Athens Gears for 20000 Homecoming Guests and Crowds
Athens Ohio prepares for a peak influx of about 20 000 people for Homecoming weekend. City officials and police plan traffic direction and crowd control while hotels, tourist homes, and private residences house out of town visitors. Mayor Cliff Cornell urges residents to leave autos at home and be good hosts.
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Athens
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Weaver Cliff Cornell
State Highway Patrol
Berry
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cliff Cornell
Books for Children Will Be Exhibited in Athens
In Athens the South eastern Ohio Education Association will host an exhibit of children’s books and books of interest to school librarians and teachers in the Chubb Library children’s room on Thursday Friday and Saturday. New additions to the library collection will be shown. Librarians will meet Friday at 2 in the library seminar room with Miss Gladys Nichols presiding. Miss Lucile Fargo of Western Reserve University will deliver the address. she formerly served as research associate at Columbia University School of Library Science.
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Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Athens
Chubb Library
Chool
Gladys Nichols
Portsmouth High School
Lucile F. Fargo
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Columbia University School of Library Science
Democrats Meet at Schools in Local Gatherings
Democrats will hold two meetings tonight at The Plains School at 7 30 and Shade School at 8. A Thursday night session is set for Lottridge School and a Saturday night gathering at Chauncey.
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the Plains
the Shade
Lottridge School
Chauncey
Creomulsion Promises Relief for Cough and Bronchial Irritation
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a relief for coughs and chest colds. It claims the medicine soothes membranes and loosens phlegm to expel germs, with a promise of money back if unsatisfied.
Named Agent In Fairfield
Lawrence A. Best, who resigned as vocational agriculture teacher at Ames-Bern High School, is named assistant county extension agent in Fairfield County and will live in Lancaster. Best, a Ohio University graduate, organized the first successful night school in Amesville. he is succeeded by Robert M. Murphy of Knoxville, Tennessee, a University of Tennessee graduate.
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Lawrence A. Best
Ames-Bern High School
Fairfield County
Lancaster
Best
Ohio University
Amesville
Ames-Bern School
Robert M. Murphy
Knoxville
Tenn
Murphy
University of Tennessee
Henry Atkinson Dies At Home At 72
Henry Lawrence Atkinson 72 died at his home 18 Columbia Ave Tuesday afternoon. Survived by wife Ida two daughters Mrs Wesley Green Middleport and Mrs Gordon Leslie Geneva one son Harmon Willoughby two sisters Mrs Elizabeth Pollock and Miss Stella Atkinson of St Clairsville. One son John died in 1927 at Great Lakes Naval Academy. Funeral 7:30 p m Wednesday at Jagers Funeral Home. Burial in Morristown First Christian Church cemetery. Funeral and viewing times set.
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Henry Lawrence Atkinson
Columbia Ave
Ida Atkinson
Wesley Green
Middleport
Gordon Leslie
Geneva
Harmon
Willoughby
Elizabeth Pollock
Stella Atkinson
St. Clairsville
John
Great Lakes Naval Academy
Jagers
Athens
Morristown
Belmont County
Halloween Parade At East Side School
East Side Elementary School plans a Halloween celebration with students in costume and masked. Starting in first grade, each class will parade through all rooms to view costumes while rooms host refreshments and decorations. The autumn display features leaves and nuts. Each grade also salutes a new American flag each morning.
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East Side
Plains Man Is Fined For Reckless Driving
Adrian Benedum of Lower Plains was fined $10 and costs by Mayor C C Cornell after arraignment on a reckless driving charge. His car struck a parked vehicle of Frank Steinmeyer on West Union Street, injuring Loretta Birge who received treatment from a physician. Police detained Benedum at his home following the incident.
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Adrian Benedum
Lower Plains
C. C. Cornell
Benedum
W. Union St
Frank Steinmeyer
Athens
Loretta Birge
Steinmeyer
Widen Sugar Creek Petition From Poston Residents
County officials weigh a petition signed by 123 residents from Poston Orm ville and nearby urging widening and deepening of Sugar Creek to reduce past flood damage. The request includes planned improvements and action is expected Monday.
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Poston
Ormville
Sugar Creek
Monay
Walton League Fish Fry to be Held at Waterloo Cabin
The Izaak Walton League in Waterloo Township will host a fish fry Thursday at 6 30 PM. Athens Chapter officers urged all lake lot owners and members to attend the meeting at the club cabin.
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Izaak Walton
Waterloo Township
Athens
Divorces Filed in Athens County Court
Two divorce applications entered today in the Athens County clerk of court. Vivian M. Davis seeks divorce from Ray I. Davis of Nelsonville on Wilful Absence. Frank Dickens seeks divorce from Lois Dickens on Wilful Absence.
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Athens County
Community Chest Drive Prep Nears Completion in Athens
L W Roberts directs the 1938-39 Community Chest preparations at the headquarters office. Merchants supply updated employer lists to avoid duplicate solicitations. Volunteers including Athens women and scouts help finalize organization and data, with dates to be announced after thorough completion.
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L. W. Roberts
Athens
Roberts
Community Welfare Association
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Child’s Health and Protective Association
The
Hospitalization Fund
University Y.W.C.A
Maccombs recalls digging the Panama Canal in Panama era
Commissioner Walter Maccombs recalls joining Teddy Roosevelt’s canal effort in 1910. He describes days blasting through Culebra and Gaillard cuts, the towel of heat, the giant dynamite blasts, the wheelbarrow ceremony, and mosquito control measures while stressing the human scale of the project.
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Walter Maccombs
Suez
Athens
Teddy” Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Panama
Suez Canal
Maccombs
Boulder
Culebra
Gaillard
Gatun Locks
Commissioner Maccombs
94 Year-Old Civil War Vet Joins Albany Grange
Henry Dixon aged 94 became a member of the Albany Grange and is believed to be its oldest member. He spoke on his grange impressions at Saturday night’s meeting as the Grange conferred third and fourth degrees on several candidates. Refreshments were served to about 50 attendees.
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Henry Dixon
Albany Grange
Grange
Dixon
The
Robert Coates
Maynard Coates
Don Young
Tracy Whaley
Bart Allen
County funds allocated for Mt. Vernon patient care
Athens County commissioners approved a $100 appropriation for the care of Eileen Chapman at Mt. Vernon Hospital. She remains hospitalized because her Coolville relatives are ill with scarlet fever and a quarantine keeps her from going home until doctors deem it safe.
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Athens County
Eileen Chapman
Mt. Vernon Hospital
Miss Chapman
Coolville
Sheriff and Deputies Extradite Non-Support Suspect
Sheriff Charles Bayless and Deputy B C Day left for Logan County West Virginia to extradite Clarence Burt formerly of Vore Ridge on non-support charges. Two warrants sent to Logan County yielded no action but West Virginia State Patrolmen apprehended Burt and hold him for Sheriff Bayless.
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Charles Bayless
B. C. Day
Logan County
W. Va
Clarence Burt
Vore Ridge
Bayless
West Virginia
Burt
Sheriff Bayless
Local Citizen Leon Gold Reaches Home After Surgery
Leon M. Gold, after a major operation at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, returned to his home at 16 Race Street Saturday and is making a satisfactory recovery.
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Leon M. Gold
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Race St
Navy Day Proclaimed in Athens
Athens Mayor C C Cornell issues Navy Day proclamation designating October 27 1938 as Navy Day. He urges residents to display flags from homes and businesses and to fly the flag at City Hall and other public buildings to honor Theodore Roosevelt and the Navy’s history and future welfare.
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C. C. Cornell
Athens
Theodore Roosevelt
Loot Found On Stairway After Apartment Theft
The bulk of the loot stolen from Charles O’Bleness’s apartment at 33½ S Court St. was returned after The Messenger reported the crime and Mrs Eugene Shafer acted on the tale. A bundle of clothing and silverware was found on a stairway landing at 39 W Washington St, scaring off the thief who discarded it there. O’Bleness recovered most items. a London-made pipe worth $12 remains missing.
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Charles O’bleness
S. Court St
Messenger
Eugene Shafer
136 Bushels To Acre His Record for Corn
S. E. Timmons manager of Beasley farms Ames Township notes a near county record with 98 bushels on 0.72 acres of Hybrid U. S. 52 corn. Measured by Ames-Bern High School Vocational Agriculture students under L. A. Best, the 20 acre Hybrids field is projected to exceed 100 bushels per acre. Fertilizer was 100 pounds per acre of 2-12-6 on first and second bottom land.
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S. E. Timmons
Beasley Farms
Ames Township
Athens County
Vocational Agriculture Department
Ames-Bern High School
L. A. Best
Athens County Plans Quarry Restart At Ashcraft
Commissioners instructed Engineer B F Beckler Jr to inform WPA officials that the Ashcraft Quarry in Rome Township should start operating. The limestone quarry had not been active for some time.
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Athens County
B. F. Beckler, Jr
WPA
Rome Township
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Constipation Relief
Columbus Ohio in a long standing claim Dr F M Edwards treated constipation and related headaches and low energy. His Olive Tablets are advertised as purely vegetable and aid digestion and bile flow with gentle bowel movements. Prices are 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ with a nightly test suggested.
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Columbus
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Motorcycle Club To Meet Here Thursday
The Athens Motorcycle Club will meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Four new members were received at last week's meeting: Robert Wheaton Don Grones Edward McBride and Charles Robson. Members rode through Sugar Creek and Nelsonville after the meeting.
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Athens Motorcycle Club
Robert Wheaton
Don Grones
Edward McBride
Charles Robson
Sugar Creek
Nelsonville
Evangelist J. W. Cook to Speak at Pilgrim Church
Evangelist J. W. Cook of Mare ion will be the special speaker at services tonight at 7 30 at Pilgrim Church corner Washington and Congress Streets. The public is invited.
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J. W. Cook
Mareion
Pilgrim Church
Washington
Congress Sts
Revivals Continue at Salvation Army Post in Athens
Salvation Army revival meetings progress in Athens with last night’s service described as the best yet. Evangelist L Gaugh delivers "Reason and Religion" and Adjutant William Hillis leads evening song services as the evangelist presents "A Glimpse Into the Future" through Sunday night October 30 at 92 W Union St.
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Salvation Army
Athens
L. Gaugh
D. D
Adjt
William Hillis
W. Union St
Disabled Veterans To Meet Thursday in Armory Club Room
Conrath Bean Chapter No 37 of the Disabled Veterans of the World War will meet in the armory club room Thursday evening October 27 at 7 30. Arrangements will be made for the Forget Me Not drive on Armistice Day November 11. Members are urged to attend as the chapter has been asked to sponsor a project for unemployed disabled veterans beginning soon.
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Conrath Bean
Armory Club
Archie Coen Home Destroyed by Fire
The farm home of Archie Coen on South Canaan Road burned early Tuesday morning from an unknown cause. Coen was not at home and none of the contents were saved.
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Archie Coen
South Canaan Road
Mr. Coen
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