State Resources Board Tour Highlights Ohio Conservancy Sites
The State Resources Board toured Southeastern Ohio conservation sites led by Stanton of the Department of Natural Resources and aides. Attendees visited Lake Hope Burr Oak and planned further stops at Hocking Forest facilities as part of a preservation tour joined by university and agricultural officials. The visit precedes a summer safety drive urging motorists to slow down and live during Memorial Day to Labor Day travel.
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Qos Amaras Nes
Ohio
Conservancy
Stanton
Department of ‘Natural Resources
James Wells
Irving I. ‘Dicks Fan
Division’ of Forestry
Lake Hope
Waterloo Forest
Burr Oak
Department of Highway’ Safety
Frank J. Lausche
Iunn Lake
Zaleski State Park
Lake Logan
Forked Run Lake
Veto Lake
White
Alma
Wana Trame
Lausche
National Conference of State Safety Coordinators
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
District of Soimbia
Co. Feity
Summer Band Teaching Set For Schools
Beginning instruction on various band instruments will be offered this summer to all Sinn Athens public schools students. The program includes one practice lesson and a beginning band rehearsal each week at night, with June start. Officials say summer is not ideal, but pupils starting in June should be ready to join the inner high school band in September. Reading and enrollment are ongoing at various city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varus
Athens
al India
Leary
Junior High Talent Seen In Assembly
The Junior High School presented an assembly of entertainment in the high school auditorium Friday. Richard Life shared experiences at Camp Arrowhead near Jackson as a preface to summer comic activities. Two student written and directed skits featured teen challenges and a courtroom scene where a biology teacher is convicted of murdering frogs, followed by a trampling act by George Riser’s class and gymnasts including Brent Cornwell and others.
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Richard Life
Camp Arrowhead
Jackson
Jane Reer
Jill Gaston
Judy Hill
Jim Hughes
Lee ‘Ann Rose
Wally Boden
Beverly Hoskins
Donna ‘Shay
Sharon Downard
Frank Hanson
Bill McCammon
George Riser
Brent Cornwell
Leslie Cornwell
John Simpkins
Tom Evans
Ralph Hooper Dies at 74 in Columbus
Ralph Wakeman Hooper 74 died Thursday at his home 320 Jenkins Ave Columbus He was born in Athens County and lived in Columbus 41 years An engineer since 1910 he retired from the C and O Railroad in 1942 He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Surviving are his wife daughter Columbus two brothers Bert Hooper Athens and John Hooper Poca W Va a sister Mrs Lula Carmichael Knoxville Tenn Funeral services set for 10 am Monday at Woodyard Funeral Home Columbus with viewing after noon Saturday Grave side services and burial Monday at West Street Cemetery Columbus
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Ralph Wakeman Hooper
Jenkins Ave
Columbus
Hooper
Athens County
C Andy Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Inifred
Lumbus
Bert Hooper
Athens
John Hooper
Poca
W.va
Lula Carmichael
Knoxville
Tenn
Jury Visits Crash Scene in $13,600 Suit
Jury tours crash site near Carbon Hill to view evidence before testimony in a $13,600 personal injury case. Lena Lash White of Columbus died from injuries in a traffic crash linked to Thomas Lax of Nelsonville, who is sued by J Carmel Johnston for injuries and property loss. Survivors include her mother and two sisters. funeral arrangements are announced.
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Common Eras
Carbon Hill
Lena Lash White
Deming Ave
Columbus
Mount
J. Carmel Hospital
G. Johnston
Nelsonville
Thomas Lax
Athens County
Johnston
Lax
First Presbyterian Church
Athens
Jesse J. White
Jerry C. Lash
J.C. Lash
W. R. Cable
R. L. Thomas
San
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
Roger M. Rice, Jr
Hebiardville
Payment Is Asked AmEaViLise-two Ames Bern Leaders in 1953 Tests
A petition for payment of $204.73 has been filed in Common Pleas Court by Nelsonville Foundry and Machine Co. against Wilkinson Coal Corp. listing Freddie Wallbrown, a junior, as first in his division in American Pleas Court. Olan Le Koehler, a senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. Eagar L Koerner, placed 12th in the state in Senior Social Studies, marking his fourth state honor in history. Kay White, a sophomore, received honorable mention in World History for her division this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames-Bern
Freddie Wallbrown
Brown
American Pleas Court
Nelsonville Tory
Foundry and Machine Co
Wilkinson Coal Corp
Materialr
Olan le Koehler
Eagar L. Koerner
AmesBern
Kay White
Friday Weather Report and Temperature Rise Note
A fragment notes warmer Friday with a thermometer at 66 degrees at 9 am. It mentions Hamley Run Station with a 12 degree rise from the early morning low and references Thursday's high. The text is incomplete about the full forecast.
Suit Filed Over Car Crash In Meigs County
Owens sues Milton Ashworth for 394.95 claiming Ashworth negligent in operating a truck that struck Owens’ car May 26 1953 on Barwallow Road three miles from Burlingham. Court action in Common Pleas Court. Cross appeals for home furnishings for an elderly man burned out last month. donations urged, contact Miss Church at 31183.
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Meigs County
Common Pleas
Owens
Milton Ashworth
Ashworth
Barwallow Road
Burlingham
Mea Cross
Christian Church
Ares
Miss Church
Real Estate Transfers Across Athens County and Surrounding Townships
A series of real estate transfers are recorded involving residents of Athens County and nearby townships. Names include Dale Sapp, George Gabriel Jr, Walter McHarg, Donald H. Allen, Goldie Allen, Elsie Cochran, Henry Lemmer, Rudolph De Steimmeyer, Curtis E. Kalen, Paul Culver, Emmett Culver, George Culver, Sunnyhill Coal Co, Cecil Boner, Nuzum, William Pallrod, Homer Eli, Lumphill Coat Sales Co, The C D Shaler Co, Odelle Stover, John Bolen, John R. Kelley, Fred D. Hamblin, Dennis Roberts, Morman, Simon Wesley Layton, Glennie, Morris Canaan, Kenneth Gene Cowdry, Garnet Griffin, David Hook, and York Township Trustees. Transactions cover numerous tracts and parcels in Athens Township, Waterloo, The Plains, Nelsonville, Trimble, and Canaan with multiple transfers recorded in route and township real estate listings.
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Dale Sapp
Athens
Bart & Oates
Seni ‘Estate
Athenis Township
George Gabriel, Jr
Athens County
Walter McHarg
Athe
Stone
Aur
Donald H. Allen
Goldie Alten
Chauncey
Elsie Cochran
Henry Lemmer
Kalamasco
Mich
Waterloo
Joseph Bridgewater
Athens Township
Curtis E. Kalen
Athens ‘Township
Paul Culver
George Te Culver
the Plains
Emmett Culver
Clinton
George L- Culver
Paul Culvers
Athens ‘Town Mb
Sunnyhill Coal Co
Cecil Bbner
Millfield
Bover
Bilton Nuzum
Willlam, Pallrod
Homer
Lumphill Coat Sales Co
Alexander
the C.D. Shaler Co
Odelle Stover
Real Tate
John Bolen
John R. Kelley
Real State
Fred D. Hambll
Athens. Co
Dennis Roberts
Marsafiel
Giouster Hiarian ‘Butcher
Helen Butcher
Circle
Dover
May 'Morman
Nelsonville
John’ Morman
Simon Wesley Layton
Marietta
Frank Parson Stewart
Bern
Three Drivers Fined After Auto Crashes
A State highway patrol report details three drivers fined after traffic crashes and a fourth cited for crossing the center line. Individuals named include Andrew Berardinelli Jr of Wheeling cited for no license plates. fines range from $10 to $30 plus costs.
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Court of Justice of the Peace
T. F. Cecil
Coalville
Andrew Berardinelli, Jr
Wheeling
W. Va
Divorce Petition Filed in Common Frees Court Over Missing Spouse
Deen Sheets sues Lula May Sheets in Greenup Kansas alleging separation since Oct 13 1953. The couple married Oct 10 1911 in Greenup and have no children. Narrative mentions absence and nonreturn, while Scout Troops 54 and 56 held a swimming and skating party at Ohio University Natatorium.
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Grose
Common Frees Court
Deen
Greenup
Ohio University Natatorium
OU Professor Awarded Economics Fellowship
Dr. R. H. Gusteson of Ohio University government section is named one of 30 outstanding economics teachers chosen for the In-Action Economics Fellowship. The program runs June 19 to July 29 at Mt Case Institute of Technology with Republic Steel Corp sponsorship covering travel, tuition, board, and lodging for study of national economic issues and industrial management. Ernest A. Furrer, director, notes the aim.
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Cleveland
R. H. Gusteson
Ohio University
Mt Case Institute of Technology
Republic Steel Corp
Ernest A. Furrer
Widow Mrs Carnie Hunt Died At daughter's Rutland Home
Mrs Carnie Hunt widow of Lewis Hunt of Langville died Thursday at her daughter Mrs Rex Edmundson's home in Columbus. She had lived with her daughter since her husband’s death. Arrangements are being completed by the Chase Funeral Home of Rutland.
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Rutland
Carnie Hunt
Lewis Hunt
Langville
Rex Edmundson
Columbus
Attendance soars at county and district cage tourneys
Schools' play draws over twenty one thousand fans with Athens County leading attendances. County tournaments show 21080 attendees and receipts. Class B games outdrew Class A, with county, district, and state playoff figures detailed. Revenue funds tournament costs and trophies. excess shared among nine county teams.
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Gnio Universty
Rene
Ign
Onion High Schoo Athletic
Athos County
Shenson
TC County
Schoor Spokemans
Athens County
Perry County
Janesville
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Morgan
Athens
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State Resources Board Siow
Hocking Forest
Pen- University
University of Cincinnati
Bryce C. Browning
Muskingum Conservency New
Philadelphia
Milton Ronsheim
Cadiz
Fother
Swearingen Sporting Goods Johnson Fa Howe von Dependasiiry
Ralph Hooper
Ames
Commonwealth Telephone Co. OF
Sheltering Arms Hospital
and? Mell
Glouster
Dorothy Parker
Margaret Locke
Gwen Harvey
Trimble
William M. Johnson
Mabel Forbes
Nancy Dean
Sinclair Roowerx
George L. Smith
Sinclair Products
Garnet Griffin
Colville
York Township
David Hook
Hana M. Standley
George D. Jeffers
Donald W. Standley
Costa
Nellie McClelland
Kathleen McClelland
Richland
Elmer
D. Shrout
Goldie M. Duskey
York
Ruth L. “Duskey
Ernest “Grimm
Billie Jean North
Jacksonville
Herman A. Lanning
Bill Decker
Nelson ii
Charles Hitchings
Josie Graham
Ghester A. Morris
Ruth B. Stratton
Fannie Bailey
Evelyn L. Meurer
Francis A.” Ravelle
Guy Allen’ Radcliff
Jesse Gilkey
Albany
Walter H. Hampton
Elmer Poston
Clinton S. Poston
Mary G. Poston
Barnsville
Laat
Mary E. Covert
Elmer Jones
Athen
Ida Carter
Ada Tolliver
Delbert Neal
Waterlon
Henry Loeffler
William A. Lafollette
James C. Dickson
Joseph Weber
Albbany
Charles Kestival
Stephen Charney
Henry Mackey
Edward Kutta
Sara W. Willis
Walter D. Hill
Glouste
John S. Cassaubon
Franklin Ave
Langsville
Heally
Plymouth
Cranbrook
Chevrolet
Buckeye Cafeteria
Studebaker
FORD
Kain
America
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Velow
Mon.-Thur
Mathews
Goodyear
Olyses
Fou Bev
Cross Bros
Aluminum
C. E. Schuster and Sons
Hox
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East Washington St
Federal Home Loan Bank
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