Athens High Band Sets Two Final Appearances
Athens High School band will give its final performances of the year in the next days under director W C Fingerhut. The last show is the Memorial Day program at American Legion and a Sunday appearance at the Athens County Charity Horse Show with a trumpet trio and selections by Sousa, Brahms, and others.
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Athens High School
W. C. Fingerhut
American Legion
Athens County
Fairgrounds
Brahmstedt
Fiorillo
Walters
Barnum and Bailey
King
Manhattan Beach
Sousa
Plains Band
Chauncey-Dover
Military Rites Scheduled for Pvt Finnearty
Private William E. Finnearty of The Plains is honored with military rites for a 27 year old Army casualty from a 1945 POW death in Luxembourg. Surviving family includes two sons, a daughter, parents, a brother and eleven sisters across Ohio and Athens. Services led by Rev. John Snedden at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home Sunday 2 PM with K T Crossen American Legion Post and Eagles Lodge involvement.
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William E. Finnearty
The
Plains
Luxembourg
Finnearty
Jackson
Athens County
Athens Eagles Lodge
Army
Camp Blanding
Fla
Fort Meade
11Th Infantry
Robert
Raymond
Brenda Lou
William Finnearty
John Finnearty
Columbus Army Depot
Lenora Champlin
Bertha Meek
Emma Mason
Toledo
Loretta McMaster
Athens
Betty Coen
Nellie Holtz
Columbus
Edith Moore
Shade
Marjorie Covell
Grace
Lula Bell
Martha
John Snedden
Dowler and Ferguson
K. T. Crossen American Legion
Pires
Eagles Lodge
Elza E Hill Dies at Chesterhill Age 74
Elza E Hill age 74 of Sharpsburg died Wednesday at his son Elory Hill’s Chesterhill Route 1 home after a year of ill health. He was a retired coal miner son of John and Lucy Hill. Survived by two sons Guy and Elery and daughter Maggie Norris plus two stepchildren two brothers two sisters twenty one grandchildren two great grandchildren. Services Saturday 2 p.m. at Mt Hermon EUB Church with Rev Vinton Smith. Burial Mt Hermon Cemetery. Friends may call at Elery Hill home.
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Chesterhill
Elza E. Hill
Elory
John and
Lucy Gibson Hill
Sharpsburg
Guy Hill
Elery Hill
Maggie Norris
Arthur Hill
Mae Morton
Columbus
Ed Hill
Boyd Hill
McConnelsville
Lucy Mayle
Ella Mayle
Mt. Hermon Eub Church
Vinton Smith
Mt. Hermon
Guard Unit Slated for Two Parades in Ohio
Athens National Guard unit to parade on Memorial Day in Athens Tuesday morning and Nelsonville Tuesday afternoon. Unit to conduct range firing at Camp Sherman over the weekend. Baseball team to buy new uniforms. Sgt Ellsworth C Rife achieved an excellent rating in a security course. Paul E Ullmark from Athens enlisted. About five cooks to be supplied for Buckeye Boys State at Camp Perry in June.
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Athens
Scott
American Legion
Buckeye Boys’ State
Camp Perry
P. G. Pratt Dies Thursday in Sardis
P G Pratt 77, former Athens resident, died at his Sardis home Thursday. Survived by wife Nora Wright Pratt and a son James E Pratt, plus four brothers and five sisters. Funeral set for Saturday with services in Sardis and Athens, led by Rev William McGarity.
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G. Pratt
Athens
Sardis
Nora Wright Pratt
James E. Pratt
Cuyahoga Falls
W. H. Pratt
J. A. Pratt
Parkersburg
Charles Pratt
South Bloomingville
Willi Pratt
Perrysburg
Jessie Cornell
Emma Walker
Emil Parker
Albany
Vira Bean
Harry Wolford
Toledo
W. Union St
William McGarity
Snyders Sell Athens Street Home for Tuppers Plains Move
Marion L. and Altha R. Snyder sold 310 W Union St Athens and will relocate to Tuppers Plains where they acquired the Baughman Service Station. Their Athens High School attending children will move with them. The Grims of Athens Route 5 bought the W Union St house and plan to move in soon.
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Marion L
Altha R. Snyder
W. Union St
Tuppers Plains
Baughman
Snyders
Athens High School
Charles L
Glenna L. Grim
Athens Route 5
Two Wills Admitted In Athens County Probate Court
Two wills were admitted to probate and recorded in Athens County Probate Court. John B. Niggimeyer of Carthage named his two sons and widow as sole devisees and legatees. Mary Graham Noss of Athens named her daughter Mary Theodore Noss as devisee and legatee.
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Athens County
John B. Niggimeyer
Carthage
Mary Graham Noss
Athens
Mary Theodore Noss
Lodge to Meet Confers Second Degree at IOOF Session
Sereno Lodge 479 IOOF will meet Monday at 8 p m to confer the second degree on one candidate.
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Sereno
IOOF
Retired Rear Admiral Addresses Reserve Unit
Dean E. J. Taylor, Ohio University professor and retired rear admiral, spoke to Athens Reserve Unit. He described surrender ceremonies off Ominato on Sept 9 1945 and noted Japanese ships unable to move due to oil shortages. He said a naval blockade choked Japan as reserves members applying for enlistment were listed.
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Athens’ Volunteer Naval Reserve
E. J. Taylor
Ohio University
College of Applied Sciences
Dean Taylor
Navy
Ominato
Hokkaido
Taylor
Tokyo Bay
U.S
Theft Probe Concludes With Second Arrest Near Amesville
The investigation into six rolls of barbed wire stolen from the Howard Gifford farm near Amesville last Nov 1 ended with a second arrest on Thursday. Alvin L. Collins, 20, of Glouster, pleaded guilty when arraigned before Mayor W. P. Mickle and is bound to the grand jury under $1000 bond, later committed to county jail for failure to post bond. An accomplice, Russell Ball, was bound to the grand jury for participation in the $39 robbery. Deputy Sheriff Mame Pincelli led the arrests.
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Tabler
Kilvert
Lee Jenkins
Frank Joyce
Earl
Rome Township
Hague Ridge
Joyce
Marie Pincelli
Earl Tabler
Howard Gifford
Amesville
Alvin L. Collins
Glouster
W. P. Mickle
Collins
Russell Ball
Mame Pincelli
OU Accounting Office Opens at 6% West State
William R. Sullivan public accountant announces the opening of new offices at 6% West State Street. A June 1949 Ohio University graduate, Sullivan previously worked for a Los Angeles bank and served in World War II with the Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the South Pacific. He resides with his wife Margaret Donaldson on Athens Route 5.
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W. State St
William R. Sullivan
Ohio University
Sullivan
Los Angeles
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Cleveland
Naval Establishments
South Pacific
Margaret Donaldson
Albany
Athens
Millikan seeks divorce and property rights ruling
Don M. Millikan files in common pleas court for divorce from Katrine C. Millikan and for determination of property rights. He cites gross neglect of duty. The couple married Nov 22 1938 in Athens. children are from Katrine’s prior marriage.
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Common Pleas Court
Don M. Millikan
Katrine C. Millikan
Athens
Local resident fined for illegal parking near Rufus Putnam School
Paul Bashford age 32 of 104 Sunnyside Drive was fined five dollars with four dollars suspended after arraignment Thursday in Mayor Mickle's court. The violation occurred on East Union Street in front of Rufus Putnam School.
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Paul Bashford
Sunnyside Drive
W. P. Mickle
E. Union St
Rufus Putnam
Woman 18 jailed after intoxication charge
Bessie Love 58 of The Plains was fined 20 dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor W P Mickle on intoxication charges. She was committed to jail for failure to pay the fine.
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Bessie Love
the Plains
W. P. Mickle
Former Police Officer Dies In Crooksville
Jacob M. Cady 75, former Athens chief of police and Athens County deputy sheriff, died at a son's home in Crooksville after weeks of illness. Survived by his wife Dora and brother William B. Cady of Circleville, plus two grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Cannon and Cannon Funeral Home, burial Crooksville Cemetery.
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Crooksville
Jacob M
Jake) Cady
Athens
Athens County
Ferry A. Cady
N. Buckeye St
Cady
Dora
William B. Cady
Circleville
F. A. Cad
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
A hospital notes brief lists births and admissions. Mr and Mrs Everett Pruitt of Athens welcome a son. Admissions include Mrs Mary Keffer of New Marshfield for major surgery and Ethel Sue Seipel and Mrs Ethel Springer of Athens for surgeries. Dismissals name Mrs Damon Bentley, Mrs Richard Gaiser, Fred Steinmetz, Rosemary Culp, and Mrs Francis Triplett.
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Everett Pruitt
Athens
Mary Keffer
New Marshfield
Ethel Sue Seipel
Ethel Springer
Blanche Blair
Stewart
Damon Bentley
Millfield
Richard Gaiser
Fred Steinmetz
Columbus
Rosemary Culp
Jacksonville
Francis Triplett
Glouster
Burglary Report at Cullison's Service Station
The Plains service station entered Thursday night or Friday morning. An undetermined amount of money was stolen after a break in through the front door window and a forced entry. Deputy Sheriff Frank Joyce reports the incident discovered Friday morning.
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Cullison
the Plains
Frank Joyce
Joyce
Temperatures Swing to 85 and 60 Degrees With Rain
Thursday saw a high of 85 and low of 60 as rainfall reached .13 inches, according to today’s report.
Higher Parking Assessments Boost City Fund
Athens overstate parking penalties rose to 25 cents after a November 4 1949 ordinance. Violations remain about constant, but city revenue jumped from about 80 dollars monthly under the nickel system to about 3019 dollars since the change. The Athens Board of Trade promotes leniency notices and towed vehicle guidance while outlining common violations.
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Athens
No. 4
Beverly Man To Receive Honor Decree
The Rev. Frank Donaldson a Beverly native and former Athens pastor will receive an honorary doctorate at Morris Harvey College spring commencement. He holds degrees from Bethany College and Yale University and serves as pastor of the First Christian Church in Charleston West Virginia. He has led the West Virginia Council of Churches of Christ and the Charleston Ministerial Association and is a Kanawha College trustee. He has held Masonry and Eastern Star offices and is active in Boy Scout work.
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Frank Donaldson
Beverly
Athens
Morris Harvey College
Donaldson
Bethany College
Yale University
Frank
Ophelia Donaldson
First Christian Church
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Council of Churches of Christ
Charleston Ministerial Association
Judgment Sought in Suit for 292 51 Against Cozarts
A petition seeking a money judgment of 292.51 was filed by C. C. Kimball of Coolville against Darrel E. and Florence Cozart. Kimball says the amount is principal plus interest on a promissory note now due.
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C. C. Kimball
Coolville
Darrel E
Florence Cozart
Kimball
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P. G. Pratt
Court St
Byron F. Calvert
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Washington
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Mohawk Tribe
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Sachem
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J. B. Grogan
Athens Board of Trade
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Ann Page
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Sunkist
Nelsonville
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Porter
Seiple and
Kempton
Prudential Insurance Company of Biserica
Cline
Onlo
Roy Ankrim
White's Chapel Church
Roy E, Deeter
the Mutual
Savings Association
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
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