Athens County Receives Auto License Advance Payment
Athens County will receive 48,904.56 from the initial 11,425,952 auto license fee distribution to Ohio counties and municipalities. Registrar Edward T. Fogo said the warrant is sent for issuing individual warrants to county auditors, with the payment marking the first 1947 advance. Other area counties receive varied amounts including Gallia 24,328.08 and Washington 57,579.12.
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Ohio
Edward T. Fogo
Athens County
Ralph Elliott
Elliott
Fogo
Murray D. Shaffer
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
Social Security benefits total planned for Athens county
Figures released by William J. McCauley show nearly 14800 in monthly insurance payments for Athens county for the quarter ending March 31. The distribution includes 9485 to retired workers 65 and over, 1552 to wives 65 plus, 839.95 to widows 65 plus, 1015 to young widows with underage children, and 1965 to minor children of deceased workers, plus 1315 in lump sums. The article notes avenues for inquiries and local office visit schedules in Athens and Nelsonville.
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William J. McCauley
Zanesville
Social Security Administration
Athens County
McCauley
Athens
Nelsonville
Ohio State Employment Service
Morton To Conclude OU Faculty Lecture Series
Dr. Robert L. Morton, education professor, closes Ohio University’s 1946-47 faculty lectures with a talk on Trends in American Education in Edwin Watts Chubb Library. Morton, active since 1918 at OU, has authored teaching texts and served on the Education Films board.
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Robert L. Morton
Ohio University
Wbuesaay Avo Pum
Morton
Edwin Watts
Educational Films, Inc
Films, Inc
New York City
Ohio U
Ohio State University
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
E. Herndon Hudson
Gaige B. Paulsen
Court Award Not Paid in Ohio Car Death Case
Clay D. Smith, administrator of Clarence E. Smith estate, files supplemental petition in Common Pleas Court against Helen Hooper and Lumberman's Mutual Insurance Co. for $2,500 verdict from January in a $10,000 liability suit tied to a fatal October 20, 1945 car crash. Smith alleges no payment has been made and seeks six percent interest plus costs. Hooper’s counsel has appealed after a new trial request was dismissed.
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Common Pleas Court
Clay D. Smith
Clarence E. Smith
Helen Hooper
Lumberman’s Mutual Insurance Co
Athens County
Smith
Miss Hooper
Athens County Soil Conservation Supervisors Meet
A meeting of Athens County soil conservation supervisors was held with Frank Pugh Earl Johnson Wayne Wingett Fred Dorr and Roy C Gilham and Patrick D White present. They approved Reuben Weiss for soil conservation aid and farm plans for Emerson Ball Dorr Wingett and Johnson, urged state legislators to fund the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, and moved meetings from the first to the second Monday each month.
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Athens County
Soil Conservation Supervisors
Frank Pugh
Earl E. Johnson
Wayne Wingett
Fred Dorr
Roy C. Gilham
Patrick D. White
Reuben Weiss
Emerson Ball
Earl Johnson
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Sealed bids sought for Athens Ohio city equipment 1947 bids
The City of Athens Ohio will accept sealed bids until noon on April 30 1947 for one 1947 one ton hydraulic dump body truck one 1947 light truck and one 1947 motorcycle with radio and parade gear each bid must list all interested parties include a $100 bond and the city may reject any bid George R Evans City of Athens Ohio April 14 1947 Lotw
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Public Service-Safety
Athens
Ohio
Cancer Group Flies To Meet In Columbus
Four Athens County Cancer Control Committee members traveled to Columbus for an Ohio division meeting of the society. County Commander Elsie Druggan Health Director Dr H T Phillips E H Carbauh and John Jagers piloted the flight. A brief history of the society its aims and the 1947 program were outlined by officials. Some centers have completed their April campaign for funds. A 10 day county drive begins April 20 with civic club county grange and medical society sponsorship.
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Athens
Athens County Cancer Control Committee
Columbus
Ohio
Society
Elsie Druggan
H. T. Phillips
E. H. Carbaugh
John Jagers
Civic Club
County Grange
Medical Society
Firemen Respond To Twice Saturday Night Alarms
After a week of silence the city fire bell rang twice on Saturday evening. The first alarm came from 91 West State Street where a grass and rubbish fire was extinguished with no damage. A second alarm 25 minutes later hit Schine's Athena Theater on South Court Street where an electrical motor for the ventilating system was slightly damaged, per manager Fred Williams.
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K. E. McAfee
W. State St
Schine
Athena
S. Court St
Fred Williams
Senior 4 H Club Meeting Planned at Athens Grange Hall
A county Senior 4 H Club meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p m in the Athens Grange Hall. Howard Starling and his committee will run the program and a box supper will follow. each girl should bring a 2 item.
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Athens Grange Hall
Villa Tippie
Howard Starling
Cincinnati Markets Report on Eggs Poultry Butter and Potatoes
Market notes list consumer graded U S A eggs by size and grade with weights, wholesale grades and standards, receipts and quality indicators. It also reports poultry categories with weight ranges and counts, butter prices per pound and butterfat premiums, and potato price range.
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U. S
Hog and cattle market report with mixed faded prices
Salable hogs 3 000 early sales barrows and gilts 1.00 lower sows 1.25 down good and choice 160 250 lbs price ranges 24 50 to 21 00. Cattle 1100 head calves 350 slow uneven steers and heifers weak to 50 lower cows weak to 25 lower bulls top 24 00 for 1100 lb steers. Vealers 22 00 down. Sheep scarce nominally steady.
Roy Price Dies After Auto Injury
Roy Price aged 52 of 22 Stella Ave died Monday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital from injuries after he ran into a moving auto on Richland Ave. He was a painter and is survived by his wife whose brother Lester Robinette died last Wednesday from a back injury. Friends may call at Jagers funeral home after Tuesday noon. Funeral arrangements are not set.
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Roy Price
Stella Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Richland Ave
Mr. Price
Lester
Slim) Robinette
Jagers
Weekend court nets two hurt and five fined in Athens
The Monday session of Mayor Franz Woodworths court handed fines to five individuals and reported two injuries from weekend incidents. Oren Shire 27 Richland Ave paid 15 dollars for reckless driving. Perry Gills 24 Athens pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and paid 10 dollars after a bottle thrown from a car struck rider Burton Melcher 60 Morris Ave injuring him on Friday. James Walraven 23 Athens Route 2 and William Maxwell 22 Athens each paid 10 dollars for intoxication. W L Hollingshead 29 Trimble paid 5 dollars for a similar charge. A collision between a Johnson motorcycle and a Kepler truck caused minor arm injuries to W D Johnson 111 Lancaster St and vehicle damage on Mount Street and West Carpenter.
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Franz Woodworth
Oren C. Shire
Richland Ave
Perry Gills
Athens
Gills
Burton Melcher
Morris Ave
Melcher
W. Union St
Ohio University Infirmary
W. D. Johnson
Lancaster St
Johnson
Ernest Kepler
Fremont St
Mount St
W. Carpenter
J. B. Grogan
James Walraven
William E. Maxwell
W. L. Hollingshead
Trimble
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
New Marshfield couple Mr and Mrs Norman Saylor welcome a daughter. Athens families announce births and adoptions including Gilbert Wilson and James Clemons with sons. Admissions list major surgeries for William Pendry and Lucetta Price while Virginia Hawk undergoes minor surgery. Discharges include Mrs George Joachim and daughter and several Athens residents.
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Norman Saylor
New Marshfield
Robert Jones
Shade
Gilbert Wilson
Athens
James Clemons
Glouster
William Pendry
Lucetta Price
Carpenter
Virginia Hawk
Coalville
Burglary Report At Cline Pharmacy In Athens
An unknown burglar forced entry into Cline Pharmacy at 13 South Court Street in Athens by breaking the rear door lock. A quantity of narcotics was apparently the only item taken, according to owner Walter E. Musgrave, as Athens police investigate the Sunday morning theft.
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Cline
S. Court St
Walter E. Musgrave
Athens
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Wendell Norman Hoppes 22 of Washington Court House Route 6 and Lola Bernice Wyer 19 of Coolville. Charles Raymond Smith 18 and Bertha Chloe Collins 17 both of Athens Route 2. Andrew West 52 of Nelsonville Route 1 and Mary Margaret Conkle 52 of Buchtel. Jack C. Hannan 25 of Athens and Paula R. Sala 21 of Athens.
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Wendell Norman Hoppes
Washington Court House
Lola Bernice Wyer
Coolville
Charles Raymond Smith
Athens
Bertha Chloene Collins
Andrew West
Nelsonville
Mary Margaret Conkle
Buchtel
Jack C. Hannan
Paula R. Sala
Athens man gets permit for $1900 warehouse project
R. S. Cook of Athens received permission from the Cincinnati Construction Review Committee to build a $1,900 warehouse. District manager Thomas Grace announced today that the project is one of 17 approved.
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R. S. Cook
Athens
Cincinnati Construction Review Committee
Thomas Grace
Weather Update From Athens Monday Morning
The Athens area reported 55 degrees at 10 am under cloudy skies. Sunday brought a sunny spell with a high of 63 and a low of 46 overnight.
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Athens
Lions Meet Promoted as Ladies Night In Athens
Tuesday’s Lions Club gathering in Athens will start at 7 p m at the Athens Country Club and will be staged as a Ladies’ Night event.
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Athens Lions Club
Athens Country Club
OU Sophomore To Compete In State Meet
Ohio University sophomore Terry Jenkins from Toledo will represent Ohio in the Inter-State Oratorical Association contest on April 24 25 at Northwestern University Evanston Illinois She won the state women’s oratory championship at the Ohio Intercollegiate Speech Conference in February and advances to Eastern Division preliminaries April 24 with winners from Michigan Pennsylvania Kentucky Indiana and Illinois Dr L C Staats will accompany her funded by a 115 grant from the Ohio University Fund Inc The fund collects alumni and friend donations for travel research and scholarships
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Terry Jenkins
Ohio University
Toledo
Ohio
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Miss Jenkins
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
L. C. Staats
Jenkins
Ohio University Fund, Inc
Mrs. Emma J. Vincent 89 Dies in Glouster Family notice
Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Emma J. Vincent 89 who died at her daughter’s home in Glouster Route 3. The Wrightstown native was a Wrightstown Christian Church member and survived by four children Arthur Charles Frank and others. husband George died in 1939.
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Glouster
Emma J. Vincent
E. J. Ahle
Wrightstown
McClure
Marietta
Bartlett
Vincent
Rites Tuesday for Mrs. Gayly Bratton
Mrs. Gayly Bratton aged 78 died Saturday night at an Athens rest home after a weeklong illness. Survived by brothers S. D. Webb of Columbus and Charles Webb of Athens. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Columbia Chapel with burial in Caster Cemetery. Friends may call at Bigony and Martin funeral home.
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Gayly Bratton
Athens
S. D. Webb
Columbus
Charles Webb
Columbia Chapel
Caster
Bigony and Martin
Ligon Method Outlined by Mrs Luchs at Meeting
Mrs Evelyn Luchs outlines the religious teachings of Dr Ernest Ligon of Union College psychology department at a Presbyterian parents and church school teachers meeting tonight at 8. Ligon develops a program of positive mental hygiene from Bible teachings and co conducted a parents' institute in Albany last March.
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Ernest Ligon
Union College
Schenectady
Evelyn Luchs
Ligon
Luchs
Albany
N. Y
Troy Rome Granges Plan Monday Meeting and Degrees
Troy Grange has called a special meeting for Monday evening. Rome Grange will confer the first and second degrees on a class of nine candidates. Members are asked to bring sandwiches and cookies.
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Coolville
Troy Grange
Rome Grange
Board to Meet Tonight at Central Ave Church
The official board of Central Ave Methodist Church will convene at 7 30 p m instead of 8 pm. The change was announced today by church officials.
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Central Ave., Methodist Church
Ohio University students join Epsilon Pi Tau in Athens
Seven students from the Ohio University College of Education were inducted into the Epsilon Pi Tau honorary fraternity at Athens Country Club. Initiates include Franklin W. Downhour, William S. Kuhner, Alva Pfleger, Charles J. Pickens, Richard G. Shrider, Ross W. Smith, and Shafer Stubbart. The ceremony followed by a banquet and a moving picture program.
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Ohio University College of Education
Epsilon Pi Tau
Athens Country Club
Franklin W. Downhour
Union Furnace
William S. Kuhner
Oak Hill
Alva Pfleger
Sciotoville
Charles J. Pickens
Middleport
Richard G. Shrider
Glenford
Ross W. Smith
Athens
Shafer Stubbart
Euclid
Charles R. Kinison
Herman W. Humphrey
Red Cross Course Slated at Ohio University
Ohio University schedules a one day intensive Red Cross leadership course for college student units on June 27 as part of the summer session. Dean of Women Irma E. Voigt notes the workshop will cover student roles with college community relations and is limited to 25 students. The session marks the first time such instruction is offered on campus.
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Ohio University
Red Cross
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio U
Dean Voigt
OU Professor to Address Church Groups
A. H. Buckle of the Ohio University botany department will speak at the Men's Brotherhood of The Plains Methodist Church meeting. The Chauncey Christian Church men will attend as guests. The gathering is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in the High School Community Room.
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Men's Brotherhood of the Plains Methodist Church
A. H. Buckle
Ohio University Botany Department
Men’s Brotherhood of the Chauncey Christian Church
Operetta at Lottridge Carthage Grade School
Carthage Grade School at Lottridge will stage The Cobbler of Fairyland Thursday at 8 p m. The cast includes all school children and is directed by Marjorie Malone music supervisor with Carthage teachers assisting.
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Carthage
Lottridge
Marjorie Malone
De Lilah Rebekah Lodge 884 Meeting Announced
NEW MARSHFIELD The De Lilah Rebekah Lodge 884 will meet Tuesday at 8 p m in the Grange Hall. Eileen Russell secretary announced today.
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New Marshfield
Delilah Rebekah
Grange
Eileen Russell
Unproductive Land Said Root of Delinquent Tax
James Seward U S Forest Ranger Athens told the Hocking Valley Chapter of Ohio Society of Professional Engineers at Hotel Berry that delinquent taxes stem from land’s failure to generate wealth and called for restoring natural resources. He urged public funds invest in resources and noted forests as a sound investment. The next chapter meeting is set for Logan on May 8.
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Ohio
James Seward
U.S. Forest Ranger
Athens
Hocking Valley
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Hotel
Berry
Seward
George Clark
C. D. Walker
Columbia
Athens High Honors List Names 77 Students
The Athens High School honor roll for the fourth six weeks includes 77 students with a B average or higher. Seniors cited: Donna Buck, Don Ferguson, Hubert Frebault, Chris Rice, Marie Farley, Laura Anderson, Hattie Buck, Bill Driscoll, Johnny Nye, Linda Pedigo, Wanda Watson, Alfred Carpenter, Avis Bahr, David Evans, William Furst, Weldon Koker, Marjorie Monkey, Jo Ann Paterna, Thea Parse tides, Eileen Walls, Coralie Williams, Donna Guthrie, Barbara Algo, JoAnn Brickles, Tom Dowler, Norma Jean Dry, Carolyn Herbert, Ben Roberts, Martha Snedden, Paul Taylor. Juniors listed: Joan Davis, Lina Hess, Dick Mathews, Nancy Packard, Margaret Robe, Tom Wootten, Marian Vanity, Jackie Deem, April Kinsel, Nancy Rutherford, Merrill Thomas, Marilyn Tucker, Francis Lonas, Emma McCune, Charlene Nicholson, Marilyn Poling, Shirley Seigfred, Joan Vance, Mary Varnes, Harold Douglas, Harrison Scott. Sophomores include: Jan Clark, Harry Graham, Don Shafer, Jean Vance, Flora Armbruster, Zoe Baird, Sam Henderson, Barbara Hope, Richard Leach, Bill McKee, Betty Wagner, Nina White, Miriam Clippinger, Dorothy Clutter, Paul Lehman, Karen Link, Laurence Wamsley, John Coleman, Frank Dilley, Mary Haning, Theresa Josten, Carol Nessley, Margaret Scott, Martha Yeager, Beverly Bachus, Jean Baird, Ruth Blaker, Shirley Miller.
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Athens High School
O. L. Wood
Prinicipal
Donna Buck
Don Ferguson
Hubert Frebault
Chris Rice
Marie Farley
Laura Anderson
Hattie Buck
Bill Driscoll
Johnny Nye
Linda Pedigo
Wanda Watson
Alfred Carpenter
Avis Bahr
David Evans
William Furst
Weldon Koker
Marjorie McConkey
Jo Ann Paterna
Thea Parestides
Eileen Walls
Coralie Williams
Donna Guthrie
Barbara Algeo
JoAnn Brickles
Tom Dowler
Norma Jean Dry
Carolyn Herbert
Ben Roberts
Martha Snedden
Paul Taylor
Joan Davis
Lina Hess
Dick Mathews
Nancy Packard
Margaret Robe
Tom Wootten
Marian Vanity
Jackie Deem
April Kinsel
Nancy Rutherford
Merrill Thomas
Marilyn Tucker
Francis Lonas
Emma McCune
Charlene Nicholson
Marilyn Poling
Shirley Seigfred
Joan Vance
Mary Varnes
Harold Douglas
Harrison Scott
Jan Clark
Harry Graham
Don Shafer
Jean Vance
Flora Armbruster
Zoe Baird
Sam Henderson
Barbara Hope
Richard Leach
Bill McKee
Betty Wagner
Nina White
Miriam Clippinger
Dorothy Clutter
Paul Lehman
Karen Link
Laurence Wamsley
John
Marshfield Woman Sarah E. Brickles Dies at 73
Mrs. Sarah E. Brickles, 73, died Sunday after two months of illness at her New Marshfield home. She is survived by husband Charles, daughter Margaret Kyle of Kingston, three step-sons Clinton Fostoria Eugene Pomeroy Wendell Columbus, sister Henrietta Standall, brother William Omen, and granddaughter Betty Hawk of Nelson. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Carroll Chesser at Hoodlet funeral home, burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. calling hours today.
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New Marshfield
Sarah E. Brickles
Charles
Margaret Kyle
Kingston
Clinton
Fostoria
Eugene
Pomeroy
Wendell
Columbus
Henrietta Standall
William Omen
Nelsonville
Betty Hawk
Carroll Chesser
Hoodlet
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