Ohio University Enrollments Seen Above Five Thousand
Ohio University is expected to top 5000 students for the first time since 1950 with fall term opening September 28. Registrar Robert E. Mahn estimates 1500 freshmen and 700 in branch campuses at Portsmouth Chillicothe and Zanesville, boosting campus enrollment to about 4300 and branches to rise, with total reach past 6600 in the 1947 peak.
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Ohio University
Pompetar
Robert E. Mahn
Portsmouth
Shuscothe
Zanesville
Chillicothe
Pike County
Beaumont Man Charged With Money Theft
A Beaumont man, James Marshall, aged year-old, was charged with grand larceny by entering the Tom Marcinko service station at The Plains. He pleaded innocent before Mayor Ears B. Seel and was jailed under $5000 bond. Sheriff Bateman said about $120 in cash and $338 in checks were taken. three checks were cashed. Marshall’s wife was also held but not arraigned.
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Beaumont Realfsont
James Marshall
George Bateman
Tom Marcinko
the Plains
Ears B. Seel
Marshall
Courtly
Bateman
Sewer Plant Open House Planned for September Tour
Athens taxpayers will tour the city’s $1 300 000 sanitary sewer disposal plant under construction on Sept 19 as part of a three section public inspection program. Mayor Peter B Seel said visitors will see the plant layout and the work underway including lift stations, sedimentation tanks and digestor cells. The plant between the Baltimore and Ohio tracks and the Hocking River near Ohio University Airport will feed sewage via a truck line with two lift stations under construction on Sidney Street and Depot Street.
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Athens
Peter B. Seel
W. State St
Seel
Baltimore & Ohio
Hocking River
Ohio University
E. State St
Sidney St
Cca Emagnea Ca
Necceresy
Ett Pal Ben Sessa
Aimee Meat Emer
Mats
Giaes
Ender Construction
Messenger Newsphoto
Richard Bitters Named Ohio U. Press Director
Richard L Bitters has been named director of press relations at Ohio University by President John C Baker. A 1959 journalism graduate, Bitters previously worked at The Columbus Dispatch as a staff writer and edited several local papers including the Wapakoneta Daily News. He is 26 and married with two children, Joel and Joyce, both natives of Wapakoneta. He succeeds Emerson J Vic Sherow who moves to the Gallipolis Tribune editorials staff.
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Richard L. Bitters
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Bitters
Columbus Dispatch
van Wert Times Bulletin
Dispatch
Aes Wapakoneta Daily News
Lima News
Army
Joel
Joyce
iWapakeneta
Ohio University Post
Sigma Delta Chi
Emerson
Vic) Sherow
Gallipolis
Six Athens County graduates win degrees at Ohio University
Athens County entries among 30 degree recipients after a three week post-summer session include Norman Edward Dawley master of education Edward A DeVille master of fine arts Harold Eugene Drake master of education Oliver Huber West bachelor of science in agriculture Davidee Route master of science Doris Warren McEwen bachelor of fine arts and a marriage license for Russell W Baich and Betty Kathrine Cooley in Mansfield Albany and surrounding areas reported from Ohio University campus.
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Athens County
Ohio University
Athens
Norman’ Edward Dawley
N. May Ave
Edward A. DeVille
Avon Place
Harold Eugene Drake
Union St
Oliver Huber West
Washington St
Coolville
Davidee
Nelsonville
Driving Rights Are Suspended In DUI Case
John Lowery of Columbus was arraigned in Common Pleas Court on operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Judge Francis D. White fined him 100 dollars plus costs, sentenced him to 80 days in jail, and suspended his driving rights for six months. He had been in county jail since July 3 after an accident on N Lancaster St and pled innocent at filing before pleading again. The jail time already served was credited to the sentence.
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John Lowery
Columbus
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Lowery
N. Lancaster St
White
Columbus Man Jailed for Inability to Pay Fine
Gail Showalter of Columbus, 35, fined 100 dollars and costs with 50 suspended by Mayor Peter B. Seel after a Sugar Creek fight on a charge of intoxication. He could not pay and was confined in the county jail.
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Gail Showalter
Columbus
Peter B. Séel
Bernard Porter
Showalter
Sugar Creek
Athens Man's Mother Dies
Mrs. Sumner Cottingham 81 died early Saturday in Grant Hospital Columbus. Survived by daughter Mrs Arthur Tressel of Columbus. three sons Edward A Athens Charles I and Robert E of Columbus. brother C B Isbell Elkhart Ind. eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 10 am Schoedinger funeral home 229 E State St Columbus with burial in Union Cemetery Columbus.
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Grant Hospital
Columbus
Arthur Tressel
Edward A. Athens
Charles I
Robert E
C. B. Isbell
Elkhart
Ind
Indianola Fresbyterian Church
Cottingham Unit
Salvation Army
Truck Crashes Route 33 Injures Calves Transport
A stock truck bound for Pratts Fork crashed into a guard rail and then a car on Route 33 early Saturday, injuring no one seriously but scattering calves. Driver James Spires, 17, fell asleep, ripping 65 feet of railing. Earl Hundley, 26, avoided a head on collision. A Friday single vehicle crash near Circle Hill left Chauncey resident Sisson with a fractured rib.
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Pratts Fork
State Highway Patrol
San
James Joseph Spires
Lancaster
Earl W. Hundley
Buckeye Lake
Undley
Chauncey
Sisson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Circle Hill
Meyers Crossing
Paul Stewart
Rockbridge
Peter Yaw
Logan
Driver Fined for Following Too Close to Fire Truck
John Robert Gabriel, 71, of Athens Route 5, was fined five dollars with costs suspended by Mayor Peter B. Leel on a charge of following too close to fire fighting apparatus. Fire Chief Charles Dalton filed the affidavit, stating Gabriel drove too near a fire truck at a blaze Thursday.
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John Robert Gabriel
Athens
Peter B. Leel
Charles Dalton
Gabriel
Classes Start Tuesday In Eight County Schools
Eight Athens County school districts begin Tuesday with D-Day for pupils and staff. First day classes run half-day in all starting schools Shade Carthage Troy list. Labor Day teacher meetings set, Waterloo New Marshfield differs. George Christman releases 1953-54 calendar with six week terms and multiple vacation dates.
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Shade
Carthage-Troy
Waterloo
New Marshfield
Schuol
Southeastern Ohio
Washington
Christ
Post Office to Close for Labor Day Observance
Acting Postmaster Arthur Cornwell announced that the Athens post office will suspend mail delivery on Labor Day. Stamp and money order windows will close, but box service will continue.
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Arthur Cornwell
Athens
Car Service One Stop Complete Service
Local Logan Ohio car service offers pickup and delivery at no extra cost. Experienced workers provide full service with visits by appointment. Located at 1880 W Hunter St Route 53.
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W. Hunter
Logan
Ohio
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