Three Houses Burn in Guysville Fire Destroys Post Office
A mid day blaze in Guysville destroyed the Guysville Post Office building and three adjacent two story homes, leaving about 12 thousand dollars in damages and forcing several residents homeless. Firefighters from Guysville Athens and Belpre battled the flames for nearly three hours as flames spread through northeast Ohio village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Athens
Belpre
Virginia Coleman
Ina Coleman
Miss Coleman
Eliza
E. M.) Coleman
Eliza Coleman
Harold Junod
Athens City
Mary Cunningham
Watson Mineard
E. M. Coleman
Strathmore 11 Year Old Builds Super Speedster Racer
John Good of Strathmore Blvd as an 11 year old builds a durable All-American Soapbox Derby racer for the July 18 event. The design features a heavy underslung chassis, three bulkheads, a center drag brake, and linoleum skin. New entrants include Robert Beverage, Austin Wiley, and Vernon McKibben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Good
Strathmore Blvd
John
Derby
Nelsonville
Gallipolis
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Glouster
Coolville
Athens
Army Course Arranged for Business Men
Brigadier General Hodges announced a 300 person CMTC training course for business and professional men aged 25 to 50 at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana from August 2 to 31. Selection based on education and civic leadership. participants provide travel, $25.50 application fee, and $18 meals deposit. Uniforms and instruction provided. no service obligation or commissions granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell B Hodges
Fifth Corps
Columbus
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
CMTC
Ohio Military Area
Citizens’ Military Training Camps
Fort
Welfare Department Adopts Food Standards for Butter
Columbus reports the Welfare Department and Agriculture Department adopted federal purity and value standards for butter purchases worth 10 000 pounds weekly for 23 state institutions. The move follows a similar egg purchase rule requiring federal inspection and quality certificates with deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Welfare Department
State Welfare and Agriculture Departments
Delaware Ratified U S Constitution in 1787
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution on December 7, 1787 with Thomas Collins serving as governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Union
United States
Thomas Collins
Bank Uses Photo Filing to Track 8 000 Checks
Athens National Bank adopts a “Fill a Record” system photographing both sides of checks on a conveyor to speed record filing. Two rolls of 16 mm film capture face and back images, with dates on margins. system saves hours of stenographic work and ties to Federal Reserve for archived copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
J. H. McClure
Athens National Bank
McClure
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Russia Erases Criminal Records After Release Period
A Russian man receives destruction of his criminal police and court records five years after prison release. The move allows him to legally disclaim his past, even under oath, once the waiting period passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Vinton Man Killed in Radcliff Road Crash
Riley Perry 25 of Radcliff Vinton County died when his car left Route 160 near Radcliff and dropped 10 feet. His uncle Ed Hensler escaped with minor injuries. Perry, single son of Clarence and unnamed Radcliff parents, worked in Springfield and was driving home for the Fourth. Funeral set Saturday at 2 PM U B Church Radcliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Perry
Radcliff
Vinton County
Ed Hensler
Oter
Perry
Springfield
Hensler
Clarence Perry
U. B
Middleport Man Treated for Rocky Mountain Fever
Leo Quivey of near Darwin is hospitalized in Parkersburg after a weeklong illness. He is being treated for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Mrs Quivey is Lula Mae Ashley. Deer grow antlers, not horns. Off the Aran Islands potatoes are grown in baskets carried ashore and dumped into rock crevices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Leo Quivey
Darwin
Parkersburg
Aran
River Pollution Bill Heads to White House
A Senate approved House amendment to a bill authorizing an Ohio River compact for river pollution control moves to the White House. The measure keeps federal control over interstate waters while allowing the creation of an Ohio River Valley water sanitation district by eight states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio River
Senate
White House
Ohio River Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Tennessee
David H Hughes Granted Ohio Funeral Director License
David H Hughes of Athens has been granted a funeral director license to practice in Ohio. Announcement by L A Axe secretary of the State Board notes Hughes, alumni of Ohio University and Cleveland College of Embalming, holds an embalmers license since 1937 and has been with Dowler and Ferguson in Athens for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Hughes
Athens
Ohio
Columbus
L. A. Axe
Board of Embalmers Board of and Funeral
Hughes
Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Cleveland College of Embalming
Dowler and Ferguson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jan
Cali
Rod M and
Colt Mrs
Frank Klingenberg
E. W. Cunningham
Cunningham
Robert Beverage
Franklin
Austin J. Wiley
W. State
Vernon McKibben
Riverside
Welfare Department
Robert C. Plant
Philadelphia
U. S. Army
Athens Furniture CO
Brigge & Stratton
State St
Clover Farm Stores
Os Oy
Clover Farm
Glendale
Vienna
Neptune
Borax “Team
Hte
Ben Hur
Alaska
Aeroxon
Sunkist Lemons
Arizona
Sunkist
Peck
Aere
COA Tva
Vinton
David Hughes
N. Court St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!