Athens Chest Campaign Sets Opening For Nov 27
The Athens Community Chest campaign for 1940 was planned after two Welfare Association meetings endorsed a unified drive. Paul Cotton was chosen as campaign chairman with a full board and volunteers. The Junior Chamber will assist by supplying captains and solicitors, and office work begins next week at The Messenger Building.
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Athens Community Chest
Community Welfare Association
Athens
Association For A Chest
Hheawe Haan Mada
Bevg Wuugm
Paul Cotton
Thor Olson
Girl Scouts
E. Paul Cotton
A. B. Sias
F. D. Forsyth
Jay-Cfes
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cotton
Chamber of Commerce
Community Chest
Messenger
Charles G. Matthews
Cotton lauds agencies and volunteers in drive preparation
Chairman Cotton acknowledges participating agencies organizations and citizens who have generously donated time to prepare for the drive, praising their past contributions and urging continued effort.
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Cotton
Three Groups Cooperate on Relief Burden
Nelsonville council authorized bonds to cover delinquent relief funds citing urgent needs. A meeting with state welfare officials and relief clients from Glouster highlighted countywide funding shortages and stressed subdivisions must join to reach a ten to twelve thousand dollar total before issuing orders.
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Nelsonville
Tax Commission
Ira Whitmore
Charles Stratton
Walter Maccombs
Phillips
Carl Graves
State Welfare Department
Glouster
Trimble
Pugh to Speak From Parkersburg Station
Athens County AAA chairman Frank Pugh will speak on the Farm and Home Hour at station WPAR in Parkersburg West Virginia on Monday November 6 at noon. He will discuss the progress of the farm program in Athens County and be assisted by Herbert Hoskinson, also of Athens County.
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Frank Pugh
Athens County
AAA
WPAR
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pugh
Herbert Hoskinson
Food Commodities Distribution for Athens Area Planned
Federal surplus commodities will be given out at the relief office in Athens City and Athens Township on Saturday morning. Participants should bring their own containers for sweet potatoes and apples. An annual note mentions soil washing and blowing from U S fields to fill a freight train encircling the world 19 times at the equator.
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Athens City
Athens Township
Relief Office
United States
Issues Explained At Courthouse Session In Athens
State county and city issues of the November 7 election were explained at a public meeting sponsored by the Athens County League of Women Voters in the Courthouse. Candidates for mayor and township offices were introduced, with supporters and opponents debating proposed amendments and welfare and school levies.
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Athens County League of Women Voters
State Board of Education
Athens
Herbert Bigelow
Cliff Cornell
Virgil Davis
William Nicholson
Roy Noland
L. H. Shaver
Richland Ave
T. R. Bennett
Willis F. Sands
J. W. Bailey
Justice of the Peace
Dwight Rutherford
Favors
Welfare Levy Supports Child of Broken Home
Athens County Citizens' Committee explains the Aid to Dependent Children program as a state county and federal welfare plan to care for needy children at home. They warn a failed levy would cut aid and end the program, risking the loss of $25,074.40 in state and federal funds.
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Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Senate
William Stehr
Louis Hammerle
L. C. Staats
Athens
Assails Bigelow
Athens County
Citizens’ Committee
ADC
Faderal Cavernmente
Ohio
Cient
Senior Girls Win AHS Volleyball Tournament
The senior girls swept the Athens High School Girls' Athletic Association tournament defeating the freshman sophomore and junior teams by wide margins. Betty Chandler captains the winning squad with teammates including Mary Allen Frances Alexander Ruth Bayless Betty Cox Patty Daugherty Dorothy Pennell Ruth McMammerle Hester Hartman Jo Ann Tompkins Roberta Reynolds Jane Wamsley Gertrude Hawk Elizabeth Lavelle Connie Dent Kathleen Orr Virginia Bardin and Geraldine Chrisman. The sophomores took second place while the freshman and junior squads placed after. Referees were Louise Blackford and Ruth Lewis scorekeepers Bernadine Ferrell and Jane Bayless timekeeper Jane Wamsley. The event was supervised by Miss Ethel McEwen with Margaret Dunlap assisting.
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Girls’ Athletic Association of Athens Senior High School
Betty Chandler
Mary Allen
Frances Alexander
Ruth Bayless
Betty Cox
Patty Daugherty
Dorothy Pennell
Ruth McMammerle
Hester Hartman
Jo Ann Tompkins
Roberta Reynolds
Jane Wamsley
Gertrude Hawk
Elizabeth Lavelle
Connie Dent
Kathleen Orr
Virginia Bardin
Geraldine Chrisman
Jane Finsterwald
Phyllis Bean
Bill Jacoby
Jean Kilpatrick
Helen Steele
Norma Shaver
Bernadine Terrell
Jean Miller
Mary Frebault
Betty Barrett
Ann Maccombs
Marjorie Gaston
Grace Chism
Dorothy Hutchins
Betty Henderson
Jane Maccombs
Dorothy Pearson
Gene Kissner
Sue Coury
Ruth Gentry
Martha Walsh
Barbara Danford
Wanda Cole
Mary Coury
Wanda Quest
Jane Hooper
Betty Gaston
Amy Bell
Vyrian Casley
Thelma Coffey
Winifred Newman
Ruth Schuler
Stella Taylor
Louise Blackford
Ruth Lewis
Bernadine Ferrell
Jane Bayless
Ethel McEwen
Margaret Dunlap
Canada Urges Med Students To Finish Training
Wilder G. Penfield of McGill University cautioned Canadian undergraduates not to enlist, stressing that finishing medical training is the best way to serve the country. He warned that lowering medical standards would hurt instruction and urged students to stay in school despite public opinion.
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Montreal
Canada
Wilder G. Penfield
McGill University
Opie Read Dies at 86 in Chicago
Obituary notes Opie Read a revered humorist linked with Mark Twain Josh Billings and Eugene Field died yesterday in Chicago at age 86. The veteran writer known for witty social sketches leaves a legacy in American literary satire.
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Opie Read
Chicago
U.P
Mark Twain
Josh Billings
Eugene Field
Battery To Mobilize in Ohio Capital
Battery C 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard from Athens will mobilize in Columbus from November 22 for five days of field training under a War Department order. Phase two follows a November 11 12 drill at the Athens Armory with emphasis on employer cooperation and participation by units statewide.
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134Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Athens
Columbus
War Department
National Defense
E. E. Carmichael
Gilson D Light
Carmichael
Guard Unit Coming Here
A National Guard unit will be housed in Athens with meals provided in the field. Local produce bidders include C. D. Shafer Co. and Rauch's Bakery among several others. Ohio University and the National Guard HQ agree to rent-free use of buildings with conditions on drinking, janitorial pay, sewerage repairs, area cleaning, and officer presence to maintain order.
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Athens
C. D. Shafer Co
C. O. Mantz
F. J. Beasley Co
Stedman Co
Bennett Milk Co
Rauch's Bakery
Ohio University
National Guard
Coldest Thursday Night Records Set in Athens
The local forecast notes Thursday night dropped to 22 degrees, ten below freezing, a new fall low. By Friday noon the thermometer read 35 degrees, suggesting Friday would be the coldest day of the season to date. Thursday’s high reached 50 degrees.
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Athens
Athens doctor attends Marietta Osteopathic Clinic
Dr. H. R. Nye of Athens attended an all day surgical clinic at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital in Marietta. The clinic ran in the morning followed by a hospital staff luncheon meeting. Dr. Nye is a member of the hospital staff.
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H. R. Nye
Athens
Marietta Osteopathic Hospital
Marietta
Nye
Reward for Lost Gate From Dr Sprague Home
A missing iron gate from the residence of Dr John R Sprague at 53 Morris Avenue was carried away on Halloween night and Mrs Sprague offers a small reward for its return. A Costa Rica tradition sets aside one day weekly as a beggars day.
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John R. Sprague
Morris Ave
Costa Rica
Kinds of Candy Are Ready at AHS Festival
Forty four kinds of homemade candy were collected this morning by ninth grade girls of Athens Junior High to be sold in their booth tonight at the Fall Festival. The assortment totals over 60 pounds and includes fudge caramels chocolate drops fondant sea foam mints and divinity. Other festival preparations include stage decor in the Senior High gymnasium a projection room from Mr A A Nellis shop for a movie showing and games such as dancing pitching shooting galleries miniature golf and a jitterbug contest.
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Athens Junior High
Pup
Industrial Arts
A. A. Nellis
Athens High issues first Megaphone with stadium photo
The Megaphone, Athens High School’s monthly, debuts with four pages of school news reviews and features. Miss Anne Pickering supervises this student produced edition printed by photolith.
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Megaphone
Athens High School
Athens High Stadium
Anne Pickering
Ruth Hammerle
Patty Daugherty
Mildred Ford
Robert Tyroler
Joan Woolley
James Abraham
Jack Stewart
Hamilton Oldfield
Karl Packard
Betsy Bailey
Elizabeth Kolenich
Patsy Sherrard
Evelyn Bartlett
Mary Allen
Mary Graham
Margaret Josten
Bill Roberts
Sue Coury
Elizabeth Lavelle
Kathleen Orr
Jane Wamsley
Rosalie Shaffer
Betty Pinkerton
Jane Gross
Courtship Behaviors of Empidae Flies Gift Prey and Petals
Male empidid flies present nuptial gifts during courtship by offering bubbles that hold prey or fragments of flower petals to the female. This shows a complex mating ritual where the male uses edible or decorative items to attract and secure mating.
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Empidae
Boyd Infant Dies In Three Weeks Old Child
The three weeks old son of Mr and Mrs J B Boyd died today at the home of Mrs Boyd’s father Mr Thomas Henry 128 N Congress St Funeral services will be held at the Henry residence on Saturday afternoon at 239 oclock Burial will be made in Greenlawn Cemetery Friends may call at the home at any time
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J. B. Boyd
Institutes Arranged For Six Communities
Community Institutes in Athens County will hold sessions in Amesville on November 13 New Marshfield on November 14 Lodi on November 15 Mt Hermon on November 16 Canaanville on November 17 and Coolville on November 17 18 with morning afternoon and evening offerings in all towns except Coolville where Saturday November 18 includes only morning and afternoon sessions.
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Athens County
Amesville
New Marshfield
Lodi
Mt. Hermon
Canaanville
Coolville
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Neil Crawford
C. O. Gibson
Gibson
General Revenue Fund
J. J. Crumley
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AHS
Roy D. Prushing
Harley E. Johnson
Tron Gate
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County Board of Education
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F. E. Phillips
Shanks
Christman
Athens County First
Athens County Teachers First
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AHS Stadium
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Yana
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R. Erb
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G. R. Nagle
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