Athens County approves two school bond issues
Athens Township and Rome Canaan Rural School Districts won bond approvals for improvements. Athens Township's 13000 bond will fund a 60 day start, four new rooms, plumbing, and extend facilities for home economics and industrial arts. Rome Canaan Rural's 25000 federal aid project passed 68 percent, backing a fireproof auditorium gymnasium.
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Athens County
Athens Township
Rome-Canaan
C. H. Copeland
Stewart High School
Rome
Board of Election
South Bern
Athens
O'Neill
County Officials Face Suit Over Unpaid Horn Co Materials
County Commissioner Walter Maccombs argues the two mill maintenance levy failure at recent elections left the county unable to pay a $513 claim by A. C. Horn Co. for 18 Hornlastic thrift tube units ordered Jan. 10. The Courthouse corking material remains unpaid as Maccombs notes the county now operates under a 10 mill limit with no road and bridge levy, and fears next year’s soldiers relief payments of about $18,300.
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Common Pleas Court
Walter Maccombs
Maccombs
Frank Minner
Ira Whitmore
A. C. Horn Co
Long Island
Horn Co
Dog Trouble Sparks Court Row Between Misner Brothers and Bobo
In Common Pleas Court the Misner brothers on trial for assault with intent to kill are tied to a dispute over their dogs. Carlos Bobo, who reported loose dogs, contends the confrontation happened May 19 near the old Hocking Mine.
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Wallace
Raymond Misner
Carlos Bobo
Common Pleas Court
Misner Brothers
R. D
Athens
Gore
Hocking County
Bobo
Porter Dicken
Old Hocking
Presbyterian Sunday School Meeting On Reorganization
Elmer Jacobs calls a Sunday School teachers meeting for tonight at 8 at the church to plan the reorganization program.
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Elmer Jacobs
Presbyterian
Pasadena Open Prize Jump Raises 1939 Worth
The Pasadena Open in Pasadena, California, part of the Western winter golf swing, increases its purse from 3000 to 5000 dollars starting in 1939. The event was renewed in 1938 after a one year lapse.
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Pasadena
Cal
Cotton moth not harmful in Athens
In Athens this week huge swarms of Alabama argillacea moths gathered on lamps. Ohio University associate professor W C Stehr says they feed on cotton and corn, posing little threat as crops here are advanced. The migration baffling scientists is attributed to self-determined flight.
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Athens
Alabama
W Cc. Stehr
Ohio University
Coed Drum Major Violet Mulvenna Heads to National Brands Picnic
Miss Violet Mulvenna a University of Mississippi student confirms she will attend the National Brands Picnic in Athens next Sunday. The Red Oak Iowa native formerly led the Red Oak High Band to national honors and won top twirling titles in Jackson 1937 and Omaha 1938. She tutored twirling at Northwestern University this summer.
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Violet Mulvenna
University of Mississippi
Athens
Omaha
Miss Mulvenna
Northwestern University
National Brands
Chicago
National Brands Stores, Inc
C. W. Janssen
Ohio University Band
Lively Season Is Planned by Scout Leaders
Scout leaders in the Hocking District outlined a fall and winter program at a Hillcrest Inn dinner. Walter Porter was chosen chair of a three session training course for scouters in November. Budget discussions led to approval of the 1939 plan, with the district structure reduced from 14 to 6 committees. The camp committee will develop Camp Dupler Peach Ridge for winter camping. The rally at Brands Stores picnic and a Court of Honor in Athens formed key events, with boards of review across the district and Civic Day in early November. Attendees included leaders from Athens Nelsonville and Parkersburg.
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Hock-Hocking
Hillcrest Inn
Walter Porter
Harper C. Pendry
Dupler
Peach Ridge
G. E. Ashwill
Scout
National Brands Stores
Court of Honor
Athens
Boards of Review
R. L. Dupler
C. H. Harris
Columbus Man Hurt In Traffic Accident
A Columbus man Orville J. Gibbons, 42, suffered head and stomach injuries when his car near Floodwood on Route 33 plunged off the road. Patrol estimates $200 in damages. He said a second car forced him over a bank while he was driving north. Patrol notes skid marks suggesting he was actually traveling south.
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Columbus
Orville J. Gibbons
Gibbons
License Sale Lags After Brisk Start
One thousand licenses sold today in the Courthouse basement, Deputy Registrar Len B. McCune said. He noted brisk sales early in the week but a slowdown today, urging drivers to buy now with only eight days left until the October 1 deadline.
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Len B. McCune
McCune
WPA Moves District Office from Athens to Zanesville
WPA will start moving its District 3 offices this Saturday with eight trucks and 16 drivers. The Finance division moves first, loading and unloading in Athens and Zanesville, using an elevator in Zanesville. By Thursday all 154 staff will be in the Fergus Building in Zanesville with division heads guiding furniture placement.
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Violet
Athens
District 3
WPA
Ohio
Zanesville
Fergus
North Third St
L. C. Gibson
Fergus Building
FHA Meeting On Thursday In Athens City Hall
An important FHA meeting open to builders contractors and tradespeople will be held Thursday at 7 30 PM in Athens City Hall. Karl W Kumler FHA mortgage conference representative will speak. All FHA phases will be explained and questions answered.
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Federal Housing Administration
Athens City Hall
Karl W. Kumler
FHA
Athens County Ohioana Committee elects Mrs Wagner chair
Mrs A E Wagner was elected chairman of the Athens County unit of the Ohioana Committee at a City Building meeting. She succeeds the late Mrs John Finsterwald and the group collects Athens County authors works for the Ohio State Library. At the state Ohioana Committee annual meeting in Columbus 42 of Athens Countys 61 authors will be on file in the state library. Prof A A Atkinson was picked to speak on the Chioana Library at the Southeast District Federated Clubs session in Athens on Oct 20 21.
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A. E. Wagner
Athens County
Ohioana Committee
John Finsterwald
Ohio State Library
Columbus
State Library
A. A. Atkinson
Chioana
Athens
Ohio State A 4-H Delegation Heads to Club Congress
A four member 4-H delegation left Sunday to attend the twenty fourth Club Congress at Ohio State University. Rev Earl Cowen of Chade Bernarda Williams of the Athens Loyal Daughters Club Iona Harrison of the Pollyanna 4-H Club The Plains and Gail Fleming Amesville comprise the committee. They are expected to return Friday.
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Ohio State University
Earl Cowen
Chade
Bernarda Williams
Athens Loyal Daughters Club
Iona Harrison
the Plains
Gail Fleming Amesville
County Senior 4-H Club Meeting at Athens Grange Hall
4 H Club meets tonight at 8 at the Athens Grange Hall with reports on the Lancaster Youth Camp by Keith Scott. Walter Erwin and Ellen Terrell will share notes from the Ohio Rural Youth Conference at Ohio State University.
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Athens Grange Hall
Keith Scott
Lancaster
Walter Erwin
Ellen Terrell
Ohio Rural Youth Conference
Ohio State University
Legion Fall Festival Dates Set in Athens
American Legion Fall Festival will run October 13 to 15 in Athens. Commander William Sisson says city officials will close a block of the business district for carnival rides dancing platforms and booths along the street. Exhibits will feature pumpkins and other fall crops.
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American Legion
Athens
William Sisson
K. T. Crossen
Busines
Masses In Newspapers Focus On Public Duty And Rural Representation
Speakers at a Masses In Newspapers gathering urged Americans to defend liberty and support informed public affairs. James Metzenbaum, Ohio candidate for lieutenant governor, praised rural counties and warned against press propaganda abroad while lauding the community press. Harry Mendall of John W. Cullen Co. attended as a guest.
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McGehee
James Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Metzenbaum
Cleveland
Harry Mendall
The
John W. Cullen Co
the Messenger
School Bands To Be Formed In City Schools
Music director Floyd K. Prince announces free instruction in all standard instruments for East Side Central and West Side school bands. No experience needed though piano or saxette helps. Instrument and two books cost 95 cents. Central and Fast Side bands meet weekly at the high school and at the school respectively. Parents should enroll soon to keep pace with the group.
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East Side
Central
West Side
Floyd K. Prince
Prince
Athens
Fraternity thief caught with $14 hidden in his cheek
John Strong a former student and trombone player appeared before Mayor Cliff Cornell on grand larceny charges after a string of ransackings at Theta Chi and Phi Epsilon Pi houses. Police recovered $14 in cash, watches, razors and other items from his pockets and from hiding places in the fraternities. Strong, said to have been drinking, pleaded guilty and was jailed on $500 bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Ohio University
John Strong
Cliff Cornell
Strong
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Cornell
University
Chum
Chump
Gene Early
The
Phi
Theta Chi
E. State
Phi Epsilon Pi
FE. State
Wadsworth
Akron
Shively Named As OU Trustee
After World War II Shively stayed in France nearly a year to study French at the University of Paris. He returned to complete his studies at Ohio University, graduating in 1921, taught French at Ohio State University, then studied law there, joined the attorney general's office in 1929, became first assistant, and served until 1943 before resuming private practice. In 1931 he received a French government medal for Verdun bravery. He married Margaret Sharp of Columbus. no children. His father is deceased, mother lives in McArthur, and he has a brother at Babson Institute in Boston.
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France
University of Paris
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Attorney General's Office
Columbus
Verdun
Henri Bougcarel
Chicago
Shively
Margaret Sharp
McArthur
H. H. Shively
Babson Institute
Boston
Civil Service Tests Open For Stenographers And Typists
Two examinations are open for stenographers and typists in the federal government. Departmental in Washington D C for men and women. Field service for women only in Ohio and Indiana. Closing date October 3. Full information from J L C Kelsey secretary U S Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office Athens.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Indiana
J. L. C. Kelsey
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Post Office
Athens
Boy Scout Committee Meeting in Pomeroy
The Kins hata District Boy Scout Committee will meet Thursday at 7 PM in City Hall Pomeroy. District chairman Frank Johnson urged all members to attend.
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Boy Scout Committee
Kinshata
City Hall
Pomeroy
Frank Johnson
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