Athens County Fair Opens with Junior Show Listing Prizes
Athens County's 98th annual Five Day Fair opens Sunday with the Junior Fair listing 700 exhibits from over a thousand youths. Prizes total 1200 across divisions including Vocational Home Economics 250, Vocational Agriculture 300, 4-H 300, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts 25 each. A cattle showmanship contest Thursday will use tenth grade as cutoff. Trophy for Jersey cow sponsored by Ohio Jersey Breeders Association. Visitors will see 77 cattle, 28 hogs, 15 sheep, 21 poultry pens and six rabbit pens.
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Athens County
Ross Wright
Howard Stout
Wright
Ohio Jersey Breeders Association
Ames Bern
the Plains
Shade
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Stewart
Coolville
Lo Ag
Farmers of America
Promotion of Earl F. Mathews in Ohio National Guard
Earl F. Mathews has been promoted to captain by the Ohio National Guard. He helped organize the Athens unit in August 1947 and now serves as commanding officer ahead of a two week training at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Also sworn in were Harold Kaynes Frederick Schall and Lyle Blaker, with openings for new recruits at the Armory after Sept. 4.
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Earl F. Mathews
Ohio National Guard
General Kreber
Mathews
Athens
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Harold Kaynes
Frederick Schall
Lyle Blaker
Army Recruiting Office
Traders Plan Gatherings in East Athens and Jacksonville
Horse traders from the area meet in East Athens on Monday at the Athens County Fair grounds rear horse barn lot. A Labor Day reunion for Southeastern Ohio traders will be held in Jacksonville with a trading meet and a street parade, a 12 year feature including horses and horse drawn vehicles.
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Athens
Fred Russell
Millfield
Athens County Fairgrounds
Ohio
Jacksonville
Russell
Births and Admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births welcome a daughter to Mr and Mrs Dallas Nester of Athens. Admissions include Thelma Hutchinson of Stewart Route 1 for medical care. Discharges list Mrs Ralph Berry and son Athens and several Athens area families including Mrs John Kelley, Mrs H L Kincaid, Mrs Robert Moorhead, Irene Stahl Glouster, Edna Webster Millfield Route 1, Edith Goodman The Plains, and Lillian Doolittle Carbonle.
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Dallas Nester
Athens
Thelma Hutchinson
Stewart
Ralph Berry
John Kelley
H. L. Kincaid
Robert Moorhead
Lancaster
Irene Stahl
Glouster
Edna Webster
Millfield
Edith Goodman
the Plains
Lillian Doolittle
Carbonle
Clouds Hang Over Athens With Below Normal Temperatures
Weather observer reports a high of 78 yesterday and a low of 9 this morning in Athens. Temperatures remain below normal with showers totaling .05 inches and the Hocking River at 2.82 feet, slightly above yesterday.
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Athens
C. N. France
Hocking
Chauncey Boy Prepares For Bicycle Race
Jan Taylor a Chauncey-Dover High School tenth grader trains for the Messenger newspaper boys bicycle championship at the Athens County Fair on Aug 22. He qualified July 7 at Athens track and hopes to reach the Ignaz Schwinn Memorial Scholarships race at the Ohio State Fair on Aug 28 with $2500 to $150 scholarships.
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Messenger
Athens County
Jane Taylor
Everett Taylor
Mill St. Chauncey
Taylor
Athens
Jan Taylor
Jan
Chauncey-Dover High School
Ignaz Schwinn
Columbus
Mayor Levies Fines After Police Arrests
Woodrow Witham of Union Hotel paid a $10 fine and costs in Mayor Mickle's court after pleading guilty to assault and battery and intoxication. He received a one day suspended sentence. Helen Rimmey of Mound Street was fined $10 and costs for intoxication.
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Woodrow Witham
Union Hotel
W. P. Mickle
Helen Rimmey
Mound St
Early Entry List Heavy For Athens County Horse Show
The Fifth Annual Athens County Horse Show opens the county fair with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. performances. The event draws more than 60 entries across 23 classes with top gaited horses, Tennessee Walking Horses, ponies, and five gaited stalls from Ohio and neighboring states. Notable entrants include Windy Hills Farm Huntington W Va, Villa Vida Farms Huntington W Va, Sunnyfalls Stables Weston W Va, and Joanna Lea Stables Bellefontaine, among others.
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W. R. Hughes
Athens County
Delaware
Ohio
Athens
Columbus
Chillicothe
Wellston
Lucasville
McConnelsville
Zanesville
Croton
River Ridge
Ashland
Huntington
W. Va
Hilliards
R. D. Stevens
Franklin
Roy D. Pavey
Carl R. Griffith
Kenneth Kerr, Jr
Dwight Rutherford
P. F. Good
L. C. Baker
Fred Williams
Franz Woodworth
Erle Bridgewater
Tommy Fisher
Magnolias Stables
Weston
Sandra Mobley
Larry Conrath
Huffman
Chesterhill
F P
Beasley
Windy Hills Farm
Villa Vida Farms
Nancy
F. R. Beasley
Windy Hills Farmea
Sunnyfalls
Joanna Lea
Paula Ann Clump
Lancaster
Tennessee
Miss Monroe
Francis Conrath
Conrath
Avanelle Conrath
Maugray
Sir Maugray
Guy Bragg
Allen Acres
Cotton
Noble Allen, Jr
Joanna Fisher Allen
Babra Allen
Villa Vida
Jimmy Crews
Jackson
Roy Smith
Tanners Sunshine
Firefly
Fred Beasley
Genuis
Windy Hills
Beasleys
Dick Duncan
Beasley Stables
David Reeder
Bing
Ann Pickering
Wallace Gilkey
Nancy Cutler
Gin Rickey
Vivian Flash
Janice
Edgar
Helen
Piccaninny
C. M. Ferguson
Bird Tresdale
Elsie Bridgewater
Joel
Morgan
Margaret Hughes
Jayne Ann Shriner
Logan
Dodds Appeals Death Sentence in Gifford Murder
A notice of appeal was filed in common pleas court by Harry Z. Dodds Jr. lawyers Samuel B. Erskine and Francis D. White. The appeal to the Fourth Judicial District Court of Appeals challenges a July 19 verdict sentencing Dodds to death by electric chair for the murder of Eleanor Gifford. The defense has 15 days to file reasons. execution is slated for November 1, with Sept. 26 session of the court of appeals.
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Common Pleas Court
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
Eleanor Gifford
Court of Appeals of the
Fourth Judicial District
Samuel B. Erskine
Francis D. White
Dodds
Court of Appeals
Erskine
Election Petitions Approved By Board
Election Board Clerk J. E. Barker reported Wednesday afternoon that all petitions filed for the November election have been approved.
Youthful Look Promise Through Ostrex Tonic Tablets
An advertisement claims husbands scold wives who look old and urges trying Ostrex Tonte Tablets to reclaim a younger look. It targets worn and tired appearances caused by iron deficiency, promising renewed pep and pride for the wife. The ad promotes a 60 cent introductory size available at Athens Pharmacy in Athens.
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Athens
Ady
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Fair Board
National Guard
Wood County Airport
American Amr
Parkersburg
Old Settlers
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey Boy
Mace
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hocking Valley Gas
F. P. Ables & Son
Glidden Vendurance
Japalac
Miller Bros
N. Court Ph
S. E. Onio
Choice
Boys' School
Plains
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