Fire destroys Ray Bailes home near Albany
A stove tank explosion while unloading gasoline in the Ray Bailes home caused a downstairs fire that consumed the century-old structure. Neighbor Boyd Williams suffered severe burns. Mr and Mrs Bailes escaped with only a few belongings. No local fire department. residents aided with buckets. The home, bought 75 80 years ago by the Bailes family, burned completely leaving two coats saved.
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Ray Bailes
Albany
Bailes
Boyd Williams
Williams
Thomas Bailes
Townhouse Road
Virginia
A Biles
School Girls Study Buying
The Junior and Senior Home Economics class at Central School completed a five week study on buying. Twenty six girls found eight percent of purchases are made by women and created labels, ads, and notebooks to illustrate how to buy clothes and food intelligently.
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Ruth Giesen
Kerr Re-elected Director at Ohio Hardware Convention
Kerr, a Athens merchant, was re-elected a director of the Ohio Hardware Association at the final session of the 1937 convention in Columbus. J. W. Bonifield was elected president and J. Blaser vice president with John B. Conklin as secretary treasurer. WPA paid wages totaling 87,896,463 to 1,804 persons on work relief projects in January.
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M. M. Kerr
Athens
Ohio Hardware Association
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Columbus
J. W. Bonifield
Zanes
J. Blaser
Cleveland
John B. Conklin
WPA
U.P
Ohio
125 Masons Attend Father-Son Banquet
Approximately 125 Masonic Lodge members and their sons gathered in the lodge hall last night for the annual father and son banquet. Three Athens men spoke on George Washington and sports, with Athenian teacher R W Emmert traveling to Chicago for a national mathematics meeting. A chicken dinner followed at 6 o'clock.
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Masonic Lodge
Lodge
Athens
Common Pleas
C. F. Rowland
E. 8 S. Dowell
Athens High School
George Washington
G. E. Mitchell
the Messenger
Wally Allen
Charles Cameron
Paul Gillilan
W. H. Leaders
Willis Johnson
Steel climbs to new high amid war stock advance
United States Steel rose to 110% for a 3 point gain and Bethlehem gained 3 points to 91% as war stocks lead heavy copper buying for armament. Oil shares hit new highs while motor stocks were varied with Chrysler up early then flat and General Motors slipping. Railroad and utility shares remained steady or quiet.
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New York
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
N. J. Answec
Texas Corp. Steels
Am. Rolling Mille
Bethlehem Jae Inanamennaan
Crucible
Peeeabsikinem
Republic Iron and Steel
U. S. Steel
OEY Motors
Briggs Mig
Ewnn
Ieee
Gen Motors Gehenenjestetermnnece
Stewart Warner Weetneepe
Timken Roller
Kennecott Rw
Am. Gas
Elec
Seagram
Hiram Walker
Actinema
Lone Star Schenley Distillers
Penn
Ohio
State Orators Competing at O U Tonight
Final speeches and judging will occur tonight at the Men s State Oratorical Contest in Ohio University Memorial Auditorium at 8 o clock Two elimination contests were held this afternoon at 2 30 in Fine Arts Auditorium and in Ewing Hall Auditorium Jack Meister Athens and Winifred Dinsmoor Marietta led the meetings Participants included delegates from Heidelberg Muskingum Kent State Wittenberg Wooster Capital Baldwin Wallace Ohio Wesleyan Otterbein Kenyon Akron and Ohio University Ray Keesey Cadiz senior represented Ohio University speaking on The Aristocracy of the Unfit
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Ohio University Memorial
Fine Arts
Ewing Hall
Jack Meister
Athens
Winifred Dinsmoor
Marietta
Heidelberg
Muskingum
Kent State
Wittenberg
Wooster
Capital
Baldwin-Wallace
Ohio Wesleyan
Otterbein
Kenyon
Akron
Ohio University
Ray Keesey
Cadiz
Former Agent To Talk Here At Athens Grange Hall
A farm management discussion focusing on soil conservation and adjusting to legume crops will be held at Athens Grange Hall on Tuesday February 23 at 1 30 p m. Ross Wright county extension agent invites all farmers. Floyd DeLashmutt of Ohio State University will lead the session. he began extension work in Athens County in 1919 and later served with the state farm bureau and as farm management specialist at the university for four years.
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Athens Grange Hall
Ross Wright
Floyd DeLashmutt
Ohio State University
DeLashmutt
Athens County
State Farm Bureau
University
Toledo and Cincinnati market notes on grains and produce
Livestock and grain prices feature wheat corn oats and red and yellow grain grades for Toledo. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh markets show eggs poultry butter and hogs with steady to firm quotes. Boston wool prices reflect irregular demand, with mills largely avoiding recent peaks and some near-term concessions.
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Toledo
Boston
U. S. Agriculture Department
Livestock Auction Prices Across Regions Hogs Cattle Sheep
Hogs range from 7.50 to 10.85 per hundred in Indiana and Pennsylvania reports with direct sales and varying weights. Cattle show slow to steady demand, with steer prices near 10.75 and calves around 9 to 11.50. Sheep futures mixed with lambs around 10 to 11.25 and lightweights weaker. Total receipts near 692 across Ross County reports, hogs 347, cattle 233, calves 43, and sheep 60.
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Pittsburgh
Ross County
Ross County Livestock Sales Co
Red Men to Initiate New Members Saturday Night
A special Mohawk Tribe No. 174 meeting will initiate candidates on Saturday night. Representatives from Pom eroy Nelsonville and Marietta in the district will attend the event.
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Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Marietta
Veterans of Foreign Wars to Meet in Athens Armory
A meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is set for 7 30 tonight at the Armory in Athens with members urged to attend.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Armory
Athens
Tomlinson Divorce Seeks Custody of Girl Placed in Convent
Kansas City judge grants divorce petition by aviator Tommy Tomlinson and orders four year old daughter Shelia Ann placed in a convent. Mrs Virginia Tomlinson, a writer, is described as unable to care for the child beyond her work.
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D. W
Tommy) Tomlinson
Virginia S. Tomlinson
Shelia Ann
Kansas City
Tomlinson
Ladies Aid Group Meets For Monthly Social And Business
Mrs Ruby Simpson hosted Fridays Ladies Aid Society meeting with Mrs Margaret Simpkins guiding the business program. Refreshments were served. Members present included Mamie Chadwell Helen Gillespie Clara Theisen Susie Bell Margaret Simpkins Jennie Cole Alice Theisen Gertrude Brown Lacey Howard Elsie Misner Alice Carr Anna Vincent and Ruby Simpson.
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Chauncey
Ruby Simpson
Ladies Aid Society
Margaret Simpkins
Mamie Chadwell
Helen Gillespie
Clara Theisen
Susie Bell
Jennie Cole
Alice Theisen
Gertrude Brown
Lacey Howard
Elsie Misner
Alice Carr
Anna Vincent
Junior High Loses Cecil McGlone At Marietta Contest
Athens ninth grader Cecil McGlone won the Class A free throw shooting contest held Thursday night at Marietta. The Junior High basketball team lost to Gallipolis in the tournament by 6 to 3.
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Cecil McGlone
Athens
Marietta
Gallipolis
Ohio University to Mail 65000 Pictorial Folders to Prospects
The Ohio University Service Bureau will mail 65000 pictorial folders to high school seniors in five states starting March 1. The task requires about 500 folding hours and 200 addressing hours, with NYA and special students aiding. Additional catalogs and leaflets will follow, and 1000 alumni will receive materials to aid recruitment.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio University Service Bureau
University Public Relations Committee
Misa Ann Lois Saura
N.Y.A
Ohio University
Athens
What Should Be the Farmer's Share in National Income
The Athens County Farm Leaders will discuss farmer earnings in a civil service room setting February 22 at 8 PM. A county extension bulletin outlines farm incomes and farmers' share of national income, with data linking industrial wage levels to farmer earnings.
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Athens County
Civil Service Rooms
Post Office
Dinsmore, Athens Resident, Dies at 89
Milo G. Dinsmore, long resident of Athens, died Thursday at his son Fide Dinsmore’s home. Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 pm at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Garden Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home Friday or Saturday.
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Milo G. Dinsmore
Athens
Fide Dinsmore
Fern St
Jones Funeral Home
Garden Cemetery
Revival Continues at East Canaan Pilgrim Holiness Church
Revival services continue at East Canaan Pilgrim Holiness Church with programs each night at 7 30 and a Sunday afternoon service at 2 30 Rev B H Pugh serves as the preacher.
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East Canaan
Major operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital reported
At Sheltering Arms Thomas Marcinko from The Plains underwent a major operation on Thursday. Don Strawn of 127 N Lancaster St and Ronald Schaar from U S Forest Service ranges were reported to be improved.
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Thomas Marcinko
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Don Strawn
N. Lancaster St
Ronald Schaar
U.S. Forest Service
Weather note from Athens reports near fifty degree chill
Morning temperature in Athens neared 50 degrees marking a high for the period. Expect warmer conditions this evening with cloudy skies and a chance of rain Saturday. Friday reached 40 and last night dropped to around 40 degrees.
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Athens
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