Great Show Ready for Big Crowds at Athens County Fairgrounds
Athens fair officials prepare a three night program featuring the Flying X Rodeo with two shows nightly and $2,250 in prize money. Governor Bricker to speak on Governor’s Day with an expected large attendance as exhibits fill main and 4 H buildings. The midway buzzes with rides and concessions while livestock and farm product displays attract participants from multiple Granges and county groups.
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Athens Messenger
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Athens County Fairgrounds
Governor Bricker
Athens County
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C. Baker
Col. A. L. Gatewood
Athens County Fair
Dorothy Parmiter
Mary Winner
Stewart
Lodi
Albany
Trimble
Rome
Farm Bureau
Ames-Bern
Troy
Waterloo
FFA
WPA
Athens City-County Health Department
Athens County Child Welfare Services
Ohe State Employment Service
AAA
L. C
Curt” Baker
Thyroid size varies with age and season, scientists say
Scientists report that the thyroid gland in the throat changes size with a person’s age and fluctuates across seasons. The finding highlights how biological factors influence glandular volume over time.
Arrest Two in Theft of Calf
Ralph Baker and Rex Bailey, Deep Hollow residents, were arrested by Sheriff Charles Bayless and Deputy B C Day on charges of stealing a heifer calf. Baker pleaded not guilty before Magistrate J W Bailey. both men face grand jury or arraignment in Nelsonville and Athens jails.
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Ralph Baker
Deep Hollow
Charles Bayless
B. C. Day
J. W. Bailey
Nelsonville
Baker
Rex Bailey
Athens City
J. W. Kincade
Coolville
Bayless
Day
Kincade
Fire destroys barn after lightning strikes on Albany road
Ellwood Chase, an Albany Route 3 farmer, saw his large barn burn after a Sunday lightning strike. Neighbors fought the blaze but it spread beyond control. several hogs, 15 tons of hay, hog feed, and farming implements were lost. His cows had been milked and moved to a field 25 minutes earlier. Chase had no insurance.
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Ellwood Chase
Albany
Chase
Jaycees To Meet at O T Williams Cabin
The Ath ens Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a regular meeting Wednesday night Aug 21 at O T Williams cottage off Richland Ave. The session starts at 7 30 p m with James Scriven as president calling attendance. Members are urged to bring prospective members and a social session will follow.
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Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
O. T. Williams
Richland Ave
James Scriven
Pratts Fork Personal Notes From Community Circle
Pratts Fork social notices describe the Rainy Day Sewing Circle meeting at Charles Colburns with Mrs Burgie Peck. Guests enjoyed a noon cafeteria dinner and quilt top work, with a September 29 next meeting with Mrs Mary Colmer and an outdoor picnic planned. Also listed are visits, illness updates, and social calls among local families in Athens and surrounding towns.
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Burlingham
Helen Burson
Rex Burson
Cary Wilson
Oklahoma
Arthur Martin
Bertha Williams
Pearl Williams
Charleston
W. Va
Pratts Fork Epworth League
Mary Catherine
George Burson
Will Meeks
Homer Sinclair
Athens
Copeland Resigns as Stewart School Leader
The Rome Canaan School District board accepted the resignation of C H Copeland due to ill health. C R Glazier will succeed him, bringing over a decade of Rome Canaan High School experience. Glazier, an Ohio University graduate with a master's, also taught commerce at Stewart. J W Russell is named to fill the commerce teaching post.
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C. H. Copeland
Rome-Canaan
District Board of Education
Copeland
C. R. Glazier
Rome- Canaan
Grant Hospital
Columbus
F. J. Taylor
Taylor
Stewart
Vinton County
Glazier
Ohio University
Stewart School
Lewis Glazier
Amesville
Whitaker Paper Co
J. W. Russell
James Russell
Russell
Civil Service Tests Announced For Athens Examinations
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for roles including statistical draftsman chief principal senior and assistant grades with salaries from 1,440 to 5,600 yearly. Positions cover museum and motion picture work at the National Museum Smithsonian and related branches with specific pay scales. Full requirements and applications available from J. L. C. Kelley secretary of the Board of U S Civil Service Examiners at the Athens post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
J. L. C. Kelley
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
Salt Sources in United States Use Major Salt Lakes
Salt for the United States comes largely from the Great Salt Lake in Utah through water evaporation, and from ocean water off the coast of California yielding large quantities.
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United States
Great Salt Lake
Utah
California
Young 17 Year-Old Dana Ellis Races Bay Gelding Gratton
Dana Ellis, 17, rumored youngest licensed driver in Ohio, drives Steve Gratton a six year old bay pacer. He has won all four of his races across Guernsey Zanesville Woodsfield and Old Washington, earning profit and drawing coaching from MacConnellsville driver Ned Conner. Gratton is entered in the 2:18 pace tomorrow and the 2:14 on Friday.
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Athens County
Ohio
Dana Ellis
Dale Ellis
MacConnelsville
Morgan County
Young Ellis
Steve Gratton
Dana
Old Washington
Ned Conner
MacConnelasville
Conner
Zanesville
Woodsfield
Ray Newhardt
Little Chan
Frank Wilson
McConnelsville
Ellis
New Law Cuts Lard Supplies
Chicago reports new standards for federally graded lard, effective Nov 1, reducing supplies of shortening and cooking fats by about three percent. Experts caution on long term effects as stocks remain high. The definition now requires lard to come from selected healthy hog fat, excluding bones and scrap fat from lard but allow under edible pork fat.
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Chicago
River tonnage nears record in Ohio Valley
Cincinnati reports preliminary army engineers figures for the first half of 1940 show a rise of 1,870,720 tons moved, lifting total river traffic across four districts to 11,639,459, with only the first quarter down from 1939 and the second quarter rising sharply. The note adds an aside that the house sparrow is part of the weaver bird family.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Army Engineers
Athens to determine relief bond issue in 1940
Athens City Council authorized study of delinquent tax and relief costs to decide bond necessity for the city's share of county direct relief. Relief officer Ziggaroos reported 70.58 average monthly cases, with February at 106 and this month at 37. city cost last year was 2716.91 dollars and at least 1100 needed for remainder of 1940.
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Athens
Dale Ziggaroos
Athens County
Cliff Cornell
Council
Ziggaroos
Foster B. Cornwell
Ziggafoos
Athens City
Outing at West Side Playground Planned by City
The first annual all city playground frolic will be at the West Side playground on Monday August 26 from 430 p m to 8 pm Recreation Director Louis Sabo announced Stunts games races and other events will be featured with refreshments available All youngsters wishing to participate should register with recreation leaders of East or West Side
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West Side
Louis Sabo
Garn Is Assigned to Duty at University
Lieut. Robert A. Garn of the Inf Res is ordered by the War Department to extended active Army duty and assigned to Ohio University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture as an honor graduate this year.
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Robert A. Garn
South High St
War Department
Ohio University
Garn
Relief From Heat Continues in Area
The Athens area remained cooler after Sunday's rain storm with a 1 PM reading of 71 degrees, four degrees below Monday's high of 75. Overnight temps dipped to 69 in the vicinity.
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Athens
Probe Theft Of Equipment At Carthage Gap
Deputy sheriffs Charles Evans and B C Day began an investigation into the theft of drilling equipment from C H Williams whose Syracuse Meigs County operation at West Chapman farm Carthage Gap reported tampering overnight. Williams said power drill components horn headlight bulbs ammeter and toolbox lock were stolen with gasoline drained from the tank nightly for about a week while his crew sealed a shaft. Officers questioned area residents but found no leads. Tornadoes sometimes occur in side hurricanes.
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Charles Evans
B. C. Day
C. H. Williams
Syracuse
Meigs County
West Chapman Farm
Carthage Gap
Williams
Evanse
Day
Bricker's Cruelty To The Poor
This piece argues Gov Martin L Davey’s relief policy was humane while Bricker’s approach starved counties. It contends Bricker controlled the Legislature and underfunded the fifty fifty relief plan forcing local borrowings as hunger and cold gripped Ohio.
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Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Bricker
Davey
Harry Griggsby Dies At Home In Trimble
Harry Griggsby aged 53 dropped dead at his Trimble home Tuesday morning while relaying a walk. The WPA worker and World War veteran suffered two heart attacks recently. Survived by wife Ada Carsey and four children Faye Mary Jo Ruth and David and one married daughter. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Harry Griggsby
Trimble
Mr. Griggsby
WPA
Ada Carsey
Faye
Mary Jo
Ruth
David
Slow snail pace noted at fifteen feet per hour
A snail moves at roughly 15 feet per hour if it maintains that speed for an extended period.
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