Air Aces Thrill Athens County Picnic at Fairgrounds
Thrills and fun filled the Athens County Fairgrounds for the fifth annual National Brands Stores picnic. Lt. Joe Mackey and Earl Stein staged an 18-plane air show while Major Norman Allan Imrie inspired with Roosevelt’s Do the best you can slogan. Local bands, contests, pet show, and amateur acts drew a large Southeast Ohio crowd, with winners named in horseshoe, balloon, nail driving, and pet categories.
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Athens County Fairgrounds
National Brands
Ohio
Joe Mackey
Earl Stein
Norman Allan Imrie
Theodore Roosevelt
Flora Hall
Jack Thomas
Columbus
C. E. Bircher
Nelsonville
William Liggett
the Plains
Jo Ann Murphy
Athens
Dick Gross
Thora Cheatham
Emma _ Lowrey
Floyd Blaney
Crooksville
Robert Scott
Jo Ann Stewart
Q-623 and Q-Tabs Promote Pain Relief at Local Drug Store
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens Ohio advertises Q-623 a guaranteed remedy for rheumatism neuritis sciatica lumbago and related pains. The ad claims the prescription has helped thousands and offers Q-Tabs as a stimulant diuretic for kidney urinary irritations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Union St
Athens
Ohio
Skywriting Over Athens at 1937 National Brands Picnic
Eighteen airplanes joined the Athens event as crowds gathered at the airport for the 1937 National Brands picnic. Joe Mackey wowed spectators with high precision stunts including a wing cut under a 26 foot string and multiple maneuvers. Earl Stein performed a 10 000 foot parachute jump, landing exactly where planned, while Leonard R. Peterson showcased two Ford V 8 powered Arrow demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Knouff
National Brands
Athens
Joe Mackey
Joe
Immelman
Earl Stein
Stein
Leonard R. Peterson
Arrow Aircraft Corporation
Mackey’s
Peterson
Bob Swift
Swiftair
Emma Wycuff Dies at Mercy Hospital in Columbus
Emma Wycuff age 35 wife of Eugene Wycuff of Columbus died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Columbus. She leaves her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Lee of Vore Ridge and three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services Tuesday at 10 at Bates Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. Guss Graham officiates. Friends may call at the parents home in Vore Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Wycuff
Eugene Wycuff
Columbus
Mercy Hospital
Charles Lee
Vore Ridge
Hazel Sager
Oma Wycuff
Zada Wycuff
Hubert Lee
Everett Lee
John Lee
Athens
Bates Church
Guss Graham
Kay Francis Stars In Tuesday Feature At Athena Theater
Kay Francis leads the Warner Bros. drama Confession at the Athena Theatre in a staged emotional expose. Basil Rathbone leads the villainous role with Jane Bryan as the daughter and Ian Hunter as the war hero husband. Joe May directs with Anton Grot artful settings.
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Kay Francis
Athena Theater
Warner Bros
Basil Rathbone
Donald Crisp
Robert Barrat
Ben Welden
Dorothy Peterson
Mary Maguire
Helen Valkis
Veda Ann Borg
Anton Grot
Conservatory of Music
Joe May
Europe
Marlene Dietrich
Emil Jannings
Annebelle
Lya de Putti
Francis Lederer
Athens Man Fatally Shot by Officer Standoff
Phillip T. Rhoades a 58 year old Athens resident was shot near the heart by Rendville Marshal Bert Croner after allegedly making a gesture as if to pull a gun during an attempted arrest in Perry County Ohio. Witnesses noted firearms among Rhoades and two companions.
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Ethel Foley
Carpenter
Russell Michael
The
Plains
Dorothy
Doris
William Queen
Wales Mill
Franklin Townsend
Queens
Logan
Jacksonville
Leeman Glover
Athens
Robert Cavanaugh
Nelsonville
Pearl Dailey
Don
M. P. Shannon
Frieda Willock
Everett Shirley
Vern Hunsicker
C. D. Shaffer Co
C. D. Shafer Co
Stedman Co
Othens Ice & Storage Co
Luster Fought Co
Phillip Rhoades
Heart
Rendville
NEW Lexington
U.P
Perry County
Phillip T. Rhoades
Bert Croner
Marshal Croner
Rhoades
Croner
Frank Strickland, Jr
Lawrence Coursey
Frank Garbeline
Hugo Brandt to Appear at Local Church in Musical Drama
Hugo Brandt Company brings a musical drama about Franz Schubert to First Christian Church auditorium Tuesday night as the Collins Entertainment Festival opens. Brandt will perform concert numbers with Miss Jean Justin and James Burdette, while audience members are urged to request favorite operatic pieces.
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Franz Schubert
First Christian Church
Hugo Brandt
Collins Entertainment Festival
Brandt
Schubert
James Burdette
Joseph von Spaun
Jean Justin
Sylvia
America
Canada
de Wolf Hopper
New York
Chicago
Soldiers’ Field
George Alias Speaks At Athens High School
Nationally known soldier, lecturer and adventurer George Alias spoke at Athens High School and Junior High on the subject Years Without A Country. He described ad ventures and his WWI volunteer service with Russia, noting he has delivered 2,100 lectures before school audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alias
Athens High School
Kurdistand
Russia
Let's Go to Canada Now Lets Go to Canada Now
W P Mickle and Claude Westfall plan a fishing trip after learning Canadian lakes with trout will close to fishing on Oct 1. They left by 11 last night for Lake Pemachangan in Quebec to fish this week. The article notes bees ventilate homes by fanning wings.
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W. P. Mickle
Congress St
Claude Westfall
Second St
Mickle
Westfall
Lake Pemachangan
Quebec
Reverend Parker to Lecture on Palestine at Nazarene Tabernacle
The Rev J R Parker who recently visited the Holy Land will lecture on Palestine at the Nazarene Tabernacle tonight at 7 30 as part of the Athens County Holiness Association camp meeting. Prof John Moore will sing during the service. Mount Lassen is noted as the only live volcano in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Parker
Holy Land
Nazarene Tabernacle
Athens County Holiness Association
John Moore
Vendor Vendol Diuretic Back Pain Relief Ad
A local testimonial from Mike Brooks of Albany Ohio touts Vendol as a diuretic that relieves back pain and general ailments. The ad claims the product cleanses the body, reduces symptoms like gas indigestion and nervousness, and offers energetic rejuvenation. Vendor is offered by Athens Pharmacy and Hickmans Pharmacy Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Brooks
Route 2
Albany
Ohio
Here
Athens Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Hickman’s Pharmacy
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John Brown
James A. Brown
Logan High School
Athens High
Mason County
W. Va
Glendon
Curly) Shriner
Betty Hall
Betty Farich
Warren Cooper
Donna Gaitten
Crist
R. T. Lewis
Brown
W. E. Crist
Capital University
Len B. McCune
Gordon K. Bush
Messenger
Columbus Dispatch
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Ronald Colman
Zenda
Kay
Aed
Ares
Aeronca
John Jagers
Mike Murphy
Huntington
West Virginia
Howard Mayes
Irene Crum
George A. Lusk
Waco
W. H. Baker
Aeronca K
Herbert E. Guthrie
Richard Guthrie
W. E. Matthews
Robin
Bud Lowry
Lola Canterberry
Kelly Blankenship
W. O. Dickson
George McDonald
Travelair
D. H. Young
J. A. Moller
Don Hardy
Stinson
Pure Oil Co
W. A. Crawford
John D. Downey
E. D. Shumaker
Cub
Scio
H. W. Lake
Socony-Vacuum of Co
Beechcraft
Louis Eggert
Monocoupe
Woodfield
Doc Shumaker
Long Bottom
Jay Sadowsky
Parkersburg Airways
Doc Lawrence
Zanesville
Forrest Hanlon
Parkersburg
Hanlon
Harry Nettles
Cincinnati
Howard Lockard
McArthur
Bill Smiley
Columbus Hospital
Crook
Cig O.an
Fred Sanders
Mgr
N. Court St
Covert Orange-Crush Bottling Co
Middleport, Ohio
Dowler & Ferguson
Funeral Home
Lancaster Street
Carpenter Street
State
Federal
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Palestine
Mount Lassen
United States
Beckley
Arthur J. van Zandt
Custom Service
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