Athens Lights Shine as City Welcomes Christmas Season
Athens merchants announce Christmas decorations in the business district with pine ropes reindeer lanterns and Santa. Lights will turn on at dusk. Santa arrives at the court house shelter Friday with visiting hours from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday until Dec. 17. He will greet children Mondays 6 to 8 p.m. from Dec. 18 daily 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Store hours start Dec. 18 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Christmas Eve closes at 6 p.m.
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Athens
St. Nick
Court House
Santa
Athens Merchants
UMWA
United Mine Workers of America
Plains Fire House
Connett Rd
International and District
Housewares Center Sold To Stiffler
The Housewares Center at 30 S. Court St. is sold to Robert Stiffler of McConnelsville. The Rutkoskies say the stock will be sold, the building vacated, and a renovation will begin to open a women and children’s shoe store around mid year.
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S. Court St
Robert Stiffler
McConnelsville
George F
George O. Rutkoskie
Ter Hardware Co
Stiffler
Ohio
Rutkoskies
Apartment grease fire damages Athens apartment
A grease fire on a kitchen range at an Athens Route 50W apartment caused $225 in damage to cabinets and contents. Firefighters arrived after 5 45 p.m. residents Bob Mendel Ken Novak Al Kolman and Steve Dominish lived there. Smoke filled Chapman's Launderette later that evening from a clothes dryer.
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Athens Apts
Route 50W
Charles Dalton
Bob Mendel
Ken Novak
al Kolman
Steve Dominish
Chapman
Richland
Woodland
Births at Shelterings Arms Hospital
Birth notices list Chauncey Daugherty daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Daugherty. a son to Mr and Mrs Bill R Jones Athens. Other newborns include Chauncey Eddie Jones Guysville Hazel Colerick Mineral Thomas Galaway Carpenter Route 1 Mrs Si Allen Athens Route 5 Roger Bartlett Albany Route 1 Carl Bell Athens Joseph C Sligo Athens Mrs Roma King Athens Route 2 Mrs Russell Fenner Athens Route 1 Mrs William Fought Stewart Route 1.
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Robert Daugherty
Chauncey
Bill R. Jones
Athens
Alice Shumway
Eddie Jones
Guysville
Hazel Colerick
Mineral
Thomas Galaway
Carpenter
Si Allen
Roger Bartlett
Albany
Carl Bell
Joseph C. Sligo
Roma King
Russell Fenner
William Fought
Stewart
New Coin Laundry Enterpr ise Opens Near Ohio University Inn
Joe Chapman plans a $60,000 coin operated launderette at 351 Richland Ave Athens with 59 washers and 32 dryers plus six dry cleaning units. The one story brick building with a Georgian Colonial front sits beside The Ohio University Inn. Robert Martin of Athens is general contractor. Attendants will staff day and night. Chapman operates two other laundries in Athens and one in Pomeroy.
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Joe Chapman
Richland Ave
Ohio University Inn
Chapman
Robert Martin
Athens
Pomeroy
Brown
New York
United Nations
District Prince of Peace Contest Set at Stewart
Rebecca Brown daughter of the pastor of Canaon ville Guysville Stewart Methodist Churches is Athens County winner of the Prince of Peace Contest. Reverend James W Brown her father serves as district and county manager of the contest sponsored by local churches.
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Stewart
Rebecca Brown
Canaonville-Guysville-Stewart
Athens County
Miss Brown
James W. Brown
Ohio Council of Churches
Athens County Ministerial Association
Stewart Methodist Church
Stewart Church
Marilyn Wolfe
Amesville Presbyterian Church
William Wilcox
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Candace Well
Guysville
Fruit School Program Set at Amesville Grange Hall
Eldon Banta of Ohio State University will lead a fruit school meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Amesville Grange Hall featuring a fruit show. Speakers include Olive Parrish Blair Janson and Howard Wells of OSU and the Ohio Apple Institute. the Salvation Army seeks toy donations with repairs by local National Guard personnel.
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Eldon Banta
Ohio State University
Amesville Grange Hall
Olive Parrish
Blair Janson
Howard Wells
Ohio Apple Institute
Salvation Army
Henry Tempel
National Guard
Moves Curb Truck Driver Pleads Guilty in Municipal Court
A 41 year old truck driver from Athens Route 3 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to removing six feet of curb on Madison Ave near Spring St. The judge suspended sentencing with probation terms including obtaining a permit repairing the curb and paying costs. The official said permission is required for curb work and the driveway existed before street construction.
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Madison Ave
Carl Brookhart
Athens
Service Safety
Dwight Robinson
Spring St
Robinson
Brookhart
Dayton Kern
Nelsonville Man Sentenced in Juvenile Case
John Wallace Kasler, 51, of Nelsonville Route 1, was sentenced to 120 days in county jail after pleading guilty to a charge of acting in a way that tended to cause the delinquency of a 15 year old girl.
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John Wallace Kasler
Nelsonville
Referendum on Schools Discussed in Rome Canaan Area
About 50 residents met Tuesday night at Rome Canaan High School to discuss the December 8 referendum on forming the Ames Bern Rome Canaan Carthage Troy school district. T. C. Porter outlined the plan while Herman Ellis reviewed the situation and denied site selection.
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Ames-Bern
Rome- Canaan
Carthage-Troy
Canaanville
T. C. Porter
Rome-Canaan
Joe Frost
Rome Cannart
Herman Ellis
Porter
Weather Update From Athens Reports Warmer Conditions
The Athens area recorded cloudy skies and warmer conditions with a 9 30 a m temperature of 32 degrees after a low of 25. The previous day Tuesday reached a high of 35 degrees.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Money's History and Role Explored by Speaker
A speaker discusses the history and evolving role of money in society, tracing its origins, functions, and impact on economies and daily life. The talk covers coins and currency, banking, inflation, and the shift toward digital payments shaping modern finance.
The Root of All Evil talk at Athens Lions Club
Alfred Kauffman of General Telephone Co spoke on money as a medium of exchange and defined the consumer investor and profit dollars. He noted Yap money carved from stone and joked about compressed cheese and pressed tea as past money. New member Lewis Schoeman joined. John Grow and M. T. Vermillion spoke on Lions International history and role.
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Alfred Kauffman
General Telephone Co
Athens Lions Club
Kauffman
South Pacific
Isle of
Yap
America
Lewis Schoeman
Glouster Lions Club
John Grow
Lions Club of
Wilmington
M. T. Vermillion
Lions International
Sugar Creek Man Fined For Assault
George Kempton Jr., 26, of Sugar Creek, pleaded guilty to assault and battery against Jim's 42 Grill owner Bernie Weaver. He was fined $25 plus costs after a Tuesday incident that occurred inside and outside the tavern, with a broken chair added to the charges.
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Sugar Creek
George Kempton Jr
Bernie Weaver
Jim
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N. High St
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Goodyear
Athens, Ohio
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William Gilkey
Police
Francis Conrath
Sheriff's Deputies
Hooper Rd
Nelsonville Area
United States
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Money
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Dudley
Mid-Ohio Valley
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Parkersburg
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