Seek Federal Aid for Athens County Child Camp
Athens County plans a fresh air camp for underprivileged youths, shifting from private funding to seeking federal support. Judge Louis Tyroler will contact federal officials and Ohio child welfare officials, while considering a vacant farm home as a site near Union. Tentative cost estimates place food at 2.50 per youth weekly. 20 youths would require about 60 weekly for meals, plus tents and utensils.
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Athens County
Louis Tyroler
Tyroler
Ohio Department of the American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Athens
Neil Crawford
Union
David Sharpe Dies in Akron Ohio
David Sharpe a former Athens County teacher died this morning at his Akron home after a year long illness. His body will be brought to Hebbardsville for funeral services Thursday at two o clock conducted by Rev Howard E Warner. Burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery. He leaves three sisters Mrs Jennie Stanley Carbondale Mrs Kate Spangler Kenton and Mrs Ella Goff Baltimore Md and a brother W L Sharpe of Akron. Charles F Sharpe another brother was buried at Hebbardsville June 19 after a fatal Paris Illinois auto crash while en route to visit him.
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David Sharpe
Athens County
Akron
Hebbardsville
Sharpe
Jennie Stanley
Carbondale
Kate Spangler
Kenton
Ella Goff
Baltimore
Howard E. Warner
Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Athens
Charles F. Sharpe
Paris
David
Easements Taken Along Creek Banks in Athens County
State Conservation Division easements cover twenty foot strips along McDougall and Margaret s Creek branches and Copeland Creek on five farms in Athens County to improve fishing habitat. NYA workers to plant food and strengthen banks with possible WPA dam work to create larger fishing areas. rights reserved for 20 feet each side, $1 payment per easement, and fishing rights preserved.
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State Conservation Division
Athens County
Margaret’s Creek
Copeland Creek
Columbus
Hocking River
Georgia Kilpatrick
NYA
WPA
Ames Township
McDougall Creek
Helen Connor
E. Conner
Jennie Cone
Bridget Sayre
Nellie
James Earich
Alexander Township
E. G. Paule
R. H. King
Emory Allen
P. M. Lax
C. P. Riley
Margaret's Creek
E. R. Walker
Clinton Atkinson
D. A. Morris
C. J
L. Tewksberry
P. G. Coe
E. Chase
East Fork
Irwin Jones
W. H. and
Letha McClain
Howard McHarg
D. B. Stallings
Anna B. Harner
Jacob Feth
Paul F. Armstrong
Rome Township
T. A. Copeland
Herbert Duffy to Speak at Independence Day Legion Event
Herbert S. Duffy Ohio attorney general will headline the Independence Day celebration at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Monday July 5. Legion programs feature band music from the K of P Band and the Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps plus square and round dances and midway amusements. The American Legion requests no additional turtles be brought to the Legion home for the race.
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Legion
Athens County Fairgrounds
John DeMolet
K. T. Crossen
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
Duffy
K. of P. Band
Sons of the Legion
Christ United
The
American Legion
Public Demand Harming Stage Producer Says
Dr. Louis Anspacher told an Ohio University convocation that public taste for cheap drama harms legitimate theater. He urged creating creative theaters in towns of 10,000 and noted the public bears responsibility for theater trends as films influence stage drama. Anspacher, author of This Bewildered Age, lectures philosophy at Columbia and the Brooklyn Institute. his wife is actress Catherine Kather.
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Louis Anspacher
Ohio University
Athens
Anspacher
League For Political Education
Columbia University
Brooklyn Institute
Catherine Kather
Two Cars Collide at State and Carpenter Streets
Passengers in both vehicles escaped injury when two cars collided at E State and Carpenter Streets yesterday afternoon. A state highway sign toppled by the crash damaged a car owned by Ann Schlecht. Margaret Hearn, driving a car from 45 West Union Street, and C. L. Nibert of Parkersburg, with his wife and four children, were involved as both cars turned on a green light during left and right turns into Carpenter Street.
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E. State and
Carpenter Sts
Ann Schlecht
E. State St
Margaret Hearn
W. Union St
Carpenter St
C. L
Athens RFD Began in 1898 Shaping Local Mail Service
The Athens Rural Free Delivery program began in 1898 amid merchant fears of trade loss. The system grew from early routes via Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and Marietta to today’s seven routes delivering 400 to 500 pieces daily over 263 miles. Carriers depart at 7:30 each morning, with Route 1 through Route 7 serving various townships and roads.
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United States
Athens
Elaine Ballinger
Albany
Ohio University
RFD
W. E. Peters
Ed Gallagher
Virgil Maxwell
Albany Pike
Albany Road
Hebbardsville
Country Club Road
Baker-Brown Settlement
Eugene R. Jacoby
Amesville Road
Peach Ridge
W. D. Tucker
Canaanville Road
Strouds Run
Oden C. Johnson
Clarks Chapel Road
Hocking
Guysville
William F. Strickland
Pomeroy Road
Pleasant Hill
Whitehall
Pearl D. Carr
Plains Road
Vore Ridge
Luhiig Road
Marshfield Pike
Ralph Pinkerton
Angell Ridge
Long Run
Earnest Campbell
Cupid Smashes His Record In County Wedding Permits
County probate records show 31 marriage licenses issued in June the highest monthly total in three years. The surge is linked to seasonal influence and stricter West Virginia rules reducing elopements. New volume starts with Tippett Mingus pairing. early entries include Herdlitzer Bennett and several other Athens area couples.
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Cupid
Athens County
Athens
West Virginia
Carrol J. Tippett
Chauncey
Ernestine Mingus
Millfield
Robert H Herdlitzer
Nelsonville
Lillian Irene Bennett
John Ward
Hattie Smith
the Plains
Alonzo R. Christian
Carbon Hill
Miner
Evelyn M. Bowens
Albert Bowens
Bans
Michael W. Vessalo
Mary K. Ulichney
Athens City Council Changes Meeting Date
The Athens City Council announced its next regular meeting will be at City Hall on Tuesday night July 6. The prior date would have been Monday July 5, a holiday this year.
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Athens
Legion Post Calls Special Meeting Before July 5 Celebration
A special meeting of the K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the post home 8S Court St. This last gathering precedes the large July 5 celebration and officials urge full attendance.
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K. T. Crossen
The
American Legion
Rufus Putnam Playground Offers Summer Activities
A program of tap dancing handicraft play activities and stories is offered at the Rufus Putnam playground on Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. William Wells, playground supervisor, announced the activities run Tuesday and Thursday afternoons with an experienced staff. The program is citywide inviting all children and is sponsored by local civic organizations under the general direction of B. E. Hughes.
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Rufus Putnam
B. E. Hughes
Albany-Alexander Democrats Hold Lawn Party Meeting
Democrats John Green Charles Jordan and Richard Wilson spoke at the Albany Alexander Club monthly meeting held last night at Mrs. Howard Ayler's home. About one hundred people were served refreshments after the business portion. The note on livestock states hoofed animals grow full milk teeth before permanent teeth.
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John Green
Charles Jordan
Richard Wilson
Albany - Alexander
Democratic Club
Howard Ayler
Britain tests gyroplane at Farnborough trials
A new gyroplane that can take off directly and descend vertically like a helicopter completed trials at the British Air Ministry experimental station in Farnborough Hampshire.
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Britain
London
British
Air Ministry
Farnborough
Hants
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Pennsylvania Sugar CO
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Chillicothe
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
R. A. Dalton
Spicer
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State Supreme Court
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