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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1960

Page

7

City Teachers Feted By Kiwanis In Athens Dinner

Ohio University education professor Dr. George Hill spoke at a Monday Kiwanis gathering honoring Athens junior and senior high teachers with a dinner. Hill urged continued support of schools and early planning for counseling, stressing children as society’s top asset and the need for parental trust in teachers' judgments. School leaders introduced their teachers and Kiwanis leaders announced a folk singing benefit at Athens High on May 8 featuring the Gospel Harmony Boys and the Harmoneers Quartet.

George Hill Ohio University Kiwanis Athens Hill John Evans Kenneth Woogerd Donald White Ira Burnfield Kiwanians Gospel Harmony Boys Huntington Harmoneers Atlanta Athens High John Heiskell Ken Myers Jim Porter George Davis Gallipolis Kiwanis Club

Athens Ninth Graders Plan Capital Trip

Seventy five ninth graders from Athens Junior High School will travel by train from Parkersburg to Washington D C for a weekend tour. Accompanied by four adults they will visit the Smithsonian Institute the U S Capitol Arlington National Cemetery and Mount Vernon among other sites. Students are to raise eighteen dollars fifty cents for transport admission tours and meals. The trip replaces the annual promotion exercises and will be part of the honors program.

Athens Junior High School Parkersburg Washington, D. C Washington Smithsonian Institute U. S. Capitol Congressional Library Arlington National Cemetery Alexandria Mount Vernon Clayton Smith Alice Schuler G. A. Gardner Athens

Plains Volunteer Fire Department meeting and carnival tickets

The Plains Volunteer Fire Department Association schedules a 7 30 p m meeting at the high school. Advance carnival tickets are on sale through members and students.

Volunteer Fire Department Association

Ohio University Baseball Coach Addresses Ath Club

Ohio University baseball coach Bob Wren spoke to the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry about a recent road trip to Toledo where the Bobcats beat the Rockets. He discussed the season through six remaining MAC games and named Miami Kent State and Western Michigan as tough remaining foes.

Ohio University Bob Wren Athens Rotary Club Berry Wren Toledo Bobcats Toledo University Rockets Miami Kent State Western Michigan Ohio U

Weather Report: Athens Sees 89 as 90s Pulled Back

Partly cloudy Monday kept temperatures just under 90 with Athens reporting a high of 89 and a rural Hamley Run reading near 90. In Athens U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer logged a 58 degree low and 75 at 10 30 a m, while the rural low fell to 52.

Athens Hamley Run U. S C. L. Colmer

Ex-Resident Freida Lewis Stabile Dies in Mars Pa

Former Athens County resident Mrs Freida Lewis Stabile died Sunday in Mars Pennsylvania at the home of her son Ralph Odell Stabile. She had been ill a year and had moved to Pennsylvania years ago. Her husband and one son Delbert Smith died earlier. Surviving are sister Mrs Golden Gabriel Athens two daughters Betty and Florence both in Pennsylvania and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Athens County Mars Ralph Odell Stabile Aaron Lewis Athens Golden Gabriel Betty Florence Pennsylvania Margaret England

OU Professor Is Guest At Cornell

Dr. Claude E. Kantner head of the dramatic art and speech department at Ohio University visited Cornell University Speech Department on April 25 and 26. He delivered two lectures on the cleft palate and related problems. Previously in 1947 he served three years as speech pathologist at the University of Oregon Medical School in Portland Oregon.

Cornell University Ohio U Kantner University of Oregon Medical School Portland Ore

Waterfowl Migration Studied Across Ohio District

The Ohio Wildlife Council funds three migratory game bird projects totaling 83,000 to track duck populations. Richard J. Schuerman notes duck couples at Lake Hope and Lake Alma, while officials at the Division of Natural Resources count passing ducks to gauge population trends. The Ohio Migratory Game Bird Surveys starts June 1 with two related projects on farms and wetlands beginning July 1.

Vinton County Richard J. Schuerman Lake Hope Lake Alma Division of Natural Resources State St Ohio Ohio Wildlife Council

County Teacher Unit To Elect Officers

Athens County Education Association to elect next year’s officers at a 7 p m meeting Wednesday in Albany school. Refreshments will be served after the business session, said president William Philabaum.

Athens County Education Association Albany William Philabaum

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