Washington C.H. Record-Herald from Washington Court House, Ohio • Page 10

Paprc Ten THE RECORD VSHINGTON H.t OHIO Friday, January 19, 1940. Several Schools in County Closed Because of Weather REASONS GIVEN AS COLD ROOMS AND ICY ROAD County Courts THE OLD HOME TOWN Pj'fnf an City Schools, However, Remain Open and New Heating Plants Are Given Tests Tho cold wave a swept down over Fayette Conn ty in the last 24 hours eau enforced vacation for at I' ast part of the school pupils rn tho village and rur ii 'n st rut Pupils in the ArafhingVm H. schools continued classes hut some of those in county sys tem were on a weather-enforced holiday. Although all of the schools have not been heard from, six have closed doors because the cold, Supt. W.

J. Hilly said Besides cold class roo nu long bus trips over dangerous roads were believed reason enough to keep pupils at home. Schools reported closed wore Conner. liber, Jeffersonville. Bloomingburg.

Madison Mills and Wilson. Fayette fourth high school. Wayne, at Good Hope. is conducting classes. The city schools.

Supt W. Reese said. were bring run on schedule. glad we have this cold weather for just one reason." lie said. is.

so we can test our new heating plants" And the plants are running successfully, he added. New systems were installed at the high school. Sunnyside and Eastside during the past year. KIM, EST AT I Vera lf. Se we SI in ship.

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Wi TKANSI I KS to Roscoe res, oricor ll to I tnscoe ncord and and by Sheriff Loan Corp pro tie Sin et, 250 'i I gets to Tom Hill a rd St. By STANLEY mimjKmm MI. mil ii iwrnrnrnmmmmmmmmmmimm I JUST IT ATTRACT MIS AND LOOK vvhat happea ep EH I NSI Warren Webb, 22. truck driver, Mt. Sterling, and Anna Stephens, 21.

city. Walter Pearson, 21, adjuster, Columbus and Mary Canning, 21 Fayette County. FUNERAL IS HELD FUTURE TEACHERS HOLU REGULAR MEET 20 Members Turn Out Session of Club for About twenty members of the Birch-Mann Future Teachers of America Club of the Washington High School met in field house at Park for a meeting and sandwich supper. John Hudock. YMCA director.

Legionnaires Conduct Flag Service at Cemetery Largely attended funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2 at Hook Funeral Home for George W. Rhoads, a veteran of the World War. Dr. J. Roby Oldham was in charge.

lh- delivered the sermon, read a memoir and read a poem. many floral remembrance vvt re cai od for by Betty Peterson, Wilma Noble, Eleanor Doris Jefferson, Ruth Ann Craig, Bi tty Smith, Helen Compton and Mary Williamson. Burial was in the Washington C. H. Cemetery.

Members of the American Legion conduct- I cd the flag ceremony at the grave and were the pallbears. Tiny were Jesse Maddox, Richard Willis, Robert Jefferson, Ed Reser. Walter Hutton and Howard Fogle. CLARENCE WISSLER SUCCUMBS SUDDENLY Funeral Services To Be Held Saturday Afternoon Clarence Wissler, SH, died suddenly of a heart ailment at the Moore Rest Home Thursday af- ROAD PROJECT EMPLOYING IOO TO BE STARTED Improvement Is To Be Staked When Cold Snap Ends Officials Say PHOPHET OF PAINT CREEK VALLEY WAS RIGHT IN FORECAST The of Paint Creek was patting himself on the back Friday and saying, told you told you It will be recalled that early last fall the predicted a very dry fall and a severe winter. WILLIS E.

MW TO BE CANDIDATE Seeks Second Term as County Treasurer County Treasurer Willis E. McCoy has announced his candidacy for a term as The fall was unusually dry. and i treasurer of Fayette County, sub the weather so far in January has certainly been classified as severe, with the peak of severity reached in the extraordinarily low temperature Thursday night and Friday. The "Prophet" based his predictions upon the location and the condition of turtles, inasmuch as he prowls about the streams of a1. He said the turtles had taken refuge far back in muskrat holes along the streams, denoting drought, and that they were unusually fat, indicating their preparedness for a severe winter! THE NM I POW IS STILL FOP THAT RICH BACHELOR FROM HOOTSTOWN i no cati incurs 1-19 Young Man Here Pays Off on Bet By Dashing Around Block in Shorts gave an address on ternoon at 12:20 He had which the members described as interesting.

A song written Margaret Ashley, a member of the club, was sung and selected as the official club song. Interesting talks on the organization and what it stands for were given by L. W. Reese, superintendent of schools, A. B.

Murray, principal of the high school, and W. M. Durkee, faculty advisor of the group. Reports were made of the experiences gained by teaching a few classes this year by Montgomery. Phyllis Parker and Alice Jean Merritt.

Henry Barnard. noted educator was the subject of a talk by Sara Louise Wipert. The next meeting of this group been in poor health for about two years. Mr. Wissler had been a farmer where he lived in Paint Townsh most of his life.

He leaves four brothers, U. and J. A. of Fayette County. Jesse of Madison County and John of Washington.

The body was removed to the Hook Funeral Home and will remain there for funeral services Saturday afternoon at 2 Rex A. H. Beckett will br in charge. Burial will be made the Bloomingburg Cemetery. FINED $10 AND COSTS ON DOUBLE CHARGE On marges of drunk and dis- Washington C.

H. policemen, clad in service overcoats, heavy shoes, caps and possibly earmuffs, wondered today why, in the name of all coldly, would anyone cherish a desire to run around the streets in the dead of night with nothing on but a pair of shorts and an undershirt. But it -g Evening before last, while the temperature played hide and seek with zero and the pneumonia germs flipped coins to see who would get the most likely victims, a young man here dashed around the block, or rather, started his jaunt, dressed in an abbreviated manner. He had successfully completed the first lap of his journey when the police spotted MRS. ANGELINE WELLS FUNERAL ON FRIDAY him.

They gave chase. He ran into an alley between Court and East Streets off Main Street. Then he disappeared into thin air, as far as the police were concerned. But he didn't really. Later reports has it that he found refuge by going in the back door of a friend's apartment although the young name is still unknown.

He Fire Chief George Hall to use non-inflammable containers of metal in order to reduce fire hazards. During a recent inspection a number of inflammable containers were found in the uptown areas as well as homes. The practice leads to many a fire, Hall declares. walks the streets with an unblemished record and a frosty remembrance. not the heat, so it must be the police mused as they pondered on the case.

They decided the young man was either paying off a bet or trying to keep from getting old. more than likely he was paying off a they concluded. FRA PUNS PROJECT TO HELP TREASURY Another road project, to be put through as a WPA job, is to be staked off as soon as the weather permits, and will furnish approximately IOO men with work for many weeks. The project is rebuilding the county a great de al a a Ho Knit) flirt Lewis Road from the intersection of the Devalon Road to the intersection of the Eber and Bloomingburg Road. The improvement will include regrading and resurfacing, widening, building wider berms and reconstructing the drainage system, and the project is to get underway as soon as weather will permit.

The road project is one of several included in the county program to furnish employment for WPA labor. Rebuilding the State Road in Paint and Jefferson townships is While city firemen were clus- another of the major road pro- tered about a gas heater in the jects which is now underway. fire department, endeavoring to During the first two weeks of keep warm, about 9:15 Friday the severe weather this month forenoon, an alarm came in call- WPA workmen were employed ing them to Briar Avenue, when only two days and two hours in the Harry Douglass automobile i the two weeks. had ignited when tile motor back- During this week most of the fired. men have worked a large part of The auto was damaged consiri- jcct to the May primary election.

McCoy, a Democrat, was a deputy in the office for several years and thoroughly familiarized himself with the duties of office. Since he has been treasurer he has made an unusual record in collecting delinquent taxes and looking after the affairs of the office generally. FALSIFIED EARNINGS REPORT: FINED $150 AUTO IS DAMAGED BY FIRE FRIDAY Firemen Run in Zero Weather Sub- It pay to falsify earnings reports in order to receive unemployment compensation. While, so far as known, no offenses have occurred in Fayette County, an offender was picked up in Warren, Ohio, a few days ago and fined $150 and given 90 days in jail when he pleaded guilty. He was Ignatz Federskee.

It was learned by investigators that the man had received $179.06 in compensation while drawing regular wages in the Republic Steel plant. the time on some of the projects. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR ROBERT E. WILSON Bake Sale To Be Staged by FHA of School Funeral services for Mrs. Angeline Wells, 95, who died at the non-decision A bake sale sponsored by the ANOTHER DEBATE STAGED members of the Future Home- BY HIGH SCHOOL HERE makers Association will be held Saturday morning.

January 27. Again Washington C. H. High from 9:30 to 12:30. School debaters encountered the This bake sale is one means a ca ti by which the organization plans OS SO to earn funds for the club.

Since met in Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 at the House of Prayer here for Robert E. Wilson. Rev. Henry Leeth directed the services, offered prayer, read the Scripture and read a memoir. The choir sang, Is Well With My and Will Never Say Burial, under the direction of the Klever undertakers, was made in the Washington C.

H. Cemetery. The pallbearers were Walter Paul, Roy Carmichael, Clarence Lindsey, Buddy Wilson. Thomas Wilson and Leo Gilmore. erably by the blaze before it could be extinguished.

Firemen have been expecting alarms during the frigid weather, when overheated pipes usually contribute a number of small blazes during sub-zero temperatures. Tile Weather Man says continued extreme cold until Monday. Better look at your old Hot Water Bottle. You may need a new one. or maybe an Electric Beesting Pad.

Prices are right for best merchandise. The Rexall Drug Store. Tanquary 206 Court St. 3 pot floor green, red or white pots. Stands three feet high in electric welding.

A good value at $1.00. This Week 79c will be held on February I. orderly conduct filed against him Those in charge of the program will be Elda Jane Mossbarger and Dona Jean Norris. FINAL TRIBUTE IS PAID TO MRS. ROY ROBINETT Largely attended funeral cervices were held for Mrs.

Louella Robinett Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Church of Christ on North North Street. Rev. Fred I. Gardnei offered prayer, read a memoir, read the Scripture and paid a personal tribute to Mrs. Robinett.

Mrs. Esta Schwartz and Miss Rosemary Schwartz sang Savior, Pilot Me" and His A large collection of floral tributes were cared for by Mesdames M. K. Evans, Homer Flint, Ralph Hoover, Theodore Irvin, Chan Hyer and Harry Flint. Burial in charge of the Klever undertakers, was made in the family lot in the Washington C.

H. Cemetery. The pallbearers were three brothers, Wilbur, Noah and Ernest Kier, and three brothers-in-law, Jess, George and Raymond Robinett. in police court, Harry Lloyd, 42, Illinois, was fined $10 and costs by Judgi S. A.

Murry when he entered a plea of guilty to the charge. Police said Lloyd's arrest took place when they were informed that he had threatened to shoot several persons. Thr $16.20 in all was paid. another of a series of t)ie KHA does not require the debates held at members to pay dues, other such home of lier daughter, Mrs. Ada Xenia Thursday afternoon.

sales will be sponsored later on Gault in Jeffersonville, Wednes- These two debates brought the th.e day evening at 7 will be totaI ud to eight non-decision in 5 held It Street M.Mhnd decision J0ne Caldwell and Evelyn Moral id at nihh btu ct Method debates in which Washington has thr. of Mice ist Church in Jeffersonville, Sat- takpn nart fifth under the supervision of Miss urdav afternoon at 2 and I Yr I Ruth Oviatt, FHA advisor. a I tu noon at clock, and were held at Xenia Central Wed- burial will be made in Fairview nesday night. Several more prae- Cernetery. tice debates are being arranged The Jody will remain at the wllb various schools before the home of her daughter until the league begin February 2.

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