Mayor Pushes Smaller Street Fund Use and 9000 Bond Plan
Athens city council approved the annual appropriation with McCune opposing some provisions. A $9,000 bond plan funds Carpenter Street right of way, with $6,600 from gasoline taxes debated. Parking meters, a livestock sales barn at the Fairgrounds, and WPA alley improvements dominated discussion as council sought traffic relief and city revenue. The meeting ran three hours and touched on salaries, street projects, and health board oversight.
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Athens
Len B. McCune
Fairgrounds
Health Board
Carpenter St
McCune
C. W. Gross
Service Department
W. Union St
Morris Ave
Franklin Ave
Harry Wilson
Council Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Scott Haney
Homer Baird
Good
Studer
Kelly
Russell
Stocklin
Wilson
H. M. Wisterman
Chicago
Wisterman
Athens County Fair Board
C. A. Gardner
Amesville
Bruce Chapman
Guysville
S. F. Beverage
The
Fair Board
J. M. Higgins
City Health Board
Chapman and Gardner
W. W. Totman
Totman
P. F. Good
C. C. Cornell
Wilson, Studer and Kelley
Athens Unit For Peace To Be Organized
Plans for a permanent Peace Committee in Athens were launched at a peace meeting in Ewing Auditorium under the American Student Union of Ohio University. About 200 attendees nominated members, with a committee to be drawn from the top names. Speakers included Charles Alfred Coulson and Rabbi Harry Kaplan urging realistic neutrality and a stronger peace movement among students.
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Athens
Ewing Auditorium
American Student Union of Ohio University
Charles Alfred Coulson
America
Europe
Europe. Mr. Coulson
League of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Harry Kaplan
Religious Council
Ohio State University
Kaplan
Long Wait Pays Back Four Dollars to Grocers
Elza Graham and J M Chapple, once rich by four dollars, received back the extra four dollars via unsigned note and a $4 repayment. A 15 year old con science wound of a customer led to the repayment after he sent four one dollar bills to Graham at 8 4 Mill Street. The note claimed he had bought items, tendered a $1 bill, and was given change for a $5 bill. Chapple's son waited on him and the store was operated on Mill Street 15 years ago.
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Elza Graham
J. M. Chapple
Mill Street
Graham
Chapple
Mill St
Kiwanis Hears Aviator Talk On Safety
Major D H Young of The Pure Oil Co Chicago spoke to the Kiwanis Club in Athens about aviation safety. He compared modern aviation attitudes to early reactions to steam engines and showed a Philadelphia 1889 poster urging people to stay away from the steam monster traveling 20 miles per hour between Camden and Perth Amboy.
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D. H. Young
Pure Oil Co
Chicago
Athens
Kiwanis Club
Philadelphia
Camden
Perth Amboy
N. J
Plane ride plans thwarted by waterlogged airport
Major Young led a Kiwanis Club talk on aviation progress and safety after a waterlogged airport prevented plane takeoff with passengers. He flew solo at 10 am, reviewed Wright brothers progress, airline regulation, and plane construction. He cited 1935 air travel safety data and advised weather caution. The meeting hosted Dr. Creed, A H Knouff, Carlos Hatcher, L D Main, and Dennis Petty. The East Side Hobby Club met at Marjorie Bardin's home, with Sarah Link and Charles Pierce displaying match folders and stamps, followed by punch, cakes, and games.
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Kiwanis Club
Major Young
Wright Brothers
United States
Department of Commerce
Kiwanis
C. H. Creed
Athens
Hobby Club
East Side School
Marjorie Bardin
Sarah Link
Charles Pierce
Marjorie
Fellowships at O U Available For 1937 38
The Ohio University Graduate College announced fellowships and appointments for master’s degree students for the 1937 38 year. Twelve to fifteen graduate teaching fellowships offer $300 stipends with registration fee exemption. some limited scholarships provide $100 and fee exemption if fewer than 15 applicants qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Graduate College
Athens man fined for poker raid at Worstell Building
An Athens man complained of a poker game at the Worstell Building on North Court Street. Ernest Red Hawkins pleaded guilty to running a game of chance and was fined 150 dollars plus costs. six players face arraignment tonight. The event follows several local gambling operations, operator profit and penalties noted by Mayor Len B McCune. Jake Shaw pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined five dollars and costs in Magistrate Bennett's court. Sheriff Bayles made the arrest.
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Athens
Leslie Bradfield
Worstell
N. Court St
Bradfield
Ernest
Hawkins
Len B. McCune
McCune
Jake Shaw
R. D
T. R. Bennett
Charles W. Bayless
Glouster Couple Wed First License of 1937
In Athens County, after 17 days with no licenses, Emmett Rankin a 36 year old miner and Letta McGee 30, both of Glouster, were married as the first couple of the year in Probate Court.
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Athens County
S. M. Johnson
Messenger
Emmett Rankin
Letta McGee
Glouster
Rankin
Mrs. Dorinda Phillips Dies in Columbus Home
Mrs. Dorinda Phillips age 85 longtime McLeish resident died Monday morning at 7 15 at the home of her daughter Mrs Sadie Wooley in Columbus where she had gone to spend the winter The body was taken to C F Wallace Funeral Home arrangements for the funeral were not made She was widow of Civil War veteran George S Phillips who died about 20 years ago She is survived by two daughters Mrs Wooley Columbus Mrs Clarence Rutter Oakdale and two sons William Columbus and Frank near Beaumont
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Glouster
Dorinda Phillips
McLeish
Sadie Wooley
Columbus
C. F. Wallace
Phillips
George S. Phillips
Wooley
Clarence Rutter
Oakdale
William
Frank
Beaumont
Legg Divorce Petition Filed in Athens County Court
Doris Legg files for divorce from John Legg in Athens County Common Pleas Court. She seeks custody of two minors while a third child reportedly lives with the defendant’s parents. The couple married in 1921.
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Doris Legg
John Legg
Athens County
Bootleggers Fined and Jailed After Ohio Court Arraignments
In Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge O F Rowland fined and jailed two bootleggers. Fred Pritts near Nelsonville received $200 fine and 30 days in jail for untaxed liquor seized January 16. William Wicks near Greenlawn Cemetery got $50 fine and 10 days in jail for a quart and a pint of bootleg whiskey. Both actions were brought by Prosecuting Attorney Harold J Rose Lewis Palmer. Chauncey man Chauncey pleaded guilty to assault and battery, fined $10 and $21.36 costs. Alva Cunningham of Glouster Route 5 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined $100, costs, six month driving rights suspension. involved in a Greens Run Road head on collision with G A Hartley Jr. of Nelsonville.
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Athens County
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Fred Pritts
Nelsonville
Pritts
William Wicks
Route 31
Greenlawn Cemetery
Wicks
Harold J. Rose
Lewis Palmer
Chauncey
Alva
Cunningham
Glouster
G. A Hartley, Jr
Greens Run Road
Lee Campbell Convicted of Assault with Intent to Rape
A jury of ten men and two women found Lee Campbell of Buchtel guilty of assault with intent to rape a 13 year old girl. Judge O F Rowland sentenced him to hard labor in the Ohio State Penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than 15 years. The attack happened November 1 as she walked to a grocery store, a man with a red handkerchief over his face grabbing her. her screams drove off the assailant.
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Lee Campbell
Buchtel
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Campbell
Ohio State Penitentiary
Thompson awarded temporary alimony in divorce case
Ara V. Thompson was granted temporary alimony from Dale E. Thompson in the ongoing divorce case. The order establishes support during the proceedings, outlining the recipient's financial needs and the payer's obligation. The judge did not determine long term obligations in this stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ara V. Thompson
Dale E. Thompson
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Carl Frye
Ohio University
Board of Health
B. M. Covert
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L. C. Baker
Elizabeth Mills
Lorene Ave
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Fishbaugh
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Standard Oil Company
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