Health Officials To Attend Conference At OU
Ohio University hosts Health Education and Friends of the Land conferences during the first week of its eight week summer session. Notable speakers include Dr. Shaffer Milliken Porterfield Hiscock Forman and others from Ohio University Yale University and state health and education departments. The program features sessions on school health education community health education and rural health services with roundtables and talks through Friday.
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Ohio University
Friends of the Land
Ohio
Thomas FE. Shaffer
Ohio State Medical Association
Sewel
Milliken
John D. Porterfield
Ohio Department of Health
Paul E. Landis
Ohio Department of Education
Ira V. Hiscock
Yale Univrsity
Jonathan Forman
Columbus
Landis
Hiccock
Howard Hall
Carey
E. Herndon Hudson
Ohio U. Health Service
W. P. Mickle
Gordon K. Bush
Ohio U
The
Athena Messenger
Doctor Porterfield
W. A. Smith
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
L. A. Hamilton
Southeastern Ohio School Health Committee
Shatter
Joseph P. Trepp
Margaret Bailey
Belmont County
William 8. Miller
Hocking County Health Council
Leon Evans
Jackson County Planning Committee
Clarence W. Feil
Ironton Board of Trade
Lawrence County
Virgil Atkins
Meigs County Farm Bureau
D. M. Bryson
Vinton County
Hiscock
Dr. Forman
Miss McVay Named Vice President of American Classical League
Miss Anna Pearl McVay of Athens Route 1 was elected a vice president of the American Classical League at its annual meeting in Oxford. The AP reports Walter R. Agard of the University of Wisconsin was named president and McVay, representing Ohio University, was among four vice presidents selected along with Sterling Dow Harvard University Franklin B. Krauss Penn State College and J. Burrus St Charles College. Henry C. Montgomery of Miami University was re elected secretary treasurer.
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Anna Pearl McVay
Athens Route 1
American Classical League
Oxford
Associated Press
Walter R. Agard
University of Wisconsin
Miss McVay
Ohio University
Sterling Dow
Harvard University
Franklin B. Krauss
Penn State College
J. Burrus
S. J
St. Charles College
Grand Coteau
Henry C. Montgomery
Miami University
Athens County Realty Transfers List of Property Deals
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co to New York Coal Sales Co transfers 20 tracts in Athens Township eight in York Township one in Dover Township. Herman E Jones and others to William R Walton in Section two town 11 range 14 Trimble Town. M Baughman to John Chester Baughman two tracts in lot 49 Chauncey. Lewis Gandee deceased to Laura Gandee Freda Dilcher and Orland Gandee heirs at law lot 1350 East Lynn Addition Nelsonville. Orland Gandee and wife to Freda Dilcher lot 1350 East Lynn Addition Nelsonville. Roy H Sayers and wife to Fred Wright and wife in lot 165 Nelson. Fred Wilson and wife to Roy Hayers and wife part in lot 161 Nelsonville.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
New York Coal Sales Co
Athens Township
York Township
Dover Township
Herman E. Jones
Et Ax
William R. Walton
Trimble Town
Winnier M. Baughman
John Chester Baughman
Chauncey
Lewis Gandee
Laura Gandee
Freda Dilcher
Orland Gandee
East Lynn Addition
Nelsonville
East Lynn
Roy H. Sayers
Fred Wright
Fred Wilson
Officers Elected in New Marshfield Church Group
The Airline Christian Church Young People’s Group elected Mona Lee Green president Joann Battrell vice president Hester Williamson secretary treasurer Wilma Ross news reporter and Ellen Williamson recreation leader.
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New Marshfield
Airline
Christian Church Young People’s Group
Mona Lee Green
Joann Battrell
Hester Williamson
Wilma Ross
Ellen Williamson
Car hit by truck causes damage at gas station
A car owned by Robert J Williams 26 of 20 Wolf Street sustained fender and bumper damage after a truck driven by William C White 74 struck it at a gas station on the corner of Court and State Friday afternoon, Athens police said.
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Robert J. Williams
Wolf St
William C. White
Court
State
Athens
Driver fined in McArthur for no license
Elmer B. Storms, 20, of Wellston Route 3, was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor John Crow after arrest by the State Highway Patrol on the charge of driving without a license.
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Elmer B. Storms
Wellston
McArthur
John Crow
State Highway Patrol
Masters Degree Conferment For Paramathia Lodge 25
The Master Mason degree will be conferred at a special meeting of Paramathia Lodge 25 F and AM on Tuesday at 7 p m. Glenn L Atkinson, master, announces the event.
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Paramathia Lodge 25
F & AM
Glenn L. Atkinson
IOOF To Hold Sereno Lodge 479 Meeting Monday
A business session of Sereno Lodge 479 IOOF is scheduled for Monday at 8 p m as announced this morning.
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IOOF
Sereno Lodge
Beetle Traps Placed in Athens to Survey Japanese Beetle
The Japanese beetle will be surveyed in Athens over six weeks using traps in residential areas. John W. Baringer, head of Ohio agriculture division, asks residents to permit trap placement and cooperate. Inspectors will show credentials on request as the pest is active mainly in July and August.
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Athens
John W. Baringer
Division of Plant Industry
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Baringer
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
A fragmented hospital register lists patients and statuses across Athens and surrounding towns. Entries include Mrs. Mable Shaulls surgery at Athens Route 2 and major surgery for Gertrude Brumley, with multiple mockups of medical and minor procedures for Elizabeth Bolen, Lois Jeffers, Kay White, and others in Athens, Glouster, Amesville, Albany, Zaleski, and Carbondale.
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Mable ‘Shaulls
Athens
Steven Kovech
Millfield
Elizabeth Bolen
Zaleskurgery
Gertrude Brumley
Lois Jeffers
Frank McClelland
Glouster
Ethel Maple
Charles Roberts
Ottie Carson
S. F. Carpenter
Amesville
Fern Copeland
Kay White
Albany
Marriage Licenses Granted in Ohio Communities
Bruce Alvin Norton 23 and Mary Pauline Slater 21 of Glouster Route 3. David Brenton Christman 24 and Ruth Eileen Vore 20 of Glouster. Elmer Mare Biddison 21 and Barbara Jo Chesser 17 of Clyde. David Pratt 22 of Athens Route 5 and Phyllig Irene Fulton 19 of Shade. Homer O. Troyer 73 of Athens Route 2 and Della Maud Jones 67 of Hollister. Clyde L. Moore 24 of Athens and Harriet Jean Linscott 18 of Athens. Robert Neal Andrews 19 of New Marshfield and Nora Kelly 22 of Columbus. William Taynor 18 and Cleo Mae Staniey 21 of Nelson.
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Bruce Alvin Norton
Mary Pauline Slater
Glouster
David Brenton Christman
Ruth Eileen Vore
Elmer Mare Biddison
Barbara Jo Chesser
Athens
Clyde David Pratt
Phyllig Irene Fulton
Shade
Homer O. Troyer
Della Maud Jones
Hollister
Clyde L. Moore
Harriet Jean Linscott
Robert Neal Andrews
New Marshfield
Nora Kelly
William Taynor
Columbus
Cleo Mae Staniey
Nelsonville
Albany FFA members attend state convention and contests
Nine Albany FFA members with Vocational Agricultural Instructor Dale Scott traveled to Columbus for the State FFA convention and judging contests. Bernard Allen and James Elliott earned State Farmer degrees. Delegates included Bill Tackett and Dean Kyle. Arthur Gibson competed in engineering, while Carl Dickson Boo Selby James Wallace and others entered livestock and dairy judging.
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Albany Ffa
Dale Scott
FFA
Columbus
Bernard Allen
James Elliott
Bill Tackett
Dean Kyle
Arthur Gibson
Carl Dickson
Boo Selby
James Wallace
Federal posts offered by USCSC in local posting
Applications for federal civil service examinations will be received until July 5 for several posts. Geophysicist salaries range from 3727 to 6235 dollars, food sanitation inspector from 2474 to 3727, and vessel sanitation inspector from 3351 to 4103. W H Oldfield is local secretary and will provide further information.
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Federal Civil Service
W. H. Oldfield
Athens Professor to Share in $72 000 Indiana Estate
Karl H. Krauskopf a professor of advertising at Ohio University will share a $72 000 estate filed in Wayne County Indiana with Sherry Bowen of New York City. He and Bowen are nephews of Miss Iva Hart who died in a Richmond apartment leaving no will. The Second National Bank of Richmond is administrator. Krauskopf lives at 26 Fort St Athens.
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Karl H. Krauskopf
Ohio University
Indiana
Wayne County
Richmond
Ind
Palladium
Krauskopf
Sherry Bowen
New York City
Iva Hart
Second National Bank
Fort St
Athens
Athens Man Heads 8th Legion District in Ohio
Donald E. Robinson of Athens was elected commander of the Eighth District, covering eight counties. He becomes the first Athens resident to hold the post and will serve as a district delegate to the Legion National Convention in Philadelphia. James Wagonseller of Lancaster was named vice commander. Lancaster’s Dan Ik is retiring district commander. Athens delegates to the convention included John Cox and others with several alternates.
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Donald E. Robinson
Athens
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Sunday
Robinson
Wellston
John E. Duffy
Legion
Lancaster
John Cox
James M. Vercoe
Everett Barnhart
Sam F. Alvarez
W. R. Shaffer
DeMolet
Frank L. Harvey
Elza Wyatt, Jr
Ben Williams
Wilson Carr
Frank R. Murphy
B. L. Spencer
Peddler Repairman Guilty of Larceny in Middleport Case
Middleport man Lewis Scarbe 36 pleaded guilty to three larceny by trick charges in Mayor Mickle's court. Sheriff Bateman warned residents to beware of unknown door to door repairmen and peddlers, citing eight radios and one washing machine obtained under false pretenses. Scarbe bound to grand jury with $2500 bond and jailed for failure to post.
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Middleport
George Bateman
William P. Mickle
Lewis Scarbe
Bateman
Scarbe
Secarbe
Ohio
West Virginia
Gallia
Morgan
Hocking
Meigs
West Point
W.va
Athens County
Mickle
Bud
Wonder Salve claims relief for skin irritations in wartime ad
A wartime advertisement promotes WONDER SALVE as a pain free, antiseptic remedy for psoriasis eczema infections and athlete's foot. It touts no acids or alcohol and claims quick relief with a white greasy texture. Sold in Athens by local druggists and stores.
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Athens
Gallaher
Quick
Inez Crippen Dies Sunday in Rome Township
Inez Crippen 59 died Sunday at 7 am at her Rome Township home. Survived by three sons Walter Stewart Harry Junior and six daughters Mamie Bond Lennie Barnhart Emma Mayle Winifred McGill Carrie Barker Nellie Haffner and her mother Susie Woody. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm in Bethany Methodist Church near Stewart burial in Wires Cemetery. Friends may call Spencer Funeral Home Belpre.
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Inez Crippen
Rome Township
Walter
Stewart
Harry
Albany
Junior
Mamie Bond
Lennie Barnhart
Frost
Emma Mayle
Sharpsburg
Winifred McGill
Athens
Carrie Barker
Nellie Haffner
Springfield
Susie Woody
Bethany Methodist Church
Wires Cemetery
Spencer Funeral Home
Belpre
Humidity Feels Worse Than Heat This Weekend
Temperatures reach the mid nineties as humidity spikes ongoing. A 9 15 a m reading hits 82 with highs near 90 on Saturday and 91 Sunday. Crystal Pool attendance soars with 546 visitors, blamed on humidity and above average crowds. Top yearly high remains 92 set in May. Night low drops to 65.
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Mercury
Crystal Pool
Athens County Native Charles Laughlin Dies at 73
Charles Henry Laughlin 73 a native of Athens County died Sunday in Chillicothe Hospital. He was a former Baltimore and Ohio railroad conductor retiring in 1942 and belonged to Trinity Methodist Church B O Veterans Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Spanish War Veterans. He is survived by his wife Anna Croy a daughter Mrs Kenneth Leach three grandchildren three brothers and a sister with a son and a daughter preceding him in death. Funeral services were held at Ware Funeral Home and burial at Greenlawn Cemetery near Nelsonville.
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Charles Henry Laughlin
Athens County
Chillicothe Hospital
Mr. Laughlin
Athens
Charlies
Mary Jane Sheets Laughlin
Anna Croy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Trinity Methodist Church
Chillicothe
B&o Veterans
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Kenneth Leach
Zaleski
Edward
Clarence
Dewey Laughlin
Howard McCutcheon
Ware Funeral Home
John Taylor
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Intoxication charge nets $25 fine for Homer Evener
Homer Evener aged 44 of Trimble Route 1 was fined 25 dollars plus costs on a intoxication charge in Mayor William P. Mickle's court Monday morning and jailed for failure to pay.
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Homer Evener
Trimble Route 1
William P. Mickle
Athens Bloodmobile visit set with 140 donors needed
Volunteers listed by Mrs. Robert Marquis for the First Methodist Church Blood Donor Center as the Columbus Bloodmobile comes to Athens on June 22 following a Nelsonville stop. A 140-donor quota is needed each day to keep the blood bank active, with names across registered nurses canteen hostesses registration and motor corps chairmen.
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First Methodist Church
Columbus
Robert Marquis
Red Cross Volunteer Service
Athens
Nelsonville
Red Cross
Patton divorce suit seeks custody of three month old son
Martha Marguerite Patton files for divorce in common pleas court against Dale Junior Patton charging gross neglect of duty. The couple married May 31, 1947, and seek custody of their three month old son.
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Martha Marguerite Patton
Common Pleas
Dale Junior Patton
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Onto U
Shaffer
School For Health Education
Helen Foster
Jackson
Clara Leasure
Lola Beagle
Marietta City
J. R. Nalley
Shayside
Pauline Fierce
Athens High
H. C. McCord
Worthington
Marie A. Quick
Donald KE. Scott
Division of
Dental Hygiene
Reba F. Harris
Ohio Department of Health and Education
Athens County Realty
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Patrick J. Hackett
Leroy Shamel
Elmo Scott
Lawrence Lee
Jacksonville
Clifford Jolley
Carbondale
Virgene Bartoe
Teddy Lee Hutchins
Barbara Dougan
Karlene Sue Rose
Sai Rtt
St.joseph
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
USCSC
Jumbo
Pascal Celery
California
Oes Aake
C. E. Clyse
Wee Ee Dan Bartlett
C. & Laughlin
Aoltzman
Berry Hotel
To & Pr. M. Plenty Athens Co
Fast Main St
Esta Smith
Dorothy Parker
Marjorie Bennett
Josephine Woodworth
Phyllis Jackson
Jean Flowers
Morrison Burns
C. R. Hoskins
T. C. McCracken
F. B. Dilley
C. N. Mackinnon
James Householder
Paul Fontaine
W. H. Wakefield
H. W. Howell
E. B. Smith
Edward Wilsey
F. W. Reed
Sam. Erskine
James Patrick
CC. B. Nye
Frank Harvey
Fred Williams
Lawrence Worstell
H. A. McCaskill
Hunter Howe
Motor Corps
B. F. Cutler
Charles Woodworth
P. C. Nichols
Griffin
the Security Bank
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Uncle Sam
Congress
Ohio Associated
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