County Offices Inspectors Begin Four Year Review
Harry W Riley state examiner of county offices began inspecting Athens County Courthouse records last Monday April 8 in the office of county auditor J Clyde Edmundson. The four month initial phase will cover records from June 1927 to April 1929 and the inspection will extend four years. Riley, a former Athens resident, is son of Felix C Riley local justice of the peace and now resides in Marion with his wife and daughter.
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Harry W
Riley
J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens
Felix C. Riley
Marion
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision
Examiner
Trimble School Hosts Noon Lunch for Eighth Grade Test
Sixty eighth graders at Trimble School took the test in the high school assembly room on Monday April 16 under the direction of Max Braley Mrs Cromley and Miss Jennie Murray. The Home Economics Department served a noon lunch to test takers.
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Trimble
Max Braley
Cromley
Jennie Murray
Mrs T B Skinner Fractures Leg in Auto Crash
Mrs. T B Skinner of Columbus suffered a broken leg in a Sunday night automobile accident near Canal Winchester. She was driving, the car skidded off the road, and she was taken to a Columbus hospital after spending the day in Glouster with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs L W Ley.
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Glouster
T. B. Skinner
Columbus
Mr. Skinner
L. W. Ley
Canal Winchester
Athens Council Acts On Pumps Streets And Ditches
Athens City Council bans gasoline pumps from street curbs and considers forming a storm water district to cover a ditch on railroad property. Officials will study sidewalk replacement on Stewart Street and oversee a city filing system project while planning for a parade participation linked to the Spanish-American War convention.
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Athens
Franz Woodworth
Qgouncil
O. Rowland
McBee
A. B. Roe
Bindery Company
Roe
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
G. M. Romine
John Dowler
John Bolin
Hoyt Love
Forest Street
Service
Stewart Street
Cass
Rufus Putnam
Coas
Corncil
Bolin
G. W. Shaner
Millfield
House Street
West Washington Streets
Stimson Avenue
Comef
C. H. Harris
Carl Beasley
Clyde Mansfield
Fred Fenzer
Con
Official Vote Count On City School Bond Approved
Glouster Ohio April 16 the Glouster Board of Education canvassed the April 2 vote on a 60000 bond for a new school building. The measure carried by a large margin and plans for the structure were reviewed with architect William Mills Nelsonville present. With canvass complete the board will advertise the bonds for sale.
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Glouster
Board of Education
Fourth arrest on dry law for man in New Lexington
State Prohibition inspector H F Teal raided Herbert Brickles restaurant and found one half pint of liquor. Brickles posted bond for later appearance, marking his fourth arrest for violation of the prohibition laws. Funeral services were held for Charles Metcalf 64 a well known printer in Thornville. Metcalf died after a stroke while walking along the Sandusky River bank in Tiffin and drowned.
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New Lexington
H. F. Teal
Herbert Brickles
Brickles
J. D. Davis
Charles Metcalf
Thornville
Metcalf
Tiffin
Sandusky
600 Persons List Personal Property
More than 600 persons have listed their personal property at the desk in the Athens County Courthouse. Those in charge urge prompt listing, as the work must be completed by May 1.
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Athens County
Flying suit with electric heat warms pilots on the go
An electric heating flying suit demonstrated by inventor Dr. B R K Charles of Los Angeles uses copper wire mesh stitched inside the leather outfit. A single wire connects to the aircraft dashboard to energize the layer, keeping aviators warm at high altitudes or in cold regions.
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B. RK. Charles
Los Angeles
Presbyterians Discuss Evangelism and Society Programs
Dr. A Y Wilcox speaks at Portsmouth Presbytery on synod evangelism program in Wellston. Miss Genevieve Chase leads Women’s Missionary Society talk on The Neighborhood Movement at 7 30 Wednesday night. Dr A C V Skinner to head Men’s Brotherhood at 6 Thursday with lighter entertainment. The Friendly Society meets Friday at 2 30 under new president Mrs C W Gross. Reports from Athens Presbyterian meeting in Gallipolis last week will be presented.
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A. Y. Wilcox
Athens Presbyterian Church
Portsmouth
Wellston
Genevieve Chase
Women's Missionary Society
Athens Presbyterian
Gallipolis
Mildred C. Chatter
A. C. V. Skinner
Presbyterian Church In
Middleport
Men's Brotherhood
Wilcox
Friendly Society
C. W. Gross
125 Present at P. T. A. Meeting
More than 125 attended the Trimble Parent-Teacher Association final meeting of the school year in Glouster. The program featured grade school numbers and two high school performances. The Junior-Senior banquet was set for May 1. Officers elected: President Mrs. Bess Sayre, Vice President Mrs. Georgia Sayre, Treasurer Mrs. M. B. Christman, Secretary Mrs. Grace Sayre. Priscilla Class of the M. E. B. Church will host a party tonight at Mrs. Ellen Marshall’s Spring Street home. class members are urged to attend.
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Glouster
Priscilla
M. EB. Church
Ellen Marshall
Spring Street
Hatem Free as Case Goes to High Court
George Hatem of Somerset, defendant in a Justice of the Peace jurisdiction case, was released from county jail after the Supreme Court ordered his release on the same bond. He was rearrested and jailed again, serving four days after the appellate reversal, with the decision now on error to the Supreme Court.
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New Lexington
George Hatem
Somerset
Justice of Peace
Court of Appeals
Justice Jurisdiction
Sherriff Clifford Wilson
Supreme Court
Hatem
T. I. Price
Seventeen Men Sought for Perry County Camp Cadets
Major R. W. Cullen announces recruitment of 17 young men from Perry County to join the Citizens Military Training Camp at Camp Knox Kentucky from July 2 to 31.
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New Lexington
R. W. Cullen
Perry County
Citizens
Camp Knox, Ky
Glouster Man Bound Over to Grand Jury
A. H. Booker, facing a third liquor charge, was jailed in default of 1200 bond by Magistrate Carl H. Porter and bound over to the next grand jury session on a possession charge. Officers arrested him after locating 16 pints of whisky in a Glouster soft drink establishment, hid under the counter ends.
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A. H. Booker
Carl H. Porter
Booker
E. C. McGaw
W. B. Kesterson
Harry Dalton
Wilson Ator
Marshall Joe Jonas
Glouster
Just Another Good Show at Tex Guinan’s Club
A federal courtroom overflowed as Texas Guinan, famed club queen, crooned to the prosecutor amid accusations she maintained a liquor nuisance at her New York night club. She denied the charges and was not convicted.
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Texas Guinan
New York
City name to be painted on grandstand roof
Glouster will have the town name painted in large letters on the roof of the new grandstand at the American Legion ball park. The roof measures 60 feet long to allow letters visible from a distance by aviators passing overhead.
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Glouster
American Legion
Probate Court Grants Guardian for Paul Abram Cook
In Athens County probate court Nettle Abram Cook applies to be guardian of Paul Abram Cook 18 son of Charles W. Cook. Court grants guardianship and issues letters. Bond set at 500 with James P F Hartman and Clista J Hartman as sureties.
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Paul Abram Cook
Charles W. Cook
Athens County
Nettle Abram Cook
James PF. Hartman
Clista J. Hartman
Mrs Dwyer Stricken With Diphtheria in Canaan Township
Anna Dwyer 24 is seriously ill with diphtheria at her home in Canaan Township per a Health Office report. The notice lists the case as a brief illness in the rural area and emphasizes containment.
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Anna Dwyer
Canaan Township
Athens County ‘Health Office
New Marshfield Public School Program Friday Evening
No contacts aside from Mrs Dwyer's parents were reported as quarantined. An interesting program by the New Marshfield Public School pupils is set for Friday evening April 19 at the K of P Hall.
Earthquakes Shake Sofia Areas in Bulgaria
Terrified inhabitants fled their homes as severe shocks were felt in Tchirpan Stara Zagora and Skobelovo during today’s tremors.
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Tchirpan
Stara
Zagora
Skobelovo
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