Lodge Opens Sesquicentennial With Cornerstone Box Ceremony
Paramathia Lodge 25, F and AM, marked 150 years as 116 Masons attended the opening of a cornerstone box sealed in 1909 from the Masonic Temple. W Rex Davis and Robert A Hinshaw spoke on values and lodge achievements as the box was opened to begin the yearlong celebration.
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Paramathia Lodge 25
F&am
W. Rex Davis
Huntington National Bank
Columbus
Robert A. Hinshaw
New Concord
Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons
Davis
Harrisonville
Hinshaw
Grand Lodge
Athens
Masonic Temple
Union
College Streets
Ohio University
Baker Center
J. L. Duncan
Cornerstone
Ohio
William R. Roberson
Sesquicentennial
Hanson B. Martin
Athens Masonic cornerstone box yields 1909 artifacts
A cornerstone box opened to reveal lodge records from 1909 and a mix of personal papers business cards and a framed 1909 photograph. Highlights include predictions on box opening dates a 1904 Homecoming booklet and copies of The Messenger. The project aims to preserve memories for a future cornerstone box.
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Thomas Edmundson
B. M. Covert
Charles A. Cornwell
George B. Walker
William Alderman
Charles S. Bethel
Winfield K. Scott
J. Halliday Cline
George L. Fenzel
Palmer
Peters
Franz L. Woodworth
Knights Templar
Athens
S. E. Hedges
the Messenger
William R. Roberson
John W. Galbreath
Dan
Army opens WAC enlistment to eligible women and OCS path
Army recruiter Sgt C H Houser announces women aged 18 to 25 with high school diplomas may enlist in the Women's Army Corps. College graduates may enter the Officer Candidate School after nine weeks basic training. Marriage license issued for Charles Glen Stout and Grace Robinette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
C. H. Houser
Women’s Army Corps
Sgt. Houser
Officer Candidate School
Stolen Antiques From Farm House On Brill Road
Theft of antiques from an unoccupied farm house on Brill Rd near Stewart reported to the sheriff. Items taken included two brass kettles an oil lamp and a coal fork. Suspect ownership listed for Donald Harris Crooksville with entry by kicking front door. Police and highway patrol records show multiple speeding and traffic violations with various fines. Real estate transfers noted Everett Lewis to Fern L Hooper and Mary Ellen Rohr to Thomas Williams in Briarwood Addition Athens.
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Brill Rd
Stewart
Sheriff's
Donald Harris
Crooksville
Everett Lewis
Fern L. Hooper
Inlet
Albany
Mary Ellen Rohr
Thomas Williams
Briarwood
Athens
Five Inductees Enter Army At Ft Hayes In Ohio
Five Athens Countians left by bus Wednesday for Columbus where they were inducted into the Army at Ft. Hayes. Selective Service headquarters listed inductees including three volunteers James E Cooper Stewart Leonard L Frost of Frost and Larry J Kinneer Gloucester. Regular registrants were Donald K Cowdery Coolville leader and Gary L Phillips Athens. Each received a Bible from the Gideon Society.
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Athens
Columbus
Army
Ft. Hayes
Selective Service
James E. Cooper
Stewart
Leonard L. Frost
Frost
Larry J. Kinneer
Glouster
Donald K. Cowdery
Coolville
Gary L. Phillips
Gideon Society
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Lodge
W. E. Peters
James Palmer
A. A. Atkinson
The
Messenger
Stout's Stimson Ave
Ph. LY
A&p
Duren Sravparo
Charles Glen Stout
Long Bottom
Grace Robinette
Nelsonville
General Telephone
America
John Joseph Simon
Lancaster
William John Hodge
Cincinnati
Dean R. Thompson
Trimble
Bernard Dale Rayburn
Whitehall
Harold J. Hiser
Oak Hill
Allen Eugene Grube
Newark
John David Coggins
Grove City
Donald Patrick Kehoe
Washington Court House
Nicky James Parkins
Robert Dayton Rutter
Elmwood PI
Daniel D. Carson
State St
Calvin Clyde Jarvis
Church St
Carolyn Jean Young
Warrensville
Fred W. Hollenbaugh
Beart
Ofto
Denier
Vollon
Chenille
Hastan
Ins
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