Ohio Universitys Week of Special Events and Clinics
Six events fill the second week of summer school at Ohio University alongside the ongoing music clinic. Highlights include Charles Burchfield led painting classes, the Ohio Bookmen's Club display in Ellis Hall, and two educational conferences on administration and secondary education. A Far Eastern Affairs institute and convocation also feature, with detailed sessions on public school development and guidance programs.
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Ohio University
Charles Burchfield
Ohio Bookmen’s Club
Bookmen's Club
Ellis Hall
Memorial Auditorium
George J. Kabat
Ohio University College of Education
Rush Elliott
Walter D. Cocking
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy Schools
Cocking
Vernon W. Barnes
Jackson County
George Shaw
The
Gan Monument Co
Ross Wright
Athens County
Dean Kabat
H. W. McKelvey
Portsmouth
Wallace Blake
McArthur Schools
Shirley A. Hamlin
Northwestern University
Claude Swick
Wellston High School
Kenneth Leach
Brown-Zaleski High School
Howard Kirk
Logan High School
George Hill
Ohio VA. College of Education
O. O. Patterson
Meigs County
Mary J. Drucker
John K. Fairbank
Harvard University
United States
Asia
John F. Cady
OU History Department
Athens County Plans Sale of Children's Home for New Construction
County commissioners and a citizen committee moved to sell the Athens County Children's Home to fund a new facility. Approval by the common pleas court is needed before any sale, with bids sought for sections including wooded land, fields, and surrounding property. Ohio University is rumored to be interested in land with apartments, while remodeling options were deemed more costly and less effective than a new cottage.
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Athens County
Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Edward Sharp
Nelsonville
Citizen's Committee
J. Curtis Insche
Ohio University Veteran's
Hocking River
Sharp
Insche
Inscho
Ohio University
M. M. Bryson
Glouster
Rowena Sprout
The
Child Welfare Board
Charles Bolin
W. H. Wakefield
Fred Shafer
Community Solicitation Plan Approved by City Agencies
A plan to create an updatable city index of names and addresses to guide solicitation campaigns was approved by five agencies led by Harold Wise. The index will supply zone cards to campaigns, with monthly updates to remove moved residents, and a fee for corrections after launch funded by the Red Cross, Community Chest and Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wise
Athens
Red Cross
Community Chest
Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Dorothy Dent
Polio Fund
Iris Fierce
Crippled Children's Society
Helen Daily
James F. Cumley
Community Welfare Association
L. C. Staats
Cancer Fund
Ellen Biddle
Eleanor Beckler
Hospital Foundation
Two Crashes Reported Near Amesville and Hebbardsville
State Highway Patrol reports two separate accidents Thursday. On Route 50 near Hebbardsville a car driven by Kurt Klonower overturned. he was fined $15 and costs for unsafe operation. On Broadwell Bartlett Road eight miles east of Amesville a parked car owned by Delbert Boord was struck by a vehicle operated by Hez Mayles, who fled the scene but was later identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Hebbardsville
Kurt Klonower
New York
Klonower
W. P. Mickle
Broadwell- Bartlett
Amesville
Delbert G. Boord
Cutler
Hez Mayles
Mayles
Boord
Ath ens Guard History Taught By Captain A B Robert
Capt James Abraham, commander of the local guard company, spoke on the history and training of the National Guard tied to the Ath ens Volunteer Naval Reserve Unit. Three new members joined the Ath ens Naval Reserve: Kermit Blosser lieutenant Frank Calvin torpedoman first class and Herb Evans seaman.
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National Guard
Athens’ Volunteer Naval Reserve Unit
James Abraham
Athens’ Naval Reserve Unit
Kermit Blosser
Frank Calvin
Herb Evans
Mineral Youth Named Restaurant Manager
Mineral youth Donald Shingler, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Orville Shingler, has been named manager of the LK Restaurant in Marion. A Mineral native, he has worked with the restaurant chain for a year and a half and is said to be its youngest manager. Shingler, a Waterloo High School graduate, recently married Barbara Kennard of New Marshfield. The couple resides in Marion.
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Donald Shingler
Orville Shingler
Marion
Shingler
Waterloo High School
Barbara Kennard
New Marshfield
Youthful gunman Held
Patrolman Harold Shields confronted a 16 year old who tried to enter a parked car on N Lancaster St. The youth drew a 38 caliber Luger and a knife. Shields disarmed him and took him to police HQ. The boy gave a false name and claimed Sugar Creek residence before being referred to juvenile court.
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Harold Shields
N. Lancaster St
Shields
Sugar Creek
Joseph B. Grogan
Driver Fined After Crash in Lancaster
George Wise, 58, of Lancaster, was fined 150 dollars and costs and sentenced to 15 days in jail after a drunken driving arrest following a crash with a car owned by Charles Hunsicker, 20, at Washington and Shafer streets. Aaron H West, 20, of McArthur, was fined 10 dollars and costs after a mayor's court arrest for 47 mph in a 30 mph zone while driving a gravel truck.
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George Wise
Lancaster
W. P. Mickle
Wise
Charles Hunsicker
Washington and Shafer
Aaron H. West
McArthur
E. State St
Births Reported at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Armbruster Athens announce a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. William Loper Columbus announce a daughter. Admissions include Mrs. Myrtle Bain Athens Route, Mrs. Nellie Lee Athens Route 2, Russell Bower Stewart Route 1. Dismissals list Mrs. Charles Blair Athens Route 4 and daughter. Names include Mrs. Ida Keirns Albany James Carey Athens Harry Myers Derby and Mrs. Ellen Baptist Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Armbruster
Athens
William Loper
Columbus
Myrtle Bain
Nellie Lee
Russell Bower
Stewart
Charles Blair
Ida Keirns
Albany
James Carey
Harry Myers
Derby
Ellen Baptist
Bound Over In Auto Theft Case In Ohio
Rex Lamb a 19 year old Ohio University student from Hamilton was bound over to the grand jury after pleading innocent to auto theft. The charge by Homer Barnhart says Lamb took a 1929 model car belonging to Barnhart's son. Lamb posted $1000 bond and was released. Deputy Frank Joyce who made the arrest said two more men may face charges. The car was taken from near Barnhart's Rock Rifle Road home and used for parts on another old model vehicle.
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Rex Lamb
Ohio University
Hamilton
Grand Jury
Homer Barnhart
Athens Route 4
Lamb
Frank Joyce
Barnhart
Rock Riffle Road
Troy Girl Runs for National FHA Office at Convention
Jeanette Henderson of the Troy Chapter will seek the national treasurer post at the Future Homemakers of America convention in Kansas City Missouri from June 27 to July 1. She is a senior at Carthage-Troy High School and daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Henderson of Coolville.
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Coolville
Jeanette Henderson
Troy
Future Homemakers of America
Kansas City
Carthage-Troy High School
Miss Henderson
R. S. Henderson
Ohio
Columbus
Jean Davis
Jo Ellen Kiracofe
Joan Clark
Jessie Jeffers
Harlan Jeffers
Radcliff
FHA
KMBC
Independence
Clinton
R. F. Simes
Marriage Licenses Issued for Hillyer and Gilbert Pair
Jack Hillyer aged 23 of Murray City and Patricia Jo Gilbert aged 20 of Athens obtained marriage licenses. The pairing appears in the latest domestic records with both individuals listed as prospective spouses.
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Jack Hillyer
Murray City
Patricia Jo Gilbert
Athens
Driver Fined for Traffic Light Violation in Athens
Jesse M. Byrd of 8 Sunny Side Dr Athens was fined 5 dollars and costs by Mayor W P Mickle on Friday for failing to heed a traffic light. He was arrested by state highway patrolmen.
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Jesse M. Byrd
Sunnyside Dr
Athens
W. P. Mickle
Air War College gradings and aviation pilot training sought
Lt Colonel Wilfred J. Smith of Athens has graduated from the Air War College at Maxwell Field and is assigned to Air Intelligence in Washington. He served in WWII in the Ninth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Air Forces and holds the Legion of Merit. Ohio Air National Guard seeks single men 20 to 27 with two years of college for pilot training at Lockbourne. A reunion for the 314th Infantry Association is planned in Cincinnati July 28 to 30.
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Maxwell, Ala
Wilfred J. Smith
Athens
Air University
Air War College
Smith
Air Intelligence Division
U. S. Air Force
Washington
D. C
George C. Kenney
Ninth Air Force
China- Burma-India
Tenth Air Force
China
14Th Air Force
Columbus
Ohio Air National
55Th
ONG Fighter Wing
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Guard
Lockbourne
Adjutant General's Office
State Capitol
314Th Infantry Association
Cincinnati
W. E. Longbottom
31St St
Army Recruiting Area Expands Visitation Schedule
Sgt. James Mooney reports a revised weekly tour for army recruiters across multiple communities. The schedule lists Albany Amesville Buchtel Canaanville Carbondale Chauncey Chesterhill Cutler Coolville Corning Glouster Guysville Haydenville Hebbardsville Hollister Jacksonville Lathrop Little Hocking Millfield Murray City Nelsonville New Marshfield New Straitsville Shade Sharpsburg Shawnee with specific weekday times for each location.
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James Mooney
Mooney
Albany
Amesville
Buchtel
Canaanville
Carbondale
Chauncey
Chesterhill
Cutler
Coolville
Corning
Glouster
Guysville
Haydenville
Hebbardsville
Hollister
Jacksonville
Lathrop
Little Hocking
Millfield
Murray City
Nelsonvile
New Marshfield
New Straitsville
Shade
Sharpsburg
Shawnee
Township Census Lists Athens Township 1950 Population
The 1950 census gives Athens Township population at 17 766, including Athens city, Mechanicsburg and The Plains. It shows a rise from 13 350 in 1940, a gain of 4 416. Athens city total with Ohio University students is 11 446, up 3 750 from 1940. Pendry notes about 60 possible misses are being reviewed.
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Athens Township
Harper C. Pendry
Athens
Pendry
Marble Play Sees Deanville Boy Finish Third
ASHBURY N J Jim McCulloch a 13 year old from Deanville finished third in his marble league at the National Marble Tournament in Ashbury. He won 12 of 18 games on the final day to end with 42 22 overall. Wilbert Spivey of Montclair led the six leagues with 53 11. Winners meet in final play Friday as the tournament aimed to crown a national champion.
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Ashbury
N. J
Jim McCulloch
Deanville
Athens County
Wilbert Spivey
Montclair
Rain Threat Clouds Friday Morning
A weather notice reports a Friday morning rain threat as a warm spell ends. The day peaked at 84 degrees with a low of 59, bringing unsettled conditions and cooler air afterward.
Children’s Day Services at Clarks Chapel Church
Children’s Day services will be presented Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Clarks Chapel Church with a program designed for families and local attendees.
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Clarks Chapel
Annual Choir Meeting Postponed for Ath ents Interchurch Youth Choir
The Athens Interchurch Youth Choir postpones its annual business session from June 26 to July 10. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the First Christian Church and is open to parents.
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Athens
Interchurch Youth Choir
First Christian Church
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Ohio U
Ohio State Department of Education
Lindley Hall
Hill
Professor Hamlin
Willard Barker
L. N. Drake
Mound
B. M. Hanna
Norwood High
H. C. Bobo
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
John Finch
Jackson
Miss Drucker
Carleton Ogburn, Jr
U.S. Department of State
Fairbank
Far East
L. W. Roberts
ARTI
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
W. Union St
I Service
Yukon Asst
Ann Page
Marvel Bread
A&p Fruit CO
Meat Dept
Skaved
Mineral Youth
the Mutual
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miss Jeffers
Ray Moler
G.I. Bulletin Board
Starr
the Plains
Torch
Trimble
Union Furnace
Army
Armed Services
Cor
Swanson
Seiple
Kempton
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Cline
Kaiser
East State Street
Kaiser-rrazer Vedgier
Porter
Carrols Market
Reader’s Digest
S. Court St
Athens Home Telephone CO
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