Testimony Opens In York-Nelsonville School Transfer Dispute
Testimony opened today before Cedric Clark master commissioner in a York residents case seeking to force the Athens County Board of Education to transfer to Nelsonville. Plaintiffs claim the board failed to act on four transfer petitions filed Jan 30 and Feb 28, 1948. witnesses described signatures, district boundaries, and state consolidation recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York-Nelsonville
Cedric Clark
Fourth Judicial Court of Appeals
York
Nelsonville City
Athens County Board of Education
App
Glen Hanes
Forest Weinrich
Logan
Hanes
York Township
Weinrich
Dixon
Nelsonville
Paul Hoskins
Deanville
Gordon Tolliver
Chriss Wolfe
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Poston
Hospital Preview Set For Workers
Dr and Mrs T H Morgan invite workers in the 1950 Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation fund campaign to an open house preview Thursday at 730 pm at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Attendees will tours of the elevator kitchen and X ray room and see past two years improvements funded by 1948 gifts. The public can also view hospital improvements at a general open house Sunday July 16. Harold Wise chairs the 1950 drive which runs through July and funds further plant improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Morgan
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Harold Wise
Blood Drive By Athens Legion Planned For Hospital
An American Legion bloodmobile will visit the Athens Legion Post home at Congress and Washington streets on Thursday from 2 to 5 PM to obtain blood for the Dayton Veterans Hospital blood bank. No preliminary appointments are needed as a county effort supports the drive sponsored by the Dayton Legion post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Athens
Dayton Veterans’ Hospital
Ben L. Williams
Athens Legion Post
Legio
Congress
Washington Streets
Williams
Veterans’ Hospital
Red Cross Bank
Dayton Legion Post
Questions and Answers About Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Public-spirited firms clubs and individuals are underwriting all the expenses of the drive so that every cent of the money contributed to the foundation will go directly into hospital needs.
Athens Doctor Named for Oak Ridge Atomic Study
Dr. C. Frederick Kittle of Athens, a recent KU medical resident, will study at Oak Ridge Nuclear Studies for three months starting July 1 under a new cooperative program. He will work on tagged atoms radioisotopes and cancer metabolic research. Kittle was chosen from the Kansas School of Medicine for a Clinical Fellowship by the American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Frederick Kittle
Fred. F. Kittle
Athens
Oak Ridge of Nuclear Studies
Kittle
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Sudy
Kansas School of Medicine
American Cancer Society, Inc
Two Court St Crashes Listed
Two accidents on Court Street within 15 minutes were reported by city police. Roy Lee Earle of Palm Springs California attempted a WU turn at Court and Union and struck Helena Whaley of Mulberry Street, causing major damage. Earle was fined five dollars with costs suspended. A second collision at Court and W State involved a truck driven by Dophin Steed and Marguerite Brown of Pleasanton Hill, causing rear damage to both vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court St
California
Court and
Union
Roy Lee Earle
Palm Springs
Calif
Helena Whaley
Mulberry St
Earle
W. P. Mickle
Court
W. State
Dophin Steed
Marguerite Brown
Pleasanton Hill
Births and hospital notes from Athens area
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Robert Baur a son Mrs Lee Van Dyke a son Mr Floyd Littie a daughter Admitted Bettie Lambert Sylvia Lonas and others Dismissed Mrs George W McGee Glouster and son Ethel Bater Margie Mason Karen Michael William Gabriel and Lucille Cottrill from Athens and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Baur
Athens
Lee van Dyke
Bettie Lambert
Sylvia Lonas
George W. McGee
Glouster, and Son
Ethel Bater
Albany
Margie Mason
Toledo
Karen Michael
the Plains
William Gabriel
Lucille Cottrill
Steppe's Beauticians Open Two New Salons
Steppe's Beauticians, Inc. announced new beauty salons at department stores in Vincennes Indiana and Decatur Illinois expanding the Steppe chain to 48. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Steppe attended the Decatur opening on June 21 while Mr. and Mrs. Basil Rutter attended the Vincennes opening a week later. Charles Tuttle Jr. of Parkersburg West Virginia forfeited a $5 bond in Mayor Mickle's court for failing to stop at a red light Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Decatur, Ill
Steppe’s Beauticians, Inc
Steppe
Decatur
Basil Rutter
Charles Tuttle, Jr
Parkersburg
W. Va
W. P. Mickle
Tuttle
Stedman House and Stedman Family of Athens County
A historical note on the Stedman House at W Washington and Congress in Athens, its owners Mr and Mrs William Stone Stedman, and a detailed lineage of the Stedman family including Alexander and Levi Stedman. It records ties to Meigs and Athens Counties, the Buckeye Rovers, and local landmarks such as the Chester area and Athens County courthouse construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stedman
W. Washington and
Congress Sts
Athens
William Stone Stedman
Washington
Meigs Counties
Congress St
Palmer House
Stedman House
Rome Township
Common Pleas
Athens County
Comfort Crippen
Eli Crippen
Levi
Meigs County
Chester
Bial
Washington County
Abel
Vermont
Sally Foster
Thomas Corwin
Ohio
Julius Stedman
Frederick Stedman
Frank C. Stedman
Levi Stedman
Meigs Court
Meigs
Buckeye Rovers
Chester Township
Lyman Stedman
Shade River
Morgan
Abel Stedman
Alexander Stedman
Rome
Robert Arscott
United States
Cleveland
Athens State Hospital
Former Athens Resident Eva Martin Divil Dies in Smithfield
Eva Martin Divil 60, former Athens resident, died at her Smithfield Pennsylvania home Tuesday night after a short illness. Survived by husband Alone 20 daughter Mrs Aldina Angeline two brothers John Martin Chillicothe and J Roscoe Martin Athens two nieces Eleanor Martin Laziman Winter Park Florida Lucille Martin Bledsoe Winter Park Florida and two grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm in Smithfield. Temperature reached 83 degrees at 1 00 a m Wednesday tying prior day’s high. Tuesday low 54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Martin Divil
Athens
Smithfield
Aldina Angeline
John Martin
Chillicothe
J. Roscoe Martin
Eleanor Martin Laziman
Lucille Martin Bledsoe
Winter Park
Fla
Executive change announced for OU elementary school
Ohio University announces a leadership shift at Rufus Putnam Elementary. Prof George Beauchamp, ex Michigan principal and VA officer, becomes associate professor and elementary school principal replacing Prof Wilbur Yauch who moves to teaching and writing. Yauch will guest teach at Northwestern this summer while pursuing a second book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Rufus Putnam
John C. Baker
George Beauchamp
Michigan School
Priincipal
Veterans Administration
Wilbur Yauch
Yauch
Northwestern University
Evanston
Rochester
N. Y
Harrington Park
N. J
Fued
Ohio
Bowling Green
Kent State
Beauchamp
University of Michigan
Oxley Rites Set Thursday
Services for Mrs. R. W. Oxley 67 of 1 Van Vorhes St died Tuesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital. The First Methodist Church in Athens will host the service Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating. She leaves husband R. W. Oxley two sons Gordon E. Oxley of London and Richard E. Oxley of Defiance four brothers Otto Leadinghaus Trimble William Leadinghaus Chicago Albert Leadinghaus Dayton and four grandchildren. Eastern Star memorial services will be held at the Dowler and Ferguson funeral home Thursday at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Oxley
van Vorhes St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
First Methodist Church
Gilbert Courtney
Pennsylvania
Richard E
Defiance
Otto Leadinghaus
Trimble
William J. Leadinghaus
Chicago
Albert Leadinghaus
Dayton
Dowler and Ferguson
Eastern Star
Funeral
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas
Keystone
Roy
Hawk & Co
Investment Securities Cline
Yacol
Athens Heating & Insulating Co
NaNeee
Freezer
New
America
Roomy Glass Co
F. H. Gifford CO
Amesville
Jeffrey
Dia
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Springfield College
Mass
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Detroit
University of Michigan Elementary Training School
Oxley
M. E. Church
Joy, Ohio
Fern Grabham
Fureka
Kansas
Mrs
A. M. Wooley
Ist
Illiamson
Wert Shoop
Williamson Gas
Williamson Coal
Williamson Oil
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Financial Statement
Statutory Reserve Fund
Masonic BuilDing
H. G. Householder
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