County Highway Losses Estimated at $15,000 Hit by Storms
Athens County engineers report 15000 in damage to bridges roads and culverts after recent storms and flash floods. New concrete bridge on Township Road 59 nears completion while a steel truss replaces a washed out span on Cecil Robinson Road. A mile of Harmony Road is being rebuilt to raise flood prone sections. Additional resurfacing projects and material purchases are noted along with funding decisions.
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Athens County
John Dowler
Dowler
Cecil Robinson Road
Route 33
Nice
Harmony
Hocking
Canaan
Court House
Highway Department
Cleveand
G. F. Pincelli
Canaanville
Standard Oil Company
Bardin Brothers
Athens
Buddy Poppies Sale By Athens VFW Post No 3477
Athens High School girls will sell 2000 silk Buddy Poppies on Court Street Friday and Saturday for the Athens VFW Post No 3477. Funds aid disabled VFW members. Parker notes the sale is distinct from other groups. The VFW has sold Buddy Poppies since 1936.
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Athens
Court St
Athens Vfw
A. Parker
VFW
Parker
New B&O Train to Link East with Southwest Markets
A new daily through passenger service from Washington to Tulsa Oklahoma City Dallas Austin and San Antonio begins Sunday July 7. The B O runs via the Diplomat Meteor National Limited Texas Special and Katy Texas Special with joint operations by Frisco Missouri Pacific and Texas Pacific to Houston Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Roy B. White
Washington
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Frisco-Missouri-Kansas-Texas
B&o
St. Louis
National Limited
Missouri Pacific
Texas Pacific
Thhrough
Houston
Fort Worth
Southwest
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
B&O’s “National Limited
Diplomat
Playground Use Invited at Rufus Putnam School
All children of elementary school ages and their parents are invited to use the university elementary playground at Rufus Putnam School from 3 30 to 5 and from 6 to 7 30 Monday through Friday. The kindergarten playground will be available. Organized activities will be led by Kenneth Knecht Richard Flowers and Jack Bradshaw. Team sports such as kickball softball hardball and basketball and individual sports like paddle tennis tetherball and badminton will be offered.
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Jage
University Elementary
Ruffus Putnam School
Kenneth Knecht
Richard Flowers
Jack Bradshaw
Masonic Elections and Installations Announced
The Athens Council 15 Royal and Select Masters last week nominated officers including master J Laws Winner and deputy C J Gross. New Chapter No 39 Royal Arch masons install high priest Robert J Studer and other officers led by Ernest E Hart and J William Roberson.
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Athens Council
Royal and
J.laws
C. J. Gross
Joe Ashcraft
William H
Glenn L. Atkinson
Wy. Om Peters
E. E. Woodworth
Sentinel
W. .E. Clark
C. E. Camberon
Frank L. Bellows
Royal Arch
Robert J. Studer
Ernest E. Hart
I Llewelyn A. Cramer
J. William Roberson
J. Louis Winner
Royal ‘Arch
William H. Leaders
J. D. Cooper
G. G. Houck
George S. Holdren
George M. Fee
Richard L. Thompson
William E. Clark
Seven More Discharges Reported
The Athens Selective Service Board lists seven more discharged servicemen reporting in the past week. Names include Myles E. Hanley Glouster Robert B. Jones Athens Marvin Donald Moors Route 2 Athens Charles W. Tinkham The Plains Fred Jansen Jr Jacksonville Donald Dean Parsons Stewart and Jackie E. Lewis Glouster.
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Athens Selective Service Board 1
Myles E. Hanley
Glouster
Robert B. Jones
Athens
Marvin Donald Moors
Charles W. Tinkham
the Plains
Fred Jansen, Jr
Jacksonville
Donald Dean Parsons
Stewart
Jackie E. Lewis
Two Fined by Mayors in Athens Court
Monday pleaded guilty to permitting an unlicensed operator to drive his car and was fined 35 dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth at arraignment. Baughman was arrested by city police. Howard France, 41, Athens, was fined 5 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to an intoxication charge when arraigned before Mayor Woodworth Tuesday.
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Harry Baughman
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Baughman
Howard France
Woodworth
Speeder
Douglass S. Starr
Washington, D.C
East Star St
Eagles lodge to attend state convention in Columbus
A delegation of five Athens Eagles Lodge members led by president H A McMasters will attend the state convention in Columbus from Thursday through Sunday. Other members are Curt Watson Gomer Clark H O Theisen and G M Romine.
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Athens Eagles Lodge
H. A. McMasters
Eagles
Columbus
Curt Watson
Gomer Clark
H. O. Theisen
G. M. Romine
Rood Named Ohio Univ. Artist in Residence
John Rood, nationally known sculptor and former University of Minnesota resident artist, is named artist in residence at Ohio University. He will start duties Sept 16, joining writer-in-residence Charles Allen and advancing the universitys arts program.
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John Rood
University of Minnesota
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Reod
Charles Allen Art
R.F.D
Baker
Mary Frances Lawhead
Marietta High School
Ohio Unive
Paris
Athens
Comanager
Lawhead Press
New York
Associated American Artists
Sir
Rood
Morris Ave
Beef Subsidy Deadline Near as AAA Reports
AAA reports applications for the beef subsidy must be filed by August 31 for payments when the subsidy ends June 30. Feeder slaughterers must slaughter cattle before June 30 to qualify, with other rules and extensions handled by county and state offices. The subsidy ends to reduce livestock numbers amid tight feed supplies and free grains for human use, officials say.
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Athens Aaa
County Agricultural Conservation
Production and Marketing Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
University Holds First Men's Swim Classes at Ohio
The first men’s swimming class in Ohio University history has 100 plus members. They train at Crystal Pool five days weekly from 11 40 to 12 40, in three levels beginner intermediate and swimmer. Instructors Desmond Cook Philip Cook Lea Wunderman and George Bestden lead under Jack Rhoads director with water safety and life saving qualifications and provide water therapy for handicapped veterans.
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Ohio University
Crystal Pool
Desmond Cook
Philip Cook
Lea Wunderman
George Bestden
Jack Rhoads
Inter County Grange Picnic Set For July In New Lexington Park
Athens County Grangers invited to an Inter County Grange Picnic at New Lexington Waterworks Park on July 11. Grangers should bring baskets and table service for a 6 30 p m basket supper. State Master Fichter to speak at 7 30 p m. Softball, folk games and contests planned.
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Athens County
New Lexington Waterworks Park
Fichter
Man Fined by Mayor For Traffic Violation
George E. Sanborn of Athens was fined and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth after being found guilty of unsafe operation of a vehicle. He was arrested Saturday by the State Highway Patrol and tried by Major Woodworth following a plea of innocent and a waiver of a jury trial.
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George E. Sanborn
J. Athens
Franz Woodworth Moonday
Sanborn
State Highway Patrol
Major Woodworth
ARC Institute Concludes Two Day Red Cross Session
Eleven counties sent 23 people to the final session of the two day Red Cross Institute at the Berry Hotel. The gathering covered veterans World War I and II claims with free Red Cross help for widows children and parents. Robert Harrison chief field representative from Alexandria Virginia attended the closing.
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Red Cross Institute
Berry ‘Hotel
Ernest Whitaker
Washington
Madison
Gilmore
Will
Shane i
Lucille Phillips
Foster Smith
Fairfield
Catherine Hayward
Gallia
Red Cross
Red Cross For
Veterans
Robert Harrison
Alexandria
Summer School Pupils Receive Swim Lessons
One hundred children from Ru fus Putnam summer school and age from Mechanicsburg are receiving swimming instruction at the Crystal Pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 30 to 11 30. Three groups beginners intermediate and swimmers are under the direction of Jack Rhoads Jerry Zaden and James Ogg. Proficiency tests will be given for which Red Cross certificates will be awarded.
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Rufus Putnam
Mechanicsburg
Crystal Pool
Jack Rhoads
Jerry Zaden
James Ogg
Red Cross
Former O A Dean Named at Wesleyan
Mrs Mary Helen Fretts, dean of women at Ohio Wesleyan since 1936, was named to coordinate an experimental program in new student selection and orientation at Wesleyan. She will start July 1 and is an Ohio Wesleyan graduate with studies at Ohio State and Oxford. She previously served seven years as resident dean of women at Ohio University.
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Delaware
Mary Helen Retts
Ohio Wesleyan University
Burgstahler
Miss Fretts
Ohio Wesleyan
O State
Oxford
England
Ohio University
New Officer Selection Plan in War Department
The War Department unveils a three fold officer selection method with self appraisal an inquiry hearing and wartime commanders grading. A thousand top rated average and poor officers were tested and the results matched prior ratings. Ninety thousand commissioned Regular Army officers will be appointed June 28 under the new system. Seven area men joined the U S Navy in Athens and Columbus cabled reports note boot leave after training. Pvt Thomas Sanborn arrives in Marburg Germany and reenlisted for three years after two years service with overseas time.
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War Department
U. SS. Navy
CBM
W. R. Morgan
Athens
Ray Edker Norris
Barnard Eugene Cooley
Louis Edward Moore
Doyle Isaac Gandee, Jr
Richard Wayne Dailey
Lawrence Edward Cline
Chauncey
Carl Dana Robinson
Albany
Lumbus
Pvt
Thomas Sanborn
Marburg
Germany
Nuernberg
Chester Sanborn
Glouster
San‘born
Blue
Army Enlistments Announced in Athens County
The Athens Station reports forty nine men enlisted in the Regular Army this month under Capt Harold H Birch. Names include Calentine Campbell Barber Birtcher Love Morris Moore Spurbeck Williams Horton Young. Eleanor Margaret Smith re enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps. Marine recruitment drive for 40,000 by Sept 1 1946 opened in Athens. Also notes veterans training totals across Ohio Kentucky Michigan and Pearl Harbor arrival of Naval petty officer Russell Dean Witham and his brother Lester Witham.
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Athens County
Harold H. Birch
U. S. Army
Iain Welsey Calentine
Earnest William Campbell
James R. Barber
Joseph William Birtcher
Harry D. Love
Mac Eugene Morris
Robert L. Moore
Carlos Vernon Spurbeck
David McKinley Williams
Eugene Horton Young
Eleanor Margaret Smith
Athens
Women's Army Corps
Athens Station
Birch
United States Marine
Joseph R. Errgang
L. . Army
Thee
Russell Dean Witham
John Witham
Murray City
South America
China
Pacific Islands
Pearl Harbor
Lester
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Parkersburg
W. VA
Civil Service Room
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Member
Federal Reserve System
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ROTC
McClellan
Sth Army Service Command
Ray E. Cavance
Knights Templar
William W.connett
Ohio Univ
AAA
University
ARC Institute
O.A
Wesleyan
Cremer Supply Co
Bill
Sianin Moore
Kerr Hardware
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
G.I. Bulletin Board
Navy
Marine Drive
Kentucky
Michigan
Veterans: ‘Administration
States
C. N. France
ERDAS
Pauie Syominbc
P. M
Moose Home
W. Union St
George H. Ashworth
Keystone Custodian Funds
Seamus
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities
Cline
Real Estate Home Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Recockmid
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Bardin Bros. CO
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