Professor Albert Atkinson and the Athens Home Era
In 1894 the razing of Ransom Cable barns cleared space for two modern homes, including those of Professor Albert Atkinson OU and Attorney Charles Hopkins. A longtime OU physics and electrical engineering professor, Atkinson shaped electric research, helped at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, later became dean, and left a legacy of integrity in the Athens community.
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Sunnyside
Ransom Cable
Cable Lane
Albert Atkinson
Ohio University
Charles D. Hopkins
Corporation
Athens
Cable St
Cable
Morris Ave
W. M. Stine
Chicago
College of Applied Science
Baker Rites Set Saturday
Ada Virgene Baker 47 of Columbus died after illness and arrival death at Mount Carmel Hospital. Services at Johnson funeral home Saturday at 1 p.m. Rev. William Brown officiating. She leaves husband Cecil and two sons Michael and George. Burial at New Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Nelsonville
Ada Virgene Baker
Wedgewood
Columbus
Johnson Funeral Home
William Brown
Cecil
Michael
George
New Marshfield Cemetery
Funeral
Miss Warren Improved After Glouster Accident
Joyce Warren twenty may fifteen of Gloucester Route three and three other teens were injured in a motor accident near Glouster last Friday. She was in critical condition with head injuries before transfer from Mount St Mary Hospital to University Hospital in Columbus. Now she is reported improving and regaining consciousness after two operations.
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Joyce Warren
Glouster Route 3
Glouster
Mount St. Mary Hospital
University Hospital
Columbus
Miss Warren
York High School
Buchtel
Columbus Hospital
Policeman's Ball in Nelsonville To Aid Department
Tickets remain for the annual Policeman's Ball at the Elks Club this Saturday night. Police Chief Max Valkinburg says proceeds from the St. Patrick's Day event fund department equipment and an auxiliary police force. The Night Beats will provide dancing music from 9 PM to 1 AM and tickets are available from any police member.
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Nelsonville
Elks Club
Max Valkinburg
S R Calvert Dies At 70 In Pomeroy
Samuel Ray Calvert aged 70 of Pomeroy died Thursday night at Meigs General Hospital. He worked over 30 years with Valley Public Service Co Greyhound Bus Line and Lake Shore Bus Co. Survived by son Doward and daughter Dorotha McKenzie both of Pomeroy nine grandchildren sister D B Waddell Derwent Ohio brother Howard Cambridge. Wife Mary preceded in death in 1953. Funeral 2 pm Sunday at Ewing Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Zundell. burial Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Pomeroy
Samuel Ray Calvert
Meigs General Hospital
Valley Public Service Co
Greyhound Bus Line
Lake Shore Bus Co
Doward
Dorotha McKenzie
D. B. Waddell
Derwent
Ohio
Howard
Cambridge
Mary
Ewing
Ralph Zundell
Beech Grove Cemetery
Three OSU graduates from local area receive diplomas
At Ohio State University winter quarter commencement in St. John Arena 556 graduates received diplomas. Local honorees include James R. Blazer Gallipolis Earl F E Neal Patriot and Madalyn C Brown Long Bottom with degrees in business agriculture and home economics. A Fraternal Order of Eagles fish fry labeled Prospects Night is planned for members and guests at the Eagles lodge rooms. First Christian Church Young Adult Fellowship plans a bowling party in Athens departing at 7 p.m.
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Columpus
Ohio State University
St. John Arena
Vernon R. Alden
Ohio University
Athens, C
James R. Blazer
Gallipolis
Earl FE. Neal
Patriot
Madalyn C. Brown
Long Bottom
Nelsonville
Order of Eagles
Eagles Lodge
Young Adult Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Athens
Mrs Hook Dies At 37 in Nelsonville
Ruth Virgene Hook 37 of 537 Patton St Nelsonville died early Thursday at Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus after five months as a patient. She was born at The Plains daughter of Joseph and Marie Powell and belonged to Pilgrim Holiness Church. Survived by husband Carl, parents, two brothers four sisters. Services Sunday 1 p.m. at Pilgrim Holiness Church conducted by Rev. John Minsker. Friends may call at family home.
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Professor Atkinson
Ohio University
Albert Algernon Atkinson
Starr Township
Hocking County
Asbury Ridge Road
Zion Church
Atkinsons
Muskingum County
New
Nelsonville
Ruth Virgene Hook
Patton St
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus
Mrs. Hook
the Plains
Joseph and
Marie Powell
Hook
The
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Carl
Billy Joe Powell
Richard Powell
Harriet Chaflin
Bonnie O’nail
Betty
Vera Powell
John Minsker
Youth Cited In Three Car Collision In Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports a three car crash on Pleasantview Ave at 12 20 pm injuring no one. Robert A Mohney 19 of 96 Mill St faces reckless operation charges after claiming accelerator trouble caused his southbound vehicle to strike Daisy Reed 138 Mill St and Mary Gastin Nelsonville Route 2. Car damages described as extensive with Reed and Gastin vehicles sustaining rear end damage. Mohney to appear in Mayor Hoffman's court Saturday.
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Pleasantview Ave
Robert A. Mohney
Mill St
Diamond St
Mohney
Pleasantview
Daisy S. Reed
Reed Auto
Mary M. Gastin
Nelsonville
Takes Drink, Flees Cops, Steals Coat- Fined $30
Nelsonville man Guy Tanner, 45, pleaded guilty to petty larceny, consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle, and resisting arrest in Mayor Hoffman's court. He received $10 fines and costs on each count, with resisting arrest suspended on good behavior. He was arrested at Chestnut Street’s lower end.
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William Hoffman
Guy Tanner
Grosvenor Sr
Evangelist Held In Garage Break In Case At Nelsonville
Wendell Nelson of Ogg Wholesale Co. reported eight packs of cigarettes missing and $8.10 in coins after a garage break in. Emmett and companions claimed itinerant evangelist activity with a hollow key found on Emmett. Ohio crime investigators pursue prints as suspects moved to another motel unit.
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Wendell Nelson
Ogg Wholesale Co
Nelson
Emmett
Valkinburg
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
Nelsonville
Births and admissions at Mount St Mary Hospital notes
The Mount St Mary Hospital notes report several births including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lowery of Nelsonville Route 1 and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Niewald of Athens. Admissions include Joseph Anders New Straits ville Mrs. Mabel Moore Junction City and others such as Miss Lori Lynn Williams Logan Route 1 Master James FE Rogers II Corning and Mrs. Stella Conley Nelsonville Route 2. Blood used 7 units.
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Harold Lowery
Nelsonville
Earl Niewald
Athens
Mabel Moore
Junction City
James FE. Rogers, II
Corning
Lori Lynn Williams
Logan
Stella Conley
Gilbert Dunn
la Donna Kuhn
Nelson
Bonnets and Purses Demonstrated by Nelsonville Group
Nelsonville Home Demonstration Group met at Mrs. E. L. Murphy's home with President Mrs. Howard Plummer presiding. Mrs. Mender and Mrs. Sayers led bonnet and purse demonstrations from old items for Easter outfits. The group noted a 156 pint blood drive for Columbus Regional Blood Center and planned a Columbus Home Show bus trip for April 11 with a $4 fee.
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Nelsonville
E. L. Murphy
Fort St
Howard Plummer
Hubert Mender
Harriet Sayers
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Betty Newton
the Gas Co
Florence McBride
Athens
Athens County
Columbus
Plummer
Mrs. Martha Bauer Dies at 83 in Columbus Area
Martha Ellen Bauer 83 formerly of Nelsonville died Thursday at daughter Pearl Harden's home in Columbus. Survived by two sons Foster and Milton Pyle. five daughters including Pearl Harden and Ruth Nitro. three step-daughters. 24 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren. Services Sunday at 1 p.m. at O R Woodyard Funeral Home Columbus. Burial Wolfe Cemetery Haydenville around 2:45 p.m. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Friday.
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Nelsonville
Martha Ellen Bauer
Pearl Harden
Fifth Ave
Lewis
Foster Pyle
Milton Pyle
Columbus
Harden
Freda Hoisington
Mary Loise Toops
Clara Shafer
Ruth Nitro
Port Washington
Ohio
Mary Frye
Ajesta Hanson
Ina Bauer
Murray City
0. R. Woodyard
E. State St
Wolfe Cemetery
Haydenville
Barton-Jonas Circle Holds Meeting At Davis Home
Nelsonville Mrs Joe B Davis hosted the Barton Jonas Circle of the First Methodist Church on E Columbus St. She led devotions on Let Not the Sun Go Down Upon Your Wrath. C D Duncan read Kind Words Day and Marie Barton closed with Mountains Are Higher in the Fog. Wilbur Jonas will host April 17.
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Nelsonville
Joe B. Davis
Barton-Jonas
First Methodist Church
E. Columbus St
Davis
C. D. Duncan
Marie Barton
Neil Simcox
Wilbur Jonas
Dexter pleads innocent in parked start case
Thomas L. Dexter of 531 Madison Street pleaded innocent in Mayor William Hoffman's court to a charge of starting from a parked position. He was found guilty and fined ten dollars plus costs.
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Nelsonville
Thomas L. Dexter
Madison St
William Hoffman
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the Groves
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Campbells
John Hampton Atkinson
Samuel Lawsons
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Martha Dean
John Hampton
Iowa State University
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Iowa
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University of Michigan
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George McDaniel
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Atkinson
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Frances Arnold
Mount Carmel Hospital
Stuart Whitman
Elana Eden
Ruth
Warren
Elks
Hunter St
Logan, O
Preaten
C. B. Nye Company
Stimson
Palmer St
S.R. Calvert
OSU
Fish Fry Announced
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Riverside Drive
DAR
Elizabeth Zane Dew
Daughters of the American Revolution
Clifford Brown
Bessemer Rd
J. M. Hartley
New York City
Rockaway Beach
Northend
Bill Roscoe
W. Fairgrounds
Gate West Union ST
Palmer Street
Phone LY
Tanner
Chestnut St
John
J. J.) Schoonover
Deanville
Schoonover
George Schoonover
Tower of London
Clarence Wolfe
Dale Townsend
John C. Graham
Logan Route 3
Poplar and
Grosvenor Sts
Abdella
Canal and
Harper Sts
Shirley Ann Rutter
S. Tanner
Graham
Hoffman
Joseph Anders
New Straitsville
Ville
Harry F. Love
New Marshfield
John Conker
Wilma Rutter
Charles Patton
Edward Cheeseman
Billy J. Davis
Elizabeth Hipkiss
William Drury
Grace Lowe
Radcliffe
Lawrence Lines
Marie Whitmore
William McDowell
Helen Daily
American Red Cross
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Lumbus
Public Realy
Shawnee Pottery CO
Linden Ave
Zanesville
David Weisz
San Julian St
Los Angeles
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