End of Summer Enrollments Set for Athens County Schools
An estimated 3190 students will enter Athens County schools as the new term begins. Schools open Sept 4 or 5 with various exceptions, including Shade due to a superintendent’s wife's death. Organizational meetings, cafeterias, immunizations, and foundation program funds are detailed for each district and high school.
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Athens County
Shade
L. F. Miller
the Plains
Athens
Rome-Canaan
Carthage-Troy
Ames-Bern
Ohio University
Juanita Cluse
Herbert Sanger
Stewart
Albany
Barbara Hemsworth
Ames Bern
Virginia Eddy
Paul Casto
Jean McAfee
Joy Kapsala
Leonard Tutkowski
Athens-Local
Trimble
Waterloo
York
New Marshfield
Carthage
Coolville
Hockingport
Hollister
School Foundation
Rome- Canaan
Meigs
Shade School
Youth Center State Fair Grounds
Columbus
Plains School
Plains
Athenians to Attend Theta Chi Centennial at Norwich University
Two Athens men G Edwin West and Mac Morrison will join Theta Chi pledge delegation at the centennial convention in Norwich Vermont September 5 to 8. Ohio University will send the largest pledge group among 119 chapters. Professor George Starr Lasher of Athens, former national president, will speak at the banquet and lead School of Fraternity Practices panels. He will also give the commencement address at the end of the three day program. On November 1 Lasher will speak at Kappa Delta Rho 50th anniversary convention in Middlebury Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Theta Chi Fraternity
Norwich University
Vermont
Ohio University
G. Edwin West
Mac Morrison
Theta Chi
George Starr Lasher
Lasher
Kappa Delta Rho
Middlebury
Births and Admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs Gary Sayers of Ath ens Route 3 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Forest Barnhart of Ath ens Route 1. Hospital admissions include Henry Johnston and several others from Athens area. discharges include Warren Simpson Jr and multiple residents from Athens and nearby towns.
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Gary Sayers
Athens
Forest Barnhart
Henry Johnston
Fred Shafer
Donald Seward
Curtis C. Finch
the Plains
Elsie Marks
L. W. Paugh
Warren
Kennety Quinn
Guysville
Glouster Officer Charged With Assault and Battery
Glouster policeman Wilfred Russell faces a second assault and battery charge brought by a man alleging excessive force during an arrest. The municipal court hearing was continued without a plea to September 7. Grand jury indicted Russell on a similar charge. trial in Common Pleas Court is set for September.
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Glouster
Wilfred Russell
James W. Russell
Trimble
Sheriff's Department
Semore Ball
Common Pleas Court
Swimmer Collapses After Overexertion at Ohio University Pool
A 40-year-old Warren man, L. W. Paugh, apparently collapsed from exhaustion after swimming at the Ohio University Natatorium Thursday night. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by emergency squad and admitted for examination after hitting his head on the tile floor.
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Warren
Ohio University Natatorium
L. W. Paugh
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Car Slid Off Highway 682. Driver Uninjured in Ditch
Leonard T. Woodyard of Athens on Route 1 was traveling north on Highway 682 at noon yesterday when his car skid on slippery pavement and overturned into a ditch. He was not injured though property damage was heavy, per State Highway Patrol.
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Leonard T. Woodyard
Athens
Woodyard
State Highway Patrol
Precipitation High In Athens for Year
Athens weather observer C. L. Colmer reports 34.65 inches of precipitation this year, about two thirds of the annual average of 38 inches. High was 87 degrees and the low 72 with 0.38 inches rain in August so far.
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Ohio
Athens Federal Weather Observer
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Auto Strikes Local Woman In Lancaster Street
A 70 year old Lancaster St woman, Mrs Eyla Shafer of 142 N Lancaster, was struck by a south bound auto after stepping off the curb into the street. She is in good condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital with scalp cuts and leg bruises. The driver Vernon Buchenburg, 21, Toledo, says the car almost stopped before the impact.
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Lancaster St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Eyla Shafer
N. Lancaster
Vernon Buchenburg
Toledo
Second St
Miller Rites Sunday 2 p.m.
Mrs. Ella R. Miller 66 wife of L. F. Miller Shade schools superintendent died at home after a long illness. She taught in Gallia Athens Shade Chauncey High Schools and was a past matron of Athens Chapter Eastern Star. Survived by husband son Malcolm, sisters Agnes Swisher Luella Bradbury, brothers Walter Rupe Claude Rupe Marcus Rupe. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. Albany Methodist Church burial Hebbardville cemetery. Rev. Edward Miller presiding. Friends may call Bigony Funeral Home Albany Saturday.
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Shade
Ella R. Miller
Albany
Malcolm
Shelton
Wash
Agnes Swisher
Columbus
Luella Bradbury
Kyser
Walter Rupe
Chillicothe
Claude
Marcus Rupe
Kyger
Albany Methodist Church
Hebbardville
Edward Miller
Bigony Funeral Home
Two Drivers Fined by Mayors for Traffic Offenses
Charles C Brown of The Plains was fined 5 dollars and costs by the Chauncey mayor for running a stop sign in a State Highway Patrol case. John H Branstilter, 25 Franklin Ave Athens, was fined 10 dollars and costs by Nelsonville mayor for crossing the yellow line in a State Highway Patrol case.
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Charles C. Brown
the Plains
Chauncey
John H. Branstilter
Franklin Ave
Athens
Nelsonville
Labor's Stake in World Affairs Speech by Dr Klotsche
Dr J Martin Klotsche provost of the University of Wisconsin spoke at Ewing Hall on how labor is tied to global affairs. He urged reliance on ideas over force while acknowledging defense needs and praised the free world’s belief in individual worth as a counter to communist ideals.
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Labor
Klotsche
J. Martin Klotsche
University of Wisconsin
Ewing Hall
Free World
United States
Supreme Court
Europe
U. S. Office of Education
Jugenheim
Germany
Institute of World Affairs
W L Kircher Appointed To AFL-CIO Post
William N. Kircher, former Athens resident and 1936 Ohio University graduate, is named Assistant Director of Region Nine for the AFL-CIO covering Ohio and West Virginia. He will operate from Cincinnati, joining a two office region with Cleveland. He previously served on the Airframe Committee and as aide to AFL-CIO organizer John Livingstone.
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William N. Kircher
Athens
Ohio University
National Afl-Cio
Ohio
W. Va
Charles P. Kircher
Dorothy Dent
Wage Stabilization Board
Kircher
John Livingstone
AFL- Clc
Cincinnati
Cleveland
The
Athens Messenger
Mrs Rietz Dies Wednesday In San Francisco
Margaret DeMolet Rietz 57 of San Francisco Calif died Wednesday night sister of the late Charles and John Demolet former Athens businessman moved to San Francisco four years ago survived by husband Arthur two sisters Dorothy Chadwell Columbus and Arthur Peterson Dayton a brother James Demolet Dayton funeral services set with Rosary 8 p m at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home mass 8 30 Saturday morning burial Mt Calvary Cemetery. Richard D Morris 18 Athens Route 5 fined 25 and costs in Municipal Court Friday for driving an unsafe vehicle.
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Margaret DeMolet Rietz
San Francisco
Calif
Charles
John Demolet
Athens
Rietz
Arthur
Dorothy Chadwell
Columbus
Arthur Peterson
Dayton
James DeMolet
Jagers and Sons Funeral
Jan Kish
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
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Gerald Bibbee
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Alfred Gendemalik
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Edna Black
Donna Meyers
Ralph Wigal
Lillian Freimark
Merlyn Ross
Charles Tewksbury
Lucy Harvey
Clarence Allen
Mina Mingus
Blanche Buchman
Connie Brown
Barbara Brake
Ruth Curry
Paul Weise
Peggy Tay
Lor
Jessie Milton Cain
Ruth Klingenberg
Robert Bunting
John Dunlap
W. Philabaum
Canatiae
Logan
Jeff Chandler
the Spoilers
Marilyn Monroe
Glenn Ford
Americano
Technico
Eei Yger Technicolor
Warren Simpson, Jr
Millfield
James Daft
Helen Jones
Orval Heightland
Roger Cochran and Son
FE. E. Ray
Pi Lil da
EU Roe
Peleaead Thay
Tas Hunter
Shy Guy
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First ML
Warner Gros
Cinemascope
Warnercolor
Wallace
Louis L'Amour
Richard Whorf
Stuart Heisler
Amazon
John Sutton
Maria Fernanda
Shirley Dene Kern
Donald Kern
Alan Neiman
Elizabeth Scott
Melville
Sugar Creek
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric
James Walls
Athens Route 4
Walls
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Kretsche
W.L. Kircher
Afl-Cio
Richard D. Morris
Athens Route 5
Athens Wine & Beer
West Union
Parade OF the Hills
Gooding Amusement CO
Kipsy Kids
Mets
Don Apache the
Wonder Horse
Valley Drive-In
Don Apache
Orr Peta
Aesf
Cutie
Frankie Laine
Marlow
Pture Pont
Anthony Dexter
Dick Long
Robert Cummins
Joan Caulfield
Athens Pharmacy Court
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Hayden
United Artists
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ASUN
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Dolores Dorn
Marie Windsor Winston
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Sterling Vera David Hayden - Ralston
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