Honoraries at OU discussed by senior class leader
Daniel Wertman, Ohio University senior class president, proposed a point-rating system to govern membership selection for campus honoraries Blue Key J Club and Torch. He warned current methods rely on favors and hat draws. President Dr Herman James urged the class to consider the role of graduates. The convocation featured student performances and plans for social events.
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Daniel Wertman
Lakewood
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Herman G. James
University
Athens
Mortar Board
Ruth Houf
Martha Jones
Mary Elizabeth Lasher
Sara Parks
Roberta Margaret Schwartzel
Cincinnati
Dora Funari
Ragland
Esther Givertz
Cleveland
Marjorie Gottlieb
New York
Geraldine
Torch
Wertman
Cornelius March
Alien R. Kresge
Jeanne Pace
Janet Stratemeyer
Helen Louise Schmidt
Alt Wien
AAUW
Irma Voigt
Start Cub Course For Poston Troop 67 May 24
The first session of the Poston Cub training course will be at the Community House on Wednesday May 24 at 7 30 p m. The course links with Boy Scout Troop 67.
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Boy Scout Troop 67
Diploma designs showcase 39 class graduates signature duty
The Athens County Schools superintendent signs 262 diplomas for the Classes of 39 high schools. Board president and clerk plus the principal must sign. Waterloo and Rome lead with 35 graduates each. Modern diplomas feature booklet formats, suede covers, and school colors like Jacksonville Trimble red and white. Waterloo bound in black leather resembling a billfold.
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J. Taylor
F. J. Taylor
Athens County
Waterloo
Rome
Jacksonville-Trimble
Waterloo High
Clothe the Needy Campaign Draws Community Support
A joint effort by Athens church groups, the Athens County Juvenile Court, Ohio University Sociology, and campus groups aims to collect donated clothes and recreation gear tomorrow. Residents are asked to leave names and addresses by calling a listed number. a car will pick up the items on Wednesday for distribution through the Probate Judge and Juvenile Court.
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Athens
Athens County Juvenile Court
Ohio University Sociology Department
Athens County
Francis White
University Sociology Department
Methodist
Presbyterian and
Christian
American Student Union
Alpha Kappa Delta
Interfraternity Council
County approves funds to aid tuberculosis patients
The Athens County Commissioners allocate 200 for treatment of two tubercular residents. William Bescoe, seven, of Millfield, will be sent to Mt. Vernon Sanatorium, and Clarence Skinner, 29, of Trimble, will be treated at Franklin County Hospital. The action follows a request from county health nurses.
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Athens County
William Bescoe
Millfield
Mt. Vernon
Clarence Skinner
Trimble
Franklin County Hospital
Speeder Fined Five Dollars for Speeding on East State Street
Monty Gaston of Dayton was arrested by Officer Carman Church for speeding on East State Street and fined five dollars by Mayor Cliff Cornell. In the past five days ten people were fined one dollar each for overtime parking in the business district.
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Monty Gaston
Dayton
Form Club at Buchtel Girls 4-H Organizes New Group
A new girls 4-H Club is organized at Buchtel with 14 members. The first project focuses on sewing for beginners. Officers include Mary Lou Murphy president Ora Pauline Pierce vice president Doris Graham secretary Georgianna Conley treasurer Betty Turner recreation leader with Mrs George Snowden as club adviser. Meetings are Wednesdays at 6 45 p m at the advisor s home.
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Buchtel
Mary Lou Murphy
Ora Pauline Pierce
Doris Graham
Georgianna Conley
Betty Turner
George Snowden
Pocahontas Degree Benefit Party in Pocahontas Hall
The Degree of Pocahontas sponsors a regular weekly benefit party in Pocahontas Hall on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Proceeds support the lodge activities and community aid.
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Nelsonville
No Need to Pity Oyster Says Australian Expert
Sydney reports T Ireland Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society and Conchologist of the Australian Museum states a live oyster could be cut into fifty parts and would feel no pain. He argues against pitying oysters based on this claim.
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Sydney
Australia
T. Ireland
Royal Zoological Society
Australian Museum
Ireland
The Wasp's Nest at Athens High School
Athens High School presents The Wasp's Nest, a senior class play featuring a hero, ghosts, and gangsters in a haunted house scenario. Final dress rehearsal completed with lights and sound effects in place for Wednesday night curtain.
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Athens
Gerald Ramsey
Marjorie Mohler
Juanita McGrath
Gerald Tate
Warren Cooper
Elizabeth Wood
Young Racers Set Records At 1939 Scooter Carnival
At Lorene Ave Speedway yesterday afternoon the fourteenth annual Scooter Carnival saw 1939 racing models compete from hopping pushmobiles to streamlined bicycles. Ohio University Physical Education Department sponsored event directed by O B Relyea with judges and assistants. Mayor Cliff Cornell distributed awards to numerous winners across scooter, wagon, bicycle and roller skating events.
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Lorene Ave
Physical
Edu
John Mizicko
Paul DeTurk
Cliff Cornell
Jimmy Edwards
Henry Cass
Dick Garrett
Ralph White
Barbara Allen
Marjorie Johnson
Winford Dixon
Earl Funk
David Potter
Dick McKinstry
Dick Shafer
Elmer Finsterwald
Bob Hawk
Nancy Smith
Marguerite Bartlett
To Sing at School Friday by Athens Junior High Glee Club
The Athens Junior High School Girls Glee Club will perform a cantata The Frost King's Daughter Friday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium under Miss Clara Kuenzli music supervisor. Ruth Mason will accompany. The 44 singers include Betty Jane Harris Patricia Connor Mary Ellen King Mary Coury Marjorie Bardin Virginia Cubbison Hattie Lou Grones Martha Caskey Jennie Sue Rousey Anna Belle Houck Betty Lee McCaskill Dorothy Pearson Ann Dilley Joanne Armstrong Joanne Stewart Joanne Murphy Martha Isbell Cottingham Betty Yaw Lois Dixon Martha Lou Dowler Carr Baird Mary Ellen Chadwick Yvonne Lemoine Betty Griswold Shirley Cavanaugh Evelyn Bartlett Wanda Quest Ruth Alice Wright Luella Powell Gene Kissner Ruth Gentry Mary Parestides Louise Mason Jean Lowe Betty Wyckoff Frances Noble Alice Linscott Virginia Sprague Harriet Heck Joan Seaman Grace Chism Sylvia Schuler Sue Coury Ruth Ann Grover.
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Athens Junior High School Girls’ Glee Club
Frost King
Clara Kuenzli
Ruth Mason
Betty Jane Harris
Patricia Connor
Mary Ellen King
Mary Coury
Marjorie Bardin
Virginia Cubbison
Hattie Lou Grones
Martha Caskey
Jennie Sue Rousey
Anna Belle Houck
Betty Lee McCaskill
Dorothy Pearson
Ann Dilley
Joanne Armstrong
Joanne Stewart
Joanne Murphy
Martha Isbell Cottingham
Betty Yaw
Lois Dixon
Martha Lou Dowler
Cayr! Baird
Mary Ellen Chadwick
Yvonne Lemoine
Betty Griswold
Shirley Cavanaugh
Evelyn Bartlett
Wanda Quest
Ruth Alice Wright
Luella Powell
Gene Kissner
Ruth Gentry
Mary Parestides
Louise Mason
Jean Lowe
Betty Wyckoff
Frances Noble
Alice Linscott
Virginia Sprague
Harriet Heck
Joan Seaman
Grace Chism
Sylvia Schuler
Sue Coury
Ruth Ann Grover
Athens Sees Thundershowers Delayed Amid Heat Wave
Athens remains without the expected thundershowers to ease the heat wave as temperatures near 90. Yesterday's high reached 87 with a 57 degree low and forecasts push the storm arrival to Wednesday.
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Athens
Busy Bee Cooking Club Meeting At Hockingport
The Hockingport 4-H Busy Bee Cooking Club met at the school house on May 18. Girls prepared daisy salad and banana salad and each took a sample home. Mrs. Charles Thomas, club advisor, checked health cards with a check test. Another meeting is planned for today.
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Busy Bee Cooking Club
Hockingport 4-H Group
Charles Thomas
Pleasanton 4-H Club Hosts May Softball Meeting
The Pleasanton 4-H Club met May 15 at advisor Merle Johnson's home. Softball was played, and ice cream was served to 13 members and 4 visitors. The next meeting will be at Leonard Brown's home on May 29.
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Pleasanton
Merle Johnson
Leonard Brown
Local Officials Fine Two Men for Intoxication in Athens
Earl Anderson of Athens Road and George Nagle of Athens were fined $5 and costs each by Mayor Cliff Cornell for intoxication. Harry Johnson of Chauncey and John Brattin of Athens Route 5 also faced $5 fines and costs from Mayor Cornell on intoxication charges.
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Earl Anderson
Athens RD
George Nagle
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Cornell Harry Johnson
Chauncey
John Brattin
Ames Bern High to Honor Seniors Tonight
The Ames Bern High PTA hosts Senior Night at 8 o clock with the class reading its will prophecy history poem and songs. Commencement follows tomorrow at 8 with Dick Smith delivering the class address Glenna Zarley valedictorian and Margaret Gerardis salutatorian.
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Ames- Bern High School
PTA
Dick Smith
Glenna Zarley
Margaret Gerardis
Carl Antle
Ralph Bennett
Naomi Carpenter
Harland Harris
Tommy Howard
Alvan Johnson
Marie Keirns
Max Lewis
Lee Marquis
Bernice Mayles
Harold Pedicord
J Ithian Reynolds
Pauline Roberts
Arthur Smith
Robert Smith
Mary Lee Thompson
Susie Belle Thompson
Loyal Daughters 4-H Club Meeting Notes
The Loyal Daughters 4-H Club met at leader Miss Lucille Carpenter's home on May 20. Six members and one visitor, Gordon Bolin, attended. Members answered roll call with favorite flowers and refreshments were served by Lucille and Phyliss Carpenter. The next meeting is set for June 3 at Lucille Carpenter's home.
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Loyal Daughters 4-H Club
Lucille Carpenter
Lucille
Phyliss Carpenter
Gordon Bolin
Petition Filed Against R L Smith Over Gasoline Account
The Wilson Oil Co of Nelsonville filed in Common Pleas Court naming R L Smith of 30 Race St Athens as defendant. They seek a judgment of 314.74 on an account for gasoline and oil in the case brought by T H Wilson, partner in the oil company.
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Wilson Oil Co
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
R. L. Smith
Race St
Athens
T. H. Wilson
State rests Woodard case in Columbus prison wardenship
The state, after being allowed by the Civil Service Commission to question two more witnesses, today rested its case supporting the dismissal of James C. Woodard as warden of Ohio Penitentiary.
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Woodard
Columbus
U.P
Civil Service Commission
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
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