Ohio University to Open Junior College at Portsmouth
Ohio University will open a junior college branch in Portsmouth in the fall of 1940. The plan includes day classes with resident instructors and administration, expanding from night classes run through its extension division. The Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce supported the project after rejecting a plan to move Alfred Holbrook College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio University
Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
B. T. Grover
Chamber
Alfred Holbrook College
Manchester
Indiana University
Indianapolis
Chicago
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
California
University of California
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Playground Day Set at Zaleski State Park
An all county playground day will be held at Zaleski State Park on Sunday August 20 under WPA recreation leaders in Athens County. Boys and girls may attend by seeing their local playground recreation leader for transportation. Events include field events group games and relays at Millfield Chauncey Mineral Nelsonville Poston and Athens area playgrounds.
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Zaleski State Park
WPA
Athens County
Millfield
Chauncey
Mineral
Nelsonville
Poston
East Side
West Side
Athens
Golgotha to Be Shown at Athens Church
The talking motion picture Golgotha, a life of Christ and crucifixion, will be shown Friday evening August 18 at the Christian Church in Athens. Sponsored by the Married People's Class, the $800000 production was filmed in Europe and is presented in an all talking English version with a complete sound system and latest type screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golgotha
Christian Church
Athens
Europe
America
B. J. Milligan Dies Tuesday
B. J. Milligan 65 landscape gardener and florist at State Farm Orient died at his son in law’s home in Columbus Tuesday morning from a heart attack. Survived by wife Flora E Milligan and brother Elmer Milligan of Sandusky. Funeral at St Aloysius Church Columbus Friday 9 am with interment at St Joseph Cemetery. Previously lived in Canaan Township and Athens.
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Branch J. Milligan
Orient
George L. Gilligan
South
Richardson, Avenue
Columbus
Eunice Meighen Dies At Her Toledo Home
Eunice Bowers Meighen aged 62, a native of Carthage Township, Athens County, died August 12 at her Toledo home. Interment was at Middleport Cemetery August 15. She was predeceased by Hugh Meighen, and leaves son Vern Bowers of Rye, Colorado, and daughters Mrs. Dora Jones and Mrs. Georgiana Depew of Toledo, along with brothers John Doland of Delaware and Roy Doland of Cleveland.
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Eunice Bowers Meighen
Carthage Township
Athens County
Toledo
Middleport Cemetery
George Wilson Bowers
Hugh Meighen
Athens
Vern Bowers
Rye
Colo
Dora Jones
Georgiana Depew
Jail Break Leader Turned Over to FBI
Three inmates escaped from Vinton County Jail in McArthur using a spoon-made key. Hugh Marion Penny, Carl Law, and Cr. Andrews fled and were later captured by Sheriff Earl Stuck and deputies near Law’s brother-in-law’s home. Penny identified by FBI, taken to Columbus for questioning. Law and Andrews held in Vinton County Jail. Penny to federal prison.
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Vinton County
McArthur
FBI
Hugh Marion Penny
Atlanta
Virginia
B. H. Ryan
Clark County
Ryan
Penny
Carl Law
Cr. Andrews
CCC
Earl Stuck
Athens
Sheriff Stuck
Law
Sylvester Howard
Stuck
Howard Place
Cincinnati
Columbus
Franklin County
Wilmington
N. C
Andrews
Carpenter School Starts on Aug 28
The Meigs County community notes the Columbia Schools opening date set for August 28 at a board meeting. New hires include Velma Kellogg from Caledonia as home economics and commercial teacher at Columbia High School and Alice Reeves from Downington as Columbia Grade School teacher. The early start allows dismissal around May 10 next spring. Social items mention Laurel and Star Granges, a birth in Athens Sheltering Arms Hospital, and local visits and visits to Chillicothe, with a Meigs County Grange picnic planned at the State Farm Park.
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Carpenter
Board of Education
Columbia
Velma Kellogg
Caledonia
Columbia High School
Alice Reeves
Downington
Clemma Vale
Meigs County
Laurel Grange
Rock Springs Grange
Star Grange
Evans Rutherford
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Virginia Jordan
Chillicothe
Dale Dye
Emma_ Casto
Columbus
S. F. Howery
Howery
Clyde Whitlatch
Karol Whitlatch
W. E. Hull
Harrisonville
A. R. Caster
Fontelle
West Virginia
Hawks Nest
Junior Dye
Eddie Lou Howery
Ray Jordan
Lucy Joe
Meigs County Grange
State Farm Park
Ill of Diphtheria Strikes Plains Boy Four
Bruce Humphrey aged four son of Herman Humphrey superintendent of the Plains schools is ill of diphtheria. County Health Nurse Dorothy Bache reported it as the sole contagious disease case in the county this week.
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Bruce Humphrey
Herman Humphrey
The
Plains Schools
Dorothy Bache
Miss Bache
Local Farmers May Apply for Loans in 1940
Athens and Meigs Counties will participate in the Farm Security Administration loan program for the year ending June 30 1940. M T Haines Athens county rehabilitation supervisor for Meigs and Athens Counties says funds are available to help farmers laborers and sharecroppers needing operating capital. Loans include farm and home management assistance and emphasize family sized farms able to yield a good living and repay the loan. The service is available to eligible farmers and applications are being accepted in Athens.
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Athens
Meigs
Farm Security Administration
M. T. Haines
Haines
Scouts Award Camp Dupler Merit Winners Announced
Boy Scout Executive G. E. Ash announced at Camp Dupler that scouts received merit awards. Wilbur McLean of Troop 67 Park Poston earned the Little Chief Award. Gilbert Smith Troop 64 Nelsonville and Harry George Troop 2 Parkersburg won the next high est award. Good Camper honors went to Troop 2 Parkersburg members Jimmy Dukas Billy Taylor and Troop 55 Athens. A large group across multiple troops received Jack Stokes and related recognitions, including Gerald Arnett Blaine Bray Clarence Stanley and many others from Troops 61 64 75 211 65 59 49 66 with Dale Harris Roger Wilson Glenn Dix Paul Berry and more.
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Boy Scout
G. E. Ashwill
Camp Dupler
Little Chief
Wilbur McLean
Poston
Gilbert Smith
Nelsonville
Harry George
Parkersburg
Jimmy Dukas
Billy Taylor
Athens
Jack Stokes
Carbondale
Gerald Arnett
Blaine Bray
Clarence Stanley
Richard Williams
Lowell Donley
Guysville
Stewart
Charles Ashcraft
William Chesser
Merrill Kimble
Clarence Vess
Shurley Ashcraft
Murray City
Dale Harris
Roger Wilson
Glenn Dixon
Bob Morris
Kenneth French
Pomeroy
Charles Dye
George Ohlinger
Lloyd Johnson
Helen Sheridan to Work as Welfare Office Stenographer
Helen Sheridan began duties today as stenographer in the Athens County Child Welfare Services office. She succeeds Kathryn Kern who resigned to teach in Cuyahoga Falls. A lifelong Athens County resident, she is a Athens High School and Ohio University graduate and has worked at the University Service Bureau.
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Helen Sheridan
Athens Route 4
Athens County Child Welfare Services
Michael C. Kreider
Miss Sheridan
Kathryn Kern
Cuyahoga Falls
Athens County
Athens High School
Ohio University
University Service Bureau
Sheridan
Margaret McCutcheon
Kreider
Nashport Man Injured In Vehicle Collision
Earl Stroup 56 Nashport sustained a minor cut on the right forearm as his car driven by William Chaplain 86 Nashport collided with a truck driven by William Mills 19 Athens Route 1. Mills attempted a turn into Brown Coal Yard as Chaplain tried to pass. Damage to both vehicles about 60 dollars. Vernon Castle passenger in Mills’ truck. no injuries.
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Earl ‘Stroup
Nashport
William Chaplain
William Mills
Athens Route 1
Stroup
Athens
Mills
Brown
Richland Ave
Chaplin
Vernon Castle
Earl Castle
4-H Bands to Perform at Ohio State Fair Aug 30
Highland County band of 50 under Forest Lemon and Athens County band of 35 under R W Connett will entertain state fair visitors. They will play at multiple grounds in the morning and give a concert in the afternoon at the new junior fair livestock coliseum. The event is part of the Ohio State Junior Fair program, Aug 26 to Sept 1.
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Columbus
B. P. Sandles
Junior Fair Livestock Coliseum
Highland County
Forest Lemon
R. W. Connett
Athens County
Tyroler Leads Athens Bigelow Pension Plan Campaign
The Athens County campaign committee for the Bigelow Pension Plan will hold an initial meeting at 7 30 p m in the Athens City Council Chamber. Louis Tyroler, an Athens attorney and chair, announced the petition has over 250000 signatures and will go to the secretary of state for verification before the November ballot. The meeting will organize campaigning and replace any rejected signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Bigelow Pension Plan
Athens
Louis Tyroler
Pension Plan
Bigelow
Tyroler
Secretary of State
State Department
Civil Service Exam Open for Junior Public Health Nurse
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for Junior Public Health Nurse in the Indian Field Service, Department of the Interior. Applications must be filed in Washington by Sept. 11. salary is 1800 dollars per year. Full details from J L C Kelley, secretary of the U S Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the Athens Post Office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Indian Field Service
Department of the Interior
Commission
Washington, D. C
J. L. C. Kelley
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Athens
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Club Plans 50-Acre Tract Opening
The 150 member Nelsonville Sportsmen's Club nears opening a 50 acre Circle Hill tract leased from Sunday Creek Coal Co. Plans include a lake stock with fish, a 40 by 40 foot hunting lodge, a target range, and future corn crops for game, with a September picnic to inaugurate the new grounds. Membership is set at one dollar annually.
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Nelsonville Sportsmen’s Club
Circle Hill
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Fea
B.C. Day
Law Officers To Try Skill With Pistols
Sheriffs Charles Bayless and his force and city police officers were invited to attend the state wide meeting of all law enforcement officers sponsored by the Ohio Sheriff s Association at Terrace Gardens near Springfield on Sept 14. The program includes pistol matches and vaudeville acts with judging by Ralph S. Marshal assisted by T A Monahan. The event aims to promote closer cooperation among Ohio officers to improve enforcement efficiency. Colonel Weatherly Cincinnati police chief assists in promotion.
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Charles Bayless
Ohio Sheriff's Association
Terace Gardens
Springfield
B. H. Ryan
Clark County
Ryan
Ralph S. Marshal
Allen County
T. A. Monahan
Mass
George W. Benham
Ohio
Benham
Colonel Weatherly
Cincinnati
Athens Senior 4-H Club Meets At Grange Hall
The Athens Senior 4-H Club will hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Athens Grange Hall.
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Grange Hall
Athens
Athens Grange Hall
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