Future of Athens health unit in jeopardy again
City and county boards clash over Dr. Higgins and a proposed state takeover of the health unit. Debates center on appointing a younger assistant, budget changes, and who controls selections. Dr. Frey defends state involvement while urging compromise to keep public health services running.
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Future of Athens
Joint Health Unit
State Health Department
United Health Service
Mourn
Logan
Higgins
Robinson
F. E. Mahla
Athens
Morris
McLeod
City Health Board
Frey
Annapolis Naval Academy Exam Set for Ohio District
Civil service examinations are scheduled for October 8 in Athens and Ironton for young men in the Tenth Ohio Congressional district seeking appointments to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins announced the plan noting quotas: three cadets at the military academy and four midshipmen at the naval training school. One vacancy exists at Annapolis. eligible youths should contact Jenkins in Ironton for details.
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Athens
Ironton
Ohio
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Thomas A. Jenkins
Military Academy
Naval Training School
Jenkins
Congressman Jenkins
Samuel Allen Dies at New Marshfield Home
Samuel Allen aged 72 died Tuesday night at 10 15 at his New Marshfield home after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 30 at Methodist Protestant Church conducted by Rev Ray W Huff. Burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and children Lillie Richardson Ray Allen Harry Russell Marie Kyle and several grandchildren. Friends may call Hoodlet Funeral home after noon Thursday.
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New Marshfield
Samuel Allen
Ray W. Huff
New Marshfield Cemetery
Lillie Richardson
Ray Allen
Harry Russell
Millfield
Marie Kyle
Athens
Hoodlet
Syllabus credited for conservation guide at Uhrichsville
Lee S Roach Athens fish man agement agent Region No 7 State Conservation Department is credited in the current issue of the Ohio Conservation Bulletin with preparing the first syllabus of the conservation guide book now in use at Uhrichsville. The book will be used in the high school there in teaching a conservation course.
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Lee S. Roach
Athens
State Conservation Department
Ohio Conservation Bulletin
Uhrichsville
Heart Attack Kills Suspect in Athens County Jail
Forest Young a 42 year old World War veteran died after a heart attack in the Athens County Jail where he was held on a warrant from the Juvenile Court. Coroner A L Pritchard reported the death, Sheriff Charles Bayless was alerted by shouts from other prisoners, and Young collapsed while seated in the bullpen. Attempts at revival failed. He had been arrested about 11:30 pm Tuesday on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors in Nelsonville. Funeral arrangements are pending there.
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Forest Young
Athens County
A. L Pritchard
Charles Bayless
Young
Nelsonville
Bayless
B. C. Day
Series of Food Saving Meets Will Be Held
Inauguration of a new service to housewives in Athens County announced by Mrs Faith Williams Aid to Dependent Children worker. In cooperation with state welfare county extension and child welfare, ADC will hold canning demonstrations to teach household economies. Sessions begin Sept 6 1 15 pm Poston Community House Jacksonville Trimble Sept 7 1 30 pm and Sept 8 at Nelsonville High School home economics room. Demonstration crew includes Miss Mirian Schoenthal state home economist and Mrs Gladys Ayers Mechanicsburg invited the public.
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Athens County
Faith Williams
State Department of Public Welfare
County Extension
Child Welfare Service
ADC
Poston
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Nelsonville High School
Mirian Schoenthal
Gladys Ayers
Mechanicsburg
Buchtel Man Sentenced To State Reformatory
John Andrews of Buchtel pleaded guilty to a breaking and entering charge in Athens County Common Pleas Court and was sentenced to the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield. He is 23 and had no prior state confinement. A reunion for the Linscott and Kasler families is set for Sunday at Hooper Ridge Church with Roy Kasler of the group noting details.
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John Andrews
Buchtel
O. F. Rowland
Athens County
Linscott
Ladies Aid Picnic and Local Mentions at Cheshire
Cheshire notes show the Methodist Ladies Aid held its annual picnic at Anna Ralston’s home with twelve members and six visitors. Officers elected include Pres Ina Bing and Treas Jessie Kerns. Delegates to the Baptist Association in Albany include Kate Mulford Sylvia Sigman and Garnet Kirby. Various residents and guests visit relatives elsewhere and return for homecomings at Poplar Ridge. A new English lightplane is described, a 400 pound single seater reaching 75 mph with folding wings and gelas storage.
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Cheshire
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society
the Methodist Church
Anna Ralston
Snider
Ina Bing
Mabel Butcher
Jessie Kerns
Clara Ward
The
Baptist Association
Albany
Higginbotham
Cheshire Church
Kate Mulford
Sylvia Sigman
Garnet Kirby
Akron
Nellie McCarty
Harry Clark
Baker Gordon
Vesta
Taylor Gordon
Poplar Ridge
Mary Roush
Bucyrus
Don Blackburn
Josie Swisher
Martha Arthur
Cincinnati
Alva Hing
Harry Teal
Washington, D. C
Isabel Lloyd
Kathryn Kemp
Columbus
Ela Long
H. L. Thompson
Mary Hicks
McBee Pay Chex Aims to Cut U S Payroll Forgeries
The McBee Bonded Pay Chex, developed in Athens, will be marketed to reduce the 100 million dollar annual U S losses from forged and counterfeit payroll checks. Backed by a bonded system, erasure proof paper, and a patent border, the Chex will be distributed via Athens merchants and McBee offices to protect merchants and employees in handling payroll funds by checks.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
McBee
U. S
McBee Co
McBee’s
McBees
McBee Company
Probation for Two After Change of Pleas in Athens Court
Leroy Sater and Carlos Harvey, indicted by the Athens County grand jury on failure to provide for minor children, appeared before Judge O F Rowland in Common Pleas Court and changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty. Both were placed on probation.
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Leroy Sater
Carlos Harvey
Athens County
O. F. Rowland
Common Pleas Court
Holiday schedule for Athens County schools released
The school calendar for the teaching year was issued by F. J. Taylor, superintendent. Dismissals are set for October 28 for the Southeastern Ohio Teachers meeting, November 24 and 25 for Thanksgiving, and Christmas vacation from December 21 to January 3. Reports are due to the board clerk and superintendent every 20 days. Potatoes are used in rubber manufacture.
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Athens County
F. J. Taylor
Change Pleas to Grand Jury Indictment
Clarence Kelly, previously indicted on petit larceny, pleaded guilty in County Common Pleas Court yesterday and received a 30 day jail sentence suspended on good behavior. John Farson, indicted for failure to support a minor, also pleaded guilty with a suspended sentence. Elmer Bowen pleaded guilty to breaking and entering withheld sentence.
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Clarence Kelly
O. F. Rowland
Athens County
Kempton Family Reunion Planned at Rising Park
The Kempton family holds its annual reunion at Rising Park in Lancaster on Sunday September 4. Mrs Cora Davis serves as president and Elmer Davis as secretary. The piece notes the Civil War Battle of Lookout Mountain was nicknamed the battle above the clouds.
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Kempton
Rising Park
Lancaster
Cora Davis
Elmer Davis
Lookout Mountain
Appoint New Juvenile Court Deputy Clerk
Judge Louis Tyroler announced the creation of a full time deputy clerk position in the Juvenile Court to be filled by Miss Jane Figgins of Nelsonville. Mrs. Dasa Long resigns from part time Aid to Dependent Children work to become Junior Claims Examiner in the WPA office in Columbus. a new appointee will be named by Sept. 15. Probation officer Clarence Willis has been confined to his Millfield home for 10 days after finger surgery.
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Jane Figgins
Nelsonville
Louis Tyroler
Figgins
Tyroeler
Dasa Long
WPA
Columbus
Tyroler
Clarence Willis
Millfield
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