Christmas Vacation Begins as Snow Closes Schools
Athens city and county schools end classes for two weeks while Ohio University students begin departures for the holidays amid the season’s heaviest snow. University caroling, Christmas programs at schools, and a special Christmas issue of the Ohio University Post mark the festive lead up to Christmas.
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Athens
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Philip L. Peterson
School of Music
East Side School
West Side
Jeannine Gottfried
Carolyn Kelleg
Mary Sue LaFollette
Richard Williams
Sam Oldfield
Joe Scott
Shirley Henderson
Ronnie Leach
Marilyn Paulsen
Jack Dowler
Danna Bullock
Charles Frank
West Side School
Barbara Carmichael
Carolyn Russell
Blaine Carpenter
Philip Merchant
Nancy Downey
Sue Cast
Gene Munn
Gerald Gaskins
Cody Martin
Robert Young
Emory Doschong
Aliso Charles Gaskin
Larrie Hughes
Leland McBride
Jessie Fisher
Gerald Smith
Janice Edgar
David McAfee
Ohio University Post
Ohio University Students Honored by National Education Society
Two area students joined 12 new initiates in Kappa Delta Pi, the education honorary. Jean Dow of Athens, a junior, earned 3.94 GPA, while Mildred McKnight Hoppes of Rutland, a graduate student, carried a 4.0. Membership requires 3.2 for juniors and 3.0 for seniors plus leadership and teaching intent.
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Ohio University
Kappa Delta Pi
National Education Honorary Society
Jean Dow
Athens
Mildred McKnight Hoppes
Rutland
Frost Sunday School to Present Joy to the World Pageant
Members of the Frost Community Sunday School will stage the pageant Joy to the World at 7 50 p m Sunday in a public display. The event highlights seasonal themes with local participants and families invited to attend.
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Frost Community
Extra Sunday mail delivery ordered by postmaster
Postmaster F. B. Frebault announces an extra Sunday delivery due to an unprecedented volume of mail, describing it as the heaviest he has ever seen and noting the necessity of Sunday service for the first time.
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F. B. Frebault
OU Branch Registration Dates Announced
Ohio University lists second term registration at three branches. Albert C. Gubitz says Chillicothe on Jan 23 Zanesville on Jan 24 and Portsmouth on Jan 25. President John C. Baker notes broad course offerings to start college careers midyear.
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Ohio University
Albert C. Gubitz
Chillicothe
Zanesville
Portsmouth
John C. Baker
Gubitz
Real Snow Falls Quietly Across the City
The first real snow of the season began Friday morning as light flurries at 9:15 a.m. then moved to large wet flakes by 11:00. Temperature reached 31 degrees at 11:40, following a 22 degree low overnight and a 32 degree high the previous afternoon, according to weather observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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C. N. France
Real Estate Transfers in Athens Chauncey and Nelsonville
Glenn Mingus and Wilma Mingus transfer parts of lots 1318 and 1319 in Cable Heirs Addition Athens to Kenneth M Smith. Helen S Phillips and R L Phillips sell lot 242 in Sarah E Birge Second Addition Chauncey to F A Foreman and Cena Foreman. Mary May sells inlet 500 in Barber and Brauns Addition Gloucester to Ben and Louise Vaughan. Thomas Raymond Monk and Vera Monk transfer 15 acres in York Township to Flora Monk. Charles F E Bolin and Georgia Bolin sell 53.61 acres in Athens Two to William and Mae Smith. Nellie Earich and James Farich transfer inlet 279 and part inlet 280 in Guthrie Goulds Addition Athens to Florence Haddox. Inez Prentice sells part of inlet 979 Harper Addition Nelsonville and part inlet 1037 Longstreths Addition Nelsonville to Herbert and Elizabeth Hipkiss. Cosette Jarvis Wade Jarvis and Isabella Jarvis sell lots 168 169 170 and 171 Fairfax Addition Stewart to Emma Dunfee. C F Burson and Violet L Burson transfer a plot in Townsend’s Addition Athens to William A Joseph.
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Wilma Mingus
Kenneth M. Smith
Cable Heir
Athens
Helen Slisher Phillips
R. L. Phillips
F. A. Foreman
Cena Foreman
Sarah E. Birge
Chauncey
Mary May
Ben Vaughan
Louise Vaughan
Barber and Braun
Glouster
Thomas Raymond Monk
Vera Monk
Flora Monk
York Township
Charles FE. Bolin
Georgia Bolin
William Smith
Mae Smith
Nellie Earich
James Farich
Florence Haddox
Inlet
Guthrie and
Gould
Inez Prentice
Herbert Hipkiss
Elizabeth M. Hipkiss
Harper
Nelsonville
Longstreth
Cosette Jarvis
Wade Jarvis
Isabella Jarvis
Emma Dunfee
Fairfax
Stewart
Glen FE
Burson
Violet L. Burson
William A. Joseph
Townsend
Divorce Granted in Common Pleas Court
The Common Pleas Court grants a divorce to Andrew Rupe Jr. from Eileene Rupe on findings of gross neglect of duty. Custody of their minor child is awarded to Dorothy Rupe, mother of the plaintiff, until further order. The couple married in June 1942.
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Common Pleas Court
Andrew Rupe, Jr
Eileene Rupe
Dorothy Rupe
Peters Case Waits Eaton Begins Term
Sheriff George Bateman expected to return from Mansfield with William M Eaton 24 to begin a 10 to 25 year sentence in Mansfield Reformatory for armed robbery tied to a $2,800 Kroger theft on Nov 16. Eaton pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court. Peters case remains unsettled as Jewell Peters seeks mental observation. Brummage and Beverly Faton pled not guilty as trial dates remain undecided.
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Mansfield
William M. Eaton
Mansfield Reforma
Eaton
Common Pleas
Kroger
O. F. Rowland
Jewell Peters
Peters
Glenn Brummage
Beverly Faton
AHS Honor Roll List Enlists 88 High School Students
Athens High School announces 88 students with a B average or higher for the second six week period. Seniors named include Barbara Algeo Laura Anderson Avis Bahr Henry Brown Donna Buck Hattie Buck Alfred Carpenter Tom Dowler and others. Juniors and sophomores listed with numerous full names. Principal O L Wood provided the roll.
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Athens High School
O. L. Wood
Barbara Algeo
Laura Anderson
Avis Bahr
Henry Brown
Donna Buck
Hattie Buck
Alfred Carpenter
Tom Dowler
Bice Driscoll
Norma Dry
David Evans
Don Ferguson
Hubert Frebault
William Furst
Donna Guthrie
Carolyn Herbert
Weldon Koker
Marjorie McConkey
John Nye
Jo Ann Paterna
Thea Parestides
Linda Pedigo
Betty Rake
Chris Rice
Sara Roach
Ben Roberts
Nancy Smith
Martha Snedden
Mike Swyers
Paul Taylor
Eileen Walls
Wanda Watson
Carolie Williams
Margaret Williams
David Algeo
Maizee Altic
Anita Clark
Joan Davis
Jacqueline Deem
Esther Farley
al Gubitz
Lina Hess
Dwight Leach
Dick Matthews
Emma McCune
Charlene Nicholson
Nancy Packard
Marilyn Poling
Gary Ripley
Margaret Robe
Nancy Rutherford
Shirley Seigfred
Betty Snyder
Merrill Thomas
Joan Vance
Mary Varnes
Barbara Whittington
Jane Windisch
Tom Wootten
Marion Vanity
Barbara Allen
Flora Armbruster
Jean Baird
Zoe Baird
Joanne Blair
Ruth Blaker
Barbara Chesser
Jan Clark
Mariam Clipping
Teachers Get $10 Monthly Pay Increase in Fremont
Salary increases of ten dollars per month will be received by 130 Fremont school teachers and board of education employees, marking a notable raise in the local district.
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Fremont
Board of Education
Court rejects transfer of county relief funds to general revenue
Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland disapproved Athens County Commissioners petition to move 13 500 from county relief funds, saying state tax commission approval was required and not granted. The ruling notes 1943 changes bar such transfers and that only consent to filing was given, with relief demands for 1947 exceeding available funds.
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General Revenue Fund
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Rowland
State Tax Commission
General Code of
Ohio
The
Tax Commission
County Commission
County and Children Homes
Ground Flying Charged by Police
An airport employee, William F. Knabb, 26, Athens Route 3, was fined 15 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding on E State Street. Police said he raced on a makeshift runway and reached about 75 mph as officers pursued him in a cruiser. Mayor Franz Woodworth described his action as if he thought he was in an airplane.
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Franz Woodworth
E. State St
William F. Knabb
Athens
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