Ten Counties to Compete at Athens Music Festival April 16
About 500 delegates from 10 counties in the Southeastern Ohio District will meet at Memorial Auditorium for the annual Music Festival and solo and ensemble contests staged by the Ohio Music Education Association. Athens High School will host two large orchestras, vocal numbers, and solo entries with judges from Ohio University.
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Athens High
Southeastern Ohio
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio Music Education Association
Athens High School
Principals Attend Chicago Conference
Athens High School Principal O L Wood and Nelsonville High School Principal Kenneth Kineer attend the annual spring meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in Chicago. They are expected to return next Monday. The association accredits schools by educational standards alongside four other agencies nationwide.
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Athens
O L. Wood
Kenneth Kineer
Nelsonville
North Central Association of Colleges and Secundary Schools
Chicago
North Central Association
Nine Ohio Univ Seniors Named Phi Beta Kappa Members
Nine members including eight seniors and one junior were selected for Phi Beta Kappa honors by Ohio University. Initiation will be in early May with Dr. Carl Wittke, historian and new Oberlin dean, addressing members. Names include Ruth Alice McCullough, Clarence Wayne Matthews, Frances Louise Beck, and others.
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Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
Raymer McQuiston
Albert Gubitz
Carl Wittke
Ohio State University
Oberlin College
Ruth Alice McCullough
the Plains
Clarence Wayne Matthews
Fredericksburg
Frances Louise Beck
Martins Ferry
Dorothy Pauline Hilty
Ada
John Elmer Mahan
Cortland
Ruth Lancetta Barber
Beallsville
Eleanor Louise
Delegates Chosen For Columbus Convention From Athens Club
Cleo Shields and Martha Mansfield were selected as official delegates for the Athens High School Home Economics Club to the Home Economics Student Clubs of Ohio convention at Ohio State University this weekend. Doris Finsterwald Ann Barlow Mary Burns Odessa Brown Eileen Shoemaker and Margaret Kelley also attend. Tonight at 6 dinner for guests then Campbell Hall meeting. Ohio University Club will present a play. Saturday opens 9:30 reports and meetings with Miss Dorothy Bell presiding. A Model Home Economics Club Meeting from DeVilbiss High School Toledo. Dr Velma Phillips Ohio University will speak on Interpreting Home Economics to Our Elders. Luncheon at 12. Dr Emily Stogdill speaks Be Your Self. At 2:30 girls tour the Home Management House.
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Cleo Shields
Martha Mansfield
Athens High School
Ohio
Ohio State University
Doris Finsterwald
Ann Barlow
Mary Burns
Odessa Brown
Eileen Shoemaker
Margaret Kelley
Campbell Hall
Ohio University Club
Dorothy Bell
Marietta High
Guysville Evangelistic Services To Continue
The Guysville Methodist Episcopal Charge announces ongoing evangelistic services next week at the parish led by Pastor J. N. Rice. Evening meetings start at 7 30 p m with Epworth League aftercare. Sunday School convenes at 9 30 a m.
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Guysville
Bethany
Every Pupil Tests At Athens High School
Athens High School students take the Every Pupil Test this week as part of a diagnostic ranking to compare the school academically with others in the state. English tests were held in home rooms Wednesday, with geometry physics chemistry biology French and Latin Thursday, and Modern History tests today at 9 40 a m.
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Athens High School
Mrs. Mary Gibson Dies At Residence Of Son
Mrs. Mary Gibson aged 88 died at her son E G Gib son's home 21 W Carpenter St Thursday night from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born near Athens and lived in this vicinity all her life. Survived by one son two grandsons Charles Gibson New Marshfield R F D and Ralph Mineral one sister Mrs Lucy Bougher Dairy Ave and several nieces and nephews. She had eight brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held at Clarks Chapel Sunday at 2 p m Rev A H Beckett officiating. Friends may call Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home Saturday afternoon and evening or Sunday morning.
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E. G. Gibson
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Gibson
Athens
Charles Gibson
New Marshfield
Ralph
Mineral
Lucy Bougher
Dairy Ave
Clarks Chapel
A. H. Beckett
Dowler- Ferguson Funeral Home
Ohio University President Attends National Association Meeting
Herman G. James, president of Ohio University, attended an executive committee meeting of the National Association of State Universities in Chicago on Tuesday. He serves as secretary treasurer of the organization. A. H. Upham, president of Miami University and immediate past president of the association, also attended the meeting.
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Herman G. James
Ohio University
National Association of State Universities
Chicago
Doctor James
A. H. Upham
Miami University
Notary Examinations Set for Saturday in Athens Court
Examination of Athens County notary public commission holders, ordered by Judge O. F. Rowland, will be held in the courtroom at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, announced today by Attorney Samuel Erskine of the examining board.
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Athens County
Notary Public Commission
O. F. Rowland
Samuel Erskine
Junior Leaders Conference for Athens County Scouts Saturday
The first annual junior leaders conference for Athens County Boy Scouts will be held Saturday at Athens First Methodist Church from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m. Registration exhibits assembly programs chaired by Kelch Samford Thackeray and Ashwill precede group conferences led by George Thorne Whitaker Dalton Wachenschwanz and Kouri. A campus tour precedes luncheon with speaker Humphrey Then group assemblies follow and 1938 officers are elected plus entertainment and certificate awards to close.
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Athens County
Athens First Methodist Church
C. S. Kelch
C. D. Samford
J. E.thackeray
G. E. Ashwill
Robert George
Ralph Thorne
E. J. Whitaker
Ralph Dalton
Earl Wachenschwanz
Francis Kouri
Roberts Farm Change Hands In Carthage Township
John Niggemeyer of Dog Hollow in Carthage Township buys Charles Roberts farm on Pomeroy Road a 128 acre blue grass property long held by the Roberts family. Charles Roberts purchased it from his uncle 23 years ago.
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John Niggemeyer
Dog Hollow
Carthage Township
Charles Roberts
Pomeroy Road
Roberts
Special music planned at Alexander Presbyterian Church
Bible School service at 10 a m Sunday will feature special music. Walter Erwin, the new leader, will be in charge. The event promises a program of music and gathering at the church.
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Bible School
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Walter Erwin
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