Athens council discusses gas service and street repair
A large Athens delegation, with attorney John W. Bolin, urged the city to ensure adequate natural gas from Strouds Run Gas Co. Council asked its attorney Gordon Gray to check if the company forfeited its franchise. Mayor McCune reported November fines totaled 190.10, and the council authorized sewer construction and budget approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend Addition
John W. Bolin
Athens
Strouds Run Gas Co
Gordon Gray
Bolin
East Athens
Strouds Run
Carl Norris
F. W. Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Co
Phillips
Carl H. Beasley
State Highway Department
Carpenter St
Len B. McCune
R. L. Marlow
WPA Mine Fire Project In New Straitsville Progress Report
About 175 workers are tackling three barriers of the New Straitsville minefire project. The WPA and Bureau of Mines supervise safety upgrades. Modern gear includes gas protectors flame lamps electric lights gas helmets and oxygen tanks under engineers Werker Lafferty Ridley and Bags.
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New
Straitsville
WPA
Bureau of Mines
Howard Werker
Adam Lafferty
F. C. Ridley
Michael A. Bags
Werer
Millfield Man Pleads Not Guilty in Reckless Driving Case
Paul James of Millfield pleaded not guilty in Mayor Len B. McCune's court to a reckless driving charge. The hearing was scheduled for Wednesday night at 7 o'clock.
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Paul James
Millfield
Len B. McCune
Muskellunge Landed By Algeo In Muskingum River
John Algeo of Athens bagged a 15 pound 3 ounce muskie from the Muskingum River below the Stockport dam on Sunday. The fish measured 38 inches and fought a 15 minute battle before being landed. Algeo plans to have the catch mounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Algeo
Athens
Muskingum
Stockport Dam
Algeo
Aigeo
NYA Purpose Explained to Athens Service Clubs
The Athens Rotary and Kiwanis clubs heard 8S. Burns Weston outline the National Youth Administration aims and Ohio and Athens County applications. He noted 90 youths work on community projects while 160 in high schools and 315 undergraduates at Ohio University receive NYA aid.
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National Youth Administration
Ohio
Athens County
Athens
Kiwanis
Burns Weston
A. Bruce Musick
Haller
NYA
Roosevelt
Weston
Ohio University
Morris Snow Dies After Illness at 80 in Athens
Morris FE Snow, 80, a prominent Athens decorator and longtime family leader, died Monday at his Fast Hill home after a yearlong illness. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Clarks Chapel with Rev. Ward Radford presiding. burial will follow in the church cemetery. He was the son of Wesley and Elizabeth Snow and leaves a brother Prof. John Snow and three sisters, with extended Snow family farming ties noted in Athens area records.
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Morris FE. Snow
Athens County
Athens
Fast Hill
Clarks Chapel
Ward Radford
Mr. Snow
Wesley
Elizabeth Bougher Snow
John Snow
Armour Institute
Chicago
W. R. Phillips
Lisbon
Eva
Mary Snow
Charles
M. M. Snow
Snow
Morris Snow
Standard Oil Workers Will Meet Wednesday
A meeting for dealers and employees of the Standard Oil Co. will be held at the Berry Hotel at 3 p m tomorrow. Dinner will be served at 6 o'clock. This meeting will include Logan Nelsonville Athens Coolville and Long Bottom territories. Speakers from the engineering department and the division office of both Zanesville and Cleveland will attend.
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Standard Oil Co
Berry Hotel
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Coolville
Long Bottom
Zanesville
Cleveland
Christianity In Struggle Pastors Told Mission Aims
Dr. DeWitt Miller of Cleveland Heights told Athens County Ministerial Association that Christianity faces a desperate struggle with Communism and Fascism. The National Preaching Mission aims to revive faith, mobilize Protestant ministers, and spread eight day preaching across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Miller
Cleveland Heights
Athens County
Hugh Carr
Pittsburgh
E. Stanley Jones
India
Miller
United States
Neil J. Crawford
Christian Church
Athens
L. W. Clarke
Episcopal Church
T. A. Ballinger
Methodist Episcopal Church
Albany
A. T
Ray Huff
M. P
New Marshfield
Leroy Wilcox
A. H. Beckett
Central Ave
M.E. Church
Howard E. Warner
Presbyterian Church
Amesville
H. A. Rothrock
Methodist Church
Nelsonville
J. L. Evans
Ross Williams To Be Speaker At Legion Meeting
Ross Williams of Oak Hill the Eighth District commander of the American Legion will speak at the K T Crossen Post meeting at the Legion home on Court Street Wednesday night. He will oversee installation of officers from the October session. Roger Connor retiring commander notes Pacific Coast veteran access issues and Americanization efforts will be discussed. All officers and members urged to attend. refreshments will be served.
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Ross Williams
Oak Hill
American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Legion
Roger Connor
Pacific Coast
Samuel Pyles Funeral Services Held Monday
Funeral services for Samuel Pyles age 68 of Big Bailey Run were held Monday at Morristown Church with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. He died Friday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital from a skull fracture after a tree limb struck him while cutting timber. He leaves a wife a daughter Gertrude Walton a son Earl a brother Oscar Pyles and four grandchildren.
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Samuel Pyles
Big Bailey Run
Morristown
Greenlawn
Mr. Pyles
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Gertrude Walton
Bailey Run
Earl
Oscar Pyles
Detroit
Lincoln Election Coin Shown by Athens Man
Ray James of Athens displays a coin reminiscent of the pre Civil War era with Abraham Lincoln pictured and the slogan Abraham Lincoln for President on one side and Andrew Johnson for Vice President on the reverse. The coin is about the size of a penny.
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Ray James
Athens
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Harvard Scholar Kittredge to Lecture at Ohio University
Prof George L Kittredge of Harvard lectures at Alumni Memorial Auditorium Ohio University tonight and Wednesday He speaks on Hamlet on opening night Then covers Facts and Fiction About Shakespeare and Macbeth He is a famed Shakespeare authority with honorary degrees from Oxford Chicago Johns Hopkins Brown Yale Harvard and McGill and holds several scholarly fellowships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Kittredge
Harvard
America
Ohio University
Athens
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Kittredge
Macbeth
Oxford University
England
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins
Brown
Yale
McGill
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
American Philological Society
British Academy
Stitch and Chatter Club Meeting Notice
The Stitch and Chatter Club will meet with Mrs. W. B. Imes at 199 Grosvenor Street at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
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Stitch and Chatter Club
W. B. Imes
Grosvenor St
Drunk driver jailed after fatal Marietta crash
G W Nye of Chauncey was jailed after an automobile crash that killed John W. Anders, service manager at a local auto agency. Nye pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, was fined 100 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to 30 days in county jail. A manslaughter charge possible. Anders, riding with Nye to have ignition keys made, died from injuries after the car swerved near Second Street and Church Street, brushing a parked truck.
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Marietta
G. W. Nye
Chauncey
John W. Anders
Nye
Anders
Second St
Church St
Memorial Hospital
Halloween Party Held by Fast Ride Girl Beaut
Twenty four Brownies gathered at the Fast Ride Girl Beaut headquarters for a Halloween masquerade. Prizes for the most unique, most beautiful, and most difficult to identify costumes were awarded to Den Henry, Nancy Smith, and Sue Rowland. Mrs. H. C. Dorman and Mrs. C. W. Henking led the group which spent the afternoon playing games.
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Fast Ride Girl Beaut
den Henry
Nancy Smith
Sue Rowland
H. C. Dorman
C. W. Henking
Coolville Man Fined for Intoxication in Magistrate Court
Dale Blair of Coolville pleaded guilty in Magistrate T R Bennett's court to intoxication and was fined $5 plus costs. The arrest was made by R B Henderson, the Coolville marshal.
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Dale Blair
Coolville
T .R. Bennett
R. 8. Henderson
Athens High Elects Landon in Student Election Landslide
Athens Junior and Senior High polls report Republican landslide with Landon ahead of Roosevelt in president race 422 to 316 and wide gains for Republicans across multiple state and local offices. Student Board of Elections managed tabulations from Ward 1 and Ward 2, with officials including Aldine Duncan and Pauline Rose.
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Alfred M. Landon
White House
Athens
Student Board of Elections
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Earl Browder
William Lemke
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Andrew Onda
Paul Proder
Paul M. Herbert
Ben Atkins
William J. Kennedy
Earl Griffith
Joseph T. Ferguson
Joseph T. Tracy
Clarence H. Kinsely
Harry Day
Herbert 8. Duffy
Thomas J. Herbert
John McSweeney
Harold G. Mos Jer
George H. Bender
L. L. Marshall
William C. Sandberg
Daniel S. Earhart
Benson Ogier
Congress
J. Kieffner
Thomas A. Jenkins
Mr. Roosesvelt
Landon
Roosevelt
Board of Elections
Aldine Duncan
Pauline Rose
Bob Stratton
Don Grones
Gerald Stauffer
Lineberger to Preach at Jobs and Carbon Hill Churches
Rev L O Lineberger of Haydenville Methodist Charge will preach at Jobs M E Church Wednesday night November 4 at 7 oclock and at Carbon Hill Church Thursday night at 7 oclock. Future services will be held at Carbon Hill the first and third Thursdays each month with singing led by Mr Pence of Carbon High School. Arrangements are under way to have the high school orchestra play at some services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Lineberger
Haydenville
Jobs M. E
Carbon Hill
Mr. Pence
Carbon High School
A Home Remedy for Coughs Using Pinex Syrup
A historic advertisement touts a simple cough remedy mixing sugar water with Pinex for quick relief. It claims four times the medicine value, no cooking, long shelf life, and child friendly taste. It emphasizes rapid relief from coughs, phlegm, and breathing discomfort with a Pine resin compound, offering money back if unsatisfied.
Meeting of veterans as Major General Butler visits Athens
Visitation in Athens last Friday reunited Ernest McGraner of 189 West Union Street with his former commanding officer Major General Smedley Butler. Butler autographed McGraner's war service certificate after several hours of reminiscence.
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Earnest McGraner
Union St
Athens
VU. S. Marine Corps
Smedley Butler
General Butler
McGraner
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Kiwanis and
Rotary
East Hill
Standard Oil
the Styron-Beggs Company
Great Seal Bldg
Newark, Ohio
Eteris
Lincoln
O. U
Chauncey Man
Athens High
GOP
Sembly
George A. Banks
H. T. Phillips
Walter Maccombs
Ira Whitmore
J. Clyde Edmundson
John T. Hope
Harold J. Rose
Charles W. Bayless
Charles Stratton
Madge P. Rothermel
Georgia Kilpatrick
John H. Preston
G. D Gorham
B. F. Beckler, Jr
J. W. Wilson
A. L. Pritchard
Lew Jones
Supreme Court
William L. Hart
George 8. Myers
Will P. Stephenson
Roy H. Williams
Court of Appeals
Roy J. Gillen
W. J. Jones
Court of Common Pleas
Oliver FE. Rowland
Probate Court
M. Johnson
L. R. Pierce
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Oscar Fulton
General Insurance
Athens, Ohio
Lineberger
Pontiac
Fisher
General Motors
The
Aigeo Motor Sales Company
State St
Butler
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