County Fair Immersion a Lifetime for Mrs Maxwell
Mrs Edward Maxwell recalls 70 years of county fairs in Athens starting 1898 in Carpenter. She and husband moved to Athens in 1909. he worked 50 years at the Water Department. She values harness racing and 4-H, reflects on war service of relatives, and favors park development and Sunday drinking places to boost town revenue.
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Edward R. Maxwell
Maxwell
Carpenter
Athens
Edward Maxwell
Athens City
University Green
Galaxon fat loss pill ad guarantees money back
An advertisement promotes Galaxon fat loss tablets sold without a prescription. It guarantees full money back if not satisfied. Priced at $3.00, the ad notes mail orders and a Walgreens drugstore location at 21 South Court, with druggists handling returns.
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Walgreen
South Court
Intersection Widening Cuts Front Lawn
City plans for Madison Avenue at BE State Street widen the intersection and cut into the Parkis family front yard. Mayor Shepard said only part of the lawn will be used. The project adds three lanes and makes the street two way after completion.
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Madison Avenue
State Street
Parkis
Raymond Shepard
E. State
Madison
Spring
E. State Streets
Sheltering Arms Hospital Births and New Arrivals
Births announced from Sheltering Arms Hospital include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Llewellyn of New Marshfield. Other listed newborns involve Robert L. Williams II of Athens Route 4 and John Richard Chubb, plus children of Anna Davis Emile Sturbois Harold Shafer Tony Blackford Paul Par sons Nancy Frum and Marie Danke. Additional births noted for Mrs. C. R. McKnight Coolville and Mrs. Raymond Dunfee, Mrs. Karen Passalaqua, Mrs. Carlos Reeves.
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C. R. McKnight
Coolville
Robert L. Williams II
Athens
John Richard Chubb
Anna Davis
Emile Sturbois
Harold Shafer
Tony Blackford
Paul D. Parsons
Nancy Frum
Raymond Dunfee
Marie Danke
Karen Passalaqua
Carlos Reeves
Youth Goes To Fair Still Gone From Carbondale Family
Parents of Jerry Dicker 18, Carbondale, have not seen him since he went to the Athens County Fair Wednesday. They fear for his safety as the youth was “sore.” His girlfriend in Marietta, his sister’s home, and his car help frame the missing case. Jerry left Mrs. Drew Farmer’s Marietta home after dinner Thursday to thumb a ride home.
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Champ
Harold Blazier
Athens County Fair
Harold
Athens
Jerry Dickerson
Carbondale
Jerry
Marietta
Max Dickerson
Drew Farmer
Keirns Family Reunion Set At Hooper Ridge Church
The 39th reunion of the families of the late Augustus C and Sarah Eleanor Wolfe Keirns will be held Sunday at the Hooper Ridge Church of Christ. A basket dinner will be served at noon in the church basement. All relatives and friends of the Keirns family are invited. Trees in Brooklyn. Do you know what holds up the Brooklyn Bridge It is wood. Towers of the fabled span rest on submerged timber piling. Surprised?
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Augustus C
Sarah Eleanor Wolfe Keirns
Hooper Ridge Church of Christ
Keirns
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Mickle Hired For Hocking Appraisals
The Hocking Conservancy District board hires William Mickle to assist in land options for Athens flood protection project. Mickle, retired from Home Savings and Loan Association, will appraise property benefits to be protected. Independent appraisals by Charles Rowland and Wil mer Driggs are also authorized as the district begins evaluating land east of the Athens corporation line along Harmony Road and near the B and O tracks by the Hocking River.
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Home Savings and Loan Association
Hocking Conservancy District Board of Directors
Athens
William Mickle
Fort St
Conservancy Board
Charles Rowland
Columbus
Wilmer Driggs
Cambridge
Conservancy District
Athens Corporation
Harmony Road
Hocking River
Maintenance Cited In Lower Earnings At Electric Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co says additional maintenance at its generating stations caused a drop in second quarter 1967 earnings to 55 cents per share, down 2 cents from a year ago. Twelve month earnings were $2.32 per share versus $2.44 last year as expenses normalized and are expected to stay at that level.
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Columbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Electric Company
Local Residents Named in Unclear List
Harold V. Sharb 23 laborer of Legon Lucinda Cope 19 of Nelsonville Wilford Vout 31 baker Martha Ellen Malone 27 at home Gloster Ben Romanowski 62 maintenance Anne C. Kaskievitch 56 factory finisher Jacksonville
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Harold V. Sharb
Legon
Lucinda Cope
Nelsonville
Teff
Wilford Vout
Baker
Martha Ellen Malone
Glouster
Ben V. Romanowski
Anne C. Kaskievitch
Jacksonville
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Rolland Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Hooper Ridge Church
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Hocking
Pharmacy
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Dane Deckard
Her Majesty
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