Athens County Fair Opens With Four Day Event
Fair opens at 9 a m Wednesday at W Union St grounds for Athens County’s 106th four day event. Weather predicts fair and warmer opening day. Thursday closings for courthouse offices. Harness racing begins Thursday at 2 p m. Tractor pull at 9 a m Saturday and horse pulling at 1 p m. WLW Midwestern Hayride set for 8 p m Thursday. White Horse Troop returns Thursday night from Napier Nebraska. Friday features a Grand event.
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Athens County
W. Union St. Fairgrounds
U. S. Weather Bureau
Fair Board
Republican Club Plans Dover Meet
The 4-D-Y Republican Club invites all November candidates to a general meeting at Chauncey-Dover High School Wednesday at 7 30 p m Wilbur D Méndez of Nessorville chairs the planning committee Mrs G R Shafer of The Plains is treasurer The event aims to prepare for a Athens County gathering in Nelsonville during the Parade of the Hills later this month A speaker from a state office and party leaders will attend
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Chauncey-Dover High School
Wilbur D. Méndez
Nessorville
Republican Club
G. R. Shafer
the Plains
Trezsurer
Athens County
Nelsonville
Hills
Mender
Chauncey
Former AHS Principal Accepts College Post
Don Thomann former Athens High School principal accepts professorship of education at Ripon College Ripon Wisconsin He and his family will move from Athens next Monday to the new location.
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Don Thomann
Athens High
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
Athens
All-Time Record Believed Broken
A cold snap downs Ath ens with a 6 am reading of 45 degrees cited as a potential all-time low for the date by U.S. observer Cc. L. Colmer. Rural Hamley Run registered 40 degrees, with a 9 am 62 degree follow up, while city readings ranged 58 to 84 as residents sought warmth.
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Athens
Cc. L. Colmer
U.S
Hamley Run
C O Mansfield Rites Planned
Funeral services for C O Mansfield 74 of Guysville Route 2 set for Thursday at 1 p m in South Canaan Baptist Church. Mansfield died Monday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after Sunday admission. Survived by wife Edith two sons Homer Athens and Everett Delaware six grandchildren two sisters Mrs Laetla Weaver Austin Colo and Miss Anna Mansfield Athens. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Friends may call Jagers and Sons funeral home. Flowers omitted.
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C. O. Mansfield
Guysville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hiram and
Genevra Creamer Mansfield
Edith
Homer
Athens
Everett
Delaware
Laetla Weaver
Austin
Colo
Anna Mansfield
Births and dismissals at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth notices list Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brown of Athens a son and several other Athens residents including Mrs. Marion Crawley Lon Woolweaver and Mrs. Harry Andy with route details. Dismissals include Mrs. Ralph White and Mrs. Oliver Riley with son, plus additional Athens residents and Everett Edmonds of Columbus.
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Stanley Brown
Athens
Marion Crawley
Lon Woolweaver
Harry Andy
New Plymouth
Robert White
Larry Pierce
Jennie Ramsey
Sean Crippen
Stewart
M. M. Munn
James Hunter
Donnie Arnold
George Brannigan
William Quinn
Floyd Rosser
William Schoonover
Chauncey
Ralph White
Oliver Riley
Route 3
Glen Robinson
Jack Milby
A. I. Moore
Everett Edmonds
Columbus
Porter Dickens
Two Minn. and Ohio residents fined for intoxication in city court
George Haas of Lamport Minnesota and Mary Gabriel of Athens Ohio were fined 25 dollars and costs after admitting intoxication charges filed by city police in Municipal Court on Monday.
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George Haas
Lamport
Minn
Mary ‘.Gabriel
Athens
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Herbert W. Appleman aged 28 of Columbus and Nada L. Sprouse aged 38 of Athens. Thomas Robert Phillips aged 18 of Athens and Marlene Belle Sauters aged 18 of Shade.
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Herbert W. Appleman
Columbus
Nada L. Sprouse
Athens
Thomas Robert Phillips
Marlene Belle Sauters
Shade
OU Building Ceiling Collapse Damages Refrigeration Rooms
A ceiling collapse in the Ohio University Service and Storage Building caused an estimated several thousand dollars in damage. About 5000 gallons of brine flooded the main refrigeration room, seeping into the meat and dry storage rooms below. No meat losses were reported, but potential losses in the dry storage loom. Workmen planned to access the area to cut brine lines and begin cleaning. Dry rot in ceiling joists blamed for the incident.
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Ohio University Service
Factory St
University
Luther Ulbrich
Possible Arson Probed In Millfield Fire
Two persons held in county jail for further questioning in a Sheriff Shields arson probe. A Millfield Route 1 dwelling owned by William Witham and occupied by the William Spears family burned around 8 a.m. Monday. no fire department was called.
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Harold Shields
William Witham
Millfield
William Spears
Police Cite Three For Traffic Violations
Three motorists appeared in Municipal Court and pleaded guilty to traffic charges. Robert E. Tippie of Jacksonville was fined five dollars and costs for improper parking. Delmar D. Williams, 21, of Guysville Route 2, was fined fifteen dollars and costs for improper passing. Dallas C. Smith, 32 Carpenter Street, was fined three dollars and costs for parking in the same spot for more than 24 hours.
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Robert E. Tippie
Jacksonville
Delmar D. Williams
Guysville
Dallas C. Smith
Carpenter St
Two Drivers Plead Guilty for Driving on Fresh Highway Lines
Connard Lindsey Mayle, 40, Cutler, and David Aubrey McClain, 24, Richland Ave, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court after being charged by the state patrol with driving on freshly painted highway centerlines. Each was fined $10 plus costs.
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State Patrol
Connard
Lindsey Mayle
Cutler
David Aubrey McClain
Richland Ave
Dr. Kinsey O English Dies After Heart Attack
Dr Kinsey O English a 1923 Ohio University graduate and World War I veteran died Monday night in a Chicago hospital after a heart attack He practiced medicine in Chicago after graduating Rush Medical School and his family lived at 6800 North Oriole Avenue Chicago His wife Marzuela Richards formerly of Athens taught at East Side School Services will be in Chicago then burial at Antrim near Cambridge his former home.
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Kinsey O. English
Ohio University
Chicago
English
Kinsey
Rush Medical School
N. Oriole Ave
Marzuela Richards
Athens
East Side
Antrim
Cambridge
Legion to Meet at 8 P.M. Wednesday in Ameri can Legion Hall
Harold Young commander says the Legion to meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the K. T. Crossen Post 21 facility. The gathering will discuss post affairs and upcoming events.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Harold Young
Strouds Run Dam Work Plans Road Reopening Date
Strouds Run Road will reopen Tuesday or Wednesday after a dam site cut is refilled and a new roadway to replace the blocked section is prepared. Officials say construction stays on schedule with completion aimed for late fall or winter and lake filling by spring. A passable route remains for essential travel during construction. The board also eyed buying a photostat microfilming machine for about 11 000 and a hearing was set on Ath ens Township’s Elliottsville road maintenance.
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Strouds Run
Dow Lake
Division of Parks
Athens Township
Elliottsville
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