Heavy Athens County returns all but one incumbent
In Athens County a heavy vote gave re election to Commissioner Wakefield Sheriff Bateman Recorder Chappel Treasurer Lasch and Clerk of Courts Cross. Republican gains included Gov Lausche’s statewide win while Democratic Shafer lost his seat to Bolin. turnout reached 18 447 with a mayoral precinct shift and several high vote counts across offices.
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Athens County
W. H. Wakefield
George Bateman
Claudis Chappel
Ed Lasch
Phyllis LaVelle Cross
Frank J. Lausche
Charles Taft
Ike
Fred Shafer
Charles E. Bolin
Lasch
Wayne Wingett
Wingett
Lausche
John W. Brown
Athens
George Nye
John W. Bricker
Michael DiSalle
Ted W. Brown
Charles Sweeney
Mock Election Staged At Athens Schools For Ike
Athens Senior and Junior High students conducted a mock election on Tuesday with Dwight Eisenhower garnering a 2 to 1 lead over Adlai Stevenson. The student board of elections and teachers oversaw tabulation with detailed county and state ticket results, including levies and local races.
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Athens
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Dems Take Solace From Plains High School Mock Vote
The Plains High School mock election shows strong Democratic leanings among students. Gov Frank Lausche wins 128 to 51 over Taft, and clerk of courts Phyllis LaVelle Cross leads 74 percent over Denver Gooding, while Stevenson tops the ticket in most grades and 91.4 percent of eligible students vote.
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Plains School
Plains High School
the Plains
Plains
Frank J. Lausche
Charles P. Taft
Phyllis LaVelle Cross
Denver Gooding
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
OU Students Pick Officers and Favor the Final Tallies
Ohio University voters select class officers with Charles Krauskopf among senior winners as senior class president. Mock election also shows Eisenhower over Stevenson by 1366 to 529. Senior, junior, sophomores, and freshmen list winners for president vice presidents secretaries treasurers and historians.
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Ohio University
Athens
Charles Krauskopf
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Rex McClure
Middletown
Grace Fleischer
Rock River
Rebecca Howe
Monongahela
William Scheider
S. Buclid
John Meeks
Canton
William Haffner
Ashland
Joan Miday
Kay Layden
Cleveland
Kathryn Dengler
Zanesville
Nancy Tolles
Mansfield
Peter Winter
Kirkwood
Donald Way
Akron
Mary Lou Evans
Chesterland
Patricia Cox
Dayton
Paul Cowen
Elkhart
Ind
Sally Hallef
Gerald Hornsby
Cincinnati
Thomas Guthery
LaRue
Sara Turpin
Arlington
Carlene Miller
Lakewood
David Moore
Nancy Campbell
Columbus
Author Slated To Be Speaker For Y Club At Ohio University
Sherwood Eddy world famous author and lecturer will visit Athens Ohio University campus for two appearances on the YMCA student Y program. Eddy will discuss Asia in Revolution in Ewing Auditorium at 8 p m with a post talk question period. A 2 p m coffee hour in Lindley lounge offers faculty and student Y members a chance to meet him. Eddy Yale graduate and author of 32 books has toured Russia 15 times and led European and Russia educator seminars. Local Y committee includes Prof. Lewis Ondis Robert Nida John Jewett and advisers Andrew Sterrett and M. T. Vermillion.
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Sherwood Eddy
Athens
Ohio University
John Jewett
YMCA
Eddy
Ohio
Joseph Blair
Ewing Auditorium
Lindley Lounge
Yale
Asia
Russia
Europe
Lewis Ondis
Robert Nida
Andrew Sterrett
M. T. Vermillion
Pioneer Athens Family Mourns Grace Gould Greene
Grace Gould Greene wife of George Greene died Oct 31 at the family home in Fort Lauderdale Florida. A former resident of Athens she belonged to a pioneer Athens family and had ties to S Congress St home built by George T Gould. News came from sister Mrs Katherine Macartney in Great Neck New York and from Miss Anna Pearl McVay Ziba's House a former schoolmate.
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Grace Gould Greene
George Greene
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Anna Pearl McVay
Ziba
Greene
Katherine Macartney
Jack
Great Neck
Long Island
Alston Ellis
Ohio University
S. Congress St
George T. Gould
M. M. Greene
Hocking Valley
Sergeant Assigned To OU Air ROTC
Sgt Marvin D McNay of Williamstown Kentucky has been assigned to the Air Force ROTC unit at Ohio University He comes from Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta Georgia and has served in England France Belgium Germany and Japan with 11 years and five months of duty satisfaction
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Marvin D. McNay
Williamstown
Air Force
Ohio University
McNay
Moody Air Force Base
Valdosta
England
France
Bel
Germany
Japan
City Street Levy Okayed by Voters
Athens voters approve a two mill street levy with 2592 for and 1509 against, a 63.2 percent majority above the 60 percent threshold. The measure mirrors a 1948 success and later defeats in two following years despite ballot shortages.
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Athens
Board of Trade
Ohio Methodist students schedule annual meet
An Ohio Methodist student conference titled Modern Life is a Vocation will be held Friday to Sunday at First Methodist Church. Representatives from five state Wesley Foundations and several Wesley Fellowships will attend, with speakers Dr. Frank Lytell and Dorothy Nyland and workshop leaders from Ohio Wesleyan University and other campuses. A housing plan is arranged by Athens Kappa Phi alumni and First Methodist Church coordinator Rev. Charles Cooley.
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Ohio Methodist
First Methodist Church
Wesley Foundations
University of Cincinnati
Wesley
Baldwin Wallace
Mount Union
Ohio Northern
Ohio Wesleyan University
Frank Lytell
Boston University
Dorothy Nyland
National Methodist Board of Missions
Richard R. Gay
Ohio Wesleyan
David Cageser
Russell Sawmiller
Charles Ireland
Kent State University
Wesley Choir
Athens
Kappa Phi
Methodist Service Fraternity
Harry Benz
Charles Cooley
Richard Main
Betty Tostensen
Phi Stoodt
Athens City Votes Tip Balance in County Election
Athens total ballots across 15 precincts reached 4821 on Tuesday. City voters backed Dwight D. Eisenhower 3498 to 1318 for Adlai Stevenson and supported John Bricker over DiSalle 3266 to 1343, while Taft beat Lausche 2676 to 2088.
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Athens City
City
Dwight Fisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
John W. Bricker
Michael DiSalle
Charles Taft
Frank Lausche
Temperature Low Down in Athens as Arctic Air Recedes
A brief weather note reports a morning dip to 20 degrees in Athens with a warming trend later. At 9 a.m. the temperature rose to 39 degrees as pleasant sun returned.
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Athens
Canteen Service Gets New Athens County Chief
Maude L. Dorsey named chairman of the Athens County Red Cross Canteen Service by Mrs. Hunter Hope. Dorsey, a native of Athens and Ohio University alumna, succeeds Morrison Burns who retired after a decade of service. the group assists at blood drives and mass feeding in emergencies.
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Maude L. Dorsey
E. State St
Athens County
Red Cross
Hunter Hope
Miss Dorsey
Morrison Burns
Athens
Ohio University
Heidelburg College
Lindenwood Girls College
St. Charles
Missouri
Ohio Wesleyan
Alliance
L. J. Addicott
Arthur Brooks
J. J. Crumley
O. C
Lions Plan Indoor Circus Coming to Athens Armory
A nine man committee led by William Rowland of Athens will organize the Lions Club indoor circus to be held at the Athens Armory on November 24. Other members include Claire Berry Richard McClung Robert E Murray Dwight Robinson Charles M Hayes Richard C Dent Alfred Gendemalik and Wayne Ward. Harold Kessler Athens High School orchestra director joined the group at the Lions Club meeting at Hotel Berry.
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William Rowland
Athens
Lions Club
Athens Armory
Claire Berry
Richard McClung
Robert E. Murray
Dwight Robinson
Charles M. Hayes
Richard C. Dent
Alfred Gendemalik
Wayne Ward
Harold Kessler
Athens High School
Hotel Berry
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births: Mr and Mrs William Boring of Downington announce a son. Mr and Mrs Paul Antoinette of Athens announce a son. Admitted: Mrs Freda White Athens Mrs Gertrude Irwin Athens Anita Sisson Trimble Mrs Beulah Clench Athens Mrs Fern Johnson Trimble Robert Dailey Athens. Dismissed: Mrs Gerald Bumgardner The Plains Paul Ayres Athens Clarence Bartlett Athens.
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William Boring
Downington
Paul Antoinette
Athens
Freda White
Gertrude Irwin
Anita Sisson
Trimble
Beulah Clench
Fern Johnson
Robert Dailey
Gerald Bumgardner
the Plains
Paul Ayres
Clarence Bartlett
Knights Templar to Hold Service for J. D. Cooper in Athens
Athens Commandery 15 will meet at 6 30 p m in the Masonic Temple to conduct funeral services for J D Cooper at the Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home at 7 p m Wednesday.
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Athens
Knights 'Templar
Masonic Temple
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
J. D. Cooper
Eleven Athens County youths begin military careers at Fort Hayes
Eleven draftees from Athens County depart for Fort Hayes Columbus at 7 10 a m as November call reduced from 20 amid age limits. Leader Theodore Blower led the group including Clarence Allen Richmond A Six John J Hatcher Gilbert Simonton Gerald W Maccombs Vance Harris Harold R Sayre Norman R Doolittle Buster A McColley and John Thomas Hardy with two others transferred from Flushing and Wheeling. Gideon Society Bible gifts and American Legion cigarets marked the sendoff.
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Athens County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Athens County Board
Selective Service
Theodore Blower
Athens
Clarence R. Allen
Richmond A
John J. Hatcher
Gilbert L. Simonton
Gerald W. Maccombs
Nelsonville
Vance W. Harris
Sharpsburg
Harold R. Sayre
Trimble
Norman R. Doolittle
Carbondale
Buster A. McColley
Millfield
John Thomas Hardy
Glouster
Richard E. Barber
Flushing, N. Y
Basil F. Dille, Jr
Wheeling
W. Va
O E Whitesel Dies Tuesday at 70 in Canaanville
O E Whitesel 70 died Tuesday noon at his Canaanville home after a weeklong illness. Born in Cedarville West Virginia he lived in Strouds Run 12 years and Canaanville two years. He was a farmer and Cedarville United Brethren Church member. Surviving: wife Eva five daughters Rhoda and Macel James of Normantown West Virginia Eunice Messenger Grafton Ohio Eula Lynn Columbus Agnes Wolfe Athens three sons Leonard Ernest both Elyria and George Athens a sister Nettie McCoy Delaware three brothers Ira Normantown William Cedarville Fred Roanoke thirty two grandchildren four great grandchildren. Services Friday 2 p m at Canaanville Methodist Church burial in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Thursday.
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O. E. Whitesel
Canaanville
Cedarville
W. Va
Whitesel
Strouds Run
Eunice Messenger
Grafton
Ohio
Eula Lynn
Columbus
Agnes Wolfe
Athens
Leonard
Ernest
Elyria
George
Nettie McCoy
Delaware
Thhree
Ira Whitesel
Normantown
William Whitesel
Fred Whitesel
Roanoke
Stewart Leads Race In Hocking County
In Logan the four way Supreme Court race shows Justice James Garfield Stewart leading with 3364 votes in Hocking County. Incumbent Charles B. Zimmerman has 2807, Francis Douglas 2748, and Kenneth Johnston 2131. Unopposed on the judicial ballot Verner E. Metcalf has 4320 and Common Pleas Judge Harley Meyer 5974.
Exams Announced for Federal Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces examinations for a veterinarian with the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry and for student aid trainee in physics chemistry mathematics metallurgy and engineering for the Potomac River Naval Command. Veterinary pay is 3410 dollars yearly and others range from 2750 to 3175. Applications and details available at the post office from local secretary F D Higgins.
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U. S. Cvil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Potomac River Naval Command
F. D. Higgins
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Gideon Society
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Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes
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