Drilling of Three New Water Wells Authorized by Athens Council
Athens City Council authorized immediate drilling of three new water wells to boost a drought strained supply. Service Director Bart Davidson cited a prolonged drought and rising demand for a current daily need of about one million gallons with North Hill storage occasionally depleting. Cost for three wells is about 4000 dollars, and power costs are higher with air driven wells.
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Athens
Bart Davidson
Davidson
North Hill
W.ashington St
Richland Ave
Nen College
Wheaton Hardware Store
Wheaton Court
Truck Drivers Arrested for Overloads in Ohio District
Ohio Highway Patrol at Athens sub station arrested two truck drivers on charges of operating a vehicle to the danger of others. Mark Alemdinger of Johnstown, 35, fined $10 and costs after overload stop on Route 33. Emmitt Carsey of Lancaster, 28, fined $10 and costs after being taken before Logan mayor. Additional drivers were fined for driving with insufficient lights.
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Athens
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Mark Alemdinger
Johnstown
South
Alemdinger
Cliff Cornell
Emmitt C. Carsey
Lancaster
Logan
Dallas Kinser
Carsey
Clarence E. Kiser
Kinser
Harold Davis
Nelsonville
P. F. Good
Davis
How to Go to Sleep Kidney Evacuant Ad
An old advertisement urges keeping eyes wide open to note fatigue, promotes BUKETS kidney evacuant as a remedy for bladder irregularity and waste buildup, and mentions Clines Pharmacy as a local seller. It touts regular elimination to prevent irritation and sleeplessness.
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Clines Pharmacy
Paper Boy Hit By Automobile In Hockingport
Bernard Blake a 16 year old paper boy and Ath ens Messenger carrier boy was injured riding his bicycle on Route 124 in Hockingport Monday afternoon. The driver Vera Barkes 21 of Befpre Route One hit him knocking him from his wheel and puncturing his right arm and left knee. He was treated at a Belpre doctor’s office after stating he did not see the car approach. Also in the car were Barkes mother and a man friend.
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Bernard Blake
Hockingport
Athens Messenger
Bernard
Vera Barkes
Befpre
Belpre
Miss Barkes
Courtney Hansen and Luchs Will Be Speakers
The Rev. Gilbert Courtney state president of the Ohio Christian Missionary Society will give the state message at the Brotherhood Dinner in Athens at First Christian Church Wednesday night at 6 30. The Rev. Fred Luchs speaks on The Holy Land and Dr E A Hansen on World Christianity and Youth. Special music by the Chauncey Quartet Grafton Cheney and Mrs Neil Crawford. Dinner is potluck. the public is invited.
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Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
Ohio Christian Missionary Society
Brotherhood
First Christian Church
Athens
Fred Luchs
the Holy Land
E. A. Hansen
Chauncey Quartet
Grafton Cheney
Neil Crawford
Mercury Rise Holds In Athens Vicinity
Temperatures in the Athens area stayed steady today and Monday with a low of 32 degrees Monday night and a 3 degree rise by mid morning. Monday’s high reached 39 while rainfall of .45 inch did not raise the Hocking River level above 3.05 feet at noon.
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Athens
C. N. France
Hocking River
Veterans to Meet Conrath-Bean Chapter DAV No 37
Regular meeting of the Conrath-Bean Chapter No 37 Disabled American Veterans will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday Feb 8 in the club room at the Armory. Arrangements will be made for a Feb 22 visit by Clinton Kramer state commander to explain veterans benefits and hospital care laws.
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Conrath- Bean
Armory
Clinton Kramer
Washington’s Father Owned Iron Works
The father of George Washington owned several iron works, marking a notable early industrial connection in the colonial era.
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George Washington
Peters Honored by Athens Bar Association for 49 Years of Practice
William E. Peters, an Athens attorney for 49 years, received gifts at the Athens County Bar Association meeting at Hotel Berry. R. W. Finsterwald led the program, praising Peters as a long‑time real estate and corporate law specialist who once served as Athens County surveyor and New York Central Railroad division engineer.
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William E. Peters
Athens
Athens County Bar Association
Hotel Berry
R. W. Finsterwald
Peters
Athens County
New York Central Railroad
Glouster
Armitage
Ohio
Urges Kiwanis Effort Toward Club Success
A. G. Marquis addresses the Athens Kiwanis Club urging personal assessment as Kiwanis marks its twenty fifth anniversary. D. M. Goddard asks members to support a blood donor typing drive at Sheltering Arms Hospital and F. J. Taylor forms a traveling board committee for a Kiwanis visit.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
A. G. Marquis
Marietta
Ohio
Kiwanis International
Hotel Berry
Marquis
Irvin D. Quick
Athens
John T. Sprague
Ross Wright
J. E. Thackrey
James Scriven
Kiwanis Club
Isaac Lonas Dies at Columbus Appointed Funeral Thursday
Isaac Lonas aged 83 died Monday at his daughter Mrs. C. E. Wallace's home in Columbus. He leaves six daughters including Mrs. Albert Anderson and Mrs. C H Tracy and three sons, with a brother in Luhrig. Funeral 2 PM Thursday at Canaanville church. burial in adjacent cemetery. Friends may call at 335 W State St Athens.
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Isaac Lonas
C. E. Wallace
Columbus
Albert Anderson
C. H. Tracy
John Carmichael
Elwood Buck
Athens
Frank Davis
Millfield
Fred Fields
William and
Glen
Canaanville
Adjt
J. H. Loomis
Salvation Army
New Orleans
Luhrig
State St
Cheshire News Notes: Community Activities and Obituaries
Cheshire Chaper C E S Past Matrons and Patrons meet at the Masonic Hall with a potluck supper. Members re-elected officers. Baptist Sunday School class held a Friday night meeting. Funeral services for Mrs Warren Thomas and Ver Million were conducted by local ministers. Mrs Charles Thomas moved from Holzer to a Cincinnati hospital. Local families hosted gatherings and birthday celebrations. Colds affect Rev Higginbotham and Rev Snider. Various visits from family and friends to Marietta Wheeling and Kyger areas.
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Cheshire
C.E.S
Masonic Hall
C. W. Rife
Clara Ward
Garnet Kirby
The
Baptist Church
Fred Mack
Otto Rothgeb
Warren Thomas
Higginbotham
Snider
Charles Thomas
Holzer
Gallipolis
Cincinnati
H. N. Snider
Waterloo
Vermillion
Dale Allensworth
Helen
Guy Matheny
Charleston
Vaughn Scott
Lucie Martin
Helen Clark
Wheeling
W. Va
Adriel Welker
Albany
Wesley Swisher
Eugene Watson
Carl Russell
Wesley Webb
Marietta
C. L. Vangilder
Ivan Grover
Kyger
Car Crash Puts Athens Man Under DUI Plea
Ernest Brown 22 of Athens Route 5 pled guilty to driving while intoxicated after his car struck five parked vehicles near the Ohio University Western Reserve game last Saturday night. He was fined 100 dollars and costs and his driving rights were suspended. Brown, driving south on President Street toward South Bridge, lost control and collided with four cars, then struck a fifth. One car owner Robert Will McArthur reported damage to a fender and a wheel. Brown had previously pleaded not guilty and was held on a 500 dollar bond before changing his plea this morning.
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Ernest Brown
Athens
Robert Will, McArthur
Cornell
Brown
Battery C To Be Inspected At Athens Armory
Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard will be inspected tonight at the Athens Armory beginning at 8 o clock by Major Harley E Johnson Columbus commanding officer of the First Battalion 134th Field Artillery The inspection precedes a federal inspection planned for April The uniform for tonight includes serge coats elastic breeches and overseas caps Captain Carmichael says the battery will have field training near Sparta Wisconsin from August 11 to September 1 as part of the Second Army maneuvering there.
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134Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Athens
Harley E. Johnson
Columbus
E. E. Carmichael
Carmichael
Sparta
Wis
Second Army
Williams Rites To Be Held in Albany Church
Funeral services for William Williams who died at his Albany home will be held Wednesday at two o'clock in Albany Methodist Church. Earlier notice said services would be at the Williams home.
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William Williams
Albany
Albany Methodist Church
Williams
Connors Funeral For 81 Year Old Railroader Thursday
Funeral services for M. S. Connors 81 a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad employee who died yesterday in Columbus will be held at 9 30 Thursday morning at St Joseph Cathedral Columbus A number of Hocking Valley railroad men are expected to attend the rites.
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M. S. Connors
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Columbus
St. Joseph Cathedral
Hocking Valley
Man Fined for Unregistered Motor Vehicle in Athens
Chauncey resident Lewis J. Palmer, 29, was fined $5 and costs by Acting Mayor P. F. Good of Athens on Monday for failing to register a motor vehicle. He was apprehended Sunday on Route 33, eight miles north of Athens by state highway patrolmen.
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Lewis J. Palmer
Chauncey
P. F. Good
Athens
Palmer
Farm Youth To Meet At Athens Grange Hall
Athens County Farm Bureau Youth Council meets Wednesday February 7 at 8 pm in the Athens Grange Hall. Darwin Bryan from the Ohio Farm Bureau office in Columbus will assist in outlining the year’s program for the group.
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Athens County Farm Bureau Youth Council
Athens Grange Hall
Darwin Bryan
Ohio Farm Bureau
Columbus
Stolen Boiler Becomes Junk Worth Questionable Value
A Boston area owner reported thieves stole a 500 pound boiler valued at two dollars in junk. He noted it required lifting over a high fence and dragging through two vacant lots before loading on a truck. A separate statistic notes tourist camps in the United States surged 1000 percent in 15 years.
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Boston
U.P
United States
Wade Fined After Town Plea On Intoxication Charge
Kenneth Wade of Athens Route 3 paid a $5 fine and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. Wade and Ernest Norris were arrested on E State Street early Sunday by Special Officer Carl Wilson. a doctor treated Wade for a head laceration. Norris was released after testifying he was attempting to take Wade.
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Kenneth Wade
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Wade
Ernest Norris
E. State St
Carl Wilson
Norris
Talks On Heredity At Athens Rotary Club
Dr. F. H. Krecker of Ohio University spoke on heredity before the Athens Rotary Club. He described feeble minded family histories, showed traits via slides, and urged sterilization as a state policy noting Ohio ranks sixth in feeble minded and epileptics with hundreds awaiting admission to institutions.
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Athens Rotary Club
F. H. Krecker
Ohio University
Ohio
Krecker
Union
To Feature Music at Army Revival Tonight
Capt and Mrs David Moultin of Marietta and an octet of musicians visit Athens to assist in Salvation Army Hall revival meetings conducted by Col Richard Adby of Toronto Canada A Wesleyan Methodist Church youth delegation will sing a special number Colonel Adby is a strong speaker and singer drawing large nightly crowds.
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David Moultin
Marietta
Athens
Salvation Army Hall
Col
Richard Adby
Toronto
Canada
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Judgment in Sayre Co. vs Rosser for $525 default
Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland ruled Monday in the Harve S Sayre Co. dairy grocery suit against Frank Rosser. The defendant defaulted, confessing the petition's allegations as true, and the plaintiff was awarded the $525 claim.
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Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Harve S. Sayre Co
Buchtel
Frank Rosser
Eagles To Initiate Class At Athens Aerie Lodge
The Athens Aerie of Eagles will hold a special initiation at the lodge hall on Wednesday at 7 30 p m for members of the large candidate class who missed last week’s initiation.
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Athens Aerie of Eagles
Harner damage suit reaches jury today
Testimony in the Harner versus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad case concluded before Judge O F Rowland. Mrs Genevieve Harner seeks 2930 for injuries from an automobile locomotive action at Shafer Street crossing in September 1938.
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Harner
Genevieve Harner
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
B&o
Blaine Goldsberry
D. H. Biddle
Personal Tax Payments To End March 31
The period for filing personal tax returns opens Feb. 15 in the County Auditor Co. O. Gibson’s office and runs to March 31. Tax blanks are available anytime, with returns to be filed early to avoid delays. Returns may be filed early and payment delayed until the final day. The tax covers property fees including farm products livestock mining tools machinery and implements and business fixtures. Intangible property includes investments mortgages notes bonds trusts insurance annuities book accounts cash deposits and unproductive stock valued at Dec 31 1939.
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Office
County Auditor Co. O
Ohio
United States Postal
Past Exalted Rulers To Conduct Initiation At Athens Lodge
Past exalted rulers will lead the initiation at the Athens Lodge of Elks tonight headed by John Cross. The ceremony begins at 7 30 with all stations in the degree work and a buffet lunch to follow.
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Athens Lodge
Elks
John Cross
Courthouse Closure for Lincoln's Birthday Observance
The Athens County Courthouse will be closed all day Monday February 12 by order of the board of county commissioners to observe Lincoln's birthday.
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Athens County
Board of County Commissioners
Lincoln
Constipation Relief With Pepsin and Senna
An advertisement promotes Dr. Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin to relieve constipation and stomach discomfort. It claims Pepsin dissolves undigested food in the stomach while Senna stimulates bowel movements, and notes tests support Pepsin's effect. The product is marketed as pleasant tasting for families and available at druggists.
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Mercury Rise
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William FE. Peters
Cheshire News
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Katherine Phillips
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Army Revival
Adby
Eagles
Mother Gray Co.leRoy
Singapore
Fishbaugh
West Union
Saxon A.B
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
West Union St
ACME
DRY_ CLEANERS
Athens, Ohio
Wisconsin
Colby Cheese
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