Kenny Company Workers End Five-Week Strike With Wage Increase
A five week strike ended as Kenny Company workers returned to work at the Athens wholesale grocer after a negotiated contract for substantial wage increases and improved conditions. A federal conciliator attended negotiations with the A F L Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union. Terms of the Chillicothe settlement were cited by the union, with truck drivers earning $1 per hour and other roles receiving higher rates. exact Athens terms were not disclosed. The plant and routes are set to resume by early next week. orders on file are being filled as capacity returns. Workers walked out on March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Kenny Co
Athens
York Woman Injured When Car Hits Parked Vehicle
Ruth Russell, 46, of Buchtel, suffered bruises on her right hip and side as a parked car along Route 216 near Buchtel was struck at 1 p.m. by another vehicle driven by John W. Drake, 36. The driver of the striking car was Amos Sorrell, 49, of Murray City.
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Buchtel
State Highway Patrol
Ruth Russell
John W. Drake
Amos Sorrell
Murray City
Franz Woodworth
Rich- Hand Ave
Jackie LaTourrette
Athens
Jesse Frum
Albany
Hulda Northcutt
Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Route 33
GOP Committee Head To Broadcast Friday
Mrs. Harold Rose of the Athens County Republican Women’s Club said Carroll Reese, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will broadcast Friday April 19 at 10 45 PM over NBC on Votes for Victory in his first talk as national committee chairman.
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Harold Rose
Athens County
Republican Women’s Club
NBC
Carroll Reese
Republican National Committee
Reese
National Committee
Amesville Plans Clean-Up Week May 4 Deadline
Amesville announces a city wide clean-up from April 28 to May 4. Mayor Thomas E Clark said rubbish should be placed in containers at the curb. Trucks will collect the rubbish on Friday and Saturday.
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Amesville
Thomas E.clark
Collins Testimony Begins in Trial Involving NineYearOld Accuser
A nine year old Athens girl testified for about 45 minutes detailing an assault by Francis E. Collins on January 19 after he took her to his home to care for his son. Collins, 30, began his defense the next morning, claiming intoxication and memory loss, while seven state witnesses, including a physician, corroborated parts of the girl’s account. The case, before Judge C. F. Raw, features a written confession the defense says is untrue.
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Athens
Francis E. Collins
Ihome
Gordon Gray
Collins
John ¥. Seidel
R. W. Finsterwald
Opal Buckley
George Bateman
Bateman
Colins
E. S. Finsterwald
Gray
Mr. Seidel
R.A. Morris
Morris
Miss Buckley
Akron
Smith St
C. F. Rawand
Mat Fisher Predicts Picnic Weather Debate in Town
Local weather caster Mat Fisher persuades Improvement Club to postpone picnic to Tuesday after three day rain forecast. Ed Whortle predicts no rain for three days though and the testy forecast proves wrong as picnic day brings showers. Residents gather indoors at Ma Hoskins’ parlor and enjoy hot dogs and beer.
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Mat Fisher
Mat
Ed Whortle
Ma Hoskins
Heat Sensitive Paint for Camouflage by Kellogg
Harold Field Kellogg described a heat sensitive camouflage paint that shifts color during the day to aid camouflage on ships and barracks. He demonstrated spectrophotometer use and noted Navy applications, scene painting tips, and wartime consulting with federal housing and military services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Field Kellogg
Kellogg
Mr. Kellogg
Navy
Increase Seen In Violations Of Forest Law
Ohio forestry officials in Athens report a rise in forest law violations this year. Last season’s eight total offenses in Athens Meigs Washington and Vinton counties dropped to four reported so far. Common offenses include burning without a permit and failing to protect a fire. Athens County leads in records. warnings urge securing permission and quick reporting of unextinguished fires. First offenses and veterans' cases often avoid fines.
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Ohio
Office of Ohio Divisions of Forestry
Athens
Meigs
Washington
Vinton
Athens County
First Methodist Plans Communion Service
The Good Friday service at First Methodist Church begins at 7:30 p.m. with Holy Communion at the Tables of the Twelve. The Festival of the Light of the World opens and continues through the service as the church choir sings God So Loved the World.
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First Methodist Church
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births announced for Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wenlinger of Grosvenor Street a son. Admitted patients include Mr. Minter Malden Rutland for major surgery Mr. C L Jones University Terrace for a medical case. Dismissals list Mrs. Raymond Brook and son Carbondale Mrs. Robert Householder and daughter Athens Mr. Frank Weisenbach Athens.
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Victor Wenlinger
Grosvenor St
Minter Malden
Rutland
C. L. Jones
University Terrace
Medical
Raymond Brook
Carbondale
Robert Householder
Athens
Frank Weisenbach
Athens County to Close for Good Friday
Athens County schools will close tomorrow for Good Friday and resume Monday, County Superintendent Glen Hanes announced. City schools will stay open, said Harper Pendry, superintendent of city schools.
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Athens County
Glen Hanes
Harper Pendry
Senior Play Tonight at Athens Auditorium
Tonight at eight o clock the Athens high school presents Captain Applejack directed by A A Nellis in the high school auditorium The play is set in a library of a middle school and follows a dress rehearsal from last night for the senior class production
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Athens
Captain Applejack
A. A. Nellis
State Hospital Project Delayed at Cornwall Play
A play set in Cornwall follows Ambrose Applejohn as he seeks adventure to break his dull life. The production features Captain Applejack the pirate and a cast including Betty Thomas Marianne Ellis Joe Kennedy and Frank Moser. The show includes stage staff and promoters.
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Cornwall
England
Ambrose Applejohn
Joe Kennedy
Betty Thomas
Marianne Ellis
Lush
Frank Moser
Ambrose
Frank J. Lausche
Sallie Hawkins
Julian Snyder
Athens
Defi
Applejack
Char
Captain Applejack
Jane Grover
Wendell Drake
Jim Westfall
Dick Clippinger
J. R. Fenske
Ben Paynter
Dick Mathews
Kieth Henry
Betty Reeder
Kean Herbert
J. M. Ferguson
W. P. Porter
Real Estate Transfers Noted Across Athens Area
A series of property transfers recorded from Dover, Bern, Bardin and Verity areas. Transfers include L F Galbraith to Edwin B Acord for 100 acres in Dover township and multiple parcels in Athens townships, Verity and Nelsonville additions, along with several smaller lots and fractional acre deeds. Names include Arch Brooks, John Maxwell, Eugene Ray, Golda Archer, and Millard Bryan among others. The filings cover 0.09 to 106.17 acre parcels and various lot numbers in Verity, Slater Poston, and Roach additions.
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L. F. Galbraith
Edwinb. Acord
Dover Township
E.F. Sells
Harold W. Parsons
Locust Heights
Athens
Arch Brooks
Kenneth D. Thomas
Allendale
John W. Maxwell
Russel B.B. Carsey, Jr
Bardin
Lee Jerking
Armidale Coal Company
Bern Township
Charles Bartlett
Jerry Shafer
Verity
L. B. McCune
Dorothy Mulpas
Jerry F. Shafer
William Stalder
Verity Village
Herman Barnes
Paul Sycks
Eugene Ray
Mead White
Nelsonville
Maude C. Matthews
George F.starkey
Roach
Elmer Crawford
Dow Morris
Bern “l
Millard
Bryan
A. P. Matheny
iBryan
Athens Township
Golda Archer
Orpha Faye
Ida Waddell
Lawrence A. Shields
Earl Shafer
Edward Matheny
Slater- Poston
Chauncey
Earl Dickson
L. R
Bern
Pilgrim Holiness Plans Good Friday Service Tonight
The Pilgrim Holiness Church announces a Good Friday service at 7 30 pm with participants from Free Methodist Church Church of the Nazarene Wesleyan Methodist Church and Church of God.
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Pilgrim Holiness
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Free Methodist Church
Church of the Nazarene
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Church of God
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Spencer Davis of Millfield
Mr and Mrs Spencer Davis of Route 1 Millfield announce the birth of a son William Spencer Davis Jr on April The Davises have other children.
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Spencer Davis
Route 1
Millfield
William Spencer Davis, Jr
Davises
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Promises Quality
An ad touts St Joseph Aspirin as offering guarantees of quality speed and economy. The slogan urges readers to always ask for St Joseph Aspirin.
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St. Joseph
Jim French, 74, Dies After Illness at Pomeroy
James French, 74, died Wednesday after a long illness in Pomeroy. Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p.m. in Ewings Chapel. He is survived by a brother Will of Middleport. Burial follows at Rock Springs Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home. Fifty eight accessions were reported to Bartlett Methodist Circuit churches at a quarterly conference led by Rev. Lewis E. Buell at Bartlett Church.
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Pomeroy
James French
Ewings Chapel
French
Will
Middleport
Rock Springs
Ewing Funeral Home
Bartlett
Lewis E. Buell
Bartlett Church
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GOP Committee
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F&am
Guysville
C. D.arnold
Joe
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Miller Bros
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N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
United States Brewers Foundation
Kellogg S
Federal Public Housing Administration
Army
Ohio University
Boston
First Methodist
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Parkersburg, W. Va
Hal McIntyre
Jim French
Miness
Conn
Trip
Berry Hote Building
Birdseye Foods
Nala
Aeverfre
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Christian Science
Richard P. Verrall
C.S
New York City
Mother Church
Mass
South
Congress St
Nabisco
Nabisco Shreddies
National Brands Stores
Aib
Kem-Tore
Lowe Brothers HH
Athens - Logan
Lowe Brothers
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