Athens Boy Scouts outline 2500 quota and plans for camp near Athens
Ted Davis reports Athens Boy Scouts aim for 2500 from the Community Chest out of 12500, with funds largely supporting a Parkersburg office. Ten percent will back a new camp four miles from Athens and support the Kootaga area camps. 175 to 200 Athens boys are members as 10 to 18 year olds, with three troops sent to Kootaga last year.
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Community Chest
Kootaga
Parkerburg
Daily Said
Dally
Boy Scout
Parkersburg
D. D. Mantyn
Valley Forge
Daily
Wright Field
Dayton
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
John “Whitey” Gibbs, Jr
Explorer Post 55
Dickman
Athena Explorer Scout Post
Boy Scouts
Organi
Athens High Senior Speaks at Armistice Day Ceremony
Athens High School senior Charles Frank told about the duty of youth to strengthen justice in the world during Armistice Day observances attended by about 250 townspeople and the Athens Legion post. The event included a wreath-laying, band concert, firing squad salute, taps, and ROTC half-mast flag ceremony.
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America
Charles Frank
Athens High School
American Legion
Athens
Mander
Legion Post
Phil Porter, Jr
Cutler Hall
Ohio University
John T. Cox
Athens Post
Legion
Athens National Guard
James M. Abraham
Athens Man Named National Legion Official
Donald E. Robinson of Athens is named a national committeeman in the American Legion. He serves as Eighth District commander and joins six other Ohio Legionnaires on the National Membership and Post Activities Committee. James M. Vercoe of Athens was already named state chairman of the Junior Activities Committee.
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Donald E. Robinson
Athens
American Legion
George N. Craig
Robinson
Ohio
Ohio Legion News
K. T. Crossen
Legion
James M. Vercoe
Bruce P. Henderson
Athens Scout Is Honored For Merit Badges
John Evans a sophomore at Athens High School was approved by the Court of Review for earning 10 merit badges. He will receive the Boy Scout Court of Honor life award on Thursday December 1. Also honored were Richard Williams Lowell Davis Chauncey and Robert Sanders for various badges. Alpha Phi Omega members John Orner and George Dion conducted the court.
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John Evans
Athens High School
Court of Review
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Richard Williams
Lowell Davis
Chauncey
Robert Sanders
John Orner
George Dion
Alpha Phi Omega
Shelter Notes From Athens Area Hospital
A hospital note list records births and patient admissions. Names include Mr and Mrs Glen Phillips of Athens with a daughter. Individuals Nita Addleman Emma Cline Dianna Williams Hazel Martin Emma Cline is listed for major surgery.
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Glen Phillips
Athens
Nita Addleman
Emma Cline
Dianna Williams
Hazel Martin
Shade
Coolville Masonic Officers Are Elected
Coolville Lodge 337 F and AM elected Russell L. Bailly as master at an November 1 installation. C V Richardson Jr. ends a year as master. new officers include Hobart Dodderer senior warden and Jack White junior warden with a full slate of line and steward officers.
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Coolville
Russell L. Bailly
Coolville Lodge
F&am
C. V. Richardson, Jr
Hobart M. Dodderer
Jack E. White
Ray E. Chevalier
N. O. Barnett
Clyde E. Stout
Bruce B. Chambers
Robert L Dixon
Jack W. Burns
P. R. Russell
Tyler
Joshua Ashcraft
Mr. Russell
Driver Fined After Funeral Crash In Nelsonville
A Nelsonville driver, Robert Osman, 59, was fined 20 dollars and costs by Mayor W P Mickle for unsafe operation after his November 2 crash into a funeral procession on Richland Avenue. Two women were hospitalized. Osman pled innocent at arraignment but was found guilty at the continued hearing.
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Nelsonville
Richland Ave
W. P. Mickle
Robert Osman
Frank Joyce
Osman
Thursday Warmest Night of Month
Clouds kept temperatures from dropping below 50 degrees last night and by 9 15 a m this morning the mercury rose to 60 degrees under clearing skies. Temperatures were in the seventies for the third straight day with a high of 73 recorded by Mrs C N France weather observer.
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Mercury
C. N. France
Road Work Underway on Carthage Route 50
Road repairs in the Carthage section of Route 50 continue as crews patch and smooth the roadway in preparation for winter. State Highway Department officials note ongoing patching and maintenance work.
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Carthage
State Highway Department
Ohio History Contest Winners Soon Announced at Ohio University
Cincinnati journalist David W Bowman will speak at Ohio University as 95 high school students vie for awards in the third annual Ohio History Government and Citizenship contest. Final tests Friday and Saturday include campus tours and entertainment with the top prize 100. The event honors Ohio history programs and is funded by the Ohio University Fund Inc.
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David W. Bowman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio University
Ohio U-Butler
Bowman
Athens Area
University
Llewellyn Robe
Coutler Hall
Northwest Territory
Thomas Herbert
State Supreme Court
Cart V. Weygandt
Ohio University, Fund, Inc
Athens
Telegraph
Cincinnati Times-Star
Greenville
Kenyon College
Kenyon
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Columbia University
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Kenyon Alumni Association
Associated Press Editors of
University of Cincinnati Evening College
Ohioana Library Association
Columbus
Edwin Watts Chubb
China Policy Outlined by OU Professor
Ohio University history professor John Cady outlined U S policy toward China at an open Public Affairs Club meeting in Ellis Hall. He cited U S support for a Chinese constitutional government, cooperation with all elements including the Communists, and Marshall era efforts to unite rival factions, while noting mutual distrust and resistance by the Kuo mintang and Communists. Cady, who served in the State Department Research Branch for South Asia, argued the United States may recognize a Communist government in time.
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United States
China
John Cady
Ohio University
Professor Cady
Ellis Hall
Public Affairs Club
U. S
America
Cady
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Koomintang
Chiang
State Department
South Asia
Washington
University of Rangoon
Burma
Rites Held for Infant Son of Smiths in London Ohio
Graveside services were conducted for the one day old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Randall Smith at W. Union St. Cemetery. Rev. Harold F. Kellogg officiated. The infant was born Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital in London. Survivors include grandparents Harold E. Wise of Athens and Roy Smith of Akron, great grandparents Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Wise.
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Harold F. Kellogg
W. Union St
C. Randall Smith
Martha Jo Wise
London
Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Harold E. Wise
Athens
Roy Smith
Akron
Carl Porter
H. T. Wise
Athens Man Fined on Cohabitation Charge
Harold Jewett, 38, of 159 W. Washington St., pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation in a Thursday night arraignment before Mayor W. P. Mickle. He was fined 75 dollars with 25 dollars suspended and 20 days in jail with 25 dollars suspended plus costs.
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Athens
Harold Jewett
Washington St
W. P. Mickle
Navy Radio Unit Active in Athens Reserve Meeting
Athens reservists heard Leland R. Terry describe a volunteer naval radio electronics unit formed last spring at Ewington. Four Wilkesville recruits were sworn in as seaman recruits by Lt. Comdr. Homer T. Baird. The unit, under petty officer in charge Terry, meets weekly in a barn room and guards about $12,000 in equipment used for drill transmissions.
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Athens
A. F E. Duffy
F. E. Tyler
W. TI. Shank
Wilkesville
M. L. Farmer
Langsville
Terry
Navy
Robert Worthman
Ministers Urged to Pick Up Lecture Material at Church
Athens County ministers were told to stop at the First Presbyterian Church on Saturday to collect lecture material.
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Athens County
First Presbyterian Church
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Donald K. Barstow
F. R. Murphey and Son Seiple & Kempton
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D. M. Goddard
Oakley Insurance Agency, Inc
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Route Four
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Herbert Hoover
Oregon Independent Telephone Association Bulletin
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