Rural Mail Carriers of Four Counties Attend Picnic
Twenty seven Athens County rural mail carriers and families gathered at the Athens County Fairgrounds on May 17 for a picnic and concert by Slick's Band of Glouster. Speakers including H L Baker and A E Blackburn addressed cooperation with the American Legion and the mud road survey. Officials and delegates were elected for the coming year with meetings planned for July 10 at the Fairgrounds.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Athens County Fairgrounds
Slick
Glouster
H. L. Baker
Ohio State Rural Carriers Association
American Legion
Civil Service
Classified Ads Note From Bartlett Desk
Cc H Bartlett staff correspondent asks readers to use Your News Your Society and Locals to 412 W for service. Classified ads and circulation available. call 412 W for an experienced ad taker.
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Cc. H. Bartlett
412-W
Teachers Train for Daily Vacation Bible Schools Opens
Nelsonville Ohio May 12 A teachers training conference for Daily Vacation Bible Schools will be held at First Presbyterian Church Cambridge Friday and Saturday. The Hocking district term opens next Monday with volunteer teachers due to funds shortage. Volunteers welcome through Miss Irene McDowell near Deanville. Transportation expenses for summer work paid by the National Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church USA.
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Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
Cambridge
Ohio
Hocking
Irene McDowell
Deanville
National Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church
Knights Rally Draws Local Clubs to Castle Hall
About 150 Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters with Dokkies and families attended a district rally at Castle Hall Nelsonville on Thursday night. The program featured speaking and music with dancing to close. Guests came from Lancaster Logan Athens New Straitsville Murray City Buchtel Union Furnace and nearby communities. Grand bodies sent representatives to speak for goodwill and the order’s welfare. It was the second rally in the local district series.
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Nelsonville
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Dokkies
Castle Hall
Lancaster
Logan
Athens
New Straitsville
Murray City
Buchtel
Union Furnace
Piano Recital by Nellie Adams in Nelsonville
A Friday afternoon concert at 3 o clock at Dr. and Mrs. J M Hyde Fort Street features Nellie Allen Adams of Logan giving a piano recital. Adams studied with Percy Grainger in Chicago and H Edward Collins, Ralph Parks will sing with piano by Mrs Parks and Corwin Cookson solo, instructor Charles E Poston. A silver offering at the door benefits the Woman s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Nelsonville
J. M. Hyde
Fort Street
Nellie Allen Adams
Logan
Ralph Parks
Mrs. Parks
Corwin Cookson
Charles E. Poston
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bridge Lecture at Legion by William O'Neill in Nelsonville
On Monday May 23 at 8 p m the American Legion Hall hosts William O'Neill of Columbus to lecture on contract bridge. An associate Culbertson system professor and expert auction duplicate player he will answer questions after the talk. Proceeds go to the Nelsonville High School Band fund with admission charged.
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Legion
American Legion Hall
William O'Neill
Columbus
O’neill
Culbertson
O'Neill
Nelsonville High School Band Fund
Birth of Son Donald Clifton Powell in Buenos Aires
Cablegram announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Gerard Powell in Buenos Aires on May 14. The infant is named Donald Clifton. Parents Mr and Mrs W F Powell of Fayette Street receive the notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Donald Clifton
Gerard Powell
Eleanor Wernert
Buenos Aires
Argentina
W. F. Powell
Fayette Street
Miss Brady Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Nelsonville on May 18 reports Miss Bessie Brady underwent an appendicitis operation Tuesday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. Her mother Mrs Zella Brady and Mr and Mrs J W Wade accompanied her to the hospital.
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Nelsonville
Bessie Brady
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Zella Brady
J. W. Wade
Home Missionary Society to Meet at Mrs Fischer Home
The Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will hold a meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM at Mrs Julius Fischers East Franklin Street. Assisting hostesses are Mrs Thomas Bush and Mrs Schoonover. Officers to be elected and mite boxes opened.
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Home Society
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Julius Fischer
East Franklin Street
Thomas Bush
Schoonover
Government flour distribution announced for unemployment relief
Government flour for unemployment relief under Red Cross sponsorship will be distributed Friday morning May 20. All depots in York Township will be open at 9 o'clock for the distribution in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Red Cross
York Township
Inter-City Baseball League Formed With Six Towns
Representatives from Buchtel Carbon Hill Carbondale Longstreth Logan and the Nelsonville Merchants formed the Inter-City Baseball League in Nelsonville. Games start at 5 15 PM on Monday Wednesday and Friday with each team to play once weekly and Nelsonville on foreign diamonds. A practice game pits Nelsonville against Carbondale tonight and Carbon Hill vs Longstreth at the latter.
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Carbondale
Nelsonville
Buchtel
Carbon Hill
Longstreth
Logan
Nelsonville Merchants
Inter-City Baseball League
Whyte
Merchants
Buchter
John White
Carbton Hill
Charles Rutherford
Frank Ristey
Dave Johnson
J. S. Cherrington
Meade Whyte
York Township Board Names Next Year's Teachers
York Township Board of Education met May 13 and hired the next term staff across schools East Clayton Oak Grove Old Floodwood New Floodwood and Deanville. Names include Miss Pierce Katherine Wolfe Mildred Wend Gladys Kinneer Imelda Shafer Lena Wolfe Marie Warehime Gay Ervin John Mourne Dorothy Covert and Mary Seenes.
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York Township
Nelsonville
Ethics Discussed By Rotarians In Logan County
Problems of business and professional ethics engaged the attention of local Rotarians at the May 18 meeting in Nelsonville. Ralph Parks and Dr. W H Hyde of the Vocational Service Committee posed questions. Guests included George Carr and H B Kirkpatrick of the Logan club.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Parks
W. H. Hyde
Vocational Service Committee
George Carr
H. B. Kirkpatrick
Logan Club
Merchants to Discuss Summer Store Hours in Nelsonville
Nelsonville residents learn the Retail Merchants group of the local Board of Trade will meet at the Oakley-Oakley Insurance office this evening at 7 30 discussing closing hours of member stores for the summer.
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Nelsonville
Local
Board of Trade
Oakley-Oakley Insurance
Pythian Sisters To Meet Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 o clock in Nelsonville with members asked to bring their favorite dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters
Nelsonville High School Graduates Honored at Dinner
A 6 o clock dinner honored Nelsonville High School graduates affiliated with the First Church of Christ. Green and black decor marked the Senior Class dining room display. A program featured Reverend John J. Scott, student speakers, music by Jean Freer Wilma Scott Mary Margaret Betts and Kossuth Doolittle, and the high school song led by Charles Finsterwald.
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Nelsonville High School
First Church of Christ
Bob Hall
Bill and Norman Hall
Charles Dezso
Charles Finsterwald
Wilbert
Wilma Scott
Mary Margaret Betts
Margaret Howe
Kossuth Doolittle
Miss Howe
Mrs Auflick Hosts Dinners For Husband Sixty Fourth Birthday
Mrs. Thomas Auflick entertained at dinners Sunday in honor of her husband’s sixty four anniversary. Covers were set for Mr and Mrs Thomas Auflick Jr and son Earl, Mr and Mrs Howard Henson, Mrs Sam Culp, Mr and Mrs James Brooks.
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Thomas Auflick
Thomas Auflick, Jr
Earl
Howard Henson
Sam Culp
James Brooks
Local Families Named in City Lineage List
Columbus lists include Mr and Mrs Charlies Kentner with children Helen Edith and Jack Mrs and Mrs Jessa Willis with daughter Edna Dell Ralph Au flick and son Ralph Jr Miss Mary Margaret Auflick Miss Elisabeth Merz and Miss Lucille Shepherd all of this city.
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Columbus
Charlies Kentner
Helen
Edith
Jack
Jessa Willis
Edna Dell
Ralph Auflick
Ralph, Jr
Mary Margaret Auflick
Elisabeth Merz
Lucille Shepherd
This City
Sidney editor Grover Fleming convicted of criminal libel
Grover Fleming editor of The Ohio Examiner weekly newspaper was convicted Tuesday night in Sidney on a libel charge brought by Police Chief William O Leary. The trial opened Tuesday morning and a jury deliberated about an hour before verdict. Fleming’s attorney asked for a new trial. Two additional libel suits are pending against him in Sidney courts. He was indicted over a story accusing O Leary of drinking liquor.
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Sidney
Grover Fleming
Ohio Examiner
Wiliam O'Leary
Fleming
Common Pleas
O'Leary
Mexico City Hones Hunt for Lindbergh Kidnap Suspect
Mexico City's police launched an extensive man hunt for Harry Fleischer of the Detroit Purple Gang, sought in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping, as authorities mobilized across the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Harry Fleischer
Detroit
Italian airman sets unofficial seaplane speed record
Lieutenant Neri of the Italian Air Force high speed section is credited with an unofficial seaplane speed record of 746 kilometers per hour over Lake Garda. An official record attempt was planned soon.
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Rome
Neri
Lake Garda
Collapse Traps Fifty-Two Laborers in Chile Tunnel
Fifty two workers are feared asphyxiated after a tunnel on the Trans Andes Railway under construction in the Province of Cautin partially collapsed trapping the ventilation shaft mouth buried.
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Santiago
Chile
U.R
Cautin
Two Cars Tagged for Traffic Violations
Two cars were tagged yesterday for traffic violations. Owners Elmer Tom and Edward Banka face fines of $1 each by Mayor Robert S. Wood.
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Elmer Tom
Edward Banka
Robert S. Wood
Ohio's Part in Congress Cost Is Not Small
Washington details show Ohio's two members cost the federal government about $308,040 annually, with $10,000 salaries per member and large clerk hire. The expression of economy would shave about 11 percent, but chairmanships add extra clerks and janitors. Stationery and travel costs are also itemized with specific per-member figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Congress
Washington
New York
House
Governors Vote to Continue Buying Government Securities
May 18 report from Washington says governors of the 12 Federal Reserve banks have voted to maintain the policy of buying government securities to expand credit and gradually lift commodity prices.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
Grandson of Ciny McLean Serves Tennessee Governor for a Day
William Mclean Steffen, 16, grandson of the late Ciny McLean of Athens and son of Mrs. Nelle McLean Steffen, acted as governor of Tennessee for one day in Nashville during Boy Scout Week. An Eagle Scout, he sat in the governor's chair with 42 merit badges on his sash and received a white gold Eagle Scout wing from Nashville Scouts.
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William Mclean Steffen
Nelle McLean Steffen
Ciny Mclean
Athens
Tennessee
Nashville
Rotary Club
Young Steffen
Pope Pius XI Urges Catholic Protestant Unity Against Atheism
The pope issued an encyclical calling Catholics and Protestants to cooperate in fighting atheism. He blamed atheism communism corruption and excess nationalism for mankind’s troubles and proclaimed a week of prayer beginning June 3, Feast of the Sacred Heart. The message titled Caritate Christi Compuluit urged unity in relief of mankind’s sins.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XI
Guardsman Dies From Gunshot Wound in Toledo
Virgil Guy McLead aged 18 formerly of Athena died at Toledo City Hospital from a gunshot wound to the leg suffered November 28. Body brought to his mother Mrs Cora McLead 22 North Congress Street. Funeral at Union Church near New Marshfield at 2 PM Thursday. Burial in nearby cemetery. McLeod born and raised here attended Mechanicsburg school and served in the National Guard. Survived by his mother and sisters Mrs Beasie Bobs and Mrs Kathleen McGee.
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Virgil Guy McLead
Athena
Toledo City Hospital
Cora McLead
North
Congress Street
Union Church
New Marshfield
McLeod
Mechanicsburg
National Guard
Toledo
Beasie Bobs
Kathleen Mo» Gee
Owensboro Wins U S Chamber Fire Prevention Contest
Owensboro Kentucky placed first in the United States Chamber of Commerce fire prevention contest as of May 18, with San Francisco noted in the report.
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San Francisco
Owensboro
United States Chamber of Commerce
Curtis Confession Ties Lindbergh Case to Doping Scandal
Curtis broke Tuesday with a dramatic confession linking a kidnapping and the Lindbergh baby death to a broader fraud scheme. He implicated Dr. John F L Condon and a network including Norfolk clergy and police collaborators, while investigators tied handwriting to ransom letters and traced influences on the coast guard search.
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Curtis
John FL
Jassie) Condonna
Hugh McQuillan
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Internal Revenue
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Statenes Marelet
Curtin
Washington
Frederick C. Billard
Curtix
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Athens County Association
A. E. Blackburn
Third District
Sherman Darrah
Washington County
A. L. French
Washington D. H
Ladies Auxiliary
French
Madison
Morgan
Washington Counties
Gilbert Keirns
Millfield
George Brady
Jesse Pierce
Shade
Portsmouth
Vernon Canny
Pearl Russell
Leland Thompson
Fairgrounds
Nelsonville Drug Co
Bennett Tracy
One Merkel
James Kirkwood
Dorothy Peterson
John Blystone
FOX Picture
Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
Eno
Ubitsch
McLaughlin Bros. Funeral Directors
Prestons
Inter-City
Earl Moore
Harry Moore
Middletown
Jake Meyers
Joan
Earl Weiss
L. T. Rhoades
C. A. Stover
Lillian Stover
Ohio State University
J. L. Sherman
Barberton
Lucinda Springer
Durward North
Mary Louise Pritchard
Frances Bennett
Buckeye Solons
Guardsman
H. Dobson-Peacock
Norfolk
Guy H. Burrage
Curtia
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Corm
Ldndbergh
Wea
Burrage
Lindbergha
Suapician
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis
Brundidge
Pan Turtie
Arial
Drundidge
Curti
Col. Lindbergh
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
St. Louie
Springfield
Leataville
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mich
Chicago
Atlantic City
National Limited
Capiiol Limited
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Olling
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