Robinson resigns as OU Music Director after 25 years
C C Robinson retires from the Ohio University School of Music director post after 25 years, staying on as professor of voice and directing the university chorus. He began at OU in 1922 and structured a career spanning study at Holden and Cincinnati Conservatories, Columbia, and Penn State, with more than 100 choral works published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Robinson
Ohio University
School of Music
John C. Baker
Pennsylvania State Colge
Waree
Sancisco
Disabled Vets Get Raised Training Pay Under New Law
Veterans Administration officials in Columbus announced automatic increases in training stipends for seriously disabled veterans enrolled under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Those rated 30 percent or higher will receive 115 dollars monthly without dependents and 135 dollars with one dependent. Dependent allowances rise: one child 20 dollars and each additional child 15 dollars. parent dependent stays 15 dollars. Lower rated veterans under 30 percent keep old rates of 105 or 115.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Columbus
ROTC Conference to Be Held at Johns Hopkins
Major Courtney L. Faught Major Neil Walker and Prof Albert C Gubitz are set to represent Ohio University at the Eastern ROTC Conference in Baltimore Maryland August 22 23 and 24 Educational institutions from the 2nd Army Area comprising Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Indiana Maryland Virginia and Kentucky will attend The conference aims to review all ROTC aspects after the first year of the postwar policy and involve civilian educators and military personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Courtney L. Faught
Neil Walker
Albert C. Gubitz
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
2Nd Army
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Three Persons Fined After Police Arrests
City police arrested three persons on intoxication charges. Harry Lairson, 43, and Ann Lairson, 37, of Currier Street, pleaded guilty in Mayor Franz Woodworth's court. Lairson was fined 10 dollars and costs after firing a newly purchased shotgun during a Sunday disturbance. Ann Lairson received 5 dollars and costs. Sherman McCollins, 51, of 400% Richland Avenue, was fined 5 dollars and costs after a Saturday night arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Woodworth
Harry Lairson
Ann Lairson
Currier St
Lairson
Sherman McCollins
Richland Ave
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Shelterin g Arms Hospital notes list births and admissions in Athens and surrounding towns. Notables include Mr and Mrs James Hall in Middleport with a daughter and major surgeries for Mrs Frank Cochran of Detroit and Mrs Hilda Sprouse of Athens. Several accidents and dismissals are recorded among local patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hall
Middleport
Westly Barnhart
Canaanville
Emory Coen
Athens
Charles Steele
Weldon McClellan
Jacksonville
Frank Cochran
Detroit
Mich
Hilda Sprouse
Samuel Halliday
Langsville
Rosemary Hauf
Laverne Lausche
Ernie Lyons
Albany
Lloyd Wilfong
Chesterhill
Reuben Young
Former OU Athlete Assigned to VA Here
Myron J. Burt of Pleasant City Ohio has been assigned to the Veterans Administration as contact representative. Burt, a member of Ohio University's 1934 35 basketball squad, arrived today after a month of training in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron J. Burt
Pleasant City
Veterans Administration
Burt
Ohio University
Cincinnati
Divorce Suit Charges Spouse Gone 22 Years
Marguerite C. Moore files for divorce from Arthur R. Moore in Common Pleas Court alleging wilful absence for 22 years. They married in 1918 and she seeks temporary alimony and other relief as the court may decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Moore
White Hall Church
Marguerite C. Moore
Common Pleas
Weekend wrecks leave three injured and several fined
Three people were hurt in Saturday night crashes on Route 50 near Amesville and Route 75 near Logan. Reuben Young and Lloyd Wiffong sustained head and body injuries. both were listed in satisfactory condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Bernard L. Porter, driver of the truck in the Amesville wreck, was fined for unsafe operation. Ermel Lyons suffered a broken arm in a separate Albany crash, and James Nelson Bullock was fined for driving without a license after damaging guard rail. Others were fined for various offenses as patrols reported.
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Chesterhill
Amesville
State Highway Patrol
Reuben Young
Lloyd Wilfong
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Bernard L. Porter
W. Union St
Franz Woodworth
Ermel Lyons
Albany
McArthur
Lyons
James Nelson Bullock
Glouster
Tom Williams
Bullock
Logan
Paul B. Blosser
Enterprise
Wealthy Shank
Columbus
Camden Davis
Shank
Blosser
Davis
Everett J. Holmes
Williams
C. Casto
Dayton
Justice of the Peace I. E
Fairchild
Real Estate Transfers Across Athens and adjacent counties
A series of real estate transfers recorded in Muskingum Franklin and Athens counties involves Rupert and Zenith Embrey transferring half an acre in Trimble Township to Pearl and Della Loomis and other deeds. Notable entries include Carl E. Point to Richard W. Baker in Al lendale Athens County and Thomas R. Reese to Glenna Reese half town lot 308 Jackson and Corcoran Addition. Also listed are transfers of 48 acres in Canaan Township to Boyd and Hilah Williams and multiple Davis family and McManus related transactions in Athens County. Several tracts include rights and reservations and coal rights in Athens Township.
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Rupert
Zenith Embrey
Muskingum County
Pearl
Della Loomis
Athens County
Trimble
Carl E
Clara M. Point
Franklin County
Richard W. Baker
Flint
Mich
Allendale
Thomas R. Reese
Glenna Reese
Jackson and
Corcoran
Glouster
R. L
Margaret M. Thompson
Boyd
Hilah Williams
Canaan Township
Margaret Davis
Youngstown
Daniel
Josephine B. Davis
Raymond
Ellen B. Davis
Cleveland
William
Mabel C. Davis
Athens
Jack H
Katherine B. Hayne
University Place
Claire
Glenna Ball
Robert E
Coreta G. McManus
Nature Lover Clyde Louis Runs Athens Berry and Herb Shop
Clyde Louis, a 64 year old Black entrepreneur in Athens at the corner of W Washington and Lancaster, sells wild nuts and berries and herbs. He shares nature based remedies and animal lore from years of roaming the hills and lakes, recalling a past as a jockey and a life philosophy that life is short. The piece notes his store’s rustic setting and a final stray line about the tuning fork’s invention by John Shore in 1711.
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Clyde Louis
W. Washington and
Lancaster Sts
Louis
Ohio
Montgomery County
Canada
Cleveland
Detroit
Athens
Fair Week Warm Start With Sticky Humidity
Athens County fairgoers faced a warm start with temperatures in the 80s over the weekend and a high of 86. Humidity made the heat feel oppressive, with a low around 68 and cloudy skies followed by occasional showers. Skies began to clear as the day progressed and the temperature reached about 76 by 9:45 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
C. N. France
Allison Ward Dies Sunday at 73 in Meigs County
Allison V. Ward, 73, died Sunday morning at his home on Vore Ridge after a lengthy illness. He lived on the New York Coal Co. farm near Chauncey before retirement, with wife Katharine and children Edna Mary Marie Bernard Everett. A brother, Lawrence Ward, survives. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, burial in Success, Meigs County. Visitation at Jagers Funeral Home tonight until 7:30 p.m. and at the family home before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison V. Ward
Vore Ridge
Mr. Ward
New York Coal Co
Chauncey
Katherine
Edna
Mary
Marie
Bernard
Athens
Everett
Lawrence Ward
Centralia
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Success
Meigs County
Jagers
Two Men Fined on Intoxication Charges in Mayor’s Court
Two men pleaded guilty in Mayor Franz Woodworths court. George Kempton 34 The Plains was fined five dollars and costs after arraignment Friday. Charles Nichols Sharpsburg was fined twenty five dollars and costs after a disturbance Friday night and jailed for non payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Woodworth
George Bateman
George Kempton
the Plains
Charles Nichols
Sharpsburg
Fort Hayes Hosts Ohio Military District HQ
Fort Hayes in Columbus now serves as the headquarters for the Ohio Military District, the top Army command in the state. All military inquiries should go to the Executive, Ohio Military District, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio Military District
Fort Hayes
Ohio
Nelsonville Man Sued For Divorce And Alimony
John M. Speelman of Nelsonville is charged with gross neglect of duty in a divorce petition filed by his wife Sylvia M. Speelman. The action seeks permanent alimony and custody and support for their eight year old daughter. They were married in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Speelman
Nelsonville
Sylvia M. Speelman
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Gilliam Frank Post
New Marshfield
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Zanesville
Doudna
Fred Williams
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Troy
Thomas Ed. Herbert
WLW
Chicago
WLS
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America
Gene Autry
Ernie Lee
Ene
Mill St
Krogers
Kroger
Medical Service Department
Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association
E. Broad St
Columbus, Ohio
Real Estate Home Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Nora Beverage
Peter Hixon
Cal
David Stewart
June Pratt
Joseph Pierce
Donald Coe
Roy Langel
Earl Baus
E. E. Davis
Beatrice Coffman
Robert Cone
James Ervin
G. P. Scott
James Coberly
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
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By Harold Schellkopf
John Shore
Allison Ward
R. E. McCammon
Pearl Harbor
Ohio Taverns, Inc
Clay Hicks
White Cross Plan
White Cross
Bankers Life & Casualty CO
Dept
High St
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