Veteran Athens Weather Observer Retires After 28 Years
Mrs. C N France retires as Athens weather observer after 28 years of family service. Readings from river gauges and rainfall, plus Bureau reports, will be handled by neighbors until a new observer is assigned. France notes she passed her 70th birthday in January and will miss the routine.
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C. N. France
Messenger
Ed Davis
France
Hocking River
U.S. Weather Bureau
E. Riverside Drive
Charles W. Reamer
Athens
Mrs. France
Hocking
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Bend
Red Cross
Parkersburg
W. Va
Weather Bureau
Marjorie
Columbus
Stanton
Wayne
Grosvenor St
Eleanor Gibbs
Stewart St
Marjorie Bechtold
Lena Smith
Irene Alden
Elmhurst
The
Filing of Personal Tax Forms Begins in Athens County
Athens County residents may file personal tax forms starting now with March 31 as the deadline. Last year's filers have forms mailed. others can pick up at the Auditor's Office or nearby banks and a restaurant. Farmers must file a special report, listing all tangible and intangible property in the appropriate taxing districts, with deposits due in two installments or one lump sum. Deputies will assist in Glouster Nelsonville and Coolville on announced dates.
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Athens County
Ralph Elliott
Einer Bank
Nelsonville
Community Bank
Glouster
Brafford’s
Coolville
Elliott
Eliott
Hillel Group Buys Athens Residence
The Hillel Foundation in Athens purchases Mrs. Bess E. Fleck residence at 97 University Ter for 22000 dollars. The group plans to occupy by late May and use the home for religious and social functions open to all campus students. Trustees include Robert Harris and Sam Altman with Sol Rosenberg as secretary treasurer. Faculty advisor Israel Knox and campus president Leroy LaVine also named.
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Bess E. Fleck
University Terrace
Ohio University B’nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Inc
Hillel Foundation
W. Union St
Foundation
Religius
Robert Harris
Sam Altman
Sol Rosenberg
Athens
Israel Knox
Leroy LaVine Shaker
Marriage License for Richard Koon and Barbara Smart
Richard Koon aged 20 and Barbara Ann Smart aged 18, both of Columbus, obtained a marriage license.
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Richard Koon
Barbara Ann Smart
Columbus
Three Fined In Mayor's Court
Three persons were arraigned before Mayor W. P. Mickle on traffic violations. Charles L. Barnhart, 23, of St. Marys West Virginia, was fined 10 and costs for operating without registration. Perry L. Stewart, 24, of St. Marys, was fined 10 and costs for speeding 45 mph in a 30 mph zone. Ford W. Freitag, 23, of 16 Oak Street, was fined 5 and costs for a parking violation, the fine suspended.
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W. P. Mickle
Charles L. Barnhart
St. Marys
W. Va
Perry L. Stewart
Stewart
E. State St
Ford W. Freitag
Oak St
Alexander Township Hits Red Cross Quota
J. Floyd Williams, chairman of the 1950 Red Cross fund campaign in Alexander Township, reported Thursday that the township has already passed its $100 quota with only three fourths of the area results in. The amount almost doubled final returns for the township in the 1949 campaign.
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J. Floyd Williams
Red Cross Fund
Alexander Township
Educator Jean Clark Dies at Westerville Home
Jean Fraser Clark 50 head of Otterbein College elementary education department died Wednesday at her Westerville home. She had recently taught during summer sessions at Ohio University.
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Jean Fraser Clark
Westerville
Otterbein College
Clark
Ohio University
Youth Groups Combine for Sunday Albany South Canaan Meet
Albany and South Canaan Baptist churches join youth groups for a Sunday 6 30 p m meeting at South Canaan. George Mitchell and Mona Lee Green participate in the program with songs by the Young People's Choir. Albany will host the next meeting.
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Albany
South Canaan
George Mitchell
Mona Lee Green
Young People’s Choir
Troy Group To Meet Coolville
Troy Civic Association will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Grange Hall.
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Troy
Coolville
Troy Civic Association
Grange Hall
J-T Schools Close Due to Flu Absences
Jacksonville Trimble schools halted classes Wednesday because flu caused high absence. About 400 pupils across elementary and high school levels were reported absent by the county superintendent, with Rome Canaan also sending students home that day.
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Jacksonville- Trimble
Glen Hanes
J-T
Jacksonville-Trimble
Athens County
Rome-Canaan
Finals Broadcast Of Ohio District Basketball Games
Final games in the South eastern Ohio District Basketball Tournament will be aired on Ohio University's WOUI FM 88.1. Class B finals go on at 8 p.m. Friday and Class A at the same time Saturday, per Vincent Jukes.
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Ohio University
WOUI
Vincent Jukes
Cora Williams Buck Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Williams Buck of Guysville will be held Saturday at 3 30 p m at Alexander Presbyterian Church with Rev Fred Lachs and Rev James L Hyde officiating. Burial will follow at Hebbardsville Cemetery. Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home at any time.
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Cora Williams Buck
Guysville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Fred Lachs
James L. Hyde
Hebbardsville Cemetery
Dowler and Ferguson
Talk Is Open for Jennings Dinner Talk at Berry Hotel
Republican Executive Committee chairman Ray Bobo said the Saturday night after dinner talk by Rep. John Jennings of Tennessee at the Berry Hotel will be open to people both with banquet tickets and those not attending the dinner.
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Ray Bobo
Republican Executive Committee
Berry Hotel
John Jennings
Tennessee
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Ray Cramlet in Athens a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Hare a daughter to Mr and Mrs Homer Mansfield and a son to Mr and Mrs Frank Barnes. Admitted include Russell Henderson Athens major surgery Rita Burns Athens minor surgery John Gillette Athens Route 3 medical John Sidders New Marshfield major surgery Roy Walsh Albany Route 1 accident. Discharged list names Ruth Smith Glouster Claudine Rutter Athens Robert Patterson Athens Route 4 Barbara Smith Millfield Route Homer Graves Athens Route 1.
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Ray Cramlet
Athens
Robert Hare
Homer Mansfield
Frank Barnes
Millfield
Russell Henderson
Rita Burns
John Gillette
John Sidders
New Marshfield
Roy Walsh
Albany
Ruth Smith
Glouster
Claudine Rutter
Robert Patterson
Barbara Smith
State Office Candidate Sets Area Meetings
Dale Stump, Columbus attorney and Republican candidate for attorney general, will begin a southeastern Ohio campaign Saturday with open houses from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Blosser Restaurant in Logan and from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Berry Hotel in Athens, plus attendance at a Republican Banquet at the Athens venue.
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Dale Stump
Columbus
Ohio
Logan
Berry Hotel
Athens
Coal Truck Crash Closes Route 33 in Rockbridge
Athens driver Joseph Jenkinson, 30, lost control after sideswiping a gas carrier and hit a second truck, spewing coal across Route 33. No injuries reported. Jenkinson cited for reckless operation before Mayor Roger Friend.
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Athens
Route
Rockbridge
State Highway Patrol
Joseph Jenkinson
Ralph E. Ryan
Newark
Jenkinson
Russell Miller
Philadelphia
John W. Bullock
Roger Friend
National Guard Inspection Is Conducted in Athens
Federal inspection of the Athens Ohio National Guard was deemed satisfactory by Major S K Dudderar. The team included Maj Harold G Wilson and Sgt Willie R Wilson with Lt James M Abraham leading the unit. The four phase review covered administration supply equipment drill and training then a company wide questioning session.
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Athens
Ohio National Guard
S. K. Dudderar
Dudderar
Harold G. Wilson
Willie R. Wilson
James M. Abraham
Education In Europe Topic Of OU Dean
Dean George Kabat of Ohio University's College of Education spoke at a Athens County Council for Childhood Education meeting at West Side School. He described Europe’s education as highly centralized with few experiments and noted sex segregation in most schools. He cited subsidized teacher training with a five to six year teaching commitment or repayment.
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Europe
George Kabat
Ohio University
College of Education
Dean Kabat
Athens County Council For Childhood Education
West Side School
Switzerland
Scandinavian
United States
Maude Stauffer
Irene Elliot
Materials Bureau
Agnes Eisen
Ashville
N.C
Mona Guthrie
Flora Vandeveer
Mary Ward
Unesco
Like People Woman Journalist Urges Students In Ohio Talk
Betty Hinckle Dunn national president of Theta Sigma Phi addressed Ohio University journalism students in Ewing Hall Auditorium. She urged liking people and discussed career opportunities and best ways to secure positions for young women in journalism.
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Ohio University
Ewing Hall Auditorium
Betty Hinckle Dunn
Theta Sigma Phi
Dunn
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