Homecoming At New Marshfield Sets Labor Day Plans
Athens residents planned a long Labor Day weekend with three local homecomings at New Marshfield McArthur and Jacksonville plus reunions and meetings elsewhere. Government offices stores banks and post office would close or run limited service while families shopped ate and traveled for rest and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
New Marshfield
McArthur
Jacksonville
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Court House
Relief Kings promises relief for aching limbs
A small advertisement proclaims Relief Kings as a remedy for aching legs rheumatism and arthritis. It urges buyers to send $2.00 and request Relief Kings Box 3800 Massillon Ohio claiming the product fits in shoes and delivers relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lief Kings
Massillon
Ohio
Athens Issues 1948 Driver Licenses at City Hall
Athens drivers may obtain 1948 drivers and chauffeurs licenses from September 2 to pass the Oct 1 deadline at city hall. David Johnson, deputy registrar, notes licenses cost 40 cents for drivers and 90 cents for chauffeurs. Other county deputy registrars are listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
David Johnson
Johnson
Athens County
Edna B. Whiteman
Albany
Roy Zeigler
Amesville
Bessie Johnston
Chauncey
Inez Marie Bentz
Coolville
Royle C. Turner
Main St. Glouster
Edward C. Evans
Public Square
Nelsonville
Payment of Wages Due Is Sought in Suit
Guy Millholland sues Fred Hall in Common Pleas Court claiming $422 for wages and labor. The petition says the amount accrued in 1946 from two projects, $220 on one and $202 on the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Millholland
Common Pleas Court
Fred Hall
Nelsonville
Albany Building Collapse Injures No One Heard Around
A brick wall collapsed outward as heavy roof timbers gave way in Albany. Eyewitnesses report beams failed before the crash. glass and bricks showered the pavement. The first floor housed a grocery and a restaurant. the second floor is vacant formerly the Albany Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Rogers
Glouster
Allen Coe
Coe Furniture
Mr. Chesser
Homer Fridenmaker
Albany Opera House
Citizens Bank
Ioof Lodge
Jane Rossetter
Chesser
Rossetter
Throck
State Highway Patrol
Albany
VEW Holiday Celebration Plans Listed
NEW MARSHFIELD The Labor Day Homecoming sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary William Frank Post 8804 will have an extensive program of contests and entertainments beginning at 10 a.m. through Monday afternoon and evening. Morning events include horseshoe pitching cracker eating contests bicycle races sack races egg race and bubble gum contest. At noon baked goods will be judged and lunch served with concessions on the grounds. The afternoon features a motorbike race pie eating potato and pony races. A baseball game between the Athens Veterans and New Marshfield Veterans starts at 2:30 p.m. and Chauncey Dover Band concerts at 6 p.m. Evening activities include a greased pole contest greased pig chase husband and dog calling a masked parade with costume awards and an old fiddler contest. Modern and square dancing cap the night. Additional contributions for contest awards list James Mace Howard Hunter Walter Jones Swartz Brothers Lumber Co Blaine Hunter Mrs Clifford Herron all of New Marshfield Oscar Prater of Hocking J Cain of Zaleski Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Moores Union Grill Altman’s Department Store Mickle Tire and Accessory Co Harris Furniture Store C A Daugherty Garage Hannis McClain Service Station Byron Wolfe C G O’Bleness and Richard Fought of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marshfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies Auxiliary
William Frank Post
Athens Veterans
New Marshfield Veterans
Chauncey - Dover
James Mace
Howard Hunter
Walter Jones
R. E. Sharp
Swartz Brothers Lumber Co
Blaine Hunter
Clifford Herron
Oscar Prater
Hocking
J. Cain
Zaleski
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Moores
Union Grill
Altman’s Department
Mickle Tire and Accessory Co
Harris Furniture
C. A. Daugherty
Hannis McClain
Byron Wolfe
C. G. O'Bleness
Richard Fought
Athens
Mow Now for Good 48 Hay Farmers Told
County Agent Ross Wright warns farmers to mow seeding soon to improve the 1948 hay crop after six weeks of rain. He notes high growth from wheat and oats stubble may choke seedlings if left. Wright reports European corn borer infestations in the county’s southeast and asks farmers to report damaged stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wright
Wright
Arm strong divorce granted with alimony and support
Lillian Armstrong was granted a divorce from Richard Armstrong in Common Pleas Court for gross neglect of duty. Married January 28 1945 the couple has two children whose custody goes to the mother with reasonable visitation for the father. Plaintiff receives 200 dollars alimony and 50 dollars monthly for child support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Armstrong
Common Pleas
Richard Armstrong
Armstrongs
Partitioning of Trimble Real Estate Ordered
A two acre tract in Trimble Township owned by Mary Dean and Wiley Harris is ordered partitioned by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland. Commissioners Thomas Gamwell Thomas Williams Sr and S S Underwood will carry out the partition in the second court action involving the divorced couple on April 10 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trimble Township
Mary Dean
Mary Dean Harris
Wiley Harris
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Thomas Gamwell
Thomas Williams, Sr
S. S. Underwood
Milo Bean Fined in Intoxication Case at City Court
Milo Bean of 20 Wolfe Street, aged 65, was arrested Thursday on an intoxication charge and fined five dollars plus costs after pleading guilty in Mayor Franz Woodworth's court Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Bean
Wolfe St
Franz Woodworth
Motorbike rider hurt in fall in Athens
Harold Springston aged 20 of 7 Byard Street Athens sustained lacerations and abrasions in a motorcycle fall early Thursday morning. He received treatment at Sheltering Arms Hospital and was discharged.
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Harold Springston
Byard St
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Name Changes Slow Social Security Credits
Zanesville Social Security Office manager William J McCauley warns that employees changing names after marriage must have employers report the change to Social Security. If payroll uses a new name with an old number, credits are delayed until corrections are made. Blank name-change forms are available at post offices for mailing with the account card.
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Social Security Administration
William J. McCauley
Zanesville Social Security Office
McCauley
Lind Arcade
Zanesville
Ohio
Thermometer on Rise Following Cool Night
The night cooled to 61 degrees Thursday breaking a warm sleep myth. The mercury dropped to 52 and 57 degrees on Aug 1 and 2, the coolest nights this month. By 9:25 a.m. today it reached 72 degrees as overcast skies began to lift. The Hocking River level stood at 3.27 feet at 7 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. France
Hocking
Hospital Notices From Athens Area
Admissions and discharges listed for Athens residents including Mrs Lillian Wright admitted for medical care Mrs Dale Orcutt and her son discharged and Mrs Lucinda Van Meter noted as from Athens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Wright
Athens, Medical
Dale Orcutt and Son
Athens
Lucinda van Meter
Transfers of Real Estate in Athens County Estates
Real estate transfers listed in Athens County include Ralph and Mary Hitchings to Troy and Teresa Fields in Nelsonville, James W. Bean to Elmer Rode haver in Carthage Township, Celia E. Garrison to Jessie C. McLain in Athens, and numerous other deeds naming parcels, rights of way, and reservations across Athens Township Canaanville Glouster and Nelsonville. The transfers involve many individuals and local land additions such as Cable Heirs Addition, John Slater Town Lots Addition, and McKinstry and Parker Highland Park Addition.
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Ralph and
Mary Hitchings
Fairfield County
Troy
Teresa Fields
Athens County
Longstretchs
Nelsonville
Wilbur H
Blanche F. Parmiter
Donald A
Eileen A Gabrich
Athens Township
James W. Bean
Elmer Rodehaver
Carthage Township
Celia E. Garrison
Jessie C. McLain
Cable
Athens
B. L
Alberta Edwards
Athens Country Club
Walton F
Adrienne W Davies
Gracia B. Pratt
Inlet
Blackwood
H. T. Brown
Russell B
Elsie J. Carsey
Emma Lovett
Canaanville
James A
Margaret K. Frost
Joseph Frost
Robert Frost
Rome Township
Don C
Opal Juniper
Fred
Ethel Wright
Floyd
Edith Hoskinson
Jessie L. Seevers
Canaan Township
Julia A. Thompson
Norma L
John V. Hamilton
John Slater
Calvin L. Bean, Jr
Bernard E
Hazel Cunningham
Otis
Mary F. Clark
Hazel
Frank Mellinger
Eugene
Clara P. Harkins
R. E. Scott
W. S. Dennison
W. D. Turner
Trumbull County
Bern Township
W. R. Holcomb
G. H. Holcomb
Neva Schupbach
Freda Kennedy
J. D. Turner
Cel
Thompson Addition
Albany
Arnold M. McKenney
Franklin County
Effie Collins
Eugene E. Woodworth
Janette Woodworth
Grosvenor
Highland Park
Eber Carpenter
William H
Hazel Bolton
Meigs County
Addie C. Hopkins
Evelyn Allbaugh
del Carbo
Waterloo Township
Glen L. Benedum
Ernest M. Conant
Bill
Inez Kasler
Hershel
Esther McKee
Joel J. Allen
Glouster
Charles O
Beulah C. Carpenter
Delbert E
Ada M. Adams
Camp Wool
Lorene
Marion Turner
Harold and
Anne Durfee
Henry FE
Barnes
Floyd Hoskinson
Frank Hill
Herbert E. Douglas
Alton
Lois Woodyard
Alexander Township
Alvan
Edna Malone
Anna Paskovitch
Jacksonville
Andy
Anna Kolenich
H. O
Mildred Wagner
Hudson's Addition
Arthur McKnight
Hattie Windle
High St
Harper Addition
Charles G. O'Bleness
James IL
Inez Winfield
Harry and
Blanche Lovesy
Harrison Lovesy
Ralph S
Dorothy E. West
Rachel Barker
Townsend
Joint Property Authorized To Be Sold
Authority to sell a residence on Grosvenor Street for five thousand dollars is granted to the First Methodist Church and the Salvation Army by a Common Pleas court decision signed by Judge A L Chatfield of Vinton County. An offer of five thousand dollars from J P Donovan of Athens is noted after a higher price could not be achieved. The property owners acquired it October 1 1946 under the will of Hattie M Blackburn and must keep the principal from sale intact.
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Grosvenor St
First Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Common Pleas
A. L. Chatfield
Vinton County
Chatfield
Athens
O. F. Rowland
J. P. Donovan
Hattie M. Blackburn
ONG Uniforms Are Ordered
Members of Athens National Guard unit Hq. Co 2nd Bn 166th Regt Combat Team were measured for uniforms to be received soon at the weekly drill last night at the Armory. The Armory Board says the building is available for dances and social events any day except Thursday, per Capt. Erle Bridgewater Jr. Enlistment inquiries should contact 1st Sgt Don Pape at the Armory.
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Athens National Guard
Hq. Co
Armory Board
Erle Bridgewater, Jr
Don Pape
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Athens Messenger
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Cross Brothers
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
W. Union St. Athens
Lone Star
Athens Home Telephone CO
VEW
Trimble
A. O. French
Stewart, Ohio
Marietta
Social Security Office
ONG
Stokers
Union
the Mutual Home 6 Savings Association
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
Jane v
WHEC
Mahanna Sales CO
Radcliffe
Electrical Service
Cline
Jesus
Apostle Paul
God
Jesus Christ
Church OF Christ
Stimson Avenue
Washington County
Marietta, Ohio
Convience
F. L. Christy
Pres
L. E. Apple — Secy
Ohio University
Ohio Northern
Butler
Western Reserve
Bowling Green
Miami
U. of Cincinnati
Ohio Wesleyan
Univ. of Dayton
Xavier
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