Athens Home Telephone plans new modern building
Charlies P. Kircher Athens contractor wins the general construction bid for the Athens Home Telephone Company at 58800 dollars. DeMolet brothers win plumbing and heating bid of 7312 dollars. The new 40 by 127 foot building will house offices, a traffic department, a garage, and later automatic exchange equipment.
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Athens Home Telephone Company
Charlies P. Kircher
Athens
DeMolet Brothers
Possie
R. A. Miller Lumber Company
Middleport
C. L. Heaton
Bart Davidson
Frum and Breinig
Chappelear-Gardner Company
Portsmouth
Standard Plumbing Company
C. V Strawn
Gmost
Washington Street
Court Street
W. E. Moler
Jand
Ovision
Ing
Athens Glazed Brick Company
Ee Ee Ene
Wille
Real Fox Chase Planned for Fourth of July
In Omery on July 2, Rocksprings will host a real fox chase during the July Fourth celebration. Meigs County Game and Fish club president Val Brown received a fox from Roosevelt Game preserves to be used on the event. Officials say the fox will be chased by hounds around a track until exhaustion stops the hunt.
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Omeroy
Rocksprings
Val Brown
Meigs County Game and Fish Club
Roosevelt Game
Portsmouth
Mrs Lydia Rupe Dies in Rutland
Rutland July 2 Mrs Lydia Rupe widow of John Rupe dies Friday night at an advanced age. She leaves three grown children none of whom resides in Meigs county. Funeral is set for Sunday afternoon.
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Rutland
Lydia Rupe
John Rupe
Meigs County
Cow Testing Groups Formed at Gallipolis
Meigs Gallia County Cow Testing organization formed at Gallipolis with 26 members. The group aims to identify top producers by butterfat tests to improve herd breeding. A board of directors and officers were elected. Emmett Hambrick of Gallia County named among them.
Meigs County 4 H Clubs Plan State Meeting Trip
The Meigs county 4-H clubs will attend a state meeting at Brinkhaven Knox county from July 5 to July 9. A scouting committee including Miss Avice Smith Mrs Wade Windon and County Agent George W Kreitler will prepare a suitable program for the camp exercises to be held later this summer in Meigs county.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Brinkhaven
Knox County
Avice Smith
Hemlock Grove
Wade Windon
Chester Township
George W Kreitler
Near Killing Reported After Fork Altercation
Pomeroy July 2 an alleged near killing was reported on Thom as Fork. Gilbert Brooks a miner had a quarrel with S R Loomis a section foreman. Loomis allegedly brought a shotgun to Pearl Hyseil store forced Brooks into a back room and held him at gunpoint until sheriff and two deputies arrived, then surrendered.
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Pomeroy
Thomas Fork
Gilbert Brooks
S. R. Loomis
Pearl Hyseil
Loomis
Brooks
Judge Roberts Cases Heard Returns Liquor
Probate Judge Cora B. Roberto returned to court after illness to hear four pending liquor cases. In Friday proceedings William Campbell pleaded guilty to possession.
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Judge Roberts
Pomeroy
Cora B. Roberto
William Campbell
Campbell on bond for second offense with deferment for Fourth
Campbell had bond set at 1000 dollars for a second offense. Judge Roberts postponed sentence to next Tuesday so he could spend the Fourth of July with his family. Other cases ended with fines and jail for Mrs. Reibel and a 100 dollar fine for her husband. John Radford’s case was continued to next Tuesday due to attorney availability.
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Campbell
Roberts
Walter Reibel
Thomas Fork
John Radford
Buddy Mack
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Divorce Filed for Kathryn Thomas
Kathryn M. Thomas files for divorce from Frank Thomas citing cruelty and failure to provide. She asks custody of their three year old Mazie Charline.
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Pomeroy
Kathryn M. Thomas
Frank Thomas
Mazie Charline
Beatty Injured in Boiler Trailer Crash
July 2 Ben Beatty, a Pomeroy truck driver, escaped serious injury after a pole broke sending a boiler on a trailer through a wire fence into a field. Beatty suffered an ankle injury but was not seriously hurt.
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Sumner
Ben Betty
Pomeroy
Beatty
Snakes Killed Along New Marshfield to Mineral Line
Section hands report ten copperhead snakes and one adder killed along the New Marshfield to Mineral railroad while clearing weeds beside the track. Snakes were found coiled on gravel edges. two copperheads were large though others were not unusually big.
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New Marshfield
Healed Sore Legs Clinic Ad at Milwaukee Pharmacy
An advertisable note from A C Liepe Pharmacy at 1395 Green Bay Ave Milwaukee Wisconsin offers a free book How to Heal My Sore Legs at Home. The piece describes leg ulcers enlarged veins and leg pain that heals while you work.
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A. C. Liepe Pharmacy
Green Bay Ave
Milwaukee
Wisc
Olive Jenkins Leaves Wellston for Washington DC College Post
Olive Jenkins of Wellston Ohio a niece of Ezra J Karns and daughter of Edgar and Mrs Jenkins has accepted an instructor post at a Washington DC college. She graduated from Ohio University Athens last spring. Her father a carpenter built Chauncey mine tipple No 25 and several local homes. In Chauncey on July 2 scouts are asked to bring baseball gear to the scout building Tuesday evening.
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Olive Jenkins
Wellston
Ezra J. Karns
Washington, D. C
Jenkins
Edgar Jenkins
Ohio University
Athens
Chauncey Mine No. 25
New York Coal Company
Chauncey
Charles Carr
Rolland
Marjorie
Ervin Karns
Lavera
Frances
Oswald
Durwood Headley
J. H. Thompson
Asbury Ridge
Edward Headley
Champ Whittler Exhibits His Work Here
In Chauncey Mike Kranyik touted as town champion whittler displays his carved works in Cunningham Restaurant window on Main Street. Knife carved miniatures include forks pliers a 22 link chain and tools. A second window shows a Lindy type aeroplane built by Rolland Six. Linn Frye is president and Sherman Cunningham vice president of the Chauncey Whittlers Club.
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Chauncey
Mike Kranyik
Whittler
Cunningham
Main Street
Kranyik
Lindy
Rolland Six
Linn Frye
Chauncey Whittlers’ Club
Sherman Cunningham
Farewell Party for Mrs. Wright at Plains Church
Naomi Bible class of The Plains church held a farewell gathering for Mrs Ethel Wright who departs next week for Cincinnati. The meeting at Mrs Marie Michael’s home featured devotions a missions talk a humorous reading a Bible story and a duet. Gifts were presented and a picnic is planned for July 14 at Porters Grove with listed attendees.
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Chauncey
Naomi Bible Class
Young Married Women's Organization of the Plains Church
Robert Graves
Marie Michael
Ethel Wright
Cincinnati
Thelma Linscott
Virgene Mercer
Wright
Porter's Grove
Pauline Howard
Ruth Grace
Vera Whitlatch
County Home Holds Regular Sunday Religious Service
Chauncey notes the County Home public service will be held Sunday at 2 PM with Rev. V. Ahlbrand in charge and patriotic program plus special music announced.
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Chauncey
Chauncy Boy Scouts to Organize Baseball Team
At the regular meeting of Troop 1 Chauncy Boy Scouts on Tuesday evening a baseball team will be organized, it is announced.
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Chauncey
Troop 1
Chauncey Boy Scouts
The Plains Social Notes and Visitors Board
The Plains Ladies' Aid of the Methodist Episcopal church held a quilting session with listed members including Mrs. J. W. Hawk and several others. Visitors and relatives from Cleaveland Akron Millfield Willoughby Parkersburg and Newark are noted visiting local residents and relatives during the period.
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THE
Plains
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Episcopal Church At
the Plains
J. W. Hawk
Thomas Cade
Theodore Nagle
Zell Buffington
Zine Courtney
Robert McAllister
Harry Porter
Local residents plan visits and health updates
Land aunt Mrs Lydia Cruise plans a trip with relatives in Hanover Ohio before returning home. Harold Ogg visits from Columbus staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Ogg. Charles Ogg family to spend Sunday and the Fourth at Mrs Oggs sister in Lowell Ohio. Louise Dew returned from Lancaster. T R Hamilton and son Dean visit Dresden Ohio with Mrs Hamiltons mother Mrs T W Duffee and Ross Milton, Duffee and Milton stay a week. Hamiltons return Sunday evening. County nurses report 32 new illness cases and 156 visits in the last month. Eighty four children were examined for school entry and 12 had tonsils removed at the last welfare session.
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Lydia Cruise
Hanover
Harold Ogg
Columbus
Charles Ogg
Oggs
Lowell
Ohio
Louise Dew
Lancaster
T. R. Hamilton
Dean
Scarlet fever cases few in Athens County
County supervising nurse Viola M. Fell reports only two scarlet fever cases in Athens County during the past month, underscoring a low spread and steady health conditions in the region.
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Athens County
Viola M. Fell
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Fox Chase
Rocksprings Fair Grounds
J. E. Stobart
Wade Foster
Jon
Meigs and Gallia Association
Inear
Miner
Foreman
Isaac Wilson
Uckoffc
Best Stores
Chauncey - Glouster
Beatty Injured
Tein
Champ Whittler
Naomi
Michael
Pete Pandan
Pepe
Home Telephone Co
Silva Mains
Cleveland
Co. P. Woods
Victor Howard
Willoughby
Robert Howard
John Pinnick
Akron
James Hardy
Millfield
Fred Shaner
Burchfield
Lower Plains
Clell Thorne
Parkersburg
W. Va
George Gabriel, Jr
Phone 900
ACME
HOTEL
New York
Broadway Times Square
Heart OF Theatrical
Athens Lee & Storage Co
Whaley Dental Rooms
ESSEX
Detroit
Pins
Phillips Auto Supply Co
W. Union St
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