Athens County Levies Defeated in Special Election
Athens County rejected both welfare and relief levies in a Saturday special election, signaling a worsening financial outlook and likely end to relief. Unofficial returns from Amesville showed 180 of 186 votes against the welfare levy and 178 against the relief levy with 8 votes in favor. About 30 polling workers received $5 each for Saturday service, totaling $1,460 plus minor costs, with remaining expenses estimated at $146 for light and janitor services and $200 for ballots.
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Athens County
Election Board
Amesville
C. O. Gibson
Charles Stratton
Ira Whitmore
Stratton
Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Gibson
Stores Open To 9 O'Clock In Athens This Week
Athens stores will stay open until 9 PM each night this week as announced by Frank Baker president of the Athens Retail Merchants Association. Free parking is provided at the Schine's Athena Theater lot behind the building with attendants on duty day and night to protect cars and contents.
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Athens
Frank Baker
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Schine
Athena Theater
College St
Stolen Jewelry Recovered Near Cutler by Deputy Evans
Deputy Sheriff Charles Evans and Sheriff Oscar George recovered jewelry and a pistol stolen from Mt. Gilead after a Mt. Gilead youth confessed to multiple thefts. The ring valued at $100 and other items were found at the youth’s parents’ home near Cutler, Washington County. The youth faced forgery charges in Morrow County.
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Charles Evans
Morrow County
Oscar George
Athens
Mt. Gilead
Evans
George
Cutler
Washington County
Columbus
Demand for Skilled Labor Grows Across State Offices
Theisen says demand for skilled labor is rising as employment conditions improve. The Ohio State Employment Service reports better matching of workers and jobs and uses intercity referrals when local applicants are unavailable. The Athens office at 8 W State St serves as a central contact with no charge to employers or workers.
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Paul A. Theisen
Ohio State Employment Service
Theisen
OSES
Athens
Burau
State St
Mechanicsburg School Christmas Program Planned
The annual Christmas program at Mechanicsburg School will be presented on Wednesday December 20 at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium.
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Mechanicsburg
Mechanicsburg School
Senior 4-H Members Plan Holiday Party
The Athens County Senior 4-H Club will hold its monthly meeting and Christmas party on Wednesday December 20 at 8 p m at the Athens Grange Hall. Members are asked to bring gifts for a ten cent gift exchange. Committees include Program Walter Erwin Keith Scott and John Sheridan Refreshment Helen Sheridan Ellen Terrell and Dorothy Frank.
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Athens County
Souvenirs Brought Back By East Side Elementary Student
Diane Blake a first grader at East Side Elementary returns from Florida with her parents and shows classmates a collection featuring a cotton ball an immature orange with leaves and branch and several commercial souvenirs.
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Diane Blake
East Side Elementary School
Florida
Athens County 4-H Club to Broadcast First Radio Appearance
A group of Athens County Senior 4-H Club members will debut on WOSU Columbus tonight at 8. The program features eight selections with performers from Ohio State Universitys station. Participants include Margaret Pratt Virginia Rogers Ada Ruth Sutton and Roger Williams in Aloha and other acts. The closing number Some of These Days will be sung by Eilen Ashcraft Mabel Carbaugh Orin Johnson and Kermit Hanning.
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Athens County
WOSU
Columbus
Ohio State University
Margaret Pratt
Athens
Virginia Rogers
Ada Ruth Sutton
Roger Williams
Shade
Aloha
Ann Haskins
Donna Sayre
Trimble
Judy Birge
Ruth
Jane Augustine
Norma Clark
Poston
Eilen Ashcraft
Mabel Carbaugh
Orin Johnson
Kermit Hanning
Boeing School of Aeronautics Starts Airline Pilot Course
The Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland announces a new airline pilot course to meet rising demand for co pilots. United Air Lines expects over 200 co pilots hired in three years. Admission needs two years college or equivalent, age at least 20, and good health. The fifteen month program costs 3130 dollars, a 35 percent cut in flying instruction. The school will credit college training by shortening course time and cost.
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Boeing School of Aeronautics
Oakland
Calif
Boeing School
United Air Lines
United
R. T. Freng
Army and Navy Flying School
Army and Navy Corps
Civil Aviation Authority
Georgia Cooley Rites To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Georgia Cooley, who died Saturday in Elkins West Virginia, will be held Wednesday at 1 00 PM at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Rev D R Smith will officiate with burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
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Georgia Cooley
Elkins
W. Va
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Athens unemployment office closings for Christmas and New Year
To observe holidays the Athens office of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will be closed Saturday December 23 and Monday December 25 for Christmas. Offices will also close Saturday December 30 and Monday January 1 for New Year observance.
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Athens
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Truck Driver Fined After 4 Car Wreck Near Albany
Four vehicle crash on Route 50 near Albany injured two, leading to Perry Russell 32 being fined 50 dollars with 25 suspended for leaving the scene. Police say Russell drove the Doss truck across the road after striking a telephone pole, then fled with Harley Cline and Woodrow Barnes.
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Albany
Perry Russell
Cliff Cornell
Russell
Carl B. Wilson
E. State St
Athens City
Wilson
A. D. Doss
Richard Bell
Franklyn Dunn
Bell
Dunn
Harley Cline
Woodrow Barnes
Murray City Personal and Social Notes
Murray City notes record club meetings and social events. Cracker Barrel Club meets at schoolhouse with guest speaker from Athens. Pythian Sisters celebrate 45th anniversary and two past chiefs birthday. Teachers Bridge Club hosts games with high scores. American Legion Auxiliary meets with gifts and lunch. Christmas program planned at Murray Grade Schools and high school gym. Various residents visit, travel, or recover, with vacation dates for local schools and PTA meeting scheduled.
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Murray City
Cracker Barrel Club
Murray
Athens
Pythian Sisters
Pythian
Blanche Brooker
Pearl Shuttleworth
Mabel Lafever
Helen Laverty
Teachers’ Bridge Club
Ann Popoczy
Ruth Penn
Ruth Davis
Hogan's
Grace Donoghue
American Legion Auxiliary
Howard Bush
Nelsonville
Jean Lloyd
Lemma Lloyd
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
P.T.A
Clifford Wright
Pearl Hellyer
Lawrence Short
Gertrude Hennessy
FE. A. Person
Person
James Russell
Stewart
Margaret Shuttleworth
Detroit
Mich
Harry Shuttleworth
Huck Williams
Lancaster
Ralph Forsythe
Irene Morris
Glouster
Logan
Pauline Fierce
Nelsonville High School
Repeal of Sales Tax Drives Ohio Petition Drive
Athens County circulators push a constitutional amendment to repeal the Ohio sales tax and cap gasoline and motor vehicle taxes. Backers from the Ohio Association for Tax Reduction claim 197 000 signatures across 47 counties. The amendment would appear on the 1940 ballot with a universal income tax replacing lost revenue.
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Athens County
Ohio
Ohio Association For Tax Reduction
Columbus Home Robbed of $2,000 in Clothes
The Columbus residence of attorney F. Stanley Crooks at 1427 Eastwood Ave. was burglarized between 7 p.m. Saturday and 2:15 a.m. Sunday. Loot included 10 men’s suits 10 pairs of trousers two men’s coats two women’s coats $25 in cash and unspecified women’s jewelry. Crooks is brother in law of Frank R. Murphy of Athens and a Ohio University graduate.
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F. Stanley Crooks
Eastwood Ave
Columbus
Frank R. Murphey
Athens
Ohio University
Crooks
Funeral for Mrs Evans Scheduled in Columbus
Mrs Amanda Lantz Evans widow of Oliver Evans of Columbus died in Columbus. A native of McArthur she was a school friend of Mrs Orville Dailey of Albany and aunt to Dr Mary Austin at Gallipolis State Hospital. Funeral Tuesday in Columbus with burial at Steubenville family cemetery.
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Orville Dailey
Albany
Columbus
Amanda Lantz Evans
Oliver Evans
McArthur
Vinton County
Evans
Dailey
Mary Austin
Gallipolis State Hospital
Lantz
Athens
Steubenville
James Speaks Before Faculty at Marshall
Dr. Herman G. James president of Ohio University spoke to Marshall College faculty in Huntington W V today on Pan American Relations.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Warm Athens Weather Stays Mild With 55 Degree Noon
Athens remained warm on Monday with a 55 degree noon reading. The weekend highs reached 59 degrees on both Saturday and Sunday, while weekend lows stayed around 25 degrees and Sunday night dipped to 28.
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Athens
Geneva Norris Dies at 78 in Athens County
Geneva Norris 78 died Monday at her daughter’s home 123 Franklin Ave Athens County. She leaves four sons George Akron Ray H Athens Emmett Dayton Leonard Johns ville and four daughters Nor ris Dean Audrey Grubb Columbus Dorothy Haydon Muncie and Ravenscroft 21 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 3 p.m. Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home Rev Osborn Pilgrim Holiness Church officiating. Burial W State St Cemetery. Friends may call all day Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Geneva Norris
W. A. Ravenscroft
Franklin Ave
Norris
Athens
Athens County
George
Akron
Ray H
Emmett
Dayton
Leonard
Johnsville
Norris Dean
Audrey Grubb
Columbus
Dorothy Haydon
Muncie
Ind
Ravenscroft
Lafe Norris
Dowler-Ferguson Funeral Home
Rev. Osborn
Pilgrim Holiness Church
W. State St
Youths Confess to Toledo Gas Station Hold-Up
Toledo police say Ernest Kish and Edwin Jamrozy both 20s confessed involvement in a holdup that killed Nelshon Berkey, a 23 year old Toledo gasoline station operator, on November 19.
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Toledo
Ernest Kish
Edwin Jamrozy
Nelshon Berkey
Hospital News From Amesville and Nearby Towns
Miss Gretta Sedwick underwent an emergency appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital. A daughter was born yesterday morning to Mr and Mrs Marvin Wood of 71 Stewart Street. Harley Vance and R D Hughes of Athens were admitted for medical treatment Sunday. Releases yesterday included Miss Edna Lantz Trimble Mrs Aubrey Nickoson and daughter Guysville Mrs Ruth McAllister The Plains and Mrs Pauline Martin Zaleski.
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Gretta Sedwick
Amesville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Marvin Wood
Stewart Sr
Harley Vance
R. D. Hughes
Athens
Edna Lantz
Trimble
Aubrey Nickoson
Guysville
Ruth McAllister
the Plains
Pauline Martin
Zaleski
Izaak Walton League Athens Chapter to Elect Officers
The Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will elect officers at a regular meeting Tuesday night in the City Hall council chamber.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
East Side Elementary awards half day for perfect attendance
Fifth graders at East Side Elementary earned a half day Friday after reaching 60 days of perfect attendance. Miss Bernice Kayser teaches the fifth grade. Also notes that too heavy oil can cause an automobile engine to overheat.
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East Side
Bernice Kayser
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