Hocking River Flood Hits Athens Area Fortunes Rise
The Hocking River rose to 20.9 feet as 4.71 inches fell in two days, washing out roads and isolating parts of Athens. Schools closed, rail service maintained, emergency air service prepared, and residents fled flooded homes while volunteers moved stock and equipment to higher ground. Local highways across Meigs to Nelsonville and beyond were closed, and boats or ferries aided transport on flooded streets.
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Hocking
Red Cross
C. N
France
Athens
Glouster
Burlingham
Meigs County
Chauncey
Albany
Strouds Run
Coolville
Clayton
Nelsonville
Broadwell
Kingsville
Kimberly
Buchtel
Canaanville
Harry Richards
Richards
Richland Avenue
State Hospital
OU Basenball Field
Stella Ave
Woodland Ave
Richland Ave
Athens County Fairgrounds
G. F. Pincelli
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wolf St
Dana Bush
Harry Graham
Dewey Laughlin
Lewis Hicks
North Stewart
E. Union St
Stolen Sedan Recovered in Cleveland
A 1947 sedan reported stolen in Athens on March 29 was recovered in Cleveland in running condition with altered license plates. Police identified a man, Frank Carro, 25, in custody. Athens officials planned to return him but high water delayed travel. Kipling Shoe Co. of Huntington, WV, the car owner, was notified. Ray Sullivan, a company salesman, reported the loss.
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Athens
Cleveland
J. B. Grogan
Grogan
Frank Carro
Kipling Shoe Co
Huntington
W.va
Ray Sullivan
Arbor Week Observed By Kiwanis Club Program
Kiwanis Club observes Arbor Week at a Monday meeting with Richard B. Rypma Ohio University botany assistant delivering slides and a narrative on vegetation types. He advises pruning by normal growth and after flowering for flowers, notes government pamphlets. OU economist E. T. Hellebrandt inducted. H. Hewell Roseberry earns two year perfect attendance. Attendants include Ben F. Borceman and Leslie Bryant from Commerce.
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Kiwanis Club
Richard B. Rypma
Ohio University
Ryoma
E. T. Hellebrandt
H. Hewell Roseberry
Ben F. Borceman
Leslie Bryant
United States Department of Commerce
Washington
Joseph E. Thackrev
Constitution Lodge to confer Fellow Craft degree
A special meeting of Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM will be held Thursday at 7 30 p m to confer the Fellow Craft degree. Visitors are welcome says S L Collins master.
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
S. L. Collins
Rotary Elects New Officers Hears Speaker
The Rotary Club met Monday noon as members elected a new board and officers for the coming year. Dwight H Rutherford became president with George W Starcher as vice president P O Nichols secretary and Sol Rosenberg treasurer. New directors include Dr Blaine R Goldsberry Mo Dorman and John Jagers. Dr Victor A Goedicke Ohio University associate professor of mathematics lectured on New Developments in Astronomy and shown a film about sun eruptions and their effect on short wave radio.
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Rotary Club
Victor A. Goedicke
Ohio University
Mo Dorman
John Jagers
Goedicke
Colorado
W. Huston Lillard
B. L. Bloom
T. R. Biddle
Florida
Dean W. S. Gamertsfelder
Flood postponements ripple through Athens area events
Flooded highways forced postponements across city and county activities. The Athens County Society for Crippled Children and Adults clinic at First Presbyterian Church with Dr Judson Wilson was delayed. A Scouter training session in Nelsonville was postponed per scout executive Joseph Mihalka. The Athens County school boards annual meeting at Alexander Presbyterian Church was also moved.
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The
Messenger
Athens County Society For
First Presbyterian Church
Judson Wilson
Columbus
Nelsonville
Joseph A. Mihalka
Athens County School Boards
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Births and admissions at Shelter Arms Hospital
Births reported to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hawk of Athens a daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brown of Athens a daughter. Admissions include Pearl Love of Athens major surgery, Goldie Coffman of Glouster major surgery, Mrs. Doris Daggett of Athens major surgery, Carroll Tippett of Chauncey major, Charles Dunfee of Athens major, Mrs. Fileen Throckmorton of Albany minor surgery. Dismissals include Mrs. Elizabeth McKnight and son of Albany, Mrs. Josephine Billet of Athens, Dudley Caplinger of Athens, Mrs. Maggie Blake of Coolville, and Mrs. Georgia Kail of Athens.
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Roy Hawk
Athens
Youte
Chester Brown
Pearl Love
Goldie Coffman
Glouster
Doris Daggett
Carroll] Tippett
Chauncey
Charles Dunfee
Fileen Throckmorton
Albany
Elizabeth McKnight and Son
Josephine Billet
Dudley Caplinger
Maggie Blake
Coolville
Georgia Kail
Two Athens Countians Fined Over Dog Tag Violations
Athens County Justice J. W. Bailey fined Frank Jenkins Mineral and Virgil Gilkey Canaanville five dollars plus costs for failing to obtain dog tags after affidavits by county dog warden G. J. Tewksbury. One fine suspended when evidence showed a tag purchased soon after the warden’s visit.
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Athens
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Bailey
G. J. Tewksbury
Frank Jenkins
Mineral
Virgil Gilkey
Canaanville
Bailey
Ter
Social Security Visit Postponed in Ohio Flood
R. B. Youmans of the Social Security Board in Zanesville announced the Athens visit set for Wednesday April 14 is postponed to Wednesday April 21 due to flooded highways. The Nelsonville trip planned for today is postponed to April 27.
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R. B. Youmans
Social Security Board
Zanesville
Social Security
Athens
Nelsonville
Elders Deacons to Convene at Presbyterian Church Tonight
Men of the Board of Elders Trustees and Deacons will meet at 7 p m tonight at the Presbyterian Church the notice said The gathering aims to discuss church affairs and upcoming activities.
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Presbyterian Church
Auto owner fined for missing elicense tag
Safuel Sifus eighteen of 3 Park Place paid a five dollar fine and costs imposed by Mayor W F Mickle for failing to display elicense tags on his automobile.
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W. F. Mickle
Safuel Sifus
Park Place
Athens High Seniors Plan Friday Play
Athens High School senior class members rehearse for the Friday evening presentation of the play Seven Keys to Baldpate in the high school auditorium. The comedy follows a murder mystery with pistol shots, stolen money, crooked politicians, and a fraudulent deal, featuring a large cast and a student director with school staff guiding the production.
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Athens High School
Baldpate
Dan Morrison
Ann Rowles
Jack Woolley
Merrill Thomas
Joan Vance
Jackie Deem
Richard Romine
Betty Snyder
Jim
Hudson Heads Health Group President of Ohio Student Health Assoc
Dr. F. E. Herndon Hudson of Ohio University health service was elected president of the Ohio Student Health Association at the Ohio College Association meeting in Columbus. He had been vice-president last year and succeeds Dr. Adam B. Denison of Western Reserve University. The session featured a health procedures symposium and campus health center organization discussion, with Dr. Frank R. Moore and Dr. Eleanora L. Schmidt attending from the Ohio VA health service.
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FE. Herndon Hudson
Ohio University Health Service
Ohio Student Health Association
Columbus
Ohio College Association
Hudson
Adam B. Denison
Western Reserve University
Frank R. Moore
Eleanora L. Schmidt
Ohio
Va, Health Service
Taxicab and Truck Crash at Court and Union Streets
Athens report says an Economy Taxi Co cab driven by 18 year old Donald Meek and an Athens Messenger truck operated by 23 year old Norman Saylor collided at Court and Union streets. Both escaped injury and both drivers claimed the green light.
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Athens
Economy Taxi Co
Court and
Union Streets
Donald Meek
State St
Union
Norman Saylor
New Marshfield
Planking Bought for County Bridges by Commissioners
Ten thousand board feet of oak planking for county bridge maintenance was purchased by the Board of Commissioners. The oak planks from Orlan C. Powell of Coolville Route 1 were approved at 65 dollars per thousand with delivery to the Athens yards.
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Board of Commissioners
Orlan C. Powell
Coolville
Athens
Ames-Bern senior class set to stage Here Comes Charlie
Ames-Bern Senior Class presents the play Here Comes Charlie in the high school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. Cast includes Dick O Neal Clifton Linscott Wanda Hines Donna Bolin Jeraldine Hamilton Robert King Mary Moore David Antle Jimmy Justice and Virginia Morehead.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern
Charlie
Dick O'Neal
Clifton Linscott
Wanda Hines
Donna Bolin
Jeraldine Hamilton
Robert King
Mary Moore
David Antle
Jimmy Justice
Virginia
Morehead
Blickle To Give Faculty Talk Tonight At Ohio University
Dr. Arthur H. Blickle associate professor of botany will present the final talk in Ohio University 1947 48 faculty lecture series tonight at 8 p m in the Chemistry auditorium. The topic Our Natural Heritage the Forest covers forest conditions in the United States and Ohio and forestry practices.
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Arthur H. Blickle
Ohio University
Navy
J.g
Buckle
Marietta College
University of Cincinnati
United States
Ohio
Ohio University Fund
Sigma Xi
Botanical Society of America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
A. T. Volwiler
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Ralph Smeck
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Main
East Union
Fast Union
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Ohio University Baseball Park
Athens Machine Co
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Athens Fire Department
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East Side School
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R. FE. McCammon
Berry Hotel
Economy Savingss Loan CO
Masons
Athens Home Telephone CO
Rotary
Sheltering Arms Hospital
John J. Heter
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
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Holtzman
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Treaty of Athens
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