Nelsonville School Calendar Approved
Nelsonville board of education approves the calendar detailing semesters from 1927 to 1928. First semester ends January 18 1928 and second runs January 16 to May 18. Thanksgiving recess November 23 28 and holiday vacation December 22 to January. Exams January 11 and 12. May 18 promotion day and junior high commencement. Senior class play May 21 and annual commencements follow.
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Nelsonville
Board of Education
Hee
Nelsonville Junior Music Club Elects Officers
The Nelsonville Junior Music club met at the Y M C A in October to elect officers for the year. Mary Pritchard was chosen president with Betty Wolf as vice president and Elizabeth Sheppard as secretary treasurer. Margaret Williamson was named supervisor of music in the city schools.
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Nelsonville
Mary Pritchard
Betty Wolf
Elizabeth Sheppard
Margaret Williamson
Nelsonville District Conference Sees Large Local Turnout
A large Nelsonville delegation is expected to attend the Bourton district conference in Circleville November 1 and 4 with connections from Lancaster. Local Halloween events include a masked ball at the Elk’s building with prizes for costumes and a bridge and euchre night, plus a Methodist Church Halloween party with masked attendees and jack o lanterns.
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Nelsonville
Bourton
Circleville
Lancaster
Missionary Society Notes Honor Elder Birthday Hostess
Mrs Frank Tedrow hosted the Presbyterian missionary society at her West Washington home with Mrs W L Hudson and Mrs J M Hyde assisting. A Ladies Aid meeting decided to hold a soup dinner on election day and approved a $25 gift to the Y M C A fund. The group then visited Mrs Julia Baird of Riverside, who observed her ninetieth birthday and received flowers. she is a charter member active in church work.
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Frank Tedrow
Presbyterian Missionary Society
West Washington Street
W. L. Hudson
Tedrow
J. M. Hyde
Thee Ladies’ Aid Society
Y. M. C. A. Fund
Halloween Night At Local High School Inspires Games
A spectral ghost greeted senior high girls as they arrived for Halloween activities in the senior building. Witches skeletons and lantern lights created a spooky gym. The evening featured fortune telling, apple biting, candy hunt and animated alphabet game. Marie Posnichel won an advertisement contest prize. Refreshments of sandwiches cider and apples were served to the 65 girls. Miss Mario Stowe led the event with assistance from Miss Mararet Kempher.
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Marie Posnichel
Mario Stowe
Macnaret Kempher
Masquerade Party for Methodist Junior Class
Class No. of the Methodist Sunday school comprised of Junior high school boys enjoyed a masquerade party in the church parlors Thursday evening. Games and contests were held and refreshments served. The class teacher, Arthur Kennedy, was assisted by Mrs. L. J. Eberle, Mrs. Mable Barnecut and Mrs. Bishop.
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Methodist Church
Hazel Katzen- Mach
Rose Vaughn
Methodist Sunday School
Arthur Kennedy
Mra
Ll. J. Eberle
Mable Barnecut
Bishop
Cosmopolitan Club Meeting at Mrs. Harry Jackson’s Home
The Cosmopolitan club will meet Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Harry Jackson. The gathering aims to discuss plans and social activities for the month.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Harry Jackson
Mrs Essie Keeton Improves After Columbus Operation
Mrs Essie Keeton of Nelsonville has shown improvement after a serious illness and surgery at Radium hospital on October 20 in Columbus. The patient had been seriously ill for ten days prior to the operation and is now reported to be recovering.
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Nelsonville
Essie Keeton
Columbus
Radium Hospital
Mrs C R Wyman Evening Trip in Columbus
Mrs C R Wyman of Columbus spent Wednesday and Thursday visiting local contacts and attending social engagements in the city during a brief trip.
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C. R. Wyman
Columbus
Residents take trips to Columbus and visit kin
In Nelsonville Mrs. James Sharp and her daughter Miss Helen plan end of week time in Columbus. Mrs. Hubert Hyde was in Columbus Thursday. Mrs. Robert Green will spend a few days in Columbus. Mrs. Benson Preston returned home after a week with her parents in Bowerton Ohio. Miss Morgan, a Hocking county public health nurse, was guest Thursday night of Mrs. Hyde. Miss Morgan and Mrs. Hyde shared nurse training in Cincinnati.
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Nelsonville
James Sharp
Columbus
Helen
Hubert Hyde
Robert Green
Benson Preston
Bowerston
Ohio
Miss Morgan
Hocking County Public Health Nurses
Morgan
Hyde
Cincinnati
Hi-Y Leaders Discuss Movement At Ohio Breakfast
Twenty five superintendents and high school leaders met at the Hotel Berry for a Hi-Y fellowship breakfast to discuss the movement and its value in schools. State officers E. V. Donaldson and A. L. Ward spoke as hosts while officials noted Ohio Hi-Y clubs exceed seven thousand students across more than one hundred clubs.
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Hotel Berry
E. V. Donaldson
A. L. Ward
Y. M. C. A. Teld
Southeastern
Ohio
M. Co. A
Ironton
Jackson
Gallipolis
Hamden
Nelson
Ville
Nousantville
Stoutsville
Amanda
Bremen
Smoke screen charge hits Marshall bill in Ohio letter
Charles C. Janes of the Ohio State Automobile Association accuses Senator T. L. Marshall of using a wet and dry smoke screen to deceive voters over the Marshall bill. Janes sends a letter asking Marshall to answer two key questions about the measure.
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Columbus
U.P
Tl. T. Marshall
Charles C. Janes
Ohio State Automobile Association
Janes
Marshall
The
Automobile Association
Cleveland stock dealer pleads not guilty in $100000 Columbus fraud
Fred L. Grummey aged 46 by Cleveland was arraigned in municipal court here after state securities division officials charged him with defrauding Columbus investors of more than $100,000 under state blue sky laws.
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Columbus
Fred L. Grummey
Cleveland
State Securities Division
Liberty
Grammy
Aviator Returns Home by Air After Crash
Chester Cottrell, injured with a broken leg and other wounds from a ten day old crash that killed his father, flies home to Cleveland with nurse Mildred Galford aboard a plane piloted by Pat Love. The accident occurred near Portsmouth while traveling south.
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Portsmouth
Chester Cottrell
Cleveland
Cottrell
Pat Love
Mildred Galford
Columbus Briefs Highlight Local Fires and Labor Notes
Leo Katz 52 dies from dislocated vertebrae after missing a golf swing. Police search for a woman driver who struck 11 year old Orville Walley and fled. Agriculture director Truax to debate Europain coin borers with Knight. will send specimens. Fire removes F R Schurke's body scene as neighbors aid. Theater labor strike to intensify with stage hands and operators joining in. Fifth annual community fund drive opens with a 666 182 goal and five day solicitation. Fred L Grummey of Cleveland free on bond after stock selling on unincorporated auto motor.
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Columbus
Orville J. Walley
Charles V. Truax
Charles
Knight
Akron
Halloween Social by Summit Grange in New Marshfield
Summit Grange will hold a Halloween social Monday evening in the K of P hall in New Marshfield. Refreshments will be served beginning at 5 o'clock. Everybody invited.
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Summit Grange
K. of P. Hall
New Marshfield
Cincinnati Faces Self Destruction Wave With Three Deaths
Cincinnati records three deaths by self destruction within a few hours amid a reported epidemic of suicides. Officials confirm the incidents and warn of ongoing concerns in the city.
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Cincinnati
Athens Flooring Company to Rebuild After Fire
The Athens Flooring Company will rebuild immediately after a fire that damaged the plant, causing about 30 000 in losses and leaving sixty workers temporarily unemployed. Fire struck the sawdust pile amid repeated outbreaks, with watchmen deployed to limit damage while engines and kilns sustain no harm.
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Athens
James Boden
Boden
KE. KR. Laughlin
Leader Mrs Randolph Dies in Richmond at 79
Mrs Norman W Randolph honorary president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy died at her Richmond home at age seventy nine. She opposed discussions that agitated about Abraham Lincoln saying no good would come of it and remained active in Confederate circles.
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Richmond
Norman W. Randolph
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Randolph
Abraham Lincoln
Padlock filings target Ohio resort areas
Haveth BE, May, U S District Attorney, filed four padlocks today in Cincinnati district court aimed at resorts around Ironyt on and Portsmouth Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Ironyton
Portsmouth
Haveth BE
May
U. S
TonSiline Sore Throat Remedy Ad Advises Stocking
An old advertisement urges readers to keep a bottle of Ton siline on hand for sudden sore throat relief. The copy emphasizes Ton siline as a male marketed remedy designed specifically for throat relief and to be used when drug stores are closed.
Red and Black Day Decorates Athens High School
Third annual Red and Black day at Athens High School yields top prizes for room decorations. Miss Alda Smith in senior building wins first, A A Nellis room prospers in central building, with intricate themes including a bower and drum major imagery. Second prizes go to Mrs C K B Williams and Miss Cora Bailey. other rooms receive honors.
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Alda Smith
A. A. Nellis
Miss Smith
Athens ‘High School
C. KB. Williams
Cora Bailey
Carl Robert
Miss Featherstone
Anna K. Price
Rene Coulter
W. A. Maltheny
C. E. Williams
Hal Woods
Round Table club at Ohio University limits leadership to students
The Round Table at Ohio University will be led by students only this year after a unanimous decision at a campus meeting. Faculty may attend and advise on speakers but cannot hold official positions. Virginia Riddle is president, Bernice Prochaska vice president, and Hattie Campbell secretary-treasurer.
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Round Table Club
Ohio University
Round Table
Virginia Riddle
Bernice Prochaska
Hattie Campbell
High School Home Economics Seeks Practical Clothing
Miss Ruth Geisen, supervisor, notes aims to guide girls toward appropriate clothing through sewing classes. Advanced students are making wool dresses to be shown at an assembly. Seventh graders are crafting pillow slips while eighth graders work on pajamas with careful color and material selection for school wear.
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Ruth Geisen
Champion Dies The Spark Plug King Passes Away
Albert Champion leader of the Spark Plug Manufacturing Company and head of the Paris auto show delegation died in Paris last night. He was known as The Spark Plug King and died after visiting the exposition.
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Spark Plug Manufacturing Company
Paris
U.P
Albert Champion
Champion dies of embolism at Paris auto show
Physicians attributed Champion's death to an embolism while he led the spark plug company bearing his name. He had traveled to Paris with his wife to attend the automobile exhibition.
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Champion
Spark Plug Manufacturing Company
Paris
Former Glouster Boy to Wed Senator’s Daughter in Detroit
Announcement of the engagement of Madeleine Couzins eldest daughter of Senator James Couzens and Mrs Couzens to William Rumer Yaw son of Mr and Mrs John V Yaw of Glouster Ohio. Miss Couzens 22 a law student at George Washington University will graduate next spring. Mr Yaw recruited to Detroit by Goodrich Tire & Rubber six years ago with earlier ties to Buffalo and Akron.
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Detroit
Madeleine Couzins
James Couzens
William Rumer Yaw
John V. Yaw
Glouster
Couzens
Bloomfield Hills
Washington
George Washington University
Miss Couzens
Henry Ford
Yaw
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Akron
Starved Bridegroom Foe of Dresden Feud Ends in Death
Anton Berlagen refused to eat after his fiancée left him and died of starvation at Dresden about the tragic row. The tragedy underscores a ruined romance leading to fatal self denial.
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Dresden
Anton Berlagen
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