Officials tour Ohio forests as Waterloo praised
State officials and trustees of Ohio State University toured Athens and surrounding state forests in a visit led by Edlin Secrest of Wooster State Experimental Station. They praised the Hocking and Waterloo forests for public access and diverse reforestation efforts with CCC support. The group, including Board of Control members Laybourne Caton Altnier and Russell, planned a stop at the State Forest Nursery near Marietta to view seedling production.
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Hocking County
Waterloo
Edlin Secrest
Wooster State Experimental Station
Athens
State Board of Control
Hocking Forest
Secrest
Civilian Conservation Corps
Waterloo Forest
M. L. Carr
Ohio Forest Reserve
CCC Corps
Board of Control
Lawrence E. Laybourne
Springfield
Harry A. Caton
Coshocton
C. J. Altnier
Marion
Burrell Russell
New Philadelphia
Rightmire
Board of Trustees
Ohio State University
Berry Hotel
George W. Rightmire
Columbus
J. L. Morrill
The
State University
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Wm. J. Ford
Attorney General’s Office
Carl Steele
Steebe
O. A. Alderman
State Forester
State Forest Nursery
Marietta
Bukets Kidney Flush Sold At Cline's Pharmacy
A vintage ad encourages using juniper oil and buchu leaves made into small green Bukets tablets to flush the kidneys and ease backache. It claims to help nature eliminate waste and acids and directs readers to ask a druggist for the test box, locally available at Cline's Pharmacy.
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Nature
Cline
Ady
Guards Drill On Radio Signals At Ohio Guard Drill
Headquarter's Company 2nd Battalion 166th Infantry Ohio National Guard practiced field radio with a portable transmitter and receiver. The five mile range sets support battalion regimental communications behind lines with coded messages.
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166Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Bean
Barnhart
Whan
Rider
Athens County Pomona Grange Meets at Rome Hall
The next meeting of Athens County Pomona Grange will be held at the Rome Grange Hall Stewart at 8 p m Thursday. The gathering will focus on degree work.
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Athens County
Pomona Grange
Rome Grange Hall
Stewart
Milan and its transportation past and present
Skywriting by AL KNOUFF reflects on Milan Ohio birthplace of Edison, its 19th century grain trade boom, and a canal and railroad clash. It notes the town’s decline after rail routes shifted, the canal’s silting, and Milan’s faded prominence alongside broader transport progress. The piece ends with local aviation news and planned Sunday flights.
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AL Knouff
Milan
Ohio
Thomas Edison
Mrs. Wadsworth
Huron
Great Lakes
Great West
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Child Welfare Services And Local Support In Ohio Counties
The article outlines Ohio's Child Welfare Services under the Social Security framework. It covers orphaned and crippled children care, orthopedic aid, hospital stays, and parent contributions. It explains county, state, and federal funding, rural county eligibility, and cooperative work with schools, courts, physicians, and libraries. It discusses licensing boarding homes and fostering efforts to develop county foster homes and prevent delinquency through broader child welfare goals.
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the Messenger
Fretz
Ohio
County Board of Health
Department of Child Welfare
Federal
Children's Bureau
State Division of Charities
Division of Public Assistance
Child Welfare Services
Division of Charities
Auction notice for Ellicott Oil assets in Athens County Ohio
Public sale set for November 12 1937 of The Ellicott Off Corporation personal property including 103.3 acres of leases in Waterloo Township 27% acres 14% acres and 40 acres plus 2 2 2 and 3 oil wells casing tubing engines and power houses and tanks in Athens County Ohio. Appraised value 6045 dollars with one third cash balance on court confirmation two thirds minimum bid. Receiver Knowles Martin Nelsonville Ohio. Attorneys Jones Erskine.
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Ellicott Off Corporation
J. L. Goodin
Winifred Goodin
Charles
Rhoda Pickett
T. L. Young
Elizabeth Young
H. P. Reed
H. P. Stover
Pickett
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Knowles Martin
Ellicott Oil Corporation
Nelsonville
Jones& Jones & Erskine
Forest Conservation Films Shown to Rotary and Kiwanis
H P Bruett from regional forest service and district ranger Ronald Sharr presented films to Rotary and Kiwanis clubs. The shorts covered wildlife, forest fires, and stream clearing, shown in schools and civic groups. over 6000 people viewed them in two weeks.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
H. P. Bruett
Forest Service
Ronald Sharr
Athens
Bruett
Funeral services held for Nathan S. Croy
Nathan S. Croy aged 65 died suddenly at his home on New Marshfield Road Sun day morning. Rev. W. G. Seaman of the Athens Methodist Episcopal Church conducted the services and burial followed at Union Street Cemetery.
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Nathan S. Croy
New Marshfield Road
W. G. Seaman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens
W. Union St
Peace Plea Is Voiced at OU By Journalist
Vera Brittain, English writer and journalist, addressed a full Ohio University convocation with a lecture titled A Personal Confession. She discussed postwar currents, the journalist age, and war’s influence on writing, stressing conflict as a keynote and crediting the United States for aiding Britain’s democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Vera Brittain
United States
Miss Brittain
England
Britain
WPA Force In Area New Totals 11 253
At the start of the week 11 253 workers were employed on 189 WPA District Three projects. County breakdown includes 874 in Athens 331 in Gallia 735 in Hocking 719 in Meigs 322 in Perry 263 in Vinton and 765 in Washington. Six new projects are ready to start. two were completed last week. In Middleport one mile of streets will be repaired at an estimated 11 710. Corning water mains extension calls for 16 665 feet of pipe and 145 service connections at 19 441. Caldwell Noble County finished a 19 400 sidewalk project covering 136 000 square feet.
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L. C. Gibson
Athens County
Gallia County
Hocking County
Meigs County
Perry County
Vinton County
Washington County
WPA
District Three
Gibson
Middleport
Corning
Caldwell
Noble County
Man Arrested for Not Stopping After Accident
John Darnell was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on a warrant sworn by Ralph Wolf of Amesville for failure to stop after an accident. A machine operated by Darnell hit the Wolf vehicle near Amesville Saturday night. He is held in the Athens County Jail. A second notice says Fred Norman began a 14 day sentence for intoxication in Jacksonville after a magistrate found him guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Darnell
State Highway Patrol
Ralph Wolf
Amesville
Darnell
Wolf
Athens County
Fred Norman
Jacksonville
Talks Announced for Rome Grange Meeting
Rome Grange will meet at the Grange Hall on Wednesday October 13 at 8 p.m. An after business program includes a roll call song Stay on the Farm and three talks on What the Grange Has Done for Agriculture in Insurance by M M Merrick taxation by H J Hoskinson and cooperation by C W Hayes. The lecturer H T Martin will present an Agricultural Outlook talk and stunts under his direction.
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Rome
The
Grange
M. M. Merrick
H. J. Hoskinson
C. W. Hayes
Infant Daughter of Smiths Dies. Funeral Planned
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence M Smith will be held at their home at 2 p m Wednesday with burial in Clarks Chapel Cemetery. The child died at the home Monday evening. Friends may call at the residence.
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Clarence M. Smith
Stella Ave
Clarks Chapel
Indian Ocean Size and Depth Facts
The Indian Ocean covers 17 084 000 square miles making it the third largest ocean. Its maximum depth reaches 11 136 feet providing a brief geographic record of its extent and depth.
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Indian Ocean
OU Visitor Miss Brittain Sees War Links and Plumbing
English journalist Vera Brittain spoke at Ohio University convocation praising American plumbing and reflecting on war. She discussed Britain’s stance on conflict, the League of Nations, and warned that future wars could emerge from imperialism while noting U S involvement could shift European actions. She addressed about 3,000 attendees after arriving in Athens early morning.
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America
Petite Vera Brittain
Athens
Miss Brittain
Winnifred Hope
League of Nations
Germany
England
United States
Ohio University
Columbus Day Recalls Onward March of American Progress
Beatrice Steiner writes that four and a half centuries after Columbus opened a new world, modern America shows towering skylines, busy harbors, and diverse populations. The piece notes Columbus died in poverty 14 years after his discovery, believing he found a route to the Orient.
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Caribbean
Santa Maria
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
North
South America
Columbus
America
Orient
City Hall Adult Education Classes Open to 18 Plus
An invitation calls on adults 18 and over to join free government evening classes at Athens City Hall Council room at 6 30 p m each night except Wednesday Saturday and Sunday. Courses include foremanship hygiene business English and business arithmetic with competent certified instruction and flexible presentation methods. Participants may take any or several subjects at no charge and no prior enrollment is required.
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City Hall
Athens
Hold Funeral Services For Mrs Mary Dye
Funeral services were held at Bethany Church Sunday afternoon for Mrs Mary Dye life long resident of the community who died at home Thursday. Rev Rice Guysville officiated and burial was in Wyer Cemetery. She is survived by two sons Emerson Canaanville and Alfred Marion one daughter Edith Barnhart Logan two brothers two sisters 14 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Her husband William Dye and one son and one daughter preceded her in death.
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Bethany Church
Mary Dye
Rice
Guysville
Wyer
Luchs to Speak on Geography of the Holy Land
Rev. Fred Luchs discusses Palestine geography at the mid week Presbyterian service. He shares insights from his trip on the shape plains passes and mountains, and how geography influenced biblical criticism and Israel's religious development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Fred Luchs
Palestine
Holy Land
Israel
Schools Closed as Scarlet Fever Cases Rise in County
Stewart schools stay shut by board order. A preschool child Elean or Pollard contracts scarlet fever, bringing county total to 23 cases across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Board of Education
Eleanor Pollard
Harvard Graduates Found Movement to Create Yale University
A group of Harvard University graduates initiated the movement to establish Yale University, aiming to create a separate institution of higher learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
Harvard University
Millions Are Fighting That Tired Feeling
Many people feel tired despite sleep due to constipation and digestive issues. Regularity aids fatigue, dullness, sleeplessness, sour stomach, and skin problems. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer mild laxative and bile flow stimulation, with no harsh drugs. Sold by druggists at 15 30 or 60 cents.
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Nature
Dr. Edwards
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Ohio State
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Ture
Athens Home Telephone Co
Larry Herron
Mac” McDonald
Arrow Aircraft Company
Lincoln
Neb
Larry
Fred Beasley
Bob Swift
Altoona
Leo Martin
Parkersburg
Bob
Mona Herron
Hubby
Gordon Bush
Rod Young
Helen Fretz
Ices
Aid
Croy Services
Rome Grange
By Beatrice Steiner
Luchs
Quick's
Coe
Franz Woodworth
Prop
Beasley
East State St
Ralph Beasley
F. J. Beasley Co
Colonial
Colonial Plan
Athens, Ohio
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