State Hospital Power Unit Dedication Slated Aug. 20
Athens State Hospital will dedicate a new 1.3 million dollar power plant on August 20 in a ceremony announced at Orient. Dr. Creed said the plant will switch to alternating current once motors are converted, with both old and new plants running until completion. A summary of completed facilities totals 2.135 million dollars since 1949, including the hospital, cottages and cannery equipment ready to contract.
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Athens State Hospital
Orient
John H. Lamneck
Creed
Lamneck
Doanville Plans Temporary Bridge After Steel Collapse
A temporary foot bridge is being erected over Monday Creek at Doanville after a steel structure collapsed on a coal truck crossing. The bridge served as Doanville’s main access and is to aid school children and pedestrians while officials plan a new steel span and reroute traffic via Happy Hollow.
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Monday Creek
Doanville
John Dowler
Deanville
Happy Hollow
Girl Admits School Theft at Coolville High School
A 16 year old Washington County girl admitted taking 17 dollars from Carthage Troy High School in Coolville. She was a former student and no action has been taken yet while school officials decide next steps. She returned most of the money to deputies and her father repaid for the spent funds.
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Grogan
George Bateman
Washington County
Carthage-Troy
Coolville
Frank Joyce
Bernard Porter
Bateman
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits and Dismisses Names
Admitted Joseph Moody Millfield Darlene White Athens Andrew Jackson Chauncey Charlotte Bricker Chauncey Mrs Florence Colley Zaleski Dismissed Mrs Curtis Calentine Chauncey John Strickland Glouster Don Gabriel Athens Car Mansfield Athens Cameron Clark McArthur Mary Brown Millfield Harry Breeze Nelsonville The list records patient admissions and discharges at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Joseph Moody
Millfield
Darlene White
Athens
Andrew Jackson
Chauncey
Charlotte Bricker
Florence Colley
Zaleski
Curtis Calentine
John Strickland
Glouster
Don Gabriel
Mansfield
Cameron Clark
McArthur
Mary Brown
Harry Breeze
Nelsonville
Eldon Bolin
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
William Brock
Lazarus Co
Don Campbell
FBI
John Cline
Cline Welding Co
F. M. Guthrie
Walter Davis
Logan's
Burton Deveau
Agriculture Department
Mrs
Neva Robinson
Athens Home ‘Telephone Co
Kenneth Friscoe
American Airlines
Charles Fulks
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Francis Fuller
Lamborn
Joseph B. Grogan
John Huffman
Huffman
Tranesfer Service
Rex Koons
Koon
Musi
Shriners At Athens Countys Shrine Club Dinner
Sixty members and guests attended the Athens County Shrine Club annual candidate dinner at the Masonic Temple with Walter E. Musgrave presiding. William P. Mickle led five candidates on the dinner committee, joined by Ted Stiff and Ed F Sells.Visitors came from Texas and Oklahoma. The Shriners planned a one week showing of the Howard Brothers Carnival starting Saturday May 17.
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Athens County Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Walter E. Musgrave
William P. Mickle
Ted Stiff
Ed F Sells
Texas
Oklahoma
Shriners
Howard Brothers
Four Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Four drivers were fined after arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Three men charged with excessive speed on Richland Ave were fined by Justice of the Peace C W Rider. William M Zahl and Robert Carr were fined $19 and costs each. Charles R Henderson $15 and costs. John E Biddle was fined $5 and costs after arraignment on passing without the assured clear distance ahead.
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State Highway Patrol
Richland Ave
Justice of the Peace
Career Day Brings 270 to The Plains
The Plains High School hosted the county wide Career Day with 270 Athens County seniors attending. Twenty six consultants described vocations from photography and nursing to engineering and military service, noting added fields and marriage as the most popular choice. Schools represented included Chauncey Dover 30 and Rome Canaan 19, among others with student counts listed.
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Athens County High School
the Plains High School
George Beauchamp
Rufus Putnam
Glenn Atkinson
Athens Post Office
Civil Service
Allyne Bane
Ohio
Cian
Edward Shaffer
W. E. Pumphrey
Columbus Naval Air Station
Military Naval
Carl Roberts
Ohio University
Dwight Robinson
Robinson's Appliance Co
D. C Snow
Lnland Southerton
Southerton
Neil Thomas
Grace Showmaker
White Cross Hospital
Athens County
Are
Phyl Hudwell
Albany
Thelma Seooy
the Plains
Mary Ann Brosak
Rome-Canaan
Sue Ann Howson
Waterloo
Veda Grandy
Jacksonville-Trimble
Mary Grinstead
Buchtel
Charlotte Scott
Troy
Donna Kirkendall
Chauncey
Messenger Newsphoto
AHS Seniors Join Civic Vocations Day
Athens High School seniors take part in the third annual civic vocations day sponsored by the Athens Board of Trade. Thirty seven firms and seven public offices sponsor 106 students to tour local businesses learn operations and career options. Dr John C Baker Ohio University president will speak at a noon luncheon on the economic aspects of living in Athens with Athens Rotarians attending.
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Ohio University
President St
D. KR. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Southeastern Ohio Newspaper Association
Berry
Ohio State University
Harrison County
Farm Bureau
Ohio Citizens Commission For the Public Schools
AHS
Board of Trade
Athens High School
Nual
The
Athens Board of Trade
Harper C. Pendry
John C. Baker
Athens
Millfield Man Held in Crash
Robert Rutter, 22, of Millfield Route 1, was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene after his car struck three parked vehicles on W State St in front of the high school. The owners damaged were Harold McCune Mansfield, William Breeze 86 Sunnyside Drive, and Donald Yuenger 29 Maplewood Drive. The 12:30 p.m. crash prompted a patrol arrest after witnesses provided the license plate.
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Millfield
Robert Rutter
State Highway Patrol
Rutter
W. State St
Harold McCune
Mansfield
William Breeze
Sunnyside Drive
Donald Yuenger
Maplewood Drive
Rain totals rise as Hocking River swells
Rain began Thursday and by this morning had reached nine tenths of an inch. The Hocking River rose three and a half feet to a stage of 8.1 feet. Friday at 9 am the temperature was 51 degrees after a low of 50. Thursday's highs and lows were 58 and 49 degrees.
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Hocking
Tragic Crash Kills Mrs Higgins at Rail Crossing
Mrs. Alice Higgins, 49, died Thursday after her car was struck by a New York Central train at a nearby crossing in Ashtabula.
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Ashtabula
Alice Higgins
New York Central
Seal broken on shell truck reported to police
A Riss Lines driver found the seal broken on a semi-trailer carrying shells for the Navy Thursday night. FBI was informed and instructed to reseal the doors before the driver continued to his destination. Destination not disclosed.
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Navy
Riss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
Red Cross Benefit Dance Set For Saturday At Fire House
A Red Cross benefit dance is scheduled at the fire house here on Saturday at 8 p.m. Residents are invited to attend for fundraising and community support.
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Coolville
Red Cross
Athens National Guard unit tests combat drill near Strouds Run
The Athens Ohio National Guard communications platoon conducted a simulated combat maneuver near Strouds Run using blank ammunition and flares. Under Lt Dow Bridgewater of Chauncey the unit laid three miles of wire in two and a half hours under blackout conditions and retrieved it in one hour. The platoon set up and operated a full communications system in a split assembly and will not drill with the Athens unit on Tuesday.
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Athens
Ohio
Marriage Licenses Listed for Brooks Lynch and More
William C Brooks 20 of Mineral and Opal Juanita Lynch 19, together. Melvin Carpenter 29 of New Marshfield Route 2 and Donna King 19 of Athens Route 5.
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William C. Brooks
Mineral
Juanita Lynch
New Marshfield
Melvin Carpenter
Donna King
Athens
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Athens, Ohio
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