Man Lives For Leisure Ecumenical Speaker Says
University of Chicago professor Dr. Kermit Eby told the 18th Ecumenical Student Conference at Ohio University that modern man seeks leisure over labor. He warned automation risks disemployment and urged education to fit leisure time while promoting full employment without war or conscription. He cited competition with Europe, praised healthy trade, and urged Democrats to focus on issues for victory. Athens Messenger.
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University of Chicago
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Ohio University
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Hearing Set On Removal Of Two Buses
Public hearing in Athens set for January 7 on proposed removal of two Greyhound buses from the Cincinnati Parkersburg line. The Ohio Public Utilities Commission schedule includes a January 5 Hillsboro hearing and addresses protests from residents along the route.
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
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Three Injured In Christmas Eve Car Crash Near Guysville
A borrowed car driven by Mrs. Mildred Bail of Guysville on Jasper Hill Road skidded in snow, hitting a fence post and tree. She, her husband Pearl, and daughter Betty were treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital for hip, facial, tongue, and dental injuries. The auto dealer reported the incident, prompting a patrol inquiry.
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Perry Johnson arraigned on DWI charges in common pleas court
Perry Johnson of Wellston Route 3 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in common pleas court. He was fined 125 dollars and costs, jailed three days, and received a 90 day license suspension by the State Highway Patrol.
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Perry Johnson
Wellston
Common Pleas
Delegates welcomed for 18th Ecumenical Student Conference
Ohio University President John C. Baker urged a worldwide impact from the 18th Ecumenical Student Conference on the Christian World Mission. Athens Mayor Kenneth Sands welcomed visitors as 3600 delegates and officials arrived via train and were housed in OU dormitories with about 80 volunteers aiding registration and logistics.
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Athens
Kenneth Sands
Ohio University
Christian World Mission
Athens High School
Ohio State University
Arthur Kasler
OU Center For Registration
Paul O’brien
Erma Anderson
George Kennedy
Maurel Hawkins
A. M Reis
Margaret Davis
Food Service
Robert Jones
1959 Highlights Review Athens Area Continues
A recap of 1959 events in Athens and nearby areas continues with notable items from February and March. Officials push sewer projects, elections set, court cases and accidents appear, plus local fires and weather events shape the period.
Local Names Listed in Athens Area Notices
A sequence of names is recorded, including Bryan Reed Athens and Michael Neasloncy Athens, with multiple spouses and family members associated with routes and towns such as Chauncey, Wellston, Guysville, Trimble, and McArthur. Several entries note Athens as primary location and include various Mrs or Mr designations.
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Athens
Samuel Waymer
Chauncey
Cecia Clark
Cynthia Brake
Harper Pendry
Lucy Gillette
Martin Hecht
Harry Faulkner
William Walburn
Wellston
Charles Mitchell
Cleveland Snider
Frank Johnson
McArthur, and Son
Ellis Stires
Jewell Bail
Guysville
Harry Roberts
Trimble
Robert Rutter
Michael Neasloncy
Ecumenical Conference Explained to Kiwanians
Paul Minus from Harvard University clarified that Ecumenical means universal and described the 18th quadrennial conference as a global Christian gathering to consider the church’s mission. New members John Kerr Chanel Wiles and John Evans joined under John Huffman. Roger Barron reported Christmas aid provided to a needy family by the club.
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Harvard University
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John Kerr
Chanel Wiles
John Evans
John Huffman
C. W. Cable Dies At 78 In Akron Funeral
Clarence W. Cable aged 78 died in Akron Wednesday. Funeral services were held Saturday in Akron. He was formerly of Athens and survived by his wife two sons William W. and Phillip L. nine grandchildren a brother W. R. Cable and sister Miss Julia Cable. Another son and daughter had died earlier. Virgil Evener 43 of Athens was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court.
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New Officials To Receive Office Oaths
A mass swearing in of city officials elected in November will be held at 3 p m Wednesday in council chambers. Hugh Jefferson will officiate, as in previous years, with the ceremony open to the public. Oaths precede the January 1 start date and the first council meeting on January 4. The five new council members are Ellis Woodworth John Alden Emerson S Sherow Lewis McBride and William H Weisenbach. Weis enbach is the only returning member among them. Other re elected officials include Mayor Lands Auditor Florence Davis Treasurer E D Shrout Solicitor William C Rowland Norman Dean Earl Hooper and Fred Weber.
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Ellis Woodworth
John Alden
Emerson S Sherow
Lewis McBride
William H. Weisenbach
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Lands
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William C. Rowland
Norman Dean
Earl Hooper
Fred Weber
Fire dept runs 365th call at Ohio University
At 7 02 p m Monday the emergency squad answered its 365th run of the year at Washington Hall on the Ohio University campus when Anif Gaved a 27 year old Egyptian attending the Ecumenical Conference was removed to the University Health Center The tally marks an all time year record and an average of one run daily Fire Chief Charles Dalton noted three duty men Lt Harland Harris Royce Cooley and Harold Hansen were in bed with influenza and would be called only in extreme emergency Pvt Owen W Bobo son of Mr and Mrs Dan Bobo is home on a 20 day leave after recruit training at the Marine Base in San Diego. he will return to California in January for assignment.
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Harland Harris
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Owen W. Bobo
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