Bricker Names Miller to State Public Utilities Commission
Governor Bricker announced the appointment of Harry M. Miller of Gallia to the State Public Utilities Commission for a six year term starting February 1. Miller, 37, former Gallia County prosecuting attorney and Republican chairman, replaces R. D. Williams who becomes Bricker's executive secretary. Williams will remain Athens resident and may be a future candidate for Athens County Common Pleas judge. commission colleagues include Dennis Dunlavey and George C. Connaughthey.
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Bricker
I Columbus
Harry M. Miller
Gallipolis
State Public Utilities Commission
R. D. Williams
Ath
Miller
Gallia County
Dennis Dunlavey
Ashtabula
George C.eConnaughey
Cleveland
Repubican
Earl Barnhart Fined on Car Lights Charge
Earl Barnhart of Nelsonville Route was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell after State Highway Patrol cited him for driving with insufficient lights arrested Tuesday night at Circle Hill.
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Earl Barnhart
Nelsonville
Circle Hill
State Highway Patrol
Cliff Cornell
Williams to Return to Athens for Law Practice
Former Athens attorney Mr Williams, who spent six years on the State Public Utilities Commission, will return to Athens this weekend to resume his law practice.
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Williams
Athens
State Public Utilities Commission
Father Posts Cash Bond For West Virginia Suspect Rexroad
Omer Rexroad, 18 Smith St., arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell after a Monday night car theft and drunk driving incident. He pleaded guilty to drunk driving with a $100 fine and costs totaling $108.70, and pleaded not guilty to the grand larceny charge, held to the grand jury with $1,000 bond posted by his father L. K. Rexroad of a nearby Harrisville farm to secure his release.
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Omer Rexroad
Smith St
Cliff Cornell
L. K. Rexroad
Harrisville
W. Va
Omer Rexford
VapoRub Massage Promises Quick Cold Relief for Children
A vintage ad urges mothers to treat child colds with Vicks VapoRub using a three minute massage on the back and a thick chest application. It touts the inhaled vapors as soothing and claims rapid relief of coughing and chest tightness.
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Vicks
Railway taxes averaged 1940 daily total and rate per minute
The report notes railway taxes averaged 1,107,000 dollars per day in 1940, equivalent to about 768 dollars and 75 cents every minute of that year.
Mrs. Campbell Dies at 68 After Long Service at Girls Home
Mary Campbell 68 of 34 W Carpenter St dies after nearly two years illness and long service as matron of Athens County Detention Home for Girls. Survived by husband E G Campbell son Robert, brother Robert Aitken and sisters Mrs Arthur Vance and Mrs W B Garnett. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Christian Church with burial Bartlett. calling at home Thursday.
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Mary Campbell
W. Carpenter St
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Campbell
Deborah
The
Christian Church
Sayre Study Club
Child Conservation League
Pythian Sisters
E. G. Campbell
Robert Campbell
Charleston
W. Va
Robert Aitken
Oklahoma City
Arthur Vance
Tucson
Ariz
W. B. Garnett
Enid
Okla
Bartlett
Campbell Home
Aid for Aged Increases Based on Need in Ohio
T W McCaw chief of the Ohio Division of Aid for the Aged said the state can now pay up to 40 dollars monthly to needy aged residents after 65 who meet eligibility. He noted the program follows a needs basis and that the federal act amendments will raise payments for 10 to 15 percent of recipients, with no general increase planned.
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T. W. McCaw
Ohio
Aid For the
McCaw
Draft Call Is Received Here For February Selective Service
Athens County Draft Board No 1 received the February call asking six white men to report to Fort Hayes Columbus February 10 and four colored men February 21 leaving Athens by bus at 8 a m arriving 10 50. Mrs Dorothy Parmiter clerk said draft questionnaires are being mailed at 40 per day and there is a sufficient number of men in Class I A for the February call and replacements if needed during the month.
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Athens County
Parmiter
Clyde Haines Dies After Prolonged Illness in Athens
Clyde Haines age 34 of Luhrig died Tuesday evening at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after a six year illness tied to an injury on a federal work project repairing the Athens County Jail. Funeral at Union Church Friday 1 30 PM with burial in Union Cemetery. He is survived by wife three children mother one sister and seven brothers.
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New Marshfield
Clyde Haines
Luhrig
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Athens County
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Union Church
Union Cemetery
Hoodlett
Haines
Violet
Richard
Donna
Vinna Haines
Ludrig
Mary Sams
Dayton
Earl
Akron
Reno
California
Ralph
Everett
Joseph
Clarence
Daniel
Trustees of Ohio To Meet In Columbus
K W Hayes Athens County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks member of the Resolutions Committee appointed by State President Joe R Thomas will participate in the thirteenth annual convention in Columbus January 30 31 and February 1 The defense program will be a principal topic with emphasis on local township roles in emergency poor relief rural road maintenance fire protection and efficient use of tax funds to support national defense
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K. W. Hayes
Athens County Association of Township Trustees
State Association
Joe R. Thomas
Hayesville
Columbus
Charles P. Baker, Jr
Painesville
Bricker
Taylor Appeals for Sales Tax Stamp Donations
Athens County School Supt. F. J. Taylor urges citizens to donate sales tax stamps to supply shoes for needy children. He notes current shortages and predicts greater need in the next two months, citing last winter’s provision of more than 150 pairs, and asks stamps be brought to the county school office in the courthouse.
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Athens County
F. J. Taylor
Taylor
Chad Hanna Opens Engagement Today at Athena Theater
The Athena Theater opens Chad Hanna a magazine serial and novel adaptation. Henry Fonda stars as Chad with Linda Darnell and Dorothy Lamour in a colorful tour of romance humor and wandering tent life. The cast includes Guy Kibbee Jane Darwell John Carradine Ted North Roscoe Ates and Ben Carter.
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Chad Hanna
Athena Theater
Chad
Henry Fonda
Linda Darnell
Albany Yates
Dorothy Lamour
Edmonds
Guy Kibbee
Jane Darwell
John Carradine
Ted North
Roscoe Ates
Ben Carter
Ripley Burley Market Set Final Sale Date
The board of tobacco trade announced final sales for the Ripley burley market on February 5. By now 4,196,203 pounds have been sold.
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Ripley
Board of Tobacco Trade
Ripley Burley
Feth’s Florida Fishing Tale From St John River
In a Florida letter to his brother David Feth of Athens, George Feth recalls catching 41 pounds of bass in one morning on the St John River. The Feths, with daughter Shirley, have been at Jensen since early November and plan to return late March. He is also building a golf course for a camp near Jensen.
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George Feth
Florida
David Feth
Athens
St. John River
Shirley
Jensen
Fla
Fethh
Mary A Walsh Dies of Pneumonia at 90 in Athens
Mary A Walsh aged 90 upcoming March 29 died Tuesday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a week long illness from influenza that developed into pneumonia. She was a lifelong Athens County resident, daughter of James and Catherine Walsh, survived by nieces and nephews. Funeral is Friday at St Pauls Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary service Thursday evening at Jagers Funeral Home.
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Mary A. Walsh
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miss Walsh
Athens County
James and
Catherine Riley Walsh
Ireland
Peter Walsh
Mill St
Anna Walsh
Charles I. Eddy
Patrick L. Shannon
Athens
Arthur Walsh
Route Five
William Walsh
Dallas
Tex
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Jagers Funeral Home
St. Paul's Church
Albany Grange Meets Saturday with 90 Attendees
Albany Grange held its regular meeting Saturday evening January 25 with 90 members and guests present. The York Grange degree team demonstrated first and second degrees under Mrs Adda Maccombs. Twenty four visitors from York and four from Athens granges attended. A social hour followed with sandwiches potato salad apple pie ice cream and coffee. The next meeting will be February 8 when Albany’s degree team will confer the third and fourth degrees.
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Albany Grange
York Grange
Adda Maccombs
York
Athens Granges
Albany
First Week in Army Is Bad Dream for Athens County Men
A letter from William B. Orr describes 62 Athens County inductees arriving at Camp Shelby Mississippi on January 20. The first week featured extensive paperwork physicals inoculations and crowded tents with seven new recruits per older man Bed making caused disgust among personnel as the unit awaits a fuller Army routine after the first month.
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Athens County
Orr
Battery C
Athens
Harold S. Davis Named District Inspector in Ohio Royal Arch
Chester J. Pearce announces Harold S. Davis of Athens as district inspector for the Thirteenth District of Royal Arch Masons in Ohio. The district covers Somer set New Lexington Lancaster Logan Athens and St Bernard Chapters. Davis succeeds the late Willard Mason who died January 2.
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Harold S. Davis
Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Ohio
Chester J. Pearce
Bellefontaine
Somerset
New Lexington
Lancaster
Logan
St. Bernard
Davis
Council of Royal and Select
Willard Mason
Perry County
Olive Tablets Ad Claims Constipation Relief
An advertising note promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to ease constipation and stimulate bile flow. It markets gentle bowel movements and digestion aid with pricing 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ and urges readers to buy at druggists nationwide.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
George Tubbs Dies at Burlingham
George Mayo Tubbs age 28 died Tuesday afternoon at his parents home in Burlingham after a long illness. He is survived by a sister Dolores Nelson of Pom eroy. Services will be Thursday at two at Burlingham Church conducted by Rev Don McMillin. Burial is in Burlingham Cemetery.
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Burlingham
George Mayo Tubbs
Dayton Tubbs
Dolores Nelson
Pomeroy
Don McMillin
Middleport
Burlingham Cemetery
Willkie Mentioned for Simpson Seat in Manhattan 17th District
Wendell L. Willkie was named as a potential representative for the late Kenneth F. Simpson’s congressional seat in Manhattan’s 17th District. The report notes the discussion as part of ongoing party considerations in New York.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Kenneth F. Simpson
Manhattan
Oklahoma Prairie Hay Production Reaches High Volume
Oklahoma farmers produce 300000 to 500000 tons of prairie hay annually, reflecting strong forage output across the state.
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Oklahoma
Area Farmers Receive $22,000 In Soil Conservation Checks
Frank Pugh, chairman of the Athens County Agricultural Conservation Association, announced checks totaling 22000 were received for immediate distribution to about 1000 farmers. The payments cover approved practices like seeding and liming, part of a 1940 program in which nearly 2000 farmers participated.
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Frank Pugh
Athens County Agricultural Conservation Association
Pugh
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