Heat in Athens Most Severe Since 1936 Sitrep
Athens records its hottest spell in 11 days with a Sunday high of 99 degrees and noon reading 93. Mrs. C N France notes earlier 100 degree days in 1936 and 120 degree sun readings. only seven rain days this month, with scattered thundershowers bringing brief relief. Litteral, navy reservist, will transfer to Louisville August 1 after seven days leave in Portsmouth.
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Athens
MES
C. N. France
Lneties
France
Charles L. Creamer
Richland Ave
Litteral
Wiley Litteral
U. S. Navy Reserve
Louisville
Mr. Litteral
Portsmouth
WPA Men May Attend High School Courses
WPA vocational training sections in Chauncey Hollister and Trimble are eligible for high school classes under a new state WPA project to train workers for essential defense industries. In Southeastern Ohio the plan has not started yet. District supervision, teacher assignments, and student eligibility are outlined, with pay maintained and checks issued biweekly.
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WPA
Chauncey, Hollister
Trimble
Tdanaawillahee Daur
Driver Fined After Saturday Night Crash
Stewart Bell aged 39 of Athens Route 6 pleaded guilty to unsafe operation of an automobile and was fined 10 dollars plus costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell this morning. The accident occurred Saturday night on Route 50 Alternate one mile east of the North Y. Bell, a State Highway Department employee, drove an auto that struck a car operated by Oliver Steinmetz, a 39 year old butcher of 16 Currier Street and owned by William Hahn, 44, same address. Steinmetz was making a right turn. Bell's car sustained front damage, Hahn rear damage, each valued at 25 dollars. Both drivers and their passengers escaped injury.
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Stewart Bell
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Bell
State Highway Department
Oliver Steinmetz
Butcher
Currier St
William Hahn
State Patrol
Steinmetz
Hahn
Western Thriller Movie Postponed at West Side
The one hour and fifty minute Western Thriller was to be shown last Thursday but is rescheduled to tomorrow night at 8 45 at the West Side Playground. The Department of Recreation sponsors the program under recreation director Lewis Sabo.
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West Side Playground
Department of Recreation
Lewis Sabo
Youth Hostel Move Explored in Athens Ohio
A meeting in Ohio University’s Fine Arts Hall considered establishing a youth hostel in or near Athens as part of the American Youth Hostels network. William Van Til outlined the non political, non sectarian aims to aid youth travel, with two local families offering facilities and several community leaders pledging support.
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Athens
Michigan
Ohio
Ohio University
Fine Arts
William van Til
College of Education
Ohio State University
America
van Til
Northfield
Mass
American Youth Congress
Irma FE. Voigt
Fred Luchs
Athens Presbyterian Church
C. C. Bird
F. J. Taylor
Athens High
Oliver Wood
T. M. Wolfe
C. M. Gill
The
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Miss Athens Dominates All Ohio Air Tour Weekend
Miss Juanita Halsey returned home from Huntington to Athens after a grand week end as Miss Athens in the All-Ohio Air Tour. She flew from Huntington to Athens then to New Philadelphia for a dinner with ten air queens and the tour. At the New Philadelphia Country Club Ball Miss Betty Collins Miss Lima was crowned Miss Ohio and will go to New York for the World's Fair.
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Juanita Halsey
Athens
Huntington
W. Va
Miss Halsey
New Philadelphia
Ohio
New Philadelphia Country Club
Betty Collins
Lima
New York
Three Are Fined in Athens City Court
Police officers arrested three men on intoxication charges Saturday night. Carl Williams of Athens Route 4 was fined 10 dollars and costs and committed to jail to serve existing fines totaling 36.60 dollars. Fred Williams of Dairy and Richland Aves. was jailed for failing to pay a 5 dollar fine plus costs. Ralph Burson of Pratts Fork forfeited 14.70 dollars and did not appear for hearing. Additionally, Miss Carolyn Clutter will hostess the Alexander Aid Society at 6 Race St. Athens, on Friday August 2 at 1:30 p.m.
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Leslie Bradfield
Joseph McBride
Carl Williams
Athens
W. Union St
Cliff Cornell
Williams
Fred Williams
Dairy
Richland Aves
Ralph Burson
Pratts Fork
Alexander Aid Society
Carolyn Clutter
Race St
GAR Veterans To Be Honored At Sandusky
The Ohio Civil War Veterans Association plans a three day reunion in Sandusky August 2 to 4 honoring 35 surviving Ohio Civil War veterans aged 90 to 102. Gov. John W. Bricker will address veterans at the Sandusky Soldiers and Sailors Home as a oak tree is planted, parades and a patriotic pageant are featured. Surviving Athens County veterans include W D Christman Glouster Hiram Tinkham The Plains and L H Southerton Millfield. The oldest veteran is F E W Cummings Columbus who turns 103 in September.
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Ohio
Ohio Civil War Veterans Association
Sandusky
John W. Bricker
Grand Army of the Republic
Athens County
W. D. Christman
Glouster
Hiram Tinkham
the Plains
L. H. Southerton
Millfield
Abraham Lincoln
F E. W. Cummings
Columbus
James Will Attend Penns Celebration
Ohio University will be represented at the University of Pennsylvania Bicentennial Week with President Herman G. James as official delegate. The Sept 16 to 21 program features convocations symposia and exhibits on the Penn campus with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as guest of honor on Sept 20 delivering an address and receiving an honorary degree.
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Philadelphia
Ohio University
University of Pennsylvania
Herman G. James
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Somerset Man Accepts Census Bureau Position
William H. Mautz son of Jacob Mautz Somerset contractor recently accepted a civil service position with the United States Bureau of the Census at Washington. Mautz has five years with the WPA in Ohio in statistical work over the last two and a half years as state statistician. A graduate of Ohio State University he was a graduate assistant teaching assistant and research assistant in economics there before moving to the University of Colorado at Boulder as instructor of economics and statistics.
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William H. Mautz
Jacob Mautz
Somerset
United State Bureau of the Census
Washington
Mautz
WPA
Ohio
Ohio State University
University of Colorado At Boulder
Athens County groups attend camp sessions
Athens County 4 H and extension members participated in multiple camps at the Ross Hocking site. Attendees included Norma Jean Dry, Bernice Richardson, Julia Walden, Barbara Chapman, and Eileen Henderson. senior campers from Albany, Amesville, Shade, Chauncey, Stewart, and other towns enrolled for Ross Hocking Men’s Camp August 3-4. Applications must reach County Extension Agent Ross Wright by July 31.
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Ross- Hocking
Athens County
Wayne Wingett
H. R. Jacoby
Ross Wright
Norma Jean Dry
Athens
Bernice Richardson
Clarice Humphrey
Julia Walden
Barbar Chapman
Eileen Henderson
Coolville
Howard Starlin
Stewart
Ross-Hocking
4-H
Vivian Jewell
Lola Baughman
Twila Knowles
Albany
Frances Fiske
Maidie Bricker
Dorothy Stalder
Jane McCafferty
Chauncey
Philip Linscott
Amesville
Thomas Wingett
Carl Smith
Shade
Gail E. Fleming
B. G. Chapman
Guysville
John Featherstone
John Z. Hope
Roy Gilham
New Marshfield
Frank Pugh
Husband in Prison Divorce Plea Seeks Custody
Mrs. Forest Allen petitions Com mon Pleas Court for divorce from Austin Allen now in the Ohio State Penitentiary for shop lifting with parole violations. The couple married in February 1936 at St. Marys West Virginia and have two sons. She seeks custody and support.
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Forest Allen
Austin Allen
Common Pleas Court
St. Marys
W. Va
Ohio State Penitentiary
Civil Service Tests Announced for Air Brush Illustrator Roles
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for air brush illustrators in the federal government. Four grades, salaries from 1620 to 2300 dollars yearly, retirement deduction Ay percent. Apply by August 26 at the Washington office or Athens post office for forms and requirements.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington
J. L. C. Kelley
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
Local notices from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Suffering a fractured hip when she fell from the porch of her home Saturday, Mrs. Minnie Dewey, Athens Rt. 2, was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Page, 2 Ev an s St., are the parents of a daughter born at the hospital at 6:30 this morning. Mrs. Dorthea Burton, Congress Apts., underwent a minor surgi cal operation this morning. John Levering, who was admitted for medical treatment Saturday, was released this afternoon. Miss Gladys Alcorn, Portsmouth, and Mrs. Garnet Engh, 191 University Terrace, also were released today. The condition of Mrs. Fannie Romine, who has been seriously ill at the hospital since last Wednesday, was today reported as improving by hospital attendants.
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Minnie Dewey
Athens Rt
Sheltering Arms Hospital
F. T. Page
Evans St
Dorthea Burton
Congress Apts
John Levering
Gladys Alcorn
Portsmouth
Garnet Engh
University Terrace
Fannie Romine
Local pets: alligator, macaw, skunks in Athens tales
Wildlife kept as pets in Athens includes a seven foot alligator at Athens State Hospital fed only in heat, a Chinese Macaw owned by Dwight Tritpp, and a coon named Treve cared for by Robert Carsey. Also two three month ground hogs named Billy, a 30 inch gar at the university, two foxes formerly kept by Dr. M. R. Chappel, and three young skunks slated for scent gland removal by Dr. J. J. Stansbury with one kept as a pet.
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Athens
Athens State Hospital
Florida
C. H. Creed
Mr Carsey
Treve
Billy
Dwight Tritpp
State St
University
M. R. Chappel
Fritz
Susie
University Offers New Auto Driving Course for Teachers
Ohio University will offer a three hour credit Administration of Driver Education course in the post summer session to train teachers in proper driving methods for high school instruction. Directed by James O. Stephan, the program includes accident analysis, prevention, driving case testing, car mechanics, and teaching aids. Enrollment requires education credits five dollars per hour plus five dollars for operating expenses, with twelve students needed to obtain a dual control car. Interested teachers should contact Mr. Stephan or Dean William M. Young in Super Hall at once.
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Ohio University
James O. Stephan
Mr. Stephan
Super Hall
Dean William M. Young
Tyroler Files Re Hearing Notice in Ohio Case
Defense attorney Louis Tyroler filed for a re hearing of the Ohio versus Ira Whitmore and Walter Maccombs in the Athens County Court of Appeals. The move cites a prior appeal filed April 3 and seeks to vacate the appellate judgment and overturn the trial court’s denial of a new trial.
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Ohio
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Athens
Tyroler
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