Grand and petit jurors drawn for October session
County Clerk Ruth E Burdette drew jurors for October grand and petit terms and Juvenile Court. Grand panel includes Frank Minner Nelsonville and William Barker Nelsonville among others. First petit panel lists Carma Hinscott Amesville and Oscar Findling Coolville, plus many Athens and Nelsonville residents. A second petit panel names Stella Russell Stewart Roy Gordon Coolville and more. Juvenile Court jurors include Wilson Smith Athens and Frances Strawn Athens, with several residents of Nelsonville and Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venices
Ruth E. Burdette
Order of Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Frank Minner
Nelsonville
TM. Beet
Afatesessilias
Lie Hkficrryein
Meiwonvae
Betieee Hoskinson
Ben Beckler
Carbondale
H. C. Buck
Coolville
George Duncan
Glouster
William Barker
Emma Noyes
George Scott
Albany R. D
Sam Crossen
Frances McCollum
Chauncey
Saul Border
William A Athens
Sam Sharff
Pearl Glenn
Carma H.inscott
Amesville
Oscar Findling
Mattie Reed
Maud Fislocker
Torch
C. W. Brush
E. M. Blower
Glous
Don Rasier
Millfield
Anna Swartz
W. Union St
Athens
Fred Wilson
Mildred Pendergrass
Edna Fleming
Cameron Crossen
Grosvenor St
Myra G. Watkins
Bertha Dailey
Kern St
Stella Russell
Stewart
Roy Gordon
William Bland
Howard Brooks
R. C. Galloway
Glouster R. D
Walter Williams
Athens R. D
Marguerite Addicott
Elmwood Place
Mildred Roberts
William Hampton
Athens R D
James Dixon
Lon Runyon
Guysville R. D
George Barber
Urban Parker
Bertha Nixon
Raymond Walden
James Pollock
W. T. Imhoff
A. H. McDonald
Sharpsburg
Seth W. Lewis
Francis White
Ohio
Robert Strausbaugh
Wilson Smith
Sunnyside Dr
Frances Strawn
Lancaster St
James P. Cumley
Franklin Ave
H. W. Cox
N. Shannon Ave
Clarence Vorhes
Albany
Ross Cox
C. B. Dillon
E. State St
Waterloo High Class Elects New Officers
The Senior Class of Waterloo High School held its first meeting of the year on Thursday. New officers were elected: President Paul Kennard, vice president Delores Trout, secretary Alberta Wright, treasurer Robert Hawk, news reporter Clara Withers. All past three years’ reports were turned over to the new officers. Mr. Ridenour, FFA instructor, was chosen class adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo High School
Paul Kennard
Delores Trout
Alberta Wright
Robert Hawk
Clara Withers
Ridenour
FFA
Hearing Adjourned in Pike County Voting Probe
The special grand jury that began investigating alleged irregularities in Pike County voting on Sept. 5 adjourned today to resume Sept. 25. The action was reported by United Press.
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Waverly
U.P
Pike County
Athens County to vote 3.68 mill welfare levy on Nov 7
The Athens County Commissioners approved a 3.68 mill levy for welfare and direct relief to run for two years starting December 1939. The measure, presented as a single issue, requires 65 percent of votes to pass and faces strong opposition from the Nelsonville Unemployed League and the Workers' Alliance of Glouster.
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Ossee
Athens Messenger
Athens
Athens County
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Elections
Ralph Elliott
Election Board
Unemployed League of
Nelsonville
Workers’ Alliance of
Glouster
Board of Public Assistance
C. C. Bird
Hocking and Sunday Creek
Walter Maccombia
O. C. Bird
Public Assistance Board
Children's Home
County Home Boards
Sydney Cook
Nelsonville Group
Mayor Fines Two For Intoxication
Max Llewellyn of New Marshfield was arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell on intoxication charges and fined five dollars plus costs after arrest at 1 30 this morning on W Union St by Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Leslie Bradfield. Dent Cooper of Athens also received a five dollar fine plus costs on intoxication charges after arrest at 3 p m Thursday by Officer Carman Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
W. Union St
Cliff Cornell
Dent Cooper
Athens
Cornell
Cooper
Carman Church
Sermon Topic at Christian Church Sunday Morning
Rev Neil Crawford will deliver a sermon on Building Your Religion in College at the Christian Church Sunday morning. A student reception is set for 8 o'clock tonight at the church followed by a student meeting Sunday evening at 8 15 at 64 N Congress St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Crawford
Christian Church
N. Congress St
Philadelphia Civil War veterans dwindle to eleven survivors
U P reports that twenty Civil War veterans in Philadelphia have died in the last two years. The aged city population of about 2 million now lists only eleven living Civil War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
New Pastor Dr John W Danford installed at Athens church
Rev Dr John W Danford takes post as pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens. He and his wife have two daughters Anne 16 Ruth 12. He studied at Ohio Wesleyan Muskingum Lane and earned a Doctor of Divinity from Muskingum two years ago. He led First Church Zanesville South Park Dayton and Van Wert in recent years.
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J. W. Danford
John W. Danford
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens
Danford
Anne
Ruth
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan
Muskingum College
Lane Theological Seminary
Muskingum
First Church
Zanesville
South Park
Dayton
van Wert
Boys Illustrate Sunday Teachings in Dayton
Mrs. Orville Snyder awoke to a battered home as furniture and tableware flew from a window while she hosted guests. Deputies found two seven year old boys from her Sunday School class responsible for the vandalism. They confessed but refused to explain their motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Orville Snyder
Water Use Warned as City Faces Low Supply
Athens announces a water supply emergency as the opening of the university boosts consumption. Service Safety Director Bart Davidson urges strict conservation and specifically requests no sprinkling during the current shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Bart Davidson
Davidson
Jungle Explorer Reports Cow Tree Discovery in Venezuela
Llewelyn Williams of the Field Museum describes a Venezuelan Guayana plant named palo de vaca or cow tree. He says it yields sweet latex like milk usable in coffee and tea, and its coagulated sap can seal canoes. The tree grows up to 140 feet tall with a 6 foot trunk, making it hard to transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Llewelyn Williams
Field Museum of Natural History
Williams
Woodring Names New Northwest Air Base Site
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring announced that a site between Holyoke and Chicopee Falls Massachusetts has been chosen for the army s new 3 613 000 northwest airbase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Harry H. Woodring
Holyoke
Mass
Chicopee Falls
Army
Clover Farm Stores Promote Surplus Cooperation With Agriculture Dept
Clover Farm Stores have launched a plan to promote U S surpluses declared by the Department of Agriculture. The chain urges public cooperation to stabilize food supplies aiding farmers distributors and consumers. A Clover Farm rep studied Dayton Ohio stamp plan rollout and reported strong backing from regular grocers for nationwide expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Clover Farm Stores
Clover Farm
U. S
Dayton
Death Claims Mother of Five in Dowler Ridge
Mrs Edward Taylor aged 28 of Dowler Ridge died Thursday night from tuberculosis. She leaves husband five children Helen Robert Charles Delmer Harold all aged 11 9 7 5 3, her parents Mr and Mrs William Barnett Russell County Va, three sisters and five brothers. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at Pilgrim Holiness Church New Marshfield conducted by Rev H E Osborn Athens. Burial in Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Taylor
Dowler Ridge
Helen
Robert
Charles
Delmer
Harold
William Barnett
Russell County
Pilgrim Holiness Church
New Marshfield
H. E. Osborn
Athens
On Marshfield
Tent Meeting Opens At Pilgrim Church In Canaanville
Rev W E Musie leads Pilgrim Church of Canaanville in a tent meeting opening tonight with evangelist Rev R D Brown from Pall Mall Tennessee. The tent sits near Russell Carsey home on Route 50. Mrs Blanch Slay of Glouster will lead singing with others nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Musie
Pilgrim Church of
Canaanville
R. D. Brown
Pall Mall, Tenn
Russell Carsey
Route 50
Blanch Slay
Glouster
Two patients discharged from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. Dorothy Kircher Dent of 32 Second Street and Mrs. Ralph Frost of Athens Route 4 were released from Sheltering Arms Hospital this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Kircher Dent
Second St
Ralph Frost
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mercury Passes 100 For Highest of Year
A thunderstorm broke the heat spell that sent the mercury to its yearly high. Athens reached 100 degrees before a rainstorm dropped it to 65 inches, with the day peaking at 87 earlier in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Athens
County Transfers 5000 for WPA Labor
County commissioners approved a 5000 transfer from Road Maintenance and Repair Fund materials to labor to pay equipment operators on WPA projects in Athens County. The move aims to keep WPA projects operating per request of County Engineer R F Beckler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Beckler
Board of County Commissioners
Athens County
Athens Township plans commodity distribution event
Athens Township trustees will distribute federal commodities on Monday September 18 from eight in the morning until noon at the brick plant office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Township
Mrs. Quinn Dies at Cambridge Following Stroke
Mrs. Stephen Quinn aged 1 mother of Mrs. J A Fuller and Mrs. Harry Slaughter of Athens died Thursday morning at her Cambridge home after a stroke. Survived by son Ralph and three daughters, two sisters, two brothers. Funeral at St Stephens Catholic Church Cambridge with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Quinn
J. A. Fuller
Harry Slaughter
Athens
Cambridge
James
Paterick O'Grady
Columbus
St. Stephens Catholic Church
Camebridge
Nazarene Church Announces Sunday Schedule
The Church of the Nazarene will hold Sunday School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m on Sunday. There will be no evening service due to a union meeting at the Fairgrounds. A prayer meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Nazarene
Fairgrounds
Rev Dr Wilcox to Preach at Community Church Poston
Athens clergyman Rev Dr A Y Wilcox will preach at the Community Church in Poston Sunday night at 7 30. The address and service are open to the public with emphasis on fellowship and local faith activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens
Poston
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