Elks Present 2500 Scholarship at Ohio University
Athens Elks lodge presented Ohio University with a 2500 check to establish the Elks Club 973 Scholarship. President John C. Baker praised the gift as a boon for Athens County students, outlining need and selection criteria while noting the fund aims for 150000.
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Ohio University
Athens Lodge
Ohio University Center
Clarence K. McKinstry
John C. Baker
B. T. Grover
Lodge
Albert C. Gubitz
Baker
Athens County
The
Elks
Gubitz
Grover
Elks Club
Ohio
McKinstry and Grover
Francis Ponticus
William Gould
Francis A. Lavelle
Sam Warren
Harry Barstow
L. C. Baker
Joe B. Vanity, Jr
Esquire
Robert Kern
Ralph Wigal
Chapain
Athens Elks’ Lodge
Alumni Sesquicentennial Scholarship Fund
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
Admitted list includes Mr. and Mrs. William Gaskins Lancaster with a daughter and several other couples from Athens and surrounding areas plus individuals. Discharged entries include Oma Carsey and Ronald Hawk among others from Athens and Guysville.
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William Gaskins Lancaster
Maywood Smith
Athens
Robert Lautner
Oma Carsey
Ronald Hawk
Robert Brown
Guysville
Gerald Buckley
Mineral
Mrs Izura Creamer Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services are planned Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Izura Creamer 81 former resident who died Monday morning in St Francis Hospital Columbus Friends may call at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home where services will be held at 2 p m conducted by Dr John M Versteeg Burial will be at Shade
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Izura Creamer
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
John M. Versteeg
Shade
Shrine Banquet Set by Athens Shrine Club at Waterloo HS
A father and son banquet will be presented Thursday at 6 30 p m at Waterloo High School by the Athens County Shrine Club. Committee members are Clarence Allen Dolland L Dinsmoor and Charles Lewellyn.
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Waterloo High School
Athens County Shrine Club
Clarence Allen
Dolland L. Dinsmoor
Charles Lewellyn
Cincinnati Market Report Covers Eggs Poultry Butter Potatoes
Markets in Cincinnati show egg prices by grade and size with large white and brown and mixed lots ranging 30 to 39 cents per dozen. Poultry values list fryers over 2 pounds at 24 to 26 cents per pound and heavy hens 17 to 20 cents per pound. Butter and potatoes are noted with wholesale values 42 cents and 1.75 to 5.75 dollars respectively.
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Cincinnati
Estras
Cigarette Blamed for Auto Upholstery Fire on E Washington St
Firefighters contained a blaze that burned the rear seat upholstery of L. G. Colbert’s auto on E Washington Street Monday evening. Fire Chief Charles Dalton said a hole was burned in the seat and back of the seat. a discarded cigarette was the suspected cause.
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E. Washington St
L. G. Colbert
Glouster
Charles Dalton
Divorce Granted in Common Pleas Court for Quest Couple
Wilful absence cited in divorce for Jerry Quest and Glen na Quest. Custody awarded to mother, father granted visitation rights. Married December 8 1948.
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Common Pleas
Jerry Quest
Glenna Quest
Texas conductor to guest at OU summer music clinic
Bernard Fitzgerald, UT Austin director of bands, will guest conduct the eighth annual summer music clinic at Ohio University from June 20 to July 3. He will lead the clinic band and lecture to graduate students. former College Band Directors National Association president. Charles Minelli will conduct the first week as high school and junior high students from across Ohio join the two week workshop.
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Bernard Fitzgerald
University of Texas, Austin
Ohio University
Fitzgerald
College Band Directors National Association
Charles Minelli
Ohio
Neil Glenn
German exchange students address Athens Kiwanis meeting
Two high school German exchange students Inga Miller and John Eule spoke at the Athens Kiwanis Club in Hotel Berry after nine months in the United States. They described views on education in Germany and plans to return home on June 13, sailing via Rotterdam.
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United States
America
Athens Kiwanis
Berry
Inga Miller
Niebarzier
John Eule
Diepharz
Stewart High School
Germany
International Grange
Miss Miller
Ohio
Rotterdam
Peter B. Seel
Fairgrounds
Athens Sees Mid May Heat With 84 Degree Peak
U. S. weather observer Cr L Colmer reports Athens reached 84 degrees yesterday while the E M Poston Plant at Hamley Run matched the reading. Lows were 60 in Athens and 52 at the plant. by 11 am the city hit 77 degrees.
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Athens
Cr. L. Colmer
U. S
E. M. Poston
Hamley Run
Stenographer Typist Exams Scheduled Across Four States
The U S Civil Service Commission announces examinations for stenographer and typist positions with several federal agencies in Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia. Salaries range from 53 to 61 dollars weekly. Details available at the post office from local secretary Charles H Evans.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Charles H. Evans
Date Error Blamed for Lack of Bids on Courthouse Elevator
County commissioners announced May 20 as the bid deadline for the courthouse elevator project but bid forms listed May 27. Judge Francis D. White said new bids may be readvertised after confusion over the deadline. The court ordered the board to seek bids to allow the estimates to be studied.
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Common Pleas Court
Francis D. White
White
Servicemen Promotions and Assignments in 1950s News
Frederick Chandler of 138 W Union St has been promoted to airman second class with the air police at Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico after enlisting in February 1952. Airman Chandler and his wife Dorothy Martin reside in Aquadilla Puerto Rico. Pvt Dale A Weill son of D McGill completed armor track vehicle maintenance at Ft Knox Kentucky Armored School. Pte Basil J Hubler son of Mrs Millie Hubler arrived at Camp Fuji Japan for duty with the Third Marine Division.
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Frederick Chandler
W. Union St
B. J. Chandler
Air Police
Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Chandler
Dorothy Martin
Lester Martin
Wayne, Mich
Comercio St
Aquadilla
Kenneth W. Smith
Dottie Silvas
Athens
Pvt
Dale A. Weill
D. McGill
Coalville
Ft Knox
Army
Basil J. Hubler
Millie Hubler
Washington St
Camp Fuji
Honshu
Japan
Third Marine Division
Clifford Augustine Fails to Pay Fine in Municipal Court
Clifford Augustine of Canaanville could not pay a $25 fine and court costs in municipal court on intoxication charges and was confined to the city jail today.
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Clifford Augustine
Canaanville
Courthouse in Athens County Receives Major Interior Overhaul
Athens County progresses on a comprehensive courthouse upgrade including new office furniture, tower clock repair, and extensive rest room lounge renovation. Interior painting nears completion while plastering and base work in the tax and auditor’s rooms finish. The project, aimed at brightening the building, replaces decades old fixtures with modern fittings.
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Athens County
Commissioners
soCia Security
Auditor's Office
Five Divorces Dismissed In Common Pleas Court
Five divorce actions were dismissed in Common Pleas Court as hearing time arrived. Dismissals affected Garnet and Alien R Bennett Marguerite and Eddie McDonald Betty and John Mc Dowell Jr Marie J and Charlies Gabriel and Frank and Dianna Ray. Earlier 14 back-suit cases were also dropped from the docket.
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Common Pleas Court
Garnet
Alien R. Bennett
Marguerite
Eddie McDonald
Betty
John McDowell, Jr
Marie J
Charlies Gabriel
Frank
Dianna Ray
Common Pleas
White
Alice Rutherford
Lee Rutherford
Charles Hogue
Pearl Hogue
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Meep Caan
Gilbert Shannon
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Lucinda van Meter
Betty Lou Gibson
New Marshfield
Harold Carlisle
Mary V. Chadwell
New Haven
William Deal
Jacksonville
Margaret Kelly
Emma Lovett
Milton Efaw
Marcella Stewart
Sharon White
James Bowman
Paul Harlamert
Pharmacists
Parke, Davis & Company
Cline Pharmacy Co. Sens
MR. Fitzgerald
Mercury
Athens Ice & Storage
Athens, Ohio
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