Blood program at risk if drive fails in Athens County
Athens County faces potential curtailment or loss of the Red Cross blood program as the county must meet a $17 775 quota. Campaign chairmen warn continuation hinges on local donations, with $8 500 sought for the blood program and a reminder of the life saving role of blood in area hospitals.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Robert Mathews
Edward A. Sprague
Athens County Medical Society
Athena County Red Cross
Kell Cros
Samuel B. Erekine
National Red Cross
Mathews Sai
Athens
Erskine Blood Program
Hunter Hope Sys
Fies
Columbus
Hope
Athens Rotary Past Presidents Recall Early Years
A list of Athens Rotary Club presidents begins with F. D. Forsythe in 1923 and proceeds through 1931, marking the club’s golden anniversary tonight at an Ohio University Center banquet celebrating Rotary International’s founding. The roster names Watt Craig, John Woolley, A B Roe, John Patterson, Harry Beckley, T C McCracken, E C Schloss, C L Jones and others.
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Athens
Notable club officers listed across decades
The passage lists multiple officers and years, naming Robert F Cuyler 1933, Fred M McKay 1934, Harper C Pendry 1935, and others through 1999, with bottom row president L F Lausche and secretaries W H Logan and Clarence M Gill among earlier holders. The chronology covers 1923 to 1999 with several gaps and reassignments.
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Ralph J. Miller
Lon C
Guard Officer Is Honored For Athens Guard Unit Farewell
Maj Bernard Big, advisor to the Athens National Guard unit, was honored at a farewell dinner as he prepares for overseas duty at the U S Military Mission in Tehran. Attending officers included Lt Col Erle H Bridgewater Jr Maj Dean W Nida Capt Earl F Mathews and CWO Carl R Wilson. Big will be accompanied by his wife and two children for a two year tour. He is a Ft Benning Infantry School graduate and an OU and University of Georgia alumnus.
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Ohio University
Eleanora L. Schmidt
Health Service
OU Health Center
Willard P. Barker
Athens
Central
Maj Bernard Big
Erle H. Bridgewater Jr
Dean W. Nida
Earl F. Mathews
CWO
Carl R Wilson
Big
Teheran
Maj Big
Ft. Benning
University of Georgia
Training Certificates To Be Presented At Scout Meeting
The Hock Hocking district scout committee will present training certificates at its regular meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Ohio University Engineering building. Recipients include Richard Whitehouse Leroy Bennett Don Kasler William Zeigler Robert Merz and Edwin Carpenter. A round table for unit leaders will follow and all scouters are urged to attend with plans for future trainings to be announced by the leadership and training committee.
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Hock-Hocking
Ohio University Engineering
Richard Whitehouse
Leroy Bennett
Don Kasler
William Zeigler
Robert Merz
Edwin Carpenter
Minor fire at Westminster Foundation home on College Street
A short circuit in wiring caused a small fire at the Westminster Foundation home at 18 N College St. City firemen were dispatched at 2:30 pm. The blaze started when insulation in a partition ignited. firefighters arrived and contained it quickly.
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Westminster Foundation
N College St
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Admitted patients include Mr. Gladys Hepworth Burlingame Kansas Master Robin Byers Gloucester Mrs. Mearle Levering Corning Mrs. Ruth Porteous Athens Mrs. Beulah Moore Athens James Noonan Athens Mrs. Ruth Liggett The Plains Jerry Nichols Gloucester Dismissals include Mrs. John Klecan Athens and daughter Jennings Weekly Athens Catherine Pugh Athens Edward Rutter Gleason Mrs. Letha West Athens Route Cecil Mace Radcliff Mrs. Nora White Athens
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Gladys Hepworth
Burlingame
Kans
Robin Byers
Glouster
Mearle Levering
Corning
Ruth Porteous
Athens
Beulah Moore
James Noonan
Ruth Liggett
the Plains
Jerry Nichols
John Klecan
Jennings
Catherine Pugh
Edward Rutter
Gleaser
Letha West
Disturbing Peace Charge Is Denied
Gerald A Belfer Reed Hall pleaded innocent in Municipal Court on a disturbing the peace charge after a West Side woman alleged he urged her to get into his car. Bond set at 300 dollars with a Friday 8 00 am hearing.
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Gerald A. Belfer
Reed Hall
West Side
Belfer
Jesse White Dies Tuesday In Columbus
Jesse I. White age 67 of 2436 Deming Ave Columbus died Tuesday morning at University Hospital after a heart attack He was born in Athens son of the late Harry and Elizabeth Coe White and had lived in Columbus 25 years He worked as a clothing salesman in Athens and later managed in theater chains Surviving are his wife Lena Lash White two sisters Helen Slaughter Athens and Mary Dressel Oakes ND Services Friday 2 pm at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with Rev Roger M Rice Jr Burial Hebardville Cemetery Friends may call after 2 pm Thursday
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Jesse I. White
Deming Ave
Columbus
University Hospital
Mr. White
Athens
Harry and
Elizabeth Coe White
Miles Theater
Presbyterian Church
Lena Lash White
Helen Slaughter
Mary Dressel
Oakes
N.D
Dowler-Ferguson
Hughes Funeral
Roger M. Rice, Jr
Hebardville
Large Is Fined and Returned to Jail
Robert C. Large of Columbus was fined 100 dollars and costs in Municipal Court for obstructing and resisting a police officer. He escaped from the city jail January 9 while held on a bad check charge and pleaded not guilty to both the county and bad check counts. He was returned to the county jail to await grand jury action on the bad check charge.
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Robert C. Large
Columbus
Large
Warren Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Grant Warren 86 of Canaanville will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at South Canaan Baptist Church with Rev. John Snedden officiating. Burial follows in the adjacent cemetery. Warren died Tuesday in Athens after a two month illness. He was a lifelong Canaan Township resident and Spanish American War veteran. He is survived by two sisters Mrs. Ida McVicker and Mrs. Elia Hawk and three nieces and two nephews. Friends may call at Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home.
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Grant Warren
Canaanville
South Canaan Baptist Church
John Snedden
Mr. Warren
Athens
Canaan Township
Fernandus
Sarah Stedman Warren
Nehemiah O. Warren
Ida McVicker
Elia Hawk
Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes
Weather Clears After Hocking River Crest
A bright sun ended rains and the threat of high water in the Athens area. The Hocking River crest reached 13.1 feet about 7 am. Federal Creek overflowed Route 50 A near Amesville for 14 hours Tuesday, but traffic was maintained and water receded late Tuesday. Temperatures ranged from a low of 3 to a high of 42 degrees.
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Athens
Co. i. Colmer
Hocking
Federal Creek
Amesville
State Highway Department
Hamley
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Oerried
Mathews Waid
Rotary
Cso
Firestone
Ron
Xtre Cherge
Gilbert Shannons
Firestone Dealer
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
Gearon
Loch Wetch
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cecil Mace
Radcliff
Nora White
F. H. Gifford Co
PAY
YUNG
Jesse White
Warren
Albany, N. Marshfield and
Sugar Creek
Virgil Bickel
Ohio
Conrae Cleaners
Plains
Williamson
Gasaver
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, O
Fords
H.P
H.P. Y
Ford
Beasley & Mathews
E. Carpenter
THURS
Belk - Simpson Company
Men's Department
Chambray
Butler Bros
Floor
Shoe Department
Reg Vals
Saddle Oxfords
Belk-Simpson Company Home of Better Values
N. Court ST
St. GR
Children's Department
Ildrens
P. J
Colgate
Athens National Bank
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