Local bids awarded on Athens projects amid PWA funding
Beck Co. of Athens secured the low bids for the new Mechanic Building with a bid of 92,000 and two contracts for the Buch structure were received. Hittler’s firm led electrical work with a 40,200 grant aided project, while additional bids cover heating and ventilation and other renovations at several Athens area buildings under PWA supervision.
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Gundy Beck Co
A. J. Hirtler
Athens
L. A
PWA
Board of Education
Kimberly
Der
Chicago
Hittlerburg
Kickoff meetings launch county wide Boy Scout drive
In Athens County today a kickoff meeting will be addressed by Fred Me feunci chairman Rev. Kessler and other church leaders. The event, held at Legion Hall, aims to organize committees and patrols to solicit homes and raise funds for the 1936 movement with multiple local boosters involved.
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Athens County
Fred Mefeunci
Kessler
Glousreh
Arthur T Athens
Bernard Sadosky
Parks
Albany Consolidated Awarded by Athens Court
Court action in Ohio affirms Board of Education decisions involving Albany Consolidated. Documents indicate an appeal process under the Athens County court systems, with implications for local educational governance and district oversight.
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Jenne
Board of
Edu- Albany
Athens Caunas
Ohio Court of Ap Board
City Workers Dinner Tickets Sell Quick
Approximately 50 tickets for the biennial city employees dinner at Hotel Berry were sold with Mayor Len B. McCune predicting 55 to 60 of the city's 74 staff will attend. Council President C. C. Cornell will be toastmaster as personal invitations spread through the payroll.
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Hotel Berry
Len B. McCune
McCune
C. C. Cornell
Promotions in Battery C Highlight Ohio Guard Moves
Several promotions in Battery C 134th Field Artillery of the Ohio National Guard were announced by Capt. Paul Hall at the Athens Armory effective December 1. Corporal Ernest W. Campbell rises to Sergeant and Privates Charlies EB. Bennett Lewell D. Henry to Corporals while Richard F. Atkins Pearl V. Droz advance to First Class Privates. Sgt. Denzel Powell and Corp. Norman Hall transfer to inactive status. Lieut E E Carmichael reported on the National Guard convention noting Italian entry into Ethiopia would be difficult and six areas could yield a limited Italian advance. Three soldiers, Sgt. Richard Corwin Sgt. Guy Wallace and Corporal Campbell, are eligible for promotion to Second Lieutenant pending selection. Privates tested in sectional command drills. Battery A Columbus challenges Battery C to a basketball game prompting a Battery C quin tet formation.
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134Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Paul Hall
Athens
Ernest W. Campbell
Charlies EB. Bennett
Lewell D. Henry
Richard F. Atkins
Pearl V. Droz
Denzel Powell
Norman Hall
National Guard
Ethiopia
E. E. Carmichael
Columbus
Harry Thorpe
Cleveland
Thorpe
Army
U. S. National Guard
Richard Corwin
Guy Wallace
Corporal Campbell
High School Girls Craft Holiday Candy for Charity
Athens Junior-Senior High School Home Economics girls, under teachers Miss Mabel Cullison and Miss Gertrude Robock, make chocolate creams bon-bons fruit clusters and brownies to sell for charity. Eighth and ninth grade and sophomore students lead the project while senior girls knit accessories for dresses they recently finished.
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Athens
Mabel Cullison
Gertrude Robock
Hi Y Conference Reports From Tiffin Heard At Athens
Athens High School Hi Y Club heard delegate reports from the Older Boy Conference of Hi Y Clubs held at Tiffin December 6 8. Athens members Richard Eddy John Lockard Jack Fulton Robert Brookins Clarence Smith and C D Samford presented summaries of lectures discussions and suggested helps for Hi Y work.
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Tiffin
Athens High School
Athens
Richard Eddy
John Lockard
Jack Fulton
Robert Brookins
Clarence Smith
C. D. Samford
Illness in Plains Infant Scarlet Fever Case
Robert McDaniel one year old, son of Mr and Mrs Floyd McDaniel of The Plains, is ill with scarlet fever county health officials reported today.
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Robert McDaniel
Floyd McDaniel
The
Plains
Santa’s Toy Shop Brims With Christmas Wishes
A community toy drive in Athens collects dolls wagons and playthings for children. Miss Ruth Ann Grover and Mr Arthur Larch lead the effort coordinating girls and boys toys with a special Santa telephone line 409 to receive gifts and addresses. The campaign motto Lets everyone make this a toy full Christmas guides donors.
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East Side
Santa
Ruth Ann Grover
Athens Girl Scouts
Arthur Larch
Illinois Senator Lectures On Liberal Temper in Ohio Campus
Dr. T. V. Smith, Illinois state senator and University of Chicago philosopher, led a two day Ohio University lecture series. He argued that liberty and intellectual freedom outrank rigid doctrine, endorsing esthetic individualism and stressing human life and liberty over property.
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T. V. Smith
University of Chicago
Illinois
Ohio University
Alumni Memorial
Smith
Fine Arts
John Locke
Dr. Smith
Jeremy Bentham
Thomas Jefferson
Music Hall
Mrs. Sarah Sherman Dies at Home in Athens
Mrs. Sarah Jane Sherman aged 69 died at 7 45 this morning at 8 McKinley Ave after months of illness. She lived in Athens most of her life and was active in community affairs as a Christian Church member, a Pythian Sister, and an Eastern Star. Survived by husband Jacob and four children Edward Athens Ralph Bellaire R M Sherman Middleport Leland Welch Gassaway WV with one son Lieut. George Sherman killed at Ft. Sill during World War I. funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Sarah Jane Sherman
Jacob Sherman
McKinley Ave
Athens
Leland Welch
Gassaway
W. Va
George Sherman
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Nine Thousand Employed in Athens WPA District
More than 9,000 men and women are working under the WPA in eight counties of the Athens District. Tuesday's count reached 9,042, up 142 from Monday, with 1,660 employed in Athens County and 74 women already at work locally. Additional workers are to be assigned next Monday as relief files are nearly exhausted. Ray Noble notes remaining certifications by FERA will allow eligibility for WPA work.
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Athens
Athens County
NRS
FERA
Ray Noble
Trimble Institute Opens Friday with Moats and Welday Speakers
The Trimble Community Institute begins Friday morning and runs through Saturday afternoon led by Mrs. Della Moats of Sherwood and Wheeler J. Welday of Smithfield. Program features sermons, farming talks, school performances, and 4-H and Rotary involvement.
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Trimble
Trimble Community Institute
Mis
Della Moats
Sherwood
Wheeler J. Welday
Smithfield
Ohio Horticulture Society
Steubenville
Rotary Club
Institute
G. B. Courtney
Mrs. Moats
Glouster High Schol Orchestra
Welday
Greens Run High School
Mr. Welday
Hollister High School
R. J. Schaar
E. Gillespie
Trimble Institute
Clara Cannon
Athens High grid players honored at senior banquet
Athens High School 1935 football squad members and guests were feted at a Mothers Club banquet. Toastmaster O L Wood announced each player, with Charles Coury named honorary captain. Letters awarded to seniors including Coury Webb Entwistle Frost and Hall. monograms to Root Gordon Grones Higgins.
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Athens High School
Bill Root
Jimmy Person
O. L. Wood
Helen Cornwell
Ruth Gieson
P. B
Pete McKinley
Charles Coury
W. W. Gordon
J. W. Higgins
Mothers’ Club
G. W. Pierce
Phyllis Logan
Yvonne Meister
Mary Louise Wyatt
Fred Wheaton, Jr
Alice Bardin
Sara Rousey
Fred Webb
Harry Entwistle
John Frost
Orville Pierce
Bill Green
Douglas Hall
Dick Lockard
Myers Faulkner
Bill Gordon
George Bogle
Basil Gordon
Don Grones
Brewster Higgins
New Magistrate Opens Office January 1 in Athens
Joseph C. Johnson, elected justice of the peace in Athens Township, has set up his court on the second floor of the Lawhead Building. He will hear cases after January 1 when his term begins.
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Joseph C. Johnson
Athens Township
Lawhead
W. Washington St. Johnson
Six Luckoffs Stores Staff Dine At Berry Hotel Banquet
The workers and sales force from six Luckoff’s stores totaling 109 attended a Tuesday night banquet at the Berry Hotel. Mrs Herman Luckoff spoke along with other leaders. Afterward Ted Wildermuth’s orchestra played while Miss Beatrice Luckoff and William Hughes performed. Employees came from Athens Lancaster Logan Gloucester Pomeroy and Gallipolis locations.
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Luckoff
Miner Stricken at Luhrig Mine Taken to Hospital
John McNutt of New Marshfield suffered a heart attack in the Luhrig Mine on Tuesday afternoon and was removed to Sheltering Arms Hospital where he was reported much improved this morning. Mrs. Donald Amos of Glouster, who recently had a minor operation, returned home Tuesday.
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John McNutt
New Marshfield
Luhrig Mine
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Donald Amos
Glouster
Meigs County Man Fined for Intoxication
J. M. Bentz of Meigs County was fined $5 and costs by Magistrate T. R. Bennett after an intoxication arrest Monday.
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J. M. Bentz
Meigs County
T. R. Bennett
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Run Beck Co
Lowestsday
Geiger
Wheo
Rutland
Vinton
Marshfield
MecConom
McConnelsville
Ledion Hallay
Las
Athens National Guard
Battery A
Battery C
Ita
Bag Toy Shop
St Hax
Gene Shafer
Wort
Rom Illinois
WPA
Trimble’s Fair and Institute
Athens High Grid
Coury
Howe
Carter
Nelsonville
Xmas
Gordon Gray
A. E. Whaley
B. M. Covert
J. Arnold
William Morgan
Don Johnson
Earl Beckley
Fred Weber
Jack Bobo
John Woolley
Man
Phil Robinson
C. A. Bingman
Andrew Allen
C. B. Vernon
E. K. Bryson
John F. Blower
Walter Parks
Luckoff's
Miner
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
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