Boy Scouts Honor Court Attracts 300 Plus In Ohio Community
More than 300 scouts parents and officials attended the Hock Hocking District annual Court of Honor at Chauncey Dover High School gym. Roy Dupler presented 1947 rank advancements and 130 merit badges while nine troops plus a Nelsonville cub pack joined the event. Eagle and Bronze Eagle Palm awards went to John Gibbs Phil Nye and Jack Woolley with numerous others earning second and first class ranks.
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Boy Scouts
Larry Press
Hock-Hocking
Kootaga Area
Chauncey- Dover High School
Roy Dupler
Advancement Committee
W. G. Davis
Chauncey
Chauncey Troop 78
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Plains
Lewis McBride
Phillip Nye
Philmont
New Mexico
Allen Steer
Parkersburg
France
America
Gilbert Courtney
Cliff Cooley
Alpha Phi Omega
Joe B. Maffett
John Gibbs
Phil Nye
Jack Woolley
George W. Starcher
Richard Robe
Lindley Jones
Robert Morris
John Evans
Rollin Gaskill
Jack Vickers
Lawrence Wamsley
Charles Thompson
Robert Cotter
Paul Lee
Harold Dugan
Donald Osberg
Richard DeLong
Delmar Orme
Lloyd Dugan
Robert Daugherty
Thomas Cline
Jack Lester
Lowell Davis
Louis Bartlett
Jesse Lee
Charles Dent
Robert Jones
Richard Nellis
Joe Scott
Donald Whitehouse
Jerry Hall
Tom Jones
Donald McPherson
Bernard Davis
Gary Lee Dean
Charles Hubbard
Walter Keplar
Jimmy Maurer
John Thompson
Ronald Weaver
Don Godenschwager
Danny A. Green
Robert Linton
Bill Wendell
Roger Wood
James Cavolo
Eugene Hague
Donald Olbers
Patrick Crawford
William Kittle
Glenroy McLaughlin
Ronald Cline
Richard Jackson
Freddie Cunningham
Lawrence Bell
Dwight Johnson
Paul Ross
George Starcher
Robert Perry
Edward Carpenter
James Dilley
Frank Dilley
Robert L. Morris
Thomas Pappas
Carl Freeman
Two Accidents Reported by Police
Police log two minor crashes on Thursday. Tom Allen, 20, of 50 East State Street, struck a street marker at N Lancaster and Second Streets after claiming to be forced onto the curb by an oncoming vehicle. Edward Fran, 27, of 8 Cable Street, had a Rauch Bakery delivery truck backed into his car on East State Street by Harry Chesser, 28, of 17 North McKinley Street, who was moving the truck. Both cars sustained slight damage.
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Tom Allen
E. State St
N. Lancaster
Second Streets
Harry Chesser
N. McKinley St
Rauch Bakery
Bennett's
Edward Fran
Cable St
All-County Band To Rehearse Saturday
The All-County Band meets for practice Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Mechanicsburg school. Director James Carter says it is a regular rehearsal with try-outs and sectional challenges.
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Mechanicsburg
James Carter
Carter
Athens High Driver Course Underway at Athens High
Athens High School starts its driver training session directed by Thomas W. Bowen. The program includes 36 hours classroom work 8 to 12 hours of driving in a dual controlled Beasley and Mathews car 24 hours driving observation and lectures from state and city police. Eligible students must be 16 with a state driving permit.
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Athens High School
Thomas W. Bowen
Beasley and Mathews
Bowen
State
Highway Patrol
Athens City
Betty Wagner
Robert Green
Eugene Roberts
Patricia Laziman
Marian Vanity
John Spikas
Claude Westfall
Tom Wootten
Albert Gubitz
Dwight Leach
Joan Davis
Jean Rusten
Lyndall Woolley
Catherine Clark
Lois Smith
Margaret Robe
Ann Rowles
Carolyn Conkey
Jane Long
Mary Varnes
Mary Ellen Haning
Emma McCrum
Delmar Ervin
Nina White
Mrs Hawkins Dies at 77 in Athens County
Anna Elizabeth Hawkins 77 died Thursday night at Hill Crest Rest Home after five years of illness. Lifelong Athens County resident and Nazarene Church member she was preceded in death by her husband Meade and a son Virgil. Survived by four sons James Floyd Ernest and Wilford nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Friends may call after Saturday noon at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home with services Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev D H Goff. Burial in Clarks Chapel.
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Anna Elizabeth Hawkins
Hillcrest Rest
Athens County
Wilford
Athens
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
D. H. Goff
Clarks Chapel
Births and Admits at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births list includes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Karl Davis of Athens. Admissions show patients Bobby Midkiff of Guysville and Hase Chappell of Shade undergoing major surgery. Other admissions include Mrs Grace Hubler and Mrs Helen Coury of Athens for minor surgery and medical care.
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Karl Davis
Athens
Bobby Midkiff
Guysville
Hase Chappell
Shade
Grace Hubler
Helen Coury
Gladys Moore
Oscar McGee
the Plains
Medica
Civil Service Positions Open in Huntington District
Applications accepted for probational posts in Huntington District including inspector of general construction concrete earthwork electrical and mechanical dredging and procurement. Salaries range from 2168 to 3397 dollars with postings via W. H. Oldfield at the Athens Post Office.
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Civil Service
Huntington
W. H. Oldfield
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
Athens business drive tops first day gifts for Mount St. Mary
The Athens Business Committee reported over 11 500 in gifts on day one of the Mount St. Mary Hospital Fund Campaign after a breakfast meeting with more than 20 committee members. Co Chairmen Thomas H Metters and Francis A Lavelle noted strong local business support. Residential Vice Chairman is Mrs C J Ailstock of E Riverside Drive.
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Athens Business Committee
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Thomas H. Metters
Metters
Athens
Carpenter Hardware Co
Athens Buick Co
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
Hotel Berry
F. J. Beasley Co
Nye Chevrolet Co
Athens Messenger
Cussins & Fearn
Athens Junk Co
Kerr Hardware
Athens National Bank
Bank of Athens National Banking Assn
Conservation Projects Inspected by Athens Soil Board
The Athens County District Soil Conservation Board reviewed field trials showing up to 35 bushels per acre gain from 800 pounds of 3-8-8 fertilizer in furrows. Slides covered rye grass and sweet clover seeding, farm plans for Helen Seel and Merle Chase were approved, and pasture improvement, strip cropping, a diversion ditch, and a well sodded dam with a pond were toured. Board members Frank Pugh Fred Dorr Edgar Dixon Ralph Frash Eldon Wiseman and Ralph Barker attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Athens County District Soil Conservation
Helen Seel
Lee Township
Merle Chase
Alexander Township
Frank Pugh
Milton Chase
Maynard Coat
E. V. Holbart
Athens Soil Conservation District
Fred Dorr
Edgar Dixon
Ralph Frash
Eldon Wiseman
Ralph Barker
Athens
Guard Gains New Recruits In Athens Nelsonville
Ohio National Guard unit in Athens swore in two new privates William C. Brandeberry and Ellsworth Rife at Thursday night drill at the Armory. Under Lt Douglas Hall they received gas mask fitting and drills while rifles were cleaned. The session ended with a dismounted drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio National Guard
Nelsonville
William C. Brandeberry
Ellsworth Rife
Douglas Hall
Knox To Speak Sunday At Elks Memorial Rites
Dr. Israel Knox of Ohio University philosophy will speak at the Athens Lodge 973 BPOE memorial service Sunday at 2 p.m. in the lodge rooms. The annual observance honors members who died in the past year.
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Knox
Elks
Israel Knox
Ohio University
Department of Philosophy
Athens Lodge 973
BPOE
Rain Adds to Temps as Friday Reaches 54
An extra .09 inches of rain fell with Thursdays high of 40 and last nights low 37. The thermometer hit 54 at 11 a.m. Friday, according to Mrs. C N France.
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C. N. France
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Two drivers were fined Thursday after arrests by the State Highway Patrol. George R. Wheeler, 29, Columbus, was assessed $20 and costs for driving an overloaded coal truck. Russell Crum, 19, Arlington, Va., was fined $10 and costs for a Route 50 speeding charge.
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State Highway Patrol
George R. Wheeler
Columbus
Oral Daugherty
Russell Crum
Arlington
Franz Woodworth
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Stokers
W. Union
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
K. T. Crossen
Post
American Legion
Legion
Regus
Athens Bottling Works, Inc. &E
Ohio
Delec
Owen Carmichael
Sportsman Grill
W. Union St
Fair Grounds
Sheltering Arms Hospital
William Mulford
Jack Evener
Eileen Ahart
Dix Dishon
First Day Hospital
Guard
CLUB
S. M. Stkefeather
Kingswood, Ky
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. M. Awe
Young Peoples Zone
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
Prop
Maytag
OURS
W. State
Dial
Ws . i. Th
Key Weather
O. K
Easier’s
Clover Farm
Court St. Athens
Mid-West
Florence
de Houc
Church OF Christ
Stimson Avenue
Athens County Agents Association
Cameron and
VanDyke
Donald K. Barstow
O. G. Houck
Seiple
Kempton
F. R. Murphey and Son
Oscar Fulton
D. M. Goddard
Oakley and Oakley
Nelsonville, Ohio
Dwight H. Rutherford
Earl Mathews
Athens Home Telephone CO
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