Small Force Keeps Duty to Build Culverts on Route 31
Rainy and cold conditions delay grading on the Route 31 improvement between Floodwood and The Plains Road intersection. John W. Dowler reports a small crew is building 22 culverts while 300 workers are expected later. a 40 hour week with wages from 50 to 75 cents per hour and labor requirements through the Athens County Reemployment Service.
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Floodwood
John W. Dowler
Dowler
Beightler & Hussey
Athens County
National Reemployment Service
Greenlawn Cemetery
Bootleg Whiskey Flows Cheaper in Athens County
State and federal campaigns aim to end bootleg liquor as Athens County reports 32 arrests this year for untaxed liquor possession and seven large stills found or destroyed. Moonshiners rely on abandoned mines, ravines, and fast distribution through local agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Athens
Nelsonville
Watch Me Die Says Ruth Hatha Way 18 in Onawa
Onawa High School senior Ruth Hatha Way drank poison in the locker room after telling classmates to watch her die by her own action. She died minutes later in the nurse’s office as friends tried to help. Letters to the class and her mother accompanied the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onawa
Iowa
Ruth Hatha- Way
Onawa High School
Ruth
Nipa
County CCC Quota Nears Completion
Athens County reaches near completion of its 20 CCC enrollment quota with most places filled. Officials say remaining spots may be taken by two more applicants from local families. Camps in the far West are expected to sign recruits, with assignments anticipated after next Tuesday.
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CCC
Athens County
Annabelle Haller
FERA
Far West
Covert Returns From Ohio Optometrists Meeting
Dr. Covert and Mrs. Covert along with his son returned Tuesday morning from Columbus where he attended an officers meeting of the Ohio Optometrical Association. He also heard a lecture at Ohio State University by Dr. Lewis Sais of Los Angeles on analytical optometry and force training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Covert
Ohio Optometrical Association
Ohio State Peversity
Lewis Saies
Los Angeles
Souvenir 1935 Tags Alert for Late Buy Tonight
The 1935 license plates become illegal at midnight as 1936 tags must be displayed from April 1. State, county, and local officers will enforce the rule. In Athens, Deputy Registrar C L Jordan will open his courthouse basement office 7:30 to 9 for tag purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Athens
C. L. Jordan
County Candidate Fred Woodruff for Sheriff Nomination
Fred Woodruff of Athens County seeks the Republican nomination for sheriff. Born and raised in the county, he is married with three daughters and has 12 years experience at Bell Telephone in Athens as a repairman and wire chief. For 18 years he has worked as a lineman and repairman on private systems for Sunday Creek Coal and Ohio Coal.
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Athens County
Fred Woodruff
Athens
Bell Telephone Co
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Ohio Collieries Co
Lawson Danes Dies at Home in Athens
Lawson N. Danes age 65 died at his home at 101 E State St after a three year illness. He lived in Athens 30 years and worked as an automobile mechanic and for 10 years kept the Athens Fire Department machines in order and drove a fire truck. He leaves two sisters Alma Buchanan and Susie Hart and a brother A F Danes. He belonged to the Masonic Order Knights Templar and the Methodist Episcopal Church where he sang in the men’s chorus. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 am at the Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home with call after Wednesday noon. flowers omitted per family request.
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Lawson N. Danes
E. State St
Danes
Athens
Alma Buchanan
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
Susie Hart
Pleasantville
A. F. Danes
Amateurs Entered for Harrisonville Future Farmer Show
Thirty five entries were received for the amateur contest to be held by the Future Farmer Boys at Harrisonville on Saturday, after a two week postponement due to high water. Harold H. Pickering announced the lineup including acrobatics, tap, song, and instrumental acts from several counties. The Kessinger brothers, WV broadcasters, headline the program with a public address system to reach the entire auditorium. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Farmer Boys
Harrisonville
Harold H. Pickering
Kessinger Brothers
West Virginia
Revival at Hocking Street Church of God Extends Third Week
Fifty consecrations have been reported at the revival services led by Rev. C. H. Featherson of Decatur Illinois at Hocking Street Church of God. He will remain for a third week with sermons including The Second Coming of Christ or the Millennium. The Shingler Sisters of Mineral will provide vocal mandolin guitar and piano numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking St. Church of God
C. H. Featherson
Decatur
Ill
Hamburgers Win In School Cafeteria Bid
Shaker Heights Junior High School cafeteria plans to add hamburger on a bun as a regular item after Mrs. Mary Train, the cafeteria director, announced the decision. The move reflects a growing interest in popular food offerings among students and staff.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Mary Train
Kiwanis Club Holds Contest At Athens Meeting
The Athens Kiwanis Club at Hotel Berry Monday night held a contest to define members’ names. Dr. C. M. Bowman won with guest Dr. Eric S. Cogan in second. C. C. Cornell originated and directed the event. Carl Heck named to the Attendance Committee filling James Scriven’s vacancy. Farr and Paul Beckley appointed to organize the Marietta visit for a reception honoring Kiwanis International president Harper Gatton.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
C. M. Bowman
Eric S. Cogan
C. C. Cornell
Carl Heck
James Scriven
Detroit
Farr
Paul Beckley
Marietta
Harper Gatton
Kiwanis International
Explorer Lecture At Athens Junior High On Egypt
George Samuel Kendall, traveler and lecturer, will present an illustrated educational talk at Athens Junior High School. The 10:30 a.m. Friday assembly will cover the Luxor Temple, King Tut artifacts, the Sphinx, pyramids, and other Holy Land and Egyptian wonders, with slides and a double lens projector. A small admission will be charged and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Samuel Kendall
Athens
Luxor Temple
King Tut
Holy Land
Egypt
Kendall
WPA Hours Changed In Districts Eight Counties
WPA workers in eight counties will shift to an earlier schedule starting April 1. Office staff will begin at 7:00 a.m. and project workers at 7:30 a.m., shortening the day by a half hour as spring approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
No. 5
Changes Plea. Is Fined Five Dollars on Fighting Charge
James Walker of W. Washington and J. colored, changed a prior plea to guilty. He was fined five dollars and costs for fighting by Mayor Len B. McCune after being arrested on West Union Street last week. The mayor suspended costs when Walker promised to pay the fine.
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James Walker
W. Washington &J
Len B. McCune
Walker
W. Union St
McCune
Firefighters Quell Two Grass Fires in Athens
The Athens Fire Department extinguished two grass fires Monday with brooms and water, causing no property damage. One blaze scorched a lot behind 125 West State Street, the Haley residence, in the afternoon, and another fire burned a vacant lot at 3 Watt Street at night.
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Athens Fire Department
D. G. Haley
State St
Watt St
Athens County Common Pleas Grants King Divorce
Effie A. King was granted a divorce from John L. King in Athens County Common Pleas Court on a charge of gross neglect of duty. The marriage occurred April 6, 1913, and Judge W. J. Jones presided in Vinton County in Judge Rowland's absence.
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Common Pleas
Effie A. King
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
John L. King
W. J. Jones
Vinton County
O. F. Rowland
Death Claims QO A Graduate Harold Barstow
Harold Barstow 27 died at 10 15 last night at 17 West Union Street after an operation last Friday. A 1933 graduate of Ohio University, he leaves his mother Mrs. Margaret Barstow Athens two brothers Thomas Willoughby Donald Athens and two sisters Josephine Catherine Athens. Funeral 2 30 Thursday at the home conducted by Rev Ward Radford Burial in The Plains Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday and Thursday until the funeral.
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Harold Barstow
W. Union St
Barstow
Ohio University
Margaret Barstow
Athens
Thomas
Willoughby
Donald
Josephine
Catherine
Ward Radford
Plains Cemetery
Vacant School Sells for 88 Dollars at Strouds Run
The vacant Strouds Run grade school on Della Finsterwald’s farm sold for 88 dollars to Charles Cone of Strouds Run. The bid topped two other offers. The building, closed since fall 1934, had housed transfer students from Canaan Township to Canaanville, with current pupils attending Mechanicsburg.
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Strouds Run
G. R. Shafer
Athens Township
Della Finsterwald
Charles Cone
Canaan Township
Canaanville
Mechanicsburg
Birth of Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow Heir to Woolworth Millions
Paddington register office recorded the birth of a month-old son to Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow and his wife Barbara Hutton. The infant, named Lance a diminutive of Lancelot, is heir to the Woolworth fortune. The mother, seriously ill after birth, went outside for the first time today.
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London
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Lance
Count Court Haugwitz- Reventlow
Paddington
Lancelot
Vincent Jukes to Lead Church Vesper Service
The Good Shepherd Episcopal Church plans a Wednesday night vesper with Vincent Jukes leading the meditation on Worship at 7 30. Organist Laura Bentley and Prof. Philip L. Peterson provide music while Rev and Mrs L W Clarke visit Mari etta for St John’s Episcopal Church preaching. Confirmation Class and Student Club do not meet.
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Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Vincent Jukes
Laura Bentley
Philip L. Peterson
L. W. Clarke
Marietta
St. John's Episcopal Church
Albany Scout Troop Receives Charter in Friday Ceremony
Albany's new Boy Scout Troop will be installed Friday night at the high school building starting at 7 45 o'clock where a charter will be presented. Paul Handel Parkersburg W Va scout executive will participate. D W Hoffee is scoutmaster of the troop.
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Albany
Paul Handel
Parkersburg
W. Va
D. W. Hoffee
Auto sales hit new high mark in Athens County
A new all time high for automobile sales was set in Athens County Monday as 113 bills of sale were registered in the county clerk of courts office. Fourteen were for new cars and each listed a transfer of ownership. The previous high was 93, established earlier in Ruth E Burdette’s term.
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Athens County
Ruth E. Burdette
Scouts Pledge Higher Ranks In Athens Troop
Twenty four members of Athens Boy Scout Troop 56 pledged to attain higher ranking by May 30 at a meeting in the club rooms last night. Promises covered merit badge tests with names including Fredrick Kittle Charles Wheaton Bill Mansfield Clyde Mansfield Fred Rowland Robert Covert and Charles Hall. First Class aspirants were Carl Mathews Robert Drake and Dan Gladding. Second Class efforts named Jimmy Cox Donald Duncan Robert Mauer Bill Lewis Robert Yaw Paul Slaughter Thomas Haller and Junior Burson. Others planned to prepare equipment for scout camp and recruit new members. Last Friday 13 members did campfire activities near the Dupler Scout Cabin on Pine Ridge Road with Yaw and Burson passing Second Class cooking and fire building requirements.
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Athens Boy Scout Troop 56
Fredrick Kittle
Charles Wheaton
Bill and
Clyde Mansfield
Fred Rowland
Robert Covert
Charles Hall
Carl Mathews
Robert Drake
Dan Gladding
Jimmy Cox
Donald Duncan
Robert Mauer
Bill Lewis
Robert Yaw
Paul Slaughter
Thomas Haller
Junior Burson
Paul Beasley
Ira Archer
Dan Bardin
Richard Burdette
Lawrence Graves
Phil Swanson
Dupler
Pine Ridge Road
One-Act Play Reveals Hookey Lesson at Athens Junior High
Eighth grade boys under Mr. William Bryant presented Kill or Cure in the Athens Junior High auditorium. Cast included Paul Gordon Robert Buck Harold Cooley Jimmy Cox Robert Rutdgers Junior Chism and Bob Cooley. A ventriloquist sketch The Human Dummy and piano solos Red Sails in the Sunset When I Grow Too Old to Dream complemented the show. Billy Van Dyke served as master of ceremonies.
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Hookey
William Bryant
Athens
Paul Gordon
Robert Buck
Harold Cooley
Jimmy Cox
Robert Rutdgers
Junior Chism
Bob Cooley
Bob Morrison
Billy Lewis
Miners Aid Flood Relief Through Salvation Army Help
Adj. W. W. Hinshaw of the Athens Salvation Army unit reports a $50 donation from Local Union 2190 of the United Mineworkers of America to flood relief in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Clothing and food shipments from Athens will go out tomorrow to the disaster area. Six Salvation Army boys rescued Mrs Wheatley, wife of the Johnstown Army commander, by guiding and hauling her to safety from the flooded citadel.
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Adj
Salvation Army
Put Off Train Fares Lead to Double Intoxication Fines
James Van Bibber of Doanville and Caleb Bratton of Millfield pleaded guilty to intoxication before Magistrate T R Bennett. Van Bibber was arrested at Armitage after being put off a train and fined five dollars plus costs. Bratton, who went to settle a domestic argument, was fined five dollars and costs after his charge was filed by Rolland Ruth, special investigator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James van Bibber
Doanville
T. R. Bennett
van Bibber
Armitage
Athens County
Bratton
Harold Rose
4 550 000 Black Locusts Planted by CCC Men in Forest Service Tracts
CCC crews at Athens Camp plant 4 550 000 black locust trees on 40 land tracts for soil conservation under Forest Service direction. Project aims to finish by mid April and includes erosion control, road surveys, fence building, seed collection, and recreational site planning across 14 000 acres approved or optioned.
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CCC
Forest Service
Hocking Valley
United States Forest Service
Athens CCC
Tenathan
National Forest Reservation Commission
Hocking Valley Ranger District
Forest Service Plan
WPA Offers Adult Education Classes at Peach Ridge School
WPA runs adult education at Peach Ridge schoolhouse every Thursday offering handicraft leathercraft reading writing spelling current events and first aid as part of emergency education schools. Open to all residents above school age in the district to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peach Ridge
WPA
Storm names and regions differ worldwide
The text explains how large storms are called different names by region. In the West Indies and South Pacific they are hurricanes, off Asia they are typhoons, in the Indian Ocean they are cyclones, and in the Philippines the term haguios is used.
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West Indies
South Pacific
Asia
Indian Seas
Philippines
Redecorating Plans To Be Heard at Meeting
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting Wednesday night at the Legion rooms. Commander Roger Conner announced a report from the committee on redecorating and improving the post home. A definite program for the Sons of the Legion will also be discussed.
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K. T. Crossen
The
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Roger Conner
Sons of the Legion
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