Absent Voters Ballots for Athens County Primaries
Absent ballots available at the Athens County Board of Elections for the August 12 primaries in Athens Nelsonville and Glouster with a final application deadline of August 7. Disabled ballots run July 28 to August 7. In Athens City races include mayor between Bennett and Woodworth with Sells unopposed for Democratic nomination. Council races involve Kelley and Kestner in Ward 1. Nelsonville and Glouster also list contests for mayor and council or board of Public Affairs.
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ESDAY
Se Tens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County
R. J. Isselstein
Athens City
T. R. Bennett
Franz L. Woodworth
E. F. Sells
Sells
Bennett
Woodworth
L. W. Kelley
Raymond Kestner
Nelsonville
C. G. Dew
George Bateman
Miles H. Howe
John Barrows, Sr
Lucius Keplar
Everett E. Hewett
Charles R. Glenn
Walter Tignor
Thomas Williams, Sr
Glouster
George W. Carter
Board of Public Affairs
Ernest Parker
John R. Binderbasin, Jr
Carson B. Vernon
Nick Brunton
Judgments on Promissory Notes Ordered in Athens Court
In Athens County Common Pleas Court judgments were entered against William Matson and Royal Matson for $150 with 6 percent interest from Sept 27, 1940. Emerson C. Wagner obtained $326.70 against Thomas S. Bush on principal plus interest. The Bank of Athens NBA held a $100 note with 6 percent interest from Aug 15, 1940, signed by Clarence R Koehler Audrey Koehler and L R Pierce as surety.
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Athens
Girl Scouts Urge Aluminum Drive Across Athens
Girl Scout executive Mrs. W. A. Comer calls all scouts to gather Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. at assigned meeting places to prepare for a city wide aluminum drive. Scouts from East Side Central and Putnam will meet at East Side School Central School and University Elementary School respectively to mobilize reminders for residents to place aluminumware on porches for Boy Scouts collection Thursday.
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Athens
W. A. Comer
East Side Scouts
East Side School
Central Scouts
Central School
High St
Putnam Scouts
University
Divorces Granted in Athens County Court 1941
Thirty three divorces were granted in the Athens County Common Pleas Court for the year ending June 30 1941. Causes included willful absence adultery failure to provide extreme cruelty gross neglect of duty drunkenness imprisonment. Sixty four divorce cases were filed and 32 pending. Civil cases filed 198 criminal 147 disposed 119 civil 127 criminal with 79 civil and 20 criminal pending. Only four cases went to the Court of Appeals. Fines totaled 580 dollars costs 3163.88 jury fees 1242.74.
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Athens
Court of Appeals
Latin Test Program Conference At Ohio University
Dr. Ray G. Wood of the State Department of Education leads an all day conference at Ohio University on Latin tests. Five teachers and professors, including Victor Hill and Mildred Lenk, join to discuss coordinating and expanding the state Latin testing program.
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Ray G. Wood
State Department of Education
Ohio University
Wood
Victor D. Hill
Mildred Lenk
Uhrichsville
Kathryn Kollmeyer
Urbana
Octa Kincade
Port Clinton
Grace Griffith
Lancaster
Social Briefs of Bradbury
Attendance at Bible School here Sunday was 58. An old time hymn service was held in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chaffin and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Chaffin of Zanesville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bailey. Guy Adams moved to property owned by B. H. Bailey. Del Russell of Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. Bud Russell. Class No. 3 picnicked at Hope Lake. Herbert Rice and family of Toledo visited with his parents. Maria Dodson is critically ill. Irene Smith fell from a porch and suffered bruises. Sherd Gilmore and daughter Sarah and O. G. Smith visited George Russell. Wilbur Haning and family visited Roseville. Clarence Murray and wife and daughter Judith Kay returned from Zanesville. C. D. Carter of Logan and Carl Russell of Gallipolis spent Sunday with Mrs. Isabeel Autherson.
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Bradbury
Bible School
W. E. Chaffin
Elbert Chaffin
Zanesville
Harry Bailey
Guy Adams
Hysell House
B. H. Bailey
del Russell
Columbus
Bud Russell
The
Hope Lake
Herbert Rice
Toledo
Robert Rice
Maria Dodson
Irene Smith
Sherd Gilmore
Sarah
O. G. Smith
George Russell
Wilbur Haning
Roseville
Clarence Murray
Judith Kay
C. D. Carter
Logan
Carl Russell
Gallipolis
Isabeel Autherson
Mrs. Clara F. Postle Funeral Held in Columbus
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara F. Postle mother of Mrs. Beatrice Fockler of Athens were held in Columbus at Schoedlinger Chapel. Burial followed in Galloway Ohio.
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Clara F. Postle
Beatrice Fockler
Athens
Columbus
Schoedlinger Chapel
Galloway
Boonton caddy Clayton Blowers dies after 40,000 mile career
Clayton Blowers, 59, died last night. For twenty years he caddied for golf greats and walked an estimated 40 000 miles on courses without ever playing a hole.
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Boonton
N. J
Clayton Blowers
Rains reduce chinch bug danger in corn belts
Heavy June rains in most corn belt areas lowered chinch bug danger, according to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Circus Comes to Athens County Fairgrounds Aug 2
The Cole Brothers Circus has obtained permission to perform at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 2.
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Cole Brothers Circus
Athens County Fairgrounds
Shawnee Man Fined for DWI by Cornell Court
Shawnee resident Wade C. Roberts was fined 150 dollars and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell after a state patrol arrest on The Plains Road for driving while under the influence. It was listed as his second offense. James D. Askren of Bellefontaine, 30, was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Harry M. Maile of Cutler, 30, was fined 10 dollars and costs for unsafe operation after a collision on Route 377 that injured three people.
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Wade C. Roberts
Shawnee
Cliff Cornell
Plains Road
James D. Askren
Bellefontaine
Cornell
Harry M. Maile
Cutler
Williams
Chesterhill
Maile
Produce More Vital Articles Farmers Told
President Wheeler McMillen of the National Farm Council urged an expanded agricultural program to replace imports and free shipping space for crucial defense materials. He said American farms produce excess wheat and cotton and would gladly grow sugar, vegetable oils and other goods to ease cargo constraints.
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Columbue
Wheeler McMillen
National Farm Chemurgic Council
McMillen
America
Bishop K. S. Smith to Speak at Tent Meeting in Athens
The Columbus bishop will headline a Pentecost meeting on Stimson Ave in a tent. He will be joined by five Columbus Joyful Singers vocalists. Moderate weather prevails with highs near 84 and readings around 80 at noon.
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K. S. Smith
Columbus
Athens
Stimson Ave
Partition suit over Emma M. Cook estate in Athens
Robert S. Cook sues Flora E. Lucas and others in Athens County Common Pleas for partition of real estate in Athens city. The case concerns survivors of Emma M. Cook who died intestate on July 2.
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Robert S. Cook
Athens County
Stethem-Audria Marriage Announced at Akron
Mr and Mrs William Stethem announce the marriage of their daughter Audria to Claude Smith of Reedsville. The ceremony took place in Akron on July 7. Harold German on the Monongahela River sustained a severe left leg injury when a boat chain broke. He has been at home a week.
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Long Bottom
William Stethem
Audria
Claude Smith
Reedsville
Akron
Harold German
Monongahela River
Methodist Church
Mary Matlack
Ocean Beach
N. J
Ray Riggs
New York
Washington
J. B. Shumaker
Fred
New York City
Herbert Swan
Kenneth Lawrence
Harry Prescott
Muskingum River
J. D. Hawley
Jimmie
Middleport
Forest lands sold for timber and watershed protection
The U S Forest Service paid 1712.58 dollars for three tracts totaling 251.77 acres. Checks went to Milo Allen, James Ridgeway, Rebecca Hood, Arthur Templeton and James Kennedy. Income funds county schools and roads, with 85 percent benefiting local conditions. District Ranger D W Gilmore and Agricultural Aide William H Reid invite eligible landowners to contact for forestry development.
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Harry D. Jolly
Tanger
U. S. Forest Service
Milo Allen
James Ridgeway
Rebecca Hood
Arthur Templeton
James Kennedy
National Forest
Forest Service
D. W. Gilmore
Athens
William H. Reid
Marietta
Ross-Hocking Camp Opens to Women
The Ross-Hocking Camp in Athens County now accepts women aged 18 to 34 as well as men. The two day program runs July 26 and 27 with talks by Dr. W. J. Smith of Ohio University and Dr. Johnathan Forman of Ohio State University. Registration is $2 and due in Ross Wright’s office in the Athens Post Office Building by tomorrow.
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the Messenger
Ross-Hocking
Ross Wright
Athens County
W. J. Smith
Ohio University
Johnathan Forman
Ohio State University
Athens
Charles Mandt Dies Suddenly on Train
Charles Mandt age 57 formerly of Trimble died suddenly last Saturday night while at work on a railway mail service car on a train between Cleveland and Chicago. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p.m. in Charleston West Virginia, home of his wife. He leaves wife Marceline Smith and son Charles Jr. in Cleveland.
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Charles Mandt
Trimble
Cleveland
Chicago
Charleston
W. Va
Mandt
Athens County
Ohio
Marceline Smith
Charles, Jr
Local Farm Bureau rep returns from Purdue life underwriting course
Glenn Gaston of Farm Bureau Life Insurance has come back from Purdue University Short Course in Life Underwriting in Lafayette Indiana. Hugh Bennett, Arizona bulldogger, fancy rider and roper, arrived by plane for the 45th annual frontier days rodeo with his horse on an automobile trailer.
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Glenn Gaston
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hugh Bennett
Arizona
Roper
Advises Selection of Job In Permanent Occupation
Dr. J. McLaughlin urged Athens Rotary Club that American youth must choose vocations vital to permanent economic life. He warned five million jobless youths risk temporary, shifting work and urged guiding youth toward lasting fields with growth and stability.
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J. McLaughlin
Athens
McLaughlin
Mrs. Lillie Lucas Dies After Childbirth at Sheltering Arms
Mrs. Lillie Lucas age 41 of Sand Ridge died Monday evening at Sheltering Arms Hospital shortly after the birth of a son who also died. Survived by husband Harry and ten children living at home, two others preceded in death. Funeral at Pilgrim Holiness Church Athens Thursday at two, burial in Canaanville. Jagers Funeral Home will receive callers after Wednesday noon.
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Lillie Lucas
Sand Ridge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Canaanville
Collin
Holiday
Clarence
Willow Creek
Emmett
Barberton
John Houck
Rush
Clarence Mulpas
Sugar Creek
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Athens
Jagers Funeral
Enlistments Rise at Athens Navy Substation
The Naval Recruiting substation in Athens reports 57 regular navy enlistments for the year ending June 30, with 25 from Athens County. Hocking and Meigs Counties had 11 each. other counties including Vinton, Morgan, Perry and Butler were represented. Eighteen men joined Naval Aviation, all graduates or two-year attendees of Ohio University. Hardman and Morrison were accepted from Athens. Crow from Cleveland was sent to Pensacola for further training. Athens County and Meigs County each sent one man to the Naval Reserve.
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Athens
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton, Morgan
Perry
Butler
U. S. Naval Aviation Service
Ohio University
Charles Hardman
Hubert Morrison
Hardman
Pensacola
Roger Crow
Cleveland
Athens County
Meigs County
Naval Reserve
Sheltering Arms admits several patients in Crooksville area
Roy Swanger of Crooksville is admitted with a back injury from mining at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Charles M. Davis of 161 Morris Ave is admitted for fractured ribs. Mrs. Lorena Smith of 52 Grosvenor St is admitted for surgery tomorrow. Mrs. Clara Cornwell of 3 Palmer St is released. Margaret Ann Robson of Buchtel is released. Mr. and Mrs. John Evans of 5 S S McKinley Ave welcomed a son this morning. Mr. and Mrs. James Riley of Athens Route 3 hosted Mrs. Addie Miller and daughter Evelyn of Ashland and Miss Frances Taylor of Glouster. Miller accompanied by foster son Lloyd Miller, visiting relatives.
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Roy Swanger
Crooksville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles M. Davis
Morris Ave
Lorena Smith
Grosvenor St
Clara Cornwell
Palmer St
Margaret Ann Robson
Buchtel
John Evans
S.S. McKinley Ave
James Riley
Athens
Addie Miller
Evelyn
Ashland
Frances Taylor
Glouster
Jars Sought for WPA School Kitchens
Mrs. Helen Chapman requests quart and half gallon jars for use in WPA school kitchens. Produce from ten jars dens in Athens County is ready for canning to stock upcoming winter school lunches for needy children. People with jars may call 857 or 935 to arrange pickup.
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WPA
Helen Chapman
Ten Gars
Athens County
Chapman
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