New Athens Minister Is Wesleyan Graduate
The Rev. Theodore W. Shoemaker, named minister for students at the Wesley Foundation of the First Methodist Church, arrives from Toledo and will begin services next Sunday. He is married with one daughter Judith age 7, and the family will reside at 127 Franklin Ave Me Chaamalae caehiaws in Ma wits QMVTIMANTS. Shoemaker is an Ohio native and graduate of East High School Ohio State University Ohio Wesleyan and Boston University School of Theology. He led the Cop ley Methodist Church student program in Boston for two years and has pastored in Linworth Bethel Columbus and Toledo. He served on Toledo church committees and community boards and is married to Ann Davenport Shoemaker born in Maine.
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Theodore W. Shoemaker
Wesley Foundation
First Methodist Church
Toledo
Western Ave
Wits
Linwroth - Bethel
Columbus
Tonic Claims Miracle Health Boost For Workers
An advertisement touts 8.8.8. Tonic as a grand tonic, appetizer and stomachic that improves digestion, builds rich blood, aids weight maintenance, and restores strength and skin glow. It urges readers to take a course and promises quick improvement and social praise. Also notes a Boston school for girls and a teacher’s early career in drama and missionary work.
Athens County AAA Elects Leaders and Forecasts Payments
Frank Pugh of Albany was re elected AAA chairman for a fourth year as 12 delegates convened. Ray Gilham and Lee Glass were chosen for key posts. The association projects federal payments to Athens County farmers of about 55 000 this year, up from 48 500 last year, with staff expanding to three rooms and four office staff.
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Frank Pugh
Albany
Athens County Agriculture Conservation Association
Ray C. Gilham
Lee D. Glass
Bern Township
Ee Wisssee Eee
Herb Hoskinson
Edgar Dixon
Troy Township
Ray W. Wingett
Lodi Township
AAA
Athens
S. Court St
Eileen Dorr
Canaanville
Athens County
Association
Alexander
J. Floyd Wiliams
W. Frank Pugh
Edward W. Brooks
Orland D. Hooper
J. Floyd Williams
Merrill H. Chase
Julian Gift. Ames
Irwin A. Wolfe
Pearl F. Morris
Glenn E. Potter
Don Linscott
Roy W. Ziggler
Frank A. Gilham
Charles S. Moore
Vernon O. Shaw
J. Arthur Walsh
W. Cletus Mulligan
Enrollment Tops 1 245 in Athens Public Schools
Athens Public Schools report total enrollment of 1 245 led by Senior High 407 and Junior High 328. Pendry notes gains from last year and late registrations. 46 students from Athens County Children's Home added and placed across West Side Central East Side. A new bus will transport students and the football team and band during the season.
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Athens Public Schools
Harper C. Pendry
East Side School
West Side
Central
Pendry
Athens County
East Side
Athens High School
Temperature Drops in Athens Tuesday Night
Cloudy skies accompanied a sharp temperature drop in the Athens area Tuesday night. A low of 49 degrees was recorded with a 62 degree reading at 1 PM today, contrasting Tuesday's high of 75.
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Athens Area
Committee Aids Cadet Quotas Initiative Across States
Lieut. Col. J. M. Eager announced Civilian Aviation Committee cooperation to recruit 120 aviation cadets monthly for the Army. Capt. Lewis Rock said Ohio Indiana and Kentucky committees coordinate to enlist several thousand qualified 20 to 27 year old unmarried U S citizens with two years of college and health clearances for a three year Air Corps cadet program.
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J. M. Eager
5Th Corps
Civilian Aviation Committee
Army
Lewis Rock
Dayton
Rock
Earle Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward C. Elliott
Purdue University
Henry Ostrom
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
G. E. Lee McClain
Bardstown
Kentucky
Air Corps of the Army
U. S
Air Corps
Ohioan Seeks Investigation of Ship Deal
Rep Lewis of Ohio introduced a House resolution seeking a Judiciary Committee probe into the exchange of 50 destroyers for British bases. The measure questions legality and alleges the transfer lacked explicit congressional authority despite AG opinion. He also proposed a coal import tax and extra fuel oil levy.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic Islands
Lewis
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
State Department
Congress
W R Swanson Dies in Crash in Ontario Training Plane
William Rufus Swanson 25 of Long Beach California and Fred L Sims 36 of Trenton Ontario died when a light training plane failed to recover from an inverted spin crashing into a Belleville Ontario swamp. Both were Royal Canadian Air Force members training to be instructors. Swanson was son of R C Swanson of Athens and later Long Beach.
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William Rufus Swanson
Long Beach
Calif
Athens
Fred L. Sims
Trenton
Ontario
Belleville
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Swanson
R. C. Swanson
Dowler Falls From State Bridge Injury Shocks Athens County
John W. Dowler Republican nominee for Athens county engineer was hospitalized in Bethesda Hospital Zanesville after a 20 foot fall from a bridge near Dovertown. He suffered a compound ankle fracture and facial scrapes. he will stay several days then go to Sheltering Arms Hospital and remain in bed about three weeks.
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John W. Dowler
Athens County
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Dovertown
Yeaterday
ST Wr
Uwited
Wees Dowler
State Highway Department
Dowler
Roseville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Coal Trucker Arrested After Falling Load Incident
Chester L. Poston of Athens was fined 25 dollars and costs with 10 dollars suspended by Mayor Cliff Cornell for driving in a manner to endanger others. He was arrested at 10:20 a m on Route 33 north of Athens after coal fell from his truck into the patrol car’s path. officers noted this was his second offense under motor vehicle load laws.
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Chester L. Poston
Stewart St
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Poston
State Highway Patrol
Route 33
Howard Stout
U S crude oil output tops a billion barrels in 1939
The United States produced over one billion barrels of crude oil in 1939, accounting for roughly sixty percent of global output. This marks a dominant share in world oil production for the year.
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United States
Charges Wife Shot at Him Asks Divorce
Clarence Bircher of Nelsonville files for divorce in Common Pleas Court charging extreme cruelty. He alleges his wife Sylvia Bircher began years of nagging and accusations and shot him on Aug. 20 in their yard with a 12 gauge shotgun, wounding his left arm and hip. He seeks divorce, mortgage cancellation, and property adjustment.
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Sylvia Bircher
Clarence Bircher
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Bircher
Social Security Info Visit at Athens Center
A representative from the Nelsonville Social Security Office will be at the Athens Employment Security Center on Thursday September 12 from 1 to 2 p m to provide information on the federal old age and survivors insurance program. The session serves Athens County residents as part of normal service.
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Nelsonville
The
Social Security Board
Employment Security Center
Athens
Athens County
Dunfee Admits Janssen Theft
William Dunfee age 23 of Strouds Run pleaded guilty to two theft affidavits in Athens. He admitted stealing clothes from C. W. Janssen Ohio University bandmaster on Aug 23 and a revolver from James Thompson home Sunday night. Bonds set at 500 and 300 dollars respectively. He claimed coercion by a man named John Smith on a freight train tour.
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William Dunfee
Strouds Run
Athens
Charles Evans
Rolland Ruth
T. R. Bennett
C. W. Janssen
Ohio University
Peach Ridge Road
James Thompson
Dunfee
Grand
Janssen
Thompson
Charles Bayess
Bennett
John Smith
Home-coming at Mt Liberty Church Sunday observances
Mt Liberty United Brethren Church will host a home coming this Sunday September 15. A basket dinner will be served and the public is invited to attend.
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Mt. Liberty
United Brethren
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Limestone High School
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H. J. Hoskinson
Fred E. Dorr
G. C. Sutton
Lucy H. Sutton
Frank Rose
John South
Clarence G. Morris
Guy W. White
Frank G. Werner
Allen H. Boudinot
Ternate
Edward R. Weiss
Lee
Eldon F. Dailey
George W. Scott
Fred A. Johnston
Sam R. Crossen
Laurence G. Ross
Will G. Munn
Lodi
John Cowan
W. Cook Lawson
Fred C. Blazier
Benson D. Cowan
Earl S. Parmiter
Rome
C. C. Petty
K. W. Hayes
John E. Frost
Lewis L. Moore
George W. Marshall
Troy
Harry J. Carlton
E. Ross Murrey
Fred R. Owens
Harry A. Gibbs
G. Monroe Foster
Waterloo
York
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Walter FE. Jones
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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