One Way Traffic Test Planned for Court and Congress Streets
A one way traffic test is set to begin Thursday or Friday in Court and Congress Streets. Mayor Kenneth W. Sands said final dates depend on state highway markers for Routes 33 and 50. State crews have placed poles and will finalize signs at the Marietta division, then city workers will mark traffic lights to indicate northbound Court from Park Place to Carpenter and southbound Congress from Carpenter.
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Court
Congress Streets
Kenneth W. Sands
State Highway Department
Athens
Marietta
Park Place
Carpenter St
Park
President St
Congress St
Carpenter
Court St
Kootaga Scout Camp Welcomes 140 Scouts Weekly
The Kootaga Boy Scout Camp reports a wet season yet maintains strong activity with about 140 scouts per week since July start. Troops from seven counties in West Virginia and Ohio’s Athens County participate, using the “Kootaga Camper's Shoe” program to track skills and color awards.
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Kootaga
Weather Report From Athens Clouded Wednesday
A weather brief notes slightly clouded skies over the Athens area on Wednesday following a near perfect Tuesday. Tuesday's temperatures ranged from 61 to 87 with a low of 65 Tuesday night and 72 and rising by 9 am Wednesday.
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Athens
Trio Fined In Scioto County Extermination Peddling Case
Three Scioto County residents Mitcher Hughes William Z Riggs and Jacky J L Frowine pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to peddling minus without a license. They were fined 25 dollars plus costs for representing the AAA Exterminators of Portsmouth and failing to obtain city authorization after police complaints about door to door termite inspection at a home with a babysitter.
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Scioto County
Mitcher Hughes
Sciotoville
William Z. Riggs
Wheelersburg
Jacky J. L. Frowine
AAA
Portsmouth
Driver Fined After Accident In Athens
Luster H. Stanley, 78, of Athens Route 2, was fined $25 and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to unsafe operation. He was driving east on West Union Street when his car struck two parked autos in front of the Ohio University Industrial Arts building, damaging the left rear of Arthur W. Philabaum’s auto and also hitting the Merritt vehicle on East State Street. Stanley said he did not know the cause and may have been distracted.
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Luster H. Stanley
Athens
Stanley
W. Union St
Ohio University Industrial Arts
Arthur W. Philabaum
Highland Ave
Robert G. Merritt
E. State St
Birth of a son at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth reported at Shelterin g Arms Hospital notes a son for Mr. and Mrs Arthur Blackford of Newark. Several admissions include William Barnhill Athens Richard Rosser New Marshfield Barbara Hickman New Marsh Dismissals list Letha Kasser Athens Route 1 and others in Athens area. Real estate transfer shows P G Chapman to Jack E Nouse of Athens for property.
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William Barnhill
Athens
Richard Rosser
New Marshfield
Barbara Hickman
P. G. Chapman
Jack E. Nouse
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Boy Scouts
Kootaga Boy
Camp Kootaga
Council
Order of the Arrow
Explorer Scouts
A&p Applesauce
A&p
Trio
Minus
Saie
Bill Rescoe
the Security Bank
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Arthur Blackford
Newark
Letha Kasser
Fred Calkins
Orval Stover
Guysville
Josie Huseman
Shannon Ward
Sharon Schloss
Susan Schloss
Roger Rice
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Wheelhorse
Amesville
Hillcrest
Gee
Earl Sez
Earl Ff. Mathews, Inc. and
C. M. Gill
General Insurance
Earl A. Hooper
Earl F. Mathews
Security Bank
Athens County Insurance Agents Assn
Philco-Bendix
Firestone
RCA
Dormeyer
Philco
H.P
Gilbert
Shannon
Firestone Dealer
West Union Street
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