Banquet for Scouters To Meet Berry Leader Ashwill
More than 50 Athens County men will attend the First Annual Scouters Banquet at Hotel Berry Monday night to welcome G E Ashwill the newly appointed district field executive who will direct the county scouting program The gathering will plan the year s activities and include district committee members troop committeemen scoutmasters and assistants Also Paul Handel parkersburg scout executive for the Kootaga Area will attend with 11 county troops represented including units in Athens Nelsonville Glouster The Plains Chauncey Albany and Hockingport Reservations are requested from Harry A Mettler Earl E Pugh or John J Woolley Ashwill from Findlay Ohio is a new Eagle Scout and experienced scout leader who will be banquet toastmaster and who has held leadership roles in Pathansen and Trumbull councils Readable fragments describe his tours on the Great Lakes and Ohio rivers and his prior roles in Findlay and Warren Ohio
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Athens County
Hotel Berry
G. E. Ashwill
Paul Handel
Parkersburg
Kootaga
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
the Plains
Chauncey
Albany
Hockingport
Harry A. Mettler
Earl E. Pugh Glouster
John J. Woolley
Woolley
Ashwill
Findlay
Great Lakes
Ohio
Scout Leaders Linked to Community Chest Support
Executives in Menden New Jersey and graduates of national cubbing and senior scouting courses. Before entering scout work he attended Indiana Technical College at Fort Wayne for civil engineering. Remember the Community Chest Fall drive funds the Boy Scouts.
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Menden
N. J
Indiana Technical College
Ft. Wayne
Boy Scouts
Community Chest
Tax filing deadline urged at Athens Post Office
Only nine days remain to file income tax returns with the Athens internal revenue collector at the Athens Post Office by March 15. File in duplicate to avoid long lines and delays. Take prompt action to save time.
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Athens Post Office
Internal Revenue
Athens
Ruling Targets Untaxed Liquor Case In Ohio
Gallia County judge in Washington County upholds a novel sentence for Otis King a WPA worker convicted of possessing untaxed liquor He will serve 90 nights in jail with days spent on WPA work credited for each night and holiday The judge says the ruling is new in Ohio and may disrupt bootlegging among WPA workers Strikes in Akron district halt work for more than 11000 people per U P report
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Gallia County
Washington County
WPA
Common Pleas
W. R. White
White
Marietta
Otis King
Works Progress Administration
Arthur D. Mackey
King
Weather Pleasant in Athens District Sees Mild Spring Days
The Athens district enjoys mild spring with Thursday high near 58 and night low around 37. Early Friday morning readings in the mid forties, forecast calls for fair skies, warming Saturday, and light rain of about four tenths inches Thursday afternoon preceded by high winds.
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Athens
Large Crowd Expected At Firemen's Dances
Athens residents plan to attend the Firemen's Ball at Hotel Berry tomorrow night. Russell Maple leads the committee and reports good advance ticket sales and strong donations from local businesses for gas masks.
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Athens
Hotel Berry
Russell Maple
Maple
Ohio Agents Locate Still In Old Mine
Two state liquor agents raided an abandoned York Township mine and found a 60 gallon still five barrels of mash and five one gallon jugs. The still was hidden near the Hocking Athens County line and the mash was in the fermenting stage ready to run. Additional crude equipment for bootlegging was found and the agents waited hoping for a keeper to appear but none came.
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York Township
Hocking
Athens County
Local Hospital Procedures and Fatal Auto Crash
Betty Jane Ruby age 13 and Anne Gentry underwent surgeries at Sheltering Arms and local hospital respectively while Mrs Roberts Mrs Seaman and Mrs James England were treated for various illnesses. A double accident in Akron killed Leo Russell age 45 after being struck by a car and injured by another. In Kenya the women of Kisima wear animal fur tails as wedding symbols.
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Betty Jane Ruby
J. T. Ruby
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Anne Gentry
J. R. Gentry
H. ©. Roberts
Foster Place
Mary Seaman
Central Ave
James England
McArthur
Akron
U.R
Leo M. Russell
Park T. Smith
Kisma
Kenyan Colony
British East Africa
Forest Service HQs in Athens Run by Seven Men
The Hocking Valley Unit of the U S Forest Service operates from four Colonial Ivory buildings in Locust Heights, Athens. District Ranger R J Schaar leads five government staff and two locals in the administration area with two warehouses and a shared machine shop. Each day seventeen local and government workers depart by truck to service the Wayne National Forest.
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Locust Heights
Athens
Hocking Valley
United States Forest Service
R. J. Schaar
RE. D. Dressel
W. J. Graf
S. A. Norton
Charles ‘Cool
Raymond Johnson
Clarence Sharrack
Johnson
Sharrack
University of Minnesota
Wayne National Forest
Schaar
Minnesota
Cool
Forest Service
CCC
Scharr
Two More Suits Filed In Glouster Bank Case
In Athens County Common Pleas Court 8 H Squire superintendent of state banks filed two suits arising from the Glouster State Bank liquidation. He seeks judgment against Frank P Shirkey and Frieda Shirkey for 839.62 on a mortgaged note and against Mary Morgan and Tom Morgan for 375 on a mortgaged deed note.
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Glouster State Bank
Athens County
Farm adviser aids soil meetings in Athens
William Bembower county extension agent for Pike County travels to Athens to support soil conservation meetings and other extension activities. He previously served as a missionary to India.
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William Bembower
Pike County
Athens
Bembower
India
Minnesota Christmas Tree Crop Tops Two Million In 1936
About two million trees valued at 1.25 million dollars were cut in Minnesota in 1936. The state division of forestry reports 700,000 trees used domestically while 1,300,000 were shipped to other states.
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Minnesota
State Division of Forestry
Vendol Medicine Heralded By Ohio Farmer’s Wife
Mrs. Sadie Young of Stewart Ohio credits Vendol double action root herb and alkaline medicine with ending weeks of misery from constipation and widespread aches. She reports improved digestion energy and restfulness after using Vendol as sold at Athens Pharmacy and Hickman’s in Nelsonville.
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Sadie Young
Stewart
Ohio
Athens
Wendor
Hickman
Nelsonville
Ady
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Pathansen Council
Trumbull County
Shildren
Coe's
Boy Scout
Hock-Hocking
OHE
Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
State Department
G. G. Kincon
U.P
W, KR. White
Old Mine
Ranger Schaar
HAL Machine Shop
the Mutual Home
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