Southeast Ohio Egg Auction group forms in Athens
More than 100 poultry and egg producers from 12 counties met in Athens and adopted a plan to form The Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction. They set membership dues, handling charges, and rules for selling eggs, with a future auction site to be chosen from several towns.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County Common Pleas
Cooperative Association of Egg Producers
Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction
Renme
Auto Stolen Night Recovered In Alley
Robert C. Hess reports his car stolen from in front of his Morris Avenue home after 10 o clock Tuesday night. The vehicle was found abandoned in an alley behind another Morris Avenue residence with no damage. Police investigate the incident today.
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Robert C. Hess
Morris Ave
Athens
Edward Kim Funeral Services Planned Friday
Edward Kim of Tuppers Plains will be buried after funeral services Friday at 2 PM in the Christian Church Coolville. He died yesterday at a Parkersburg hospital.
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Coolville
Edward Kim
Tuppers Plains
Christian Church
Kim
Parkersburg
Five White Men Chosen for Fourth Call to Fort Hayes
Athens County Draft Board No 1 announces five white men to report February 27 for military service as fourth call replacements. Names include Wilford Pyle Homer Omen Dwight Hogue Floyd Hammond and Delmont Skinner all from Millfield Glouster Athens area. The board notes six third call whites left earlier and four area colored men depart February 21.
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Athens County
Draft Board No. 1
Fort Hayes
George Banks
Banks
Athens
Wilford Robert Pyle
Millfield
Homer Ellsworth Omen
Dwight Norman Hogue
Glouster
Floyd Edward Hammond
Delmont Skinner
William Nice Dies Tuesday
William Henry Nice 92 a native of Athens died of influenza at a Columbus rest home. He lived in Columbus two years and is survived by his wife Carolyn, a son Edward of Athens, four daughters all of Columbus, a sister in Trumbull, 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at two in the New Marshfield Methodist Church with burial in the cemetery there.
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William Henry Nice
Athens
Columbus
Carolyn Nice
Edward Nice
I. P. Tucker
Maude Zapp
Norma Montgomery
Pearl Schneider
Almeda Thompson
Trumbull
Nine men to depart Athens as replacements
The list names nine individuals slated to leave Athens tomorrow as replacements. John Harris Porter 21 Athens Route 3 truck driver Paul Sheldon Parker 24 Athens Route 4 truck driver Ralph Henry Gwilym 21 Glouster NYA worker William Lewis Mesaros 20 Trimble tractor and truck driver Warren Darel Withem 20 Glouster coal miner and CCC worker Allen Rodney Bennett 21 Athens truck driver Brose Leach 23 Glouster CCC leader and truck driver Lewis Raymond Long 32 Athens mechanic truck driver and printer James Wolford Carsey 25 Athens CCC worker.
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Athens
John Harris Porter
Paul Sheldon Parker
Ralph Henry Gwilym
Glouster
NYA
William Lewis Mesaros
Trimble
Warren Darel Withem
CCC
Allen Rodney Bennett
Brose Leach
Lewis Raymond Long
James Wolford Carsey
Lottery Raised Funds For OU Early Edifice History
The article traces Ohio University funding in 1815 1817 through a failed lottery plan to build the Central building later named Manasseh Cutler Hall. It notes leadership from Irvine Wilson and McGuffey era 1839 1843 with McGuffey Readers and the planting of the McGuffey Elms on campus.
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Dana Kelly
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Manasseh Cutler Hall
Pioneer Education
Northwest Territory
Lindly
James Irvine
Ohio University
Irvine
Robert Wilson
Chillicothe
Wilson
William Holmes McGuffey
Joseph Dana
Dana
McGuffey
Myths About Lincoln Debunked by Lincoln Museum Director
Dr. L. A. Warren of the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne Indiana counters myths on Lincoln born wealth, ancestry and rise. He notes Lincoln’s father owned a 300 acre farm and carried cash when moving to Indiana. He cites Lincoln’s early political rise including roles in the Illinois Legislature, presidential elector duties, and a near vice presidential nomination in 1856.
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Abraham Lincoln
L. A. Warren
Lincoln Museum
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Lincoln
Dr. Warren
Abraham
Indiana
Illinois
Harrison
Clay
Oregon
Hub Cap Clue Leads to Arrest in Hit-Skip Case
A hit-skip incident on February 6 left a maroon Fender with green paint marks and hub caps as clues. Carl F. Snow, 42, Athens Route 3, was arrested after patrols traced a green panel truck to his home. He was fined $50 and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell.
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State Highway Patrol
Carl F. Snow
Athens
Snow
Cliff Cornell
Franklin H. Calvin
Richland Ave
Calvin
Adult Education Class Opens in Jacksonville
Jacksonville and area residents may enroll in free adult education classes in business arithmetic business English and book keeping at the Jacksonville Grade School Friday night February 14 announced by teacher Marion Parker who is organizing the program An enrollment meeting was held last Friday and there is still room for others in the classes open to anyone 17 or older the instruction may help participants qualify for better paying jobs.
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Jacksonville
Marion Parker
Parker
Sheep Committee Sets Thursday Meeting for County Plans
County Agent Ross Wright announced a sheep committee will meet Thursday evening at his office. The panel plans a county wide gathering of sheep raisers later this month. Members include Frank Caldwell Lottridge Urban Parker Alexander Township N E Mills Athens Township Leo Williams Shade Wade Smith Ames Township.
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Ross Wright
Frank Caldwell
Lottridge
Urban Parker
Alexander Township
N. E. Mills
Athens Township
Leo Williams
Shade
Wade Smith
Ames Township
Kiwanis Club Honors Scouts During Scout Week
In observance of Boy Scout Week the Athens Kiwanis Club hosted Troop 59 at Hotel Berry. Scoutmaster Max Peden Scout Executive Joseph Stratton and Commissioner Roy Dupler attended along with J. L. Beck and E. Cole and Ralph N. Smeck. Scout demonstrations featured Kay Parrett Charles Gilkey Kenneth French and others with a Kiwanis Quartet providing vocal selections.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Kiwanis
Max Peden
Joseph Stratton
Roy Dupler
J. L. Beck
Martins Ferry
Kiwanis Division 11
E. Cole
Ralph N. Smeck
A. F. Jeutter
Boy Scout Organization
Kay Parrett
Charles Gilkey
Kenneth French
Dick Paynter
Vernon McKibben
Herbert Evans
George Beasley
Max Duncan
Frank Moser
Jim Porter
Franklin Sanborn
Elza Wyatt
Ted Neutzling
Kiwanis Quartet
J. E. Thackrey
B. A. Wolfe
Frances Smith Dies In Columbus Tuesday
Frances Smith aged 78, native of Athens, died at her Columbus home after months of illness. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday at 30 Clark Place with burial in Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Widow of Samuel Smith, she lived 52 years in Columbus and leaves son Oren Smith and daughter Mrs. Hattie Stewart, plus a brother, sister, and three grandchildren.
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Frances Smith
Athens
Clark Pl
Columbus
Wesley Chapel
Smith
Samuel Smith
Oren Smith
Hattie Stewart
New Plymouth Man Fined by Cornell
Clarence C. Todd of New Plymouth was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell for allowing an unlicensed operator to drive his automobile. State Highway Patrol reported the incident occurred Monday on Route 56.
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Clarence C. Todd
New Plymouth
State Highway Patrol
Cliff Cornell
Ironton Man Fined On Driving Charge
William F. Wright of Ironton was fined $10 and costs by Municipal Judge John Halliday of Gallipolis after an arrest on Route 7 near Kananga for unsafe operation of his automobile. State Highway Patrol reported the incident occurred last Saturday night.
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William F. Wright
Ironton
Kananga
State
John Halliday
Gallipolis
Three Farmers To Represent Athens County at AAA Meet
Three Athens County farmers Frank Pugh Roy Gilham and Lee Glass will attend a state AAA committeemen meeting in Columbus on February 18 to discuss possible marketing quotas for 1941 corn and wheat. The quotas proposed by Elmer F Kruse set corn at 10 above normal and wheat at 35 above normal with penalties for over allotments. If quotas are rejected there will be no loans and no limits on marketing.
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Fairfield County
Morgan County Committee
Roy James
Athens County
Columbus
Frank Pugh
AAA
Roy Gilham
Lee Glass
Elmer F. Kruse
Auglaize County
U. S
Social Security Representative to Visit Athens Clinic
A Nelsonville Social Security Board representative will be at the Employment Security Center in Athens on February 13 from 1 to 2 p.m. to provide information on the federal old age and survivors insurance program. The visit serves Athens County residents as part of regular Nelsonville office services.
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Nelsonville
The
Social Security Board
Employment Security Center
Court St
Athens
Athens County
Waiter Fined for Failure to Stop at Sign
Deanville waiter was fined five dollars and costs for failing to stop at a traffic sign on Route 33 by Mayor Cliff Cornell after a State Highway Patrol report. A patrol statement issued today ties the charge to the incident Tuesday evening. More people die in the first 15 minutes of life than in any full month later, the report notes.
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Sweaty
Deanville
State Highway Patrol
Cliff Cornell
Car and Truck Damaged In Route 56 Crash
Route 56 collision near New Marshfield caused about 100 dollars in auto damage to R. E. Sickles 52 of Athens Route 2 and minor truck damage to R. H. Lowery 23 of Carbondale. Incident occurred Tuesday night at 7 o clock, according to Highway Patrol.
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R. E. Sickles
Athens
R. H. Lowery
Carbondale
New Marshfield
Highway Patrol
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