Athens Blood Drive Sets Record With 176 Pints
Athens collected a record 176 pints of blood on a six hour Red Cross stop at First Methodist Church. The center filled from 202 volunteers and 64 walk-ins, breaking daily and prewar records, aided by Korea polio globulin concerns and a newspaper letter. Local donors from Athens and nearby towns sustained the supply as university staff and community groups contributed.
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Athens
Red Cross
Robert Gamwell
McBee Co
Gallon Club
B. F. Cutler
Columbus Center
Korea
West Coast
Don Flowers
Cutler
Ohio University
Chauncey
Glouster
Millfield
New Marshfield
the Plains
the McBee Co
Vernon Conkey
Douglas Hall
Don Robb
Marion Blazier
Clyde Cornell
John Kottgan
John Goodfellow
Arthur Brooks
Ralph Woodrun
Beverlee Wingett
Margaret Burt
Harold Zimmerman
Tom Evans
Wendell Drake
Rotary Plan Progressing, Club Told at Athens Meeting
Clip Higgins of Coshocton, Rotary Fellow from the 232nd district, said the Rotary International Fellowship program is making definite progress toward better understanding between the United States and the world. He spoke of ten months at the University of Edinburgh and experiences in Great Britain and Sweden, noting differences in curricula and language use in lectures.
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Rotary International
United States
Athens
Rotary Club
Clip Higgins
Coshocton
Rotary
Higgins
University of Edinburgh
Great Britain
Sweden
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
C A Beal Glouster Mrs Helen Campbell Glouster Mrs Inez Atkins Dayton Mrs Lee Brett Guysville Lavaughn Bennett Chesterhill Mary Lou LaHugh Chauncey Mrs Lara Smith Millfield Hugh Billingsley Glouster Oris Roof Millfield DISMISSED Mrs Loren Lee Albany and son Mary DeVault Athens
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Ted Neutzling
Larry Graves
Charles Hunsicker
Frank Calvin
Don Jacobs
Richard Rutkoskie
Bob Essex
Don Collins
Glen Cline
Albert Hall
Noah Gibbs
Joseph McAfee
Robert Gamwell
G. K. Dearing
Carl Whitlack
Roy Mace
Howard Fisher
Knoll Dupler
Robert Weegar
Robert Mathewson
Charles Hoffman
Lewis Shields
Bernice Coen
Charles Silverman
Everett E. Lewis
Ruth Miller
Frank Helm
Court
James Cassells
Roy Shamel
Robert Mathews
Wayne Hutchison
Faye
Joe Vance
Joe Gariel
Athens State Hospital
Lemma L. Smith
Floyd Bennett
John Reynolds
Russell Lowry
Leonard Brown
Leslie Green
Mary Reynolds
Lloyd Wagner
Tom Perry
C. M. Ashworth
Mary McFadden
Maxwell Ferguson
Robbin Bishop
Virgil Trum
Carl Rose
William Pierce
Homer Beard
J. D. McQuate
Carl Gains
Harold Benjamin
Russell Bashore
O. U
Sally Wood
Ruth Calmes
Bruce Cole
Martha Conroy
Marilyn Waugh
Virginia Huffman
Charles Topper
Kiwanis
Fred Swearingen
Don Thomann
Lions Club
Harold Young
Walter Ervin
Clair Berry
Marvin Phillips
Dept. of Natural Resources
William Price
Chauncey Dover Lions
William Abdella
Dick Herdman
Tennessee Gas Co
Norman W. Rogers
Russell Garrison
Glouster
Franklin Newall
Mary Gamwell
Lee Gatchell
John Cunningham
Brent Christman
Dick Guinther
Norbert Johnston
Roger Kittle Trimble
Ruth Rainey
Peggy Blower
Beulah Johnson
Medrith Jarvis
New Marsh
Neva Robinson
Robert Kirkendall
Bernice Porter
T. C. Porter
Darrell West
Betty L. Hahn
Ken Bridges
Peg Carper
James Carsey
Myrtle Roberts
Marjorie Bennett
Josephine Figley
Mary Lewis
William Lewis
Mary Adams
Helen O'Neil
Lou Hileman
Eva van Dyke
Kenneth Scheeler
Lecca Hoy
Elsie Dean
Shirley Watkins
Ronald Coury
Robert Hedges
Anna Hedges
Herbert Burson
Luta Wright
Blanche Gilkey
Nora Schneider
Claribelle Owen
Will
C. A. Beal
Helen Campbell
Inez Atkins
Dayton
Lee Brett
Guysville
Lavaughn Bennett
Chesterhill
Mary Lou LaHugh
Chauncey
Lara Smith
Millfield
Hugh Billingsley
Oris Roof
Loren Lee
Albany, and Son
Mary DeVault
Athens
Kiwanis Plans Athens Visit to New Boston Tonight
The Athens Kiwanis Club finalized plans to visit the New Boston Kiwanis Club at Hotel Berry tonight. Athens will present the traveling fellowship cup of the ninth division to New Boston, a cup given to Athens by Ironton Kiwanians last June. Next week the club will host a chicken and corn meeting.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
New
Boston
Hotel Berry
Athens Club
New Boston
Kiwanians
Ironton
Clooney and Jose Ferrer Wed in Durant Oklahoma
Actress Rose mary Clooney and Jose Vicente Fer rer were married in Durant Oklahoma in a county judge chamber. Clooney listed her age as 25 from Maysville Kentucky and Fer rer as 41 from Ossining New York.
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Durant
Okla
Jose Ferrer
Rosemary Clooney
Maysville
Jose Vicente
Ossining
Truck Driver Killed In Crash Near Chillicothe
Clyde W Howell, 41, of Huntington, West Virginia, a truck driver, died in a fire after his semi tractor crashed into a culvert on U S 3 Monday.
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Chillicothe
Clyde W Howell
Huntington
W. Va
Destroyer Huron Runs Aground Off Korean Coast
The Canadian destroyer Huron ran aground off the Korean coast on Monday and sustained heavy damage.
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Tokyo
Huron
Debris Clearing Advice From City Officials
City officials urge Athenians to keep storm sewers clear after recent heavy rains. Mayor Peter B. Seel and Safety Director Fred Beckler say yard debris such as grass clippings and branches dumped into streets clogs sewers, causing overflows. Homeowners should place yard waste in containers for city trash pickup.
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Peter B. Seel
Fred Beckler
Driver Fined After Crash at Route 50 Incident
Blackbourne Air Base service man Robert Lapointe aged 30 was fined 10 dollars and costs by Mayor Peter B. Seel for failing to stop within the assured clear distance ahead after his car rear ended another turning into a state park at Carthage Gap. Four other drivers were fined in patrol rounds for traffic violations including speeding and stopping at signs. Virgil Stanley of Quincy paid five dollars and costs for failing to observe a stop sign. Leonard Pritts and Dale Hutchinson, both of Logan, were fined ten dollars and costs for speeding. Richard J. Gennantonio of Wichita Man was assessed ten dollars and costs for excessive speed.
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Blackbourne
Robert Lapointe
Peter B. Seel
State Highway Patrol
Lapointe
Carthage Gap
Virgil Stanley
Quincy
Mass
Seel
Logan
Roger Friend
Leonard Pritts
Dale I. Hutchinson
Richard J. Gennantonio
Wichita
Man
Wag
Justice of the Peace
T. F. Cecil
Coalville
Athens County Land Transfers
Lois Cecil of Middleport transfers to Wirt Norwan two tracts in Amesville. Rudolph D Steinmeyer of Athens County transfers to Dave Kennard of Carbondale two tracts in Waterloo Township. Margaret R Blackburn of Washington County transfers to Ethel Dixon of Coalville a tract in Ohio Company's Purchase Troy Township.
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Lois Cecil
Middleport
Wirt Norwan
Amesville
Rudolph D. Steinmeyer
Athens County
Dave Kennard
Carbondale
Waterloo Township
Margaret R. Blackburn
Washington County
Ethel Dixon
Coalville
Ohio Company
Troy Township
Waltonians to Meet at Waterloo Forest Cabin
The Izaak Walton League will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Waterloo Forest cabin. President Joe Adams says a film will be shown and refreshments served.
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Waltonians
Izaak Walton League
Waterloo Forest Cabin
Joe Adams
Prayer Band to Meet at Grahams Chapel
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hawk with Charles Gaston as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
Virgil Hawk
Charles Gaston
Quarterbacked 35 TDs by WVU freshman Fred Wyant
Fred Wyant, West Virginia's freshman quarterback last season, led the Mountaineers to all 35 touchdowns scored by the team.
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Fred Wyant
West Virginia
Mountaineers
Polio Cases Rise in Athens County Family Tends to Four
Two more polio infections reported by the Athens City-County Health Department bring the season total to four. The victims are Rexford Nickoson Jr., 11, and Vera Kay Nickoson, 12, siblings living near Athens Route 4, with the boy showing non paralytic symptoms and the girl slight paralysis leading to hospitalization. Gamma globulin is given to four more Nickoson children as health officials maintain quarantine and monitoring through the week.
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Athens City-County
Rexford Nickoson, Jr
Vera Kay Nickoson
Rexford Nickoson
Athens
Nickosons
Angel Ridge
Jackie Lee Clench
Health Department
Nickoson
Followa E Clench
Jane Dean
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Garnet Louise
Audrey
Thomas
Donald
State Health Department
Servicemen Return and Continue Service Abroad
A James A Bolin of Athens Route 5 is returning to the United States after 12 months in Korea with the 25th Infantry Division. Corporal Charles B Sargent of Athens Route 5 served as a truck driver with an artillery battalion since joining in 1951. Edith Sargent and children reside on Albany Route 2. Harrisonville high school alumnus. Roger L Williams of Shade Route 1 serves aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph, recently recommissioned in Portsmouth Virginia, as an aviation structural mechanic third class.
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Charles B. Sargent
Charlie Sargent
Athens
United States
Korea
25Th Infantry
Army
Sargent
Edith
Albany
Harrisonville
Roger L. Williams
Floyd E. Williams
Randolph
Portsmouth, Va. Naval Shipyard
Williams
Fire Destroys Peach Ridge Residence
A small unoccupied house on the Robert Everett property at Peach Ridge Athens Route 3 was destroyed by fire Monday morning with an estimated loss of 1300 dollars. Fire Chief Roy Zeigler said the blaze was out of control when neighbors found it. a pumper from Amesville arrived as the house burned. Firemen saved a barn nearby storing hay lumber and furniture in the residence. The property lies on the edge of the fire protection district.
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Robert Everett
Peach Ridge
Athens
Ames-Bern
Amesville
Roy Zeigler
Zeigler
Everett
Secon
Partition of Land Petitioned in Court at The Plains
Alexander M. Bowe petitions Common Pleas Court for partition of land at The Plains. Defendant named Paul Bowe. Plaintiff states ownership of five sixths of the property and asks the court to set aside his share.
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Common Pleas Court
the Plains
Alexander M. Bowe
Paul Bowe
Two-Truck Collision on Depot Street Reported
City police reported a two-truck crash on Depot Street this morning. Walter Hamblin of Newport Kentucky drove one truck. the Williams Transfer Co. truck struck it. The second driver's identity was not released.
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Depot St
Walter Hamblin
Newport
Williams Transfer Co
County Board Studies Athens Building Plan for Courthouse and Jail
The Athens County commissioners discussed a broad improvement program including an elevator in the courthouse, jail upgrades, a new roof for the county home, and office remodeling. They consider issuing about 100000 in bonds over up to 15 years without raising taxes, aiming to start before fall with architect plans, bids, and possible relocation of children to cottages.
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Athens County
Ralph Elliott
Board of Commissioners
George Bateman
Hocking County
Com
Athens
Ames Minister Is Installed In Presbyterian Churches
In Amenville on Monday night Rev. John Mervin Hess was installed as minister of the Amesville New England and Carthage Presbyterian churches. Presiding was Rev. Chester Marquis Jr of Athens. Also present were Rev. Donald Jowitz Barlow Rev. Allen Christy Marietta Rev. Howard Ruppelt Middleport and Rev John Lloyd Evans Nelsonville. A reception followed in the church basement.
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Amenville
John Mervin Hess
Amesville
New England
Carthage
Chester Marquis, Jr
Athens
Presbytery of
Donald Jowitz
Barlow
Allen
Christy
Marietta
Howard Ruppelt
Middleport
John Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Albany Lodge Confers Fellow Craft Degree Thursday Evening
Albany Lodge 723 F AM plans to confer the Fellow Craft degree at 8 pm Thursday during a lodge meeting led by master John L. Ingram.
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Albany
Albany Lodge
John L. Ingram
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