Bloodmobile collection tops 78 pints on first day
Red Cross bloodmobile at First Methodist Church in Athens logged 78 pints from 97 registrations on day one. 24 walk ins and 50 no-shows marked a disappointing turnout though minors needed parental consent. donors included James W. Trout and Charlotte LaTourette, with many area groups contributing and volunteers aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Red Cross
First Methodist Church
B. F. Cutler
Athens
Orientation Of Cub Scout Parents Set
A cub scout parent orientation meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 7 30 pm at The First Presbyterian Church. Carl Sylvester announces the event for the Hock Hocking district leadership and training. James Markle will conduct the session for parents of eight year olds seeking entry into Athens packs or nearby communities. Cub applications will be distributed to attending parents. prospective cubs may not accompany parents. Pack assignments will be based on parental choice.
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First Presbyterian Church
Carl Sylvester
Hock-Hocking
James Markle
Parkersburg
Athens
4 H Club Activities Outlined at Athens Kiwanis Meeting
Talks on 4 H Club activities were presented at a Monday night Athens Kiwanis Club gathering. John Gabriel and Mrs Otho Castle shared parents view of rural groups. Ross Wright and Mrs Florence McBride introduced the program. Participants included Martha Chase Donald Ice Esteella Elliott Shirley Potter Jean Zeigler and others. Four Kiwanians were chosen to attend the state convention in Cleveland: Mayor Peter B Seel C B Nye A L Bechtel and Richard Banks. Carl A Frey will be presented for district governor.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
John Gabriel
Otho Castle
Ross Wright
Florence McBride
Martha Chase
Chase Merrymakers
Donald Ice
Albany Crop and Livestock
Jim Moore
Union Farm and Livestock
Esteella Elliott
Lucky Clover Club
Shirley Potter
Amesville
4-H Sewing Club
Denzil Robinson
Amesville Club
Jean Zeigler
Cleveland
Peter B. Seel
C. B. Nye
A. L. Bechtel
Richard Banks
Carl A. Frey
Coolville Mayor Fines Two Truck Drivers
Mayor John Aiken fined two drivers after their arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Ewell E. Jenkins of Memphis Tennessee paid 25 dollars and costs for an overloaded truck while Robert C. Wilson of Spencer West Virginia paid 10 dollars and costs for lacking mud flaps on his truck.
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John Aiken
Coolville
State Highway Patrol
Ewell E. Jenkins
Memphis
Tenn
Robert C. Wilson
Spencer
W. Va
Enlistees Join Regular Army and Marine Corps News
Two men enlist in the Regular Army for three years. Bill Harold Withem of Glouster Route 3 and Richard Lee Fidler of Buchtel have gone to Fort Meade for basic training. Marine Sgt. Paul R. Seed, 22, of Athens Route 1, is honorably discharged after four years. Privates William Dunnett Ashworth of Athens Route 1 and John Anderson Long of Nelsonville train at San Diego. Pf. Bernard L. Allen of Athens Route 1 has arrived in Korea with the First Marine Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Harold Withem
Darrell Withem
Richard Lee Fidler
Charles Fidler
Ft. Meade
Osterholt
Wac
Paul R. Seed
Raymond Seed
Athens Route 1
Marines
Athens
Sixth Marines
William Dunnett Ashworth
C. M. Ashworth
John Anderson Long
John Long
Nelsonville
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Bernard L. Allen
Emory Allen
Korea
First
Marine Division
Buckeyes to Promote Ohio 150th Birthday Next Year
The Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission will use buckeyes and horse chestnuts to promote the state's 150th birthday. Ohioans are asked to collect and turn them in at state highway garages for storage. Next year the chestnuts will be given to out-of-state visitors.
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Columbus
Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission
Mrs Matson Dies Monday At The Plains
Mrs Selma Matson 66 The Plains died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a three week illness. Born in Finland she came to the United States 45 years ago and has lived at The Plains 35 years. Survived by husband Henry two sons Wayne and Eddie both Cleveland. three daughters Viana Hanning Ella Sams and Sylvia Bumgardner The Plains. six grandchildren one great grandson and sister Hannah Benson New York City. Two sons Henry Tayfer died earlier. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at The Plains Nazarene Church. Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home conducting.
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Selma Matson
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Finland
Matson
United States
Henry
Wayne
Eddie
Cleveland
Viana Hanning
Ella Sams
Sylvia Bumgardner
Hannah Benson
New York City
Tayfer
Plains Nazarene Church
Lena Brandenburg
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
First Sessions Of Extension Classes Listed
Ohio University announces fall term extension class sessions led by the Extension Service. Courses include school building planning shorthand elementary curriculum social foundations and western civilization with instructors listed. Off campus sites extend offerings to several Ohio towns and cities.
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Ohio University
Floyd J. Dixon
Extension Service
Extension Division
Wilson Hall
F. H. McKelvey
Ewing Hall
Macil
Putnam Hall
Marie A. Quick
Social Foundations of Education
F. L. Shoemaker
Ellis Hall
David M. Chalmers
Rufus Putnam Nursery School
Julia J. Nehls
Margaret J. Felsinger
Lancaster
Newark
Marietta
Logan
Cambridge
Coshocton
Ironton
Mt. Vernon
Pomeroy
Jackson
Caldwell
McConnelsville
Circleville
New Lexington
Dixon
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Discharged patients listed from Shelterin g Arms Hospital notes include Albert Hahn Glouster Robert Didiego Athens Mrs Ellen Bradbury Millfield Anna Humphrey Coolville Rosa Martin Athens Mrs Darrell West Albany and daughter Walter McCaskey Jacksonville Walter Hill Glouster Ernest Baker Athens Fred Kinnison Athens Mrs Nellie White Stewart Mrs Evelyn Coe Athens Ross Frey New Haven W Va Dale Saylor Mineral John Cooley Millfield
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Albert Hahn
Glouster
Robert Didiego
Athens
Ellen Bradbury
Millfield
Anna Humphrey
Coolville
Rosa Martin
Darrell West
Albany
Walter McCaskey
Jacksonville
Walter Hill
Ernest Baker
Fred Kinnison
Nellie White
Stewart
Evelyn Coe
Ross Frey
New Haven
W. Va
Dale Saylor
Mineral
John Cooley
Hockingport Men Fined by Mayor
Two Hockingport men were fined by Mayor Peter B. Seel after pleading guilty to charges filed by Guysville tavern owner Alex Barkie. Stanley Rood, 30, and his father Daniel Rood, 53, each paid 10 dollars plus costs. Stanley pleaded guilty to destruction of property for damaging a screen door and a door window. Daniel was cited for fighting in a public place.
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Hockingport
Peter B. Seel
Guysville
Stanley Rood
Daniel Rood
Alex Barkie
Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting at Armory
Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Armory. Refreshments will be served, said Gerald Glover adjutant quarter master.
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Floyd Bolin Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gerald Glover
Car Leaves County Road Injuring Athens Man
A 24 year old Athens Route 3 man Frederick R Schall was injured Monday when his car left Carr Run Road and overturned into a creek about 1.4 miles north of Chauncey near Route 13. A second late Sunday report describes James A Garrett age 16 of 202 W Washington St locating a car fire on Route 50 A near the Route 33 junction as flames surrounded the emergency brake and stopping failed to extinguish the fire.
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Athens
James A. Garrett
Washington St
Garrett
Rotary Hears Address by Governor
District Governor Harry Reese of Wellston spoke on Fundamentals of Rotary at a Athens club meeting in Berry Hotel. He conducted a district assembly of committee chairmen and noted the 232nd Rotary district includes 32 southern Ohio clubs such as Columbus and Portsmouth. Reese, a Wellston attorney, is OSU and Michigan Law graduate and a 1923 Wellston club charter member.
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Harry Reese
Wellston
Berry Hotel
Athens Club
Reese
Rotary
Ohio
Columbus
Portsmouth
Wellston Club
Ohio State University
University of Michigan
Sub-Division Accepted and Township Tractor Purchase
Athens County commissioners approved a subdivision near Hebbardsville and told Lee Township trustees to buy a small tractor with front end loader and mower. The Williams Subdivision plat was accepted. land to be divided into building lots at Route 50 and Judge Wood Road. Board adjourned until Tuesday for cottage contracts at the Children's Home.
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Hebbardsville
Athens County
Lee Township
Williams Subdivision
Route 50
Judge Wood Road
Bricker Urges End to Korean War Debacle Verdicts
At Cleveland Republican senator Bricker urged arming and training four million South Koreans to resist the North. He criticized government failure to protect farmers and industry from cheap imported competition, citing Japanese pottery and California garlic aid denials. He promoted tax cuts and private business reinvestment, and called for changes at Washington.
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Cleveland
Dwight Eisenhower
Acheson
Bricker
North Korea
Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
George
East Liverpool
Japan
California
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Thomas A. Jenkins
Washington
Shade Community Fair Scheduled With Horse Events
Plans are complete for the Shade Community Fair to be held Saturday at Shade School. An afternoon horse show begins at 1 30 p m followed by a horse pulling contest at 7 p m Weighing in for the pulling contest is at 4 p m with three classes Class A under 2600 pounds Class B 2601 to 3000 pounds and Class C 3000 pounds and over.
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Shade
The
Local Couples File For Licenses In Ohio
Luzerne Pierce, 64, and Mary Bean, 48, both of Athens, seek marriage licenses. James Harkless, 25, New Plymouth, and Lucille Rupe, 17, of Nelsonville, apply for licenses.
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Luzerne Pierce
Mary Bean
Athens
James Harkless
New Plymouth
Lucille Rupe
Nelsonville
Mixed reactions in August land transfers and mortgages
Athens County land transfers showed a mixed August with deeds down to 99 from 109 in July while deeds for 1951 rose to 119. Chattel mortgage releases fell to 47 from 98 in July. mortgages increased to 73 versus 35 in July. Fees reached 856.15 with nine certificates, one assignment, four leases, and twenty-one discharges plus affidavits and easements recorded.
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Athens County
Claudis Chappel
Deadline at Midnight For Rent Control Pleas
Cities nationwide must submit pleas by midnight to extend federal rent control for seven more months. The Office of Rent Stabilization reports over half of the 2400 eligible communities have filed to continue rent limits.
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Washington
Office of
Weather notes show warm day and mild night
Warm sunny conditions persisted with a 62 degree reading at Hamsey Run by 9 am and a low of 48 overnight. Monday reached a high of 79 and a low of 46 in the area.
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Hamsey
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Charlotte LaTourette
McBee Co
Don Ferguson
Don Jacobs
Leo Sheridan
Sohn Kottgan
Dick Smith
Douglas Hall
Bill Easler
Don Johnson
Ray Carmichael
Carl Whitlatch
Clarence Castell
Dale Hawk
Charles Silverman
John Dunlavy
Joseph McAfee
Howard Eschenbacher
Arthur Ellis
Frank Reigel
Richard McClung
Denver Gooding
George Rutkoski
Fred Warren
Charles Moore
Allen Wapnick
Tom Riley
Allen Lifshitz
Owen Stiegelmeier
Martin Litchblau
Michael C. Freeman
William Powell
Lewis Ondis
George Bateman
A. E. Daugherty
George Ford
Don Moore
Martha Campbell
Kenneth Marshall
G. R. Walden
William Sullivan
Blanche McPherson
Dorothy Daugherty
Thomas Haller
Gilbert Walton
P. F. Good
Bernice Bailey
Hazel
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Zazil Davies
Edith Grim
Geoffrey Wilson
Lance S. Robert
Mary Linscott
Allen Friedenthal
Robert Oberholzer
Richard Oo Verne Hall
Frank Rauch
Ann Dilly White
Blanche Gilkey
Edna West
Norman F. Edwards
Wayne France
Warren Cooper
Charles Bolin
Joyce Powell
Tad Grover
Floyd Dillinger
Earl H. Smathers
Hazel Scott
Jean Flowers
James Martin
Ann Graham
Cutler
Grey
Lucille Stinson
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Earl Buckley
Dan Jacobs
Lawrence Goldberg
L. A. Hamilton
Robert Main
Clarence Flowers
Carrol Tippitt
Donna Smith
James Ellis
Ernest Johnson
Martha Koker
Russell Bashore
Morrison Burns
T. C McCracken
Frank Dilley
Frank Reed
L. J. Addicott
W. H. Wakefield
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Rufus Hopkins
Ruth Lantz
Fearn Store
N. Court Athens
Regular
Msgt
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Culligan ‘of
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Good Housekeeping
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Mrs. Matson
VFW
Ray Bobo
Republican Executive Committee
William A. Mechem
Young Republican Club
Mechanicsburg
Shade Community Fair
America
Presbyterian Church
Athens, Ohio
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N. Court St
R. FE
Quick's
Vow
Airdo
Everhot
Dominion
Gilbert Shannon
Firestone Dealer
W. Union St
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