Lots Being Sold for 50 Dollars to Fund Dam Project
A campaign launched at Waterloo Township Izaak Walton League meeting aims to raise 5000 dollars for a dam and 18 acre lake at the recreation site. Members can buy a lot for 50 dollars with lease options and potential repayment if returned. 750 dollars subscribed, several members gave 100 dollars for two lots each.
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Izaak Walton League
Waterloo Township
League
City Hall
Leslie White
Claude Westfall
Harry Swank
Carlos White
Athens
Paul Barnes
Albany
L. F. Jones
Prescription Q-623 Promises Quick Relief in Athens Ad
An Athens Ohio drug store advertises Prescription Q-623 claiming fast internal relief from neuritis and urges readers to buy a bottle at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store on W Union St. The copy emphasizes miraculous results and wide availability.
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Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Athens, Ohio
Jacob Collicott Dies at Connecticut Resort
Jacob G. Collicott aged 66 longtime Columbus schools superintendent since 1920 died during breakfast at a Bramford Connecticut summer resort. Former Ohio University trustee, he traveled with his daughter in New York last weekend before driving to Bramford. Survived by wife and four daughters.
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Columbus
U.P
Jacob G. Collicott
Bramford
Conn
Ohio University
Collicott
New York
Athens County Jail Sets Visiting Hours Schedule
Sheriff Charles Bayless announced jail visiting hours from 9 to 11 a m and 1 to 4 p m on Mondays and Thursdays each week. No deviation from this schedule will be allowed.
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Athens County
Charles Bayless
Grogan Advances to Corporal in State Patrol
J B Grogan in charge of the Athens Sub station was promoted to corporal under a statewide order elevating all station chiefs. Grogan has led the local headquarters since January 1936.
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J. B. Grogan
Athens
Grogan
Scouts Visit Camp at Dupler Lodge
Troop 79 of Boy Scouts of The Plains stayed last night at the camp at Dupler Lodge. Don Nelson was in charge. The boys cooked their dinner to pass requirements necessary for second and first class ranks.
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Boy Scouts of the Plains
Dupler Lodge
Don Nelson
Richland Ave Ladies Aid Society Meeting Scheduled
Richland Avenue Ladies Aid Society will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at the church for the next gathering and planned activities.
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Richland Ave
Ladies Aid Society
Huge tomatoes and 14-foot corn stocks stump Albany
George Cottrill of Stewart brings a three pound three ounce tomato as proof of his prize crop. Adrian Welter from Albany reports a two pound three ounce tomato. Albany also seeks corn in the county matching Mrs Ida Nichols 14 foot high stocks.
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George Cottrill
Stewart Farmer
Albany
Adrian Welter
Ida Nichols
WPA employment in Southeastern Ohio districts declines
WPA District Three shows a net drop of 219 workers from the prior week across 17 counties. Athens County reports 1000 workers on 13 projects, while Gallia 352, Hocking 758, Meigs 744, Perry 663, Vinton 284, and Washington 888 are on various projects as retrenchment continues.
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Ohio
L. C. Gibson
Athens County
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
Washington
WPA
Cucumber in Bottle Becomes Odd Garden Curio
Esaw Bridgewater of Strouds Run preserves a cucumber grown on a vine inside a clear glass quart bottle. The bottle’s neck molds the cucumber as it filled the container, which was capped after adding vinegar preservative.
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Esaw Bridgewater
Strouds Run
Tent Meeting Opens Near Glouster With Evangelist Rev Charles Hill
A tent meeting opens tonight on State Route 13 five miles north of Glouster led by Rev Charles Hill of Hillsboro. Evening services start at 8 o clock daily through August 29 with all day Sunday meetings. The text also notes grotesque bird figures of the auk and the penguin with backward feet giving a manlike stance.
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Glouster
Charles Hill
Hillsboro
Sanatorium Plan Proposed to Battle Tuberculosis in Four Counties
A regional group from Athens Gallia Washington and Meigs counties met at Ohio University to study a district sanatorium plan amid rising tuberculosis cases. Key figures discussed funding methods and legal steps for forming the district with potential additional counties joining.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Athens
Gallia
Washington
Meigs
O. C. Bird
Ohio University Physical Education Department
Arthur H. German
Ohio Public Health Association
Hocking
Washington County
Athens County
General Fund
German
Lawrence Worstell
Athens Anti-Tuberculosis Society
County Boards of Commissioners
Pyle Sues for Divorce in Athens County Court
Earl Pyle of Nelsonville files for divorce from Mary Pyle in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging adultery and three years of absence from home.
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Earl Pyle
Nelsonville
Mary Pyle
Athens County
Prayers urged for bathers by Ostia church leader
Cardinal Gratio di Belmonte of Ostia orders parish priests to have five Our Fathers Hail Marys and Glorias recited daily during mass as reparation for sins of swimmers at Ostia a popular seaside resort near Rome.
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Rome
Granito di Belmonte
Ostia
Transportation schedules and airport service listings
The page lists multiple train routes and times for Chesapeake and New York Central lines, noting daily departures and exceptions. It also details Athens Municipal Airport airtax service hours, connections with T W A and A A airlines, and specific west east and north bound departure times.
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Chesapeake & 0
NEW York Central
Athens Municipal Airport
A. A
Athens West
East
North
Blooming Circus Open Near Midnight in Goddard Yard
A night blooming cirrus will open tonight in the backyard of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey M. Goddard at 50 West State Street. After seven years without bloom the large bud is nearing opening and should start around nine to ten o'clock with full bloom expected after midnight. Neighbors are invited to view the unique flower. the Goddards will stay up to watch.
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Dewey M. Goddard
W. State St
Giant 16 Passenger Airliner To Land At Athens Airport
A deluxe 16 passenger airliner weighing 10 100 pounds and costing 62 500 dollars is scheduled to land at Athens Airport at five this evening and stay four days. Pilots Hunter Moody and Willard Wing will host a local party to meet the crew and fly back to Athens.
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Athens
Abe Dorman
Donald Robinson
Woodsfield
Hunter Moody
Willard Wining
Johnson Denies Guilt and Is Released on Bond
Athens justice of the peace J. C. Johnson pleaded not guilty to embezzling 1700 in United States bonds from Mrs. Martha Hines of Lancaster Street Athens. After waiving preliminary exam before Justice T. R. Bennett he was bound over to the Athens County Grand Jury and released on $1,000 bond.
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J. C. Johnson
Athens
United States
Martha Hines
Lancaster St
T. R. Bennett
Johnson
Athens County
Scouts Social Tonight to Benefit Camp Fund
The Boy Scouts of Athens will host an ice cream social on East Washington Street beside the Presbyterian Church this evening. Ice cream cake and cold drinks will be sold with proceeds funding equipment for the Boy Scout Camp. Ed Cole chairs the organizing committee.
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Boy Scouts of
Athens
E. Washington St
Presbyterian Church
Ed Cole
Memorial Legion Proposes Permanent Veteran Grave Records
The Memorial Committee of the American Legion in Ohio proposes a system to maintain a permanent record of veterans graves from all wars. C. O. Gibson, Athens County auditor, chairs the state committee. They suggest updating burial forms to record war service with duplicates kept by the Legion. Burial certificates remain filed by cemetery officials with the state.
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Memorial Committee
American Legion
Ohio
State Legion Convention
Columbus
C. O. Gibson
Athens County
Grange to Meet in Athens Thursday Evening
Athens Grange will meet Thursday evening August 19 at 8 o'clock. Phil Briley, master, requests a large attendance.
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Athens
Phil Briley
Warn Against Leaving Autos Without Lights in Richland Ave
State Highway Patrolmen repeated a warning that cars parked on Richland Ave at night must have lights on. Three arrests were made recently with fines of $5 and costs each, or $9.70 total. Drivers are urged to keep lights on when parking on this street at night.
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Richland Ava
Richland Ave
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O. E. McClure
W. R. Cable
Elson Hedges
Harry Dalton
William Casley
W. Union St
Jacob Collicott
Connecticut
Ladies Aid
Optometric Service
Athens Co
Enle
FD Ovaker Bran
the Old Quarfa CO
Lawren
Frurg, Indiana
Ter
Walter Maccombs
Roy R. Engle
George J. Blazier
Marietta
Bird
C. E. Richards
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
George M. Burger
Helen Fretz
Athens County Child Welfare Service
E. C. Johnson
Dan Jones
George P. Ewing
Thomas M. Wolfe
E. N. Leonard
Ralph Gregg
Meigs County Health Department
R. W. Wilson
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Washington Board of Commissioners
J. C. Middlewart
Washington County Commissioners
Truman Wells
Oral Daugherty
Viola M. Fell
L. C. Staats
Baltimore
Wee
SOUTA
NORTA
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Blooming Circus
Moody
Stanley Keck
Gibson
Legion Committee
Grange
Hull Tame
Sohio
Iseee
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
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