Athns County servicemen complete Army training and assignments
Three Athens County men finish an eight week automotive maintenance helpers course at Ft. Knox. Pvt. Peter L. Good Pvt. Roy F. Clench and Recruit Jack A. Sayer earned the Army credential. Two Navy sailors from the county serve on USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean. Several others participate in field training with the 3rd Division in Germany and the 4th Armored Division in Germany. Three Athens High School graduates complete eight weeks of basic combat training at Ft. Benning, including Conrad H Delbert White and David L. Rood.
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Athens County
Army’s Armor Training Center
Ft. Knox
Peter L. Good
P. F. Good
Aathens
Roy F. Clench
William A. Clench
Shade
Jack A. Sayer
Allen D. Sayre
Amesville
Rosalie
Army
Navy
Forrestal
U. S
Mediterranean
Ronald E. Copeland
Chester Copeland
Stewart
Carl W. Chase
Don R
Chase
Hockingport
4Th Infantry
Germany
Pvt
Joe C. Cabeen
Gertrude Cabeen
Athens
Athens High School
Paul E. Foreman
Raymond Foreman
4Th Armored Division
15Th Cavalry
Pfc
Foreman
Bernice
Ft. Benning
AHS
Conrad H
Delbert D. White
Francis D. White
David L. Rood
Richard V. Rood
Cora Stover Dies at 72 in Athens Area
Cora Stover 72 died Tuesday at her daughter’s Athens Route 5 home after a long illness. She attended Guysville Methodist Church and is survived by seven sons and two daughters with one daughter Jeannette Nice deceased. Funeral Friday 1 p.m. at New England Presbyterian Church with burial in nearby cemetery. Friends may call at the Thomas residence then Jagers and Sons funeral home.
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Cora Stover
Athens
Divorce Granted to George A Kovalcik in Common Pleas
A decree of divorce was granted in Common Pleas Court to George A Kovalcik against Ruth M Kovalcik of The Plains. They married December 25 1938. Custody of a minor child was awarded to the plaintiff who charged gross neglect.
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Common Pleas
George A. Kovalcik
Ruth M. Kovalcik
the Plains
Plantiff
Recruiter Involved In Traffic Crash Near Nelsonville
Sgt Ronald F E Miller 28 an Air Force recruiter was injured when his eastbound car collided with an Army truck on Dorr Run Road west of Nelsonville. Miller suffered possible internal injuries and a left hand cut and was hospitalized at Mount St Marys. The Army truck driver Sgt Jack Wagner 26 escaped unharmed.
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Ronald FE. Miller
Athens
Air Force
Dorr Run
Nelsonville
Hillcrest
Miller
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Shelter Hospital Notes Admits Local Residents
Admitted list includes Alma Groves of Athens Route 5 and Robert Collar of Athens, with multiple others from Athens and nearby towns such as Amesville Albany Chauncey Millfield and local households. Names include Donald Ringness Arthur Bates Woods Lehrer Stover Lynn Essman Huber Cavanaugh Hart and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Stover
Amesville
A. Arthur Bates
Athens
James Woods
Albany
Paul Lehrer
Ray Mathews
Russell Lowery
John Lynn
Joseph Essman
Victor Huber
Chauncey
Nora Cavanaugh
Cledith Hart
Millfield
Mercury Rises Above Freezing in Athens
Temporary relief from three weeks of snow and sub freezing weather graced Athens this morning with a 10 am temperature around 39. The day’s low was 26 and yesterday’s high 34. Rural Hamley Run logged 24 at 9 am after a 16 low.
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Athens
U. 8S
C. J. Colmer
Hamley Run
Girl Scouts Entertain Lions Club at Berry Hotel
Girl Scout Troop 11 from Rufus Putnam school entertained Lions Club members at the Berry Hotel Christmas meeting Tuesday evening. Troop leaders Mrs. Albert Schuster and Mrs. Harold Rutter directed the program including a play The Best Part of Christmas. Bill Speller won the mystery man contest. Calendars were distributed.
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Rufus Putnam
Lions Club
Berry Hotel
Albert Schuster
Harold Rutter
Allen Locke
Bill Speller
Christmas Dinner Set Saturday at DAV-VFW Home
Annual Christmas dinner for Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars members will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the DAV VFW home on State and Home streets. Department officers will attend and all members are invited.
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Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dav-Vfw
Department
Former Athens Woman Directs TV Reading Experiment
Gertrude Addicott, former Athens resident and principal of Anderson Junior High, directs a Cincinnati TV reading course in Hamilton County. Seventh grade students from six suburban districts split into two groups to study basic reading skills and enriched literature, with teachers testing progress and adopting model teaching methods from the TV lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hamilton County
Gertrude Addicott
L. J. Addicott
Elmwood Place
Professor Addicott
Ohio University
Miss Addicott
New York University
Cincinnati
Anderson Junior High School
Walton Meeting Postponed To Sunday
The monthly Izaak Walton League meeting was moved from Thursday to Sunday announced by president Gerald Glover. A noon dinner for morning workers, tool bringing urged, a 2 p.m. business session will approve a new officer slate, followed by a color film.
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Izaak Walton League
Gerald Glover
Glover
Athens Meeting Tonight for Council 15 R and SM
Athens Council 15 R and SM will convene at 4 30 p m Wednesday in the Masonic Temple Wayne F Welch the illustrious master announced the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Council
R&sm
Masonic Temple
Wayne F. Welch
Chesapeake Bay Widths Vary Across The Basin
An overview notes Chesapeake Bay spans three miles at narrow points and up to about thirty miles across wider sections highlighting its variable geography and scale.
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Chesapeake Bay
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David N. Wilson
Herbert B. Wilson
the Plains High School
Donna
Tampa
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George Burdette
Ft. Story
DEW
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Burdette
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Pilgrims’ Progress
Lane
Mersman
RCA
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Jaynes Furniture
E. State Street
Airport
Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Athens Route 5
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Conrad Foss
Donald Ringness
Girl
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Treas
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Fonograf
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Athens National Bank
Lember
Federal Reserve System
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Evergreen
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Ideal Family Gift
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