Church gathering features Middleport guest and glee club
The intermediate Sunday School Class of the Church of God hosted a Friday night at Mrs. Walter Bobo s home 6 Hocking Street with games singing ice cream and cake. Attendees included Mr Mrs Walter Bobo Mr Mrs Clarence Way and many others. Grand Chancellor elect Fred G Hunker of Middleport will attend with the Middleport Glee Club to provide a musical program for Knights of Pythias families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Walter Bobo
Hocking Street
Clarence Way
Mary Young
Gertrude Lenigar
Venice Lenigar
Retella Hoffman
Margery Way
Louise Pierre
Edith Pierre
Helen Maxwell
Edna Maxwell
Clodythe Cranmer
Lillian Cranmer
Pauline Riley
Mabel Coss
Mary Frost
Jennie Frost
Jacob Way
Wilson Bobo
Harley Bobo
Russell Lenigar
Glenice Lenigar
Athenian Lodge Knights of Pythias Event Evening
The Athenian lodge Knights of Pythias hosts an evening next Tuesday at 7 o'clock honoring their two eldest members, led by Mr. E. R. The event highlights longtime service and community fellowship within the lodge.
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Athenian Lodge
Knights of Pythias
E. R
Vision clinic pledges precise fittings and care
Our knowledge experience and skill enable us to fit glasses to correct each defect. The careful personal service given each patient ensures extremely satisfactory results.
Fink and McKnabb Wed at Circle Hill Ceremony
Alfred Fink and Hazel McKnabb of Circle Hill were married this noon in a private ceremony conducted by Rev. Dr. Daniel McGurk at 27 North Congress Street. The couple were unattended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Fink
Hazel McKnabb
Circle Hill
Daniel McGurk
M. E
North
Congress Street
City Federation Meeting Monday in Athens Chamber
The City Federation plans a Monday afternoon meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 2 o clock. Officers and presidents of the Womens Federated clubs will attend, with the general session to follow. Plans for the District convention in Athens in October will be discussed and committees formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Federation
Chamber of Commerce
Womens Federated Clubs
Athens
Mr. Murphey Heads to Banff for NYL Agents Meeting
Mr. Frank Murphey departs this evening for Banff Canada to join a New York Life agents gathering of the two hundred thousand dollar club. He will stay ten days and intends to visit Vancouver before returning home.
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Frank Murphey
Banff
Canada
New York Life Agents
Murphey
Vancouver
British Columbia
Miss Maude Skidmore Returns From Albany Teaching
Miss Maude Skidmore came home Friday evening after completing her first week teaching at Albany high school and planned to spend the weekend with her mother Mrs. Ollie B. Skidmore.
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Maude Skidmore
Albany High School
Ollie B. Skidmore
Johnston Family Recalled by Death in Point Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston and Mrs. T. R. Bennett returned from Point Pleasant West Virginia where they were summoned by the death of Mr. Johnston's sister Mrs. Henry Fisher.
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George Johnston
T. R. Bennett
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mr. Johnston
Henry Fisher
Skidmore Leaves for Des Moines Osteopathy College
Mr. David A. Skidmore has departed for Des Moines Iowa to enroll at Still College of Osteopathy, signaling a new academic pursuit in the medical field.
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David A. Skidmore
Des Moines, Iowa
The
Still College of Osteopathy
Spaulding Returns to Athens For Ohio University Studies
Mr. Les Spaulding served as a beach lifeguard at Cedar Point this summer and returned to Athens on Friday to arrange his plan to resume studies at Ohio University.
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Les Spaulding
Cedar Point
Athens
Ohio University
Mrs Pierce Visits Athens County Relatives
Mrs. Maria J. Pierce with daughter Cora Graham and son Lou Graham of Logan visited Athens county and stayed with Mr. H. L. Morris at Herrora Place. Mrs. Pierce planned an indefinite stay to visit relatives in the area.
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Maria J. Pierce
Cora Graham
Lou Graham
Logan
H. L. Morris
Herrora Place
Pierce
Athens County
Clarence Bumgardner Sets Out for Youngstown on Business
Mr. Clarence Bumgardner left today for Youngstown where he will be gone several days on business.
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Clarence Bumgardner
Youngstown
Mrs Mabel Clendenin Returns Home From Visit
Miss Mabel Clendenin has returned home after a short visit in Carbondale with the Misses Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Clendenin
Carbondale
Carter
Robbins Family Returns From Point Marion Visit
Mr. Minor Robbins came home with his mother Mrs. S Winters and his son Kenneth Frederick. Doris May Robbins, daughter of Mr. Robbins, stayed with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Secoy, while Kenneth Frederick resides with Mr. and Mrs. S B Winters.
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Mr. Minor Robbins
Ee Ae
Local families make visits across multiple states
Mrs. Jennie Mills leaves for Little Hocking after a week with son N E Mills and family at 14 Maple wood Drive. She travels with daughter Mrs. O E McGirr and three children from a month in Battle Creek Michigan and Gary Indiana, then returns home. Mr and Mrs W W Clendenin return from ten days in Youngstown Columbus and Logan visiting Mrs M E Stewart. Miss Susan Putnam returns to Cleveland to teach after summer with George S and Mrs. Putnam. Dorothy Putnam departs for Buchanan West Virginia to teach high school.
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Jennie Mills
Little Hocking
N. E. Mills
Maplewood Drive
O. E. McGirr
Battle Creek
Michigan
Gary
Ind
MecGirr
W. W. Clendenin
Youngstown
Columbus
Logan
M. E. Stewart
Susan Putnam
Cleveland
George S. Putnam
Dorothy Putnam
Buchannon
W. Va
Social Visits Reported Across Plains and Nearby Towns
The Plains residents hosted and visited numerous neighbors including Mr. and Mrs. John Hamer and guests Thursday night. Mansfield visitors Ms Thelma Hawk and Jack McCollister joined Friday supper with Zell Buffington. Evans of Russeltown and Joe Evants visited Mary Stauffer family, while Fred Stauffer's group from Athens called on Mary Stauffer and Erwin. Additional gatherings included Maud Thorn with Ed Michels and sons Russ and Carl at Dora Woods, Bob Smith and four children from Carbon Hill with Mrs. Worth Dicken, and Nell Shipley from Athens visiting Ray Michaels and Mary Michaels.
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John Hamer
Fred de Weese
Mansfield
Thelma Hawk
Jack McCollister
Oscar Evans
Russeltown, Pa
Joe Evants
Zell Buffington
Maud Thorn
Ed Michels and Sons
Russ
Carl
Dora Woods
Luhrig
Bob Smith
4Dren
Carbon Hill
Worth Dicken
Hk" Dicken
Mrs Wash and Mrs Smith Visit Rob Hawk Family
Mrs Adam Wash and Mrs Fa nest Smith and children of Nelsonville were Friday guests of Mr and Mrs Rob Hawk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Wash
Fanest Smith
Nelsinville
Rob Hawk
Roberts takes position in Wheeling store
Wilmouth Roberts left for Wheeling Friday to take a job at the store where Charles II works, indicating a new employment move and workplace change for Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmuth Roberts
Wheing
Charles ii
Ida Campbell Moves to Athens Rentals to Powells
Miss Ida Campbell relocates to Athens and rents her house to Butner Powell and wife, transferring residence and tenancy duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Campbell
Athens
Butner Powell
Dr George T Harding Jr Joins Doctors In Washington
Dr George T Harding Jr brother of the President arrives in Washington from Columbus and goes to the sick room to join Doctors Finny Boone and Sawyer.
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Harding
Washington
George T. Harding, Jr
Columbus
Finny
Boone
Sawyer
Discharges For Athens County Soldiers On File With Attorney
Certificates of honorable discharge for several Athens county ex-soldiers are now in the hands of Attorney M. D. Hughes who asks those entitled to pick them up. The listed veterans include Byron W. Biggins Stewart Edward W. Brooks Albany R. D. 2 Edward N. Dabritz New Marshfield Lawrence R. Jones McConnelsville Gerald T. Sprague Athens John R. Rupe Nelsonville R. D. 3 Bert Steed Athens and Fred J L Walburn Glouster. The discharges were used in securing government claims and have since been returned.
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Athens County
M. D. Hughes
Byron W. Biggins
Stewart
Edward W. Brooks
Albany R. D
Edward N. Dabritz
New Marshfield
Lawrence R. Jones
McConnelsville
Gerald T. Sprague
Athens
John R. Rupe
Nelsonville
R. D
Flyer Fatal Landing Crash near Selfridge Field
Two Army personnel attempted a 75 foot landing from an aircraft at Selfridge field in Saginaw Michigan. Sergeant Tracey W Johnson was severely burned and may die while Corporal George Horning remained unhurt. The plane caught fire after the fall.
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Saginaw
Mich
Selfridge Field
Tracey W. Johnson
George Horning
Johnson
Horning
Bootjack Found in Old House Relic Collection
Woodsfield Ohio on September 9 reports a bootjack discovered between joists during demolition. The artifact will join a local relics collection, preserving a piece of everyday history.
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Woodsfield
Post Office Shipped Brick by Brick to Vernal Utah
Donald Chase reports from Syracuse that Vernal Utah is erecting a 125000 federal building funded by parcel post. Officials oppose hauling costs from the railroad, so the entire structure is mailed brick by brick by parcel post workers, with assembly to follow in Vernal.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Donald Chase
American Legion
Vernal
Utah
Parcel Post
Federal
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs Martha A Williams
The body of Mrs Martha A Williams former Athens resident arrived this morning for burial. She died Wednesday in Columbus at age 67 and burial was performed beside her husband Bradshaw who died in 1883. Her two daughters Mrs Homer C Boblitt and Miss Josephine Bradshaw accompanied the body.
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Martha A. ‘Williams
Athens
Dowler Undertaking Establishment
Mr. Bradshaw
Homer C. Boblitt
Josephine Bradshaw
Columbus
Williams
Morris Fuwera Amesville Funeral Plans
Harvey Morris who died in a Port Arthur Texas auto accident will be shipped to Amesville for burial. Funeral services are set for Monday at 10 o'clock at his mother Sabra Morris’s home with burial at Sand Rock.
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Morris Fuwera
Amesville
Sept
Harvey Morris
Port Arthur
Texas
Sabra Morris
Sand Rock
Mountain Funeral Customs In Eastern Kentucky
In isolated Kentucky mountain counties circuit riders attend multiple funerals and marriages in a single day to satisfy a long standing local custom. One widow attended her late husband’s service and remarriage, the gathering ending with a makeshift picnic. Other cases show ministers preaching during a single visit before death intervenes.
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Painsville
Big Sandy Valley
Kentucky
Wireless pioneer Hughes’s home built gear found in London
A 20 year old store stack in Tottenham Court Road uncovered David Hughes’s early wireless apparatus. The kit uses knitting and sewing needles with ash trays sealed by wax and a clock microphone, letting him hear sparks up to about 300 yards. His notebooks and devices are now in the British Science Museum.
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London
David Hughes
Tottenham Court Road
Hughes
Britlish Science Museum
Dayton Woman Credits Pinkham Remedies for Relief
Mrs. Henrietta Miller of 1857 Sprague St Dayton Ohio describes severe pains that confined her to bed. After trying various treatments she used two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and one bottle of Blood Medicine and began to improve rapidly, regaining strength and weight. She invites others to write for details about her condition and recovery.
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Dayton
Ohio
Pinkham
Henrietta
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henrietta Miller
Night prowler shot, intruder vanishes in Cleveland
Samuel Schachtel awoke to a drawer opening, fired at a man near his wardrobe, and called police after shooting what he believed a night thief. Upon returning, the intruder had vanished, leading police to suspect the man feigned death and that the shots did not hit him.
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Cleveland
Samuel Schachtel
Schachtel
Sporty blouse and plaited skirt patterns advertised
A sewing ad describes a sportswoman blouse with straight lines and belt, slip-on design with optional sleeves. It promotes skirt pattern 4046 with smart plaits and details sizes, fabric yardage, and mail order for 126 stamps plus one cent.
Etiquette Note on Family Dinner Invitations
A Victorian guidance piece states dinner invitations should address husband and wife together and individually to other family members. It requires an immediate acceptance or refusal upon receipt of any invitation to dinner.
Steel orders show rise to 8.78 million tons in July
United States Steel Corp reports unfilled orders of 5,950,105 on August 31 and 8,776,151 tons on July 31, an increase of 173,944 tons, in its monthly statement from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Green's Run prepares for homecoming and midweek prayer
The mid week prayer meeting Wednesday night drew a good crowd. Plans are complete for the home coming on September 17 with forenoon and afternoon services and a noon picnic. Rev Courtney spoke Sunday and stayed with W H Fierbaugh. Visitors and relatives from Guthrie Center Peoria Chillicothe Glovater attend local homes and gatherings.
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Courtney
W. H. Fierbaugh
H. J. Anderson
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Elizabeth Daniels
J. C. Daft
Peoria
Ohio
Lottie Cannon
J. M. Cartwright
L. G. Griffith
Marian Hine
Columbus
L. C. Hine
Chillicothe
O. W. Eldridge
Peebies
R. Creachbaum
Mille
Glovater
Snyder and kin visit Lexington College and kin in Ohio
James Snyder entered Lexington College at Lexington after vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs M Snyder. Miss Freda Daniels and Boryton Duffee of Caillicothe visited Mrs Elizabeth Daniels and Miss Garnette. Mr and Mrs Chalmer Mwlilen cough and baby of Columbus spent a few days with the latter's mother Mrs Cella mons. Mr and Mrs Dow Cannon and children and Mrs Lottie Cannon attended the Shaffer reunion near Circle Hill Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Snyder
Lexington College
Lexington
M. Snyder
Freda Daniels
Boryton Duffee
Caillicothe
Elizabeth Daniels
Garnette
Chalmer Mwlilen Cough
Columbus
Cellamons
Dow Cannon
Lottie Cannon
Shaffer
Circle Hill
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