Ohio coal market urged to guarantee purchase for highways
Speaker Mr. Walker warned that 2,500 of 3,100 Ohio retailers sell out of state coal, harming the state product and its guaranteed tar market. He cited 36 million gallons of tar used locally and 93 billion tons of unmined coal in Ohio, urging retention of the Ohio market. Mayor Wallace introduced Walker as the Ohio Coal Foundation's work was outlined, with Union official Herman Theisen noting coal supplies to state institutions and hospitals, including a Dayton hospital order previously buying in Kentucky.
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Ohio
Walker
Athens County
Wallace
Ohio Coal Foundation
Matthew Dawson
Foundation
Herman Theisen
United Mine Workers
Dayton
Kentucky
State Highway Department
Memberships Sold To Finance Foundation
The Ohio Coal Foundation is funded by miners, business and professional people, and others tied to the Hocking Division. Miners contribute 10 cents monthly via unions. business members pay $1 monthly with color coded cards. In Glouster the first 38 businesspeople joined. Athens organizer William Sisson coordinates solicitations.
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Ohio Coal Foundation
Hocking
Glouster
Athens
William Sisson
Little Women Degree Earned by AHS Girls
Eight Athens High School girls received the Little Women degree in the Future Homemakers Association of the Home Economics Department in initiation ceremonies held at Miss Ruth Giesen home. Recipients included Leona Merchant Virge ne Fox Harriet Simmons Mary Burns Betty Hooper Bernadine Farrell Wilma Brannon Velma Tubbs. Betty Hooper and Bernadine Farrell were hostesses.
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Athens
Homemakers Association
Plains Club
Ruth Giesen
Leona Merchant
Virgene Fox
Harriet Simmons
Mary Burns
Betty Hooper
Bernadine Farrell
Wilma Brannon
Important Cemetery Meeting at Clarks Chapel
A meeting will be held at Clarks Chapel on Sunday April 16 at 2 p m to elect officers for the Cemetery Association and plan beautification and upkeep. Sponsors urge all with buried friends to attend and contribute ideas for a worthwhile program.
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Clarks Chapel
Cemetery Association
WPA Group to Meet in Chauncey April 16
South eastern Ohio WPA organizers announce a meeting Sunday April 16 at 2 pm in the Chauncey Globe Theater Building. Chester E. Parks secretary says a delegate from each WPA project in Southern Ohio should attend.
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Southeastern Ohio
WPA
Chauncey Globe
Chester E. Parks
Southern
Ohio
Athens High School basketball squad honors season at banquet
Twenty eight members of the Athens High School basketball team held a season finale banquet at Principal O. L. Wood residence on Morris Avenue. Food was prepared by Mr. Wood Bob Drake Humbert Stemple and Gerald Tate.
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Athens
O. L. Wood
Morris Ave
Mr. Wood
Bob Drake
Humbert Stemple
Gerald Tate
Ten Planes Visit Athens Sunday by Columbus Group
Visiting pilots and passengers with the valcade of Private Flyers will be guests of the Athens Aero Club Sunday. Ten or 15 airplanes are expected to leave Columbus between 10 and 11 o'clock and arrive in Athens before noon. Members will drive visitors to town and host lunch. Spectators are asked to stay outside the fence to avoid injury or damage while passengers will be carried as usual. Athens club members greet Columbus fliers and direct crowds to view the planes.
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Athens Aero Club
Columbus
Athens
Army Airmen Photo Flights and Air Corps Exams in Athens
Two contingents of army air men arrived in Athens on separate missions. One unit photographed air views of Athens and surrounding country for Ohio University ROTC use. the other conducted physical examinations for prospective Air Corps applicants. An 18-man group from Ohio U. underwent rigid tests in the Agriculture Building basement under Lt. Bell and Maj. Williamson.
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Army
Athens
Ohio University
Mays
Daniels
Godman Field
Fort Knox
Fort Hayes
Columbus
R. L. Williamson
William J. Bell
Jay F. Gamel
Bishop
Bell
Williamson
Thomas McNeill
Ohio U
Zanesville Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Terrey M. Quinn of Zanesville was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate T. R. Bennett after a Route 50 Alternate collision near Sugar Creek with Mrs. Carrie Augenstine of Athens Route 2. Damages were about $25 to Augenstine’s car and $20 to Quinn’s.
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Zanesville
State Highway Patrol
Sugar Creek
Terrey M. Quinn
T. R. Bennett
Carrie Augenstine
Athens
Quinn
Students Debate What Is the American Way at Town Meeting
Four speakers at Ohio University in Music Hall discussed freedom of speech as the keystone of democracy. They warned against licensed attacks on institutions and the dangers of extremism while urging cooperation and listening to opposing views.
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Four Akers
Ohio University
Music Hall Auditorium
Earnest Grabell
Columbus
Franklin County Council of American Legion
Frederick Krecker
Ohio U
Stephen Fuller
John Stockholm
Oliver Martin
Robert Raines
Grabeil
America
Dr. Krecker
Fuller
Stockholm
Germany
East Side School Trip to Washington Excursion
About 35 East Side School youngsters from Athens, with teachers and parents, depart for Washington on the Cherry Blossom Excursion. They visit landmarks including the White House and Capitol, dine in Alexandria, and return Sunday morning after a day of guided tours and Washington sights.
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East Side
B. and O
Athens
Sally Armstrong
Don Bingman
Patty Bolen
Bob Cable
Jack Davidson
Barbara Elkins
Paul Farley
Francis Frebault
Charles Gilkey
Washington
Sue Rowland
Haynes Point
Washington Cathedral
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln Memorial
Cherry Blossoms
Alexandria
George Mason Hotel
White House
Capitol
National Museums
Congressional Library
Supreme Court
Washington Monument
Wayne Matthews
Dee Henry
John Good
Ursula Green
Sallie Hawkins
Patty Bolin
George Washington
Donald Bingman
Husband Convicted of Theft Asks Divorce in Common Pleas
Sadie E. Mullen files for divorce from Albert S. Mullen of Corning in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect and lack of support since December 1936 after he left the marriage. She states he stole a car and served a term at West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville and requests restoration of her maiden name Sadie Effa Blake.
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Common Pleas Court
Sadie E. Mullen
Albert S. Mullen
Zanesville
Mullen
West Virginia
Moundsville
Sadie Effa Blake
Mrs. Mabel Gerardis Dies at Home in Scatter Ridge
Mrs. Mabel Gerardis wife of Silvia Gerardis died at noon today at her home on Athens Route 3 Scatter Ridge after several weeks illness. She had been treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital Ath ens and Grant Hospital Columbus. Funeral arrangements were not completed today.
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Mabel Gerardis
Silvia Gerardis
Athens Route 3
Scatter Ridge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Miss Clara Dietrich Dies Suddenly at 74 in Ohio
Miss Clara Dietrich age 74 died at 10 30 a m Thursday at the home of her niece Mrs Walter Tudor 299 E Union St from a stroke of apoplexy Born in 1864 in Aberdeen Ohio she is survived by her brother Fred Dietrich of Fairmont W Va and several nieces and nephews A short service will be held at 1230 p m Sunday at the Tudor home with Rev Stanley Jeffrey in charge Burial will be at Greenfield Friends may call after 6 pm tonight until service time Sunday
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Clara Dietrich
Walter Tudor
E. Union St
Miss Dietrich
Aberdeen
Clara
Fred Dietrich
Fairmont
W. Va
W. Union St
Stanley Jeffrey
Central Ave. M. E
Greenfield
Tudor
Dean Voigt Attends AAUW State Convention in Salina
Irma E. Voigt, dean of women, attends the state convention of the American Association of University Women in Salina Kansas. She will direct a Counsellor Training Course at Kansas State College Manhattan on April 15 and 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma E. Voigt
American Association of University Women
Salina
Kans
Dean Voigt
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Mayor fines Tolliver for intoxication in Floodwood
Mayor C. C. Cornell fined George Tolliver of Floodwood five dollars and costs after his arrest by Police Captain Maple on West Union Street for intoxication and causing a disturbance last night. Reports indicate Tolliver was detained on a charge of drunken disorder.
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C. C. Cornell
George Tolliver
Floodwood
Tolliver
Maple
W. Union St
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Mayfair
Little Women
AHS
E. V. Baughman
Laa
Mata Ayay
Frigidaire
General Motors
Burke - Ervin Electric Co
N. Court St
Clock Bread Picture Club
Wciting
Kroger
Kroger Food Foundation
Kroger's Country Club
Kroger’s Country Club
Eatmore
Vienna
Wes
Kroger's Country Club Fine Coffee
Armour’s Star
Armour’s
May Gardens
Quaker's
Ichigo O
Kroger’s
Country Club
Avondale
EVAP
Milk Kroger’s Country Club
Wheaties
DOG Food
Frankfurters
Haddock
Silver Farm
Kroger's
Idaho
Peck
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Harry G. Anderson
North Dakota Agricultural College
Cape Town
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