Questions About Athens Draw Mail From afar
A former Vietnam era resident, now secretary of the Athens Business Association, fields about 200 monthly queries about Athens. Mail shows varied ages, requests range from history to local goods prices, birthplaces, postal material, and even deer hunting inquiries.
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Athens
Vietnam
John Algeo
Athens Business Association
Toledo
Ohio
Hicksville
N. J
Lorain
Tam
Brazil
Jacob's Creek Job Corps
Bristol
Greece
Mindon
Alexandria
Webers Of Rutland Carry On Maple Syrup Tradition
Vernon Weber and his son Dean lead a Meigs County Maple Syrup effort rooted in three generations. From tapping hard maples to boiling sap over a wood fire, the family gathers sap, bottles syrup, and shares buckwheat pancakes with grandparents. Dean eyes college then the craft may pass to Dallas and Duane.
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Beulam Jones Meigs
Rutland
Vernon Weber
Webers
Vernon
Middleport
August Weber
Chester
Weber
Meigs County
Upper New York State
Ohio
Wener
Dean Weber
Meigs High School
Dallas
Dad Weber
Dean
Ded
Gare
Heritage Room preserves Rio Grande College history for decades
Rio Grande College’s Heritage Room in Albier Davis Library houses early records, president portraits, and mementos including shoes of its famed athlete. Curator Mrs. Mary Lewis, who holds deep ties to the college and her late husband WA Lewis, maintains artifacts from 1876 onward, highlighting Atwood and Haning Hall legacies and school pioneers.
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Siett Phate
Rey Crow
Mary Lewis
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Jeanette Albier Davis
Lewis
Rio Nue College
Academe
Gala County
Ira Z. Haning
Atwood
Atwood Hall
Haning
Haning Hall
Robert A. Jones
Dayton
Heritage Hall
AL Woods
Horace T. Hout
Ohio University
Good Old Days Echo in 96 Year Old Mrs Coe's Tale
At 96 Mrs. Coe recalls her family trip to Canada in 1907 when her husband withdrew 500 dollars in gold from an Athens bank for a cross country journey. She sewed dust gold into her slip to carry it on a 2000 mile trek. She reflects on homesteading days, simple farm life, and lasting health from a simple diet. She remembers schooling, railroads, and family ties in Vinton County near Lake Hope.
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Athens
Canada
Tena Coe
Forrest Dearth
Route
Prattsville
Vinton County
Dearth
Oscar
Columbus
Frances Simms
Tore
Bethel Church
Creola
12000 Miners Strike Over Solon Hedging
Charleston West Virginia reports 12000 southern coal miners strike over compensation laws for pneumoconiosis and black lung. Miners demand representation and action from legislators while planning mass protests and a Sunday mass meeting in Affin Wy near Beckley.
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Solon
Charleston
W. Va
Othenel Bennington
West Virginia
Cal
Bennington
Jegislature
Affin Wy
Beckley
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Webers of
Dallas Wehner
Bevick Jones
Rio
Roy Cross
George Lovell
Messenger
Teh Ray Cree
Wily Knight
Nicheinen
High and
Nye Streets
Chammeny
Helen
Joe Nichols
Mrs
Tena Cor
del. J. Watson
House Judiciary Committee
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