Ohio University to hold 123rd commencement with Frances Perkins
About 2 500 are expected at Memorial Auditorium in Athens for Ohio University's 123rd commencement Friday at 10 am. Frances Perkins, first cabinet member to speak there, will address Labor and the Modern State after processional led by Carl Mallow and John Meister. More than half of graduates come from Education with 28 two year teaching diplomas awarded.
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Frances Perkins
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
E. A. Hansen
Athens
H. T. Houf
Arts and Sciences
Commerce
Applied Science
James
College of Education
Graduate College
Candidates Named for O U Higher Degrees at Commencement
Ohio University lists degree and diploma candidates for Friday’s commencement. Names span Master of Arts Master of Education Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Education with candidates from Athens Wellston Nelsonville Chauncey Crooksville Coolville and many other towns. Diploma applicants include Kindergarten Primary Elementary and Wayne Hamrick and other educators from Shawnee Racine and Morehead areas.
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Ohio University
Carl C. Byers
Gallipolis
Francis H. K@ser
Wellston
Herbert C. Ricker
New Boston
Alice H. Rowan
Athens
Roy E. Thompson
Coolville
Virgil C. Miller
Gladys L. Rhodes
Clyde
Byers
Nelsonville
Lawrence Gallagher
Roger Humphrey
the Plains
George Shafer
Chauncey
George Beal
Glouster
John Brown
New Straitsville
Leonard Calvin
Wilkesville
George Campbell
Crooksville
Gladys Cardwell
Marguerite Cook
Ruth Cook
Dorothy Covert
Mary Cummins
Oak Hill
Mabelle Durst
Clara Davis
Gallia
Mary V. Davis
Edna Dew
Corn
Madaline Kitchen
Logan
Marion Parker
Long Bottom
Mamie Roach
Hamden
Wayne Hamrick
Shawnee
Elma_Shie
Racine
Sadie McElhinny
Middleport
Cora H. Shultz
Lehoe Pleads Not Guilty to First Degree Murder Charge
Fred Lehoe, charged with first degree murder in the death of Frank Bodi, aged farmer from Lodi Township, appeared with no plea and was ordered held without bond. He confessed to going to see Bodi armed with a wagon wrench and was bound over to the grand jury in Athens County. The grand jury, dismissed last month, is expected to reconvene amid ongoing prosecution by Harold A. Rose.
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Fred Lehoe
Frank Bodi
Lodi
T. R. Bennett
Lehoe
Charles Bayless
Athens County
Harold A. Rose
Bodi
Nelsonville
Bayless
Air Headliners to Perform at Stores Picnic in Ohio
National Air Races headliner Mike Murphy and batwing jumper Earl Stein were booked for the National Brands Stores picnic on Sunday September 26 following instructions from F E Dowler of the C D Shafer Co. to Swiftair Inc to stage the best airshow Southeastern Ohio has seen. Murphy will perform two acts including a takeoff from an automobile and a high powered Waco flight. Stein known for batwing parachute jumps will also appear. Army ships and rides on a large tri motor airliner will be part of the event in Athens with expectations of a large crowd and many planes.
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Mike Murphy
Earl Stein
Clem Sohn
National Brands
F. E. Dowler
C. D. Shafer Co
Swiftair, Inc
Ohio
Murphy
Miami
Fla
Joe Mackey
Lem Povey
Alexandre Papana
Roumania
Mike
Stein
Sohn
Cleveland
Swiftair
Athens
McGrew Funeral Friday for Martha Lewis McGrew
Funeral services for Martha Lewis McGrew 82 who died Wednesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital will be held Friday at her Torch home. Burial will follow in Torch Cemetery.
Golf Tournament for Fresh Air Camp Trophy
Ath ens Country Club hosts an 18 hole medal play handicap to benefit the Fresh Air Camp. All members may compete for the S M Johnson Memorial Trophy with one score counted after verification by two club members. An entrance fee of 1 dollar is due to Mike Heaney before Aug 15, proceeds go to the Fresh Air Camp Committee.
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Athens Country Club
S. M. Johnson
Mike Heaney
Fresh Air Camp Committee
Buckeye 4-H Girls Plan Parent Entertainment
Members of the Buckeye Stitchers 4-H Club of Mechanicsburg will entertain parents at Betty Lou Wyckoff’s home with refreshments and croquet. The Athens County Senior 4-H Club announces its annual picnic will be held at Old Man's Cave this Sunday, moved from Buckeye Lake.
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Buckeye Stitchers 4-H Club
Mechanicsburg
Betty Lou Wyckoff
Eight Diplomas Awarded At AHS Graduation Exercises
Athens High School held its summer commencement at 10 o clock with eight diplomas awarded. Principal Oliver L Wood presided while Edward S Dowell spoke on Going Forward. The program featured Ruth Rose and Bill Cleary in invocation and benediction, a Phyllis Logan recital, and diplomas for general arts and a commercial diploma for Bob Schuster.
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Athens High School
Oliver L. Wood
Edward S. Dowell
Stephen Fuller
Ruth Rose
Bill Cleary
Phyllis Logan
Iris
Wolf
Duke Ellington
Alice Maccombs
Uhlans
Bohm
Othella Channell
Athens
Kathleen Juniper
Nelsonville
Martha Jones
Bob Schuster
Youth on Probation Arrested in Glouster
Donald Baer age 21 of Athens was arrested in Glouster yesterday afternoon by Deputy Charles Evans after complaints of intoxication. Baer on two year probation set by Judge O F Rowland on July 3 had pleaded guilty to auto theft and was indicted. He remains jailed in Athens County Jail awaiting a probation violation hearing before Judge Rowland.
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Donald Baer
Athens
Glouster
Charles Evans
Baer
O. F. Rowland
Athens Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Rowland
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Marjorie Cassells
Ruth Bayless
Paul Beasley
Jack Biddison
Mary Burson
Alice Carpenter
William Cheatam
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Donald Duncan
Jean Fin
Jim Porter
Bob Vercoe
Billy Trautwein
Tad Grover
Bob Rickey
Rhoda Lohse
Mary Allen
Shade
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Irma Hannel
Stewart
Clifford Cornell
Kentucky Military Institue
Frank Dew
Bob Fot
Columbus
Johanna Graham
New Marshfield
James Ashworth
Clyde Mansfield
Jane Maccombs
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Gerald Starkey
Katherine Nash
Jack Robinson
Patty Daugherty
Dick Temple
Virginia Segale
Jennie Pratt
Harry Hess
Mary Chadwick
Coover Staats
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