Nelsonville seniors stage lively class play in main auditorium
The Nelsonville high school seniors presented a well attended and praised class play last evening directed by Grace and Mildred Roberts. The cast of twelve featured Henry Simmons Mar tin Hall and his wife Harriett Ellen Davis with daughter Ethel Mary Katharine Allen as central figures. The junior high orchestra and vocal solos by Carson L Horton and Pauline Whitlatch complemented the production. The set recreated a cozy living room as costumes and blocking earned strong applause and the show was hailed as among the best home plays of the season.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Carson L. Horton
Pauline Whitlatch
Grace
Mildred Roberts
Martin Hall
Henry Simmons
Harriett
Ellen Davis
Ethel
Mary Katherine Allen
Simmons
Sadie Bloom
Lillian Stover
Chester Binney
Francis McLain
Roger Shields
Max Wolfe
Chester
Letty Lythe
Mary Louise Leyshon
Donald Swift
Blake Mechem
Letty
Lucille Huddy
Edwin Holland
Simmon
Esther Healy
Frances Gorsuch
Nelsonville Group Plans Twelve Weeks European Trip
A Nelsonville party led by Charles E. Poston will sail June 10 from Montreal aboard the Ausonia Cunard liner for a twelve week tour of England France Switzerland Italy Austria Germany and Belgium. The group includes Mr and Mrs Julius Fischer Mr and Mrs Webster C Poston Miss Catherine Spencer Rev Eugene Owens and George Adamson.
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Nelsonville
Charles E. Poston
Montreal
Ausonia
Cunard Line
England
France
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Poston
Julius Fischer
Webster C. Poston
Catherine Spencer
Eugene Owens
George Adamson
Nelsonville Week Baseball Schedule And Union Meeting
The Nelsonville week baseball slate lists Athenas versus Central tes in Twilight league tonight. Wednesday sees West versus Buckeyes, Thursday Dixeys versus Barbers, with Friday Dixeys versus West postponed. Haydenville hosts Carbon Hill in Suburban league Friday night, and Decoration Day features Haydenville brick plant against Athena brick plant at the playgrounds. Local Union No. 4072 schedules a mine meeting at Hamley Run Friday May 27 at 2 PM to discuss important business.
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Nelsonville
Athenas
Centraltes
West
Buckeyes
Dixeys
Barbers
Haydenville
Carbon Hill
Haydenville Brick Plant
Athena Brick Plant
Hamley Run
Death App Dispatches and Illness Notices From Ohio Towns
May 24 reports show Ban Hawk, a Glouster rail ticket agent, died on a Charleston train after apoplexy. Mrs Harold Mechem travels to Glouster for mourning. In Nelsonville Frank Jr of Ohio State University lies seriously ill with blood poisoning from a recent tooth extraction. his father Frank Sr. departs for Columbus.
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Glouster Nelsonville
Harold Mechem
Glouster
Ban Hawk
Hawk
Charleston
Nelsonville
Frank Tedrow
Columbus
Frank Jr
Ohio State University
Tedrow
Frank
Grant Hospital
Social Notes in Nelsonville entertain guests
Mrs. Hattie Edgar and Mrs. Leoline Seibert hosted guests Gunday Davis Bender Virginia Seibert and David Edgar among others in Nelsonville social notes.
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Hattie Edgar
Leoline Seibert
Gunday, Davis Bender
Virginia Seibert
David Edgar
Picnic and Dinner Gatherings Highlight Columbus Social
A large group from Columbus enjoyed a Crystal Springs picnic on Sunday afternoon and evening. Later, Mr and Mrs Robert Huenefeld hosted a dinner honoring Ralph E Orr principal of the junior high school with guests L J Eberle C L Horton Dudley Harris and Bob Huenefeld Jr present.
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James Bland
Margaret
Verna Mee- Canaha
Harry Dilcher
Albert Dilcher
Allie Dilcher
Ena Cook
Earl Weiss
Gerald Frank
Crystal Springs
Robert Huenefeld
Ralph E. Orr
Mr. Orr
L. J. Eberle
C. L. Horton
Dudley Harris
Bob Huenefeld
Nelsonville Alumni Plan Banquet Attendance Request
Nelsonville Alumni association members planning to attend the annual banquet must confirm intent by contacting the committee before Thursday morning.
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Nelsonville Alumni Association
Residents and visitors share Columbus weekend notices
Mrs. C. H. Bartlett visits Marietta and Beverly while Isaac Emrick and family travel from Murray City to Columbus. Irene McDowell returns from Clearfield Pa for her father’s illness. Helen Widener attends Ohio University events after Nelsonville teaching. A wave of guests arrives from Pulaski Va and Columbus for commencement and family gatherings. Lorenzo Butt heads to Kirksville Mo for medical school graduation.
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C. H. Bartlett
Marietta
Beverly
Isaac Emrick
Murray City
Columbus
Irene McDowell
Clearfield
Helen Widener
Nelsonville High School
Ohio University
Muriel Hartley
Bobby
Pulaski
Hartley
Josie Baugh
Parker Sniffen
Max
Arthur Hawkins
L. H. Hawkins
Glen Oliver
Kirksville, Mo
Lorenzo
Weather records tumble as temperatures stay hot
For the fifth day in a row the thermometer stayed above 80 degrees with a Friday afternoon climb above 90 at times. Yesterday’s high reached 88 under the 1921 record, while the 38 degree low from 1917 stood for this date. Total excess heat reached 355 degrees since January 1, with 30 of those in May.
Football tackle stops alleged prisoner escape in county jail
A football tackle by George Williams, son of Sheriff William Williams, stopped Pearl Cooper as he broke from Deputy C. Gibson during a transfer to the Common Pleas court. Cooper, previously charged with chicken theft, was recaptured and sent to Mansfield reformatory. Earlier, he and another inmate tried escaping by mortar from the wall. that plan was foiled by the sheriff. Later, Sunnyside school sixth graders dramatized four chapters of Robin Hood by George Harvey, with roles assigned to named students and staff in a morning assembly.
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George Williams
William Williams
Pearl Cooper
Copper
C. QO. Gibson
Common Pleas Court
Gibson
Washington Street
Young Williams
Mansfield Reformatory
Robin Hood
George Harvey
Sunnyside School
Maude Skidmore
Laura Bailey
Herman Curry
Little John
Richard Snow
Will Scarlet
Mary McCune
Sheriff
Ruth Huggins
Eileen Bobo
William of York
Richard Welch
Lobb
John Gibbs
Virginia Masterton
Virginia Schuler
Alice Robinson
Elvina Davidson
Vivian Rowland
Alvin Risley
Clifton Stout
Chester Riley
Howard Dow Wood
J. W. Genter
Federal agents arrest two in 10 mile Cleveland liquor chase
Federal prohibition agents under John G. Plappert chased suspects through downtown Cleveland for ten miles before trapping them at a curb. They seized 175 gallons of whisky and a Lincoln touring car. The men were charged with transportation and possession of liquor.
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Cleveland
U.P
John G. Plappert
Engineer Fogleman Injured After Inghams Accident
Engineer Fogleman of the B and O was injured when his eastbound passenger train No. 4 left the rails at Inghams near Moonville last night. He fell from a trestle and sustained multiple injuries including a broken heel leg and shoulder. The train arrived at Athens at 2 AM instead of 6:35 PM after a wrecker was sent to reline the engine.
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Inghams
Fogleman
Athens
Moonville
Athens High School Band Sets Varied Finale Concert
The Athens high school band directed by G. E. Stephenson will present a varied final concert of the year in the high school auditorium Thursday night. Selections include Gaiety Polka trombone solo, The Rosary trumpet solo, Eva Nagle and her eight merry lads, operatic numbers from Faust Rigoletto Carmen Lucia and Bohemian Girl, Victor Herbert medleys Red Mill Babes in Toyland Mademoiselle Modiste Naughty Marietta Katinka Moonlight on the Nile Night in June baritone solo, with late popular numbers in encores.
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Athens
G. E. Stephenson
Philip Ong
Harlan Carpenter
Eva Nagle
Faust
Herman Herron
Train Engineer Falls From Trestle Delays Line
An engineer on the stalled train fell several feet from a trestle. He was hospitalized in Chillicothe and a new engineer arrived from Chillicothe to allow the train to continue.
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Chillicothe
Clinic Examinations Clinic Announced by Athens PTA
The summer clinic for preschool children, arranged by the Parent-Teacher Association, is set for Wednesday and Thursday at the Methodist church. Supervising nurse Miss Viola Fell lists physicians for each half day and urges all parents to bring children for examinations. Districts and helpers named.
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Viola M. Fell
Athens
Methodist Church
Miss Fell
Byron Danford
J. A. Malone
Wiley T. Sprague
J. M. Higgins
D. H. Biddle
C. 8. McDougall
A. G. Danford
J. H. Berry
Blaine R. Goldsberry
J. T. Merwin
E. G. Pedigo
J. L. Henry
East Side
West Side
Central
Parent- Teacher Association
Charles Sheldon
Fred Stauffer
Pearly Clark
Robert Coates
J. W. Hudson
C. E. Carpenter
C. E. Atkinson
Thor Olson
C. W. Fink
R. W. Williams
E. T. Hayes
B. H. Durst
L. B. McCune
Rosabel Reimer
Cora Vennis
Athens General Health District
Viola Fell
Clara Cavanaugh
Bess Harper
Ann Morgan
British hop growers plan curtailment amid excess supply
London reports hop growers reduce output as demand lags, aiming to balance market. In Dublin, Irish authorities seized and burned a shipment of English newspapers, reflecting tensions over cross border trade and media control.
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London
Athens Orders Audit of Logan Gas Company Earnings
Athens Ohio council hires H R Allensworth to audit Logan Gas Company books to reveal operating revenues and expenses and produce exhibits for rate dispute hearings before the Public Utilities Commission. Compensation set at 300 dollars with staged payments after acceptance and completion of reports.
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Logan Gas Comy
Eveas
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Logan Company
Logan Gas Coun Y
Columbus
Logan Gas Company
Athens
State of
Ohio
H. R. Allensworth
Ohto
Athena
Ytase
Two Boys Arrested In Newark Fire Crews
Newark police say Herman Huggins and Shedrick Walker confessed to setting six fires since last Sunday. The youths, aged 14 and 9, are held for juvenile court authorities. Chief De Witt and Deputy Fire Marshal John Baird spoke with them.
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Newark, CO
Newark
Herman Huggins
Shedrick Walker
Charles de Witt
John Baird
Huggins
Acene Run
Seniors Compile Personal Poetry Anthologies at Athens High
Seniors in Miss Mary Connett's American literature class at Athens High School gathered modern poems to suit their tastes. They studied six weeks then compiled thick volumes with decorated covers and typed pages. Contents span Walt Whitman Edward Markham Gary Teasdale Joyce Kilmer and some original poems. The project ends as seniors prepare to leave school with their favorite works neatly organized.
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Athens High School
Miss Mary Connett
Miss Connett
Walt Whitman
Edward Markhem
Gary Teasdale
Joyce Kilmer
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