300 Legionnaires to Attend Athens Eighth District Convention
Lexington to Athens reports that at least 300 Legionnaires from eight counties will converge on Athens for the Eighth District convention. The K T Crossen Post hosts, with full-day program including a Theater business session at the Court Theater and speeches by Sam Cobb and J J Saslavsky.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
American Legion
K. T. Crossen
John de Molet
Eighth District
Legion
Lewis-Manley
Middleport
Fairfield
S. Court St
Post
Court Theater
Sam Cobb
Department of Ohio
J. J. Saslavsky
Ohio Department
Eli Jansen
Wittenberg College
Springfield
James V. Suhr
Cleveland
Fighth
James M. Lantz
Lancaster
Everett L. Eveland
Crooksville
Eveland
Retired Rural Mail Carrier Frank Strickland after 30 years
Frank Strickland, 56, of 100 Central Ave., retired after 30 years as a rural mail carrier. He carried about 360 tons of mail, spanning a distance more than 11 times the earth's circumference, serving 1,800 people at Sugar Creek and 180 families along RD 4. He enduring long winters, mud, and a 56 year career with few days off, earning a letter of congratulations from Postmaster General James Farley.
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Harold Samuels
Frank Strickland
Central Ave
William
Strickland
Sugar Creek
Amesville
Peach Ridge
Logan
Athens
Nelsonville
Rural Women Eligible to Attend Camp in Ohio
Athens County farm women may join Camp Ohio from Aug 8 to 11 alongside rural homemakers from across the state. Camp facilities include tents with floors cabins a dining hall pool library and forest study areas. Cost is 4 50 for three days with options to pay 1 50 in food and 3 cash.
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Athens County
Ohio
Ross Wright
Gamp Ohio
Utica
Licking County
Southeastern
Athens
Wright
Minor Operations Reported at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Attendants at Sheltering Arms Hospital report minor surgical operations performed this morning on Mrs. Guy Lowry of Carbondale and Hoyt Mc Masters of Athens R. D. 2. Mrs. Sarah Munn of Albany was discharged after an appendicitis operation, and Mrs. M. B. Wright and her infant son of 95 East State Street Athens will be dismissed this afternoon.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Guy Lowry
Carbondale
Hoyt McMasters
Athens R. D
Sarah Munn
Albany
M. B. Wright
E. State St
Athens
Exxon Explains Gasoline Power Compared To Dynamite
A historical note asserts that a gallon of gasoline carries as much explosive power as 43 pounds of dynamite, illustrating energy equivalence between fuels and explosives in plain terms.
Medicine Man Office Is Cell
Ralph Guthrie known as Bullet and Medicine Man was arrested in Rutland while Sheriff Bayless and Deputies investigated. Evans spotted the Bullets machine, verified the license, and took Guthrie into custody. A warrant accused him of stealing about 100 dollars in auto accessories from a Gloucester garage. He was jailed in Athens County and to be taken to Glouster for arraignment. Guthrie has long toured Athens and southeastern Ohio counties as an itinerant medicine show performer.
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Ralph Guthrie
Rutland
Charles Bayless
Charles Evans
B. C. Day
Evans
Guthrie
Athens
Glouster
Ohio
Yale Faculty Member To Speak At Ohio U Sunday
Dr. Robert Lowry Calhoun of Yale Divinity School will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on World Builders at Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium Sunday at 10 30 AM The program includes an academic processional invocation hymn reading of scripture a soprano solo and benediction by Dr Calhoun.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Robert Lowry Calhoun
Yale University Divinity School
Mechanicsburg Students Tour State Patrol Barracks
Students enrolled in a special highway safety and civics course visited the State Highway Patrol barracks on Richland Avenue yesterday for an informational tour.
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Mechanicsburg
State Highway Patrol
Richland Ave
Sudden Beer Garden Emerges From Trucker Crash
A tractor trailer carrying 400 cases of beer crashed through a guard rail at White Hall around 4 am and overturned. Driver Roy Hunstead of Brown, West Virginia, said he fell asleep. he escaped injury as 25 to 30 cases broke and the rest of the load spilled or scattered. Hunstead was hauling for Coca Cola Bottling Works of Clarksburg and had left Cincinnati the previous day at 4:30 pm, with a midnight stop in McArthur for sleep.
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White Hall
Roy Hunstead
Brown
W. Va
State Highway Patrol
Hunstead
Coca-Cola
Clarksburg
Athens
Cincinnati
McArthur
Albany Bank Quits Over Tax Burdens
The Citizens Bank of Albany shocks local finance by voluntary liquidation blamed on new federal and state taxes. Depositors must file claims by Sept. 1 as the bank remains open briefly to pay all claims in full. Six Athens County banks now operate in six towns after a past peak of 11.
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Citizens Bank of Albany
George R. Bailes
Ohio Superintendent of Banks
Albany
Andrew C. Dailey
John P. Coe
George B. Spring
Jud Bradford
Earl T. Dailey
Frank Bolton
Bolton
Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Amesville
Glouster
Coolville
New Marshfield
Three Fined One Held Under Bond by McCune
Three persons were fined and one bound over to the Common Pleas Court after arraignments before Mayor Len B. McCune. Ray Thompson of The Plains faced a driving with insufficient rights charge and was released on a $100 bond. Alah Bula of Glouster pleaded guilty to reckless driving, fined $5 plus costs. Bert Sanders and Carlos Sams of Athens pleaded guilty to intoxication. Sanders fined $25 plus costs, Sams $10 plus costs. Both jailed in default of payment.
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Common Pleas Court
Len B. McCune
Ray Thompson
the Plains
State Patrol
Alah Bula
Glouster
E. State St
Athens
Bert Sanders
Carlos Sams
Mt Zion Church to Stage The Strike of the Ladies Aid
The Ladies' Aid of Mt Zion Baptist Church Athens presents The Strike of the Ladies' Aid at Mt Zion Church Thursday night July 29 at 8 o clock. Cast includes Mary Nero Marjorie Cassels An gie Cooper Mary Saunders Lydia Nero Katherine Payne Georgia Cooley Olga Cassels Nora Gilmore H Workman Virgie Coursey Blanche Russell Anna Guthrie Laura Lynch Mary Katherine Barrett. Between acts Mt Zion Male Quartet will sing.
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Ladies’ Aid
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Athens
Mary Nero
Marjorie Cassels
Angie Cooper
Mary Saunders
Lydia Nero
Katherine Payne
Georgia Cooley
Olga B. Cassels
Nora Gilmore
H. Workman
Virgie Coursey
Blanche Russell
Anna Guthrie
Laura Lynch
Mary Katherine Barrett
Mt. Zion
30 New Boys Enter As Camp Closes After Happy Week
Athens County Fresh Air Camp at Strouds Run ends a week of leadership, sports, and character building with a lively campfire, awards, and a large group of boys departing. Thirty new entrants join as the next session begins under director A. H. Rhoads with junior leaders ready.
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Athens County
Strouds Run
A. H. Rhoads
Rhoads
Chenille A's
Schloss Manufacturing Co
Leslie Joe Pritchard
William Barron
Paul Kettell
Frank McManaway
Trimble
Fagles
Eagles
Clifford Mackey
Redtown
Bob Weaver
Robert McManaway
Eddie Pyle
Ray Korpela
Jack Schoonover
Lowell
James Russell
Ernie Cottrell
Don McCray
Nelsonville
Denies Charge Of Liquor Men and Other Pleas
Sarah Kennedy aged 68 of Kimberly was arrested by a state liquor agent at her home on illegal possession of an alcoholic beverage. She pleaded not guilty before Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland and was released on a $100 bond. Charles W Walters of Athens pled guilty to driving while intoxicated before Judge Rowland after arrest on Route 31 near Sugar Creek. He was fined $100 with $50 suspended for good behavior and six month license suspension, with payment due by Monday.
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Sarah Kennedy
Kimberly
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Charles W. Walters
Athens
Rowland
State Patrol
Sugar Creek
Walters
Birth announced for eight pound son in Nelsonville
Mr and Mrs Henry Kern Route 2 announce the birth of an eight pound son Tommy Harrison on Monday July 26. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Elmer Kern and Mr and Mrs Guy Berry of Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Henry Kern
Route 2
Tommy Harrison
Elmer Kern
Guy Berry
Social by Women's Auxiliary at Alexander Presbyterian Church
The Women's Auxiliary of Alexander Presbyterian Church on Athens Albany Road will hold a social Friday July 30 starting at 5 30 pm. Attendees will be served sandwiches salad coffee and homemade ice cream and cake.
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Alexander Presbyterian Church
Athens-Albany Road
Local Marriage Licenses Filed for Stewart Radford and Mary Betts
Stewart W. Radford, 26, minister from Wickliffe, wed Mary Margaret Betts, 20, bookkeeper from Nelsonville, daughter of Frank and Betts. George Hamilton, 21, machinist from Dayton, to Annabelle McGee, 19, Hollister, daughter of William and McGee.
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Stewart W. Radford
Wickliffe
Mary Margaret Betts
Nelsonville
Frank Betts
George Hamilton
Dayton
Annabelle McGee
Hollister
William McGee
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