Snow Pleases Children. Adults Face Hazardous Roads
Vacationing school children welcomed the heavy snowfall in Athens with hills for coasting while adults faced difficult commutes. City crews cleared streets from 4 am but drifting snow hid work. drivers found hills slick and many vehicles without chains. Court Street partial clearance left few shoppers and ample parking. Children sledded, skaters watched Hospital lake thawing as temperatures dropped.
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Athens
Water Works Department
Court St
Athens State Hospital
Cincinnati Family Injured In Route 50A Wreck
Four members of the Sahnd family from Cincinnati were injured when their 1951 car left Route 50 A near Amesville and overturned in a ditch. Howard Sahnd 35 received severe forehead bruises and was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital. His wife 34 and two children were confined. Nancy 7 had facial lacerations and a neck injury, Susan 10 had an eye injury, condition listed as good, while the car headed west on a curve two miles east of Amesville at about 6 p.m.
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Cincinnati
Amesville
State Highway Patrol
Howard Sahnd
Sahnd
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Susan Sahnd
Nancy
Shade School Honor Roll Is Announced
Shade Consolidated School lists honor roll by grade with many students named. Second grade includes Raymond Chesser Patty Clark Linda Elswick Dewey King Nola Love Ted McKnight Stephie Moore David Niggemeyer Connie Slusher. Third grade features Philip Bobo Mary Jo Chapman Ronnie Flanders Rachel Kinnex Buddy Gwinn Charles Miller Charles Niggemeyer Carol Seipel. Fourth grade lists Sallie Martin Phyllis Vore Virginia Dunfee Nita Phillips Ann Oxley Ronald Harris. Fifth grade names Helen Seipel Eleanor Oxley Ronnie Breeze Paul Elswick Mary Jeffers Rose Goldsberry Helen Jones Nancy Kirkendall Marilyn Swartz Beverly Van Meter James Woodyard Tracy Hanning. Sixth grade lists Carroll Brown Mary Bobo Kay Swartz Charlotte Bainey Dixie Ellis John Elswick Betty Hawk Eddie McKnight Betty Williams Darlene Wyatt. Seventh grade includes Ellen Gabriel Richard Kirkendall Richard Jones Charlene Phillips Norma Goldsberry Don Dailey Jo Ann Combs Mattie Whaley Gary Bobo. Eighth grade lists Mary Woodyard Roger Hawk Joanne Bainey Joan Gwinn Ethelda Harris Marion Beckett Shirley Streets. Freshman names Ann Covington Beulah Swartz Charles Brown Eula Cowan Maxine Sauters Barbara Goldsberry Larry Jones. Sophomores include Marjorie Miller Mary Clouse Louise Whaley Mary Sickels Ethel Young Mary Lou Guthrie Lois Swartz Hughie Mulligan. Juniors list Barbara Dougan Grace Jones Carol Coen Althea Randolph. Seniors are Colleen Hayes Juanita Story Betty Smith Betty Young Charles Hanning Bill Covington Geoffrey Wilson.
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SHADE
Shade Consolidated
Raymond Chesser
Patty Clark
Linda Elswick
Dewey King
Nola Love
Ted McKnight
Stephie Moore
David Niggemeyer
Connie Slusher
Phillip Bobo
Mary Jo Chapman
Ronnie Flanders
Rachel Kinnex
Buddy Gwinn
Charles Miller
Charles Niggemeyer
Carol Seipel
Sallie Martin
Phyllis Vore
Virginia Dunfee
Nita Phillips
Ann Oxley
Ronald Harris
Helen Seipel
Eleanor Oxley
Ronnie Breeze
Paul Elswick
Mary Jeffers
Rose Goldsberry
Helen Jones
Nancy Kirkendall
Marilyn Swartz
Beverly van Meter
James Woodyard
Tracy Hanning
Carroll Brown
Mary Bobo
Kay Swartz
Charlotte Bainey
Dixie Ellis
John Elswick
Betty Hawk
Eddie McKnight
Record Cold and Snow Across Ohio and Nearby Areas
A cold wave grips the region with record lows in Columbus Cincinnati and Toledo. Snow totals reach up to three inches in Washington D C and two and a half inches in Portsmouth while traffic slows in Youngstown and other cities. A Delta woman delivers a seven pound son in an automobile en route to a hospital.
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Youngstown
Cincinnati
Washington D. H
Portsmouth
Toledo
Emmanuel Johnson
Delta
Ohio
Mercury
Prairie States
Dixie
Ex-Chesterhill Resident William Berry 41 Dies in Columbus
Funeral services for William Howard Berry 41, former Chesterhill resident, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Fawcett-Stone funeral home Chesterhill. He died Thursday morning at his Columbus home. Survived by mother Elizabeth Richardson Berry son Pearl Edward Berry and five sisters Ruth Bowman Chesterhill John Glass Columbus Noel Dyer Logan Howard Glassford Killbuck and Carl Stephenson Killbuck. father Pearl Berry preceded him in death. Burial Chesterhill Cemetery.
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Chesterhill
William Howard Berry
Columbus
Elizabeth Richardson Berry
Pearl Edward Berry
Ruth Bowman
John Glass
Noel Dyer
Logan
Howard Glassford
Carl Stephenson
Killbuck
Pearl Berry
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Chesterhill Cemetery
Sabina Man Ordered To Leave Athens
Mayor W. P. Mickle ordered Lester F. Barlow a Sabina resident to exit Athens within 30 minutes after fining him $10 and costs for intoxication. Barlow, who had pleaded guilty, received a 30 day jail sentence suspended on the condition he leave town.
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W. P. Mickle
Sabina
Lester F. Barlow
Barlow
Mickle
Annual Pest Hunt Started by Troy FFA
COOLVILLE An annual pest hunt started by the Troy Chapter, Future Farmers of America, runs until Jan 4. Prizes go to the first three winners with 8 5 and 3 dollars. Teams led by Kermit Clark and Ray Midkiff compete to destroy pests including mice sparrows starlings rats and more.
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Coolville
Troy
Future Farmers of America
Kermit Clark
Ray Midkiff
Church Convention Delegates Named for National Council
Delegates announced for the Constituting Convention of the National Council of the Churches of Christ at Cleveland from November 28 to December 1 include the Rev. Harold F. Kellogg and Mrs. Fred E. Lachs. Kellogg is listed as a delegate of the Ohio Council of Churches and Mrs. Lachs of the United Council of Church Women.
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National Council of the Churches of Christ
Cleveland
Harold F. Kellogg
Fred E. Lachs
Mr. Kellogg
Ohio Council of Churches
Luchs
United Council of Church Women
Ed McCall Sues Taylor Couple for $1000 Promissory Note
Ed McCall files in Common Pleas Court to collect $1000 due on a promissory note from Arthur and Amanda Taylor with interest since August 28, 1947. He seeks judgment to satisfy the debt.
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Common Pleas Court
Ed McCall
Arthur
Amanda Taylor
Community Sing Set at Stewart Methodist Church
A community sing will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Methodist Church in Stewart. Local residents are invited to join in singing.
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Stewart
Quota Met as Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Columbus
A total of 108 pints of blood were collected during Tuesday’s Columbus Regional Center bloodmobile drive, surpassing the 100-pint goal. Athens County Red Cross Chairman William H. Kirchner credited 124 registrants, including 90 Ohio University students, and thanked Bertha Vickers and all volunteers for their efforts.
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Columbus Regional Center
William H. Kirchner
Athens County
Births and admissions at Athens area hospital noted
Birth announcements list a son for Mr and Mrs Desmond Ash of Athens and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Paul Kail of Athens. Admissions include Charles Wallace of Cambridge and several residents from Athens and nearby towns. discharges include Ronald Wagoner and son, Myrtle Coon, and Evan Williams among others.
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Desmond Ash
Athens
Paul Kail
Chilton DePue
Rollin Kincade
Charles Wallace
Cambridge
Sylvia Morrison
New Lexington
Grace Williams
William Hahn
Lula Hartley
Glouster
Ronald Hogue
Gerald Hogue
Charles Liggett
Nancy Louise Sahnd
Cincinnati
Gin Elizabeth Sahnd
Elizabeth Sahnd
Ronald Wagoner
Edward Sycks
John Short
Phillip Yoder
Myrtle Coon
Plains
Evan Williams
Kenneth Green
Thomas Heinlein
Logan
Burne C. Szurszewski
Minor collision on N Court Street injures no one
Two drivers from Columbus and Mason City West Virginia collide on Thanksgiving afternoon causing minor vehicle damage. Earl C Porter and Holly Landis Rhoads were the drivers involved with no injuries reported.
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N. Court St
Earl C. Porter
Columbus
Holly Landis Rhoads
Mason City
W. Va
Pulitzer Prize Poet Viereck to Speak at OU Convocation
Poet and Pulitzer winner Peter Viereck will address Ohio University student convocation in Memorial Auditorium Tuesday morning. Viereck, a Mount Holyoke College lecturer and historian, will discuss The Mid Century Revolt in American Poetry. He arrives Monday and departs for Cincinnati after the lecture.
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Peter Viereck
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Victor Whitehouse
Viereck
Mount Holyoke College
Massachusetts
New York City
Harvard
Oxford
Athens
Cincinnati
Bartlett Native Dies at Age 66
Mrs. Bess Bardin aged 66 died Wednesday morning at her home in Parkersburg. Born in Bartlett she formerly lived in Sharpsburg. Surviving are her husband R. C. Bardin and sister Mrs. Gail Harris of Sharpsburg. Two sisters preceded her in death. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bartlett, with burial in Bartlett Cemetery.
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Bess Bardin
Pearl Clark
Byron Wolfe
Athens
Parkersburg
Bardin
Bartlett
Sharpsburg
R. C. Bardin
Gail Harris
Mattie Goddard
Chesterhill
Goldie Kille
Bartlett Cemetery
Athens County Ranks Low in 1949 Christmas Seal Purchases
Ohio tuberculosis group released 1949 figures showing Athens County fifth among seven neighboring counties in per capita Christmas Seal purchases with 8.47 cents per person. Morgan and Washington led the list while Athens and other counties trended below the state average of 16.22 cents. The 1950 goal is 5250 to support tuberculosis prevention and chest X rays offered free at Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville.
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Athens County
Ohio
Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association
Morgan County
Washington
Meigs
Hocking
Vinton
Perry
Athens
Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Two Drivers Arrested by City Police in DUI Case
Two men were arrested by city police for driving while intoxicated after a crash on Central Ave. Frank Dean, 44, of 69 N Shafer St, and Frank E Bradley, 31, of Detroit, were released on $200 bond. Dean faced charges from the owner of a damaged parked car, Bernard Pickett of Lancaster. Bradley entered a plea of innocence at a preliminary hearing.
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Frank Dean
N. Shafer Sr
Frank E. Bradley
Detroit
W. P. Mickle
Bernard N. Pickett
Lancaster
Central Ave
Dean
Pickett
Bradley
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