Early Autumn Chill Drops to 33 Degrees Across Counties
Temperatures slid from a 78 degree high to a 33 degree low signaling an early Autumn with light frost on some farms but no damage reported. Athens Mechanicsburg Chauncey Albany and Glouster residents face petitions to raise school tax levies for four to five year terms to fund education and counter teacher shortages. Rome Township voters will decide in November on a 2 mill tax to cover current community expenses.
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C. N. France
the Board of Elections
Athens
Mechanicsburg
Chauncey
Albany
Glouster
David Johnson
Rome Township
Athens City
Johnson
Chauncey and Glouster
Lumber Yard Fight Brings Jail Sentence
Gail Cunningham, a Bardin Lumber Company employee, was fined 15 and costs and sentenced to five days in county jail after being arraigned on assault and intoxication charges. He testified he remembered nothing of the scuffle with John Davidson and others in the Bardin yards. Three other men, Henry Everett South, James Brandeberry, and Albert Rutter, were fined 35 and costs for intoxication.
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John Davidson
Bardin Lumber Company
Gail Cunningham
Franz Woodworth
Cunningham
Davidson
Bardin
Henry Everett South
Athens
James Brandeberry
Coolville
Albert Rutter
Prattsville
Clyde Smith Rites Thursday
Burial services for Clyde E. Smith 52, who died recently at his Columbus home, will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in W. Union St. Cemetery. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Allen Smith and a graduate of Athens High School who played football for the Athens team. He was predeceased by his wife Marie Miller two weeks earlier. Survived by daughter Julia Smith Columbus sister Iida M Cooper Athens brother Sandy A Smith Cleveland half sister Essie Duncan Portsmouth.
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Clyde E. Smith
Columbus
W. Union St
Allen Smith
Central Ave
Athens High School
Athens
Iida M. Cooper
Sandy A. Smith
Cleveland
Essie Duncan
Portsmouth
Grange Meeting Tonight in Canaaville Hall
Canaaville Cenaan Grange 2437 will meet tonight in its hall. Secretary Mabel L Mansfield urged all members to attend.
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Canaanville
Cenaan Grange
Mabel L. Mansfield
Rent registration reminder near Ohio University
Fred E. Schroeder, area rent inspector, warns landlords to register housing by October 15 under Emergency Price Control Act. Noncompliance may bring fines up to 5 5758 and possible imprisonment. The register covers Athens and three branch campuses with adjustments for veterans and housing changes. The Rent Control office operates 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
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Fred E. Schroeder
Ohio University
Robert B
Federal Rent Control pro-Marin
Igram
Athens
Zanesville
University College l
University College Enroil
College of Arts
Sciences
College of Education
College of Applied Science
College of Fine Arts
Graduate College
iWorsteil Bldg
Record Flight Course Enrollment Surges at Ohio University
Ohio University School of Aviation reports a record flight training enrollment of 180 students, with seven new full time instructors bringing total staff to 19. New courses include night flying and multi engine training. The Athens airport now employs 31 personnel across instructors and staff. Donations to the Ohio University Fund exceed 514,000 from 64 sources to support scholarships, equipment, and research. fund trustees plan further alumni contributions and district chairs nationwide.
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Ohio University School of Aviation
Ralph N. Smeck
Barry R. Butler
Madeira
95Th
Dale Ropp, Jr
Mansfield
Woop
Europe
Hjalmer T. Olson
Athens
Oscar L. Leonard
Gallipolis
Sth Aaf
William F. Knabb
Cincinnati
Western Flying Training Command
Oren L. Higgins
Richmond
Robert Morgan
American Airlines
Pat
John Moorhead
Ohio Unversity Fund, Inc
Harold E. Wise
Rotary Club
Ifrom
Wise
Ma‘lon
Ohio
State Furniture Group Elects Local Dealer
Herb Cox, Athens furniture dealer, was today elected a district director of the newly established Ohio Retail Home Furnishings Association. The group, affiliated with the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, aims to aid Ohio furniture merchants with postwar problems and will have offices in Columbus. Cox will represent District 7 covering Athens Belmont Gallia Jackson Lawrence Meigs Monroe Pike Scioto Vinton Washington counties.
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Herb Cox
Athens
Ohio Retail Home Furnishings Association
George V. Sheridan
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Ohio Council
Ohio
Columbus
Cox
Belmont
Allia
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Monroe
Pike
Scioto
Vinton
Washington
Athens Woman to Speak At PTA Congress
Mrs. Deimar J. Kunz field supervisor and Mrs. L. Staats will discuss Emergency Crop and Feed Loans for farmers at the 41st annual Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers. Kunz will accept loan applications to produce stock and purchase feed during the session from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Agent's office in the Post Office building in Columbus. About 1,200 delegates are expected, per the Associated Press.
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Deimar J. Kunz
L. C. Staats
Ohio Congress of Parents and
Colum
Kunz
Staats
Campus Variety Show Promises Evening Entertainment at Memorial
The first all campus Variety Show, sponsored by the Men's and Women's Independent Associations, begins at 7 30 tonight in Memorial Auditorium. Bob in Raich serves as master of ceremonies with a preview of Bill McCutcheon’s campus band the Sad Sacks featuring Ernie Mariani at piano and dance numbers by Wanda Quest and Jerry Zadan.
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Memorial Auditorium
Bobin Raitch
Bill McCutcheon
Ernie Mariani
Wanda Quest
Jerry Zadan
Spencer Murder Trial Shelved as Insanity Commitment Taken
Athens County case against Delber Spencer for the July 22 slaying of Pauline Bailey was tentatively shelved after Lima State Hospital officials found him mentally ill. Judge O F Rowland ordered commitment to Lima for observation and restoration of his reason, delaying the first degree murder trial.
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Lima Report
Athens County
Delber Spencer
Lima State Hospital
Lima
O. F. Rowland
Rowland
Gordon Gray
John W. Bolin
Athens
A. B. Atkinson
Charleston
W. Va
Lima Hospital
George Bateman
R. E. Bushong
Pauline Bailey
College Hill
Country Club Banquet Ends Tournament
A Country Club banquet will close the club’s Cats and Dogs golf tournament. J J Siler’s victorious team will be honored by the losing side led by H G Householder. Reservations are required for club members and non-tourney players pay their own meals. The event precedes next month’s club banquet with officer elections and trophy presentations. Byron A Wolfe leads Thursday program.
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D. E. Barr
J. J. Sisler
H. G. Householder
Barr
Byron A. Wolfe
Athens Township PTA Holds First Meeting of Year
The Athens Township PTA will meet Friday at Mechanicsburg School for its first gathering of the year. A 6 pm potluck dinner precedes the regular program. president Mrs Karl Rose asks members to bring a covered dish and their own table service.
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Athens Township Pta
Mechanicsburg
Karl Rose
Florence Clarey Rites Thursday at Chauncey
Funeral services for Florence Clarey of Chauncey will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at the First Church of Christ Chauncey conducted by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Burial will follow in Buechtel Cemetery with calling hours at the family home.
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Chauncey
Florence Clarey
Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Buechtel
Scouts Meet Thursday For Ushering Details
Athens area Boy Scouts from Troops 55 and 56 will usher at Ohio University home games. They meet Thursday at 4 p.m. at the stadium to receive instructions from A. N. H. Rhoads. Any registered scout in complete uniform is eligible to participate, per Edward Goodwin.
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Athens
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Dover Canaan and Athens
Millfield Coal and Mining Co transfers 140 acres to Bertha Howard in Dover. Ruth Van Dyke sells 3.32 acres to Robert Harris in Canaan. W. C. DeLille deeds Inlet 146 in Athens to Robert Harris. Dwight D. Tritipp transfers a tract in Fairfield addition, Athens, to Emma Miller.
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Millfield Coal and Mining Co
Bertha Howard
Dover
Ruth van Dyke
Robert Harris
Canaan
W. C. DeLille
Inlet
Athens
Dwight D. Tritipp
Emma Miller
Fairfield Addition
Former Gallia Man Dies in Cleveland
Alvin O. Dickey aged 69, former assistant attorney general of Ohio in 1915 and 1916 and Gallia County prosecutor from 1905 to 1911, died yesterday at Lakewood Hospital.
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Gallia
Cleveland
Alvin
Dickey
Ohio
Gallia County
Lakewood Hospital
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