Area Students Among OU Graduates
Ohio University will award 523 degrees and diplomas at its 151st commencement Sunday with 328 men and 195 women. Sen. John W. Nerd will speak at 2 p.m. on the campus green, and Bishop John King Massie will deliver the 10:30 a.m. baccalaureate address in Memorial Auditorium. Air Force and Army commissions will be sworn at Ewing Halls, while President John C. Baker presides over the ceremony.
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Memorial Auditorium
John King Massie
Steubenville
Ewing Halls
Air Force Reserve
Air Force
Army
John C. Baker
Ohio Defense Officers Take Refresher Course
The two chief officers of the Athens unit of the Ohio Defense Corps will attend a two day refresher course at Camp Perry this weekend. Capt. Kenneth Sands commanding officer and First Lt. Robert McAfee executive officer will join the 148th Ohio National Guard Infantry in a course for range officers. Captain Sands will take the range officers course and Lieutenant McAfee the training for pit officers.
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Athens
Ohio Defense Corps
Camp Perry
Kenneth Sands
Robert McAfee
148Th
Ohio National Guard Infantry
Ads
McAfee
Four Injured In Route 50 Two Car Crash
Four people were injured Thursday afternoon when two cars sideswiped on Route 50 near the Athens Washington County line six miles east of Coolville. Injured are Benjamin Mead 45 Chillicothe with a severely injured left arm David L White 26 Chillicothe with hip elbow and hand injuries Mrs Sarah Davis 44 McArthur with facial cuts and Mrs Gladys I Hill 64 McArthur with facial lacerations and an ankle sprain. Mead remained in hospital tonight in fair condition.
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Athens
Washington
Coolville
State Highway Patrol
Benjamin Mead
Chillicothe
David L. White
Sarah Davis
McArthur
Gladys I. Hill
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mead
White
Davis
Hill
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list a twin for Mr and Mrs Harry Williams Athens Route 4 and a son for Mr and Mrs Denny Camp Athens. Admissions include Hildreth Crissey Guysville Ethel Cone Athens Roberta Buckley Mineral Louise Willie Athens Route 1 Ben Mead Chillicothe Betty Davis Athens Walter Moore Athens Abie Tewksbury Albany. Dismissals include Robert Nunro Athens Rod Sidwell Athens Willa Jean Love Athens Evelyn Potter Athens Bernice Coffman Athens Route 4 Lawrence Cottrill Nelsonville Zelma Walraven Athens George Hill Athens Sarah Davis McArthur.
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Mary S. LaFollette
Bsed
Jesse B. Lee
BSME
Jack C. Lousehel
BFA
John W. Mitchell
Charlies L. Orr
Thurlow R. Robe
BSCE
Margaret J. Roseberry
Bshec
Harriet L. Sepp
Maynard Slaughter
John R. Smith
BSA
Donna C. Clutter Tribe
Betty Truxell
Mona 8S
T . Bsed
Sharon L. Gamwell
Glouster
Charles V. Dyle
Guysville
Shirley E. Davis
Jacksonville
Roland S. Stedwill
Roger L. Wood
BSC
Nelsonville
Carloss B. Miller
Stewart
Louise P. Dando
the Plains
Messenger
Hocking
Lois Jane Smart
Carbon Hill
Kay 8. Cannon
Shirley June Derr
Logan
Meigs
James E. Sanborn
Middleport
James P. Fisher
Minersville
Virginia F. Haskins
Pomeroy
Roy Eugene Ervin
Racine
Morgan
Barbara J. Bowman
Chesterhill
Ruth A. Beckwith
McConnelsville
Robert D. Penrose
Pennsville
Janet Evans
Stockport
Vinton
Joann R. Murdock
Bsmec
Hamden
Mary K. Jewell
McArthur
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Kathne M. Wollfitt
Lakin Marinda J
Harpole
Med
Harry Williams
Athens
Denny Camp
Hildreth Crissey
Ethel Cone
Roberta Buckley
Mineral
Louise Willie
Ben Mead
Chillicothe
Betty Davis
Walter Moore
Abie Tewksbury
Albany
Charles Smith
New Plymouth
Joyce Guess
Robert Nunro
Rod Sidwell
Willa Jean Love
Evelyn Potter
Bernice Coffman
Lawrence Cottrill
Zelma Walraven
George Hill
Sarah Davis
Insurance Agents Elect Group Officers
The Athens County Insurance Agents Association elected officers at a city hall meeting. Peter B. Seel of Athens was named president for 1955 56. John Hartley and Nelson vile were chosen as vice president, and Frank lin Murphey of Athens as secretary treasurer.
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Athens County Insurance Agents Association
Peter B. Seel
Athens
John Hartley
Nelsonvile
Franklin Murphey
Petition for Divorce Filed in Common Pleas Court
Stirling H. Harper files for divorce from Mary Frances Harper in Common Pleas Court. They wed January 19, 1955 in Nashville Tennessee. He alleges a fraudulent contract and pre marriage mental illness undisclosed to him.
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Common Pleas Court
Stirling H. Harper
Mary Frances Harper
Nashville
Tenn
FBI Bank Robbery Conference Set for Wednesday
Banking officials and law enforcement officers from several Southeastern Ohio counties will gather at the Athens County courthouse for a day long FBI conference on bank robbery. M W Satlin of the Cincinnati FBI office announced the event.
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Ohio
Athens County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
M. W. Satlin
Cincinnati
FBI
Athens
State
Cal
Meigs
Washington
Morgan, Hocking, Vinton
Gala County
Elderly Athens County Couple Terrorized by Hoodlums
Sheriff reports three robbery minded men terrorized and mistreated Albert LaFollett 86 and his wife near Millfield Route 1 on Wednesday night. The trio forced entry, smashed a clock, took a radio and alarm clock, cut telephone wires, and fled after failing to find money. They then attacked Albert Everett, who fought back with a coal shovel and damaged a car window. Authorities seek the suspects and a possibly damaged dark colored car.
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Athens County
George Bateman
Albert Everett
Dividing Ridge
John LaFollett
M Church
Millfield
Bateman
la Follett
Ames Township
LaFollett
Everett
Marriage Licenses Granted for Brenigan Ball and Kesterson Hoff
Paul Thomas Brenigan 24 and Donna Jean Ball 22 of Athens were issued a marriage license along with William Kesterson 27 and Jon Hoff 19 of Nelson.
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Paul Thomas Brenigan
Donna Jean Ball
Athens
William Kesterson
Jon Hoff
Nelsonville
Weather Still Cool in Athens Area
Cool, partly cloudy weather persisted in the Athens area. At 9 a.m. the temperature reached 61 at Hamsey Run, following a low of 48. Thursday’s high was 70.
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Athens Area
Hamsey Run
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Ohioniversity
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John W. Nerd
Raymond J. Abraham
Juanita H. Ali
Ernest C. Anderson
Ralph C. Antrim
Hynes
Baker & Stauffer
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Sale! Children’s Casuals
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Ohio Defense
Studebaker
Chevrolet
Lincoln
America
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Ennett's Own Dairy
Bennett's Snack Bar
Zanesville
Dayton
Middletown
Portsmouth
McDougall
Cline Pharmacy Co
Goodyear
HI Miler Rib
Goodfyear
Maytag
Ours
W. State St
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Western Electric Hearing Aid Division
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Alice Colby Phillips
Audivox Hearing Service
Elliott St
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Wodnya
Association
Eral Home Loan Bank
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