Work Starts on 125 Miles of State Roads in District
Resurfacing across Athens Gallia Meigs Hocking Morgan and Vinton Counties begins under three contracts totaling $73 652.33 state funds. Louis Dehmer Columbus and Ohio Quarries Columbus lead the projects with multiple routes including U S Route 33 50 13 78 56 and state routes 216 328 691. Completion targeted by September 1.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
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Gallia
Meigs
Hocking
Morgan
Vinton
George R. Evans
Athens County
State Department of Highways
Louis Dehmer
Tiffin
Dover
Chauncey
Canaan
Rome
Carthage
Jacksonville
Trimble
Malta-Glouster-Murray City
Trimble Township
Morgan County
Nelsonville
New Straitsville
Buchtel Village
York Township
Old Man's Cave
Green and
Starr Townships
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Laurelville
Starr Township
Vinton County
Swan
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Ohio Quarries Co
Columbus
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McConnelsville - Athens
Malta
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State Highway Department
T. D. van Camp and Sons
Hocking County Caves
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Meigs - Pomeroy - Marietta
Chester
Orange
Olive Townships
Salem
Rutland
Meigs County
Gallipolis
McArthur Road
Wilkesville Township
Improved Facilities for Flyers Planned in Ohio
George Stone describes aims of the new Ohio Aeronautics Department advisory committee. He notes Ohio once led in air marking but now lags, and the group seeks to raise state air facilities to match other states by enacting new aviation laws, marking communities, and promoting youth aviation clubs.
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Ohio Aeronautics Department
George Stone
Columbus
Athens
Aeronautics Departments
Ohio
J. Stone
Stone
Earle Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio Aeronautics Committee
Three Man Basketball Finale Highlights Summer at High School
Recreation Director Harry Lackey plans a varied end to summer activities at the high school playground. Events run Thursday and close Friday with the playground shut for the season. A 6:45 p.m. three man outdoor game features Ohio U star Frank Baumholtz and Athens High alums Jack Moore and Gerald Ramsey against Myers Faulkner's team.
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Harry Lackey
Frank Baumholtz
Ohio U
Jack Moore
Gerald Ramsey
Athens High
Myers Faulkner
Change in National Guard Setup Reported
Unofficial reports indicate a state headquarters plan to retire about 15 members of the Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 166th Regiment to inactive status while Battery C 134th Field Artillery would expand to 128 men. If ordered in September, 11 men and one officer would remain at headquarters as a detachment replacing the present company. A new two and a half times rapid firing public safety weapon would equip Battery C, enabling 10 000 men to represent a 25 000 strength. On August 20 Battery C members will attend the Fort Knox Kentucky encampment for two weeks of study and drill.
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National Guard
166Th Regiment
134Th Field Artillery
Ohio
Battery C
Fort Knox
Man Escapes Athens State Hospital Walks Nine Hours Home
An inmate escaped Athens State Hospital at noon Monday saying he wished to see his family. He walked roughly nine hours to Chauncey along tracks and river bottoms, eating raw corn, then returned with deputies and was readmitted to the hospital after 9 p m.
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Athens State Hospital
Chauncey
Charles Bayless
B. C. Day
Day
Rally for Republicans at Glouster School Auditorium
Cornelius Queen announced a Republican rally on August 10 at the Glouster School auditorium inviting the public. The event will feature several prominent speakers.
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Glouster School
Cornelius Queen
Ro lland Bricker Fined for Intoxication in The Plains
Rolland Bricker of The Plains was fined five dollars and costs yesterday by Mayor Cliff Cornell on a charge of intoxication. He was arrested Saturday night by Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield.
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Rolland Bricker
the Plains
Cliff Cornell
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Mary Steuben
Athens
W. Union St
E. S. Finsterwald
Ohio University Post Summer Session Opens With 183 Enrollees
Ohio University reports 183 students registered for the Post Summer Session, surpassing last year’s 170. The program runs Aug 7 to Aug 26, features a new Field Geography Course and a Botany Field Course at Buckeye Lake, plus 24 advanced seminars emphasizing independent study.
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Ohio U
Ohio University
E. A. Hansen
District hardest to represent, Dr Phillips says
Ohio state senator Dr H T Phillips told the Athens Kiwanis Club that the five and a half county district is the hardest to represent due to diversified interests including three state institutions and educational, farm, mine, and industrial populations. He noted only 225 of 1,002 bills passed last session and urged continued local business support.
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H. T. Phillips
Athens Kiwanis Club
Dr. Phillips
Phillips
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Athens
F. J. Taylor
Cornell Fines Two For Reckless Driving
William Mechem of Nelsonville and William Stansbury of Columbia Avenue Athens were arraigned by Mayor Cliff Cornell on reckless driving charges after highway patrolmen stopped them near Nelsonville on Route 33. Each was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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William Mechem
Nelsonville
William Stansbury
Columbia Ave
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Union Personal and Brief Social Notes
Union notes report there is no home coming at Union Church on August 13. Clyde Pidcock from Springfield visits his aunt Mrs Bessie Gabriel over the weekend. Robert Mulpas buys property once owned by Orley Ross of Columbus and plans to occupy soon. Mr and Mrs John Withers with son Denzil and daughter Clara Louise take a motor trip to Glouster Sunday. Miss Anne McBride visits relatives in Barberton.
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Union
Union Church
Clyde Pidcock
Springfield
Bessie Gabriel
Robert Mulpas
Orley Ross
Columbus
John Withers
Denzil
Clara Louise
Glouster
Anne McBride
Barberton
Lincoln Life honors Athens agent for sales record
W. D. Robinson of Athens, Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., is recognized by the Fort Wayne home office for ranking fourth among over 1,200 agents in paid business on old policyholders’ lives last month. Motion picture equipment has been installed in 120 Methodist churches across England.
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W. D. Robinson
Athens
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robinson
England
Arnold Denies Gun Encounter in Carbondale
Roy Arnold pleads not guilty before Magistrate T. R. Bennett to a charging shooting at with intent to kill. Joe Johnson says Arnold fired twice at close range, but the pistol jammed. Both men work at the Carbondale mine operated by Orai Daugherty. Arnold released on $500 bond.
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T. R. Bennett
Roy Arnold
Carbondale
Orai Daugherty
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Bennett
Arnold
Daugherty
Concord Home Coming To Be Held Aug 20
Concord Church hosts home coming on Sunday August 20 with Sunday School at 9 30 lunch at noon and an afternoon program. The Metho dist Church orchestra from Nelsonville provides music. Rev Clark to give the address.
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Concord
Methodist Church of
Nelsonville
Clark
Concord Sunday School
Wiley Mingus
John Antle
Ed Sayre
Milford Sayre
Maynard Sayre
Cecil Antle
Lydia Coulter
Crooksville
Betty Antle
Jackie
Cecil Antie
Joe Stone
Murray City
Wilma
Jean Wemmer
Homecoming Celebrated at Orbiston Methodist Church
A large Orbiston turnout gathered Sunday at the Orbiston Methodist Church for a homecoming with a noon basket dinner. A 2:30 program featured singing, solos by Donna Campbell and William Bush, memorial services for 70 deceased since the prior homecoming, and reports on church repairs. Georgia Kilpatrick was elected president for 1940 with plans for next year’s event.
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Orbiston
Orbiston Methodist Church
Vance Glancy
Raymond Carpenter
Nelsonville
Earl Grimstead
Ethel Donley
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
Christine Brown
Charles Bradfield
Donley
Georgia Kilpatrick
Donna Campbell
William Bush
Three Prisoners Escape From McArthur Jail
Three auto theft suspects escaped from the Vinton County jail in McArthur after breaking a second floor door lock. County officers and state patrol joined a search as the trio remained at large at midafternoon. One suspect was charged with stealing a Marietta car and another with stealing a marshal's vehicle.
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Athens
McArthur
Vinton County
Earl Stuck
Marietta
Bailey Run Briefs
Mr and Mrs Edward Martin of Buchtel spent last Thursday with Mr and Mrs Sam Baker. Mr and Mrs Merril Coy of Greens Run visited the Orris Root family Monday. Mr and Mrs Cecil Sanborn had as guests Sunday Mrs Etta Pierce and children Icel and Clarence of Modoc. Mr and Mrs William Barnhart and children Gerald and Lena of Morristown. Mrs Charles Hiles of Morristown spent Sunday with Marion Walton. Mr and Mrs Cecil Sanborn spent Saturday with Rena Sanborn at Modoc. Miss Betty Bullock returned Saturday from a week’s visit with friends at Floodwood.
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Rena Sanborn
Modoc
Betty Bullock
Floodwood
New Storm Sewer District Approved by City Council
The Athens City Council approved creation of a new storm sewer district in East Athens within District No. 2. About 400 lots will be assessed for a WPA project costing $32,000 with federal labor funding and $8,000 in owner assessments. A plan for brick and tile lines along Ohio Ave and surrounding streets was authorized, to drain Maplewood and Shannon areas and redirect toward the Hocking River.
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Athens
Ohio Ave
Cable St
Shannon Ave
Morris Ave
Watt St
Maplewood Drive
Hocking River
Maplewood
Shannon
EF. State St
C. H. Harris
May Ave
Sunnyside Drive
Elmwood Place
State
Morris
Lincoln
Mrs. McLead Dies at Home of a Daughter
Ezra McLead’s wife 53 died Monday night at daughter Blanch Green’s home on Columbia Ave. She leaves husband Ezra, daughter Blanch Green and two stepchildren Mrs. Robert McAfee and Ivan McLead, of Athens. Also survives two brothers and three sisters. a daughter, 12, predeceased her. Funeral services to be announced Wednesday.
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Ezra McLead
Mineral
Blanch Green
Columbia Ave
Robert McAfee
Ivan MccLead
Athens
Chair Fire Destroys Apartment Chair at 33 1 2 S Court St
Fire Chief E R Laughlin says a lighted cigarette or embers from a pipe started the blaze in the second story apartment of Charles O Bleness. Firemen dragged out a burning chair, used chemical spray, and limited damage to about 25 dollars plus possible smoke harm to walls and papering.
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E. R. Laughlin
Charles O'Bleness
S. Court St
Laughlin
Honeymooners With Police Escort Enter New Life
NYACK New York attorney general J Rich ard Davis and Hope Dare wed with consent of Dewey’s office. Two detectives escorted the couple as they left the area after the ceremony. Columbus Ohio Richard Donahey son of Senator Vic Donahey will become chief deputy U S marshal in Cincinnati on Sept 1.
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Nyack
N. Y
U.P
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Hope Dare
New York
Thomas EF. Dewey
Columbus
Richard Donahey
United States
Vic Donahey
U. SS
Cincinnati
U. S
C. H. Sisson
Beasley Agency Wins June Ford Sales Contest
Members of The Fred R Beasley agency in Athens traveled to Cincinnati last Tuesday to receive plaque and prizes for winning the June sales contest for Ford dealerships in this district. Attendees included Fred R Beasley Larry Herron Bob Mathews Gail Watkins and Franklin Dean.
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Fred R. Beasley
Athens
Cinccinnati
Ford
Larry Herron
Bob Mathews
Gail Watkins
Franklin Dean
Littler Appointed as Assistant at Athena Theater
Clarence C. Littler is named assistant manager under Frank Nolan at the Athena Theater following Charles Martin’s promotion to Schine's Piqua theater. Littler has served seven months as assistant manager of Schine's Ohio Theater, with E Leptowski of Cleveland to replace him at the Ohio Theater.
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Charles Martin
Schine
Athena Theater
Piqua
Clarence C. Littler
Frank Nolan
the Athena
Littler
Ohio Theater
E. Leptowski
Cleveland
Ohio University
Littlers
Literary program planned by Athens Grange at Albany Grange
Athens Grange will present a literary program at Albany Grange on Saturday night August 12. A lunch featuring sandwiches potato salad and pie will be served.
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Athens Grange
Albany Grange
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