Phillips home to be open for public inspection
The newly completed model gas home of Frank Phillips district manager of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co will be open for inspection all day Saturday and Sunday and the following week by the public interested in special appointments The residence features winter and summer air conditioning asbestos shingles and siding triple insulation with four inches of rock wool and three coats of plaster in steel lath Mr and Mrs Phillips will occupy the home after inspection concludes
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Frank Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Blic
Phillips
Minor surgeries and pneumonia cases reported
Mrs Isabel Talbert of Lathrop underwent a minor surgery today. Charles Jennings of 221 West Washington Street Athens was admitted today for treatment of pneumonia.
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Isabel Talbert
Lathrop
Charles Jennings
Washington St
Athens
Food Stamp Plan Extends to Three Kansas Areas
The Food Order Stamp Plan for distributing surplus commodities will extend to Salina and Sedgwick counties in Kansas and Topeka Shawnee County, announced by Secretary Walace in Washington. Officials note Athens County in Ohio has far greater need, with about 13 000 people on public aid.
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Kansas
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
Hotel Berry
Athens
Salina
Salina County
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Topeka
Shawnee County
Athens County
Next ruler for Sarawak may be Countess of Inchape
The next ruler of Sarawak, a British colony in North Borneo, may be the widowed Countess of Inchcape the daughter of the land's white rajah. The ranee announced the move after ousting his 27 year old nephew as crown prince and heir presumptive.
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Sarawak
North Borneo
Inchcape
Williams Formula Promises Relief From Stomach Ailments
Advertorial from Williams Formula touts relief from acid indigestion gas headaches and fatigue. Letters from users like John Bruyninsckx of Green Bay Wisconsin praise the product noting improved digestion and reduced belching. Sold at Quick's Drug Store for $1.50 with a claim it costs only a few cents daily and could be worth $10 a bottle in relief.
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Williams
John Bruyninsckx
Rairoad
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Quick's Drug Store
Musical Program Sponsored by Zion Baptist Union
The Mr Zion Baptist Young People's Union invites the public to a musical program at the church on Sunday January 28 at 630 pm featuring Star ling Grayson of Chicago. Admission is free but a silver offering will be taken. Grayson, son of Rev Grayson formerly with Mt Olivet Church in Columbus, will perform vocal and instrumental music.
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Mr. Zion Baptist Young People’s Union
Starling Grayson
Chicago
Grayson
Mt. Olivet
Columbus
Young Group Attends Services at Poston
Services of the Community Church in Poston to be held Sunday evening at 7 30. For two weeks the service has been a young person focused gathering with about 30 attendees. The Sunday School sessions begin at 10 a.m.
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Poston
Free Methodists To Have Service Tonight
The Athens Free Methodist Church will hold a prayer meeting Friday evening at 7 30. Sunday school will be at 9 30 on Sunday followed at 10 30 by a sermon by the Rev Walter Martin pastor. Prayer Band meeting will be held at 2 p m Tuesday with Bertine Farley as leader.
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Athens
Bradbury Personal And Social Mention
Bradbury notes list Mr and Mrs Jack Swisher of Cheshire as recent guests of Mrs Isabelle Autherson Dana Russell is ill Bert Waugh relapsed Mrs Allen Roush has re entered medical care Feb 22 churches of Bradbury Bradford and Dexter Circuit sponsor entertainment at local church to raise infantile paralysis funds Horace McElhinney business visitor in Parkersburg Wednesday R L McDonald Cincinnati visited A L Hysell Wednesday Raymond Skeggs family moved from Tewksbury property to a new Cheshire home
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Bradbury
Jack Swisher
Cheshire
Isabelle Autherson
Dana Russell
Bert Waugh
Allen Roush
Bradbury, Bradford and
Dexter
Horace McElhinney
Parkersburg
R. L. McDonald
Cincinnati
A. L. Hysell
Raymond Skeggs
Tewksbury
Cemetery Association Enforces $1 Annual Charge on Lots
Athens Cemetery Association directs that from April 1, 1940, all lots without perpetual care or unpaid annual $1 fees will be reclaimed. New policy bans wooden boxes over 50 inches, offering affordable concrete burial boxes instead. The rule applies only to future purchases, not existing sold lots.
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Jones
Brown
Palmer
F. D
Candidate J. W. Russell Announces Clerk of Courts Bid
Stewart resident James W. Russell announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for clerk of courts. He is a native of Athens County, a former high school teacher, and has run a Stewart store for two years. Russell is married to Grace Mulligan and sits on the Rome-Canaan District School Board. He graduated from Rome High School in 1932 and Ohio University in 1936 with a B S in Education. He was a Beta Theta Pi member at Ohio University.
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J. W. Russell
James W. Russell
Stewart
Russell
J. G. Russell
Athens County
Rome High School
Ohio University
New Marshfield
Homerville
Medina County
Grace Mulligan
Athens
Rome-Canaan
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Mary Pratt Dies at Granddaughter's Home in Ohio
Mary E Pratt 94 died Thursday at granddaughter Alice Hill's home in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio She was born in Athens County and lived with relatives in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls She leaves son James A Pratt Newark and daughter Mary E Miller Akron Her husband Civil War veteran William W Pratt died in 1919 Funeral at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home Athens Sunday 2 PM Burial New Marshfield Cemetery
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Mary E. Pratt
Alice B. Hill
Cuyahoga Falls
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Athens
New Marshfield Cemetery
Ladies Auxiliary Holds District Convention at The Plains
The Ladies Auxiliary of the United Mine Workers of America held a district meeting at The Plains School on Tuesday night with about 100 members from seven locals present. Mrs. Sylvia Wallace led the program and spoke on purchasing goods bearing the union label. A luncheon followed and the evening included games. The next meeting is planned for Chauncey in April.
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Ladies Auxiliary
The
United Mine Workers of America
Plains School
Sylvia Wallace
Temperature Rises to Ten Above Zero by Noon
The morning started at zero but a warm sun pushed the temperature to 10 above zero by noon. The previous night’s low was three above zero, as reported by Weather Observer Mrs. C. N. France.
Time Card Timetable Details for Rail and Air Services
The record lists rail schedules and airline links including Baltimore & Ohio lines East and West bound, Chesapeake & Ohio daily patterns, New York Central daily times, and Athens Airways routes to Columbus Pittsburgh with connections nationwide. It notes charter air service and daytime availability for special trips to any city with an airport.
231 Placed in Jobs in 1939 By Local Employment Center
Athens and Meigs County workers secured 231 private industry jobs in 1939, per the Athens Employment Security Center. Total unemploy ed and partially unemployed benefits reached $362,661.57 across 41,053 payments. Statewide 128,932 placements and $23,687,439 in benefits were issued through the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation.
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Athens
Meigs County
Ohio Bureau of
H. H. Sands
Logan Center
Ohio
Sands
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
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O. O. F. Temple
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