Flood warnings as Hocking River nears flood stage
Heavy 2.23 inch rain deluged Hocking Valley driving the Hocking River near Athens to within one foot of flood stage. Roads washed out and areas along Route 50 A, Route 75, and nearby streets flooded while bridges were reportedly washed out in York Township. Highways 33 and 278 escaped major damage amid widespread runoff and wind damage. 4 H skating party planned for June 20 in Athens Rollereade.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking
Athens
France
State Highway Department
Amesville
Stroud's Run
Ohio University
Richland Ave
Glouster
Trimble
Sam Smith
State Highway Garage
Logan
Hocking County
Star Station
Smith
Mount Pleasant
Scotch Creek
Bloomingville
Collins Is Judged Sane At Lima
Francis E. Collins, convicted of criminal assault on a minor, was judged sane at Lima hospital for the criminally insane. A letter from Lima superintendent Dr. R. E. Bushong said Collins shows no mental defect and his misconduct stems from intoxication. He was sent to Athens in custody for likely sentencing after sixty days of observation granted to the insane plea.
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Francis E. Collins
Lima Hospital
C. F. Rowland
Rowland
R. E. Bushong
Lima
Collins
Busheng
Athens
George Bateman
Collings
Common Pleas Court
Lions Club Endorses World Peace Day Resolution
Athens Lions Club recorded endorsement of Lions International’s resolution designating June 26 as World Peace Day. The measure, adopted in Havana February 26 1946, urges UN General Assembly members from Lions Clubs nations to establish the day. Officials propose flags and a Peace Week June 23 29. Music by Robert Hawk trombone and Betty Thompson pianist.
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Lions International
Athens Lions Club
Hotel
Berry
Havana
Cuba
General Assembly
United Nations Organization
Lions Clubs
Athens
Robert Hawk
Betty Thompson
John Edwards
Ohio University
Mayor Woodworth Court Deals With Intoxication Offenders
The aged defendants appeared in Mayor Franz Woodworth's court this morning to plead guilty to intoxication charges. Milo Bean, 64, Athens, was fined 5 dollars and costs and sentenced to ten days in county jail. Orville Jewell, 48, Athens, also got ten days and a 35 dollar fine plus costs. Harry Welch, 52, Athens, and Olaf A. Eckles, 68, Parkersburg, were fined 5 dollars and costs on similar charges.
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Notwouth
Franz Woodworth
Milo Bean
Athens
Orville Jewell
Harry Welch
Olaf A. Eckles
Parkersburg
W. Va
Moose Official Harold A Schaffer to Address Local Lodge
Harold A Schaffer director for the Ohio State Moose Association will address the local lodge on Thursday June 20 and convene with officers before the regular meeting a buffet luncheon will be served after. He oversees 99 lodges in the state. A separate item reports Lenora E Reeder Athens fined $5 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth for driving without a license based on highway patrol reports of a Saturday night arrest.
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Harold A. Schaffer
Ohio State Moose Association
Mr. Schaffer
Lenora E. Reeder
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Harold Schaffer
The
Moose
Rewarded helper slugged in Sugar Creek robbery
A sixty year old man who aided three youths push a stalled car was slugged and robbed early Saturday on Sugar Creek Road. Virgil Markin 21 Albany and Robert Hanning 19 Athens were arrested with a juvenile held for investigation. Hanning and Markin face charges. the juvenile may be referred to juvenile court or Common Pleas. Ohio University reports record summer session enrollment with about 1,700 expected. men outnumber women two and a half to one due to WWII veterans.
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Enea En Ceeremere
George Bateman
William Sycks
Sugar Creek
Virgil Markin
Albany
Robert Hanning
Athens
Markin
Pomeroy
Athens County
Bateman
State
Hanning
Sycks
Sugar Creek Road
Common Pleas Court
Ohio University
Rush Elliott
Scout Awards Are Made at Camporee Court of Honor
Close to 50 parents watched as five area troops concluded a three day Camporee at Camp Dupler with Court of Honor awards. Blue ribbons went to Athens Troops 55 and 56, red to Chauncey Troop 78 and Nelsonville Troop 64, white to Glouster Troop 72. Roy Dupler received a 30 year veteran pin for his scouting work. Robert Parry and Athens Scouts earned Star and merit badges, while six Athens Scouts advanced in rank. Camporee emblems were earned by Troops 55 36 64 72 and 78 with many named scouts listed. John Gibbs will join Kootaga Area Council Camp Staff this summer.
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Boy Scouts
Camp Dupler
Athens
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Mr. Dupler
Robert Parry
Jack Woolley
John Gibbs
George Starcher
James Dilley
Lindley Jones
Daniel White
Lyle Blaker
Charles Moore
Lawrence Wamsley
Emerson
Houf
Bob Parry
Jesse Lee
Brownie
Tribe
Joe White
Phil Nye
Johnnie Smith
Wiese Dickman
Lewis Bartlett
Jim Hoy
Richard Robe
Charles Orr
Dick Taylor
Ray Atkinson
Hubert Koker
John Mitchell
Charles Dent
Frank Dilley
Johnnie Dilley
Ben Paynter
Dick McKinstry
Les Clark
Bob Jones
George Wood
David White
Jack Vickers
Lindsey Jones
Jay Freeman
Carl Freeman
Don Graham
Bobbie Jones
Russell Smith
Louis Anders
Gordon Knowlton
John Evans
Don McPherson
Paul Lehman
Robin Gaskill
Ted Barnhart
Robert,Morris
Richard Kelley
Junior Bishop
Dale Townsend
Charles Hayden
Glouster
Ralph Hines
Harold Dugan
Lloyd Duncan
Don Albers
Jim Cevalo
William Brown
Norman Westfall
Farley Brunton
Bill Little
Eugene Hague
Richard Delong
Paul Lee
Gary Hughes
Bob Cotter
Bob Whaley
Patty Crawford
W. G. Davis
Fred Cunningham
Tommie Cline
Kenneth ‘Cunningham
Ronald Cline
Low ‘Ell
Two Fined in Traffic Check Along Route 75
State Highway Patrol conducted a traffic check on Route 75 south of McArthur Tuesday afternoon. 92 passenger cars and 27 commercial vehicles were checked, 16 warnings issued for lights brakes and faults, two drivers arrested Howard W Wermer of Cincinnati for driving without a license fined 5 dollars and costs by Mayor John Crow McArthur Sam J Withrow Rising Sun Indiana fined 10 dollars and costs for unsafe vehicle condition Mary A Patton Hamden falsely fined 5 dollars and costs after being arrested Monday for driving without a license.
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State Highway Patrol
McArthur
Howard W. Wermer
Cincinnati
John Crow
Crow
Sam J. Withrow
Rising Sun
Ind
Mary A. Patton
Hamden
Mary Huffman Dies at 82 in Chesterhill
Mary Emma Huffman 82 died Tuesday at her daughter May Gage’s home in Bartlett after a long illness. She was the widow of A. L. Huffman and daughter of John D. and Mary Davis McElfresh. Survived by daughter, brother James McElfresh, three sisters, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Fawcett Stone funeral home Chesterhill. Burial in Chesterhill Cemetery with Rev. Lewis F. Buell officiating.
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Chesterhill
Mary Emma Huffman
May Gage
Bartlett
John [D
Mary Davis McElfresh
A. L. Huffman
Huffman
James McElfresh
Hannah Woolman
Effie Ball
Fannie Williams
Athens
Fawcett- Stone Funeral Home
Lewis F. Buell
Probate Judges Meet At State Hospital
Probate judges from 19 southeastern Ohio counties were to meet at Athens State Hospital to form a district branch of a state organization. Hospital superintendent Dr. C. H. Creed noted doubt about full attendance due to high water conditions. After luncheon, the meeting was to begin at 1 p.m.
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Ohio
Athens State Hospital
C. H. Creed
Creed
Waltonians to Meet Izaak Walton League
The Izaak Walton League will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the cabin to transac t business announced by president James L Cassell Members bringing supper will dine at 6 30 p m
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Izaak Walton League
James L. Cassell
Charles E Brandeberry Dies Tuesday At 80
COOLVILLE, Staff Special Charles E Brandeberry 80 prominent farmer for 40 years died suddenly Tuesday noon at his home. Survived by wife Barbara Gill Brandeberry, three sons Adam Orville Rodney, one sister Mary Ralph, two brothers John and William, five grandchildren. Member of Ireland Congregational Church, charter Odd Fellows and Grange, former village council member. Body to Coolville home then church services Friday 10 a.m. Burial in Coolville Cemetery.
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Coolville
Charles E. Brandeberry
Barbara Gill Brandeberry
Adam
Orville
Rodney
Coalville
Mary Ralph
Caldwell
John
Guysville
William
Springfield
Ohio
Brandeberry
Ireland Congregational Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
The
Grange
Carl Ludwich Dies at Home
Louis L. Ludwich aged 97 died at his Stewart area farm after long illness. He lived in Athens County most of his life and 60 years on his Stewart farm. Survived by his wife Aretta, three daughters Florence Chalfant Jackson Audra Biddison Stewart Zara Barnhad Coolville, 22 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Funeral at Stewart Methodist Church Friday 2 pm with burial in Stewart cemetery. Friends may call White Funeral Home.
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Louis L. Ludwich
Stewart
Mr. Ludwich
Henry
Christina Cornell
Athens County
Aretta
Florence Chalfant
Jackson
Audra Biddison
Zara Barnhad
Coolville
Ludwich
Stewart Methodist Church
Stewart Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Ohio Vocational Agriculture Conference Highlights
Ohio State University hosted the Annual Conference of Ohio Teachers of Vocational Agriculture from June 11 to 14 with over 200 educators in attendance. Speakers emphasized sustained food production for world peace, soil conservation, and new farming methods such as DDT use, hay and grain curing, dairy semen, and poultry packaging under college and university leadership.
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Ohio
Ohio Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
Ohio State University
J. R.strobel
Dipaatan Ni Unnetinaal Dainetinn
University of Missouri
T. C. Kennard
Ohio Soil Conservationist
J. W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Harry C. Culbreth
Ohio Farm Bureau
J. M. Hodson
B. PF. Sandles
Carsie M. Hammonds
University of Kentucky
College of Agricul
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Shade Boys
Mr. Fisher
Guild, Fisher Consultant
Little Ear
E. State ST
Columbus
Keystone Custodian Funds
Sturius
Bonos
Preveanco Sroces Srey
Roy & Hawk & Co
Rita
Johnny
Bob Madison
Lions Club
Camporee
Mary Huffman
State Hospital
Waltonians
Tiecelog Oory
Leegm Lineal
Kerr Hardware
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Carl Ludwich
Joseph
St. Joseph Asvirin
George H. Ashworth
Marietta
Bardin Bros. CO
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Yo-Ag
Gould’s
Civil Service Room
P.O. Bldg
U. S. Army
U. S. Amy
Athens Boy Scouts
BOY Scout Collection
Bellen Diving
Mum
Real Estate Home Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
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