First-Half Real Estate Tax Collection To Start February
Athens County real estate tax collection begins mid February as County Treasurer John H. Preston announced. Taxpayers may pay the full year or first half, with real estate collections running through March and personal taxes concurrent. Last year’s delay pushed the program behind schedule, but this year 15 000 to 16 000 receipts are being prepared for property owners.
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Athens County
John H. Preston
Masons to confer degree at Paramathia Lodge meeting
Paramathia Lodge No. 25 F and AM will hold a special meeting Tuesday at 7 p m. Entered Apprentice Degree will be conferred on two candidates. Worshipful Master Eugene R Jacoby urged good attendance and welcomed visitors.
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
F&am
Eugene R. Jacoby
Hollister Man Seeks Release From Jail On Habeas Corpus
Virgil Shifler of Hollister seeks a writ of habeas corpus before Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland to gain release without bond until the May or January grand jury reconvenes. The five charges include carrying concealed weapons and breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony. Transcripts delay cited as reason for request. briefs ordered for early decision.
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Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Virgil Shifler
Hollister
Athens City
Rowland
Harry Mettler
John Bolin
Trimble Township
E. L. Jones
Dallas Williams
Shifler
Williams
Bolin
Jones
Common Pleas Court
Grand Jury
Vice Presidents who became President after the chief’s death
The list names John Tyler Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson Chester A Arthur Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge as vice presidents who assumed the presidency upon the death of the sitting president during their terms.
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John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
Chester A. Arthur
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Guards Start Athletic Fund at Camp Shelby
Four hundred twenty six dollars has been turned over to Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler by Ohio donors in response to Gov. Bricker’s plea for Camp Shelby athletic equipment. Funds will buy baseball and basketball gear for the 9000 Ohio men in training. Contributions include a fifty dollar check from Bricker and ten dollars from E. D. Shafer and Son.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Robert S. Beightler
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Shelby
L. W. St. John
Ohio State University
Bricker
E. D. Shafer
McConnelsville
Mrs. Alice Perry Dies at Home in Long Run
Mrs. Alice Perry age 80 widow of George Perry died at her home in Long Run Friday night after years of ill health. She leaves three sons Charles Perry Dexter Oscar Perry Athens Route 4 and Albert Perry at home and four daughters Douglas Hannah Libson Alva Rowland Ralph Frost and Lillie Powell Athens Route 4. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in Clarks Chapel Church with burial there.
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Alice Perry
George Perry
Long Run
Clarks Chapel
Starbuck Lectures on Ohio Egg Auctions In Ohio
R. R. Starbuck, former acting county extension agent, opens a lecture series on the Function of the Egg Auctions as they operate in Ohio tonight in Marietta. He cites auctions already started in Wooster Napoleon and Versailles and describes plans for an area egg auction beginning in July with outreach across 11 surrounding counties.
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R. R. Starbuck
Ohio
Marietta
Wooster
Napoleon
Versailles
Starbuck
Abstemiously, facetiously, and arsenious contain all vowels
A concise note observing that the words abstemiously facetiously and arsenious include the ten vowels in their traditional order without repetition.
Local Men Depart for a Year of Army Training
Thirty four men from Athens Dover and Trimble Township left for Columbus at 7 45 am to begin a year of U S Army training at Fort Hayes One replacement volunteer Glenn Harris Gardner a teacher from Parkersburg Ohio University graduate joined after another man failed to show Dorothy Parmeter clerk found a missing lunch bag and returned it to the owner John Bill LaFollette arrived an hour late after hitchhiking from Glouster Leaders Marion F Boggs and William B Orr led the group Board and clerks organized the enrollment and reminded employers to hold jobs until induction is complete
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Athens
Dover
Trimble Townships
Athens County
Draft Board No. 1
Columbus
United States Army
Glenn Harris Gardner
Chauncey
Karl Gardner
Gardner
Ohio University
Jefferson School
Parkersburg
City Hall
Dorothy Parmeter
John Bill LaFollette
Glouster
Marion F. Boggs
Franklin Ave
William B. Orr
N. Congress St
Fort Hayes
Lewis King Marsh
Millfield
William Wallace McGrew
John Henry Nott
Wilfred Jesse Knott
Richard Henderson Cary
Carl Melvin Snyder
John Francis Love
Owen Kiser
Athens R. C
James Henry Echstenkamper
George Warren
Carl Pershing Lowery
Orville Lee Lyons
George Richard Berry
Harry Max Elliott
Clarence New Roush
Geofiee Marquis
Paul James Lewis
John Harold Gabriel
Darrel Floyd Roberts
Lester Northrop
Glous
George Banks
G. D. Gorham
H. T. Houf
C. C. Cornell
Charles F. Danford
Romance of the Open Road Rider Found as Child Hitchhiker
A three year old, Clarence Alspaugh Jr., wandered along a Vandalia Ohio highway when a passing motorist gave him a ride. The boy refused to give his name but was identified by his Sunday School teacher.
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Clarence Alspaugh, Jr
Vandalia
Ohio
Clarence
Children Start Fire In Smith Street Home
Fire Chief reports two young children caused a blaze at 19 Smith Street last night. Loss set at 2 dollars for living room furn furniture. no insurance on furniture though the house is insured. Kenneth Chandler, a brother of Mrs. Rexroad, cared for the children during the incident.
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O. T. Rexroad
Smith St
Harold Junod
Kenneth Chandler
Central Ave
Chandler
Junod
Civil Service Tests Announced by U S Commission
The U S Civil Service Commission invites applications at its Washington office for posts including engineering draftsman, junior communications operator, inspector subsistence supplies, and assistant home economist. Salaries range from 1620 to 4600 dollars. closing dates vary with several lists, with February 17 as a key deadline for many positions. Athens post office contact: J L C Kelley, secretary of the Board of U S Civil Service Examiners.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
War Department
Quartermastr Corps
Division of Mental Hygiene
Public Health Service
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
J. L. C. Kelley
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
City Mail Streams Big During Christmas Holiday Peak
More than 9 100 000 pieces of first class mail pass through the New York City post office daily in the Christmas rush.
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New York City
Walton League Oyster Dinner Postponed
The Izaak Walton League oyster stew dinner set for tomorrow night is postponed due to the influenza epidemic. A regular meeting will be held in the club rooms with a special directors meeting after the regular session. attendance of all board members is requested.
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Izaak Walton League
Board of Directors
Community Chest Solicitors Resume Drive After Illness
Campaign chairman H. W. Roach said many solicitors who were ill last week have returned to the canvass today. The push targets homes and workplaces to reach those not yet contacted, and a $1 unsigned contribution arrived at The Messenger with a note asking the writer to forward it to the drive.
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Community Chest
H. W. Roach
Roach
Evelyn Cary Wins Divorce and Restores Maiden Name
Common Pleas Judge O. F. Rowland awarded a divorce to Evelyn Cary. The court found defendant Richard Cary guilty of gross neglect of duty and ordered Cary to pay costs. The plaintiff’s name was restored to Evelyn Poling.
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Richard Cary
Evelyn Cary
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Evelyn Poling
Cary
Births and hospital news from Athens area
At Sheltering Arms Mr and Mrs Bruce Cook announce a daughter born Sunday at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mrs Albert Gardner of Amesville was released after a minor operation at the hospital Sunday. Dr C M Bowman of 17 N Shannon Ave Athens was released from the hospital today.
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Bruce Cook
Sunnyside Drive
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Albert Gardner
Amesville
C. M. Bowman
N. Shannon Ave
About gloves from peccary and ro dent skins
The article explains that many gloves use peccary skins and also skins from carpincho or capivari, which are not pigs but belong to the ro dent family.
NYA to Send 20 Youths to Ohio U Farm Program
An NYA agricultural training project in cooperation with Ohio University will send 20 NYA youths from the Athens district to the university leased 333 acre Hebbardsville farm for five months starting today. Prof Wiggin will supervise with Dean Young approving the program. Each participant will work 70 hours monthly earning 18.20 dollars and use the farm library.
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NYA
Ohio University
Athens
Hebbardsville
Wesley Miller
William M. Young
College of Applied Sciences
W. W. Wiggin
Ohio University Department of Agriculture
University
Miller
Flu Danger Eases at OU and City Schools
Attendance rose to 83 12 percent across city schools as the influenza epidemic eased. The peak last Friday saw 26 percent absent. Four teachers were out today, with no more than five absent on any day since the outbreak began. Ohio University reports improvement in dormitory bed cases and infirmary patients.
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Ohio University
E. Herndon Hudson
University Health Service
Hudson
Olive Tablets Promote Liver Bile And Digestion
Purported advertisement claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets ease constipation by stimulating liver bile flow and toning intestinal action. It promotes vegetable tablets as effective and urges purchase at drugstores with prices 15 30 and 60 cents for tonight.
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S.S.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas Adams
Warm Springs Foundation
Sgt. C. K. McKinstry
Nurito
No. 1
Parmeter
Thelma Maynard
LOGAN
O. F. Temple
I. R. Goldberg
Optometrist
Worstell Bidg
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Los Angeles
Ralph A. Yells
Walton League
Solicitors
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Ohio U. Farm
Dixie Maid
Gloria
Frank
Calif
Keystone
Newe's
Nancy Hall
Evan
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