New East Side Storm Sewer In Athens To Be Completed This Week
Athens WPA project to finish the East Side storm sewer with about 110 workers. Brick streets torn up in Shannon Morris Watt and Cable will remain until spring, while temporary roads of concrete gravel and cinders are laid.
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Athens
East Side
Bart Davidson
Shannon
Morris
Watt
Davidson
E. State St
Hocking River
Sunnyside
Ohio
Cable
Maplewood
Verona Place
Verona
State
WPA
Ohio Ave
Bardin Bros. Co
Hudson Ave
Lincoln
Hudson
Elmwood
Evans
Attempts To Steal Purse Arrested In Nelsonville
Leota Marple twenty eight, unknown address, attempted to snatch a purse on N Court St. Saturday afternoon. Miss Adda Wolfe, 139 Franklin Ave., watched the thief vanish into a store. Officer Leslie Bradfield arrested Marple, who is in the Nelsonville jail awaiting arraignment before Mayor Cliff Cornell. Police say Marple had been released from the Marysville Reformatory on Oct 26 and admitted thefts of two automobiles and a prior Columbus jail term.
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Leota Marple
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Cliff Cornell
Adda L. Wolfe
Franklin Ave
Marple
Miss Wolfe
Hansen To Speak at Meeting of Legion
Dean E A Hansen of Ohio University will speak at the K T Crossen Post American Legion dinner in Legion club rooms with moving pictures. Navy recruiting officer William H Byers will show the latest Navy Department films tonight. Dues for 1941 will be payable and the post seeks to lift its membership quota during the evening.
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Moving Pictures
E. A. Hansen
Ohio University
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Legion Club
William H. Byers
Navy
Navy Department
James Cumley
Elks Lodge To Have Memorial Services
Athens Elks lodge will hold its annual memorial services next Sunday at 2 PM in the Cline Building lodge rooms. Dean E A Hansen of Ohio University will speak and C C Robinson of the University School of Music will lead the music. This marks the thirty sixth annual service in memory of deceased members. Public invited.
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Athens Lodge of Elks
Cline Building
E. A. Hansen
Ohio University
C. C. Robinson
University
School of Music
Seevers Enlists for Service in the U S Navy
Charles B. Seevers age 19 son of Donald Seevers Athens Route 4 enlisted Friday in the U S Navy at Cincinnati Navy recruiting station. He will be sent to Great Lakes Illinois for five weeks of preliminary training under W H Byers petty officer in charge of Athens recruiting office.
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Charles B. Seevers
Donald Seevers
Athens
U. S. Navy
Navy
Cincinnati
W. H. Byers
Seevers
Great Lakes
Ill
Millfield Lodge Hosts Euchre Night for Birthday Honor
Mrs Lena Garry hosted a D of P Lodge euchre party at her home Saturday honoring Mrs James Wallace on her birthday. Four tables played with Iva Evans and Francis Wallace high scores, Mae Boudinot and Iva Evans winning contests, Ber tine Sanders taking the door prize. Various hostesses and guests attended and a luncheon followed for numerous local residents. Thanksgiving dinners and visits are noted among Millfield and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Powell
F. E. Boudinot
Marjorie Mansfield
Barlow
O. F. Boudinot
Mansfield
Boudinot
M. A
Winona
William Funk
Charles
Bobby
Jackie
Millfield
Jack Gardner
Glouster
Elizabeth Willis
Clarence
L. E. Woods
Nelsonville
Regina Lee Earich
Trimble
William Cole
J. F. Theisen
Hugo Theisen
Athens
W. A. Bell
William Funk, Jr
Kermit Thomas
Harold Miller
New Straitsville
Charles Blumeauer
Cleveland
Walter White
Harry
Thomas Potts
Syracuse
Richard Dunkle
Clifford
Lee Dunkle
Pomeroy
Barbara Schauffer
Ed Evans
Clive Hillen
Lawrence Bennett
Canaonville
Walter Yount
Elsworth Cheateam
William Cheateam
Thomas’ Fleming
Eva Seykes
Corning
Ida Mae Gardner
Out-Door Work Featured In Girl Scouts Program
Community Chest Agencies highlight Girl Scout outdoor activities teaching self reliance and group cooperation. Athens troops enjoy a donated 15 acre site and a camp cabin. Rotary Club support funds the site. Camp plans emphasize winter camping and youth training with Senior Scouts aiding repairs and equipment checks.
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Athens
Rotary Club
Flora Yeanger hosts Norma Yeanger birthday party
Mrs Flora Yeanger entertained guests for Norma Yeanger s seventeenth birthday Thursday. Attendees included Elizabeth Grover Norma Long Lucille Denney Dorothy Allensworth Delma Roush Gerturde Scott Erma Jean Reynolds Dorothy Lawson John Lee Burdelle McKinney Billie Fife Billie Cremeans Leslie Hamley Lawrence Lee Wayne Palmer and others. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.
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Iran
Ivan Grover
Elza Scott
Paul Scott
Middleport
Curtis Wesley Scott
Galli Porter
Polis
Milton Murgrave
Farm Bureau Convention Set for Columbus This Week
Athens County farmers head to Columbus for the Ohio Farm Bureau annual convention on Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29. Speakers include Mark A. Dawber and Murray D. Lincoln with sessions at Memorial Hall Columbus Auditorium and the Neil House. A 1000-voice chorus will perform Thursday evening, Athens County contributing at least 20 singers. A rural youth conference marks its fifth annual event.
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Athens County
Ohio Farm Bureau
Columbus
New York City
Farm and Cooperation
Kansas City
Memorial Hall
Columbus Auditorium
Neil House
Ohio
Mark A. Dawber
The
Home Missions Council
Howard A. Cowden
Consumers Cooperative Association
North Kansas City
Larry A. Brandon
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indianapolis
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Vote Tobacco Crop Control
Washington reports growers of barley and dark air cured and fire cured tobacco joined flue cured farmers in voting to vest future crop sales in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The program sets marketing quotas for 1941 1942 and 1943 with penalties for sales beyond limits.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Europe
AAA
Three Leave Athens for Army's Service
Athens County's first group to join the selective service left Athens by bus at 10 10 am for Fort Hayes after passing medical exams. Walter Ben Zukoskie Steve Vamos and Richard L. Orr, all from local towns, are among the first ten to be inducted.
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Athens County
Board No. 1
Athens
Columbus
Fort Hayes
T. H. Morgan
Walter
Armored Force Expands At Fort Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia officers announced the new armored force is being reshaped within five months of its creation. The Second Armored Division will be expanded, tank loads reduced, and improvements in tank design studied to boost speed and striking power.
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Dorothy Parmiter
Army
Byron Danford
Fort Benning
Misner Fined For Intoxication In Guysville
Herman Misner of Guysville was arrested Sunday morning on North Court Street. He was fined $5 and costs on an intoxication charge by Mayor Cliff Cornell. Misner was arrested by Police Captain Charles Maple and Officer Joseph McBride.
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Herman Misner
Guysville
N. Court St
Cliff Cornell
Misner
Charles Maple
Joseph McBride
Change Police Record Misstates Suspect Name
Police correction confirms Lawrence Schofield of 108 W Washington St was arrested and charged with intoxication Friday night, and clears the ledger of any entry for John Schofield.
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Lawrence Schofield
Washington St
John Schofield
Veterans to Meet at Armory Tonight
The Conrath Bean Chapter No. 37 of the Disabled Veterans of the World War will hold a meeting in the Armory tonight at 7 30. The gathering invites all members to attend and discuss chapter business and veterans affairs.
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Conrath Bean
London church destroyed in air raids
St Leonard's Church, among London's oldest and a favored worship site of Dr Samuel Johnson, has been virtually destroyed in recent air raids.
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London
St. Leonard's Church
Samuel Johnson
Carr Honored As He Plans To Leave Job
Seventy persons attended a party at the Fred Lee Tom home to honor Pearl Carr Athens rural mail carrier retiring at 65 after 22 years on Route 5. The event honored his long service and included gifts and speeches from fellow carriers and friends.
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Fred Lee Tom
Pearl Carr
Athens
Mr. Carr
Richland Ave
Shade
Pratts Fork
Wallace School
Carskaden Gap
Replacing Gas Line Sparks Street Roadwork
The six inch line of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. on West Union Street is being replaced with a new line between Congress and High Streets, requiring tearing up the street. There was not a wheel in all America until the white man came.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
W. Union St
Congress and
High Sts
All
America
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Claim Constipation Aid
Dr F M Edwards announces Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to ease constipation and boost bile flow. The ad claims long experience treating headaches fatigue and mental dullness, promoting daily bowel movements. Prices listed 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
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Forest Park
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