Dow Lake Dow Dam Project Moves Ahead Near Athens
Construction of Strouds Run Dam and Dow Lake is set to begin Monday east of Athens. Bids were opened in Columbus, with Bureh Construction Co. of Dayton as low bidder. The 150 acre lake will serve recreation and as an OU conservation lab, completion around July 1958.
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Senger
Strouds Run
Athens
Everett E. Ridge
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Bureh Construction Co
Dayton
Ohio Division of Parks
Akron
Columbus
Department of Public Works
Division of Parks
W. W. Flickinger
C. L. Dow
Kroger Annexation OK'd Sparks City Planning Push
Athens Planning Commission approves 6.1 acre tract east of State Street for annexation to host a Kroger store. Mayor Herbert backs fresh planning drive including zoning rules, house numbering, and a potential small shopping center at the east gate.
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W. H. Herbert
Athens
H. C. Dorman
Athkro
Planning Commission
Herbert
Court House
Franz L. Woodworth
Top Quartet In Easter Sunrise Rites
The Gospel Harmony Boys from Huntington WV headline Easter Sunrise services at Memorial Auditorium 6:30 a.m. with minister Rev John Lloyd Evans. Clar ence Allen of Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar calls the event open to the public and notes a 5:45 a.m. report to the Masonic Temple in full uniform. William R Brophy directs the music with Wayne Deeple as organist. elaborate stage settings planned.
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Athens Commandery
Knights Templar
Memorial Auditorium
John Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
William R. Brophy
Ohio Unversity
School of Music
Wil
Wayne Deeple
Allen
Gospel Harmony Boys
Huntington
W.va
Masonic Temple
Albany Sells Filtration Plant Bonds
The village of Albany awarded a $12,000 construction contract to William Loomis and Son of Logan for a community water filtration plant. John B. Joyce of Columbus bought $10,000 in mortgage revenue bonds to finance the project. the rest will come from village funds. The plant will remove iodine from the water system.
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Albany
William A. Lavelle
Village Soldetor
William Loomis
Logan
John B. Joyce
Columbus
Lavelle
Psychiatric leaders to speak at Ohio Association meeting
Dr. Hubert H. Fockler, superintendent of Athens State Hospital, and Dr. Beatrice Postle, hospital staff member, are each slated to address the Ohio Psychiatric Association in Columbus on Friday. Dr. Fockler will discuss trans-orbital lobotomy and Dr. Postle will present A Case of Diabetes Insipidus Associated with Schizophrenia Remission Following Electro-Shock Therapy.
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Hubert H. Fockler
Athens State Hospital
Beatrice Postle
Ohio Psychiatric Association
Columbus
Fockler
Dr Postle
Balmy Athens Weather Forecast With Rain Threats
U S observer C L Colmer reports 78 degrees at 11 a m the year s high as rain threat looms over Good Friday in Athens The low is 49 The Hocking River rose to 13 1 feet yesterday and sits at 13 feet Friday morning Rural Hamley Run records a high of 74 and a low of 45
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U.S
C. L. Colmer
Colmer
Hocking
Hamley Run
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Mrs and Mrs Stanley Dishon The Plains a daughter Admitted Mrs William Cunningham Athens Richard McFann Athens Cleoria Mason Athens Brady Sams Athens Marie Rupe Athens Route 1 Discharged Raymond Crawford Guysville Route 2 Mrs John LaPoint Athens and son Sylvia Dyson Chauncey Glen Bartlett Athens Route 4 Gerald DeLavell Athens Route
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the Plains
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Richard McFann
Athens
Cleoria Mason
Brady Sams
Marie Rupe
Raymond Crawford
Guysville
John LaPoint
Athens, and Son
Sylvia Dyson
Chauncey
Glen Bartlett
Gerald DeLavell
Audit Report Clarified on Probate Court Funds Error
Judge Roger J. Jones Sr. announced no illegal activity in the state examiner’s report. The $1064.73 misallocation involved inheritance tax funds, not the county Probate Court funds, with no serious errors found in Probate or Juvenile Court records.
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Sail Today
Messenger
State Service Building Construction Is Started
Construction of a garage and service building at the rear of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on K State St. was started this week by the Everett A Tayor and Son Co New Lexington. The New Lexington firm, low bidder for the $20,000 project last November, has started the foundation of the structure to store equipment and supplies and a minor repair shop. Completion date is set for June 1.
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Lawhead Press
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Ohio University
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New Lexington
Lexington
Four Charged in Family Aid Fund Fraud Case
Four Millfield Route 1 residents Viola Spears Harrison Spears Ella Barnett and Carl Edwards were to be charged in Municipal Court Monday according to Sheriff Harold Shields. They were nabbed Thursday in The Plains area while soliciting donations for a family burned out of their home. They allegedly used a fake receipt and forged names to collect money, prompting a public warning to refuse offers and report approaches.
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Harold Shields
Viola M. Spears
Harrison W. Spears
Ella Louise Barnett
Carl Edward Six
Shields
Plains
Farlher
Lettie Hintz
Melvin McCombs
Bingo Games Discontinued in Athens by Church and Club
Athens Eagle Aerie and St. Pauls Roman Catholic Church halted their regular bingo games. Eagle treasurer George Pennell cited Gov ONeill declaring bingo a form of gambling and refusing the vice. Fr Jan Kish of St Pauls said church bingo ended around Christmas prior to the governor’s ruling.
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Athens Eagles Aerie
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Eagle
George Pennell
William O'Neill
Jan Kish
St. Paul's
Permit Issued For Gerald Goodman Restaurant Liquor
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control issued a D permit for the Big Elm Inn on Alderman Road Millfield Route 1. Gerald R. Goodman received the permit allowing restaurant liquor and wine by the glass until 1 a.m. The application was filed last December.
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Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Gerald R. Goodman
Big Elm Inn
Alderman Road
Millfield
Robert B. Krupansky
Liquor Department
Saturday Polio Clinic Discontinuation Noted
The Athens City County Health Department announced discontinuance of Saturday morning polio vaccine clinics due to limited vaccine remaining. The department said the scheduled school clinics will be completed.
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Athens City - County
OU Professor and Wife Among Injury Toll in Route 31 Crash
Nine people including Emmett Rowles an Ohio University associate professor his wife Jessie and two OU students were injured in a three car collision on Route 31 south of Kenton. Rowles and his wife were admitted to Hardin Memorial Hospital along with two passengers Marjorie Fine and James Lucas both students. The Bowles were en route to the Ohio Academy of Science meeting at Bowling Green University when the crash occurred and Archie Fuller of Flint Michigan was in the other vehicle.
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Marjorie Fine
Petedia
Texas
James Lucas
Pickaway
Bowles’ Auto
Archie Fuller
Flint
Mich
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Bowles
Ohio Academy of Science
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