Lausche To Speak at Inauguration of Ohio Univ President
John Calhoun Baker will be inaugurated as the fourteenth president of Ohio University in an outdoor service before Cutler Hall on Friday May 11 at 3 o'clock Governor Frank J Lausche will administer the oath Following the McGuffey pattern the ceremony will be simple and include a color guard the university band the national anthem and an invocation by the Rev Harold F Kell FE If bad weather the event moves to Alumni Memorial Auditorium The inauguration committee includes Dr Victor Whitehouse Dr Irma Voigt Prof Philip L Peterson George C Parks B T Grover and Prof T N Hoover The committee has studied historical records to match the 1839 McGuffey induction and Baker succeeds Dr Gamertsfelder who resumes his deanship
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John Calhoun Baker
Ohio University
Cutler Hall
Frank J. Lausche
William Holmes McGuffey
Lau
Walter S.gamertsfelder
Memee
Board of Trustees
Ewing Hall
Harold F.kell FE
First Methodist Church
Lauscfe
Baker
Alumni Memorial
Victor Whitehouse
Irma E. Voigt
Philip L. Peterson
George C. Parks
B. T. Grover
T. N. Hoover
Harvard University
Gamertsfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate College
Albany High School graduate dies in action
Pfc. McVay, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. McVay of Albany, was killed April 11 with the Seventh Army. He enlisted April 27, 1944, trained at Sheppard Field and Fort Benning, and had been overseas two and a half months. He leaves his wife Bernadine of Mt. Cory and their daughter Sharon, aged 3, plus his grandmother, two sisters and a brother serving in Germany.
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Pic. McVay
D. L. McVay
Albany
Seventh Army
War Department
Bernadine
Mt. Cory
McVay
Sheppard Field
Tex
Infantry
Fort Benning
Sharon
Louisa Stanley
Thomas Quick
Granville
E. C. Porter
Columbus
Sgt
Stanley McVay
Ordnance
Germany
Bird Walk Planned by Athens Bird Club Saturday
A 75 member audience heard Dr H T Gier discuss Athens County birds using skins slides and movies. The Athens Bird Club sponsors a nature program and a public bird walk on Saturday April 28 meeting at the entrance to Athens State Hospital grounds at 6 am.
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H T. Gier
Athens County
Gier
Athens
Dr. Gier
Athens Bird Club
James R. Seward
United States
Forestry Service
The
Bird Club
Athens State Hospital
At & Am
Divorce Granted for Halcie E Nelson in Athens
County Common Pleas grants a divorce to Halcie E Nelson from Sumner M Nelson for willful absence in Athens. The couple married September 25, 194.
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Halcie E
Nelson
Sumner M. Nelson
Athens
County Common Pleas
Walter Schenz Dies in Action April 15
Second Lieut. Walter D. Schenz, 19, son of Mr and Mrs G W Schenz 48 Hudson Ave, was killed in action April 15 in Germany. He was born in Nelsonville, graduated from Athens High School and attended Ohio University for a year. He entered service in 194? and went overseas last August. Besides his parents he leaves one sister Judy a student at Athens High School.
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Walter D. Schenz
G. W. Schenz
Hudson Ave
Germany
War Department
Schens
Nelsonville
Athens High School
Ohio University
Judy
Athens High School state tests day celebrated with awards
At a Junior-Senior assembly Athens High School awarded the football trophy of the Southeastern Ohio League presented by Paul Farley and accepted by student body president Ann Channel. National Honor Society awards were given as Superintendent Harper C Pendry congratulated the honorees.
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Athens High School
Paul Farley
Ann Channel
Ardeth Hansen
Anna Pickering
Martha Mauldin
Ursula Green
Marilyn Covert
Jim Honing
Tanita Wieoin
Co Cmewecenegs
Enue Ergy Batty
Kathleen McAfee
Marianne Sarver
Ardith Hansen
Lenora Graham
Harper C. Pendry
Sallie Hawkins
Wilma Munn
Alfred Carpenter
June Schuter
Marilyn Todd
Frank Dilley
Robert Jones
Margaret Scott
Richard Stone
Donna Jean Herbert
Richard ‘Mathews
James Pattick
Mary
Elizabeth Blaker
Carl Seaman
Thomas Dow
Mrs N James Rites Held in Hamden Today
Mrs Noel Vanderford James died Tuesday night in Washington D C after illness. Funeral services were held in Hamden Vinton County with Rev Richard Zeisler reading. She was born Jes sie Brown Rhulman and was widow of Noel V James of Zaleski. Her children are Pfc Albert Tyler James Mrs Ormand Demorest and Mrs William F Dorgan. Grandchildren are Alberta Noel James and Richard Darke Demorest. She was sister of William A Rhulman and Philip A Rhulman.
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Noel Vanderford James
Neil Ave
Columbus
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Ormand E. Demorest
Hamden
Vinton County
Richard Zeisler
Trinity Episcopal Church
James
Jessie Brown Rhulman
John Tyler Rhulman
Cornelia Strider Engle Rhylman Dickey
Harper's Ferry
W. Va
Noel V. James
Zaleski
Ohio
Mingo County
Dickey
Athens
Pfc
Albert Tyler James
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Ormand Demorest
Jean James
William F. Dorgan
Cornelia Moore James
Captain Dorgan
Detroit
Mich
The
Columbus Dispatch
Alberta Noel James
Richard Darke Demorest
William A. Rhulman
Marengo
Philip A.rhulman
Chillicothe
Funeral services for Jane Bailey Sunday in Coolville
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Bailey, who died Wednesday, will be held Sunday at two o'clock in the White Funeral home Coolville with the Rev. W. C. Dennis presiding. Burial will follow in Coolville Cemetery.
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Coolville
Jane Bailey
White Funeral Home
W. C. Dennis
Coolville Cemetery
Darrell West Wounded in Luzon action
Sgt Darrell L West of Albany Route 1 was wounded slightly in action on Luzon on April 3 He has been overseas three months Mr and Mrs W L West received word Their son served in World War II and recently sent word from the front Emma Josephine Brewer a Naval Training School graduate reported for duty in Cleveland Field Branch Bureau of Supplies and Accounts on the Oklahoma A&M campus
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Frank Easterling
Akron
Route 6
Albert
Mickey” Easterling
Philippine Islands
Henry F. McGrath
Athens
New Guinea
W. L. West
Albany
Darrell L. West
Luzon
West
Cleveland
Emma Josephine Brewer
Frank Brewer
New Marshfield
Naval Training School For Yeomen
Oklahoma A&m
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Health group to meet in Athens county notes
Officers of the Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association will meet at the Ohio University Men’s Gymnasium office on Tuesday May 1 at 7 30 p m. The notice calls members to attend and discuss plans for local health initiatives.
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Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Bird
Ohio University Men's Gymnasium
Eleanor West 13 Dies in Columbus Burial Planned in Athens
Eleanor Jane West age 13 daughter of Mrs Hannah Wrest and the late John Wrest died Thursday after illness in White Cross Hospital Columbus. Her father died in January. She leaves a mother two sisters Myrtie Kramer and Anna Mae West and five brothers Lester Chillicothe Charles Carl in Army Europe Don and Dave in Navy. Funeral Sunday at 1 pm in Chillicothe with burial about 3 pm in the Union Street Cemetery Athens.
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Eleanor Jane West
Hannah Wrest
John Wrest
Chillicothe
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
the Plains
Myrtie Kramer
Anna Mae West
Lester
Charles
Carl
Europe
Don
Dave
Navy
W. Union St
Athens
Alexander Group Attends Spring Rally at Nelsonville
A group of young people from Alexander Presbyterian Church will travel to Nelsonville Saturday for the Spring Rally of the Westminster Fellowship of the Athens Presbytery. They will be joined by Mrs. Raymond Webb Miss Anna P McVay and Mrs. Emory Allen. Bible School Sunday starts at 10 am with worship at 11 am as Prof. F L Shoemaker speaks on If We Are to Answer.
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Alexander
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Nelsonville
Westminster Fellowship of the
Athens Presbytery
Raymond Webb
Anna P. McVay
Emory Allen
F. L. Shoemaker
69 Piece AHS Band To Give Concert Tonight
Athens High School band under Karl E Witzler performs seven numbers from marches to ballads in the school auditorium tonight. Vocal and instrumental solos and a trumpet trio also featured. General admission at the door.
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Athens
Cence.r
Karl E. Witzler
Hickers
Ongele
Fraternal Order Informs Veterans Aid Role
The IOOF marked its 124th anniversary with a dinner at Athans Lodge No. 479 and Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge attended by 150. R I Wolf and Roger Connor spoke on Odd Fellows history and postwar fraternalism, stressing veteran rehabilitation and community support as servicemen return home.
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International Order of Odd Fellows
America
Athans Lodge No. 479
Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
R. I. Wolf
Ohio
Roger Connor
Magis
Don Fritz
IOOF
United States
Baltimore
Wolf
England
Connor
Go to Church Sunday Planned by Scouts
Boy Scouts of Troop 56 plan a Go to Church Sunday on May 13 with each Scout attending church services with his mother. May activities include Memorial Day services, a jarade, a bean supper for parents on May 16, outdoor meets May 10 and 31, and an overnight hike starting May 4. Scoutmaster Les Clark urges prep for tests in thrift building and pacing. Eagle, Wolf, and Lion Patrols present skits while Robert Jones and Don Flowers led songs. Other scouts at the meeting include Tom Allen Washington Burnfield John Blair Ted Cunningham Jack Dunlap Jim Edwards Don Finners George Good Harold Houx Bob Jones Lindley Jones Lewis Andis II Jack Vickers David White Tom Wootten Lynn Samford and Don McPherson.
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Boy Scouts
Troop 56
Scouts
Jack Wooley
Les Clark
Eagle
Robert Jones
Don Flowers
Tom Allen
Washington Burnfield
John Blair
Ted Cunningham
Jack Dunlap
Jim Edwards
Don Finners
George Good
Harold Houx
Bob Jones
Lindley
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H. K. Woodruff
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Ill
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Poston
Edward van Dyke
San Francisco
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Seaman
New York
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Guysville
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France
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Melsonville
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N.C
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Barberton
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Cpl
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
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37Th Division
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Chinaware
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Robert Kern
Hubert Freibault
Margaret Williams
Mary Daugherty
Sue Rowland
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Lina Hess
Betty Reeder
Barbara Algeo
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Tane Bailey
Darrell West
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Athens, Ohio
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Public Welcome
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Woodworth
Pat Griffin
Franz L. Woodworth
Tedar
N. Court
Jaynes Furniture Co
Court Street
Mr. Connor
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Joe B. Maffett
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Noble Grand
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OOF
Ihla Fae Kimes
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