Easter Fashion Parade Brightens Athens Streets
Clear skies and sunshine drew churchgoers and residents to the annual Easter fashion parade in Athens. Families displayed spring finery, with the Starkey sisters and escort Bill Mullins leading churchgoing contingents as mercury reached 44 degrees after a chilly start of 23. Easter eve rose to 70 with a low of 31, and at 9 am Monday the thermometer registered 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkey Sisters
Bill Mullins
Dairy Ave
Dora Mae
Mil St
Ivy
Adella
Putnam Drive
Athens
Jerry Duncan
E. State St
Susie Jones
Home St
Pat Jones
Dwight Duncan
Kenneth Jones
Messenger Newsphotos
Forest Field Day Planned April 5
The third annual Forestry Field Day sponsored by the USDA Council of Athens County is set for Thursday April 5 with a demonstration at the B T Grover farm on Angel Ridge County. A luncheon will be hosted by the Union Church women. Demonstrations will cover tree planting wood lot marking and wood lot management. Pine trees from the Ohio Experimental Station will be distributed and also given to 16 poster contest winners of the Ath ens Business and Professional Women's Club. Forestry specialists Frank Needham and Irving Dickman will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usda Council of
Athens County
B. T. Grover
Angel Ridge
Marietta
Business and Professional Women’s Club of Athens
Frank Needham
Chillicothe
Irving Dickman
Columbus
Usda Council
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service
Amazing New Peruna Liquifies Cold Secretions
A vintage ad promotes the New Peruna Tonic claiming it liquifies thick cold secretions to ease breathing and reduce infection risk. It urges taking Peruna at first sign of a cold, promises fast safe relief, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Conservation Report Lists Year's Work in Athens District
The fifth annual report of the Athens Soil Conservation District, approved by chairman Roy C. Gilham and secretary Edgar Dixon, details 1950 activities. The district aided 38 farmers, 40 completed farm plans with US Soil Conservation Service help, and soil surveys covered 50 farms totaling 7200 acres. District supervisors Dixon and Hanning attended the Ohio Federation meeting in Columbus. Several farmers earned merit certificates for local conservation contest participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio Federation of Soil Conservation District
Columbus
J. D. Parmiter
Clifford Parmiter
J. W. Rickard
L. C. Rickard
Edwin R. Wagoner Morril H. Chase
Harold Morris
OU Delegation Attends Fifth Conference on Human Relations
An Ohio University delegation of 12 faculty and officials travels to the University of Kansas in Lawrence for the fifth annual Conference on Human Relations during spring vacation. The group includes educators from Education, University College, Psychology, Engineering, Applied Science, Off-Campus Relations, and Residence Life. Sponsors include Harvard Colgate and Kansas with other universities participating. The conference is a cooperative forum to discuss experiments progress and conclusions across universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Ohio
Harry Benz
College of Education
Bernard Black
University College
A. C. Anderson
G. B. Paulsen
R. F. Mager
E. H. Gaylord
E. J. Taylor
College of Applied Science
A. C. Gubitz
Edward Sudnick
Scott Quadrangle
Joseph Dando
Donald W. Foulks
Robert F. Creegan
Ohio U
Harvard
Colgate
Kansas
Torch Resident Dies at Age 59
Torch resident Russell aged 59 died after an extended illness at St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg He was a farmer survived by wife Ella Scarlett Russell and five children Pauline Moore Alberta Tabor Thelma Thomas Kenneth Russell Madge and eight grandchildren Also surviving are father Calvin Russell of Little Hocking two brothers and four sisters Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Torch Baptist Church with burial in Torch cemetery Friends may call at White funeral home Coolville
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Torch
Leftie Russell
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Russell
Ella Scarlett Russell
Pauline Moore
New England
W. Va
Alberta Tabor
Athens
Thelma Thomas
Cuyahoga Falls
Kenneth Russell
Madge
Torch Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Coolville
Athens County land transfers and society engineer convention notes
Numerous land transfers in Athens Meigs and Trimble townships involve parcels totaling hundreds of acres, with transfers to individuals and several firms. The 72nd annual Ohio Society of Professional Engineers convention at Toledo March 29 to 31 features Ohio University civil engineering professor George W Clark presiding, with student Robert F Kail to lead a student conference. Industrial and engineering leaders will speak, with exhibits at the Commodore Perry Hotel in Dalton.
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George W. Clark
Ohio University
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Toledo
Clark
Robert F. Kail
Commodore Perry
Birth notices from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list several families from Athens Glouster Malta and surrounding areas naming newborn daughters and sons. Names include McCarley Wray Burley Warshaw Dahl McHarg Henry Nicholson Jarvis Pritchard Darnell Fulton Ross Johnson Hartman Rosser Pawlusiak Edwards Linscott.
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Saul Warshaw
Athens
Walter Dahl
Grace McHarg
Fio Henry
Glouster
Arthur Nicholson
Chauncey
Victoria Jarvis
Joe Pritchard
Columbus
Wilma Darnell
the Plains
Jo Anna Fulton
Ralph Ross
Malta
Earnest Johnson
Ralph Hartman, Jr
Beatrix Rosser
Edward Pawlusiak
John Edwards, Jr
Juanita Linscott
Jail Term Given Glouster Man
Harley Freeman of Glouster received a two day jail sentence and a twenty five dollar fine plus costs after pleading guilty to intoxication and resisting arrest. He appeared before Mayor Thomas Williams with Officer Bill Stephenson presenting the case. Freeman was ordered held for county jail. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Freeman
Glouster
Thomas Williams
Freeman
Bill Stephenson
Saturdy
Sure Sign of Spring City Noise Prompts Animal Control Warnings
City hall notes spring registration as complaints flood police and mayoral offices about dogs cats and chickens running loose. Chief Grogan says offenders face prosecution and animals unclaimed after five days will be sold. City quarantine runs March 1 to Oct 1 with up to $3 fine. Mayor Mickle and Chief Grogan report busy phones from homeowners over feathered and fur bearing pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Safety-Service Department
Grogan
W. P. Mickle
Joseph B. Grogan
Soldiers meet in Pusan hospital in friend letter
In a letter home Pfc. Robin T. Mathews describes two Athens soldiers meeting at a Pusan hospital. He recalls Cpl. Charles Burleigh, with the First Cavalry Division Fifth Regiment, wounded in September after serving in Korea since August. Burleigh, treated in Japan, has returned to front duty and may be sent back to Japan or home.
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Athens
Pusan
Pfc
Robin T. Mathews
Robert Robinson
Pine Place
Mathews
Cpl
Charles Burleigh
W. Union St
Burleigh
Korea
First Cavalry Division
Japan
Meigs County Men Serve Aboard Navy Coast Guard Units
Three Meigs County men join the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Ethridge Graven serves aboard USS Ellyson, Sebastiano Armeli aboard USS Roanoke, and Wallace Figgs on USS Newport News. James Roger Sapp reports for radar duties at McChord AFB, while Everett Lasure is assigned to Fort Meade. Pearl Ackley serves with the 35th Company in Korea, part of the Tropic Lightning Division. Basil Hornsby trains at Great Lakes Naval Center.
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Meigs County
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean Sea
Ethridge Graven
USN
Katherine H. Graven
Pomeroy
Ellyson
Sebastiano A. Armeli
QM-3
Rosalyn D. Armell
Syracuse
Roanoke
Ee Wallace Figgs
Rosa Riggs
Newport News
Cpl
Pearl E. Ackley
Vern Ackley
Athens
35Th “Cacti
Korea
35Th
Basil B. Hornsby
H. R. Hornsby
Coalville
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Harley Burton Dies Sunday in Ohio Home
Harley E. Burton, 70, died unexpectedly Sunday morning at the home of Mrs. Ollie Baker in Guysville. Born in Carthage Township, he spent most of his life in Athens County, was a retired coal miner and a Spanish American War veteran. Surviving are two sons, Bar Burton of West Salem and Ralph Burton, in the Navy aboard USS Yellowstone, two brothers Henry Burton of Athens Route 2 and Raymond Burton of Chesterhill, and four grandchildren. His wife Lucy and daughter Merle had died previously. Services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 pm by Rev. D. H. Goff at the Dowler-Ferguson Hughes funeral home with burial in Bean Cemetery, Guysville. Friends may call at the home at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Township
Burton
Athens County
Bar! Burton
West Salem
Ralph Burton
Navy
Henry Burton
Athens
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Bean Cemetery
Gu Ie
Two Crashes Reported Near Coolville On Route 50 And Route 7
State Highway Patrol reported two noninjury crashes on Sunday near Coolville. Raymond Starkey of New Martinsville and Alfred Arnold of Akron sideswiped on Route 50 east of Coolville. Starkey was fined 25 dollars. A second crash two miles west of Coolville on Route 7 involved Kelley Collins of Coalville and Raymond Bickert of Marietta, with both cars sustaining moderate damage.
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State Highway Patrol
Raymond Starkey
New Martinsville
Alfred Arnold
Akron
Coolville
Starkey
Kelley Collins
Coalville
Raymond Bickert
Marietta
Doanville Woman Fined and Jailed for Resisting Arrest
Marie Barber, 48, of Doanville, was fined 20 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in county jail after arraignment before Mayor Mickle on resisting arrest charges. Twenty three days of the sentence were suspended after she pled guilty amid ongoing intoxication charges. Deputy Sheriff Marie Pincelli filed the charges and said Barber threatened him with a butcher knife during the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Barber
Doanville
W. P. Mickle
Marie Pincelli
Jayce activation slated for Thursday in Athens
The Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce will be reactivated at an 8 am meeting at Hotel Berry with temporary chairman Earl Hooper presiding. Officers will be elected, and membership is open to men aged 21 to 36 regardless of employment. The Jaycees, a 30 year national group with 48 states plus Alaska and Hawaii, sponsor community projects and civic campaigns. A Zanesville delegation supports the revival.
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Athens
Ohio
Cleveland
Logan
Lancaster
New Lexington
US Treasury Department
Zanesville
Enlistment Rules Change for Marines and Reservists
Recruiters announce broader options for enlistment. Veterans from other branches may join the Marines as private first class, replacing the prior Marine veteran prerequisite. Navy and Air Force enlistments note a new monthly plan to return reservists to inactive status, starting with hardship cases. Also listed are area enlistees from Air Force and Regular Army bound for Fort Meade, including Charles H. Green, Richard P. Mingus, Robert E B Platt, and Donald W. Poston.
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Marine Corps
Eugene Franklin
Athens
Franklin
W. D. Connor
Navy
Conher
Air Force
Charles H. Green
Merrell. Green
Nelsonville
Richard P. Mingus
Hattie E. Mingus
Millfield
Fort Meade
Robert EB. Platt
Eula Mae Platt
Coolville
Donald W. Poston
Earl D. Poston
Stewart
Rome Canaan Play Slated
Stewart Rome Canaan High School will stage a three act comedy Brother Loose Friday at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Kenny Goodfellow Kermit Root Eunice Van Cleve Evelyn Graham Jo Ann Wheaton Phyllis McInturf Juanita Enevoldsen Eva Mae Ziegler Margaret Russell Dolores Pollard Paul Gould Joe Bartlett Jerry Singer. Directors are Mrs Frances Grogan and Mrs Luella Clifton. Dramatic Publishing Co Chicago arranged reproductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Spears
Claudia Gregg
Diane Robinson
June Butler
Helen Crippen
Frances Grogan
Luella Cliffton
Dramatic Publishing Co
Chicago
County School Principals Meet In Athens County
A meeting of all principals in the Athens County school system will be held Wednesday at Rome Canaan High School in Stewart. The monthly session opens with a luncheon served by the Rome Canaan home economics class.
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Athens County
Rome-Canaan High School
Stewart
Rome- Canaan
Murray man fined for intoxication by city mayor
Wayne Kieffer 24 of Carbon Hill was fined $5 and costs Saturday night by Murray City Mayor Floyd Stiff on a charge of intoxication. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol.
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Wayne Kieffer
Carbon Hill
Murray City
Floyd Stiff
Kieffer
State Highway Patrol
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THE
Athens Messenger
Forest Field
Ath
Athens Pharmacy
S. Court St
Conservation Report
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
William R. Drury Et al
State of
Trimble
Max D. Smith
Reemelin H. Escoe
Albany
Lee Township
J. J. Keys
Louella Goodwell
Lodi
Woodrow River
Glen Woods
Mineral
Mary E. Campbell
Violet L
Dalton
New York Coal Co
Henry Showalter
John Howard
J. G. Hensley
Catlettsburg
Ames Township
Ralph Antoiietto
Paul Antoiietto
Amey G. Markin
Charles F. Cook
Albert Fred Kern
Ashley
Margaret Graves
Town
Athens Township
Fred F. Kittle
John E. Dean
H. C. Bobo
J. W. Whaley
Lewis W. Roberts
Esther R. Dean
Inlet
Mary W. Hanning
Pearl Howard Brooks
Pearl Wood
Ate Licenesis Library
Elizabeth Barrett
Joseph F. Goodwin
Trimble Township
Ada B. Keirn
Charles Cornwell
Mechanicsburg
Cecilia Banfield
Arthur Banfield
Permela MaeCartmel Hunter
Barberton
Permela Mae Hunter
Fiden M. Grinstead
Mabel C. Danford
Jack Daugherty
Mary Blower
James Williams
James Floyd Williams
Alexander Township
James E. Bean
John
Jack Slater
Verity
Wiliam H. Nelson
Dover Township
Morris E. Snow
Mary P
Eva F. Snow
East Riverside
Citizens Telephone Co
John Hall
Clarence Wigal
Phoebe Hueston
Minnie Burkhammer
Grace Dunfee
Orland B. McGirr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James McCarley
William Wray
Carpenter
Albert Burley
Zaleski
Meigs
James Roger Sapp
Clyde V. Sapp
Woodland Ave
325Th Maintenance and Supply Group
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Sapp
Athens High School
Keesler Field
Miss
Everett EB. Lasure
Harley Burton
Harley E. Burton
Ollie Baker
Guysville
Jaycer
Jaycee
St. Louis
Alaska
Hawaii
Rome-Canaan
Murray Cry
Mullala
Quick's
Oscar Fulton
RTI
Washington ST
Veenteras
Janitrol
PVA
L. E. White
Shannon Ave
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G, Householder
Athens County Agents Association
Houck & VanDyke
D. M. Goddard
Dwight H. Rutherford
Donald K Barstow Earl Mathews
Seiple & Kempton
Ek, R. Walker
C. M. Gill
Sf. R Murphey and Son
C. E. Atkinson
Oakley Insurance Agency, Inc
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