Farms Hit by Saturday Deluge Across Athens County
County reports good overall crop prospects despite a miniature cloudburst Saturday night that flooded Green Branch Creek in Carthage Township. Fences washed out and fields submerged on Harvey Person’s farm while alfalfa and corn outlooks improve with dry spells. R. R. Barker launches strip farming on about 45 acres to curb erosion, mirroring Mt. Vernon practices. D. A. Fitzgerald notes 1937 AAA program progress and rising county participation.
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Athens County
Frank Pugh
Athens County Soil Conservation Committee
Carthage Township
Green Branch
Harvey Person
Pugh
D. A. Fitzgerald
Washington
AAA
Athens
R. R. Barker
Athens Township
Ohio
Barker
Mt. Vernon
Upton Miller Dies in Akron
Upton G. Miller aged 67 of Richland Avenue died Saturday night at Akron City Hospital after an operation. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at two o'clock by Rev. Ray Huff. Burial will be in Hebbardsville Cemetery. He and Mrs. Miller ran the Marguerite Shop for five and a half years after earlier work with a Chicago silk company. Survived by wife and three children Robert Jeannette and Mary all of Chicago from a prior marriage. Friends may call at home Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
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Upton G. Miller
Richland Ave
Akron City Hospital
Ray Huff
Hebbardsville
Mr. Miller
Mrs. Miller
Marguerite
Civil Service Tests Announced By U S Civil Service Board
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for several posts. Associate bacteriologist and assistant bacteriologist offer 3200 and 2600 dollars respectively. Other posts include junior graduate nurse and civilian language instructors at 1620 and 3200 dollars in several agencies. Full details from J L C Kelley at the Athens Post Office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Public Health Service
Treasury Department
Veterans’ Administration
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
United States Maritime Commission
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Indian Arts and Crafts Board
Department of the Interor
J. L. C. Kelley
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Athens
Goddard to Play for Brooklyn Dodgers This Season
Edwin Goddard star halfback from the 1936 Washington State Cougars will join the Brooklyn Dodgers in the NFL this season, bringing his flashy backfield skills to the professional squad.
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Goddard
Dodger Brooklyn
Edwin Goddard
Brooklyn Dodgers
Unlighted Cars Cause Arrests on Richland Ave
Police crackdown on parking without lights along Richland Ave outside Athens city limits continues with two more arrests. George H. Perry of Mechanicsburg pleaded guilty and was fined five dollars plus four dollars seventy cents costs. Samuel Woodgeard of Creola, Ohio, faces arraignment for the same offense.
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Richland Ave
Athens State Highway Patrol
Athens
George H. Perry
Mechanicsburg
Len B. McCune
Samuel Woodgeard
Creola
Woodgeard
Poultrymen Hear L L Rummell Predict Good Year
Three hundred poultrymen attended the Atkins outing near Dexter where L L Rummell of Ohio Farmer forecast a profitable year for egg marketing and poultry farming. He noted rising egg prices next winter and lower grain costs, and cited poultry earnings totaling over 45 million dollars last year. The event featured hatchery demonstrations at Tom Anderson farm and afternoon sessions at Star Grange Hall near Dexter.
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Tom Anderson
Dexter
Star Grange Hall
Rome Grange Initiation Wednesday To Exhibit Degrees
Rome Grange will host an initiation on Wednesday evening August 25, with the third and fourth degrees exemplified by a team from Hemlock Grove in Meigs County. A business session follows, of interest to Grangers, especially those insured by Grange companies.
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Rome Grange
Hemlock Grove
Meigs County
Traveling Bible Service at Canaan Grange Meeting
To Present Service Troy Grangers will present the Traveling Bible Service Tuesday night when Canaan Grange meets at Canaanville at 8 o'clock. After the lecture hour, refreshments will be served with fruit salad and cookies provided by Canaan Grange members. The Gideons are an organization of traveling men that supply Bibles to hotel guest rooms.
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Troy Grangers
Canaan Grange
Canaanville
Skywriting Over Athens At Aviation Picnic
Weather hindered the aviation picnic as 50 attendees and families gathered at Buck Beasley's garage after the airport venue flooded. Flights of the tri motor Ford were canceled by haze and night landing risk, with late flights planned from five oclock. A navy pilot and a Waco cabin visited, memberships and flying service moves noted, and local pilots engaged in demonstrations and maintenance work.
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AL Knouff
Buck” Beasley
Ruth Knouff
Claude Westfall
Ford
4-H Clubs Will Show Work at County's Fair
Athens County 4 H clubs close their programs as school opens and prepare exhibits for the county fair. Loyal Daughters Buckeye Stitchers and Albany Lucky Leaf Stitchers held final meetings with demonstrations, plays, refreshments, and member contributions.
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Athens County
Loyal Daughters 4-H Club
Athens
Ben Cuckler
Phyllis Carpenter
Virginia Quidor
Esther Phillips
Ben Duckler
Martha Robinson
Buckeye Stitchers
Ruth Alice Wright
Mechanicsburg
Albany Lucky Leaf
Frances Noble
Mary Frances Gillogly
Joy Hoover
Mary Louise van Dyke
Helen Tewksbury
Clarice Cooper
Betty Dinsmoor
Margaret Donaldson
Don Jewell
Ira Mae Jones
Lola Mae Baughman
Mary Louise Jones
Joan Matheny
Kathleen Johnson
Christine Dorsey
Lois Wingett
Marie Pauley
Dorothy Robbins
Eloise West
Margaret Pearman
Gas Struck on Leffler's Farm in Lodi Township
A. D. Townsend drilled a producing gas well on the John Leffler farm in Lodi Township. Gas was struck in the second Berea sand at 1 724 feet, with the well reaching 1 746 feet. This first Leffler farm well lies farther east than any other Berea well in the township, three and a half miles into the gas structure. Townsend plans a new test on the Charles Weatherby farm on Coolville Ridge, two miles southwest.
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A. D. Townsend
John Leffler
Lodi
Berea
Leffler
Townsend
Charles Weatherby
Coolville Ridge
Weatherby
Q-623 and Q-Tabs Promise Relief for Pain and Urinary Irritations
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store of 9 W Union St Athens Ohio advertises Q-623 a rheumatism neuritis sciatica and lumbago remedy guaranteed to help with a few doses. It also promotes Q-Tabs a stimulant diuretic for kidneys claiming strong relief for bladder issues.
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Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Union St
Athens, Ohio
Lightning strikes on Athens Country Club fairway
Severe weather reported in Athens with a storm striking the No 9 fairway at Athens Country Club. Eyewitnesses described a war shell like blast with fire and steam as sod was torn and zig zag scorch marks appeared. Rain threatened Sunday but did not fall and temperatures ranged from 61 to 78 degrees.
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Athens
C. N. France
No. 9
Fairway
Athens Country Club
Driver Held For Grand Jury Arraignment In Athens
Elias Carsey pleaded not guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to driving while intoxicated. He was held to the grand jury on a $300 bond after an arrest by the State Highway Patrol. Pearl Wakely of Athens is jailed on a forgery charge after a return from Marietta. A warrant was issued for Wilbur McDonald in Athens for non support and theft of an electric drill. Berea enforces a tail light rule after sundown.
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O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Elias Carsey
State
Pearl Wakely
Athens
Marietta
Athens Township
Charles Evans
Columbus
Wilbur McDonald
McDonald
Two Bands Will Play at Fair at Athens County Grounds
Athens County 4 H Club plans two morning and afternoon performances at the county fair with the Raymond Connett directed band of 40 members aiming for the Junior State Fair in Columbus next Saturday. Knights of Pythias Band and the Lesser Musical Family Gypsy Serenaders join the free musical attractions. Final preparations at the fairgrounds include the Gooding Shows, rides, tents, and fireworks scheduled for Wednesday through Friday nights.
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Athens County
Ohio
Raymond Connett
Athens
Columbus
Knights of Pythias
Ind
Soup
No O'Clock
Brother of Discovery Sold to Vanderbilt at Saratoga
A chestnut full brother of Discovery was sold to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt by Walter Salmon's Mereworth Stud in the yearling sales paddock at Saratoga Springs. Vanderbilt raced Discovery to the 1935-36 handicap championship and Discovery now stands at Sagamore Farm near Baltimore.
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Saratoga Springs
Discovery
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Walter Salmon
Mereworth Stud
Vanderbilt
Sagamore Farm
Worthington Valley
Baltimore
Mrs Landers Dies in Arizona After Long Teaching Career
Mrs Susan Clark Landers former Athens County school teacher died Saturday at her Phoenix home after moving to Arizona more than 40 years ago. She is survived by three sisters Jenette Mae and Eleanor Clark of Richland Ave and two brothers Charles W. Clark and J. J. Clark both of Cincinnati. She taught at Pleasant Hill and other district schools.
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Susan Clark Landers
Athens County
Phoenix
Ariz
Jenette, Mae
Eleanor Clark
Richland Ave
Charles W. Clark
Cincinnati
J. J. Clark
Landers
Pleasant Hill
Arizona
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Mr. Barker
Timothy
Upton Miller
Akron
Richland Avenue
Bob
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Waco
Cleveland
Bluefield
W. Va
Jackson
Virgil Fierbaugh
Athens Flying Club
W. L. Martin
Chauncey
Bill Patterson
Hamden
Aeronca
Vern Andrews
Camp Knox
Bert Kosma
Wisconsin
J. E. Stewart
Letart Falls
Don Pierce
Lodi Township
Orange -“Crushi Covert
Orange- Crush Bottling Co
Ohio State
Martin L. Davey
Earl H. Hanefeld
Fine Arte
W. W. Ellenwood
Alfred Clay
Jayne
Jaynes Tonic
Quick's Cut Rate
Athens, U
W. Union St
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Arty Bohemian Beer
Zinz
Ff Iti
Eira
Burger Brewing CO
the Valley Distributors
Riverside Drive
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