Poor relief cases rising at Athens Kiwanis meeting
Miss Myrtie Dunbar district representative told Athens Kiwanis Club members that poor relief cases increased in 1945. County, state, and federal aid totaled 61 440 for dependent children, with county sharing 5 548 and state 25 172 plus federal 30 720. Remarks emphasized expanding county funds to leverage larger state and federal support and praised continued civic club aid and the return of veterans affecting family finances. Delegates to the International Convention in Atlantic City were named with alternates, guests noted.
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Athens
Myrtie Dunbar
Kiwanis
Miss. Dunbar
Miss Jane Club
Plummer
Athens City- Berry
County Health Department
C. Staats
Athens County
Miss Dunbar
Carl Frey J
C. B. Nye
Atlantic City
Fred Sands
S. G. Foster
James Roach
Foster Cornwell
W. H. Lowman
Filling of Cross to Be Palm Sunday
The Last ape of Coe by DuBois will be presented Palm Sunday April 14 under YWCA and School of Music in Memorial Auditorium at 6 p m. The program will be sung by the University Chorus of 83 voices directed by Sences of Men Stones University. Four soloists Rita Rackoff Patricia Denton Phillip Peterson and Daniel Saltzberg will perform. The event features the traditional Filling of the Cross with children bearing sweet peas and Easter lilies. The Seven Words will include Father Forgive Them and I Am Thirath.
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Coe
DuBois
YWCA
School of Music
Memorial Auditorium
University Chorus
Heere
University of C. Robinson
Sences
Men Stones University,cay
Rita Rackoff
Patricia Denton
Phillip Peterson
Daniel Saltzberg
Miss Rackoff
Athirat
Athens Men to Discuss Appeal on Flood Control Rejection
Four Athens residents including C. B. Nye and Mayor Franz Woodworth met U. S. resident engineer Lt Col. Harry Pockras in Huntington W V to discuss appealing the Army Corps rejection of the Hocking Valley flood control project. They sought reasons for the unfavorable report and whether the decision came from Washington. The group aimed to act before the March 29 deadline for appeals.
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Hocking Valley
Athens
U. S
Huntington
W. Va
C. B. Nye
Victor Hill
C. D. Shafer
Franz Woodworth
Cen
Harry Pockras
Logan
U. S. Army Engineer Corps
Washington
Pockras
Partition suit names 66 defendants in Amerville land dispute
Wal ter Mills brings partition action in Athens County court naming 66 defendants, one of the largest groups ever named in a single suit. Families trace ownership to 1800. land in question includes 14 800 square feet and passed to 67 heirs after Almen G Henry’s 1943 death. The crowded docket suggests tight courtroom space for proceedings.
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Walter Mills
Amerville
Athens County
Almen
G. Henry
Four Persons Given Fines for Violations
Three men were fined on charges related to defective brakes and driving without licenses. Clarence Munday, 25, Langdon, received $35 plus costs before Mayor Franz L. Woodworth. Pauline Scott, 24, Corning, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Sam Frazier for no license. Oral Daugherty of Nelson also faced fines for insufficient brakes.
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Clarence E. Munday
Lang ‘Bottom
Franz L. Woodworth
Sam Frazier
Wae
Pauline Scott
Corning
Frazier
Oral Daugherty
Nelson Ie
Students Plan Spring Concert at Athens High School
The Athens city schools music department will present its annual spring concert in the High School Auditorium on April 26. The Junior Band and Orchestra, newly formed, will perform and proceeds will support the band uniform fund. Uniforms arriving in August will be ready for the first football game, per director W C Fingerhut.
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Athens City
W. C. Fingerhut
Bomb Mission Described To Rotary Club
Former Eighth Air Force Captain Ronald Byer described a B 17 bombing mission over Germany to Rotarians. He explained preparation in England the mission and return to base. Byer a holder of four Distinguished Flying Crosses seven Air Medals and a Distinguished Unit Citation completed 43 missions two combat tours and is a graduate student at Ohio University. He and his wife and their six week old daughter reside at 294 1 2 E State St.
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Germany
Eighth Air Force
Ronald Byer
Byer
England
Byers
457
Ohio University
Sheila Rae
E. State St
Ohio University students craft unique rings in jewelry class
Jewelry making at Ohio University showcases student work with rings made from sterling silver copper and stones. Notable pieces include cat eye shells and kiln jewels. Students like Janis Poole and Agnes Severini lead standout designs while basic and advanced courses teach soldering shaping setting and finishing.
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Ohio University
Hazel Willis
South Pacific
Org
Willis
Janis Poole
Berea
Margaret Sayles
Clyde
Theodora Xanthou
Warren
Bernice Richardson
Athens
Agnes’ Severini
Steubenville
Jimne Bradley
Parker
Miss Willis
I C Chapman Dies at Home Of Daughter
COOLVILLE I C Chapman 76 died at the home of his daughter Mrs Kenneth Christy Sterling after years of ill health. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m in the Christian Church Tuppers Plains. Arbaugh Funeral Home is open for visitation. Survived by wife Velma and four children plus four sisters and two brothers. One brother and one sister predeceased him.
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Coolville
C.chapman
Kenneth Christy
Sterling
Christian Church
Tuppers Plains
Arbaugh
Chapman
Velma Chapman
Hess Wichols
Wheeling
K. Chapman
Grade Record Use Is Urged
Dr R L Morton of Ohio University urges use of a uniform transcript blank for sending high school credits to the university. Morton, chair of the Ohio College Association committee on high school and college relations, says the blank saves labor and is increasingly used. He spoke at a committee meeting in Columbus and urged Ohio youths to attend colleges within the state.
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R. L. Morton
Ohio University
Morton
Ohio College Association
Columbus
Ohio
Three Men Plead Guilty To Disturbing Peace
Three men arraigned in Mayor Franz Woodworth's court on intoxication charges admitted guilt. Isaac Van Dyke 63 Athens Route 2 Herb Rast 39 S Shafer St and Dean Maxwell 46 Athens Route 4 were fined five dollars plus costs after city police arrests.
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Franz Woodworth
City Police
Isaac van Dyke
Athens
Herb Rast
S. Shafer St
Dean Maxwell
F E Collins Trial Set April 17
Francis E Collins 23 of Smith Sr will go on trial in Athens County Common Pleas Court April 17 on charges of criminally assaulting a minor child. He recently returned from Athens State Hospital declared sane by a two man board after pleading not guilty by reasons of insanity. He was under 30 days of observation and was arrested last January for assaulting an eight year old Athens girl. Indicted by a grand jury, he changed his plea before the trial date. William B Bartels, former Athens lawyer now in Columbus, will defend.
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Francis E. Collins
Smith Sr
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Collins
Athens State Hospital
State
Athens
William B. Bartels
Columbus
Albert
Britton
Guysville
Franz Woodworth
George Bateman
Brit
Justice of the Peace Bailey
Frank Joyce
Common Pleas Court
Robert Stilwell
Hamley
Stilwell
Clarence Mourtie
Woodworth
James Rogaski
Regaski
Néllie Smith
Glouster
Roy Ball
Ball
Market Mixed As Price Controls Eased On Goods
New York markets showed mixed results with some stocks slipping while others held, as brokers noted a general ease in price controls on hedgy machinery and equipment items and a variety of consumer goods influencing trading patterns.
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NEW York
Vist
City Firemen Answer Frank Russell Home Blaze
City fire department extinguished a fire at Frank Russell’s home on Moore Avenue yesterday afternoon caused by hot ashes placed in a cardboard box. No injuries reported and investigations into the incident are ongoing.
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Frank Russell
Moore Ave
Divorce Action Filed in Athens County Court
Opal Paul files for divorce from Herbert Paul in Athens County Common Pleas Court charging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The petition notes they married in 1942 and have one child. RAM MEETS, WEDNESDAY Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will confer the Most Excellent Master degree at 7:30 p m with visiting companions welcome per J P J Huffman high priest.
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Opal Paul
Herbert Paul
Athens County Common Pleas Court
RAM
Athens
Royal Arch’ Masons
J .P. J. Huffman
Constitution Lodge Meeting Set for Thursday Evening
Constitution Lodge 426, F. and A. M. will meet Thursday at 7 30 P M as announced today by Master RL Dinsmoore. The notice conveys the regular lodge gathering with possible agenda items and routine proceedings.
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Constitution Lodge
RL Dinsmoore
Fere Peerente Pier
Mrs Grace Johnson Dies After Long Illness
Grace Johnson of 139 N Lawns St died this morning after a long illness Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown and Sons Funeral Home. The obituary notes she was a longtime resident and leaves a wake of community ties.
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Grace Johnson
Egan
N. Law
Regular Army Accepts 31 Men From Area
Regular Army accepts 31 local men through the Athens Recruiting Station officer in charge Capt Harold H. Birch announced this morning. The list includes Carl Wyer Arc y Rucker Elmer Oliver Paul Keirtia William Thompson Edward LeMasters Donald Harris James Leach Robert Chance Donnie Moore Robert Finch James Kirk Joseph Bissell Samuel Sanders Delbert Morris Jerry Whyte William Phelps Jack Gloeckner Jack Webb Clifford Chaney Jack Holland Walter Coen Ernest Love Wiley Chubb Max Sprague Walter Laferr e Robert De Voe Daniel Chapman and Orton Burton. Several veterans among the group were discharged more than 90 days, Birch noted, with re enlistment in the same grade facilitated by the army’s new bill of specialists.
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Athens
Harold H. Birch
Carl’ Wyer
Arcy Rucker
Elmer Oliver
Paul Keirtia
William Thompson
Edward LeMasters
Donald Harris
James Leach
Robert Chance
Donnié Moore
Robert Finch
James Kirk
Joseph Bissell
Samuel Sanders
Delbert Morris
Jerry Whyte
William Phelps
Jack Gloeckner
Jack Webb
Clifford Chaney
Jack Holland
Walter Coen
Ernest Love
Wiley Chubb
Max Sprague
Walter Laferre
James Grueser
Robert de Voe
Daniel Chapman
Orton Burton
Birch
Lecturer Warren Taylor to Speak on Columbus Discovery
Warren C. Taylor, director of the Cincinnati Round Table, National Conference of Christians and Jews, will deliver the concluding lecture of the Linten Public Affairs Series at First Methodist Church Wednesday evening. The talk titled Columbus Did Not Discover America will be public.
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Columbus
America
Warren c. Taylor
Linten
Cincinnati-Round Table
National Conference of Christians, and Jews
Mr. Taylor
Lay
John Bauer Dies at Warren
John Bauer former Athens grocer died last night at Warren hospital. He had run a store at 301 East State Street since 1932 before selling to work in a Warren defense plant. He owned a farm near Warren. Funeral arrangements are pending. Albany Grammar School will present an operetta The Magic Tree Friday at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium with numerous local students participating.
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John Bauer
Athens
Warren
Bauer
State St
Albany Grammar
Magic Tree
Cisudial Bolin
Nancy Myers
Bonna Jean Whaley
Donava Easler
Benny Danny
Nancy Wingo
Charles Chase
Wilma Elliott
June Bobo
Paul Shafer
Joy Dee McPherson
Philip Bolin
Bertha Norris
Elizabeth McPherson
Mary Bolin
Nita Peyton
Charlene Carsey
Norma Parsons
Lenten Organ Program at Good Shepherd Church
Mr Harold Landis Abmyer organist and choir director of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church will present a Friday evening program of sacred organ numbers starting at 8 p m The Rev pincy J Browne announced the recital Abmyer a Zanesville resident is a senior at Ohio University School of Music The selections will fit the Lenten season and the public is invited to attend
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Harold Landis Abmyer
the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Pincy J. Browne
Abmyer
Zanesville
Fof Music
Ohio University
Browne
Mrs Nellie Kollister Rites Set For Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie Ruth Kollister will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the church at Sugar Creek with burial in West Union Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home Wednesday after 4 p.m.
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Nellie Ruth
Kollister
Sugar Creek
West Union Cemetery
Paroles Granted to Southeastern Ohio Inmates
One Athens County man and three from Hocking County were among Mansfield Reformatory inmates granted paroles by the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission. James H. Yates of Athens is paroled June 12 for delinquency. Jeneé Allen, George Reynolds, and Vaughn E. Taylor of Hocking County are paroled May 15 after breaking and entering charges.
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Athens’ County
Hocking County
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Athens
James H. Yates
Jeneé Allen
George Reynolds
Marriage Licenses Applications Readied for Several Couples
Leslie Coon Jr 25 from The Plains and Olga Hunter 18 from Sugar Creek seek license. Belford O Bobo 27 Athens and Virginia Rogers 23 Athens also apply. Charles K Allen 21 Lancaster and Geneva L Lethridge 18 Nelsonville apply. Robert M Wilson 20 Nelsonville and Helen M Lehman 19 Nelsonville apply. James E Wolfe 24 Logan and Bee Eileen Warren 20 Doanville apply.
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Leslie Coon, Jr
the Plains
Olga Hunter
Sugar Creek
Belford O. Bobo
Athens
Virginia Rogers
Charles K. Allen
Lancaster
Geneva
L Lethridge
Nelsonville
Robert M. Wilson
Helen M. ‘Lehman
James E. Wolfe
Logan
Bee Eileen “Warren
Doanville
Vet Advisor To Be At OU For Subsistence Check Delays
W K Adams will visit Dr Victor Whitehouse’s Ohio University office Wednesday at 9 a m to meet veterans students in on the job training or with subsistence checks. Mr Sheridan said Adams will make monthly visits to gather delay information and forward it to the Dayton Regional Veterans Administration for action.
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W. K. Adams
Victor. Whitehouse
Ohio University
Frank ‘W.sheridan, Jr
Athena Veterans. Administration
Adams
Portsmouth Veterans, Administration
Sheridan
Dayton
Senior Play At Ath ens High April 19
Senior Class of Ath ens High School presents Captain Applejack on April 19 in the High School Auditorium under AWA Nella. The drama follows a calm middle aged Englishman who dreams of adventure then envisions himself as a pirate captain rescuing a distressed beauty before returning to ordinary life. Also note a Graham Chapel Prayer Band meeting at the Jeffers home led by Mrs Osee Oxee Douglas.
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Athens High School
Adiditorium
AWA
Nella
Eprayes
Graham Chapel
Stid
Sam Jeffers
Osee’. Oxee- Douglas
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