Peak of Influenza Epidemic Reaches Athens City
Athens area reports sharp rise in influenza with 251 city students absent and Ohio University infirmary filled. Superintendent Pendry says peak may be reached. 72 at Athens High School and five city teachers absent. Schools Carbon Hill and Monday closed. PTA meeting postponed.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Ohio U
Ohio University
Harper C. Pendry
West Side
E. Herndon Hudson
University Health Service
University Infirmary
Hudson
Pendry
Mildred Colville
Athens High School
Carbon Hill
Health tonic ad touts 8.8.8. for digestion and blood
An advertisement promotes 8.8.8 Tonic as a stomach helper and blood builder. It claims the product supports digestion and strength, promises health and happiness, and urges trials without organic disease, noting two bottle sizes and a 20 oz saver option.
Four State Patrol Arrests In Weekend Court Session
Four drivers were arraigned in Mayor Cornell's court after weekend arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Roland Westenbarger 29 of Mr. Vernon was fined five dollars and costs for failing to register his automobile. Daniel Jenkins 43 of the Zane Hotel Zanesville and Thomas M Matheny 64 of Lathrop faced DUI charges with Jenkins pleading not guilty and held to the grand jury under five hundred dollar bond while Matheny pleaded guilty and paid one hundred dollars and costs. Robert F Hattersley 20 a Ohio University student from Canton was fined ten dollars and costs for speeding. Hashings show Westenbarger Jenkins and Hattersley were arrested Saturday on Route 33 north of Athens and Matheny on Route 50 Alternate near Sugar Creek Saturday afternoon.
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Cornell
State Highway Patrol
Roland Westenbarger
Vernon
Daniel Jenkins
Zane Hotel
Zanesville
Thomas M. Matheny
Lathrop
Jenkins
Matheny
Robert F. Hattersley
Ohio University
Canton
Hattersley
Westenbarger
Athens
Sugar Creek
Jaycees of Athens At State Meeting
Mark Mathews president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce spoke at the Ohio State Junior Chamber of Commerce Board meeting in Columbus. George Carman presided as state Jaycee president while Athens delegates James Scriven Carlos Hatcher Daryl Watkins Brooks Ely and Wilbur Imes attended. The 21st birthday celebration featured a large cake from the State Chamber of Commerce.
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Mark Mathews
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ohio State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chittenden
Columbus
Columbus Jaycees
The
State Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Scotts Are Certified Under Civil Service
Glenn A. Scott serving as superintendent of the Athens County Children's Home and Mrs. Scott as matron have been certified by the State Civil Service Commission for those posts. The couple took Civil Service examinations last October.
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Glenn A. Scott
Athens County
Trustees Meet at OU for Routine Friday Session
Ohio University trustees held a brief Friday meeting. Attending were E. C. Eikenberry, G. K. Bush, C. D. Hopkins, E. C. Shively, and Arthur C. Johnson, with routine matters discussed.
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Ohio University
E. C. Eikenberry
G. K. Bush
C. D. Hopkins
E. C. Shively
Arthur C. Johnson
Farm prospects for 1941 outlook from Ross Wright
Athens County extension agent Ross Wright outlines the 1941 agricultural outlook under nonbelligerent U S policy. He projects higher prices for farmers with rising costs, modest overall acreage, and weaker foreign demand due to war and Britain’s blockade.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
United States
U. S
England
Great Britain
Argentina
Ohio
Kasler Buys Athens Clover Farm Store
Arthur Kasler of Amesville purchases the Clover Farm Store at Shannon Ave and State St in Athens from Ear P Meister of Athens. Kasler plans remodeling expanding departments and a full Clover Farm foods line with prime beef country sausage fresh ground steak and other meats. He will offer telephones two daily home deliveries and charge accounts.
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Arthur Kasler
Amesville
Shannon Ave
E. State Sr
Ear P. Meister
Athens
Kasler
Ohio State University
Dean Kasler
Guy Kasler
Clover Farm
Mechanicsburg
Mrs Ziggafoos Dies Saturday in Albany
Nell Foster Ziggafoos age 66 died Saturday at her Albany home. Survived by husband William Ziggafoos and two sons D. F. Ziggafoos Athens and T. D. Ziggafoos Albany, two daughters Captain and Mabel Ziggafoos, two sisters Miss Bess Foster and Mrs M D Zimmerman. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Albany M FE Church Rev Howard E Warner officiating. Burial Hebbardsville Cemetery. Friends may call at home.
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Nell Foster Ziggafoos
Albany
William Ziggafoos
D. F. Ziggafoos
Athens
T. D. Ziggafoos
Captain
Mabel Ziggaroos
Bess Foster
M. D. Zimmerman
Merchants To Meet at Dinner Here Thursday
The Athens Retail Merchants Association holds its annual meeting Thursday night January 16 at Hotel Berry starting at 6 30. Executive secretary John W Bolin announced the event. After dinner a program will follow and James P Cumley serves as association president.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Berry
John W. Bolin
James P. Cumley
Signal Tower of B O Damaged by Fire at Grosvenor
Fire started along the edge of the roof of the B O signal tower at Grosvenor and was extinguished before Athens firemen arrived. Fire Chief Harold Junod believed sparks from the chimney or a passing locomotive caused the blaze. Damage described as slight.
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B&o
Grosvenor
Athens
Harold Junod
Ath ens Cemetery Association Postpones Annual Meeting
The annual meeting scheduled for Thursday January 16 has been postponed. Officers said a new date will be announced later.
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Athens Cemetery Association
Central Life Insurance Company of Illinois Authorized in Ohio
The Ohio Department of Insurance certifies that Central Life Insurance Company of Illinois, Chicago, is authorized to transact insurance business in Ohio for the current year. Its December 31 1939 financials show assets 13 837 998 93 liabilities 13 368 756 33 net assets 469 242 60 paid-up capital 200 000 00 surplus 269 242 60, annual income 2 435 186 19 and expenditures 1 918 485 34. John A. Lloyd, Superintendent, seals the document.
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State of Ohio
Division of Insurance
Columbus
Central Life Insurance Company OF Illinois
Chicago
John A. Lloyd
Ins. of
Ohio
Elizabeth Sheridan Dies Here on Sunday
Elizabeth Anne Sheridan aged 82 died at her home 38 Shafer Street Athens Sunday morning after a illness of more than six months. She was born in Canaan Township and lived in Athens most of her life. She leaves one brother Edward F Sheridan. Funeral at St. Pauls Catholic Church Tuesday nine a m burial Mount Calvary Cemetery. Altar and Rosary Society will meet at her home tonight at 8 30.
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Elizabeth Anne Sheridan
Shafer St
Athens
Edward and Catharine Fagan Sheridan
Canaan Township
City Street Cleaner Struck by Automobile
Theodore Kern, 98 Shafer Street, an Athens street cleaner, was knocked to the ground at E Carpenter Street at 6:30 this morning by a car driven by Leslie Coon of Franklin Avenue. Kern suffered a cut over one eye a bruised leg and slight head injuries. He was taken home after treatment at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Coon was blinded by lights from an oncoming car and swerved toward the gutter where Kern worked.
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Theodore Kern
Shafer St
Athens
E. Carpenter St
Leslie Coon
Franklin Ave
Kern
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Coon
Navy Recruits Choose Training Path At Great Lakes
Navy apprentice seaman Charles B. Seevers of Harmony aged 19 completed preliminary training at Great Lakes Illinois and passed a competitive exam granting entry to a navy trade school He may tour Ford Navy Trade School classes for a month then select a course to study for three months before transfer to Norfolk or back to Great Lakes Details outline Ford School ratings admission criteria and future expansion including aviation and diesel engine courses offered at Ford plant.
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Charles B. Seevers
Don Seevers
Harmony
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
W. H. Byers
Athens
Seevers
Ford Navy Trade School
Naval Station
Norfolk
Ford Navy Trade Schools
Byers
Navy
Ford School
Ford
Deisel
Salvation Army Sun Day School Auction Draws Children
Athens branch holds semi monthly social and play money auction for Sun Day School pupils. Hot dogs and candy priced high, fish pond and items on the auction block. Over 40 children attended with growth in popularity noted by Mrs Hinshaw.
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Athens
The
Salvation Army
Sun
Pomeroy
Hinshaw
Injured in Fall At Home Mrs Bessie Mariner Hurt
Mrs Bessie Mariner a hotel Berry housekeeper suffered a dislocated elbow after a fall at her home 65 West Carpenter Street this morning.
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Bessie Mariner
Berry
Carpenter St
Store Disarranged as Auto Bumps Into Wall
Ralph Stone of New Marshfield pleaded innocent to unsafe operation after his car struck a Clover Farm store on West Union Street Saturday night. Police said the vehicle hit a service station pump denting it and knocking items from shelves. Stone was arrested by Police Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Joseph McBride.
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Ralph Stone
New Marshfield
Clover Farm
W. Union St
Cliff Cornell
Stone
Charles Maple
Joseph McBride
Stovepipe Explosion Damages No Property Loss
Firefighters responded to Maurice E. Haddox home at nine this morning after a small explosion in a dining room stove knocked the stovepipe to the floor. Pumper and ladder trucks were sent and Fire Chief Harold Junod reported no damage.
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Maurice E. Haddox
Harold Junod
Hospital News Brief From Athens Area
At Sheltering Arms Kirtha Jane Hoon two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hoon died Saturday morning. Mrs Dorothy Crider underwent a major operation Saturday. Admitted Saturday for medical treatment were Miss Ethel Augustine and Mrs Ella Goddard. Mrs Blanche Stanley underwent a major operation Sunday morning. Mrs Garnet Evener and infant daughter were released from the hospital Sunday. Released today were Miss Elnora Pidcock and Miss Helen Rowland.
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Sheltering Arms
Kirtha Jane Hoon
John Hoon
Oak St
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dorothy Crider
Lancaster St
Ethel Augustine
Ella Goddard
State St
Blanche Stanley
Albany
Garnet Evener
Elnora Pidcock
Helen Rowland
Glouster
Mackinnon to review For Whom the Bell Tolls for 4-H club
Ohio University professor N Mackinnon will review Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls at the Senior 4-H Club meeting. The venue moved to Athens Grange Hall, with the meeting set for Wednesday evening January 15 at 8 o'clock.
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Co. N. Mackinnon
Ohio University
Ernest Hemingway
Ross Wright
Athens Grange Hall
Mothers' Bible Class Meeting At Zion Baptist Church
The Mothers' Bible Class of Zion Baptist Church will meet Tuesday January 14 at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Lena Hamilton Lower Plains for its monthly gathering.
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Mothers’ Bible Class
The
Zion Baptist Church
Lena Hamilton
Lower Plains
Hoolock goblin of Assam named for its cry
The Hoolock goblin of Assam India earns its common name from the loud hoot like cry heard in the wild. Researchers note the distinctive call sounding as hoo lock and contributing to its identification.
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Assam
India
Selectees to Join Battery C on Feb 1 in Camp Shelby
Camp Shelby Mississippi report details Battery C receiving selective service inductees on Jan 20 and reorganizing into a 105 unit on Feb 1. The piece notes new staffing, a volleyball court, a trial team led by Sgt Carl Wilson and others, plus hospitalizations and classifying documentation at the 135th Field Artillery recreation hall.
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Athens
Battery Street
Carl Wilson
Tom Winning
Melvin Green
Dow Grones
William Green
Bernard Matheny
John Reeves
Clyde Pierce
Epidemic of Cold Symptoms Reported in Ad Copy
An advertisement touts 666 liquid or 666 tablets with 666 salve or nose drops that allegedly relieve cold symptoms on the first day. The copy frames a widespread cold relief claim as an epidemic level issue.
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W. W. Hinshaw
Nurito
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Thens Pharmacy
N.court ST
Fred C. Sanders
Were City Loan and Guaranty Company
S. Court ST
SONAL
Battery C
Sgt
K. McKinstry
Camp Shelby
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Arthur Larch
Emmett Parker
135Th Field Artillery
National Guard
Worto
ST Joseph
Weres Oey
White C. L
Wampole
Scott
Court ST
TON Jon Health
Quick's
Cut Rate Drug Store
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U. K
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