Campbell to Head Curriculum To Include Doctorate in Chemistry
Don Campbell of Guysville was named county chair for the 1956 Red Cross Fund Drive by Red Cross executive director Mrs. Samuel Erskine. The drive covers all townships in Athens County except Athens Township and City, with specified township quotas ranging from 100 to 2,000 dollars, reflecting the countywide fundraising effort for 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Campoei
Guysville
Red Cross
Samuel Erskine
Red Cross J
Athens Township
Athens City
Townip
United Appeal
Campbell
Rome Township
Ohio University
Rome
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Dover
York
Lee
Alexander
Loi
Carthage
Troy
Jerloo
Ames-Bera
Pick-Up Dry Cleaning Service Routes Listed
Albany and N Marshfield on Monday and Thursday. Sugar Creek Guysville and Stewart on Tuesday and Friday. Nelsonville on Wednesday. Athens Service Anytime first dial 21682.
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Albany &N. Marshfield
Sugar Creek
Guysville
Stewart
Nelsonville
Athens
OU Students Pledge Funds For New Building
Ohio University student organizations presented checks totaling 25000 for a physical education building project. The first wing costs about 330000 with completion next fall. The seven year campaign aims to raise 2.5 million, financed from pledges and gifts. Ora Belding and Larry Harper led the fundraising, with praise from University officials.
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Ince
Ohio University
Ilse
Area Courts Fine Drivers For Stop Sign Violations
Three drivers were men and another forfeited bond after Tuesday arrests by state police. In Chauncey's Mayor Charles Wadley court Arthur Quinn, 56, Amesville, charged with failing to stop at a stop sign. John V. Chakeres, 44, Worthington, fined for the same charge. Arthur D. Wilson, 20, Athens, fined $5 and costs for driving a truck with an insecure load. Amesville Mayor Thomas Clark fined Herman L. Budsworth, 42, Amesville, $10 and 1 cent for passing in hazardous conditions.
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Te Sta
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Arthur Quinn
Ames Ville
Wadiey
John “V. Chakeres
Worthington
Arthur D. Wilson
Athens
Amesville
Thomas Clark
Herman’ L. Budsworth
Divorces Filed Amid Talks of Neglect in Athens County
Two divorce petitions filed in the clerk of courts office allege gross neglect against Nellie Swart and Chester A Hamden. The couples, reportedly married in Athens County on Oct 15 1954, have no children. Gracie Noland granted a divorce from Joseph Noland in Common Pleas Court on grounds of wilful absence. Six whiskey stills were seized by Ohio liquor department investigators in November, per Director William C Ant.
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Clerk of Courts Office
Nellie Swart
Chauncey
Chester Ai
Hamden
Athens County
Gracie Noland
Joseph Noland
Common Pleas
Columbus
Ohio Liquor Partment
William Cant
Christmas Programs Presented by Schools
In Putnam Hall auditorium Friday at 1:19 pm elementary students present a holiday program with singing of Jingle Bells and Silent Night and a Christmas story there will be a tree trimming followed by carols and a Yuletide tale titled The Story of Silent Night under director Julia Nehis and with fourth grade lead Greg Booth. Approximately 325 attendees, scenery by Mildred Murphy, and assistance from teachers and the principal. School dismisses for Christmas vacation Friday afternoon with classes resuming Tuesday noon.
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Ohio Univer
John C Bakon
Timex
Bo Mack
Ohio State
Lawrence Quill
Michigan
Henry Gilman
John Leffle
Mack
Quil
Ohio University
Julia Nehis
Cen
Eilres| Sistmas
Putnam Hall
Robert
Greg
Ory Booth
Tueday
Jan
Austria
East Side
Wreseted
Juditorium
Ersone
Harold Kesler
Mildred Murphy
Sarah Blower
Thomas ‘Jenkins
Ann” Hoy
Myrta Aubwrerth
Deer narrowly escapes hunters then dies in collision in Ohio
A deer that survived the recent hunting season dashed across a highway Tuesday evening near Athens, Ohio, eluding hunters but suffering fatal injuries after a vehicle struck it. The State Patrol reported a damaged car and a crippled deer that nevertheless fled into nearby brush.
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Ohio
Court Order Bars Further Land Action
Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White ordered a bar on further action from the trespass suit brought by Elba and Justine Graham against Athens. The order provides $1500 damages awarded by a jury for property damage in east Athens from a tranistory storm sewer line, and states the city’s liability ends with the payment. The order names William A. Lavelle and Enoch Allen as delegates to enforce the terms and to remain to prevent additional trespass actions.
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Coth
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Elba
Justine Graham
Athens
Graham
William A. Lavelle
Enoch Allen
Ironton
Chicago
Grahams
Tudge White
William Row
Sanity
Lavelle
Woman 105 Recalls Civil War Events and Family Life
Sa rah Gaston of 153 Mill St observed her 105th birthday with memories of the Civil War era. She has lived with daughter Mrs Susan Mansfield for decades, summers with daughters Mrs Bertha Auker in Crooksville and Mrs Fiona Richardson in New Straitville, and in 1927 her husband died. She recalls the Morgan raid in Ohio in 1863 and witnessing a locomotive smoke from a hill as the train entered Athens before the war.
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Sarah Gaston
Mill St
Susan Manseld
Bertha Auker
Crooksville
Fiona’ Richardson
New Straiteville
Canton
Gaston
Ohio
Hso
Athens
Jury Hung in Kilvert Case After Deliberations
The Kilvert case opened Monday before Judge Francis D. White. Jurors failed to reach a verdict on charges of breaking and entering a farm outbuilding on the Featherstone farm near Stewart on September 24. The prosecution alleged theft of chickens and named Evelyn Sutt and others as part of the jury pool.
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Francis D. White
White Chaniel
Taper
Featherstone Farm
Stewart
Tabler
Mer
Evelyn ‘Sutt
Hildalher
Stella Suda
Athine
Virginia LaVeck
A. D. Hawk Vonville
City court fines James Stevens for intoxication plea
James E. Stevens, 23 Stimpson Wye, was fined $25 plus costs in Municipal Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a city police intoxication charge.
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Rviews
James E. Stevens
Stimpson Wye
City Police
City House Decoration Contest Judges Named
Judges named for Athens area City House Decoration Contest will determine prize winners. Committee chair Aine Farrell said judging occurs in mid late December with winners receiving prizes at City Hall Christmas Eve. The contest is open to Athens area residents and aims to aid a man and wife who lost their home to a fire.
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Enon
Christ
Muany
Aine Farrell
Repose
Counter Love
Rotary
Lorin C. Staats
Kiwanis
Gomer Jones
Lions
Salvation Army
Ray Johnson
Athens
Red Cross
Washington St
Marvin
Peter B. Seel
Franklin
Mechanicsburg
Farrell
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Stud
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Bean Clippinger
Bolin
Jesse H. Day
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Robert J. Kline
Thomas H. Curry
Robert K. Ingham
Robert F. Sympeon
Iir B. Smith
Wendell V. F Books
Whemiistry
Cutler
McGuffey
Ohio Univer Ane
Cacinnati
Western Reserve
Ube Dachelor
Guppingers
Hall
Wim. Campbell
Red Cros
Lane
Erskine
Conrae Cleaners
Phe Pining
Cay Road
Washington
Tel
F. Main St. Pomeroy
Gallipotte
Chelser's
Oleo
Xmas
Chelser
Negorra Restauran
Congress
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lewis Hannah
Sharon Keller
Hllabeth Doce
Carl Gibson
Pia
Nancy Hertz
Gilbert Cooper
David Woodcutf
Vernon Walls
Sylvia Carlson
Robert Henderson
Stanley” Dishon
the Plains
Mildred Smith
Ben Border
Phirtees Putman Hall Nursery ‘Boot
F. H Gifford CO
Philco
The
Demoei
Union St
G. H. Martin & Son
Williamson
Richland Ave
Earl Sez
Earl F. Mathews
General Insurance
Athens County Insurance Agents Assn. Oo Tel
Security Bank Bidg
Athens National Bank
Beasley & Mathews
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