Delegates to Conference Pour Into City Tuesday
Delegates to Conference pour into Athens driving by bus train and auto as thousands register and a special nine car train arrives. The Ohio University campus hosts the event with Memorial Auditorium hosting an opening program broadcast to the Center. Speakers include Julius Gecau and Sutan Hutagalung. worship follows with drama The Crier Falls and notes on revolution.
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Athens
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University Center
Darius Swann
Anthony Trisolini
Inital
L. Newton Thurber
SVM
Church of Christ Students
Japan
Sutan Hutagalung
Indonesia
Julius Gecau
Kenya
Charles West
United States
Gecau
Ohioniversity
John Gunther
Inside Africa
Africa
West
Speech
Music Hall
C. J. Eliezer
Yanity Seeks GOP Prosecutor Nomination in Athens
J B Yanity Jr Athens attorney and Lavelle and Yanity partner announced as Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney. He follows Clair Berry who will not run. Vanity has practiced in Athens since 1953 after graduating from Washington and Lee Law School. He is a WWII paratroop veteran and member of several organizations. married with six month old son, Joseph Blair III, residing at 134 Morris Ave.
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J. B. Yanity
Athens
Lavelle and Yanity
Clair E. Berry
Joel B. Draper
Vanity
Athens High School
Eastern Kentucky State College
Richmond
The
School of Law
Washington
Lee University
Lexington
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
BPOE
Kiwanis
Knights of Columbus
St. Paul's
Roman Catholic Church
Joyce Ann Gilham
Massillon
Joseph Blair, III
Morris Ave
Carpenter Farmer Dies in Ohio Community
Lewis Vinson Lowther 78 lifelong Carpenter area farmer died Tuesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by wife Maillie, son George near Carpenter, four daughters Evelyn Ward Athens Goldie Bobo Doris Stevens Beulah Lowther Chillicothe, 16 grandchildren, sister Alma Steward Columbus, two step children Evans Rutherford Fort Worth and Elizabeth Jordan Carpenter Route 1. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Columbia Chapel Church with burial Caster Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday at Bigony funeral home and Thursday at Lowther residence near Carpenter.
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Albany
Lewis Vinson Lowther
Carpenter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Floor Fire at Stewart Street Home
Firefighters responded at 9 am to smoldering flooring above a coal furnace at 57 Stewart Street, the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Spencer. Fire Chief Charles Dalton reported slight damage around a heat register, with smoldering observed upon arrival. the house is owned by Mrs Jesse McDonald.
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Stewart St
Jack Spencer
Charles Dalton
Jesse McDonald
Assault charge denied in municipal court case
Ezra Henson of Athens Route 1 pleaded innocent to assault and battery of a 16 year old, Wearthy Shank Jr. of Wilkesville identified as the boy. Henson’s hearing was set for December 31 after posting a $30 appearance bond. affidavit signed by the boy’s father, Wearthy Shank.
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Ezra Henson
Athens
Wearthy Shank, Jr
Wilkesville
Henson
Wearthy Shank
Car Seat Fire Damages Vehicle in Front of 7T N Congress St
A small blaze damaged the front seat of Clyde Gabriel’s car parked on 7T N Congress St. The fire started on the driver's seat cushion at 12 06 p m Tuesday and fire reports cite a cigarette as the probable cause.
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Clyde Gabriel
N. Congress St
Charles Dalton
Real Estate Transfers Between Nellie Jaynes and Wanda J Kuntz
Real estate transfers in Athens Township involve Nellie Jaynes of Athens selling to Wanda J Kuntz and Wanda J Kuntz selling to Nellie Jaynes, both within Athens Township. The records indicate mutual transfers between the same two parties in the same locality.
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Nellie Jaynes
Athens
Wanda J. Kuntz
Athens Township
Driver Fined for Driving to Left of Center
Warren J. Barnhill 53 of Guysville Route 2 was fined 10 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court Wednesday on a State Highway Patrol charge of driving to the left of center.
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Warren J. Barnhill
Guysville
State
Revolution in Asia Topic at Kiwanis Conference
C J Itty of Travancore India spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Revolution in Asia amid the Ecumenical Student Conference at Ohio University. He argued the upheaval is universal, driven by democratic struggle, not solely Communist influence, and called for deeper U S understanding and support for Asia’s national independence.
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Travancore
India
Mr. Itty
Athens
Ohio University
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Itty
America
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Itzy
Lincoln
Jefferson
Washington
Lenin
Marx
New Concord
Lity
University of Madras
Pakistan
Ceylon
YMCA
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Church For
Cupid Has Good Month In Athens County Licenses
Dan Cupid had a good month in November with 25 couples applying for marriage licenses in the Athens County Probate Court. The figure surpasses October 1956 and November 1954 totals, and December is expected to bring a yearly high since 1950. Among the 25 couples were an 82-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman, with ages ranging from 16 to 18 for the youngest.
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Dan Cupid
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
A list of new births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital includes a daughter for Mr and Mrs Paul Bartlett of Athens Route 2 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Paul Poston of Lancaster. Admissions include Herbert Davis Athens and several other patients and relatives from Athens and nearby towns.
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Paul Bartlett
Athens
Paul Poston
Lancaster
Fifth annual Christmas cartoons program for Athens area
Beasley and Mathews presents the fifth annual Christmas cartoons and comedies show for children of Athens and vicinity at Schine's Athena Theater. The program runs Thursday starting at 10 am with doors opening at 9 15 am.
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Athens and Vicinity
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
Schine
Athena Theater
Demolays to Meet at Masonic Temple in Athens
Demolays to meet Athens at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple with a short initiation practice to follow the meeting.
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Athens
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Murn Bean Dies Tuesday In Columbus
Earl Bean age 74 former Athens resident died Tuesday in Columbus after illness. Survived by wife Ju Wa two daughters Letha Diltz Grace Schmidt all in Columbus a brother Zell Bean Athens and sisters Josephine Wilson Gallipolis Florence Norris Athens. Friends may call after 10 a m Friday at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with services at 2 p m Friday by Dr John M Versteeg. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Murn Earl Bean
Athens
Columbus
Ju- Wa
Letha Diltz
Grace Schmidt
Zell Bean
Josephine Wilson
Gallipolis
Florence Norris
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Out of Town Tax Collection Planned in January
Athens County Treasurer T. O. Kincade announced tax books opened in the courthouse and plans to collect in Nelsonville Amesville Coolville and Gloucester in January, extending tax collection beyond the county seat.
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Athens County
Court House
T. O. Kincade
Nelsonville
Amesville
Coolville
Glouster
Weather Dips Then Rises in Hamley Run
Continued cold kept Hamley Run chilly with the mercury at eight degrees above zero at 7 am. On Wednesday the 9 am reading rose to four degrees higher. Tuesday's temperatures ranged from 12 to 43.
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Hamley Run
Students publish own weekly at OU Center post office
Christian World Mission delegates here this week run a student newspaper using offices of the Ohio University Post in the OU Center. A visiting delegate with a foreign accent arrived with a bundle of letters asking for the post office, was told this is the OU Post not the post office, and left noting the confusion.
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Christian World Mission
Ohio University Post
Post Office
OU Post
Delegates Listed Poor At Christian World Mission Conference
The Christian World Mission Student conference in Athens reports two more of the 3200 attendees confined to Sheltering Arms Hospital. The latest patient is Rev. Richard Yeagley of Madison Wisconsin, and Richard Palmer of Evanston Illinois. Hospital notes list Ismael Andrade of Central City Kentucky as in poor condition after admission yesterday.
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Christian World Mission Conference
Messenger Newsphoto
Christian World Mission
Ismael Andrade
Central City
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