County tournament night thrills for Ames Rome Troy Waterloo
The report covers fans and cheerleaders at the county tournament with Ames Berns delegation growing, Hollister losing by a point as Rome and Troy high schools field strong squads and large supporting crowds. New Marshfield draws continued turnout with fresh recruits joining in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames-Bern
Mary Smith
Donna Sedwick
Helen Dorothy Ogg
Pauline Donaldson
Rebecca Smith
Homer Moorhead
Warren Mathews
Mary Lee Thompson
C. O. Gibson
Edward Timmons
Hollister
Richard Maynard
Ann Haskins
Donna Sayre
Alex Poches
Andy Anderson
Walden Deal
Frank Kearns
Rome
Rome High School
Eleanor Six
Thelma Wade
Ora Ashcraft
Herman Pierce
Robert Shipley
George Chesser
Pearl Russell
Bernice Russell
Kathleen Rrows
Knute Nunn
Kenneth
Pauline Root
Ruth Sutton
William Marshall
Stella Dean
Mary Klingberg
C. H. Copeland
Donna Mansfield
Roland Wagner
Harry Faulkner
T. O. Kincaid
June Eslocker
Louis Jandes
Madeline
Margaret
Betty Lou Jandes
W. A. McCune
Norma
June
Maryson
Jack Halbirt
Richard Pbell
Foster Starling
Edith Leyda
Mary Winter
Williard
Wilma Frisbe
William
Mary
Charles Ogg
Gertrude Ashcraft
Paul Dean
Ralph Barnes
Margaret Laverty
Clifford Glazier
East Side School to Host City Junior High Basketball Series
Recreation Director Lewis Sabo announced a planned series of basketball games at the WPA center in the East Side School gym to serve growing attendance. The schedule will be announced soon and the center will also offer handicraft classes in the Episcopal Church basement alongside volleyball badminton table tennis and basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
East Side
Lewis Sabo
Sabo
Episcopal Church
Williams Formula Gains Daily Praise Across Regions
Advert explains Williams Formula relief for acid stomach constipation and related symptoms. Letter from Lee V. Miller of Portland Michigan lauds the medicine. Sold at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store for $1.50. said to cost only a few cents a day with possible $10 value in relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee V. Miller
Portland
Mich
Williams
Mr. Lee V. Miller
Williams Formula
Quick’s
Cut Rate
Adv
East Students Celebrate Washington Birthday with Mt Vernon Tour
East Side School marked George Washington's birthday with an all school assembly. Students performed a Mt. Vernon tour led by Jo Ellen Young and others, including a flag salute, piano solos, and poetry recitals by fifth grade students. The Washington Club hosted an after school party with desserts served by Mrs. Drake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
George Washington
Jo Ellen Young
Hubert Frebault
Joseph Williams
Mt. Vernon
Dick Grikila
Nancy Ann Smith
Pat Kassing
Washington
June Reeder
Jane Grover
Martha
Marie Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Wayne Matthews
Washington Club
James Westfall
W. B. Drake
Athens Weather Report and River Stage Update
At noon in Athens the temperature was 33. Yesterday's high reached 38 and last night’s low fell to 27. The Hocking River fell to the five foot stage after hitting 13 feet on Monday. Snow is forecast for tonight and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hocking
Athens Messe School District Funds Scheduled for March First
The Ohio Department of Education asked the State Board of Control to release 10,883,923.38 dollars for the first 1940 quarterly school foundation distribution. Payments are due March 1 and include Athens 12,538 dollars, Nelsonville 12,618, Glouster 7,103, Mechanicsburg 6,056, Athens County 74,197, and Hocking and Washington counties totaling 78 thousand plus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Department of Education
State Board of Control
School Foundation
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Mechanicsburg
Athens County
Hocking County
Washington County
Red Cross Concludes First Aid Instructors Course
Twenty one participants completed a ten day 30 hour first aid instructors course led by George T. Costello in Athens Ohio. The program at Ohio University aimed to certify instructors who can teach others and issue Red Cross certificates. Participants included workers from The McBee Co Messenger Athens Fire Department teachers and students with roles ranging from machinist to forest ranger. A life saving instructors course begins February 26 at the Women’s Gymnasium for those with senior life saving certificates and a 15 hour prelim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Costello
American Red Cross
Athens County
Costello
Red Cross
Ohio University
Floyd O. Cross
the McBee Co
Walton E. Davies
Harold S. Davis
the Messenger
Carl J. House
O. A
Harold F. Junod
Athens
Charlotte E. la Tourrette
Audrey R. Meighen
Arthur R. Oliver
Raymond Pfleger
Roland J. Schaar
Margaret A. Bair
Howard B. Duff
Margaretta A. Eckis
Lillian M. Gullichio
Mary K. Graham
Jeannette W. Haas
Mary M. Jahn
Virginia R. Mullett
Marguerite K. Thiel
Esther L. Voorsanger
Robert I. Willis II
Albany Baptist Ladies Aid Bake Sale
The Ladies Aid of Albany Baptist Church will hold a bake sale Saturday morning at the T. W. Coe Hardware Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
The
Albany Baptist Church
T. W. Coe Hardware Store
Experts Outline New Fruit Growing Trends at Tri-County School
W C Dutton horticulture specialist cites experiments showing no single best spray material for apples. Emphasizes careful timing pressure and thorough coverage with milder sprays from petal fall onward. Dr J H Gourley notes little change in pruning thinning methods and highlights mulch versus cultivation potash findings at Wooster and Purdue. About 75 growers from Meigs Washington and Athens Counties attended the Coolville High School session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri- County
Coolville
W. C. Dutton
Michigan State College
Dutton
J. H. Gourley
Ohio State University
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Purdue University
Gourley
Meigs
Washington
Athens
Coolville High School
Tri-County Apple Growers Association
Pinecelli Testifies in Officials Bribery Trial in Athens
In Athens Greene and others testified about bribe payments to county commissioners. Pincelli admitted receiving over 12 000 in 1937 and 24 000 plus in 1939, with state inspectors ordering repayment of 140. Greene described payments to Whitmore and Maccombs and efforts to secure county work for his quarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NGER
Athens
Ohio
Pinecelli
Greene
Wells
Pincelli
Rose
Maccombs
Paul Watson
James R. MacSwords
John E. Greene
Whitmore
Commissioners
Kelso
Flat Run Lime Co
Taft Club in Athens Active
The Taft for President Club in Athens held a city hall meeting with 50 charter members and new recruits. Mayor Cliff Cornell presided as officers including John J. Woolley C. L. Jones J. W. Hudson Hal W. Murphy Nora Atkinson and E. F. Stocklin were listed with plans for future events and a membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City Hall
Cliff Cornell
Nora Atkinson
Hal W. Murphy
Charles Evans
John J. Woolley
C. L. Jones
J. W. Hudson
Fred Stauffer
E. F. Stocklin
Guysville Methodist Plans 2 Week Revival
The Canaanville Methodist Church on the Guysville Stewart Circuit schedules morning worship at 9 30 and church school at 10 30 for Sunday. Stewart meetings begin 9 30 with worship and 10 45 sermon. Rev J N Rice presides. Guysville church school at 9 45 and a 7 30 revival each evening except Saturdays. Second week evangelist Rev Richard Black of Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaanville Methodist Church
Guysville-Stewart
Stewart
J. N. Rice
Guysville
Richard Black
Albany
Hibbard Notified of Cousin Elizabeth Hibbard Death
P G Hibbard of 92 Lancaster Street learned today that his cousin Miss Elizabeth Hibbard of Huntington West Virginia died early today. She was sister to the late Will Hibbard and the late Dr Fred Hibbard of Athens and aunt to Donald Hibbard and Albert Hibbard formerly in Athens. Funeral plans were not set and burial is planned for Hebbardsville on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. G. Hibbard
Lancaster St
Elizabeth Hibbard
Huntington
W. Va
Miss Hibbard
Will Hibbard
Fred Hibbard
Athens
Donald Hibbard
Albert Hibbard
Hebbardsville
Mrs. McVay Dies at Home in Altus Oklahoma
Almeda Ross McVay formerly of New Marshfield died February 7 at her home in Altus Oklahoma. She is survived by her husband Henry S McVay a son a daughter and two grandchildren. One son preceded her in death three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almeda Ross McVay
New Marshfield
Altus
Okla
Henry S. McVay
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Louis Moore
Carl Seaman
Shirley
Elizabeth Almashy
John
William Barrows
Fred McBee
Mary Helen Copeland
Maxine Goldsberry
Margaret Hayes
Wilfred Hill
Frieda Bean
Marguerite Campbell
Buchtell
Betty Sheskey
Betty Tolliver
June Ervin
Rose Campbell
Ruth Huddy
Floyd McCune
Ned Tolliver
Rosemary
Raymond Rife
Ben Wagner
Harold Soles
Stanley Zalinski
Troy
Ray Fairchild
Doris Hayes
Troy School
Trojan
Betty Shanks
Beth Walden
Ray Walden
Virginia Knecht
Supt. A. Penrose
J. L. Shepard
Betty Burdette
C. E. White
Ada Deeter
Dorothy Pierce
Helen Rogers
Buford Findling
John Shanks
Virgene Kincaid
Charlene Bingman
Rodney
Paulina White
Donald Deeter
James Deeter
Harry Willett
C. C. Richardson
Ernest Cole
Cecil
Jack Richardson
Wendell Clark
Carlton Davis
Rachel
Kenneth Davis
Ernest Friend
Carl Welling
Waterloo
Bernice McLeod
Bertha Steinmeyer
Wesley Rice
William Bert
James Mace
Tom Winning
Home and Savings Association
E. Washington Street
East
Athens Messe
Blue Pike
Josten
Pete’ S
N. Court St
Commissioners’ Journal
Robinette Road
Taft Club
Hibbard
Schine
Athena
Aggven
Ilege
Athens Home Telephone Co
Frigidaire
Burke Ervin
General Motors
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