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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1956
Page
9
Ohio's top high school scholar of 1956 Wardd A. Patton, 17, of Sydney, has decided to enter Miami University under an engineering studies program. He ranked highest on the state general scholarship tests last spring and has accepted a Miami scholarship.
Miss Viola Bobo returned to Dayton following a vacation with relatives in Dayton and Florida.
A string of crossword style clues lists multiple across and down entries with partial words and fragmented hints covering people objects and places. The grid includes references to poets saints rivers and languages in brief clue phrases to guide fill‑in.
The piece advises beginners to purchase basic sports equipment rather than borrowing. It notes guests may borrow what they need if hosts do not specify gear to bring and mentions Roman calendar reforms linked to political terms per the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
An Associated Press tally shows 22 people died in Ohio over the weekend from six rooming house fires and ten traffic deaths. In Cleveland, three men suffocated in a blaze and another man died in a separate fire. Lorain reported a man and a woman killed in a fire during the period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight.
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