Community Chest Opens Campaign With Luncheon in Athens
Athens leaders and 60 volunteers gathered at Hotel Berry to launch the 1940 Community Chest drive. Gordon K. Bush, for E. Paul Cotton, stressed its six year record, and Dr. John W. Danford praised agencies aiding hospitalization, scouting, Salvation Army, YWCA, Red Cross, and child welfare. Supplies were distributed to support the agencies across the campaign.
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Hotel Berry
Chamber of Commerce
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Comm_unity Chest
Bush
John W. Danford
First Methodist Church
Community Chest
E Salvation Army
The
YWCA
Red Cross
Athens High moves classes to new music room
Music classes at Athens High School shift from the auditorium to a new, fully equipped music room in the first completed unit of the Senior High wing. The room seats the bands and orchestra with red leather chairs and a Betsy Ross spinet piano, plus soundproof practice booths and an adjoining instrument storage area.
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Athens High School
Gasco Food Institute
Betsy Ross
Paroles for Two Athens County Men at London Prison Farm
Ohio Parole Board approves parole for 72 inmates including Woodrow Rush and Henry Six of Athens. Both men were convicted January 2 on robbery charges and were among those granted release today.
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London Prison Farm
Ohio Parole Board
Woodrow Rush
Henry Six
Athens
Shafer Family Vacation Heads to Detroit During Thanksgiving
Shafers visit son Fred C. Shafer who heads the Athens County Relief Office. He takes his first vacation in 15 years over Thanksgiving weekend with wife, son Fred, and daughter Virginia, traveling to Detroit to see Hayden. Reba joins from New York for the visit.
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Fred C. Shafer
Athens County Relief Office
Fred
Virginia
Hayden
Detroit
Reba
New York
Home Solicitors in Drive Are Selected
At a Community Chest Drive meeting in Hotel Berry ward captains were announced and the house-to-house campaign organized. E Paul Cotton stressed conformed donor designation rules with $1 gifts going to the Red Cross and larger gifts shared among all agencies. Ward captains and lists of solicitors were named for four wards plus Richland Avenue, detailing many volunteer names and assignments.
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Hotel Berry
E. Paul Cotton
Cotton
Red Cross
Frank R. Murphey
H. G. Stalder
Ward
Dorothy Kircher Dent
John Algeo
J. R. Gentry
Glenn Pratt
Basil Gordon
Cameron B Blackwood Dies at Home
Cameron B Blackwood 68 died Monday afternoon at his home 82 Richland Ave after a long illness. He was a former New York Central railroad brakeman and conductor. He leaves his wife Mabel Blackwood two brothers Robert and John Blackwood Harrisonville a step mother Mrs Thomas Walburn Albany an aunt Miss Emma Blackwood 35 S Congress St Athens and many other relatives. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 pm at Richland Ave Methodist Church Rev Baughn. burial in W Union St Cemetery. Friends may visit at home anytime.
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Cameron B. Blackwood
Richland Ave
Blackwood
New York Central Railroad Co
Mabel Blackwood
Robert Blackwood
John Blackwood
Harrisonville
Thomas Walburn
Albany
Emma Blackwood
S. Congress St
Athens
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
Rev. Baughn
W. Union St
Local hospital notices list emergency and minor surgeries
At Sheltering Arms Hospital John Mulford an 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs D M Mulford Sharpsburg underwent an emergency appendectomy Monday morning. Don Weglage a Dayton Ohio National Guard member had an emergency appendectomy Saturday night. Mrs Ellen Pickens Racine had a minor operation yesterday. Release lists include Miss Francis Harris Amesville and Mrs Lucille Cone and son Athens Route Three and Mrs Lawrence Goldberg and son 299 State Street.
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John Mulford
D. M. Mulford
Sharpsburg
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Francis Harris
Amesville
Don Weglage
Troy St
Dayton
Ohio National Guard
Ellen Pickens
Racine
Lucille Cone
Athens
Lawrence Goldberg
E. State St
Capital Couple Sues for 40000 in Columbus Court
Sherman E. Violet and Clio S. Violet of Columbus sue F. F. Goldsberry of Athens in Common Pleas Court seeking 40000 damages. They allege a July 31 1934 contract to convey property at Court and State Streets with 110 monthly payments to Brunson Savings and Loan Co. and mortgage terms. foreclosure and nonperformance prevented transfer.
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Common Pleas
Sherman E. Violet
Clio S. Violet
Columbus
F. F. Goldsberry
Athens
Alice Goldsberry
Court
State Std
Brunson Savings and Loan Co
Brunson
Neil Place
City of
Kempton Named Scoutmaster for Jacksonville Troop 74
R L Dupler of Athens chaired a meeting with Jacksonville and Trimble men to re register Boy Scout Troop No. 74. Fred Kempton of Jacksonville was named scoutmaster with John Davis as assistant. The troop committee includes Rev. Elsen, John Altman, Ira Conway of Jacksonville and Alva Morrison, Charles Danford of Trimble.
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R. L. Dupler
Athens
Jacksonville
Mrs. Matheny Dies at Home in Indianapolis
Mrs. Lara Northup Matheny, formerly of Hebbardsville, died at her Indianapolis home. Funeral services will be held at 9 o clock Thursday morning at the home of her sister Mrs. C P Stacey in Carbon Hill.
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Fred Lee Tom
Athens
Lara Northup Matheny
Indianapolis
Ind
Matheny
Hebbardsville
C. P. Stacey
Carbon Hill
Athens Turkeys, Too, Have Poults in Fall
Mrs. Si Allen of Athens reports observing a turkey hen with four poults and another with a trio of young turkeys two weeks old. She notes Athens could rank with Medina in producing fall brooding hens and their families.
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Si Allen
Athens
the Messenger
Rose Rash
Medina
McGrail Infant Dies After Operation in Athens
Jerry William McGrail eleven months old son of Robert and Esther Johnson McGrail of Athens Route 4 died this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a surgical operation on Monday. He leaves two siblings Eleanor and Robert Jr. Grandparents Mr and Mrs J L McGrail of Pennsylvania and Mr and Mrs William Johnson of Athens. Funeral services will be held Thursday at two o'clock at the Nazarene Church in Athens.
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Jerry William McGrail
Robert
Esther Johnson McGrail
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
McGrails
Eleanor
J. L. McGrail
Pennsylvania
William Johnson
Esther Johnson
Poston
Nazarene Church
Faculty Club at OU Announces Program
The Men's Faculty Club of Ohio University will entertain their wives and members of the Women's Faculty Club and friends Wednesday at 7 30 p m in Rufus Putnam Auditorium. Prof Andrew Cordier of Manchester College North Manchester Ind will speak on The German Shadow Over Europe.
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Ohio University
Rufus Putnam
Andrew Cordier
Manchester College
North
Manchester
Ind
Europe
Miners to Meet at The Plains School
A meeting of Hocking Local No. 5096 is set for Thursday November 30 at 7 p.m. at The Plains School.
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Hocking Local No
The
Plains School
Don Peden Reports on 1940 Ohio U. Football Schedule
Ohio University athletic director and football coach Don Peden addressed the Athens Kiwanis Club Monday night. He discussed the difficulties in arranging the 1940 home schedule, praised the 1939 team, and predicted that next year opponents would be aiming at Ohio U. He answered questions on games rule technicalities and related topics.
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Don Peden
Ohio University
Athens Kiwanis
Ohio U
Peden
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Arthur Cornwell
al Bechtel
Rolland S. Jones
Max Peden
Rufus C. Hopkins
E. A. Cottingham
Robert P. Tompkins
Harry Elkins
Clarence Wyckoff
George Hopkins
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H. E Miller
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Leadway
Leadway Foods, Inc
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Hill's Family Shoe Store
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