Bus Drivers Pass Tests In First Aid
Athens County Red Cross reports graduates of the initial first aid class for bus drivers and teachers. Car rol Thorne directed sessions in Stewart Amesville and Athens with a ten week program and a final exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
American Red Cross
Carroll Thorne
WPA
Stewart
Amesville
Athens
Red Cross
Ames Bern
Ernest Grosvenor
G. E. Moore
Ray Poston
W. L. Heston
Basil Sedwick
H. M. Eckard
G. L. Iines
D. C. Robinson
Carl Lee
James Meseher
Athens Township
C. C. Lawson
Charles Cone
Everett Russ
Carthage
A. C. Barnhill
Rexall Boggs
Milton Nuzum
Foster Bean
Gilbert F. Coen
Rome
R. E. Byron
Paul Parsons
Vera Parsons
Everret Parsons
George C. Secoy
Cecil Copeland
Donald Dorr
William Ogg
Shade
Merle King
Troy
Glen Flanders
G. E. Coen
Ivor Shumway
M. D. Maxwell
Franklin C. Jeffers
Albert Hawk
Mabel D. Shumway
Dover
Trimble
Chauncey
New Marshfield
York Township
Nelsonville
Albany
Car Slid Into Creek After Richland Collision
A two-vehicle crash on Richland Ave left minor damage to both cars and no injuries. William R. Dailey of Athens Route 4 and Orland B. Hooper of Shade Route 1 were southbound when Dailey swung left to pass a parked car and make a turn. Hooper swerved to pass and struck Dailey's car, then went off Richland Ave into Coates Run. State Highway Patrol reported only slight damage and no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Dailey
Athens
Orland B. Hooper
Shade
Richland Ave
Coates Run
Dailey
State Highway Patrol
Hooper
Glen Hanning Dies in Parkersburg Hospital
Glen R. Hanning age 35 of Parkersburg West Virginia died at St. Joseph Hospital after brief illness of sugar diabetes and a stroke of paralysis. He was the son of Fred and Annie Hanning and leaves wife Amy Graham Hanning two sisters Helen and Ruth and brother Herman. Funeral services will be held in Parkersburg Tuesday at two o'clock with burial in a local cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen R. Hanning
Parkersburg
W. Va
St. Joseph Hospital
Fred
Annie
Halbert) Hanning
Mr. Hanning
Amy Graham Hanning
William and
Mary Graham
Willow Creek
Fred Hanning
Herman
Toledo
Helen
Athens
Ruth
Dresden
Farmers Boost Cooperation in 1939 Conservation Program
Frank Pugh of the Athens County Conservation Committee announced that a check-up survey shows over 60 percent of local farmers cooperating with the 1939 conservation program. Of 2702 farms, 2643 were checked with 1594 indicating cooperation, a notable rise from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pugh
Athens County Conservation Committee
Calhoon Conducts Juvenile Conference in Athens
Dr. C H Calhoon executive psychologist and director met Probate Judge Francis White and Mrs Helen Fretz in Athens for conferences tied to several cases of children under observation by local authorities. Party note reports a Methodist Church birthday event at the Stright home in Marshfield New Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Calhoon
Columbus
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Athens
Francis White
Helen Fretz
Marshfield
New Marshfield
Methodist Church
H. B. Stright
Help 88 Year Old Deafened Man Hear
An 88 year old man with hearing loss regains hearing reportedly after using Ourine a Vienna specialist’s prescription. Mrs J Davis of Idaho notes improvement and clock tick could be heard. The ad claims safe ingredients listed in the U S Pharmacopeia and offers a money back guarantee and a low daily cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Dates Set for Relief Orders in Athens County March schedule
The article lists relief distribution dates for Athens County in March across towns such as New Marshfield Albany Hebbardsville Amesville Shade Chauncey and Nelsonville with times from 8 a m to 4 p m. It notes orders not called for will be returned to the office and voided if unused within three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
New Marshfield
Waterloo Township
Albany
Lee Township
Hebbardsville
Alexander Township
Wingo
Shade
Lodi Township
Amesville
Ames Township
Lathrop and
Sharpsburg
Bern Township
Canaanville
Canaan Township
Joyce
Stewart
Guysville
Rome Township
Carthage Township
Frank Caldwell
Coolville
Crislip
Chauncey
Mayor's Office
Athens Township
Trimble Township
Glouster
Nelsonville City
York Township
Nelsonville City Hall
Youth Group To Discuss Customs and Etiquette
A conference sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service and the Sociology Department of Ohio University will meet tonight at 7 in Ellis Hall. The event includes out-of-high-school youths from six counties and features Miss Eva Kinsey discussing social customs and etiquette, followed by small groups and a forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Extension Service
Sociology Department
Ohio University
Ellis Hall
Ross Wright
Wright
Eva Kin Sey
Columbus
Miss Kinsey
Hocking County
Bratton Brothers Fined After Narrow Patrol Car Collision
Caleb and Willard Bratton of Carbondale pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to intoxication and driving while under the influence. Willard received 10 days in jail, a $50 fine and costs, with driving rights suspended. Caleb was fined $25 and costs after officers stopped the car on Richland Ave near Sergeant McGuire’s patrol car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb
Willard Bratton
Carbondale
O. F. Rowland
Common Pleas
Harold J. Rose
Willard
Willard ‘Bratton
McGuire
Richland Ave
Brattons
HOLC Wins Judgment Against Wallace and Mary Pratt
Judgment entered in Common Pleas Court in favor of The Home Owner's Loan Corporation against Wallace H. Pratt and Mary E. Pratt of 79 Central Ave. for 4175.19 on a promissory note. Equity of redemption foreclosed and property in Athens to be sold with interest from Jan 9, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Home Owner's Loan Corporation
Wallace H. Pratt
Mary E. Pratt
Central Ave
Athens
Assault Charge Filed Against Damon Watkins
A charge of assault and battery was filed against Damon Watkins by E. M. Von Scheele in Magistrate T. R. Bennett's court. Watkins pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury under a $100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon Watkins
E. M. von Scheele
T. R. Bennett
Watkins
Athens Flood 32 Years Ago Today Honored With Carnegie Medals
The THENS MESSENGER recalls the worst Hocking Valley flood of 32 years past when 14 Athens men earned Carnegie Hero Medals for saving others and Swett Beards and Barth died. The disaster closed communication for days, devastated Logan Nelsonville and Athens, and damaged homes along the railroad embankment near W Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohto
Hocking
Logan
Nelsonville
Hockingport
Halley M. Woods
Ray Vincent
James McMichael
Amanson Lewis, Jr
William A. Casley
Edward Swett
Charles Beards
Carl J. Hibbard
Otto Barth
Pascal Traglio
Frederick L. Guenther
Walter Allen
Harry G. Seevers
Swett
Beards
Barth
W. Union St
Learn Arithmetic and English Make Fudge at East Side School
Sixth graders at East Side School learned arithmetic and English while making fudge in afternoon classes. Under Miss Bernice Kayser supervision, students doubled recipes and calculated quantities using an electric grill. Materials came from the children and a follow up on Thursday will feature student writings critiquing the fudge project. A puppet show by Patricia Kassing, Betty Jean Thomas and Jane Grover used improvised scripts and dolls made from broken ones. The Washington Club met at Wendell Drake’s home to plan a day in Washington with a bus sight-seeing schedule for March 21, hosted by Miss Kayser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side School
Bernice Kayser
Arith
Patricia Kassing
Betty Jean Thomas
Jane Grover
Mars
Washington Club
Wendell Drake
Washington
Scouts To See Camp Pictures At Girl Scout Event
A moving picture of last summer's Tar Hollow camp activities will be shown Tuesday evening March 14 at 7 in the Athens Girl Scout rooms. Neil Thomas will present the film with Mrs. Cora Frame sharing camp details and Mrs. E. H. Gaylord leading songs. Cookies will follow as Brownies and mothers attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Hollow
Ross-Hocking
Neil Thomas
Athens
Girl Scout
Newark
Cora Frame
E. H. Gaylord
Camp Tar Hollow
Juliette Law
Camp Rotan
Plains Albany Consumer Discussion Group Meeting Schedule
Ladies of the Albany Consumer Discussion Group will meet Tuesday March 14 at 2 15 pm in the home economics department at the high school to discuss buying linen dishes and silverware. All women of The Plains group interested in Stretching the Food Dollar are asked to meet Wednesday March 15 at 145 pm in the same department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Plains
Home Economics
Gagnon Named Executive at Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Dr. Salomon Gagnon, former assistant physician at Athens State Hospital, is named chief executive officer of the Boston Psychopathic Hospital in Boston. He has served as assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan State Hospital since 1935 and since 1937 has taught psychiatry at Tufts Medical School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salomon Gagnon
Athens State Hospital
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Boston
Mass
Metropolitan State Hospital
Tufts College Medical School
Carl Lanning Returns to Jail After Home Visit
Athens County star boarder Carl Lanning returned to jail after a week away visiting at his Floodwood home. He will serve 22 days or until $19 in intoxication fines are paid. This year he has accumulated 48 days in jail across four sentences and aims to beat a 1937 record of 19 sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lanning
Athens County
Floodwood
Lanning
Carl
Ex Teachers Club Meeting Planned In Athens County
The Athens County Club of Retired Teachers and Ex Teachers will meet Tuesday March 14 at 7 30 p m in Room 6 basement Edwin Watts Chubb Library. Secretary Charles E Miller says important subjects of public interest will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Club
Edwin Watts Chubb
Charles E. Miller
Plan Special Service For Salvation Army Leaders Announced
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Hill with a Chillicothe party to lead a special Salvation Army meeting in Athens on Tuesday at 7 45 p m. Mrs Emmett Webb, former professional accordionist, will perform several selections. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hill
Chillicothe
Salvation Army
Athens
4-H Group to Meet at Grange Hall
The Athens Senior 4-H group will meet at the Grange Hall on Wednesday March 15 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Grange Hall
Young Men Eligible For Watershed Work
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District seeks 100 more youths aged 18 to 25 from Athens County for forestry work over the next two months. The program already employs 300 and covers 5100 acres of wooded land for cutting and replanting. Applicants should contact NYA administrator E S Haller for Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
Athens County
E. S. Haller
Birth of Daniel Charles Bartlett in Miami Oklahoma
Nelsonville news reports the birth this morning of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Mac Bartlett at Baptist Hospital in Miami Oklahoma. The baby is named Daniel Charles with grandparents C H Bartlett of Nelsonville and Simmons of Westville. Great grandfather is D W Bartlett of Miami. The couple reside at 125 A Street Southwest Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mac Bartlett
Baptist Hospital
Miami
Okla
Daniel Charles
C. H. Bartlett
Simmons
Westville
Oklo
D. W. Bartlett
Mac Bartletts
A” St
Southwest
Parents of Cubs To Meet at East Side School
First training course in cubbing for parents in Athens will be held at East Side School on Tuesday March 14 at 7 p m. Mr Gerald Ashwill scout executive will lead the meeting with East Side PRA sponsoring the cubbing program and Mrs O T Williams as committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
East Side
Gerald Ashwill
Scout
PRA
O. T. Williams
Fealty to Interview Seed Loan Applicants in Athens Office
Mr. Clarence Fealty emergency crop loan supervisor will interview seed loan applicants in Ross Wrights office Athens County agricultural agent on the second floor of the Post Office building Thursday March 16 between 9 and 10 a m. Applicants should visit then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fealty
Ross Wright
Athens County
Columbus welfare officials midwinter conference travel
Michael C. Kreider superintendent and Mrs. Helen Fretz consultant of child welfare services left this morning for Columbus to attend the monthly staff meeting and the midwinter welfare conference of state welfare officials for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael C. Kreider
Helen Fretz
Child Welfare Services
Columbus
Athens Junior High Girls end volleyball season party
Eighty five members of the Athens Junior High School Girls' Athletic Association celebrated the term end of their volleyball season with a party in the high school gym. Social chairman Jane Maccombs and Dixie Foraker planned games mixers dancing and cards followed by a pot luck supper after the grand march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Junior High School Girls’ Athletic Association
Jane Maccombs
Dixie Foraker
Skywriting Over Athens By AL KNOUFF
In Popular Aviation April, an extensive feature appeals to non flyers with skywriting and private flight tips. Wallace Beery discusses using planes for transport with 12 years of flying and over 5 000 hours piloting. Dr Arnold D Tuttle notes very low passenger discomfort and airsickness rates among 261 370 travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Knouff
Popular Aviation Magazine
Wallace Beery
Beery
Arnold D. Tuttle
Hollywood Hokum and the Air Thriller World
A vivid note on an aviation magazine feature titled Hollywood Hokum. It previews government plans for private pilot reserves, airline strategies to ease public fear, and insights on aeronautical engineering, aircraft design, and industry trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Great Britain
United States
Miami
Alaska
Air Lines Nearly Double Their Schedule of Flights
Trans continental and Western Air Inc increases service for World Fairs with new Columbus to New York departures at 2 40 am 2 23 pm 5 42 pm and 7 43 pm and arrivals 5 40 am 6 19 pm 8 45 pm 10 45 pm Athenians gain via Pittsburgh connections adding frequent Columbus to New York options and charter flights for Athens travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Lines
New York
San Francisco
Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Athens
Chicago
Airtaxi
Cattle Tests Bill Favored by Athens County Group
An Athens County committee will travel to Columbus to attend a hearing on the Bangs disease test bill before the House Agriculture Committee. Ross Wright notes two thirds of local cattle have been tested under federal supervision. The bill, backed by the Ohio Live Stock Disease Control Association, seeks to eradicate Bangs disease and protect public health, similar to tuberculin testing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Columbus
Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Ross Wright
John T. Hope
Ohio Live Stock Disease Control Association
Child Has Diphtheria in Parkersburg Hospital
Della Jean Clark an 11 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Clark of Troy Township is seriously ill with diphtheria and is hospitalized in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Jean Clark
Ralph Clark
Troy Township
Parkersburg
Private Pilot Rating Awarded to Jim Pilcher in Columbus
Jim Pilcher of McArthur and a member of the Athens Flying Club completed flight tests and received his Private Pilot rating from Federal Aeronautics Inspector Frank Estill in Columbus Friday. Hillis Townsend of the West Virginia Sportsman Pilot Association visited last week, piloting a Piper Cub in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Pilcher
McArthur
Athens Flying Club
Federal
Frank Estill
Columbus
Hillis Townsend
West Virginia Sportsman Pilot Association
Charleston
Stansbury Drug Co Advertises Arnica Lotion
A 1939 letter from Mrs R E Hall of Pt Pleasant West Virginia encloses twenty five cents to request a bottle of Stansa Arnica Lotion by mail. She praises its effectiveness for chapped hands face and lips and says it has no equal. The note suggests Stanso Arnica Lotion is sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
The
Stansbury Drug Co
Middleport
R, E, Hall
Blind Miner Sues State Over Blinding Eye Loss
Herman Bowers sues the Industrial Commission of Ohio in Athens County Common Pleas Court claiming the 1929 Sunday Creek Coal Millfield mine accident caused his total blindness. He argues infection from an earlier eye injury led to loss of the second eye. the commission disputes causation with medical opinions supporting the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Herman Bowers
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Bowers
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Millfield
Industrial Commission
Former Athens Man Dies in Steubenville
News reached here of the heart attack death last Thursday of Harvey M. Saulters former Athens resident at his Steubenville home. He is survived by his wife and children Raymond Saulters Gore Charles Saulters Athens Detroit Mich Mrs S M Clifton Athens Mrs Robert Andrews Detroit Mich Mrs George Brewer Steubenville. Another son Harley of Pueblo Colo died last April. Funeral and burial services were held in Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey M. Saulters
Athens
Steubenville
Raymond Saulters
Gore
Charles Saulters
Glouster
S. M. Clifton
Robert Andrews
Detroit
Mich
George Brewer
Harley
Pueblo
Colo
Poston Program Schedule For Week March 13 19
The week's events include a Tuesday 7 p.m. Women’s Club meeting discussing points to look for when buying shoes. Thursday features a 1 p.m. sewing class and a 7 p.m. piano class plus a 3 50 p.m. Boy Scout meeting. Friday offers a recreation hour 5 30 to 9 p.m. for older youth. Saturday at 1 p.m. a Girls Club meeting.
Two Steal Raincoat Fined In Amesville Area
Three men faced fines after a morning hearing led by Mayor Cc. C. Cornell. Homer Ravener and Homer Kittle of near Amesville were arrested for stealing a raincoat and hat from Jostens Cigar Store belonging to Eugene Griggs. Ravener, with prior offenses, received 50 dollars and costs and jail time to cover an outstanding 1938 fine. Kittle, a first offense, was fined. John Gaspers of Chauncey paid five dollars and costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. C. Cornell
Homer Ravener
Millfield
Homer Kittle
Amesville
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Eugene Griggs
Mill St
Josten
Eavener
Kittle
John Gaspers
Chauncey
Gaspers
Maple
Bradfield
Athens High School prepares annual Spring Frolic show
Athens High School students plan a Spring Frolic with casts rehearsals and programs. Featured acts include novelty numbers music dances a one act comedy You Tell Em a radio skit Lady Frances an operetta a swing band and a spelling bee. Principal O L Wood expects completion this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
O. L. Wood
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Creek
Richland
Glen Hanning
Parkersburg Hospital
More Farmers
Mama Ell TN
Court
Holc
Oscar Fulton
City Hall
Dial
Dowler & Ferguson
Funeral Home
Ohio
Dr. Gagnon
Bart
Knouff
Aviation Magazine
Hollywood Hokum
Pilcher
Townsend
AHS
Marlini
Mrs. K
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Athens, Ohio
Chevrolet
Alue
Mac
McFarland
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