Uncertain School Finance Delays Teacher Employment Plans
May reports from Nelsonville detail ongoing uncertainty over next term funding. The board may extend salaries for a month while awaiting legislation and potential re convening in June. Some teachers face salary gaps and possible non renewal if funds fail to materialize. Mrs Minnie Laughlin hosted a birthday dinner for her mother Mrs Frank Shivers with many relatives in attendance.
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Ent Arnold
Board of Education
Nelsonville
Minnie Laughlin
Frank Shivers
Gilbert Valkinburg
Kenneth Long
Lucille Dubricco
Detroit
Elmer Coakley
Maxville
Ohio
Eugene Skivers
Bennet Fiske
Mack Skivers
Rotary program features color visuals and Indianapolis race reel
At Nelsonville Rotary, Ralph Henry presented Century of Progress color displays and a 500 mile Indianapolis race reel. Firestone speakers Fred Kurskey and Mr Funk led equipment control. tire production details were shown. Attendees included Charles Evans Clarence Matheny Dr Kelch and Irvin Rich. Next session ties to Father and Son banquet with Dr Hugh Evans as speaker.
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Nelsonville
Century of Progress
Indianapolis
Rotary
Ralph Henry
F. R. Beasley
Firestone Products
Fred Kurskey
Athens
Mr. Funk
Columbus
Firestone
Charles Evans
Clarence Matheny
Kelch
Irvin Rich
Logan Club
Chippewa Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Hugh Evans
Dayton
Treva Oakley and Robert Pospichel wed in Newport
Nelsonville announces the December 9 Newport Ky ceremony. Treva Oakley daughter of Mr and Mrs Percy Oakley and Robert Pospichel son of Mr and Mrs Albert Pospichel were married by Reverend Hendley of the Presbyterian Church. Pospichel has worked at the local relief office.
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Nelsonville
Newport
Treva Oakley
Percy Oakley
Robert Pospichel
Albert Pospichel
Hendley
Presbyterian Church of
Pospichel
Nelsonville Club and High School Class Meet in Town
The W B A Girls Club will meet at Eileen Hartley’s Riverside home Thursday night at 7 30 with a potluck supper. Nelsonville High Class of 1919 holds a 15th anniversary meeting at Mrs Raymond Raine’s 29 East Franklin Street during commencement week.
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Nelsonville
Eileen Hartley
Riverside
Nelsonville High School
Raymond Raine
East Franklin Street
Baseball meeting tonight in Nelsonville
Managers and players interested in recreational baseball are urged to attend a meeting at Thomas Jewelry Store on West Washington Street tonight at 6 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Thomas Jewelry Store
West Washington Street
Ohio 1934 Highway Program Awaits Federal Grant
Ohio's 1934 highway construction plan hinges on the size of a national recovery grant. John Dowler reports preliminary surveys completed. final decisions await grant amount. In 1933 Ohio received 15,484,502. 193 projects funded, 17 completed. Si de tours total 454 miles, with 18 miles under detour.
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Ohio
John Dowler
O. W. Merre
Dowler
Highway Department
Merrell
Washington
Mine Officials To Give Talks In Nelsonville Meet
Captain Percy Tetlow and George W. Savage of the United Mine Workers will speak at a miners mass meeting at City Playgrounds Nelsonville on Saturday May 12 at 2 o clock. A miners baseball league will organize eight teams from local unions with players in good standing urged to report to B C Day at the event.
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Nelsonville
Percy Tetlow
United Mine Workers of America
George W. Savage
Miners
B. C. Day
Ohio Librarians Arrive For District Meeting
Librarians from nearby counties gathered in Athens to attend the Southeastern Ohio District Library Association meeting held in Edwin Watts Chubb Library rooms. Speakers included Earl N. Manchester, Miss Frieda M. Heller, Mrs. Hal H. Lloyd, Mrs. Mabel Henderson, Paul A. T. Noon, and George J. Brazier.
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Athens
Southeastern Ohio District Library Association
Edwin Watts Chubb
Earl N. Manchester
Ohio State Library
Ohio Library Association
Frieda M. Heller
University School of Ohio State University
Hal H. Lloyd
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Marietta
Mabel Henderson
John McIntyre
Bank Hold-Up at Plain City Nets 1500
Two masked men robbed a bank at Plain City ten miles northwest of Columbus today, escaping with 1500 pounds in cash. Police pursuit underway as investigators search for the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Plain City
Here
Evans Family Graduates Sixth Member at Nelsonville High
Nelsonville sees a family record as Paul Evans becomes the sixth Evans child to graduate from Nelsonville High School Class of 1934. Parents Ed and C. Evans anticipate a reunion during commencement week with Elizabeth Harry Joe Mary and Donald also alumni. All six were born and raised in Nelsonville and plan to attend the alumni banquet. Other notes mention visits by local families to relatives in Nelsonville and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Evans
Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Ed C. Evans
Paul
Elizabeth
Harry
Joe
Mary
Donald
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Meets at Nelsonville
The Methodist Church group will gather Thursday night at 7 30 with Mrs Retta Howe to discuss mission work and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Retta Howe
Strickler to Preach at Carbon Hill Church Friday
Nelsonville report Rev. F. R. Strickler, pastor of the local Christian Church, will preach at the Carbon Hill Christian Church Friday evening at 7 30. A group of the local congregation plans to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
F. R. Strickler
Carbon Hill Christian Church
Nelsonville Teachers Plan Groups for Ohio Univ Romeo and Juliet
Nelsonville teachers intend to form groups to travel to Athens for the Ohio University presentation of Romeo and Juliet on May 23 and June 2.
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Nelsonville
Athens
Ohio University
Indiana Renominates Twelve Congressmen
INDIANAPOLIS May 9 The battle cry We've supported Roosevelt carried to renomination today all of Indiana's 12 representatives in Congress. Voters backed New Deal adherents with 32 421 Democratic ballots in 306 precincts first reporting while Republicans had 14 997 in 291 precincts.
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Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Ofndiana
Congress
Think Nelson Left Car on Chicago South Side
A car believed abandoned by George Baby Face Nelson, gunman with the Dillinger gang, was found on Chicago's south side. Police and federal agents had spent 24 hours chasing reports of Dillinger sightings across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Think Nelson
Chicago South Side
Chicago
U.P
George
Baby Face) Nelson
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Ohio to Establish Ten Camps for Transients
General Harold M. Bush was appointed to lead the State Relief Commission effort to set up ten transient camps in Ohio. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration provides $125,000 for camps housing 125 to 200 men each. Workers will be paid one dollar a week plus board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harold M. Bush
State Relief Commission
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Ohio
Burglary Link Bodies Youths From Local School
Lancaster police connect a burglary at four homes in Pickerington to four youths who escaped Sunday from the Hoys Industrial School near Lancaster.
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Lancaster
Pickerington
Hoys
Here
Wolfe Sees Non-Political Money Board
T. M. Wolfe of Athens told the Athens Rotary Club that a federal monetary authority with political control removed will be established, driven by Roosevelt era policies. He outlined the shift from a gold standard to an international gold bullion standard and argued the aim is to raise prices, stimulate trade, and expand bank credit, which he says is currently congealed rather than scarce.
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United States
T. M. Wolfe
Athens
Roosevelt
R.F.C
Treasury
Wolfe
Martha Class of Methodist Church entertained in Nelsonville
Mrs Ed Crouse and helpers hosted the Martha Class gathering in Nelsonville Monday night. Miss Moorehead led the business session and Mr Rothrock gave the devotional. Refreshments followed for 23 members and three guests including Mrs Ohlinger Mrs Walter Wolfe and Mrs Charles Evans of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ed Crouse
Thomas Bush
Dick Wolfe
Bertha Nixon
Martha
Methodist Church
Moorehead
Rothrock
M. H. Ohlinger
Walter Wolfe
Charles Evans
Athens
Mrs Martha Six Dies in Nelsonville Funeral Thursday
Mrs Martha Ann Six 69 died Tuesday near Starr. Survived by husband Hiram Six daughter Candace Market of Dayton Ohio and son John Six of New Plymouth RF C. Funeral services Thursday at 10 a m at Salem Church with burial in Salem.
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Nelsonville
Martha Ann Six
Hiram Six
Candace Market
Dayton
Ohio
John Six
New Plymouth
Salem Church
Salem
Starr
Dinner honors Mrs Hayborn birthday in Nelsonville
Mr and Mrs Oscar Hayborn hosted a Sunday dinner in Nelsonville honoring Mrs Hayborns birthday. Attending were Mrs Gill Skivers Mr and Mrs Raymond Scott Mr and Mrs Maynard Bartoe and their sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Oscar Hayborn
Mrs
County Certificates To Be Awarded To Five Teachers
Athens County will award certificates to five of fourteen teachers who took a Saturday examination at the Athens Junior High School Building. The test aided those lacking sufficient college credit for state certificates. Four out-of-county applicants will have their papers sent home for grading. Edith Lee Nelsonville Margaret Conklin Coolville Omah Gaston Guysville receive one-year elementary certificates Adrian Collins New Marshfield earns a three-year elementary permit Arch Knowlton Athens earns a one-year high school special certificate.
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Athens County
Athens
Edith Lee
Nelsonville
Margaret Conklin
Coolville
Omah Gaston
Guysville
Adrian Collins
New Marshfield
Arch Knowlton
Small Gas Producers Escape Utilities Class
Ohio gas producers win tax relief as the State Tax Commission rules they are not public utilities. Led by C. Fred Speary of Marietta, the organized group argues that taxing officials would need 3,500 extra inspectors and a new department to enforce the prior classification. The change follows a bill from the previous session that defined producers marketing gas as public utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Public Utilities
Ohio
C. Fred Speary
Marietta
Tax Commission
Christian Temperance Union Meeting in Athens County
The Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. Paul Allen’s home on Chestnut Street Tuesday afternoon. President Mrs. Sam Starkey read the scripture, with prayers by Mrs. Thomas Spencer. Mrs. Kate L. Blake will work in Athens County for five days starting May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Paul Allen
Chestnut Street
Sam Starkey
Thomas Spencer
Kate L. Blake
Columbus
Athens County
Spencer
Anna Allen
Will Standall
Misa Bernice Gosa
Fanny Williams
Mae Johnson
Local items headline from Birch Hollow Park opening to injuries
Kimberly Gilbert Adams suffered a fractured arm in a fall from pony Stanley McClain is reported seriously in a Columbus hospital. The Rev. Charles Hook officiated funerals for Mrs. Clarence Galloway and the infant daughter of John Johnson. Birch Hollow Park opened for the season with several notable fish catches reported by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Gilbert Adams
Stanley McClain
Columbus
Rev
Charles Hook
Clarence Galloway
John Johnson
Birch Hollow Park
Veterans To Visit Athens for Memorial Assembly
Athens hosts a statewide veterans gathering featuring Ohio University and area band performances. Delegates include G A R and Spanish American War Veterans, Legion posts, and National Guard units with speakers such as Sawyer Elden and Atty R W Finsterwald. The program includes music, tributes, prayers, and greetings from auxiliary officers.
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Ohio University Band
Athens High School
Logan
Lancaster
Nelsonville
Wellston
Jackson
Murray City
Gallipolis
Athens
All Legion Posts
Company L
Battery E
Ohio National Guard
Sawyer
Elden
Thomas W. McCaw
Dennison
J. J. Sassavsky
Columbus
George W. Lawrence
Ohio Legion News
Lee E. Moore
Zanesville
E. E. Keiffer
Cincinnati
H. M. Hare
Atty. R. W. Finsterwald
Save
Ohio
Pleasant Valley Visitors and W A G Club Formed
Visitors at Mrs. Dessie Brooks home included Charlies Russ James Ruse Gladys Smith Mary Ruth Hartford W Va Charlies Bean Avie Graham Hettie Brooks Hazel Schoonover Frank Tribe Henry Tribe and Harley Russ A group of girls organized a W A G Club at Bette Macvey's home with officers President Bette Macvey Vice President Betty Hudnell Secretary Helen Dowler Treasurer Dorothy Ervin Also present were Helen Dowler Betty Hudwell Mary Jane Ervin Mildred Cheadie Thora Belle Baughman Pearl Kempton Irene McPherson Dorothy Ervin Arzetta Schoonover Margaret Carsey Mary King Velma Schoonover and Bette Macvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie Brooks
Charlies Russ
Pomeroy
James Ruse
Gladys Smith
Mary Ruth
Hartford
W. Va
Charlies Bean
Avie Graham
Hettie Brooks
Hazel Schoonover
Frank Tribe
Henry Tribe
Harley Russ
Bette Macvey
W. A. G. Club
Mothers Entertained by Deanville Sunday School Girls
The girls' class of the Deanville Sunday School taught by Mrs. Fred Thompson will entertain their mothers at a dinner Friday evening at 6 30 at Miss Irene McDowell's home. Committee in charge are Mrs. Delbert Walls Mrs. T J Thomas and Mrs. Charles Oney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Deanville Sunday School
Fred Thompson
Irene McDowell
Delbert Walls
T. J. Thomas
Charles Oney
Mineral Resident Is Honored on Birthday
Mrs. Wilda Bolin of Mineral Middleport was surprised with a birthday party for her 76th anniversary at the Bolin home on Front Street. Guests included Vint Bolin, John Russell family, Elizabeth and Mildred Russell, Sidney Bolin, John P. Kauff, George Thompson and family, Richard Wileson, Aaron Wilson, W. M. Covert family, William Bolin, Leroy McDonald, Della McDonald Ludwig, Rosa Robinette Athens, Bertha Hudwell, Lillian Kauff family, Vallee Kauff, and Billy Bolin.
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Mineral
Wilda Bolin
Vint Bolin
Bolin
Front Street
Middleport
John Russell
Elizabeth
Mildred
Sidney
John P. Kauff
George Thompson
Richard Wileson
Aaron Wilson
W. M. Covert
William
William Bolin
Charles
Columbus
John McDonald
Leroy
Della McDonald
Ludwig
Rosa Robinsette
Athens
Bertha Hudwell
Guysville
Lillian M. Kauff
Vallee
Billy Bolin
East End P. T. A. Meeting Friday at East School
Nelsonville report says the East End Parent Teacher Association will gather Friday afternoon at the East School at 3 o'clock. The agenda includes routine reports and upcoming events for the school community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
East End
Store Promotes Value Through Low Overhead Costs
A neighboring town shopper praises the store for outstanding styles and quality at reasonable prices. The message argues that small size or location do not affect value, attributing low overhead as the key to unusual values and inviting readers to discover them.
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Crooksyville Legion Quartet
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Wellston Post
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Blanche Thomas
Marie Moore
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