Thanksgiving Programs Precede School Recess
Ath ens city school system begins Thanksgiving vacation for about 2100 pupils on Wednesday afternoon and returns Monday morning. Christmas break follows in four weeks with Yule recess from 3 30 p m Dec 19 to Jan 2. Programs across schools featured choirs readings and prayers led by Rev William La Fountain Ed Bickle and Crystal Simms with students Eric Hummel Peggy Lingar Jane Locke Mark Rosenberg and others.
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Athens City
Krauss
Peggy Lenigar
William la Fountain
Ed Bickle
Chuck Fulks
Betty Hoyt Fuller
Eric Hummel
Ellen Jiiden
Jane Locke
Mark Rosenberg
Teresa West
Julie McMullen
Greg Plant
Mike Kasler
Becky Linscott
Bob Blackmore
Margaret Brinkman
Lana Weber
Eric Noble
Sarah Brandes
Mike Watson
Russell Baird
Sally Shipman
Crystal Simms
Harold Kessler
Athens High School Thanksgiving Convocation Held
The annual event at Athens High School opened with the hymn We Gather Together and featured a poem read by Steve during the Student Council sponsored program in the school auditorium.
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Athens High School
Steve
Army OCS Plans Listed
Male graduates may enlist directly for the Armys Officer Candidate School after basic training. After 23 weeks of OCS graduates with bachelor degrees become second lieutenants. Applicants must be 18 to 27. Sgt Judd offers complete information at the sheriff's building on Mondays or Thursdays. Gallipolis GI 6 3343.
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Kenneth Judd
Judd
Sheriff’s
Gallipolis
Damages Petitioned In Timber Cutting Case
James Andrew and Frances R. McCollum sue two neighbors in Common Pleas Court for 1665.51 in damages for timber cut from their land during August and September 1961. Defendants are Leo and Nellie I. Sanborn and Carl and Raymond Pancake. The suit seeks restitution for timber removed from the McCollums property. The rest of the notice lists several speeding and traffic violations in Municipal Court and a separate suit by the state Bureau of Unemployment Compensation for 110.91 in back pay from William R. Boyd.
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James Andrew
Frances R. McCollum
Common Pleas Court
Leo and
Nellie I. Sanborn
Athens
Carl and
Raymond Pancake
Nelsonville
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
William R. Boyd
Students Present Thanksgiving Play at Athens Junior High
The eighth grade sponsors a Thanksgiving program performed for Athens Junior High students on Wednesday afternoon. The event featured a student produced play put on by the eighth grade students.
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Athens Junior High
Purpose Of Zoning Topic Of Committee
The mayor's committee for community improvement will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday Nov 29 to discuss zoning and its purpose. A Columbus planning firm representative will outline zoning and the local ordinance. The committee will form subcommittees to review the comprehensive plan with Mrs Robert Daniel as chair.
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Columbus
Robert Daniel
Poetry and the Fountain of Light Published in US and UK
A literary criticism titled Poetry and the Fountain of Light was published in late October by the University of Missouri Press in the United States and in England by Allen and Unwin. Dr. H. R. Swardson of Ohio University wrote the book examining the conflict between Christian and classical traditions in 17th century poetry.
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United States
University of Missouri Press
H. R. Swardson
Ohio University
England
Allen and Unwin
London
Swardson
Admitted Richard Burk and Dismissed Mrs Carsey at Sheltering Arms
The fire department emergency squad transported Richard Burk, 23, of 40 W Union St Athens to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 12 40 p m Wednesday due to illness. Mrs Jay Carsey of Athens was dismissed from Sheltering Arms.
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Richard Burk
Athens
Jay Carsey
Fire Department
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Thanksgiving Eve Warms in Athens with Cloudy Skies
Athens records a mild 54 degree high as light rain falls and a falling barometer signals a weather change. A dense fog settled in late afternoon, shaping Thanksgiving Eve conditions reported by U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Ohio University officials attend NCTE meeting in Miami Beach
Edward Stone chairman of OU English Department and John B. Shipley instructor attend the National Council of Teachers of English annual meeting in Miami Beach on November 22 24. Stone serves in the College Section and will chair the session on the American novel. Shipley edits Abstracts of English Studies, an official NCTE publication.
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Edward Stone
Ohio University
John B. Shipley
National Council of Teachers of English
Miami Beach
Stone
NCTE
Shipley
Abstracts of English Studies
Booklet Available About Athens Ohio by League of Women Voters
The Messenger offers at its business office the information booklet Athens Ohio published by the League of Women Voters. It costs 40 cents per copy.
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The
Athens
Ohio
League of Women Voters
Annual Soil Conservation Meeting Slated for Athens County
Athens County Soil Conservation District prepares for its 17th annual meeting on Wednesday November 28 at 7 p.m. in the Junior Fair Building with a potluck dinner. Morris Alton of the Federal Farm Bureau will speak and a film "So This Is Athens County" will be shown. All landowners operators and residents are welcome. No board terms expire this year so no election will be held.
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Athens
Ohio
Athens County Soil Conservation District
Morris Alton
Federal Farm Bureau
Athens County
John Millar
U.S. Soil Conservation Office
Board of District Supervisors
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