Storm Sewer Estimate $124000, Council Told
Preliminary plans and estimates for eastern Athens storm sewer were presented to the city council. Engineers said the project would cost about 124000 due to the hilly terrain and large sewers needed to drain water.
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Athens
Children’s Home
Council
Safety Service
Daniel A. Pierce
State Highway Department
W. Union
Shafer
Television
Peach Ridge
Hudson Ave
Highway Department
Clarence A. Parker
Ohio University
Pierce
Parker
Hocking Valley Television Co
Shafer St
Shannon
E. State
Lawrence Worstell
Madison Ave
Worstell
Rites Set for Pfc. Franklin L. Howard
Funeral services for Pfc. Franklin L. Howard 20 will be held Thursday at the McDougal Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He died Sunday at Valley Forge Veterans Hospital after a brief illness and served three years in the Army including Saipan Guam and Ft. Meade. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Jennie Ramsey a sister Mrs. Jennie Evener two brothers Jack and Louis and three step-sisters Wanda Betty and Judy plus grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Love. His father Herbert died in 1935. Friends may call after 8 p.m. Tuesday at Jagers funeral home.
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Pfc
Franklin L. Howard
Valley Forge
Veterans Hospital
Saipan
Guam
Ft. Meade
Jennie Ramsey
Columbus
Jennie Evener
Athens
Jack
Millfield
Louis
Mrs. Mary Rowan 79 Dies in Athens Home
Mary Lowrey Rowan, 79, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning at her home 4 Spring Street. She leaves a daughter Alice and a son George of Athens, sister Carrie Rickles of Bakersfield, two grandsons Bernard in Athens and Charles with the Army in Germany. Her husband Michael died last April. A brother and sister had died earlier. The family previously lived in Little Hocking before moving to Athens in 1920 where she belonged to the Altar and Rosary Society and was past president of the Catholic Ladies of Columbia. Arrangements are handled by Jagers funeral home.
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Mary Lowrey Rowan
Spring St
Alice
George
Athens
Carrie Rickles
Bakersfield
Calif
Bernard
Charles
Germany
Michael
Little Hocking
Rowan
Juvenile Held After Theft of Watches
City police detained a juvenile after two watches were stolen from Ernie's Jewelry Store on N Court Street. One watch was found on a hedge near a service station. the second had been sold for $2. The watches were valued at $80. The boy was turned over to Juvenile Court.
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Ernie
N. Court St
Firemen Respond To Bulk Plant Electrical Fire
Sparks from a loose utility wire caused an alarm at the Shell Bulk Plant on 200 W. Union St. city firemen were dispatched at 9 35 p m Monday to investigate and found no image of fire or damage.
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Shell Bulk
Union St
Weather Notes Show Warmer Night Temperature Rise
Night temperatures rose to 63 degrees after a chilly 30 degree low. Monday reached a high of 77 with rain, followed by a 69 degree reading on Tuesday.
Eight-Year-Old Struck by Car Injured in City Intersection
An eight year old Currier Street girl was treated for abrasions after being struck by a car driven by Margie Ellen Darnell at the W Union Shafer intersection. Police investigated two other Monday incidents including a parked car hit on E Washington Street and a wedged semi trailer collision near Court Street.
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Currier St
W. Union
Shafer
Janice Louise Young
Denver Young
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Margie Ellen Darnell
the Plains
Jon Blair
Harold Ray
Columbus
Ray
Oklahoma men injured in Canaan Route 50 crash
Two Tulsa residents, Frank Duran and William Major, were injured in a head on collision on Route 50 near Canaanville. Harold White of Minersville faced charges after his 1939 car collided with Duran’s 1951 vehicle. White reportedly slept at the wheel. all three vehicles were demolished.
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Tulsa
Okla
Canaanville
State Highway Patrol
Frank Duran
William Major
Duran
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Major
Harold White
Minersville
White
James Gibbs
Emma B. Crossen Dies at 83 in Athens County
Emma B. Crossen, 83, died Tuesday at her home 92 Richland Ave following a year of illness. Born in Somerset County Pennsylvania she spent most of her life in Alexander and Lee Townships and Athens for 14 years. Survived by daughter Mrs L T Runnion and sister Mrs Mary Kenney. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes with Rev John Snedden officiating. burial Hebbardsville.
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Emma B. Crossen
Richland Ave
Somerset County
Crossen
Alexander and Lee Townships
Athens County
Athens
Alexander Presbyterian Church
L. T. Runnion
Mary Kenney
Hugh Crossen
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes Funeral Home
John Snedden
Hebbardsville
Births and Admits at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births listed for Mr and Mrs Jack Canter Chath om a daughter and Mr and Mrs Richard White Athens a son. Admitted include Mrs W H McKee Athens James Cominsky Jacksonville Mrs Ruth Fry Belle Center Mrs Helen Frost Albany William Bruce Athens Earl Erwin Athens Frank W Duran Tulsa Okla W Dan Major Tulsa Okla Mrs George Williamson Jr Athens and daughter Ernest Byers Glouster Eldon Hartley New Marshfield Harold Bails The Plains Bernadine West Athens Ned Kerr Glouster.
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Jack Canter
Chathom
Richard Whitehouse
Athens
W. H. McKee
James Cominsky
Jacksonville
Ruth Fry
Belle Center
Helen Frost
Albany
William Bruce
Earl Erwin
Frank W. Duran
Tulsa
Okla
W. Dan Major
George Williamson, Jr
Ernest Byers
Glouster
Eldon Hartley
New Marshfield
Harold Bails
the Plains
Bernadine West
Ned Kerr
Postponement Possible For Athens High School Doll Show
In case of inclement weather the city recreation program doll show at Athens High School stadium may be postponed to Wednesday at 6 30 p m in connection with a pet show director Harry Lackey said this morning.
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Athens High School
Harry Lackey
Kimberly Bridge Project Receives County Backing
Athens County commissioners heirloom a resolution demanding the State Highway Department fast track the Kimberly Bridge repair and flood control at the Hocking River crossing. Residents led by Oral Daugherty cited recurring high water delaying burials and hampering miners, workers, and locals relying on Route 691 access.
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State Highway Department
Kimberly
Athens County
Oral Daugherty
Hocking River
Daugherty
Poston
OU Student Shot In Leg At Athens Apartment
An Ohio University student from Steubenville was treated for a gunshot wound to the left leg at Sheltering Arms Hospital. William Bruce, 22, was described in good condition. Police cited Donald B. Thomas, 24, a graduate student, whose gun fired during an inspection of two pistols.
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Ohio University
Steubenville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Joseph McBride
William Bruce
Grosvenor St
N. Congress St
M. M. Schnieder
Brooklyn
N. Y
Donald B. Thomas
Scott Quadrangle
Thomas
Bruce
Two Arraigned On Drunkenness Charges In Plains Case
Two persons were arraigned before Mayor W P Mickle on intoxication charges. Bessie Love 53 The Plains pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 days in jail plus $20 and costs for repeated offenses. Joe Weyemiller of Pomeroy was jailed for failing to pay $10 and costs after arrest by Deputy Sheriff Frank Joyce.
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W. P. Mickle
Bessie Love
the Plains
Joe Weyemiller
Pomeroy
Frank Joyce
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Murphey
RED Cross
Franklin C. Murphey
American Red Cross
Mr. Murphey
William H. Kirchner
B. F. Cutler
Nurses Service
W. H. Kirchner
Disaster Service
Ellen Biddle
Cutler
Veterans’ Hospital
Home Service
A. H. Rhoads
Mary Erskine
Veterans’ Hospitals
Rhoads
Charles W. Reamer
Phyllis LaVelle Cross
Carl Nessley
Harper C
Hunter Hope
Charlotte la Tourrette
Donald Robinson
Helen Worstell
Dean Nida
Gilbert Courtney
Ralph Hines
Paul Betts
William Clark
Lowell Christman
Earl Lowry
Richard Storer
Howard Rites
Canaan
Mrs. Crossen
Beech Grove
Apostolic Faith Church
Ray Benson
White's Mill Bridge
Messenger Newsphoto
Kimberly Bridge Project
T. J. Kauer
Frank J. Lausche
Max Farley
James Jones
Nelsonville
York Township
Commissioners
Common Pleas
Culligan
America
Culligan Soft Wiker Service
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Firestone
Sedens
Gilbert Shannon
W. Union St
Firestone Dealer
Athens, Ohio
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