County Chest X-Ray Drive Slated for April Across Athens County
Free public chest X rays available to residents 15 and over from April 21 through 30 via two mobile units visiting schools industries and public spots in Athens County. Officials urge participation to detect and treat tuberculosis early. tests require only minutes and are confidential.
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Athens County
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Glouster
Main St
Moose Hall
Chauncey
City Hall
Nelsonville
Brooks
Heavy Frost Hits Athens County As Temp Drops
Heavy frost was reported in Athens County early Tuesday with no damage yet reported. County agent Ross Wright noted concern for fruit trees in bloom as a thermometer at Hamley Run fell to 26 and then rose to 28 by 9 a.m. The previous day saw a temperature swing from 40 to 44 degrees.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamley Run
Museum Chief Speaker for Men's Group Dinner
J. Arthur Maclean curator emeritus of the Toledo Museum of Art will speak at the first dinner meeting of the Church of the Good Shepherd's Men's Club on April 22 at 6 15 p.m. in the church. He recently became coordinator of art and cultural activities at the Ohio State Museum for the state’s sesquicentennial.
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J. Arthur Maclean
Toledo Museum of Art
Church of the Good Shepherd
Maclean
Ohio State Museum
Ohio State
University of Toledo
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Akron Art Institute
Drivers Given Stiff Penalties
Two drivers faced penalties in separate cases for leaving the scene of accidents. Ralph Nice, 61, Guysville, was fined 100 and costs plus six months license suspension in Common Pleas Court. Mildred Colby, 37, Fairgrounds, was fined 50 and costs with 30 day jail sentence suspended after an incident at The Plains. John Humphries Jr., 19, Coolville, paid 10 and costs in a Justice court for passing in a hazardous zone.
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Francis D. White
Common Pleas
Ralph Nice
Guysville
Nice
State Highway Patrol
Stewart
Mildred J. Colby
Fairgrounds
Peter B. Seel
the Plains
John Humphries, Jr
Coolville
Court of Justice of the Peace
T. F. Ceclon
Theft of 12-foot boat at Hockingport camp
Deputy Joyce reports a 12 foot wooden boat stolen from a summer fishing camp at Hockingport. The boat owned by Wallace Glenn was taken from a screened porch where it had been stored for winter.
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Hockingport
Sheriff's Department
Frank Joyce
Wallace Glenn
Rome-Canaan Students Win State Music Auditions
Rome-Canaan students and ensembles earned superior and excellent ratings at state music auditions in Portsmouth on Saturday. George Crawford and Eddie Sweeney led top ratings, with several ensemble members named, and the Rome-Canaan Youth Choir advances to Granville for state finals. The choir received vestment donations totaling 125 and seeks funds for a piano.
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Stewart
Rome-Canaan
Portsmouth
Pauline W. Heft
George Crawford
Theodore Crawford
Athens
Sweeney
Kim
Dwight Kim
Guynsville
Mariene Burke
Joan Chambers
Grace Russell
Carol Gould
Shirley Colburn
Mary Ann Dwyer
Catherine Deeter
Sally Noble
Ada Parsons
Crawford
Frost
Roger Copeland
Granville
Dwight Barrows
Plano
Births and Admissions at Shelterin Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs A N Hart of Guysville welcomed a son. Admitted: George Patfenberzer Athens John Johnson Athens Mrs Betty Addington Trimble Mrs Lillian Wolfe Athens Mrs Irene McKibben Chauncey Mrs Edith Jordan Athens. Dismissed: William Watkins Athens Walter Keirns Millfield Richard Hurst Athens Henry and Anna Echstenkamper Glouster.
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George Patfenberzer
Athens
John Johnson
Betty Addington
Trimble
Lillian Wolfe
Irene McKibben
Chauncey
Edith Jordan
William Watkins
Walter Keirns
Millfield
Richard Hurst
Henry
Anna Echstenkamper
Glouster
Student Evangelism Series Set by Dr. J. Lem Stokes
Dr. J Lem Stokes secretary of religion on Methodist college campuses presents a three day student evangelism series. The event began Monday at First Methodist Church with evening talks at 7 30 on Tuesday and Wednesday titled Lets Fall in Love with Life and This Is Where Life Starts. Stokes speaks at an Initiation banquet tonight for Kappa Delta Pi. Estella Boys of Cincinnati chairs the Westley Foundation series.
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J. Lem Stokes
First Methodist Church
Kappa Delta Pi
Education
Estella Boys
Cincinnati
Westley Foundation
Rites Set Thursday for Mrs. Fred Landis 70
Funeral services are scheduled Thursday at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Fred Landis 70 who died Monday at her home 67 North High Street. She was a member of the First Christian Church and the Women's Benefit Association. Friends may call after Wednesday noon at Jagers funeral home. Rev Joe Bavett will conduct.
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Fred Landis
N. High St
Legion Meeting Set by K. T. Crossen Post
The semi monthly American Legion gathering led by Commander Paul Lewis will be a social event Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Refreshments by Owen Carmichael will be served.
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K. T. Crossen
OU Baccalaureate Speaker Named Dr Herman Fr Page
Dr Herman Fr Page Episcopal bishop of Northern Michigan will give the baccalaureate address for Ohio University spring graduates in Memorial Auditorium on June 7. The outdoor commencement program on the west portico will feature Deane W Malott president of Cornell University.
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Herman FR. Page
Episcopal
Northern Michigan
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
John C. Baker
Deane W. Malott
Cornell University
Bishop Page
Idaho
Harvard University
Episcopal Theological School
Boston
State of Washington
Dayton
Washington
Edward W. W. Lewis
United Congregational Church
Norwich
Conn
Lewis
Athens High Musicians Rated Superior in State Finals
Athens High School musicians earned 13 superior and 8 excellent ratings at the state solo and ensemble contest in Portsmouth. Members earning superior honors include Sheff Cutler Jane Barker Ann Matson Marie Stehr Carol Alexander and others across piano clarinet saxophone woodwind strings and vocal groups. The band orchestra and choral units had 40 superiors and 12 excellents at district. state competition awaits April 18 at Delaware with a spring concert set for April 29 in the school auditorium.
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Athens
Ohio
Portsmouth
Edward Baas
Sheff Cutler
Jane Barker
Ann Matson
Marie Stehr
Carol Alexander
Dick Barker
Shirley James
Rich
Ard Slater
Delores McIntorf
Ellie Baker
George Sands
Phil Saunders
Ted Krauss
Arthur Hawkins
Pat Peterson
Joan Bush
Phyllis Peterson
Beth Collins
Suzie Shepard
Geneva Wilson
Nancy Riegel
Elaine Overly
Marilyn Daft
Nancy Brooks
Jan Musser
Carolyn Williams
Roma Tom
Clark Higgins
Bob McCammon
Jim McHarg
Gloria Thompson
Ohio University
Delaware
Athens Kiwanis Club clears playgrounds for spring cleanup
Despite cold winds, the Athens Kiwanis Club met at the W Union Street playgrounds to begin a spring cleanup. Under Don Thomann the committee led grass burning backstop repair and painting benches while scraping and raking the baseball diamond. The program, supported with city and school system oversight, will also host junior high baseball practice. Members include Thomann Dr J A Hamilton Marion Rose Earl Williams Charles Kelch and E G Clifton.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
W. Union St
and Girls
Don Thomann
Kiwanis Club
Athens
Thomann
Marion Rose
Far! Williams
Charles Kelch
E. G. Clifton
Engineering Student Wins at ASCE North Central Conf.
Ohio University civil engineering senior Ray Fogg took first in a student paper contest at the ASCE North Central Conference in Detroit. He earned 25 dollars for a study on preventing buckling in thin steel sections. OU sent seven students to the conference with delegates from 13 colleges in Ohio and Michigan.
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Ray Fogg
Ohio University Civil Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
Detroit
Fogg
Ohio
Michigan
Boy Scout Troop 57 Hosts Parents Night and Court of Honor
Troop 57 plans a Wednesday Parents Night with a Court of Honor and charter presentation. Scoutmaster Richard McClung will oversee tenderfoot investitures and installation of junior officers. A 6:30 p.m. covered dish dinner follows at the First Christian Church basement.
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Boy Scout Troop 57
Richard McClung
Tenderfoot
First Christian Church
Man Fined Fifty Dollars in Drunkenness Case
Arve E. Cross, 32, of W Union Street, pleaded guilty to intoxication. A $50 fine and costs were levied, with $25 suspended by Mayor Peter B. Seel. Police said Cross injured his wife's arm in an argument.
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Arve E. Cross
W. Union St
Peter B. Seel
Cross
Funeral services for Mrs Wayne Jones in Burlingham Church
The Rev Everett Allman will conduct funeral rites Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Burlingham Church for Mrs Wayne Jones 71 a former Athens resident who died Saturday night at Zaleski Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery
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Everett Allman
Burlingham Church
Wayne Jones
Athens
Zaleski
Two Auto Accidents Reported by Police
City police investigated two mishaps on Athens streets Monday night. At Lancaster and Carpenter Streets Fred Sapp 41 of 64 Morris Ave and Guard Dickens 25 of Millfield collided at 9 50 p m with no injuries. A hit skip crash on E Union Street involved David C Baird 16 of 30 Elmwood Place and a parked car 7 30 p m.
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Athens
Lancaster
Carpenter Streets
Fred Sapp
Morris Ave
Franklin D Iickens
Millfield
E. Union St
David C. Baird
Elmwood Place
Albany Masonic Lodge to confer Master Mason degree
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will confer the Master Mason degree at an 8 p m meeting Thursday according to John L Ingram, master.
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Albany
Albany Lodge
F&am
John L. Ingram
Bloodmobile visit falls short of Athens County quota
With a 150 pint target, only 65 pints were donated by 76 registrants at Monday’s blood bank drive. County recruitment chair B. F. Cutler urged optimism for the May 11–12 drive to meet and exceed the quota.
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B. F. Cutler
Athens County
Owever
Cutler
Mary Belle Adams
Albany
Ohio University
Fred Tate
Robert McCreanor
Clark Collins
Alice Robe
C. M. Ashworth
David West
Harry Looney
Harry Jooney
McBee Company
Bevery Wingett
Don Johnson
Paul Jones
George McGarvey
Kenneth Beckley
Don Jacobs
George Smith
James Hutchinson
Charles Mac Daniel
James Andrews
Clyde Whitlatch
Joan Brown
Charles Russell
Phil Halbirt
Clarence Frost
Jerry Tolliven
Paul Ferry
Mabel Hart
Ruth McFadden
Frank B Dilley, Jr
Virginia Efaw
Clarice Cunningham
Beatrice Stail
Alice Lochard
Margaret Campbell
Anny Campbell
Maxwell Ferguson
George Linn
Bernard Cuckler
Mabel McCoy
Jack Earich
Biddy Marich
Floyd Dillinger
Ben Howery
Betty Wagner
Herschel Kelsey
Emrogene Yeager
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Jack Wise
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