Community forum links democracy defense to local action
Athens speakers urged valuing democracy and shared duty in education, defense, and community life. Judge Rowland defended American heritage, Houf warned defense risks, Luchs urged living democratically, Wolfe pressed coordinated county programs across health, jobs, education, and culture.
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America
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
H. T. Houf
Ohio University
Evelyn Lachs
T. M. Wolfe
Athens High School
Scouts at OU Hold Memorial Observance
About 50 scouts and former scouts gathered in the Ohio University Student Union ballroom to observe a Baden Powell memorial. Rev F E Luchs gave the invocation, Robert Nye spoke on Baden Powell, Dr Victor Whitehouse offered a tribute, and the pledge to the flag was led by Robert Crawford. Refreshments followed.
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Baden- Powell
England
Beta Pi
Ohio University
F. E. Luchs
Athens Presbyterian Church
London
Robert Nye
Baden-Powell
Victor Whitehouse
Robert Crawford
United States
R. F. Dalrymple
Parkersburg
Kootaga Area
Jacob Pierce
Mrs. Mary Thelma Mansfield Dies at 21 Mill Street Home
Mrs. Mary Thelma Mansfield age 44 wife of Jess Mansfield died Sunday noon at 21 Mill St after illness since August. Survived by husband two children a granddaughter mother and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 pm at home conducted by Rev. John W. Danford. Burial in W Union St. Cemetery. Friends may call at home.
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Mary Thelma Mansfield
Jess Mansfield
Mill St
John W. Danford
W. Union St
Guthrie Returns to JT After Brief Post at Sycamore High
Forest M Guthrie of Athens has resigned as science and industrial arts teacher at Jacksonville Trimble High School to take a similar post at Sycamore High School near Cincinnati but has now quit that school and returned to Jacksonville Trimble. The change was announced by the county superintendent of schools office.
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Forest M. Guthrie
Athens
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Sycamore High School
Montgomery
Cincinnati
Jacksonville-Trimble
County Superintendent of Schools
Birth at Sheltering Arms and hospital updates
Mr and Mrs Page Gordon of 46 Mound Street Athens announce the birth of a daughter Saturday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Miss Emma Woodgerd of Albany is under observation after a major operation Sunday and is in critical condition. Pearl Brown of Millfield Route 2 was admitted for back injury treatment after an accident at Mine No 225 on Sunday. Story Young of Albany was released from the hospital Sunday.
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Page Gordon
Mound St
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Emma Woodgerd
Albany
Pearl Brown
Millfield
Sheltering Arms
Story Young
Ohio student Boris Woolley to be sworn into state bar
Barrister Boris Woolley son of Mr and Mrs John J Woolley of 169 N Congress St received word Saturday that he passed the January Ohio State bar examination. He will go to Columbus Friday to be sworn in by the Ohio Supreme Court and join the Athens County Bar Association. He earned an A B from Ohio University in 1937 and an LL B from the University of Michigan in 1940. His plans for practice are as yet indefinite.
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Boris Woolley
John J. Woolley
N. Congress St
Ohio State Bar
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Athens County Bar Association
Woolley
Ohio University
Law School
University of Michigan
Mrs Clendenen Dies At Home Of Her Son In Youngstown
Mrs Romina Jane Clendenen 77 widow of Van Warden Clendenen died yesterday at her son William F. Clendenen's home in Youngstown where she had lived since her husband died in Athens on December 22. She leaves three grandchildren. Short services will be in Youngstown and the funeral party will return to Athens Tuesday evening for services Wednesday at 2 PM at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home conducted by Rev B H Baughn. Burial will be in New Marshfield.
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Romina Jane Clendenen
van Warden Clendenen
Youngstown
William F. Clendenen
Athens
Walker St
Clendenen
Ohio University
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
B. H. Baughn
New Marshfield
Program scheduled for naturalization hearings announced
A naturalization examiner will be at the office of County Clerk Alberta C. Grones on Wednesday and Thursday February 12 and 13 to receive petitions for citizenship and to conduct hearings on pending petitions. Petitions may be filed Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning with hearings starting at 1 p.m. on Thursday.
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Alberta C. Grones
Correction clears Sloan in Morrison-Brown Hill crash
The Messenger reports a Sun story misstatement about an accident at the foot of Morrison Brown Hill on Saturday. State Highway Patrol says Dwight Sloan was on the right side, the parked truck was on the berm opposite, and Sloan appears not at fault per their investigation.
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Morrison- Brown Hill
Dwight Sloan
Athens Route 4
State Highway Patrol
Sloan
Berm
Portsmouth WPA sewer funds approved for Ohio project
Representative Davis announced that President Roosevelt approved a $189,532 WPA allotment for Portsmouth Ohio sewer program. The funds make the project eligible for operations subject to state WPA administrator orders.
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Washington
Davis D
Ohio
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Kinsey Brothers Feared Drowned Transporting Slag in River
Police believe Arthur Kinsey and his younger brother aged 23 and 19 drowned while attempting to transport slag in a rowboat on the Maumee River.
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Toledo
Arthur Kinsey
Maumee
Three Applied at O. U. On Registration Day
Series on Ohio University history notes the Founders Day tribute with Governor Bricker as speaker. It recalls the 1804 act establishing OU in Athens, the first board meeting, and early campus with one building and a sundial marking its site.
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O. U
Ohio University
Bricker
Dana Kelly
Jacob Lindly
Princeton
Rufus Putnam
Lindly
Waterford
Putnam
Presbytery of
Ohio
University
Joel Abbott
John Perkins
Brewster Higley
Memorial Auditorium
Ellis Hall
Thomas Ewing
Ewing
John Hunter
Edwin Secoy Dies After Five-Year Illness
Edwin A. Secoy, 73, died Sunday at his Hooper Street home after a five year illness. Survived by wife, five daughters, three sons, and three brothers. Daughters listed with addresses in Athens and Red House WV. sons Harley, Omer, Earl. brothers Frank Pratts Fork, Marshall Flora, Marvin Woodland Ave Athens. Funeral at Richland Ave Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 pm. Burial in New Marshfield Cemetery.
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Edwin A. Secoy
Hooper St
Freda Black
Athens R. D
Jenny Brooks
Bessie West
Red House
West Virginia
Bernice Hudnell
Nellie Hudnell
Harley
Omer
Earl
Guysville
R. D
Frank
Pratts Fork
Marshall
Flora
Marvin
Woodland Ave
Athens
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
New Marshfield Cemetery
Liquor Store to Close for Lincoln and Washington Birthdays
The Ohio State Liquor Store on W. Washington St will close all day Wednesday February 12 for Lincoln's birthday and all day Saturday February 22 for Washington's birthday.
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Ohio State
W. Washington St
Lincoln
Washington
Olive Tablets Promote Bile Flow for Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate liver bile, ease constipation, and improve digestion. It claims the tablets improve intestinal tone and elimination, urging readers to test their "supreme goodness" tonight with 15¢, 60¢, or 80¢ prices at drugstores.
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