LeFever Unopposed After White Petition Rejected
The Athens County Board of Elections rejected Fred W. White’s petition for the Republican nomination for state representative. With White removed, incumbent E. LeFever of Glouster is unopposed for the Republican nomination, and C. L. Jordan of Athens is unopposed on the Democratic side. White filed 237 signatures March 12 but lacked the notarized oath of circulator and the petition was not examined before the filing deadline.
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Fred W. White
E. State St
Athens
Athens County Board of Elections
White
E. LeFever
Glouster
C. L. Jordan
AAA Seeks Farmer Suggestions for 1941 Program
Athens County farmers are urged by AAA Chairman Frank Pugh to submit conservation practice recommendations for the 1941 Agricultural Conservation Program. Suggestions will go to the State Committee in Columbus and the most practical will be considered for the national conference in Washington.
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AAA
Frank Pugh
Athens County
Pugh
Columbus
Washington
Two Athens youths capture stray red fox at home
Early Thursday morning Philip Tippie and Bill Guseman found a large red fox confined in a garage at 23 Forest Ave. After approaching cautiously they captured it and offered to return it to its owner for a small compensation.
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Athens
Philip Tippie
Bill Guseman
Guseman
Forest Ave
Tippie
Easter Assembly Transforms AHS Auditorium Into Chapel
Athens High School held its annual Senior High Easter assembly in a dim lit chapel setting. Soft red lights, a cross, lilies, maroon robed choir, and Handel’s Largo opened with prayers and hymns.
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Athens High School
Bill Poling
Jack Beasley
Paul Gordon
Joan Woolley
Handel
Elizabeth Krecker Ion
John Danford
James R. Williams
Floyd K. Prince
O.L. Wood
Bill Lewis
Fire Extinguished at Home on Lancaster Street
A burning shingle roof at the home of E. E. Manter, 195 N. Lancaster St., was quickly put out by the Athena Fire Department yesterday. Damage was estimated at 10 dollars.
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E. E. Manter
Lancaster St
Athena Fire Department
Drivers honored at gas company dinner in Athens district
Safety on highways was the keynote as ten distribution department drivers received awards at a Thursday night dinner in Athens Ohio. John H. McElroy announced August as no-accident month and certificates plus prizes were given for years without accidents. more awards to be presented to staff in outlying localities.
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Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Depot St
John H. McElroy
McElroy
Sheen Dt
W. T. James
Richard Bucher
C. Mans‘field
T. R. Porter
R. R. Smith
John McElroy
L. Z. Herron
Dorothy Duncan
George Rose
Nelson‘ville
F. W. Phillips
D. E. Barr
F. Cook
Dwight Dunkle
Chillicothe
Howard Leckrone
Lewis Messel
Herbert Odle
Bernard Wellinghoff
Beverly—A. C. Allen
Circleville
Dan McClain
Frank Marion
Thomas Alkire
Gallipolis
L. L. Lovett
Glouster
F. H. Totman
Shawnee
R. L. Griser
Branson Davis
Logan
J. W. Leaper
Gen. Campbell
Ray St. Clair
Kenneth Bright
Phillips
Public TB Meeting to Coordinate County Campaigns
Laymen and public health officials from Athens and neighboring counties will meet at the Berry Hotel in Athens on Monday April 1 to coordinate tuberculosis programs. The session led by L G Worstell Jr includes field representatives from the Ohio Public Health Association and will cover early diagnosis campaigns educational material and 1940 TB plans.
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Berry Hotel
Athens
L. G. Worstell, Jr
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Ohio Public Health Association
Charles G. Greig
R. A. Hilleman
Benjamin F. Knepper
Columbus
Gallia
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Washington
National Tuberculosis Association
Harley Triplett Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary
Harley Triplett was sentenced Wednesday by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland to the Ohio Penitentiary for failure to provide for an illegitimate child. He was taken to the institution this morning by Deputy Sheriff B C Day after arrest in Athens on a capial issued for nonpayment of court fixed sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Triplett
Ohio Penitentia
Common Pleas
O F. Rowland
Ohio Penitentiary
B. C. Day
Triplett
Athens
Day
Charles Bayless
Nine Athens Drivers Fined for Parking Violations
Athens drivers faced fines of one dollar each after cars were tagged by Traffic Officer Carman Church for exceeding the parking limit. Mayor Cliff Cornell announced the penalties.
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Athens
Carman Church
Cliff Cornel
Visiting Republican candidate Dudley White in Athens today
Dudley A. White of Norwalk, a Republican candidate for the U S Senate, is in Athens today staying at Hotel Berry. He arrived last night and will remain until tomorrow to meet locals and gain acquaintanc e. White, born in New London, has a long career including newspaper editing and two terms in Congress where he opposed the New Deal.
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Dudley A. White
Athens
Norwalk
United States
Harold Burton
Cleveland
White
Hotel Berry
New London
Huron County
U. S. Navy
Ohio American Legion
Congress
Engineer George W Clark Attends Ohio Society Meeting
Ohio University assistant professor of civil engineering George W Clark attended a Columbus meeting of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers as chair of the statewide Committee on Land Markers for Surveys. The committee studies a planned official marker for boundary corners restricted to registered surveyors to deter unqualified interference with property corners.
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George W. Clark
Ohio University
Columbus
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Clark
Chilling Winds Mark Athens Day With Cold Temps
Athens residents faced brisk winds and a sharp temperature drop with yesterday’s high of 50 and low of 25. Today at noon the thermometer read 28 degrees as .11 inches of rain fell and the Hocking River stood at 3.95 feet.
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Athens
Hocking River
Seventh Grade Tea for Mothers Highlights Junior High Event
Seventh grade girls at Athens Junior High hosted a tea for mothers in the Home Economics parlor. Decorated Easter eggs served as a centerpiece as 45 mothers and daughters enjoyed shaped open-faced sandwiches brownies and tea. Deanue McPherson led the event with Dora Mae Starkey and Mary Barrett pouring.
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Athens Junior High School
Deanue McPherson
Dora Mae Starkey
Mary Barrett
John Longdon Dies at Albany Home
John Longdon age 77 longtime Albany resident died Thursday evening at his home. He is survived by his widow and a brother Mark of Cincinnati. Funeral services led by Rev Strickland will be Sunday at two o clock at the Longdon home with burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery.
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John Longdon
Albany
Mark
Cincinnati
Strickland
Longdon
Hebbards‘Ville
Knights Templar Confer Degree At Athens Conclave
A special conclave of Athens Commandery No. 15 Knights Templar will meet tonight at 7 30 to confer the Order of the Temple. Commander Pallie G Chapman requests as many Sir Knights as can attend in full uniform. Residents of Albany are urged to note that Lloyd W Bolin is not Lloyd S Bolin of Albany. In a single summer two flies can save a family of 5 600 000 000
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Athens
Knights Templar
Order of the Temple
Pallie G. Chapman
Albany
Fairies Are Really Truly Operetta At East Side School
East Side School prepares final rehearsals for the operetta Fairies Are Really Truly to be presented next Wednesday March 27. Seven varieties of fairies in seven choruses perform in colorful costumes with paths of daisies sunbeams dew drops and rainbows. Ten boys play brownies in brown outfits while a chorus of children appears in school clothes and white pajamas. Two performances are scheduled with ten cent admission. directing staff includes Miss Lucy McBride Miss Mildred Giescke and Miss Georgia Allen.
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East Side School
Carol Nessley
Zeda Jane Patlin
Virginia Cottingham
Jean Baird
Nina White
Helen Dunn
Jeanet
Rainbow” Fairies
Dorothy Clutter
Jean Young
Patricia Wright
Eula Margaret Cooley
Jean Altman
Emma McCrum
Janice Harrison
Barbara Jukes
Sharon Oldfield
Connie Clutter
Patty Henry
Dorotha Martin
Dianne Blake
Margaret Algeo
Joanne Blair
Betty Lou Miller
Mary Ellen Haning
Sue Gorham
Marilyn Nicholas
Carole Smiley
Patty Ann Robinson
Joe White
Jerry Altman
Richard Taylor
David White
Phillip Nye
Billy Pullen
Harry Connett
Charles Patterson
Ivan Creegar
Ronald Wagner
Charlotte Miller
Billy Wolfe
Bobbie Bigley
George Good
Freddie Wise
Dick Silvers
Don Graham
Bobby Staneart
Kenneth Tompkins
Donald Flowers
Leroy Mullin
Lindley Jones
Donald Shafer
Willis Sands
Don Porter
David Neutzling
Lucy McBride
Mildred Giesecke
Georgia Allen
Grade School Teams Play Saturday In City Basketball
Round of elementary school basketball is scheduled for Saturday March 23 at the Athens High School Gymnasium. Third graders from the East Side School were allotted a play period this afternoon under the Recreation Department and Principal W T Matthews. supervised by Play Leaders Charles Savage and Marian Eugene Hoffman. Next week sixth graders will receive volleyball instruction.
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Athens High School
East Side
Recreation Department
W. T. Matthews
Charles Savage
Marian Eugene Hoffman
N C Harmon Dies In Columbus
The death of N. C. Harmon in Columbus Thursday night was reported to the Messenger this morning in a telegram from Mrs. Harmon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Schoedinger Chapel on East State Street in Columbus.
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N. C. Harmon
Columbus
Messenger
Easter Sunrise Service by Athens Commandery No 15
The Easter sunrise service at Schine's Athena Theater starts 6 30 a m with a processional march and organ rendition of Handel’s Occasional Oratorio. Rev Robert G Purrington delivers a vocation and Rev Dr John Danford reads a Bible passage. A quartet performs and Rev Neil Cransford preaches titled Easter in Utopia.
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Athens
Knights Templar
Schine
Athena Theater
Robert G. Purrington
Gounod
John Danford
Mary Kathryn Sleeman
Phillip L. Peterson
Alma Moore Tompkins
D. William Evans
Utopia
Neil Cransford
A. Y. Wilcox
Mendelssohn
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