Chest Drive for $10 000 Opens Wednesday in Athens
The Athens Community Chest plans a $10 000 campaign launch with a 7:30 am kick-off breakfast at Hotel Berry. E M Tharp of Ohio Fuel Gas Co. will speak. Frank Phillips, Earl Beckley, and Cliff Cornell lead team captains as banners, thermometers and badges prepare workers and rivals for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Beery Beckley
Cornell
Raymond Atkins
Court St
Atkins
Nye Chevrolet Co
State and Court Sts
Phillips
Beckley
Berry
Columbus Day Talk Highlights Faith and Freedom
Knights of Columbus official William M. Corry spoke at a Columbus Day breakfast in Athens noting religious freedom as foundational to America. He traced shifts from pagan ideologies to Christian virtue and urged charity, brotherly love, and service as core ideals. The Athens Council and Holy Name Society observed with a corporate communion.
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Christopher Columbus
Salvation of Souls
William M. Corry
Alliance
Knights of Columbus
Athens Council
K. of C
Holy Name Society
Hotel Berry
Corry
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
America
Christ
William G. Dowd
Legion Posts Plan Joint Installation in Two Counties
Floyd Hartpence state commander of the American Legion will attend the Nelsonville Legion Home Thursday night for the installation of officers from six posts in Athens and Hocking Counties. The joint installation is the first of its kind in this district with O. F. Sharp eighth district commander among participants. Posts from Athens Nelsonville Glouster Logan Murray City and Laurelville will install their officers.
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Floyd Hartpence
Westerville
American Legion
Fraternity Plans Migration Day Trip to Akron
Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau hires a bus for a Saturday 6 AM departure to Akron for the OU Akron football game and the Akron Alumni dance that evening. The trip marks the chapter’s first all-out Migration Day with guests from the Akron chapter and a Sunday 9 AM return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Kappa Tau
Akron
Osakron
Sheltering Arms Admits Mrs. Whaley for Observation
Mrs. William Whaley of Chauncey has been admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital for medical observation. A Florida spring reportedly yields 800,000,000 gallons of water daily.
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William Whaley
Chauncey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Florida
Farmer Defense Program Explained at Athens County Meeting
The USDA Defense Board for Athens County schedules a county wide meeting on Monday Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. in the Athens Grange Hall to explain the farm defense program goals to producers and civic leaders. Attendees include grange leaders, Farm Bureau officials, superintendents, teachers, the county farmer field woman, and local club and chamber members.
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United States Department of Agriculture Defense Board
Athens County
Athens Grange Hall
Athens County Farm Bureau
Kiwanis
Rotary
Chamber of Commerce
League of Women Voters
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Frank Pugh
Defense Board
Ross Wright
Lester Bailey
John Hope
Production Credit Administration
James Seward
U S. Forest Service
Erika Mann to Speak at Ohio University Convocation
Erika Mann writer lecturer traveler daughter of Thomas Mann will address Ohio University convocation Thursday morning October 23 at 9 40. Her wartime Europe travels and Nazi broadcasts drew denunciations from Third Reich outlets. She seeks U S citizenship. books with Klaus Mann critique Hitlerism.
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Erika Mann
Ohio U
Thomas Mann
Ohio University
Europe
Miss Mann
England
London
Germany
Third Reich
United States
Migs Mann
Max Reinhardt
Klaus
September Air Raid Toll Announced by British
The Ministry of Home Security reports that 217 Britons were killed and 269 were injured seriously enough for hospital treatment due to air raids on the United Kingdom in September.
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London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Parole Board Frees 126 Inmates at Mansfield Reformatory
The Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission granted paroles to 126 Mansfield Reformatory inmates, released two conditionally, and continued 76 cases. Paroled were Clyde Clark and William Dunfee from Athens for breaking and entering on December 1.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Mansfield Reformatory
Athens
Clyde Clark
William Dunfee
Weather Update From Athens Sees Warm Spell
The temperature climbed to 80 degrees in Athens on Monday with a low of 48 overnight. At noon today the mercury stood at 71.
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Athens
The Seven Stars mystery and Lake Nicaragua sharks
The Pleiades known as The Seven Stars for thousands of years show six visible stars to the naked eye. Lake Nicaragua is the world’s only freshwater lake with sharks.
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Pleiades
Lake
Nicaragua
Court of Honor for Troop 54 recognises four scouts
A Court of Honor at Central Ave Methodist Church recognized four Boy Scouts of Troop 54. Carlos Spurbeck and Donald Tudor received the tenderfoot degree from D. L. Jones. John Nickoson advanced to second class with C. D. Samford confirming, while Arthur Yoho and Nickoson earned carpentry merit badges from H. C. Pendry. The program included a troop skit directed by Clark Biggins Jr. and remarks by C. Samford on scouting’s community value and Daniel Beard. Stanley Nida is scout master.
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Central Ave. Methodist Church
Carlos Spurbeck
Donald Tudor
D. L. Jones
John Nickoson
C. D. Samford
Arthur Yoho
H. C. Pendry
Clark Biggins, Jr
Samford
Daniel Beard
America
Stanley Nida
Roof to Aid County Agent in Land Use Study
Chester L. Roof will assist County Extension Agent Ross Wright until January 1 in studying land use planting in Athens County. Roof, a Carroll County resident and Ohio State University graduate, has previously aided similar work in Carroll and Harrison Counties and completed assignments in Monroe County last week.
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Chester L. Roof
Ross Wright
Athens County
Roof
Carroll County
Ohio State University
Carroll
Harrison Counties
Monroe County
Will Filed in Court for Achsah Porter Estate
Will of Achsah Porter dies September 29 filed in Athens County Probate Court naming nephew Harry Tope of Chauncey and sisters Bertha Robinette of Albany Route 1 and Abigail Woodgerd of Athens as beneficiaries. Great niece Helen Achsah T Brown of The Plains and brother Otho Porter of Athens Route 1 also named. Earl Robinette seeks executorship.
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Achsah Porter
Lee Township
Athens County
Harry Tope
Chauncey
Bertha Robinette
Albany
Abigail Woodgerd
Athens
Helen Achsah T. Brown
the Plains
Otho Porter
Earl Robinette
Rome Canaan Board Offers Portable School Building for Sale
The Rome Canaan Board of Education offers a portable frame building about 6 by 40 feet, located in Canaanville Ohio. The structure, used as a school building, can be dismantled in sections and is made of first class material. Bids may be sent to the Clerk or the board president G G Gaul Athens Ohio R Co ARNOLD Clerk Stewart Ohio.
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Rome-Canaan
Canaanville
Ohio
G. G. Gaul
Athens
Arnold
Rome
Canaan
Stewart, Ohio
Dr Hamilton and George Hunter Join Kiwanis
Dr L A Hamilton and George Hunter became new Kiwanis members Monday night after a brief outline of Kiwanis history and purposes by Irvin D Quick past Athens club president and former lieutenant governor, and delegates E P Cotton and Dr C A Frey reported on the Ohio District Convention in Columbus last week.
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L. A. Hamilton
George Hunter
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Irvin D. Quick
Athens Club
E. P. Cotton
C. A. Frey
Columbus
Hansen Addresses Postal Group Dinner in Southeast Ohio
Dr. F A Hansen dean of Ohio University spoke to Southeastern Ohio branches of the National Association of Letter Carriers at a dinner in the Christian Church. District President Leon Boucher presided as delegations from multiple cities attended and New Concord was chosen for the next district meeting.
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F. A. Hansen
University College of Ohio University
Southeastern Ohio
National Association of Letter Carriers
Christian Church
Hansen
America
Leon Boucher
Lancaster
Freda Vandeveer
William Lewis
Virginia Segale
Alice MacCombs
Lena Adams
Marjorie McClure
Zanesville
Newark
Carl T. Sterr
Columbus
Arthur H. Stricklin
Wheeling
W. Va
L. E. Swartz
Chicago
Association
Los Angeles
Southerton Named in Suit Overdue Wages
A second suit against Walter S Southerton and Carl Wilson of Athens Steam Laundry seeks back wages for Dorothy Brookhart Hunter. The Ohio attorney general’s office alleges she earned 3,160 12 hours from Feb 13, 1937 to July 9, 1938 receiving 507.49 but should have 869.14, leaving 361.65 due plus six percent interest and costs.
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Walter S. Southerton
Carl Wilson
Athens Steam Laundry
Athens County Commons Pleas Court
George A. Strain
Department of Industrial Relations
Dorothy Brookhart Hunter
Attorney General of
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Foster B Cornwell
Athens
Dorothy Hunter
Strain
Elizabeth Boudinot
Dance Follows Ohio Game at Akron
Ohio University Alumni Club of Akron sponsors an informal dance Saturday evening October 18 at 9 o'clock after the Akron Ohio football game. Tickets available at the alumni office in McGuffey Hall. The Ohio University Band may play an hour concert earlier if a suitable venue is found in Akron.
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Ohio University Alumni Club of
Akron
University Club
Akron-Ohio
McGuffey
Ohio University Band
Curtis W. Janssen
New Marshfield Grange to Host Booster Program Thursday
The Summit Grange in New Marshfield will present a Booster Program on Thursday night October 16 at 8 o'clock in the Grange Hall. The public is invited, officials announced. Hawaii was a republic from 1894 to 1898.
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New Marshfield
Summit Grange
Grange Hall
Background of Rufus Putnam mural at University Elementary
Carleton Calkin explained his August completed mural at the University Elementary Training School. The 9 by 28 foot piece shows Rufus Putnam on a Marietta hill with era figures and tools. Calkin detailed research, painting process, and two brushes used.
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Rufus Putnam
University Elementary Training School
Carleton Calkin
Calkin
Department of Painting and Allied Arts
Ohio University
Putnam
Marietta
Ohio
Muskingum
Mary Ward
College of Education
Mechanicsburg
Plains
OU To Start Training for Defense Jobs
The College of Applied Science at Ohio University will launch 29 training courses in 10 Ohio and Kentucky cities under the Engineering Science and Management Defense Training program. Courses aim to prepare currently employed individuals for higher responsibility in defense industries with limited quotas. Dean William M. Young and field representative Mrs. George C. K. Johnson are organizing efforts as Young plans visits to Zanesville and Marietta, with courses starting soon in Portsmouth Zanesville Ironton Pomeroy Gallipolis Wellston Hillsboro Circleville Chillicothe and Ashland Kentucky.
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College of Applied Science of
Ohio University
United States Office of Education
Ohio
Kentucky
George C. K. Johnson
Ashland
William M. Young
College of Applied Science
Athens
Dean Young
Zanesville
Marietta
Portsmouth
Ironton
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Wellston
Hillsboro
Circleville
Chillicothe
Fire Damages Vacant Home Garage In Athens
A frame single car garage at 12 N McKinley Ave owned by Ruth B Stratton in Athens burned last night causing about $100 in damage. Fire chief Charles Dalton says neighbors children started a bonfire inside the garage, using it as a headquarters. Mayor Cliff Cornell urged parents to curb such fires and avoid obstructing fire apparatus as firefighters fought the blaze.
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N. McKinley Ave
Ruth B. Stratton
Athens
Charles Dalton
Cliff Cornell
Dalton
Fifth Grade Picnic At Miller Home At Albany Road
Twenty two University Elementary Training School fifth graders attended a Tuesday picnic at Mr and Mrs. R L Millers home on Albany Road. Shirley Miller is a class member. Children cooked their meals at the outside fireplace and played games. Mothers and Miss Mary Ward, the teacher, drove the students in cars.
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University Elementary Training School
R. L. Miller
Shirley
Miller
Albany Road
Mary Ward
Illustrated Lecture Before Athens Rotary On Glass Discoveries
Paul F. Lockett of Owens-Corning Fiberglass Toledo presented a slide lecture on recent everyday glass uses and by products to 25 Athens Rotary Club members and guests at Hotel Berry. Frank Phillips urged support for the Athens Community Chest drive aiming to raise 10 000 dollars, stressing local importance.
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Paul F. Lockett
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation
Toledo
Athens Rotary Club
Hotel Berry
Frank Phillips
Athens Community Chest
ZEMO Doctor's Formula Soothe Itching Skin Claim
An ad touts ZEMO as a doctor backed remedy for itching skin including eczema ringworm and athlete's foot. It promises fast relief, cites 25 million sachets sold, and offers price points of 60 cents and one dollar with a single trial claimed to convince.
Trains Bring Taxes To Town From The Central
The piece reminds readers that the Central trains bring money into town as taxes. It notes that taxes fund a high school education for many children an easier old age for the needy street lights and other public needs. It cites New York Central as a major local taxpayer.
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