Parkerstown man convicted in extortion case in federal court
John Robert Lynch was found guilty of extortion in Parkersburg West Virginia and sentenced to 15 years by Judge Harry E Watkins. Lynch was arrested in Athens on February 12 after a post office request for a package to Mabel Bell. He will be taken to the Northeastern Penitentiary at Lewisburg Pennsylvania for serving the sentence.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Robert Lynch
Athens
Harry E. Watkins
Lynch
Lewisburg
Watkins
Fairmont
Roosevelt
John Pertz
Weston
Perts
Mabel Bell
Pertz
Pennsylvania
Local Athens Residents Named in Census Alley Memo
William Nida 40 a farmer of Athens and Vada Carsey 24 daughter of Mr and Mrs William Carney of Athens. Lyle L Brown 23 Athens laborer son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Brown and Neema Michaels 22 Athens daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Michaels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nida
Athens
Vada Carsey
William Carney
Lyle L. Brown
Raymond Brown
Neema Michaels
J. M. Michaels
Central School Fourth Graders Plan Easter Party
Bright-colored balloons will be given as party favors to Central School fourth graders by teacher Miss Bernice Kayser at the Easter party Friday afternoon. Each child will bring lunch and at 3 p.m. a party will be enjoyed. Easter baskets filled with candy eggs were made in art class and Easter bunnies will be given to each parent.
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Central School
Bernice Kayser
Services at Jacksonville M E Church Thursday
Special services will be held at the Jacksonville Methodist Episcopal Church at 7 p.m. Rev. Ray C. Greene, the church pastor, announces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Jacksonville M. E
Ray C. Greene
Firefighters Save Home in Guysville Blaze
In Guysville the three downstairs rooms of Rodney Grimm’s Main Street home were damaged when an oil stove fire broke out while the family was away visiting relatives. Village volunteers and two cisterns battled the blaze. Athens sent a fire truck that arrived after the flames were quelled. Delbert Dean of Zanesville owned the house.
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Guysville
Rodney Grimm
Main St
Athens
Grimm
Delbert Dean
Zanesville
Dark Gaiety on Stage as AHS Moves to Dixie Land
Athens High School presents a minstrel show at the auditorium featuring 12 sepia gentlemen and a troupe of end women with a mix of jokes, songs, and dances. Performers include Bill Eddy, Warren Cooper, Geraldine Chism, Aldine Duncan, Betty Enghe, Lillian Cumley, and many others with a one act play directed by C. H. Roberts. The production benefits from faculty coordination and a Sunrise of New Orleans flair with tunes like Basin Street Blues and Goona Goo.
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Ahs
Dixie Land
Athens High School
Bill Eddy
John Lockard
Don Sanders
Jack Fulton
Geraldine Chism
Aldine Duncan
Betty Enghe
Lillian Cumley
Warren McClure
Jane Foster
Ocarina Quartet
Warren Cooper
Bill Mansfield
John Hammerle
Jack Beasley
Mr. Ghost
Richard Coffman
Nellie Grey
Fred Wheaton
Rhythm Makers
New Orleans
Gentlemen of the Ring
Mobile
Tennessee
Robert Bird
Edward Wise
Charles Roush
Bill Porter
Sunny South
Mary Louise Wyatt
Patty Mackinnon
Nelle Foster
June Baird
Ladies of
Betty Engle
C. H. Roberts
Clifford Bean
Mary Elizabeth Lasher
Juanita McGrath
Paul Roush
Federick Kittle
Bradley Peck
Dolores Davis
Patricia Mackinnon
Nella Foster
Dorothy Edleman
Jean Forsyth
Doris Dewey
Virginia Porter
Virginia Segale
Bob Hutchins
Don Grones
Bruce Lawson
Bob Drake
Ethel Woolf
L. B. Bjornstad
Ruth Giesen
F. K. Prince
A. A. Nellis
Athens Doctor Promoted To Lead Feebleminded Institution
Promoted Dr. Murray Nathan Fowler senior assistant physician at Athens State Hospital will depart with Mrs. Fowler for Apple Creek Ohio where he is named chief physician superintending medical and administrative activities of the Institution for Feebleminded At 37 he becomes Ohio’s youngest state institution superintendent Last night he and Mrs Fowler dined with Dr C H Creed and Mrs Creed in Marietta Ohio
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Murray Nathan Fowler
Athens State Hospital
Hospital admissions and discharges listed for local residents
At Sheltering Arms Clyde Dawson of Athens Route 7 was admitted for observation. Wendel Davis of Oak Hill was admitted for medical treatment. Richard Mansfield of 17 Elliot Street had a tonsil operation. A G Henry of Amesville and Lucille Shuler of 3 Shannon Avenue Clyde Dawson Athens Route 7, and B W Vannes of Stewart were discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Clyde Dawson
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wendel Davis
Oak Hill
Richard Mansfield
Elliot St
A. G. Henry
Amesville
Lucille Shuler
Shannon Ave
B. W. Vanness
Stewart
Forms Ready For Reports On Sales Tax
Forms for vendors to report sales tax for Jan 1 to March 31 will be mailed to licensees in the next few days. Reports must be filed with the Tax Commission by April 15 to avoid penalties, with assistance offered by the district office examiner in Ath ens and at the Security Bank Building. Under the new law seeds and vegetable plants are exempt, and feed covers all animal food.
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Wayne Wingett
District 15
Tax Commission
Security Bank
Athens
Hearse Upsets Near Bartlett
Mrs. Edith Sniffen 87 of Cincinnati died in Ohio. A hearse carrying her body wrecked on Route 50 North near Bartlett. Driver Harry Chonau and passenger Charles Burke were injured and hospitalized in Marietta. Funeral services held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church after a replacement coffin and hearse arrived. Mrs. Sniffen’s daughter Miss Edith M. Sniffen teaches English at Ohio State University.
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Edith Sniffen
Cincinnati
Marietta
Bartlett
Harry W. Chonau
Charles Burke
Dhonau
George Fawcett
Chesterhill
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Sniffen
Columbus
J. L. Langhorne
Edith M. Sniffen
Ohio State University
Tax on plants raised for food excluded from sales tax
The tax rules state that plants vegetables or farm produce grown for food are exempt from sales tax. Floral plants or bulbs are not covered by this exemption and do not qualify as food-raising plants.
Seaman to Speak on Centurion’s Surprising Discovery
Dr W G Seaman pastor of First Methodist Church will speak tonight at 7 30 p m on The Centurion s Surprising Discovery continuing the series Reactions from the Crowd at the Cross Communion will be observed Friday night Rev Seaman will conclude the series with Sneers and His Way of Victory
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W. G. Seaman
First Methodist Church
Seaman
Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles at 8 50 A M
A slight earthquake shook Los Angeles at 8 50 A M local time today with no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Colder Weather Forecast for Good Friday After Snow Flurries
Forecasts project the coldest weather of the first spring week for Good Friday. Tonight will be fair and colder with snow flurries, then much colder tomorrow. Wednesday reached 68, the peak since last weekend, with night lows near 42 and 50 this morning. Athens saw chill winds as clouds dominated.
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Mercury
Athens
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