Athens Taverns Agree To Silence Juke Boxes
Juke boxes in Athens taverns have been silenced for 30 days by a voluntary agreement among tavern keepers following a meeting with City officials led by Mayor Franz Woodworth and Police Chief J B Grogan. The move, aimed at reducing noise and improving order, is an experimental period prompted by complaints from residents and concerns from the State Liquor Control enforcement division.
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Athens
Franz Woodworth
J. B. Grogan
State Department of Liquor Control
Ohio University Banquet to Feature Brig Gen McReynolds
Brig. Gen. W. R. McReynolds and Don McVay will speak at the Founders Day Banquet of the local Phi Delta Theta chapter in Athens. McReynolds, an OU graduate, won WWI acclaim for Type C rations and Quick Frozen Boneless Beef and previously led Army Quartermaster training efforts. About 159 active and alumni members are expected to attend.
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W. R. McReynolds
Ohio University
Athens
Phi Delta Theta
General McReynolds
Don McVay
Leroy
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Army Quartermaster Corps
Memorial Auditorium
Ballistics Expert to Address Ohio University Faculty
Comdr. W. E. Bleick of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance will speak to Ohio University faculty and guests, presenting Navy wartime ballistics research on projectiles bombs and rockets. He will give two talks at 10 30 am in room 312 Super Hall and at noon during a Lindley Hall Lounge luncheon hosted by President John C. Baker. Bleick, a Stevens Institute graduate with a mechanical engineering degree, has led naval research contracts with universities and holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins.
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W. E. Bieick
USNR
Navy Department
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington
Ohio University
Conradr. Bleick
Navy
Super Hall
John C. Baker
Lindley Hall
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
N. Iden
Corndr. Bleick
Naval Research
A. H Armbruster
College of Applied Science
John Hopkins University
Phi Beta Nappa
Sigma Xi
Irish Bride Arrives on St Patrick's Day
Mrs Maud Dishon and her year old daughter landed with husband Ben Dishon from Belfast Ireland after a 12 day 3500 mile journey aboard the U S Henry Gibbons. They met in New York and Cambridge Ohio before joining in Athens to start their life together. The couple married in 1944 near Belfast and plan to settle in Athens Ohio. Mrs Dishon noted the abundance of food in the United States versus rationed home.
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St. Patk’s Day
Old Ireland
Maud Dishon
Ben Dishon
Euclid
Belfast
Ireland
St. ‘Patrick's
Mrs. Dishon
U. S
Henry Gibbons
New York
Dishon
Fred Brown
Cambridge
Ohio
Maureen Constance
Camp Lee
Virginia
Ordinance Depot
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Europe
England
Athens
Russell
Coca‘ola Company
Wiliam Dishon
New
Straitsville
Realty Boom Extends into March in Athens County
Athens County real estate sales surge with 170 transfers in March, adding to February’s county record of 226 sales. The listings include transfers across Athens township Nelsonville Chauncey and Glouster, with buyers and parcels named such as Joe Ator to R C Bolin and others across all districts. The year’s activity spans farms, town lots, and various additions, highlighting sustained market momentum in the region.
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Athens County
Joe Ator
R. C. Bolin
Allendale
Athens Township
Anna L. Witham
Winifred Nutter
Longstreet
Nelsonville
Audrey S. Rustan
J. Watt Grover
Athens ‘Brick Company
Athens
Silas G. Nichols
Billa Rose
Robert W. Jones
Fred South
G. C. Martin
Alexander Township
L. W. Sanders
Waldo Poston
Canaan
John D. Law
Paul W. Whaley
Birges
Chauncey Mining Company
Ohio Mining Company
Carl Andrews
York Township
Lawrence H. Alexander
Arthur H. Bickle
Charles H. Marquis
Clyde Cooper
Orland Ely
James A. Woogerd
Waterloo Township
G. L. Pidcock
Florence Woods
Roy Skinner
Frank Whaley
Antle
Glouster
Howard Wo Carr
C. C. Patrick
Flossie S. Smith
Boris
Woolley
Inlet
Highland Park
Ss. R. Coen
Emery E. Coen
Avendale
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Aaron McGrath
Johnson's
Verity
Leslie Buck
E. Ervin Kaiser
Maggie Kelly
William Altman
Happy Hollow Village
Apple Polishing Week End Brings Faculty, Students Talk
Ohio University hosts Apple Polishing Week End with open houses and a J Prom event. Co chairs Elizabeth Harley and Keith Fox lead a playful plan despite an apple shortage. Faculty participate in a volleyball game, a quiz, and a Sunday tea honoring faculty members.
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Ohio University
Eliza
Beth Harley
Keith Fox
Carl’ Nestle
Arthur Katona
Jack Rhodes
Don Pilley
F. T. Paige
H. W. Humphrey
Edith Wray
Greta ‘Lash
Juanita Kahler
Machilia
Wilma Miller
Temperature Soars as Hocking River Recedes
Weather notes report 74 degree high with a 34 degree low as spring warmth returns briefly. The Hocking River rose near flood stage at 17 feet earlier in the week and has since fallen to 24 feet, per observer Mrs. C XN France.
Rites Held For Mrs T J West
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs Thomas J West at West Union Street Cemetery. She died at her Cincinnati home after the West family moved from Athens years ago. The Rev Harold Kellogg officiated with local mourners including J P Vance Ernest Hayes George Smith Will Wildes Eugene Woodworth and Mayor Franz Woodworth. Pallbearers were Vance Hayes Wildes and Smith.
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Thomas J.west
Athens Baltiimore
Ohio
Tom ‘West
West Union Street
Mr. Vance
Mr. Hayes
Wildes
Mr. Smith
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Mosier Amesville a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Harner Ath ens Route 1 and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Osborne The Plains. Admissions include Mrs. Powell Dayton major surgery Elsie Peacock Wilrus Mulry Street major surgery Miss Addie Johnson Wilkeaville medical Mrs Clara Swan Pomeroy medical. Dismissals include Dora Cooper Radcliffe and several others.
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Raymond Mosier
Amesville
Carl Harner
Athens
Donald Osborne
the Plains
John Powel
Dayton
Margery
Elsie Peacock
E. Mulrry St
Addie Johnson
Wilkeaville
Medical
Clara Swan
Pomeroy
Two Arrested and Fined for Traffic Violations
Donald R. Horn aged 18 of Athens Route 2 was arrested on Route 33 north of Athens for speeding. He was arraigned in Mayor Woodworth's court and fined 15 dollars plus costs. Charles T. Young aged 26 of Zanesville was arrested yesterday for improper loading and fined 5 dollars plus costs by Justice William H. Baxter in Crooks.
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Donald R. Horn
Athens
Woodworth
Horn
Charles T. Young
Zanesville
Justice of the Peace
William H. Baxter
Crooksville
Revival Services Led by Rev F H McCall at Newtown Mission
Revival services conducted by Rev F H McCall of Greenfield will be held at Newtown Holiness Mission in Murray City all week. Services start at 7 pm with special singing by local groups. Rev Helen W Tatmann, the pastor, will oversee the services.
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F. H. McCall
Greenfield
Newtown
Murray City
Helen W. Tatmann
Navy Recruits Offered Option on Enlistments
The U S Navy Recruiting Station announced options for 2 3 4 or 6 year enlistments for volunteers in the regular Navy. It also said men over 30 may enlist if their prior service places them in the 17 30 age group. Re-enlistment gratuities family allowances and GI bill benefits were cited. A Navy recruiting officer is at the Athens Post Office building each Monday from 10 am to 3 pm.
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Regular Navy
U. S. Navy
Navy
Imen
Naval Reserve
Athens
Marriage Licenses for Hammond and Williams
Charles T. Hammond, 18, Zanesville, and Helen E. Williams, 1, Canaanville, obtained marriage licenses.
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Charles T. Hammond
Zanesville
Helen E. Williams
Canaanville
Mrs Dille 79 Dies at Home in Bartlett Ohio
Mrs. Nettie W. Dille 79 a longtime farmer's widow died at her Bartlett home after nine months illness. She leaves two sons Clifford Akron and Earnest Corona California, four daughters Elsie Glover Bartlett Nora Sedgwick Columbus Maynie Swartz Englewood California Zoe Ellis Marietta, one sister Jenny Linscott Chauncey, two half brothers Fred Linscott Chauncey and George Kelly Cleveland, ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body remains at the Bartlett home with visitation after 7 30 p m Friday. Funeral plans pending. Also Col H T Watkins and Adj Gen Donald F Pancoast to inspect facilities for possible National Guard air units.
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Nettie W. Dille
Elmer E. Dille
Athens County
Bartlett
Dille
Clifford
Akron
Earnest
Corona
Calif
Elsie Glover
Nora Sedgwick
Columbus
Maynie Swartz
Englewood
Zoe Ellis
Marietta
Coroner Dr J Henshaw Marks 50th Medical Year
Trumbull County coroner Dr J Henshaw, who has served 30 years in the office, observed his 50th year in medical practice today by continuing to work "as usual" in the community.
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Warren
Dr. J. ©. Henshaw
Trumbull
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