Hessler to Speak at Athens Board of Trade Meeting
William H. Hessler Cincinnati foreign news analyst to address Athens Board of Trade at Hotel Berry on Tuesday May 22 with a 6 30 p m dinner. Born in Connersville Ind he studied at Ohio Wesleyan Illinois Madrid Dubuque Navy editor and foreign policy writer with service on USS Enterprise Independence and Washington and a World Front panel member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hessler
Cincinnati
Athens Board of Trade
Harper C. Pendry
Berry
Connersville
Ind
Hessler
Ohio Wesleyan University
University of Ilinois
University of Madrid
University of Dubuque
Bombay
India
Navy
Cincinnati Enquirer
Robert Davison
Matthias Gardner
Pacific
Luzon
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Enterprise
Independence
Washington
Pearl Harbor
WLW
NBC
Cincinnati Foreign Policy Association
KIWANIANS PREPARE WEST SIDE SITE FOR PLAYGROUN
The Athens Kiwanis Club starts work on a five acre West Side playground between S Shafer Street and the Hocking River. Richard Banks says baseball diamond, volleyball courts, horseshoes, and playground equipment will be added under city recreation supervision, with initial work funded by Kiwanis and aided by city and sponsors.
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Harry Lackey
Y Recreation
Richard P. Banks
Haywood Boles
Athens Kiwanis Club
Messenger Newsphoto
S. Shafer St
Hocking River
Robert Neal
Florist
Banks
West Side
Bands To Play Armed Forces Day
Eleven bands will be included in Athens Armed Forces Day parade. Ohio University band plus high school units from Athens Albany Buchtel-York Chauncey-Dover Haydenville Murray City Pomeroy Rome-Canaan The Plains and Starr-Washington will participate. Maj Gen Clift Andrus of the Second Army will give the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Glenn H. Gardner
Ohio University
Albany
Buchtel-York
Chauncey- Dover
Haydenville
Murray City
Pomeroy
Rome-Canaan
the Plains
Starr-Washington
Gardner
Clift Andrus
Second Army
Vocalists In State Finals Saturday
Fourteen Athens High School students Saturday will participate in the state finals for vocal solo and ensemble groups at Otterbein College Westerville. These groups along with the high school band orchestra and boys' and girls' clubs were rated superior in the district music contest qualifying them to perform in the final event. Solo numbers will be sung by Dawna Bulloch Suvanne Sherard Wendell Fryer and Jim Dilley. Girls' ensemble members include Dawna Bulloch Eileen Ahart Virginia Huffman Patricia Josten Martina Josten Diana Roach Barbara Wagner Annamae Houx and Katie Carpenter. The boys' quartet features Charlie Atkinson Jim Dilley Wendell Fryer and Dick Barker with accompanists Martha Dee Morrison Barbara Williams and Mrs Katherine Millikan.
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Athens High School
Otterbein College
Westerville
W. C. Fingerhut
Dawna Bulloch
Suvanne Sherard
Wendell Fryer
Jim Dilley
Eileen Ahart
Virginia Huffman
Patricia Josten
Martina Josten
Diana Roach
Barbara Wagner
Annamae Houx
Katie Carpenter
Charlie Atkinson
Dick Barker
Martha Dee Morrison
Barbara Williams
Katherine Millikan
Shade High Exercises Start Tonight
Shade High School marks the start of graduation activities with class night Friday led by Charles Hanning and featuring Bill Covington Verle Smith Geoffrey Wilson Freddie Jones and Betty Smith The senior band and Quintet provide music The baccalaureate Sunday evening is conducted by Rev Earl Cowen with Betty Young Colleen Hayes Juanita Story as salutatorians and Girls Chorus performing two songs at each exercise
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Shade High School
Shade
Earl Cowen
Charles Hanning
Bill Covington
Verle Smith
Geoffrey Wilson
Freddie Jones
Betty Smith
Betty Young
Colleen Hayes
Juanita Story
Bowmaster Rites Saturday for Everett Bowmaster
Everett L Bowmaster 53 of 72% W Union St died Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a three month illness Born in Grafton West Virginia he had lived in Athens three years and worked for eight months at Masonic Temple Co Survived by wife Mabel a son Franklin E of Marietta Ohio and sister Mrs R V Ridenour of Marietta Ga Friends may call after 7 p m Friday at Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home services Saturday 2 30 am Rev Fred Luchs burial West Union Street Cemetery
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Everett L. Bowmaster
W. Union
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Grafton
W. Va
Bowmaster
Athens
Masonic Temple Co
Mabel
Franklin E
Marietta
Ohio
R. V. Ridenour
Dowler-Ferguson-Hugh's
Fred Luchs
Withurial
West Union Street
Rosary Re cited for Beatrice Devitt McGraw at Jagers
The Altar and Rosary Society of St Pauls Catholic Church will recite the Rosary Friday at p m at Jagers funeral home for Beatrice Devitt McGraw 88 who died Thursday at her home 94 Franklin Ave It had been mistakenly reported that Holy Name Society would offer prayers
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Altar and Rosary Society
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Jagers
Beatrice Devitt McGraw
Franklin Ave
Holy Name Society
4 H Clubs Schedule Friday Meeting at Harold Morris Home
Pleasant Valley Go-Getters and Chase Merrymakers 4-H Clubs will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at Harold Morris's home. The announcement identified the time and location and noted the hosts for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Go-Getters
Chase Merrymakers
Harold Morris
Area Students Named in OU Honors Convocation Friday
Ohio University recognized about 1050 students for high scholastic and other honors during the Honors and Awards Day convocation held Friday as part of Mothers Weekend. honors spanned freshmen through graduate students, with many area students listed among top ranks and recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ira Robinson Dies Thursday at 69 in Coolville
Ira Oscar Robinson, 69, died Thursday morning at his home near Guysville after a Caldwell, West Virginia birth. He lived 47 years in the area and is survived by sister Bessie Robinson and brothers Dalton of Sharon Center and Lawrence of Akron. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Carthage Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence.
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Coolville
tIra
Oscar Robinson
Guysville
Caldwell
W. Va
Robinson
Bessie Robinson
Dalton
Sharon Center
Lawrence
Akron
Carthage Church
Scouts Passed For Promotion In Athens Board Review
Athens Boy Scout Board of Review met at First Methodist Church to approve promotions and merit badges for local scouts. Wal ter P Porter presided. Troop S36 members Dixon Milligan Parry advanced to second class. Troop 57 members Taylor Taylor Moore and Kabat advanced or earned badges in chemistry hiking citizenship and pathfinding. Kabat has passed eagle tests and will be reviewed next.
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Athens
Boy Scout Board of Review
First Methodist
Walter P. Porter
Bobby Dixon
Paul Milligan
Leslie Parry
Tenderfoot
James Taylor
James Moore
Tenderfeot
George Kabat
Kabat
Births and admits at Shelterinq Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list twin daughters for Mr and Mrs Wade Poffenbarger of Athens and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Emory Allen Jr of Athens. Admissions include Victor Goedicke and Wilbert Tippie of Athens, Mrs Flo Henry of Glouster, and several Athens residents with accompanying spouses and families.
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Wade Poffenbarger
Athens
Emory Allen, Jr
Victor Goedicke
Flo Henry
Glouster
William David Moody
Rossiyn Kay Sevrell
Albany
Robert Cooley
Merrill Riggle
Ernest Lambert
William Powell
the Plains
Frances Baker
Wilbert Tippie
Maxine West
Lillian Cokenougher
Bertha Guess
Frost
Dannie Weber
Mary Ann Phillips
Athena
Albany Youth To Be Paroled From Pen
Wayne Martin a 19 year old Albany youth to be paroled from the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield on June 20 AP reported Martin was indicted by the May 1950 grand jury and sentenced in June after an examination at the Lima State Hospital
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Wayne Martin
Albany
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Associated Press
Martin
Lima State Hospital
Electrical Storms Damage Utilities in Athens County
A series of electrical storms Thursday night into Friday morning disrupted electrical and telephone service across Athens County. One Hastings Addition home, the Ray Chapman residence, was struck by lightning causing extensive interior damage but no injuries. A tree blocking Route 50 near Hebbardsville halted traffic and substation outages affected The Plains area. Utilities reported primary lines down, transformers burned, and widespread outages with restoration to occur by evening. Rain totals reached 1.31 inches with the Hocking River rising to 4.6 feet as temperatures ranged from 58 to 80 degrees.
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Athens
Hebbardsville
Hocking
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Albany
Plains
New Marshfield Road
Athens Home Telephone Co
Ray Chapman
Hastings
State Highway Department
Two Ohio Univ Students Fined After Thursday Fight
Two of six Ohio University students arrested after a Thursday 3:30 am fight on Court and W Union streets were arraigned in Mayor Mickle's court. John Kremin and William Gillette pleaded guilty to fighting, each fined 15 dollars plus costs. A third student, Robert Whitworth, faces charges of resisting an officer and disorderly conduct, pled innocent, free on bond, seeking grand jury binding and jury trial. The remaining three cases were continued.
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Ohio University
Whitworth
Mickle
James Beate
David H. Speaker
E. State St
Elbert N. Phillips
Kern St
Athens business deals shift ownership in town firms
Jamey E. McMullen of Athens buys Maple Distributing Co. from Russell Maple, with Maple then acquiring Duncan grocery from the Duncan family. Maple Distributing handles candy and potato chips in Athens plus Glouster and Nelsonville. The Duncan grocery change follows Maple’s year of ownership of the distributing firm. The South McMullen station remains under operation with no immediate plans for change.
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Athens
Jamey E. McMullen
Maple Distributing Co
Russell Maple
Maple
Duncan Grocery
McMullen
W. Congress
W. Union
Glouster
Nelsonville
George Duncan
Inhalator Squad Responds As Man Taken To Hospital
A man tentatively identified as Robert Max McGill of Coolville Route 2 was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital at noon Friday after the Athens Fire Department inhalator squad revived him. The car was found unconscious on F State St and moved to a driveway. Nature of his condition was not immediately known. A $5 fine and costs were levied Thursday against William John Abraham of West Union Street for trespassing on the Athens State Hospital Grounds, charged by special deputy Wilford Hawkins and heard by Mayor W. P. Mickle.
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Robert Max McGill
Coolville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens Fire Department
F. State St
William John Abraham
Union St
Athens State Hospital
Wilford Hawkins
W. P. Mickle
Man 20 Fined For Speeding On Mill Street
Fred H. McKaig of 88 FE State St pleaded guilty to speeding on Mill Street where the limit is 25 mph. He was fined $10 with costs suspended after the Thursday plea. Police recorded a speed of 40 mph.
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Fred H. McKaig
State St
MccKaig
Mill St
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Charles Donaldson
H. O. Wagner
L. A. Hamilton
C. J. Jiiden
Ralph Straw
Kenneth Jones
Swanson
FOOD
MDC & Facie Tha CO
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Ann Rone Sala
Atin
Mother
Shade High
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Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
John Milar
Westfield
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Irwin
Dorothy Narther
Dayton
Nancy Read
Lakewood
Ruthann Bush
Robert Triplett
Sistersville
Richard Garrick
Millard
Youngstown
Stu
Ohio University Fund
Wallace L. LaBin
Joan E. Vance
Women's League
Margaret K. Scott
Nancie R. Cornell
Wheeling
Margaret Scott
Carolyn J. Herbert
April Kinse
John Miss Scott
Alpha Delta Pi
Miss Herbert
Alpha Lambda Delta
Sigma Alpha Iota
Ruth Carol Nessiey
Men's Union
Angelou W. Aadam
Elroy J. Inchalik
Robert L. Tipton
All of
Joan Vance
Mortar Board
Athens Area
Charles M. Frank
Jo Ellen Goddard
Elizabeth L. Robe
Iva J. Vance
Craelyn J. Herbert
Elroy J. Inchatik
Rutland
Dorothy L. Brandeberry
David E. Jackson
William C. Miller
Julian F. Wagner
Gallipoli
Charles G. Cecil
Corning
Lloyd D. Gibbons
William H. Barton
Carl E. Knox
Mer Arthur
David €. Miller
Dorothy J. C. Corcoran
Ira Robinson
Boger Lean
Roger Dean's
Hager Lean
Athens County
Richard McClung
Harold Shields
Dr. E. A
Schaeker
Mason
West
Ginia
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Speeder
Buckeye Cafeteria
Peter
the Mutual
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Athens, Ohio
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Athens Aerie
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