Sports Talks at JHS Promotion Exercises
Athens ninth graders at JHS received promotion certificates in a ceremony themed Sports. Six student talks covered football to baseball and boxing with historical notes and notable players. Music included choral pieces and instrumental solos as speakers highlighted sports immortals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ssports
JHS Promotion
David White
Watson Burnfield
Joe White
Bill Pinkerton
Kiefer
W. C. Fingerhut
Charles Frank
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Kessler
Alice Newcomb
America
U. S
Dewey Laughlin
Cosmey
Jean Kay Hartley
Jean
Bobby Jones
Knute Rockne
Sharon Oldfield
Carey
Don R. Clippinger
Board of Education
Sherman E. Gilmore
Allen
Temperature Rises and Falls With Daylight Readings
Warmer temperatures persisted Thursday with the morning reading at 76 degrees, up from 68 at the same time Wednesday. The day’s high reached 79 before dropping to 53 overnight as the Hocking River receded to 4.85 feet this morning per weather observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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Hocking
C. N. France
Athens School Teachers Get Salary Raise
The Athens school board approved salary increases for teachers on continuing or unexpired limited contracts at senior and junior high and elementary levels. New and continuing contracts were issued for numerous teachers, and personnel changes included Harry Lackey to run summer playgrounds and Carolyn Pico as school nurse and visiting teacher. Eugene Cottle resigned to join the University of Wyoming as assistant professor of social studies, with replacements anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Steele
Mabelle Darst
Mildred Murphy
Cara Evans
Bernice Kayser
Bernice Rodehaver
Myrta Ashworth
Georgia Allen
Lucile Duffee
Beth Cable
Martha Hooper
Maude Stauffer
Mary Dillon
Pauline Heft
Lucy Sigmann
Ann Hoy
Jerome Fenske
Earl Washburn
Robert Wren
Janet Clark
Ruth Pierce
Sarah Blower
Alice O’shaughnessy
Harry Lackey
Carolyn Pico
Cottle
Eugene Cottle
University of Wyoming
West Side School
Harper C. Pendry
Frank B. Gullum
E. R. Walker
John W. Bolin
Don R. Clippinger
Mrs White dies at 92 after long illness in Millfield
Mrs Mary White 92 died Wednesday evening at her home on Sand Ridge Millfield Route 1 after a prolonged illness. She spent her life in the area. Survived by Adrian White Columbus Effie Graham Grand Rapids Mich Lottie White Detroit and Nellie and Charles at home. Funeral services Saturday at 10 30 a m at Jagers funeral home conducted by Rev Drell H Goff with burial Nye Cemetery Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary White
Sand Ridge
Millfield
Drell H. Goff
Nye Cemetery
Chauncey
Herbert Brown Dies Thursday in Athens at 75
Herbert Brown 75 lifelong Athens resident and retired trucker died Thursday at his home 20 Fern St after a two day illness. He is survived by wife Alma and son Harley of Athens. Friends may call after Friday noon at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home. Funeral services are set for Saturday 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Clarks Chapel.
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Herbert Brown
Athens
Fern St
Alma
Harley
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Clarks Chapel
VEW To Meet Friday Business Listed
Regular meeting of Floyd Bolin Post 3477 Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Friday at 7 30 p m in the clubrooms A vote on meeting night change and reports from baseball and show committees will follow with refreshments announced by Commander Gerald Glover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bolin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gerald Glover
Three Cars Damaged In Court St Crash
Three cars were damaged Wednesday when B F Cutler of Roosevelt Drive pulled from a Court Street parking space. He said a truck double parked behind him hid a car driven by Harley E Woode of Albany, which had moved around the truck to pass. The impact pushed Cutler’s car into a third vehicle owned by A H Buckle of 96 Columbia Ave, parked in front of the vacated spot.
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B. F. Cutler
Roosevelt Drive
Court St
Cutler
Harley E. Woode
Albany
A. H. Buckle
Columbia Ave
Two Drivers Fined After Police Arrests
Two drivers were fined Wednesday by Mayor Franz Woodworth after city police arrested them on reckless driving charges. Vern Scott, 40, Athens Route 4, received $25 and costs. Clarence Watson, 18, W State St, $5 and costs following guilty pleas. John Porter, 27, Athens Route 3, pleaded guilty to assault and battery per affidavit by his wife Bobbie Lee Porter and was fined $10 and costs today by Mayor Woodworth, arrested by Deputy Sheriff Frank Joyce at Sugar Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Woodworth
Vern Scott
Athens
Clarence Watson
W. State St
John Porter
Bobbie Lee Porter
Frank Joyce
Sugar Creek
Minor-Operated Car Warned With Fine At Chauncey
Clarence L. Jones of Athens, age 76, was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor W. D. Hines of Chauncey after a State Highway Patrol arrest on a charge that he permitted an unlicensed minor to drive his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Clarence L. Jones
Athens
W. D. Hines
State Highway Patrol
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Athens Junior High School
Don Allen
Methodist Church
Jane Morgan
Jane
Loomis
Lewis Ondis
Lewis
Kathleen Downey
Strickland
Wax Furniture Autos
Portland Cement Association
W. Broad Street
Columbus
Ohio
Altmans Jewelry
Atta
O. L. Wood
Sherman Gilmore
Maxwell Ferguson
Gladys Moore
Eva Lamon
Mayme Johnston
Irene Hand
Anne Pickering
Ethel Woolf
Mary Connett
Ruth Giesen
Carl Roberts
W. P. Porter
R. W. Emmett
P. S. Wamsley
Edith Stocklin
Katherine Enlow
W. M. Bryant
Harold L. Lee
R. L. Essex
Grace Tressel
N. G. Clifton
Helen Dinsmoor
Lloyd Bjornstad
Charlotte Lane
Altmans
National
Blue Swan
Phil Maid
Lorraine
Trousseau
Alena
Southeastern
Warner
Kotex
Altman's
Tem
Price
Lncene
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