Murder in the Berkeley estate a Doris Matthews case
Detective Dundee and Captain Strawn investigate the murder of Doris Matthews at the Berkeley estate. Clues include a damaged letter, a perfume flask, a key in Doris coat, and a sapphire necklace. The butler Wickett ties the Crosby household to Phyllis Benham Crosby and Doris and hints at a motive with money and secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cris Matthews
Berkeley
George Berkeley
Seymour Crosby
Clorinda Berkeley
Clorinda
Cape
Doris
Crosby
Eugene Arnold
Summerhouse
Man
John Maxwell
Straun
Pandee
Parel
Dundee
Doris Matthews
Viser
Jman
Athyr
Phyllis
Strawn
Kathy
Hillcrest
EU Arnold
Little Dorts
Phyllis Benham Crosby
Phyllis Rosby
Wichell
Jundee
Wilkins
Uty
Pickett
Arnold
Wickett
Doris Wickett
Crosbys
England
Mr. Crosby
Kathryn Matthews
Edward Moresby
Terrace
Mayfair
London
Sir Edward Moresby
Records Department
Scotland Yard
Sir Edward
The Plains Area Social Calendar and Local Visits
The Plains residents hosted guests from Athens Webster and Columbus over the weekend with numerous family visits. Birthdays were celebrated for Gene Hamer Evelyn Moore and Charles Linscott, while many residents and visitors called on friends and relatives in Athens Nelsonville Portsmouth and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Miller
H. B. Noble
Frances
Hal Osborne
Mr. Brown
Athens
FE. L. Miller
Melridge
Portland
Henry Osborne
Chauncey
Roy Noland
Webster
Irene Noland
Athens R. D
W. R. Sayre
Ada Bess
Lile Powell
Middleport
Fletch Hawk
Community Connections Across Columbus and Athens
Bedford and Columbus families visit relatives while Nelsonville Athens and Albany households host gatherings and illnesses. Names include Shrider Chaney Hart Lee Sanborn Williams Henderson Hart Walker Grim Hines Jeffers Hart and others as towns share weekend and Sunday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Shrider
Columbus
Glen Hart
George Chaney
Mary Leee
W. L. Whaley
Merle Bahr
Nelsonville
Dale Carl
Servetus Hart
Ernest Hart
Dale Hart
Athens
Mary Lee
Ida Chaney
George Sanborn
Charles Williams
Dolph Jeffers
George Henderson
Errett Walker
Jimmy
Billy
Myrtle Williams
del Whaley
Harley
Willie Martin
Dorsel Morris
Jerry Grim
Edith Whaley
Frances Morris
George Grim
John Barnhill
Omer Hines
Dwight
Clyde Hines
Jeffers
Florence
Guy Lee
Maurita
Winifrede Jean
Charles Hines
Sarah
Carl Henderson
Billy Walker
Jesse Cuckler
Bernie Gilkey
Harrisonville
Jessie Douglas
Albany
Virgil Blackwood
Snowville
John Douglas
Bishopville Guests Visit Kin and Friends
Bishopville residents hosted a gathering for Mr and Mrs Ira Kasler and their guests from Trimble Glouster and Athens. Attendees included Maynard and Patricia Sayre Charles and Donald Reploge Roy Kassler Edith Jones Thelma Bernadine Elmer Floyd Smith Millard Kasler Fred Hambel Marcella Phillips returned to Malta after visiting Glouster and Bishopville Mrs Alden Wells and daughters visited Athens Dr E E Lefever Glouster with S R Lovell Jane Radcliffe Albany Merrill Ward Coal Run visited Miss Louise Golinger Kröhie and Alvin Kiemry Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Kasler
Maynard Sayre
Charles Reploge
Donald
Roy Kassler
Edith
Trimble
Herman Jones
Thelma and
Bernadine
Elmer
Floyd Smith
Glouster
Millard Kasler
Fred Hambel
Marcella Phillips
Malta
Bishopville
Alden Wells
Dorothy
Donna
Mary
Aldean
Billie
Athens
E. E. Lefever
8S. R. Lovell
Jane Radcliffe
Albany
Joe Mac Donald
Merrill Ward
Coal Run
Louise Golinger Krohie
Alviilic Kiemry
Oakhill School Parents Day Brings Basket Dinner Program
Miss Thelma Jones teaches at Oakhill School as Parents Day draws a basket lunch and program. Visitors include Marcella Phillips Marta and Herman Jones Elmer Jones Margaret Thompson Bernardine Jones Floyd Smith Ida Mason George Lefever Forest Lefever Miles Easler Norma Jean Bryson Mildred Smith Fiona Withem and many others from Glouster and surrounding families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Dorothea Milhoan
J. M. McDonald
Jesse Withem
Mildred
Florence Smith
Wm. Withem
Bernard Lovell
Jessie McDonald
Oakhill
Thelma Jones
Glouster
Marcella Phillips
Mildred Smith
P. M. Smith
Fiona Withem
Wilma Smith
George Hogue
Millard Easler
Anna Leo Smith
Don Withem
Enlon Grubbs
Dwight Smith
Thurman Smith
Fred Hambel
Merle Pedicord
Weekend Visitors From Several Cities Gather in Town
Local notes list Sunday guests including Shawnee residents Mr and Mrs Steve Gould and Niece with Mrs Earl Humphrey. Evelyn Smedley of Zanesville. D W Hughes and Elizabeth and Alfred Hughes of Athens. Also John Crowe returned from Lancaster and William Doran with Hazel Whitmer visited Canton area. The Junior high basketball champions were noted. Frank Clark of Newark and Thelma Thompson of Columbus spent weekends with relatives here. Tom Tracy of New Lexington conducted business Monday. Edward Peterson and his son William visited in Murray City Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Gould
Earl Humphrey
New Lexington
Harl de Vere
Wesley Severance
Columbus
Evelyn Smedley
Zanesville
D. W. Hughes
Elizabeth
Alfred
Athens
Rosetta Gaven
John Crowe
Lancaster
William Doran
Canton
Albert Whitman
Hazel Whitmer
Lin Nicholas
Paul Gannett
Middleport
Austin Nicholas
Frank Clark
Newark
Thelma Thompson
Chester Thompson
Tom Tracy
Edward Peterson
William
Murray City
Social Notes From Strouds Run Area
Strouds Run residents host and visit family and friends across the weekend. Names include Austin Cone Connett Cleo Cain Garnet North Herman Mc Masters Sugar Creek Canton Dave Mattison Samuel Coe and local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Cone
Selby Connett
Cleo Cain
Garnet North
McDougal
Ray Smith
Herman McMasters
Sugar Creek
Pearl Smith
Nate Smith
John Dishong
Canton
Dave Mattison
Ed Smith
Samuel Coe
Delmer Gillette
Charles One
Local Church Service and Sunday Visits Reported
Sunday evening services at the Jem Church were led by Rev. John Williams. Residents and visitors appear in a chain of Sunday calls including the Horns of Columbus and Brandenburgs, Richardson household guests, and kin visiting from Giouster Carbon Hill and Federal Creek.
Local Residents Attend Visits and Gas Strike
The Garden community reports various social visits through the weekend including Mr. and Mrs. Joe King with Mrs. Sarah Goldsberry, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mohler hosting Weatherby family, Miss Annie Buck staying with Mrs. Mary Verry, and Cody striking a productive gas well on Guy Webb’s farm. Others include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Howard visiting Aldo Barnhill, Charley and Jacob Coen’s business trip, and the Buck family traveling to Pt. Pleasant West Virginia to see Mrs. Al fred Cooley. William Colmer hosted a dinner for multiple families and locals. Allen Weatherby and Flora Kyle visited C. L. Goldsberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe King
Athens
Sarah Goldsberry
Peter Mohler
William Weatherby
Hubert
Annie Buck
Carseytown
Mary Verry
Cody
Guy Webb
Harry Howard
Shade
Aldo Barnhill
Charley
Jacob Coen
Hubert Buck
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Harry Smith
Blaine and
Robert
Nellie May
Pratts Fork
Charley Spencer
Sumner
Flora Kyle
Allen Weatherby
C. L. Goldsberry
Relatives Attend Ellen Williams Funeral in Asbury
Carbondale residents and relatives from Athens Columbus Newark Newark and beyond gathered for the funeral services of Mrs Ellen Williams at Asbury on Sunday. Attendees included the Harris Fulton Atkinson McDaniel Wolf Groves White Hawk Dupler Wilson Hummel Landis Milar Herwick Todd Dodds Lowry Callahan Teft and other kin friends and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Williams
Asbury
C. H. Harris
Oscar Fulton
Albert Atkinson
Nelson McDaniel
Athens
H. W. Wolf
Roger Wolf
Frank Groves
Mary Groves
Clarence White
Ralph White
Nelsonville
W. H
Barberton
Margaret Hoak
Columbus
Susie Lowry
Prestley Mnderlin
Circleville
Callahan
Rose Teft
Community News Roundup From Pomeroy area
Syracuse Mrs CC Y Bridgman hosted the Third Thursday Club at Pomeroy last week. Mr and Mrs Oscar Patterson visited Gallipolis for a teachers meeting. Mrs Arthur Duckworth and cousin were Nease Settlement visitors. John Borham is seriously ill at Athens Hospital. Paul Reuter of Pomeroy visited Branche Fleming. A F E Williams, Hocking Valley mail clerk, spent the weekend with his wife. Mr and Mrs Irving Karr and daughter Patricia of Middleport visited Irving Karr's family. Hess Nichols and family were visitors at Tuppers Plains. Nelle Proctor and Eleanor Karr attended a basketball dinner at Miss Harriett Ewing's Lincoln Hill home. Marcia Karr and Eileanor Karr visited friends in Middleport. Dr M Heater has been uu-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CC. Y. Bridgman
Pomeroy
Oscar Patterson
A. FE. Williams
Hocking Valley
Irving Karr
Patricia
Middleport
Hess Nichols
Marcia Karr
Eileanor Karr
Br. M
Heater
A. L. McBee
Raymond Boggs
W. H. Snodgrass
Parkersburg
Leroy Boggs
Catherine
Charles Reynolda
William Nutter
Mabel
Douglas Weaver
Harvey Broadwater
Pennsboro
W. Va
W. M. Nutter
M. H. Davis
Bobbie
Marjorie
Akron
P. Martin
Athens
L. T. Bunns
Dr. T. Burns
Oakes
Newberry
Local Social News: Families Visit Across Ohio Towns
Richland Avenue and nearby towns see a flurry of Sunday visits. E L Wilson and daughter Catherine of New Marshfield call on Mr and Mrs Co Bower. Dawson Meeks family and Vern of Shade visit Emer son Douglas. Thelma Steele from Elliottville visits grandparents T Robinson. Mrs Ell en Murray of Zaleski visits Addie Matheny. Roy Chaney of Athens visits parents Jank Carsey. Ladies Aid meets on Hooper Street. Pauline Crow visits Lucille Risley in Elliottville. Emerson Douglas family spends day on Bear Wallow Ridge. Jennie Wade and baby of Rindeold visit Oney Brown family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Wilson
Catherine
New Marshfield
Co. J. Bower
Dawson Meeks
Vern
Shade
Emerson Douglas
Raymond Thompson
Roy Chaney
Athens
Emory Crow
Roscoe Martin
Guy Morrison
George Reeves
Albany
Thelma Steele
F Elliottville
T. Robinson
Ellen Murray
Zaleski
Addie Matheny
Genevra Mansfield
Anna
Esther Dllinger
Jerseyville
Jank Carsey
Ladies Aid Society
Local Social Notes from Rutland and Columbus Visiters
Rutland residents visit Columbus relatives and friends. Dennis Beckley of Columbus visits his father John Beckley. Mr and Mrs Ora Shenefield of Star Hall stay with Howard Pond family. Mrs Viola Lyle and son Von Stevens dine with the Scenefields. Beatrice Pond with Reinhart and Alice spend weekend in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Amos Payne travel to Ironton. Mrs Brown and daughter visit Perry Payne in Langsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Musser
Columbus
Dennis Beckley
John Beckley
Ora Shenefield
Star Hall
Howard Pond
Viola Lyle
von Stevens
Scenefields
Pond
Beatrice Pond
Reinhart
Alice
Amos Payne
Ironton
Unable to Attend Duties Due to Illness
An office has been unable to attend duties at its Racine Dental apartment 9 because of illness. The notice notes the absence of the employee from responsibilities and references illness as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Ilness
White Hall resident returns home after appendicitis operation
White Hall French Erwin recently recovered from an appendicitis operation in a West Virginia hospital and has returned home. Evelyn May, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Robinson, was born Saturday March 22. Neighbors and relatives visited and hosted guests including the Coe family and John Radford. Local residents attended a birthday event for Cy Bowles. A hen house robbery at George Kern’s farm netted about 30 chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Erwin
West Virginia
Paul Robinson
Evelyn May
Pearl Coe
Pleasant Valley
George Tribe
Nola Morris
Turlingham
John Radford
John Nicholson
Amherstburg
Canada
Jank Nicholson
Lawrence Braley
Elsie Sindiinger
Tuscarawas
Cy Bowles
Harold Ball
Columbus
Charles Moore
George Kern
Will Pratt
Toledo
Melvin Cunkler
G. E. Tribe
Frank Kenney
Local families share visits and illness notes across Ohio and West Virginia
Lottridge and family visit Long Run. Ellen Laurer funeral held in Grahams Chapel. A. L. McBee hosts and moves family to Newberry. W. H. Snodgrass from Parkersburg visits McBee. Broadwater funeral in Pennsboro includes Nutter family. Several residents travel to Chesterhill Athens Tuppers Plains and Reedaville for gatherings and care. Charles Reynolda and Catherine Boggs attend events with the Bunns and McBee households.
Radio Schedule Highlights On WLW For Wednesday
A detailed WLW timetable lists morning programs from 7:30 a.m. including organ and NBC features. The day features live stock reports, cooking segments, orchestras, and NBC appearances by Mary Hale Martin. Evening lineups include Harry Willsey, Benrus Time, and University of Cincinnati talk with musical interludes and weather forecasts.
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WLW
Ewercine
Day Kerahner
NBC
Crostey Woman's Hour
Orpheus Trio
Mary Hale Martin
Hotel Dibsen
Inbo
Matines
Donhallrose
Ted
The
Rhyme Reaper
National Womans Frogran
S&s P
Mansfield
Harry Willsey
Benrus
Hotel
Gibson i
University of Cincinnnati
Gibson
Tony'sa
Northwestern
Walgreen
Wil
WBBM
Ormy
m-McCormick
Hnotel Gitson
Metellie Ray
Gene Perageo
Oo & m
Oo A .m
Local residents visit neighbor homes across the county
A string of social calls fills the week with visits to farms and homes in Coolville Frost Athens and Laurelvillo. Residents from Urleans Vanderhoof Dutch Ridge and nearby areas joined gatherings at the homes of Detwiler Swisher Bowes Barnhill Brandeberry Ackley and others during Sunday and Saturday visits.
Local Notes Highlight Town Visits and Mrs Vansky Injury
Mrs Martha Vansky 85 sustained bruises after a fall in her room last Wednesday morning. Others visiting or staying with local families include Michael Hays visiting in Cincinnati, Mrs Ellen Murray from Athens, Mrs Flora Dill in Athens, and guests of Mrs Mary Shapley and daughter Mrs Flora Dill. Additional mentions: Mrs James Mc Kibben and Mrs Charles Brevita of Athens hosted by locals. Miss Emma Eckelberry returned from Columbus. Miss Margaret Jane Fischer visiting from near Boston. Elmer McKibben and children visited Belpre. J W Sprague of McArthur and the Fischer family were Sunday guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Vansky
Vansky
Michael Hays
Ata Cincinna Ats
Ellen Murray
Athens
Flora Dill
Charles Heskett
Flora
Dayton
Miss Jenkins
Heights
W. Va
Mary Shapley
Arthur Robinagon
James McKibben
Charles Brevita
John Lehneider
Harveyry
Columbus
Emma Eckelberry
Harve Eckelberry
Margaret Jane Fischer
Boston
Mass
Elmer McKibben
Belpre
J. W. Sprague
McArthur
Fischer
Entertainment by Scott-Hocking School Saturday Night
The Scott Hocking School in New Marshfield presents an entertainment on Saturday evening March 29 at 7 50. The P T A will sell refreshments. The Rev Laymen of Cincinnati preached at the Christian Church Saturday night and Sunday. Robert Shaw of Mt Giles visited Glen Koch, a high school teacher, at Mrs W M Nanna’s home from Friday to Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott-Hocking School
Cincinnati
Christian Church
Robert Shaw
Mt. Giles
Glen Koch
W. M. Nanna
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Youthful Vitality
Suffering from stomach troubles pimples listlessness and headaches for 20 years? Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a vegetable-based remedy. They claim to cleanse the system ease bowels and tame the liver without griping and improve energy and appearance when taken nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
Mie
Ufc
Ube
Pinball and Prominent Talks Highlight CBS Night
Chicago schedule lists Cookhouse story Pinball at 6 and closing market prices at 6:15. Russell Pract hosts a talk for children at 5 42.02 p.m. Roy Ingraham's Paramount Orchestra performs dance music with organ melodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS Ty Cookhouse
teeMy Boone
Russell
Sehudta Prosk
Roy Ingraham
Paramount Orchestra
Ann
Weekend Social Notes From Clinham Chapel Area
Community members gathered for visits and family events across Clinham Chapel and nearby towns. Friends and relatives, including the Kaysers, Swishers, Hogwards family, and local students, shared weekend hospitality, church services, and a burial at St Johns Church Athens.
Thoxine Promises Quick Cough Relief With Prescription
An ad claims Thoxine stops stubborn coughs instantly by addressing the root cause. It is described as a doctor prescribed remedy without harmful drugs, pleasant for all ages, and backed by a money back guarantee. Available in 38¢, GM, and $1.00 bottles at local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cline’n Whar
Hickman's Phar
Nelsonville
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