WPA Blanket Road Project for County Approved by Commissioners
The Athens County WPA blanket road project approved by the Board of County Commissioners will begin in October for eight months. It covers extensive county and village work with 20 percent local sidewalk funding by Chauncey and Buchtel and includes repaving and intersection projects in Chauncey Chauncey streets and village sidewalks.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Oooo Pace
Athens County
Board of
County Commissioners
R. W. Finsterwald
Zanesville
WPA
Columbus
Washington, D. C
B. F. Beckler
Chauncey
Buchtel
Marcum
Lee Township
Goodwin Road
Alexander Township
Pleasant Hill
Alexander
Spice Lick-Glen Ebon
York Township
Mudsock
York
Deanville
Wemmer
Trimble Township
Fierce Ridge
Trimble
Five Points
Ames Township
Hixon Road
Ames
Strouds Run
Scatter Ridge
Canaan Township
Buckley Run
Canaan
McCune Road
Rome Township
Green Valley Road
Rome
Deep Hollow
Carthage Township
Eslocker Road
Troy Township
Cincinati Ridge
Troy
Huckleberry Ridge
Luhrig Road
Waterloo Township
Cemetery Roads
Waterloo
Marietta Run
Bern Township
Judson Road
Lodi Township
Gilkey Ridge
Lodi
Deanville Road
Dover Township
Little Bailey
Dover
Akron Ave
Chauncey Streets
Lexington Ave
Converse St
Lexington
Nye St
High St
Converse
Ellis Ave
W. Jacobs
E. Sycamore
W. Sycamore
Mound St
Main St
S. High Sts
E. J. Lott
D. W. ‘Law
Earnest Robinson
Everett
A. J. Smith
William Nye
S. E. Border
F. H. Staffenger
Max Krotche
Bert Smathers
Ralph Wilson
George Burgess
George Schentz
Roy Wright
John Turvey
James Tolliver
Lloyd Pierce Sues to Regain State Job in Ohio
Eleven former state employees sue in Franklin County to restore their positions citing civil service violations in their removals. Plaintiff Lloyd V. Pierce of Jerseyville is among those discharged from the highway department according to the filing.
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Lloyd Pierce
Columbus
U.P
Franklin County
Lloyd V. Pierce
Jerseyville
Highway Department
Funeral for Mrs. Ezra McLead Set Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ezra McLead will be held Thursday afternoon at two o clock at Hebbardsville Church. Burial follows in the adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at Blanch Green's home on Columbia Avenue after Wednesday noon until the service.
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Ezra McLead
Hebbardsville
Blanch Green
Columbia Ave
Former Teachers Favor Certification Changes
Members of the Athens County Retired Teachers and Ex Teachers Club met in Athens City Hall on Tuesday discussing Ohio school laws. The group favored changes to the state certification laws and planned to discuss school legislation and other topics at the next meeting on September 1.
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Athens County Retired Teachers and Ex-Teachers Club
Athens City Hall
Ohio
Nelsonville tax collection by Athens County treasurer
John Preston Athens County treasurer will visit Nelsonville at Citizens Central Bank on August 15 and 16 to collect real estate taxes.
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John Preston
Athens County
Nelsonville
Citizens Central Bank
Conrath Bean DAV Chapter Delays Weekly Meeting
Conrath-Bean Chapter No 37 Disabled American Veterans will hold its regular meeting in the Armory club room at 7 30 p m Friday instead of Thursday as previously scheduled.
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Conrath-Bean
Armory Club
Gas Industry Among America's Oldest Public Utilities
The gas industry ranks as one of the earliest public utilities in the United States, reflecting its long-standing role in powering homes and industries nationwide. This brief notes its historic development and ongoing public importance.
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the Gas Industry
United States
New CCC Enrollment Rules Shift under War Dept
Communication from the CCC Division of Athens County relief office states all current applications are voided after congressional action transferring authority from the Labor Department to the War Department. The change cancels 125 on file and new enrollments begin October, with acceptance barred until Sept 15 or later. updated forms and questionnaire items now required for all applicants.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
U. S. Department of Labor
War Department
CCC Division
Athens County Relief Office
Mary Conrad
CCC
Mrs McCune Dies at Home in Amesville
Emma McCune age 84 widow of Samuel Reed McCune died at 3 p m Tuesday at her home in Amesville after a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral 2:30 p m Thursday at Mrs Gardner’s home Amesville with burial beside her husband in Amesville Cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs Irma Smith Somerset and Mrs C A Gardner and son Ray McCune Athens.
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Emma McCune
Samuel Reed McCune
Amesville
Republican Club Meeting Set at Glouster High School
The War Veterans Republican Club of Athens County will hold its August meeting at Glouster High School auditorium at 7 30 p m Thursday. Cornelius Queen announced that veterans from all wars and other interested persons are invited to hear William A Konold from Columbus the first vice president of the state club and former American Legion commander.
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the War Veterans Republican Club of
Athens County
Itis
Glouster High School
Cornelius Queen
William A. Konold
State Club
Columbus
Konold
American Legion
Roads and routes kept Earnest Campbell busy for years
Earnest Campbell began as a 15 year old trapper boy in the New York Coal Co. mine near Buchtel and now carries mail to 1600 people over 54 miles of hilly rural roads. He drove routes with two assistants, logged 66 miles daily, and recalls frozen red clay days that halted progress for hours. He previously worked as a weighman, union official, and Railway Mail Service sorter before rural delivery. He enjoys hunting, gardening, and historic South trips, and recalls fishing the James River at Newport, Virginia.
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Earnest Campbell
New York Coal Co
Buchtel
Campbell
United Mine Workers
Luhrig
Sugar Creek
Athens
Richland Ave
Mulligan Road
Tick Ridge
Angell Ridge
Long Run
Shade Creek
Carseytown
Dutch Ridge
Coolville Ridge
Long Run Road
Clarks Chapel
Robinson Ridge
Willow Creek
South Canaan
Green Branch
Guysville
Harmony
East Bridge
Hastings
Bolin Hill
Hooper St
Ricland Ave
Mr. Campbell
Katherine
Robert
McBee's
Earnest
Joan
Musikingum
Five Mile
James River
Newport
County Officials Open Talks on Special Tax Levy
Athens County boards and the Public Assistance and Children's Home Board met with the Board of County Commissioners to discuss a November levy for the Children's Home County Home and Aid to Dependent Children fund. Officials estimate four to five mills, with opposition limited to those not understanding the levy’s impact.
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Margaret Krecker
Roy Gilham
Clyde Parrish
Athens County Board of Public Assistance and Children’s Home Board
Board of County Commissioners
Aid To
H. T. Rainey
John Wyckoff
Industrial Labor Council
Hocking and
Sunday Creek Valley
Board of Commissioners
Charles Stratton
600 Club Members Guests at Movie and Athens Outing
Athens County 4-H Club members over 600 converged on Athens for a day of free movie at Athena Theater, picnic dinner, band concert, swimming at Crystal Pool, and visits to local businesses. Dr. A. B. Graham spoke, with Rotary and Kiwanis hosting swimming and a tour of FARM Bureau and area firms.
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Athens County
4-H Club
Athens
A. B. Graham
Columbus
Ohio
Fairgrounds
R. W. Connett
Silent Speech Delights Edgefield Centennial Crowd
Dr. J R McKissick president of the University of South Carolina was to speak at Edgefield courthouse centennial but microphone failed and he delivered no words. Ten attendees praised his silent address and he quipped that refraining from talking proves a speech can still go over.
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Columbia
S. C
J. Rion McKissick
University of South Carolina
McKissick
Edgefield
Dr. McKissick
Law Firm Partners Are Father and Daughter in Scotland Conn
In Scotland Connecticut the Dennis and Dennis law firm features a father and daughter as partners. Elizabeth Drayton Dennis, now a licensed attorney, joined her father Judge Edward L. Dennis of Windham county juvenile court in his practice after passing the bar earlier this summer.
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Scotland
Conn
Dennis & Dennis
Elizabeth Drayton Dennis
Bar Association
Edward L. Dennis
Windham County Juvenile Court
Sandusky Opens New Dock and Coal Loader in Harbor Day
Sandusky celebrated Harbor Day with the formal opening of the new Pennsylvania Railroad dock and a coal loader costing 4 500 000 dollars. Officials and workers gathered to mark the event amid ceremonies and speeches.
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Sandusky
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Skywriting Over Athens Draws Flyers to Breakfast Event
Ashland Kentucky will host the next Dawn Patrol Breakfast in the neighborhood with an 8 to 10 a m meal on Sunday August 13. Athens Airways Taylorcraft will carry flyers leaving between 6 0 and 8 0 am and participants aim to visit air ships greet friends and enjoy ground flying over eggs rolls and coffee. Local pilots report 110 000 miles flown last year and expect a possible doubling this year.
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Ashland
Dawn Patrol
Athens
Athens Airways
Taylorcraft
Children publishers make business pay in Granby
Buddy Pendleton, 10, and Mary Teale, 6, publish the Neighborhood News in Granby weekly. Within weeks circulation rose to 75 copies and the venture reported a neat profit. State Chief Justice William M Maltbie, a Granby resident, deemed the paper worthy of Hartford library filing. Each issue is mimeographed using a Hartford County YWCA supplied machine.
Urgent appeal for children's clothing in Athens County
County school attendance officer J G Russell asks residents to donate shoes and clothing for needy school children as relief loads rise and WPA layoffs increase. The project, approved by the County Board of Education, will wash and renovate items at sewing centers and be run through the schools at no cost to taxpayers or contributors. Call 906 or 857 for pickup.
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Athens Counsy
J. G. Russell
Russell
Two Men Rob John Nathaniel Toll Keeper on Ohio River Bridge
Two men robbed John Nathaniel, toll keeper on the East Liverpool Newell Bridge over the Ohio River, of 20 dollars early today and fled in an automobile.
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East Liverpool
U.P
John Nathaniel
East Liverpool-New
Ohio River
Jones Fined for Reckless Driving in Glouster
Robert S. Jones of Glouster was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell for reckless driving. He was arrested on Route 33 north of Glouster by state patrolmen.
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Robert S. Jones
Glouster
Cliff Cornell
Jones
Typhoid Cases Reported in Troy and York Townships
The County Health Office reports two typhoid fever cases in Troy Township and York Township. Mrs. Charles King of Troy and Juanita Jones aged five of York are the patients. Investigations to identify sources are underway and neither case is considered dangerous.
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County
Troy Township
York
Charles King
Juanita Jones
David Jones
York Township
Edward Marquis 50 Found Dead in Home
Edward Marquis age 50 was found dead this morning at his Vore Ridge farm home where he lived alone. He is survived by a sister Mrs. Margaret Davis two brothers Henry and George and was preceded in death by his wife and four children. Funeral services Friday at 10 at Ferguson Dowler Funeral Home and burial at New England.
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Edward Marquis
Vore Ridge
Margaret Davis
New England
Henry
George
Glouster
Ferguson & Dowler
Births and surgeries reported at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A daughter was born today at Sheltering Arms Hospital to Mr and Mrs Lowell Patterson of 3 S McKinley Ave Marcella Hyde of 7 Church St and six year old Lee Jeffers of Harrisonville Route 2 underwent surgical operations at the hospital today.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lowell Patterson
S. McKinley Ave
Marcella Hyde
Church St
Lee Jeffers
Harrisonville
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Mrs. McLead
Court Athens
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Federal Reserve System
Wsure
Republican Club
Lamborn
Farnest Campbell
Walter Maccombbs
Rainey and Wyckoff
Labor Council
Rainey
Ira Whitmore
Ralph Elliott
Stratton
Athena Theater
Shirley Temple
New York
Cleveland
AL Knouff
Waco
Dwight A
Parkerburg
Huntington
Kim Pilcher
Bernard Schwarzel
John Jagers
Joe
Jerry
Southern Ohio
W. P. A. Organization
Burial Fund
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Athens, Ohio
Carter
Triplife
Williamson Triplife
Williamson Heater Company
Willamson Triplife
Willameon Triplife Furnace
Mrea
Merle Strouse
G. H. Martin
Williamson
American Express
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve
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