10 Below Zero Marks First Frosty Day in 1940 Athens
Nineteen forty opened with temperatures at 10 degrees below zero in Athens with readings as low as 15 below elsewhere. Gas stations sold anti freeze, plumbers thawed pipes, and the Hocking River and lakes at the Athens State Hospital grounds froze over while ice skaters enjoyed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Bart Davidson
C. N. France
Weather Deiver
Charles L. Creamer
Richland Ave
Amesville
Hocking
Athens State Hospital
Ohio
University of Kansas
Elizabeth Barclay
Bus Quits and Passengers Endure Six Hour Wait
In January 1940 a Greyhound bus from Washington to St. Louis broke down near Canaanville due to internal problems. About 30 passengers waited in freezing conditions at a Joyce filling station as a replacement bus was arranged and a second bus headed toward Athens. One passenger slept through the halt, another cited a horoscope warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Points East
W. Union St
Canaanville
Washington
Parkersburg
Joyce
Indiana
Time To Enroll In Free Adult Education Classes In Athens
Enrollment in free adult education classes in Athens was extended announced by teacher Marion Parker. Registration is open Tuesday night Wednesday afternoon or Thursday night with classes at City Hall and Miss Marshalls home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Marion Parker
Athens City Hall
Ella Marrical
City Hall
Parker
AHS
Youth Held After Stolen Car Found
Ray Lloyd Yoho age 16 of 44 Central Ave pleaded not guilty Sunday before Mayor Cliff Cornell to operating an automobile without the owner's consent. He was held for Probate Court with bond set at 1000 dollars. State Patrol arrested Yoho at 3 am Sunday at the Mayfair in a 1937 sedan reported stolen shortly after midnight from 27 N Con St rental house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lloyd Yoho
Central Ave
Cliff Cornell
Yoho
Clare L. McLaughlin
N. Con
Izaak Walton League To Install Officers
Members of the Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League meet Tuesday night at 7 36 for installing officers for the coming year. Plans for an oyster supper in January at the Waterloo Township cabin will be discussed. Kills Big Hawk reported by David Walker Dexter who says a hawk with four wings was killed and measures 55 inches across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Izaak Walton League
City
Waterloo Township
Big Hawk
David Walker
Dexter
Mrs. Catherine Powell Jacoby Dies at 86 in Ohio
Mrs. Catherine Powell Jacoby died Sunday at her home two miles west of Athens on Route 56. She was 86, born in Long Bottom and married in 1876. Surviving are her husband, eight sons, 19 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, a brother Major Powell, and three sisters. Funeral at Union Methodist Church west of Athens Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. with burial in W Union Street Cemetery. Rev Miles Hoon to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Powell Jacoby
Miles A. Jacoby
Athens
Eli Jacoby
Jacoby
Long Bottom
Plains Man Fred Chevalier Dies at 66
Fred Chevalier 66 of The Plains died Sunday after a three month illness. A retired Ohio Fuel Gas Co. employee, he worked 40 years. Survived by wife, two stepsons Charles Pyles Athens and Earl Pyles, two sisters Mrs. William Watkins Athens and Mrs. Hattie Beverage Cincinnati, and a brother John Chevalier Long Bottom. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Stanley Jeffery. burial in W Union St. Cemetery. Friends may call at the Chevalier residence until funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Chevalier
the Plains
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Charles Pyles
Athens
Earl Pyles
William Watkins
Hattie Beverage
Cincinnati
John Chevalier
Long Bottom
Jones
Stanley Jeffery
W. Union St
Chevalier
Jersey cow purchased by Henry Hutchinson in Athens
Henry Hutchinson of Route 1 Athens buys Ohio Princess Bess 1018334 a Jersey cow from L F Miller of Athens. The purchase is recorded by The American Jersey Cattle Club New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Henry Hutchinson
Route 1
Athens
L. F. Miller
Ohio
Norway Skater Miss Fjolie A Guest in Columbus
Oslo native Miss Lillian Fjolie, friend of Sonja Heinie, staying with Mr. and Mrs. Schumann and visiting Woodard Avenue hosts Mr. and Mrs. Thor Olson. She skated on frozen hospital lakes Monday and enjoyed entertainment with Miss Jess Marie and Miss Elsie Lu Rowles. Mr. Hart Stansbury of Pomeroy also spent New Year’s with the Olsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor Olson
Woodard Ave
Herbert Schumann
Florence
Bexley
Lillian Fjolie
Oslo
Norway
Miss Fjolie
Columbus
Schumann
Fjolie
Sonja Heinie
Shey
Jess Marie
Elsie Lu Rowles
Hart Stansbury
Pomeroy
New Year's Formal at Country Club Dazzles Athens
The New Year began with a lavish New Year’s Eve dance at the Athens Country Club. About 70 couples filled the ballroom as Jack Watkins and his Coliseum Orchestra played. Guests wore white gowns and velvet, with many pre dance dinners hosted by local families. The night continued with encore dances past 2 a.m. and a birthday tribute to Mr. Rolland Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Athens Country Club
Jack Watkins
Coliseum Orchestra
William Herbert
John Nichols
Eleanor Roe
New Year's Eve Reception At Roe Home For Family Guests
Three Roe daughters and their husbands joined Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Roe of 30 Elmwood Place for a New Year's Eve watch party and reception. Guests included Mrs. Elaine Williams from Sandusky and Mrs. Dorothy Kennard with husband, plus Mrs. Eleanor Roe Nichols from Asheville. A novel cake reading Happy New Year 1940 and red candle table decor highlighted the celebration. The group, numbering 35 mutual friends, planned a second Roe event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Roe
Elmwood Place
W. H. Williams
Elaine Roe
Sandusky
H. C. Kennard
Dorothy Roe
John Nichols
Eleanor Roe
Asheville
N. C
Roes
Roe
New Year Open House at Arthur Boyles Jr Home
Mr and Mrs Arthur Boyles hosted a New Year open house and Eve party at their Pine Place home for Athens friends and week end guests including Mr and Mrs Frank Flanagan from Williamson and Miss Ruth Bridges from Washington Pa. Guests arrived to electric chimes and a log fire with a New Year buffet in a modern glass dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Boyles, Jr
Arthur Boyles
Pine Place
Athens
Frank Flanagan
Williamson
W. Va
Wayne Cubbedge
Huntington
Millicent
Harrad
Ruth Bridges
Washington, Pa
Boyles
Godfrey Deck l of
Wellston
Mrs. Boyles
Marriage Meddlers Court Queen Olga for Secret Talk
Madge Graham plots to use Queen Olga and her daughter Princess Olina to derail a plot against Mary Veritren. Mary, Madge’s niece, agrees to keep Olina away while Madge plans a covert interview with Olga. Olga appears eager yet cautious as the scheme unfolds during a guarded visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga
Philip Veritzen
Madge
Olina
Veritzen
Mary Veritren
Madge Graham
Mary
Maman
300 Skate the Old Year Out and New Year In at Midnight Carnival Party
Skaters packed the Rollercade for a 10:30 pm to 1:30 am New Year carnival with a grand march at 11:30 pm. Balloons, horns, and streamers filled the hall as a large crowd watched from balconies and attendees from several towns joined in the festivities and performances.
After Midnight Dance at Athens Country Club for Younger Set
Forty or more couples from the younger crowd danced New Year’s in the Athens Country Club hours after eleven to welcome the New Year. Guests included John Moore Jones and John Bailey, with chaperons Miss Marcelle Hyde and Sergeants Fair and Sell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Country Club
John Moore Jones
Roger Jones
Elmwood Place
John Bai
Adele Garrisons Secret Plan Revealed in Talk
The narrator confides to Adele Garrison that Mr Veritzen is visiting at ten thirty to discuss the play, but plans to divert him to Mary or Olina instead as the narrator is exhausted. Adele quietly acknowledges the scheme and insists on maintaining the surprise for Veritzen. The conversation hints at a forthcoming continuation tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Veritzen
Mr. Veritzen
Mary
Olina
Calendar notices and hospital returns from Amesville area
Local groups announce Monday and Tuesday meetings including Athenian Temple No 173 Pythian Sisters Sayre Study Circle and American Legion Auxiliary with January topic Legislature. White Shrine card party follows 7 30 pm. Mrs Bessie Keirns returns from Holzer Hospital. House guests from Sandusky Dayton and Columbus share holidays.
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Athenian Temple No
Pythian Sisters
N. Court St
Sayre
Mamie Steele
N. High St
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Me
John
E. W. Bailey
Mary Kyle
Gwendolyn Radabaugh
Sweeney Birth Announcement in Huntington
Mr and Mrs Bernard F Sweeney Logan West Virginia announce the birth of a son at St Marys Hospital Huntington December 28 weighing five pounds ten ounces and named Patrick Grandparents are Mr and Mrs J J Sweeney Madison Avenue and Mr and Mrs Shaver Huntington The Sweeneys have another daughter Jane Ann Prof and Mrs S S Minault of the University of Chicago have returned home after holidays with Mrs William Mills Mrs Leighton Aumiller and son Dick have returned to Columbus after holidays and Mr Aumiller accompanied them home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard F. Sweeeney
Logan
W. Va
St. Mary's Hospital
Huntington
Patrick
J. J. Sweeney
Madison Ave
Shaver
Sweeney's
Jane Ann
Bernard Sweeney
S. S. Minault
University of Chicago
William Mills
Leighton Aumiller
Columbus
Mr. Aumiller
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Thor Olsons
Athens Messenger
By Marian Bush Reeder
C. M. Ferguson
H. A. McCaskills
Glen Stancarts
Fergusons
Mrs. Ferguson
Mrs. Stancart
Mrs. McCaskill
Ernest Algeo
Gerald Kyle
B. F. Beckler
George Rutkoskie
Henry Williams
William Smiley
James Householder
P. F. Good
George Banks
Pauline Kimes
E. Paul Cotton
Olivia
Queen
Perrly
Woodrow Cline
Sturgill Cline
Chauncey
William Matheny
Earl Dilsher
Nelsonville
Ray Devitt
Kenneth McCoy
Betty Farnsworth
Markie Wallace
Stockport
Betty Buck
Fritz Buck
Racine
Lois Cecil Fling
Mary Ellen Heston
Janet Thompson
Mary Ellen Ogg
Alva Johnson
Herbert Ehrnfield
Zanesville
Kentucky
West Virginia
Jack Wilson
Chesterhill
Paul Crossley
Glen Crossley
Ruth Crossley
Jack Lindley
Ethel Sysebaugh
Clara Belle Eckard
Chance Brockiway
Buckeye Lake
Robert Wood
Canaanville Road
Mr. Wood
Leigh Bentley
Mary Ellen Wood
Baby
Washington, D. C
Leigh Moorehead
Norfolk
Moorehead
U. S. Naval Air Force
Ranger
Caribbean
Jack Breinich
Juanita Saylor
Mr. Breinich
Mrs
Anton Breinich
Crestline
Y Adele Garrison
Oscar Fulton
E. Washington St
Odd Fellows Hall
Bessie Keirns
Holzer Hospital
Howard Figley
Silas Hoisington
State St
Figleys
Howard Cecil
Dayton
Zella Carr
Grant Hospital
Dial
Logans
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