Athens County Fair set with improvements and junior events
Athens County's 95th Annual Fair prepares to open with a new concrete cattle barn and four rest rooms, plus DDT spraying for sanitation. Livestock entries surge as junior groups from The Plains Ames Bern and other areas plan State Award Service activities with displays and program titles across Aug 21–23.
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Athens County
Apic
Span
L. Cc. Pabancancatana
Somrael
Atu Lal DY
Baker
Plains
Ames-Bern
Ames- Bern
the Plains
Ohio
Columbus
Caryol Ann Bean
Mary Brammer
Gwendolyn Allen
Shirley Slater
Wilma MecHarg
Joyce Bruce
Leona Faye Farley
Virginia Beucher
Donna Lee Kuhns
Marce Bryson
Wahneta Wolfe
Mary Searoick
Mary Armstrong
Irma Jean McPherson
Home Economics
Virginia Morehead
Ames Bern
Janet Linscott
Banner
New Marshfield
Troy
Grange Hall
Future Homemakers Association
United States
Mercury Up Wednesday Sees 83 Degree Rise In Heat Wave
Weather report notes after three days in the mid seventies the mercury climbed to 83 by Wednesday. Mrs C N France, a weather observer, reports the morning reading at 74 degrees at 9 35 a m today. The night dropped to 54 degrees yesterday.
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Mercury
C. N. France
Open Meeting In Athens County Vets Memorial Plan
Memorial for World War II veterans to be discussed at an open meeting in the Athens County Court House Friday at 8 p.m. Don Campbell and Wilbur Mender announce the public session, with all veterans groups invited and civic leaders welcome to participate. Temporary officers lead as a permanent group is formed.
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Athens County Court House
Don Campbell
Wilbur D. Mender
Mender
Mechanics Help Rebuild Planes for Safer Flight at Ohio Airport
At Ohio University Airport Smeck Flying Service mechanics have logged 6500 accident free hours since January 1. Ground crew rebuilt three planes this summer and perform thorough checks after every 25 flying hours. Team includes Glenn Howard chief mechanic and licensed techs like Robert Munro and Harry Peckham. They aim to boost safety by enabling mechanics to fly the aircraft they've worked on.
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Smeck
Ohio University
Ralph Smeck
Tha
Oman
Glenn
Fritz) Howard
Howard
Robert S. Munro
Athens Aircraft Mechanics School
Munro
Harry Peckham
N. Congress Int
Homer E. Byrd
Nelsonville
O. L. Higgins
Paul Beasley
May
Ave
Lou ‘l Reinshell
New Plymouth
Howard Gross
Army
Navy
Francis Sykes
Athens
Charles Hays
Tom Wooton
OU Alumni Name Brown President of Ohio University Alumni
George M. Brown of Cleveland was elected president of the Ohio University Alumni Association for 1946 47, rising from the vice presidency. He is an attorney and 1931 OU graduate who earned All Buckeye and All Ohio football honors and helped found the Cleveland Bobcat Club.
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George M. Brown
Cleveland
Ohio University Alumni Association
Ohio U
C. Don McVay
Leroy
Ohio University
Brown
Buckeye
Western Reserve University
Cleveland Bobcat Club
J. Fremont Bateman
Columbus State Hospital
Clark E. Williams
William H. Fenzel
Frank H. Palmer
Columbus
Frieda F. Chapman
Youngstown
Everett M. Starr
Huntington
W. Va
Lewis H.builier
Ripley
R. L. Morton
Paul E. Kimes
Doris M. Sponseller
Athens
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births listed for Ath ens and Athens area include a daughter to Mr and Mrs David Jones and a son to Mr and Mrs John Newcomb and a daughter to Mr and Mrs George Dibble. Admitted Edith Sedwick of Athens for minor surgery. Dorothy Graham of The Plains dismissed. L T L group meets in Grange Hall at 1 0 p m Aug 16 in Coolville.
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David Jones
Athens
George Dibble
Alpany
John Newcomb
Edith Sedwick
Coolville
Grange Hall
Tent Meetings Open With Pastor George Scott in Mineral
The Rev. George Scott pastor of Carbondale Pilgrim Holiness Church opened a series of tent meetings in Mineral on Wednesday. He is assisted by the Rev. N A Wickline with nightly services starting at 7 30 p.m.
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George Scott
Carbondale
Steer Escapes Farmer's Truck In Garden Chase
Mrs. D. K. Seward finds a steer in her garden on State Street for the second time in years. The bovine fled a farmer and helper, with excited children joining the chase as the animal dashed eastward along the main street.
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Steak
D. K. Seward
E. State St
Seward
State St
Police Praise, Drunk Fines Paid in City Court
In Athens city court, Charles W. Roberts 60, was fined $25 and costs for intoxication after speeding on E Union St. He thanked police for stopping him and pleaded guilty to unsafe operation. Margaret Mankind 26 Washington D H and Thomas Davis 23 Stewart pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace, each fined $10 and costs. Robert Minerd 21 Coolville, jailed after a bar altercation with an 80 year old man. he claimed no memory of the incident.
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Athens
E. Union St
Roberts
Franz Woodworth
Margaret Mankind
Washington D. H
Thomas Davis
Stewart
Ipelice
Woodworth
Robert Minerd
Coolville
Minerd
Chauncey Man Opens Athens Law Offices
Chauncey Man opens general law offices at 9 E Washington St in Athens. Erle H Bridgewater Jr, a top Ohio State graduate, placed first in the June bar exam with 90.4 percent among 125 applicants. He earned a commerce degree from Ohio University in 1939 and served as a captain in the 82nd Airborne, participating in Normandy Holland Bulge and Rhine campaigns before leaving the service in 1945. He is a Chauncey resident, married to Virginia McQuade, with a two year old son Erle Stephen. In other notes, Sheriff George Bateman plans to move to Athens and Deputy Frank Joyce lassoed three cattle rustlers. Green County officials detained David Brown, his wife, and Jess Cuntz for cattle theft tied to a stock sale. they claimed the cattle belonged to Pat Smith.
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Ohio State
Bridgewater
Ohio University
Chauncey- Dover High School
82Nd Airborne Division
Frank Joyce
Green County
Bateman
Athens
David Brown
Jess Cuntz
Pat Smith
Three Drivers Fined For Center Line Violations On Route 33
Richard M. Reuter 35 of Middleport paid 5 dollars and costs after arrest for driving on center lines. Basil W. Holland 34 of Route 2 Athens fined 10 dollars and costs for passing over the yellow line. Paul Wiley arrested on Route 33 Wednesday night for passing without an assured clear distance ahead fined 5 dollars and costs.
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Richard M. Reuter
Middleport
George Howell
Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Basil W. Holland
Athens
Howell
Lellow
Paul Wiley
Coolville
Franz Woodworth
Real Estate Transfers Across Several Townships and Additions
Real estate transfers list multiple owners buying or selling parcels. Names include Herschel R. McVay Maude Jones Hannah Parker Ernest W. Parker Elza Bodkins Henry H. Ennis George Dailey Herman 5 Dunfee George S Evans James W Evans Phebe J Hueston Lelia M McGirr Harry M Swart Clarence E Wolfe Nathan Lochary Ruth Myers William J Laveck William R Laveck Lena Haning Marion W Rose William Morgan Mary Ann Morgan Arthur F Boyles Sr John E Edwards and others with parcels in Albany Glouster Harper's Nelsonville Amesville and Athens areas. A small fire caused by a short circuit in a washing machine at Utah Place was extinguished by the City Fire Department with no damage.
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Herschel R. McVay
Maude Jones
Albany
Hannah Parker
Byron W. Coniway
Glouster
Ernest W.parker
Elza Bodkins
Henry H. Ennis
Lee Township
George Dailey
Herman
Dunfee
Canaan
George S. Evans
James W. Evans
Harper's Addition
Nelsonville
William Morgan
Mary Ann Morgan
Arthur F. Boyles, Sr
John E. Edwards
Phillips
Athens
W. H. Logan
Utah
C. A. Parker
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Jove
Ellen Drew
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Andrew Tombes
Amanda Lane
Cence A
Columona Cture
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dorothy Graham
The
Rev
Scott
Charles W. Roberts
Imagor
Quick
Drury Drug Store
Cline Pharmacy
Gould's
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Fire City Loan
Court St
Second Ave
Gallipolis
Robert Hollingsworth
Mer
Harmy Cip
Chauncey Man
Erle H. Bridgewater, Jr
Chauncey
Washington St
Errol
Alexis Flynn Smith
San Antonio
Swing It
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Ve “Walker
King OF
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