Ohio University Homecoming Flags Mark Sesquicentennial
OU flags will adorn Court Street and the OU Center for homecoming, white and green emblems with Cutler Hall and founders portraits, plus "OU Sesquicentennial" pennants for 150th anniversary in 1950. Events begin with a pep tally and snake dance to the stadium, followed by a float parade before the game. Queen Susie Turpin leads festivities.
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Ohio University
Court St
Ohio University Center
Cutler Hal Tower
Manasseh Cutler
Rufus Putnam
Susie Turpin
Arlington
Chi Omega Sorority
Athens Board of Education Hires Bus Driver and Fireman
Wilbur Potts was hired as a full time bus driver and Paul Edgar as an extra stoker fireman at the Athens Board of Education monthly meeting. The board approved September bills totaling 4417.55. An appraisal of school buildings was presented by The National Insurance Co and premiums were reallocated among city agents. Members agreed to attend the Southeast Ohio School Board Association dinner at Ohio University Center. The board reported a new speaker system installed in the auditorium.
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Wilbur Potts
Paul Edgar
Athens Board of Education
National Insurance Co
Southeastern Ohio School Board Association
Ohio University Center
Welfare Aides Meet Over State Child Welfare Manual
About two dozen Southeastern Ohio social workers gather weekly at the Ohio University Center to study a newly published state child welfare manual. Led by Helen Worstell, Ohio University sociologist and welfare consultant, sessions run Thursday afternoons for seven weeks with participants from Athens Washington Jackson Morgan Perry Muskingum Meigs and Meigs counties plus district welfare representatives and DS A staff.
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Southeastern Ohio
Ohio University Center
Helen Worstell
Athens
Ohio University
Division of Social Administration
State of
Ohio
Betsy Augenstein
Washington
Agnes Bowman
Licking
Margaret Bridgewater
Uinn Davis
Jackson
Jame £Lmore
Morgan
William Evers
Wicking
Hammond
Emma Horne
Perry
Ruth Kindig
Marie Phillips
Margaret Riegert
Teo Rinehart
Fairfield
Ada Rogers
Muskingum
WR. Rollyson
Catherine Sater
Hocking
Lois Snell
Rowena Spreat
Robert Stivers
Meigs
Eleanor Weaver
Myrtle Dunbar
Katherine Hornung
Department of Public Welfare
D.S.A
Frances Ure
Seventeen Drivers Cited For Traffic Violations
Seventeen persons were cited for traffic violations by city police Thursday night. Officers used the time machine on Lancaster St to check the Lancaster Deabpent intersection for stop sign violations. Nine offenders were charged with speeding while eight were cited for failing to observe the stop sign before entering Carpenter St. Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list admissions and dismissals including Barbara Jean Pugh and others.
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Lancaster St
Lancaster
Carpenter St
Logan Youth's Auto Damaged in Crash
A Logan youth’s car collided with a guard rail on Route 216 near Buchtel Thursday afternoon. Joseph C. Sauders, 16, escaped injury as the vehicle left the road and damaged the railing and auto.
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Logan Sun
Route 216
Buchtel
State Highway Patrol
Joseph C. Sauders
Schools Open House Set by Athens PTA Council
The Athens and Mechanicsburg schools invite the public to an open house next Wednesday at 7 pm with teachers in rooms to meet parents. A 8:30 pm program in the high school auditorium features Mrs. Arthur E. Cornwell and Richard Gutealt. The event ties to a $1,393,000 bond issue proposed for the state board of education improvements.
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Athens Pta Council
Mechanicsburg School
Arthur E. Cornwell
State Board of Education
Richard Gutealt
Cleveland Architects
Schol Systems
Athens
PTA
Teachers Plan To Promote House Bill Dinner Meeting
About 50 teachers, superintendents and principals from the Tenth District will attend a 6:30 pm October 22 dinner at Hotel Berry. The event invites George Christman and Thomas Jenkins to discuss exempting the first 1500 of retired teachers income from federal withholding tax.
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Berry
Thomas Jenkins
Tenth Congressional District
Athens County
George Christman
Jenkins
House of Representatives
Teacher's Association
Teachers Organization
Civil Service
Doanville Driver Jailed Over Unpaid Fines
Doanville driver Elbert Cunningham, 18, jailed after failing to pay fines for driving an unsafe vehicle and lacking an operator's license. He owed 10 dollars plus costs on the first charge and 50 dollars plus costs on the second before arraignment before Chauncey Mayor Charles Wadley. Also detained Thursday were Richard Bradley, 28, of Nashville, Tennessee, and Glen Oral Hickman, 38, of Athens. Bradley paid 19 dollars and costs for missing mud flaps on his truck. Hickman paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to stop at a sign.
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Doanville
Elbert Cunningham
State Highway Patrol
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Cunningham
Richard Bradley
Nashville
Glen Oral
Hickman
Athens
Bradley
Logan
Roger Friend
Woman Fined on Assault and Battery Count
Velma Stitt aged 47 of Millfield Route 1 pleaded guilty to assault and battery before Mayor Peter B. Leel. She was fined $10 and costs for striking Peg Perry during a bar fight on West State Street early Thursday. police had previously identified the defendant as Jean Stitt.
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Velma Stitt
Millfield
Peter B. Leel
Peg Perry
W. State St
Nomean Ag
Jean Stitt
New Junior Government Assistant Exams Announced
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a new examination for junior government assistant positions at 3410 dollars a year. Applications and information are available at post offices in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Suit Seeks Declaratory Judgment Over Joint Farm in Troy
A dispute over a jointly owned farm in Troy Township prompts G B Coberly to file a declaratory judgment petition against W G Rogers. Coberly seeks recognition of a one half real estate and personal property interest and asks for a restraining order to stop encumbrance. He alleges Rogers retains title after a purchase from Rusel Koehnsein and that Rogers now uses the farm equipment for himself.
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Troy Township
G. B. Coberly
W. G. Rogers
Coberly
Rogers
Ruse
H. Koehnsein
Amesville Mayor Threatens Parents Over Halloween
Amesville Mayor Thomas Clark warned parents that children causing damage will be cited into Juvenile Court. He announced a village Halloween party instead of a beggars night with treats and prizes for kids.
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Amesville
Thomas Clark
100 Acres Burned in Luhrig Fire
Approximately 100 acres of farm land and pastures burned at the Rafferty farm in Luhrig. Sparks from two trains are believed to have caused the blaze which destroyed fences and threatened a barn and granary. Firefighters removed livestock and kept the flames from reaching the barn and granary. A tractor plowed around another building where 400 bales of hay were stored. Firemen remained on scene until 8 p.m. Officials responding included fire wardens Francis Colleye and Wade Jeffers and John Pierce.
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Luhrig
Francis Colleye
Wade Jeffers
John Pierce
Rafferty Farm
Former Lodi Resident Dies in White Cross Hospital
Miss Rose Niggemeyer, Lodi Township native, died Thursday at White Cross Hospital after a month as a patient. She had lived in Lancaster and Columbus since leaving the area in 1926. Surviving are three sisters Mrs. Mary Weisenbaugh and Mrs. Elizabeth Weisenbaugh of Lodi Township and Miss Margaret Niggemeyer of Columbus, plus six brothers John of Lodi Township Henry of Marion Leo of Athens Joseph of Lancaster Frank of Chester and Theodore of Daisey Ky. Solemn high mass will be said at St Pauls Catholic Church Monday at 9 am with burial at St Johns. Friends may call after 4 pm Saturday at Jagers funeral home Rosary at 8 pm Sunday.
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Rose Niggemeyer
Lodi Township
White Cross Hospital
Miss Niggemeyer
Lancaster
Columbus
St. John’s Church
Mary Weisenbaugh
Elizabeth Weisenbaugh
Margaret Niggemeyer
John
Henry
Marion
Leo
Athens
Joseph
Frank
Chester
Theodore
Daisey
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Mon‘day
St. John's
Jagers Funeral Home
Chemical Society To Meet Tuesday
MARIETTA The Upper Ohio Valley Section of the American Chemical Society will hold its first meeting of the season at Mari etta College Science Building Tuesday at 8 p.m. Speaker will be Dr. Howard I. Bender assistant director for research and development of Bakelite Co division of Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.
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Marietta
Upper
Ohio Valley
American Chemical Society
Marietta College
Howard I. Bender
Bakelite Co
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
Athens High Vocal Ensembles Shine in Friday Assembly
An Athens High assembly featured mixed choir, girls' glee and second girls ensembles performing selections such as Alice Holiday, Night and Day, Three Little Maids and Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be. Willard Barker urged full school day use as students performed with Jon Thackery on piano and solos by Jane Barker and Gloria Thompson.
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Athens High
Willard Barker
Athens City Schools
Alice Holiday
Gloria Thompson
Hilda Haning
Arminda Kimes
Beverly Ladd
Shirley Weekley
Jan Musser
Emily Householder
Frana Nuzum
Margaret Elliott
Jeanne Girard
Jon Thackery
Jane Barker
You
Nsemble
Bill Clippinger
Dennis White
David Merrick
Ernst Kittle
Rod Snedden
Charles Goodfellow
Ralph Mines
Priscilla Oadis
Slandette Chappel
Barbara Nellis
Pat Peterson
Esther Hedges
Elie Baker
Janet Hill
Joyce Mills
Ann Goddard
Mrs S R Crossen 77 Union Resident Dies
Mrs S R Crossen aged 77 of Union died Friday after a prolonged illness. She is survived by son Kendall Crossen sister Mrs C H Stanley brother W C Foster and a niece and nephew. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebardville with Rev Drell H Goff. Burial at Hebardville Cemetery. Friends may call Hood Jet funeral home New Marshfield after 10 a.m. Saturday.
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S. R. Crossen
Union
Kendall Crossen
C. H. Stanley
W. C. Foster
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebardville
Drell H. Goff
Hood- Jet
New Marshfield
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Roger Williams
Barbara Jean Pugh
Rendville
Willard Post
Corning
Willard Martin
Zaleski
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the Plains
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Corsling
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Carpenter
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Millfield, and Son
Aubrey Oxley
Nellie Green
Geraldine Ridenour
Logan Youth
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Baffin Island
North Pole
Wesley Foundation
First Methodist Church
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Chautauqua
N.Y
Land of the
Philco TV
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Robinson Bros. Sales and Service
E Mill St
Athens, O
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East
Washington St
Federal Home Loan Bank
Lodi
Chemical Society
Athens High Assembly
Mill St
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Richland Ave
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Athens, Ohio
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