Chauncey Glouster Road Widening Project Begins
Chauncey Ohio March 17. Work on widening the state highway between Chauncey and Glouster has begun under the state highway department. The road will be widened three feet on each side. Ninety men from the district are employed, thirty per day two days a week. Workers hail from Chauncey Jacksonville Trimble and Glouster. Priority given to men with large families. Mayor W D Hines chairs the county relief committee guiding the project.
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Chauncey
Glouster
State Highway Department
Jacksonville
Trimble
W. D. Hines
Alex Root
Russell Finsterwald
Higgins
Why Get Up Nights Bladder Physic Adpromotional Item
An advertisement promotes Bakers bladder physic with juniper oil and buchu leaves claiming to cleanse the bladder and relieve nocturnal urination. It compares its action to castor oil on the bowels and offers a 25 cent test box with a money back guarantee after four days if symptoms persist. The ad lists Cline's Pharmacy Athens and E. E. Drury Gloucester as sellers.
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Cline’s
Athens
E. E. Drury
Glouster
Ady
Athens Leaders and Clergy Named in Regional Meeting
Mayor Oakley of Athens and officials from Buchtel Glouster and Nelsonville join Rev Lloyd Evans and W A Craft in a regional council meeting to discuss community plans. The gathering included representatives from Athens and nearby towns to coordinate local initiatives.
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Athens
Oakley
Buchtel
W. A. Craft
Glouster
Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Aged Couple of Mr and Mrs Henry Staffinger Slightly Improved
Chauncey March 17 Mr and Mrs Henry F Staffinger Chauncey have been seriously ill with influenza at their Converse Street home. Their condition is reported slightly improved after several days of illness. Mr Staffinger is the last surviving member of the Sixty Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Chauncey. They are cared for by Mrs Staffingers daughter Mrs Coleman with another daughter Mrs Elmer Morris visiting this week.
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Henry Staffinger
Chauncey
Henry F. Staffinger
Converse Street
Staffinger
Sixty-Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Coleman
Elmer Morris
Columbus
Richardson Kin Visit Highlights Chauncey Week
Chauncey residents welcomed Guy Richardson of Columbus visiting his parents Mr and Mrs George Richardson and family This week Healy Richardson another son returned recently from Lucas Iowa after several months away in that town
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Chauncey
Guy Richardson
Columbus
George Richardson
Healey Richardson
Lucas
Iowa
Chauncey School Seeks 48 Pairs of Shoes
March 17 report from Chauncey-Dover district schools notes 45 pairs of shoes needed for children who cannot attend without them. Teachers urge community aid to supply footwear so students can return to class.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover
Victim Improves After Fairground Auto Crash
Chauncey reports Mrs. Arthur Burchfield of Lower Plains is improving after an automobile accident near the Athens fairground gate Saturday. She has freed her arm from a sling and her bruises on head face and shoulders are noted as improved. Friends have visited the Burchfield home. guests this week include Mrs. Roy Dailey Athens Pearl Burchfield Sugar Creek and John Shaner Beaumont.
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Chauncey
Arthur Burchfield
Lower Plains
Athens
Local Residents Share News from Ohio Towns
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hysell and son Frank visited relatives in Middleport on Sunday. Lizzie Barber of Nelsonville stayed with Mrs F M McHarg on Wednesday. Beulah Hawk returned to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after visiting her parents Roy and Mrs Hawk. Edward Michael and family spent Sunday in Albany with the Thornes. Robert Hawk and family from Columbus visited Mrs W J Hawk over the weekend.
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Ralph Hysell
Frank
Middleport
Lizzie Barber
Nelsonville
F. M. McHarg
Beulah Hawk
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Roy Hawk
Edward Michael
Albany
James Thorne
Robert Hawk
Columbus
W. J. Hawk
Meeting of Chauncey Loyal Temperance Legion
In Chauncey on March 17 the Junior Loyal Temperance Legion held a meeting at Lincoln Grade School with 23 members and director Mrs. Ralph Brown. Alice Johnson led as president. Betty Jane Courtney reported as secretary. program chair Mabel McColley organized readings by Leatha Collins and Betty Jane Dickerson and group songs.
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Chauncey
Junior Loyal Temperance Legion
Lincoln
Legion
Ralph Brown
Alice Johnson
Betty Jane Courtney
Mabel McColley
Leatha Collins
Betty Jane Dickerson
Pauline Agin
Nellie Agin
Betty Jame Dickerson
Ethel Henry
Julia Johnson
Isabel Courtney
Lois Ann Shafer
Lois Earich
Elsie Worden
Leatha Mae Collins
Margaret Smith
Louella Pencelli
Vivian Bingman
Jean Bingman
Jean Brewer
Ruth Schoonover
Helen Schoonover
Marcella Schoonover
Ruth Cruickshank
Virgene Palmer
Mrs. Dicken Ill in Logan as Kin Visit Host
Mrs. J. R. Dicken of Logan, mother of W. E. Dicken of Lower Plains, has been seriously ill at home. Her relatives Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dicken and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Langley and daughter from Lower Plains visited her in Logan on Sunday.
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Chauncey
J. R. Dicken
Logan
W. E. Dicken
Lower Plains
Clarence Langley
Honor Roll Seniors East Side School Fourth Period
Sixty five students earned honor roll status at East Side School for the fourth period. Report cards were mailed Wednesday. Names listed by grade include First Grade: Joan Armstrong through Cooper Staats. Second Grade: Henry Miller to Mary Jeanne Williams. Third Grade: Mary Virginia Bingman to James Williams. Fourth Grade: John Hess to Howard Hanes. Fifth Grade: Eleanor Ann Peckham to Marjorie Thomkins. Sixth Grade: George Tucker to Ila Shafer.
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East Side
Joan Armstrong
Gail Baird
Helen Bailey
Mary Jane Beckley
Mary Elizabeth Cunningham
Robert de Lancey
Jane Lou Frame
Betty Gaston
Mary Carolyn Hopkins
Betty Jane Love
Barbara Dea McKinstry
Joan Seaman
Lois Shields
Albert Smith
Evans Fitzgerald
Patricia Ann Vorheis
Dan Shafer
Cooper Staats
Henry Miller
David Cooper
Ben Fulton
David Nichols
Harry Peckham
Bobby Sprague
Benny Williams
Barbara Danford
Ruth Ann Grover
Martha
Eleanor Ann Peckham
Marjorie Bolinger
Bob Covert
Florence Elkins
Jean Forsythe
Grace Ellen Foster
Betty Jane Fulton
Juanita McGrath
James Person
Anna Margaret Morrison
Marjorie Thomkins
George Tucker
Clifford Cornell
Robert Hanes
Harry Hess
June Baird
Virginia Beasley
Suzanne Danford
Mary Kathryn Sherrard
Ila Shafer
Candidates Welcome To Speak in Athens
Athens Chamber of Commerce votes to host speeches by gubernatorial candidates Governor White former Governor Cooper Secretary of State Brown and David Ingalls at upcoming meetings. The chamber will give one meeting to each candidate on reasonable notice and will not endorse any candidate.
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Athens
Athens Chamber of Commerce
White
Cooper
Brown
David 8. Ingalls
Navy
Chamber of Commerce
Wooley's Writings On Orchard Crop Prospects And Antique Relics
Fruit growers report that the late freeze hurt 1932 crop prospects and orchardists share the concern. Mrs. David Lowry of Athens owns Civil War era items from her family including a 130 year old sugar bowl and 150 year old butter mould. Earl Butts of Athens owns a 100+ year old squirrel rifle and Revolutionary War sabre plus a Civil War fife. A shinplaster from April 10 1777 notes counterfeiting carried the death penalty.
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David Lowry
McKinley Avenue
Athens
Henry Cooley
Trimble
174Th Ohio Infantry
Earl Butts
Lancaster considers setting up a junior college
Superintendent Griffey recommended to the Lancaster Board of Education that a junior college be established in Lancaster. He says it would be self-supporting via tuition and should be studied further with officials of Ohio State University for recognition. the idea is new in Ohio.
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C. H. Griffey
Lancaster City
Lancaster Board of Education
Griffey
Ohio State University
Vuhio
Ohio
Lancaster to Skip Summer School in Economy Move
Athens City Schools comments on proposed plan noting Michigan junior colleges’ place and Ohio’s surplus of colleges. Ohio Schools reports Lancaster will not run a summer session this year and Lancaster terms will be nine months. Critics question how a city could fund a junior college without taxpayer cost.
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Athens City
Michigan
Ohio
Lancaster
Athens Nelsonville Men Are Candidates
Dr. Willis L. Gard of Ohio University and E J Arnold of Nelsonville seek the delegate post to represent the Southeast Ohio Education Association at the National Education Association summer session in Atlantic City New Jersey. About two to three thousand teachers across 11 counties will vote this week with Athens City Schools ballots due March 18. A teller committee led by Miss Mary Williams meets Friday to count ballots.
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Willis L. Gard
Ohio University
E. J. Arnold
Nelsonville
Ohio Education Association
National Education Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Athens City
W. W. Ankenbrand
Mary Williams
Central School
Anne Pickering
Athens High School
Lucille Duffee
Athens
Roosevelt Leads Murray in North Dakota Presidential Primary
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was ahead of Oklahoma rival William H. Murray as tabulation of under half of North Dakota's 2,192 precincts was reported.
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Roosevelt
Bismarck
N. D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Oklahoma
William H
Altanra Bill) Murray
North Dakota
Miss Dolly Cunningham Absent With Influenza
Miss Dolly Cunningham secretary to Superintendent W. W. Ankenbrand has been absent all week due to influenza and is not expected to return for the remainder of the week.
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Dolly Cunningham
W. W. Ankenbrand
Indoor track meet hosts from eighth grade party
An indoor track meet organized by the eighth grade at a Methodist church featured events such as shot put, hundred yard dash and novelty races. Merritt Preston and William Whaley captained winning teams with Whaley’s squad scoring 50 to 4. Refreshments were served by Mrs s red Wheaton and daughter Marjorie, with many guests listed among attendees.
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Oaly
Biaus Ways Coes Ae Tiee Methodist Church
M. A. Grubb
A. A. Nellis
Merritt Preston
William Whaley
Franklin Calvin
Lloyd Kelly
Woodrow Wilson
Leonard Smith
Paul Lewis
Russell Bolinger
Chapman Ward
Red Wheaton
Marjorie
Hubert Whelm
Wiliam Wohansey
Charles Dallon
Eugene Cole
Joe McAfee
Cecil Sutten
Carl Beasley
Ricard Imes
Paul Jones
Roger Jones
Maynard Ald
F P Thompson Sought by Athens Family
Mrs. F P Thompson of Burr Oak asks The Athens Messenger to help locate her husband a merchant who left home weeks ago and has not been heard from by the family.
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Athens
F. P. Thompson
Burr Oak
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Vicks
Creomulsion
Court House
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Nord Alcohol
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Lake Erie
Pelee Island
Detroit
Mich
Temperance Legion
Lincoln Building
John Hess
Roy Johnson
Martha Genter
Rosalie Shafer
Hester Hartman
Howard Hanes
Chicago
Shanghai
Michigan Avenue
Stephen Chuck
Chuck
Wooley
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Publig
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Stetson
Society Club
Lynnwood
Burnett Smith
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