Forestry Training Offered Youth at Camp Muskingum
An Athens County youth will be selected to represent the county at the 1951 Forestry Training Camp at Camp Muskingum on Leesville Lake in Carroll County. The Ohio Forestry Association sponsors the camp with a July 1 deadline through County Agriculture Agent Ross Wright. The weeklong course trains 100 boys in tree ID, planting, forest management, bucking, skidding, sowing trees, fire fighting and prevention with staff from the U S Forest Service and other agencies.
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Athens County
Camp Muskingum
Leesville Lake
Carroll County
Division of Forestry
Ohio Forestry Association
Ross Wright
OFA
Ernest J. Gebhart
C. E. Stout
Robert Lutz
Harry G. Henry
William R. Shafer
American Legion
H. C. Ramsower
Columbus
U. S. Forest Service
Ohio Division of Forestry
Agriculture Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Friday Warms Up With Record High 72 At Nine
Frigid week ends as temperatures rise with Friday reaching 72 by 9 a.m. and a low of 43 last night. The day marked the highest temperature of the previous 24 hours, while last night’s low stayed 10 degrees above the prior night’s minimum.
Jaycees Distribute Night Safety Tape To Athens Bicyclists
Athens junior chamber of commerce will hand out reflective Scotchlite safety tape to about 200 bicycle club members and owners Saturday at the fairgrounds at 2 p.m. for formation riding practice ahead of the Memorial Day parade. Chief Grogan notes nonmembers can obtain tape by visiting the fairgrounds. the parade ends Wednesday’s bicycle club activities for the season.
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Athens
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fairgrounds
Joseph B. Grogan
Earl Hooper
Hooper
Bicycle Club
Grogan
Scrap Paper Drive Slated for YMCA Camp Nelson Dodd
A scrap paper drive to fund camp fees will be held in Athens and Mechanicsburg Saturday morning led by Golden Arrow and Trail blazer Y clubs. Residents should place newspapers magazines rags and scrap iron at curbs by 8 a.m. The drive ends at noon and pickups can be arranged by calling the YMCA office at 27684.
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Nelson Dodd
Athens
Mechanicsburg
Golden Arrow and
Trailblazer “Y
Robert Nida
Hap Crowl
YMCA
Highway Weed Mowing Started by State Crew
State Highway Garage crews on Hudson Ave began summer weed mowing with routes 33 between Athens and Nelsonville and 50 toward a being cut on Thursday. Officials reported sidewalk and fence repairs on Richland Ave cost 3000 dollars after last winter’s flood damaged about 200 feet of sidewalk and fill.
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State
Hudson Ave
Athens
Nelsonville
Richland Ave
Athens Stores Set Holiday Closing
Athens Retail Merchants Association member stores will close all day Wednesday for Memorial Day. Instead of noon closing Thursday, the shops will stay open all day Thursday.
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Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Glouster Boy's Trip Ends in Athens
Kenny Fierce an 11 year old from Glouster ran away on his bicycle and wound up in Athens. Police Chief Grogan coordinated his return with Glouster residents who work in Athens and arranged meals and transport home after an afternoon of police questions and a brief interview.
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Kenny Fierce
Glouster
Athens
Kenny
Joe Fields
William Moody
Messenger Newsphoto
Roy J. Cross
Chris Columbus
Columbus
America
Joseph B. Grogan
Grogan
S. Shafer St
Shafer St
Hollister
Little Kenny
Fields
Rev Kellogg to Head Lima Methodist Church District
The Rev Harold F Kellogg pastor of First Methodist Athens will resign in June to become superintendent of the Lima district of the Ohio Methodist Church conference. His successor will be named at the June 5 19 conference at Lake side. Kellogg 49 a native of Ashland Ohio held an electrical engineering degree from Ohio State 1925 and held prior ministry posts including Grace Meth Dayt on. He served as dean of church summer institutes and traveled as a Sherwood Eddy seminar delegate to Europe in 1950. He and his wife have two children Ray and Carolyn.
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Harold F. Kellogg
First Methodist Church
Lima
Ohio Methodist Church Conference
Athens
Fred E. Luchs
First Presbyterian Church
Kellogg
Lakeside
Ashland
Ohio State University
Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
South Ave
Wilkinsburg
Methodist Church
Drew Theological Seminary
Madison
N.J
Univerity of Pittsburgh
Western Theological Seminary
Union Aera Seminary
New Yorkty
Carmichaels
Grace Methse
Dayton
Hazen G. Werner
Money of
Ohio
South Park
Sherwood Eddy
Europe
Great Britain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Germany
France
White House
Ohio Parent Teacher
Ases
Ohio State
Kappa Delta
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Kappa Phi
Athens Social Liter Club
The
Council of Church Women
Kelloggs
Ray
Carolyn
Body Found In Field Near Nelsonville Woman
Ann Wollett, 17, spotted a shoe by the mailbox Wednesday, later identifying it as Mrs. Kesterson. The body was found by Floyd Martin and Ben Newton with Willard Newton, amid neighbors’ accounts that the victim was cautious and rarely alone. Sheriff Bateman ruled out robbery given finances. pathologist to assess possible sexual crime. Autopsy pending after body taken to Stout funeral home Nelsonville.
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Ann Wollett
Kesterson
Nelsonville
Floyd Martin
Stout
Markets Poultry Butter Potatoes Cincinnati May 23 AP
Market report lists eggs wholesale grades and receipts, including consumer graded, large, extra large, and related classifications. Butter prices per pound for prints, butterfat premium and regular arise. Potatoes quoted 1.25 to 4.50 per barrel or bag. A notice announces a bid opening for dump trucks and mechanical trucks by city trustees with bid terms and right to reject.
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Cincinnati
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits Several Athens Residents
Admitted Edward Ross Malta Robert Curdie Glouster Joe King Athens Mrs Hattie King Athens Karen Russell Athens Linda Ann McWilliams Athens Ronald Six Athens Mrs Irma Bolin Athens Calif ary Ann Young Athens. Dismissed Mrs Loretta Cornell Athens Darla Carsey Athens Alvin Lynch Athens Mrs Rosella Buchanan Waverly Mrs Bonnie Frost The Plains Ronald Jewell Shade Mrs Bernice Graham The Plains.
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Edward Ross
Malta
Robert Curdie
Glouster
Joe King
Athens
Hattie King
Karen Russell
Linda Ann McWilliams
Ronald Six
Irma Bolin
Eee Califary Ann Young
Loretta Cornell
Darla Carsey
Alvin Lynch
Rosella Buchanan
Waverly
Bonnie Frost
the Plains
Ronald Jewell
Shade
Bernice Graham
Illness Strikes Twice At W Union St
Serious illness struck Mr. and Mrs. Joe King of 191 W Union St within hours of each other. Mr King was admitted Thursday night to Shelter ing Arms Hospital with a heart condition described as serious. Friday morning his wife Hattie entered the same hospital in critical condition with a cerebral hemorrhage. Both residents, believed in their sixties, include former McBee Co. employee Mr King.
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Joe King
Union St
King
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hattie
McBee Co
Brooks Wins It's Tails Toss For Nelsonville Seat
John Brooks and William Miles Howe finished the Nelsonville Republican primary tied with 52 votes each. Ohio law requires a coin flip to break the tie. Brooks won after the board clerk flipped a silver dollar and the coin landed tails. Both candidates and board members witnessed the formal coin toss at Athens County election offices.
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John Brooks
Nelsonville
Athens County
Brooks
Howe
Ex-Resident Mrs Floyd Bean Dies At 52 In Barberton
Mrs Floyd Bean 52 formerly of Athens died Thursday at Barberton after years of illness. Survived by husband Floyd and a large family including Mildred Perrin of Barberton, two dozen relatives. Funeral Saturday 1 30 pm at Central Ave Church with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. calling hours noon to service.
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Floyd Bean
Athens
Barberton
Israel
Adeline Chesser
Bean
Floyd
Mildred Perrin
Cyrus Chesser
Dundas
Alva Chesser
Israel Chesser, Jr
Glouster
Lucinda Gill
Zaresville
John Cooper
Chauncey
O. B. Riggle
A. L. Snedden
Central Ave
Edward Brandeberry
John S. Snedden
West Union Street
Union 270 officers to be elected at Saturday meeting
Local Union 270 of the United Mine Workers will elect officers at a Saturday gathering at 1 30 p m in the hall here preceding a trip to Fisyd Bridge.
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Coonville
United Mine Workers
Fisyd Bridge
Traffic fine levied on 23-year-old for stoplight failure
William P. Hickman of 100 Central Ave forfeited a $5 bond after being charged by city police with failing to stop at a traffic light.
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William P. Hickman
Central Ave
Near East Policy Hit By Cleveland Columnist
Spencer D. Irwin, associate editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, denounces lack of foresight in United Nations Near East policy at Memorial Auditorium. He urges improving living standards, aiding Arab refugees, and returning refugees home. He also analyzes Norway Finland and Russian border actions at a later talk.
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United Nations
Near East
Spencer D. Irwin
Cleveland Plain
Deater
Memorial Auditorium
Ewing Auditorium
O11
Iran
Israel
Irwin
Norway
Finland
Petsamo
Norwegias
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Glouster Boy
Rev. Kellogg
Faioning
W. Union St
Swanson
Cleveland
Russia
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South Spring St
Parkersburg
West Virginia
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Fern Crabtree
Thelma Hamilton
Roy Deeter
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