Delegates Discuss Relief Problems in Southeastern Ohio
Delegates from 14 counties of WPA District 3 met in Common Pleas Courtroom to address relief administration amid WPA layoffs and depleted funds. State matching funds run at 65 percent of county allocations as counties seek coordinated action and continued project support. The group planned another session within two weeks with no date set.
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Ohio
WPA
Common Pleas
WPA District 3
Southeastern
Ohio County Commissioners Association
George P. Ewing
Vinton
Gallia
Beatrice Stoecklein
Athens County
Association
C. B. Morin
Morgan County
R. A. McBride
Guernsey County
Fred Baird
Perry
C. J. Keplinger
Tuscarawas
Ira Whitmore
Athens
W. F. Herron
Muskingum
B. F. Beckler
H. A. Green
Guernsey
Miles Ogan
Theodore Beegle
Meigs
Lowell Dickinson
Jackson
E. P. Alford
Coshocton
Ewing
Fred C. Shafer
Rexford H. Allen
Perry County
Clarence A. Miller
Tuscarawas County
Miss Stoecklein
Three Women File Divorces From Harvey V Porter
Mrs. Mary Porter of Athens sues for divorce in Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect and prolonged absence since March 1939. Olive Hayden seeks divorce from Albert Hayden for extreme cruelty and neglect with inhuman treatment and a March 1938 separation. Iva Gail files for divorce from John Gail claiming willful absence and neglect after an Indiana meeting and later letters from another woman.
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Harvey V. Porter
Mary Porter
Athens
Common Pleas Court
Porter
Olive Hayden
Albert Hayden
Iva Gail
John Gail
Glouster
Hugo Founded Cambridge College in 1257
Hugo, a bishop from Ely, established the first Cambridge college in the year 1257 marking a foundational moment for the university.
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Hugo
Ely
College of
Cambridge
Mrs. Lina Robinson 82, Athens Native Dies in Akron
Mrs. Lina Robinson longtime Athens resident died at her Akron home Tuesday. Funeral services will be in Akron Friday with interment there. She leaves three daughters in Akron and two sons in Detroit. Relatives from Frost and Stewart will travel Friday to attend.
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Lina Robinson
Athens
Akron
Robinson
Athens County
Detroit
Mich
Pearl Russell
Bernice
Frost
Iva Morrison
Stella F. Arnold
Stewart
Navy enlistment drive to be held in three towns
U S Navy recruiting officer W H Byers will interview young men in Coolville Pomeroy and Middleport tomorrow. He will be in Coolville 9 11 am Pomeroy 11 45 12 30 and Middleport 1 45 3 30. Poole of Glouster has joined as apprentice seaman and sails to Norfolk VA for a 12 week training period.
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W. H. Byers
U. S. Navy
Athens
Coolville
Pomeroy
Middleport
Byers
William Glenn Poole
Glouster
Russell Poole
Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Social Notes of Broadwell
Broadwell social column records Sunday visits and guests from Amesville Athens Belpre Canaanville Chesterhill Sharpsburg Columbus and Stewart. Families such as White Ogg Sprouse Sampson Parsons Young Layton and Smith are mentioned with gatherings at homes in Broadwell and area.
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Broadwell
T. J. White
Amesville
Leonard Ogg
Charles Ogg
Athens
Leonard Smith
Belpre
Lee Dorr
Canaanville
Arch Sprouse
Ernest White
Lyle White
Gail Ice
Logan Ice
Hockingport
Ford Sampson
Mabel
Coshoct
Howard Sampson
Theresa Shannon
Columbus
Lotie Brill
Howard Smith
George
Mona Mae
Donna Ewart
Chesterhill
Ernett Starling
Sharpsburg
Howard Rathburn
Edith
Mildred Parsons
Henry Parsons
Richard White
Jo Young
Martha
Ross Hoon
William Young
Simon Layton
George Smith
Roy Lee
Geraldine Parsons
Claud Barnes
Stewart
Richard Barnes
Mrs. Alice Shanks Dies at Coolville Station
Funeral services for Alice M. Shanks age 65 widow of F. D. Shanks will be Sunday at 2 PM in the M E Church Coolville Station. She leaves brothers Ralph Ray Chevalier E Chevalier wellsville six children and 12 grandchildren.
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Coolville
Alice M. Shanks
F. D. Shanks
Coolville Station
M. E. Church
Ralph
Ray Chevalier
E. Chevalier
Glouster
D. R. Chevalier
Wellsville
John H. Shanks
R. D
Sarah Baker
Mildred Davis
Columbus
Arthur
Helen
Ethel
Bronze Plaque Commemorates Old Elm Tree Memory
A bronze plaque on a granite church lawn near Mercer honors an elm tree that stood in 1870 on a stream east branch 3.5 miles north of the village bridge. The tree measured 32 feet around and breast high and was thought to be the largest in New England.
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Mercer
New England
Eleven Athens youths to return Sunday from CMTC training
Eleven Athens youths pictured at Fort Benjamin Harrison Ind are due back Sunday after month long Citizens Military Training Camp service. CMTC restricts enlistments to ages 18 to 24 with provisional company assignments and training under U S Army officers across four year basic red white and blue courses, potentially leading to a commission as second lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps.
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Athens
Citizens
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
CMTC
U. S. Army
Bill Mansfield
Earl Hooper
John Jones
Samuel Coffey
Charles Angle
William Cheatam
Dan Gladding
Howard Davis
Ray Wiley
Paul Wiley
Phil Swanson
Nine Sisters Marry In Exact Order of Ages in Athens
B R Sanders and his wife confirm they have nine daughters all married in strict age order from 1919 to the 1930s in Athens County. Oldest Gladys wed in 1919, others followed in sequence with marriages from 1924 to 1939. One son, Donald, is 19. Sanders notes he and his wife live in Athens since 1902 and he has barber work and union ties. He quips he hated every minute of it.
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Ripley
B. R. Sanders
First St
Mrs. Sanders
Sanders
Donald Sanders
Ohio Food
Joseph Phillip Hughes
Columbus
Monadell
Mona
Lawrence FE. Herron
Athens
Bertine
Hermon A. Herron
Beatrice
W. State St
Florence Lee
Christian Church
Trimble
Barbers’ Union
Perry County
Athens County
Amesville
J. F. Vore
David Beasley
Local Democrats Plan To Attend Ohio Rally
Athens County Democrats plan to attend the state wide meeting of party members at the State Fairgrounds in Columbus next Saturday. Congressman Josh Lee of Oklahoma will be the principal speaker. A statesmen's village will host potential state candidates plus a concert, ox roast, dance and fireworks as part of the program.
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Athens County
Columbus
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Two Slightly Hurt in Wreck of Automobiles
Two persons were injured slightly when the automobile of John E. Wallace of Glouster collided with Nathan W. Brewer’s parked car on Route 13 at the Glouster Trimble line Wednesday night about 9 30. Wallace had minor facial lacerations and an arm bruise. Mrs Nathan Brewer in her husband s car suffered from shock.
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John E. Wallace
Glouster
Nathan W. Brewer
Trimble
Glouster-Trimble
Wallace
Nathan Brewer
Sheltering Arms welcomes two newborns as families grow
At Sheltering Arms Hospital a son was born this morning to Mr and Mrs Leslie White of 75 S Shan non Ave. Earlier this week Mr and Mrs W A Rapp of 62 N Court St welcomed a son named Charles August. Donna Jean Bolin, eight, had surgery today to remove tonsils from her family at home in the article’s coverage area.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Leslie White
S. Shannon Ave
W. A. Rapp
N. Court St
Charles August
Donna Jean Bolin
George Bolin
Linton Family Reunion Set at Waterloo Township Farm
The annual Linton reunion is scheduled Sunday at the Linton Farm in Waterloo Township now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Saylor. All friends and relatives are invited to attend.
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New Marshfield
Linton
Waterloo Township
Norman D. Saylor
Luckoffs File Two Civil Suits Against Drug Firm
In Columbus, Mykrantz & Sons Drug Co. was sued for 42400 total in two common pleas cases by husband Herman Luckoff and wife Pauline Luckoff. Pauline says she ordered tincture merthiolate on Oct 8 last year but received turpentine liniment and was injured after using it. Herman seeks 15000 damages for his wife’s injuries.
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Columbus
Mykrantz & Sons Drug Co
N. Grant Ave
Common Pleas
Pauline Luckoff
S. Cassingham Rd
Main and
High Sts
Herman Luckoff
Girl, 2, Drowns in Springfield Lake
Sarah Ann Brouse two daughter of Mr and Mrs Boyd Brouse drowned in Springfield Lake late yesterday. She was found in weeds and mud near shore fifteen minutes after she toddled away from home unnoticed.
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Lakemore
U.P
Sarah Ann Brouse
Boyd Brouse
Springfield Lake
Pathologist Publishes Simple Tick Infection Prevention Tip
Dr. Damaso de Rivas of the State Health laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania recommends burning the tip of a cigar or cigarette to kill a woodtick burrowed into the skin. The tick drops off on its own when singed. pulling it off may remove flesh.
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Philadelphia
Rocky Mountain
Damaso de Rivas
State Department of Health Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
de Rivas
Mars Closest Approach Draws Public Interest
The article notes Mars at its nearest point to Earth in fifteen years, about thirty six million miles away. It promotes two Washington Service Bureau booklets, Popular Astronomy and Stars and Constellations, offering them for twenty cents to readers who clip and mail the coupon.
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Red Planet
Washington Service Bureau
F. M. Kerby
Messenger Service Bureau
Thirteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Bricker Tours Camp Perry Guardsmen in Combat Review
Governor Bricker visited Camp Perry to review the 74th Brigade and special troops, with the 166th and 147th Infantry mustered for a full combat exercise. An all-night maneuver tested communications, intelligence, and artillery readiness as troops simulated a hostile engagement near Clyde and Port Clinton.
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Camp Perry
Bricker
Light
37Th Division
Columbus
166Th
147Th Infantry
Athens
C. W. Rider
J. A. Larch
Captain Carmichael
Carmichael
Paul Whan
Clarice McKibben
Jess Cass
Avery
Jack
Chester Efaw
Howard Efaw
Wyandotte
Mich
147Th
Tiffin
Locals Share Visits and Ventures From Guysville
Mrs Virgene Pierce visited Aunt Nelle Newman in Columbus over the weekend. Several residents ill at home. Families traveled to Chillicothe and Akron for visits. A stork shower honored Mrs Lorene Bean. A serious accident on U S 150 injured Mrs Griener and Mead Swisher. Fishing plans took two weeks in Wisconsin. Multiple local guests called on Mrs Villa Cunningham and Mrs Timmons.
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Guysville
Virgene Pierce
Nelle Newman
Columbus
Don Christy
C. E. Kincade
Isaac Weatherbee
Robert Brown
Margaret Manickin
Chillicothe
Marsha’ Hickson
Bill Hickson
J. N. Rice
Ohio University
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Grace Ashcraft
Lorene Bean
C. C. Christy
Kenneth
Ewert
Akron
Vern Christy
Ed Norris
Frances
Mary
Winifred Norris
Joe Lowry
Napoleon
Rosa Lowry
U. S. 150
Guyssville
Walter Greiner
Timmons
Villa Cunningham
Communion at Methodist Church Sunday Morning
NEW MARSHFIELD communion services will be held Sunday at 10 30 AM at the Methodist Church Rev Ray W Huff will deliver the sermon and preside over the service
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New Marshfield
Methodist
Ray W. Huff
Girls at AHS Win Trip to Capital City
Ath ens High School home economics students Betty Brooks and Sara Martin earned outstanding work honors for sopho more and junior projects. Harriet Simmons and Mary Burns received honorary mention and pins. Ruth Giesen guided the trip to Columbus with lunch and campus visits. Sara Martin planned a spring summer wardrobe and kitchen redesign with budgets. Betty Brooks managed a temporary home, baking project, and budgeting tasks.
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AHS
Capital City
Betty Brooks
Sara Martin
Athens High School
Harriett Simmons
Mary Burns
Ruth Giesen
Columbus
Ohio State
Never Suspect Kidney Cause Of Backaches
Many sufferers relieve nagging pain once they learn the real cause may be tired kidneys. Excess acids in the blood from kidney disorders can cause backache, swelling, and low energy. Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills, a proven aid for filtering waste for over 40 years.
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Dean
Millena
Tidner
Doan
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