Seventy Years Ago by Emma C McVay
Seventy Years Ago revisits early Athens life as Lindley McVay recruits for the Civil War, moving through Center Street to President Street. The narrative details households, notable residents including Judge Welch and Oscar W Brown, and the evolving street landscape with brick and frame homes, gardens, and the Lindley estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludley McVay
Alexander Township
Wallace
Anna McCune
Athens
Hocking River
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
President Street
John Henry Walker
Willie Higgins
Fred
Addie
Nettie
Bertha
Nellie
David Goodspeed
Baker
A. L. Roach
Ruth Riggs
Lindley McVay
Matilda C
Guerin
Emma
Celeste
Olive
Lincoln
Camp Chase
J. L. McVay
Co. H
Joe Pickering
John Welch
Ohio Supreme Court
Mary
George H. Carpenter
Johnson M
Henry
Frank
Ben Cameron
Judge Welch
Athens High School
Felicia Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Amhurst
Mass
Oscar W. Brown
Adeline Currier
Lucy
Mary Lyle
Hugh
Adeline Brown
Ziba Lindley, Jr
Mary Bartlett
Henry Bartlett
Ohio University
Kate R. Lindley
Charles Henry
Canaan Township
John Lindley Henry
Ella
R. &. Devoe
Kenyon College
Sarah Putnnam
Augustus Norton
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Bettie Putnam
Will H. Harris
Mary Putnam Whipple
Duluth, Minn
Lindley
Red Cross Yearly Report Details Relief Efforts and Costs
The American National Red Cross released its annual fiscal year report ending June 30 1932 led by Athens County Chapter chair Roger Con mor. It covers unemployment relief aiding 454000 families, flour distribution totaling 37050401 bushels, disaster aid for droughts tornadoes and floods, and service roles including nurses and veterans aid. It notes 62700 life saving certificates issued and 575508 Junior Red Cross members with extensive volunteer work and canteen service.
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American National Red Cross Today
Roger Conmor
Athens County
Red Cross
Red Cross Life Saving Service
Five Women Lead National Citizens' Committee on Relief Needs
Five eminent women join 53 men on the National Citizens' Committee to assess relief needs in American cities this winter. They will collect facts from major social agencies to guide welfare efforts covering unemployment, health, nutrition, housing, and education, aiming to mobilize nationwide relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Citizens’ Committee
August Belmont
Nicholas Brady
John M. Glenn
Robert Speer
Lillian Wald
America
Salvation Army
Big City
United States
Pageant on Ohio River recalls Washington trip reenactment
Ten men portray Washington and his party re enacting the river voyage from near East Liver pool to Pt Pleasant with DAR markers to be placed at four camp sites. The group arrives in Hockingport Oct 28 at 10 AM and camps at Shade River mouth at 2 PM, then at Racine Meigs County on Saturday.
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Ohio River
Washington
East Liverpool
Athens
Meigs County
Hockingport
Shade River
Racine
Pt. Pleasant
Daughters of the American Revolution
Little Hocking
Great Hocking
West Virginia
Long Bottom
Ohio
Athens County
Hocking River
How Men Drop Out of Sight
A first person reminiscence about George Munsey a middle aged man who vanished into anonymity in Trimble after living in coal mines and dying among strangers. His unmarked grave in Trimble Cemetery and a locked trunk with no identifiers fuel reflections on forgotten lives and disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Nye
George Munsey
Trimble
Hotel Biddison
Munsey
8. J. Danford
United States
Danford
Sunday Creek Hardware Company
Isaac Chappealer
Child Die in Auto Collision at Favorite Hill School
Oct 22 in Piqua Donald Webb Ster, aged 6, stepped from his father's car and was struck by another vehicle in front of Favorite Hill School. The accident occurred Friday and the boy died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PIQUA
U.R
Donald Webbster
Favorite Hill School
Chicago gangs feud as murders surge after Capone imprisonment
Chicago gangs at war again with six men killed in four days. Police label the six as gang killings with motive listed as keeping down the competition. Gangs suffer low revenue and fight outsiders and rivals as a few extra dollars lure betrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.2
al Capone
Ex-Cop Held in Dayton Robbery Attempt
Dayton police say Herman Jackson a 42 year old former officer who resigned two months ago admitted attempting to hold up Miss Geneva Kam mer 21 in the Dayton Barter Supply Company office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Herman Jackson
Geneva Kammer
Dayton Barter Supply Company
Good Bulb Planting Advice From Grounds Committee
Late fall is best for most flowering bulbs says the Athens Better Homes and Grounds Committee. They advise planting in frost crusted soil to strengthen roots, with mulching leaves to protect against winter warmth and to prevent premature growth.
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Grounds Committee
Athens
Winter Prep Underway as Athens Homes Ready
Homeowners in Athens rush to weatherize ahead of cold and snow. Doors and windows are weather stripped, foundations and siding patched, furnaces inspected. New homes near occupancy include A. D. McPherson on Congress Street and Professor W. J. Trautwein on Marietta Avenue.
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Athens
A. D. McPherson
Congress Street
W. J. Trautwein
Marietta Avenue
Judge O. F. Rowland
Grandview
R. J. Bolin
Second Street
Villa Tippie
Sunnyside Drive
Legion to pick successor for Colonel Cole in Columbus
In Columbus on Sunday the Ohio Department of the American Legion will choose a new commander to succeed Colonel Ralph D. Cole of Findlay who was fatally hurt in an automobile accident recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Legion
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By Emma C. McVay
Regan
Congress
the Cross
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi-Louisiana
Continental
Red Cross Nurses’ Reserve
Army
Navy
Red Cross Public Health
Mrs
Robert E. Speer
Nicholas F. Brady
New Girl Scout
Rotary
Tick Ridge
Girl Scout Council
Girl Scouts
Rer
Camp Rotan
Ernoon
The
Connor
Farley
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