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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1934
Page
22
A Logan survey by material men shows a continuing building slump for 1933 with only one new residence built in the city. The lone new dwelling was a brick veneer home by Dr. J. B. and M. H. Cherrington on West Hunter Street, while Rock area activity was similarly limited.
The item notes Hilda Jane Lehman planning to bring ice for the Knox School winter carnival in Cooperstown New York. It also outlines broader 1930s building activity including CCC camps Camp Hocking and Camp Logan, limited private construction, rising lumber costs, and recent school repainting under CWA supervision in Logan.
Athens gains street upgrades funded by the Civil Works Administration with 20 percent of material costs and labor provided. College and West Union Streets widened and brick relaid with tar sealant. Congress Street partially open and under construction. Mill Street improved. airport grading begun. Potential projects include widening West Union Street and paving multiple avenues, plus a sanitary sewer on Richland Avenue.
Mary A. Covert recommends restoring old furniture by removing the old finish with a paint or varnish remover, sanding smooth, and applying a two to one mix of boiled linseed oil and turpentine heated in hot water. Wipe excess oil, repeat until absorbed, then rub in oil. If darkening occurs, use a one to one mix of white shellac and denatured alcohol, dry, sand off shellac, and finish with wax. Polish with flannel after 10 minutes.
Harold Brown of the state highway department said major highway work in the county will resume in spring with concrete paving. CWA crews have been delayed by unfavorable weather, delaying a definite completion date for segments including Route 9 between Chauncey and Sacksoer Trimble Road and areas around Mineral, Coairy, and New Marshfield.
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