District Meet Draws Nearly 100 Masons in Athens
Nearly 100 Masons from southeastern Ohio attended the 17th Masonic District meeting in Athens on Thursday night. The event at Paestauthia Lodge 25 included conferring the post master degree on 24 newly elected lodge masters and the election of district officers led by Harold Oyster of Marietta as president and Gus Abel of McConnelsville as first vice president. Distinguished Masons like Harry Schramm and R J Studer joined attendees in a day featuring degree work and a business session.
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Ohio
Masonic
Athens
Paestauthia Lodge 25
Masonic Temple
Hiram Roy Wilson
Sayres
Nelsonville
Pierce
Harold Oyster
Marietta
Gus Abel
McConnelsville
Earl Linton
Seville
Weston T. Dressel
Belpre
Aeeeelany
Lodge
Donald B. Knopp
Albany
W. Ziegler
Amesville
Carlos M. Bowman
George H. White
Bartlett
Jerome A. Frost
Dale Chapman
Beverly
John Vickroy
Bishopville
Frank V. Miller
Chesterhill
Harold Davis
Coolville
Paul Steimer
Denvertown
Robert Byers
Glouster
Guysville
Frank Stacy
Lowell
G. M. Fulton
Macksburg
Harold W. Harmar
Connelsville
John Ss. Steenrod
A. E. Carter
New Marshfield
Charles F. McMahon
New Matamoras
Wesley Barnes
Reinersville
Dale Morris
Stockport
Alex Kozma
Trimbie
Mr. Sayers
Harry Schramm
Jesse Hayes
Rand
Ipre
R. J. Studer
Royal Arch Masons
Joe Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Physicist outlines uranium energy scale at physics chapter meeting
S D Schneider staff adviser to the AEC Portsmouth plant spoke to Ohio University’s American Institute of Physics on atomic energy scale and uranium power. He cited one cubic inch of fissionable uranium yielding energy comparable to two million tons of coal and outlined uranium reserves versus oil gas and coal. He noted advances in radioactive isotopes and medical uses, and identified Ker Co as Portsmouth operator amid a field of candidates.
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S. D. Schneider
AEC
Portsmouth
Ohio University
American Institute of Physics
Schneider
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Paducah
New Brunswick
N. J
Tonawanda
N. Y
Ferhalt
Miamisburg
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Schneider
Ker Co
New York University
New York Water Works
Manhattan District Authority
Carbon and Carbide Chemicals
Goodyear Atomic
Mrs. Margaret Burkett Dies at 83 in Ohio Home
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Burkett 83 of Athens Route 3 died Thursday at 1 40 am at her daughter's home near West Liberty Ohio after visiting for two weeks She was born August 26 1871 in Missouri and married twice Surviving are daughter Casie Smith Urbana Route 3 son Hasie Williams Athens Route 4 sisters Reatha Wahan Mary Graham Athens Route 4 brother James Scott Athens Route 3 14 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren She was a member of East Pilgrim Holiness Church Friends may call at Wilkins Funeral Home West Liberty and at South Canaan Baptist Church near Athens where funeral services are Sunday at 1 pm Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery.
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Margaret Ellen Burkett
Athens
Jacob Smith
West Liberty
Ohio
Missouri
John Williams
Samuel Burkett
Casie Smith
Urbana
Hasie Williams
Reatha Wahan
Mary Graham
James Scott
Daly Fined In Municipal Court For Passing Over The Yellow Line
Ronald Otto Daly aged 22 of 21 Richland Avenue was fined 15 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court Friday after a State Patrol cited him for crossing the yellow line.
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Ronald Otto Daly
Richland Ave
Virginians Revolt Tale From Fort Gower Battlefield
In Athens County Ohio the Dunmore expedition sparked Virginians to distrust Lord Dunmore and Britain. Mutiny fears rose as 1200 men faced a tense march from the Hocking River to Pickaway Plains. They condemned British plans with Indians and warned of an approaching crisis under war with the colonies.
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M Hockingport
Athens County
Ohio
America
Fort Gower
Hocking River
Point Pleasant
Great Britain
New West
Kanawha
Hocking Valley
Pickaway Pilin
Circleville
Dunmore
Ohio Country
Ohio River
Hile
Hockingport
Lewis
Lewis Dunmore
Pickaway Plains
Lord Dunmore
Virginia
Nine Start Navy Training Nine area men enlisted
Nine area men enlisted in the U S Navy during November and were sent to the Naval Training Center at Bainbridge Maryland the navy recruiting substation at Prg reported Carl R Jewell son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Jewell David A Nott son of Mr and Mrs E FE Nott and J Sikorski Jr son Ss Mr and Mrs Joseph Sikorsky Guysville Robert E Midkiff a son of Mr and Mrs W C Midkiff Pomeroy John B Thornton son of Mrs Ruth Thornton Donald E Reuter son of Mr and Mrs G E Reuter
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U.S. Navy
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Navy
Prg
Arrence Ahie
Carl R. Jewell
Ralph Jewell
David A. Nott
E. FE. Nott
J Sikorski, Jr
Joseph Sikor- Guysville
Robert E
Air Power Topic Stressed by OU ROTC Officer
1st Lt Donald W Mansfield assistant professor of air science and tactics at Ohio University spoke Thursday night at the Athens Naval Reserve unit on the importance of air power. Mansfield who dropped the last bomb in Korea prior to the war’s end is a resident of Akron and was in the service five years. He noted his Athens County roots during his talk in the Speech Building basement.
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Athens’ Naval Reserve
Donald W. Mansfield
Ohio University
Mansfield
Korea
Akron
Athens County
Speech
Sunday Services At Salvation Army Citadel
Sunday morning services at the Salvation Army Citadel will be conducted at 9:30 and 10:45 by Arthur and Mary Chandler of Fairborne. Mrs Chandler is the former Mary Marshall, graduate of Middleport High School.
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Salvation Army Citadel
Arthur
Mary Chandler
Fairborne
Chandler
Mary Marshall
Middleport High School
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