Athens County property tax collection to open March 1
Treasurer John Preston and Auditor C. O. Gibson expect the Athens County real estate tax collection to start about March 1 after delays caused by a special election and auditor's office disruptions. About 15 000 property owners face delinquent taxes, with $100 000 in back taxes collected over the past two years.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Athens County
John Preston
C. O. Gibson
Preston
L. W. Russell
State Tax Commission
Plan Table Tennis at West Side Gymnasium
Equipment for table tennis will be available at the recreation center in the West Side School gymnasium Monday Jan. 15 according to Lewis Sabo recreation director Approximately 105 persons attended the West Side sessions Thursday Pupils of the second grade have now been given an opportunity to play games under the supervision of Mr Sabo and his staff Previously only third fourth and fifth graders received instruction Mr Sabo again wishes to announce that there will be classes in handicraft in the basement of the Central Ave Methodist Church on Monday Jan 15 Boys should report at 715 p m and girls at p m
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West Side
Lewis Sabo
Sabo
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
Simple home remedy promotes RU-EX COMPOUND mixed with water and lemon juice to ease rheumatic or neuritis pain. Two tablespoons twice daily. results claimed within 48 hours. Money back guarantee if it does not help. Sold by your druggist.
Toy-pistol bandit confesses holdups
Tousled 18 year old Arthur Trader of Ath ens and Meigs County admitted to Athens and Meigs County police and state troopers that he held up the Coolville gas station on November 9 1939. He pleaded guilty in Athens Justice court and is held on $2000 bond awaiting grand jury action. Trader also confessed to the Davis station attempt and was arrested in Pomeroy after the failed hold up. He said he used a scraped toy pistol and took about $40 from Ashcraft station and $25 to $30 from Coolville. He planned to return to CCC camp in West Virginia.
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Arthur
Athens
Meigs County
Athens City
E. G. Ashcraft
Coolville
Ashcraft
Pomeroy
Trader
Justice of the Peace
T. R. Bennett
CCC
West Virginia
L. D. Davis
Charles Evans
Athens County
George Beards
Ashcraft Station
Davis
Long Bottom Route 2
Junior High Court League Opens Today
The Athens Junior High School boys intramural basketball season starts this afternoon in the new gym with eight teams in action. Heavyweight matchups include Buckeyes vs Gophers and Indians vs Giants, while Cubs meet Badgers and Lions face Bears in lightweight play. Each player must play at least one quarter each game. games supervised by Robert Essex.
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Athens
Buckeyes
Gophers
Indians
Giants
Cubs
Badgers
Lions
Bears
Glennis Faughty
Jack Truipp
Bob Moore
James Music
George Thomas
Duane Bell
Bob Mills
Junior Elaw
Jim Burt
Bill Maxwell
James Tom
Roger Rowland
Richard Gorby
Robert Garrett
Robert Wakefield
Duane Deem
Robert King
Allison Gibson
Charles Stack
Bill Trautwein
Jack Chappelear
Howard Elaw
Franklin Seaborn
Tad Grover
Teddy Dean
Tom Thomas
Dick Miller
Jim Duncan
Richard Swartz
Don Moore
Joe Walburn
Paul Larch
Robert Allmark
Dick Paynter
Robert Daft
Bill Hammerle
Charles Abraham
Jack Stokes
John Caskey
Bob Jones
Roy Yaw
Vernon McKibben
Homer Stanley
Herbert Evans
Charles Duncan
Jack Corwin
Elza Wyatt
James Cumley
Bob Vercoe
Darrell Burdette
Bill Beckley
Dick Shoemaker
Robert Essex
Cora Withers Rites Sunday
Mrs. Cora Davis Withers 67 died at home in New Marshfield after long illness. Survived by one daughter Kathleen, four sisters, six grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at her residence, Rev. Miles E. Hoon officiating. burial in New Marshfield Cemetery.
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Cora Davis Withers
New Marshfield
Sylvester Withers
Edith McVey
Bernice Searls
Kathleen
Nona Wright
Columbus
Loren Stone
Gallipolis
Frank Farrell
Portsmouth
Frank Russi
Zanesville
Roland McVey
Athens
Adrian McVey
Williamsport
Dorothy Searls Reeder
Helen Searls Morris
Gratiot
Elda McVey, Shover
McArthur
Wilma McVey Jackson
Miles E. Hoon
New Marshfield Cemetery
Anthropologist Fay-Coles to Speak at OU Convocation
Fay- Cooper Cole of the University of Chicago will address Ohio University at Memorial Hall next Monday at 9 am on An Anthropologist Looks at Race. Cole, a noted authority in anthropology and author of several books, is expected to draw a large audience with discussions on racial problems and beliefs.
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Fay- Cooper Cole
University of Chicago
Ohio University
Memorial Hall
Cole
Births and procedures at Sheltering Arms Hospital
At Sheltering Arms Mr and Mrs Robert Rood of 140 1 2 W Union St are parents of a son born last night. Miss Irene Shafer of 435 1 2 Richland Ave had an appendectomy this morning and Mrs Juanita Hull underwent a minor surgical operation.
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Robert Rood
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Irene Shafer
Richland Ave
Juanita Hull
24 Tons of Hay Is Basis of Lawsuit
Carlos W. Lynch sues James A. Ross etter in common pleas court for $108 claiming he owned an undivided half in 24 tons of hay on the defendant’s Albany area farm. Lynch says Ross took exclusive possession in fall 1938 and 1938-39 and sold the hay for his own use.
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Common Pleas Court
Carlos W. Lynch
James A. Rossetter
Albany
Lynch
Gilt Chain Started By Waterloo Youths
Improvement in hog stock is the goal of a gilt chain started by the Waterloo Chapter Future Farmers of America. Two Hampshire gilts were bought to operate the chain. Gilts will be given to two members who will repay by returning two gilts from their first litters, then four more gilts available next season. The gifts were made from orchard project proceeds and awarded to Caster Griffin and Paul Stahl.
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Watreloo
Future Farmers of America
Hampshire
D. E. Finsterwald
Athens County
Caster Griffin
Paul Stahl
Woman Scolds Mayor in Hamilton Over Bookmaker Ban
An irate Hamilton woman demanded to see Mayor William Morrison and said she would never vote for him again. She criticized the mayor for closing bookmaking offices so tightly that a $2 bet cannot be placed.
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Hamilton
William Morrison
OU Student Burns While Trying to Burn Tree at Home
J Bonner Poushey a senior in Ohio University journalism was severely burned on his face and arms when a Christmas tree burst into flames in his Bessemer Pennsylvania home. He escaped through the fire and plans to return to Athens to resume classes next week.
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Bessemer
J. Bonner Poushey
Ohio University
Poushey
Athens
Restigouche salvage resumes for Le Marquis De Malauze
Campbellton reports dredging operations resumed to salvage the old French warship Le Marquis De Malauze buried in mud off Restigouche. The vessel served in the line in the final engagement of the Seven Years War, the battle of the Restigouche. A fragmentary note mentions Johann Schmidt, a German, shot in the heart during World War I, still living with the bullet embedded.
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Campbellton
N. B
Restigouche
le Marquis de Malauze
Line
the Restigouche
Johann Schmidt
Ees
Nor
Woman's Skull Fractured In Highway Collision
Mrs. Minnie Johnson, 65, of 444 Richland Ave., was critically injured at Sheltering Arms Hospital after stepping into a car driven by Walter O. Smith, 25, of Shade, in front of her home on a city highway about 9:30 last night. Eyewitnesses said Smith swerved to avoid her, but Johnson was not seen.
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Minnie Johnson
Richland Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Johnson
Smith
Re Registration Plan For Athens County Relief
State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced in Columbus that he will order re registration of all Athens County relief clients. A quarterly sworn declaration of need will be required under state relief law. Sherwood warned of penalties for falsification and noted possible ineligibles amid concerns about relief administration.
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Charles L. Sherwood
Columbus
Athens County
Sherwood
Athens County Relief Administration
State Welfare Department
Lott Bricker
Athens County Unemployed Committee
Athens County Relief Office
Soil Program To Be Better In Next Year
Athens County farmers in the 1940 AAA Farm Program will adopt more soil conservation practices under the 1949 plan. Changes in soil-building credit improve farmers ability to implement alfalfa and red clover while not altering potential earnings, with lime and clovers already common. Historical use included 4 276 tons of lime and thousands of acres seeded.
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Athens County
AAA
Frank Pugh
AAA Committee
Pugh
Two Transients Rob Traveler After Drinks in West Union
Charles Flesher of Weston West Virginia told police that two men befriended him, shared drinks, then choked him in a dark alley and stole his remaining money. Forest King of Parkersburg and Roland H. Mathews of Charleston were arrested on identification, found with 1.25 dollars, and held until morning.
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Charles Flesher
Weston
W. Va
Flesher
W. Union St
Charles Maple
Joe McBride
Forest King
Parkersburg
Roland H. Mathews
Charleston
King
Mathews
Harry Dalton
Zanesville Driver Fined in City Court
Clarence Slack a 60 year old resident of Zanesville was fined five dollars plus costs after a city court hearing in Athens for driving with insufficient lights. Slack was cited December 9 after being arrested on Route 33 north of Athens but did not appear for the hearing a warrant was issued and served Wednesday by the state highway patrol.
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Zanesville
State Highway Patrol
Clarence Slack
Cliff Cornell
Athens
Slack
Albany School Board Names New Officers
Albany Consolidated District School Board elected officers at the 1940 reorganizational meeting. C. F. Vorkes was named president, George Bean vice president, and W. G. Tewksbury clerk, with members including Mrs. Eleanor Rowell N. F. Knowlton and Fred Elliott.
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Albany Consolidated District School Board
C. F. Vorkes
George Bean
W. G. Tewksbury
Eleanor Rowell
N. F. Knowlton
Fred Elliott
Cruelty Charged In Divorce Suit Filed In Common Pleas
Lillian A. Williams seeks divorce from William Williams of Wilmington on grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect. Filed by Charles Robson as next friend since the plaintiff is a minor. Married in Pomeroy in May 1937. husband left home in July 1939 and has not returned. seeks attorney fees, temporary alimony, and restoration of maiden name Lillian A. Robson.
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Common Pleas
Lillian A. Williams
William Williams
Wilmington
Charles Robson
Pomeroy
Williams
Lillian A. Robson
West Siders Parade With Favorite Toys
A second grade toy parade took place at West Side School on Tuesday afternoon as pupils presented their favorite playthings after the Christmas vacation. Teacher Miss Pauline Kimes led the discussion about the toys afterward.
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West Side School
Pauline Kimes
Praise Service at Hocking Pilgrim Holiness Church
The Rev and Mrs Paul Lucas will conduct an old fashioned praise service Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock at the Hocking Pilgrim Holiness Church.
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Paul Lucas
Hocking Pilgrim Holiness Church
Ellen Biddle Named Head of Athens Red Cross Chapter
Miss Ellen Biddle, Ohio University graduate and daughter of Dr. D. H. Biddle, appointed executive secretary of the Athens County Chapter of the American Red Cross. She will start Monday, study a month at National Red Cross headquarters, Washington, and succeeds Mrs. Dwight H. Rutherford who served eight years. Also noted, a Munich professor teaches fish to respond to sounds and colors.
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Ellen Biddle
Ohio University
D. H. Biddle
Athens County
The
American Red Cross
Board of Directors
Miss Biddle
Columbus School For Girls
Athens
Red Cross
Dwight H. Rutherford
Montgomery
Ala
School For Red Cross
National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Munich
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