Court Orders Meters for Nelsonville Power Plant
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. secured a court order in Athens County to install meters at Nelsonville water and electric plants. Judge O F Rowland allowed meters at city expense to measure kilowatt hours and water pumped, with conditions to avoid disrupting operations. The company seeks data on efficiency and costs amid prior bond-sale litigation.
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Columbus and Southern Ohioectric Co
Nelsonville
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Water Department
Rowland
G McLaughlin Dies Friday at University
G McLaughlin, longtime chairman of the University of Industrial Arts, dies Friday. He leaves two brothers Hugh Alliance and Lew St Petersburg Fla and three sisters Anna Hamilton Greeley Kas Ola Grove Adena and Mary McLaughlin Alliance. He was a Beta Theta Pi member and active in the Men's Faculty Club Athens Country Club Tuesday Club and First Presbyterian Church board of trustees. He belonged to Epsilon Pi Tau and Industrial Arts Association.
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Hugh
Alliance
Lew
St. Petersburg
Fla
Anna Hamilton
Greeley
Kas
Ola Grove
Adena
Mary McLaughlin
Beta Theta Pi
McLaughlin
Athens
First Presbyterian Church
Department of Industrial Arts
University
Epsilon Pi Tau
Industrial Arts Association
Civil Service Tests Announced By U S Commission
The U S Civil Service Commission lists open competitive exams for several positions including social worker and home extension roles. Applicants must file by August 8 for eastern states and August 11 for Colorado and western states. Details from J L C Kelley, secretary, U S Civil Service Board of Examiners, Athens Post Office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Veterans’ Administration
Indian Field Service
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
J. L. C. Kelley
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Athens
Athens Temperature Report at Noon
The Athens reading shows 77 degrees at noon. Yesterday’s high reached 81 with a nighttime low of 61.
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Athens
Under nourished boys gain weight at camp near Kimberly
Athens County Fresh Air Camp reports an average 3 1 2 pounds gain per camper per week as 19 boys attend the one week session near Kimberly. Camp directors plan new contingents, with meals, patrols, and a weekend trip to Crystal Pool. Donations fund the camp’s operations, with money sent to Gordon K. Bush and food to the Salvation Army.
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Kimberly
Athens County
Ralph L. Dalton
Troop 54
Athens
John Eggleston
Evening Council
Dalton
Eggleston
Crystal Pool
State Hospital
Louis Tyroler
Judge Tyroler
Athens County Eagles
Tyroler
Gordon K. Bush
Athens Messenger
Salvation Army
Union St
Patrolman Shaneyfelt Assigned to Marietta Traffic Detail
Patrolman Robert Shaneyfelt of the Athens Sub-station heads to Marietta for traffic detail during Governor Martin L. Davey’s visit. He will return tonight as patrolmen conduct drivers tests at the Hocking County Fair grounds Logan from 9 a m to 12 noon Saturday.
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Robert Shaneyfelt
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Marietta
Martin L. Davey
Shaneyfelt
Hocking County Fairgrounds
Logan
Merchants Plan WPA Credit Talks in Athens Armory
About 30 Athens County merchants, led by grocers, call for a meeting at the Athens Armory next Wednesday at 7 30 PM to address WPA worker charge accounts. They report rising nonpayment and cross shop billing by some workers and seek steps to stop the practice. A county wide credit organization is suggested to aid bill collection.
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Athens County
Athens Armory
WPA
Athens
Roger Jones Enrolls as Cadet at West Point in 1942 Class
Roger J. Jones Jr. begins cadet training at the United States Military Academy West Point joining the 1942 class. He is assigned to Fourth Company among 432 new cadets and will undergo three weeks of military instruction before integration with upperclassmen. The program includes encampment at Fort Clinton, a dismounted march, shelter tents, and a return to academic work from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily with drills and intramural sports in the afternoon.
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West Point
N. Y
Roger J. Jones, Jr
Roger J. Jones
Elmwood Place
Athens
United States Military Academy
Jay L. Benedict
Jones
Corps of Cadets
Corps
Military Academy
Fort Clinton
Army
Life as the subject of Athens Christian Science lesson
The Life subject will guide the Sunday read in the Christian Science Church of Athens on July 17. The golden text proclaims Life in the Father and the Son. Scriptural citations include Galatians 6:7 8 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.
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Christian Science Church
Athens
Mary Baker Eddy
Kimberly Union Meeting Set for Saturday
Kimberly Local Union No. 3905 will hold its regular meeting Saturday afternoon July 16 at 1 o clock in the Red Men's Hall Nelsonville urging members to attend for routine business and updates.
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Nelsonville
Kimberly
Red Men's Hall
Reverend Knapp to Speak at Alexander Church
Reverend Knapp will preach on Not Far From God at 10:30 a.m. Sunday services of the Alexander Presbyterian Church. Church School opens at 9:30 a.m. He will also speak at Harrisonville at 8 p.m. For relief, Trimble Township trustees distribute surplus commodities at the Town House in Glouster Saturday morning.
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Robert Knapp
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Knapp
Harrisonville
Trimble Township
Glouster
Speeders Fined Pushes Weekly Total Higher
Three more speeders on State Street were fined five dollars each today by Mayor Cliff Cornell. The week’s tally reaches ten after arrests last night by Special Officer Carl Wilson of Tony Reis, Thomas Biddle, and Vernon Hurst, all of Athens.
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St. Speeders
Cliff Cornell
Carl Wilson
Tony Reis
Thomas Biddle
Vernon Hurst
Athens
Divorce suit filed by Zoe Coakley in Athens County Court
Zoe Coakley filed for divorce from Dean Coakley in Athens County Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect. Married in Logan in 1929 the couple has two children. Mrs. Coakley seeks custody of the children.
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Zoe Coakley
Dean Coakley
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Logan
Shade Club Picnic Plans Highlight 4-H Youth
The Shade Jolly Workers 4-H Club met on Monday July 11 to work on the club project and plan a picnic at Marguerite Niggemeyer's home on Wednesday July 13. New members Joan Friesse and Eva Williams joined the club.
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SHADE
Shade Jolly Workers 4-H
Marguerite Niggemeyer
Joan Friesse
Eva Williams
Common Pleas Court Reduces Case Docket
Athens County Common Pleas Court shows a drop in civil cases with 204 pending on July 1, 1937 and 117 on the docket now. Three hundred thirty eight civil actions were disposed of in the last state legal year, figures from the clerk of courts.
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Athens
Mt Hermon Sewing 4-H Club Elects Officers
Mt Hermon Sewing 4-H Club met at United Brethren Church with adviser Mrs Ralph Young and assistant leader Miss Eva Lawrence. Eleven of seventeen members attended. Officers will be elected at the next meeting on July 20.
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Mt. Hermon
United Brethren Church
Ralph Young
Eva Lawrence
Divorce Denied in Athens County Pleas Court
Leo Douglas of Lodi Towne ship farmer failed to win a divorce from Florence Douglas as Judge O F Rowland dismissed the suit in Athens County Common Pleas Court this morning.
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Leo Douglas
Lodi Towne
Florence Douglas
O. F. Rowland
Athens County
Comeron Pleas Court
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