Athens County Relief Expenditures Reported for 1940
The 1940 pre audit relief report for Athens County shows total relief expenditures of $201 526 01 with 7 695 people aided in February including 119 singles. December had 3 631 family members and 125 singles. WPA and surplus food programs funded clothing food and medical needs amid mining related unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Theco
Joseph T. Ferguson
Auditory State
Hugh J. McTeague
Ferguson
O. P. van Schoik
McTeague
Dale Ziggafoos
NYA
J A Holmes Dies Sunday in Chillicothe
James Austin Holmes 89 former Athens resident and postal employee died at his Chillicothe home. He was born in Waterloo Township and moved to Athens 50 years ago to work as a rural mail carrier. Funeral Tuesday at Jagers with burial in Union Street Cemetery. Survived by his second wife Ernestine Skinner and several Athens County relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Austin Holmes
Athens
Chillicothe
Jagers Funeral
W. Union St
Jagers
Mr. Holmes
Waterloo Township
Athens County
S. Congress St
Bertha Skinner
Holmes
Ernestine Skinner
Conrath Bean Chapter 37 DVFW Meeting Tonight
Earnest Mc Graner announces that the Conrath-Bean Chapter No 37 of the Disabled American Veterans will hold a meeting tonight in the Armory club room. The commander urges all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Earnest McGraner
Guthrie Quits Jackson ville Trimble School for Ohio Move
Guthrie resigns after 13 years as science and industrial arts teacher at Jacksonville Trimble High School to take a similar post at Sycamore High School in Montgomery Ohio. He cites delayed salaries at Jacksonville Trimble and moves with wife Mary Nelvalene Goff and two sons Charles and John. He holds degrees from Ohio University and Ohio State University with further study at Ann Arbor and Ft Collins.
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Charles
John
Guthrie
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ft. Collins
Colo
Jacksonville-Trimble
Montgomery
Hamden News Notes Recap Of Local Church And School Events
Epworth League members gathered in the church basement for games and refreshments hosted for D M Bryson R S Daniel Deborah Davisson and others. The high school hosted a senior party with chaperons D M Bryson Harrett Bullard Truedly Heinlein and Ovid Ray. A temperance day assembly featured Dr. Southard health commissioner. Several residents travelled visited or returned from Columbus Athens Flint Mich and Chillicothe. A Hamden teacher George Sprague supervised at the NYA mechanical school in Athens and Leroy Garey announced a birth January 24 with two sons already Joyce and Jean Bagley visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Bryson
Harrett Bullard
Truedly Heinlein
Ovid Ray
Southard
Vinton County
Harold Frakes
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Wilbur Kibbey
Lessie Kibbey
Esther Mae Bryson
Ohio University
Earl Roberts
Charley Roberts
Naoma Cox
Jean
Jean Bagley
George Scott
Flint
Mich
Joan Wissler
Chillicothe
Patty Prose
Donald Kibbey
NYA Mechanical School
Athens
George Sprague
Hamden High School
Leroy Garey
Mrs Etha Snook Dies At Hamden Residence
Hamden Mrs Etha Snook 73 died suddenly at her home. She was the last of five siblings of Harrison and Mary Workman. Survived by daughter Alta Cox Hamden son Howard Snook Columbus and four grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 1 PM at the family home burial in Shiloh Cemetery.
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Hamden
Etha Snook
Drafted Men Reported To Battery C At Camp Shelby
Battery C received its selective service quota at Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi. The group arrived by train at 1 30 am and stayed in Pullman cars until 7 am. They were greeted by army chaplains and then processed into their units. Captain Elbert E Carmichael oversaw training instructions. The battery later moved into new permanent quarters with the 134th Field Artillery of the 37th Division.
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Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Army
Battery “C
James E. Bagley
Charles R. Barry
Marion F. Boggs
Kenneth R. Carr
John Chancey
Alva Christenson
John E. Cubbison
James H. Echstenkamper
Harry M. Elliott
William H. Finn
John H. Gabriel
Glenn H. Gardner
Pearl E. Graham
Andrew J. Gyurko
Harold H. Hartman
William F. Haybrow
John W. Hayden
James R. Johnson
Wilfred J. Knott
Jock Kentner
Leonard A. LaFollette
Paul J. Lewis
Carl P. Lowery
Orville L. Lyons
Charles McCray
Charles R. Marks
Charles D. Wilkinson
Elbert E. Carmichael
134Th FA
Farm Security Survey Shows Benefits Here
A Farm Security survey of local clients led by Robert Brundrett and Enid Swarner shows the typical family at four members living in a five room home with 87 acres of which 25 are in crops. Average indebtedness is 542 dollars with income from farm products up 150 dollars and home product value up 35 dollars. cash living expenses drop 37 dollars and net worth rises 135 dollars excluding real estate. Applications for rehabilitation loans are now being taken at the Farm Security office on the fifth floor of the Security Savings Bank Building in Athens.
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Robert Brundrett
Enid Swarner
Farm Security Administration
Brundrett
Farm Security Office
Security Savings Bank
Athens
Two Drivers Fined For Drunk Driving
Two drivers were arrested by state patrolmen for driving while under the influence. Pete Weaver, 39, of Nelsonville Route 3, pled guilty in Mayor C. G. Dew's court and paid 50 dollars plus costs. Herman J. Nuhfer, 26, of Parkersburg West Virginia, paid 100 dollars plus costs in Mayor Cliff Cornell's court for a Saturday night Route 50 near Coolville arrest.
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Pete Weaver
Nelsonville
C. G. Dew
Herman J. Nuhfer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cliff Cornell
Nuhfer
Coolville
Weaver
Mina Baker Dies at Nephew Residence in Athens
Mrs Mina Baker former New Marshfield resident died at the home of her nephew H L Allison in Columbus where she had lived the past two years The widow of Isaiah Doc Baker she observed her ninety third birthday January 12 Funeral arrangements for New Marshfield pending Wednesday in New Marshfield
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Ward
Athens
Mina Baker
New Marshfield
H. L. Allison
Columbus
Arson Case Dropped in County Court Under New Practice
Prosecutor Harry Mettler with Judge C. F. Rowland approved a nolle prosequi in the Ira Corwin arson indictment tied to a haystack fire. A memorandum notes grand jury testimony failed to show evidence that Corwin was near the haystack and explains the decision to abandon the prosecution to avoid costly trial.
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Ira Corwin
Harry Mettler
C. F. Rowland
Jennie Dodds Dies at Home in New England
Miss Jennie E. Dodds aged 80 died Sunday morning at her New England area home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 PM at the New England Presbyterian Church. Friends may call at the home at any time.
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Jennie E. Dodds
New England
New England Presbyterian Church
Men Sought for Army Signal Corps Openings
The 18th Signal and Service Company at Fort Hayes Ohio seeks radio and telephone operators technicians and clerks for about 35 positions. Enlistment is three years with promotion opportunities and pay tied to ability. interested men 18 to 35 with suitable skills may contact Fort Hayes or their local recruiting station.
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18Th Signal and Service Company
H. J. Marks
Fort Hayes
Ohio
Signal Corps
18Th Signal Service Company
Columbus
Marks
Ohio Farmers Aid Defense Plan Through Soil Program
Elmer F. Kruse, state AAA chairman, cites two thirds of Ohio cropland protected under conservation features ready for emergencies as farmers back the national defense effort. In 1940, 167000 cooperated. lime and triple superphosphate use rose to 250000 tons. wheat loans reached 12500 with 325 million dollars borrowed. total farm income estimated at 347.6 million dollars. Kruse warns against acreage increases, expecting no WWI price spike due to farm plan controls.
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Ohio
AAA
Elmer F. Kruse
Auglaize County
Kruse
Local Residents Enter Hospital for Treatment
At Sheltering Arms Mr Story Young Albany underwent a major operation today. Mrs Mary Walsh Athens was admitted for medical treatment. Mrs Nellie Marks and infant daughter Athens Route 3 were admitted Saturday night. Miss Ada Beal Richland Ave was released from hospital today.
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Story Young
Albany
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mary Walsh
E. Mill St
Athens
Nellie Marks
Ada Beal
Richland Ave
Heart Diseases Lead as Principal Death Causes in Athens County
A study by the Athens City County Health Department under Dr. B B Buckley shows heart disease as the top death cause in 1939 and 1940. The report lists the leading causes and contagious diseases, with 11-year vital statistics and population changes from 1920 to 1940.
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Athens City-County
B. B. Buckley
Athens County
Health Office
Athens Realtor A. A. Person Dies At 80 In Home
A. A. Person, age 80, prominent Athens real estate man and former Meigs County farmer, died at his home 20 Montrose Ave after a long illness. Survived by two sons E. A. and E. J., two grandchildren and two great grandchildren, he was a member of Orange Christian Church. Funeral set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Athens Church of Christ with burial in W Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call after four o'clock today at the Ferson home.
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A. A. Person
Athens
Montrose Ave
Orange Township
Meigs County
Mr. Person
E. J. Person
Nettie Guthrie
Ferson
Germ visuals under microscope show color differences
Under a microscope influenza germs appear blue while pneumonia germs form strings of pale sausages and scarlet fever germs look like ropes of scarlet rings, illustrating color and shape distinctions.
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Commodity Department
County Relief Fund
WPA
Relief Fund
J. A. Holmes
Forest M. Guthrie
Cincinnati
Sycamore High School
J T
Hamden News
New York University
United States
Sgt. C. K. McKinstry
U. S
Defense Commission
National Association of Manufacturers and
Governors
Jennie Dodds
Army Signal Corps
Nurito
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
Vicks VA
Daley
Mall 7
N.court ST
Chuck Roast
Graham
Dr. Phillips
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