Hat Key in Jacksonville B&E Case Disclosed
Sheriff George Bateman described how a missing hat led Robert Payne to link his home burglary to his 15 year old brother in law Carl King of Fairmont West Virginia. King fled but was recaptured with Payne's 25 caliber automatic found on him. King, an escapee from the Boys Industrial School at Lakin will be returned to the institution.
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Robert Payne
Jacksonville
George Bateman
Payne
Bateman
Taplan
W.va
Pomeroy
Carl King
Fairmont
Meigs County
Ralph Welker
Beesides
King
Boys’ Industrial School
Lakin
Ohio University History Contest Draws High School Teams
Ohio University will host a two day awards contest for Ohio high school juniors and seniors on Oct 29 and 30. Preliminary rounds start Oct 13 in local schools with county top scorers earning campus trips. Final essay on Oct 29 awards 245 dollars total for top ranks.
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Ohio
Ohio University
A. T. Volwiler
Ohio VA
The
Supreme Court
Ohio U.duquesne U
Enrollment in Athens City Schools Rises This Week
Athens city schools report 1203 students enrolled in the second week, up from 1188 on opening day and 1168 at the same point last year. Superintendent Pendry notes the first grade gain and the addition of a kindergarten. Senior high leads with 365 students. junior high 299. West Side 95. East Side 245. Central 222.
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Athens City
Harper C. Pendry
Pendry
West Side
East Side
Central
Kk of C Officers Are Installed at Athens Council
Athens Council Knights of Columbus held a meeting where officers were installed by Joseph M. Corry district deputy from Marietta. New officers announced include Patena grand knight Walter Ervin deputy grand knight Oberholzer chancellor Kolerich advocate Farley warden Rowan financial secretary Farley recorder Wagner treasurer Rowan lecturer Ley trustee Alichney inside guard Charney outside guard. Father James McMahon serves as council chaplain.
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Athens
Knights of Columbus
Joseph M. Corry
Marietta
Joseph Paterna
Walter Ervin
Robert Oberholzer
Andrew Kolerrich
Paul Farley
George B. Rowan
James Farley
H. ©. Wagner
Louis Rowan
Charles Ley
Paul Alichney
Steve Charney
Father James McMahon
Immunization Schedule Set for County Schools
The county health board announced the smallpox vaccination and diphtheria immunization timetable for Nelsonville on Sept 21 Shade and Millfield on Sept 22 and Kimberly Oak Grove Conant and Deanville on Sept 23. Immunizations begin at 9 a.m. at the schools.
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The
County Health Board
Nelsonville
Shade
Millfield
Kimberly
Oak Grove
Conant
Deanville
Openings As Guard Day Is Observed
Six openings for enlistment in the Athens National Guard unit were reported by Earl F. Mathews, commanding officer. The unit's strength is now 54 enlisted men and officers. Presidential Proclamation marks National Guard Day, the eighth anniversary of federal service before World War II. It also ends the second year of reorganization since the war, with Ohio Guard strength at 12,928 as of June 30, 1948.
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Athens
Pearl Harbor
Ohio
Mathews
OU Enrollment Near Top as Freshmen Arrive
Anticipated campus enrollment includes 200 in Zanesville, 275 to 300 in Chillicothe, and 350 in Portsmouth, with 1225 to 150 transfers from branch schools. About 1750 women expected, dormitories full, 200 in Bryan Hall for first time, 175 housed in 11 university cottages, men’s housing also full, hundreds to private homes. Freshmen arrive Sunday with orientation through the week featuring convocation, tests, counseling, and social events to welcome new students.
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Zanesville
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Irma E. Voigt
Bryan Hall
University
Arthur Cornwell
Memorial Auditorium
YWCA
Market snapshot Cincinnati hogs and cattle ease into trade
U S Dept of Agriculture market report from Cincinnati shows salable hogs at 3,000 with barrows and gilts mostly 25 higher, sows steady, weights 160-250 lb averaging around 29.00. Cattle 800 with calves 200, grassers steady, yearling steers at 38.00, beef and dairy grades quoted, vealers 30-33, weights and classes varied. Sheep 750 with lambs opening slow and lambs 27.00 top, ewes steady to weak, western yearling ewes 22.50 per head, over 300 sold.
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Cincinnati Livestock
Cincinnati
Poultry Butter and Potatoes Prices In Cincinnati
AP report from Cincinnati lists poultry prices for various weights with fowls at 31-32 cents per pound for heavy fowls above 4 pounds and fryers up to 5 pounds at 41-42 cents, leghorn at 27-29, roasters 88-90, wholesale butter prints 70 cents, butter fat premium 64, regular 61, and potatoes ranging from 2.75 to 4.75 per unit.
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Cincinnati
Youth's Prize Hereford Sells for Record Price
Jimmy Glass 11 of Sharpsburg wins big with an 850 pound purebred Hereford steer selling for 382.50 at Athens Livestock Market the highest price per hundred weight for a young steer. The steer topped class A at the Athens County Fair and Jimmy plans to raise a bigger one next year.
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Athens
Jimmy Glass
Sharpsburg
Jimmy
Athens County
Ames-Bern School
Lee Glass
van Dyke
Morris Dies at 76 in Canaanville After Long Illness
Benjamin Kk Morris, 76, longtime Athens County resident, died at his Canaanville home after years of ill health. He was born in Chesterhill and worked as an oil and gas driller, then a miner, and later a farmer. Surviving are his widow Glennie Nutter Morris and three daughters, plus seven grandchildren and a great grandson. Funeral services are Saturday at 10 a.m. at Canaanville Methodist Church with burial in Chesterhill.
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Benjamin K. Morris
Athens County
Canaanville
Chesterhill
Morris
Alta Bingman Morris
Dana
Glennie Nutter Morris
Lloyd Copeland
Guysville
Russell Bashore
Athens
Charles E. McPherson
Lancaster
Canaanville Methodist Church
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Driver Arrested After Crash Near Chauncey
A crash north of Chauncey on Route 13 left considerable damage but no injuries. Eugene Dowler, 69, Chauncey, turning left, collided with a southbound car driven by Wendell M. Moyer, 31, Monticello. Dowler was cited to appear before Mayor W. D. Hines for failing to yield the right of way on a left turn.
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Chauncey
Route 13
State Highway Patrol
Eugene E. Dowler
Wendell. M. Moyer
Monticello
Ir. Dowler
W. D. Hines
Athens County Land Transfers Highlight Property Changes
A series of land transfers in Athens County includes Julia L. Cable to Hadyn A. McCaskill in Cable Acres Addition Athens, Vern Kelly to Frank White three tracts in Fraction 33 Town 5 Range 14, Dailey to Chiki in Outlet 129 Athens, Kinneer to Wooten Lot 64 Murray City, O Bleness to Whaley Inlet 1762 University Place Athens, and the Sweeny estate to James J. Sweeny Jr and Bernard Sweeny two thirds inlets 2216 2217 McKinstry Parker Highland Park Athens.
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Julia L. Cable
Hadyn A. McCaskill
Et Ux
Inlet
Cable Acres
Athens
Vern Kelly
Frank White
Ohio Company
Canaan Township
Charles R. Dailey
Anna J. Dailey
Arthur L. Chiki
Jo Ann Chiki
City of Athens
Eunice Ann Kinneer
Gerald Wooten
Margaret Wooten
Murray City
Charles G. O'Bleness
Frederick O. Whaley
University Place
James J. Sweeny
Bernard F. Sweeny
McKinstry and Parker
Highland Park
Driver James Coen Fined for License Violation
James Everett Coen of Athens Route 5 was fined 5 dollars and costs by Mayor W P Mickle after arrest by the State Highway Patrol on the charge of failing to have a driver's license.
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James Everett Coen
Athens
W. P. Mickle
State Highway Patrol
Births and adoptions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements for Mr and Mrs Allen Quinn Pom eroy a son and Mr and Mrs Garrett Hudwell Athens Route 2 a daughter plus Mr and Mrs Donald Mansfield Athens Route 4 a daughter. Also admissions Richard Baughman Athens medical Lloyd Thompson Athens minor surgery Jesse Gilkey Albany medical Dismissals Betty Bolin Albany Mrs Mabel Smith Glouster John McManaway Trimble Mrs Mary Ogdin and son Wilkesville Mrs Lucille Batdorff and son Athens Route 1 Mrs Janie Swart and daughter Mineral Jean Donaldson Amesville.
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Allen Quinn
Pomeroy
Garrett Hudwell
Athens
Donald Mansfield
Richard Baughman
Lloyd Thompson
Jesse Gilkey
Albany
Betty Bolin
Mabel Smith
Glouster
John McManaway
Trimble
Mary. Ogdin
Wilkesville
Lucille Batdorff
Janie Swart
Mineral
Jean Donaldson
Amesville
OU Faculty Members Plan Attendance at Military Rites
Vincent J. Lukas and Philip L. Peterson, Ohio University associate professors, to attend funeral services for Flight Officer Charles E. Le Comte in Fostoria. Le Comte, OU alumnus from 1939 to 1941, was killed in air combat over Italy on January 22, 1944. Le Comte’s brother Jack will be a senior pre medical student at OU this fall.
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Ohio University
Fostoria
Charles E. le Comte
Italy
Vincent J. Lukas
Philip L. Peterson
le Comte
Jack
Woman Jailed Over Fine After Intoxication Charge
Edna Bee, 41, of 36 West State Street, confined in the county jail for failure to pay a $25 fine plus costs imposed by Mayor W. P. Mickle after arrest on intoxication charges.
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Edna Bee
State St
W. P. Mickle
Old Shoes for Europe Drive Reaches Milldeck's Store
About 10 000 to 15 000 pairs of old shoes are stored in a two car garage behind Milldeck's Shoe Store at 19 N Court St. The supply, begun June 28 and ending Wednesday, supports a national drive for war children. Manager James P. Cumley says a contest encouraged entries with prizes for top collectors.
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Milldeck
N. Court St
New York
Europe
James P. Cumley
Richard Williams
Sunnyside Drive
Kenneth Cone
Athens
Buster Martin
Richland Ave
Tommy Burns
Cumley
VA boosts benefits for disabled veterans with dependents
The Veterans Administration announces automatic increases for peace time disability ratings 60 percent or higher with dependents. Rates rise from 75 to 80 percent of war time compensation retroactive to Sept 1 1948 if dependency is proven by Dec 1 1948. No application required.
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Veterans Administration
N. K. Blosser
Blosser
Proclamation for NEPH Week in Athens County
Mayor Mickle will proclaim October 3 9 as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week in Athens County calling on employers and civic groups to help place handicapped persons with suitable skills. H H Sands attends as NEPH Week chair.
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W. P. Mickle
Athens County
Mickle
H. H. Sands
President Truman
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Athens pair named in court notice
John William Genter aged 34 and Faye Etheleen Gabriel aged 25, both of Athens, are identified in the legal notice as involved parties subject to the proceedings. Further details not provided in the fragment.
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John William Genter
Faye Etheleen Gabriel
Athens
Expert Howe to Demonstrate Rupture Method in Ath ens
Indianapolis expert GEO L. Howe will demonstrate his Howe method at the Berry Hotel Ath ens on Tuesday Sept 21 from 10 am to 1 pm. The method claims rapid contraction of rupture openings regardless of size or strain and promises same day return to work, with the Howe Rupture Shield being waterproof sanitary and indestructible. Demonstrations are free with mail address P O Box 5233 EF Michigan St Station Indianapolis Ind.
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Geo. L. Howe
Indianapolis
U.S, Army
Berry Hotel
Athens
Howe
Differences Between Farming and Ranching Emphasized by Editors
The columnist spoke with editors in cattle and sheep states who say farmers and cattlemen share the same land based livelihood. They note identical 4-H Clubs Granges and marketing concerns plus similar recreational interests and community ties.
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Athens, Ohio
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Hereford
B. Kk. Morris
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George S. May
Chicago
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Vet
P.O
Michigan St
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Joe Marsh
America
United States
Glidden
Miller Brothers
North Court St
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