rufus Putnam Training School, receives warm birthday wishes. The notice notes she will advance to Junior High next year and suggests readers offer congratulations in a formal tone.
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Margaret Winning
Rufus, Putnam
Uphold Marital Convictions of Episcopal Dean
MEMPHIS March 2 The marital convictions of Rev. Israel H Noe dean of St. Marys Episcopal Cathedral were upheld as his wife Mrs Noe sought a divorce The chancellor dismissed her complaint after an impassioned plea by Noe who said sexual instincts are for procreation only and doctors warned his wifes health would not permit more children The couple have two daughters and Mrs Noe fainted at the ruling
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Memphis
Tenn
Israel
H. Noe
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral
Dean Noe
Professor Returns From Washington
Miss Helen Reynolds associate professor of secretarial studies at Ohio University School of Commerce returned from Washington DC where she attended the Fifth Annual Convention of the National Association of Commercial Teacher-Training Institutions Reynolds was elected association president. The meeting included representation from Harvard UC Berkeley NYU Texas State Whitewater and Ohio University at the Interior Department building auditorium.
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Helen Reynolds
Ohio University School of Commerce
Wahington
WL. C
National Association of Commercial Teacher-Training Institutions
Misa Reynolds
Ohio Alumnus Attends Mexican Pan American Congress
Dr. Charlies E. Skinner, Ohio University alumnus and president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, won a delegate seat to the Fourth Pan American Scientific Congress in Mexico City and serves on the US cooperating committee on organization. He received an honorary Doctor of Science from Ohio University in 1927.
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Charlies E. Skinner
Ohio University
Mexico City
United States
Skinner
American Institute of Iectrical Engineers
Engineer Dr. Skinner’s Global Roles Highlight Family Ties
Dr Skinger has served as American representative to the International Association for Testing Materials in Brussels and attended IEC sessions. He also represented at World Power Conferences in London and Tokyo. Dr B R Skinner, director of the state department of education, is his brother.
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Fleld
Skinger
International Association For Testing Materials
Brussels
International Electrotechnical Comission
London
Tokyo
BR. O Skinner
State Department of Education
County Commissioners Commended for Soldiers Relief Increase
Two Nelsonville groups praised the Athena County Commissioners for raising soldiers relief funds by 600 dollars in the 1992 budget. Camp No. TS Spanish War Veterans of Nelsonville passed a resolution thanking officials for boosting relief and sent letters to the commissioners signed by Commander Chartex Brady and Adjutant JL R Ketch. Grenferd Dagan Post No. 278 American Legion also sent a letter of appreciation for substantial increases.
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Athena County
Nelsonville
Homp
Chartex
Brady
JL. R. Ketch
Grenferd Dagan
American Legion
Oh Doctor cast rehearses for Athens High operetta
The Athens High School cast rehearsed the operetta Oh Doctor directed by Misa Helen Crosa with music by A A Neilin and dance by Ethel McEwen. Eight lead roles include Dr Drinkwater and Bill Kischer with performances set for Thursday night in the High School Auditorium. The story follows a sanitarium near the Mexican border run by the pompous Dr Drinkwater amid romance and drama.
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Athens
Muate
Misa Helen Crosa
A. A. Neilin
Ethel McEwen
At & O' Stock
Dr Drinkwater
Bill Kischer
Glory
Ann Beasley
Honor
Helen Hagen
Wiljetta Smith
Bob
Tom Craig
Phillip
Howard Wee
Rosaie
Lorene Rodehaver
Rainbow
Herpes Saunders
Dr. Drinkwater
Family court drama hints at inheritances and secrecy
A convoluted tale unfolds as a widow wills all to her son's daughter and imposes a last wish to spend a birthday at a sanitarium with her grandfather. Complications rise with a missing actress mother and a South American film project. The plot twists center on a friend’s move, a kidnapping by rustlers, and the quest for a final happy ending.
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Tor
Glory
Ike
South America
Honor
New Place
iHory
Bob
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