OU completes three government surplus buildings for veterans program
Ohio University has fully moved equipment into its new 20 room temporary classroom building on Richland Ave and is using three surplus structures as part of a veterans facilities project. The buildings include a 20 room engineering space and two other campus structures along E Union St. with 69 temporary buildings in use overall.
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Ohio University
Richland Ave
Federal Works Agency
Laverne F. Lausche
University
E. Union St
Hocking River
Wright Field
Camp Perry
Athens
T. R. West
Richard Hartz
Knowlton Construction Co
Bellefontaine
Lausche
B. T. Grover
Grover
W. H. Coleman
FWA
Henry J. Sullivan
J. C. Zuerker
Columbus
Federal Agency
Hammond and Ritter
R. L. Larimer
Larimer
Missing Auto Recovered 20 Minutes After Report
Last night Harry Metcalf of White Hall reported the theft of his 1936 model coupe to city police. Twenty minutes later the State Highway Patrol said the car and two men, Don ald Bonds and Robert McGee of Marietta, were being held in Akron and would be returned to Athens for arraignment on auto theft charges.
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Harry Metcalf
White Hall
State Highway Patrol
Akron
Nea Gay Wetcalf
Daniel J. B. Grogan
Athens
Mayor's Court
Metcalf
Donald Bonds
Robert McGee
Marietta
Irene Devlin Hospitalized After Monroe County Crash
Irene Devlin executive secretary at Ohio University and educational counselor for the Western College of Women was injured in a Thursday afternoon auto wreck on Route 145 south of Lewisville. Her car reportedly axle failure caused a wheel to detach and the vehicle to roll. She was not taken to Athens by ambulance until overnight, suffering a broken leg and multiple abrasions.
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Irene Devlin
Beckley Apts
Ohio University
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Monroe County
Marietta
Wheeling
W. Va
Woodsfield
Athens
Atcone GOP Club to Act in Liquor Sales
Atcone Republican Club votes to ask tavern proprietors to refuse sales of intoxicating liquors to inebriated patrons to prevent trouble and inter racial conflict. George Russell presides as he outlines bylaws read by County Chairman E C Cooper and the group pledges to aid community projects benefiting all citizens. Gilbert Guthrie shares wartime experiences at the meeting.
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Atcone Republican Club
George Russell
Arcone Organization
E. C. Cooper
Mr. Russell
Gilbert Guthrie
Intoxication Fine Levied in City Court
John W. Proctor 22 of East Liverpool was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication charges in Mayor Franz L. Woodworth's court. Proctor was arrested shortly after midnight by city police.
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John W. Proctor
East Liverpool
Franz L. Woodworth
Proctor
Former Athens Resident Dies at 40 in West Virginia
John Sharp, 40, a former Athens resident and World War II veteran, died Thursday night in Kenova West Virginia after suffering a heart attack at work operating a coal company crane. He served in the Pacific theater and is survived by brother Herbert and sisters Ruth Carsey and Cordy Carsey, all of Athens. Friends may visit after 6 p.m. Friday at Jagers funeral home. funeral Saturday at 4 p.m. Burial in W State Street Cemetery.
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John Sharp
Athens
Kenova
W. Va
Sharp
Pacific Theater
Herbert
Ruth Carsey
Cordy Carsey
Jagers
W. State St
McGuffey Society Plans OU Project Discussion
Athens County McGuffey Society will meet Friday Oct 31 at 7 30 p m in First Christian Church. Officers will be elected and Prof Raymer McQuiston will address the group. A musical program will be presented. Cooperation with Ohio University on future projects will be discussed.
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Ohio University
Athens County
McGuffey Society
First Christian Church
Charles E. Miller
Raymer McQuiston
Divorce Granted After Long Absence in Common Pleas Court
Mrs Marguerite C Moore was granted a divorce from Arthur C Moore in White Hall on grounds of gross neglect of duty and Wilful absence for more than three years. The divorce cites he had been wilfully absent for 22 years.
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Marguerite C. Moore
Common Pleas Court
Arthur C. Moore
White Hall
Moore
Health dept reports 27th Ross County polio case
Elster Varney Jr aged 15 is ill with infantile paralysis marking the 27th poliomyelitis case in Ross County this year per the health department.
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Chillicothe
Health Department Today
Elster Varney, Jr
Ross County
Ohio Honey Bee Output Drops This Year
Unfavorable weather reduces Ohio honey bee production by 34 percent this year, impacting pollination and apiculture.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens Guard Unit Members Get First Pay
Nineteen men of Holys. Co., Second Bn., 166 Regimental Combat Team received their first pay Thursday at the Armory for National Guard service. Capt. Erle Bridgewater Jr. supervised inspections and training for recruits, while Lt. Cleland oriented 16 men on interior guard duties. The unit noted a 20 percent failure rate on physical exams and listed several new enlistees.
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Holys. Co
National Guard
Erle Bridgewater
Kenneth Cleland
Earl Mathews
Cleland
Bridgewater
Denver A. Scott
Anthony W. Warren
Hugh C. Rousey
Jack C. Corwin
Donald L. Milligan
Gabriel F. Pincelli, Jr
Richard F. Atkins
School Plans Music Group
The Athens School Orchestra will be reorganized this week under director W. C. Fingerhut. About thirty students will participate this year, expanding from an 11 member sixth and seventh grade group in 1945 to include cello and string bass along with violins, plus non string instruments from the high school band.
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Athens
W. C. Fingerhut
Mercury Reaches 86 Degrees Twice This Month
The thermometer hit 86 degrees for the second time this month after a high of 86 on Thursday. It then fell to 49 last night and at 11 a.m. Friday rose to 63 under a cooling breeze. Mrs. C. N. France, weather observer, noted the earlier 86 reading on Oct. 16.
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C. N. France
Divorce Grants Custody of Son and Support to Wife
Mrs. Edna Maye Hudnall is awarded custody of their minor son and $30 monthly child support in the divorce decree against Garrett H. for gross neglect of duty. The Hudnalls, married in 1943, proceed with the dissolution.
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Edna Maye Hudnall
Garrett H
Hudnalls
Labor Leader Thomas J Farrell Dies at 69
Cincinnati report says Thomas J Brocky Farrell age 69 fifth vice president and general organizer of the Teamsters International Union AFL died yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. (Brocky) Farrell
Teamsters International Union
AFL
Guilty Plea Entered in Grand Larceny Case in Athens
John W. Masten Jr., 23, of Route 4 Athens, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in Mayor Franz L. Woodworth's court. He was bound to the grand jury under $1,000 bond for stealing a $40 radio from Phillips Furniture Co. earlier this month. He had just completed a 10 day jail term and paid a $25 fine plus costs for petty larceny in a prior theft of two automobile fog lights.
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Athens
Scouts Called In Mail Hunt To Find Lost Pouch
Three Boy Scout troops from Athens The Plains search near Columbia Ave and Strouds Run for a missing air mail pouch dropped Sept 30 northeast of Athens. Police Chief J B Grogan directs the hunt with a reward offered. postal workers and older children have already searched the area.
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Athens
Raymond A. Lee
Plains
Columbia Ave
Stroud
J. B. Grogan
All-American Airlines
ATC Officer Joins ROTC Staff at OU
Capt. Carl W. Wilson of Headquarters Air Transport Command Washington has been assigned to Ohio University ROTC to teach statistical control to second year advanced Air ROTC cadets. He trained at Cincinnati University, entered cadet training in 1941, served in India for 18 months starting 1943, then completed Lowry Field statistics and led the ATC statistics division in Washington. He is married with a 10 month old daughter and will reside in Athens after purchasing a home.
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Carl W. Wilson
Headquarters, Air Transport Command
Washington
D.C
Ohio University Rotc
Wilson
University of Cincinnati
ATC
India
Lowry Field
Capt. Wilson
Athens
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. and Mrs. Bill Flanders of Trimble welcome a daughter. Evelyn Stotts of The Plains undergoes minor surgery. Powers of The Plains treated medically. Irene Devlin of Athens involved in an accident. Homer Mansfield and son Myrtle Pincelli of Chauncey, and Theodore Neutzling of Middleport are discharged.
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Bill
Flanders
Trimble
Evelyn Stotts
the Plains
Powers
Irene Devlin
Athens
Homer Mansfield
Myrtle Pincelli
Chauncey
Theodore Neutzling
Middleport
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Stimson Avenue
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the Mutual Home & Savings Association
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Pepsi-Cola Company
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School Plans Music Group
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Tire & Accessory Co
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Independent
Athens County Agents Association
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van Dyke
Donald K. Barstow ,O. G. Houck
Oscar Fulton
M. Gill
D. M. Goddard
Oakley and Oakley
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