Independent candidate petitions filed in Athens County race slate
Filing deadline yields a list of 26 active independents for November offices. Withdrawals include Ruth Stratton and W L Cooley. Mayoral races set in Athens Glouster and Nelsonville with Raymond Patton Jr and others entering. School levies and village posts also appear on the ballot across multiple towns and townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
J. E. Barker
Board of Elections
Barker
Board
Tuesay
Comae
Ruth B. Stratton
Mocral
Athens
W. L. Cooley
Nelsonville
Republican Council
Stratton
Sherrard
Raymond C. Patton
Margaret J. Barker
York
Jacksonville-Trimble
the Plains
Carthage-Troy
Athens City
Albany
Jacksonville
Amesville
Buchtel
Chauncey
Coolville
Trimble
Board of Public Affairs
Glouster
Mercury Surges Past 90 Degrees for Third Day
The article notes a third consecutive day with highs in the 90s, reaching 93. Early night humidity kept evening temperatures feel warmer while 9:30 am readings show 83, three degrees above yesterday at that hour. Weather observer Mrs. C N France provides the figures and urges readers to make their own predictions.
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C. N. France
Rex Koons Named Company Representative
Rex Koons Athens music store owner was appointed to represent Great-West Life Insurance Co. He has undergone extensive training at the Columbus branch and will keep his store open under his wife’s management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Koons
Athens
Great-West Life Assurance Co
Koons
Columbus
Sunbury Woman Fined for Intoxication
Sunbury resident Rachel Sewell, 33, of Sunbury Route 1, was fined $10 and costs by Mayor William Mickle on Thursday on a police charge of intoxication.
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Sunbury
Rachel Sewell
William
Mickle
Athens School Board hires teachers custodian for city schools
The Athens City School Board, upon Superintendent Barker’s recommendation, hires two teachers and one custodian. Mrs. Rodehaver to teach third and fourth grades at West Side. Mrs. Clyse to teach second grade at Central. Paul Russell to be custodian at West Side. Resignation of Beth Cable accepted. W C Fingerhut to receive two weeks’ extra pay. A Kiwanis delegation discussed vocational guidance.
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Willard P. Barker
Athens City
James A. Rodehaver
Route 2
Athens
West Side
O. EF. Clyse
Route 1
Clyse
Franklin County
Jacksonville
Paul Russell
Brown Ave
West Side School
Beth Cable
State St
Central School
W. C. Fingerhut
Safety Service
Daniel A. Pierce
Coss St
Barker
Kiwanis Club
George L. Smith
Carl A. Frey
Fred Hampton
Donald R. Clipginger
W. Parker Alker
John W. Bolin
W. H. Herbert
Laverty Rites Set for James A. Laverty Funeral
Funeral services for James A Laverty 53 of Athens are set for Friday at 11 a m at the family home 8 Franklin Ave with Dr W S Gamertsfelder officiating Military rites will be by the K T Crossen Post American Legion burial in W Union St Cemetery Laverty a 1924 Ohio University graduate and World War II veteran served as a civilian instruction supervisor for the Air Force in Greenland He is survived by his wife Lora and his parents two sisters and a brother-in-law legions members urged to assemble at 10 30 a m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A Laverty
Greenland
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Franklin Ave
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
W. Union St
Laverty
Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta
Phi Mu Alpha
THE
Athens
K. T. Crossen
Ohio National Guard
Marietta
Sam Johnson
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
Floyd Dillinger of Athens Route 4 undergoes major surgery. Guy Glover of Athens has a minor surgery. Mrs. Etta Pierce of Glouster has a surgery. Grace Stalder of Springfield is under observation. Dismissed: Mrs. Jean Keirns of Millfield, Mrs. Carlos J. Rutter of Millfield, Eva Mae King of Glouster, Judith Ann Curry of Glouster, Herman Ellis Jr., Athens Caster Bobo of Mineral, Robert Wright of Hollister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Dillinger
Athens
Guy Glover
Etta Pierce
Glouster
Grace Stalder
Springfield
Jean Keirns
Millfield
Carlos J. Rutter
Eva Mae King
Judith Ann Curry
Herman Ellis, Jr
Bobo
Mineral
Robert Wright
Hollister
Lash Dies in Toledo at 70 Former Athens resident
William M. Lash, 70, longtime Alexander Township farmer and later library worker at Ohio University, died Wednesday in a Toledo hospital. Survived by wife Lydia, children Donald Pearl Lash and Mrs. Ralph Welch, brother Urban, two grandchildren, and predeceased brother Abram. Funeral Saturday at 3 p.m. at Jagers with burial in Alexander Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may call after Friday 1 p.m.
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William M. Lash
Athens
Toledo
Lash
Alexander Township
Baptist Church of the
Alexander
Athns
Edwin Watts Chubb
Ohio University
Lydia
Donald
Miss Pearl Lash
Ralph Welch
Urban
Albany
Abram
FE. C. Kenney
Jagers Funeral Home
Alexander Presbyterian Cemetery
Pearl Dailey Fined For Driving Without License
Pearl Dailey twenty six of Hooper Street was fined by Mayor William P Mickle on Thursday for driving without a license. She was ordered to obtain a license before driving again and to pay costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mickle
Pearl Dailey
Hooper St
Mickle
Dailey
Ex-show woman helps AA group share sobriety message
Athens unit of Alcoholics Anonymous hears a former showwoman speak at a basement church meeting. The speaker described her life in show business, alcoholism, recovery, and the AA program that emphasizes prayer, self honesty, and the Golden Rule to cure the illness of drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ohio
God
Farmer Hurt As Truck Hits Tractor
Al Humphrey, 52, of Vinton County, was injured with a broken shoulder when his tractor was struck by a truck driven by Pearl McKinniss on Route 124 near Wilkesville. Humphrey, who helped extinguish the truck fire, is credited with preventing greater damage. A second crash on the Kimberly bridge involved Edgar Schaffer and Ernest Lanning with substantial vehicle damage.
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al Humphrey
Vinton County
Pearl McKinniss
Ewington
Wilkesville
Humphrey
McKinniss
Cleveland
Edgar Schaffer
St. Marys
Contract Case Briefs Filed In Athens Court
William Mills of Nelsonville sues Mike Chakiris and Steves Varnes for payment on building plans for a recreation center on Court Street. Mills’ defense claims he fulfilled his contract but defendants accuse him of wilful misrepresentation and failing to disclose potential costs. Judge Roy D. Williams will issue a ruling after briefs filed by both sides.
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William Mills
Nelsonville
Athens
John Kelso
James Shumaker
Common Pleas
Mills
Mike Chakiris
Steves Varnes
Roy D. Williams
Oliver F. Rowland
R. W. Finsterwald
Chakiris
Varnes
Court St
Williams
Local Marriage Licenses Listed For Athens Couples
Marriage licenses issued for Robert Eugene Van Nest 22 Shade and Helen E. Anderson 19 Athens. Also Charles H. Dearing 21 Buchtel and Gladys I. Shafer 27 Athens. Robert Max Thomas 21 Junction City and Helen June White 21 Athens.
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Robert Eugene van Nest
Shade
Helen E. Anderson
Athens
Charles H. Dearing
Buchtel
Gladys I. Shafer
Robert Max Thomas
Junction City
Helen June White
Sprague Sues Collins for 419.65 Groceries Payment
Winnie May Sprague files in common pleas court a petition against John and Dorothy Collins seeking 419.65 for groceries and meats allegedly delivered to the defendants.
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Winnie May Sprague
Common Pleas Court
John
Dorothy Collins
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Waterloo
Justice of the Peace
Alexander Richard E. French
Arthur Goodwin
J. Floyd Martin
Leonard Martin
Ames
Tom Keirns
Amensville
Naaman Calentine
H. O. Shirley
Canaanville
Clifford Love
Jay Carsey
Charles Cone
Carthage
Carl Lovett
Guysville
Rexal Boggs
G. C. Stotts
Oscar Simpson
Albert Watkins
Lester Bobo
John Edmond
Stew
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Charles Drake
Edward Braglin
Miles “Kelly” Crawford
Grover Koons
Ed Harris
Alfred Andrews
Paul McClelland
Troy
F. B. McCuulsky
I. Baker
Torch
Gerald Kimble
Luther Null
Harry Gibbs
Orville Easton
Charles A. Dicken
New Marshfield
Walter Jones
Earl F. Lowry
Wayne Bumgardner
Thomas FE. Tigner
Garrett Warren
Deanville
William H. Adams
Frank E. Pickett
Lawrence K. McDonald
Audrey Hartman
Jack C. Perry
Calvin Lanning
Vern Fisk
Board of Education
L. L. Moore
Stewart
Dallis Christman
Lillian R. Henderson
H. Hall Chapman
John Sheskey
George C. Bean
Claire Ball
Homer T
William H Battrell
Vaughn Ross
Willam Kasler
Waldo Poston
Howard K. McHarg
James Trout
Otho Castle
Florence
EF. Reeder
Robert Laziman
Leo Hooper
Russell L. Bally
R. Carson Boggs
J. J. Smith
Fred Owens
Herman Taylor
Wilbur Scott
John Humphrey
Jacksonville Trimble
Fred E. Burdiss
William Johnson
Clifford Potts
Wef. Slater
Hubert Shrieve
Edwin H. Sweeney
Ray Nott
Giouster
Dwight River
William C. Wright
James S. Adams
B. H. Wagner
John Sayre
Elza Cullison
Ames Bern
Ralph C. Frash
Sharpsburg
Guy Simmons
W. W. Gilchrist
Homer Linscott
Adda H. Phillips
Bernard Withers
Jake Hartman
George McBride
Raymond C. Patton, Jr
E. W. Allen
Lewis A. Oadis
Thomas E. Clark
Arthur Thompson
Jessie Owen
Carl Sedwick
C. ©. Gibson
Elza Linscott
E. F. Glazier
Riley Thompson
Raymond Dean
J. W. Grinstead
Terry K. Bunting
John Wade
William MacDonald
Porter Shirley
Roy Bookman
Cecil Phillips
Ralph Wilson
Elden McQuaid
Tom Hill
Raymond Rife
Roy Wright
Joe Schenz
Chauncey—Chas
Wadley
Guy E. Osborne
C. J. Tippett
Guy Brookins
Lloyd H. Pendergrass
Carl Shafer
Floyd Nye
John Smart
Andrew Jackson
Charles Lee
Malcolm Higgins
Elmer Davis
John Gillette
C. E. Stevens
John Rapp
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Lawrence Turner
William Deal
Alvin KE. Malone
Harry Sayre
Fred Heffken
Luke Scurlock
M. E. Christman
L. R. Gooding
Clarence Brown
Dennis Addington
C. F. Wallace
Constable
Ray Graham
Sammy Waymer
Arthur Henderson
David Tittle
Joseph “Dode
Cline
Paul V. Kennedy
Buick
General Electric
Superior Electric CO
Kroger
W. State
Athens, Ohio
Mercury
J. A. Laverty
Iriday
Legion
Mr. Laverty
Sheltering Arms Hospital
W. M. Lash
Dorothy Stalder
Paul Gapp
Presbyterian Church
Women's
Europe
Gosh and Carry
Doan
Bruce
Miller Bros
N. Court St
Donut Shop
Schine
Athena
Madame
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