Five AJHS Graduates To Discuss World Problems
Athens Junior High promotion exercises feature nine graders discussing world issues. Speakers cover the European Recovery Program Latin America China North Atlantic Pact government efficiency and atomic energy. Certificates presented. student performers also featured.
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AJHS
Athens
Patty Fitzer
Dick Nellis
Latin America
Betsy Baker
China
Gene Jones
Marilyn Paulsen
Russell Smith
Joseph B. Maffett
John W. Bolin
Nancy Martin
Mechanicsburg Pupils Present PTA Program Makers and performers share stage
Mechanicsburg School pupils from first to third grade entertained PTA members at the closing program. The lineup included a first grade dramatized song May Lamb and a choral reading The Mice. First graders presented Children’s Polka and rhythm games. Second graders performed Amaryllis with a rhythm band. The third grade offered a pantomime and a piano solo Spider Dance. Ohio University student Elinor Wisenberger performed three marimba solos The Desert Song Rhapsodic Fantasy Roses of Picardy.
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Mechanicsburg
PTA
Mary
Lash
Donald Bennett
Tessie Frum
Donna Jo Brown
Carla
Carolyn Hooper
Sharon Pritchard
Margaret Powell
Sue Hooper
Roger Hayes
Gene Scott
Phillip Johnson
Richard Douglas
Dana Chadwick
Judy Reed
Dorothy Pennell
Judy Coon
Bill Pence
Carol Powell
Ryan King
Sharon Williams
Francis Gilkey
John Rhoades
Charles Cooley
Honey Loutherwood
Mrs. Laziman
Amaryllis
Edith Brooks
Gloria Bolin
Donna Hunter
Julia Bronson
Tommy Lewis
Caroline Bobo
Carl Klingenburg
Ralph Hollingsworth
Lowell Conant
Jerry Linscott
Judy Gay Shaw
Paula Bolin
Judy Cone
Buford Brown
Nancy West
Patricia Ely
Jackie Boyd
Gary Phillips
Charles Misner
Claire Ball
Mary Ewing
Joyce Hess
Mrs. Kennedy
Billy Buffington
Roy Wells
Nancy Ashworth
Mary Kay Ball
Larry Radford
Carlos Nicholson
Arlene Brown
Ronnie Martin
Mike Carmichael
Ronald Breeze
Larry Looney
Brent Perry
Stephen Davis
Picardy
Athens Area Hospital Notices and Minor Court Fine
Shelter listing notes births admissions and discharges at Shelter Arms Hospital including a son for Mr and Mrs John P Hawk of Athens and a daughter for the Bowens and Kieslers of Gloucester. A mayoral fine details Harry Hamilton of Athens Route 2 for intoxication with custody taken after a 1230 a.m. arrest.
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John P. Hawk
Athens
Lawrence Bowen
Robert Kiener
Glouster
Lewis D. McBride
West Side Elementary to Hold Sixth Grade Graduation
Graduation exercises will be held Thursday at 10 30 a m in the West Side Elementary School gym. The program includes a class roll prophesy and history. Promoted to junior high are Emily and Emory Dishong Karen Hunsicker James Jarvis Philip Saunders Marilyn McBride Lois Wright and Henry Young.
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West Side
Emily Dishong
Emory Dishong
Karen Hunsicker
James Jarvis
Philip Saunders
Marilyn McBride
Lois Wright
Henry Young
Nancy Downey
Sheldon Rowan
Roberta Young
Robert Dotson
Richard Dotson
Jimmie McMullen
David Wood
Four Vinton Drivers Fined by McArthur Mayor
Four Vinton County drivers were fined by McArthur Mayor John Crow after State Highway Patrol arrests. Eldon Sowers 20 of McArthur paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding on Route 50. Floyd Allman of McArthur received 25 dollars and costs for speeding between 85 and 90 mph. Rodney Dye 18 of Dundas paid 10 dollars and costs for crossing the yellow line at Route 75 intersection, while Richard Dickman 32 of Hamden was fined 5 dollars and costs for no driver’s license.
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Vinton County
McArthur
John Crow
State Highway Patrol
Eldon Sowers
Floyd R. Allman
Rodney M. Dye
Dundas
Richard V. Dickman
Hamden
Athens County Realty Transfers Summary
Gerson E. Nunn transfers to Cliff Virgil Ross and others for lots in Albany. Ernest Whitlatch and Esther W Efaw swap interests in Waterloo Township. Efaw and Whitlatch execute three tracts in Waterloo Township. Deceased Jesse Ely's heirs transfer 58 acres in Waterloo. George Manda and wife sell lots 19 20 21 in Butte to Joseph and Martha Manda. Mary C Brown Moore to Carl and Martha Nessley for 3.72 acres in Athens. Max L Hensley to Porter Sweazy in Trimble Township. Esther Urban sells 8.26 acres to Walter Hill in Glouster.
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Gerson E. Nunn
Cliff Virgil Ross
Hill
Albany
Ernest Whitlatch
Esther W. Efaw
Waterloo Township
Waterloo
Jesse Ely
Mary Ely
Ernest Ely
Gertrude Marcum
Nellie Lyons
Mildred Buckley
Alice Ellis
Edith Lyons
James Ely
George Manda
Joseph Manda
Divorce Suit Dismissed in Common Pleas Court
Wyona E Brown filed for divorce from Gerald E Brown in Common Pleas Court but the petition was dismissed on motion of the plaintiff per court records.
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Wyona E. Brown
Gerald E. Brown
Common Pleas
Elections Slated for Athens Chapter and Commandery Officers
Officials announced annual election and installation of officers for Athens Chapter 39 on Monday at 7 30 p m and Athens Commandery 15 at the same hour on Wednesday. Serene Lodge IOOF meets tonight at 8 p m, with Kenneth Sands noting Monday as the lodge’s regular meeting night.
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Athens Chapter
Athens Commandery 15
Serene Lodge
IOOF
Kenneth Sands
Noble Grand
Honor Pupils At The Plains Named For Final Honor Roll
Officials at The Plains School announced the six week honor roll for the 1948 1949 final period. Thirty nine students from seventh to eleventh grades earned honors listing names by grade.
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the Plains School
Vaneta Blessing
Jean Bryan
Gene McDonald
Barbara Mason
Alan Pailet
Sarah Slater
Virginia Sparks
Larry Thompson
Bernie Boyer
Charles Cullison
Ralph Goldsberry
Bruce Humphrey
Eugene Novotni
Gene Sharpe
Shirley McGee
Mary McKee
Bertha Norris
Thelma Secoy
Grace Thompson
Shirley Tinkham
Mary Charney
Allen Snyder
Janet Stalnaker
Jon Tipton
Alice Yates
Darrell Andrews
Charles Beard
Arthur Brooks
Jack McDonald
Wandaveer
Bill Vessalo
Millie Vessalo
Mary Hardy
Betty Mace
Richard McAllister
John Michael
Donna Thompson
Patricia Hanning
Betty Bryan
4-H Advisors and Officers Training Conference Wednesday
The Annual 4-H Advisors and Officers Training Conference will be at the Mechanicsburg School Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. Ross Wright says Eva Kinsey C C Lang lead discussions with training sessions by Wright Kinsey Lang Miller Harris and Ruggles. Miss Miller will speak on The Home Agent in a County Program. A picnic dinner will be provided milk will be furnished and attendees should bring their own table service and one food.
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Mechanicsburg
Ross Wright
Eva Kinsey
C. C. Lang
Miss Kinsey
Lang
Wright
Mary Ellen Miller
C. H. Harris
H. C. Ruggles
Attendant Suspended for Abuse at Athens State Hospital
Neil Welch, 28, of W State Street, an attendant at Athens State Hospital, was suspended for 30 days effective Friday after hospital officials said he physically abused an 80 year old patient.
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Neil Welch
W. State St
Athens State Hospital
Welch
Porch Fire Damages Chairs At Church Street Home
A sun porch fire at the Carl Ferguson residence 9 Church St damaged two chairs. Officials say a cigarette started the fire at 11 30 a m Monday causing about 60 dollars in damage per Fire Chief Clarence A Parker.
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Carl Ferguson
Church St
Clarence A. Parker
Heat Sparks Record Weekend At Athens Municipal Pool
Attendance at Athens pool hit 917 over the weekend, 681 adults and 236 children, topping the previous high of 734 set on a 93 degree day. Temperatures peaked at 90 then cooled, with a Sunday breeze and a low of 52. drought effects reported minimal damage to crops by Ross Wright.
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Athens
Hocking
C. N. France
Ross Wright
Athens Scouts Win Blue Ribbon at Marietta Camporee
Twenty Athens County Boy Scouts received awards at the weekend Camporee court of honor on the Washington County Fairgrounds Marietta. The First Presbyterian Church troop earned the Blue ribbon after three days of camping with red ribbons awarded to troops 56 57 and 78 based on projects fellow craft and campsite inspections. A Saturday torch demonstration and a sunrise service were highlights and Richard Williams of Troop 55 set a fire making record in four seconds.
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Athens County
Washington County
Marietta
Court of Honor
Kootaga
TSS
First Presbyterian Church
Cam
C. William Black
First Methodist Church
Richard Williams
Carl Sylvester
Jerry Galvin
Kenner Bush
Jonathan Thackery
Edward Robe
Robert Esome Clase
Dickellia
Joe Scott
Tease Jones
Thomas Martin
Byron Anderson
Dick Jackson
Lowell Davis
Robert Daugherty
George Dion
Richard Robe
Arthur Vermillion
Jerr Schoonover
Bob Daugherty
Buddy Sweeney
Jack Lester
John Blackford
Courage To Live Topic Of AHS Baccalaureate
Horace T. Houf of Ohio University delivered a class sermon at Athens High School baccalaureate urging fortitude and independence. He stressed living courageously, choosing vocations freely, and evaluating elections with independent judgment while avoiding prejudices. The program featured the Girls Chorus, student soloists, and a Mendelssohn procession prior to benediction.
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Horace T. Houf
Ohio University
Athens
Houf
Waterloo Recreation Program Set
Waterloo Township and the PTA announce a summer recreation program opening Wednesday. Activities include softball baseball volleyball basketball shuffleboard table tennis croquet horseshoes and badminton run by a committee led by Earl Lowry Mar McFadden and Edna Goff with Dic Shoemaker as director. Schedule targets under 12 year olds 3 to 5 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays and older groups 5 40 p m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Support comes from the Grange Rebekahs Odd Fellows and athletic funds.
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New Marshfield
Waterloo Township
PTA
Earl Lowry
Mar McFadden
Edna Goff
Dic Shoemaker
The
Grange, Rebekahs, Odd Fellows, and Auxiliary
High School Athletic Fund
Daughter of Rev. Clarke Dies in New Mexico
Kate Chamberlain Clarke nine daughter of Rev Lloyd W Clarke and Mrs Clarke died in Albuquerque New Mexico on May 28 Burial was in Memorial Park Albuquerque The Rev Mr Clarke former rector of Church of the Good Shepherd Athens is dean of the Episcopal Cathedral in Albuquerque The family has resided there for ten years and includes son Stephen twelve.
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Athens
Kate Chamberlain Clarke
Lloyd W. Clarke
Albuquerque
N. M
Memorial Park
Mr. Clarke
Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal Cathedral
Clarkes
Stephen
Ohio University student fined jailed for campus slide rule thefts
Basil Dewal a 27 year old Martins Ferry OH junior pled guilty to three theft charges after a trap set by city police and an OU investigator led to his arrest. About 400 dollars of stolen textbooks were found in his room and several slide rules were recovered from owners Donald L. Brisendine Rolland Bashore and Harvey Marcus. The case follows a year long series of campus thefts and resulted in fines totaling 150 dollars and a jail sentence.
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Ohio University
Martins Ferry
J. B. Grogan
Basil Dewal
Ayor W. P. Sakon Ro
Fineterwald
Donald L. Brisendine
Rolland Bashore
Harvey Marcus
Grogan
W. Union St
Joe McBride
Finsterwald
DePasqual
Pomona Grange To Meet With Amesville
Athens County Pomona Grange will meet Amesville Grange on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. to confer the fifth degree in full form. Pomona members are asked to bring sandwiches while Amesville members provide pie.
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Athens County
Pomona Grange
Amesville Grange
Pomona’s
Amesville
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