Dams Found in New Hocking Valley Water Survey
Geologist identifies 58 potential dam sites in East Branch drainage area from Burr Oak to Rush and Clear Creek. Proposes a large East Branch Lake near Glouster to supply water, aid irrigation, control floods, drive relief work, and create a major recreation site along three state highways.
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Athens
New Hocking ‘Valley Water Survey
Additio
East Branch
Glouster
Corning
Trimble
Jacksonville
New York Central Railroad
Sunday Creek
USF
Giouster
Ohio
Columbus
Graduate Receives Indiana University German Post
N Wilford Skinner, after earning his A B at Ohio University in June, is named assistant in German at Indiana University. He will teach five hours weekly and pursue graduate work. Skinner excelled in choir and orchestra at Ohio and was Phi Beta Kappa. Indiana’s German department is led by Dr B J Vos.
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Ohio University Phi Beta Kappa
N. Wilford Skinner
Ohio University
Indiana University
Skinner
John A. Hess
Ohio
Phi Beta Kappa
Hess
B. J Vos
Donald 8. Berrett
Wisconsin
Pheasants and Coons Sent to Athens County Game Reserve
State Game Protector B F Swartz received 200 pheasants and 18 coons this week for release in Athens County. Pheasants were released immediately while the young coons will be cared for by the Athens County Coon Hunters Association until February. The program, funded by hunting license fees, totals 275 pheasants and 26 coons for the county this year.
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B. F. Swartz
Athens County
Athens County Coon Hunters’ Association
State Division of Conservation
Thens County
Donaldson Motor Co Secures Judgment on Cognovit Note
Donaldson Motor Company of Albany has secured a judgment for 5778.52 in Athens County Common Pleas Court on a cognovit note signed by Jesse Douglas.
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Donaldson Motor Company
Albany
Jesse Douglas
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Tabler Pleads Guilty in Magistrate Court
Albert Tabler of Tablertown changed his plea from not guilty to guilty in toxication. The case before Magistrate T. R. Bennett resulted in a $5 fine plus costs.
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Albert Tabler
Tablertown
T. R. Bennett
Honor Awards Are Made at Athens High
Athena Senior High School's Summer School commencement honored graduates and honor students for the term. E. B. Dowell spoke on character versus intellect, stressing the balance of genius and goodness as essential.
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Athens High
Athena
Dowell
Gladstone
Washington
Lincoln
Helen Hooper
James Griffith
William Turner
Robert Williams
Athens Junior High School
Clifford Bean
Arthur McPherson
Claire de Lune
Debussy
Jane Foster
Mary Ann McKay
Liza Lehman
The
Paul Lewis
L. Wood
Warren McClure
Fred Krecker
George Heightland
Ernest Gross
Stephen Fuller
Dick Eddy
Charles Dalton
Bob Daggett
Leland Conant
Wallace McVay
Victoria McAllister
Mary Jo Stephens
Sue Woolley
Jean Tompkins
Jess Rowles
Catherine Nash
Helen Minameyer
William Matters
Bob Maurer
Donald Maurer
Alice MacComb
Elizabeth Kolenich
Jeanne Houf
John Hess
Hester Hartman
Ruth Hartley
Paul Gordon
Donna Gattten
Doris Finsterwald
Mary Duncan
Patty Daugherty
Samuel Coffey
William Cheatham
Robert Bowen
Julian McQuiston
David Cooper
Ben Fulton
Dick Hughes
Richard Ingerharm
Socrates Parkis
Bill Pendry
Helen Doweler
Albany
Mary Grey
Junction City
Dorothy Hardman
Newark
Wayne Hueston
East Cleveland
Eli Labosky
Chauncey
Jean Lidderdan
Betty Miller Shade
Virginia
Nancy Newcomer
Dayton Rowland
Joh North
Nelsonville
Frances Thorpe Newport
Virginia Wilson Minford
Falls From Scooter Left Arm Fractured
Frank Cox age 9 of Mr and Mrs Carl Cox of Richland Avenue visiting his cousin Joseph Cooper in Columbus fell from a scooter Wednesday and fractured his left arm He was taken to Columbus Children's Hospital The boy’s parents will go to Columbus to bring him home Saturday if no complications arise
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Frank Cox
Carl Cox
Richland Avenue
Joseph Cooper
Columbus
Unemployed League Plans Special Meeting in The Plains
The Plains Unemployed League will hold a special meeting at The Plains Schoolhouse Friday at 8 o'clock. Therion W. Davis identified as key contact for the gathering.
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the Plains
Therion W. Davis
Ohio University Commencement Set Under McGuffey Elms
One hundred sixty four graduates will march in the procession to Alumni Memorial Auditorium where Dr. Herman G. James will deliver the address on Democracy at the Cross Roads. The class includes 14 BA, 6 BA in Commerce, 90 BS in Education, 1 BS in Chemistry, 9 MS, and 44 two year diplomas in Elementary Education and Kindergarten.
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Ohio University
McGuffey Elms
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Herman G. James
Cross Roads
Ewing Hall
T. N. Hoover
James
Board of
Edwin Watts Chubb
Elms
Ohio University Orchestra
de Forest W. Ingerham
Horace T Houf
Merrill Davis
Lord God of Abraham
Mendelssohlen
Fifty Fifth Coolville Camp Meeting Opens Tonight
The fifty fifth annual Coolville Camp Meeting opens tonight at 7 45 led by Rev Ray Dotson and others. Services run weekdays at 7 45 with all day Sunday services starting 10 am and sermons at 10 45 2 30 and 7 45. Music is led by Rev Lawrence Ensley and Rev and Mrs Otto Davidson with missions rallies set for Aug 8 9 and 11.
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Coolville
J. M. Miller
Ray Dotson
Lawrence Ensley
Otto Davidson
Girl 15 Enters Athens County 4-H Health Contest
Eleanor, 15, of Canaan Township, member of the B Natural 4-H Music Club in Canaanville, enters the first county wide 4-H health contest. She has three years of 4-H activity and will be a Rome High School senior. winners advance to the state contest and then to the national title.
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Athens County
K. Kircade
Canaan Township
Eleanor
Canaanville
Rome
Athens County to gain 35 miles of improved roads
Fifteen Works Progress Administration projects seek to pave about 35 miles in Athens County replacing dirt roads with gravel or limestone. County supplies equipment. government to provide materials. Additional county projects include a new steel bridge on Lathrop Road and repaving sections in Bern, Coolville, Frost, Lodi, Lee, Canaan, Waterloo, Athens, Hooper Ridge, Ames, Dover, Meyers Crossing, and Tanville townships.
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Athens County
Works Progress Administration
J. W. Wilson
Bern
Coolville
Frost
Lodi
Garden
Guysville
Lee Township
Canaan
Wilson
New Marshfield
Wingett Chapel
Waterloo
Athens
Hooper Ridge
Ames Township
Dover Township
Meyers Crossing
Tanville
Chapman- Fish
Carthage Township
Bruce Downey
Alexander Township
Goose Run
Trimble Township
York
Trimble
Greena Run
Dover
Millfield- Jacksonville
Sportsmen to Hear Hunting Discussion in Athena District
Sportsmen of the Athena District meet tonight at 4 in City Mall with the Izaak Walton League and the Coonhunters Association to discuss moving the squirrel season to October 1 from September 15. Representatives from the Southeastern Ohio Fish and Game Association will attend.
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Athena
City Mall
Izaak Walton League
Coonhunters’ Association
Southeastern Ohio Fish and Jame Association
Baby Show At The Plains Plans Picnic Day Events
The Plains hosts an Old Fashioned Town Picnic on Saturday August 17 at the school playgrounds featuring a beauty contest for girls aged 14 to 22 led by Ruth McCullough and a diaper baby show with infant divisions one week to one year and one year to two years. Russell Michael leads games and boys entry, Oscar McGee runs the young married men baseball team, Mike Krivusti the old married men team, with Thurlow Davis Oscar McGee Mike Krivusti Russell Michael and Miss McCullough seeking prize donations.
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Ruth McCullough
Mike McCullough
Russell Michael
Oscar McGee
Mike Krivusti
Thurlow Davia
Miss McCullough
Nine Obtain City Ballots and Absent Voters
Absentee ballot requests increased with nine more applicants at the county election board office on Wednesday and Thursday. The final day to secure ballots is Saturday August 10, with 16 ballots already issued. Names listed include Mary Blayney Evan J Jones Jr E Atkinson A B Roe Roger Connor D R Zenner Mrs Pauline Zenner Elaine Roe and Gertrude M Roe Harvard reports about 66 248 living alumni.
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L. Jordan
County Election Board
Mary Blayney
Evan J. Jones, Jr
E. Atkinson
A. B. Roe
Roger Connor
R. Zenner
Pauline Zenner
Elaine Roe
Gertrude M Roa
July Becomes Month of Brides with Athens County Licenses
Seventeen Athens County couples obtained marriage licenses in Probate Court records kept by Judge S. M. Johnson. June had previously been known as the month of brides, but its prestige declined after 14 licenses were issued last year.
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Athens County
S. M. Johnson
Sprague Doctors Move to New Office Quarters
Dr John R Sprague and his son Dr John T Sprague moved from North Court Street to a new six room suite above the Bank of Athens at Court and Washington Streets. The offices include a waiting room secretary room two consulting rooms a drug room and a recovery room for patients undergoing tonsillectomies.
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John R. Sprague
John T. Sprague
North Court Street
Bank of Athens
Court
Washington Streets
Three Tracts Of Land Sold At Courthouse
Three Athens County properties were sold at sheriff sales by Sheriff Charles W. Stratton at the courthouse. Millie C. Griffin bought three tracts in Troy Township for 266.48 dollars, the land held in Herbert E. Griffin and J. J. Wiegal names. The Peoples Bank of Nelsonville bought a property at 9 Poplar Street, Nelsonville for 1 466.68 dollars, foreclosing against Lewis H. Price and Cora Price. The Security Savings Bank bought a tract in Hudson Addition for 266.68 dollars, linked to Minnie My Grubb foreclosure proceedings.
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Athens County
Charles W. Stratton
Millie C. Griffin
Troy Township
Herbert E. Griffin
J. J. Wiegal
Peoples Bank of
Nelsonville
Poplar Street
Lewis H. Price
Cora Price
Security Savings Bank
Hudson Addition
Minnie My Grubb
Dinner and Dance Held for Athena Izaak Walton League Members
More than a hundred members of the Athena Izaak Walton League and their spouses attended a dinner and outdoor dance at the League lodge in Waterloon Forest. The event, organized by Marty Dalton and others, featured long table dining and dancing in the halls with Helen and Ruth Kenney serving the meal. It notes a separate estimate of 752,000 school teachers in the United States.
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Athena Izaak Walton League
League
Atetractive Lodge
Waterloan Forest
Eals
Marty Dalton
William Williamen
Dwight Robinson
Will Cable
L, Fy Jones
William Casley
Jon Walburn
Helen
Ruth Kenney
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