Business Leaders Predict Bottom Reached in Industrial Slump
Roger Connor of the McBee Binder Company told the Athens Rotary Club that heads of major firms in many states believe the bottom of the industrial downturn is behind them. He cited chain buying, cost reductions, and overproduction corrections as factors that should lift business soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Connor
McBee Binder Company
Athens
Rotary Club
Hotel Berry
Connor
McBee Company
Middle West
East
Mr. Connor
Local Social and School News Highlights in Syracuse Area
Syracuse residents host guests and church ministers as the community conducts a busy week. Parents teachers meet at Junior Hall. Syracuse and Parkersburg visitors attend missions events. Students travel to Pomeroy High School. local clergy schedule Sunday services.
Local Residents Share Weekend Visits and Gatherings
Urbana and nearby areas report a flurry of visits as Lottridge, Burns, Townsends, and many others stop by relatives and friends. Attendees include Zumbach at City Hospital Parkersburg and reunions with McBroom, Detwiler, and Hixson households.
Pleasant Valley Social Notes and Obituary Sketches
Pleasant Valley reports visits and travels among residents including Mrs. Lewis Jeffers in Middleport and the Christman family in Crooksville. Funeral services for Mrs. Freda Beatty are noted in Downington with guests and neighbors mentioned throughout the week. Joe Steinmetz of Nebraska visits sister Mrs. Sade Brooks as local gatherings occur at multiple homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Jeffers
Middleport
Lowell Christman
Crooksville
Christman
Frank Tribe
Perry County
William Buck
George Beatty
Downington
Arthur Goodin
John Balderson
Stewart
Henry Johnson
Ruth Martin
H. M. McKinley
Nelsonville
James Hallet
Freda Beatty
Chase
F. M. Davis
J. M. Knowlton
Frank Pugh
Harry Pugh
Canaanville
Howard Welch
Pearl Wood
Oda Brooks
Anna Powers
Harold Richard
Frank Heydenreicht
Parkersburg
H. H. Brooks
J. A. Graham
H. C. Brooks
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Pleasant Valley
Sandusky Woodyard
Woodyard
E. S. Brooks
Charles Wood
James and
Beatrice Wood
Felix Dorsey
Joe Steinmetz
Nebraska
Sade Brooks
Local Friends Visit and Community Notices in Richland Ave Area
Mrs. L D Shields of Akron guests in the area with plans for an all day Ladies Aid Society meeting at the church basement with a pot luck lunch. Various residents spent Sunday visiting relatives or traveling to Florida, New Lexington, Dayton, and Columbus. The first PTA meeting of the school year is set for Friday at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Y. Bridgman
Oscar Roedel
Nonga Fleming
Parkersburg
Tra Fleming
Frankie Mumaw
Gallipolis
Woman's Foreign Missionary District
Logan
William Byrd
Gomer Lewis
Irving Karr
A. L. Flanagan
Avery Roberts
Bert Weese
Lillian Moore
Earl Nease
Fred Shumway
Clarence Springer
Margaret Mobley
Flint
Mich
William Cole
Millfield
Robert Grant
Otho Brooks
Clyde Mobley
Hannah Roberts
Brooks
Bobbie
Dora Genheimer
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Pomeroy
Delbert Lee
Dayton
Earl Zerker
Charleston
W. V2
Oscar Whitlock
Nelsonville
John Davis
Denver Nease
Sycamore Grove
Flora Lewellyn
Sharpsburg
Point Pleasant
Mint
L. D. Shields
Akron
Ladies Aid Society
Mansfield
Anna
J. L. Cartwright
M. P
Hooper Street
Eva Tewksbery
Aldena
The
State Hospital
David Clark
Emray Crow
Clark
Florida
Silas Hoisington
W. C. Hoisington
Charles Leighty
New Lexington
Albert Jackson
Arthur Preston
E. O. McCowen
Rex McCowen
Harold Didnit
Wheelersburg
Joy Bethel
Ruth Hanes
Ohio State
Columbus
Bethel
Hanes
Preston
Ohio University
William Barnhill
Carpenter
Dawson Meeks
Vern
Shade
Emerson Douglas
Alpha Sutton
Dairy Avenue
George McCollins
Charles Mariner
Chillicothe
Leroy Brown
Edward Brooks
Giles Brooks
Local Socials Include Visits Across Town and Nearby Areas
Bedford Mrs. Francis Gilkey of Harrisonville visits Mrs. John Douglas for several days. Mrs. Eugene Campbell of Columbus visits sisters Mrs. Charles Williams and Mrs. George Henderson. George Sanborns host Dolph Jeffers family. Clyde Helwig of Middleport guests of Mrs. Mary Lee. John Douglas visits Virgil Blackwood and family. Guy Lee and daughters Winifred Jean and Maurita visit Charles Hines family. Willie Martin and son visit Del Whaley. Edith Whaley visits Mrs. Haskins. George Henderson and Eldon Clark attend an all day meeting at Elizabeth town West Virginia. Dennis Jones, Mrs. Charles Blackwood, Dorothy Blackwood, Lena Hines, Wilford and Frank Chaney visit Ash Cave Cedar Falls and Old Man's Cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Gilkey
Harrisonville
John Douglas
Eugene Campbell
Columbus
Charles Williams
George Henderson
George Sanborn
Dolph Jeffers
Clyde Helwig
Middleport
Mary Lee
Virgil Blackwood
Guy Lee
Winifred Jean
Maurita
Charles Hines
Willie Martin
del Whaley
Edith Whaley
Haskins
Eldon-Clark
Elizabethtown
W. Va
Dennis Jones
Charles Blackwood
Dorothy Blackwood
Lena Hines
Wilford
Frank Chaney
Ash Cave
Cedar Falls
Old Man's Cave
French flyers Coste and Bellonte to visit Salt Lake City
Major Dieudonner Coste and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, famed French trans Atlantic flyers, continue their goodwill tour by planning a flight from West Denver to Salt Lake City, Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Dieudonner Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Fiiers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mrs Nona Fuller Dies at Guysville
Mrs Nona Fuller 51 who ran a cream station in Guysville died Tuesday morning two weeks after a paralytic stroke. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Guysville M E Church. She leaves a husband six children Mary Snyder of Salem Clarence Fay and Catherine at home Edith of Lancaster Elmer of Chillicothe and one brother Elmer Fell of Chillicothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Nona Fuller
Guysville M. E
Broadwell Homecoming Plans Include Talks and Songs
Broadwell hosts a homecoming on Sunday with short talks by former residents and songs. Sunday School services precede a basket dinner at moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadwell
Reed Franks return from overseas trip remarks on tariff effect
Former Missouri Senator James A. Reed, back from vacation in Europe, says Europeans and Americans on the continent resent tariff schedules, poverty rises abroad, and odds of war are unlikely. He criticizes the Anti-Saloon League for backing Charles H. Tuttle as hypocritical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Anti-Saloon League
Charles H. Tuttle
Mae Sunday Breaks Engagement to Wallace Davis
Mrs Mae Sunday former wife of Billy Sunday Jr says her engagement to Wallace Davis of Los Angeles is off. The romance began when he represented her in the 1929 divorce from Sunday. No reason given for the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U.P
Mae Sunday
Billy Sunday Jr
Friends
Wallace Davis
Los Angeles
Holiness Pastor To Have Special Work
The Rev. J. A. Fields, pastor of the Athens Pilgrim Holiness Church, has resigned to enter evangelistic work and will be succeeded by the Rev. Ralph McNall of Napoleon. Fields will base his headquarters in Athens after serving as superintendent of the West Virginia District. The Rev. L. W. Roberts of Athens becomes superintendent of the Ohio District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Fields
Athens
Charles F Gibbs Dies at 45 in Coolville Ohio
Charles F Gibbs of near Hockingport died at his home in Coolville at 12:30 yesterday at age 45. He was born in Troy Township and lived 21 years on the farm where he died. He leaves a mother wife and four children a brother John Gibbs and a sister Mrs G O Shanks, all nearby. He belonged to the Grange and I O O F lodge of Coolville. Funeral plans will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Charles F. Gibbs
Hockingport
I. A. Gibbs
Mr. Gibbs
Troy Township
John Gibbs
G. O. Shanks
Former Pomeroy Resident Dies in Columbus Veteran Wheatley
Thomas Wheatley 80 year old Civil War veteran died in Columbus after a life spanning Nottingham England to the United States. He served with General Sherman on the march to the sea and worked as a sewing machine salesman in Pomeroy then Columbus. He leaves a widow five daughters and one son. Funeral Friday in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Link
East State Street
Athens
Columbus
Thomas Wheatley
Wheatley
Nottingham
England
United States
Pomeroy
General Sherman
Thirty-Third Ohio Regiment
Starts Series of Church Meetings in Athens
The Rev. Joel H. Webb and the W. B. Pruden of Athens open revival meetings at 7:30 tonight at Strouds Run Free Methodist Church. Webb recently reassigned to Stimpson Avenue Church. Pruden conducts song services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel H. Webb
Athens
Strouds Run Free Methodist Church
W. B. Pruden
Webb
Stimpson Avenue
Buffalo
N.Y
Pruden
Coast-to-coast tiny-boat crew sails 3600 miles home
F Garland Swain of Whit tier California and navigator Fred B Hume crossed the Pacific in a 380-foot boat from the United States to the Marquesas Islands. They spent 43 days at sea without land sighting, survived storms, and lived on sugar and coconuts after provisions spoiled. Swain arrived in Los Angeles while Hume stayed in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marquesas Islands
F. Garland Swain
Whittier
Calif
Fred B. Hume
Swain
Los Angeles
Flume
Hawaii
Marquesas
Widow of Victim Known Here in Pt Pleasant Origins
Mrs Maxwell Byers widow of Western Maryland Railroad president slain in Baltimore by Dudley Gray was born and raised in Pt Pleasant West Virginia. She married as Janet McCullough before her union. The Byers had five children aged 8 to 23. Gray now a widower was visiting Columbus at the time of the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Byers
Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore
Dudley Gray
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
E. B. Young
East State Street
Byers
Janet McCullough
Gray
Columbus
Police to Disband Liquor Squad After Explosion Deaths
Toledo police launch broad probe after demolition of the liquor squad for failing to name operatives tied to a massive distillery explosion that killed four men Monday. Police Chief Louis J. Haas leads the investigation as the cleanup begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Louis J. Haas
Explosion in Car Kills Akron Driver
Detectives probe a fatal car explosion that wrecked the vehicle of Clarence Barnes a 43 year old salesman in Akron Ohio He died at City Hospital after a blast hurled him 40 feet from Mogadore Road near Britton Road The gasoline tank center was blamed with possible leak and short circuit. police weigh a bomb theory Barnes a Chicago wholesale house salesman left a widow and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Clarence Barnes
Barnes
City Hospital
Mogadore Road
Britton Road
Louis Gustavel
Chicago
Gasoline Dealers at Indian Meet Here
One hundred fifteen gasoline dealers from Athens County attended a banquet at Hotel Berry hosted by The Indian Refining Company. Speakers included L. F. Carmine and D. J. Burke, both from Lexington Kentucky, with a company letter read by Charles Russell. Carmine covered company history and wax free oil features, Burke discussed new refining methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Indian Refining Company
Berry
L. F. Carmine
The
D. J. Burke
Lexington
Kentucky
J. H. Graham
Charles Russell
Athens
Mr. Carmine
Mr. Burke
Doctor Kidnapped and Robbed Near Kansas City
Dr. Charles S. Kramer was kidnapped by narcotic addicts, robbed, clubbed, and tied to a tree in the woods. He freed himself and walked to a nearby farm house after bandits ransacked his medical cases and searched for narcotics. He returned to Overland Park, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
Charles S. Kramer
Overland Park
Kan
Ohio University enrollment seen at 2500 for 1930 31
Registrar Prof. F B Dilley says enrollment for the 1930 31 term will reach about 2500 with roughly 1100 new students, up from 1000 last year. Many new students are transfers, regular registration underway as classes start Thursday. Freshman registration occurred earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilley
Ohio
Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Pursuit of Education Has Not Changed Any This Year
Cy Slocum in Athens for Cecelia’s matriculation at Ohio University notes that 1939 economic lows will scarcely affect students’ educational aims. He cites Lem Harkness’s new roadster and Cal Beamus’s pledge incident as signs youth will self fund and persist in college pursuits despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy Slocum
Athens
Cecelia
Ohio University
Willow Fork
Shekels
Lem Harkness
Cleveland
Slocum
Lem
Snag Smith
Horace
Young Smith
Alta Gibson
Carl Beamus
Carl
Beamus
Jerry Wilkins
Wilkins
Slim Holcomb
Slim
Jenny O'Hara
New High Chief of U. S. Navy
Admiral William V. Pratt becomes chief of operations succeeding Admiral Charles I. Hughes upon Hughes retirement. Pratt is a former fleet commander and long distinguished in naval circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
William V. Pratt
Charles I. Hughes
Federal trio to face jury in Canton vice case
Ellis Darany former Canton police sergeant and three alleged bootleggers appeared before Federal Judge Paul Jones on charges of conspiracy. Darany was indicted twice once with Mike Smith and Big John Gust and again with Smith and John Couris as federal prosecutors prepared to deliver a death blow to the Canton vice jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Federal District Attorney's Office
Canton
Ellis Darany
Paul Jones
Darany
Mike Smith
John” Gust
Smith
John Couris
Prince to Attend Buenos Aires Trade Exhibition
Announcement that the Prince of Wales would attend the opening of the British Empire Trade Exhibition at Buenos Aires on March 14 next year was contained in a Commerce Department report from the American Embassy in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Prince of Wales
Buenos Aires
Commerce Department
London
Thousands Attend Ohio Knights Templar Conclave in Cleveland
About 10 000 Knights Templar and nearly as many women arrived in Cleveland for the 58th annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Ohio. The processions featured colorful uniforms jewelry plumes and swords as attendees gathered today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
O.R
Knights Templars
Ik Knights Templar of
Ohio
Beverly Country Club to Host 1931 National Amateur Championship
In Chicago on September 24 Beverly Country Club in Ardmore PA. will host the 1931 National Amateur Championship, drawing top amateur golfers to compete for the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bank and mortgage suits headline Athens County Common Pleas docket
In Athens County Common Pleas Court the Bank of Athens sues Herb Hooper and Hattie Hooper for 113.40 plus interest on a promissory note. The Citizens Central Bank of Nelsonville sues E. B. Young and Addie Young for 2196.59 on promissory note and mortgage foreclosure. James H. Rogers seeks 150 from Harry N. Pinoy for damages from a mobile collision. Garnet Bretz asks for divorce from Carl Bretz alleging adultery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Bank of Athens
Herb Hooper
Hattie Hooper
Citizens Central Bank of
Nelsonville
E. B. Young
Addie
Young
James H. Rogers
Harry N. Pinoy
Garnet Bretz
Carl Bretz
Probate court approves settlement and real estate sale
In probate court Judge S M Johnson approves a 2660 settlement by Ohio Fuel Gas Company to the estate of Mary Flossie Burson, a gas explosion victim. The sale of the real estate of Lewis H Lightfritz, deceased, by William Lightfritz, was also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Johnson
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Mary Flossie Burson
Lewis H. Lightfritz
William Lightfritz
Marriage License for Charles Maleski and Bessie Smith
Charles Maleski aged 23 from Glouster and Bessie Smith aged 21 from Glouster obtained a marriage license. Maleski is listed as a laundry worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Maleski
Glouster
Bessie Smith
Opera Star Marjorie Squires Sued for Divorce
Dayton dispatch reports contralto Marjorie Squires sued for divorce by husband Oscar G. Squires of Miamisburg Ohio. He accuses her of indiscreet conduct with others at times and notes she sought funds from him but returned when needed. He says she is dramatically inclined and shows little home interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Marjorie Squires
Metropolitan Opera
Oscar G. Squires
Miamisburg
Squires
New Pleasanton to Get Passenger Rail Service Restart
New Philadelphia will regain passenger rail service starting Sunday after a hiatus since July 31 when the Tuscarawas Branch of the Cleveland Pittsburgh Division to Bayard was discontinued. The revival follows changes in regional rail operations and aims to connect local residents with broader networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tuscarawas
Cleveland Pittsburgh
Bayard
Tragic Fall Ends Life of Chagrin Falls Man
Joseph Shimits aged 23 of Chagrin Falls died at Bedford Community Hospital from injuries after being trapped under a falling steam shovel. The accident occurred earlier today in Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chagrin Falls
Joseph Shimits
Bedford Community Hospital
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OAS Busine
McBee
Rotary
Syracuse
Hershel Guy
Maud Vincent
Anna, Karr
Ruth Covert
Howard Karr
Beulah Winebrenner
Holzer Hospital
Junior Hall
James Quick
Frank Holmes
New York City
Elmer Holmes
Pomeroy High School
Syracuse Village
J. J. Will
Harry Dye
New Methodist Episcopal
Lottridge
John Detwiler
Urbana
John
D. T. Burns
Berea
L. T. Runnion
C. O. Townsend
Woolley
C. W. Townsend
Sylvia Daugherty
Rex
Beebe
John Chevalier
Gotlieb Zumbach
J. B. Allen
L. H. Allen
Jim McBroom
Laurelville
Robert Sharp
Edwin Hixson
Ruby Church
Clyde Sams
Wayne
L.T. Runnion
Catheryn Boggs
Carson Boggs
Vanderhoof
Jane Wooster
Clarksburg
R. M. Allen
H. C. Swisher
Daniel Ackley
Albert Fast
Mary
Alice
Charles
Joe H. White
Jack Davis
Ft. Lauderdale
Meighen
Pratts Fork
John Bachelor
the Plains
Henry Reed
Rowan Farm
Charles Ackley
Vanderhoot
Pearl Castle
A. L. McBee
Bruce Humphrey
Little Hocking
Leroy Boggs
C. D. Swartz
C. M. Swartz
William Dixon
St. Joseph Hospital
Amos Hixson
Julia Mingus
Will Mingus
Samuel Frost
Delmar
Margaret Frost
Margaret Dailey
Grahams Chapel
Helen Gill
Cisco
W. M. Nutter
Gerald Nye
Mabel G. Reinecke
Election Commission
Senate Campaign Fund
Richland Ave
Bedford
Broadwell Homecoming
Reed Frank
Attorney
Troy
Pomeroy Is
Pacific
San Francisco
Angeles
Kansas
Ohio U
U. S. Navy
U. S
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Roy A. Young
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Pout
Youngs
Chichs Prand
DRI
Br . R
FE Dee
N. B.C
Godfrey Ludiow
Elgin
Cornwell
Cizar
Eee
Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation
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