Mechanicsburg annexes roads to city limits and sewer upgrades
The city council approved annexation of Richland Ave and sections of Routes 33 and 50 from the south Y to the city limits, enabling city police traffic jurisdiction and street maintenance. Emergency ordinances funded storm and sanitary sewer work near Ohio University Health Center and Verona Drive to Cable Street, with bids to be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Ave
Fred Weber
Weber
R. A. Smith
William ©. Rowland
O. G. Houck
Mechanicsburg
Ohio University Health Center
Verona Drive
Cable Street
Safety Service
Franz Woodworth
Shepard
Norman Hatch
R. H. White
Roger J. Jones, Jr
Athens County Bar Association
Jones
Association
O. F. Rowland
William A. Lavelle
New Postal System Topic Of Meeting In Athens County
Athens County postal officials attended a meeting on a new system of accountability at Stockport last week. Paul A. Courtney described the system as a time saver with simplified methods to improve service. Ralph C. Bennett spoke on League activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Stockport
Ohio
National League
U. S
Athens
League
Glen Atkinson
F. D. Higgins
Bennett
Amesville
Mary Grosvenor
Charlotte Bricker
Mary C. Gruttemeyer
Chauncey
Roy J. Seckinger
Jacksonville
Homer E. Owen
Millfield
Frank R. Brewer
New Marshfield
Gail Slater
the Plains
Earl C. Davis
Hazel Davis
Trimble
City considers ending garbage collection by city
City council to discuss a proposal to transfer garbage collection to a private firm under city regulation. A Galion company representative will outline the program at a special Thursday meeting following a closed session. The move follows a fee increase from 1.25 to 1.50 during the past year to cover break-even costs and truck purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Ohio
Mother of Athens Woman Dies in Millersburg
Mrs. Florence M. Lindsey mother of Mrs. Robert J. L. Lee of Athens died Monday afternoon after a long illness at her home in Millersburg. Survived by two grandsons Joel and Carl Lee. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. Lindsey
Robert J. L. Lee
Maplewood Drive
Millersburg
N. Clay St
Lindsey
Joel
Carl Lee
Athens
IFYE Visitor Speaks to Athens Kiwanis
Rudolph Karl Schneider a German International Farm Youth Exchangee spoke to Athens Kiwanis at the shelter house on the fairgrounds. He discussed the IFEY program his life in Germany and impressions of Athens County and answered questions about his home farm schooling and comparisons with American girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Karl Schneider
International Farm Youth Exchangee
Germany
Athens
Schneider
Athens County
John Huffman
E. T. Hellebrandt
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Lions
Poston Man Dies Tuesday at 84 in Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles Clark 84 of Poston died Tuesday morning after a year of ill health. A lifelong Athens County resident and retired coal miner, he is survived by six daughters including Sylvia Norris and Thelma Boyd and two sons Russell and Ralston, 21 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, two brothers, and was to be buried at Green Lawn Cemetery after funeral services at Poston Methodist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. The Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home will host callers after Wednesday noon.
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Charles Clark
Poston
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Dora Maude Clark
Sylvia Norris
Millfield
Thelma Boyd
the Plains
Norma Shields
Fredia Burson
Athens
Vera Freeland
Watson
W. Va
Phyllis Thomas
Russell
Ralston
Mannington
Mark Clark
Columbus
Russell Clark
Glouster
Poston Methodist Church
Gilbert Courtney
Green Lawn Cemetery
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Property Transfers in Athens and New Marshfield
Don C Laughlin transfers lot 370 in Currier addition to Athens to Clifford D Laughlin. Flora A Cox transfers 2 acres in Athens to E W Kramer. Ida M Cooper transfers 41 acres in Athens to James Donald Wallace. Carl L Weber transfers real estate in Athens to Mary A Weber. G N Sidders transfers real estate in New Marshfield to Charles G Llewellyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don C. Laughlin
Clifford D. Laughlin
Currier Addition
Athens
Flora Alice Cox
E. W. Kramer
Ida M. Cooper
James Donald Wallace
Carl L. Weber
Mary A. Weber
G. N. Sidders
Charles G. Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Street Paving Projects Set To Start Wednesday
The 1957 street repaving program will begin Wednesday with scratch coats on Congress Street Mill Street and Grosvenor Street to close to traffic all day. Safety director Franz Woodworth said manhole lids will be raised and parking prohibited. The project, funded by a two mill levy, is contracted to F H Brewer and Co Lancaster at 27968 dollars for 18453 square yards with per street allocations. No date is set for the finish coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Woodworth
Safety Service
Woodworth
Congress St
Carpenter
Woodward
Mill St
College
Grosvenor St
Madison
F. H. Brewer and Co
Lancaster
Mill Street
Congress
Grosvenor
Disabled Workers Entitled To Social Security Aid
More than 100000 disabled workers nationwide will receive their first social security disability checks in August per district manager Robert B. Youmans of the Zanesville office. Eligible filings before December 1957 will cover July through December benefits. after December no earlier-month payments are made. To qualify, aged 50 to 65 with a long lasting disability and five of ten years worked under social security, with a 1954 amendment allowing records to be frozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Youmans
Zanesville
Social Security Office
Youmans
Shelterings Arms Hospital Births and Admits List
In hospital notes a series of births and admissions are listed. New parents include Mr and Mrs David Douglas Athens Route 2 a daughter and several other families with newborns. Admitted individuals include Mrs Roslie Milligan Athens and others with addresses in Athens and nearby towns. Dismissals include John Scott Athens Route 3 Peter F Good Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Douglas
Athens
Clarence Daniel
Robert Johnson
Carbondale
Leonard Quisenberry
Albany
Robert Butner
Thomas Bailey
Marion Snyder
Kenneth Kasler
Harry Johnson
Ellis Spires
John Scott
Peter F. Good
Royal McBee Plans Typewriter Price Increase
Royal McBee Corp will raise prices on the Royal standard and portable typewriters by 5.7 to 5.9 percent starting Sept. 1. H. C. Davis, VP of marketing, cited rising costs. A new 11-inch carriage electric typewriter will be added at slightly lower prices than existing models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal McBee Corp
H. C. Davis
Davis
Escape futile for one Canton inmate at Stark County jail
Four prisoners escaped from a first floor cell block at Stark County jail today. One of them was captured within two hours, while the others remained at large.
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Stark County
Air Force Academy Nomination Process For 1958 Class
Qualified candidates 17 by July 1 1958 may seek Air Force Academy appointment. Nomination by U S senators or the district representative is required with up to ten nominees per state. About 443 cadets expected. Nominations accepted until January 31 1958.
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Air Force Academy
Ronald Miller
Athens Air Force
U. S
John W. Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas A. Jenkins
Congress
Academies
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Air Force
Miller
Two Men Fined After Roadside Inn Fracas
Norman Fulton and Noel Sinclair of Shade were fined $50 and costs each after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for a Sunday incident at the Rainbow Inn on Pomeroy Road. Affidavits by operator Faye Johnson, Athens Route 5, charged the two, with Fulton suffering a severe nose injury and a blackened eye from a beer bottle during the fracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Inn
Pomeroy Road
Norman Fulton
Noel Sinclair
Shade
Faye Johnson
Athens Route 5
Fulton
Hines Pleads Innocent on Reckless Operation Charge
Omer G Hines age 49 of 226 State Street pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a police charge of reckless operation He was ordered held under 40 bond for a hearing scheduled Wednesday morning.
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Omer G. Hines
Cool Nights Persist in Athens Area Weather
Another cool night lingered in the Athens area with blankets in use as Hamley Run reported a low of 43. By 9 a.m. the temperature rose to 65 with Monday’s extremes at 81 and 47.
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Athens
Hamley Run
Mercury
County Board Faces Protests on Mechanicsburg Sewer Assessments
Athens County commissioners opened their weekly session and expected a flood of protests on tentative Mechanicsburg sanitary sewer assessments. About 30 protests were on hand with many more anticipated before the 4 p.m. deadline. The board also planned a decision on adding the old Route 50 segment between Whitehall and west of Hebardagville to the county road system after its abandonment as a state highway.
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Athens County
Mechanicsburg
Whitehall
Hebardville
Grass Fire Blazes Two Acres on Angell Ridge Property
Twelve Richland area volunteers from the Richland Volunteer Fire Brigade responded to a grass fire on the Angell Ridge property of Emmett Williams on Athens Route 4. Fire Chief Ralph Perry reported about two acres burned and a booster reel used to extinguish the flames. A smoldering cigarette is believed to have started the fire.
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Richland Area
Ralph Perry
Rev Marquis to lead Manila mission chapter in Philippines
The Rev Chester D Marquis Jr Westminster Foundation director in Athens since 1953 will serve five years in Manila Luzon with the United Church of Christ as a fraternal worker. He and his wife plan to sail in January after four months training in Morristown New Jersey with their three children.
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Chester D. Marquis, Jr
Westminster Foundation
Philippine Islands
Mr. Marquis
Ohio University
Manila
Luzon
Sampaloc
Board of Ecumenical Missions
The
Presbyterian Church, USA
United Church of Christ
Marquis
Athens
Morristown
N. J
David
Peter
Kathleen
Philippines
Lake Geneva
Wisc
Bloomington
Ill
University of Illinois
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
Driver Fined Jailed After Police Arrest
Jake W. Piper 41 of 38% N Shafer Street pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested after nearly wrecking his car on Hooper Street while driving on a temporary permit with no licensed driver. He was fined 125 dollars and costs, jailed three days, his permit revoked and his Ohio driving suspension set for three months.
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Jake W. Piper
N. Shafer Street
Hooper Street
Ohio
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White
Herbert
Neil Thomas
al Nellis
James Whaley
Curtis St
Hatch
Mechanicsburg Area
Mulligan Road
William Weisenbach
Engineer Hatch
Wilson Smith
E. State St
East State St
Kroger
Harold M. Bright
President White
Weisenbach
Harvey Householder
George Rutkoskie
Don F. Thomann
Athens High School
Ripon College Department of Education
Ripon
Wis
Fred O. Pinkham
East Moline
Thomann
University of Chicago
Southeast Ohio Principals Association
Ymca and Kiwanis Club
First Presbyterian Church
AHS
Roger K. Burke
Hebron
Shell
Belford Davis
Ifye
D. H
Jonesy) Sams
Cline Bldg
New York Stock Exchange
Hamilton
Dayton
Cincinnati
Charleston
Wheeling
Quick's
Roslie Milligan
Wilbur Linscott
Leonard Zimmerman
Clarence Baker
Mabel Weaver
Jefferson
Ind
William Houston
Air Academy
Grass Fire
Richland
Rev. Marquis
Presbyterian Church
S. College St
Elizabeth Drive
West Hills Estates
Ymca Board of Directors
Council For
Foundation
Don Charpentier
Presbyterian
Adv
U. S. Pylon
U.S. Korton
W. State ST
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