Red Cross Roll Call Launches in Athens County
Mayor Len B. McCune inaugurated the Red Cross Roll Call noting the drive to solicit funds across Athens County for relief preparedness and needy care. Executive secretary Mrs. Dwight Rutherford reported year activity including pension claims, clothing for families, layettes for destitute babies, hospital care for the sick, dental and optical aid, and 1,221 home visits.
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American Red Cross
Len B. McCune
Athens County
Red Cross
Dwight Rutherford
The
Rutherford
National Red Cross
F. D. Forsyth
Carl H. Beasley
R. C. Hopkins
L. C. Baker
M. M. Kerr
Scott Allen
Gamertsfelder
Raymond Slutz
Gerald Kyle
Oliver
Wood
George Banks
Barbara Olson
Mary Connett
Marian Bush Snyder
Richland Avenue church digs new basement excavation
A dozen men from Richland Avenue M. P. Church are digging a new basement in two shifts day and night. After completion a contractor will raise the building two feet, waterproof the basement, and install heating and ventilating systems. Three or four new Sunday School rooms and a kitchen will be added in the basement.
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Richland Avenue M. P
Patestides speaks on four month Europe tour to Athens Legion
Pat C Patestides told members of the K T Crossen Post of Athens about his four month trip through Europe Asia and Africa describing wartime conditions in many places. He noted Italy showed military spirit and massed British fleets near Alexandria while Egyptian fortifications and bases drew alarms. He observed Athens has grown from 120000 to about 960000 and that American products were popular. Court case Varner Carsey v Varner settled at plaintiffs’ cost. The gecko is an African desert lizard with webbed feet.
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American Legion
K. T. Crossen Post
Athens
Pat C. Patestides
Europe
Asia
Africa
Italy
Alexandria
Greece
Roger Connor
Dan Strawn
John DeMolet
W. ¥. Burke
Fred E. Varner
Dorothy D. Varner
Carsey
Cora KB. Varner French
Harry Buck
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Security Bank Lien Declared Best on Walburn Property
Judge O F Rowland ruled Security Savings Bank holds the first and best lien on the Walburn Building after sheriff sale, totaling 16118.38. The property sold for 17700 with 1704.17 taxes paid, 72.75 other expenses, leaving 15923.08 to the plaintiff. Second lien by Columbus Coffin Co 2538.38, third by Bardin Brothers 802.08. Other creditors named include Edmundson Carpenter Hardware Lambert Art Metal and Belmont Casket. Armistice Day to be WPA holiday with wage protection for workers.
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Security Savings Bank Company
E. R. Walburn
O. F. Rowland
Walburn
South Court Street
Columbus Coffin Company
Bardin Brothers Company
W. Thomas Edmundson
Carpenter Hardware Company
Lambert Art Metal, In
Belmont Casket Company
Appeal Made For Order At Home-Coming
University and city officials appeal for orderly Home-Coming activities at Ohio University. They warn that drunken public behavior will lead to arrest and urge local cooperation to avoid repeating last year’s harm to the school and town reputation.
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Ohio University
Len B. McCune
C. C. Bird
McCracken Joins Jackson Eisteddfod as Judge
Dr. Thomas C. McCracken dean of Ohio University College of Education attended the Jackson Welsh Eisteddfod as literary adjudicator for the declamation and writing contests. President Herman G. James was to serve as honorary conductor of the combined chorus.
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Thomas C. McCracken
Ohio University College of Education
Jackson
Dean McCracken
Herman G. James
Compensation sought for two Van Dyke children in Ohio case
An appeal filed with the Athens County Common Pleas Court asks that Ralph Van Dyke's two minor children be allowed compensation for his death. The petition claims the death was caused by work at a Sunday Creek Coal Company mine, despite a prior Industrial Commission ruling that it was not due to employment injury. Guardian John M. Carmichael asks the court to require the commission to include the children in the State Insurance Fund.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ralph van Dyke
Sunday Creek Coal Company
van Dyke
Industrial Commission of Ohio
John M. Carmichael
Hearing on Giouster State Bank liquidation expenses
The hearing on the expense statement of the liquidation of The Giouster State Bank is set for Tuesday November 19 at 1 p m by Judge F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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Giouster State Bank
F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Westfall Returns from Major Operation at St Francis
Mrs Claude Westfall of Athens returned home yesterday from Columbus where she recently underwent a major operation at St Francis Hospital. She was accompanied home by her husband and Mrs A R Guest. Scientists seek methods to dilute radium and make it work by proxy due to its rarity.
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Claude Westfall
Athens
Columbus
St. Francis Hospital
A. R. Guest
WPA Employs 1336 Men in Athens County
Athens County WPA programs employ 1,336 men on Wednesday with a district quota nearing 7,800 and 7,273 at work yesterday. The NRS reports about 3,400 jobseekers on file, ineligible for WPA unless relief is per family. Engineering aims to start new projects and transfer double-shift workers closer to home.
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WPA
Athens County
Ret
NRS
Thomas Hixenbaugh
Regain Lost Vigor with Clements Tonic
An Athens Pharmacy ad touts Clements Tonic as a 10 day remedy to restore vigor and nerves. Claims include brighter eyes, renewed youth, and regained ambition with a 100 percent boost in vitality, with a money back guarantee if results are not met. Sold only at Athens Pharmacy, 7 N Court St. Ady.
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Athens
Clements’ Tonite
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St. Ady
Bessie May Johnson Granted Divorce in Athens Court
Bessie May Johnson was granted a divorce from Clayton H. Johnson by Judge O F Rowland in Athens Common Pleas Court. She also received custody of their two children aged 11 and 9. The ruling was issued this morning.
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Bessie May Johnson
Clayton H. Johnson
O. F. Rowland
Athens
Couple Granted on Grounds of Gross Neglect of Duty
Married in 1922 the couple were granted some form of relief on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The record notes the 1922 marriage date and the finding of neglect as the basis for the grant.
Foster Keiffer and Hazel Keplar Apply
Foster Keiffer aged 23 of Nelsonville Route 1 and Hazel Keplar aged 23 of Nelsonville apply. Both are listed as children of Mr and Mrs Pearl Keiffer and Mr and Mrs Andrew Keplar respectively.
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Foster Keiffer
Nelsonville
Pearl Keiffer
Hazel Keplar
Andrew Keplar
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Pat Patestides
Ray Noble
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Jackson Eisteddfod
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S.S.S
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