Recreation program grows as Athens schools join in
Attendance climbs in Athens elementary recreation sessions directed by Harry Lackey with Carl Nessley. Ohio University physical education majors run programs at East Side and West Side Schools four afternoons weekly and Saturday mornings at the high school. Coordinators include Harry Regula at East Side, Erma Jean Kuhn at West Side, Marguerite Eberhard and Charles Hanna on alternating days, with Central School children also attending East Side. Saturday mornings invite all elementary students to basketball and other activities, linking to local grade school basketball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Harry Lackey
Carl Nessley
City Recreation Board
Ohio University
East Side
West Side
Harry Regula
Marguerite Eberhard
Erma Jean Kuhn
Charles Hanna
Central School
Child Neglect Charge Brings Jail Sentence
Carl Evener of Athens Route 3 was sentenced by Probate Judge Francis D. White to 12 months in county jail for a child neglect conviction. He had been on probation from a prior Common Pleas Court sentence and faced charges arising from alleged failure to provide for three children and a reported attack on a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Evener
Athens
Francis D. White
Evener
Common Pleas Court
Hattie Evener
Betwen
Cadets in OU ROTC to Get Officer Type Uniforms
Col Ray E Cavance head of the OU military department announced ROTC cadets will receive new officer type uniforms. First and second year cadets will wear overseas caps coats and trousers in dark olive drab. advanced students will get Pershing style visored caps and light gray trousers with the same coat. All cadets will have officer type overcoats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
ROTC
Ray E. Cavance
Military Department
4-H Official To Meet With Athens Group
Eva Kinsey assistant state 4-H Club leader will meet Athens County 4-H Council Monday at 7 30 p m at the Extension Office for the first planning meeting of the 1947 club season. The council works with Ross Wright county extension agent and Villa Tippie emergency 4-H assistant to set up the county 4-H Club program. Council members include Mrs W G Munn Mrs Altha Snyder Ruth Miller Mrs James Odenthal Mrs Reba Withers Mrs C Ly White Jr Bernadine Terrell Mrs James Mesecher and Paul Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Kinsey
Athens County 4-11
Ross Wright
Villa Tippie
W. G. Munn
Altha Snyder
Ruth Miller
James Odenthal
Reba Withers
C. Ly White, Jr
Bernadine Terrell
James Mesecher
Paul Brown
Farm Bureau backs Daniels-Cramer school foundation bill
The Athens County Farm Bureau Legislative Committee met recently and endorsed passage of the Daniels-Cramer school foundation bill now before the Education Committee, according to chairman Alton Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Farm Bureau
Daniels-Cramer, School Foundation
Education Committee
Alton Hope
Athens County Drive Set for March 1 Launch
The 1947 Red Cross Fund Campaign opens March 1 with a county goal of 9000 dollars and Athens city quota of 3850. County chairman Herman W. Humphrey announced the volunteers and zone leaders including Dwight H. Rutherford and Emogene Davis, with Ont units led by Dean Irma Voigt and Louise Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
Herman W. Humphrey
Athens City
Dwight H. Rutherford
Business
Ralph Miller
Norman Dean
George Clarke
Josephine Garvin
Emogene Davis
B. F. Cutler
Robert Marquis
Thomas Rosser
Paul Cotton
Carl Bowman
Dorothy Dent
C. W. Billet
Ohio University
Irma Voigt
Louise Fields
Dean Voigt
B. T. Grover
Humphrey
Alexander
St Allen
Ames
Thomas Clark
Athens
H. Wakefield
Dorothy McDonald
Bern
Helen Sayre
Canaan
Fred Burch
Carthage
Frank Caldwell
Dover
Gilbert Gourtney
Lee
Eldon Dailey
Lodi
Clifford Ruth
Rome
C. H. Copeland
Divorce Decree Granted in Common Pleas Court
Rae E. Miller wins divorce from Robert R. Miller on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Custody awarded to Rae E. Miller for two children. Alimony includes undivided half interest in lot 112, Jacksonville.婚 The couple married in Jacksonville on February 17, 1934. Rae E. Miller must pay court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Rae E. Miller
Robert R. Miller
Jacksonville
Millers
Canaan Estate Divided Among Three Heirs
The Hoyt Hoskinson estate, of Canaan, who died January 17, leaves equal shares to sons Herb J. Hoskinson Athens Route 4 Floyd Hoskinson Houston Pa and daughter Lucy Mae Townsend Athens Route 4 The will filed in Probate Court also directs that one tenth of future farm profits be used to support the South Canaan Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Hoskinson
Canaan
Herb J. Hoskinson
Athens
Lucy Mae Townsend
Floyd Hoskinson
Houston
South Canaan Church
Shawnee Lodge Honors Clara Evans with Lamp and Gifts
Primrose Temple Pythian Sisters celebrated their only living charter member Mrs. Clara Evans on Feb 13 after a lodge meeting in Shawnee. A program included greetings and songs, gifts and a lamp presentation, with a potluck lunch. Multiple community members were noted visiting and staying with relatives in nearby New Lexington and Hemlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Primrose Temple Pythian Sisters
Clara Evans
Clara
Hattie Ellis
Betty Turnbull
Cross Roads
Mabel Peyton
Pop
Caroline McLaughlin
Hannah Peyton
Primrose Temple
Mary E. Neal
Caroline Evans McLaughlin
Margaret Kreitz
Bill Jones
Hemlock
Jane Mason
New Lexington
Hanna Peyton
Richard Hopkins
Leo Kopis
Edith Nealson
Claire Treadwell
Columbus
Mary Treadwell
Patty
Margaret Hopkins
Church Seeks Court Permission to Sell Coolville Parsonage Land
In Common Pleas Court the Coolville Circuit of the Methodist Church seeks approval to sell two parcels of land from inlet number 9 in Cooley's Addition Coolville. The proceeds would fund improvements to the parsonage. the tract includes an acre once bought from Simeon W. Cooley on August 1 1942. The circuit covers Coolville Decatur Hockingport Little Hocking and Torch. Trustees named D O Blake Edgar Dixon Carl Russell Cliff Dixon and C E Newman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Coolville
Methodist Church
Simeon W. Cooley
Cooley
Methodist Circuit
Decatur
Hockingport
Little Hocking
Torch
D. O. Blake
Edgar Dixon
Carl Russell
Cliff Dixon
C. E. Newman
Mrs. Elsie Westfall Kelley Dies at 71 in Athens
Mrs. Elsie Westfall Kelley, 71, of 29 Hanlin Ave., died Saturday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a yearlong illness. Born in Meigs County, she lived in Athens 35 years. Survived by husband Guy, daughters Regina Kelley of Shelby and Mrs. Elsie Wood of Athens, sons Earl and Vern Frost of Clarksville, eight grandchildren, sister Sallie Betzing of St. Peter MN, brothers Hiram and Ural Westfall of Athens and Val Westfall of Flora Meigs County. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson with Rev. D. H. Goff. burial at W. Union St. Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Westfall Kelley
Hanlin Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Meigs County
Athens
Kelley
Guy
Regina Kelley
Shelby
Elsie Wood
Earl
Vern Frost
Clarksville
Tenn
Sallie Betzing
St. Peter, Minn
Hiram
Ural Westfall
Val Westfall
Flora
Dowler and Ferguson
D. H. Goff
W. Union St
Robinson Brothers Open New Room at Mill Street Store
Robinson Brothers Appliance Store announces the opening of a new room Monday at their Mill Street location. Operators Donald E. and Dwight Robinson say the remodeled area expands the store to three rooms and adds deep freeze units radios fuel oil furnaces milking machines cabinets and other electrical appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill St
Donald E
Dwight Robinson
Robinson Brothers
Divorce Suit Charges Gross Neglect and Cruelty
Ruby Howard of Athens filed for divorce from Millard N. Howard of Midland Ohio alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The complaint seeks custody of their 10 year old child. Married in Nelsonville on October 3, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Howard
Athens
Millard N. Howard
Midland
Ohio
Howards
Nelsonville
Steel Mill Tour By Athens County Officials
A tour of Portsmouth Steel Co. was conducted last week for A L Jandes manager and Walter Wharton Jr director of the Athens County Farm Bureau Co op along with other district managers by company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Jandes
Walter Wharton, Jr
Athens County Farm Bureau Co-op
Portsmouth Steel Co
Ill Wind Brings Relief as Snow Covers State
Farmers welcome snow for protecting wheat and last year’s seeded meadows while peach and orchard crops benefit from cooler weather. County agent Ross Wright notes alternating freezes pressure young plants though. temperatures rose in Athens to 25 degrees after a 9 degree low the prior night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wright
Wright
Athens
C. N. France
Co-Ed Speech Awards Crown Ohio Colleges Champions
Denison University and Ohio Wesleyan led at the Ohio Intercollegiate Speech Conference as eleven of nineteen schools competed. Dixie Campbell of Denison won first in interpretive reading "Elizabeth the Queen," Jeanne Lemal of Ohio Wesleyan won best extemporaneous talk, and Terry Jenkins of Ohio University took first in oratory "The Stranger Within Our Gates." Women students at Ohio University won $25 prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio Universities
Dixie Campbell
Elizabeth
Jeanne Lemal
Ohio U.’s
Terry Jenkins
Ohio University
Condition of crash victims Reported Good
William Rob inet te Sr of Nelsonville injured in a Thursday night crash was pronounced good by Sheltering Arms Hospital officials on Saturday. A similar good condition report was issued for Mrs T N Hoover Sr and Mrs Roger Connor who were injured in the same accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robinette
Nelsonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
T. N. Hoover
Roger Connor
Mayor fines imposed on two drivers by city police
Mayor Franz Woodworth levied fines of five dollars and costs on Emil Beck twenty seven Athens for expired license plates and John R. McClain fifty five Nelsonville for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Woodworth
Emil Beck
Athens
John R. McClain
Nelsonville
Unemployment Benefits Decline in Athens County January
Athens County unemployment benefits fell in January with an average of 1183 unemployed. Total payments reached 103,368.24 dollars, including 90,231 to veterans under GI Bill readjustment and 13,137.24 to civilians under Ohio Unemployment Compensation Law. New claims numbered 210, down 5.6 percent from December. Continued claims moved to bi weekly filing and checks. Job placements rose to 27 in January from 7 in December, with 11 veterans and 9 women employed. At month end 1241 applicants remained available for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
H. H. Sands
Ohio State Employment Service
BUC
Ohio
Marshfield VEW Plans Initiation
NEW MARSHFIELD Gilham Frank Post 8804 Veterans of Foreign Wars will initiate a class of 125 members Sunday March 2 at 3 p m in Waterloo High School. Post Commander W J Laveck says State Commander George L Fetter and District 12 Commander Roland M Pierce will attend with other officials. Pickerington state degree team will handle degree work. Music and a chicken dinner served by the PTA follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
Gilham Frank
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Waterloo High School
W. J. Laveck
George L. Fetter
District 12
Roland M. Pierce
Laveck
Pickerington
PTA
Weak and Run-Down? Check Your Blood Strength Now
An old advertisement urges readers to assess blood strength by looking at pale nails lips and skin. It promotes SSS Tonic as a solution to non organic nutritional anemia claiming it boosts blood, digestives, appetite, energy, sleep, and overall vitality with vivid claims and a call to buy from a drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonia
Sturay Health
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Births in The Plains as Mr and Mrs Merle Canter welcome a son. Gail Phillips of Athens admitted for major surgery. Ralph Barker of Athens discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Canter
the Plains
Gail Phillips
Athens
Arthur Johnson Sets $100 Song Writing Prize at Ohio U
Arthur C. Johnson editor of The Columbus Dispatch and Ohio University trustee offers a $100 prize for the Ohio U Founders Song contest. Any registered student may enter. collaboration allowed. Closing date is April 15, 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Johnson
The
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio University
Ohio U
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Sunday Messenger Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Red Cross
Owen Nursery
Dept. Laud
Beomington
W.H. Wilson
Pritchard
W. Main St
Logan, O
Marietta
Bardin Bros.co
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
Athens County Drive
Canaan Estate
Evans
Rardin Concrete
Rardin Bros
Farm Bureau Co-Operative Assn, Inc
Kurtz Street
Robinette
Marshfield
Ralph Barker
Arthur Johnson
Dwight H. Rutherford General Insurance
Security Bank
Allis-Chalmers Tractor Division
Woodyard Farm Supply
Kern ST
A&p
Cadillac
Athens Buick Co
N. Court and
Carpenter Sts
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