Beer Seizure in Coolville Leads to Grand Jury Bond
Former West Virginian Valley Carpet, 27, Coolville, waived trial on illegal possession for sale of 480 pints of 3.2 beer. Officers seized beer at his home after a search, with 62 bottles on ice in the kitchen. whiskey was also confiscated. Bond set at 300 dollars as residents push a local option vote for beer sales in Coolville.
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THENS
Athens
Coolville
Valley Carpet
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Coolville Ridge Road
State Board of Liquor Control
Speeters
Charlee
Bayless
B. C. Day
Carper
Athens City
Cincinnati
Louisville
Spencer
W. Va
State Board
Sheriff's Office
Clouds Bring Rain Relief to Athens Area
Cloudy skies and a rainfall of .05 inch brought relief from the heat to the Athens area today. The temperature at 1 PM was 81, compared with Tuesday's high of 95. The low Tuesday night fell to 75 degrees, according to weather observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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Athens
C. N. France
Bateman Faces Civil Service Charge Over Sheriff Candidacy
John Barrows a Nelsonville council member filed a formal complaint with Miles H. Howe president of the Athens County Civil Service Commission accusing George Bateman of violating rules by seeking the Athens County sheriff’s office while remaining Nelsonville city chief of police. Howe said a written complaint was received and will be reviewed. Bateman said he had no copy yet and no comment. Bateman was nominated for sheriff in the May Republican primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bateman
Athens County
Nelsonville
Miles H. Howe
ML Service Commission
John Barrows
Attack Trees In Cemetery
H D Palmer cemetery board director warned owners at W Union St Cemetery that bag worm infestation threatens evergreen trees. Athens Forest Service ranger D W Gilmore urged inspections and eradication, advising lead arsenate spray in spring and burning of worm bags to prevent death of trees.
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W. Union St. Cemetery
H. D. Palmer
Cemetery Board
Palmer
D. W. Gilmore
Athens
U. S. Forest Service
Gilmore
Gas Overcomes Glouster Miner at Chauncey Mine
Harry Morrison of Glouster was found unconscious by coworkers at about 2 a.m. in a Chauncey mine and is reported in satisfactory condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital after treatment for gas or bad air asphyxiation. Mrs. Lorena McDonald was admitted for medical treatment. Mrs. Vinnie Haines and Everett Jones were released.
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Harry Morrison
Glouster
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey
Morrison
Lorena McDonald
Athens
Vinnie Haines
Everett Jones
Albany
Beeson of Columbus Dies in Chicago Hospital
Herbert Hampton Beeson age 48 promotion manager for G A Beechling Co of Cedar Point died Tuesday in Edward Hines Jr. Hospital Chicago after illness and operations in Sandusky and Chicago. He was WWI veteran with no immediate relatives. Funeral Friday at Jones Funeral Home Columbus and burial in Athens Union Street Cemetery.
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Herbert Hampton Beeson
Columbus
Athens
Edward Hines, Jr
Chicago
Beeson
G. A. Beechling Co
Cedar Point
Lake Erie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sandusky
Chicago Hospital
Alice Henry
R. W. Finsterwald
Dow Henry
Beesons
Jones Funeral Home
E. Broad St
W. Union St
Legion Action Endorsed Over Subversive Student Letter
Athens County Camp No. 78 of the Spanish-American War Veterans met and unanimously endorsed the K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion in Athens for protesting alleged subversive student activities at Ohio University. The resolution backs The Messenger editorials on August 7 and August 11 and directs members to read all related material, with a copy sent to President Herman G. James.
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Athens County
Athens
K. T. Crossen
American Legion of Athens
Herman G. James
Ohio University
the Messenger
O. U
James
Attend Hospitalization Meeting at Chillicothe
Mr and Mrs Fred Russell and Mrs Mary Breinig Crow attended a hospitalization meeting in Chillicothe on Monday afternoon and evening. Principal speaker Mrs Russell identified Ralph Jordan head of the Ohio Hospital Insurance Association who spoke on group insurance.
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Fred Russell
Mary Breinig Crow
Chillicothe
Russell
Ralph Jordan
Ohio Hospital Insurance Association
WPA workers in Athens County reach six thousand
An estimate of 6000 Athens County residents employed by the WPA was presented to Manager Fred L. Roose of the Southeastern Ohio district as the agency marked six years of activity here. The report notes that about 21000 people would have depended on the WPA family-wide, with 1164 currently assigned to county projects.
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Athens County
WPA
Fred L. Roose
Ohio
Zanesville
Roose
FERA
Jiggleburg
Nelsonville
Jackson
High Streets
Morgan St
Glouster
Athens City
Sand Rock Road
Rome Township
Wood Named School Head At Amesville
Earl M. Wood, a teacher at Athens Township Junior High, was elected superintendent of the Ames Bern Schools by the Ames Bern Board of Education last night. He succeeds Roy T. Hickman who resigned to head the Geography department at Concord State Teachers College Athens W Va. Wood holds a BS from Ohio University 1932 and a master's degree 1938. He taught at Ringgold Centralized Morgan County 1932 34 Amesville 1934 38 woodshop at Parkersburg 1938 39 and later taught at Athens Township Junior High. He is a Chesterhill resident and married Esther Wells of Macconnellville with two children David and Judy.
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Earl M. Wood
Athens Township
Ames- Bern Board of Education
Ames-Bern
Roy T. Hickman
Concord State Teachers College
Athens
W. Va
Mr. Wood
Ohio University
Ringgold
Morgan County
Amesville
Parkersburg
Chesterhill
Esther Wells
MacConnellville
David
Judy
Zaleski Personal Mention Notice Roundup
Local residents and relatives visit relatives across Athens Nelsonville Columbus and Kingston New Plymouth and Portage with several trips to White Cross Hospital. Notable items include the Whitlatch reunion at Lake Zaleski Park and a geology note explaining the earths crust is mostly granite up to twenty miles thick.
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Velinus James
Cleire James
Columbus
Ulysses James
White Cross Hospital
Dorothy Vansky
C. E. Vansky
Vansky
Ira Egelberry
Watson Hill
Lake Zaleski Park
Mike Butler
Mont Herwick
Roger
New Plymouth
R. D
James McKibben
Delilah Pinney
Hope
Perry Pinney
Bert Gaple
Portsmouth
Flora Dill
John Sweeney
Warren
Sweeney
Jeanne Sweeney
Revival camp meeting opens at Morristown school grounds
An old fashioned camp meeting will begin tomorrow night at Morristown school grounds led by Rev H O Ours with assistance from the McKinney Sisters and Rev Charles Hook. Sessions start daily at 7 30 PM with special music and singing. Sponsored by Morristown Holiness Church.
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Morristown
H. O. Ours
McKinney Sisters
Charles Hook
Lola Boudinot dies at 73 after visit to son in Athens
Lola Belle Boudinot 73 widow of Theodore died at her son Clifford Boudinot's home in Athens Route 3 after a 10 day visit. Survived by three daughters Mrs Keirns Amesville Mrs McKibben Athens Route 3 and Mrs Skinner Athens three sons Carl Wooster Sidney Sunbury and Clifford and three stepsons Marcellus Gilbert and Fletcher. Funeral in Chauncey Christian Church Thursday at two led by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Burial Nye Cemetery. Friends may call at Clifford Boudinot’s Sugar Creek home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Belle Boudinot
Theodore Boudinot
Clifford
Athens
Boudinot
Alexander and
Lucy South Linscott
Thomas Keirns
Amesville
Ralph McKibben
Willard Skinner
Carl of
Wooster
Sidney
Sunbury
Marcellus Boudinot
Galton
Gilbert
Fletcher
Millfield
Lewis Easler
Unemployed Group To Meet Thursday Night
The Plains Local Athens County Refugees will hold a regular meeting Thursday evening August 15 at 7 o clock Edgar Slater secretary says important matters will be considered and all unemployed are invited to attend
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Athens County
Edgar Slater
Slater
Linscott Family Returns to Amesville Farm
Mr and Mrs A R Linscott and daughter Juanita who lived at 19 N Congress St Athens have moved back to their Amesville farm. Their daughter left Sunday to visit her brother Verne Linscott in South Bend Indiana.
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A. R. Linscott
Juanita
N. Congress St
Athens
Amesville
Verne Linscott
South Bend
Ind
Nora Gibson Dies at Home in Avon Place
Mrs. Nora Gibson wife of D C Gibson Avon Place died last evening after a brief illness. Beside her husband she leaves sons and daughters including Mrs George Taylor Detroit Clarence Charles Ernest Detroit Fred Ironton Mrs Clara Green Marsed Calif John Athens and Mrs Helen Quest and Raymond at home. She also leaves a sister Mrs Ella Wood Funeral arrangements not completed today. Java is noted as the world’s twelfth largest island with area 48400 square miles.
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Nora Gibson
D. C. Gibson
Avon Place
Athens
George
Taylor
Detroit
Clarence
Charles
Columbus
Ernest
Fred
Ironton
Clara Green
Marsed
Calif
John
Helen Quest
Raymond
Ella Wood
Albany
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Eva
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Federal Reserve System
Bateman
Howe
H. H. Beeson
Legion Action
Green Valley Road
Wood
Zaleski
A. A. Boal
Roseanne Legge
Cuyahoga Falls
Edna Kennedy
Kingston
N. Y
Kennedy
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
H. C. Ours
Lola Boudinot
the Old Quaker Company
Memley
the Old Quaker CO
Lawrenceburg
Java
Island
Suromer
City Loan and Guaranty Compan
Y. Court St
Fred Sanders
Mgr
American Express
Athens National Bank
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