Community Chest approves final budget allocations
The Community Welfare Association board authorized final fund allocations for the 1937-38 Community Chest Campaign. Total subscriptions reached 13264.80 with 6608.10 cash received and 6656.70 pledged. after audit a $500 double count was corrected and each agency kept its budget, with payments to be made in monthly installments and in merchandise where noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
RED Cross
Child Health & Protective Association
BOY Scouts
Girl Scouts
YWCA
Community Chest
All Children To Take Part In Christmas Program
A Christmas dramatization of the Christ-child birth will be presented by University Elementary School on Thursday December 16 at 7 PM. Mary Jane Martin Knoll Dupler and others will read sing and perform as Mary Joseph angels and shepherds. Kindergarten groups will hold a party Friday morning from 9 to 10. Parents are invited.
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Robert Foreman
Richard Sands
Shepherds
Dorothy Lasher
Mary
Mother of
Jesus
Franklin Sanborn
Joseph
Betty Moore
Flora Armbruster
Beverly Brumley
Betty Ayres
Dorothy Ramsey
Angels
Hocking Local To Elect Delegate to Convention
Hocking Local No. 5096 United Mine Workers of America advances its Dec 25 meeting to Dec 18. Secretary Mike Krivesti urges all members to attend for important business, including election of a delegate to the constitutional convention in Washington D C early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
United Mine Workers of America
Mike Krivesti
Washington, D. C
Community Chest adopts rule banning off budget solicitations
The December 14 1937 Board of Trustees action by the Community Welfare Association disapproves all special donation drives outside Chest budgets during campaign months and requires agencies to cooperate. It directs notification to participating agencies and invites similar welfare groups to coordinate solicitations away from October and November.
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Board of Trustees
The
Community Welfare Association, Inc
Welfare Association
Community Welfare Association
Cars Damaged In Collisions In Richland Avenue and Route 31
Two separate mishaps were reported. Roy Graves of 49 Moore Street and Glen C. Neil, an Ohio University student of 77 South Court Street, were in a minor collision on Richland Avenue at 5 30 p m with slight car damage and no injuries. Neil was forced onto the sidewalk after Graves attempted a left turn as Neil passed. A second crash on Courtney Hill Route 31 at 12 30 p m involved a car owned by Elmer Kittle of Glouster colliding with a truck owned and driven by W H Buck of Guysville during the curve descent.
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Roy Graves
Moore St
Glen C. Neil
S. Court St
Ohio University
Richland Ave
Corporation Line
Graves
Neil
Courtney Hill
Route 31
Elmer Kittle
Glouster
W. H. Buck
Guysville
National Brands Donates $425 To Scout Groups
Athens County Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts received $278 as Athens County’s share of National Brands’ $425 surplus from this year’s picnic. Funds were raised by stores in Meigs Perry Vinton Gallia Morgan Jackson Hocking and Washington Counties. The future outgo will be called the National Brands Fall Festival with annual surplus donated to scouts. plan to distribute via E F Sells and Mrs Thor Olson.
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Athens County
Boy Scouts
Athens
C. D. Shafer Co
Hotel Berry
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
Gallia
Morgan
Jackson
Hocking
Washington
National Brands
F. E. Dowler
C. D. Shafer
E. F. Sells
Thor Olson
Fred Sands
Dowler
Girl Scouts
Shafer
Sands
Sells
G .E. Ashwill
Mrs. Olson
E. Cole
Charles Bethel
C. L. Jones
Electric Dishwasher New at Quick s Store
Quick s Cut Rate Drugstore at 9 W Union St installs a new electric dishwasher that brushes and sterilizes glasses and polishes them. Two rotary brushes scrub inside cups while water with a hygienic paste soap cleans spoons and plates. The unit sits on the soda fountain shelf.
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Quick’s Cut Rate Drugstore
W. Union St
Hospital Admits Students and Local Resident for Treatment
Edward Bajorek, an Ohio University student from Brooklyn Station, was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital last night for an emergency appendicitis operation. Thomas Scott of Athens Route 6 was admitted Tuesday for treatment of an infected hand.
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Edward Bajorek
Ohio University
Brooklyn Station
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Thomas Scott
Athens Route 6
Oak Hill Native O U Graduate Dies in Asheville
W J Shumate 68 Ohio University 1897 graduate died December 11 in Asheville North Carolina and was buried there Monday. A native of Oak Hill he taught there after graduation and moved to Asheville 12 years ago. He once served in the Oak Hill police, and was active in church and Masonic circles. Survived by widow Nita Gillette two brothers Roy Jackson Ross Oak Hill and three sisters Eva Morgan Elsie Landrum and Mary Elcess all of Oak Hill.
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W. J. Shumate
Ohio University
Asheville
N. C
Oak Hill
Shumate
Nita Gillette
Strouds Run
Roy
Jackson
Ross
Eva Morgan
Elsie Landrum
Mary Elcess
Ohio National Guard Battery drills at Armory formation
Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery held its weekly drill with the full unit present for a company formation led by Ist. Sgt. David Carmichael. Lt. Richard Corwin spoke on personal equipment as groups conducted 15 minutes of close order drill with enthusiasm. In Britain, judges sampled 7 000 bottles in Empire beer contest. gold went to Riedle Brewery of Winnipeg and silver to Northern Clubs Federation Brewery of Newcastle on Tyne.
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134Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Ist
David Carmichael
Richard Corwin
London
Riedle Brewery, Limited
Winnipeg
Northern Clubs Federation
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Unverified Q-6238 Claim Promotes Quick Results
An advertisement touts PRESCRIPTION Q-6238 as a miracle internal remedy for neuritis. It promises dramatic, almost magical results and urges immediate purchase, claiming availability by a single source.
Dog Triggers Rifle Wounds Hunter Near Cape Town
A youth riding in a car with a hunting party in the country near Cape Town was shot when a dog scrambling inside the vehicle stepped on a loaded cocked saloon rifle, injuring one member of the party.
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Cape Town
Here
WPA Safety Meetings In Athens Highlight Accident Prevention
A two day WPA safety meeting in Athens December 16 and 17 will be led by state safety consultant T W Kinnear. L C Gibson and J Ray Hickey will speak, with a focus on accident prevention in WPA projects and winter hazards. Twelve safety inspectors from six Ohio districts will attend, and Friday includes a tour of the WPA fire project at New Straitsville.
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Athens County
Athens Grange Hall
L. K. Bear
Ohio State University
County Agricultural Extension Office
Athens
T. W. Kinnear
Columbus
L. C. Gibson
J. Ray Hickey
District No. 3
WPA
New Straitsville
Ohio
Orchestra To Repeat Christmas Program For Athens Children
The Ohio University Symphony Orchestra will duplicate its Christmas music program for Athens school children Thursday at 4 PM in Memorial Auditorium. A instrument demonstration will follow. Children will sing carols led by J. E. Thackeray with Prof. C. C. Robinson on the organ. Accompanied by teachers or a parent, all adults may attend.
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Ohio University Symphony Orchestra
Athens
Memorial Auditorium
J. E. Thackeray
C. C. Robinson
Iris Confuses Seasons Between Oregon and Syria
A garden iris in Mrs. C. W. Stacey’s yard apparently thrives as if in Syria while spring arrives there, though winter begins in Oregon. The plant seems unaware of the geographic swap between Liberty and Beirut.
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C. W. Stacey
Oregon
Beirut
Syria
Unsigned Message Found In Toronto Harbor
A chalked note on a water front pipe in Toronto harbor claims the Canadian government stole the writer’s pension and left him half starved, prompting life savers to drag the waters unsuccessfully.
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Canada
Toronto
East Side Is Excited Story on Page 10
A local feature highlights community energy on the East Side with praise for recent activities and upcoming events. Residents express pride and optimism as plans for festivals and public spaces unfold.
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East Side
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Horace Palmer
A. B. Sias
Edith Beecher
Earl Beckley
F. D. Forsyth
Fred Wheaton
M. D. Hughes
Gordon K. Bush
Child Health & P
Red
Colonial Finance
North Court St
America
Whitman
Fairhill
McKee Drug Co. Security Bank Building
Chest Asks
Clear Field
State
Harper Pendry
Roy Dupler
Bart Davidson
Ruth Hammerle
Clinton Knowlton
Quick’s
O. U
Society of British Aircraft Consructors
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Athens, Ohio
Dog
Hunter
Optometric Service
Sohio
Standard Oil
Standard
Sohio Station
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Cor
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