Athens Council votes for Route 33 change in city
The Athens City Council unanimously approves consent for the state highway to relocate U S Route 33 from Second and Lancaster within the city to modernize the north entrance. State engineers estimate total project cost around 525,000 with federal and state funds, and a public hearing will follow.
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State Highway Department
Second St
Lancaster St
P. F. Good
Good
Bart Davidson
Marietta
Davidson
Counel
Coun
Atkinson
Columbia Ave
North Ie
Corporation Line
St.Street
Dasidion
Lancaster, St
Corporation
Fiona [Reek Foundation
Tughany
Northwes
Red Cross Ends Drive With War Fund Total
The Athens County Chapter of the American Red Cross closed its war relief drive totaling 2748.77 dollars. Miss Eilen Biddle announced the county quota started at 2000 and was doubled to 4000. Nelsonville groups raised 395.37, while 15 percent of county receipts stay for local project work and garment making.
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The
American Red Cross
War Relief Fund
Eilen Biddle
Miss Biddle
Dwight Rutherford
Drive
National
Broadwell
Warn
Siter
Dorothy
Lawerley County
Bothaws Church
Mail routing for encampment maneuvers near Sparta Wisconsin
Ohio National Guard intends to use the World War mail system to route mail for about 11 500 guardsmen in Ohio as part of 65 000 troops from seven midwestern states for maneuvers near Sparta Wisconsin. Addresses must include full rank name organization and army post.
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Sparta
Wis
Ohio National Guard
Gilson D. Light
Columbus
Ohio
Hein
Army Post
Limber
Sparta, Wis
Register Thursday for Music Lessons at Athens High
Athens High School offers free instrumental lessons under Mr Floyd K Prince music director. Registration Thursday Aug 1 from 9 to 11 30 am at the high school music room. Lessons include private instruction band or orchestra participation and attendance may count with regular school year work for recognition.
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Athens High School
Floyd K. Prince
Prince
Mr. Prince
Supreme Court Asked To Ree 2 Ex Officials
Supreme Court petitions were filed seeking habeas corpus relief for two former Athens County officials Ira Whitmore and Walter Maccombs accused of soliciting a bribe tied to Minnie Whitmore. Defense argues the defendants were not legally tried as Belmont County Judge Sutford Belt repeatedly left the courtroom during testimony.
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Unio Supreme Court
London
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Athens County
Minnie Whitmore
2 Whitmore
Columbus
Louis Tyroler
Common” Pleas
Sutford
Belt
Belmont County
Wineing
Sergeant Fair To Enlist Men In Army Here
The Fifth Corps Area recruiting staff announces that Staff Sgt Charles H Fair, Ohio University instructor, will serve as Athens area Army recruiting officer. He will be at the Athens Post Office daily from noon to 1 pm and 4 to 5 pm to enlist men for three year terms in various branches incl Signal Corps California armored unit at Fort Knox Ky and other units. Colored men 18 to 35 who are single may join the Quartermaster Corps at Fort Knox Ky or Fort Bragg NC if without high school training. Physicals for the Army are reportedly easier than Navy tests.
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Charles H. Fair
Ohioversity
Athens Coun
Fair
Athens
Ofice Daily
Army
Signal Corps
Cal- Mornia
Armored Signal Company
Fort Knox
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Cavalry
Medical Corps
Air Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Bragg
N. C
Navy
Fair Sid
Fruitgrowers to Attend Ohio Horticultural Society Meeting
Fruitgrowers planning to attend the summer meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society on August 9 at the Oakes orchard two miles west of Little Hocking will find specialists from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station departments of Entomology and Botany present. Growers may bring samples of affected trees fruit and foliage for diagnosis and management guidance.
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Ohio State Horticultural Society
C. H. Oakes
Little Hocking
Department of Entomology and Botany
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Pritchard Invited to Speak at National Coroners Meet
Dr A I Pritchard Athens County coroner was invited to discuss a paper at the National Association of Coroners annual convention in Philadelphia August 19 to 21. About 500 coroners from counties and cities will attend to promote closer cooperation with attorneys and coroners and to protect the innocent from prosecution.
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A. I. Pritchard
Athens County
National Association of Corroners
Philadelphia
United States
Jena
Gletriet
Cor Toner
Cor|ioner
Charles H. Hersch
Phil Hiphia
Jolly Cooks 4-H Club Forms at New Marshfield Home
Twila Miller and Monna Lee Smith joined the New Marshfield Jolly Cooks 4-H Club at Donna Ligget’s home on Wednesday July 24. A clan meeting was planned for today with Mary Adena Hib tard.
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Twila Miller
Monna Lee Smith
Marshfield
Jolly Cooks
Donna Ligget
Mary Adena Hibtard
Miners Seek Roosevelt Help for Defense Industry
In Athens area a group led by Foster Day and Lawrence McDonald of the Union Non Partisan League collected about 7600 signatures on petitions urging President Franklin D Roosevelt to back sites for national defense industries. The petition cites local coal, brick, water, and transport advantages and urges support to relieve unemployment amid defense plans. Circulation drew enthusiasm from business leaders and officials across Athens County with petitions circulated in Nelsonville Chauncey M, Jackson, and other towns.
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America
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Roosevelt
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National Defense Industries
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Lawrence McDonald
Union Non-Partisan League
Athens
Athens’ County
F_ i. Beasley Co
C.D. Shafer Co
Clift Cornell
C. G. Dew
Nelsonvill
Ellsworth ‘DeVore
Nelsonville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Washington, D.C
Hocking Valles
Ohio
Bay
McDonald
Nelsoneitle
Blouster
Chauncey
Buchtel
Jacksenile
Murray City
Hore
Charles Wolfe
Thomas Johnson
UMWA
Day
Annual Pienie Of Merchants At Lake Hope Zaleski
The Athens Retail Merchants Association and families plan the annual picnic at Lake Hope Zaleski on Thursday afternoon. Over 200 are expected to attend with contests and entertainment led by Harry Lackey. Activities include races, ball games, egg throwing, target throws, and a mother calling contest, plus swimming boating and fishing. Bad Beckley notes the event will start around 2 o clock with a supper provided by merchants.
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Lake Hope Zaleski
Harry Lackey
Lackey
Bad Beckley
Association
Pierce Quits Business Here After Lease Expiration
The Florence Restaurant and Buckeye Cafeteria history trace shows Pierce and Mrs. Pierce ceasing operations due to lease end. A move to Kinens was impossible for a restaurant site. All fixtures and equipment will be offered at public sale on Friday.
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Kinens
Biever
Tor Das
St Ienst
NYA Invites Athens Youths to Charleston Training Center
Aubrey Williams of NYA in Washington DC invites youth from Athens County to enroll in NYA's regional mechanical training center at South Charleston West Virginia. Applications are being taken in AYA area offices in Ohio. Selection targets 55 young men between 15 and 25 who are single, out of school, and ready to study for six months in airplane mechanics machine shop auto mechanics radio construction sheet metal drafting woodwork and related fields.
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Aubrey Williams
Washington, D.C
NYA
Athens County
South Charleston
W. Va
S. Benton Davis
Trea
AYA
Ohio
S. Burns Weston
Funeral planned for local man at Straitsville home
New Straitsville resident dies at home Tuesday night. He is survived by brothers Rover and James, two nieces, and three nephews. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at the family home conducted by the Rev. Robert Byler.
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New Strattsville
Rover
James
Heamily
Lev
Robert Byler
Temperature Hits 100 In Athens Weather Report
Official meteorological data show Athens reaching 100 degrees yesterday with a 70 degree low. Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France notes the high, while river levels and local notices appear scattered in a community report.
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Met
C. N. France
Hocking
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