City council OKs five percent gas rate offer
City council reviewed a proposed five percent increase from Ohio Fuel Gas Co and directed sending the offer to the company while opening new talks on the rate. Other actions included annexation petitions for Briarwood Addition, plans to hire consultants for water system checks, and acquisition of a new fire truck. The panel also discussed sewer service for Mechanicsburg and possible police force increases amid budget constraints.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Athens
Counel
Wayne Ward
Mechanicsburg
Coun
Poposal
Briarwood
Cable Lane
Frank Crom
William Hillerbert
Service Safety Direct
Fred Beckler
Peter B Seel Mee
Joseph B
Charles St. Euclid Ave
Grand Park Blvd
Squire, San
Dempsey
Cleveland
Strathmore
Utah
Florence Davis
Fet
Service Safety Airector
Gasco
Phillips
Jeckier
Ohio
PUCO
Frank W. Phillips
Briar
Cornwood Addition
Wakefield
Richland Ave
Ward
Ding
Lodge to Speak in Athens Jan Nineteen
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr the ambassador to the United States will visit Athens on January nineteen to deliver remarks and discuss U S policy. The article notes Lodge’s long career including service in the Senate and White House appointments and mentions his past roles with the United Nations and the Lodge Brown Act.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Athens
Sear
Emery
Senate
Haman Tesses
Chaiman
Nary
Eisenhower
United Nations
Legion and Masons Plan Meetings in New Marshfield Area
American Legion Crowen Post 21 schedules a 3 pm Wednesday gathering at the Elks club to plan the Christmas party for children with Commander James McCoy. Masonry group Constitution Lodge 426 F&AM to meet at 7 30 pm Thursday with ACE Carter presiding. Savannah Lodge 66 F&AM officers to be installed Thursday at 7 pm followed by an oyster supper, per master Ari Linton.
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Legion
K. T. Crowen
American Legion
Elks
Cub
James
M Coe
Masons
New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
Ace. Carter
Guysville
Savannah
Webe
Ari Linton
Hospital Admission Notes Mention Athens Residents and Kin
The record lists admissions and relations including Mrs Herschel Kelsey and daughter Maria Pidcock and Mrs Robert Mathews, with entries for Mrs Minnie Stalder Chauncey Randy Van Nest and Fred Hoociet from Athens Route 1 New Marshfield Jerome Fenske Athens Route 1. The fragment suggests a sheltering arms hospital log detailing patient names and familial connections.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Herschel Kelsey
Maria Pidcock Daugnie
Robert Mathews
Athens
Minnie Stalder
Chauncey
Randy van Nest
Fred Hoociet
New Marshfield
Jerome Fenske
Mill Office Burglary Probe Reveals Broken Window
Deputy Harold Shields reports breaking and entering at White's Mill Sunday with a rear window broken by a stone. Footprints and tire tracks outside the broken window point to a youth suspect in the incident.
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Neritt
Aepunes
White's Mill
Harold Shields
Father of Athens Resident Dies at 85
James V. Walsh aged 85, father of Mrs. J. E. Algeo, will have funeral services Wednesday afternoon at Rocky River. Walsh, of Elyria Route 1, Ohio University College of Commerce, died Sunday night after sharing his life story. Services set for 2 p.m. at Pease-Jenkins Funeral Home.
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Rocky River
James V. Walsh
J. E. Algeo
Dean Clark E_ Myers
Athens
Walsh
Ohio University College
Case Road
Elyria
Therce
Pease-Jenkins
Dover Genter
William A. Harmon
Advice to workers on Social Security changes and benefits
The Social Security Office in Athens County urges workers to stay informed on changes and to check accounts. In Zanesville the office offers Wednesdays at the courthouse for questions and materials. It lists four contact instances: survivor benefits for families after aworker’s death, learning benefit amounts at 65, when eligible benefits can be paid regardless of work location, and protections if disability occurs.
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Zanesville
Athens County
Commissioners
Social Security Office
Breadwin S.hould
Middleport Residents Die
Two Middleport residents died shortly before noon today at Meigs General Hospital. Mrs. Sarah Probst and Mrs. George Reynolds are named in the notice. The Rawlings Coats funeral home is handling arrangements. Mrs. Probst is survived by a brother and a sister, both of Middleport. Mrs. Reynolds leaves two sons, Guy of Middleport and Craig of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and a daughter, Mrs. Madge Hutsell of Cuyahoga Falls.
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Middleport
Meigs General Hospital
Sarah Probst
George Reynolds
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
Deer Kill Heavy Across Fourth Wildlife District
Reports indicate the ten day shotgun hunting season will yield about 2000 deer in the Fourth Wildlife District spanning 18 southeastern counties. District supervisor Everett Ridge cites rough counts of around 100 deer in Athens, Washington, and Meigs counties, with Burr Oak totaling 40 to 50. An official deer count bill will be issued Wednesday from the Dela Ware experimental station. Ridge estimates roughly 30,000 deer licenses issued statewide.
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Southeastern
Everett Ridge
Athens
Washington
Meigs
DelaWare Experimental Station
Ridge
Kiwanis Hears NATO Talk By OU Colonel
Col Leon H Berger of Ohio University spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Berry Hotel on NATO’s aims. He noted NATO unites nations in peacetime to deter war and aid war torn states, stressing collective defense and economic recovery amid Cold War concerns.
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Kiwanis
NATO
Leon H. Berger
Ohio University
Kiwanis Club
Berry Hotel
Accoi
Berger
NATO Defens
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Point
Europe
Russia
U.S
Compressor Operator Dies at Tennessee Gas Station
Alvin Gulley 35 died early today at Sheltering Arms Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after becoming ill at work yesterday at a Tennessee Gas transmission station near Albany. He lived in Moorehead Kentucky previously and is survived by his wife, son Michael, and his parents Mr and Mrs Garland Gulley of Moorehead. The body was taken to Werightsel Funeral Home in Me Arthur.
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Alvin Gulley
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Tennessee Gas ‘Transmission Co
Albany
Taieen
Moorehead
Kentucky
Michael
Garland Gulley
Werightsel
Mearthur
Water Softening Service is Sold
The Athens Ice and Storage Co announces the sale of its Culligan Soft Water Service franchise to Walter R. Ervin. The service serves more than 800 area families and will operate under Cullan Water Conditioning Inc. temporarily from Factory Street with plans to move to a new building on Imison Avenue. Ervin, longtime executive since 1983, becomes general manager after A Whaley’s retirement. he is a WWII veteran with three children.
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Athens Ice & Storage Co
Culligan Soft Water Service
Walter R. Ervin
Ervin
Athens
Cullan Water Conditioning, Inc
Ohio University
A. Whaley
Helen Sheridan
the Plains
County Board Tours Home and Sets The Plains Incorporation Hearing
Athens County commissioners toured the County Home and lunch at the site. They set February 2 at 1 30 p m for a hearing on The Plains Incorporation at The Plains High School. A bid on the old Russell Burving property on N Lancaster St was opened and tabled. The Pins rectients and Steppe's Beauticians submitted proposals. the former to convert the old structure into county office space.
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Athens County Commissioners
Plains
Russell
N. Lancaster St
Plains High School
Steppe
Beauticians
Pearly Smith 92 Pleads Guilty in Municipal Court
Pearly Smith of Athens Route 1 pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving without a license in Municipal Court. He was fined 75 dollars plus costs after the court noted prior license suspension.
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Sitrol
Ack D. Young
Marion
Daniel B. Chilcote
Lancaster
Pearly Smith
Athens
Smith
Athens High Band Official Is Selected for All American Band
Athens High School selects clarinetist Stubbs for the 61st All American Band at the Midwest National Band Clinic in Chicago December 7 to 10. He is one of 90 chosen to perform among 4000 music students. Charles Mineli of Ohio University is also named as professor of music in the selection.
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Athens
Chicago
Stubbs
Charles Mineli
Ohio U
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Salvation Army
Lambda Chi Alpha
Court St
Marvin Franklin
Salvation Army Citadel
Jim Karian
Franklin
Messenger
Ronald Smith
Phillip E. Willeke
Ath Fens
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Libya
Sena Tania
Hamley Run
Paul L. Mall
Ohio Military District
Frank R. Maerchan
Fort Hayes
Hall
West
State Street
Army Reserve
Cussins & Fearn
Burns’ Shell Station
Athens, O
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Frigidaire
Lory To
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Athens High
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Massagic
Shoe Store
South Court Street
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