Contributions Doubled In Athens County March of Dimes drive
The Athens County March of Dimes tally reached 4385.31, more than doubling last year. Lorin C. Staats announced Nelsonville gave 1126, Athens 886.42, and Glouster 821.67, with many local clubs and schools contributing through volunteers across townships and cities.
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Athens County
Lorin C. Staats
Nelsonville
Athens
Glouster
Treva Shaw
Bertha Vickers
Staats
Pamela Ja Perkins
John Wilbur Bardin
UMWA
Hocking
Ohio University
Bill Munch
Dan Smith
Eagles Lodge
Emerson Spencer
McBee
Alexander Township
D. F. Stone
Ellen Cline
Albany
Nellie Wooley
Villa Henry
Amesera
Athens Township
Dorothy Dent
Eleanor Minister
Harper C. Pendry
Carolyn Pico
Dover Township
Ruth Hartley
Charlotte Bricker
C. D. Davis
Chauncey- Dover
Enrollment at OU Lists Term Start Figures
Enrollment at Ohio University rises as 4 915 students register for first classes this term with late registrations expected to push total toward 5 300. Registrar Robert E Mahn notes this would approach the university second semester high set after a record first semester enrollment of 5 611 last September. Figures for branch campuses at Chillicothe and Zanesville were not complete Monday morning.
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Robert E. Mahn
Mahn
Ant Chillicothe
Zanesville
Jesse Stuart Talk Slated For University Convocation
First university convocation of the second semester will be at 9 40 a m Tuesday in Memorial Auditorium with Jesse Stuart as speaker. Stuart, author of Tales from the Plum Grove Hills, will discuss From Farm Boy to Author. Professor C N MacKinnon will preside.
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Memorial Auditorium
Jesse Stuart
A. H. Armbruster
Stuart
Plum Grove Hills
America
Robert Burns
C. N. MacKinnon
Athens Boy Scout Meets Governor
Ohio Boy Scouts from Buckskin Region Four dined with Governor Frank Lausche in Columbus for the 40th anniversary BSA crusade. George Starcher, an Athens eagle scout, presented his report on the theme Scout Citizen at Work and received a personal greeting from the governor. Lausche accepted the scouts reports and helped launch the new theme Strengthen the Arm of Liberty.
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George Starcher
Athens
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
BSA
Buckskin Region Four
Lausche
Arm of Liberty
Athens Pastor Heads to Marion Convention
The Rev. Drell H. Goff of the Nazarene Church leaves Athens for Marion to attend the mid-year ministerial convention. He will present a paper Tuesday morning on The Pastor and World Evangelism.
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Athens
Drell H. Goff
The
Nazarene Church
Marion
Masons to Meet In Athens Council No 15 Session
Athens Council No 15 will hold a regular meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple announced by Joseph Ashcraft Master The Royal and Select Master's degree will be conferred on a class of candidates.
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Athens
Masonic Temple
Joseph Ashcraft
Mrs. Nixon Dies at 89 in Parkersburg
Rowena D. Nixon, 89, of Coolville, died Sunday at Camden Park Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg, after a December admission. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Lucy Dunfee of Xenia and stepson J. W. Nixon of Columbus. funeral Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Torch Methodist Church with burial in Torch Baptist Cemetery.
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Coolville
Rowena DD. Nixon
Torch
Camden Park Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Nixon
Lucy Dunfee
Xenia
Ohio
J. W. Nixon
Columbus
Mary Lowman
Torch Methodist Church
O. C. Lockwood
Torch Baptist Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births reported for Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Replinger in Athens. Admits include Charles Cornwell and James R. Watson in Athens, Mrs. Lillian S. Marsh Amesville, Barbara Shirley Athens, Sandra Lee Athens, Mrs. Della Leffler Athens, Charles Estep Athens, Lenda Hudwell Athens, and other medical or accident cases.
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Ben C. Thompson
Athens
Richard Replinger
Charles Cornwell
James R. Watson
Lillian S. Marsh
Amesville
Barbara Shirley
Sandra Lee
Della Leffler
Charles Estep
Lenda Hudwell
Four Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Four drivers were fined over the weekend after arrests on Route 33 by the State Highway Patrol. Mayor W. P. Mickle levied fines of $10 and costs on Frank W. Dean Athens speeding Neil J. DeLong 18 Marietta unsafe operation and Joseph J. Hutka 22 Ashtabula no driver's license. At Nelsonville Acting Mayor Earl Hilleary fined Norma Jean Wachenschwanz 21 Deanville $10 and costs for having no driver's license.
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State Highway Patrol
W. P. Mickle
Frank W. Dean
Athens
Neil J. DeLong
Marietta
Joseph J. Hutka
Ashtabula
Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
Norma Jean Wachenschwanz
Deanville
Crash results after driver attempts turn
No injuries reported after a car driven by Bernard L. Porter age 27 of Athens Route 3 and a truck driven by Clarence O. Will age 51 of Athens collided on Richland Ave as the truck attempted a left turn. State Highway Patrol said damage was slight.
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Bernard L. Porter
Athens
Clarence O. Will
Richland Ave
State Highway Patrol
Shade Man Fined for Unissued Dog Licenses
Robert Bobo of Shade was fined $10 and costs by Justice of the Peace J. W. Bailey for possessing two dogs without proper licenses. The warrant was filed by county dog warden G. J. Tewksbury.
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Robert Bobo
Shade
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Bailey
G. J. Tewksbury
Collision at Mill Street and Putnam Drive Involved Two Men
A Friday afternoon collision at the Mill Street and Putnam Drive intersection involved a truck driven by James Howard Yates 20 of 59 Mound Street and John Stanley Welch 24 of Athens Route 4. No injuries were reported.
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James Howard Yates
Mound St
John Stanley Welch
Athens
Mill St
Putnam Dr
Class to Meet Coolville In Methodist Sunday School
Class 5 of the Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 8 p m at Mrs John Aiken home. Mrs G R Walden will serve as assistant hostess.
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Coolville
Methodist Church Sunday School
John Aiken
G. R. Walden
Forest Fire Destroys 50 Acres During Scout Trip Near Old Man’s Cave
A routine Boy Scout outing near Old Man’s Cave turned into a forest fire fight when a blaze 10 miles away was reported. Eleven seniors from First Presbyterian Church helped combat the flames for four and a half hours, destroying about 50 acres. Scout leaders and firefighters coordinated efforts to contain the fire.
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First Presbyterian Church
Irving I. Dickman
Ohio District
Hocking
Old Man's Cave
Sithted
Emerson Houf
H. T. Houf
Athens
South Bloomingville
Dickman
Ted Geary
John Gibbs
John Mitchell
Hubert Koker
Weese Dickman
Jack Vickers
Charles Tribe
Jim Hoy
Lewis Ondis
Charles Orr
Dan Whitehouse
Weekend Athens traffic hits leave three injured
Four accidents over the weekend in Athens left three people needing hospital care. Ray Gough, 21, Akron, was cut on the forehead after being struck by a car driven by 16 year old William Covington on Washington Street. Covington said he did not see the pedestrian while making a left turn with a green light. Paul Vene, 19, of 95 Franklin Ave, injured his right foot when his motorcycle collided with a truck driven by 31 year old Lowell Bolin, who said he pulled out from Congress Street in front of Vene and failed to see him. Della Leffler, 70, of Athens Route 3, is in Sheltering Arms Hospital with a possible fractured shoulder after the car she rode in skidded. Minor damage was reported Sunday on Mulberry Street near Ayres Restaurant when Ervin Sakmar, 24, scraped a parked car belonging to Logan Hidy.
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Athens
Ray Gough
Akron
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Washington
William W. Covingtont
Gough
Covington
Washington St
Paul M. Vene
Franklin Ave
Lowell R. Bolin
Bolin
Congress St
Veno
Della Leffler
Sheltering Arms
Henry Leffler
Mulberry St
Ayres
Ervin M. Sakmar
President St
Logan Addison Hidy
Dayton
Child Swallows Kerosene In Athens Area
Sandra Lee, 13 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Lee of Athens Route 2, was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital after swallowing kerosene. Her condition was reported as good and she was treated by an Athens physician.
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Sandra Lee
Everett Lee
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
USAF Team to Visit Athens for Cadet Interviews
Harold Buck announced a USAF Aviation Cadet Pilot Training team will be in Athens Wednesday through Friday to interview non-students and college students. The Ohio University Carnegie Hall base, Room 101, will host eligibility from ages 20 to 26 with two years of college or qualifying exams. interviews can be arranged via the local recruiting station.
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USAF
Athens
Harold Buck
United States Air Force
Air Force
Buck
Carnegie Hall
Ohio University
Athens Teachers Form Organization with National Affiliation Planned
Athens teachers organize the Athens City Education Association ACEA to link with the National Education Association via Ohio and Southeastern Ohio groups. Officers elected secretary Mabelle Darst president Bernice Kayser vice president Harold Lee treasurer Clayton Smith. Committees formed with chairs Max Ferguson program Earl Washburn social Harper Pendry legislative FEG Clifften teacher welfare Eva Lamon nominating Myrta Ashworth civic. Retired teachers may join as associates. next bi monthly meeting set for March.
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Athens City Education Association
Mabelle Darst
National Education Association
Ohio
Southeastern Ohio Associations
Bernice Kayser
Harold Lee
Clayton Smith
Max Ferguson
Earl Washburn
Harper Pendry
Feg Clifften
Eva La»mon
Myrta Ashworth
Civic
Jack Hague
Irene Hand
Beth Cable
Maud Stauffer
W. C. Fingerhut
Martha Hooper
Charlotte Lane
Ethel Woolf
William Bryant
Janet Clark
Elizabeth Cross
Mildred Murphy
Carolyn Pico
Lee Pickens
Kathryn Enlow
Harry Lackey
Pauline Fleree
Sarah Blower
Athens
ACEA
Trowel Installed As Acacia Chapter Initiated At Athens
Representatives of Acacia chapters from Michigan Purdue Cincinnati Ohio State and Illinois met in Athens over the weekend to install the Acacia chapter here Ernest H Hahne president of Miami University gave the principal address and Ray Thomas national vice president from Gary Ind presented the chapter The ceremony occurred Saturday and Sunday A total of 38 local members were initiated as part of one of six such ceremonies this year with future installations planned at Miami University University of New Hampshire University of Nebraska University of Town and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Michigan
Purdue
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Illinois
Athens
Ernest H. Hahne
Miami University
Ray Thomas
Gary
Ind
Ohio University
FE. J. Taylor
College of Applied Science
Charlies R. Kinison
Woodrow W. Wyant
Agriculture
Louis Bromfield
Acacia
Miami
University of New Hampshire
University of Nebraska
University of Town
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Preview of Spring Given As Temperature Hits 61
Athens weather summary reports a balmy day with a morning low of 52 and a noontime reading near 57. Rainfall in the last 24 hours totals 683 inches and the Hocking River level stands at 4.72 feet, according to observer Mia C. France.
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Athens
Hocking
Mia
France
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