State Head Speaker to Address Athens County Boards Dinner
E L Bowsher state director of education will speak to about 125 Athens County boards of education members and clerks at The Plains School on Wednesday April 7 at 6 30. The event inaugurates a series of friendly meet ups with 16 principals hosting. About 7 000 school children will be represented by delegates from Albany Ames Bern Athens Rural Canaan Carthage Jacksonville Plains Luhrig Rome Shade Trimble Rural Trimble Village Troy Waterloo York and Athens County boards. Bowsher delayed earlier to attend the Ohio Legislature on the School Foundation program and now reports on its developments. He notes plans to focus next year on instruction teacher training health and physical education and to revise high school standards plus develop an elementary syllabus.
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E. L. Bowsher
Athens County
Albany
Ames-Bern
Athens Rural
Canaan
Carthage
Jacksonville
Plains
Luhrig
Rome
Shade
Trimble Rural
Trimble Village
Troy
Waterloo
York
Bowsher
Athens County sends 15 boys to CCC camps
Fifteen of nineteen boys sent to the U S Army acceptance station in Marietta were CCC enrollees and sent to Fort Knox for a week or two of conditioning before statewide CCC camp assignment. Three were rejected and three alternates were accepted. one alternate did not report. A second group of about twenty must report for examination on April 12. Names of boys sent include Lawrence Andrews Glouster Earl Bagley Nelsonville Henry Burchfield Chauncey J Butterworth Nelsonville Irvin Cremeans Coolville Pearl Cunningham Nelsonville Richard Donley Glouster Richard Gaston Athens Hersel Love Glouster Clinton Hawk Guysville Dale McNamee Nelsonville Vance Saunders Coolville Donald Love Glouster Albert Whaley Glouster.
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U. S. Army
Marietta
CCC
Fort Knox
Athens County
Lawrence Andrews
Glouster
Earl Bagley
Nelsonville
Henry Burchfield
Chauncey
J. Butterworth
Howard Clendenin
New Marshfield
Irvin Cremeans
Coolville
Pearl Cunningham
Richard Donley
Richard Gaston
Athens
Hersel Love
Clinton Hawk
Guysville
Dale McNamee
Vance Saunders
Donald Love
Albert Whaley
Dr Frederick C Langenberg Dies Suddenly at 47 in New Jersey
Dr Frederick C Langenberg a 47 year old metallurgist and Ohio University graduate died Sunday at his Edgewater Park New Jersey home from a cerebral hemorrhage He was VP in charge of research at U S Pipe and Foundry Co Born March 14 1890 in Beverly Ohio and educated at Ohio University Harvard University and Ohio University where he taught physics He married Louise Higgins of Athens Ohio
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Frederick C. Langenberg
Ohio University
Edgewater Park
N. J
U. S. Pipe and Foundry Co
Langenberg
Harvard
Louise Higgins
J. M. Higgins
Athens
Beverly, O
Army Recruiting Officer to Visit Athens Thursday
Sgt. George A. Keeling in charge of the Columbus recruiting office will be at the Athens Post Office Building on Thursday April 8 with a recruiting and advertising truck to accept applicants for enlistment. Full information will be provided at the Post Office Building. The local reference notes a peculiar strong-backed African shrew known by a name meaning hero shrew.
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George A. Keeling
U. S. Army
Columbus
Post Office
Athens
Sam S Winters ends 50 years with B and O Railway
Sam S Winters, 85 State Street, marks April 4 as 50 years in rail work. He began in 1887 as a telegraph operator for what became Baltimore and Ohio. He moved up to operator and agent, serving at 16 stations between Cincinnati and Parkersburg before settling in Athens in 1909. He recalls wrecks near Glouster and Coolville, presidents on special trains, and still draws a flawless monthly pay.
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Sam S. Winters
State St
K. & O. Crossing
Grosvenor
Cincinnati, Washington, and Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Winters
Hamden
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
W. Va
Athens
Glouster
Coolville
Murray man charged with assault after chicken dispute
John Sorrells of Murray City pleaded not guilty to assault with intent to kill for beating Gene Dyson. Dyson, 18, was left with a broken jaw and neck injuries after a confrontation over Dyson stoning Sorrells chickens. Sorrells was held to common pleas court in $500 bond with Mrs. Annie Dyson filing the affidavit.
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John Sorrells
Murray City
Gene Dyson
T. R. Bennett
Common Pleas Court
Sorrells
Annie Dyson
of Dyson
Sorrels
Dyson
Athens County Relief Office Aids About 520 Families
Approximately 520 families received relief during March from the Athens County Relief Office. Commodities totaling 1152 dollars were spent. Relief director Fred C. Shafer stated about 40 percent of reinterviewing is done and workers are dropping those not deserving of aid who refuse available work.
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Athens County Relief Office
Fred C. Shafer
Shafer
Nice Pays Fine of Five Dollars in Athens Incident
Edward Nice of Athens was fined five dollars after arrest in Farley Burdette's lunch room on Friday night amid unfiled stabbing allegations against W. B. Wright. Wellington, a bridge worker, also fined five dollars for disorderly conduct in front of Magistrate T. R. Bennett following Deputy Sheriff B. C. Day's filing. Wright and witnesses did not press charges.
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Edward Nice
Athens
Farley Burdette
W. B. Wright
Wellington
T. R. Bennett
B. C
Wright
Nice
World platinum alloys purchases exceed eight hundred thousand ounces in 1936
World purchases of platinum metals including palladium topped two hundred thousand ounces in 1936. This reporting notes strong demand and broad purchasing activity across markets for these precious metals.
Jenkins Blames Do Nothing Congress For Standstill
Rep Thomas A Jenkins asserts the Seventy Fifth Congress is largely paralyzed after three months. He cites Democratic majorities failing to push major national legislation and blames Administration leadership for a lack of cohesive, progressive policy. Inflation and rising living costs burden wage earners amid uncertain farm imports.
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Congress
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Washington
House
Senate
Jenkins
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol Hill
Patience and cooperation mark 54 year marriage milestone
Ruth Taylor notes Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson of 21 Morris Ave celebrate 54 years of marriage with family in Athens. They married in 1883 after childhood friendship near Amesville. Mr. Johnson, 75, runs a large farm while traveling, and their five children and two grandsons attended the anniversary gathering. They credit a nag free, harmonious home for lasting happiness.
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Ruth Taylor
A. L. Johnson
Morris Ave
Johnsons
A. V. Linscott
Hunter Ave
Columbus
Amesville
Mr. Johnson
Athens
Johnson
East Side
Homer Johnson
Homer
Athens High Teachers To Play Varsity In Annual Game
Athens High School teachers will face the varsity team in the annual basketball game Tuesday night at 8 pm. Preparatory action at 7 pm features the Hi Y team versus the Reserves. Players for the teachers include P B McKinley Robert Essex D W Snader A A Nellis Norman Weichselbaum and Sherman FE Gilmore.
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Athens
P. B. McKinley
Robert Essex
D. W. Snader
A. A. Nellis
Norman Weichselbaum
Sherman FE. Gilmore
Arraignment Planned for Athens Driver on Light Violation
Ervin Wolfe of Athens Route 2 was to be arraigned this afternoon before Mayor Len B. McCune on a charge of driving an automobile with insufficient lights. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol.
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Ervin Wolfe
Athens
Len B. McCune
State Highway Patrol
Do-nothing Congress Criticized By Jenkins Over Inflation
Jenkins blasts the administration and Congress amid rising living costs. He accuses the session of failing to balance the federal budget and deliver a vigorous deficit reduction plan, labeling it a do-nothing Congress after three months.
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Jenkins
Fish Fry Planned by Izaak Walton League
Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League plans a fish fry at their Waterloo Township cabin Wednesday night. Serving begins at 7 30 and members may bring a prospective Waltonian guest.
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Izaak Walton
Athens
Izaak Walter League
Waterloo Township
Two Autos Damaged in Collision Near Albany
Two cars were damaged in a collision on U S Route 50 four miles west of Albany Sunday night at 7 o clock. Drivers were Jesse Schlicter 20 of Washington D D H Route 4 and Joseph Wilbur 34 of Hamden. Damage totaled 150 to Schlicter car and 60 to Wilbur.
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Albany
State Highway Patrol
Jesse Schlicter
Washington D. H
Arrested man held in jail on drunk driving charge
Charles Kienzel, 30, was in the Athens County Jail today awaiting arraignment on a driving while under the influence charge. He was arrested Saturday in Nelsonville by the State Highway Patrol.
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Charles Kienzel
Athens County
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Uric acid treatment ad promises relief for pains and ailments
A 19th century style advertisement offers The Williams Treatment for uric acid related symptoms like arthritis fatigue and neuralgias. It claims a 75 cent bottle and diet booklet in exchange for ten cents and the ad, with stipulations on one bottle per person and no COD.
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Williams
Mwe
Dr. D. A. Williams Co
East Hampton
Conn
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