43 Years of Celebrations Recalled Homecoming Traditions
A June 14 1904 chartered train from New York brought alumni to OU for the first Homecoming in Athens. George Beaton arranged it, launching a tradition that grew through the Roaring Twenties, Dad’s Day, and stadium dedications, with postwar attendance reaching 13 000. The Varsity O J Club Torch WRA MUPE and Greek groups highlighted yearly events.
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Athens
New York City
George Beaton
Denison
Cincinnati
Walter Camp
Times
Bobcats
Ohio Stadium
O, J-Club
Torch
WRA
MUPE
Educators Debate Democracy and World Peace in Athens
Dr. H. F. Vallance told 2,000 SOEA teachers that victory in the communism versus democracy contest hinges on superior educational systems. He urged adopting qualification standards for teachers and praised salary gains while urging further financial independence and professional criteria.
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H. F. Vallance
Ohio Education Association
SOEA
Memorial Auditorium
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Kansas
Miami University
College of Education
Russia
Vallance
OFA
Suit Is Dismissed in Beckley Divorce Case
The divorce suit of Charles E. Beckley against Audria Louise Beckley of 31 Morris Ave. was dismissed in Common Pleas Court on motion of the plaintiff, permitting the filing of a new suit.
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Charles E. Beckley
Audria Louise Beckley
Morris Ave
Common Pleas Court
Cream Quality Meetings Set For Next Week
A series of four cream quality meetings will be held next week for milk and cream producers and their families in Athens county. Ross Wright will discuss cream production with a comedy movie and a film on quality cream by Perry Ellsworth. Ice cream will be served and the events are sponsored by the Ohio Cream Improvement Committee and the Extension Service.
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Albany
Jacksonville-Trimble
Ames-Bern
Coolville
Ross Wright
Athens County
Perry Ellsworth
Ohio State University
Guard Unit Stages Drill and Plans Recruitment Event
Athens National Guard unit held its weekly drill at the Armory with 34 enlisted men, half the unit’s strength. Capt. Erle Bridgewater Jr announced a combined drill smoker and recruitment party for next week. The session covered military courtesy interior guard lectures and training films. Recruits learned drill procedures and plans for a basketball team were praised for rapid organization.
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Athens
Ohio National Guard
Erle Bridgewater
National Guard
Interior Guard
Bridgewater
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Orus Pickrell of Coolville welcome a son. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Steward of Albany welcome a son. Admitted: Mrs. Louella Driggs Butler for major surgery. Mrs. Harry Mitchell and son Athens. Mrs. Donald Johnson Coolville. Mrs. William Withem Amesville. Robert Moore Athens.
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Orus Pickrell
Coolville
Clair Steward
Albany
Louella Driggs
Butler
Harry Mitchell
Unlicensed Barbering Fines Hit Two Individuals
The Mayors court fined Robert J. Murphy 29 of 11 Fremont Street twenty five dollars plus costs after a State Board of Barber Examiners complaint found he practiced barbering without a license. Jerome Zadan 26 of 169 North Lancaster Street was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge.
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Robert J. Murphy
Fremont St
Frank H. Morgan
State Board of Barber Examiners
Murphy
Jerome Zadan
N. Lancaster St
Earl Hooper
Lions Plan Noon Columbus Speech by International President
Ten Athens Lions Club members will join about 1,000 Ohio Lions in Columbus for a noon meeting where Lions International President Fred Smith will speak. The Athens group will return for a joint Lions Kiwanis Rotary meeting that evening, officials said.
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Athens Lions Club
Ohio Lions
Columbus
Fred Smith
Lions International
Athens
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary
Driver fined for crossing yellow highway line
Floyd C Millhone, 27, was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth on a charge of crossing a yellow highway line, the State Highway Patrol reported.
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Floyd C. Millhone
Franz Woodworth
State Highway Patrol
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Don Evans
Ros
Sydney J. Browne
Athens’ Church of the Good Shepherd
W. C. Fingerhut
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Paul Landis
Baker
Cutler Hall
Landis
State Department
Howard Hall
Mabel Head
United Council of Church Women
Miss Head
United States
Unesco
UN Educational Agency
Mack Sauer
Leesburg
Methodist Church
T. J. O’keef
Ohio
Ebba Wahlstrom
Women’s Group
Olive Kenney
Chesapeake
Pearl Bremer
Anna
N. B. Potts
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy
George Carr
Logan Schools
Evan R. Collins
Ohio University College of Education
T. B. McCracken
Ohio Educational Association
O’keef
Warner
PENNA
Yorti Sae
Walter Wi. Graf
Wigh
Cote
James G. Doty
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
Ola Laer
Athens Home Telephone CO
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lions
International
Cross Brothers
BOYS
Alfred
Heart
Southeast
Big Yank
OHTO
Sportsman Grill
W. Union Street
Opal Mathews
Mackinaws
Famous Make Overalls
Union
America
W. P. Mickle
Independent Ticket
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