Veterans and families anchor Athens County Fair attendance
Ohio University student veterans and their families in temporary fairground housing form the core attendance. Gate passes provided by fair board secretary L C Baker are used with few complaints amid daytime and nighttime activity near the residences. A Temple Oklahoma man bought the first fair ticket, and Kiwanis and Legion booths offer concessions and refreshments as booths display heating units tractors and farm equipment from local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
L. C. Baker
Fair Board
Harold R. McClure
Okla
L. A. Wilson
Fairgrounds
J. S. Sherrard
American Legion
Melburn Yates
Ralph Shafer
John de Molet
John Cox
Sam Alvarez
Ben Williams
Robert J. Cook
Nolan Mace
O. G. Houck
Don Montgomery
Donald EF. Robinson
K. T
Crossen
John DeMolet, Sr
G. E. White
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Booth
Farl G. Davis
James
van Nostrand
Merrill Kerr
Charles Bethel
John Rogers
Raymond A. Lee
James Wilson
George L. Smith
Kenneth Kerr
H. A. Cole
Tuppers Plains
Walter Wharton, Jr
Farm Bureau Co-op
William Hixon
Woodyard Farm Supply
J. H. Kennedy
Athens Truck and Implement Co
Donaldson Motors
Albany
George W. Ford
Athens
Ford
City Schools Announce Teacher Assignments for New Year
Athens city schools released a full slate of teacher assignments for the coming year. Opening day is Sept. 9 with a 10 a.m. teachers meeting on Sept. 8. Assignments cover East Side, West Side, Central, and junior and senior high faculties led by principals Martha Hooper Sherman Gilmore and O. L. Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Harper. C. Pendry
East Side
Janet Clark
Louisa Steele
Georgia Jeffers
Sara Blower
Bernice Kayser
Myrta Ashworth
West Side
Maybelle Darst
Maude Stauffer
Elizabeth Souder
Ashland
Ann Day
Charleston
W. Va
Central
Martha Hooper
Beth Cable
Lucy Sigmann
Ruth Pearce
Mary Dillon
Cora Evans
Sherman Gilmore
William M. Bryant
Robert Wren
Hellen Dinsmoor
Lucile Duffee
Jack Hague
Zanesville
Alice Schuler
Logan
Clayton Smith
Stewart
Edith Stocklin
Charlotte Lane
Lloyd Bjornstad
Kathryn Enlow
Pauline Fierce
Bjornstad
Enlow
Fierce
Pauline Heft
Harry Lackey
Ethel Woolf
Ohio University Airport to add Link Trainer and new hangar
Ohio University Airport plans a Link Trainer for student ground flight training and a new hangar by mid September. H T Olson announced at Athens Rotary Club that Tay lorcraft planes are sold and Cubs will replace them for standardized training. The expansion, supported by Civil Aeronautics Administration, aims to increase fall student numbers and include flights to Chilli cothe and Parkersburg, focusing on practical uses of flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
H. T. Olson
Athens Rotary Club
Berry
Olson
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Athens
Chillicothe
Parkersburg
Hypodermic Heat Feels Hunger in Athens Swelter
With temperatures reaching 92 degrees Athens endures a heat wave as humidity keeps residents indoors and sleep elusive. The city records 69 degrees overnight while a county weather observer notes 82 degrees by midmorning. Scattered showers expected later offer slight relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Midwest
Athens County
C. N. France
Ohio
Postmaster Exam Listed Albany Vacancy Noted
Open competitive examination announced by the United States Civil Service Commission for the Albany postmaster. Salary $2,500 yearly. Open to men and women. Applications due by September 11 at the Athens Post Office. A. E. Chester currently acting postmaster at Albany per post office records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
United States Civil Service Commission
Athens
A. E. Chester
Post Office
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Roy Mullins Ath ens a daughter Mr and Mrs Harold Rodgers Athens a son Mr and Mrs Basil Mantle Guys ville a son Mr and Mrs Frank Grubbs Glouster a son Major surgeries include Mrs Forest Johnston Nelson ville Mrs Martha McCune Trimble Richard Grover Athens Dismissals include Mrs Joseph Stewart and daughter Athens Mrs Emory Coen and daughter Athens Christine Mayle Stewart Julia Cable Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Mullins
Athens
Harold Rodgers
Basil Mantle
Guysville
Frank Grubbs
Glouster
Forest Johnston
Nelsonville
Martha McCune
Trimble
Richard Grover
Joseph Stewart
Emory Coen
Christine Mayle
Stewart
Julia Cable
WCTU Meeting Planned by Troy Township Unit
Members of the Troy Township WCTU will meet at the Little Hocking Methodist Church on Thursday at 8 p.m. The announcement came today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Troy Township
WCTU
Little Hocking Methodist Church
Youth fined after crossing highway centerline
John Watkins Jr 20 of Chauncey was fined 10 dollars and costs Tuesday night by Mayor W D Hines after arrest by the State Highway Patrol on crossing a highway centerline charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Watkins, Jr
Chauncey
W. D. Hines
State Highway Patrol
Ohio University names Thomas A. Gorton new music director
Thomas A. Gorton, pianist and composer from Oneida New York, named director of Ohio University School of Music and professor of music by President John C. Baker. A former head of Texas piano department and Eastman alum, he succeeds C C Robinson and begins with the fall semester September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Gorton
Oneida
N. Y
Ohio University
School of Music
John C. Baker
St. Louis Symphony
Rochester Civic
Houston Symphony
Gorton
University of Texas
Eastman School of Music
University of Rochester
Ile
U. S. Navy
Austin
Texas
C. C. Robinson
Barl C. Seigfred
College of Fine Arts
San Bernardino Symphony
University of Texas Symphony
Riverside
Calif
Community Opera Association
Highway Projects Offered for Sale in Ohio Counties
State and federal highway contracts totaling two million dollars across 26 Ohio counties to be offered for sale August 26 in Columbus. In Athens County bids were not received on the July sale projects totaling about 76 thousand dollars, with the federal aid project covering 6.35 miles on County Highway No. 1 between Kimberly and Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ohio
Columbus
Murray D. Shaffer
Athens
Hocking
Morgan Counties
Kimberly
Carbondale
Glouster
Trimble
Guysville
Federal Creek
Stewart
Dover
White's Mill
Athens Fairgoers Fined For Excessive Celebration
Two Athens fairgoers faced intoxication charges after the first day of the event. Edna Haynes, 30, of 51 Depot St. pleaded guilty and paid 50 dollars plus costs after police picked her up near the railroad tracks by the fairgrounds. Frank Martin, 68, of Athens Route 5 also pleaded guilty and paid five dollars plus costs. he was arrested inside the fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Edna Haynes
Depot St
Fairgrounds
Frank Martin
Extension Director To Attend Meeting
J. Floyd Dixon extension director and part time education professor will represent Ohio University at a 10 day conference of school administration professors starting Wednesday at Endicott. On day one the group will list problems facing school administration in the next decade. The remainder will discuss how colleges of education can help solve these problems on and off campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Floyd Dixon
Ohio University
College of Education
Endicott
Dixon
Local distributors of Marietta paints listed
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. in Athens, Pomeroy Cement Block Co. in Pomeroy, and Plymale Wagner Co. in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis
All Bonds Now Furnished in Gambling Case
Four men who pleaded guilty in June to operating slot machines have posted the $500 bond. Glen Burson posted the final bond on Saturday after earlier releases and short sentences. Emmett Poston, John Sewell, and C. J. Robinson had posted their bonds by August after suspensions and fines. Officials said delays stemmed from finding suitable bondsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Poston
John Sewell
C. J. Robinson
Dog Theft Denial as Man Freed on Bond in Larceny Case
Vern Scott of Athens Route 4 released on $200 bond after being bound over to the grand jury on a petit larceny charge filed by Dean Maxwell of Angel Ridge. Scott pleaded innocent at arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth, accused of stealing Maxwell's hunting dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Scott
Athens
Dean Maxwell
Angel Ridge
Scott
Franz Woodworth
Maxwell
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Jerome Fenske
W. C. Fingerhut
O. L. Wood
Anne Pickering
Mary Connett
Irene Hand
Harold L. Lee
Maxwell Ferguson
Gladys Moore
Walter Porter
P. S. Wamsley
E. G. Cliffton
Mayme Johnston
Eva Lamon
Dominic DeFazio
Elyria
Earl Washburn
Alice O'Shaughnessy
Rufus Putnam
Bernice Rodehaver
Margaret Ann Hoy
Lancaster
M. E. Cottle
University of Wyoming
Ruth Giesen
Muskingum College
Robert Emmert
Evansville College
Evansville
Ind
Robert Essex
The
McBee Co
Carl Roberts
Grace Tressel
Whitefish Bay
Wis
kooLaip
Grocers
R. FE. McCammon
Berry Hotel
Economy Savings & Loan Aw
Clyde Mansfield
W. Union St
Real Estate Home Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Club
Steinway
University of Southern California
Memphis, Tenn., College of Music
MR. Gorton
Marietta Sheldcote Enamel
Kasco
Chauncey - Dover Feed Store
Chauncey, Ohio
Keystone _ Custodian Funds
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities
Cline
Governor Herbert
Tom J. Herbert
Athens County Fair Board
A&p
A&p Coffee
America
Iner
Ian
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