Community Chest Return Topic At Athens District Meeting
Ohio Citizens Council for Health and Welfare delegates gather in Lindley Hall for an all day Athens session on reviving the Community Chest. Kiwanis Club led luncheon. speakers include Dr. Creed Margaret Maxwell Denver White and Judge Daniel Jenkins among others. The event addresses mental hygiene health public assistance and child welfare.
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Athens
Ohio Citizens Council For Health and Welfare
Southeastern Ohio
Athens Kiwanis Club
Lorin C. Staats
Staats
Lindley Hall
C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Garet Maxwell
Ohio Department of Health
Denver White
Athens County Welfare Department
Richard S. Bachman
Ohio Citizens’ Council
Kiwanis Club
Joseph Thackrey
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Perry County
Daniel Jenkins
Jackson
Kermit Daugherty
Athens High School
Harry Lackey
Rowena Sprout
Athens County Child Welfare Board
Arthur Cornwell
Peter B. Seel
Everett C. Shimp
Ohio State University
Clarke Daily
Red Cross
Columbus
Pupils Plan Public Safety Leaf Rake Drive
Seventh grade students at Athens Junior High propose a leaf cleanup to reduce fire hazards. City trucks will pick up raked piles Friday, with two volunteer youths per call to rake for free between 6 and 8 pm Wednesday at three listed numbers.
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Athens Junior High School
Athens
Room
Keep Brakes On for Halloween Pranks in Athens
Athens youngsters were urged to keep on the brakes for three more nights to curb Halloween pranks. Police Chief Joseph B. Grogan praised limited damage, asked children to use common sense, and said day shift officers will patrol in cars and plain clothes for the next three nights to monitor pranksters.
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Athens
Joseph B. Grogan
Grogan
Millfield Man Is Credited In Capture
A Millfield driver helped nab two 15 year old youths from the Michigan Boys Republic School Tuesday night. Patrolmen Harold Shields and Ted Dean held the pair after they hitchhiked from Pomeroy and traveled through several towns in a car theft spree. The boys claimed to be students at the Flat Rock Michigan facility and said others joined earlier in their alleged acts. State Police will be contacted for official action.
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Millfield
Michigan Boys Republic
Harold Shields
Ted Dean
Michigan
John C. Miller
Pomeroy
Athens
Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research
Pikesville
Bluefield
West Virginia
Flat Rock
Mich
Testimony Begins In Damage Suit Against Moose Lodge
Dr W D Witham of Gloucester brings a $10000 damage suit in Common Pleas Court against the Loyal Order of Moose Glouster Lodge 1197 claiming a broken leg from a fall at Moose Hall on Jan 18 1949. He says construction and a stretched garden hose caused the accident and that the injury ended his dentistry work.
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W. D. Witham
Glouster
Loyal Order of Moose
Glouster Lodge
Common Pleas Court
Moose Hall
Ohio Professor Spends Year in Greece Under Fulbright
Dr. Cora Miller, associate professor of home economics at Ohio University since 1946, is spending the current school year as a lecturer at the University of Salonika in Greece under a Fulbright grant. She will lecture on U S home economics practices and conduct related research in Greece.
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Cora Miller
Ohio University
University of
Salonika
Greece
Miller
U.S
Ohio University Professor to Lead APS Akron Meeting
Dr. John E. Edwards of Ohio University will preside at the Ohio section of the American Physical Society meeting in Akron on Friday and Saturday. He serves as president of the APS.
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John E. Edwards
Ohio University
Ohio
American Physical Society
Akron
Political Week events wrap up at Ohio University Tuesday
Ohio University’s Political Week, run by the Student Council, ends Tuesday with class officer balloting and a mock election on national and state races. About 100 candidates were trimmed to 25 finalists by Thursday, followed by a Sunday platform rally in Memorial Auditorium.
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Ohio University
Student Council
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio
U. S
Wisconsin
David White
Athens
Don Pease
Ray Gusteson
Fred Milligan
Ohio Citizens For
Eisenhower and
Nixon
Mell Underwood Jr
Democrats
Do B Nye Profile Highlights Athens Chevrolet Dealer
The Chevrolet Dealers News features a character study of Do B Nye by David Neil. It praises Nye as a civic minded dealer active in Athens since 1941, running a dealership serving Athens Nelsonville and Glouster. It notes Nye Chevrolet’s agricultural machinery unit boosting farm modernization across the region.
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Chevrolet Dealers
Do. B. Nye
Chevrolet
David Neil
United States
Mr. Neil
Nye
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Nye Chevrolet
Mother of Pastor Hoffman's Death Reported in Martins Ferry
The Rev. Fr. Lewis Hoffman of St. Sylvester's Church Zaleski learned his mother died at her Martins Ferry home Tuesday morning. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Friday in Martins Ferry.
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Lewis Hoffman
St. Sylvester's Church
Zaleski
Martins Ferry
Librarian Leaders Elected and Attending State Meeting
Frank N. Jones of Ohio University librarian is elected first vice president of the Ohio Library Association. OU children's librarian Gertrude Linnenbruegge will attend the Ohio Association of School Librarians annual meeting in Columbus Friday and Saturday.
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Barry Lake
WLWC
Richland Ave. Methodist
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Marion Allan
Logan
SOEA
Frank N. Jones
Ohio University
Ohio Library Association
Gertrude Linnenbruegge
Ohio Association of School Librarians
Columbus
Fined at Logan for unsafe operation and unregistered motorcycle
Two drivers appeared before Logan Mayor Roger Friend after charges filed Monday by the State Highway Patrol. James Sowers of Columbus paid ten dollars and costs for unsafe operation while Harry Walters of Logan paid twenty dollars and costs for failing to register a motor vehicle.
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Logan
Roger Friend
State Highway Patrol
James Sowers
Columbus
Harry Walters
Coffman Divorce Petition Cites Extreme Cruelty
Rosella R. Coffman files for divorce from Chester L. Coffman in Common Pleas Court citing extreme cruelty. The couple, married August 9, 1946, in New Lexington, have no children.
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Common Pleas Court
Rosella R. Coffman
Chester L. Coffman
New Lexington
Prayer Band to Meet at Grahams Chapel
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of the Rev and Mrs Max Williams Cycle Hill with Henry Lauer as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
Max Williams
Clycle Hill
Henry Lauer
Intersection Stops Changed at Washington and Congress Streets
Police Chief Joseph Grogan announced an immediate change making W Washington St a stop street and Congress St a through street. The aim is to reduce congestion at S Congress and W Union by directing traffic onto Congress. Drivers in Athens were urged to note the new rule.
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Washington
Congress Streets
Joseph B. Grogan
Grogan
W. Washington St
Congress St
S. Congress
W. Union
Athens
Two Trash Fires Fought Pair Charged
An unattended trash fire on Ohio University property led to two alarms and charges against Ray Shafer of The Plains and Phyllis Joan Bolen of 20 Race St. Bolen pleaded guilty to driving over a fire hose and was fined $5 and costs.
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Ohio University
Charles Dalton
Ray Shafer
the Plains
Phyllis Joan Bolen
Race St
Shafer
Miss Bolen
N. McKinley Ave
State Association Proposes County and State School Board Reform
The Southeastern Ohio School Board Association approved nine items, including support for a state school board association and forming a nine member state board of education. Officers were elected and remarks by Robert L. Drury outlined supervision of public affairs. Treasurer L. M. Ingram reported a balance of $259.42 after $1,100 receipts and $840.58 expenses.
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Southeastern Ohio School Board Association
Lindley Hall
Robert L. Drury
Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Affairs
W. H. Herbert
Athens
District Association
Don C. Clippinger
Ohio University Graduate College
Clippinger
Herbert
Athens City
Don Lewis
Ironton City
L. M. Ingram
Haydenville
Delmar Hoops
Crooksville
Lis
Hocking
Harry McVey
Logan
Meigs
J. E. Foster
Pomeroy
Delmer Hoops
Vinton
Ivan Miller
County Board
Ingram
Garaging Cars Urged in Nelsonville Halloween period
Nelsonville police chief James Cope urged car owners to lock garages at night for the Halloween season to prevent theft, urging residents to keep vehicles secured instead of leaving them on streets or in driveways.
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Nelsonville
James Cope
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