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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1937

Page

5

Public school notes advance funds for Athens County districts

State Department of Education issued seventy eight thousand one hundred thirty eight dollars in notes to Athens County schools as part of paper financing for the foundation program. Albany Ames Bern Athens Rural Carthage Jacksonville Luhrig The Plains Rome Shade Trimble Township Trimble Village Troy Waterloo York plus other districts share the distribution amid a statewide note issue totaling eleven million five hundred eighty thousand six hundred fifty seven dollars.

Athens County State Department of Education Public School Foundation Program State Department Ohio Columbus David Sutton Sutton Albany Ames-Bern Athens Rural Carthage Jacksonville Luhrig the Plains Rome Shade Trimble Township Trimble Village Troy Waterloo York

Expert Studies McBee Plant Plans Progressive Pay Reform

Houser Associates presented a plan at Ohio University detailing fair pay based on job value and peer comparisons. It includes supervisory training, promotion methods, and procedures for assessing individual qualifications, with emphasis on employee self expression and voluntary participation. The system aims to reduce strikes and has been adopted by AT T and McBee in St Louis, with Ralph Noble reviewing progress.

Houser Houser Associates American Telegraph and Telephone Co Ohio University Ewing Hall Ralph Noble McBee Co McBee St. Louis

Two Divorces Granted in Athens County Court

Judge O F Rowland granted two divorces in Athens County Common Pleas Court this morning. William Donaldson of a farm near Amesville was divorced from Maude for neglect of duty she left him in 1931 and showed no effort to return. Lawrence Russell Ireland was granted a divorce from Helen Russell on grounds of extreme cruelty.

O. F. Rowland Athens County Common Pleas Court William Donaldson Amesville Maude Donaldson Lawrence Russell Ireland Helen Russell

Toys Needed Saturday Toy Day in Athens

Volunteers plan a citywide toy drive with Boy Scouts and a county truck collecting discarded toys. Gather items tonight or Saturday morning and place on the porch by 11, to be taken to the Salvation Army for cleaning and repair for needy children. Mrs Shafer leads the Toy Shop for the Salvation Army.

Athens Boy Scouts Salvation Army Eugene Shafer

Plane crash after night landing near Albany injures pilot

Bob Swift of Swiftair Service Athens escaped with a bruised forehead when his plane struck a tree while attempting to land in a field near Albany after dark. The aircraft damage is undetermined.

Bob Swift Swiftair Athens Albany Swift Bartlett Jim Pilcher Columbus Gabriel al Knouff Pilcher Knouff C. E. Holzer Gallipolis Howard Mayes Huntington Harold Lockard L-N-P Wellston Hamden McArthur Emma Leatner Bolins Mill

SAR Plans To Sponsor Citizenship Contest

Ewings Chapter of the SAR met at the Dailey home in Albany and approved joint efforts with Athens groups to establish a constitutional shrine at Athens High School. They also funded a three county character building contest and planned 25 good citizenship medals for eighth graders in Athens Meigs and Vinton counties. The next meeting is December 14 at J R Harvey's home. EL PASO TEXAS 1921 A nurse was employed by the Methodist Church and a one room adobe maternity hospital stood on the site of a later $30 000 Spanish style hospital

Gallipolis Atty. E. E. Jacobs Ewings SAR C. D. Dailey Albany Athens Athens High School Meigs Vinton J. R. Harvey W. State St EL Paso Tex

Governors supple­mentary bills restore university funding

Ohio universities regain vetoed sums under a new supplementary appropriation bill backed by Governor Davey. Miami receives 42500. Ohio University 74000. Ohio State 226840. Bowling Green 40000. Kent 725000 with 650000 for a science building and 85000 for WPA projects. Darwin cabinet adds four Ashmore Group islands to administration. Art forgery detection via photography highlights brushwork differences.

Columbus U.P Davey Miami University Ohio University Ohio State University Bowling Green Kent Tuly Miami Darwin Ashmore Group

Millfield Miners to Hold Saturday Meeting

Local No. 1205 United Mine Workers of America plans a monthly meeting Saturday at 1 PM in the Millfield meeting hall. Clell Seckinger president and Clarence Willis secretary announced the gathering urging large attendance from about 1,200 members.

Local No. 1205 United Mine Workers of America Millfield Clell Seckinger Clarence Willis

Elks Memorial Service Set By Ath Enks Lodge

Rev Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville Presbyterian Church will speak at the 33rd annual Athene Elks Memorial Service in the Cline Building club rooms Sunday at 2 pm. Public invited. Program opens with America, then lodge officers, with solos by Carl Nessley and J F E Thackeray and a duet by the two singers with piano by Allen Kresge. Gordon B Gray chairs the Memorial Day Committee with Hugh Jefferson and C L Jordan as members. Harold Rose is exalted ruler of the lodge.

Lloyd Evans Nelsonville Presbyterian Church Athens Elks Lodge Cline Building America Carl Nessley J. F E. Thackeray Allen Kresge Gordon B. Gray Hugh Jefferson C. L. Jordan Harold Rose Lodge

Officers to be Installed at Floyd Bolin Post Meeting

Officers for the coming year will be installed at the Floyd Bolin Post veterans of foreign wars meeting tonight at 7 30 in the Athens Armory. Following the ceremony refreshments will be served.

Floyd Bolin Post Veterans of Foreign Wars Athens

Beeler Wins Coed Beauty Prize At Ohio University Event

Mary Jane Beeler, Alpha Gamma Delta, won first prize as coed beauty at Schine's Athena Theater among seven contestants. Helen Hayes took second. Sigma Pi Fraternity earned a silver tray for the ugliest dog. Proceeds from ticket sales supported the swimming team’s Florida trip. Dana Kelly served as master of ceremonies.

Schine Athena Theater Ohio University Mary Jane Beeler Alpha Gamma Delta Helen Hayes Alpha Xi Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Bill Dick Link University Florida Dana Kelly University Publicity Bureau Carl Nessley Vincent Jukes Alma Brown

Apostolic Church Announces Weekly Services Schedule

The Apostolic Church on Richland Ave invites the public to Sunday School at 10:00 with Leo Potts as superintendent. Elder Martin preaches at 7:30 p.m. A prayer and praise service is Tuesday at 7:00, Bible Study Friday at 7:30, with all events open to attendees.

The Apostolic Church Richland Ave Leo Potts Martin

Handkerchief Queen Moves to Amarillo

The Handkerchief Queen now lives in Amarillo as Mrs. Florence Rochester, founder of the Rochester Handkerchief Factory at Enid, quits the labor. The article notes the carob seed as the original weight standard for gemstones, origin of the word carat.

Amarillo Florence Rochester Rochester Enid Okla

Troop 59 Meeting Tonight Under New Scoutmaster

Troop 59 of the Boy Scouts sponsored by the Athens Kiwanis Club will meet at 7 o clock tonight in the Methodist Church troop rooms under the leadership of new scout master Lawrence Hayes. Clinton Krowston is named as a new assistant scoutmaster. The piece notes common diseases: colds diphtheria measles and scarlet fever.

Boy Scouts Athens Kiwanis Club Lawrence Hayes Methodist Church Clinton Krowston

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