Athens drives underway as Community Chest contacts employers
Mrs. Clarke Daily reports a misgiving over the first week of the 12500 campaign. Individuals must donate independently of firms and may earn a Red Feather sticker upon giving at a business. The drive began Monday and runs to November 21 with $737 raised so far at Berry Hotel. A house to house meeting is planned and YWCA volunteers assist the Salvation Army this week.
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Clarke Daily
Athens’ Community Chest Campaign
Daily
Athens
Salvation Army
Armistice Day Observance Slated By Legion
Athens plans Armistice Day events led by John T. Cox of the K T Crossen Post. The procession will start at Athens High School and move to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument with music, flag lowering, a wreath, and a firing squad. Banks, offices, post office, and many services close.
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Athens
John T. Cox
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Cox
Athens High School
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Ohio University
Cutler Hall
Roger Connor
Athens Legionnaire
Phil Porter, Jr
Connor
Charles Frank
Frank
Ben L. Williams
Athens Legion Post
Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Athens County Court House
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Veterans Administration
James M. Abraham
Athens National Guard
Avraham
Court Street
Armory
Abraham
Naval Reserve Unit of
National Guard
Pershing Rifles
Ben Williams
Ohio University Rotc
Three Juvenile Court Cases Heard In Athens
Belle Bodkins of Athens pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of her minor daughter. She was sentenced to Marysville Reformatory for Women but the sentence was suspended on four conditions. Carl and Fred Evener Jr of the same area were sentenced to jail terms for violating suspended sentences. Carl received one year and Fred six months. Both were required to provide proper support and care for their children and abide by probation terms.
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Belle Bodkins
Athens
John Newcomb
Marysville
Newcomb
Carl
Fred Evener, Jr
Carl Evener
Fred
Athens School Board approves teacher fund and sick leave policy
The Athens School Board adopted a roughly 500 fund to help teachers cover expenses for out of town educational trips. It also enacted an Ohio State Law granting 1 percent sick leave per month of service and allowing existing sick leave to count toward 90 paid days. The board endorsed PTA support for the five mile levy and approved gym rental to Ohio University fraternities with a six dollar hourly charge and damage charges if applicable.
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Athens School Board
Ohio
Don Clippinger
PTA
Five Mile
Ohio University
Ath ens Route 2 Men Bound to Grand Jury
Homer Kittle aged 35 and Henry Burton aged 60 were bound over to the grand jury on charges of assault with intent to kill after a family fight near Luhing. Kittle jailed for $1000 bond, Burton released on $500. Major C Stover filed the charges. Burton held Stover while Kittle struck him. later wife Gladis Kittle dismissed the charges.
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Athens
Kittle
Burton
Gladis
Official Count Begins in Athens County Election
Official tabulation of Athens County Tuesday election results started today per election board clerk J. E. Barker. He said completion is likely by Friday. Barker also reminded candidates to file expense reports within a 10 day limit.
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Athens County
J. E. Barker
Election Board
Barker
Athens High Honor Roll Lists Students by Class Level
Athens High School reports 89 honor roll students this grading period, with 51 girls. Principal Oliver L Wood lists senior honorees Sallie Algeo Charles Frank Jean Kay Hartley Fred Stehr Phil Nye Mary Athearn Ronald Cox Jeanine Gottfried Don Nicholson George Starcher Regina Altman Robert Bigley Helen Edgar Betty Glass Jim Hoy Joe Lavelle Alice Newcomb Ruth Wickling Patsy Wolfe Bill Wolfe. Sophomore and junior students also make the honor roll, including John Bolin Patty Fritzer Martha Dee Morrison Antoinette Oadis Richard Williams Russell Smith Clarice Spencer Virginia Ashton Charles Atkinson Marilyn Paulsen Barbara Williams Joy Cooley Clara Davis Jack Dowler Mary Ann Hellebrandt Helen Lehman Barbara Sharp Donald Tol liver.
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Athens High School
Oliver L. Wood
Sallie Algeo
Charles Frank
Jean Kay Hartley
Fred Stehr
Phil Nye
Mary Athearn
Ronald Cox
Jeannine Gottfried
Don Nicholson
George Starcher
Regina Altman
Robert Bigley
Helen Edgar
John Bolin
Patty Fritzer
Martha Dee Morrison
Antoinette Oadis
Richard Williams
Russell Smith
Clarice Spencer
Virginia Ashton
Charles Atkinson
Marilyn Paulsen
Barbara Williams
Joy Cooley
Clara Davis
Jack Dowler
Mary Ann Hellebrandt
Helen Lehman
Barbara Sharp
Donald Tolliver
Betsy Baker
Gene Jones
Joan Klingenberg
James Leach
Charlotte Lohse
Maxine Rose
Ruth Sands
Guale Vermillion
Galen Winning
Real Estate Transfers In Athens and Surrounding Townships
A series of property transfers announced in Athens County and nearby townships includes Ada McCumbers selling Waterloo Township land to Hattie Murphy of Nelsonville and J S and Flossie Freeman selling to Mrs Oleta Weaver in Carthage Township. Additional transfers list heirs and buyers across Troy, Albany, Trimble, Lodi, Lee, and Franklin areas with parcels in Athens Township and surrounding subdivisions, including farm lots and parks.
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Ada McCumbers
Letter Gap
W. Va
Hattie Murphy
Nelsonville
Waterloo Township
J. S
Flossie E. Freeman
Oleta Weaver
Carthage Township
J. R
Jennie Baker
Frank Founds
Troy Township
Armour
Doris Chesser
Athens County
Clovis Chesser
Albany
Ermel M. Stalder
Leonard C
Georgia Calvin
Athens Township
Ezra B
Louise Reece
Franklin County
Elgin
Bertha Lanning
John E. Ferry
D. O. Chappel
Athens
W. H. Lowman
Samuel P
Elizabeth Dotson
Robert and
Larra Close
Trimble Township
Norman
Hazel M. Wergrick
Lodi Township
Lottie L. Becker
Lee Township
Lodi
W. W. Miller
W. W. Totman
Summit Heights Addition
James E
Dorothy M. Bean
Andrew
Nora L. McKinney
Millfield
The
Plains
George A. Wilkes
Wade L
Caroline Frances Everett
Inlet
Guthrie Gould Company
Charles S
Minta Moore
Car J
Elsa L. Sylvester
Don H
Lida Young
Frank E. Barker
Philip H. Sweeney
Elizabeth Sweeney
David E. McClain
Dorothy Carsey McClain
Canaan Township
Santford R
Thelma D. Williams
Eugene
Ada Spurbeck
W. R
Hazel McDowell
Freda V. Chambers
Athena
Vore Ridge Man Fatally Shot In Back Yard Incident
Omer O Secoy a 47 year old Vore Ridge resident died at Sheltering Arms Hospital from a gunshot wound received at his home. Sheriff George Bateman said the shotgun blast may have been accidental or intentional as Secoy had borrowed a shotgun from neighbor Sam Campbell to shoot a rabbit. Secoy was found in his back yard by neighbors and died shortly after arriving at the hospital. He had worked for Bardin Brothers Lumber Co for 23 years and leaves a large family. Services are set for Saturday at the Vore Ridge Community Church with burial in New Marshfield Cemetery.
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Vore Ridge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George Bateman
Omer O. Seco
Secoy
Sec
Russell Otis
Lexington
Omer L
Athens
Roy Lee
Roger
Freda Black
Jennie Brooks
Bessie West
White Cottage
Bernice Hudnall
Nellie Hudnall
Harley and
Earl
Leslie Buck
New Marshfield Cemetery
Porter Barron Jr Fined for Driving Without Sufficient Brakes
Porter Barron Jr aged 25 of Nelsonville was fined $10 and costs by Nelsonville Mayor Oral Daugherty for driving with insufficient brakes. Barron was arrested by the State Highway Patrol.
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Porter Barron, Jr
Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Barron
State Highway Patrol
Watt's Suppositories ad targets men over forty
An advertisement touts Watt's Suppositories for rectal irritations aimed at men over 40. It promotes quick relief with a money back guarantee and lists prices and multiple local pharmacies including Cline's Pharmacy Athens Ball's Pharmacy Nelsonville Stark's Drug Store Pomeroy.
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Watt
Cline’s
Athens
Ball's
Nelsonville
Stark's
Pomeroy
Ady
Clam Chowder Debate Splits Regions of New England
The piece notes a spicy feud over chowder base with tomato versus cream in New England. It cites Smiley Roberta as a friend insisting on regional tastes and loyalty to tradition, contrasting north and south of Boston.
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Smiley Roberta
New England
Smiley
Boston
Rev Arthur Taylor 65 Killed in Swanwick Ill Collision
The Rev. Arthur Taylor aged 65 son of the late Dr. Charles Taylor Presbyterian minister for years in Southeastern Ohio was killed November 1 when he stopped in front of a truck in Swanwick Illinois. He had served in the Rockwood Ebenezer district and lately worked in a St Louis plant and pastored Swanwick Presbyterian Church. He was born in Licking County and educated at Ohio University leaving a wife five children two sons in service one killed overseas in World War II. He leaves a brother and five sisters and six grandchildren.
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Arthur Taylor
Charles Taylor
Ohio
Swanwick, Il
Rockwood-Ebenezer
St. Louis
Swanwick Presbyterian Church
Mr. Taylor
Licking County
Ohio University
Scott Taylor
McArthur
Cornelia
Eunice
Esther Taylor
Asheville
N. C
Margaret McGathey
New Plymouth
Adaline Post
Parkersburg Firm Sues Over Unpaid Equipment Order
The Acme Fishing Tool Co. of Parkersburg West Virginia sues Romesburg Brothers Robert and Scott Romesburg partners near Amesville in common pleas court seeking 905.50 for 28 wheels and 14 axles for track rollers ordered September 13 1948 but not claimed or paid for.
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Robert and
Scott Romesburg
Amesville
Romesburg Brothers
Acme Fishing Tool Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
Common Pleas Court
Two Motorists Fined In City Court Traffic Offenses
Two out of town motorists were fined in Mayor W P Mickle s court after police arrested them for traffic offenses. Delbert A Clark 25 Lorain was found guilty of failing to observe a stop sign and fined 5 dollars. Willard Ogier 43 Wellston Route 1 was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding.
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W. P. Mickle
Delbert A. Clark
Lorain
Willard Ogier
Wellston
Civil Service Job Openings Announced
A number of federal positions are up for U. S. Civil Service Commission examination. Ranging in salary from $2284 to $6235, jobs include staff nurse head nurse inspector telephone operator and telephone supervisor. Applications may be obtained at the post office says W H Oldfield local secretary.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
W. H. Oldfield
Marriage Licenses for Athens area couples listed
Lawrence K. Dupler 46 of Athens and Ara V. Thompson 37 of Athens receive licenses. Charles Eugene McElroy 44 of Minersville Route 1 and Theresa Lee Teeters 34 of Athens obtain licenses. James Richard Hall 22 of Nelsonville and Marguerite Ann Locke 21 of Nelsonville also licensed.
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Lawrence K. Dupler
Athens
Ara V. Thompson
Charles Eugene McElroy
Minersville
Theresa Lee Teeters
James Richard Hall
Nelsonville
Marguerite Ann Locke
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