Expanded Athens County Fair Program Is Planned
The 1938 Athens County Fair runs Aug 23 to 26 with expanded amusements, more entry classes, bigger premiums, and grounds improvements. A new attendance record is expected, 2000 premium books prepared, and 25 new stables with upgraded barns. Special events include a Rube act, fireworks, and music by local bands.
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Athens County
Unds
Herb J. Parker
Parkersburg
Sanderson
Athens County Ffa
Biddle
Frank Biddle
Ward Starlin
Athens RD
Cline’s
Miss Riggs Dies After Surgical Operation
Miss Bennett Riggs longtime Athens resident dies Sunday after surgery at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Funeral set for 2 PM Tuesday at Belpre Congregational Church. Interment Rockland Cemetery. She leaves sister Miss Willanna Riggs matron of Boyd Hall Ohio University. Riggs formerly supervised university cottage dormitories and belonged to Belpre Congregational Church. News notes compare US railroad mileage in 1830.
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Bennett Riggs
Athens
Holzer Hos
Gallipolis
Congregational Church
Belpre
Rockland Cemetery
Miss Riggs
Willanna Riggs
Boyd Hall
Ohio University
University Cottage
Old Tunes To Ring Again At Jacksonville Reunion
A Labor Day reunion in Jacksonville brings together members of the old Jacksonville band for the first time in 25 years. The group, active in county events and the Mason ic Temple dedication, will revive 1912 favorites with attendees from Athens and nearby counties.
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Jacksonville
Teddy Roosevelt
Athens County
Athens
Athens WPA District Adopts Cash Based Property System
The Athens district of the WPA shifts to a direct accountability plan for all employees tools and equipment with services charged to each project. Values are set for items and replacements. misuse leads to charges. The system promises clearer budgeting, lumped bids for shared materials, and dollar based project accounting across multiple tool depots in Southeastern Ohio.
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WPA
Athens
L. C. Gibson
Gibson
U. S. Army
District 3
Ohio
Senior 4-H Club Meeting in Athens County
The Athens County Senior 4-H Club will meet Wednesday at 8 pm in the Athens Grange Hall. A discussion on personality development will be held. Fran ces Adams Ellen Terrell and John Cordray lead the program committee. Folk games and a fair booth plan are on the agenda. Refreshments will be served by Helen Sheridan Mary Lawrence and Evelyn Reading.
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Athens County
Athens Grange Hall
Frances Adams
Ellen Terrell
John Cordray
Helen Sheridan
Mary Lawrence
Evelyn Reading
Mansfield safety director dies after heart attack
Tracy Stuert age 54 service safety director of Mansfield since Jan 1 died after a heart attack attributed to today’s events. The obituary notes his long service and role in local government.
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Mansfield
Tracy C. Stuert
Operator of Illegal Game Fined $150
Arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell this morning Clark Pat Rice was fined $150 and costs for running a game of chance. Ernest Red Hawkins was also arrested by Athens City Police at 130 am Sunday on a similar charge and is still being held in jail. Capt Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield observed the men conducting the game in a concrete blockhouse on an alley between N Court and Congress Sts just off W State St. Concealed on an adjacent roof the officers watched the play and then entered through Hawkins who unlocked the door. About nine or 10 men were in the room when the officers entered but some escaped and others were released after questioning. Rice and Hawkins admitted renting the room and Rice pleaded guilty to conducting the game. Before Mayor Cornell who questioned him at length at 3 am Sunday Rice steadfastly denied having anything to do with the operation of the game.
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Cliff Cornell
Clark
Pat” Rice
Ernest “Red” Hawkins
Athens City
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
N. Court
Congress Sts
W. State St
Hawkins
Rice
Cornell
Athens County Farmers Urged to Apply for Emergency Crop Loans
Athens County farmers may file for emergency winter grain loans for 1938 at the County Extension office, Ross Wright, agent, says. Loans limited to 400 dollars, available only if no other credit is obtainable, with a first lien on the financed crop and liens waived by landlords until repayment. Checks issued by the Regional Crop and Feed Loan Office in St Louis.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
Farm Credit Administration
Wright
Production Credit Association
Resettlement Administration
FCA
Crop and Feed Loan Office
St. Louis
Retail Grocers To Meet Here
A meeting of Athens County retail grocers will be held at the Berry Hotel Wednesday night under the Athens County Retail Grocers Association. William Sisson of Athens is president and Melvin Dunfee of Stewart is secretary. Homer McConkey of Springfield, Ohio Retail Grocers secretary, will be the main speaker. the program starts at 8:30 g.m. A buffet supper will follow.
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Athens County
Berry Hotel
Athens County Retail Grocers Association
William Sisson
Athens
Melvin Dunfee
Stewart
Homer McConkey
Springfield
Ohio Retail Grocers Association
Summer Band Classes At Athens High Start
The Athens High School Summer Band School directed by Mr. Floyd Prince began this morning despite tired lips and stiff fingers. Registration is expected to exceed 90 students as groups form for two bands, one from East Side Central Mechanicsburg Grade Schools and the High School Band.
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Floyd Prince
Athens High School
East Side
Central
Mechanicsburg
Convicted of Killing Maid in Hillsboro
W B Cassidy a 45 year old Socorro laundry operator was sentenced to nine to ten years in the state penitentiary for the slaying of his former housemaid Rosalia Garcia a 19 year old who was shot November 21 when Cassidy says the gun discharge while he tried to wrest it from her after she attempted suicide.
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Hillsboro
N. M
W. B. Cassidy
Socorro
Cassidy
Sunny
Rosalia Garcia
Skywriting Over Athens Prompts Air Regulation Supply
In a Skywriting column from Athens, the government tightens economy on distributing 50 copies of the new Civil Air Regulations to pilots and instructors. Officials cite cost, while pilots in Athens Gallipolis Zanesville and Portsmouth plan exams. several travelers and pilots visit for gas, fuel, and air shows. A preview of the 1939 Aeronca 50 hp Shark model draws attention along with plans to loan a demonstrator.
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Bulkley
Athens
W. B. Fulton
Bureau of Air Commerce
Wade Stewart
Jay Sadosky
Parkersburg
Portsmouth
Northwest
Gallipolis
Zanesville
Recount Set Friday in Probate Judge Race
The Elections Board announced a recount of votes for Judge Louise Tyroler and Harry Mettler in the Democratic primary for Probate Judge. The recount is at 9 a.m. Friday, with both candidates present. official results had been sent to the Secretary of State in Columbus.
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Louise Tyroler
Harry Mettler
Elections Board
Secretary of State
Columbus
Board of Elections
Buckleys Have Coolville Reunion
REEDSVILLE The Buckley family held its second annual reunion at Howell Grove near Coolville with 113 members attending a noon picnic. Officers Grace Buckley Reed and Iva K. Buckley were reappointed for another year, and a devotional and group singing followed a business session. The 1939 gathering is planned for Howell Grove on the first Sunday in August.
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Reedsville
Buckley
Howell Grove
Coolville
Grace Buckley Reed
Iva K. Buckley
Grace Reed
M. S. Foutty
New England
W. Va
W. J. Hoffman
Belleville
Buckley Sisters
Parkersburg
Tid Bits of Vacation News Show Families On the Wing August
August Sunday brings travel notes from Athens readers. Neil D Thomas and family travel from San Antonio to Carlsbad Caverns then White Sands National Monument and Albuquerque, New Mexico. They skip the Gulf region due to heat, sending days of life on wheels in letters to Mrs Violet Thomas.
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Neil D. Thomas
Thomas
Betty and
Merrill
San Antonio
Texas
Gulf Region
Thomases
Carlsbad Caverns
White Sans National Monument
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Neil Thomases
Violet Thomas
Athens
South
Beasley Westward Trip and Local Gatherings
Carl Beasley Jr returns from a 7000 mile motor tour through Cheyenne and the Southwest with Don Baumer. They visited Santa Monica Grand Canyon and plan another trip. Local social notes report visits by Herrold, Reeder and Flowers families, a birthday at Plain City, and a rocking sorrel mare at Athens Stock Yard. A birth in Albany is noted.
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Carl Beasley, Jr
Don Baumer
Johnstown
West Point
Beasley
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Santa Monica
Grand Canyon
Carl, Jr
Fred Beasley
California
Bicycle License Tags Enacted In Youngstown
Youngstown adopts ordinance requiring 50 cent bicycle license tags for riders. Opening day permits sell more than 350 tags.
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Youngstown, O
Hysell couple to live in Athens after wedding
Mrs Florence Dicken became Mrs Frank Hysell after a Aug 6 ceremony in Greenup. The couple, former Plains High and Athens High attendees, hosted 125 guests at a mixed shower. They will reside with Hysell parents in Athens until Sept 20 before moving. Other items note Bates Missionary meeting change and Stanley Reunion at Bethel Church Knox Township.
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Frank Hysell
Hysell
Greenup
Kysi
Florence Dicken
Worthy E. Dicken
Lower Plains
Oo Stanley
Bethel Church
Knox Township
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