Red Cross Fund Campaign Starts March 1 in Athens County
Athens County's 1949 Red Cross fund drive is set to begin March 1 with Herm an W. Humphrey as county chapter chair. Glen M. Hanes will head the campaign countywide except in the city where Eleanor Minister and Emogene Davis lead the business section with Mrs. C. M. Bowman for residences. A 70 member women’s canvassing team will target businesses for donations. The county quota is 12500 dollars, with 6590 in Athens, 5500 in the county, and 500 for the Ohio University Student College Unit chaired by Dean Irma Voigt. The national goal is 60 million dollars. Names of workers and township chairs will follow.
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Athens County
Herman W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Glen M. Hanes
Hanes
Eleanor Minister
Emogene Davis
M. Bowman
Minister
Miss Davis
Athens
Ohio University Student College
Irma Voigt
Entered Apprentice Degree Conferred at Constitution Lodge
NEW MARSHFIELD the entered apprentice degree will be conferred at a special meeting of Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM Thursday at 7 30 p m according to J O Cottle master
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F & AM
J. O. Cottle
Dollar Days Slated Here
The Athens Retail Merchants Association announced a community Dollar Days event for Friday and Saturday. Oscar Fulton cites postwar merchandise scarcity and inflation as reasons stores plan the sale, with non-member shops joining in. Advertisements in Messenger list values offered, per committee members Francis Fuller, Katharine Figg, and Frank Baker Jr.
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Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Oscar Fulton
Messenger
Francis B. Fuller
Katherine Figg
Frank Baker, Jr
River Rise Slowed as Mercury Drops
A temperature drop from 65 to 32 degrees Tuesday slowed rainfall and the Hocking River rise, limiting flooding. By 10 a.m. Wednesday the river stood 15.64 feet, about 1.5 feet below flood level, after .43 inches of rainfall since Tuesday. Route 50A near Amesville remained open as water receded.
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Hocking
C. N. France
Amesville
Warner Rites Set Thursday
George Warner 86 died Tuesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He born in Dexter lived in Dayton 30 years then returned to Meigs County in 1945. Survived by nephews Frank and Burrell McLaughlin and niece Maggie Chaney. Calling after 7 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home. Services Thursday at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Fred E. Luehs. Burial in School Lot Cemetery.
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George Warner
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Court Union
Dexter
Warner
Dayton
Meigs County
Frank McLaughlin
Glouster
Burrell McLaughlin
Dyesville
Maggie Chaney
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Fred E. Luehs
School Lot Cemetery
Births in Athens Area Hospital Notes
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs William Zimmerman in Athens. Mrs Wilford Tippie of Athens Route 1 undergoing major surgery. Bertha McGrath in The Plains and Norma Lee in Rutland Route 1 listed for minor surgery. Betty Replinger and son in Athens. Maxine Efaw and son in Athens Route 1. Infant son of Mr and Mrs John Lynch in Athens.
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Wiliam Zimmerman
Athens
Wilford Tippie
Bertha McGrath
the Plains
Norma Lee
Rutland
Betty Replinger
Maxine Efaw
John Lynch
First Aid Courses Set For Instructors
Advanced first aid courses for potential instructors are offered by Athens County Red Cross. Miss LaTourette, chairwoman, says holders of a standard first aid certificate within the last three years are eligible. The first meeting is Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Ohio University Women's Gym. The course runs 12 hours over six weeks.
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Charlotte LaTourette
Athens County
Red Cross
Miss LaTourette
Ohio University
Military Rites Planned for Sgt Harley Gilham
Funeral services for SSgt Harley Neil Gilham aged 28 will be held Saturday at 2 PM at New Marshfield Christian Church with military rites at New Marshfield Cemetery. Born in New Marshfield he died on Okinawa May 8 1945 from battle wounds. survived by his parents and three brothers.
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New Marshfield
Harley Neil Gilham
Okinawa
Athens Country Club
Sergeant Gilham
Camp Wheeler
Bermuda
South Pacific
Roy C. Gilham
Elmo Scott
Athens
John
James
Paul
Columbus
Miles E. Hoon
New Marshfield Christian Church
New Marshfield Cemetery
Gilham Frank Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gilham
Dodds Counsel Withdraws in Athens Grand Jury Case
Court records list witnesses and defendants tied to an Athens grand jury action. Names include Nelsonville residents Gibson and Bumgardner and Glouster and Athens locals. several are tied to investigations or prior bad checks. Ray Lloyd Yoho and Gail Cunningham of Athens face assault with intent to rob. each posted $1000 bond.
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Arry Gibson
Winnie Gibson
Don Bumgardner
Nelsonville
John Crawford
Henry Williams
George H. McClelland
Glouster
Harold Hawk
Clifford F. Andrews
H. O. Atkins
Joe Abraham
Joe McBride
Harry Risley
George Couladis
John Jones
Junior Dowler
Athens
Gibsons
Crawford
Atkins
Ray Lloyd Yoho
Gail Cunningham
Yoho
Cunningham
Former County School Superintendent Dies
Funeral services for John T. Turner former superintendent of Athens County schools will be conducted Thursday at 1 30 p m at the D Harvey Davis funeral home Columbus Turner died Tuesday at his Columbus home
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John T. Turner
Athens County
D. Harvey Davis
Columbus
Turner
City Manager Not a Dictator Athens Board Told
Athens Board of Trade heard Winston W. Hill city manager of Washington D H Ohio explain city manager duties and process for adoption. He argued the manager is an executive, not a dictator, and outlined petition and election steps plus a January 1950 effective date if approved. He urged citizen involvement for good government.
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Athens
Berry Hotel
Hill
Washington D.H
H. C. Dorman
State Department of Highways
Gordon K. Bush
S. O. Linzell
Finsterwald Named Police Official at Ohio University
E. B. Finsterwald was named special investigator for Ohio University campus police by L. F. Lausche with Sheriff George Bateman also confirming a special deputy sheriff role. The move creates a third on duty campus officer for day shifts and specialized tasks beyond Donald Cone and Burns Ervin.
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Finsterwald
Ohio University
L. F. Lausche
George Bateman
Lausche
Athens
State Highway Department
Donald Cone
Burns Ervin
Subscriptions Donated to Athens High by Izaak Walton League
The Athens chapter of the Izaak Walton League donated 12 subscriptions to the Ohio Conservation Bulletin for Athens High School to promote conservation awareness among students. A regular meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the LOOF Hall to discuss a minstrel show and view motion pictures.
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Ohio Conservation Bulletin
Athens High School
Athens
Izaak Walton League
Halil
P Cumley Is Welfare Group Head
James P. Cumley was elected president of the Athens Community Welfare Association at a board meeting held in the Athens High School Little Theatre. Mrs Frank B. Dilley filled the vacant seat, with R W Hollingsworth named vice president and Eleanor Minister as secretary treasurer.
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James P. Cumley
Athens Community Welfare Association
Athens High School
Mra
Ray Johnson
Frank B. Dilley
R W. Hollingsworth
George Merchant
Hollingsworth
Eleanor Minister
R. H. Marquis
L. C. Staats
Community Welfare Board
Mrs. Pierce Dies in Toledo
Mra Lucy Mulligan Pierce 58 of Athens Route 5 died Monday in a Toledo hospital while visiting a daughter during medical treatment. Survived by husband Fahye, son Lloyd, a grandson, and three sisters Miss Mary Mulligan Mrs Jessie Hillis and Mrs Jean McCashin, with a brother Frank deceased. Funeral arrangements by Jagers funeral home pending.
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Lucy Mulligan Pierce
Athens
Toledo
Fahye
Pierce
Helert Withers
Lloyd
Mary Mulligan
Jessie Hillis
New Lexington
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Masons
Philco
Yale
State St
Merchants
First
Sele
Wer
Warner Rites
Isheltering Arms Hospital
Managing Money
ROY E. Hawk & CO
Ohio
E. Main St
Pomeroy
Sgt
Dodds Counsel
Cincinnati
Route &O
Albany
Guysville
Roger Connors
Carter
Court St. Athens, O
P. Cumley
Brenner
Tipperary
Chesterhill, Ohio
U&miles
Teac
Fossa
St. Court St
Roger Dean
Namy
Roger Deans
State Street & Avon
Athens, Ohio
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