Ohio University to Lose Two Department Heads in June
Two Ohio University officials head for retirement on June 30 marking 25 years of intertwined careers. Dr. Walter Gamertsfelder will relinquish the deanship of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate College while George Lasher resigns as director of the School of Journalism. Both will remain as professors. Gamertsfelder, born Sept 25 1885 near Warsaw, has served since 1921, including a term as university president. Lasher, born in Barry County Michigan, joined Ohio U in 1924 and has led journalism since 1936, building a national reputation. Both are 65 and plan to continue teaching in philosophy and ethics and journalism.
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Ohio University
Walter S. Gamertsfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate College
George Starr Lasher
Gamertsfelder
Warsaw
Coshocton
Lasher
Barry County
Michigan
Brinkhaven
Academy of the North Central College
Naperville
North Central College
Evangelical Theological Seminary
Ohio State University
North Central
Hobart College
Geneva
N. Y
Ohio U
Plainwell
Mich
University of Michigan
Teachers College of Columbia University
University of Chicago
Houghton
Kansas State Normal College
Michigan Department of Public Thatrastice
Overseas
YMCA
Army Educational Corps
France
School of Journalism
Theta Chi Fraternity
Battle of Theta Chi
National Interfraternity Conference
Fraternity Month
College Fraternity Editors Association
Fenzel Appointed Acting Dean at Ohio U Commerce College
William H. Fenzel, senior member of the College of Commerce faculty at Ohio University, was named acting dean effective June 1 by President John D. Baker. The Athens native succeeds the late Dean A. H. Armbruster who died May 5 after illness.
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William H. Fenzel
College of Commerce
Ohio University
John D. Baker
Fenzel
A. H. Armbruster
Athens
School of Commerce
Baker
Athens County land transfers list many parcels
F EB Allen of Athens County transfers about 86.47 acres in Troy Township to Waldo F Allen and wife. Esther Smith and husband convey half of Inlet 221 in Athens to B M Conant. Iva M Mace conveys 1.44 acres in Lease Lot 38 in Athens Township to Carl Conrath and wife. Ohio Baptist Convention transfers Lot 277 in Glouster to Ohio Conference Association of Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mt Vernon. Ruth L Baker and husband transfer lots 36 and 37 in Section 24 in Athens Township to Elgin Lanning and wife in Fairfield County.
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F. EB. Allen
Athens County
Waldo F. Allen
Coolville
Troy Township
Esther Smith
Athens
B. M. Conant
Iva M. Mace
Carl Conrath
Athens Township
Ohio Baptist Convention
Granville
Ohio Conference Association
The
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Mt. Vernon
Glouster
Ruth L. Baker
Fairfield County
Elgin Lanning
Millfield
Property Owners Told To Cut Weeds
Athens property owners must cut all noxious weeds on their land. Dr. H. G. Southard, health commissioner, warned that this measure is necessary to curb hay fever asthma and mosquitos. If not cut in time the city will remove the weeds and add the cost to the owner's tax duplicate.
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Athens
H. G. Southard
Southard
Jenkins To Speak At Albany Memorial Day Services
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins will address Memorial Day exercises at Albany Community Baseball Park hosted by Post 9893 Veterans of Foreign Wars. A 1:30 parade features Albany veterans Lions Club Gold Star Mothers Grangers and Albany High School Band followed by a 2 p.m. program with color guard and firing squad.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Albany Community
Post
Lions Club
Gold Star
Grangers
Albany High School
Holiday Weather Outlook With Cool Morning Temperatures
Cool holiday weather appears in prospect with a morning low around 49 degrees and a daytime high near 59. Overnight temps dipped to the upper 40s, while Monday saw 63 degrees and 51 as the low.
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Prospect
James Wade Dies Monday At 65 In Ohio Coal Town
James A. Wade 65, longtime Mine 25 employee at Chauncey, died Monday noon at his home in Canaanville after a two month illness. Born in Carter County Kentucky, he lived in Canaanville 41 years and was a Rome Grange member and Latter Day Saints church attendee. Survived by wife Amy, four sons Adrean, Kenneth, Ace, and Clifford, three daughters Armor Skinner, Walter Stiers, and Forrest McCann, one brother Ace Wade, 22 grandchildren including Darlene, and other relatives. Funeral Thursday 1:30 p.m. at Canaanville Methodist Church with Rev. Frederick Haley. burial in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call after Wednesday at the residence.
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James A. Wade
Chauncey
Cannanville
Carter County
Rome Grange
Latter Day Saints Church
the Plains
Amy
Adrean
Kenneth
Ace
Clifford
Athens
Armor Skinner
Walter Stiers
Forrest McCann
Columbus
Ace Wade
Akron
Darlene
Wade
Canaanville Methodist Church
Frederick Haley
Wit
Canaane
Shelter Arms Hospital Notes Readouts
A list of names connected to Shelter Arms Hospital notes includes Marilyn Swatzel Pomeroy Mrs Nevada Selby Athens Mrs Claudine Rutter Athens Mrs Grace Linsentt Athens Mrs Garnette Keeton Glouster Mrs Sylvia Martin Shade Mrs Bertha Guess Frost Mrs Margaret Everett Athens Mrs Jean Love Athens Dismissed Roscoe Locke Jackson and son Mrs Robert Brunton Glouster and daughter Mrs Delores McGee Athens MSgt Clifford A Ledford Athens Mrs Gertrude Brown Glouster Mrs Ava Scott Athens Paul Meeks Shade
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Marilyn Swatzel
Pomeroy
Nevada Selby
Athens
Claudine Rutter
Grace Linsentt
Garnette Keeton
Glouster
Sylvia Martin
Shade
Bertha Guess
Frost
Margaret Everett
Jean Love
Roscoe Locke
Jackson, and Son
Robert Brunton
Delores McGee
Clifford A. Ledford
Gertrude Brown
Ava Scott
Paul Meeks
Phone Company Collects Magazines for Patients
The Athens Home Telephone Co. announced it is collecting discarded magazines to be used by patients at the Athens State Hospital. Donors may leave magazines at the utility office, preferably no more than six months old.
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Athens State Hospital
Athens Home Telephone Co
Glouster Bridge Offer Is Renewed
The Athens County commission on Monday renewed its offer of 33500 toward a new bridge in Glouster, still $19500 short of the state’s desired county contribution. Earlier proposals ranged from 11500 lump sum to a percent basis, but frost damage limited county funds, while two dump trucks were approved for Dover Township.
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Athens County
Glouster
Dover Township
One Injured In Vore Ridge Road Crash
An Athens Route 2 man suffered facial injuries in a two car collision on Vore Ridge Road. Frank Lee received treatment at Sheltering Arms Hospital and was released. Rose Runkle, 31, Athens Route 1, collided with Lee while he backed onto the road. Floyd Elmer Rutter, 45, Nelsonville, was found guilty of physical control while intoxicated and jailed 10 days after a $100 fine. Paul Sellars, Men's Dorm, fined $120 for passing another car without safe distance. In Logan, two truck drivers were fined for overloaded vehicles, Richard J. Brown, 26, and Robert C. Teal, 27.
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Athens
W. P. Mickle
Paul Sellars
Logan
Roger Friend
Pauper
Richard J. Brown
Robert C. Teal
Police Report Three Traffic Arrests
Three traffic arrests were made in Mayor W. P. Mickle's court on Monday. Ivan J. Samuelson, 21, Lak 4, paid $5 and costs for speeding in a 30 mph zone on W Union St after pleading guilty. Dorsha Neve Knox, 37, W Washington St, pleaded innocent but was found guilty for failing to yield the right of way, fined $10 and costs after an accident at Central and W State St. Carl Be. Gaius, 27, Franklin Ave, paid $5 with costs for failing to observe a traffic signal.
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W. P. Mickle
Ivan J. Samuelson
W. Union St
Samuelson
Dorsha
Neve Knox
W. Washington St
Central
Carl BE. Gaius
Franklin Ave
Apo
Exams Announced For Federal Posts
Examinations for federal agency jobs in Washington DC and vicinity were announced by the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Applications and information are available from F D Higgins at the local post office. Salary ranges include accounting and auditing clerk, $3100 to $4120. psychologist, $3825 to $4600. office appliance repairman, $2450 to $2125. physicist, chemical engineer, mathematician and chemist, $4600 to $7600.
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Washington, D C
U.S. Civil Service Commission
F. D. Higgins
Legion Chief Makes Three Athens Addresses
Eric Cocke Jr national commander of the American Legion spoke to Athens Rotary Kiwanis and Lions clubs at Hotel Berry urging civic participation and noting potential eight to ten years of civilian buying restrictions due to military spending. He urged students to engage in activities and invest in country and community while sharing tales from his world tour and the Tide of Toys outreach.
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Erle Cocke
American Legion
Berry
Ligouri A. Dusseau
Toledo
James M. Vercoe
Athens Legion
Clark Preston
Legion
Messenger
Commander Cockets
Eric Cocke, Jr
Athens
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Hotel
Far East
China
Russia
Eisenhower
Europe
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Erle Cocke, Jr
The
America
National Legion
Cocke
Jailed For Hitting Police Car In Athens
Herschel Evans 37 of Mt. Gay West Virginia crashed into a city police car and another auto on upper Columbia Ave. He pleaded guilty to operating while under the influence, was fined 250 dollars and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail. City filed a 142 dollar judgment for damages in Common Pleas Court. Evans fled Patrolman Moody after a stop on Lancaster St before being halted on Columbia Ave. He claimed memory gaps and said he might have been en route to Columbus.
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Herschel Evans
Mt. Gay
W. Va
Athens
Evans
Upper Columbia Ave
W. P. Mickle
W. Parker Walker
Common Pleas Court
William Moody
Lancaster St
Columbia Ave
Ralph Smeck
Peach Ridge Road
Mickle
Pomeroy
Columbus
Gay
Logan
Police hunt for armed pool room robber in Athens
Nightlong manhunt seeks a five ten man suspected of holding up a pool room operator for 25 dollars. Armed with a gun the suspect fled north on Congress as police and American Legion members chased him behind the Armory and along N Congress Fort Franklin Ave Grosvenor St. Prints and footprints tied to the suspect. search paused at 5 am with the man still at large.
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North Side
Athens
American Legion
Namon Joseph
W. Union St
Joseph
W. Union
Congress Sts
Congress
W. Washington
Mt. Et Pres
N. Congress
Fort Franklin Ave
Grosvenor St
North Hill District
Fort St
Openings Listed by Signal Corps Engineering Agency
Washington civil service board announces vacancies for central office telephone installer and foreman at the Signal Corps Engineering Agency. Wages range from 1.51 to 2.02 dollars per hour plus daily travel allowances of 4 to 9 dollars. Details available at the post office.
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Signal Corps Engineering Agency
Washington, D. C
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Central Office
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Ohio U. Department
John ©. Baker
MR Lasher
Mr, Fenzel
James Wade
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Phone Company
Vore Ridge
Civvic
H. E. Bickert
Mar
2Nd St. Pomeroy, C
Nelsonville
W. Columbus St
George Appleman
Mgr
N. Court St
R. E
Mac’ McCammon
G. H. Martin & Son
G. A. Martin
Richland Ave
Dr. E. A
Schaekel
Mason, West
Virginia
Dodge
C. A. Daugherty
Athens, Ohio
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