Thousands of Alumni Return for OU Homecoming Festivities
Ohio University marks its 48th annual homecoming with a parade of 29 floats from 10 30 a m starting point at Athens High School to the OU baseball field. Float winners parade at 1 40 p m before the game. Social groups submit house decorations for judging. A pep rally and bonfire cap Friday events.
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Ohio University
Athens High School
Ed Oravec
Harry Osbun
Alumni Association
Ohio University Plans Fourfold Sesquicentennial Year
Ohio University will mark its 150th birthday in 1954 with a year of events centered on four major occasions. Founders Day 1954 will open the celebration with the governor delivering the principal address and a new historical drama premiere.
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R. W. McCreanor
Ohio University
University
John C Baker
Ohio
France
England
Spain
Northwest Territory
State of
Baker
Rufus Putnam
Manasseh Cutler
Putnam
Cutler
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Mills
Brooke
Cushing
Tupper
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Patterson
Woodbridge
Williams
Bunch of Grapes
Boston
Ohio Company of Associates
Alleghenies
Princeton
Jacob Lindley
Union College
James Irvine
Dickinson
Robert Wilson
Washington College
William McGuffey
Joseph Dana
Dartmouth
Artemus Sawyer
Harvard
Lindley
Ohio Country
General Assembly
John Perkins
Brewster Higley
Joel Abbott
Gradu
Charlies Allen Smart
Athens
East Green
Old Northwest Territory
Huntington Driver Fined After Crash
Huntington driver Richard Stacy 26 was fined five dollars and costs after a two car collision on W Union St. Stacy failed to yield the right of way and pulled from a parking place into traffic, striking Ray Miller of 40 Factory St. Cost of the incident was imposed by Mayor Peter B Seel.
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Huntington
W. Va
W. Union St
Richard Stacy
Peter B. Seel
Stacy
Ray Miller
Factory St
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Admissions include Donald Hawk of Athens Lawrence Smith of Albany Johnny Goodin of Albany and Don Gibson of Harrisonville. Discharges include Doris McClain Cutler Mrs Betty Riley Athens Mrs Ellen Brandbury Millfield Mrs Helen Bailey Athens Mrs Elsie Waggoner Athens Mrs Emma Jones Athens Mrs Glada Humphrey Coolville Andrew McCaulsky Athens Mrs Luella Moody Millfield and Mrs Laura Jaman Guysville.
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Donald Hawk
Athens
Lawrence Smith
Albany
Johnny Goodin
Don Gibson
Harrisonville
Doris McClain
Cutler
Betty Riley
Ellen Brandbury
Millfield
Helen Bailey
Elsie Waggoner
Emma Jones
Glada Humphrey
Coolville
Andrew McCaulsky
Luella Moody
Laura Jaman
Guysville
Columbus Rotations Visit Utility Plant Tour
Members of the Columbus Rotary Club toured the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. E. M. Poston Plant in Hamley Run. The visit followed an afternoon plant tour led by H. C. Clark, Columbus Southern district manager, and ended with a dinner at the Berry Hotel.
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Columbus Rotary Club
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
E. M. Poston
Hamley Run
H. C. Clark
Columbus Southern District
Columbus Rotarians
Berry Hotel
Cash Missing in Break-In At Theo Johnson Roofing Co
City police investigate a break in at Theo Johnson Roofing Co located at 82 W Union St. Entry occurred late Thursday night or Friday morning after a window over the door was broken and the lock opened. About $22.56 was taken, Sgt. Joseph McBride said.
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Theo Johnson Roofing Co
W. Union St
Joseph McBride
Former Athens Resident Kate Sears Dies in Lancaster
Funeral services are planned in Lancaster for Mrs Kate Sheridan Sears a former Athens resident who died at her home. She leaves a son James and a daughter Margaret Sears and is mourned by the Sheridan Mulligan and Walsh families of Athens. Friends may call at the Sheridan funeral home Friday after 7 p.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.m. Saturday at St Marys Church.
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Kate Sheridan Sears
Athens
Sears
James
Margaret Sears
Sheridan
Mulligan
Walsh
St. Mary's Church
Holley King Rites Scheduled Saturday
Funeral services for Holley King 56 are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Shade Methodist Church with Rev. Richard Hanes officiating. King died from injuries when a truck wheel crushed his chest. burial follows in Burson Cemetery with American Legion graveside rites. He was a World War I veteran.
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Richard Hanes
Shade Methodist Church
Holley King
Burson Cemetery
Shade
King
American Legion
New York driver fined for U turn at local corner
Maxwell C. Kahn, 29, of New York City, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Peter B. Seel after police charged him with making a U turn at the corner of West Union Street and West Congress Street.
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W. Congress St
Maxwell C. Kahn
New York
Peter B. Seel
OU Student Appointed Cubmaster for Cub Pack 56
Ohio University student Jack Sowers of Nelsonville is named cubmaster of Cub Pack 56 succeeding Dr. Arthur Blckle. A 1952 Nelsonville High School graduate and Life Scout, Sowers led as Boy Scout and Explorer. he will be introduced at the first pack meeting Monday at 7 15 p m at the First Methodist Church with scouts and parents invited.
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Jack Sowers
Ohio University
Nelsonville
Arthur H. Blckle
Nelsonville High School
Sowers
World Affairs Institute
First Methodist
Luhrig Woman Nina Riley Dies After Long Illness
Nina Mae Riley 64 of Luhrig died Friday morning after a three year illness. Survived by husband Arthur and mother Eliza Tinker plus four daughters and seven sons, with 39 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at Luhrig Pilgrim Holiness Church Sunday 2 p.m. Burial in West State Street Cemetery. Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home handling arrangements.
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Luhrig
Jackson County
Athens County
Riley
Arthur
Eliza Tinker
Athens
Anna Mae Bartlett
Genevieve McDonald
Ruth Helen Barnes
Betty Stage
James
Columbus
Robert
Mineral
Vera
Otto
Clarence
Donald E. Riley
Air Force
South Carolina
Vergie
Orpha Scott
Nelsonville
Goldie Dexter
New Plymouth
Jay Stiles
Luhrig Pilgrim Holiness Church
West State Street
Dowler - Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home
Car and truck collide at Athens State Hospital grounds
Collison on the Athens State Hospital grounds near the main gate involved a car driven by George P. Taylor 44 Stewart and a state truck operated by Robert H. Laziman 49 Athens Route 4. No injuries were reported. Patrol said Taylor was traveling east and hit the side of the southbound truck.
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Athens State Hospital
State Highway Patrol
George P. Taylor
Stewart
Robert H. Laziman
Athens
Taylor
Laziman
Ohio University Homecoming Weekend Opens in Ideal Weather
Ideal weather prevailed as Ohio University's Homecoming weekend began. Temperatures rose from a low of 23 with 9 am reading at 37. Thursday's extremes were 70 and 18 degrees.
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Ohio University
Scout Official Named For Athens Vote Drive Plan
The Hock Hocking district committee outlined a get out the vote campaign with Doorknob hangers to be delivered November 1. C A Randall of Ohio University was nominated district commissioner pending executive approval. Hangers will be distributed across Athens County by multiple Scout troops and cub packs in designated areas.
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C. A. Randall
Ohio University
Athens
Athens County
Liberty Bell
Fred Rowe
Richard McCl
Thanksburg
Court St
East Side
Albany
W. H. Covert
Nelesonville
W. D. Mender
State Patrol Reports Arrest of 3 Drivers
State Highway Patrol reports three arrests on area roads. Louis LaFranier 32 Traverse City Michigan fined 5 dollars and costs for mud flaps violation. Lester Erdmann 48 Waukesha Wisconsin fined 10 dollars and costs for driving over a freshly painted centerline. Robert S Martina 24 22 President St paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to yield right of way.
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State Highway Patrol
Louis LaFranier
Traverse City
Mich
Ralph Griffin
Logan
Lester Erdmann
Waukesha
Wis
Erdmann
Justice of the Peace
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