Athens Council Votes To Assemble Emergency Pumper Truck Outfit
Athens City Council approved assembling an emergency pumper truck and agreed to reconvene to hear a fire equipment proposal to serve Athens and nearby towns. Officials outlined insurance savings from approved apparatus, housing needs, and potential bond funding for city hall rehabilitation.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Athens Council
Athens
Len B. McCune
P. F. Good
Seagrave
Ohio Inspection Bureau
McCune
Good
A. E. Whaley
Charles Cameron
Pearl Day
Scott Haney
Council
North Hill
E. H. Merkel
Ohio
Merkel
Whaley
S. A. Monahan
Seagrave Comny
Columbus
Ateast
Homer Baird
Nora Atkinson
Lancaster J
L. R. Pierce
L. D. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
City of
Northwest Territory
Nobel Prize Winner Langmuir to Speak at Ohio University
Dr. Irving Langmuir, associate director at General Electric Research Lab, will address the Ohio University convocation at 10 am on Wednesday on Modern Scientific Attitude. He will also present two chemistry talks to specialized audiences during his Athens visit. Langmuir notes common sense and intuition are needed to judge causes in depressions and to explain divergent and convergent phenomena. The opening address in Memorial Auditorium will include two guests beyond students, and Langmuir will tailor part of his remarks to lay audiences seeking broader understanding.
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Irving Langmuir
General Electric Research Laboratory
Schenectady
N. Y
Ohio University Committee
Langmuir
Athens
Memorial Auditorium
Order of the Rising Sun
Seven Girls Start NYA Camp Mission At Glendale Ohio
Miss Wilhelmina Arbogast and Mrs Myrna Nye led seven girls from Athens New Matamoras Belpre Dundas Ironton to the NYA girls camp at St Edwards Home Glendale Ohio. The camp is the first NYA girls camp in Ohio housed in two cottages with a dining building and recreation facilities. Girls from 12 applicants passed a strict physical exam and will devote 70 hours monthly to making hospital dressings while the rest of time is spent in classes and supervised recreation.
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Wilhelmina Arbogast
NYA
Myrna Nye
Washington County
Glendale
Ohio
Cecelia Ervin
Captalia Stewart
Athens
Dorothy Brown
New Matamoras
Charlotte Potter
Belpre
Florence Trainer
Louise Stevens
Dundas
Betty Hammond
Ironton
St. Edmond’s
Richardson Agency Opens New Athens Car Store
The L. E. Richardson Motor Co. opened a new and used car agency at 31 N. Shafer St in Athens under C T Zollinger. A parade of new cars and trucks highlighted the opening as Richardson expands from Glouster and adds ventures in Marietta and Glouster. Mrs Zollinger arrives from Toronto to join the team with Carol Bean as salesman and A E Easterling as shop mechanic.
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L. E. Richardson Motor Co
Athens
N. Shafer St
Cc. T. Zollinger
Glouster
Richardson
Marietta
Toronto
Canada
Columbus
Zollinger
Carol Bean
A. E. Easterling
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Sheltering Arms Mrs Louis Graham of 142 Mill Street admitted for medical treatment Belva Ball Amesville admitted for observation Discharges include Mrs Harold Ogg and baby Barbara Ann 75 East State Street Shirley Ann Minerd Route 3 Albany Mervin Stauffer The Plains and Mrs Elizabeth Gilham 19 Curran Drive being discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Louis Graham
Mill St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Belva Ball
Amesville
Harold Ogg
Barbara Ann
E. State St
Shirley Ann Minerd
Albany
Mervin Stauffer
the Plains
Elizabeth Gilham
Curran Drive
No 6 Mine Men Urged to Report for Entry Work
An important notice to all entry men at the No 6 Mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Co. directs reporting Thursday at 10 a.m. to select buddies for new entry driving. A special Millfield Local 1205 meeting Saturday at 1 p.m. will explain the arrangements, urged by secretary Clarence Willis.
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Sunday Creek Coal Co
Millfield
Clarence Willis
Willis
Sprague Describes Scottish Terriers for Kiwanis Group
Dr. John R. Sprague spoke to the Kiwanis Club Monday night about Scottish Terriers ranking third in U S popularity. He noted his own Scotty puppies shown in a drugstore window and traced the breed from historic rat hunting in Scotland to its modern status. The four two month old puppies, from Madame Cynthia and Realization's Roughneck lines, were showcased with film from Madison Square Garden.
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United States
John R. Sprague
Kiwanis Club
Sprague
McKee Drug Co
Scotland
Blue Bloods
Court St. Window
Madame Cynthia
Dr. Sprague
Dr. Ewing
Louisiana
Scotty
Realization
Roughneck
Heather Realization
British Isles
Webb Walker
Madison Square Garden
William G. Seaman
Athens Rotary Club
Robert Main
Cincinnati
Richard Foster
Columbus
Ben Franklin
Athens Kiwanis Club
George Fisher's dogs win association cups at coon races
Two silver loving cups were awarded by George Perry Fisher for dogs Bruno and Lena at the Athens County Coon Hunters Association races held April 4 at the Arthur Walsh farm. The association sponsored and donated the cups for the event.
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George Perry Fisher
Arthur Walsh
Athens County Coon Hunters Association
Bruno
Lena
4 H Leaders Set Meetings in Coolville and South Canaan
The 4 H Committee of Coolville will meet April 7 at 8 PM in the high school agriculture room to plan boys and girls club work for the season. The Community 4 H Committee of South Canaan meets April 10 at 7 30 PM at Charles Windland's home for its second gathering.
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Community 4-H
Coolville
South Canaan
Charles Windland
Bookmaker 14 Fined in Hobart Hotel Bar Case
A 14 year old appeared in the children's court in Hobart Tasmania on a charge of bookmaking in a hotel bar. Evidence showed he was "working a doubles chart" and laying odds of 2.50 to 6 cents. He was fined 5 dollars.
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Hobart
Tasmania
U.P
TONOMEL TONIC Ad Promises Four Way Health Benefit
An Athens Ohio drug ad touts TONOMEL TONIC as a doctor's prescription herbal tonic that sharpens appetite improves digestion cleanses the system and enhances blood quality. It claims to address constipation indigestion biliousness and general weakness and directs readers to Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store at 9 West Union Street.
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Quick
W. Union
Athens
Ohio
Parolee Evener Returns to Penitentiary on Parole Violation
George Evener 23 of Elliotville was released on parole from the Ohio Penitentiary last Thursday but returned today for violating parole. He plotted to obtain $5 by pretense, using an aunt to reach the accomplice, who remains unnamed. Deputy Evans chased and Evener fled a jail door, later recaptured. Evener had earlier been imprisoned for forging a $9.50 check since September.
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Ohio
George Evener
Elliotville
Athens
Evener
Charles Evans
Evans
Court St
F. P. Martin
Fire destroys farmhouse and barn at Frost farm
A nine room frame house and a timber barn burned on the A D Mahan Farm Frost Sunday with 10 acres of timber lost. John W Mercer tenant farmer estimated damage at 2 3 thousand dollars, much of it antique mahans furniture. Mercer said rats likely started the blaze in the kitchen wall. Fire swept by wind. neighbors contained flames to the ten acre area. Mercer saved the livestock. most personal belongings burned. poles and wires fell.
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A. D. Mahan
John W. Mercer
Mercer
Gorham Sues Laird Overland Tax Debt in Athens Court
Athens County Treasurer G D Gorham files suit in Common Pleas Court against Edward A Laird seeking $91.43 on land in Athens City. Amounts claimed are $33.66 in special assessments and $57.77 in delinquent taxes.
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Athens County
G. D. Gorham
Common Pleas Court
Edward A. Laird
Gorham
Athens City
Laird
Traffic on Athens Area Roads Analyzed
Ohio Highway Planning Survey releases a yearlong traffic analysis for routes radiating from Athens Ohio The average daily traffic is 6322 vehicles with 16 48 percent trucks U S 50 31 carries 2364 vehicles daily with 177 percent trucks while State Route 56 carries 748 vehicles with 119 percent trucks The report highlights the busiest and least traveled roads in the vicinity.
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Athens
Ohio Highway Planning Survey
Columbus
U. S
U. S. 50
Private employment surge reported in Athens County
Thomas Hixenbaugh of the National Re employment Service in Athens says private placements rose 700 percent in the first quarter of 1937 with 176 people placed versus 22 in 1936. A. M. Howard notes the gain spans the district including Athens Fairfield Hocking Perry Pickaway and Ross Counties as job seekers contact area employers.
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Thomas Hixenbaugh
Athens
National Reemployment Service
Athens County
Hixenbaugh
NRS
A. M. Howard
Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Perry, Pickaway
Ross Counties
Charles Kienzle Fined and Rights Suspended in Ohio Court
Charles Kienzle of Hocking County pleaded guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to driving under the influence. He received a 100 dollar fine plus costs and a six month suspension of driving rights. The report notes weakened trees are prone to borers due to drought.
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Charles Kienzle
Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Revival in Progress at First Wesleyan Church
Revival services with special music are held each night at the First Wesleyan Church Pratt Street this week. Preaching by Rev. E. C. Kenny begins at 7 30 p m each evening. The public is invited. Arthur Fiedler Boston orchestra conductor joked he has no need to call his own number after being asked for it.
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First Wesleyan
Pratt St
E. C. Kenny
Modest Boston
U.P
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Orchestra
Beatson Advances to Washington Division
R B Beatson post office inspector for Southeastern Ohio is promoted to the Washington Division and will leave Athens April 14. He and his wife and two children live at 66 Franklin Ave. Their new home will be in Wilmington NG C T Boone of London Ky is temporarily assigned as successor.
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R. B. Beatson
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Athens
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Chamber of Commerce
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Fishbaugh
W. Union Street
George Fisher
Frost
Mahan Farm
Civs
C.c.ce
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IENE
Elizabeth Quarts
Mata Bits
Melaia
Robbins
Windsor
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N.Y
Stedman
Packers
Mrs. Robbins
Messenger
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