Sunday Poolroom Hours Under Study by Council
Athens city council ordered a study on Sunday openings for poolrooms and bowling alleys after a heated session led by Mayor Peter Seel. A three-member investigating committee was named to assess public opinion and potential ordinances while existing rules and past practice were reviewed, including police concerns and competitive pressure from university and tavern interests.
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Athens
Peter B. Seel
R. H. White
Council
Ohio University
Lee
Seel
Ley
Frank Cross
Ray Shepard
Wade Bean
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Service Safety Director
Service Department
Fred H. Beckler
Beckler
White
William H. Herbert
City Council Reopens Light Shield Requests Over Glare
Athens council reviews two contrasting lamp shield appeals. One resident asked shielding to reduce glare. another asked removal to brighten a stair area. The council ordered the street lighting committee to investigate both conditions.
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Athens
Council
Nelsonville Men Face Draft Examinations in Columbus
Athens County Selec tive Service Board released the preinduction exam list. Three Nelsonville men Dean R Circle Spencer S Steenrod and Harry E Hoskinson Jr left for Fort Hayes Columbus for exams. Three others transferred to Royal Oak Mich Charles F Hayden Columbus and Wayne Lewis Eugene Ore. Walter C Olhoeft failed to appear and reportedly moved to California.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Selective Service Board
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Dean R. Circle
Spencer S. Steenrod
Harry E. Hoskinson, Jr
Robert K. Parks
Royal Oak
Mich
Charles EF
Payment Sought in Common Pleas Court Action
In Glouster Thomas Williams Jr of Williams Lumber and Building Supply asks the court for 211.68 for merchandise sold and delivered to Malcolm Higgins of Jacksonville in a petition filed in Common Pleas Court.
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Common Pleas Court
Thomas Williams, Jr
Williams Lumber and Building Supply Co
Glouster
Malcolm Higgins
Jacksonville
Legion To Meet For K T Crossen Post Picnic Plans
John Buck commander says the K T Crossen Post American Legion will form plans for its annual picnic at a Legion meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the post home.
Plans for City School System Enlargement Public Hearing
The board of education schedules a Wednesday night meeting at 7 30 in the high school band room to present sketches by Outcalt Guenther and Associates on enlarging the city school plant. Architects will discuss surveys, proposed additions to the high school and West and East elementary, costs and financing. Civic leaders and the public are invited.
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Board of Education
Outcalt
Guenther and Associates
Cleveland
Richard Outcalt
Willis A. Whitehead
Post Office Corner Widening Begins in City
City crews started widening the mouth of the post office corner by about seven and a half feet to ease traffic. West sidewalk from W Union to President St. will be removed for extra roadway, east sidewalk remains for foot travel. The project follows acceptance of 17 square feet of land from Washington officials for 25 dollars.
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Fred H. Beckler
W. Union
President St
University
Beckler
Post Office
Washington, D. C
Congress
Carpenter
Carpenter-State
Washington Union
Fenton Construction Co
Court St
Hocking River
Servicemen News Highlights Local Patriots in 1950s Posts
John Allen 21 of Pleasonton Road serves as a jet mechanic at Kirkland Air Force Base Albuquerque after a Lackland Field basic and pneumonia hospitalizations. Donald Wayne Poston promoting to corporal in Berlin with the Sixth Infantry. William R Windland stationed at a Pusan Korea ordnance depot after Camp Pickett medical training. Blaine L Smith serves aboard USS Albany during a two month cruise with Naval Academy and NROTC midshipmen.
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Si Allen
Pleasanton Road
Kirkland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
N.M
Allen
Air Force
Lackland Field
San Antonio
Athens High School
Airman
Donald Wayne Poston
Earl Poston
Berlin
Germany
Sixth Infantry Regiment
Rome-Canaan High School
William R. Windland
Inex Windland
Coalville
H. F. Windland
Guysville
Pusan
Kora
Windland
Army
Camp Pickett
Korea
Blaine L. Smith
Harry L. Smith
Athens
Albany
Norfolk
South America
West Indies
Naval Academy
NROTC
Many Faults Found With Corning Driver
Earl Blackson of Corning was arrested in Trimble after a stop by Marshal Charles Stephenson. He faced charges of operating a vehicle under the influence, driving without a license plate, and failing to have headlights and taillights. He was arraigned before Mayor Dennis Addington, fined $200 plus costs, and confined to jail until payment.
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Earl Blackson
Corning
Trimble
Charles Stephenson
Blackson
Dennis Addington
Two Drivers Cited After Hanlin Ave Collision
Police arrested two drivers after a collision on Hanlin Ave with no injuries. Clara M. Robinson faced a charge of unsafe operation and was cited to appear before Mayor Peter B. Sees. Eugene B Rowland was fined $5 and costs for lacking a chauffeur's license.
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Hanlin Ave
Eugene B Rowland
Athens
Clara M. Robinson
Nelsonville
Peter B. Sees
Rowland
Goodman Moved to Battle Creek Hospital in Michigan
Pvt. William W. Goodman of The Plains who was wounded in Korea has been transferred to Battle Creek Michigan after being flown from Japan. His mother Mrs Edith Goodman was told by her son by telephone that he is continuing to show improving health.
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William W. Goodman
the Plains
Korea
Battle Creek
Mich
Japan
Edith Goodman
Goodman
Band Boosters Plan Plains Parade Participation
The Plains Band Boosters meet Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the school to plan the town parade entry for the Parade of the Hills. Elmer G. Horsky, the new band director, will attend.
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Plains
Elmer G. Horsky
Exam Center Designated as West Point Testing Station
Fort Hayes Columbus will host a West Point examination station. The site will administer tests to qualified enlisted men from both the Regular Army and Reserve components, per Second Army headquarters.
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Ft. Hayes
Columbus
West Point
Second Army
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band meeting announced
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will gather Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lauer with Virgil Hawk serving as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
Henry Lauer
Virgil Hawk
New Ant Killer Roach Filmz Promises Silent Control
An advertised product named Roach Filmz claims to kill ants and roaches by a dry invisible film applied with a cap applicator. The film allegedly paralyzes ant legs and kills them within two hours, remaining effective for months without soil or seen residue.
Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons Meet Wednesday
Cecil Richardson Jr announced that Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will gather at 7 30 P M Wednesday at the Masonic Temple for a meeting chaired by the high priest.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Cecil Richardson Jr
Picnic Plans Set by Athens Elks Lodge
Picnic arrangements will be completed at a meeting of the Athens lodge of Elks today at 7 30 p m.
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Athens
Ohio University Plans New Women’s Dormitory on South College
Ohio University will break ground next fall on a 160 bed women’s dormitory on South College Street across from the Speech Building as part of a major building program. The project, designed in Southern Colonial style by Potter Tyler Martin Roth, requires razing four existing houses and is slated to start by late October with completion aimed for 1954.
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Ohio University
Laverne F Lausche
South College Street
Speech
Shannon
Williams
Beckley
Preston
Howard Hall
Potter, Tyler, Martin and Roth
East Green
Lausche
Lindley Hall
Boyd
Bryan
Howard
T J LaVelle Injured in West Virginia Auto Crash
Thomas J LaVelle 73 Ames Township farmer was injured Monday afternoon in an autom obile crash near Elkins West Virginia. He was traveling from Richmond Virginia to Parkersburg West Virginia with son in law Fred Wires the Parkersburg driver. Wires was uninjured. Details and extent of injuries were not given and he was being treated at a nearby hospital with plans to transfer to Parkersburg hospital.
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Thomas J. LaVelle
Ames Township
Elkins
W. Va
LaVelle
Richmond
Parkersburg
Fred Wires
Wires
Three Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Three drivers were fined Monday following State Highway Patrol arrests. Willard Burns, 29, New Straitsville, assessed $100 and costs by Logan's Mayor Roger Friend for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Robert Peters, 24, Parkersburg, W Va, fined $5 and costs by Mayor Peter B. Seel for lacking mud guards on his truck. Henry Wright, 31, Columbus, forfeited $10 bond for improper lights after appearance before Chauncey Mayor Charlie Wadley.
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Straitsville
Willard Burns
Logan
Roger Friend
Robert Peters
Parkersburg
W. Va
Peter B. Seel
Chauncey
Charlies Wadley
Henry Wright
Columbus
Mrs. Patterson Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for 91 year old Mrs. John Patterson will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Ross Memorial funeral home Pleasant Hill Miami County. She died Sunday at the home of her daughter Ida Patterson an Ohio University faculty member. Burial will be at Bradford.
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Ross Memorial
Pleasant Hill
Miami County
John Patterson
Ida Patterson
Ohio University
Bradford
Auto Manufacture Shown in Film at Athens Rotary
A Ford distributed film illustrating how engineers build the modern automobile was shown to the Athens Rotary Club at Monday noon meeting in the Berry Hotel. John Good, program chairman, obtained the movie.
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Athens
Mercury Tops 90 for Sixth Day in Athens Heat
Athens endures a sixth straight day of heat with a 91 degree maximum in the afternoon. Early readings at 9 am showed 73 degrees after a cooler night, as a light morning breeze faded and temperatures rose again later.
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Athens
OU Military Equipment Turn-In Aids Army Supply Depots
The Ohio University ROTC program reports over fifty thousand dollars in Army equipment turned in during the last three months from Ft Hayes as part of a monthly and quarterly property audit. The effort, led by the Army supply economy program, aims to reduce new orders by reallocing underused government gear. Ohio University ranked third among ten colleges, with 4801.94 dollars, behind Bowling Green State University and Ohio State.
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Ohio, University Rotc Department
Ohio Military District
Ft. Hayes
Army
Chloe Colleges
Ohio University
Bowling Green State University
Ohio State
Daughters and Births Reported at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital notes a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Arthur Tucker of Coolville. Other admissions include Charles Bobo of Shade and several patients and accompanying relatives from Glouster Athens Zaleski and Trimble, with names such as Emma Heffken Inez Bricker Ethel Blower Leonard Yerian Jack Howard Mia Pinkerton Mary Tripp Alta Bailey Donna Harmon William Masterton and Charles Walton.
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Charles Bobo
Shade
Emma Heffken
Glouster
Inez Bricker
the Plaines
Ethel Blower
Robert Johnson
Nelsonville
Leonard Yerian
Jack Howard
Athens
William Pinkerton
Mia
Mary Tripp
Zaleski
Alta Bailey
Coolville
Donna Harmon
William Masterton
Charles Walton
Trimble
Kidney Slow-Down May Bring Restless Nights
When kidney function slows people suffer backache aches and fatigue. Stress over-exertion or cold trigger symptoms including frequent urination and night urges. Don’t neglect kidney comfort try Doan’s Pills, a mild diuretic used for years by millions.
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Dean
Doan
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