Athens County fairgrounds recreation field at standstill
Athens County recreation field at the fairgrounds stalls after last fall’s scalping grading and drainage. Funds for top soil and seed are lacking as a legal framework to form a recreation commission delays progress. Local officials and groups urge prompt action to seed and complete the project for baseball and football use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
John Dowler
School Board
Fair Board
Sugges
Harold J. Rose
Athens
County School Board
Athens Board of Trade
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Athens and Surrounding Townships
The list records transfers of land and undivided interests in properties across Athens and nearby townships. Names include John Fleming King Effie Robinson Gillean Mayle Arthur T. Stuart Ruth Daugherty Mae Andrews Elmer Jones Realty Inc N L Russell Donald E Robinson Denver McVay Thomas H Martin Donna Lee Simmons Patricia Ann Grueser Howard McClain Jennie M Davis Samuel Erskine Leo Joseph Walker Benjamin Black Lulu Metcalf James M Josten Julia Porter Wise Delbert Kelly Waldo Douglas Frank Dickens Ruth B Stratton and more with parcels in Bern Athens Alexander Lee Guthrie and Campbell additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fleming King
Herman B. Hune
Bern Township
Effie Robinson
J. W. Cayton
Ames Township
Gillean Mayle
Ira Mayle
Arthur T. Stuart
Thelma Clive Ice
Alexander Township
Ruth Daugherty
James Wood
Vera Mae Andrews
Marion Andrews
Allendale
N. L. Russell
Bess E. Jones
Blackwood
Athens
Donald E. Robinson
Mary E. Williams
Athens Township
Denver McVay
Cora Wiley
Lee Township
Thomas H. Martin
McKinstry
Earl Haning
Guthrie Gould and Company
Howard McClain
Ohio University
Max Willard
Jennie M. Davis
Harper’s
Samuel B. Erskine
Leo Joseph Walker
Maplewood Place
Benjamin H. Black
Anson McLean
Lulu Metcalf
James M. Josten
Julia Porter Wise
Frank A. Richey
Cora Campbell
Delbert
Hattie Kelly
Waldo Douglas
Carl E. King
Frank Dickens
Earl E. Dailey
Stanley Heights
Ruth B. Stratton
Frank H. Cross
Daltonhurst
Fire department assists ill resident to hospital
The fire department emergency squad took J. F. Kempton of 318 W Union St to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 3 20 a m after he became ill at home according to Fire Chief Charles W Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
J. F. Kempton
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. Kempton
Charles W. Dalton
Degree Conferral Set by Athens Council at Masonic Temple
The Super Excellent degree will be conferred on a class of candidates Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple by Athens Council 15. Refreshments will be served, announced Ross M. Davis illustrious master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Athens
Conrath Bean Chapter Meeting Set for Friday Evening
Disabl ed American Veterans commander Daniel A. Pierce announced the Conrath Bean Chapter will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Friday to discuss veterans affairs and chapter activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrath Bean
Disabled American Veterans
Daniel A. Pierce
Bloodmobile visits set 345 pint quota at local church
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit the Church of the Good Shepherd on Monday and Tuesday with a 345 pint goal. Appointments are arranged by calling 31651 or 31387. Donors under 18 or not married or not veterans need parental consent. Blood donations aid family and national needs and transfers may occur between programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Church of the Good Shepherd
C. B. Nye
Funeral services for Harry E. Bobo in Greenfield
Harry E. Bobo 75 of Athens County died Tuesday after a heart attack at his Greenfield home. Survived by wife Florence foster daughter Shirley Bragg a brother H C Bobo and sisters Margaret Sheldon and Mary Holdcroft all of Athens. Friends may call after 2 p m Friday at Jagers and Sons funeral home. Services Saturday at 2 p m conducted by Rev. Charles Magruder. Interment West Union Street Cemetery mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Bobo
Athens County
Greenfield
Florence Bobo
Shirley Bragg
H. C. Bobo
Margaret Sheldon
Mary Holdcroft
Athens
Jagers and Sons
Charles Magruder
West Union Street Cemetery
Athens Radio Club Installs Four Officers
Four officers of the Athens Radio Club were installed at a regular meeting in the club room at 182 N Lancaster St. Bob Shellman was named president, Bill Shingler vice president, Denver Gooding treasurer, and Jim Eblin secretary. The club invites anyone interested in radio to attend weekly meetings on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
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Athens Radio Club
N. Lancaster St
Bob Shellman
Bill Shingler
Denver Gooding
Jim Eblin
Journalism Professor to Attend Ohio Convention
Russell N. Baird associate professor of journalism at Ohio University will attend the annual convention of the Ohio College Newspaper Association in Cleveland Friday and Saturday. He is executive secretary of the OCNA. About 30 Ohio college representatives will lead panel discussions on news writing coverage typography and national advertising. The convention will be held on the Case Institute of Technology campus.
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Russell N. Baird
Ohio University
Ohio College Newspaper Association
Cleveland
OCNA
Ohio
Case Institute of Technology
Marriage Licenses for Several Couples in Athens Area
Dwight Edwin Weiss 36 of Athens and Lois Marilyn Sherman 25 of New Marshfield. Wayne Lee Holderman 22 of Athens and Sandra Lucille Tucker 24 of Athens. Harold McGee 23 of Glouster and Myra North 19 of Glouster. Tom E. Pappas 23 of Glouster and Alice Kay Holbert 21 of Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Edwin Weiss
Athens
Lois Marilyn Sherman
New Marshfield
Wayne Lee Holderman
Sandra Lucille Tucker
Harold McGee
Myra North
Glouster
Tom E. Pappas
Alice Kay Holbert
Ohio U Trustees Session Reviews Growth and Housing Plans
The Ohio University Board of Trustees met in Cutler Hall to discuss expanding staff to handle rising enrollments, maximizing existing facilities, and plans for a final East Green dormitory on Edgehill Cafeteria site with work starting in fall 1957. They also considered branches in Washington D C and Martins Ferry, ongoing projects including Jefferson Hall and the Galbreath Chapel, and a married students housing project on Wolfe Street. A seventh item covered changes to the athletic aid program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Cutler Hall
Univer
Sity
East Green
Edgehill
Washington D.H
Mar
Shade School Chief Plans Retirement
Laud F. Miller, executive head of Shade Schools, will retire at the end of the current school year. Beginning in a Gallia County one room school house, he served as superintendent of Centerville and Vinton Schools in Gallia County and Chauncey Albany Hollister and Shade Schools in Athens County. He started teaching at 18 and was a high school principal at 26, with degrees from Ohio State and Ohio University. He will reside at his farm outside Athens after retirement.
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Dowler
Carl Nessley
Ohio University Physical Education Department
L. C. Baker
Fair Board
H. C. Bobo
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
George Christman
W. H. Wakefield
Fred Swearingen
Athens
Herman Humphreys
the Plains
S. L. Darst
Chauncey-Dover
Laud F. Miller
Shade Schools
Gallia County
Miller
Centerville
Vinton
Chauncey, Albany, Hollister and
Shade
Athens County
Ohio State
Ohio University
State Jaycees Leader Addresses Athens Chapter
Gene Brown state president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Athens Jaycees in city hall chambers. He outlined state level work and showed a film of local Jaycees activities. Portsmouth president Harry Kuhner attended and is a candidate for state vice president. A district meeting was announced for 11 a.m. Sunday in Pomeroy.
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Gene Brown
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Athens Jaycees
Brown
Jaycees
Harry Kuhner
Portsmouth Jaycees
Pomeroy
Improved Cattle Tests Discussed by Dairymen
Richard Kellogg manager of the Central Ohio Dairy Breeders Association spoke at the Dairy Service meeting Tuesday night. He stressed inheritance feeding and management as vital for income from top dairy producers. D B Dougan led the directors meeting after the Dairy Service session. Increased participation in dairy herd improvement testing programs was discussed.
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Richard Kellogg
Central Ohio Dairy Breeders Association
Dairy Service
Kellogg
D. B. Dougan
Directors
Recovery Ordered In Four Civil Suits
Four money suits filed by the Frozen Foodbank 284 E State St in Municipal Court have been settled. Defendants acknowledged the debt and the court ordered recovery for the plaintiff. Suits by F C and Marilyn S Bean against Mr and Mrs Currier Lewis F and June Jeffers and Thomas and Goldie Whitlock covered freezer purchases and specific owed amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frozen Foodbank
E. State St
F. C
Marilyn S. Bean
R. Currier
Lewis F
June Jeffers
Thomas and
Goldie Whitlock
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Rose
Nessley
Columbus
C&soe
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Borden Company Foundation
Roger A. Pendell
Dayton
University College
Gaige B. Paulsen
Baker
Rush Elliott
College of Arts and Sciences
Elmer Jones Realty, Inc
George Stanley Love
Shell
Belford Davis
Cussins & Fearn Stores
Everblooming
Caledonia
MES
Dupont
Harry Bobo
Ohio U. Trustees
Shade School
Shoe Hotel
Berry Bldg
Mfr's
Jobber's
Carlings
Ralph Haley
Ali
Bell & Howell
Eastman
Aires
TOC
Revere
Dukane
Eico
Emerson
Stenorette
Polaroid Land Cameras
Webcor
Wilshire
Emerson Portable Transitor
Bolsey
Were Smith
North Court Street
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