Record Crowd Honors Scout Leaders At Athens Dinner
The largest Hock-Hocking District Boy Scouts dinner attendance rose to 433 in Athens at East Side School Auditorium. Randall praised leaders and 9 of 16 units pledged 1958 safety good turns while Patrolman Seiferth urged water and highway safety.
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Carl Seiferth
Seiferth
Gaskins
Wilbur D. Mender
Donald Niesse
Randall
Robert Byers
Glouster
William Mechem
Nelsonville
Harry Lackey
Athens
Clarke Daily
E. P. Lynn
Carl Sylvester
Charles Wolfe
Hock-Hocking
Kootage
Chauncey
Fred Gaskins
State Highway Patrol
Charles A. Randall
Ohio University
Messenger Newsphoto
Ohio University lauded by Congresswoman Frances Bolton
Congresswoman Frances Bolton praises Ohio University after delivering the mid year commencement address on the Athens campus. She highlights campus history, nursing volunteers, and President John C. Baker’s building program expanding dorms, classrooms, and a health center, urging continued expansion and affordable access.
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Ohio University
Washington
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
22Nd District
Ohio U
Athens
John C. Baker
Brandon Grover
Cutler Hall
Alleghenies
Northwest Territory
Manasseh Cutler
Rufus Putnam
Holmes McGuffey
University
Ohio University enrollment tops records at 6460
Ohio University ended registration with a record 6460 students for the second semester, up 137 from the prior year as classes began last Wednesday. The fall semester enrolled 7105 students, a higher count than the current term.
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Ohio University
Denial of Rifle Borrowing in Albany Case
Franklin Perry aged 16 of Albany is denied having borrowed a .22 caliber rifle from Glen Sanders. Sanders’ mother states Perry did not borrow the gun and that it was taken without Sanders’ son’s knowledge. The denial was voiced Tuesday. a Messenger report had claimed Perry admitted borrowing the rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Perry
Albany
Glen Sanders
Perry
Sanders
Offices To Close For Lincoln Birthday
Athens County courthouse and welfare department will close Wednesday for Lincoln's Birthday. City banks and Municipal Court will also close. Post office remains open on its usual schedule.
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Athens County
Associated County Welfare Department
Lincoln's
Clear Sky Displays Northern Lights
A cold clear night over Hamley Run brought an Aurora Borealis display to local observers. Temperatures dropped to four degrees below zero, with a 9 am reading at zero, two degrees colder than the previous day.
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Hamley Run
Toreh Man Fined On Theft Count
James Lewis Snider age 23 of Torch was fined 50 dollars plus costs after arraignment on petit larceny. He and his wife Ruby Jean faced custody actions amid ongoing sheriff investigations into a burglary at Glenn Parsons home. Police sought a red Chevrolet pickup with Masonry Contractor wording linked to the crime.
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James Lewis Snider
Torch
Sheriff's Department
Glenn Parsons
Stewart Route 1
Ruby Jean
Snider
Lloyd Merrick
Carthage-Troy
Coolville
Korner
Birth Announcements and Discharges at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births include a son born to Mr and Mrs John Roderick of Jackson. Admissions list Mrs J Alex Smith of Guysville Route 1. Discharges include Mrs Larry Irwin and daughter Estella O Neal of Athens, and several other patients with residents named across Athens Albany New Marshfield Stewart and nearby areas.
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John Roderick
Jackson
J. Alex Smith
Guysville
Larry Irwin
Athens
Estella O’neal
Cynthia Drake
William Pidcock
Bettie Wheaton
David Conrad
Nancy Friel
Herman Williams
Ernest Barrows
Albany
Laura Brookins
Eileen Perry
Bess White
Jessie Fultz
New Marshfield
William McCune
Stewart
Max Nanna
Robert Lee
County Prosecutor Tipped For Probate Judge Appointment
Harold Rose, the present county prosecutor, is reportedly the sole candidate under consideration for the probate judge vacancy following Judge Roger Jones Sr. dies. A Republican rally in The Plains could cement Rose’s nomination, with Gov. O’Neill to appoint if the recommendation holds.
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Vic Sherow
Harold Rose
C. William O'Neill
Rose
University Hospital
Columbus
Roger Jones Sr
Jones
Francis D. White
Common Pleas Court
Claire E., Berry
Joseph Vanity
Berry
Vanity
White
Republican Executive Committee
Plains
William Mechem
GOP
Glenn Pratt Rites Planned
Funeral services are arranged for Glenn Pratt 58 of 210 W State St after dying Monday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital. He was a Central Ave Methodist Church member and UMWA activist who had been ill since a coal mine accident 36 years ago. Survivors include his wife two daughters mother and three sisters and three grandchildren. Burial is at West Union St Cemetery. Services set for Thursday at 1 pm conducted by Rev James C Charmley. Friends may call after Wednesday noon at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Glenn Pratt
W. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pratt
Central Ave. Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
W. H. Pratt
Ora Miller
James C. Charmley
West Union St
Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes
Masonic Inspection Slated for Paramu thia Lodge
Annual inspection of Paramu thia Lodge 25 F and AM will be at the Masonic Temple Tuesday February 18 conducted by Billy A Calendine district deputy grand master. Clyde E Sherman worshipful master notes a 730 p.m. lodge meeting preceded by a 615 p.m. dinner reservations due by February 13.
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Paramuthia Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Billy A. Calendine
Clyde E. Sherman
Karl Packard Dies at 36 in Grand Rapids
Karl F. Packard 36, former Athens resident, died Monday night in Grand Rapids Michigan after a long illness. Born December 25 1921 in Detroit he was an Athens High School graduate and attended Ohio University before World War II where he served as a first lieutenant. Survived by wife Margaret a daughter Gail from a prior marriage his mother Mrs Frances Packard Athens and a sister Mrs David Evans Cincinnati. Funeral plans in Athens are being organized by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Karl F. Packard
Athens
Grand Rapids
Mich
Detroit
Athens High School
Ohio University
Margaret
Gail
Frances Packard
David Evans
Cincinnati
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
Masons to Meet New Marshfield Lodge Session
Constitution Lodge 426 F and M will meet Thursday evening as announced by master Carl Fultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&m
Carl Fultz
Fred McKay Rites At New Church
Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at the new First Methodist Church for Fred M McKay 72 a prominent church official who died unexpectedly Sunday at his home 37 Elmwood Place The obituary corrects yesterday’s misprint naming his wife Fay who survives him.
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New First Methodist Church
Fred M. McKay
Elmwood Place
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Mechanicsburg
PTA
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Earl H. Funk
John Kerr
First Methodist Church
Donald W. Eng
the Plains
James €. Mullins
Amesville Presbyterian Church
Jack Eddy
First Christian Church
Daniel W. Dailey
Deanville School
Eugene R. Edwards
Nelsonville Bpoe
Gilbert L. Simonton
Nelsonville K. of P
Francis Bacus
Glouster American Legion
Charles Kittle, Jr
Troy Grange
Joe Owens
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Henry Colby
Willard Carmean
Berlou
Elberfeld
Logan
McGuffey
Ohio Commission On Education
Baker
Commission
America
Ruaid Ae
MEN & Boys
Athens Pharmacy
Lincoln
Toreh
Karl Packard
Ballet
Jack Sherick
Redman's Hall
W. Washington
Fred McKay
New Church
Court St
Housewives
Vance-Leach Furniture
State St
Eimer
D. H
Jonesy) Sams
Cline Bldg
New York Stock Exchange
Hamilton
Dayton
Charleston
Wheeling
Cussins & Fearn
Studebaker
South Bend
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Wodanshyr
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
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