Fail To File Return On Tax Here
Eight hundred Athens County residents did not file personal tax returns by March 31 as reported by Auditor C O Gibson. State Tax Commission agents will visit next week to pursue unfiled returns, with penalties rising from 10 to 20 percent by June 1 and up to 50 percent for refusals. Delinquents should file, certify at the auditor, and pay taxes to the treasurer.
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Athens County
C. O. Gibson
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Commission
Gibson
Mrs D E Allen Dies At Daughter's Home
Mrs D E Allen 48 Albany died yesterday at her daughter Mrs D M Harper Swandale West Virginia after months of illness. Survived by husband D E Allen two daughters Mrs Harper and Mrs J S Markell Princeton West Virginia and son Rex at home. Funeral at Albany Methodist Church Thursday at 2 o'clock. Burial Hebbardsville.
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D. E. Allen
Albany
D. M. Harper
Swandale
W. Va
Harper
J. S. Markell
Princeton
Rex
Albany Methodist Church
Hebbardsville
May 22 Proclaimed Poppy Day in Athens by Mayor
Mayor Len B. McCune declared Saturday May 22 as Poppy Day in Athens. The poppies fund American Legion and auxiliary welfare work. Mrs. Walter Baird chairs this year's sale while disabled veterans at Sandusky craft the flowers.
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Len B. McCune
Athens
American Legion
Walter Baird
Sandusky
Legion
Chauncey Man Held On Charge of Girl
Woodrow Withem of Chauncey was held to Athens County Common Pleas Court on a statutory charge involving a 14 year old girl. He appeared with not guilty plea before Magistrate T R Bennett and was bound over on $200 bond. The father Cecil Temple of Galena filed the charge. Temple, employed on the Route 56 bridge project, is jailed for defaulting on a $50 fine and costs after pleading guilty to operating a car with another plate. Forty dollars of the fine was suspended.
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Woodrow Withem
Chauncey
Athens County Common Pleas Court
T. R. Bennett
Cecil Temple
Galena
Len B. McCune
Temple
State Highway Patrol
Busy Recorder Office Sees Rise in Transactions in 1937
Mrs. Georgia Kilpatrick reports the county recorder records show 556 instruments filed in January to March 1937, up from 451 in the same period of 1936. Chattels total 1,136 with 94 mortgages and 324 deeds, plus 109 oil and gas leases cancelled and 183 rights of ways. Fees paid into the county treasury amount to 1105.28. In 1936 the period logged 882 chattels, 85 mortgages, 224 deeds, 62 leases, 91 mortgage releases, eight rights of ways, and one old age pension deed, totaling 851.75 in fees.
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Georgia Kilpatrick
County Recorder
4 H Club Advisers Meet Here Thursday
All 4 H Club advisors are urged to attend a meeting in the Athens Grange Hill on Thursday evening April 22 at 8 o'clock. A brief review of last year's activities short talks by William Bembower and Rev Earl Cowen and a discussion of enrollment organization clubs projects and plans for camp and the County Fair will follow.
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Athens Grange Hill
William Bembower
Earl Cowen
Bembower
India
Cowen
Diphtheria Reported In Eight Year Old At Plains School
Jacqueline Verity aged eight a student at The Plains is illness with diphtheria per Dr J M Higgins Athens County health commissioner The child resides with Mr and Mrs Ellis MacDonald Lower Plains.
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Jacqueline Verity
the Plains
J. M. Higgins
Athens County
Ellis MacDonald
Lower Plains
58 Schools Compete in State Scholarship Contest at Ohio U
About one thousand high school students from Southeastern Ohio gather in Athens on Saturday May 1 for the state district scholarship contest at Ohio University. The event begins with an assembly at 9 30 a m and continues with awards in Memorial Auditorium in the afternoon.
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Ohio
Athens
Ohio University
Russell seeks eighth term in Athens council race
W. N. Bert Russell a veteran council member filed for re election as Republican candidate for Second Ward. He owns Russell House at 106 West Union and is to date the longest serving councilman with seven terms. Rutherford Kelley also filed for re election from the First Ward. Reports say C H Ruble of Nelsonville had not filed for mayor.
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W. N
Bert) Russell
Athens
C. L. Jordan
Russell
Russell House
Union St
L. W. Kelley
Adults to discuss home economics work in Athens County
Two representatives from each community in Athens County will meet at the Athens Grange Hall on Friday April 30 at 1 30 pm to plan adult home economics projects. Mrs Eunice Teal Kochheiser of Ohio State University will outline available help and the group will decide suitable projects and timing. Granges and PTAs are asked to name community representatives.
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Athens County
Athens
Eunice Teal Kochheiser
Ohio State University
Granges
Ross Warns Against Early Turnout of Pasture
County Extension Agent Ross Wright reports hay shortages push farmers to pasture early but warns grazing now reduces total feed. He cites Wooster Experiment Station findings that pastures should reach three to four inches before livestock are let out, which also benefits the stock.
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Ross Wright
Wooster
NRS Athens County Reports 1 600 Private Placements
Athens County office at City Hall reported 1 600 private placements during the last two fiscal years. National Reemployment Service data show about 162 782 total placements in Ohio, with 50 204 in private industry. Thomas Hixenbaugh led the county office and presented the figures.
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Ohio
National
H. R. Justice
Athens County
City Hall
Thomas Hixenbaugh
Restoration work begins on Hamden field airport project
Work started today to restore the Hamden airport where How ard Lockard and Bill Patterson of Wellston and Harry Nettles of McArthur will operate the Aeronca plane once owned by Vern Andrews of Athens. Swiftair, Inc. will use the plane at Athens until two Model K Aeroncas arrive and are stored at Athens field. Nettles will pilot Hamden operations including aircraft sales, flight instruction, sightseeing and air taxi services. The field, a WPA relief project, will gain a hangar and full facilities with support from Hamden and Wellston. The field could serve as emergency landing site if a Cincinnati to Washington airway is opened. Roddie Young of Athens overhauled a Bird biplane to be test flown by Bob Swift and relicensed by the Department of Commerce.
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Hamden
Howard Lockard
Bill Patterson
Wellston
Harry Mettles
McArthur
Aeronca
Vern Andrews
Athens
Swiftair, Inc
Athens Field
Andrews
Nettles
Swiftair
WPA
Lockard
Patterson
Department of Commerce
Cincinnati
Washington
Roddie Young
Bob Swift
Rome Leads in County With 11 On Its Team
Rome High School led Athens County schools by taking 11 of 32 places on the county scholarship team in elimination tests at the Athens Junior High Building last Saturday. Winners include Jack Eslocker and Jean McCune in multiple subjects, with a district state exam at Ohio University on May 1. A Junior Senior Banquet is planned for April 23 served by Home Economics. Mount Waialeale rainfall contrast noted.
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Rome High School
Athens County
Athens
Rome
Jack Eslocker
Jean McCune
Orin D. Wright
Jean Crawford
Catherine Winner
Madelon Jandes
Margaret Jandes
Ada Ruth Sutton
Leslie White
Ruth Winner
Edith Leyda
Ohio University
Putnam second graders grow cotton in thematic program
Putnam School second grade under Miss Helen Evans staged a cotton learning program. Students planted seeds learned through a frieze and dance depicting cotton processing from planting to shipping. They sang Southern songs, read a poem, and served Southern Cookies and punch to parents.
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Putnam School
Helen Evans
Tennessee
Thelma Ramsey
Ben Paynter
Florine Cotner
Margaret Ann Sprague
Alice Ann Heaton
Beverly Bolin
Laura Jean Anderson
Bob Vickers
Donna Jean Buck
Ellis Lee Shaffer
Evelyn Ayers
Billy Coffey
Billy Worley
Carolyn Herbert
Sarah Lee Roach
Ellen Nichols
Josephine Marlow
Don Finsterwald
West Side Students Grow Gardens and Build Bird Boxes
First graders plant seeds in an inside garden box at West Side School and expect to transplant onions radishes lettuce carrots and seed potatoes at home. Third graders craft unique bird boxes from scraps while Betty June France and Ruth Towriss make a doll table and chairs.
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West Side School
Betty June France
Ruth Towriss
Kodak scientists brew odor warning for fires in mines
Rochester researchers at Eastman Kodak Co have created butyl mercaptan, an organic chemical with a skunk-like odor, designed to warn miners of fires in mine shafts. The scent signal aims to improve safety by giving workers immediate detection of smoke or flame in low visibility.
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Rochester
N. Y
U.P
Eastman Kodak Company
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Ad Touts Peppy Health
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic that boosts appetite aids digestion and improves energy. It claims benefits for weak feelings stomach trouble and gas and urges purchase from neighborhood druggists in new tab size liquid price options.
Clover Farm Officers Reelected at Cleveland Meeting
Ralph A. Trout was reelected president of Clover Farm Stores Corporation at the annual board meeting in Cleveland. T. Blair Willison, Lester H. Lipton and Otto H. Droste were reelected to top posts. The five year term under current management ends, with plans to expand membership and a reported 100 percent rise in membership and circulation of The Four Leaf Clover past 500 000.
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Ralph A. Trout
W. E. Osborn Co
New Brighton
Clover Farm Stores Corporation
Cleveland
T. Blair Willison
Lester H. Lipton
Otto H. Droste
Consumer Newsbill
Multiple Tonsil And Appendix Operations Reported
At Sheltering Arms Cora Elizabeth Ryther on Hocking Street had a tonsil operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Irene May of Carbondale had an appendix operation Monday. Mrs Charles Cone of Athens and Dr H M Mitchell of Albany had tonsil operations Tuesday. Mrs W S Gibson of Albany, who had major surgery three weeks ago, was dismissed Wednesday.
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Cora Elizabeth Ryther
Hocking St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Irene May
Carbondale
Charles Cone
Athens
H. M .Mitchell
Albany
W. S. Gibson
Shade Amateur Night at Shade High School
Shade High School hosts an amateur night sponsored by the PTA on Friday. Community contestants are invited and judged by applause.
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Shade
Parent-Teacher Association
the Shade High School
Ancient Montana bicycle gets first permit of year
In Great Falls Montana a bicycle permit is issued for a very old bike. The Columbia model has a front wheel 56 inches in diameter and a rear wheel 18 inches, both still in use after about 40 years.
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Great Falls
Mont
U.P
Montana
Columbia
Community Meeting at New Marshfield Library Held
A NYA cooperated event at the New Marshfield Library last night drew 35 attendees. Miss Florence Guiley led the program with singing and games for local New Marshfield participants.
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NYA
New Marshfield
Florence Guiley
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