Athens County okays $25,000 bond sale for relief funds
At a special session the Athens County Board of Commissioners authorized immediate sale of $25,000 in bonds funded by anticipated delinquencies. The issue, not for current relief, will cover 1939 general fund encumbrances and is planned for public sale soon. A separate relief bond issue may be considered later.
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Board of Athens County Commissioners
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Attorney General
Commission
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
Charles Stratton
Charles L. Sherwood
Columbus
Stratton and
Maccombs
B. F. Beckler, Jr
Ralph Elliott
Auditor's Office
Whitmore
Beckler
Sherwood
East Side Students Present Operetta Tonight
East Side School students present a matinee this afternoon and a 7 o clock performance tonight of Fairies Are Really Truly with guests from other schools and the Children's Home. Admission is 10 cents for parents and friends.
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East Side
Misidentification Clarified in Local Shelter Records
The notice states Mrs. Blanche Green of 116 Central Ave. entered Sheltering Arms Hospital, not Miss Blanch Green of Columbia Ave. It also confirms Miss Blanch Green did not apply for divorce last week.
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Blanche Green
Central Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miss Blanch Green
Columbia Ave
First Graders Lead Bottle Return Campaign
Athens milk dealers praise the drive to cut bottle losses as 24 first graders from Miss Mable Olson’s class organize pledges and nightly bottle returns. About 4 000 bottles have been retrieved since March 18 with strong public cooperation and unusual hauls including 400 returnables from a barn.
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Charles Lewis
Athens
Mable Olson
University
Athens County
Poetry Exists First Outside Of Books at OU Convocation
Virginia Reed reports Ohio University hosted poet and critic Edward Davidson who argued poetry exists first in life before books. He said poetry is universal, not tied to status, and that enduring works reflect universal feeling rather than a single era. He urged readers to engage honestly with lyric poetry.
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Edward Davidson
Rocky Mountains
University of Colorado
Davidson
Scotland
Cambridge University
America
Mark van Doren
Mr. Davidson
Biddles Send Flowers As a Tradition for Easter
Easter services at the First Methodist Church featured elaborate floral decorations provided by Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Biddle in memory of their son Dr. Clinton Biddle who died last year. The arrangement included white Easter lilies, ferns, and palms around candelabra and pedestals. After the service the flowers were distributed to shut in church members, while the Biddles are in Florida.
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First Methodist Church
T. R. Biddle
Clinton Biddle
Shutin
Florida
Radio Entertainers To Give Show Tonight
An evening of entertainment features Cap, Andy, and Flip at the Mechanicsburg School tonight at 8 o clock. The radio trio has appeared on WHKC Columbus and recently moved to WCHS Charleston West Virginia.
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Cap
Andy
Flip
Richland Ave
Mechanicsburg School
WHKC
Columbus
WCHS
Charleston
W. Va
Coens Welcome Son Darrell Lee on Easter Sunday
Mr and Mrs Emery Coen of Athens Route 4 announce the birth of a son named Darrell Lee at their home on Easter Sunday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs S R Coen of Richland Ave and Mr and Mrs Edward Sickles of Athens Route 4. Mr Coen works as a bookkeeper for McFarlands Chevrolet in Athens.
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Emery’ Coen
Athens
Car Recovered After Reported Theft on State Street
A 1935-model two door sedan was recovered early Wednesday by state highway patrol on East State Street a few hours after its owner Miss Octa Caster of Athens Route 5 reported it stolen. Nothing was taken and the car had not been driven far. The Curies discovered radium in 1898 and since then about 112 pounds have been mined.
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E. State St
Miss Octa Caster
Athens
Divergent Views on Youth at Ohio University Town Hall
A town hall at Music Hall Auditorium featured three speakers addressing youth problems in America. Mel Fishkin argued for government action to provide jobs and civil liberties, while Roger Connor urged individual responsibility and warned against manual labor stigma. S. Burns Weston traced a 50 year trend of rising youth labor competition and urged collective effort to secure youth needs and preserve democracy.
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Ohio University
Music Hall
Mel Fishkin
S. Burns Weston
State Nya
Roger Connor
The
McBee Co
F. L. Shoemaker
Fishkin
America
NYA
Arthur Cornwell
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
Connor
Weston
Fugitive Trio Arrested Here
Three youths escaped from the State Boys Industrial School at Lancaster were captured by Athens sub station patrolmen and delivered to Lancaster authorities. The suspects were John Bradner of Fostoria Herman Weber of Toledo and Robert Halliday of Warren Bach aged 17. They were stopped on Route 50 near Albany after a bus driver tipped off police. The boys admitted plans to travel to Athens to steal a car.
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Lancaster
Athens
John Bradner
Fostoria
Herman Weber
Toledo
Robert Halliday
Warren Bach
Albany
Funeral services for Herbert Tedrow set Thursday
Funeral services for Herbert Tedrow of Wellston will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the Temple Church located between Albany and McArthur. Burial follows in the cemetery adjoining the church.
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Herbert Tedrow
Wellston
Temple Church
Albany
McArthur
Moler Quits Liquor Store for Car Sales Job Change
Frank Moler resigns as Athens state liquor store manager to join Modern Motors in Columbus as sales manager. He had been serving under a provisional appointment. Civil Service exams recently placed Moler and Everett Carbaugh and Harry Kelly Jr. among those eligible for the oral portion. Carbaugh or Kelly could be appointed. Herman Cunningham now heads Beasley’s Modern Motors in Columbus where Moler works.
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Frank Moler
E. State St
Athens
Columbus
Modern Motors
Fred R. Beasley
Moler
Everett Carbaugh
Alexander Township
Harry Kelly, Jr
Nelsonville
Carbaugh
Kelly
Herman Cunningham
Beasley Agency
E. Main St
Train Strikes Beaumont Man at Morristown Crossing
John Byers 68 of Beaumont died instantly when struck by a New York Central freight at the Morristown crossing near Chauncey around 7 pm Tuesday. Coroner A L Pritchard, Deputy B C Day, and Sgt Ralph Wannell reported the fatality. the body was moved to Wallace Funeral Home in Glouster and identified by Byers's son. His head was crushed in the accident.
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John Byers
Beaumont
New York Central
Morristown
Chauncey
A. L. Pritchard
Wallace Funeral Home
Glouster
Pritchard
Sergt
Ralph Wannell
NYC Police
Byers
B. C. Day
Thomas Walburn Dies At Albany Residence
Thomas Jefferson Walburn, 78, longtime Athens blacksmith and county resident, died this morning at his Albany home. He is survived by his wife Celasta Blackwood Walburn, two sons Wesley of Albany and Fa werd of Coalton, and two daughters Mrs. Harry Murgler of Cleveland and Mrs. Tom Copas of Wellston. Funeral services will be Friday at two in the afternoon at Wesley Walburn’s home in Albany with interment at W. Union St. Cemetery in Athens.
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Thomas Jefferson Walburn
Athens
Albany
Walburn
Celasta Blackwood Walburn
Wesley
Fawerd
Coalton
Harry Murgler
Cleveland
Tom Copas
Wellston
Wesley ‘Walburn
W. Union St
Extension Service Radio Talks For Fruit Growers
The Ohio Extension Service will provide spray information for fruit growers via WLW at 12 45 p m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays starting April 1 and via WTAM at 1 10 p m on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays starting April 9. Both broadcasts will begin one hour earlier after daylight saving time starts.
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The
Ohio Extension Service
WLW
WTAM
Gentle Nudge for a Tip-Top Morning Liver
Health ad urges Dr Edwards olive tablets to stimulate bile flow and aid digestion. It claims daily laxity causes headaches and sluggishness, promoting the vegetable tablets as a cure with prices from 15¢ to 60¢ available at all drugstores.
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Ohio
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Rey
Hall
Aek
Cheney & CO
Dept. AM
Thomas Walburn
W. C. Fields
Allcrow
Royal Crown
Tane In
Frinight
CBS
Nehi Corp
Nehi Bottling Company
Middleport
Optometric Service
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OLDS
Puegere
Comport
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Mich
General Motors
Mac
Chevrolet
Nelsonville, Ohio
McFarland
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