Winners Named in Athens County Fair Fruits and Vegetables
Winifred Jones led yellow translucent apples and Concord grapes while Charlies Hawk swept best variety and largest collection in many fruit categories. Sharney Bean topped potatoes and cabbage with Ice Elliott of Albany sharing top honors in the overall display. Elliott won multiple grain prizes as Bean collected several others in the judging lineup.
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Athens County Fair
Winifred Jones
Charlies Hawk
Newarshfield
Hawk
Albertas
Hales
Hal Berta Giants
Golden Elberta Clings
Belle of Georgia
Champions
Athens County
Ice Elliott
Albany
Jones
Kayne Wingett
Elliott
Bean
Two Drivers Fined In Rockbridge Justice Court
Chester Witham 25 of Columbus and John McCleary 31 of Athens were fined $10 and costs after State Highway Patrol arrests. Witham was cited for passing without the assured clear distance ahead, McCleary for passing at an intersection.
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Rockbridge
Justice of the Peace
Tucker
State Highway Patrol
Chester Witham
Columbus
John McCleary
Athens
Three Parkersburg Residents Injured In Route 50 Crash
Three Parkersburg residents were hurt when a car struck a barrier and a concrete paver on Route 50 during a highway project. Driver Joe Sadie and passengers Agnes and Sonia Kalil were treated at St. Joseph's Hospital. none seriously injured.
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Parkersburg
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joe Sadie
Agnes
Sonia Kalil
State Highway Patrol
Robert A. Mehling
Zanesville
Roy C. Chevalier
Reedsville
Mehling
Coalville
Justice of the Peace
T. F. Cecil
VFW Post 9893 to Meet in Albany
Albany Post 9893 Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the post home in Albany.
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Albany
Albany Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Marietta Graduation Speaker Emphasizes Human Progress
Marietta President highlights the founding of Ohio University as pivotal to the West. He cites ideals such as independence free enterprise education religion and opposition to monopoly and slavery. He urges graduates to act as stewards not owners as they move to the post session and upcoming fall term registration and freshman week dates are noted.
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Ohio University
Ohio
United States
Marietta
Elmer Bryan
Peter Marshal
United States Senate
Irvine
Fire at Ralph Sharp station narrowly under control
New Marshfield faced a near disaster Friday when gasoline fumes ignited as fuel distributor Clifton Swaim from Mineral was loading a storage tank. A customer lit a pipe and dropped a match, scorching Swaim and damaging tanks before firefighters stopped the blaze. The prior blaze on March 21, 1953 destroyed five buildings.
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New Marshfield
Ralph Sharp
Clifton Swaim
Mineral
Swaim
Air Reserve Unit Details Membership and Training
The Flight E 918th Air Reserve Squadron in Ohio University Carnegie Hall invites active Air Force Reservists to join. Meetings run 8 to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays. The unit highlights eligibility for specialist schools, new trades, retirement qualification, and notes prior honorable service as a qualifier. It also cites reserves speeding mobilization in emergencies.
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Air Force Reserve
Ohio University
Carnegie Hall
918Th Air Reserve Squadron
914Th Air Reserve Group
Col. Graham Honored At OU Farewell Dinner
Sixty five friends of Lt. Col. John Graham honored the departing Ohio University ROTC officer at a Sportsman Grill dinner. The professor of air science and tactics at OU for four years will leave Athens Wednesday for reassignment in Germany, receiving farewell gifts.
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John Graham
Ohio University Rotc
Sportsman Grill
Col. Graham
Athens
Germany
Century Seekers Clinched by Married Lifespans And Golf Feats
A lady doctor studies centenarians noting 95 percent are or were married. A Pittsburgh man with his first golf game scores a hole in one and hints he should quit while ahead. Many non painters now repaint confidently with Dutch Boy paints from Rapp Lvpaper and Paint at 2 W Union, phone 31821.
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Pittsburgh
W. Union
Adv
UAW CIO hosts summer school for collective bargaining
UAW CIO holds a summer school in Columbus Ohio offering workshops in collective bargaining GM press and publicity recreation union counselling and more led by William Beckham Joe Zingaro Russell Smith John Agostino and others. Assemblies cover women’s plant issues workmen’s compensation and fair practices as a panel discusses the forthcoming 1955 contract negotiations. The weeklong program aims to equip delegates with up to date tools for local city and national units.
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William J. Beckham
International Representative
Uaw-Cio
Joe Zingaro
General Motors Department
International Union
Uawcio
Russell Smith
Deeee Ae International Union
Aw-Cio
John Tvagostino
Recreation
Andy Brown
Frank Brockmeyer
Columbus
Ohio
Community Services
Fred Simon
Ed Coffey
International Union Uaw-Cio
Caroline Davis
Women
Jacob Clayman
State Cio Council
Fair
Harry Ross
Ray Berndt
Region 3
UACIO
Herschel Davis
P Livingston
Unik
Agement
Souders
Thie
Euch
GOP Co Chairwomen Headed to District Meeting
Athens County Republican co chairwomen Mrs. Helen Burnelie of Glouster and Mrs. Margaret Wakefield of Athens will attend a chairwomen meeting in the 10th Congressional district at the Colonial Inn in Jackson. Other counties in the district include Fairfield Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs and Vinton.
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Athens County
Thursda
10Th
Colonial Inn
Jackson
Athens Co
Helen Burnelie
Glouster
Margaret Wakefield
Athens
Fairfield
Yallia
Hocking
Lawrence
Meigs
Vinton
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J. Lowell Rapp
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Irene Olson
Harry Lackey
Athens Jr. High School
By J. Lowell Rapp
UAW
Gop
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Coloran” Styling
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