Athens Junior High graduates to enter high school
Ninety eight ninth graders from Athens Junior High School received promotion certificates in a high school auditorium ceremony. Speakers praised world problem awareness while performances by students highlighted the program titled A Survey of World Problems. The event included musical numbers and an invocation by Rev. Joseph B. Maffet.
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Sherman Gilmore
Patty Fitzer
Dick Nellis
Latin America
Betsy Baker
China
United States
Helen Lehman
Tschaikowsky
Joseph B. Maffet
OU Included In HSAC Book Probe
Ohio University was named among 12 Ohio colleges to be asked by the House Un American Activities Committee for lists of textbooks in use. The inquiry aims to screen for communist influence, aligning with a report urging removal of communist teachers from schools. Other Ohio schools listed include Cincinnati, Fenn, Bowling Green, Dayton, Antioch, Oberlin, Northern, OSU, Toledo, Wilberforce, and Wooster. School boards in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, Dayton, Hamilton and Youngstown will receive letters.
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Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Robert Graham of Chillicothe welcome a daughter. Admitted were Carol Neutzling and Norma Neutzling both of Athens Route 2 for minor surgery. Dale Hunter and Mrs Dena Parson of Carpenter also for surgery. Lawrence Lee of Jacksonville injured. Several residents including Mrs Robert Kiener, Mrs Vernon Weddle, Mrs Richard Coffman, Wendell Wright, Mrs Nancy Martin, Malcolm Higgins, Mrs Elsie Brooks, and Paul Metcalf listed as patients or residents.
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Athens
Norma Neutzling
Dale Hunter
New Marshfield
Dena Parson
Carpenter
Lawrence Lee
Jacksonville
Robert Kiener
Glouster
Vernon Weddle
Richard Coffman
the Plains
Wendell Wright
Nancy Martin
McArthur
Malcolm Higgins
Elsie Brooks
Paul Metcalf
Guysville
Teen driver fined for no license in city hearing
Jean M. Porsche, 19, of Howard Hall, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle after arrest by the State Highway Patrol on a charge of driving without an operator's license.
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Honor Roll Students Named at Athens High School
Athens High School announces sophomore and junior honor roll lists and those with perfect attendance. Certificates will be given to sophomores and juniors whose averages meet or exceed a B and to those with perfect attendance, listing numerous students by name.
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C. L. Wood
Barbara Barrows
James Dilley
David Lewis
Diana Roach
Richard Robe
Harriett Sapp
Yvonne Sherow
Eleanor Wickline
John Glaney
Jesse Lee
John Mitchell
John Smith
Richard
Martha Ann Davidson
Betty Lambert
Francis Paterna
Charles Orr
Charles Dailey
Jane Roseberry
Weese Dickman
Gloria Thompson
Harold Brooks
William Frey
Shirley Henderson
Jerry Jagers
Suzanne Laughlin
Sally Ann Davis
Charles Guthrie
Mary Sue LaFollette
Jan Tullis
Mercury Dips Into Forties Again
The mercury sank into the forties again last night, reaching a low of 44 degrees after a high of 73 on Wednesday. Slightly warmer weather looked likely today as 71 degrees had already been reached by 10 30 a m according to weather observer Mrs C N France. The previous night's low was 43.
School Ground Trees Set for Elm Treatment
City Board of Education authorized a local tree surgeon to treat school grounds to prevent Dutch Elm disease. C. W. Sherwood will direct the work and warned of rapid disease spread. The board approved staff changes, textbook purchases, and a no smoking rule on the gym floor. Oliver Dahl was reassigned to a summer recon ditioning role at the high school.
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4-H Club Officers Named in Chase Merrimakers and Shade Junior Sewing Sisters
The Chase 4-H Merrimakers held their second meeting at Merrill Chase's home and elected June Morris as president Merrlyn Stanley as vice president and health leader Martha Chase as secretary Irena Stanley as treasurer Clara Belle Lowery as news reporter and Mary Cline Shirley Hudwell as recreation leaders. Shade Junior Sewing Sisters elected Jo Ann Gwinn president Marlene Sauters vice president Ethelda Harris secretary Jo Anne Barney news reporter Carol Brown health chairman Charlele Smith treasurer Alaine Smith recreation leader Twila Jean Smith advisor.
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Shade Junior Sewing Sisters
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Ethelda Harris
Jo Anne Barney
Carol Brown
Charlele Smith
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Mine Fall Injures Lawrence Lee At Chauncey Mine
Lawrence Lee of Jacksonville was hospitalized at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a coal fall at Chauncey Mine 25 yesterday. Hospital staff report injuries are being treated.
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Jacksonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey Mine
Forty Knights of Columbus Initiated in Athens Ceremony
Forty candidates were initiated into the Knights of Columbus in Sunday ceremonies at Eagle's Hall. Councils from Athens Caldwell Marietta Parkersburg Pomeroy and New Lexington participated in conferring the first three degrees. The Athens Council planned a Sunday orientation meeting and officer elections.
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