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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1936

Page

5

Contested Ballots Cloud Coolville 3.2 Beer Vote

In Coolville the 3.2 beer issue hangs in doubt after two contested ballots may trigger a recount. Of 280 voters, 140 supported abolition and 138 backed sale, with 27 not marking that item. Troy Township voted against all beer and liquors. County election board officials waited for totals ruling.

Coolville Athens Troy Township Orville Bibbee Bibbee County Election Board

Milldecks To Open Saturday In Athens

Milldecks Shoe Store will open Saturday November 7 at 19 North Court Street in Athens after three weeks of remodeling. The store will carry Peters shoes for men and women and Weatherbird shoes for children with a full range of styles. James P. Cumley will manage, with Pearl Holter assisting.

Milldecks Athens N. Court St Peters Weatherbird James P. Cumley W. Union S&i Zenner's Department Store Coe Miss Pearl Holter Cumley

Service Men Plan Reunion for Armistice Day

All former members of Company H 330 Infantry are invited to the McArthur Armistice Day reunion. Officers seek a large delegation as plans are laid for the twentieth annual reunion at Camp Sherman on November 11 1937. Members not notified should send address to H H Sands adjutant 199 North St Louis Ohio and provide addresses for Herman Clunk Herbert Hartley Taylor Jordan and Harvey Lowery.

McArthur Camp Sherman H. H. Sands North St. Logan Herman Clunk Herbert Hartley Taylor Jordan Harvey Lowery

Warmer Weather Expected This Weekend Across Ath ens Area

The forecast notes rising temperatures from Thursday into Saturday with a low of 39 last night and a high of 41 yesterday. A record 43 was recorded this morning as Ath ens and vicinity brace for still warmer weather tonight and possible light showers tomorrow followed by a cooler night tomorrow.

Athens

Veterans To Elect Officers At Floyd Bolin Post Meeting

Floyd Bolin Post Veterans of Foreign Wars will elect officers at a meeting in the Armory at 8 o'clock tonight as announced by adjutant J. S. Thompson. Refreshments will be served after the business session.

Floyd Bolin Veterans of Foreign Wars Armtory J. S. Thompson

Meeting at Burlingham by P A of J C

An all day meeting will be held at the Modern Woodman Hall Burlingham on Thanksgiving Day. Elder C A Bolin will be in charge with other elders expected. Attendees are asked to bring their grub and table service.

P. A J. C Woodman

Clarence Dean Hurt In Accident at Mine

Clarence Dean of Athens Route 3 was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital after an accident in a Millfield mine. An X ray will determine injury extent. Mrs. Mary Parfitt and Mr. Adam Sherwood entered for surgical operations this morning. Mrs. Boyd Angell and baby son of Shade were dismissed from the hospital.

Clarence Dean Athens Sheltering Arms Hospital Millfield Mary Parfitt the Plains Adam Sherwood Boyd Angell Baby Son Shade

Roll Call of Red Cross Opens Armistice Week Campaign

Plans for the 1936 Red Cross Roll Call were approved by the Athens County Chapter on Thursday. The membership drive will run from Armistice Day November 11 to Thanksgiving November 25, focusing on emergency safety and medical aid programs. A meeting of last year’s Roll Call workers is set for 7 p.m. tonight in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms.

Red Cross Athens County The Community Chest Dow Grones Homer Baird Commerce Athens Dwight Rutherford

Cox sues for 2700 in damages over sled collision

Clinton C. Cox sues James Josten on behalf of his daughter Bettie Jean Cox 14 seeking 2700 for medical bills and damages after Bettie Jean collided with a parked car on First Street last February while coasting on a sled. The petition alleges a fractured skull and injuries after dark with the Josten vehicle unlit. The suit names Glenn McDaniels and Catherine Wilkes as associated parties.

Clinton C. Cox James Josten Bettie Jean Cox First St Josten

Peden Mackinnon To Speak At Ohio University Alumni Dinner

Ohio University executives Don Peden and C N Mackinnon will headline the Dayton Chapter Alumni dinner to be held in Dayton Friday night. Also noted away from campus are Darrell Green at the Indiana Academy of Science and other staff attending registrar meetings at Muskingum College. The Athens County Health Office reports another scarlet fever case Betty Reese is ill with the disease.

Don C. Peden C. N. Mackinnon Clark E. Williams Ohio University Dayton Dayton Peden Mackinnon Ohio University Darrell B. Green Indiana Academy of Science Danville Ind Frank B. Dilley Mary Antonnelto Dean T. C. McCracken College of Education Ohio College Association of Collegiate Muskingum College New Concord Dean McCracken Athens County Health Office Betty Reese Harvey Reese Greens Run Trimble Township

Eighth Grade Well Bred Girls Host Tea at Athens Junior High

Eighth grade Well Bred Girls hosted a tea after a six week project on The Well Bred Girl and Her Social Relationships. The event in the Home Economics room was supervised by Miss Carol Darst and featured Miss Velma Phillips and Miss Ida Patterson from Ohio University. Faculty and mothers attended as hostesses and helpers poured, served, and prepared treats for the gathering.

Ruth Giesen Athens Junior High School Carol Darst Freda Doty Helen Aslanides Lois Sickles Jean Kilpatrick Phyllis Bean Dorothy McAllister Avanelle Smith Sara Jane Kern Helen Long Mary Aslanides Paul

Rally Day Planned by The Plains M E Sunday School

The Plains Missionary Episcopal Sunday School sets Rally Day on Sunday November with exercises starting at 9 45 a m A program of songs and talks from class representatives will precede a sermon by Rev Myron Martin of Athens.

The Plains M. E Myron Martin Athens

Probate ruling declares Carter estate not subject to tax

Athens County Probate Judge S. M. Johnson declares the estate of James W. Carter not subject to inheritance tax, setting a statutory tax status for the decedent's assets and liabilities.

Athens County S. M. Johnson James W. Carter

Athens County residents summoned for jury service

Twenty Athens County residents were subpoenaed to report for jury duty in Common Pleas Court next Monday in November. Names drawn in September include Charles Stover Nelsonville J Louis Winner Stewart G W Dean Coolville Grover Sutton Athens Hubert Mender Nelsonville Roy Snackenberry Nelsonville Kate Wood Albany H S Dye Torch J M Bridgewater Athens A F Whaley Athens James Dickson Albany O C Glidden Shade J W Henderson Athens Mary Chappell Shade H A Reeder Athens Lewis Easler Trimble William Shingler Mineral H C Buck Guysville and John Monks Nelsonville.

Athens County Common Pleas Court Charles Stover Nelsonville J. Louis Winner Stewart G. W. Dean Coolville Grover Sutton Athens Hubert Mender Roy Snackenberry Kate Wood Albany H. S. Dye Torch J. M. Bridgewater A. F. Whaley James Dickson O. C. Glidden Shade J. W. Henderson Mary Chappell H. A. Reeder Lewis Easler Trimble William Shingler Mineral H. C. Buck Guysville John Monks

State Awards Contracts For Route 56 And 124 Projects

The state highway director awarded bids for several highway improvements including the Athens Athens Laurelville Road on State Route 56 in Athens Township to Ohio Engineering Co., Lorain for 63,825.20 dollars and the Meigs Pomeroy Jackson Road on State Route 124 in Sansbury Township for a 0.165 mile surface project to Bellefontaine Development Co., Bellefontaine for 5,206.24 dollars.

Columbus U.P Athens Athens-Laurelville Athens Township Ohio Engineering Co Lorain Meigs — Pomeroy-Jackson Road Sansbury Township Bellefontaine Development Co Bellefontaine

Nazarene Services in Athens and Mineral

The Church of the Nazarene at W State and Walker Streets holds Sunday morning services with the sermon Digging Out Old Wells and Sunday School at 9 30 led by Cecil Cox. Evening topic is The Demands for Discipleship. Thursday prayer at 7 30. Rev J G Towriss continues revival at Mineral with nightly services 7 15 and an old fashioned holiness meeting Sunday at 2 PM.

Church of the Nazarene

Capitol in Washington Took Seven Decades to Complete

The capitol building in Washington D C required seventy years to complete due to extended planning and construction phases spanning multiple administrations and funding cycles.

Capitol Washington, D. C

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330Th Infantry Veterans To Elect Burlingham Automobile Glenn McDaniels Athens R. D Farmer John McDaniels Catherine Wilkes George A. Wilkes Ine Dyar Thora Chatham Helen Grubb Violet Franz Betty Guess Leatha Collins Opal Sharp Laura Brown Clarice Porter Mildred Larch Betty Mapes Florence Pidcock Velma Phillips Ida Patterson Ohio University Department of Home Economics John Dillinger Jimmy Littler Chevrolet Common Pleas Meigs County Nazarene Services Chevrolet Motor Company Detroit Michly McFarland North Court St Athens, Ohio General Motors Ohio Ira Ullmark Glouster, Ohio
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