Modern Engineering Features OU Student Center Building Construction
The 1 357 795 dollar Ohio University Student Center will blend Georgian styling with a steel and concrete frame. A 450-ton skeleton rises on shale pockets with 62 concrete piers, steel deck floors, and brick exterior by Knowlton Construction, aiming for June 1953 completion.
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Ohio University
Harry W. Hankinson
Bellman, Gillett and Richards
E. Union St
Hankinson
McArthur
Knowlton Construction Co
S. College
KE. Union St
Messenger Newsphoto
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
List of patients and dismissals at Shelterings Arms Hospital including Ernest Mullins Eva Snow Janet Harmon Beatrice Milligan Ernel Spires Shirley Kirby Phyllis Cline Pearl Robinson Frank Grate Larry Mingus Chester Parks Melvin Guess Virginia Thomas and Albert Birge with locations Athens Glouster Chauncey Nelsonville Harrisonville Zaleski and Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Mullins
Athens
Eva Snow
Janet Harmon
Driver Arrested After City Crash
Athens resident Warren Grant Bennett age 30 faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence after a two car collision on W Union Street. He allegedly struck the rear of Murray Haber’s auto as Haber waited for a light. Bennett’s arraignment was set in Mayor Seel's court.
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Warren Grant Bennett
Athens
Bennett
W. Union St
Murray P. Haber
Morris Ave
Haber
Peter B. Seel
Consecration Service Held Ahead of Ohio Era Mission
A consecration service was conducted Sunday at the Methodist Church in Albany in preparation for the forthcoming Ohio Methodist Evangelical Mission of the Ohio Era.
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Albany
Methodist
Ohio Methodist Evangelical Mission
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band Meets at Lauer Home
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lauer with Mrs. Nettie Harris as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
Henry Lauer
Nettie Harris
Illinois Man Is Employed As Athens High Principal
Don F. Thomann of Knoxville Illinois has been hired as principal of Athens High School announced by Supt Willard P Barker. Thomann a Knoxville High principal since 1945 will fill the post left by the death of Oliver L Wood. He holds degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois and served in World War II.
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Don F. Thomann
Knoxville
Ill
Athens High School
Willard P. Barker
Thomann
Board of Education
Moline
University of Chicago
University of Illinois
Joliet, IL
University of
University of Ilinois
Knoxville Presbyterian Churchoard of Trustees
Kiwanis
Oliver L. Wood
Paul W. Carpenter
Mechanicsburg
Marilyn Hoon Barron
New Marshfield
Lions Club Names New Committees
Athens Lions Club opened its new fiscal year with a meeting at Hotel Berry. Dwight Robinson received the life-time title of international counselor and a governor's award for perfect district reports and dues. Committees were named with chairs including Elmer Jones, William Poling, Richard Dent, Dick Cox, Robert Robinson, C. E. Berry, Carl Denison, Charles Hayes, George Lovell, Richard McClung, Donald Campbell, Eldred Grimes, Harold McBride, Clarke Daily, John Deem, Arthur Ellis, Denver White, Clifford Mohl, Lewis McBride, and Alfred Gendemalik.
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Athens
C. E. Berry
Carl Denison
Charles Hayes
George Lovell
Richard McClung
Donald Campbell
Eldred Grimes
Harold McBride
Clarke Daily
John Deem
Arthur Ellis
Denver White
Clifford Mohl
Lewis McBride
Alfred Gendemalik
United Nations
4-H Club Activities Picnic and Meetings Across Areas
Various 4-H clubs held meetings and events including a Bates Boosters picnic at Lake Hope on July 6 funded by square dances. Other clubs like Pleasanton Farmerette Stitchers and Shade Farmers and Farmerettes met at members’ homes with health quizzes, visits, and upcoming bake sales and fund donations to the 4-H Foundation.
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Bates Boosters
4-H Club
Lake Hope
Pleasanton Farmerette Stitchers
Mary Jo
Dixie Ellis
Jean Hawk
Conrad L Murphy and Florence B Boggs Named
Conrad L Murphy age 27 of Nelsonville and Florence B Boggs age 30 of Athens are listed in the notice.
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Conrad L. Murphy
Nelsonville
Florence B. Boggs
Athens
Seven Drivers Arrested By Highway Patrol
State Highway Patrol arrests resulted in fines for seven drivers on Tuesday. Four were truckers. William Collins of Pomeroy paid 20 dollars and costs for overloaded truck. Other fines included mud guard violations and operator license issues for drivers from Anna Ohio Parker City Parkersburg Mason Crown City Logan and Coalville.
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State
Highway Patrol
William Collins
Pomeroy
Justice of the Peace
T. F. Cecil
Coalville
Don D. Lattimer
Anna
Ohio
Justice Cecil
Richard Huffman
Park Hotel
Justice of the Peace Charles Rider's Court
Edward Boone
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Aiken
Andrew Maze
Logan
Peter B. Lee
Ray Allen Tucker
Mason
Justice
Wilsey Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Edward Franklin Wilsey 51 will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd. C. A. William Paddock will officiate. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home. Flowers omitted. Wilsey was a retired civil engineering professor at Ohio University.
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Edward Franklin Wilsey
Athens
Church of the Good Shepherd
William Paddock
C. A
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
Wilsey
Ohio University
Cruelty Charged in Divorce Petition in Com Pleas Court
Esther Lam born sues Vernon Lamborn for divorce in Com Pleas Court alleging extreme cruelty. The Bank of Corning is named co defendant. She seeks temporary and permanent alimony, possession of household goods, and restraints on her husband and the bank from withdrawing funds. A restraining order is requested. The couple wed Aug 6 1914 in Athens.
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Common Pleas
Esther Lamborn
Vernon Lamborn
Bank of Corning
Corning Bank
Lamb
National Guard unit heads to Camp Grayling for summer training
An Athens National Guard advance detail departed for Camp Grayling Michigan to begin a two week summer camp from July 6 to July 20. The headquarters unit will join later with battalion staff and troops from Cambridge Lancaster Marietta and New Lexington.
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Athens
Richard Brill
Cambridge
Brill
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Lancaster
Marietta
New Lexington
Michigan
166Th Regimental Combat Team
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Camp Grayling
Erle Bridgewater, Jr
Addison Hudson
William B. Orr
Earl Mathews
Dean Nida
Kent Bumpass
Abraham
Joel Draper
William Ab
Milk Truck Falls When County Bridge Collapses Near Guysville
Bob Trussell of Long Bottom drove a milk truck crossing a two mile east of Guysville township bridge near Carthage Township when a concrete slab span of about 11 feet collapsed. The truck dropped into the creek bed below but the driver escaped with minor injuries. County Engineer John Dowler reported the incident occurred while the truck was en route to Robinson farm to pick up milk, the township's only house on the road.
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Guysville
John Dowler
Bob Trussell
Long Bottom
Robinson Farm
Carthage Township
Temperature Dips to 60 as Warm Day Follows
Temperatures cooled to 60 degrees last night after a daytime high of 87. At 9 a.m. Wednesday a reading of 71 degrees was recorded.
Athens PMA Office to Close July Fourth and Fifth
Athens County PMA office at 18 Court Street will close for two days July 4 and July 5, officials announced today.
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Athens County
PMA
S. Court St
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