Latin club meets at Nelsonville high school
About 50 members of the Latin club gathered at the Nelsonville High School auditorium for an evening program led by chairman Clyde Maffin. The agenda included talks on papyrus, Roman letters, Vatican Library, Acts, Cicero’s epistles, shorthand origins, and book trade topics, followed by a short supervisor’s talk and social time. Guests Miss Mary Louise Leyshon and Miss Mildred Hampton attended.
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Nelsonville
Clyde Maffin
Jo Barnecut
Bob Huenefeld
Gertrude Wend
Maxine Hall
Amy Jo Figgins
Edward Stocklin
Helen of Troy
Louise Rice
Dean Long
Vatican
Rome
Arvilla Landis
Lenore Owens
Adda I’. Butts
Cicero
Janice Mitchell
Mary Donley
Grace Roberts
Mary Louise Leyshon
Mildred Hampton
Hygiene Talks Planned At Nelsonville Junior High
The Nelsonville Hygiene department under Miss Gertrude Bliss has started a personal hygiene program. Miss Elsie Hodgeman led the first lecture and demonstration in the Junior auditorium focusing on The Proper Care of the Finger Nails. Students showed keen interest and the course is expected to have real practical value.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Junior High School
Gertrude Bliss
Elsie Hodgeman
Faithful Martha Class Meets at Badwell Home
The Faithful Martha class of the M. E. Sunday school met at Mrs. George Badwell's home Monday evening. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Elmer Bay, Mrs. Clarence Butt, and Mrs. A. G. Cotton. Twenty members and two visitors attended. Four new members were received into the class. Refreshments were served by the hostesses.
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Ss. S
Martha
M. E
George Badwell
Elmer Bay
Clarence Butt
A. G. Cotton
Local social notes include several returns and visits
Mrs. M. Shamansky returned from New York City after visiting daughter Dorothy Taube. Miss Florence Ray, of Columbus, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray. Nurse Tessie Ervin, after staying on a case, returned to Grant Hospital in Columbus. Mrs. John Humphrey of Shawnee visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Juniper. Mrs. Mary Dunning, Cambridge, was guest of her mother Mrs. W. K. Crothers. Joe Verity returned home after weeks in Marion. Families of Mr. and Mrs. John Pierce and son Glen of Flint Michigan and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders of Akron, plus aunt Miss Elizabeth Brownlee, Akron, came to Athens for burial. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. S. Steenrod they attended the funeral in Athens today.
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M. Shamansky
New York City
Dorothy Taube
Florence Ray
Columbus
Charles Ray
Tessie Ervin
Ben
Grant Hospital
John Humphrey
Shawnee
Fred Juniper
Mary Dunning
Cambridge
W. K. Crothers
Joe Verity
Marion
John Pierce
Glen
Flint
Michigan
Robert Sanders
Akron
Elizabeth Brownlee
Athens
Will Pierce
Clothing and Food Arrive for Needy in Nelsonville
A carload of 44 000 pounds of clothing and food arrived from the United Mine Workers relief headquarters in Pittsburgh. Half the shipment stays for local distribution and half goes to sub-district No 6 Cambridge field. Sub-district officers John Walker Ferguson and Frank J. Bender helped re consign the supplies for Cambridge relief.
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Nelsonville
United Mine Workers Relief
Pittsburgh
Cambridge Field
Pittsburgh Central Station
John Walker
Ferguson
Frank J. Bender
Cambridge Relief
Forest Rose Embroidery Club Meets at Miss Clark Home
The Forest Rose Embroidery club met Friday evening March 16 at Miss Margaret Clark’s Campbell street home. Attending were Mrs. Nelle Dowler Mrs. Bertha Evans Mrs. Mary Brown Mrs. Beulah Green Mrs. Lillian Wallace Mrs. Beatrice Raybould Miss Louise Pearce and Miss Lulu Parry. Guests included Mrs. R Bagley and Mrs. Gus Pidcock. Miss Mayme Keplar returned from a short business trip to Columbus.
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Forest Rose Embroidery Club
Margaret Clark
Campbell Street
Nelle Dowler
Bertha Evans
Mary Brown
Beulah Green
Lillian Wallace
Beatrice Raybould
Louise Pearce
Lulu Parry
R. Bagley
Gus Pidcock
Road petitions before county board now twenty six
The Athens county commissioners heard 26 road petitions for aid to build and repair roads at the county courthouse. No promises were made as the year’s road program must wait for county roads to be suitable for inspection, said chairman John Grosvenor. Delegations from Ames, Troy, Rome, Lee, Athens, Carthage, Lodi, Waterloo, and Bern townships appeared. Current work focuses on maintaining roads built last year.
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Athens County
John Grosvenor
Ames
Troy
Rome
Lee
Athens
Carthage
Lodi
Waterloo
Bern
Grosvenor
University Comedians Set for Zanesville Appearance
Ohio university comedy troupe Hello Happiness will appear at Weller theater in Zanesville on March 28 announced by Harold Evans. Bob Richards and Milley Hellyer of the technical staff are in Zanesville arranging the show. A short specialty act is planned at Zanesville high school Wednesday morning before the performance. Negotiations to bring the musical to Parkersburg Wellston Cleveland and Oberlin follow the western tour of the Varsity Male quartet.
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Athens
Ohio University
Zanesville
Weller Theater
Harold Evans
Bob Richards
Milley Hellyer
Zanesville High School
Parkersburg
Wellston
Audit to Inspect United Mine Workers Records in Hocking Sub-district
The semi annual audit of the United Mine Workers books in the Hocking sub-district will occur tomorrow at headquarters in Nelsonville. Auditors Worthy Parker Isaac Jones and Harry Tipton will examine the records.
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Nelsonville
United Mine Workers Organization
Hocking
Worthy Parker
Isaac Jones
Harry Tipton
Miss Verna Hand Ada Line Ray in Columbus Trip
Miss Verna Hand and Miss Ada spent the end of the week in Columbus together. They were seen visiting local sites and meeting residents during the short outing.
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Verna Hand
Adaline Ray
Columbus
Court House Doings In Athens County court changes alimony decree
The Athens County Common Pleas Court modified Stella G Nice and Frederick R Nice alimony from 30 to 10 dollars monthly the adjustment agreed by both parties citing changed financial conditions. The case L A Koons administrator vs Jessie Schoonover involved fund distributions with the Athens National Bank ruling it entitled to all funds and directing heirs. A new divorce petition Mabel Tate vs George M Tate was filed alleging absence neglect and failure to provide. Probate court issued marriage licenses for several couples including John Crum and Anna Tolliver James Bullock and Edna Simpson Frank Pritchard and Mary Ellen Hogue Royal Warden and Esther Lands with Rev M E Chaney and Rev J E Miller named to officiate.
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Stella G. Nice
Frederick R. Nice
Athens County Common Pleas Court
L. A
Koons
Eugene Warren
Ruth Masoner
Mabel Tate
George M. Tate
John Crum
Miner
Nelsonville
Anna Tolliver
Chauncey
James Bullock
Millfield
Edna Simpson
M. E. Chaney
Frank Pritchard
Kenmore
Mary Ellen Hogue
Trimble
Royal Warden
Floodwood
Esther Mae
J. E. Miller
Cleanup Drive Reports Made At New Home
Nelsonville March 20 The Woman's Community club heard reports from the cleanup campaign committee to be held in April. Mrs E J Kessinger chair reported checks from Peoples Bank and Citizens Central Bank to aid the prize fund for best essay How To Clean up a Town. Essays will be written by public school students and other contributions are expected.
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Nelsonville
Woman’s Community Club
Stanley Dew
E. J. Kessinger
Peoples Bank
Citizens’ Central Bank
Ohio university Skit show approves six acts for fifteenth annual event
Six skits have been approved for Ohio University’s fifteenth annual Skit Show to be presented Friday and Saturday night. Dean Irma Voigt praised the program’s variety and originality, noting musical comedy, a one act play, light opera and novelty pieces. Scenery is simplified for quick shifts, with Sigma Sigma Sigma opening the program and Delta Tau Delta offering a Friday night serenade as part of the annual event.
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Ohio University
Irma Voigt
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Inn
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Phi Mu
Tri Pis
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Sigma Alpha Iota
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Hold Burial Here
Sheriff William Williams receives telegram that Bert Williams of Canton will bring the body of 4 year old Rhea Williams, twin of Marie Williams, to be buried in the West Union Street Cemetery after funeral services Wednesday.
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William Williams
Bert Williams
Canton
Rhea
Marie Williams
West Union Street
Williams
Chauncey High School chicken dinner feeds 437 plus guardsmen
Chauncey residents donated 36 chickens and merchants provided other foods for a dinner in the Chauncey high school dining room. 437 people attended along with 22 National Guardsmen aiding relief. Mayor Hines and officials joined guests. 51 buckets of chicken and noodles were sent to needy families later.
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Chauncey
Chauncey High School
National
Luella Preston
Lillian Karns
Lillian Sweeney
Daisy Six
Myrtle Schoonover
Margaret Johnston
Evelyn Oliver
Mildred Canter
Ruth Gardner
George Finhart
Lewis Champlin
John Palmer
National Guardsmen
W. D. Hines
Burke Witham
Wesley Walburn
Heart Henry
Infant Verna Taylor dies near Greens Run
Verna Lucille Taylor, 18 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Taylor, died Saturday at home near Greens Run. Pneumonia after measles caused death. Funeral held Monday at Greens Run Church of Christ with Rev G B Courtney. burial in Bethel Ridge Cemetery. The Taylor family has several other children.
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Verna
Lucille Taylor
Greens Run
Chauncey
Verna Lucille
John Taylor
Greens Run Church
Medical student undergoes tonsil removal at Ohio State
Clarence Nile Sanders, a medical student at Ohio State University in Columbus, underwent a hospital surgery Monday morning for removal of his tonsils. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Sanders of Millfield.
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Chauncey
Clarence Nile Sanders
Ohio State University
Columbus
Clarence Sanders
Millfield
Chauncey Personal Notes Report Local Visits
Mrs. George Wilson returns from the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Shafer near Athens after a two week visit. Mrs. Clinton Courtney of this city spends Tuesday in Columbus. Miss Alice and Miss Louise Dew visit their parents Mr and Mrs Nie Dew in Amesville. Raymond Goodson of Chauncey and Ralph Brown of Millfield have gone to Pontiac Michigan.
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Chauncey
George Wilson
Floyd Shafer
Athens
Clinton Courtney
Columbus
Alice
Louise Dew
Nie Dew
Amesville
Raymond Goodson
Ralph Brown
Millfield
Pontiac
Michigan
Robber Takes $18 From Ohio Filling Station Drawer
In Columbus on March 20 a gunman paused a taxicab at a curb then robbed the attendant at Columbus Oil Com filling station. He rifled the cash drawer of $18, reentered the taxi and fled the scene.
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Columbus
Modern cold prevention with Vicks VapoRub
Local guidance urges using Vicks VapoRub at first cold signs. Rub on throat and chest or snuff for medicated vapors to reach infected parts and help loosen congestion. The remedy is presented as a direct immediate treatment to prevent progression to flu and pneumonia.
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Vicks
Woman Credits Favorite Prescription After Health Revival
Mrs Cora Bates of Conneaut Ohio describes recovering from poor health after motherhood with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She states sleep returned, appetite rose, weight improved and nerves strengthened, and she endorses the remedy from All druggists with a trial package offer from Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY.
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Conneaut
Ohio
Cora Bates
Sandusky St
Italia Completes 24 Hour Test Flight To North Pole Mission
In Milan the Italia dirigible completed a 24 hour test from Rome arriving safely with General Umberto Nobile and 15 others aboard. Nobile praised the craft and said a northward flight to Spitzbergen from Rome would likely occur within ten days.
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Milan
Italy
U.R
Italia
Umberto Nobile
North Pole
Rome
Nobile
Spitzbergen
Mary Miller Fields Dies at 89 in Athens
Mrs. Mary Miller Fields 89 mother of William Fields died at 8 am at the family home 145 West Washington street. Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Mt. Zion Church with burial at West State Street. Born Murfreesboro Tennessee she had lived in Athens 52 years. She is survived by her son and three grandchildren David Clarence and Edward Fields.
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Mary Miller Fields
William
Toter” Fields
West Washington Street
Mt. Zion Church
West State Street
Fields
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Athens
Henry Miller
Joe Miller
David
Clarence
Edward Fields
Revision of Entrance Tests Discussed in Columbus
Registrar F B Dilley representing Ohio University attends second meeting of state committee on administration of entrance examinations to teacher training institutions. The group, appointed by Dr H B Alberty, previously met February 12 to discuss revisions to entrance tests.
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F. Eb. Dilley
Ohio University
Columbus
H. B. Alberty
State Department of Education
Varsity Men Sing to Students at University Convocation
The Varsity male quartet will perform special music at the university convocation tomorrow. Wathali's Plantation Lullaby will be sung with action. Quartet members are Don Dowd Ted Cowan Willis Edmund and Joe Dando with Dave Todd as accompanist.
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Wathali
Don Dowd
Ted Cowan
Willis Edmund
Joe Dando
Dave Todd
Helen Whedden
Alice Holman
Faculty String Quartet
Mariana Bing
Everett Shimp
More Guards Ordered at Ohio Pen to Cut Escapes
Ohio welfare director John E. Harper orders ten additional guards at the state penitentiary and directs Warden P. E. Thomas to improve conditions. Clocks will be installed along walls for mandatory punch times and brilliant flood lights will illuminate the interior to deter escapes.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio Penitentiary
John E. Harper
P. E. Thomas
Harper
Mrs. Aaron Lewis Dies After Illness
Mrs. Aaron Lewis 42 died at 6 30 last evening at her home near Hebbbardaville after months of illness from complications. Services at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the residence. Burial in Greenlawn cemetery. Survived by husband, a daughter Mrs. Grace Hall of Columbus, a son Lute Carpenter, a step-son Orville Lewis, a brother Ben Syx of Corning, and a sister Mrs. Blanche Elliott of Kimberly.
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Aaron Lewis
Hebbbardaville
Greenlawn
Grace Hall of Columbus
Lute Carpenter
Orville Lewis
Ben Syx
Corning
Blanche Elliott
Kimberly
Madison County Firms Face Receiver Hearing Monday
London dispatch reports that a hearing is scheduled for Monday on applications to appoint receivers for the Thomas Arm strong Company and the Arm strong Furnace Company, the largest manufacturing concerns in Madison County.
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London
Thomas & Armstrong Company
Armstrong Furnace Company
Madison County
Cincinnati Girls' Glee Club Wins State Contest
The University of Cincinnati won first place in the state Girls' Glee Club contest held in Miami. Six schools competed including Bluffton, Ohio Northern, Cincinnati, Ohio Wesleyan, Ohio, and Miami. The program featured two club numbers, Wilbye's Come Shepherd Swains, and Wagner's Rhine Nymphs sung by all six clubs.
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Miami
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Bluffton
Ohio Northern
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio
Agni
Holst
Wilbye
Moore
Ohio Glee Club
Athens
Dayton
Oxford
Margaret Benedict
Well's Hall
Midol Promise of Quick Relief for Menstrual Pain
An advertisement urges women to use Midol for painless periods arguing it does not narcotize and acts on affected organs. It claims relief in five to seven minutes and emphasizes safety and normal menstruation, selling the aluminum bottle for fifty cents at drugstores.
Chicken Supper At Factory M E Church Friday
A chicken supper will be served at the Factory M E church on Friday March 23 starting at 4 o clock in the afternoon.
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M. E
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