Bond Issue Questioned as Athens District Bidders Meet
Rome Canaan Rural School District faces legal questions over a 25000 dollar auditorium gym bond. Athens County court heard debates over notice legality and election details while bidders and officials gathered at the Stewart School. A declaratory judgment request was withdrawn. new objections cited election place date notice publication and qualified voter limits. Next Monday a Shade High PTA screening of The Blind Spot in Science is set with free admission.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Rome-Canaan
Stewart
C. H. Copeland
Athens County
Rome-Canaan Board of Education
Ade
M. J. Carlton
S. J. Biddison
Board of Education
Shade High School
P.T.A
Last Outdoor Review Staged By O U Cadets
Over 300 cadets attended the outdoor season review at the stadium rear by the University ROTC in honor of their new honorary colonel Mary Louise Robertson. The event showcased freshmen drills, platoon demonstrations, Pershing Rifles maneuvers, and a colors ceremony led by Cadet Colonel Arthur DeLuca with Colonel T. E. McNeill outlining the student driven drills as a laboratory in leadership.
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University Rotc
Mary Louise Robertson
Pershing Rifles
Robert J. Barrett
Arthur DeLuca
Queen Anne's
T. E. McNeill
Students Complete Marine Corps Work
Brigadier General W. P. Upshur reports that Waldo Fouf Athens Robert Main Athens and Clarence Schwenke Logan completed the second period of the Platoon Leaders Class. Upon University graduation they will be commissioned second lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve if physically qualified. John G. O'Brien Youngstown completed the first period and may return for 1939 summer training. Ohio University is allotted four principals and two alternates for the junior group of the 1939 class.
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W. P. Upshur
Marine Corps Reserve
Ohio University
Herman G. James
Waldo E. Fouf
Robert E. Main
Athens
Clarence Schwenke
Logan
John G. O’brien
Youngstown
Movies Of OU Marshall Gridiron Game Planned
A complete newsreel motion picture of the Ohio University versus Marshall College football game will be filmed Saturday afternoon at Ohio Stadium under Sterling Oil dealers of Athens and Huntington. Ted Schafer, noted newsreel cameraman, will shoot the event and the footage will be shown at an Athens theater within a week.
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Ohio University- Marshall
Ohio Stadium
Sterling Oil
Athens
Huntington
Ted Schafer
Ace
Notre Dame
Honor Breach List Reflects Athens Businesses and Names
A long list of Athens area businesses and individuals appears, naming stores, banks, garages, barber shops, and other entities. The compilation includes The Zenner Store, Hope's Dairy, Kroger, Athens National Bank, Bank of Athens, and numerous others with many 100 percent marks. The exact context or purpose of the list is not stated, suggesting a directory or honor roll from a historical column.
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Athens Credit Bureau
Mansfield Garage Mutual Home and Savings
Palmer House
Princess Beauty Shop
Snyder Barber Shop
Athens Taxi
Wycoff
Merwin & Goldsberry
Bethel’s Grocery
Chest Drive Is Lagging Continues On Page 1
Campaign directors say the Chest plan cannot succeed unless the entire program succeeds. Independent drives divert funds from hospitalization, Child Health and Protective Association, and university Y W C A. Professor Houf notes donors favor the Chest system due to its charitable scope and real work.
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Red Cross
Salvation Army
Scouts
Child Health and Protective Association
University Y.W.C.A
H. T. Houf
Community Welfare Association
Bates Church Sunday Services Schedule
Bates Church announces Sunday School at 1 30 p m preaching at 2 30 p m Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and a Thank Offering program at 7 30 p m. Those who wish to contribute should contact Mrs Mildred Allen and attendees are asked to bring Thank Offering boxes.
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Bates Church
Christian Endeavor
Mildred Allen
Scarlet fever illness reported for Christy in Guysville
County health officials report eight year old Christy of Guysville ill with scarlet fever. The notice emphasizes prompt medical care and isolation to prevent spread in the community.
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Christy
Guysville
Fallacies of Education Need Adult Pathways
Prof. H. J. Arnold, president of the Ohio Conference on Adult Education, told Athens County Adult Education Council that schooling alone cannot train for life. He warned of an inverted pyramid of learning, urged more adult education, and praised WPA efforts while noting public schools have underemphasized adult programs.
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H. J. Arnold
Ohio Conference On Adult Education
Athens County Adult Education Council
Arnold
United States
Prof. Arnold
Johnson
WPA
Prof
J. Floyd Dixon
Ohio University
Harper C. Pendry
Athens Public Schools
Pendry
Athens County
Dresses and Aprons Displayed By High School Girls at Tea
The Athens Junior and Senior High School hosted a tea for mothers and teachers to view dresses worn by eleventh and twelfth grade girls and aprons worn by eighth graders. Six dresses will be shown this weekend in local store windows. The event featured demonstrations by Harriet Simmons, Jennie Pratt, and several student helpers including Ernestine Kelly as student teacher in charge.
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Athens
Sisler
Zenner
Harriet Simmons
Jennie Pratt
T. M. Wolfe
Ida Patterson
Thelma Barnhill
Wilma Brannon
Mary Burns
Helen Griffith
Clara Hartinger
Lena Mae Martin
Clarice McKibben
Velma Tubbs
Betty Allen
Johanna Daugherty
Jane Lou Frame
Harriett Beck
Kathleen Henry
Carolyn Hopkins
Mary Cecilia Joston
Anna MaeKeever
Betty Love
Marjorie McKee
Barbara McKinstry
Luella Powell
Lenore Reeder
Ruth Hannah Schuler
Paula Watkins
Ernestine Kelly
Jewel Braun
Betty Fell
Athens County Men Sentenced on Federal Charges
In Columbus Judge Mell G. Underwood imposed sentences on defendants who pled guilty to federal indictments. John A. Pummel of Nelsonville received one year and one day, Floyd Bryant of Glouster 15 months, and Leonard Butler of Glouster two months for liquor law violations. Herbert G. Nelson of Chillicothe got three years and Clarence E. Siders of Gallipolis four years for forgery.
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Columbus
U.P
Mell G. Underwood
John A. Pummel
Nelsonville
Floyd Bryant
Glouster
Leonard Butler
Herbert G. Nelson
Chillicothe
Clarence E. Siders
Gallipolis
Grover B Grover to Speak at Wellston Rotary
Grover B. Grover director of public relations at Ohio University is set to address the Wellston Rotary Club at noon today. He will discuss the advantages of a college education in business.
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B. T. Grover
Ohio University
Wellston Rotary Club
Couple Receives Life Terms for Witch Slaying Case
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Pichette of Dollar Bay Mich were sentenced to life with hard labor for the death of Marian Alice Doyle 20. Pichette and his wife pleaded guilty to beating Doyle to death Oct 23 using a flatiron and stove poker. Pichette said he killed Doyle believing she was possessed. Also reported authorities searched for a missing hotel guest in Wheeling West Virginia who disappeared with valuable clothing and jewelry.
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Houghton
Mich
Wilfred Pichette
Dollar Bay
Marian Alice Doyle
Pichette
Doyle
Conservation Leaders To Meet in Columbus
A meeting of Agricultural Conservation Association office representatives will be held at the Southern Hotel in Columbus on November 22 and 23. Athens County will be represented by Frank Pugh and Eileen Dorr to discuss general office procedure office expense and expense forms.
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Agricultural Conservation Association
Southern Hotel
Columbus
Frank Pugh
Eileen Dorr
Athens County
Ohio University Pep Rally and Bonfire Planned Tonight
Students of Ohio University host a double header pep rally tonight on the eve of the football finale with a giant bonfire on the baseball field north of the stadium. If rain interrupts, events move to the Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
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Alumni Memorial
Varsity O
Blue Key
Shakespeare in Music Featured at Athens Senior High
Shakespeare in Music was one assembly feature at Athens Senior High School. A quartet sang It Was a Lover and His Lass from As You Like It set to Morley music. Gerald Tate and Gerald Ramsey described Buckeye Boys State experiences from last summer. Rosser played Pedro's Return on accordion and Love's Old Sweet Song on bari horn. Forsyth closed with Ciribiri bin.
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Shakespeare
Athens Senior High School
Bernadine Dresher
Betsy Bailey
Sara Baird
Joan Woolley
Thomas Morley
Gerald Tate
Gerald Ramsey
Buckeye
Fairgrounds
Columbus
American Legion
Tate
Ramsey
Fred Rosser
Pedro
Jean Forsyth
Phi Beta Kappa Names Two Athens Students
Ohio University nominees for Phi Beta Kappa include Humber Morris and Betty Hoyt McCoy from Athens. Initiation is planned for early December. Other nominees span Youngstown, Decatur, Cleveland, Wellston, Bellevue, Portsmouth, Brooklyn and beyond.
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Athens
Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
Raymer McQuiston
Humber Morris
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Stephen Levitsky
Youngstown
Margarethe Faulstich
Decatur, II
Ernest Turk
Cleveland
Virginia Lee
Chillicothe
Mary Louise McCartney
Wellston
Laura Painter
Bellevue
Edward Dunn
Portsmouth
Robert Manheimer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Women’s Home Missionary Society Bake Sale
NEW MARSHFIELD the Methodist Church group will host a bake sale at Steinmeyer’s Brothers store starting at 10 o’clock Saturday morning.
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New Marshfield
Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Steinmeyer’ Bros
Firemen Tackle Grass Fire Threatening Homes
Firemen were called to Fourth Street at 2 10 yesterday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire feared to threaten several homes. Investigating Chief E R Laughlin found a man hired by the lot owner to burn weeds and grass on the field.
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Fourth St
E. R. Laughlin
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England
O.U. Cadets
Marine Corps
U. S
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
Washington St
North Court Street
Community Chest
Hope
White’s
Kroger
John Jagers
W. B. Walker
Rotary Club
Westfall
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Herman G
100% & Baking Co
Rocery
Bates
Wittenberg College
Athens High School
Grover
Wheeling
W. Va
McClure
United Dept. Store
Coolville
Marshall College
Clarence “Cookie” Rich
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Dana Kelly
Bettie Bell
Betty Dunbar
Theta Chi
Phi Kappa Tau
Paul Day
Shakespeare In Music
Marshfield
Miss Thiele
Cooking School
Nona Baird
Mill St
Miller’s
Hotel
Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
Jim
Betty
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Studebaker
Packard
Desoto
Marquette
Food Institutes
Chrysler
The
Gasco Food Institute
L. E. Richardson
N. Court St
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