Forest Service finishes six uniform buildings on Athens headqu arters site
The U S Forest Service completes a six building complex on a three acre Locust Heights site near Athens for the Hocking Valley Purchase Unit. The ranger’s home office two warehouses and garages are finished with green trim and ivory walls. Office space includes a second floor mapping room. Equipment and materials will be distributed to McArthur Little Scioto and Symmes Creek Units.
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Locust Heights
E. F. Sells
U. S. Forest Service
Athens
Hocking Valley
McArthur
Little Scioto
Symmes Creek
R. J. Schaar
Ranger’s
Athens Gets Rid of Corns With END O CORN
In three weeks hundreds of Athens residents have relieved corn and callous troubles using END O-CORN from The Athens Pharmacy. The ad promises quick relief at fifty cents, claiming it is worth fifty dollars and sure to work, urging readers to try it tonight.
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Athens
Ping-Pong Becomes School Sport At Central Grade
A ping pong table installed at Central Grade School has become the preferred indoor sport for Athens Junior High students. The table is used before and after school and at lunch with Student Council supervision.
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Athens
Harry Peckham
William White
Martha Lou Dowler
Betty Griswold
Mary Virginia Bingham
George Peckham
Billy Roberts
Mary Jo Stephenson
Patty Dougherty
Jack Beasley
Bill van Dyke
Mary Eleanor Figgins
Probate Court Exempts Estates from Inheritance Tax
Athens County Probate Judge S M Johnson rules several estates are not subject to inheritance tax. Names listed include Mary T Shuler Daniel T Johnson Cleo Spriggs Howard J Ayler John Cullison and Matilda Cullison in the probate decision.
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Athens County
S. M. Johnson
Mary T. Shuler
Daniel T. Johnson
Cleo Spriggs
Howard J. Ayler
John Cullison
Matilda Cullison
Women Fill Gasco Food Institute Opening at Athena Theater
Large turnout of women attended the Gasco 1937 Food Institute opening session at Schine's Athena Theater. Kathryn Streich directed the three day event with model kitchen displays and cooking demonstrations assisted by Maxine Robertson. Bonnie Herron announced prize winners as demonstrations planned for tomorrow include a party menu and quick meal preparations.
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Ficht
Gasco
Food Institute
Schine
Athena Theater
Institute
Curtis
Gasco Food Institute
Kathryn Streich
Miss Streich
Maxine Robertson
Home Service
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Robert Webster
Gas Company
Bonnie Herron
Colored Voters Meet To Back Bricker In Athens Area
Republican leaders held meetings at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Athens and Glouster with James Hews from state headquarters addressing attendees. Mrs. Ruth Cooper Boyer led the organizing effort, and a Bricker gubernatorial campaign plane was to land at Athens Airport offering literature. The Roosevelt-Davey motorized car caravan drew large crowds as Democratic candidates joined the tour across Athens County.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Athens
Glouster
James Hews
Ruth Cooper Boyer
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Athens County
Roosevelt-Davey
Grange Set to Meet in Albany Hall Saturday Evening
The Albany Grange will host a meeting at 7 30 Saturday night in the Albany Grange Hall with guests from the Columbia Grange to present the program. Albany members are asked to bring sandwiches baked beans and pie for lunch.
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Albany Grange
Albany Grange Hall
Columbia Grange
4-H Club Meeting Tonight at Athens Grange Hall
The Senior 4-H Club will meet at the Athens Grange Hall tonight at eight. A speaker is scheduled and refreshments will be served.
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Athens Grange Hall
Foster Funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Mr. Hilton Foster principal of West Lafayette High School West Lafayette Ohio will be held at two o'clock Thursday in Warsaw Ohio Foster a graduate of Ohio University
Wall rebuilding recalls 1867 era at 44 W Union Street Athens
Captain J B Allen recalls watching a four man crew raise massive 500 to 800 pound stones without a derrick to form the square around W Congress and W Union Streets. The work on the wall was tied to property owned by Col W H Young with nearby early structures and later residents including Dr C W Super and Mrs O F Peoples.
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Union St
Athens City
J. B. Allen
Allen
W. Union
Congress St. Square
Tom Laughlin
Shanghai
Henry
Bill Dean
Eli Roush
King's Hill
East Hill
Col. W. H. Young
Calvary
W. Congress
W. Union Sts
Mineral oyster supper features Three Aces and Slim McAllister
The Recreation Group of Mineral hosts an oyster supper at Town Hall on Saturday night October 24. Entertainment includes Three Aces of Buchtel and Slim McAllister and his Radio Gang from Nelsonville.
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Mineral
Aces
Buchtel
Slim McAllister
Nelsonville
Enlistments Boost Athens Guard Battery C 134th
Battery C 134th Field Artillery of the Athens National Guard announced two new enlistments Ben F. How er and John C. Ward and three discharges Bart Wyers Paul J. Ayers Norman D. Hall as drill night at the Armory covered dismounted drill hygiene instruction and interior guard duties. Re-roofing of the Armory was completed last week with a new floor expected within a week according to Captain Hall.
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134Th Field Artillery
Athens
National Guard
Paul Hall
Armory
Ben F. Hower
John C. Ward
Bart Wyers
Paul J. Ayers
Norman D. Hall
Captain Hall
Richard Corwin
Harold Linscott
Russell Hall
Hall
Mechanicsburg School Dedication Slated With Speaker McCracken
Dean T. C. McCracken will speak at the dedication of the Mechanicsburg School with a night program starting at 7 30. Children from each room will participate in the program.
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Dean T. C. McCracken
Mechanicsburg
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