Athens Streets to Be Decorated Next Week for Christmas
Athens merchants move into the holiday season with uptown decorations and longer store hours. The Athens Retail Merchants Association approved pre Christmas closings and a gift wrap charge of 10 cents for purchases under $2 to conserve paper.
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THE
Athens Messenger
ATHI
Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Athens Aerie of Eagles
Defense
James P. Cumley
Associated President
Cumley
Columbus
Dayton
Akron
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Advertise Liver Bile Stimulation
A vintage ad urges constipated readers to use Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to improve liver bile flow and bowel movements. It claims tablets gently stimulate bile secretion and intestinal action. Prices listed 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ available at drug stores.
Thanksgiving Observed at Athens Junior High
The Athens Junior High held a Thanksgiving Day assembly in the high school auditorium. Wallace LaBaw presided. The Girls Glee Club directed by Miss Clara Kuenzli performed several songs including Now Thank We All Our God and Swing the Shining Sickle. Reading by Jane Grover and a piano solo by Elspeth Hudson were noted along with a prayer by Glennis Barringer and talks by Dean Rotramel and Don Bingman. The program closed with The Star Spangled Banner sung by the audience under Deanue McPherson and Kate Seamanacompanied.
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Athens
Wallace LaBaw
Clara Kuenzli
Brother James
Gordon Jacob
Gaynor
Glennis Barringer
Spofford
Jane Grover
Elspeth Hudson
Londonderry Air
Dean Rotramel
Marilyn Covert
Don Bingman
Changes announced in Troy vote count corrections issued
Election board headquarters announced corrections to the Troy Township official tabulation after errors. Six workers prepared the corrected results listing mayor W B King 129 and Ira Fairchild 75, clerk Ethel Mills 138, Newsom 65, and multiple council and trustee figures with vote totals.
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Troy Township
Election Board
EES
John Sheets
John Aiken
C. O. Gunder
G. E Carleton
Charles Bentz
E. Brandeberry
E. M. Pierce
Wilma Dunfee
Ernest Cole
Myrtle Runion
E. M. Daugherty
J. Hampton
S. J. Wildman
M. F. Nist
Justices of Peace
Ira Fairchild
Luther Brafford
Joshua Ashcraft
Constable
Dick Henderson
Carl Welling
Carthage-Troy
R. Carson Boggs
F. R Owens
Edgar Dixon
A M. Washburn
Isador Mantle
Homer Barnhart
H. Paul Chapman
Ralph M. Allen
R. F. Schroder
Thanksgiving program at University Elementary School
Students from University Elementary School hosted a Thanksgiving program with Margaret Scott as mistress of ceremonies. Grades 4 through 6 presented songs and read poems while collected canned goods and money funded needy children at the school.
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University
Margaret Scott
Jane Morgan
Dwight Leach
John Mitchell
Mary Billett
Patty
Nutrition for National Defense class study at Athens High
The Sophomore Home Economics Class at Athens High School completed a unit titled Nutrition for National Defense. Ruth Beverage and Joanne Friess attended an Ohio University Home Economics Club meeting where Dr. Grace Steinenger spoke on the National Nutrition Program. A luncheon for 17 girls and six guests will cap the study, with attendees and guest educators listed.
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Athens High School
Ruth Beverage
Joanne Friess
Ohio University Home Economics Club
Grace Steinenger
Home Economics
Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Mattie Allen
Mary Ashworth
Lillian Barnhart
Theresa Beal
Irma Cone
Jeanne Dow
Irene Evans
Irene Gloeckner
Betty Heavener
Margie Jacoby
Alberta Kirkendall
Lois Marshall
Vivian Maynard
Virginia Risley
Elaine Tribe
Edra Stover
Gladys Moore
Ida_ Patterson
Ohio University
Joan Huck
Ruth Adamson
Carolyn Wein
Marian Woodard
Mayor Thanks Amesville for Fighting Flames and Fire Safety
Mayor Thomas F E Clark commends Amesville residents for quickly containing a Russell Lowry residence fire. Damage remained limited to the roof and structure after a bucket brigade and Ed die Moore and crew with a chemical extinguisher saved furnishings. A recovered truck wheel identified by Athens officials may be reclaimed.
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Thomas FE. Clark
Amesville
Russell Lowry
Eddie Moore
E. State St
Athens
City Hall
J. B. Grogan
Turkey-less Thanksgiving in the city jail
Jailer Harry Dalton laments turkey unavailable with 20 cents per meal for 60 cents daily prisoner rations. He expects 16 or 17 inmates for Thanksgiving but has managed a roast pork and sides menu with help from his wife.
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Harry Dalton
Dalton
Straitsville Personal and Social Briefs
Ruth Howdyshell hosted a surprise 75th birthday party for aunt Jane Stephenson with relatives from Davis and Howdyshell households. Thanksgiving bazaar announced at St. Augustine Hall and numerous visits and gatherings noted among locals including Reynolds and Wallace families.
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New Straitsville
Ruth Howdyshell
Jane Stephenson
Charles Davis
Stephen Howdyshell
Scotia Howdyshell
Joan Innis
Hubert Howdyshell
Logan
Oley Melroy
Newark
Hazel Osey
Hickman
Deanville
Myrtle Wallace
Pocahontas
Forest Chappelear
Weoneah
Jessie Stobbs
Ina Dishon
Powhatan
Nellie Shuttleworth
Minnie Bird
Laura Miller
Elizabeth Reynolds
Florence Huston
New Matamoras
James Blankenship
Canton
Howard Blankenship
Duncan Falls
Fred Blankenship
Clarence Palmer
Barberton
Camille Cornell
Vernon
Levi Palmer
Lou Arnett
Sam
Wanda
Dottie Williams
Patsy Wallace
Thanksgiving Feasts Planned for Inmates and County Homes
About 1 900 people at Athens State Hospital will receive a Thanksgiving dinner with roast pork mashed potatoes cranberries pumpkin pie and coffee or tea. 1 830 patients and 240 staff will dine at noon with a light evening meal to follow. At 2 pm inmates may attend the Ohio University Dayton football game. The Athens County Home serves roast chicken dressing potatoes gravy pie coffee and bread. The Athens Children's Home plans roast duck dressing potatoes green beans pie and milk for 52 children
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Athens
Athens State Hospital
H. C. Orendent
Ohio University
Ohio University-Dayton
Fred Laidis
Presbyterian Church
Athens County
A. L. Jandes
Athens Children’s Home
Glenn A. Scott
Holiday songs featured at Central Grade School assembly
Central Grade School held an afternoon Thanksgiving program in the high school auditorium. Joan Hatch announced the event. Virginia Haley played piano and Patty Gilbert performed a solo. Each grade presented songs from first through sixth, followed by a poem by Patricia Rohrer and a storytelling piece by Francis Stanley.
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Central Grade
Joan Hatch
Virginia Haley
Patty Gilbert
Mr. Gobbler
Patricia Rohrer
Francis Stanley
Local Socials and Ads Sparkce in Columbus Area
Mr and Mrs Raymond Orndorf host guests as A Go I Go Club meets at Mrs Bess Kemper's home. Colum bus visitors Jerry Bausch and Michael Bowe seen with their parents. An ad promotes THE-OL foot care solution available at Quicks Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Raymond Orndorf
Bess Kemper
Jerry Bausch
Columbus
Michael Bowe
F.O
Quicks Cut Rate Drug Store
Shoes Fund Reaps Stamps From County Schools
County School Supt FL J Taylor urges saving sales tax receipts to fund shoes for needy children. Stamps collected by the office are turned to the state treasury, money used to buy footwear. Eleanor Minister is treasurer. Attendance Officer James G Mussell checks need before purchases. Shoes help spans include campus groups and many contributors.
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FL J Taylor
Taylor
Eleanor Minister
James G. Mussell
West Side PTA Festival Raises About Fifty Nine Dollars
Approximately 59 dollars was raised at the West Side School festival sponsored by the PTA on Tuesday night. The West Side PTA Study Group postponed its meeting to the first week of December and plans a roundtable on health citizenship and studies for children. Members will assist with sewing costumes for the annual West Side Christmas play.
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West Side
PTA
West Side Pta
Athens
National
Parent Teachers Magazine
Three patients released from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. Clara Whitlatch of Jacksonville, Mrs. Wilma Shaner of Glouster, and David Goldsberry were discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital on Wednesday night. A separate report notes that in The Plains area, during the second quarter of 1940, the United States imported 714,263 pounds of cod liver oil.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Clara Whitlatch
Jacksonville
Wilma Shaner
Glouster
David Goldsberry
the Plains
United States
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