Livestock Yard Planned on Totman Airport Land
Athens City Council approves relinquishment of a Totman lease on airport land to allow Chapman Gardner for a weekly livestock sales yard adjoining Route 50. The city also hires an extra traffic officer, ununiformed, to curb violations and considers parking meter pilots on Court Street.
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Totman
Rowland
Athens
W. W. Totman
Chapman & Gardner
Guysville
Amesville
Homer Baird
Baird
Council
C. O. Gibson
Gibson
Carpenter St
House Approves O. U. Dormitory Funding Bill
The Ohio House approved by 91 to 11 a bill empowering Ohio University trustees to raise about 125000 for a girls dormitory. Rep. George A. Banks cited banks willing to lend with repayment from student fees. plans include one or more dormitories amid opposition from Reps. Ward and Van Ness. The bill goes to the Senate for early consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ohio University
Senate
George A. Banks
Athens
House Committee On
State Buildings, Parks and Public Works
P. E. Ward
Geauga
W. P. van Ness
Champaign
Safe Building Commission
Rep. Ward
Ward
Rep. van Ness
Ohio State University
Building Commission
Banks
Banquet Planned for FFA and FHA at Ames Bern High
The annual banquet of the Future Farmers of America and Future Home Makers of America will be held Tuesday evening March 23 in the Ames Bern High School Auditorium. Dr. L. E. Jackson junior dean of the College of Agriculture at Ohio State University will be the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Future Home-Makers of America
Ames-Bern High School
L. E. Jackson
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Capt Stoll to Visit National Guard Unit
Under Lt. Francis Efaw the National Guard Head Quarters Company of the Second Battalion 166th Infantry held a drill inspection at the Armory Monday night. New recruit Glen E. Hutchinson was named and a visit by Capt. A L Stoll is awaited next Monday. The unit also organized a regimental basketball team for an April Columbus tournament with practice led by Clair Dunn.
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Francis Efaw
National Guard
166Th Infantry
Set. E. Barnhart
C. Pyles
Glen E. Hutchinson
Efaw
A. L. Stoll
Regular Army
Columbus
Armory
Clair Dunn
Ohio University
Ames-Bern Team Takes Twelfth in Apple Judging Contest
During Farmers Week in Columbus the Ames-Bern team led by Howard Keirns Gail Fleming and Victor Keirns earned twelfth place in the annual vocational agricultural apple judging contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ames-Bern
Howard Keirns
Gail Fleming
Victor Keirns
Snow Clings and Melts Downtime Weather Report
Snow clings and melts across Athenians as sleet and slush hinder foot and auto travel. After a low of 33 and a 34 reading, temperatures stay above freezing with .43 inches of rain and forecasts call for continued cloudy and colder conditions with possible snow flurries tonight.
Speakers Named for Industrial Arts Meetings in Ohio
Six addresses are scheduled for the Industrial Arts sectional group of the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association at Ohio University Super Hall on February 20. Prof. Charles R. Knison chairs. Lloyd B. Bjornstad opens with The Nature of the General Shop Course. George E. McLaughlin discusses The Activities of the General Shop. Earl M. Wood speaks on Problems Encountered in Introducing a General Shop Course. Afternoon speakers include Allan A. Ellis with An Experimental Course in the Athens Schools. Rudolph Hankison on Making the Assignment and Presenting the Problem in the General Shop. James F. Rutgers on Presenting the Related Information in a General Shop Course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ohio University
Charles R. Knison
Lloyd B. Bjornstad
Athens Senior High School
George E. McLaughlin
Earl M. Wood
Ames-Bern High School
Athens
Allan A. Ellis
Rudolph Hankison
Logan Junior High
James F. Rutgers
Logan Senior High School
Atkinson Sues for 175 Dollar Loan in Athens County
H. V. Atkinson seeks judgment for 175 dollars from Berenice Carter in Athens County Common Pleas Court claiming the amount is due on a loan. The petition was filed today in the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Atkinson
Berenice Carter
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Athens to stage community drama with Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Dr. Robert Gates Dawes outlined a plan for a university city theatre program inviting townspeople, faculty, and students to participate. The March production recreates the 1915 Athens Opera House staging of Ten Nights in a Bar Room and aims to provide professional plays people want to see, with town input encouraged.
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School of Dramatic Arts
Athens
Robert Gates Dawes
Green Pastures
Dawes
Athens Opera House
Extortion Suspect Taken to Marietta
John Robert Lynch of Parkersburg was arrested in Athens by federal agents and moved to Marietta for arraignment. His wife was arrested in West Virginia in connection with the case after a threatening letter demanding 1500 dollars was sent to a Weston family.
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John Robert Lynch
Parkersburg
Athens
Marietta
United States
Lynch
West Virginia
Weston
W. Va
Boyles Welcomes Baby Son at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A son named Arthur Francis J. Boyles was born to Mr. and Mrs. A F Boyles of Pine Place at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Monday. Garnet Wallace is discharged to her home in Glouster after Christmas time treatment. Other hospital dismissals include Mrs. William Mace of New Marshfield Harriet Vin ey of Glouster and Mrs. C L Dupler and baby son of Glouster.
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Arthur Francis J
A. F. Boyles
Pine Place
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Garnet Wallace
Glouster
William Mace
New Marshfield
Harriet Vin«ey
C. L. Dupler
Marriage Licenses Filed for Bower Silvas Bateman Goss
William L. Bower 40 Columbus salesman wed Beatrice L. Silvas 30 Athens in an application. Carl A. Bateman 25 Nelsonville miner and Bernice C. Goss 27 Nelsonville daughter of Dallas Goss filed for marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Bower
Columbus
Beatrice L. Silvas
Athens
Carl A. Bateman
Nelsonville
Miner
Ed Bateman
Bernice C. Goss
Dallas Goss
Coconuts On Nicobar Islands Used In Omong
On the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal coconuts are used in omong a local practice noted in the region.
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Nicobar Islands
Bay of Bengal
Junior High Team Heads to Marietta Tournament
Athens Junior High School boys under coach Robert Essex travel to Marietta for the annual basketball tournament on Thursday and Saturday. About 90 players competed this season, divided into heavyweights middleweights and lightweights with four teams in each division. Nine games determine division champions who receive letters, followed by an all star team chosen by the players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Junior High School
Robert Essex
Marietta
Allstar
Re-Employment Group To Attend Regional Conference
The Athens office of the National Re-employment Service will close Thursday Feb 18 as director Thomas Hixenbaugh and assistants Cyril Arnold Emma Stamforth and Kathryn Burson attend a regional training conference in Chillicothe. District 10 covers Athens Fairfield Hocking Perry Pickaway Ross Counties. District 7 includes Gallia Jackson Lawrence Meigs Pike Scioto Vinton. District 6 serves Adams Brown Clinton Highland Warren Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
National Re-employment Service
Thomas Hixenbaugh
Cyril Arnold
Emma L. Stamforth
Kathryn Burson
Chillicothe
Fairfield
Hocking
Perry
Pickaway
Ross
Gallia
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs Pike
Scioto
Vinton Counties
Adams, Brown, Clinton, Highland, Warren
Fayette Counties
New Rufus Putnam School Officers Introduced at Assembly
New school officers were presented at a Putnam assembly led by outgoing president Mary Jane Beckley. Kyle McAfee became president with Annabelle White as vice president and Claudine Steppe as secretary.
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Rufus Putnam School
Kyle McAfee
Mary Jane Beckley
Annabelle White
Claudine Steppe
Lincoln
Willard Poston
Paula Watkins
Thelma Coffey
Jean Slagel
Ann Dilley
Alvina Davis
John Hyre
Salem
Gregory Zenner
Countess Discusses Europe Tensions at Ohio Convocation
The Countess of Listowel outlines competing Teuton and Slav spheres in Europe. She cites Baltic border zones and Memel unrest, notes a 1944 expiry of the Polish Corridor pact, and warns of tensions in Silesia Bessarabia Czechoslovakia and Austria while arguing democracies avoid war and dictators lack funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Countess of
Wesleyette Quartet Sings at Albany Evangelistic Service
The Wesleyette Quartet of the Wesley Foundation at Ohio University will perform at the Albany Methodist Church Tuesday night February 16. Rev. Russell Bailiff student pastor will deliver the sermon as services begin at 7:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyette
Wesley Foundation of
Ohio University
Methodist Church
Albany
Russell Bailiff
Two Divorces Granted in Athens County Court
Judge O F Rowland granted two divorces in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Thelma Coon obtained a decree from Edward Coon as he is confined in Ohio Penitentiary. Jesse Coss was divorced from Dorothy Coss for cruelty. Edna Donley filed for divorce from Wilbur Donley citing cruelty and seeking custody of two minors, married in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Library To Open at Salvation Army Hall
A free lending library will open in the Salvation Army basement on the West Side to serve the public. It operates daily with specific afternoon and evening hours and Saturdays. Sponsored by the Salvation Army through the Athens County Library Association, it will catalog and register readers, sourcing books from WPA libraries and local donors under Mr. Marion Parker.
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West Side
Salvation Army
Athens County Library Association
WPA
Marion Parker
Ohio University
Earthen Breastworks Used at Battle of New Orleans
The report states earthen fortifications were employed in the Battle of New Orleans, challenging the common belief that cotton defenses were used. It notes the improvisation of earthworks and their role in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
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Athens Messenger
Ohio
Withene Coddell
McCune
L. W. Kelley
Bert Russell
Harry L. Wilson
Riverside Drive
Byard and
Smith
Madison and Spring
Canal and Mary 8
Woodard and Forest
Central Ave
Clark St
Len B. McCune
Court St
C. W. Gross
Anna Watkins
E. Washington St
O. U
Cline’s Pharmacy
Capt. Stoll
Fishbaugh
W. Union Street
Tues
Herbert Marshall
Ann Shirley
Walter C. Kelly
Edith Fellows
Gun Creek
Buck Jones
Sun
Alice Faye
Adolph Menjou
Mon
Ann Southern
Gene Raymond
Masons
F. Dpd. Chism
W. H
Fathers and Sons
F. D. Chism
J. A. Palmer
Rauus
National Distillers Products Corporation
New York
Grab Orchard
Putnam Assembly
Baltic Sea
Baltic States
Germany
Russia
Baltic
Memel
Lithuania
Poland
Silesia
Czechoslavia
Bessarabia
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Italy
Ethiopia
Titler
Blum
Libray
Salvation Army Hall
Cline
Haddock
X-70
Sohilo
Sohio
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