Labor Council Protests Proposed County Pay Cuts
The Athens County Labor Council urged the three county commissioners to avoid a 57 percent pay cut for deputies and courthouse staff. They discussed three options: transferring funds from the road to the general fund, awaiting House Bill No. 256 to allow fund transfers, or issuing bonds to cover payroll. The meeting included Union leaders and Deputy Auditor Ralph Elliott, who endorsed careful fund shifting without harming WPA projects. The commissioners pledged to pursue a solution to preserve full-time salaries.
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Labor Council
Athens County
Hocking and Sunday Creek Valley
United Mine Workers
Ira Whitmore
Charles Stratton
John Coope
Herman Theisen
Stanley Partlow
C. E. Hoskins
H. T. Rainey
Wilbur Hut
Wyckoff
Rainey
Elliott
Whitmore
Journal of the Commissioners’ Office
Stratton
Taxation Committee
House of Representatives
WPA
Peter
Paul
DAV To Meet Here Sunday
Disabled American Veterans officials from across the state gather in Athens for the South East Zone Conference at Athens High School. HOSTS Conrath Bean Chapter led by Ernest McGraner welcome attendees. program opens at 10 am with a rehabilitation session, public program at 1 30 pm featuring leaders from Dayton Cleveland and Columbus with Louis Kricker presiding.
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Athens
Athens High School
Conrath Bean
Ernest McGraner
Bernard Southard
Dayton
Major Stevens
W. A. Burlingame
George R. Fout
Cleveland
Ohio
DAV
Albert L. Daniels
Columbus
M. C. Morrison
Louis Kricker
Portsmouth
Penn Disavows Involvement in WPA Petition Drive
John Penn states he was not consulted on petitions calling for removing Glenn Booth as WPA projects superintendent in Athens County. He says he has not seen any petition copies and other WPA workers on State Route 78 report the same. He learned of a planned trip to Zanesville for petition delivery only from newspaper notices.
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John Penn
Glenn Booth
WPA
Athens County
Penn
Zanesville
Leroy Sater Sentenced for Non Support and Probation Violations
Leroy Sater age 27 formerly of Logan received an indeterminate sentence to Mansfield Reformatory from Judge O F Rowland for failure to support his wife and child and for not reporting to probation officers. He was arrested on a bench warrant in Lancaster and brought to the Athens County jail. Prosecutor Harold Rose said the wife visited the office about 20 times since Aug 31 1938 when Sater had a suspended sentence for non support and was released under probation.
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Leroy Sater
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Mansfield Reformatory
O. F. Rowland
Lancaster
William Belhorn
Fairfield County
Sater
Athens County
Charles Evans
Harold Rose
Athens Schools to Take Week Off for Easter Break
Athens city schools will close on Friday March 31 for a one week Easter vacation and resume on April 10. Athens County schools will not have a spring recess. Ohio University students will start break after classes end March 31 and return April 11.
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Athens City
Athens County
Ohio University
Twelve Crowded Hours at Athena Theater
A one man crusade against a crime ring unfolds in Twelve Crowded Hours starring Richard Dix and Lucille Ball at the Athena Theater. Dix plays a newspaper reporter drawn into danger with his sweetheart as he exposes the racket and helps prove an innocent man’s innocence amid a dramatic crash scene and armored truck chase. Directed by Lew Sanders with Allan Lane and Donald MacBride in supporting roles.
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Richard Dix
Athena Theater
Dix
Lucille Ball
Miss Ball
Lew Sanders
RKO Radio
Allan Lane
Donald MacBride
Cyrus Kendall
Granville Bates
Heo Bradley Page
Dorothy Lee
Prin- John Arledge
Cipal
Guitars Are His Security
Magistrate T. R. Bennett supervised two guitars and a bass viol as security after two musicians faced faulty license charges. Milton Richman and David Myrick were arrested while en route from Columbus to Charleston for a radio engagement. Both pleaded guilty but could not pay fines of five dollars plus costs, offering the instruments as guarantee instead.
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T. R. Bennett
Cr. H. Baker
State Patrol
Bennett
Milton Richman
David Myrick
Columbus
Charleston
Richman
Ninth Graders Lead With 41 On Honor Roll
The ninth grade tops both Junior and Senior High School honor rolls with 41 students for the six weeks. Sevent grade follows with 24, and eighth grade with 12. Names listed for ninth grade include Cayrl Baird Isabelle Brown Margery Browning David Cable Shirley Ann Cavanaugh and many others.
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Cayrl Baird
Isabelle Brown
Margery Browning
David Cable
Shirley Ann Cavanaugh
Mary Ellen Chadwick
Sue Coury
Martha Lou Dowler
Kenneth French
Ben Fulton
Marjorie Gaston
Marjorie Gibbons
Jane Gladding
Betty Griswold
James Porter
Edwin Powell
Jack Stokes
George Thomas
Billy Trautwein
Robert Vercoe
Jauvanta Young
Billy Breeze
Ann Dilley
Anna Mae Keever
Robert King
Jo Ann Murphy
Dick Paynter
Luella Powell
Wanda Quest
John Reed
Elizabeth Riley
Veda Shoemaker
Edward Wilsey
Churches Join For Programs During Holy Week
Union services will be held at the Presbyterian Church during Holy Week with evening sessions on the first four nights and a three hour Good Friday service from 12 to 3 pm. Speakers include Rev. Parrington, Dr. Seaman, Rev. Crawford, and Rev. Lachs, with ministers Jeffery, Purrington, Hillis, Seaman, Brown, Luchs, and Crawford among the participants. Music and devotional readings will accompany the meditations on Jesus from the Cross.
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Presbyterian Church
R G. Parrington
W. G. Seaman
Beverly Skinner Dies at Farm Home in Meigs County
Beverly C Skinner 28 son of Dr B C Skinner former Athens City Schools head died Thursday at his farm home in Scipio Township Meigs County seven miles east of Albany after a long illness. Funeral at Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church 10 AM Saturday. He attended Marietta Wilmington College and London School of Economics. Survived by wife Grace Troyer parents Chads Skinner sister Mrs Curtis E Wilson.
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Beverly C. Skinner
B. C. Skinner
Athens
Scipio Township
Meigs County
Albany
Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church
Beverly Skinner
Marietta
Marietta High School
Wilmington College
Skinner
Ohio
London School of Economics
England
Grange
Farm Bureau
M. F. Church
the Messenger
Grace Troyer
Dora Fish Dies at Belpre Wednesday
Mrs Dora Fish aged 76 widow of Frank Fish died Wednesday evening at her daughter Mrs D A Newton's home in Belpre She spent most of her life in Decatur Township Washington County and was a Decatur Methodist Church member Surviving are two daughters four sons 19 grandchildren five great grandchildren One son Carl preceded her in death Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM at Decatur Methodist Church with interment in adjoining cemetery.
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Dora Fish
Frank Fish
D. A. Newton
Belpre
Fish
Decatur Township
Washington County
Decatur Methodist Church
Doris Mansfield
Athens
Charles
Qualey, O
Dan
Monroe
Mich
Ward
Gallipolis
James
Bernardssville
N. J
Carl
Firemen Respond at Mrs. Pierce Home
Athens firemen were called to the home of Mrs. C. A. Pierce at 95 Morris Ave at 11 45 this morning. Soot and smoke from the furnace filled the living room after chimney soot forced smoke into the house.
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Athens
C. A. Pierce
Morris Ave
Bern Township Child Dies of Scarlet Fever
Nancy Ann Wilfong aged four of Bern Township near Sharpsburg died at home from complications of scarlet fever. Two other children in the family are ill and one sister, aged five, was taken to a Columbus hospital. The case is described as malignant and the county’s first fatal scarlet fever in years. quarantine at the Wilfong home remains strict.
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Nancy Ann Wilfong
Bern Township
Sharpsburg
Columbus
Nancy
J. M. Higgins
Higgins
Ofice
Wilfong
Miners Meet At Millfield In Local Union Session
Local No. 1205 United Mine Workers holds a Saturday meeting at one in Sanders Show Building West Millfield. Cleo Seckinger and Clarence Willis announce the gathering with Paul Theisen explaining unemployment compensation eligibility during the coal industry slump and other union business to be discussed.
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United Mine Workers of America
Sanders Show Building
West Millfield
Cleo Seckinger
Clarence Willis
Paul Theisen
Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Knives Stolen From Auto Recovered
A suitcase of knives stolen from a parked car owned by A R Harmon at 95 University Terrace was recovered yesterday by Officer Leslie Bradfield. The theft occurred after a brick broke a car window and the knives were found at the rear of 91 University Terrace.
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Leslie Bradfield
A. R. Harmon
University Terrace
Harmon
Bradfield
AHS Spring Frolic Touts Ten Acts tonight at high school
Athens High School presents a ten act Spring Frolic with rehearsals completed. Highlights include tap dance numbers, the German Band bass, a Radio Skit with Jim Williams, the Yellow Jeepers chorus in gold costumes, and the one act comedy You Tell Em set in a business office. Doors open at 7:30 with Jeepers Creepers opening at 8.
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Athens
Floyd Prince
Lady Francis
Jim Williams
Yellow Jeepers
Lashers
Jonahs
Mary Ellen Gibson
Virginia Segale
Alice Maccombs
Athens Airways Plans Athens Columbus Marietta Parkersburg Flights
Athens Airways, Inc. will start two daily flights linking Athens with Columbus and Parkersburg, with quick hops to Marietta. The 5-seat Waco cabin aircraft will offer lower fares, rush handling for firms, and four to five hour Columbus day trips. Service begins in April, pending patronage.
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Athens
Columbus
Marietta
Parkersburg
Athens Airways, Inc
Cleveland
New York
Athens Airways
Waco
Two Speeders Fined by Athens Officials
Miss Dora Anawa and Milton Lanton, both of Athens, were fined $5 each for speeding when arraigned yesterday before Mayor C. C. Cornell. Anawa was arrested on East State Street by Officer Carman Church, while Lanton was taken into custody on North Lancaster Street by Chief E. S. Finsterwald.
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Dora Anawa
Athens R. D
Milton Lanton
Athens
C. C. Cornell
Spring Sets 1939 High With Temperatures Soaring
The 1939 spring heat wave pushed the day’s high to 74 degrees yesterday, surpassing the previous 72 degree record set on Feb 19. The low was 36 degrees as Mrs. C. N. France notes. forecasters expect cloudy skies and a showery break by Saturday.
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C. N
France
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