November building boom in Athens highest in 18 months
City hall records show six building permits issued for new homes in November totaling 108 300. This marks the best month for residence construction since May 1961 when ten permits valued at 169 999 were approved. Other permits covered additions remodeling and commercial changes across several local addresses and firms.
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Athens
City Hall
Dayton Kern
Park Hill Addition
Kathryn Walburn
Herrold Ave
James Dotson
N. Shafer, Sr
James H. Woods
Elmwood Pl
Harold Rowland
Texan Man Escapes While Awaiting Municipal Court Booking
Police sought 22 year old Keith Anders who slipped from the Municipal Court office in the Worstell Building as Capt. Joseph McBride answered a call. Anders, living in a Court Street hotel, had been arrested Thursday at an East State Street laundromat on intoxication charges.
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City Police
Joseph McBride
John Newcomb
Mulligan Rd
Keith Anders
Municipal Court
Worstell Building
Anders
Court St
E. State St. Laundromat
OU Students Man Kettles For Charity
Presidents of two Ohio University sororities and one fraternity will man Salvation Army kettles in Athens Saturday Captain Henry F Tempel announced Evelyn Ortsey Alpha Delta Pi and Nan Young Chi Omega will stand at Scott s Store on Court St Joe Chattin Lambda Chi Alpha will man the Court and Union corner The group raised 113 29 for Christmas cheer in two days last year Also noted are local arrests and a dryer fire at 133 Franklin Ave no damage reported
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Ohio University
Salvation Army
Athens Business District
Henry F. Tempel
Evelyn Ortsey
Alpha Delta Pi
Nan Young
Chi Omega
Scott’s
Court St
Joe Chattin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Court and
Union
Tempel
Army
Motorist Drags Island Hazard Into Oncoming Car
At 8 p.m. Thursday a northbound driver on Richland Ave near Athens State Hospital struck an island and an oncoming car. George W. Gross 50 Albany Route 1 was cited for driving while intoxicated after hitting a road sign. Cecil E. Cox 56 of 25 Pomeroy Rd was the other motorist. Drake sues Allen Leroy Chapman minor in Common Pleas for 515.71 for auto repairs from a December 1961 Route 50 mishap involving Cross’s car and the defendant’s vehicle.
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Richland Ave
Island
Athens State Hospital
George W. Gross
Albany
W. B. Drake
Common Pleas Court
Allen Leroy Chapman
Drake
Frank Cross
Chapman
Belk forecasts 10 percent sales rise for southeast stores
Charlotte officials report Belk department stores expect a 10 percent sales increase in 1963 across the southeast. Arthur Tyler, chairman of Belk Stores Services, Inc., announced a 75th anniversary campaign with newspaper advertising and store displays. The briefing, led by Thomas Belk and Stan Brookshire, highlighted belief in newspaper advertising and community impact.
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Charlotte
N. C
Belk Department
Southeast
Athens
Arthur Tyler
Belk Stores Services, Inc
Belk
G. Kenner Bush, Jr
Tyler
Thomas M. Belk
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University Lumber Co
Columbus Rd
Walker St
James H. Hoon
Roy Cline
Paul Nutter
McArthur Supply Co
Briarwood Dr
Ing
Edward A. Sprague
Melvin F. Green
Esther Smith
Charles O. Devol
Carbon Hill
Bertha A. Butterworth
Nelsonville
Thomas Judson Jones
Willowick
State Highway Patrol
Kenneth West
Franklin Ave
Rete
Jas. P. Cumley
H. A. McCaskill
South Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Richland
the Messenger
Ohio
Southern Merchantile Empire
Stan R. Brookshire
Sarah Belk Gambrell
The
Belk-Simpson
S Group of Stores
Altmans
Craig Noble
Cardigans
Shapely, Hemingway
Mr. Frederick
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