Old Horse Pulls and Fair Memories Recall Athens County Past
Athens County residents recall the horse pulling contest introduced over 50 years ago at the county fair. Floyd Beveridge remembers wagons and heavy riders on a hillside near the race tract. Warren L. Ross adds a detail about a horse drawn merry go round and a boy missing his first fair due to a neglected colt at three in the morning.
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Athens
Floyd Beveridge
New Marshfield and McBee Co
Atheny
Warren L. Ross
Grosvenor St
Warren
Elsworth Pierce
Leav
Mr. Pierce
Mr. Ross
Warren Ross
Athens County
Athens Guard Unit Plans Summer Camp Departure Details
The Ohio National Guard unit from Athens plans summer training at Camp Atterbury Indiana with an advance detail of five men driving two jeeps and three trucks to prepare the camp area. The 166th Infantry Battalion headquarters unit will depart by chartered bus Sunday at 7 am returning by 2 pm Sunday, Aug 26.
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Athens
Ohio National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Ind
James Abraham
166Th Infantry
Fred O’nail
Tyrus Theisen
William Bulger
James Ryan
Jake Rake
O’nail
Rake
Captain Abraham
Dean Nida
Joel Draper
Clyde Scott
Don Bridgewater
Carl Wilson
M. Set
Herbert Shields
Charles Abraham
William Langston
Charles Mansfield
Jack Carpenter
Joel Christian
Jackson Hudwell
Robert Kern
John Moorhouse
Lawrence Skatzes
Ex-Residents Begin Two Year Rocky River Canoe Journey
Mr and Mrs Paul K Camp former Athens leathercraft shop owners and Ohio University graduates launched the first leg of a planned two year canoe voyage Monday in Rocky River near Sanford North Carolina Clippings from a Stanford newspaper note the trip starts north of Stanford travels down the Rocky River then Cape Fear to the ocean They plan to follow the Intercoastal Waterway to Manteo then to Miami Florida and on to the Everglades Fort Myers Gulf coast Louisiana and up the Mississippi Ohio and Allegheny Rivers across Lake Erie and the Erie Canal to the Hudson River returning to North Carolina The Camps sail a 17 foot green canoe named the Chatham Voyager with a 12 foot sail The journey may last about two years and will be documented in a diary photos and sketches Paul Camp a Navy veteran served 1935 to 1945 and earned three Presidential Unit Citations Elsie Levitt Camp is a Providence Rhode Island native They left Athens in 1949 and live near Sanford in Chatham County on a 50 acre river view property
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Paul K. Camp
Ohio University
Athens
Rocky River
Sanford
N.C
Dewey Goddard
State St
Stanford
Manteo
Miami
Fila
Everglades
Fort Myers
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Ohio and
Allegheny
Lake Erie
Erie Canal
Camp
Indiana
Navy
Elsie Levitt
Providence
R.I
Paul
University of North Carolina
Chatham County
Amesville 4 H Sewing Club Plans Wiener Roast
The Amesville 4 H Sewing Club met to plan a wiener roast at Ed Sheridan’s home. Madelon Clark and Mary Fockler demonstrated posture with Norma Zeigler joining the next meeting at Rosalie Copeland’s home. The Happy Junior Cooks held at Albany High School planned a club mothers team and games after the meeting. The Union Farm and Livestock Club gathered at James and Paul Moore’s home with four members and advisors Ronald Wagoner and Ralph Barker as present. Fair exhibits were discussed.
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Amesville
Albany High School
Union Farm and Livestock Club
James and
Paul Moore
Ronald Wagoner
Ralph Barker
Cash Stolen From Auto Office Desk At Athens Buick Co
Officials at the Athens Buick Co reported $52 stolen from atop the desk in the credit office. Patrolman Joseph McBride investigated and found about $25 in checks remaining. Employees saw no stranger enter. the office is next to the service station restroom, leaving a traveler possibility.
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Athens Buick Co
Com
Joseph McBride
Employes
Howard Rites Thursday for Pfc. Franklin L. Howard
Funeral services for Pfc. Franklin L. Howard 20 who died Sunday at Valley Forge Veterans Hospital will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the McDougal Church with burial in the adjacent cemetery. Friends may call at Jaggers Funeral Home.
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Pfc
Franklin L. Howard
Valley Forge
Veterans’ Hospital
McDougal Church
Jagers Funeral
Two Men Are Fined In Mayor's Court
In Mayor W. P. Mickle's court two men were fined for intoxication. Donald Barry Thomas, 24, pleaded guilty and paid 20 dollars plus costs after being linked to the accidental shooting of William Broce, 22. Ottis G. Norris, 55, was jailed when he could not pay 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty.
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W. P. Mickle
Donald Barry Thomas
Thomas
William Broce
Grosvenor St
N. Congress St
Broce
Ottis G. Norris
Stewart
Bound to Jury on Non Support Charge
Richard Coen 25 of Guysville pleaded guilty to non support and was bound to the jury by Mayor P Mickle. He could not post a $1000 bond and remains in the county jail. Charges filed by Bernice Coen and arrest by Deputy Mame Pincelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Coen
Guysville
P. Mickle
Coen
Bernice Coen
Mame Pincelli
White's Mill Bridge Reopens After Repairs
White's Mill Bridge on Route reopened to traffic Tuesday after repairs to a cracked girder. A Belle Center woman collided with the western end Monday, injuring four people as state department workers patched the break.
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White's Mill
Belle Center
State Af Department
Athens County Land Transfers to Ohio Power Company
Athens County residents transfer right of way easements to the Ohio Power Company in Carthage and Troy Townships including Sections 5 6 and 4 in Range 12-W, and in Troy Township Section 36 Range 11-W. Names include J H Gainer Carl F Gainer Don E Johnson J E Bailey J E Sprouse W V Kincade and Clara Cunliff. The transfers cover property in Carthage and Murray City with specified acreages and partnerships with Robert L Anders.
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J. H. Gainer
Athens County
Ohio Power Company
Troy Township
Carl F. Gainer
Judson H. Gainer
Carthage Township
Don E. Johnson
W. J. E. Bailey
W. J. E. Sprouse
Wood County
W. Va
Ohio Power Counp
W. J. W. Kincade
Carthagene
Clara Cunliff
Murray City
Robert L. Anders
Needs Progress of Child Guidance Center Outlined
At a Tuesday night Athens County child guidance center board meeting progress toward securing the first Southeastern Union center was reviewed. The discussion covered housing needs, staffing plans including psychiatrists and social workers, and the state and federal funding pathway under the Mental Hygiene Act.
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Child Guidance Center Board
Athens County
Southeastern Union
State Hygiene Division
Joel Draper
Clarke Daily
Rowena Sprout
Victor Stanson
W. P. Mickle
A. A. Baldwin
Peter B. Seel
Mary Ward
Helen Worstell
Robert W. McCreanor
L. C. Staats
H. B. Boles
Phil Porter
James Householder
W. Parker Walker
Pearl Lee
Ed LaVette
George Beauchamp
R. F. Beckett
Dean George Starcher
Virginia Coleman
Doll Contest Crowns Winners At City Finale Week
Twenty six girls and one boy competed at the high school field in the City Recreation Finale Week doll show. Prizes included gift certificates from Banks Sport Shop and were awarded to Gene Collett, Susie Hall, and Charlotte Lane for most beautiful, most unusual, and best rag doll. Judges were Mrs. Gwendolyn Roach Fred Martin and Mrs. Richard Banks. A pet show follows tonight at 6 30 at the high school field.
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Dolly
City Recreation
Banks Sport Shop Toy Department
Margene Collett
Ray Collett
E. Union St
Susie Hall
Douglas Hall
Lancaster St
Charlotte Lane
Christopher Lane
Elmwood Place
Gwendolyn Roach
Fred Martin
Richard Banks
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births recorded at Shelterin g Arms Hospital include a daughter for Mr and Mrs Paul Beasley of Athens a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clyde McComas of Albany a son for Mr and Mrs George Maxwell of Athens and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Roy Sams of Athens Admitted: Mrs Harrett Dixon Athens Mildred Antle Glouster Ralph Beasley Athens Mrs John Porter Athens Linda Border Glouster Larry Riggs Athens Dismissed: William Sisson Trimble Mrs Constance McKee Athens Mrs Dorothy Coen Guysville Mrs Lenna Sams Newark Lara Anne McDonald Athens William Bruce Athens transferred to Ohio University Health Center Roy Lee Athens Mrs Lucy Lane Albany Mrs Helen Frost Albany
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Paul Beasley
Athens
Clyde McComas
Albany
George Maxwell
Roy Sams
Harrett Dixon
Mildred Antle
Glouster
Ralph Beasley
John Porter
Linda Border
Larry Riggs
William Sisson
Trimble
Constance McKee
Dorothy Coen
Guysville
Lenna Sams
Newark
Lara Anne McDonald
William Bruce
Ohio University Health Center
Roy Lee
Lucy Lane
Helen Frost
Driving Rights Suspended After DUI Plea
Harold White of Minersville, 41, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence. He loses driving rights for three years, receives 30 days in jail, a $100 fine plus costs, after a Route 50 crash east of Canaanville that injured two Tulsa residents.
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Harold White
Minersville
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
State Highway Patrol
Canaanville
Tulsa, Okla
Divorce suit filed over neglect and wilful absence
Marjorie Eileen Cooper sues Gilbert Pearl Cooper in Common Pleas Court alleging neglect and wilful absence. She states they married in Greenup Kentucky on June 23, 1939 and have one child.
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Marjorie Eileen Cooper
Common Pleas
Gilbert Pearl Cooper
Greenup
Mrs. Michael Rowan Rites Planned Friday
Requiem high mass for Mrs. Michael Rowan 79 will be held Friday at 9 a.m. in St. Pauls Church. She died Tuesday at home 4 Spring Street. Burial is in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Altar and Rosary Society will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at George Rowan's home 129 Grosvenor Street to recite the Rosary.
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James M. McMahon
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Michael Rowan
Spring St
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
George Rowan
Grosvenor St
Altar and Rosary Society
President seeks 21.8 million flood control fund
President Truman urged the Senate to approve a 21.8 million flood control fund for the Mid West and to overturn a House cut cutting regular flood control appropriations by 20 percent.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Mid- West
House
Greene seeks divorce and custody in Common Pleas Court
Addie Jane Greene files for divorce from Carson T. Greene in Common Pleas Court with petition for custody and support of a minor child. The complaint alleges gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple married November 9 1948 in Athens.
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Common Pleas
Addie Jane Greene
Carson T. Greene
Athens
Henry to Graduate From GM Institute in Flint
George R. Henry of Athens will graduate from the General Motors Institute in Flint following a two year training program. He is an employee of Athens Buick Co. and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Henry.
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Flint
Mich
George R. Henry
Athens
General Motors Institute
Athens Buick Co
Henry
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for The Plains Area
Marriage licenses issued for Max O. Michael and Mary L. Hardy both of The Plains. Bernard J. Godfrey of Reedsville and Betty L. Holman of Coolville. Hoy J. Seckinger of Jacksonville and Shirley K. Heiser of Trimble.
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Max O. Michael
Mary L. Hardy
The
Plains
Bernard J. Godfrey
Reedsville
Betty L. Holman
Coolville
Hoy J. Seckinger
Jacksonville
Shirley K. Heiser
Trimble
Kiwanis Fish Fry Held At Seel Cabin West Of Awen
Athens Kiwanis Club members met at the Seel Cabin west of Al ween Monday. A fish fry was served to attendees as part of the club gathering.
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Kiwanis
Athens
Kiwanis Club
Seel Cabin
Alween Monday
Prayer Band to Meet at Grahams Chapel
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Fulton with Dorris Elswick as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
O. L. Fulton
Dorris Elswick
Man Identified After Collapse on Court and Union
A man later identified as F. T. Garrity collapsed at the corner of S Court and Union streets Tuesday night. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital where doctors diagnosed intoxication before he was jailed by city police.
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S. Court
Union Streets
F. T. Garrity
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Damage suit dismissed in Coolville crash case
Cecil Cremeans sued Complete Auto Transit Co. for 1150 damages after a Dec 15 1950 crash on Route 50 west of Coolville. The case was dismissed at the plaintiff's request and terms of any settlement were not disclosed.
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Common Pleas Court
Cecil Cremeans
Complete Auto Transit Co
Creameans
Coolville
Auto Transit
Meteorologist and Research Positions Open in Washington DC
The U S Civil Service Commission announced openings for meteorologist and research and development meteorologist in Washington DC. Applications and details are available from local secretary F D Higgins at the post office.
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Washington, D. C
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Commission
F D. Higgins
Warm Weather Returns to Athens With 87 Degree High
Warm weather returns to Athens as the thermometer hits 87 degrees on Tuesday. After dipping to 60 overnight, readings climb to 75 by 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Athens
Ohio University Offers Instructors Driving Course This Summer
Ohio University will run a three week post-session Instructors Driving Course from August 13. Rush Elliott says 15 to 20 students may enroll for three hours credit. Donald E. Perry will instruct the first week with Thomas E. Bowen at Athens High School supervising initially. Courses lead to certified dual control automotive instructors with AAA and the Ohio Department of Education.
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Ohio University
Rush Elliott
Elliott
Donald E. Perry
Thomas E. Bowen
Department of Industrial Arts
College of Applied Sciences
Hunting and trapping licenses on sale increases set
Resident hunting and trapping licenses are now on sale at the clerk of courts office. Fees for the 1951 permits are raised to 2.25 dollars from 1.25 dollars.
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Clerk of Courts
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Athens Guard
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Caragol
Athens Pharmacy
Court
Athens, Ohio
Ohio State
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Howard Sr. Foust
Howard
Hell
America
Marietta
Rardin Bros
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
White’s Mill
Athens Wine & Beer Store
W. Union St
Keystone
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Kerr Hardware
S. Court St
Beech Grove Apostolic Faith Church
Ray Benson
Scotts
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens National Bank
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