Area Scout Awards Dinner Honors Local Units
Nearly 300 cubs, scouts, scouters and parents attended an annual area pot-luck dinner at the First Christian Church. The event honored Cub Packs 55 56 57 Troops 55 56 57 and Explorer Post 55 with a candlelight investiture, merit badge awards, and a Court of Honor led by Scout Executive D. D. Montoya. Officers for next year were named and membership growth praised from 292 to 505.
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First Christian Church
Clarke Daily
Bill Lowman
Joseph Maffett
Fred Rowe
Dean E. J. Taylor
D. D. Montoya
Ed Cole
Kootaga Council
James Taylor
Richard Robe
Jack Kabat
Montoya
Willard P. Barker
Athens
Paul Niswander
Nelsonville
Carl Smith
Pomeroy
John F. Newcomb
Patrick Lochary
K. R. Bodenbender
Glous
Five Ohio University Students to Spend Holidays in Hudson
Five OU students will join the Hudson Christmas program with Western Reserve Academy hosts. Representing China Curacao Greece and Korea they arrive December 22 and stay through January 2 under Dean Mickel and Prof Whitehouse coordinating placements into local homes for holiday events.
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Ohio University
Hudson
Akron
Victor Whitehouse
Hudson Community
Western Reserve Academy
Ohio U
Raymond A. Mickel
Philip Chen
Peter Chen
China
Roland de Wit
Curacao
Angelos Adam
Greece
Duk Hi Lee
Korea
Restaurant Damage Suits Dismissed
Damage suits totaling 1000 against Hiram and Claude West were dismissed from Common Pleas Court after an agreement of the parties. The petitions filed March 28 by Walter Williams and Charlene Elaine Bailey sought 500 each, claiming they were refused service due to race. No further action followed.
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Hiram
Claude Westfall
Common Pleas Court
Walter Williams
N. Shafer Sr
Charlene Elaine Bailey
N. Shafer
Community Sing Set For Richland Ave Methodist Church
Athens County announces a community sing this Sunday at 2 30 p m at Richland Avenue Methodist Church. The event invites all residents to join in song and fellowship this afternoon.
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Athens County
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
Bad Weather For Hikers
Dismal weather hit Ohio University students as finals week begun and Christmas break loomed. The recess runs Saturday at noon through 8 a.m. Wednesday January 3, with trains and buses arranged but many students driving or hitchhiking. Temperatures rose to 39 with rain. prior highs and lows were 37/29 and 31/29.
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Ohio University
Former Athens Man Albert Graf Dies in Nashville
Albert Graf, 72, died December 9 at a veterans hospital in Nashville Tennessee. He lived in Mayfield Kentucky for nearly 50 years after moving here from Germany as a youth. A tailor by trade, he worked with his brothers August and Earnest Graf and served in Company B of the Athens National Guard during the Spanish American War.
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Athens
Albert Graf
Nashville
Tenn
Mayfield
Graf
Germany
August Graf
Earnest
Christmas Program At Athens High School Brightens Holiday
Athens High School vocal and instrumental groups staged a Christmas program Friday afternoon at 2 30 p m as holidays began. Highlights included Hallelujah Chorus from Handel Messiah Silent Night and a boys chorus solo Wendell Fryer and Dawna Bulloch with the mixed chorus. The event featured a brass quartet Bob OBrien David Lewis John Mitchell and Roger France and was accompanied by Martha Dee Morrison Katy Carpenter Barbara Williams and David Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Bob O'Brien
David Lewis
John Mitchell
Roger France
Carolyn Kellogg
Stanley McKinnis
David Hamilton
Ernest Anderson
Jerry Jagers
Wendell Fryer
Largest driver education class at Athens High School
Thomas W. Bowen leads the 30 member program at Athens High School to reduce teen accidents. The class, with 26 girls and 4 boys, covers 30 hours of instruction plus 20 minutes daily driving in a dual control car under state patrol supervision.
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Athens High School
Thomas W. Bowen
Bowen
Cpl
Robert E. Hender
Martins Ferry Woman dies at 82
Mrs. J. A. Moore, 82, mother of Mrs. Roger Jones Sr., died Thursday at her Martins Ferry home. Survived by daughter Virginia Moore, two grandsons Roger J. Jones Jr. and John Moore Jones, and great granddaughter Shirley Jones. Brothers Jack Armstrong of Martins Ferry and Harry Armstrong of Del Mar California also listed. Funeral Saturday 2:30 p.m. in Martins Ferry with graveside Sunday 1:30 p.m. at West Union Street Cemetery.
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J. A. Moore
Roger Jones
Martins Ferry
Virginia Moore
Roger J. Jones, Jr
John Moore Jones
Athens
Shirley Jones
Jack Armstrong
Harry Armstrong
del Mar
Calif
West Union Street Cemetery
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Dick Atkins
Carl Sylvester
Toytown
Santa
Longley
Pflueger
South Bend
Actionglas
Hood
U. S
Ithaca
Winchester
Lionel Electric
Lionel
Models and Supplies
Athens Retail Merchants Association
BANKS
Sport Shop S. Court
Don O'Neal
Congress
President
Sts
Carrol’s Market
Union St
Dad
Mother
Sis
Hotpoint
Philco
RCA
G. E. and
DuMont Television
Mill St
Ohio
N. Court St
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