Athens County to hold eight high schools commencement
The Messenger reports forthcoming commencement exercises for 215 seniors across eight Athens County high schools. Waterloo will graduate 19 seniors on May 21. Ames-Bern 28 on May 22. Hollister 33 on May 22. Rome-Canaan 28 on May 25. Carthage-Troy 33 on May 26. Plains 26 on May 28. Buchtel 23 on May 29. and Shade 25 with date to be announced.
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Athens County
F. J. Taylor
Jacksonville-Trimble
Albany
Greens Run
Taylor
UCU
Svaterloo High
Katheryn M. Pickett
Minnie Margaret Smith
Isabelle Irene Young
Bette Sue Six
Mary Maxine Anne Hileen Smart
Beulah Artistus Brooks
Donald Richard Gully
Louise Hartley
Roy William
Carter
Elmer Elliott
Gertrude V. Lovsey
Norman L. Saylor
James K. Mace
Betty June Saylor
Frances Idene Ely
Donna Kathleen Stanley
Luella Blanche Hill
Mma Josephine Brewer
Ames-Bern
Hollister High Schools
Aldo Antle
Allan Balderson
Rodney Campbell
Richard Craig
Hampton Johnson
Philip Linscott
Floyd Mathews
Robert Morehead
Carl Morris
James Nagle
Howard Parsons
Max Robinson
Chester Sanders
Bob Sedwick
Kenneth Vernon
Alice Ahle
Katheryn Border
Beaulah Calentine
Betty Echard
Wanda Herrold
Esther Keirns
Letha Keirns
Udrey LaVelle
Katherine Mathews
Edyth Meseher
Martha Morris
Marion Pierce
Margaret Smith
L. C. Staats
Dramatic Arts
Ohio University
Dorothea Mae Mace
Raymond Schaeffer
Robert Morrison
Nellie Ogg
Charles Patterson Floyd Patterson
Doris Poston
Thomas Rose
Eleanor Six
Gail Steinmetz
Marva van Horn
Thelma Wade
Raymond Vess
Ralph Maxwell
Carthage-Troy
Eleanor Allen
Frances Blake
Maywood Blake
Julian Bond
Bert Boggs
Densil Butcher
Howard Cole
Ethel Cornwell
Audra Deem
John Dixon
Hobart Dodderer
Stanley Galbreath
Max Gray
Russell Hall
Maralyn Henderson
Lunian Johnson
Eileen Kennedy
Naomi Kennedy
Francis Marshall
Basil Mantle
Madelyn Morrison
Andrew McCualsky
Emmanuean Powell
Marjorie Reed
Thelma Russell
the Messenger
Art Exhibit Taken to Gallery in Zanesville
Part of the University Elementary Training School exhibit is shown at the Art Institute in Zanesville with Zanesville teachers and Dr. Margaret Hampel arranging the display. Miss Mary Leonard joins the group to discuss creative art as plans to broaden arts opportunities for local children unfold. Some paintings will move to a Zanesville school for a week and another portion is at Columbus Art Gallery under the Ohio Education Association.
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University
Art Institute
Zanesville
Margaret T. Hampel
Asociate Profesor of
Mary Leonard
The
Columbus Art Gallery
Ohio Education Association
Football headgears recovered in Kentucky theft case
The football headgear valued at $100 stolen from G. B. Summer in Shepherdsville Kentucky was recovered. Police Chief J. B. Grogan said the case was found in a vacant lot on Second Street where thieves abandoned it after discovering its contents.
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G. B. Summer
Shepherdsville
Athens
J. B. Grogan
Second St
Clark divorce granted in common pleas court
An uncontested divorce from Mrs Vera Clark was awarded to Ralph Clark for gross neglect of duty. Married July 1 1937 they have one daughter whose custody was awarded to Mr Clark. All household furniture except a few items was awarded to Mr Clark.
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Vera Clark
Common Pleas Court
Ralph Clark
Clark
Oxley to Enter Service in Missouri Transfer
Boyd E. Oxley brother of Pvt Harold Oxley and son of Mrs. R H King is to be inducted this spring. He has been transferred to Jefferson Barracks Missouri after a brief stay at Ft Thomas Kentucky. He may be addressed as Pvt Boyd E Oxley U S Army Corps 354th Tech Sch Sp Sq Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
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Boyd Oxley
Harold Oxley
Camp Claiborne
R. H. King
Jefferson Barracks
Ft. Thomas
Pvt
Boyd E. Oxley
U. S. Army Corps
354Th Tech
Sch. Sp. Sq
Walter Davis Dies After Electric Work Accident
Walter Wilson Davis Jr. 25 of Athens died five hours after contacting a live wire on a pole near Union while employed by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. He left a wife Beatrice Saunders Davis and two children Ronald and Karen, with funeral set for Thursday at the First Christian Church.
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Walter Wilson Davis, Jr
Stewart Sr
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Union
Ing Arms Hospital
Davis
O. R. Sams
Sams
Athens High School
The
Electric Company
Beatrice Saunders Davis
Ronald Wilson
Karen Jean
Walter W. Davis
Carl Weber
Athens
First Christian Church
Frank Donaldson
W. Union St
S. Court St
Foutty Woman Sues For Divorce in Porterfield Ohio
Alice B Foutty 19 files for divorce from Carl Foutty in Common Pleas Court Porterfield Ohio citing extreme cruelty and neglect. Petition says Carl provided no food or clothing since marriage. Custody of their two year old daughter requested along with permanent alimony and child support.
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Alice B. Foutty
Carl Foutty
Porterfield
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Suit Dismissed in Common Pleas Court Over Unpaid Balance
Leonard Graham withdrew his suit against Virgil Baughman for $293.53 for services rendered between April 5, 1937, and January 4, 1940, with court costs assessed.
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Common Pleas Court
Leonard Graham
Graham
Virgil Baughman
Cincinnati Teen Dies After Car Rolls Near Lawrenceburg
Gloria Gilmour, 18, died when an automobile overturned near her Lawrenceburg Indiana home. She was the daughter of Harold Gilmour, a member of the Byrd Antarctic expedition.
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Cincinnati
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Gloria Gilmour
Harold Gilmour
Time Card East and Rail Schedules Snapshot
Railway timetable fragment lists various train rounds and daily, Sunday or Monday exceptions across lines such as Diplomat Daily Chesapeake & Ohio and New York Central South. It shows arrival and departure times like 12 35 p.m and 6 34 p.m with north and south bound services and numbers 1 12 25.
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Diplomat
Conmen Kath
National Limited
Menennn Nee Eee
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
KoeDaily
North Bound
Auxiliary Police Meeting Postponed Due to Baseball Game
The regular Aux iliary Police meeting has been moved from Wednesday to Thursday because of a baseball game between Ohio University and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and other conflicting events, announced by Chief J. B. Grogan.
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Auxiliary Police
Ohio University
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
J. B. Grogan
Registrations Urged In Sugar Rationing
Harper C. Pendry, superintendent of Athens City Schools, urges business, industrial and wholesale sugar users to register early to avoid a last minute rush. Registrars were available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Athens High School today and Wednesday.
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Harper C. Pendry
Athens City
Athens High School
Pendry
Plea in Malicious Destruction Case at Biddle Home
Elmer Sams, 27, of 63 Mill Street, pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of property. He was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth after being arrested on a complaint by Ellen Biddle of College and Mill Streets for breaking a window in her home.
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Elmer Sams
Mill St
Costas
Franz Woodworth
Sams
Ellen Biddle
College and
Mill Sts
Scout Troop 59 Plans Parents Night At May Event
Scoutmaster Raymond Atkins announced a meeting of Boy Scout Troop 59 at 7:30 tonight at the headquarters on E State Street. All members are urged to attend as Parents Night plans, set for May 12, will be discussed.
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Boy Scout Troop 59
E. State St
Raymond Atkins
Atkins
Military Drill Presented By AHS Cadets at Stadium
Athens High School cadets from Company A staged a first drill demonstration at the school stadium. The show included a before and after skit and Marine Corps trick drilling led by cadets Eric Pearson and Robe rt Greenwood with The event marked the end of their instruction period and awards were issued to 12 non commissioned officers. Edward Oldfield received a special best drilled cadet award.
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Athens High School
Eric E. Pearson
Advanced Rotc Corps
Ohio University
Francis S. Efaw
Eric Pearson
Robert H. Greenwood
Advanced Corps
Marine Corps
Donald F. Blank
Oldfield
Harper C. Pendry
Edward F. Oldfield
Oliver L. Wood
Charles H. Fair
Gases likely to be used in final war phase
Prof. Don Clippinger of Ohio University told the Athens Kiwanis Club that deadly gases may be used in the war’s final stages as enemies grow desperate. He noted gas causes prolonged disability and that only about three percent of gas casualties die. He said retaliation fears limit gas use. The talk followed the club's annual smelt fry, with Ladies Night highlights and performances by the Ohio University Women’s Trio and Kiwanis Quartet.
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Don Clippinger
Ohio University
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Clippinger
Kiwanis
Ohio University Women's
Dorothy McBride
Jennie Thomas
Jean Crawford
J. E. Tha
Olson Addresses Athens Rotary on The Privilege of Being American
Thor Olson wrestling coach at Ohio University spoke before Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry yesterday noon. He recounted leaving Sweden in 1901 for America and said Americans are the most fortunate people in the world. Olson began at Ohio University after World War I, earned his degree in 1927, and later a physical education degree from Harvard.
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Thor Olson
Ohio University
Athens
Song writer Nacio Herb Brown weds fifth wife in Akron
Song writer Nacio Herb Brown has taken his fifth bride Geann Elizabeth Morris a Junior Leaguer of Akron Ohio. Fire sweeps forest in Pisgah National Forest over thousands of acres in North Carolina under control hoped for the day.
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Hollywood
Nacio Herb Brown
Geann Elizabeth Morris
Akron, O
Brevard
N. C
Pisgah National Forest
George Grim Dies Monday
George L. Grim aged 70 of Burlingham died Monday night at Shelter ing Arms Hospital after a month long heart attack recovery. Survived by three sons James Jerry Glen and three daughters Mrs Floyd Edwards Mrs George Cain and Nellie Cain plus three sisters. Wife predeceased him. Funeral Thursday at 10 at Burlingham Church with burial in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at Jagers Funeral Home.
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George L. Grim
Burlingham
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Grim
James
Jerry
Port Clinton
Glen
Pontiac
Mich
Floyd Edwards
Poston
George Cain
Athens
Nellie Cain
Springfield
Neb
F. E. Goldsberry
Fern Morris
Rudolph Burson
Pratts Fork
Burlingham Church
Pomeroy Road
Jagers Funeral
Athens Warm Afternoon Keeps Mercury At 80
Athens posted a warm noon with a high today near 80. Yesterday reached 87 while overnight low dipped to 51.
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Athens
Patriot coal hoarding urged as war needs grow
A wartime plea urges Americans to stockpile coal for next winter to ensure fuel before railroad capacity shifts to military supplies. The message cites 1941 data showing coal as 44 percent of freight on the New York Central and urges immediate orders via coal dealers to keep tracks clear for war material delivery.
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Central
NEW York Central
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