Community Night Music Event Draws West Side Crowd
Community singing at West Side School filled the evening with patriotic songs from wartime era. Miss Joy Cutler led students and university players with Floyd Hutchinson and Curtiss Radford directing a varied program. Four Boy Scouts assisted with traffic. Central Avenue hosted cars and ice cream, with more community nights planned for summer.
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First Aid
West Side
Camp Wool
Miss Joy
Gram
Batthe Republic
Dixie
Curtiss
University
Central Avenue M. E
Central Avenue
Expert Spending Expert Spending from Page 1
Fragmentary text discusses mood and clearing away an enterprise and a belief about curing a hardening of society. It references capitalism and socialism and suggests avoiding a tablish what would be an math society for the long run.
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Jaya
Iaimerie
Ing
Amerie
Sand Ridge Man Faces Alleged Arm Thefts
Sand Ridge resident T. R. Bennett stood charged with an alleged arm theft as Pennell faced fines of $5 plus costs and another $5 on a separate assault charge. Deputy Gardner reported the incident on Sunday.
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Sand Ridge
T. R. Bennett
Pennell
Gardner
Release Predicted for Marry Howard in Wife's Death Case
Marry Howard of Trimble Township, aged M4, is expected to be released today from Athens City Jail. Prosecuting Attorney Harold J. Rose said the death of Mrs. Howard is being investigated as possibly self inflicted with dying statements indicating she shot herself. Howard was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Roy Goldsberry after neighbors reported suspicious circumstances.
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Howard
Trimble Township
Athens City
Harold J. Rose
Athens County
Rose
Salary payment sought for former instructor Merritt
An order in mandamus from the District Court of Appeals on file in Athens County Common Pleas Court commands the Jacksonville Trimble Joint High School Committee to pay former instructor Will C. Merritt $800 from a salary judgment. The order to Pearl Chrisman sets Merritt’s check as first if funds become available.
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District Court of Appeals
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Jacksonville-Trimble
Investigators Hear Testimony in Athens Relief Scandal
A hearing reveals testimony from multiple clients and officials about relief payments and alleged improprieties. Witnesses discuss shoe orders, relief checks, and alleged profiteering while a ten-member legislative committee oversees the probe with two lawyers guiding examinations.
Tax collections reach near one hundred thousand
Real estate tax receipts for the current half year total approximately $100 000 according to Gorham the Athens County treasurer Payments continue through July The delinquent tax penalty waiver remains in force with Gorham touring Amesville July 24 Albany July 25 and Nelsonville July 29 and 30 for tax collection duties
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GPD
Gorham
Athens County
Amesville
Albany
Nelsonville
Forty Placed by Job Service in Athens County
Forty residents of Athens County were placed in jobs last week by the National Reemployment Service, the county manager Thomas Hixenbaugh reported. The list includes 2 percent laborers, six truck drivers, one roller operator, one paving bed maker, one brick batter, one kettle man, one water bay, three brick droppers on Route 31, plus one carpenter at F. W. Woolworth and one housekeeper. Hixenbaugh noted several carpenters could have been placed if more qualified men had registered. One hundred seven applications were filed at the office last week.
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Athens County
National
Thomas Hixenbaugh
F. W. Woolworth Company
Long Distant Cyclist Bobby Mathews Makes 90 Mile Trip
Bobby Mathews, 13, nephew of Mr and Mrs Ray Mathews of Scatter Ridge, rode 90 miles from Huntington West Virginia to Athens in under 12 hours. He left at 10 30 a m and arrived that evening, saying he just kept pedalling. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W H Mathews and grandson of Hugh Mathews and will spend the summer on his aunt and uncle’s farm.
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Bobby Mathews
Ray Mathews
Scatter Ridge
Bobby
Huntington
W. Va
Athens
W. H. Mathews
Hugh Mathews
Purvis Quits as Dillinger Nemesis
Melvin H Purvis resigns, ending a high profile pursuit of John Dillinger. The former FBI man steps down after years leading operations against the gang.
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Melvin H Purvis
Dillinger
New WPA Program to Start Next Month in Ohio
H M Spang Athens County relief director says the Works Progress Administration will begin by August first, moving employable relief rolls onto WPA projects. Workers will log 180 hours monthly and earn up to 44 dollars for unskilled labor. Ohio projects total 1,494 with a 10,766,120 dollar allotment pending Roosevelt approval, potentially aiding 15,000 people. Only one worker per family may participate at a time. all receive same wage.
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New Works Progress Administration
H. M Spang
Athens County
WPA
Spang
Washington Today
Advisory Allotments Board
Ohio
Roosevelt
Visitor Will Speak Sunday at Athens Church
The Rev. Arthur T. Clark of Caledonia New York will deliver a sermon Sunday at Athens Presbyterian Church invited by the pulpit committee. The church seeks a successor to Rev. Dr. A Y Wilcox who plans to resign later this year. Tonight Dr Wilcox continues his Old Testament talks with "Elijah" as tonight's subject.
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Arthur T. Clark
Caledonia
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
Athens Presbyterian Church
A. A. Atkinson
A. Y. Wilcox
Wilcox
Elijah
Fowler Announces Topic for Midweek Service Tonight
Rev. Wilbur H. Fowler of Athens First M E Church will deliver a sermon titled Saved By Hope during tonight’s midweek services. A special solo by Mir Roselle Chase of Portsmouth, a summer student at Ohio University, will be featured.
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Wilbur H. Fowler
Athens
M. E
Mir
Roselle Chase
Portsmouth
Ohio University
Five Die in 24 Hours in Yuma Heat
In Yuma Arizona health authorities report five deaths within 24 hours attributed to extreme heat as temperatures remain high. Communities warn residents to stay hydrated and indoors during peak heat.
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Yuma
Ariz
Visiting Night To Welcome Scouts At Peach Ridge Camp
Visiting Night for all interested in Boy Scouting announced for Thursday at the Peach Ridge Scout camp. The program includes remarks by Rev Dr Wilbur N Fowler and Mrs Thor Olson. Camp routine lists calls, calisthenics, meals, inspections, games, and council fire each day.
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Peach Ridge
Wilbur N. Fowler
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Thor Olson
Revival to Continue at Church of God
Revival services at the Church of God will continue through next Sunday after ten days of meetings. Tonight’s topic is Life's Dividends, tomorrow's is A Worlding Choice and Its Consequences, and Friday's is Placing the Blame. Special singing planned nightly starting at 7 30 PM. Public invited.
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Church of God
Priday
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