Athens Plans May 16 Arm ed Forces Day Parade Speaker
The city of Athens outlines a fourth annual Arm ed Forces Day on Saturday May 16 with a morning parade led by the Athens American Legion color guard. George W. Trautman minor league baseball commissioner will speak at a noon luncheon at the Athens Country Club, limited to 125 tickets. The event includes military displays flyovers OU cadet units and arena exhibits with Navy aircraft and engines and Pershing Rifles exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Jack Sweeney
George W. Trautman
Athens American Legion
Ohio University Army and
Afrotc Corps
Athens Police
Joseph Grogan
Athens Country Club
Trautman
R. W. Finsterwald
William Rowland
Joseph Vanity, Jr
Joel Draper
Swearingen
Pershing
Rifles
Navy
OU Engineering Department
National Guard
Two Drivers Fined and Jailed by Local Judge
Judge Francis White arraigned two men on alcohol and DUI charges. George W. Whiteman 29 near Shade received 100 dollars and costs fine plus 30 days jail with driving rights suspended one year. leaving scene of an accident added another 30 days, both sentences suspended. Franklin Blackford Athens Route 4 pleaded guilty to drunken driving, fined 100 dollars and costs with 30 days jail and six month driving suspension, jail term suspended.
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Francis D. White
George W. Whiteman
Near Shade
Whiteman
Franklin Blackford
Athens Route 4
State Highway Patrol
Births and dismissals at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs John Arthur of Wellston along with names Grace Judson from Gloucester Roman Schultz of Cleveland and Susie Bell of Millfield. Dismissals note Mrs Frank Cone of Athens and Brenda Joyce Powell of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Arthur
Wellston
Grace Judson
Glouster
Roman Schultz
Cleveland
Susie Bell
Millfield
Frank Cone
Athens
Brenda Joyce Powell
Bad Check Charges Are Dismissed in Albany Mayor’s Court
Two charges of issuing worthless checks against Ernest A. McGrath of Albany Route 2 were dismissed for lack of prosecution. McGrath faced a $5 check charged by Ray Athens and a $10 check charged by Alex Guysville, but neither complainant prosecuted.
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Ernest A. McGrath
Albany
Route 2
McGrath
Ray
Athens
Alex Guysville
Dog Owner Fined For Run Violation
Bessie Schall of 15 Walker Street was fined five dollars with costs suspended by Mayor Peter B Seel after a charge filed by Merritt Hysell. The case cites a city ordinance violation related to allowing a dog to run at large.
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Bessie Schall
Walker St
Peter B. Seel
Merritt Hysell
Junior Class Tops AHS Honor Roll
Athens High School reports the junior class leads all three grades on the fifth-honor roll with 16.8 percent, ahead of seniors at 14.0 percent and sophomores at 15.2 percent. Principal Thomann announced final report cards will be distributed Thursday, June 4 instead of Wednesday, June 3.
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Athens High School
Thomann
Homores
Doris Hixenbaugh
Thelma Thomas
Anne Matson
Margaret Elliott
Bette Dowdell
Priscilla Oadis
Nancy Lee
Marilyn Jackson
Nancy Foster
Anne Goddard
Janet Hill
Barbara Nellis
Arthur Hawkins
Ralph Miller
Larry Williams
Jon Thackeray
Dennis White
Sheff Cutler
Shirley Brown
Sydney Clark
Nancy Ellis
Margene Gilson
Marilyn Morris
Nancy Rieel
Suzy Shepard
JoAnn Sylvester
Ichard Hall
Donald Lee
Robert Mathews
Richard Peters
Richard Slater
Keith White
Jane Barker
Beth Collins
Ann Gu Sonja Gura
Bett Hope
Karen Hunsicker
Areavndemes
Sue Stalder
Cynthia Wallace
Mary Lou Wichterman
Keith Bigley
John Cornwell
Bill Duckler
Danny Klingenberg
Ted Krauss
Mac Morrison
Gaige Paulsen
Phil Saunders
Jim Taylor
Ronald Williams
New Scout Troop Formed at Episcopal Church
A new Boy Scout troop was planned at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. James Markle outlined the formal organization to the troop committee, with Richard White as Scoutmaster and meetings set for Mondays at 7 p.m. in the parish hall. Founding committee members Howard McCall William Olpp John Webb and ten members were registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Kootaga
James Markle
Church Parish Hall
Richard Whitehouse
Howard McCall
William Olpp
John Webb
Paul Pugh
James Dean
Dick Taylor
James Fryer
Mike Dixon
Lowell Conant
James Burns
Ernie Conant
Gary King
James Taylor
Salvation Army Youth Gather in Athens Event
Over sixty young people attended a Salvation Army youth gathering in Athens hosted by the Torchbearer Club. Major Charles Dowdell welcomed attendees and introduced Joe Miller, Captain Howard Burr, and Captain Irving Cranston. Dowdell led devotions Burr gave the benediction and Bette Dowdell led games.
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Army
Salvation Army
Athens
Simael Spews
Marietta
Charles Dowdell
Joe Miller
Howard Burr
Irving Cranston
Lancaster
Dowdell
Burr
Bette Dowdell
Ernest Resser
Carl White
Sylvia Andrews
Lancaster and
AWOL Soldier Apprehended by City Police
City police detained John Richard Schall 26 of 15 Walker Street for AWOL from Ft. Lewis Washington. Schall said he had been absent four months and is held for the military police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richard Schall
Walker St
P. Awol
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Schall
Athens County Board of Education Sets Saturday Meeting
Regular monthly meeting of the Athens County Board of Education is scheduled Saturday at 7 30 in the county superintendent s office.
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Athens County Board of Education
Commissioners Vote on Court House Plum Balance
County commissioners Monday approved a $95.50 balance due for plum in the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plum
Court House
Gold Star Mothers List Being Formed in Athens
Athens County American Legion post forms a Gold Star mothers list from World Wars I II and the Korean War. Commander Paul Lewis asks for mothers names addresses sons names and death dates via postcards to American Legion Box 431 Athens.
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Athens
American Legion
Athens County
Paul Lewis
Lewis
OU Professor Wins Fulbright Study Grant
George Kerlin Park, a sociology instructor at Ohio University, will study in Norway for the 1953-54 academic year under a Doane appointment from the U S State Department. He will base at Oslo and Bergen, earning work toward his doctorate while researching northern Norway industrialization. Park, a Boston native and Yale and Chi Psi graduate, plans to depart in June with his wife and two sons. Dr Frederick D Kershner Jr returns to the history faculty after a Fulbright in Australia.
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George Kerlin Park
Ohio University
Norway
Doane
U. S. State Department
Park
Oslo
Bergen
Boston
Mass
Mitton
Yale University
University of Chi
Phi Beta Kappa
Frederick D. Kershner, Jr
Australia
Health Bill Change Topic discussed by Athens Health Board
Athens city county health department meeting weighed changing local ordinances for eating and drinking places to resemble the State Health Department rule. No action was taken pending further review. Local provisions include food handler examinations and restaurant grading. state law does not. Board members present were Dr Blaine R Goldsberry president Harry Henry A W Brandeberry Dr J M Goodman. Also attending were Dr H G Southard health commissioner and Mrs Bicknell Foraker clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Athens City County Health Department
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Sident
Harry Henry
A. W. Randeberry
J. M. Goodman
H. G. Southard
Bicknell Foraker
YMCA Drive Reports Progress in Athens Campaign
A total of 721 dollars has been raised in the Athens YMCA membership drive, announced by drive chairman Rev. Edward D. Brandeberry. Board members presented progress reports at a noon luncheon at the Elms Restaurant. A second report meeting is set for noon Monday to publish results of club campaigns led by the parents' committee headed by Mrs. Robert Markham and Herbert K. Bumpass. The drive has a 1800 dollar goal and closes May 13.
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Athens
Edward D. Brandeberry
YMCA
Elms
Robert Markham
Herbert K. Bumpass
Collision on E Washington Street Involves Vaughn and Brown
City police reported a two car crash on E Washington Street near Court. Driver Harry Vaughn age 31 of 19 Euclid Drive backed from a parking space into the rear of a vehicle operated by W Brown age 39 along Athens Route.
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E. Washington St
Court
Harry Vaughn
Euclid Drive
W. Brown
Athens
Mrs Hopkins Dies at 71 in Athens Rites Set Saturday
Mrs George W Hopkins, 71, of 14 Elmwood Place, died Wednesday after a six month illness. Born in Athens County, she taught in Athens County schools, ran several family businesses, and was active in the First Methodist Church and Alpha Xi Delta. Survived by husband, a brother Dean Crossen, and two sisters. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home, burial in West Union Street Mausoleum. Flowers omitted per family request.
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George W. Hopkins
Elmwood Place
Athens County
Charlies F
Nora Oxley Crossen
Hopkins
Ohio University
First Methodist Church
Thursday Bridge Club
Alpha Xj Delta Sorority
Dean Crossen
Canton
Sters
Vivian Vorhes
Athens
Connie Davis
San Francisco
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes Funeral Home
John M. Versteeg
West Union Street Mausoleum
Glouster Man Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary
William Smith of Glouster, previously placed on probation in 1949 for breaking and entering, was sentenced Wednesday to the Ohio Penitentiary. Indicted for entering Boy Scout Troop 72’s home and stealing a radio, he was also accused of drawing a gun on a brother in law and possessing metal knuckles. Sheriff Bateman reported the arrest followed that incident, with Judge Francis D. te imposing the sentence.
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Ohio
William Smith
Boy Scout Troop 72
George Bateman
Smith
Francis D. Te
Masons Plan Award Event Honors 50-Year Mason
A past grand master will be welcomed and Merrill M. Kerr of Athens will receive a 50-year member medal at a Masonic Temple ceremony planned by Paramathiage 25, F and AM. Kerr, the 11th living member of the club, became a Mason in 1903 and ran a hardware business for 52 years before retiring last year. William R. Pringle of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and former grand master, will speak after a 6:15 PM dinner following a Master Mason degree for new candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Paramathiage
F&am
Merrill M. Kerr
Gallipolis
William R. Pringle
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Patrol Investigates Two Traffic Accidents on Route 682
State Highway Patrolmen investigated two crashes on Route 682 Wednesday night. Harry Miller, 26, of Athens Route 5, drove off the highway and hit a utility pole about 11 p.m. no injuries. The other driver fled after striking a highway marker on Route 682 near Route 33 at 10 p.m. and remains unidentified.
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Harry Miller
Athens
Miller
Traffic fine levied on Mt Pocono man for stop sign violation
Harold Shamyer, 24, Mt Pocono, Pa., was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Peter B. Lee on a charge of failing to observe a stop sign, according to the State Police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Shamyer
Mt. Pocono
Peter B. Lee
State Highway Patrol
Boat Recovered After Bureau Notice Leads to Arrests
Deputy Bernard Porter spotted a BCI report mentioning three men near Reedsville with an expensive boat. The boat matched a theft from Wallace Glenn’s cottage near Hockingport. With Deputies Joyce and Sheriff Russell, they recovered the painted craft at the Sanders farm and charged Monte Sanders Russellohan and a juvenile for breaking and entering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Bernard Porter
BCI
Char
Les Russell
Meigs County
Reedsville
Wallace Glenn
Hockingport
Frank Joyce
Glenn
Porter
Russell
Sanders
Monte Sanders
Russellohan
George Bateman
Columbus
Sanders Barn
Slated for Korean Duty Capt Vernon E Greene to Korea
Captain Vernon E. Greene Army ROTC Infantry instructor at Ohio University receives orders for reassignment with the Eighth Army in Korea. He will attend Air-Ground Operations School at Southern Pines before leaving in August. A Concord College graduate, Greene has 19 years of active duty including WWII service, with Silver Star among decorations. He is advisor to Pershing Rifle Co F 1 at OU and plans a master's in school administration. He lives with wife and daughter at 14 Ohio Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon E. Greene
Ohio University
Eighth Army
Korea
Air Force
Southern Pines
N. C
Concord College
Athens
W. Va
Greene
Pershing Rifle Co
Ohio Ave
River Rises on Hocking River After Rainfall
The Hocking River rose to 5.5 feet today after another .55 inch of rain. U.S. observer C. L. Colmer reported the measurement. Thursday morning’s 9 a.m. temperature was five degrees above the early low, with a high of 74.5 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Rome School Plans Pageant for Sesquicentennial
A pageant marking Ohio s 150th anniversary will occur Friday night at Rome Canaan School directed by Mrs Pauline Heft with Shirley Gregg and Raymey Ogg. Seventh and eighth graders perform original skits with help from fourth and fifth grades. Exhibits open at 7 30 pm and the program starts at 8 00 pm. Over 100 pupils participate in The Land of Can Do.
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Armed Forces
Harper Pendry
Clarke Daily
John K. Graham
J. B. Grogan
Rauseell W. Finsterwald
Harper
Black Label Beer
Widmer
Chico
E. State St
G. Rowland
Mgr
Assas
Te Eoene
Wolfe Hardware
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Gold Star
Masons Plan
Patrol
Roger Dean's Steering Headquarters
Roger
White House
Goodyear
Rome
RaAdBake
Coronati
Revere Ware
General Electric
Westinghouse
Kerr-Hunter Hardware CO
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