Five International Lecturers to Address Athens Teachers
Ruth Bryan Owen Dr Emil Lengyel and Dr T W Smith headline Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association program in Athens October 26 and 27 with about 30 sectional speakers and roughly 3000 educators expected to attend. The event spans Athens Meigs Gallia Lawrence Morgan Pike Hocking Perry Scioto Vinton Jackson counties with leaders from Delaware and Tennessee organizations attending. The luncheon at Hotel Berry will approve the program with officers Darling Owens Carr Way Miller Harper and others.
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Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association
Athens
Educators’ Organization
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Emil
Owen
West Indies
India
Egypt
London
Emil Lengyel
Europe
Budapest
Hungary
Siberian
Jenna
United States
Ings
Association
Mary E. Tilney
Delaware
Charles S. Pendleton
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Elma Pratt
International School of Art
D. H. Eikenberry
Ohio State University College of Education
C. H. Calhoun
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Ohio State University
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Morgan
Pike
Hocking
Perry
Scioto
Vinton
Jackson
Hotel Berry
W. D. Darling
Crooksville
T. K. Owens
G. E. Carr
Logan
J. E. Way
Waverly
John Miller
Ironton
Annabelle Harper
Portsmouth
Harvey Roach Dies Sunday in Beverly at 87
Harvey Mason Roach longtime Athens resident died at his Beverly home on Sunday at age 87. Born in Lowell in 1852 he came to Athens in 1859 and worked in local business for over 50 years before returning to Beverly in 1922. Survived by Olive Wilson Roach and five children. funeral at Road home Beverly Tuesday at two with burial in Beverly Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Mason Roach
Athens
Beverly
Mr. Roach
Lowell
Milton Roach
Rebecca Mason Roach
Fred Sezauer
Chillicothe
Robert White
Logan
Road Home
Beverly Cemetery
Fifth Grade Leads In Contest of PTA
East Side Elementary School's PTA runs a prize contest to boost parent membership with one dollar awarded to the class with the highest percentage of parents on the membership books. Fifth grade leads with 17 mothers and two fathers, while third and fourth grades follow closely with 15 mothers and three fathers and 13 mothers and five fathers respectively. First and second grades show smaller participation, and sixth grade trails with eight mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association of
East Side Elementary School
PTA
Ninety Girls Attend First Junior High Athletic Meeting
Ninety girls turned out for the first Junior High Girls Athletic Association meeting. President Betty Gaston introduced officers including Patty Connor as secretary treasurer and Joan Seaman as tennis manager. Volleyball practice began and an apparatus meet is being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athletic Association
Betty Gaston
Patty Connor
Joan Seaman
Frances Noble
Jeanette James
Mary Lou Coury
Wanda Quest
Virginia Llewelyn
GAA
Lechah Dodi Hymn Sings Sabbath Ceremony
An estimate cites about 2000 distinct melodies for the Hebrew hymn Lechah Dodi sung during the Sabbath ceremony.
Ohio Junior Chamber backs opposition to Bigelow amendments
At The Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus the Ohio State Junior Chamber board met under Wilbur Blair with Athens sponsors present. George Chandler of the Ohio Chamber outlined opposition to two Bigelow constitutional amendments, urging the Junior Chamber to back the state chamber’s anti passage campaign. Attendees from Athens included Walter Lockwood Arthur Cornwell and Carlos Hatcher. The Athens Junior Chamber plans to elect officers and seek charter applications.
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Ohio State Junior Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Fort Hayes Hotel
Columbus
Athens
Junior Chamber
Wilbur Blair
Ohio
George Chandler
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chandler
Chamber of Commerces of
State Chamber of Commerce
Walter Lockwood
Arthur Cornwell
Carlos Hatcher
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
All Cubs To Perform In Seven Act Circus
A gala seven act circus will be given by the Cub Scouts of Athens County at the Athens Armory on October 20. A parade precedes the event with all Cub Scouts marching. dens are guided by den mothers and den dads. Prizes will be awarded for best posters and best ticket sales as judged by county scouters. Posters will be displayed in Athens and nearby communities.
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Athens County
Athens Armory
Athens
Three Men Fined for Intoxication by Mayor
Mayor Cliff Cornell fined three men Monday for intoxication. Carl Williams Ath ens R D 4 and Donald Powell Nelsonville were each fined 10 dollars and costs. Powell could not pay and was jailed. Roy Price 22 Stella Ave was fined five dollars and costs. Price was arrested on South Court Street while Powell and Williams were found sleeping in a car on West State Street. Arrests were by Police Capt. Charles Maple and Officer Joe McBride.
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Cliff Cornell
Carl Williams
Athens
R. D
Donald Powell
Nelsonville
Powell
Roy Price
Stella Ave
Price
South Court St
Williams
W. State St
Charles Maple
Joe McBride
Organized Trolley Fans Take Last Ride in Wilmington
Inveterate trolley car riders were treated to a final ride as Wilmington replaces street cars with trackless trolley coaches. The Trolley Fans Association rode with Delaware Electric Company officials and could photograph and inspect cars barns trolleys sweepers and equipment before disposal.
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Wilmington
Del
Trolley Fans’ Association
Delaware Electric Company
Ashwill Wins High Ranking At Convention
G F Ashwill Athens County Boy Scout executive earned First Degree at the National Boy Scout Executives Convention in Bretten Woods New Hampshire. Of 1050 attendees 71 received First Degree and 20 earned the next rank. Ashwill also visited the World’s Fair in New York City and Eagle Scout Don Miller at Annapolis.
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G. FE. Ashwill
Athens County
Boy Scout
Boy Scout Executives
Bretten Woods
N. H
Ashwill
New York City
Don Miller
Pomeroy
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Illness Fatal To Will Tom
Will Tom 57 of 10 N High St died Sunday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after two weeks there He worked for 10 years at the Federal Reformatory Chillicothe retiring due to ill health He is survived by wife Lenna two daughters Jessie Tom Columbus and Mrs Harold Ogg Athens two sons Wade and James Athens two sisters Mrs D C Worster Athens and Mrs John Strohle Lancaster and three brothers Ad Carbondale Elmer and Alva Athens Funeral at Central Ave Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 pm burial in W Union St Cemetery Friends may call at 10 N High St after 8 pm tonight through Wednesday
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Will Tom
N. High St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Tom
Lenna
Jessie Tom
Columbus
Harold Ogg
Athens
Wade
James
D. C. Worster
John Strohle
Lancaster
Carbondale
Elmer and
Alva
Central Ave. Methodist Church
W. Union St
Two People Report on More McGuffey Books
Thelma Adams of Ames Bern High School owns two McGuffey books given by her grandmother. The fifth and sixth readers were published in 1875 and 1879. Mrs. Frank Roby of Nelsonville reports a fourth reader from 1860 and a fifth reader from 1897, plus an 1879 Elementary Algebra, Part First by Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Adams
Ames-Bern High School
McGuffey
Temperature Rises After Chilly Weekend in Athens
With clouds clearing over the weekend Athens saw 1.18 inches of rain. By 11 o clock the thermometer reached 63 degrees surpassing Sunday’s high by one degree after a chilly weekend with a Sunday low of 41 degrees and .32 inches of rain.
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Athens
Two Women and a Mother Released From Sheltering Arms
Mrs Ethel Duncan and her son of 74 N High St and Mrs Katherine Stewart with daughter of Athens Route Four were released from Sheltering Arms Hospital Sunday. Mrs Elizabeth Gotschall a carpenter underwent a major surgical operation Saturday morning at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Duncan
High St
Katherine Stewart
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Elizabeth Gotschall
Carpenter
Gallia County conducts school bus examinations
State patrolmen test 23 buses from five Gallia County schools at the Gallia County Fairgrounds in Gallipolis. The exams are held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Fairgrounds
Farm models built by East Side Elementary second graders
Second graders create a miniature farm on a sand table at East Side Elementary. Students assign roles for roads fences barns houses and fields with peers responsible for specific structures and features under teacher Mildred Giesecke’s guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Rutter
Jerry Altman
George Good
Phyl
New Students Listed in Putnam Messenger Edition
Busy editors publish the Putnam Messenger at University Elementary School. The four page issue lists school officers and room officers along with new pupils by grade. First grade adds Joseph Adams Rolland Dorigan Robert Emmett William Frey Charles Fritz James Gates Elaine Gooding Patricia Hull Patricia Kasler Arthur Kinison Shirley Larrick Kenneth Lininger Glen Sams Donna White. Second grade includes George Starcher Teddy Lubrand Edward Bruner Dorothy Fritz Robert Carlson. Third grade new students Pauline White Jean Lindley Virginia Shetter Bertha Dunn. Fourth grade Betty Ayers Paul Kasler Donna Bruner Dolly Gates Betty Boles. Fifth grade Martyn Warner Sheila Frost Joan Kinson Evelyn Ayers Bernice Durst and a special education student.
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Putnam Messenger
University Elementary School
Joseph Adams
Rolland Dorigan
Robert Emmett
William Frey
Charles Fritz
James Gates
Elaine Gooding
Patricia Hull
Patricia Kasler
Arthur Kinison
Shirley Larrick
Kenneth Lininger
Glen Sams
Donna White
George Starcher
Central
Teddy Lubrand
the Plains
Edward Bruner
East Side
Dorothy Fritz
Brown County
Robert Carlson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pauline White
Jean Lindley
Virginia Shetter
Niagara Falls
Bertha Dunn
Roseville
Betty Ayers
Mechanicsburg
Paul Kasler
Donna Bruner
Dolly Gates
Betty Boles
Martyn Warner
New Marshfield
Shelia Frost
Joan Kinson
Akron
Evelyn Ayers
Bernice Durst
Pomeroy
September receipts show 748 motor titles and hunting licenses
County Clerk Ruth E. Burdette reports September receipts totaling 709.75 from motor vehicle title filings and 168.75 from hunting licenses. Title filings reached 748 with 57 new autos, plus 260 car mortgages filed and 150 cancelled. Hunting licenses totaled 135, yielding 33.75 to the county and 135 to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth E. Burdette
County Liquor Dealers Plan Organizing Meeting
Athens County liquor dealers prepare to hold a Tuesday meeting at the Berry Hotel to form a local association linked with the Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Association of Ohio. Elmer F. Richter will address attendees from Athens Glouster and Nelsonville on enforcement and legislation for permit-holders statewide.
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Athens County
Berry Hotel
Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Association of
Ohio
Athens
Glouster
Nelsonville
Elmer F. Richter
Richter
Buckeye Tavern
Legion Will Install Officers Wednesday
The K. T Crossen Post American Legion will hold its monthly meeting at 73 S. Court St. on Wednesday at 7 30. Newly elected post officers will be installed by Merle A. Johnson Amanda commander elect 8th District. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T Crossen Post
American Legion
S. Court St
Merle A. Johnson
Amanda
Gentle Orsini vipers popular as children’s pets
Despite fangs and venom glands, Orsini vipers are kept as pets in parts of the Balkan state due to their tame nature.
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Balkan State
Grand Jury Reopens as May Term Closes in Ohio Court
The May grand jury term closed and the October term opened at 9 am before Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland. Ernest Hoskinson of Nelsonville Route 3 was named foreman with Athens residents Harry Campbell and Fred McKay among those serving. The session began shortly before 10 am and is expected to run until late Wednesday under county officials Ruth Burdette Bayliff Gardner Prosecuting Attorney Rose and Mrs Eleanor Beckler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Ruth E. Burdette
Bayliff Karl Gardner
Harold J. Rose
Eleanor Beckler
Ernest Hoskinson
Nelsonville
Harry Campbell
Fred McKay
Athens
Ben Beckler
Carbondale
Sam Sharff
Kaltenborn to Speak at Ohio University Convocation
Ohio University invites townspeople students and faculty to an 11 10 a m convocation in Memorial Auditorium featuring H V Kaltenborn CBS war news commentator He will discuss We Look at the War and take questions after his talk introduced by Dr E B Smith and with a brief organ program by Prof Allen R Kresge.
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Ohio University
Athens
H. V. Kaltenborn
Columbia Broadcasting System
Ium
Kaltenborn
Ohio University Committee On
University Club
Chicago
Parkersburg
New York
Munich
E. B. Smith
Allen R. Kresge
County Road Reversion Approved for Willow Creek Segment
Athens County commissioners approved a resolution to revert Willow Creek Road in Canaan Township to the county road system. The action followed a request by Canaan Township Trustees Charley Shirley Charles Cone and William Robinson and totals the road from County Road 25 at Clarks Chapel to County Road 40. Also present were local property owners Merwin Mansfield and Frank Halbirt. George Holdren and R. C. Gilham of the county Children's Home attended after returning from a state welfare conference in Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Commissioners
Willow Creek
Canaan Township
Charles Stratton
Charley Shirley
Charles Cone
William Robinson
Commissioners’ Journal
Clarks Chapel
Merwin Mansfield
Frank Halbirt
George Holdren
R. C. Gilham
Athens County Children's Home
Dayton
Four Speak At Ohio Univ Town Meeting On Democracies
The Town Meeting Committee of Ohio University will host the first Town Meeting of the year on Wednesday evening October 4 in the Music Hall auditorium. The topic is What Are the Democracies Fighting For with four speakers Dr Walter C Richardson Mrs Fred Lachs Barbara Nelson and Mark Hopkins. Donovan Zook senior class president will moderate and after each talk a free question period follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Music Hall
Walter C. Richardson
England
Fred Lachs
Europe
Barbara Nelson
Mark Hopkins
Cleveland
Stanford
Donovan Zook
Two Cars Damaged In Chauncey Collision At Junction
Carl Matheny age 21 of Newport and William Savage Jr age 24 of Chauncey collided at Routes 13 and 33 Chauncey Saturday midnight. Matheny’s car $25 damage Savage’s $10. Bernadine Savage passenger injured a leg. The cockatoo comment is unrelated.
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Carl Matheny
Newport
William Savage, Jr
Chauncey
Matheny
Savage Auto
Bernadine Savage
Savage
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