Athens County Unemployment Benefit Payments See August Dip
August average of 676 people per week in Athens County drew unemployment benefits. 392 were ex servicemen under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act and 984 under state law. Total benefits paid totaled $52 902 23 with about 60 percent to veterans. Referrals yielded 29 placements in August. 1 057 registered for unemployment at month end, including 136 women.
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Athens County
H. H. Sands
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Sands
Athens
Ohio
Frank J. Collopy
Collopy
Bureau
Federal Maritime Service
Seven Three-Mill School Levies Approved for November ballots
The County Board of Elections approved seven three-mill operating levy proposals for November, including Nelsonville despite a late submission after the deadline. Prosecuting Attorney Gordon Gray sent the issue to the state attorney general, who ruled the levy may appear on the ballot. The Nelsonville levy would raise about $10,500 annually for five years. Other levies are for Ames-Bern, Jacksonville-Trimble, Trimble, Shade Consolidated, Carthage-Troy, and Rome-Canaan districts, all for five years. Athens Rural seeks a $72,000 bond for Mechanicsburg School additions, with a 3.3 mill levy for 18 years.
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County Board of Elections
J. E. Barker
Nelsonville City
Barker
City Board of Education
Gordon Gray
Gray
Nelsonville
Ames-Bern
Jacksonville- Trimble
Trimble
Shade Consolidated
Carthage-Troy
Rome- Canaan
Athens Rural School District Board of Education
Mechanicsburg
Evening Class Schedule Planned at Ohio University
J Floyd Dixon director of Ohio University's extension division called a meeting for Saturday morning to organize evening classes on campus. At 10 am in Ellis Hall room 101 students and townspeople will discuss courses across botany painting economics education English government history geography journalism music photography philosophy welfare psychology sociology and speech. Evening meetings to set up extension classes have been scheduled this week in Lancaster Logan New Lexington Marietta Mc Arthur and next Monday in Jackson.
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J. Floyd Dixon
Ohio University
Ellis Hall
Dixon
Lancaster
Logan
New Lexington
Marietta
McArthur
Jackson
Former Athens Woman Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Harry A. Shaw formerly Helen Williams and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E Williams, died Tuesday morning in Columbus. A Ohio State University graduate, she taught home economics in Cleveland and at Ohio State before marriage. Survived by husband, one daughter, her parents, one brother and two sisters. She was niece of Mary and Anna Williams and Mrs. George A. Coe of Athens and W. Leo Williams of Jerseyville.
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Harry A. Shaw
Athens
Columbus
Helen Williams
J. E Williams
Shaw
Ohio State University
Cleveland
Ohio State
Mary and
Anna Williams
George A. Coe
W. Leo Williams
Jerseyville
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births announced for Stockport Ath ens Glouster as a daughter to Harkins Tucker and Kittle. Admissions include Victor Carsey Athens with major surgery S R Crossen Albany Mary Stoncel Glouster and Loretta Fairley Chauncey with minor surgery Jane Morgan Athens medical Lester McVay New Marshfield. Discharges include Courtney Faught and daughter Athens Juanita King Naomi Bond The Plains Maude Dishon Athens Max Edmundson Langsville Dale Patton Athens.
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Harold Harkins
Stockport
Areil Tucker
Athens
Robert Kittle
Glouster
Victor Carsey
S. R. Crossen
Albany
Mary Stoncel
Loretta Fairley
Chauncey
Jane Morgan
Lester McVay
New Marshfield
Courtney Faught
Juanita King
Naomi Bond
the Plains
Maude Dishon
Max Edmundson
Langsville
Dale Patton
Films of Byrd Antarctic Voyage Shown for RCNS
Admiral Byrd films to be shown for Athens County RCNS members at Hotel Berry after a 6 p.m. dinner. Comdr. C R Beaman USN will present footage from the latest voyage.
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Admiral Byrd
Antarctica
Athens County
Reserve Officers
The
Naval Services
Berry
Comdr. C. R. Beaman
USN
Restaurateur Loses $9 In Currency Scheme
Athens Police Chief J B Grogan reports a two faced banknote scam at the Airport Inn on E State St. A front of a 1 with a back of a 10 formed into two halves is passed to yield an apparent $10 against an $11 outlay. Police seek other victims and urge merchants to scrutinize passing bills.
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Uncle Sam
Athens
J. B. Grogan
Airport Inn
E. State St
Grogan
Frenzied Fox Attacks Car Near Coolville
A rabid gray fox leaped at a car driven by L. C. Swearingen, state highway foreman, on a rural road south of Coolville. After multiple attacks the fox charged a nearby teen, was stunned, and then beaten to death by Swearingen and James Smith with stones and a gun butt.
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Coolville
L. C. Swearingen
Swearingen
James Smith
Smith
Rites Planned Friday for Mrs Susan Barto
Funeral services for 78 year old Mrs Susan Barto will be held Friday at 9 a.m. at St Pauls Catholic Church The Plains burial follows at Mt Calvary Cemetery She died Tuesday at her daughters home Mrs Mary Vessele She was born in Austria and came to the United States in 1885 Surviving are five children all born in this vicinity Friends may call after 6 p m Wednesday at the late residence in The Plains
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Susan Barto
Mary Vessele
the Plains
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Barto
Austria
United States
Alexander Union Cemetery Annual Meeting Set Thursday
Ed Rickey president announces annual meeting of the Alexander Union Cemetery will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday on the cemetery grounds. All lot owners are requested to attend.
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Hebbardsville
Alexander Union Cemetery
Ed Rickey
Cars Crash at Richland Ave Filling Station
Seven persons escaped injury in a two car crash near a Richland Ave filling station and Tilton Nutter tourist camp settlement. Verda Ingall 17 pulled from the station into James E Stewart’s southbound car. Stewart’s brake line broke and the car hit the station damaging a pump and light. Lewis J Ingall fined $5 for allowing an unlicensed minor to operate a car.
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Richland Ave
Tilton Nutter
Verda Ingall
James E. Stewart
Athens
Stewart
Ingall Auto
Temperature Drops to 40 as Furnace Fires Reignite
The article notes a chilly night with a low of 40 followed by a warming day. Residents report a high of 67 yesterday and 54 by 9:30 this morning as furnace activity resumes, per weather observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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C. N. France
Marietta Paints Distributed by Regional Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co. Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co. Gallipolis.
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Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymalewagner CO
Gallipolis
Lobbyists Help to Legislators, Vinton Rep Says
Vinton County lawmaker Otto F. Sharp told Kiwanis members lobbyists aid legislators by presenting pros and cons on bills. He noted most bills die in committees and urged small business leaders to join groups to advocate at the state capital. He cited the strip mining bill and discussed committee power and calendar manipulation.
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Otto F. Sharp
Vinton County
Kiwanis Club
Sharp
Athens County
C. Stanley Mechem
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