Athens WPA Plan Seeks 13 Million For District Projects
The Athens district which includes Hocking, Meigs, and Vinton counties submitted to Washington a plan to spend nearly 13 million dollars under the Works Progress Administration. The program covers roads, sidewalks, schools, waterworks at Logan, disposal plants at Wellston and Beverly, and miscellaneous relief projects estimated at about ten million more. Local shares and subdistrict allocations are outlined, with credits toward labor, materials, and skilled work, aiming to keep about 14 353 men employed for one year under the FDR administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess
Athens
Logan
Wellston
Beverly
Ohio Prison Break Alleged Attempt Reported in Athens Court
An Athens Pleas Court heard an alleged attempt connected to a prison incident near Ohio, with deputies investigating potential involvement. Names and specifics are unclear, but the case concerns a security breach and a suspected attempt at escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Hey
Athens Pleas Court
Landowner offers site for city dump near German Village
Ernest G. Smith, owner of land off Route 31 near the German Village, returned from the Rocky Glen Sanatorium to offer his hollow land as a potential city dump site. Located three and a half miles from Athens between Routes 31 and 50 North, the property is isolated and planned road access and care would be arranged if chosen.
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Ernest G. Smith
Route 31
Ahens
Mr. Smith
Rocky Glen
Athens
Smith
Heavener
Circus Cancelled at Athens County Fairgrounds
Lewis Brothers Circus will not appear at the Athens County Fairgrounds as scheduled next Wednesday. John DeMolet, chairman of the American Legion committee, says a letter from the circus manager postmarked Jackson Michigan explains the tour is cut short and Athens dates are canceled.
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Athens
Lewis Brothers Circus
Athens County Fairgrounds
John DeMolet
American Legion Committee
Jackson Mich
Kincade tops Health Contest at Ohio State Fair
Eleanor Kincade of Athens Route 4 scored 584 points to place near the top in the Ohio State Fair 4 H Club Health Contest. The 16 year old Rome High School senior was one point behind the sixth place winner as six awards were given. County extension agent S C Hartman reported the standings.
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Eleanor Kincade
T. O. Kincade
Athens
Clarence Fries
Mhade
Athens County
Columbus
Athens Man Fined For Intoxication
Walter Duncan of High Street pleaded guilty to intoxication and disorderliness before Mayor Len B. McCune. He was fined 5 dollars and arrested by Chief of Police F E Finsterwald Officer Carmen Church and Constable Frank White.
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Walter Duncan
High Street
Len B. McCune
Finsterwald
Carmen Church
Frank White
Contests Announced for National Brands Picnic at Athens County Fairgrounds
The National Brands Independent Merchants picnic at Athens County Fairgrounds on Sunday Sept 22 features the Knights of Pythias Band and other musical groups. A five act vaudeville show, amateur acts, and tap dancing by Miss Margaret Carpenter of Lancaster plus Miss Laura Chase Foster will entertain. Prizes include an automobile after a 4 30 wing jump from an airplane. Events include horseshoe pitching, peanut scramble, balloon contest, pet show, necktie tying, bicycle races, pony race, husband and wife calling contest, chicken race, nail driving, egg throwing, and a coon chase. Old time fiddlers perform and platform dancing continues all day. A food show with samples and rides for food, ice cream, and drinks will be offered.
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National Brands Independent Merchants
Athens County Fairgrounds
Knights of Pythias
Margaret Carpenter
Lancaster
Laura Chase Foster
Tarshish
Jacob Tarshish
Columbus
Preacher to Deliver Sermon at Local Holiness Church
The Rev. Brown from Huntington will preach Saturday night at the Independent Holiness Church located at the corner of Poplar and Watkins Street in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Brown
Huntington
Independent Holiness Church
Poplar
Watkins Street
Mrs Jacobs Showing Slight Improvement in Nelsonville
Mrs William Jacobs of Nelsonville Route 3 who has been seriously ill for the past three weeks is slightly improved officials said today confirming her condition has eased and she remains under care in her home facility
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Nelsonville
William Jacob
Friday the thirteenth brings no jinx to Wyckoff
Clarence Wyckoff of 51 Maplewood Drive marked his third Friday the thirteenth birthday with no bad luck. His wife says a black cat crossed his path on the way to his 23 year job at the Mc Bee Binder Company, but nothing unusual occurred at noon.
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Clarence Wyckoff
Maplewood Drive
Astronomers Shift to Photo Based Star Discovery
Modern astronomers no longer rely on stargazing to find new stars. They study photographs of the heavens to identify celestial objects, leveraging imaging surveys and data analysis to detect distant stars and phenomena.
Odd Fellow Picnic Planned for Sunday in Jacksonville
An Odd Fellow picnic is scheduled in the grove at Jacksonville on Sunday with all district lodges invited. A basket dinner at noon will be followed by music and speaking. Serene Lodge No. 429 Athens will meet Friday night at 7 30 for first degree work.
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Jacksonville
Serene Lodge No. 429
Athens
Pritchard on Trial for Assault Charge in Athens County
John Pritchard Sr of Congress Run faced trial in Athens County Common Pleas Court on a charge of assaulting a girl under 14. An unrelated note states about 200 earthworm species are found in Australia.
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Pritchard
John Pritchard, Sr
Congress Run
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Australia
Rural Adult Education Institute to Close at Ohio University
The four week Rural Adult Education Institute on the Ohio University campus ends Friday at 4 PM. One hundred fifteen teachers and prospective rural school workers from 53 Ohio counties participated. Dr. H T Houf led the training with Charles A Warner handling business. Instructors included A E Taylor Loren Staats Joy Cutler Bernard Hughes and Ruth Geisen. Gifts were given to faculty and a group photo was taken.
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Ohio University
Ohio Emergency Schools Administration
Ohio
H. T. Houf
Charles A. Warner
Southeastern Ohio
Emergency Schools Administration
Doctor Houf
A. E. Taylor
Ohio University Department of Sociology
Loren C. Staats
University Speech and Dramatic Art
Joy Cutler
Athens County
Bernard Hughes
Ruth Geisen
Cutler
Second Immunization for Typhoid to Mineral Residents
Dr J M Higgins Athens County health commissioner will administer the second typhoid shot in Mineral on Saturday. The first dose was given last Saturday with a small portion of flood area residents vaccinated. Many Athens school children were vaccinated last week at the county health office and Higgins expects nearly all children to be immunized when school opens Monday. A note recalls Australia once had only four grown horses about a century ago.
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J. M. Higgins
Athens County
Mineral
Athens
Higgins
Crop Loans Open at Extension Office Says Agent
Extension agent 8 C Hartman reports crop loans available with application blanks supplied by Clarence Fealty field supervisor of the Farm Credit Administration emergency crop and feed loan division. Services at Canaaville feature a Holiness Church sermon at 2 34 Sunday with Sunday School at 1 34.
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8. C. Hartman
Athens County
Clarence Fealty
New Lexington
Emergency Crop and Feed Tong Division
The
Farm Credit Administration
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