Stolen Car Overturns on Blackburn Hill Injures Driver
Elza Perry 20 and his brother Leslie 17 were in a stolen car that overturned on Blackburn Hill after leaving a Richland Ave tavern. Elza pleaded guilty to auto theft, held on 1000 bond. Leslie confined on juvenile delinquency case. Emerson Spencer also injured in a separate Plains Road rollover.
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Elza Perry
Athens
T. R. Bennett
Athens Township
Charles H. Evans
Bolin
Evans
Elza
Athens County
Leslie Perry
Louis Tyroler
Athens County Juvenile Court
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Emerson Spencer
Union St
Plains Road
Charles Bay
Haney-Gross To Sell Out
The Haney-Gross Co. men’s clothing store at 41 S. Court St. will quit business with a closing sale starting Friday after a brief shutdown on Wednesday and Thursday. Owners Scott Haney and Earnest Gross announced the move. the shop began as Haney-Goodrich Co. thirteen years ago.
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Haney-Gross Co
S. Court St
Scott Haney
Earnest Gross
the Messenger
Haney-Goodrich Co
Charles Goodrich
Mr. Gross
Mr. Goodrich
Southeastern District Minister Dies Sunday
Rev. J. W. Barnes age 75 retired Methodist minister died Sunday at the family home in South Canaan Canaan Township. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Stewart M. E. Church with burial in Wyers Cemetery. He was a West Virginia native who lived in Southeastern Ohio 25 years serving Albany Chester Reedsville Letart Falls and other points in Ohio and West Virginia. He leaves a widow and eight children six in West Virginia. One son Eugene resides at South Canaan.
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J. W. Barnes
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Canaan
Canaan Township
Stewart M. E
Wyers Cemetery
Barnes
West Virginia
Ohio
Albany
Chester
Reedsville
Letart Falls
Eugene
Skywriting Over Athens By AL KNOUFF
The Sprague family welcomes a seven and a half pound baby at Massillon as Doc Sprague arrives by air with a fifty mile per hour tail wind. After a brief detour and a lost return flight he lands at Roseville to borrow a low wing Aeronca for a rating test and notes spring breezes bring aviation visitors and new aircraft to the area as pilots fly between Massillon Canton and Cincinnati.
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AL Knouff
Sprague
J. T. Sprague
Massillon
Doc
Athens
Canton
Moxahala Park
Dr. A. C. Lawrence
Roseville
Aeronca
Edmund A. Bateman
Zanesville
Ralph G. Johnson
Clarence Barnhill
Cleveland
Charlotte
N. C
Harold Kern
Verna
Cincinnati
Waco
Marion Wedge
Maurice Burnett
Gallipolis
Two Held In County Jail Deny Assault Charge
John Darnell and Paul Young of Canaanville were in Athens County Jail after arraignment on assault to kill and rob charges. They declined to post $1,000 bonds each and faced possible links to recent local crimes as detectives investigated.
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John Darnell
Paul Young
Canaanville
Athens County
T. R. Bennett
Athens ‘Township
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Charles H. Evans
B. C. Day
Frank Jackson
Jackson
William Starkey
Stewart
New England
Darnell
Young
Mason County
Athens
J. Warrner Pyles
Washington, D. C
Vern Andrews
Athens State Hospital
Andrews
Orchard information to be given by radio
Due to advanced disease development spray information will be broadcast from WLW radio each Monday Wednesday and Friday at 12 35 p m starting Wednesday March 30. The announcements come from Ross Wright county extension agent and target commercial orchardists seeking guidance on treatment and prevention.
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WLW
Ross Wright
Bicycle reported stolen from W A Swartz’s home
Police are investigating the theft of a Dixie Flyer bicycle described as wine colored with nickel plated wheels from 6 Van Vorhes Street. Also noted is a statement about fingerprint analysis classifying prints into arch loop and whorl categories.
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W. A. Swartz
van Vorhes St
Dixie Flyer
Local aviators and markers noted across Athens region
Rod Young finished rebuilding his motor last week and the Bird flew again Sunday. Jim Pilcher of McArthur and Dr. D. S. Shumate of Jackson kept the Athens Flying Club Aeronca warm Sunday morning. Harold Lockard and Red Wallace of Wellston found gusty winds kept landings impractical. Doc Lawrence and wife of Crooksville flew their Aeronca Low Wing. Eugene Young plans to paint an airmarker on his Shade area barn. Charles Pedigo sponsors a barn marker near Nelsonville.
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Rod Young
Jim Pilcher
McArthur
D. S. Shumate
Jackson
Athens Flying Club
Aeronca
Harold Lockard
Red” Wallace
Wellston
Doc” Lawrence
Crooksville
Eugene Young
Shade
Charles Pedigo
Nelsonville
Tyroler Says Robison Approves Court Work
Judge Henry A. Robison and assistant H. W. Morganthaler discussed county probate and juvenile court operations with local officials in Athens. State inspectors found the county program in perfect order and left before noon.
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Tyroler
Robison
Henry A. Robison
State Division of Public Assistance
H. W. Morganthaler
Louis Tyroler
Athens County
Athens
Judgment Upheld in Ohio County Case
Judge O F Rowland of the Athens County Common Pleas upheld the prior judgment by Justice T R Bennett in Athens Township. Virgil Buhman contended he was not present when the $41.51 judgment was granted to William Cronk and was deemed properly notified.
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O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
T. R. Bennett
Athens Township
Coonskin Library Site Found By Cutler Descendant
Heber H. Henry of Athens identifies the Coonskin Library site as part of the Northwest Territory settlement events in Athens County. The tale traces the library’s start from pelts traded to fund books, the 51 books bought by Rev. Manasseh Butler, and early meetings at Silvanus Ames and addresses along Route 280 near Amesville.
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Heber H. Henry
Athens
Coonskin
Athens County
Northwest Territory
Henry
Cutler
Marietta
Ames Township
Esquire
Samuel Brown
James D. Brown
Local Fines Set in Athens and New Marshfield Courts
Four residents of New Marshfield and Athens were fined ten dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to fighting charges before Mayor C. C. Cornell. Separately, Frances Sickles of Athens and traveling man Harry Smith were fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication after pleading guilty before Mayor C. C. Cornell and aids Frances Sickles.
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Ray Allen
New Marshfield
Ernest Hawkins
Athens
C. C. Cornell
Frances Sickles
Harry Smith
$190 Truck Cargo Is Basis of Court Suit
Luckoff's Inc. sues Commercial Motor Freight Co. in Athens County Common Pleas Court for $190 claiming a shipment from Watts Ritter and Co. Huntington was never received after passing through Graves Truck Co. Huntington and was sent to Luckoff's Logan store.
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Athens County
Athens Leads Ohio in U S Savings Bond Sales
Athens ranked number one among Ohio first class post offices in per capita savings bond sales for Sept 1 1936 to Aug 31 1937. Athens sold 147 812 50 dollars total, averaging 20 38 per resident, far above the national 3 81. Nearby Marietta and Lancaster trailed in rank.
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Athens
Ohio
United States Savings
Francis Frebault
Marietta
Lancaster
President Dances Raise Funds in Athens County
Dances in Athens County netted 198.55 for infantile paralysis relief. C. L. Jordan reports three dances in Athens totaling 141.50, Nelsonville 39.75, and Mayfair by miners unions 20. A loss occurred at Glouster. The Plains M. E. Sunday School contributed 1.50 and county expenses were 4.20. Funds go to Keith Morgan in New York City for the national fund.
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Athens County
C. L. Jordan
Keith Morgan
New York City
National Fund
Athens
Nelsonville
Mayfair
Glouster
Plains M. E
Attorneys Named Examining Commission Members in Notary Public Case
Emmett Keenan Samuel B. Erskine and John Bolin of the Athens County Bar Association are appointed by Judge O F Rowland to an examining commission to determine the qualifications and fitness of notary public applicants. They will serve until March 12 1939.
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Emmett Keenan
Samuel B. Erskine
John Bolin
Athens County Bar Association
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
WPA Quota Boosted in Athens District
The WPA quota for the Athens District including 17 counties rose by about 2 000 to 25 785 workers. L C Gibson district director met with staff to allocate the additional jobs. Ohio statewide quota reached 206 000 in a new high, said state director Dr Carl Watson, highest since March 16.
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Athens
L. C. Gibson
Gibson
Ohio
Carl Watson
Athens WPA Night School Schedules Spring Vacation
The Athens WPA Night School adult education classes will observe the spring vacation per Athens public schools. Classes resume Monday April 4. During the week of April 4 plans will outline possible continuation of night classes for the next four months, with Floyd Cooper urging attendance.
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Athens
WPA
Athens Public Schools
Floyd Cooper
Odd Fellows Lodge Meeting in Athens Tonight
Athens Lodge of Odd Fellows holds a 7:30 PM meeting with refreshments to follow. Officers anticipate a large attendance.
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ODD Fellows
Athens
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Blackburn Hill
the Plains
Charles Bayless
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Spencer
W. Union St
Haney
Bertha Harris
Messenger
Cooking
U. S
Walker
New Son
Gordon Bush
Carl Beasley
Fairchild
Doc” Sprague
John Jagers
Harry Nettles
Hamden Field
Milton Tipton
Ohio Valley Sportsman Pilot Association
Aeronca K
Orchard
Brown
Elieve
Nurito
Dowler & Ferguson
Shapiro's
Buckeye Cafe
Zenners Dept
Logan
Kroger’s
Rauch
Southeastern
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Bertha M. Harris
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