Close Races Mark Athens County Primary Vote
Athens County in May 3 1950 primary saw tight contests with Franz Woodworth edging Don Campbell for the legislature seat by eight votes. Ralph Elliott led the auditor race, Wayne Ward topped the commissioner field, and Wade E. Smith defeated Louis E. Seipel in the sole Democratic contest amid a light turnout.
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Athens
Athens County
Earl M. Baughman
Albany
Franz Woodworth
Don Campbell
Guysville
Baughman
Ralph Elliott
Claudis Chappel
Wayne Ward
Wade E. Smith
Louis E. Seipel
Election Board
Neck-Andeck
Orville C. Bibbee
George W., Ford
Miles H. Howe
Ray H. James
Claudis E. Chappel
William A. Lavelle
Don H. Ebright
James A. Rhodes
Joseph T. Ferguson
Senate
Thomas A. Jenkins
Congress
Atkinson Jones Lead In Southeast Ohio Committee Race
Unofficial returns from six southeastern Ohio counties show Nora W. Atkinson leading the Republican state central committeewoman race, with 7473 votes to Anna Evans 6889. B Lewis Jones tops the Republican committeeman race in four counties. Edgar P. Gannon and Joe L. Hardy follow. Democrats Harold Rowe and Mary Gallagher unopposed. Athens County results incomplete.
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Don H. Ebright
Edward J. Hummel
James A. Rhodes
George V. Woodling
Wilbert W. Warren
Appeals Court
Russell K. McCurdy
State Central
Edgar P. Gannon
Joe L. Hardy
BK. Lewis Jones
Nora W. Atkinson
Anna A. Evans
Clarence H. Knisely
Frank J. Lausche
Joseph Torok
John F. Cantwell
George D. Nye
Charles F. Sweeney
Samuel A. Anderson
John C. Cox
John J. Gallagher
H. E. McCollister
J. Harry Moore
Thomas Mulcahy
Frank M. Quinn
John L. Smith
James H. Sullivan
Herbert S. Duffy
George A. Hurley
U. S
Henry M. Busch
Michael V. DiSalle
Joseph T. Ferguson
Walter A. Kelley
John Martin
Edward Welsh
William L. White
Supreme Court
Carl W. We
Ohio
Athens
B. Lewis Jone
Gallipolis
Comethene Manda
Jackson
Central Committee
Harold E. Rowe
Mary C. Gallagher
Athens County
Athens County Central Committee
C. W. Gross
Election Board
Increase In Mine Safety Plan Urged For Sharpsburg Mine
Mine Inspector J. B. Vanity renewed safety proposals at the A. W. Gilchrist Coal and Trucking Co. mine in Sharpsburg. He urged using only permissible explosives on shift, electric cap lamps for lighting, no smoking underground, enclosed trip lights, ample fire protection, spragging undercut coal, surface relocation of the ventilating fan, paired doors to form air locks, rock dusting in dry areas, and safety toe footwear for the 42 workers.
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J. B. Vanity
A. W. Gilchrist
Vanity
Gilchrist
Mobile X Ray Unit To Visit Athens Saturday
The Mobile X ray unit now serving Athens County will be in Athens Saturday in front of the health department on E Washington St. It operates from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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Athens
Athens County
Health Department
E. Washington St
Graham Chapel Prayer Band Meeting Planned
The Graham Chapel Prayer Band will gather Thursday at Mrs. Mary Hawk’s home with Dorothea Webb leading the session.
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Graham Chapel
Mary Hawk
Dorothea Webb
New Drive In Theater to Open Near Wellston
Frank Nolan and Frank Rauch Jr. announce a new outdoor drive in theater named The Town and Country on Route 75 between Wellston and Jackson. The 500 car capacity site on the Dr Scott farm was graded last fall after purchasing ten and a half acres from Walter Watts Winchester Ky. Construction began this spring with Dr T H Morgan and Frank Rauch Sr. listed as theater corporation members.
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Wellston
Frank Nolan
Frank Rauch, Jr
Nolan
Route 75
Jackson
Walter Watts
Winchester
The
Theater Corporation
Nolan and Rauch
T. H. Morgan
Frank Rauch, Sr
Damage Light in Two City Auto Crashes
A car owned by Roy Sams, 28, of 9 Brown Ave., was struck by a hit and run driver while parked in front of Sams home. Police reported minor damage. A second crash on W Union St involved William Cable of 245 E State St and Urban Finney of The Plains, with minor damage.
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Roy Sams
Brown Ave
Sams
William Cable
E. State St
Urban Finney
the Plains
W. Union St
Parked autos blamed in two area traffic crashes
A state patrolman blamed a parked car for a two vehicle crash on a hill in New Marshfield on Monday evening. Paul Hibbard and Marjorie Frank drove away with no injuries, while Robert Martin was not cited for parking in a residential district. A second wreck three miles west of the Hocking-Vinton line involved Herman Wolfe and William Drescher with heavy damage and no injuries. Robert Noon, 41, Jacksonville, was fined 125 dollars for driving under the influence and had his license suspended for three months.
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New Marshfield
Paul Hibbard
Mineral
Marjorie Jean Frank
Robert C. Martin
Athens
Hibbard
Martin
Frank
Hocking-Vinton
Herman Wolfe
Pomeroy
William E. Drescher
New Plymouth
Drescher
Wolfe
Robert Lawrence Noon
Jacksonville
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Noon
Phi Beta Kappa initiates 23 at Ohio University
Twenty three students and alumni are elected to the Ohio University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Initiation occurs Thursday evening with a 5:30 p.m. ceremony in the Women's Faculty Club followed by the annual banquet. Speakers include Prof. Clarence A. Forbes of Ohio State University. Alumni honorees include James William Buchanan Marie Louise Price and John Elza Edwards. Additional graduates from the February 1950 commencement and undergraduates such as Anna Katherine Johnson are noted.
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Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary
Clarence A. Forbes
Ohio State University
Department of Classical Languages
James William Buchanan
Allen Hancock Foundation
University of Southern California
Marie Louise Price
Department of Personnel Service
Brooklyn College
John Elza Edwards
May Gwendolyn Sirjoo
Trinidad
Edward Marvin Brehm
Elyria
van Edmund Blanchard
Canton
Anna Katherine Johnson
Athens
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Foster Lewis Glouster. Admissions list Mrs Minnie Milhoan Glouster Route 2 Wallie Marie Hahn Athens minor surgery Doris Oxley Albany medical Shirley Athens medical. Dismissals include Mrs Forrest Metcalf Guysville Route 1 and daughter Mrs John Barnes Athens Route 4 and son Tona Malissa Skinner Athens Route 3 Peter Harmouth Glouster Route Donald Johnson Nelsonville Route 2 Hettie Hill Glouster Frances Bennett Athens.
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Foster Lewis, Glouster
Minnie Milhoan
Glouster
Wallie Marie Hahn
Athens
Doris Oxley
Albany
Ernace Shirley
Forrest Metcalf
Guysville
John Barnes
Tona Malissa Skinner
Peter Harmouth
Donald Johnson
Nelsonville
Hettie Hill
Frances Bennett
Athens meet for agents and employes transport topic
Athens will host Friday a gathering for agents and express employes from Chillicothe Marietta Pomeroy Gallipolis Jackson and Wellston. The group will assemble at Van Meters Restaurant at 8 p.m. to hear R. B. Gustafson Athens agent discuss The Danger of Government Enroachment in the Field of Transportation. A buffet luncheon will follow.
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Athens
Chillicothe
Marietta
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Jackson
Wellston
van Meters
R. B. Gustafson
Journalists View Movie at OU OSU Sigma Delta Chi Meet
A joint Ohio University and Ohio State University Sigma Delta Chi gathering screened a film on police reporting after a banquet. Thirty eight members attended with invited professors including Wayne V. Harsha L J Hartin A T Turnbull and OU journalism director George Starr Lasher.
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Ohio University
Ohio State University
Sigma Delta Chi
Wayne V. Harsha
Ohio State Group
L. J. Hartin
A. T. Turnbull
OU School of Journalism
George Starr Lasher
Rainfall and Temperatures Reported in Athens Tuesday
The temperature climbed to 68 degrees in Athens on Tuesday and rainfall measured at the Columbus Southern Ohio Co. plant was an inches amount. The low for the day was 48 degrees.
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Athens
Columbus & Southern Ohio Co
Poston
I'm part of the act! Circus clown causes uproar in Athens
An Athens circus crowd disrupted the King Bros. show when a performer, insisting he was part of the act, resisted removal from the main tent. An officer escorted the man out after a tense exchange while the clown recounted a prior experience in an Illinois city.
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Athens
King Bros. Circus
Illinois
Local Workers To Aid in Vet Hospital Event
Athens Red Cross volunteers will assist tours at the Chillicothe Veterans Administration Hospital on May 7 during National Hospital Week. Guided tours start at 10 a.m. with staff explaining departments. Ohio State University band performs in the afternoon and Arthur T. Fleming will speak at 4 p.m. Gray Ladies and local canteen volunteers help with refreshments.
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Athens Red Cross
Chillicothe Veterans Administration Hospital
Robert H. Marquis
H. H. Botts
Chillicothe
Ohio State University Activities Band
Arthur T. Fleming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Marquis
Athens
College Radio To Be Topic At Ohio State Institute
Vincent Jukes of Ohio University will be among 10 panelists at the 20th Ohio State University Institute for Education by Radio May 4 to 7. He and two government officials will discuss How 10 Watt FM Is Serving the Schools and Community during a May 7 session. The event concludes with a banquet featuring NBC commentator H. V. Kaltenborn.
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Vincent Jukes
Ohio University
Ohio State University Institute For Education
Ohio State University
Jukes
Ohio U
H. V. Kaltenborn
NBC
4-H Meetings Announced This Week by County Agent
Ross Wright announces two 4-H meetings this week. The first is Wednesday at 7:30 p m at Claire Ball’s home in Whitehall. The second is Thursday at 7:30 p m at Virgil Scott’s Willow Creek home.
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Ross Wright
Claire Ball
Whitehall
Willow Creek
Virgil Scott
International Day Called Key To World Peace At Athens Dinner
Ohio University Dean George Kabat urged international appreciation as a tool for peace at a Monday dinner in Athens hosted by the Athens County Council of Church Women. He listed ten actions including fact based speech, defending fellow humans, opposing hatred, and promoting education for intercultural understanding.
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George Kabat
Ohio University
College of Education
Kabat
Athens County Council of Church Women
Unesco
National Education Association
The
Council of Churches
George W. Starcher
University College
Chiau Beng Ng
Malaya
George Starcher
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Drell H. Goff
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Albert Johnson
Asphalt Tile
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Langel & van Dyke
Keystone
Roy E. Hawk & Co
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