Ohio University Summer Session to Hold August Graduation
The 1939 summer session graduation program at Ohio University will resemble a June commencement. Baccalaureate exercises start next Sunday with Rev. M. E. Aubrey as speaker. Dr. Walter Dill Scott will give the commencement address on August 4. About 170 students apply for baccalaureate degrees, 37 for two year diplomas, and 39 for masters. Post sessions begin August 7 with botany and geography field trips, ending August 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
M. E. Aubrey
Baptist Union of Great
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Frank Dilley
W. A. Matheny
Buckeye Lake
Twelve boys advance in Cub Pack 59 ranks
At the monthly Cub Pack 59 meeting sponsored by Fast Side PTA at the Frebault summer cabin on Albany Pike twelve boys were advanced in rank. Those advancing to Wolfe rank were Jay Schuler Hubert Frebault Conrad Josten Donald Gamerts felder Tom Dowler Joe Jagers Dan Roberts Billy Worley Billy Imes and Dan Watkins. Francis Frebault and Jack Stew art advanced to Lion rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack 59
PTA
Frebault
Albany Pike
Council
Wolfe
Jay Schuler
Hubert Frebault
Conrad Josten
Donald Gamertsfelder
Tom Dowler
Joe Jagers
Dan Roberts
Billy Worley
Births and medical updates from Sheltering Arms
Mr and Mrs W A Ratt of 62 N Court St announce the birth of a son named Charles August at Sheltering Arms Hospital at 10 p m Tuesday. Mary Katheleen Downey of 15 Palmer St underwent emergency appendectomy Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Homer Baird of 47 May Ave was released from hospital this morning after confinement for medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Ratt
N. Court St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles August
Mary Katheleen Downey
Palmer St
Homer Baird
May Ave
Star Madge Evans and Sid Kingsley wed in York elopement
Madge Evans a 26 year old film star and Sid ney Kingsley a 32 year old Pulitzer prize winning playwright eloped and were married last midnight in York Maine by a justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
U.P
Madge Evans
Sidney Kingsley
Termination Notices Hit Athens County WPA Workers
About 1,100 WPA workers in Athens County are reported dropped from the rolls. The notices cite removal required by law and cancellation of certification after eighteen months of continuous employment, as the slips list under the heading Notice of Termination of Employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
WPA layoffs feared in Athens County as 85 percent of workers cut
Relief Director Fred Shafer warns the new 30 day WPA layoff rule will shrink county employment from about 2 043 to roughly 300 by August first. Wages of WPA had been about 55 000 every two weeks, with 859 families on relief today. Shafer notes certification cancellations require new applications and investigations, delaying re certification for six weeks at earliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shafer
WPA
Congress
Shafer
Athens County
Knife attack at Sugar Creek leaves man injured
Witnesses told local officials that Paul Slim Morgan was the aggressor in a Monday night stabbing of Harry Ervin at the Stanley restaurant area near White Hall Sugar Creek. Ervin was hospitalized after surgery for a left abdomen wound while Morgan awaited charges in city jail. a companion said Morgan was beaten after the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul “Slim” Morgan
Sugar Creek
Harry Ervin
White Hall
Hobart Stanley
Ervin
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Morgan
Harold J. Rose
Stanley
Conservation program instructions at Athens County meeting
The Athens County Agricultural Association held a district meeting at the Athens Grange Hall to train office staff on computing future conservation payments. District Field men Racer and Leitaker attended. A second meeting is set for Aug. 2 at the Berry Hotel for county agents and clerical helpers involved in the 1940 crop insurance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Agricultural Association
Athens Grange Hall
Racer
Leitaker
Berry Hotel
AAA
New Incorporation Athens Hocking Air Ways Inc
Columbus report lists new incorporation Athens Hocking Airways Inc at Athens with 250 shares no par value. Incorporators include C G Dew Francis White and Seth W Lewis. Charter filing recorded by U P.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Athens
Hocking Airways, Inc
C. G. Dew
Francis White
Seth W. Lewis
11 Year Old Drives Again
Thelma McCherry a juvenile from Nelsonville confined to Athens detention home on delinquency charges escaped this morning and stole Dana Bush’s car at 11 30 in front of 70 N Congress St. She drove to Nelsonville and was arrested by city police around 1 p m. She was to be returned to the detention home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma McCherry
Nelsonville
Athens
Dana Bush
Wolf St
N. Congress St
Shade Club Quilting Gathering at Edith Grim Home
The Shade Art and Thimble Club held an all day quilting session on July 21 at the home of Mrs. Edith Grim. A noon pot luck dinner and mid afternoon ice cream and cake were shared. Guests included Mrs. Elizabeth Collins of Minnesota speaking on soil and climate. Members listed include Mrs. Margaret Grim, Miss Helen Grim, and many others.
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Shade Art and Thimble Club
Edith Grim
Elizabeth Collins
Minnesota
Shade
Margaret Grim
Helen Grim
Nettie Harris
Ethelda
Mary Blazier
Zella Blazier
Edith Smith
Velma Smith
Hazel Chesser
Gladys Friese
Joanne
Gertrude Douglas
Mildred Douglas
Rose Ellen
Zelda Perry
Kate Chappell
Mabel Shumway
Mabel Smith
Lucy Pierce
Mary Bobo
Mary Meeks
Anna Jeffers
Mary
Primrose Green
DAV To Meet Thursday in Armory Club Rooms
A meeting of Conrath Bean Chapter Disabled American Veterans will be held in their Armory club rooms Thursday night at 7 30. Delegates Daniel A Pierce and Earnest McGraner will report from the state convention at Canton July 14 16 and new veterans legislation will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrath Bean
Armory Club
Daniel A Pierce
Earnest McGraner
Canton
New Plymouth Social Notes Highlights Local Events
New Plymouth reports on a box social by the girls 4-H Club The Dramatic Dreamers at the school Friday night The Sweet Family will perform plus boys chorus and instrumental numbers. Mary Cremean visits from Lancaster with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Dramatic Dreamers
Sweet Family
Mary Cremean
Lancaster
J. C. Cremean
Hobart McDaniel
Bobby
Columbus
George Smith
Thomas Sinnot
Haydenville
Raymond Sigler
Rannells
Bobby McDaniel
Viola Smith
Treadley Heinlein
Busy Bees
Ross-Hocking
Hill
Elsen
Lelia Palmer
Phoenix
Arizona
Freddie
Mattie Heinlein
Logan
Harry Stone
Robert Stone
Pleasant
S. M. Heinlein
Ruth Loomis
Train Timetable Highlights and Charter Flight Offerings
Baltimore & Ohio east and westbound trains listed with numbers and times including Diplomat and National Limited services. Chesapeake & Ohio regional departures and arrivals noted as daily and except Sunday. New York Central lines show south and northbound schedules. Charter service advertises airplanes available for special trips to any city with an airport during daylight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake & Ohio
Lesves
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Committees Named For Annual National Brands Picnic
Committees for the National Brands picnic set for September 24 at the Athens County Fairgrounds include General Paul Shannon C D Shafer F E Dowler Finance E H Sells Charles Bethel Harry Burns Fred Sands Entertainment Webb Walker Frank Kayser Program Norman Dean A E Whaley Concessions L B Francis Paul Shannon B F Sevy erson Grounds and Routing Ed Cole Food Show L B Francis Prizes Gerald Nelson Eugene Shafer William Sisson C E Norris Homer Moorhead. The oak is the tree most frequently struck by lightning. England has had no record of a beech birch horse chestnut or holly being struck since 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Fairgrounds
Paul Shannon
C. D Shafer
F. E. Dowler
E H. Sells
Charles Bethel
Harry Burns
Fred Sands
Webb Walker
Frank Kayser
Norman Dean
A. E. Whaley
L. B. Francis
B. F. Sevyerson
Ed Cole
Gerald Nelson
Eugene Shafer
William Sisson
C. E. Noriris
Homer Moorhead
England
Court Overrules Demurrer In Case of Athens Banks
The Security Savings Bank Company vs. The Bank of Athens NBA seeks 236,577.82 plus interest for 43 unpaid loans from 189 total loans dated 1926 to 1931. Judge O F Rowland overruled the Bank of Athens demurrer to two causes of action in the second amended petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Savings Bank Company
The
Bank of Athens
NBA
O. F. Rowland
Security Bank
Wesley B. Lawrence
F. D. Forsyth
Whaley Family Reunion Set for Labor Day Farm Site
The Whaley family annual reunion will be held at Glenn Hart farm south of Burlingham on Labor Day September 4. Friends of the group are invited. F M Whaley serves as president of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaley
Glenn Hart Farm
Burlingham
F. M Whaley
Miners of Millfield Plan Saturday Meeting
Millfield Local No 1205 United Mine Workers of America will hold a meeting next Saturday at 1 PM in the Sanders Show Building West Millfield. W A Bell president and Herman Theisen Jr secretary urged all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
United Mine Workers of America
Sanders Show
West Millfield
W. A. Bell
Herman Theisen, Jr
Crawford Friends Aid Goldner Family in Kidnapping Case
Rev. Neil Crawford of Athens Christian Church is an intimate friend of Rev. Gerould R. Goldner of Akron and his father Rev. Jacob Goldner. The younger Goldner, pastor of the Mogadore Christian Church near Akron, and the father, longtime Euclid Christian Church pastor in Cleveland, were held by Arabs near Jerusalem and released. Crawford became acquainted with them during ten years in Cleveland as pastor of West Boulevard Christian Church. Poppies are linked to European battlefield history before World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Crawford
Athens
Cleveland
West Boulevard Christian Church
Amesville Street Fair Invites Nearby Communities
Public invited to Amesville for a Saturday street fair sponsored by Methodist Church ladies. The event features a band concert fish pond cake walk fortune telling ice cream pie sandwiches home made candy and cold drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Ladies of the Methodist Church
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Roosevelt
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E. L. Bruce Co
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West Virginia
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U.S. Capitol
Senate
Capitol Roof
Capitol Hill
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Union Furnace
Loomis
Cherry
Heinlein
Fuller
Stewart
Circleville
Mildred
Willard
Vinton
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McArthur
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Diplomat
National Limited
Athens Airways
Pan
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Marietta
Carter
Crawford
Goldner
Europe
Court Athens
Triplife
Williamson
G. H. Martin
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
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Child's
Ollow the Crowds
T E. F. Sells
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