Baccalaureate Service Set at Ohio University June 6
The Rev. Charles W. Gilkey of South Yarmouth Mass dean emeritus of the University of Chicago Chapel will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to about 500 graduates at Ohio University on Sunday June 6. The service at 10 30 am in Memorial Auditorium precedes 2 30 pm commencement exercises. Roy E Sen president of Times Inc will be the speaker.
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South Yarmouth
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University of Chicago Chapel
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Times, Inc
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Scotland
England
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India
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New England
State Hospital Laundry Fire Origin Found
Fire at Athens State Hospital laundry started by spontaneous combustion of clothing. Damage estimated from 33 000 to 40 000 as flames consumed clothing and damaged flooring and exhaust fans. Firemen fought the blaze for over an hour on both main and basement floors before it was controlled.
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State Hospital
Athens State Hospital
Clarence A. Parker
Parker
C. H. Creed
Memorial Day Traffic Report Shows Heavy Volume
Athens post state highway patrol notes an accident free Memorial Day weekend with traffic described as exceptionally heavy. Four drivers were fined five dollars plus costs by Justice of the Peace T F Cecil of Coalville for stop sign violations and permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a vehicle. Named drivers include Leonard Hildreth Dudley Lee St Clair Donald Griffiths and Vincent Epling from Fairmont Morgantown Shadyside Parkersburg respectively.
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Athens Post
State Highway Patrol
Justice of the Peace
T. F. Cecil
Coalville
Leonard Hildreth
Fairmont
W. Va
Dudley Lee St. Clair
Morgantown
Donald Griffiths
Shadyside
Vincent Epling
Parkersburg
Delilah Rebekah Lodge S84 Meets Tonight for Initiation
New Marshfield notes Delilah Rebekah Lodge S84 will gather Tuesday at 8 p.m. to confer the initiatory degree per Edna Goff noble grand.
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New Marshfield
Delilah Rebekah Lodge
S84
Edna Goff
Noble Grand
City Patrolman Back on Duty After Suspension
Patrolman R. A. Morris, suspended last Friday during an assault case, will report for regular duty as the chief says. City Solicitor Cornwell ruled the suspension authority under civil service provisions, superseding the chief. Safety Director Pierce had not issued a suspension notice and was unavailable for comment.
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R. A. Morris
J. B. Grogan
Grogan
Foster B. Cornwell
Morris
Daniel A. Pierce
Pierce
Milton R. Wetherbee
Ames Farmer Wade Smith Dies at 60 in Ames Township
Wade Smith 60, Ames Township farmer, died Monday at his home on Dutch Creek Athens Route 3. He served four years in the Navy before World War I and is survived by his wife Nellie and sister Mrs F L Maueler of Bucyrus. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at the residence with Rev Earl Cowan officiating. Burial in Amesville Cemetery. Flowers omitted.
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Wade Smith
Ames Township
Dutch Creek
Athens
Lewis
Jane Antle Smith
Mr. Smith
Nellie
F. L. Mauiler
Bucyrus
John
Edwin
Earl Cowan
Amesville
Shelter Ar m s Hospital Notes Detailing Local Admits
Hospital notes from Shelterin g Arms list several Athens area patients including Don Moates and Arthur Day with new daughters or sons, major or minor surgeries noted for Joe Klingenberg, David White, and others. Discharges include Helen McIntosh and C J Crum with daughter and own entries for regional residents.
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Don Moates
Athens
Arthur Day
Paul Long
Chester Root
Virgil Baker
Karl Naugle
Keith McEachron
Joe Klingenberg
David White
May Weather in Athens Shows Mild Trend and Severe Tornado
May temperatures were generally mild with a high of 88 on May 11 and 12, just below April's 89. Rainfall totaled 4.04 inches, 1.08 inches under 1947. A tornado on the 2nd marked May’s severe weather, Lake Hope drew crowds during Memorial Day weekend, and the Hocking River receded to 3.55 feet.
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Athens
Lake Hope
NYC Sues NY Central over Ervin Death at Crossing
Ada Ervin administrator sues the New York Central Railroad for five counts and 50000 in damages for Fred Ervin’s death at the East Main Crossing in Gloucester in September 1946. The truck stalled as a southbound train at 50 mph struck it, providing warnings claimed to be absent. The suit notes the train was late and exceeded the 30 mph limit set with the city.
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New York Central Railroad
Fred Ervin
Common Pleas Court
Ada Ervin
Ervin
East Main
Glouster
Athens County Land Transfers Show Multiple Property Deeds
A sweeping list details transfers in Athens County and surrounding townships. Transactions include Joe and Molly Mezaros to Elden and Elsie Ball for four tracts in Dover Township and back, plus numerous deeds among residents and families such as Katzenbach Black. Coen Midkiff. Jones King. Hogsett Williams. Wright Shonboen. Young families. Vaughn Buck. Steenrod Shafer. Warner Stout. Laughlin Laughlin. Coulson Wallace. Smith Burch. Dalton Mayles. Bennett Wogan. Bailes. Howson Jolley. Williams and Dehmann. Simms Folden. Buck Hartinger. Maurer Frazee. Pancake Frazee. Jolley Howson. McBride Verity. Cradelbaugh Johnson. Radcliff. Reinheimer Munn Parsons. Matlock Flowers. Wolfe Beasley Barnhart Founds Earich Douglas Kennard Hillen Boggs Beveridge Gilchrist.
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Molly Mezaros
Elden
Elsie L. Ball
Athens
Dover
Jacob and
Goldie Katzenbach
John P. Black
Lee Township
Gilbert and
Melva Coen
W. C. Midkiff
Bessie Midkiff
Carthage
Lodi
John B
Odessie M. Jones
Henry King
Troy
I. E
Chloe H. Bennett
Zane IL
Eva Dehmann
Dover Township
Evelyn B. Simms
Mae F. Simms
Finley C
Sarah M Folden
City of Athens
Floyd E
Lena O. Buck
Ernest S. Hartinger
Bertha G. Hartinger
Grosvenor St
City of Nelsonville
Edith Pancake
Lucy A. Frazee
George Harvey Nye
Chauncey
Clifford
Wilma Jolley
Mont
Esta Howson
del Carbo
Waterloo Township
Hettie Stuart
Charles H. McBride
Monday Creek
Gordon
Reva Verity
Norman
Hazel Weyrick
Maggie Cradelbaugh
Sheriff
Wilbur J. Johnson
Beulah P. Johnson
Trimble
Beatrice A. McGraw
Lorenzo D. Radcliff
Morris Ave
Rome
Anna Reinheimer
John Reinheimer
Alexander Township
Cora C. Munn
Winnie Mayles
Air
Mary Ann Parsons
L. Kathleen
Henry Matlock
Lee Jenkins
Bern Township
W. W
Elizabeth Totman
Dorothy
Henry Flowers
Louise
Leonard Wolfe
Ralph C. Beasley
Flo E. Beasley
S. McKinley Ave
Townsend
Robert
Nora Barnhart
Frank Founds
Troy Township
Martha Beverage
Howard V. Beveridge
Ethel Jane Beveridge
Mabel
Sanders
John D. Earich
Johnson
Millfield
Millard
Adrienne Douglas
Hughie F
Ruth L. Pickett
Robinette Ridge
Harley Brown Dies in Athens at 47
Harley Brown, 47, former painter who lived his life in Athens, died Monday morning in an Athens hospital. He is survived by his mother Mrs Ellen Brown and sister Mrs Faye Kenney of Cincinnati. His father and another sister preceded him in death. Wooley Funeral Home will conduct services Wednesday at 10 a.m. with Rev O M Awe officiating. Burial will follow at Hebbardsville.
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Athens
Ellen Brown
Fern St
Faye Kenney
Cincinnati
Wooley Funeral Home
O. M. Awe
Hebbardsville
Applications Extended for Bureau of Prisons Officers
The Civil Service Commission extends the application date for correctional officer positions with the U S Bureau of Prisons to June 10. Openings at the Fogare Reformatory Chillicothe offer a salary of 2694 dollars. A written exam tests general knowledge and aptitude, with W H Oldfield providing further job information.
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U. S. Bureau of Prisons
Civil Service Commission
Fogare Reformatory
Chillicothe
W. H. Oldfield
Commission
Advance Kindergarten Enrollment Is Asked
Parents seeking city school system kindergarten next fall should arrange in advance with teacher Mrs. Pauline Collins. Applications will be taken Thursday with Mrs. Collins at East Side School in the morning and Central School in the afternoon.
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Pauline Collins
Collins
East Side
Central School
Gross Neglect Charged In Petition for Divorce
John W. Sams files for divorce from Nadine Sams in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect. The couple married in July 1946 in Athens and have no children. The petition notes she left him on four occasions.
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Common Pleas
John W. Sams
Nadine Sams
Athens
Scout Meet Tonight in Genitee Mayor's Office
Boy Scout representatives from the Hock-Hoeae District will meet at 7 30 this evening in the mayor's office in Genitee. District chairman Earl Nye reported today.
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Hock-Hoe Ae
Genitee
Earl Nye
CSEA to Meet at Athens State Hospital Auditorium
Civil Service Employer Association plans a meeting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Athens State Hospital auditorium, announced today.
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CSEA
Civil Service Employer Association
Athens State Hospital
Ohio University considers FM college radio station
The Ohio University Board of Trustees may approve a plan for a 20 watt FM educational non commercial radio station in Athens. The Radio Advisory Committee proposes a student staffed facility funded by the university to train in drama journalism music and administration with potential expansion to 250 watts later. Digital equipment and installation would reuse existing WOUN gear with an estimated 2650 dollars needed for transmitter antenna and parts.
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Athens
Ohio University Board of Trustees
John C. Baker
Board of Trustees
Vincent Jukes
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio University
WOUN
Relative Dies At New Vienna
Mrs. Julia Seaman Elliott 78 died at her home in New Vienna. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in New Vienna. Survived by son Raymond at home, daughter-in-law Mrs. Harold Elliott, granddaughter Marilyn Jean Beilliott of Columbus, husband and elder son Harold predeceased her, and three sisters and two brothers including Mrs. Will Bobo, Mrs. Flora Murphy, Will Seaman, Mrs. Alice Brown, and Emory Seaman.
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New Vienna
Raymond
Harold Elliott
Marilyn Jean Beilliott
Columbus
Harold
Elliott
Will Bobo
Flora Murphy
Will Seaman
Athens
Alice Brown
Emory Seaman
Memorial Service Set in New Marshfield
Odd Fellows Lodge 910 will hold a memorial service Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church. The public is invited to hear the address by Reverend Carrol Chesser.
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New Marshfield
Odd Fellows Lodge
Methodist Church
Carrol Chesser
Three men fined for intoxication by mayor
Three men were fined ten dollars plus costs by Mayor W P Mickle on Monday after intoxication charges filed by city police. The men named were Tom Guess 58 of 59 Columbia Ave Carl Partlow 42 of Athens and Artie Trout 48 of Zaleski.
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W. P. Mickle
Tom Guess
Columbia, Ave
Carl Partlow
Athens
Artie Trout
Zaleski
Norito Offers Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pain
Thousands of sufferers praise Norito for fast relief from rheumatism sciatica lumbago neuralgia and neuritis. The ad promises a full money back guarantee if the first three doses fail to relieve pain and urges readers to see their druggist today.
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