More Than 1000 Expected to Enroll at OU Summer Term
Ohio University projects over 1,000 students for the first eight week summer term under a new accelerated three semester year plan. Aimed at speeding graduation, the program splits the summer into two eight week terms with options for 16 weeks of study. ROTC courses and a Civil Pilot Training Program also debut this summer.
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Une
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Dilley
Ohio
ROTC
Military Science
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Athens Youngsters Stage Nursery Dance Revue
Athens youngsters will present a Thursday night dance revue at Schine's Athena featuring Dorothy Kishler's School of the Dance. Nursery skits include babies ages three to five and a mix of nursery songs with solo and group numbers by Judy Schenz, Shirley Miller, Jeannine Hines, Anna Mae Grogan and others.
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Schine
Athena
Dorothy Kishler
Mary Catherine Billet
Patricia
Martina Josten
Sally Weber
Charlotte Thompson
Sally Siigley
Claudette Chappel
Ann Anderson
Jane Jarvis
Sandra van Meter
Jane
Rice Accepts Post In War Department
Dr James V Rice an Ohio University romance languages instructor for four years has accepted an appointment as an assistant research analyst in the War Department Washington His work will be in foreign languages Dr and Mrs Rice will leave Athens Thursday night and he will report for duty in Washington next Monday.
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James V. Rice
N. May Ave
Ohio University
War Department
Washington
Grange Meeting at Grange Hall With Memorial Program
Athens Grange will meet Thursday night at the Grange Hall for a memorial program. Refreshments will be served by a committee including Mr and Mrs P M Lax Mr and Mrs Elmer Poston N Mills and Frank Lavelle.
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Athens Grange
Grange Hall
P. M. Lax
Elmer Poston
N. ¥. Mills
Frank Lavelle
Athens bicycle festival parade set for Thursday night
Athens Chief J B Grogan urges riders of all ages to join a Thursday evening bicycle festival. A parade through Court Street ends at the Athens County Fairgrounds with riding contests, four man and four woman relays, and prizes awarded by Mayor Franz L Woodworth.
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Athens
J. B. Grogan
Athens County Fairgrounds
Grogan
Lackey
Carpenter St
Court St
Union St
Franz L. Woodworth
Barker Re elected Head of University Employes
Ralph W. Barker, president of the Ohio University Employes Chapter 44, was re elected head for another year. New officers include William Barnhill first vice president Edgar Burt second vice president Mrs C Morris secretary Leo Frost assistant secretary and Edison Heaton treasurer. Executive board members are Ernest McNeil Etta Eastman and Edward J Moran. Barker will attend the state convention in Columbus June 27 28 and a Sunday picnic is planned for June 7 at Road Side Park near Guysville with Barnhill appointed to arrange transportation.
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Ralph W. Barker
Ohio University Employes
William Barnhill
Edgar Burt
C. Morris
Leo Frost
Edison Heaton
Ernest McNeil
Etta Eastman
Edward J. Moran
Barker
University
Columbus
Road Side
Guysville
Windows Smashed at Chauncey Schools
Sheriff George Bateman investigates vandal raid on Chauncey and Chauncey Dover school buildings. Nine windows broken intruders entered through openings and ransacked desks scattering books papers and supplies. nothing valued taken.
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George Bateman
Chauncey-Dover
Chauncey
Defense Corps meeting announced for Thursday at Ohio University gym
A full gathering of Athens Civilian Defense Volunteer Corps air raid wardens and fire watchers will convene on the second floor of the Ohio University Men's Gymnasium Thursday at 7 30 pm Commander Harold E Wise said. General training will be conducted.
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Athens Civilian Defense Volunteer Corps
Ohio University
Harold E. Wise
Jackie Burgett Host To Blue Ribbon Club
Fourteen members of the Blue Ribbon 4-H Club met with their leader Mrs. W. M. Finsterwald at Jackie Burgett’s home 14 1-2 W Union St. The hostess aided by June Schuler served refreshments to Alberta Manion Evelyn DePew Jeanette James Mary Droz Barbara Fierce Helen McBride Marian Droz Jinny Knox Jo Ann Walker Mary Nash Dorothy Love and Norma Gueseman.
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Blue Ribbon
W. M. Finsterwald
Jackie Burgett
Union St
June Schuler
Alberta Manion
Evelyn DePew
Jeanette James
Mary Droz
Barbara Fierce
Helen McBride
Marian Droz
Jinny Knox
Jo Ann Walker
Mary Nash
Dorothy Love
Norma Gueseman
Surgeons Perform Appendectomies at Sheltering Arms Hospital
This morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital surgeons Charles Stack of 22 S Congress and John Van Ness of Mill Field Route 1 operated to remove appendixes, according to hospital reports.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles Stack
S. Congress
John van Ness
Millfield
Estate of John Barrymore Shown To Be Liquid Cash Tiny
In Los Angeles the Barrymore estate is valued at ten thousand dollars or less in cash plus personal property, despite the actor earning over a million dollars during his life.
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Los Angeles
John Barrymore
Athens Stores Close At Noon On Thursday
Athens retail stores will close at noon Thursday June 4 in the first observance of the weekly summer half holiday. B A Wolfe president of the Athens Retail Merchants Association reminded patrons today.
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Athens
B. A. Wolfe
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Morrison Commissioned as Ensign at Navy Field
Hubert Morrison age 24 of Athens is commissioned an ensign at U S Naval Air Station Jacksonville after earning his Navy wings. The Ohio University alumnus completed intensive flight training and learned aviation power plants aerology communications and gunnery before solo and formation flights.
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U. S.naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Morrison
Lola Morrison
Shade Consolidated High School
Ohio University
Jayjohn Enlists for Service With Navy
Charles Sylvester Jayjohn, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Brice Jayjohn of Oreton Vinton County, enlisted in Class V 6 of the U S Naval Reserve at Cincinnati recruiting HQ Tuesday. He was accepted as an applicant by E S Lashmett at the Athens naval sub station after graduating Vinton Rural High School in 1939 as an apprentice seaman.
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Charles Sylvester Jayjohn
Brice Jayjohn
Oreton
Vinton County
United States Naval Reserve
Naval
Cincinnati
Jayjohn
E. S. Lashmett
Athens
Vinton Rural
Fertilizer Available To Farmers of County
Forty tons of 20 percent fertilizer are available to Athens County farmers. Frank Pugh, chairman of the county agriculture conservation committee, announced that the fertilizer is at the Farm Bureau Cooperative warehouse and can be obtained after applying with Mr. Pugh at the soil conservation office. It is not for depleting crops such as corn, wheat, oats, and soybeans.
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Athens County
Frank Pugh
County Agriculture Conservation Committee
Farm Bureau Cooperative Warehouse
Pugh
Soil Conservation Office
S. Court St
Naval Reserve Fliers To Be Trained by CAA
The Civ iI Aeronautics Administration reached an agreement with the Navy for 20 000 naval reserve members to receive flight instruction at 600 pilot to centers within the next year, pending funding appropriations.
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Naval Reserve
CAA
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Navy
Ralph Dowler Enlists With Army Air Forces
Ralph Edward Dowler of New Marshfield has enlisted at Patterson Field Air Depot Fairfield for training in ground work with the Army Air Forces.
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Ralph Edward Dowler
Nellie B. Dowler
New Marshfield
Patterson Field Air Depot
Fairfield
Army Air Forces
Clubs Asked to Aid in Local USO Drive
The Athens USO drive plans a county wide effort with a county goal of 8000 dollars. A special meeting at 8 tonight in the American Legion home will decide organization and sponsorship. Franz L Woodworth notes the need for service clubs groups to send reps and help canvass. Nelsonville has finished its campaign. other areas have not yet begun.
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United Service Organizations
Athens
American Legion
Franz L. Woodworth
USO
James P. Cumley
K. T. Crossen
Cumley
Nelsonville
Coats and Bike Turned Over to Athens Police
Two women's coats one red and one blue and a boy's bicycle have been turned over to Athens police awaiting owner claims at the station.
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Athens
Carthage 4-H elects Harold Starkey president
Harold Starkey was elected president of the Carthage School 4-H Club at Monday evening’s meeting. Robert Boggs is vice president, Wilbur White secretary, William Fish treasurer, and Emmett Blake reporter.
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Carthage ‘School
Harold Starkey
Robert Boggs
Wilbur White
Wiliam Fish
Emmett Blake
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