Athens High School opens new library after 30 years
Irene Hand, librarian, talks of dawn of a centralized AHS library in Room 307. About 1200 volumes now with goals of 3000 in two years and 6000 eventually. The library houses newspapers, magazines, and planned circulation, with rooms for audio visual materials and supplies.
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Irene Hand
Athens High School
AHS
Edwin Watts Chubb
Ohio University
Miss Hand
Anne Pickering
Willard P. Barker
Ed West
Gertrude Linnenhbruegge
Frank Jones
Edwin Watts
Bettye Williams
Marshall Seigfred
Shirley Coe
Bill Risley
Marcia Silverman
Damage Suit Claims Rise To 57 000 In Albany Crash
Two amended petitions in common pleas court push damage claims to 57000 against the War E Boggess family and the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. after a September highway crash killed three Albany youths and injured four. The suits accuse driver William Everett Boggess of high speed and negligence, with the electric company also blamed for a pole on the highway. A separate suit for 7500 was filed for another survivor.
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Wardj E. Boggess
Albany
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Common Pleas Court
Earnest Barrows
James Milligan, Sr
William Everett Boggess
Route 680
William Boggess
Wardi
Boggess
The
Electric Company
Harry Davis
Young
Davis
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Bernard Cuckler Athens welcome a son. Admitted were Catherine Forbes Athens Harry R McAfee Lancaster Bonnie Rapp Jacksonville Mrs Eva Ashcraft Guysville Joan Gooding Trimble Mrs Maud Hopkins Athens Dora Cunningham Athens Mrs Esta Stout Albany Sam Russell JacksonvilleDismissed were Mrs Paul Hedges Coolville and son Worley Baughman Albany Willard Stanley Albany
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Catherine Forbes
Athens
Harry R. McAfee
Lancaster
Bonnie Rapp
Jacksonville
Eva Ashcraft
Guysville
Joan Gooding
Trimble
Maud Hopkins
Dora Cunningham
Esta Stout
Albany
Sam Russell
Paul Hedges
Coolville
Son
Worley Baughman
Willard Stanley
Springfield Driver Fined Jailed for Plea Change
John Gabriel of Springfield was fined 100 dollars and costs, sentenced to 30 days in jail, and had his driving rights suspended six months after retracting a prior innocent plea to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Judge Francis D. White presided in Common Pleas Court.
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John Gabriel
Springfield
Common Pleas Court
Gabriel
Francis D.white
Brown Is Albany Speaker: Labor Official Heard at OU
John W. Brown Republican candidate for lieutenant governor spoke at an Athens County GOP event in Logan Ohio. He condemned Truman administration calling democracy in peril and urged voters to back public servants who will restore power to the people. The talk was co sponsored by the Athens County Women’s Republican Club and local residents. The program also featured a Kiwanis presentation on voting led by Ohio University professor Edwin Hellebrandt and Gail Watkins. Donald Thomann and Marion Rose were inducted into Kiwanis at the meeting.
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Albany
John W. Brown
Athens County
Medina
Harry Truman
Brown
Athens
America
Athens County Women’s Republican Club
Kiwanis Club
Edwin Hellebrandt
Ohio University
Gail Watkins
Logan
Donald Thomann
Athens High
Marion Rose
Brown Tours Ohio Political Circuit With Kiwanis Stop
John Brown Ohio Republican lieutenant governor nominee and Medina mayor spoke at the Kiwanis Club in Athens after a stop in Albany as part of a campaign circuit.
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John Brown
Ohio
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Brown
Medina
Athens
Albany
Not Time To Change Debate At Ohio University
Democratic official Robert T. Creasey told Ohio University students that the GOP cry for change is misdirected and that the two party system does not require a Republican victory. He argued Democrats favor the people and cited 20 years of Democratic record. A program on both sides continues Wednesday with Sen. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont presenting the Republican view in Ewing Hall auditorium.
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Ohio University
Robert T. Creasey
Ewing Hall
Creasey
Party
New Pipeline To Augment Athens Natural Gas Supply
Ohio Fuel Gas Company will start a 48000 dollar pipeline project to enlarge Athens gas delivery. Frank Phillips says over 1.5 miles of four inch pipe will be replaced with eight inch pipe linking Athens to a major transmission line west of the city. The upgrade aims to meet rising demand and future peak days of about 3.5 million cubic feet for this winter.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Athens
Frank Phillips
A Ma
Jor
Phillips
Ohio Fuel
Richland Ave
Route 56
New York Central Railroad
Ohio
Ravenswood
W. Va
Capacty
The
Gas Company
Ohio Turnpike Project Outlined To Rotarians
Don Campbell outlines the Ohio Turnpike plan to Athens Rotarians detailing a 241 mile toll road from Petersburg at the Pennsylvania line to the Indiana border at Columbia. He cites $326 million in planned bonds, $20 million tolls in 1956, later rising, and a four lane design with gas stations every 15 miles.
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Athens
Don Campbell
Athens County
Ohio
Campbell
Pennsylvania Line
Petersburg
Indiana Line
Columbia
Driver Fined After Left Center Line Driving Crash
Herbert Shields of Athens Route 2 was fined 10 dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace Charles Rider after state patrols arrested him for driving to the left of the center line following a Sunday morning crash on Route 682 in which his car struck a tree.
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Herbert Shields
Athens
Justice of the Peace Charles Rider
Shields
OU Dean To Speak At Legion Meeting
Ohio University Dean Dean E. J. Taylor of the College of Applied Science and retired Navy rear admiral will speak Wednesday night after a spaghetti dinner at the American Legion home. Commander Paul Lewis announced the dinner at 6 30 p.m. to open the post annual membership drive.
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E. J. Taylor
Ohio University
College of Applied Science
Navy
American Legion
Paul Lewis
Athens High Band Elects New Officers
In elections Monday at the high school Clark Higgins was chosen president for 1952 53. Other officers are Bob McCammon vice president Sydney Clark secretary and Carolann Alexander treasurer.
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Clark Higgins
Athens High School
Bob McCammon
Sydney Clark
Carolann Alexander
Albany Lodge to Confer Master Mason Degree Thursday
The Master Mason degree will be conferred at Albany Lodge 723 F and AM Thursday at 7 30 p m Guy B McDaniel master announced in a meeting notice noting the event and location in Albany.
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Albany
Albany Lodge 723
Guy B. McDaniel
Weather Update Sees Mercury Soar on Bright Tuesday
A sunny Tuesday greeted readers as temperatures climbed to 59 at 9 am from a 42 degree low overnight. The Seaway area reported a warm day with highs near 78 degrees and cooler night lows.
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Prospect
Athens Council 15 Royal and Select Masters Meeting
The Athens Council 15 Royal and Select Masters will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple announces J T Stiff master empresario organizer.
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Athens
Masonic Temple
J. T. Stiff
Foresters Meet at Lake Hope Central States Conference
Lake Hope Lodge hosts the Central States Conference of the Society of American Foresters with members from Ohio Indiana Illinois and southern Michigan. The meeting of foresters started yesterday and runs through Wednesday with tours of Waterloo game farm pine plantations a limestone riffle plant neutralizing acid mine water a deer browsing plot the McArthur sawmill and nearby state parks.
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Irving I. Dickman
Athens
Ohio
Waterloo
McArthur
Car and City Truck Damaged in Collision
A car driven by Robert L. Essex of 90 May Ave. and a city garbage truck collided on Carpenter Street near State Street. Essex swerved from State onto Carpenter, scraping the truck driven by Guy Pidcock of New Marshfield, which was double parked and headed east.
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Carpenter St
E. State St
Robert L. Essex
May Ave
E. State
Carpenter
Guy Pidcock
New Marshfield
Renewal of OU Lease Gains County Approval
Ohio University renewal of the lease with Athens County for land opposite the Children’s Home, used for the E State St Veterans Apartments, was approved by the county commissioners for two years with a three year option at 1680 dollars annually. Trustees must approve, while decorations for courthouse Christmas are debated due to funds and legality concerns.
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Ohio University
Athens County
Childrens Home
E. State St. Veterans Apartments
Athens
Commissioners and Child Welfare Board
Nelsonville
Sara Hutchison Dies Monday in Sheltering Arms Hospital
Sara F. Hutchison 45 of 38 Brown Ave died Monday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital where she had been a patient for a month. She was a supervisor in The McBee Co finishing department for 19 years and had been ill since January. Survivors include three sisters Iva Adams Helen Haddox and Virginia McWilliams and five brothers Wayne Richard Glen Robert and William. A nephew John Adams is listed among relatives. Funeral arrangements are by Jagers funeral home.
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Sara F. Hutchison
Brown Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miss Hutchison
McBee Co
Iva Adams
Helen Haddox
Athens
Virginia McWilliams
Wayne
Richard
Camp Hood
Texas
Glen
Robert
William
Cleveland
John Adams
B. F
Mima Hutchison
Donald
Rufus
Jagers Funeral Home
Concession Room Fire at Ohio Stadium Heats Tar
A heat source in the concession area under the west stands at Ohio University Stadium boiled tar on a hot plate and started a fire about 11 40 am. Fire Chief Charles Dalton estimated damage at about 100 dollars.
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Ohio University Stadium
Charles Dalton
Ohio University President Urges Die for College Motto
Ohio University President Dr. John C. Baker told the first fall convocation that college must be worth dying for and warned against tyranny from without and chaos within. He cited Jefferson and urged active service in freedom while emphasizing responsibility and learning history to defend liberty. He noted current freshman enrollment and county representation, and announced upcoming campus events.
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Ohio University
John C. Baker
Baker
Thomas Jefferson
God
You and I
Ohio
Don Pease
Philip Peterson
School of Music
Karl Ahrendt
Dorothy Thompson
Memorial Auditorium
Men's Union Planning Board
Forrest Kirkpatrick
Bethany College
Parking Lot Warning Issued in Downtown District
Police Chief Joseph B. Grogan warned that parking on private lots without paying rent can lead to prosecution for trespassing. The department reports more calls from private lot owners about unauthorized parkers. Several private lots operate in the downtown district.
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Joseph B. Grogan
Grogan
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