Mayor Len McCune Court Fines Several for Minor Offenses
Athens County offices run efficiently a report notes while four fines occur in the mayoral court. Paul James of Millfield and Edith Ricketts of Columbus plead guilty to intoxication and pay five dollars plus costs each. Edith Ricketts gets a suspended fine on leaving town. Pearl Burchfield of Sugar Creek faces 25 dollars and costs for trapping without a license. Leo Douglass of Athens pleads guilty to fighting and pays five dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len B. McCune
Paul James
Millfield
Edith Ricketts
Columbus
Athens
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
James
E. S. Finsterwald
B. F. Swartz
Pearl Burchfield
Sugar Creek
Leo Douglass
Maple
Bradfield
Theft of Two Trucks Admitted by Prisoner
Charles Pettit 19 of Redtown admitted stealing two trucks in Glouster on November 15 and abandoning them. He and co defendant Charles Millican 18 also of Redtown were arrested early Tuesday for allegedly stealing three cars Monday night and had not been arraigned.
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Charles Pettit
Redtown
State Highway Patrol
Pettit
Charles Millican
Glouster
Milliran
1937 Hunting Permits Placed on Sale Here
Hunting licenses for 1937 were placed on sale in the Athens County Clerk of Courts office. The first license was issued to Forrest C. Meighen of Alexander Township. The State Conservation Department ruling requires 1937 licenses to take advantage of the extra rabbit hunting day due to the season opening a day late this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ruth E. Burdette
Forrest C. Meighen
Alexander Township
State Conservation Department
Weather notes show mild temps in Athens
Gray clouds obscured sunlight as the thermometer in Athens registered near 35 degrees this morning after a low of 22, with yesterday’s high at 53 and no signs of snow.
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Athens
Aids Woman Costs Operator $150 In Amesville Trick
George Halboren 68 operator of Broadwell filling station reports a $150 loss after a woman in a sedan with Indiana plates asked directions to Amesville. He left with friends. wallet with long billfold disappeared. Deputies traced the car briefly then lost the trail on Route 50 North. State Police notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Halboren
Broadwell
Amesville
Halloren
Karl Gardner
Frank Joyce
Indiana
Athens
Halboren
State Highway Patrol
A C Wilson Taken For Emergency Operation
A C Wilson of Richland Avenue was rushed to Sheltering Arms Hospital around 12:30 this morning for an emergency operation.
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A. C. Wilson
Richland Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County Officials Praised in State Examiner Report
State examiner John Whitney commends Athens County for neat records and careful funds handling covering Dec 18 1933 to June 6 1936. The report notes praised officers including Treasurer G D Gorham Auditor Co C Gibson and former Auditor Clyde Edmundson and highlights areas for cost cutting such as jail staff wages and ticketing at the county fair gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
John Whitney
G. D. Gorham
Co. C. Gibson
Clyde Edmundson
Vote Board
Board of Elections of
Dc. L. Jordan
Porter Dicken
Irregular New York Stock Market Report
The stock market showed a mixed session in moderate trading with leading issues down. U S Steel, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, General Motors and metal shares fell, while oils gained some strength led by Consolidated at 15. It rose to 15% for a percent gain.
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New York
United States Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
General Motors
Consolidated
Autolite to Goodyear and More in Steel Trade
A fragmented notice lists major steel and alloy brands such as Autolite, Gen Motors, Nash, Timken, U.S. Rubber, Kennecott and Anaconda among others. Percent figures appear amid garbled lines, with scattered mentions of mining and metal industries and a partial reference to MEY S. lee.
Grain and Produce Prices at Toledo Market
Price quotes for wheat corn and oats appear with No 1 red wheat at 131 and 132 2, No 2 red 130 2 to 131 Oats No 1 white 53 55 2 and No 2 white 52 54 2, with corn No 2 yellow 104 4 105 and No 3 yellow 101 0 104.
Poultry Class Figures From Live Stock Entry
Eye steady firsts total 32 and seconds 28 with ungraded 30. Live poultry lists include fowls colored numbers by age, leghorn, old roosters, capons, winders, broilers and fryers with white rocks Plymouth Rock, roasting chickens and other colored breeds. Turkeys show No 1 young toms and hens with various age brackets and crooked breasted entries.
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White Rocks
Plymouth Rock
Market Update: Eggs and Butter Prices and Receipts
Eggs market steady with receipts 4 166 cases and graded firsts 28 extra firsts 28 2 dirties 23 current receipts 27 checks 23. Butter market firm with receipts 8 895 tubs and extra firsts 90 491 score 32 33, extra 92 score 3344 specials 33 34 firsts 31 032 standards 33 centralized 89 score 32 centralized 88 score 31.
Poultry and egg market summary with varied weights and ages
Eggs steady with receipts 55 lbs and up and product grades 32s 34s 35s. Poultry steady with heavy hens 18 to 19 percent and leghorn hens around 13 to 14 percent. Old roosters 12 to 13 percent, leghorn springers 13 to 14 percent. Colored springers large 15 to 17 percent, small 13 to 15 percent. Ducks 14 to 15 percent, geese 12 to 14 percent. Turkeys old toms 18 percent, young 20 to 22 percent. Fresh dressed hens 29, hog dressed 26.
Eggs and live poultry market prices steady nationwide
Egg market shows steady readings with extra grade 22 extra firsts 29 current receipts 28 pullet firsts 25. Live poultry market remains steady with heavy hens 5s and up 18 medium 14 leghorn heavy 13 leghorn light 12 No 2 10 roosters old 12 broilers 2 and up 15 springers fancy rock 4s and up 17 colored 3 and up 15 leghorn 12 No 2 10 ducks 6 and up 17 small 14 geese fat 17 ordinary 14 turkeys young toms 17 young hens 20 old toms 15 old hens 17.
Cincinnati Livestock Hogs Steady to Higher. Cattle Weak
Hog receipts 3,000 with weights above 160 lb mostly 20c higher. top hog price 10.50 for 200–275 lb, lighter weights up to 10.25, sows 25c higher to 9. Cattle and calves slow with light demand. slaughter steers and heifers 5.50 to 7.50, some 8.50 for better yearlings, fat cows 4.50 to 5.75, cutters 3 to 4.25, bulls scarce 4.50 to 6. Dealers steady. good to choice 10.50 to 11.50, most common 7.10. Sheep steady. better ewe and wether lambs 8.50 to 9.00, light grain-feds top, slaughter ewes 2 to 3.
Market Report Hog and Cattle Prices Mixed on Monday
Hog prices at 2800 head with 1800 direct sales and 180 to 240 lb range. Cattle steady with good to choice steers around 10.13 per hundredweight and calves near 11.50 to 12.50. Sheep steady with better lambs 8.75 to 9.25 and throwouts down to 7.75.
Mechanicsburg Pupils Present Christmas Program
Mechanicsburg School students stage a Christmas program Thursday night at 7 50 observing traditions in Norway England Holland Italy Germany and Russia before returning to the United States to show their contributions. A PTA business meeting follows.
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New Mechanicsburg School
Norway
England
Holland
Italy
Germany
Russia
United States
PTA
Red Cross Christmas Bureau Aids Fair Gift Distribution
The Athens Red Cross in the Security Savings Bank Building leads a Christmas Bureau to prevent double gifts. Mrs. Carl Hanson heads the effort with assistants Irene Smith Henrietta Ewing and Thora Olson, Ohio University students in Social Service. Names from social agencies churches and clubs will be confidentially filed to avoid multiple gifts to the same family. The bureau will not handle money or distribution, but will supply names to groups like the Toy Shop. Call 514 to register families or request gift support.
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Athens
Athens County Red Cross
Security Savings Bank
Carl Hanson
Irene Smith
Henrietta Ewing
Thora Olson
Ohio University
Bureau
Cathedral Auditorium Hosts Multinational Christmas Carols
The Athens Junior and Senior High School choirs presented The Feast of Carols of All Nations in the school auditorium set as a cathedral. Nar rator Warren McClure explained Christmas customs while the choirs sang in multiple languages and the lights shifted colors.
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Athens
Ethel Woolf
Warren McClure
Expert speaks on fiftieth anniversary of typemaking
James Bourke of Mergenthaler Linotype Corp spoke at Ohio University Music Hall last night on Practical Application of Modern Typology. He addressed printers faculty members and students with focus on typography for newspapers and type faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bourke
Mergenthaler Linotype Corp
Ohio University
Music Hall
Birth of Daughter Lynda Faye Snedden Born to John and
Announcement states the birth of a daughter named Lynda Faye to Mr. and Mrs. John Snedden of 10 Cass & St on December 12. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Fields and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Snedden. Athens Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Snedden
Cass &St
D. M. Fields
Brown Ave
A. L. Snedden
Athens
Lynda Faye
Salary table shows diverse county official pay scales
The document lists multiple county positions and their salaries including courts 2875 dollars, prosecuting attorney 2490, commissioner 1066, probate judge 3245, recorder 2210, sheriff 2450, engineer 3050, common pleas judge 1525.25 with state remainder, superintendent of schools 3700, attendance officer 1800, superintendent County Home 1200, matron 600, superintendent Children's Home 1.0 TM%), matron 750, election board member 528, clerk 8792.
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Common Pleas
County Home
Children's Home
Garden Briefs from The Garden
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Barnes visited Pomeroy and return. Garden attendees watched the Lodi vs Buchtel basketball game won by Buchtel 25 to 24. Mrs Hod King is recovering. Opal and Etta Barnes of Columbus visited relatives here and returned to work Tuesday.
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Buchtel
Lodi
Hod King
Opal
Etta Barnes
Columbus
Ath ens County Schools announce Christmas break dates
Christmas vacation for Ath ens County Schools runs from Thursday December 23 to Tuesday January 4. County superintendent Kenneth C. Ray announced the dates today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Kenneth C. Ray
Evolution Debate Tonight by Dr Andrew Johnson At Pilgrim Holiness
Dr Andrew Johnson speaks on evolution tonight at 7 30 in Pilgrim Holiness Church naming 12 fatal gaps in Darwinism and defending the Bible account of creation He also warned that federal prohibition may return to the Constitution in a Nazarene Tabernacle temperance lecture last night.
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Andrew Johnson
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Nazarene Tabernacle
Johnson
Funeral services for Bert Carskad en
Funeral services for Bert Carskaden Athens tailor who died suddenly yesterday have not been completed.
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Bert Carskaden
Athens
Laura Gleason Reported Pending Word From Sister Mia
The brief note from Spokane Washington mentions Laura Gleason awaiting a word from her sister Mia with no further context or details provided.
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Mia
Laura Gleason
Spokane, Wash
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Optometric Service
S. Court St
Broadwell Gas Station
Charles Stratton
County Board of Education
County Board of Health
Harold J. Rose
S. M. Johnson
J. W. Wilson
Athens County Law Library Association
Common Pleas Court
Law Library Association
Athens County Agricultural Society
Minute
L. F. Jones
Jones
Distillers Seagram At
Coma
Cord Corp
Bond
Eena
Eee
Hiram Walker
Lone Star Wee i
Ed Steel
Elec
Autolite
Gen. Motors
Stewart-Warner
Goodrich Rubber Goodyear Rubbe
Macy Truck
Nash Motor
Timken Roller
U. S. Rubber Coppers AN Am. Smelters
Anaconda Inaslaletan Intl. Nickel
Kennecott
Curb Stock Am. Gas and E
Sintenienameinen
S. Lee
A. T
O. N. Y. Central
N. Pacific
Penna
Rock Island
Pacific
Ae Industrials
Allied Chemicals
Col
Gas
Pater Bedummanenann
Crosley Radio
Food
Harvester
Csi Pddecndeneem Tae Libbey Owens Ford
Ward RR
Distillers
Radio Corp
Penianaeceannanenntipenin
U. S
Saaankeinienmnaane
Carbon and Carbie Woolworth
Westinghouse
Esa Procter and Gamble
Ind
N. J
Texas Corp, Steels
Bethlehem Crucible
Republic Iron
U. 8S
Steel
Com Motors
RVI
Briggs
Mig
Chrysler
Sapaisigaa Ammeniiieion
Iui
State
Federal
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Toledo
Cincinnati Produce
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Produce
Cincinnati Livestock
Pittsburgh Livestock
Mechanicsburg
Gram
Red Cross
Lucille Davidson
Spain
Floyd K. Prince
Lloyd Bjornstad
Santa
Candy
Whitman
Fairhill
McKee Drug CO
Mrs. C. C. Barnes
Pomeroy
Carter
Asie
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
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