Strouds Run Dam Work Advances Near Athens
Crews begin clearing brush as construction starts next week on Strouds Run Dam near Athens Ohio with about 100 applicants for jobs. The mostly earth dam, 500 feet north of Route 50, will create a 170 acre Dow Lake and plans call for a May 1 1958 project completion with $500000 state funding and 2000 acres acquired.
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Ora Shrock
Ohio Division of Parks
Bureh Construction Co
Dayton
Rufus Clay
Burgess and Naple
Columbus
Strouds Run
Strouds Run Road
Columbia Ave
Clay
Dow Lake
Ohio Science Awards Listed
Three Athens Junior High School students and two senior high students earned awards at the annual state Science Day competition at Bowling Green University. Karen Kelch and Raymond Krauss won top ratings of superior, Eugene Elliot was awarded excellent for his exhibit. Athens High School students named in the awards were Jim Dupler and Bill Gilbert, each earning ratings of good, said Richard Essex, junior high science teacher who accompanied the group.
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Athens
Bowling Green University
Karen Kelch
Raymond Krauss
Eugene Elliot
Athens High School
Jim Dupler
Bill Gilbert
Richard Essex
Births And Admits At Local Hospital
Births report a son for Mr and Mrs Charles Gaston Athens Route 4 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert Kerns Athens Route 3. Admitted include Mrs Clifford Smith Athens Robert Abbott Stewart Route Dr Wilbur Witham Athens Jimmie Golding Athens. Dismissals list Mrs Ray Jeffers Shade Mrs Robert Culp Athens Route 1 Mrs Eugene Leffler The Plains Mrs Robert Jones Shade Route 1 and son Holly Hawk Athens Mrs Allen Stewart Athens and son Glen Pratt Athens and Mrs Stanley Dishon The Plains and daughter Sherry Chapman Athens.
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Charles Gaston
Athens
Robert Kerns
Clifford Smith
Robert Abbott
Stewart
Ray Jeffers
Shade
Robert Culp
Eugene Leffler
the Plains
Robert Jones
Holly Hawk
Allen Stewart
Glen Pratt
Stanley Dishon
Sherry Chapman
Farm Bureau Committee to Meet in Athens County Extension Office
Athens County Farm Bureau Legislative Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Friday in the county extension office. Chairman Ross Wright says the group will hear invited legislative agents from subordinate Granges and Farm Bureau Councils. Wayne Ward will discuss rural legislation and gauge reactions to bills still pending.
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Athens County
Farm Bureau Legislative Committee
Ross Wright
Wright
Farm Bureau
Wayne Ward
Driver Fined Jailed and License Suspended After DUI Guilty Plea
On information from another motorist, police arrested Fred D Gordon Chauncey for drunk driving this morning. Gordon pleaded guilty in Municipal Court, was fined 125 dollars plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and had his license suspended for three months. An unidentified motorist reported a car weaving through city streets and police located Gordon driving.
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Fred D Gordon
Chauncey
Gordon
van Meter
Athens county cancer fund drive reports four thousand seven
Funds collected total 4047.87 with coin container totals pending. Drive officials note 13.27 from yesterday’s coffee sales at Union Grill. Coffee sale contributions are expected Thursday from Gallahers and Friday from the Athens Pharmacy and College Inn.
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Athens County Cancer Fund
Union Grill
Gallahers
Athens Pharmacy and
College Inn
Weather report from Hamley Bur area reports heat rise
The mercury climbed in the Hamley Bur area with a 9 am reading of 73 degrees. Yesterday's high reached 84 as overnight low dipped to 53.
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Hamley Bur
Sunday Meeting Set by Clarks Chapel Cemetery Group
The Clarks Chapel Cemetery Association schedules a Sunday meeting. The brief notice specifies an upcoming gathering this weekend with unspecified time and location details due to OCR issues.
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Clarks Chapel
Minnie Pickering Dies After Brief Illness at 82
Minnie Pickering 82 died early Wednesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a brief illness. Her husband Levi and son Charles died earlier. She lived at 87 West State Street and was a member of the First Methodist Church and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Survived by two daughters Elizabeth Boling Chauncey and Edith Harris Dayton, a brother Ruff Morris Dayton, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Jagers and Sons.
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Minnie Pickering
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Levi
Doc) Pickering
Charles
W. State St
First Methodist Church
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pickering
Elizabeth Boling
Chauncey
Edith Harris
Dayton
Ruff Morris
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Stolen 1937 Mercury Sought By Sheriff Department
A statewide alarm seeks the recovery of a light green 1937 Mercury coupe license X 937 M stolen from Vere Calloway's driveway on Guysville Route 1 between 2 and 3 am. Two youths escaped from Athens State Hospital about 1 am and are suspected in the theft after picking a ward door lock.
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Vere Calloway
Harold Shields
Shields
Callowa
Guysville
Athens State Hospital
Plea Change Fines Woman In Municipal Court
Margaret Ann Dake, 19, of Nor walk Route 3, pled guilty to vagrancy in Municipal Court. She was fined 50 dollars plus costs and jailed for nonpayment. Dake previously denied the charge when cited with a 17-year-old girl last week. The two, with three others, were picked up at the Russell Hotel, 10444 W Union St. The younger girl was sent to juvenile authorities and identified as a former Girls Industrial School inmate.
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Margaret Ann Dake
Norwalk
Miss Dake
Russell Hotel
W. Union St
Ohio University Professor Awarded NSF Study Fellowship
Dr. T. H. Curry of Ohio University chemistry faculty received a National Science Foundation nine month Science Faculty Fellowship. The associate professor will study advanced mathematics and nuclear and atomic physics over the next three summers.
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T. H. Curry
Ohio University Chemistry
National Science Foundation
NSF
Antioch College
Curry
C. F. Kettering Foundation
Warning Of Court Is Unheeded In Two Cases
Municipal Court Judge John K. Newcomb warned on alcohol violations as John T. Van Meter of The Plains faced intoxication and drunk driving charges. He pled guilty to both offenses, receiving fines, jail time, and license suspension with additional penalties for prior terms and revoked probation.
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John Kk. Newcomb
John T. van Meter
the Plains
van Meter
Alcoholic Anonymous
Mrs. Scott Dies Tuesday at 83 in Athens County
Mrs. Will Scott aged 83 and lifelong Athens County resident died Tuesday afternoon at her home on Athens Route 4 after months of ill health. Survived by husband Will, a son Robert, two daughters Luella Burkett and Amy Stump, three sons Leonard Vern and Edward, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral 1 p m Friday at South Canaan Baptist Church with Rev. Clair Thompson officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Visitation begins 3 p m Thursday at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Will Scott
Athens County
Athens
Will
Robert
Luella Burkett
Martins Ferry
Amy Stump
Leonard
Vern
Edward
South Canaan Baptist Church
Clair Thompson
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Music Show at Lottridge School in Coolville
Lottridge grade school presents a music variety show Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium featuring a 16 piece orchestra and vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. PTA refreshments will aid the school and music department and help build an outside play court.
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Coolville
Damaged Washer After Overheating at Home
A clothes washer overheated in the home of Charles Gilkey at 18 Morris Ave causing minor damage. Firemen were summoned at 8 46 a m. Fire Chief Charles W Dalton said no equipment was used and the washer was merely disconnected.
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Charles Gilkey
Morris Ave
Charles W. Dalton
New Cussins Fearn Unit To Open In Athens
Cussins Fearn Co announces a new store at 4 E Carpenter St Athens opening to the public at 9 a m Thursday. The shop has operated since April 12 and schedules a three day Opening Celebration with hours from 9 a m to 9 p m on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Cussins & Fearn Co
E. Carpenter St
Athens
New Cussins & Fearn
Carpenter St
Frank W. Cone, Inc
Krogers
Mental Health Day Observed At Athens State Hospital
Athens State Hospital in southeastern Ohio hosts Mental Health Day with four films on mental illness, chapel service, hospital tours, and a patient art display. Dr. Hubert H. Fockler announces the event inviting local residents to attend Sunday April 28 with hospital staff and auxiliary groups assisting.
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Athens State Hospital
Hubert H. Fockler
Ohio
Board of Trade Outlines Athens Membership Drive
Preliminary plans for a coming membership drive were outlined at an Athens Board of Trade meeting in the board's office Tuesday afternoon. Sam Altman, president, con ducted the session as Jack Moore, 1957 membership committee chairman, presented the campaign outline.
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Athens Board of Trade
Sam Altman
Board of Control
Jack Moore
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Ohio Science Awards
Etering Arms Hospital
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Jimmie Golding
Mercury
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Betty Newton Will
Cassins & Fearn
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Athens County Mental Hygiene Association
Red Cross Gray Ladies
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Federal Reserve System
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