Youth escapes reform school, steals car, travels wrong way
Kasimer Godlewski an 18 year old fugitive from the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster was captured after a 7 1 2 hour chase. He stole a late model coach in Lancaster drove 73 miles toward Akron by mistake then returned toward Athens ran out of gasoline fled on foot and surrendered. He is jailed in Athens County awaiting possible sentence extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Deanville
Ltafe
Kasimer Godlewski
Tkron
Akron
Pomeroy
Athens
Harold W. Parsons
Godlewski
Nelsonville
B. C. Day
Parsons
Lancaster Institution
Athens County
Reformatory
Senate panel rejects Bittinger for Ohio Industrial Commission
The Ohio Senate Rules Committee again votes against J Freer Bittinger of Ashland for the state industrial commission. George G Hunter and E E Cotrell see no action. Hunter and Cotrell await full Senate floor consideration if the committee blocks them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
INS
Senate Rules Committee
J. Freer Bittinger
Ashland
State Industrial Commission
George G. Hunter
Ohio University Board of Trustees
E. E. Cotrell
Bowling Green State University
Hunter
Cotrell
Emerson Campbell
Belmont County
Bittinger
Senate
Rules Committee
Savannah Lodge Meeting at Guysville Thursday Night
Master Masons are urged to attend Savannah Lodge No. 466 at Guysville on Thursday night July 15. A special musical program has been arranged for the gathering. The note also mentions agricultural crops with tea bushes maturing in three years and full harvest possible after five years. The Luhrig Special School District budget for the year ending December 31, 1938, is on file and a public hearing will be held July 24, 1937 at the clerk’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Savannah Lodge No. 466
Luhrig Special
George Francis
Prophecy Links 1918 Era to Death Ceasing and Youth Restored
The piece argues from Acts Job and Revelation that death will cease and restoration follow, citing Matthew 24 and the fig tree parable as signs tied to Israel and final events. It predicts a 50 year window from 1918 for the church to be glorified and death to end, inviting comments to Leonard Tucker in Athens Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah
Jesus
Israel
Palestine
Leonard Tucker
Athens
Ohio
Adv
Divorces Rise As County Records 1936 37
The Athens County clerk Ruth Burdette reports 113 divorce suits filed July 1 1936 to July 1 1937, mostly by women, with gross neglect and extreme cruelty leading grounds. Eighty five divorces granted. only eight women had suits dismissed. Fines and civil cases show trend shifts while coroner notes 74 men died violently in 1936 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ruth Burdette
Common Pleas Court
Petit
Grand
Court of Appeals
A. L. Pritchard
Nelsonville
Ohio Officials Plan To Meet Teachers Here
State education officials will meet Southeastern Ohio school officers and teachers on July 20 at Ohio University for guidance and problem solving. The all day conference includes lectures on teacher training standards curriculum and school finance with arranged one on one discussions and afternoon sessions and additional meetings planned for Bowling Green State University University of Cincinnati and Kent State University. Canada produced 238266000 pounds of creamery butter in the first eleven months of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L. Bowsher
Athens
Southeastern
Ohio
State Department of Education
Southeastern Ohio
Edwin Watts Chubb
Ohio University
State Director of
E. L. Bowsher
F. H. McNutt
G. N. Reavis
E. N. Dietrich
D. H. Sutton
Dietrich and Sutton
Bowsher, McNutt, Bowers
Reavis
Columbus
Bowling Green State University
University of Cincinnati
Kent State University
Budget Hearing Notice and Sheriff's Sale of Chattel Property
The Budget of Rome Township is on file for public hearing July 26 at 10 AM. Also, in Athens County, Ohio, Willard Hood, Receiver of Coolville National Bank, offers to sell at public auction July 23, 1987, at 1:30 PM a Land Trust Certificate of Equitable Ownership No. 279 in Columbus, leased to National Garages Inc. Face value 1515 with minimum bid 456450. Auction requires cash. property to satisfy an execution in favor of Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome Township
W. B. Spear
Willard Hood
Coolville National Bank
W. C. Burton
Anna Burton
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
Equitable
Columbus
National Garages Inc
Willard Hood, Ree
Salvation Army Picnic Offers Cash Prizes at Athens Fairgrounds
A Salvation Army picnic at the Athens County Fairgrounds expects 400 mothers and children with 25 dollars in cash prizes for various events after a noon lunch. A treasure hunt at 1:30, games at 2, and prize events at 3 are on the schedule with $1 donations from numerous local supporters. Food donations come from local companies and individuals. The item also notes an Ohio University field trip by Mechanicsburg eighth graders to the geography department to observe weather instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Athens County Fairgrounds
R. W. Finsterwald
Gordon Gray
Harold Rose
Samuel B. Erskine
A. B. Wells
Roger
Wesley Lawrence
Henry Cameron
W. A. Matheny
C. D. Shafer Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Luster Fought & Co
Ohio U
Mechanicsburg School
Roy Beal
Carl Ashbaugh
Ohio University
Huff to Preach at Union M P Church Friday Night
Rev. Ray Huff will preach at Union M P Church Friday night at 7 45 o clock with special music. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Police Tags Coming For Double-Parkers
Athens mayor Len B. McCune announced leniency ends today as officers will tag cars and trucks illegally parked. Owners will be fined. He said prior warnings were given to ease parking difficulties but action will start, especially for drivers who linger to unload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Len B. McCune
Rhoads Named Supervisor of County's Camp
Athens County opens the Fresh Air Camp at Strouds Run with A H Rhoads, Ohio University football staffer, as director. Thirty three boys aged 12 to 14 start a week of recreation health activities with four teams Skunks Beavers Reds and Polar Bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
A. H. Rhoads
Ohio University
Strouds Run
The
Skunks
Beavers
Reds
Polar Bears
Rhoads
Junior Red Cross Activities Outlined in Athens Tour
Mrs. Alice J. Thornton representative of the Junior Red Cross Association spoke at Rufus Putnam Training School and other Athens area venues detailing the program’s split between social work education and emergency efforts. She noted accident prevention is a major focus, especially on farms, with talks at university courses, a child welfare class, Mechanicsburg School and The Plains School arranged for Wednesday and Thursday.
New Miracle Cure Promises Quick Relief From Neuritis
Advertisement touts PRESCRIPTION Q-623 as a nearly magical internal remedy for neuritis. It claims dramatic results for thousands and urges readers to buy a bottle at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens Ohio located on 9 W Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
W. Union &I
Athens, Ohio
Quick's Cut Rate
W. Union Athens
Ohio
Dillenbeck Melody Makers Book Church Tour Stop
The Dillenbeck family from Whitney Point NY comprising five children lead the Dillenbeck Melody Makers a vocal and instrumental group. They perform at First Christian Church Athens July 18 at 8 pm as part of Dr J Roy Weaklands Christian Home tour. The young quartet directs their act with Sylvia 4 leading and traveling with parents in a trailer. The family also plans Saturday July 17 Nelsonville First Presbyterian Church appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Dillenbeck
Whitney Point
N. Y
Dillenbeck
Lowell
Sylvia
Louis Earl
Pietrol
Sonny
Melody Makers
First Presbyterian Church of
Nelsonville
Rural Groups Plan Outing On Saturday Farm Bureau-Grange-4-H Picnic set at Athens County Fairgrounds
Ross Wright announces a full day program led by John Grierson of Hillsboro with a noon potluck for Farm Bureau districts Granges and 4-H clubs. The morning features Vocational Agriculture softball and afternoon sports run by Senior 4-H. Speakers include W F Kampf Harry Jacoby and Miss Edith Leyda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Raymond Connett
Athens
Grierson
W. F. Kampf
Coolville
Harry Jacoby
Edith Leyda
Stewart
Red Cross
Chattanooga
Tenn
Wright
John Hope
Frank Pugh
Albany
Clinton Poston
Agnes Terrell
Dove Cannon
Glouster
H. J. Hoskinson
Ray Starkey
Guysville
Martha Robinson
Reckless Driver Fined In Chauncey Court
Leroy Dowler pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Mayor Len B. McCune after arrest by the State Highway Patrol last Saturday. Dowler was fined ten dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Dowler
Chauncey
State Highway Patrol
Reckles
Len B. McCune
Miss Mary A Reeves Dies at Pleasanton
Mary A Reeves 80 died at her Pleasanton home after more than three years illness. Funeral at her home Friday at 1 pm led by Rev Ewing B Walters Albany with Rev C A Bolin assisting. Burial in Haning Cemetery on Albany Road. Surviving sisters Rosetta Chase and Ella Bolin cared for her after a stroke two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Reeves
Pleasanton
Ewing B. Walters
Albany
C. A. Bolin
Haning Cemetery
Albany Road
Miss Reeves
Rosetta Chase
Ella Bolin
Paralgesis
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Selela
Carter
STATE
Federal
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Canada
Charles W. Bayless
Esther B. Ghoss
Junior Red Cross
Iit
Optometric Service
Husband
Eve
Ae SS
Jayne
City Health Dept
United States Public Health Service
G. P. Ackley Banks Dairy Co
Bennett Dairy Co
J. E. Bowles Broughtons Dairy Co
Clines Dairy Co
H. S. Haning
J. G. Hope
J. T. Hope
Wm. H. McClain
Athens City
J. M. Higgins
Father
Father Time
srMour National Distillers Corporation
New York, N
Avern
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