Athens County votes on half mill jail levy in 1939 election
Athens County will put a one half mill levy for three years on the November ballot to fund a new jail and sheriff’s residence. The plan, urged by county commissioners, calls for a two story building with jail above and sheriff’s quarters below.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Eesss
Athens County
Board of Elections
Ralph Elliott
County Auditor's Office
Board of County Commissioners
Elliott
Election Board
Charles Stratton
Clyde
Gibson
Common Pleas
O. F. Row
Rowland
Board of Commissioners
Gill
May Grand Jury
Rufus C. Hopins
Nelsonville
Letart Falls Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits and School News
Letart Falls residents share visits from relatives and friends spanning Granville Syracuse Hunting ton Charleston and Brooklyn. Local students begin the Racine School term as teachers and administrators take up posts. Racine ball team wins second division in the Ohio Valley League led by Bert Grimm with players Sargent and Robinson.
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Letart Falls
C. L. Thayer
Delaware
Thomas Quick
Granville
James Quick
Syracuse
Floyd Chapman
Fred Ohlinger
Huntington
John Wolfe
Edythe Allen
Charleston
Harry Allen
Anna Abbot
Samuel Rice
Albert Higginbotham
Mt. Hope
Kate Higginbotham
Higginbotham
Louise Roberts
May Bruery
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eva Roberts
Gladys Crow
Beaver
Irene Miller
Orange School
Delaware County
Charles Hayman
Westerville
Racine
Mildred Chapman
Ernest Edwards
Maggie
W. Va
Adele Sargent
Columbus
Emma Sargent
Dorothy Varian
Parkersburg
Howard Roush
Jersey City
Roush
Elza Birch
Lena Shields
Barberton
Lige Miller
Ray Hayman
Kenneth Cleland
Garen Roush
Eileen Buck
Bernice Carpenter
W. T. Marshall
Mattie Phillips
West Carrollton
M. E. Sayre
Marshall
Eva Ervin
Jonas Ervin
Homer Amos
East Liverpool
Naomi Ashley
Tom Norris
Waynesburg
G. E. Roush
Russell Quillen
John Quillen
Belpre
Mont Quillen
Charles L. Thayer
Scott E. Berridge
Holton, Kans
James T. Phillips
Dixon
Cincinnati
Carrie Roberts
Louis Roush
Leechburg
Ronald
Racine High School
Otis Crawford
Stiversville
Bert Grimm
Ohio Valley League. Besides the Manager, Mr. Grimm
Clarence
Jack) Sargent
William Robinson
Birthdays Observed At Grange Meeting
Approximately 50 members and guests attended the Athens Grange meeting. A potluck dinner honored July August and September birthdays followed by a lecture on child welfare by Miss Margaret K. McCutcheon. The charter was draped in memory of Prof. A E Wagner.
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Athens Grange
Margaret K.mccutcheon
Athens County
Lan
A. E. Wagner
Athens
Athens' Oldest Man Marks 97th Birthday
W. B. Southerton celebrated his 97th birthday at a Thursday luncheon hosted by his son W. F. Southerton at 12 W. Carpenter St. The cake was baked by Mrs. Ralph Higgins of Akron and Southerton led the cake cutting. Attendees included Alfred Craft a grandson and daughters Mrs. W. B. Drake and Mrs. W. A. Craft.
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W. B. Southerton
Athens
W. F. Southerton
W. Carpenter St
Ralph Higgins
Akron
Southerton
W. A. Craft
Athens County Receives July Relief Funds Under New Law
The first July relief allocation under the Ohio law totaled $750,000, with Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announcing the distribution. Athens County received $3,433 and nearby counties Gallia $980 Hocking $1,223 Meigs $1,581 and Vinton $727 as part of 136 relief areas receiving funding.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Pleasanton Methodist Church Sunday Services Times
Pleasanton Methodist Church announces Sept 10 services with Rev. Earl Cowen preaching at 9 30. Sunday School at 10 30 directed by Warren Graham superintendent. Mid week prayer services Wednesday evenings at 8 o clock led by Frank Martin.
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Pleasanton
Earl Cowen
Warren Graham
Frank Martin
Funeral Honors Charles Everett White in Coolville
Nearly 1,000 people attended the funeral of Charles Everett White a longtime business man and funeral director of Southeastern Ohio. The service at the family home in Coolville Aug 31 honored a native of Athens County with pioneer family roots in Troy Township and active involvement in church fraternal groups and local affairs.
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Charles Everette White
Southeastern
Ohio
Coolville
White
Athens County
Troy Township
Rider Joe Woods Trims Desert Trek For New York Fair
Bearded 19 year old Joe Woods rode into Athens on Smokey his fifth horse since May 21 from Long Beach California toward the New York World's Fair. He reports hospitality in Ohio is ok and he has slept under the stars at farms Indian reservations and at Santa Fe New Mexico. He claims 18 rattlesnakes and four gila monsters shot with his rifle and carries letters from Long Beach mayors to Mayor LaGuardia seeking a sponsor to reach New York in about six weeks before heading to Clarksburg West Virginia.
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Joe Woods
California
Athens
Smokey
Long Beach
Calif
New York
Joe
Ohio
O.K
C. P. Riley
Albany
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Missouri
Mission Indians
LaGuardia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Saleswoman Arrested for Unlicensed Athens Sales
Miss Pearl Johnson of a Columbus store was arrested for selling merchandise in Athens without a city license. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Mayor Cliff Cornell and will have a hearing the first of next week. She sold women’s ready to wear and accessories, per City Hall.
Federal Valley Church Plans All Day Meeting
An all day meeting is set at the Federal Valley Church on Sunday September 10. Sunday School begins at 9 30 with a preaching service at 10 30. The afternoon program features singing short talks and a praise service. The day closes with an evening sermon by Rev. Melvin Mitchell.
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Federal Valley Church
Melvin Mitchell
WPA Men Report for Road Crew at Robinson McDougal Sites
WPA workers on the Robinson and McDougal roads must report to the crusher on Robinson Road Saturday September 9 at 9 a m to receive instructions for returning to work.
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WPA
Robinson and
McDougal Roads
Robinson Road
Bates reunion speaker Rev Neil Crawford to address gathering
First Christian Church minister Rev Neil Crawford will speak at the Bates reunion on Sunday with Mrs Neil Crawford playing harp selections. Nine drivers were fined one dollar each over two days for overtime parking in Athens business district, per Mayor Cliff Cornell.
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Neil Crawford
First Christian Church
Bates
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Ohio Building Showcases Southeastern Ohio at New York World's Fair
More than 15,000 visitors daily view Ohio sites at the Ohio Building in the Court of States. A center theater shows free Ohio films to over 5,000 daily while illuminated displays highlight industry agriculture and forests. About 75,000 have received a large illustrated Ohio booklet and several Ohio visitors are listed in the guest book.
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Donald FE. Church
Ohio
Court of States
Ohio University
eGuffey
Buckeye Lake
Athens
Logan
Hocking
Henry Leff
J. Catanzani
Virginia Joan Segale
F. C. Segale
Ruth Richards
Laura Nuckles
Charles A. Nuckles
Bob White
J. Wilmer Circle
Geneva Gilmore
Gallipolis
Emma O. Mees
Pomeroy
Hortense Wilson
A. Marie Faulk
Belpre
America
Cincinnati
Ada Boston seeks $855 for back wages from Miller estate
In Common Pleas Court Ada Boston sues George Bateman as administrator of Clem Miller estate for 855 plus interest at six percent from Sept 1 1935 for 87 weeks of general housework and care from 1933 to 1935. She says only 15 was paid and asks for judgment and costs. A similar suit by Ruth Sampson for 1279.50 is pending with hearings not yet fixed.
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Common Pleas Court
Ada Boston
George Bateman
Nelsonville
Clem Miller
Miller
Bateman
Ruth Sampson
Foreclosure Sought by Nelsonville Savings on Note
A foreclosure suit was filed in Common Pleas Court by the Nelsonville Home and Savings Association against Edgar Dugan. It seeks judgment on a $200 promissory note with 7 percent interest from April 28, secured by a mortgage on property in Kentner's Addition, Nelsonville, and requests a foreclosure order and sale of the property to settle the debt.
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Common Pleas
Nelsonville Home and Savings Association Aginst
Edgar Dugan
Kentner
Nelsonville
Local Births and Surgeries Reported at Sheltering Arms
At Sheltering Arms Miss Esther Phillips Athens Route 4 underwent an appendectomy this morning. Mr and Mrs Dwight Stiple Harrisonville announce the birth of a son at the hospital late Thursday night. Miss Vivian Bingman Athens Route 2 underwent a tonsillectomy this morning.
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Esther Phillips
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dwight Stiple
Harrisonville
Vivian Bingman
Athens Route 2
Pomona Grange to Confer Fifth Degree at York Grange Hall
Athens County Pomona Grange will meet at York Grange Hall tonight at 8 15 for the fifth degree. All Grangers are urged to attend.
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York Grange
Athens County
Pomona Grange
Grand Jurors Convene for October Session
Preparations for the October term begin as Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland orders drawing 65 names from a 300 panel. The first 15 will serve as grand jurors, 50 as petit jurors. Grand jury starts Oct 2 at 9 a.m., petit jury Oct 9.
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Grand Jury
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Jury Commission
Roenland
Rowland
Thursday in Athens Hottest Day of Year
A sudden heat wave hit Athens with temperatures rising from 56 degrees in the morning to a peak around 95 degrees by about 2 p m marking the hottest day of the year in the Athens area Weather observer Mrs C N France said high temperatures persisted through Thursday night and into Friday with no readings at 1 pm today.
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Athens
C. N. France
Athens People Visit At Fair Over Holiday
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran a special Labor Day tour to the New York World's Fair for residents of Chillicothe Athens and Greenfield. Mr Do J Williams headed the party with numerous Athens travelers including Helen Bean Mary Bean Grace Mallon Nita Stauffer and other local residents.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Chillicothe
Athens
Greenfield
Do. J. Williams
New York
Hotel St. George
Brooklyn
Helen and
Mary Bean
FE. J. Shannon
Grace Mallon
Nita Stauffer
Leo Merchant
Jessie Vance
Marjorie Hardin
Kathryn Reynolds
Two Drivers Fined in Denver for Driving Violations
Two motorists were fined in Denver after arrest by state highway patrol. Jon Court Street, arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell, paid five dollars and costs on a driving without adequate rights charge. Raymond Shuler of Morris Avenue, arrested near the North Y, faced reckless driving charges and paid ten dollars.
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Denver
Colorado
Kittle
Glouster
Jon Court
Cliff Cornell
Raymond Shuler
Morris Ave
North “Y
Cornell
Habitual Drunkenness Divorce Suit Charge
Margaret Lucille Newman sues Leonard J. Newman for divorce in Common Pleas Court claiming habitual drunkenness for over three years and unknown property rights. She seeks restoration of her name, $50 attorney fees, and property determination. married March 1930 in Pomeroy and childless.
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Common Pleas
Margaret Lucille Newman
Leonard J. Newman
Bowling Green
Pomeroy
Court of Property Rights
Jenkins To Speak At Athens GOP Picnic Sunday
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins will speak at the Tenth District GOP picnic at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Sunday. Other speakers planned include Governor Bricker Lieutenant Governor Paul Herbert and Attorney General Thomas Herbert with arrangements led by Harry Buck Kelly. The 2 p m program will feature Jenkins at 3 p m as part of a statewide Veterans Republican Club effort with attendance urged from Athens County and the district.
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Jenkins
GOP
Athens
Thomas A. Jenkins
The
War Veterans Republican Club
Athens County
Fairgrounds
M. C. Morrison
Bricker
Paul Herbert
Thomas Herbert
Harry
Buck) Kelly
Nelsonville
Ohio
Kelly
Attorney General's Office
Mahoning County
Division of Property Is Requested in Court
A partition suit has been filed in Common Pleas Court by Martha Cole and her minor ward Gertrude Foster against Annie Foster Melletania Cowdrey L Guy Foster Lulu G Brumbaugh Floris F Foster Susan L Galbreth and Gilbert M Foster over land in Troy Township near the Coolville Road belonging to the Clement V Foster estate who died in October 1932. The plaintiffs and defendants claim interests in the property and seek partition or sale and division of the proceeds per the best interests of all parties.
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Common Pleas Court
Martha Cole
Gertrude Foster
Annie Foster
Melletania Cowdrey
L. Guy Foster
Lulu G. Brumbaugh
Floris F. Foster
Susan L. Galbreth
Gilbert M. Foster
Troy Township
Coolville Road
Clement V. Foster
Sanborn Fined for Keeping Slot Machines at Filling Station
Walter Sanborn of Athens was fined $50 plus costs for keeping and exhibiting two slot machines. One $45 portion of each fine was suspended. The machines were reported as being operated at a filling station on Richland Ave by Magistrate T. R. Bennett.
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Frank White
Walter Sanborn
Athens
T. R. Bennett
Sanborn
Bennett
Richland Ave
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Findlay
James Anderson
Celina
Morrison
Athens County Club
Thomas Wilson
Carl Wharton
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