1936 Farm Program Begins Point of Soil Plan Outlined
Athens County leaders heard Ross Wright describe the 1936 soil conservation program to supplant the AAA. Key goals include raising 1930 100 million to 130 million acres in soil improving crops, two payment types for farmers, and no contracts with participants. Wright said the plan is a starting point and will be refined by state committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Ross Wright
Athens County
Ohio
Columbus
Washington
Wright
Smashed in Face With Beer Mug In Athens Fight
James Walker and James Casseles, both colored, were involved in a beer mug assault at a West Union Street restaurant. Walker resisted police attempts to arrest him and was placed in a patrol truck after authorities secured a wagon. Both men were arrested, next arraignment set before Mayor Len B. McCune at 7 p.m. James Walker had his nose set by a physician.
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Athens
James Walker
Olored
W. Washington St
Walker
W. Union St
James Casseles
Granville Ave
Casseles
Len B. McCune
Shafer Plans Wholesalers Meeting in Columbus
C. D. Shafer of the C. D. Shafer Co. Athens a director of the Selated Wholesale Food Distributors of Ohio aids in arranging the annual meeting set for Columbus April 28 and 29. Several hundred attendees expected. Major N. A. Imrie of Columbus will speak at the banquet. An exhibit of record and inventory systems will be featured.
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C. D. Shafer
C. D. Shafer Co
Athens
Selated Wholesale Food Distributors of
Ohio
Columbus
N. A. Imrie
State Tax Examiners To Meet Here Tuesday
Examiners for seven counties in the Fifteenth District with headquarters in Athens will hold an all day meeting at the Hotel Berry here next Tuesday. Wayne Geisler, attorney in the sales tax section, and Roy Robb from the excise tax section will attend from Columbus to discuss recent changes in tax laws and administration.
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Athens
Messay 'N Hotel Berry
Wayne Geisler
Roy Robb
Columbus
State Scholarship Test Plans Completed at Athens Junior School
Pans were completed today for scholarship tests to be on to high school seniors in Ath County at the Athens Junior School Building at 8 o'clock day morning. L. Wood, principal at Athens Senior High Medical, will be in charge of administering the tests.
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Ath County
Athens
L. Wood
Eipal
Athens Senior High Medical
ACME
Talks Taxes Carlton 8S Dargusch to speak in Athens
Dargusch vice chairman of the State Tax Commission will address a dinner meeting in Hotel Berry Athens April 6 sponsored by the Rotary Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He heads the sales tax and the new use tax effective January 1 and will discuss Taxation in Ohio.
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Carlton
Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Athens
Berry
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
R. M. Winegardner
Ohio
Court News Dismisses Tax Commission Appeal in Brown Estate
The Tax Commission of Ohio saw its appeal in Athens County Common Pleas Court dismissed at its own cost. Judge W J Jones presided in the absence of Judge Rowland, upholding the probate court ruling on inheritance taxes in the James D Brown estate. Divorces were granted to three couples in common pleas court.
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Tax Commission of
Ohio
James D. Brown
Athens County
Brown
Common Pleas Court
Jones
Nita Efaw
Edmond Efaw
Nita Ewing
Edith Haning
Ersal Haning
Joe
Haning
Helen Marie Martin
Clifford Andrew Martin
Helen Marie Gillette
Athens Junior High Honor Roll honors top students
Sixty seven students earned honor roll status for the fourth six weeks at Athens Junior High. High honors go to students with three or more A grades and no grade below B. Names listed include Mary V. Bingman, Betty French, Mary M. Graham, Elizabeth Kolenich, Constance Dent, Johnny Hess, Dorothy Roads and others across seventh, eighth and ninth grades.
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Athens
Mary V. Bingman
Betty French
Mary M. Graham
Elizabeth Kolenich
Constance Dent
Johnny Hess
Dorothy Roads
Betty Cokenougher
Donna Gaitten
Alice Maccombs
Virginia Segale
Jennie Pratt
Helen Stratton
Lantern theft crackdown as patrols seize lanterns
N. E. Nelson, an Indian Lake truck driver, was arrested by State Highway Patrolman J. H. Gorham after the Athens Patrol Sub-Station launched a campaign against theft of state owned lanterns from road repairs. Nelson pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a lantern used as a tail light, fined ten dollars and costs, and was committed to Hocking County Jail for nonpayment. Patrolman Gorham noted about 100 lanterns stolen in a week from area road repair jobs near Zanesville and 20 from roads repaved near Logan.
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N. E. Nelson
Indian Lake
J. H. Gorham
Athens
Nelson
Whitehart
Logan
Hocking County
Gorham
Zanesville
Rains Fail To Alter Hocking River Depth
The Hocking River showed little change after last night’s heavy rains measured at seven and a half feet. Weather observer Mrs N France noted only minor impact and forecast colder air with possible showers Saturday afternoon.
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Hocking
N. France
Four at O. U. Chosen For Phi Beta Kappa
Ohio University selects four students for Phi Beta Kappa Lambda Chapter. Seniors John Harrison McFarland Willoughby Susan A Patterson and Helen Jane McMaster Middleport join junior John Lewis Baum Chillicothe. Initiation set for April. Eligibility requires top tenth and 2.5 GPA with 75 percent non professional courses.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Ohio University
Lambda
Ohio
Raymer McQuiston
John Harrison McFarland
Willoughby
Susan A. Patterson
Wellston
Helen Jane McMaster
Middleport
John Lewis Baum
Chillicothe
McQuiston
Mine Work Increases Slightly in District
Coal mines in southeastern Ohio operated at 42 percent of capacity for the week ending March 21, up three points from March 14. They produced 55,381 tons in 416 hours, with total output since January 1 at 1,285,930 tons. The curtailment of production continued due to a weak market.
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Ohio
1307 Are Enrolled In Athens Schools
The Athens City Schools attendance report for the fourth six weeks shows a total enrollment of 1,307 students with 609 boys and 698 girls. Attendance rate actual 92.5 percent, accredited attendance 99 percent, and 406 pupils were neither absent nor tardy.
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Athens
Athens City Schools
Officers to Meet at Athens County Farm Institute
Athens County Farm Institute officers will meet at 6 o clock Monday evening in Ross Wrights office to discuss plans for securing outside speakers for the institutes held in various county communities each year.
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Athens County Farm Institute
Junior High Girls Model Show at Athens High School Assembly
Eighth grade girls under Ruth Giesen presented a morning assembly at Athens Junior High. The program included a Sailor Song, a four act play Making Over of Sadie, dances, a style show with sports and party dresses, and a concluding song A Little Bit Independent.
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Ruth Giesen
Athens Junior High
Ellen Davis
Kathleen McDaniel
Janice Aldridge
Mary Burns
Katherine Zarney
Sadie
Dorothy Roads
Margaret Williams
Mrs. Craig
Jo Ann Tompkins
Phyllis Craig
Betty Jean Kelley
Madame Louise
Patty
Geraldine Christman
Harriet Simmons
Margaret Matters
Virginia Bardin
Kathleen Orr
Virginia McAllister
Margaret Ellen Matters
Jane Gross
Ruth James
Katherine Zarley
Florence Boggs
Ruth Sutton
Rutland Circuit Church Schedule For March 29
Program for the Rutland Circuit lists events at the Church of Christ Rutland and Brad- ford with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 11 a m in Rutland. Dexter hosts a 9 50 a m Sunday School and Rev C F Perking speaks on The Lost Axe Head at Bradbury Church revival services Sunday 7 p m. Revival continues nightly through Easter with Reverend Perkins preaching and special music.
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Rutland
Church of Christ
Bradford
Dexter
C. F. Perking
Bradbury
Perkins
Athens men fined for intoxication by mayor
Harry Buck of Athens was fined $10 and costs for intoxication by Mayor Len B. McCune after arrest by Capt. Charles Maple and Night Officer Leslie Bradford. Arthur Graham of Athens was fined $5 and costs on a similar charge, arrested Tuesday by Capt. Maple.
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Harry Buck
Athens
Len B. McCune
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Arthur Graham
Maple
Russell Dies at Keystone Home in Ohio
E B Russell of Keystone Ohio died at 1 a m Friday after months of illness. He leaves three sisters in Athens and Columbus, a brother in Ashland Kentucky, six children including Gail and Evelyn and Kenneth Russell, and his mother Huldah Russell of Athens. Funeral set for Mt Taber Church in Vinton Sunday at 2 pm.
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E. B. Russell
Keystone
Athens
F. E. Sweeney
F. FE. Shafer
Marie Lewis
W. H. Woolley
Columbus
O. M. Russell
Ashland
Faye Tressier
Roevelle Preston
Wellston
End-O-Corn Promise From Athens Ad
An Athens ad promotes END-O-CORN to remove corns without pain. It claims quick relief and easy walking, attacking rival corn cures and offering a fifty cent price, though it lists eighty as the value.
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Athens
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Doris Buck
Margaret Croy
Charlotte DeMoiet
Joe Dilley
Jane Finsterwald
Kathryn Finsterwald
Jean Herron
Martha Hoisington
Herbert Junod
Ann Maccombs
Lewis Maynard
George Peckham
Billy Poling
Billy Roberts
Thelma Sams
Gene Schuster
Patricia Sherrard
Lois Sickels
Morris Wiley
James Robert Williams
Joan Woolley
Jack Beasley
Herbert Burson
William Cheatham
Dorothy Croy
Paul Gordon
Jane Cross
Martha Mansfield
Wanda Oxley
Jessie Marie Bowles
Wilbur Swank
Betty Wakefield
Mary E. Burson
Robert Covert
Margaret Clark
Mary Duncan
Grace F. Foster
Betty Fulton
Mary A. Gibson
Dan Gladding
Juanita McGrath
Billy Mansfield
Eleanor Peckham
James Person
Gerald Ramsey
Betty Schuler
Paul Slaughter
Bonnie Smith
Marie Tucker
Elizabeth Wood
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Wilken Family
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Phyllis Sheldon
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K. B. Russell
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