New Mechanicsburg School Ready for Fall Opening
The Mechanicsburg grade school on Richland Ave is under PW A funding and slated for Sept 1 completion. Eight grades in eight rooms will serve about 325 students. three rooms were cut due to Governor Davey’s veto and no water line funds. Water may come from Athens State Hospital if city lines aren’t funded.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Mechanicsburg
Richland Ave
PWA
A. J. Hirtler
Davey
C. W. Gross
Athens State Hospital
Spitzer
Ohio University
Ohio University Training School
van Gundy-Beck Co
Lancaster
Love Edwards Apply for Marriage License
Otis Love age 21 of Athens and Fledie Edwards age 20 of Shade apply for a marriage license. Both are listed as children of their respective parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Love and Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Edwards.
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Otis Love
Athens
Pearl Love
Fledie Edwards
Shade
O. J. Edwards
Court News in Common Pleas Court Docket
Court notes convict I C Gaston fined 150 dollars and costs with one year driving ban. Dismissals include Miller vs Miller at plaintiff costs, McKinley drops suit against White at his costs, Bran non vs Manley jury waived and defendant wins. Foreclosure and sale of premises, checks disputed for 84 60, and 202 30 due from Bailey. Probate items include Blair will probate and transfers, Brookins personal property sale, and Fort will probated. Estate matters assign heirs and inheritance tax for Effie Henry.
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I. C. Gaston
O. F. Rowland
Common Pleas Court
Charles E. Miller
Hazel Woods Miller
Aldo McKinley
G. W. White
John M. Martin
Lawrence G. Woostell
Cecil Westfall
Roger Biddle
Donie E. Blair
Washington County
Athens County
Maggie R. Blair
Bessie I. Merrell
Austin Whited
Ebbie Patrick
James M. Brookins
Joseph Fort
Effie Henry
Temperature Peak Reaches 90 in Athens on Tuesday
Athens experienced a 90 degree high on Tuesday as a windstorm moved through overnight. By evening the thermometer had fallen to 62 degrees, and officials forecast a cloudy spell ahead with a drop in temperatures and showers. Tomorrow is expected to be fair and cool.
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Athens
Athens Country Club to Close for Edward Schloss Funeral
The Athens Country Club will close until noon Thursday due to funeral services for Edward Schloss, club director. The service will be held at St. Pauls Church at 9 30 a m Thursday.
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Athens Country Club
Edward Schloss
St. Paul’s Church
Sidewalks to Begin in Athens Next Monday
Sidewalk construction in Athens will start next Monday as announced by C. W. Gross, service director. Property owners may have four inch thick sidewalks built by WPA workers at material cost of eight and one half cents per square foot. driveways to the property line six inches thick cost twelve and a half cents per square foot. Sign up through city engineer John W. Dowler. All work on N May Ave is finished. the street was brick paved with gravel base and asphalt filler and a sidewalk laid on the west side.
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Athens
C. W. Gross
WPA
John W. Dowler
N. May Ave
Plantsville School 4-H Club Officers Named
The Plantsville School 4-H Club at Sharpsburg announces its officers Freeda Tate as president Paul Wogan as vice president Garnet Fischer as secretary and Glenna Tate as news reporter for the year.
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Plantsville School
Sharpsburg
Freeda Tate
Paul Wogan
Garnet Fischer
Glenna Tate
Dies at 60. Rev C A Spriggs of Athens
Rev C A Spriggs died at age 60 at his Walker Street home last night. He lived in Athens eight years and organized Union Sunday Schools across Ohio counties for 23 years. Survived by wife Anne and daughter Avanelle. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Central Ave M E Church with Rev Frank A Kerhl Cleveland as principal speaker. Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery Erie PA. body to be taken Friday morning. Friends may call Wednesday night and Thursday before the service.
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C. A. Spriggs
Walker St
Spriggs
Athens
Union
Ross
Ohio
Union Sunday Schools
Anne Spriggs
Avanelle
Central Ave. M. E
Erie Pa
Memory expert Kellogg speaks to Athens Rotary group
A. S. Kellogg, a Chicago memory expert who has addressed service groups in Southeastern Ohio recently, spoke before the Athens Rotary on Monday. A demonstration of electrical equipment will be shown at the Great Lakes Exposition this summer, featuring the meeting of Athens Rotarians next Monday at Hotel Berry.
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A. S. Kellogg
Chicago
Ohio
Athens
Hotel Berry
Fox hunts set for Sunday near Guysville on Route 50
Rome Fox Hunters Association announced events including Fox races and four coon chase to be held Sunday, June 7, three miles east of Guysville on Route 50 South. C. C. Petty stated admission is free and lunch will be served on the grounds.
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Guysville
Rome Fox Hunters Association
C. C. Petty
Albany Driver Is Fined 100 For Drunken Driving
Clarence Throckmorton of Albany pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated at arraignment before Mayor Len McCune. He was fined $100 and costs, with driving rights revoked for six months, and committed to county jail for inability to pay. Arrested by Police Chief Finsterwald and Captain Maple on Lancaster Street. Howard Hartman Mansfield received a $5 fine and costs on an intoxication charge.
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Clarence Throckmorton
Albany
Len B. McCune
Throckmorton
E. S Finsterwald
Charles Maple
Lancaster St
Howard Hartman Mansfield
Groundhog season closed in Ohio until August 1
Under Conservation Council Order No 73 groundhogs may not be taken or possessed in Ohio until midnight August 1. Open season begins August 1 and runs to February 28, 1937. Farmers may kill groundhogs when damaging property on any day except Sunday. Council Order No 74 limits inland fish for sale or trade to carp sheepshead mullet and grass pike for one year from May 25.
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Conservation Council
Ohio
B. F. Swartz
Fish and Game
Gamertsfelder Speaks To Class At Buchtel
Dr. W S Gamertsfelder Ohio University philosophy professor and new Dean of Arts and Sciences spoke to 13 Buchtel High School seniors at the Buchtel Opera House Tuesday night stressing youthful vision and accomplishment. The event opened with a procession and invocation by Father W A Stechker followed by John Vice’s salutatory, Ruth Mingus sang, Mary Alice Wagner was valedictorian and Rob ert Sciveley sang again. Superintendent Fred O Linscott presented the class and the school board clerk handed the diploma. Rev G C Nutter gave benediction.
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W. S. Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
College of Arts and Sciences
Buchtel High School
Buchtel Opera House
W. A. Stechker
John Vice
Ruth Mingus
Mary Alice Wagner
Robert Sciveley
Fred O. Linscott
G. C. Nutter
Former Athens Woman Buried at Barberton
Funeral services were held at Barberton for Mrs. Margaret Frank Shawhn age 56 who died after an appendectomy. She formerly lived in Athens and Carbondale and is survived by her husband three sons a daughter her father Henry Frank and a sister a brother Carl Frank resides in Carbondale.
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Barberton
Margaret Frank Shawhn
Shawhn
Athens
Carbondale
Carl Frank
Henry Frank
Kathleen Williams Earns Seventh Grade Promotion
Kathleen Williams, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harley Williams and student at Mann Ridge School, has not been absent nor tardy for three years and is promoted to the seventh grade.
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Kathleen Williams
Harley Williams
Mann Ridge School
Athens County Receives $6,956 from Nuisance Tax Share
State Auditor Joseph T. Tracy allotted Athens County 6956 in nuisance tax proceeds for May. Distribution split shows 3687 for local government funds and 3269 for poor relief. Nearby counties Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Perry and Vinton also share varying amounts.
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Athens County
Joseph T. Tracy
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
No Bids For 31 Surfacing Project
State Route 31 surface treatment near Athens drew no bids per report by John Jaster Jr state highway director. Meanwhile Southern Ohio Quarries Co Columbus submitted a low bid of 67839 28 for U S Route 35 between Jackson and Gallipolis in Gallia County and L T Cisler and Son Marietta posted a low bid of 8645 on the SR 124 surface treatment project in Meigs County.
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Athens
John Jaster, Jr
Southern Ohio Quarries Co
Columbus
Jackson
Gallipolis
Gallia
L. T. Cisler and Son
Marietta
Meigs County
Mrs. Gaffney Taken To Sheltering Arms Hospital
Russell Gaffney of Middleport was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital yesterday for a medical examination. Two major operations were performed Monday for Mrs. Floyd Barker of Athens and Fred Leake of Glouster. Since Friday other cases include Sarah Jones of Athens and Mrs. Merle Bolen of Hawks, both medical, and Mrs. Carl Elliott of Albany, a major operation.
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Russell Gaffney
Middleport
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Floyd Barker
Athens
Fred Leake
Glouster
Sarah Jones
Merle Bolen
Hawks
Carl Elliott
Albany
Class Day Promotes Athens Junior High Nine-Year Students
One hundred two seventh and eighth graders will take part in Athens Junior High School Class Day activities Monday June 8 at 1 15 PM. Promotion exercises follow Wednesday June 10 at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. The program includes class history, dances, poems, prophecies, music by Kellogg and Mendelssohn, and the Alma Mater sung by the ninth grade. Dorothy Roads and Paul Hall named school presidents for 1936 37.
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Bave
Athens
Kellogg
Marie Tucker
Virginia Segale
Helen Stratton
Dan Gladding
Betty Cakenougher
James Person
Him
Grace Ellen Foster
Mendelssohn
Eleanor Peckham
Dorothy Roads
Paul Hall
Birds Need Soft Food in Winter's Aftermath
Athens resident Miss Marie Mace reports birds die of hunger after winter, noting robins sparrows wrens and other species rely on soft food she provides year round. She urges neighbors to offer soft foods since hard grain cannot sustain robins.
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Athens
Marie Mace
Lancaster St
Mace
Miss Mace
Hocking Valley Livestock Club Plans June Meeting
Fourteen members and five guests attended the Hocking Valley Livestock Club meeting at George Maxwell’s home. Virgil Ball led a discussion on Advantages of Purebred Livestock. The next meeting is set for Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m. at the home of Bernice, Virgil, and Elden Ball.
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Hocking Valley Livestock Club
George Maxwell
Virgil Ball
Bernice
Virgil
Elden Ball
Broadwell 4 H Club Plans Sewing Demonstration
Broadwell Girls 4 H Club will host a sewing demonstration on June 11 showing different seams and stitches led by Maxine Sprouse and Rhea Driggs. Doris Richardson serves as club president with Palmer Jones and Juanita White visiting at the last meeting.
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Broadewell Girls
Doris Richardson
Palmer Jones
Juanita White
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Athens Township
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State Department of Education
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State of
Frances Brannon
Charlies Manley
C. D. Shafer Co
C. S Bailey
Close Country Club
Wirdour
Lhice
Sraigpy Bours Pow Nisley
Windsor
National Dietillere Products Corporation
CLUB
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
Union Sunday School
FOX
Gamertsfelder
Buchtel
American Express
Athens National Bank
Mrs. Gaffney
Bob Drake
Tom Haller
Marjorie Moler
Elizabeth Wood
Betty Ann Schuler
Broadwell
Maxine Sprouse and
Rhea Driggs
the Covert Optometric Service
S. Court St
Penn
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