Spencer Committed After Insanity Finding Receives
Delbert Spencer, 47, charged with first degree murder near College Hill, was found insane after a 30 day observation at Lima State Hospital. He is committed there until his reason is restored, with the court acknowledging the finding and pending further action.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Spencer
Lima
Delbert Spencer
Lima State Hospital
O. F. Rowland
Cnenserte Renin
Auie
Coal Company
Rowland
Pauline Bailey
College Hill
R. E. Bushong
Athens State Hospital
Inite
Gordon Gray
John Bolin
A. B. Atkinson
Charleston
W. Va
Common Pleas Court
Franz Woodworth
Delbert Spencer Cright
Shevitt
George Bateman
Ohio University President Thanks County For Student Housing Aid
President John C. Baker thanks Athens County citizens for aiding Ohio University’s student housing efforts. He cites faculty, business leaders, veterans, and local families who opened homes to students, acknowledges potential rough periods ahead, and expresses hope for continued understanding as enrollment shifts occur through 1947 and beyond.
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Athens County
Ohio University
John €. Baker
Athens
Nelsonville
Chauncey
John C. Baker
County Schools in Fairly Healthy Condition Says Superintendent
Athens County schools are in fairly healthy condition according to Superintendent Glen Hanes. Enrollment has risen to 4258 with about 200 extra students, first grade listings up, all teaching positions filled though some subjects lack specialists. Transportation via school buses works well except for congestion at Albany and The Plains to be addressed.
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Athens County
Glen Hanes
Hanes
Albany
Plains
Mrs Campbell Dies After Two Day Illness
Mrs. Harry Campbell of 210 West Union Street died Monday morning after a two day illness. Formerly Etna Francis she was the daughter of Edward and Sarah Walker Francis and was predeceased by her husband and a brother Forester Francis. She survived only by cousins. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Central Avenue Methodist Church with Rev. Joe B. Maffett officiating and burial at West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at Dowie and Ferguson funeral home. Flowers are to be omitted.
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Harry Campbell
W. Union St
Etna Francis
Edward
Sarah Walker Francis
All-Day Rain Slightly Dampened Temperature Rise
An all-day rain yesterday kept rain totals light and cooled the day from a high of 76 to a low of 59 degrees per weather observer Mrs. C. N. France. Today a clear sky allowed a slow rise with 64 degrees reported at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Masors To Meet New Marshfield Lodge Holds Special Session To Confer Master Mason Degree At 7:30 P.M. Visitors Welcome, says R. L. Dinsmore.
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C. N. France
Masors
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge No. 426
R. L. Dinsmore
Why You Should Use 9 101 For Rheumatic Pain
An advertisement promotes Q-101 as a liquid remedy for rheumatic pain claiming four actions: relieve congestion and feverishness, diuretic action to reduce uric acid, maintain alkaline blood, and soothe muscles for relief. It markets two sizes and mail options with small extras, sold at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Quick’s
the Wey
Man-Hunt Ends as Fugitive Surrenders in West Virginia
The Athens County murder case ends with Spencer found asleep under a Ripley West Virginia rock cliff and surrendering to authorities after an 11 day man hunt by Ohio West Virginia and FBI officers. He denies killing Mrs Bailey while witnesses and a taxi driver support the shooting.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Bailey
College Hill
Spencer
FBI
Ripley
W. Va
Four OU Faculty Members Return From Military Service
Four Ohio University faculty members resumed their duties after service leaves. Dr. John B. Harrison, associate professor of English, served four years in the Army Air Forces, eight months overseas in Italy as a lieutenant with the 15th AAF, then helped write his unit history. Joseph Thackrey, assistant professor of school music, returned after discharge as captain from the Army. Virginia Wilson, physical welfare instructor, enlisted in the WAC, served with the Medical Corps at Ft. Sam Houston, then became a physical therapist in the Medical Corps as second lieutenant. she left service last May. Lloyd Bjornstad, supervising critic in industrial arts at Athens High School, resumed his job after three years in the Air Corps as first lieutenant, serving as supervisor and instructor of shop work.
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Ohio University
John B. Harrison
Army Air Forces
Italy
15Th Aaf
Army
Joseph Thackrey
Transportation Corps
West Coast
Gulf of Mexico
East Coast
Virginia Wilson
WAC
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Wilson
Lloyd Bjornstad
Athens High School
Air Corps
Bjornstad
Death of Lee Keirns Reported in Columbus Grove Ohio
Word received states Lee Keirns died Saturday night at his home in Columbus Grove Ohio. He had visited relatives in the county many times and planned to return this fall. Burial was to take place Tuesday afternoon in the Ottawa River Cemetery. Also listed are names Donald Richard Guiley Wanda Bateman James Knight and Ira Katzenbach with ages and towns.
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Lee Keirns
Columbus Grove
Spicer Keirns
Hooper
Ridge
Keirns
Ottawa River
Carriage Maker W. Ross Deemer Dies at 74
Funeral services will be held here for W. Ross Deemer aged 74 a retired carriage maker who once built carriages for President McKinley in Columbiana Ohio His death obituary notes his notable craftsmanship and service to the community.
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Columbiana —.Pi
W. Ross Deemer
MecKinley
Slav Congress rally planned in Cleveland Friday night
Delegates from Australia Czechoslovakia Russia Poland and Yugoslavia are expected to attend a rally of the American Slav Congress of Ohio here Friday night. Five Army barracks are being rushed to Kent State University to house more than 4 000 students for the fall term.
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Cleveland
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
American Slav Congress of
Ohio
Kent
Kentzno
Kent State University
Shelter Notes From Arm Shelter Hospital Record
Births listed for the Athens area include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Guy Will and for Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Browne both in Athens. Pom eroy couple Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hart welcome a daughter. Other births to Lowell Bowen and Frank Grtubbs in Glouster and to Edward Finkora in Athens a son. Admissions show major surgery for Genevieve Evener Ray Christy Fred Baker and medical cases for Emma Davis and Mary Aleshire. Dismissals name Ray Rider and daughter Wilbur Thompson and son Yvonna Martin Mattie Coates Catherine Metcalf Mary Hasler and Orville Russell.
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Guy Will
Athens
Sidney Browne
Thomas Hart
Pomeroy
Lowell Bowen
Frank Grtubbs
Glouster
Edward Finkora
Genevieve Evener
Millfield
Ray Christy
Long Bottom
Fred Baker
Ray Rider
Wilbur Thompson
New Marshfield
Yvonna Martin
Mattie Coates
Catherine Metcalf
Mary Hasler
Anfield
George Holdecraft
Orville Russell
Columbus
Rev Luchs Speaks On Divorce At Kiwanis Meeting
The Rev. Fred E. Luchs spoke at the Kiwanis Club last night on the rising divorce rate among marriages formed before World War II. He urged marriages based on continuing and satisfying experiences supported by psychological and sociological findings and his own research. Savannah Lodge No. 466 F and A M to confer Master Mason degree at a special meeting Wednesday evening with Arnold as master.
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Kiwanis Club
Fred E. Luchs
Savannah Lodge
Guysville
Savannah
Arnold
Salem Frigate a sea yarn charting a grand naval chapter
Athens County Librarian William T. Morse reviews John Jennings's novel Salem Frigate. The tale covers the Barbary pirates defense, U S Navy rise then decline, and two lovers amid shipboard perils as the Philadelphia captures Tripoli and the Frigate Essex sails toward a Pacific fate.
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William T. Morse
Athens
John Jennings
U. S
Salem
England
Mediterranean
New England
United States
Tom Tisdall
Ben Price
Essex
Price
Tripoli
Pacific
South America
Theft Charge Fight Denied in Court
George Evener 32 of Athens Route 3 pleaded not guilty to taking a car from a parking lot near a W State St grocery store Saturday. Bound over to grand jury under $500 bond. The car was reported missing by Clifford Wade near Gloucester, seized after being abandoned and recovered close to the original theft site. Evener was arrested in a local tavern about 5 pm Saturday.
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George Evener
Athens
W. State St
Grand Jury
Clifford Wade
Glousier
Court St
Evener
Real Estate Transfers Chronicle Highlights Local Parcels
A series of property transfers across Athens Carthage Dover and Glouster includes Carl Buck to Glenn McDonald Slater town lots Emma Kranyik to Oscar Tinkham and multiple other deeds listing lot numbers acreage and additions such as Augustine and Love in Chauncey and Albany plus University Place and York sales. notable sellers include Mae E Martin Ida B Carlor and Mary Frost with buyers Kenneth Smith Joe Finnigan and Frank Bryson among others.
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Carl C. Buck
Glenn McDonald
Slater Town Lots
Athens
Emma Kranyik
Oscar Tinkham
Slater
C. Nickerson
N. L. Russell
Blackwood
R. Cecil Harless
J. A. Cogar
Carthage
Edwin P. Carpester
Clarence E. Palmer
Trimble
Fred C. Shafer
Fred R. Shafer
Florence BE. Andrews
Blanche Talbert
Glouster
Kenneth Smith
Jesse Woods
Martin Koehler
Golden Caldwell
Oscar Wagner
Effie Cowan
Augustine
Dover
Mary Frost
Herbert HH. Harris
Watkins Addition
Ida B. Carlor
Kenneth Suegoullen
Coalville
Mae E. Martin
Jon Crandall
Love Addition
Ida Bolin
C. L. Pidcock
Allendale
Joe Finnigan
John Kennard
Sands Addition
Trimbhe
William Schoonover
Alvin MM. Cole
Chauncey
Charles Stout
Robert Rnells
Nithe Gordon Tolliver
N. Y- Sales
York
Frank Bryson
Balland H. Hoffman
Giouster
Ann Minear
Perry Coe
Albany
Robert W. Hixson
Dale Gillespie
O. E. Frig Dwight Gaskill
University Place
Edith Brown
Wade W. Burke
Students turn wartime huts into temporary housing solution
Ralph Factor and Harold Bischoff, both veterans, converted a wartime hut into a year long living space. They spent about one hundred dollars on materials from a Cleveland lumber company and plan to add beds desks and a heater. They will commute to Zanesville on weekends to teach, while Factor and his wife will live there until he returns. The building was mislisted as a chicken-brooder and later an out-house before being branded a trap by the fire marshal.
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Ralph Factor
Harold Bischoff
Cleveland Lumber
Beasley
Factor
Bischoff
Army Engineers
France
Zanesville
Factor ix
Office of Special Personnel
World Fire and Marine Insurance Co Certificate of Compliance
Ohio Superintendent certifies that World Fire and Marine Insurance Company Hartford CT complies with Ohio law for the current year. Sworn statement shows assets 5,348,584.83, liabilities 33,160,412.92, net assets 5,348,584.83, paid-up capital 1,000,000, surplus 4,348,584.33, annual income 3,103,385.38 and expenditures 2,810,822.77. Signed by Walter Dressel in Columbus on July 1, 1946.
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State of Ohio
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Dressel
Ins. of
Chio
Sess
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