Seven Athens County districts seek voter approval for outside mill levies
The Board of Elections may place 3 mill levies and a $72,000 bond issue on November ballots in seven Athens County districts. If approved the levies run five years and exceed the 10 mill limit. estimated 1947 valuations suggest district fund increases from $2,300 to $10,500 per district with notable localities listed. The Mechanicsburg plan funds lunchroom and classrooms with 72 bonds at 3.3 mills annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Board of Elections
Ames-Bern
Nelsonville
Jacksonville-Trimble
Trimble
Shade Consolidated
Carthage-Troy
Rome-Canaan
Athens
Mechanicsburg
Amesville
Ames Township
Bern Township
Canaan Township
Trimble Township
Hollister
Quinn Hollow
Fast Alexander
East Lodi
West Lodi
Guysville
Stewart
Canaan
Lodi
Coolville
Troy Township
Hockingport
Torch
Carthage Township
Jacksonville
Greens Run
Monday
Clayton
Athens Township
Pigeons Brought to Athens for Contest RACING BIRDS HERE
Racing pigeon shipments from Cleveland Canton and Lorain arrive in Athens by Railway Express. Coops with about 50 birds are released Sunday mornings after careful weather checks and overnight care. About 90 percent reach home. last Sunday's release totaled about 3850 pigeons from five Cleveland clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Westcott
Athens
Railway Express
Cleveland
Canton
Lorain
National Pigeon Association
Express
R. R. Miller
Athens Express
Miller
W. C. Carter
Coshocton
Truck Driver Fined After Route 50 Crash
A Thursday crash on Route 50 near Canaanville involved Harry K. McElfresh 21 of Glouster whose truck rear ended tractor-trailer operator Donald Bishop 42 of Columbus. McElfresh was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth for unsafe operation. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaanville
Harry K. McElfresh
Glouster
Donald Bishop
Columbus
McElfresh
Franz Woodworth
Small town editors push focus on little things
The piece defends local editors who emphasize ordinary, human stories over distant world events. It extols friendliness, mutual respect, and fellowship in small towns, arguing attention to everyday rights and freedoms helps larger issues resolve themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olks
America
Grand Jury To Get Case
John Gwinn was fatally shot in an Athens restaurant as Henderson drew a .38 revolver and fired multiple times. Henderson, a Navy veteran with combat fatigue and several Pacific theater medals, was arrested and described as normal despite mud on his clothes and weapon. Funeral services are set for Friday at Bates Church.
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Gwinn
Henderson
John Gwinn
Athens
Fred Luchs
Bates Church
Messenger
Gray
Story Henderson
Pacific
Naval Air Forces
Suwanee
United States
Naval
Veterans Administration
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Eniwettok
Hollandia
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
Leyte Gulf
Driver Lotella Ingram Fined for No License
Covington Kentucky resident Lotella Ingram aged 28 was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth for driving without an operator's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotella Ingram
Covington Ky
Franz Woodworth
Ohio University Alumna Dies at 84 in Madison
Adelaide Coe Skinner, 84, a graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor and a master of philosophy, died after a long illness in Madison Wisconsin. She was the wife of the late Dr Ernest B Skinner and mother of Merill Skinner Helen McKenzie and Virginia Skinner. Her brother-in-law is C E Skinner of Athens Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Coe Skinner
Ohio University
Ernest B. Skinner
Madison
Wis
Skinner
Presbyterian Church
Merill Edmund Skinner
St. Louis
Helen McKenzie
Virginia Skinner
C. E. Skinner
Athens
Marching Band Contests Set for Friday and Saturday
Daniel L. Martino of Ohio University outlines two marching band contests in southeast Ohio. One Friday at 7 p.m. in Glouster High School stadium will judge six to seven entrants on playing cadence alignment discipline and special maneuvers. The next night at 8 p.m. at the Hocking County fair grounds features 15 bands in three classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster High School
Daniel L. Martino
Ohio University
Hocking County Fairgrounds
Martino
Ohio
Zanesville Girl Hurt In Route 33 Crash
Juanita Bischoff a 21 year old of 727 Converse Ave Zanesville was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital for contusions a sprained back and a mild concussion after the car ran off Route 33 near Glouster at 2 am The other occupant Wilma Shields also of Zanesville received only a slight sprain of the right shoulder and did not require attention They were to return to Zanesville after x ray examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Bischoff
Converse Ave
Zanesville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Route
Glouster
Wilma Shields
Miss Bischoff
Chiro Doctor Describes Scoliosis Treatment Method
Dr. R. R. Gilson of Athens outlines a new spinal scoliosis treatment in the September Journal of the Ohio State Chiropractic Society. He will present a clinical demonstration at the fall convention in Columbus on October 5 for Ohio chiropractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Gilson
Athens
Journal of the
Ohio State Chiropractic Society
Gilson
Ohio
State Society
Columbus
G W Jacoby Public School Official Dies at 70
G W Jacoby longtime educator and former Washington County Schools superintendent dies at 10 15 am in St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg aged 70 born February 16 1877 at Long Bottom Meigs County taught in Meigs Washington Guernsey and Van Wert Counties served 12 years as county superintendent retiring 1945 survived by wife Bertha Lynch Jacoby four sons a daughter nine grandchildren and several brothers funeral set for Saturday 2 pm at McClure funeral home Marietta burial at Barlow Cemetery
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G. W. Jacoby
Greene St
Marietta
Washington County
St. Josephs Hospital
Parkersburg
Mr. Jacoby
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Miles and
Kathrine Powell Jacoby
Ohio University
Franklin College
Muskingum College
Jacoby
Meigs
Washington
Guernsey
van Wert
Barlow Township
Vincent
Bartlett Lodge
A. M
Rufus Putnam
Royal Arch Masons of
Beverly
Marietta Civitan Club
Bertha Lynch Jacoby
Richard
Edward
Cambridge
Paul
Warren
Miles
Newark
Alice Ogle
McArthur
Walter
Harry
Eugene
Athens
Clyde
Columbus
M. Jacoby
Springfield
McClure Funeral Home
Barlow Cemetery
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births to Mr and Mrs Richard Herdman Chauncey a son. Admitted Juanita Bischoff Zanesville accident Bernard Cuckler Athens major surgery Ida Mason Glouster medical Andrew Wiseman Radcliff medical. Discharged Mrs Ernest Midkiff and daughter Athens Mrs Grace Kempton Jacksonville Mrs Edith Storer Stewart David Cannon Athens Lawrence Hoffman Dexter.
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Richard Herdman
Chauncey
Juanita Bischoff
Zanesville
Bernard Cuckler
Athens
Ida Mason
Glouster
Andrew Wiseman
Radcliff
Ernest Midkiff
Grace Kempton
Jacksonville
Edith Storer
Stewart
David Cannon
Lawrence Hoffman
Dexter
Letter Writing Week Set by Post Office
National Letter Writing Week will be observed October 12 18 by the Athens Post Office in response to the annual national campaign by the Post Office Department Postmaster Francis P Frebault announced today The campaign to encourage the public to write more letters will be carried on by radios newspapers and magazines and a great increase in postal traffic is anticipated judging from public participation in the campaign last year the postmaster said.
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Athens
Post Office Department
Francis P. Frebault
Title Changes Announced for Three Ohio University Officers
Ohio University announces title changes for three administrators. Dr George W Starcher becomes dean of the college for freshmen. Robert E Mahn is now registrar and Albert C Gubitz is director of Off Campus Relations and the Bureau of Appointments.
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Ohio University
John C. Baker
George W. Starcher
University College
Robert E. Mahn
Bureau of Appointments
Albert C. Gubitz
Gubitz
Dr. Starcher
Einar A. Hansen
Dr. Hansen
Mahn
F. B. Dilley
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Zanesville
University
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate College
Starcher
University of Illinois
War Surplus Goods List Receives VA Office Report
A list of war surplus goods for sale through the War Surplus Administration has been received at the Veterans Administration office at 8 President St. N. K. Blosser said all items will be for sale Sept 23 at Norfolk Virginia and fixed prices have been set.
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War Surplus Administration
Veterans Administration Office
President St
N. K. Blosser
Blosser
Norfolk
Good Nutrition Too Ail Bran Cereal Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Ail Bran cereal made from the vital outer layers of wheat. It markets daily serving use and emphasizes natural nutrition.
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Suheet
Ohio Food Market
Joe Marsh
Hoskins
United States Brewers Foundation
Glidden
Miller Bros
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Bory Bourang
Grand Jury
Enmcnee Siewn
Morehead Grocery
Mirs. Skinner
Richland Ave
Dial
Hunters’ Apparel
Ohio U
Miami University
University of Kentucky
Colgate Uniersity
Indiana University
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
the Salvation Army
Union St
Florence Bromley
Peniel Holiness Camp
Conneautville, Pa
Ruth Ward
Thornton & Miner
Gil Drug Stores
Waele Ncl
Puone
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