Ohio U Welcomes 2200 Freshmen to Start Fall Week
Ohio University begins its 154th year with about 2200 freshmen converging on campus for Freshmen Week. An estimated 7000 students expected to register Thursday at the Chubby Library as classes set to begin Friday. Convocations, campus tours, and counseling sessions planned for new students with parents, plus tests and mixers in dorms and bands trials this week.
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Ohio University
Ohio U
Robert E. Mahn
University College
Gaige Paulsen
John C. Baker
Maurel Hawkins
Margaret Deppen
Names Drawn for October Jury List at Common Pleas Court
Hundred names were drawn to serve as grand and petit jurors for the October term of Common Pleas Court at the courthouse. Thirty grand jurors are set to meet at 9 a.m. Monday October 7, with John C. Call Judge Francis D. White Sheriff Harold Shields and Phyllis Cross presiding.
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Common Pleas Court
John C. Call
Francis D. White
Harold Shields
Phyllis Cross
Athens
Gordon Liggett
Paul Cotton
Kenneth Jones
Lucille Bobo
Clarabel Ulinchney
Vir
Auxiliary Police Unit Meeting Set
First meeting of Athens Auxiliary Police unit applicants at police headquarters next Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Chief J B Grogan announced enrollment and training will be outlined. 28 applicants so far with more welcome. State civil defense to outfit initial 14 members with equipment, with more if interest grows.
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Athens
J. B. Grogan
Grogan
State Civil Defense
Friday the 13th Drouth Breaks for Athens Farmers
U S observer C L Colmer reports light rain reached .35 of an inch by 11 am aiding drought stressed farms in the Athens area. Temperature reached 71 with a low of 66. Rural Hamley Run noted a 65 degree low today and a high of 56 yesterday.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley
RMB Corporation Formed By Royal McBee for Financing
Royal McBee Corp announces RMB Corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary to provide financing for installment sales and leasing of Royal McBee products. C. H. Didriksen, former GMAC executive, heads RMB with headquarters in Port Chester New York and regional offices to follow where Royal McBee offices are located.
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Royal McBee Corp
RMB Corporation
RMB
Royal McBee
Royal Office
McBee
Royal Precision Electronics
RMB Company
C. H. Didriksen
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Ohio University Adds 8 Faculty Members Including Athletics Staff
The 1957 58 Ohio University incoming group includes one associate professor in physical education and athletics Dr Wilma K Miller and seven instructors in physical education and athletics along with new home economics and education staff. Notable hires include former All American swimmer Hubert Billingsley and several educators with degrees from Ohio University Ohio State University University of Utah and Boston University among others.
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Ohio University
Ohio VA
Wilma K. Miller
Indiana University
Miller
Ohio State University
Northwestern University
Hanover College
Northern Illinois State College
Beulah E. Sellers
Hubert Billingsley
University of Michigan
John O’neal
University of Tampa
Ohio U
Drag Race Charges Dismissed After Guilty Plea
Charles H Woodyard 20 of Fisher Rd pled guilty in Municipal Court to illegally stopping on the highway and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. A reckless operation charge was dismissed. The case related to a drag race planned early Aug 25 on Route 56 near The Plains where witnesses testified about pre arranged plans before the event was stopped.
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Charles Howard Woodyard
Fisher Rd
Plains Road
Moose Initiation Planned at Loyal Order Lodge
In Athens 15 new members will be initiated Sunday at 2 p.m. in Moose Hall 760 E State St. The Columbus team that won the 1956 national championship will lead the ritual. After the initiation a street drill by the team will be performed outside the lodge hall. Refreshments and entertainment for wives and guests.
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Athens
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Moose Hall
E. State St
Columbus
W. C. Jackham
William Gould
Mobile X Ray Unit to Arrive September Seventeenth
Albany mayor W C Traner reminds residents the mobile X Ray unit arrives September 17 from 1 to 4 pm. It will be in front of Munns store unless bad weather forces it to the fire house.
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Albany
W. C. Trainer
Munn
Walter Porter Retires From Athens High After 38 Years
Walter Porter, 61, biology teacher at Athens High School, resigns due to ill health. Athens City Schools enroll 1377 students with 362 in Senior High, 308 in Junior High, 343 East Elementary, and 364 West Elementary. Board accepts resignation with regret, commends Porter’s 38 years and hires substitutes, adds staff including Harry Bowles as assistant custodian and bus driver, and plans open house for new school buildings.
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Walter Porter
Athens High School
Porter
Athens City
Sam Johnson
West
Whch
Harry Bowles
Eleanor Smith
Stout Farm Equipment Co
Supt. Johnson
Clothing Day Stull Slated at Salvation Army
Regular clothing day is on the second Wednesday of each month per Capt Betty Jacobs. Anyone in need may pick up clothing at the office or items may be delivered in emergencies. Due to no furniture storage, donors should hold items until pickup is arranged. headquarters are at 92 W Union St and contact numbers are 31421 and 27504.
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Salvation Army
Betty Jacobs
Captain Jacobs
W. Union St
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs David Hamilton Amesville a son and Mr and Mrs Nick Parkis Athens a son and Mr and Mrs Paul Walraven Athens Route 1 a daughter Admitted include Earl Rarick The Plains David Phillips Corning George Branigan Athens Mrs John Rapp Jacksonville Clovis Bailey Proctorsville Dianne Southerton Athens Discharged include Marie Abbott Stewart Route 1 Mrs Jewell Herring Amesville and son Mrs Donald Vitez Athens and daughter Mrs Delbert Cunningham Athens and son Mrs Clovis Betts Carpenter and daughter J C Mulligan Athens Route 5.
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Athens
Gene Daugherty
Wiley William Ryan
Everett Stewart
Isaac Edwards
Fred Carr
Larry H. Connett
Edna Graham
Darrell L. Scott
Nelsonville
Margaret B. Ong
Dean Linscott
Audrey Hartman
Charles Wright
Hubert Mender
Barbara Adamson
Floyd Hook
Nate Matheney
Roger Johnson
Georgiana Brown
Arthur Kvons
Victor Oakley
L. Lloyn Evans
William S. Keplar
David Hamilton
Amesville
Nick Parkis
Paul Walraven
Earl Rarick
the Plains
David Phillips
Corning
George Branigan
John Rapp
Jacksonville
Clovis Bailey
Proctorsville
Dianne Southerton
Marie Abbott
Stewart
Jewell Herring
Donald Vitez
Delbert Cunningham
Clovis Betts
Carpenter
J. C. Mulligan
Rufus Putnam Pupils To Report September 19
Pupils in Grades 1 to 6 at Rufus Putnam elementary schools should report at 8:55 a.m. on opening day September 19. Milton E. Ploghoft, principal, announced. Parents of four and five year old kindergartens will receive letters with class dates.
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Ohio University
Rufus Putnam
Milton E. Ploghoft
Rutherford and Dawson Real Estate Transfer in Briarwood Athens
Dwight H. Rutherford transfers lot 3276 in Briarwood addition to Athens to Ray E. Dawson. 54 acres in Waterloo Baltimore and Ohio Railroad property in Athens transferred to Sol Rosenberg.
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Dwight H. Rutherford
Ray E. Dawson
Briarwood Addition
Athens
Waterloo, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sol Rosenberg
Charpentier Named Acting Director at Westminster Foundation
Donald Charpentier of New York City has been appointed acting director of the Westminster Foundation at Ohio University to replace Rev. Chester D. Marquis who departs Athens to join his family in Mt. Freedom New Jersey and prepare for a five year post in Manila Philippines as a United Church of Christ minister. Charpentier, last year’s program associate and former student pastor at Deanville Presbyterian Church, will lead the WF under its advisory committee until a new university pastor is found.
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Donald Charpentier
New York City
Westminster Foundation
Ohio University
Athens
Chester D. Marquis
Marquis
Mt. Freedom
N. J
Uni
Manila
P. I
Philippines
United Church of Christ
Charpentier
Deanville Presbyterian Church
Hope College
Holland, Mich
Westminster House
James G. Boden, Jr
Gordon Gray
E. P. Lynn
Troy Organ
Charles F. Alley
Lancaster
Ruth Ohnmeiss
Presbyterian Church
John W. Miller
Westminster Foundations of Ohio
Messenger Newsphoto
Board Reports Five Industrial Contacts At Athens Group
Reports show five industrial contacts made by the Athens Board of Trade in the last two months. Secretary-manager Harper C. Pendry and board chairman Sam Altman discussed progress on a near-completed membership drive. Attending directors included H. C. Bobo E. A. Cottingham John W. Dowler Frank M. Maerker Franklin C. Murphey Charles W. Reamer Fred H. Sands and Howard Stout.
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Athens Board of Trade
Harper C. Pendry
Board of Control
Pendry
Sam Altman
H. C. Bobo
E. A. Cottingham
John W. Dowler
Frank M. Maerker
Franklin C. Murphey
Charles W. Reamer
Fred H. Sands
Howard Stout
Bardin forfeits bond in reckless operation case
Anna Laura Bardin 67 of 8 Clark Street forfeited a 25 bond in Municipal Court on a State Highway Patrol charge of reckless operation. She pleaded innocent at arraignment held Thursday.
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Anna Laura Bardin
Clark St
GOC Test Schedule Draws 3000 Volunteer Spotters
Athens County Ground Observer Corps members will join 3000 civilian plane spotters from four states in a six hour drill centered at Charleston Air Defense Filter Center. The exercise runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with 150 GOC posts in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky tracking West Virginia National Guard flights from Kanawha Airport. Captain Edwin S. Hoffman urged more volunteers after a previous test fell short of expectations.
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Athens County
Ground Observer Corps
Charleston
W. Va
Edwin S. Hoffman
GOC
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
West Virginia National Guard
Kanawha
Laws Passed by 102nd Assembly Become Effective This Week
The 102nd General Assembly enacts laws starting this week including revenue bonds for state park improvements at Burr Oak Lake Lake Hope and Dow Lake, park district levies by simple majority, and funding for Ohio county fairs through an Ohio Fairs Fund. Other measures empower juvenile courts to bond delinquent parents, suspend unruly students, detain shoplifters, classify juvenile offenders, and sell unclaimed dogs for medical research.
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Burr Oak Lake
Lake Hope
Dow Lake
Athens County
Wayne Ward
102Nd General Assembly
Director of Natural Resources
Ohio
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