Few Collisions Reported As Ice Coats Area Roads
Slippery streets slowed travel Wednesday and Thursday with minimal crashes. State crews spread cinders on county roads while Athens City workers salt and sanded streets. One outlying crash on Route 50 near Belpre left Joseph Powers with fractured ribs. Athens saw several minor city accidents with two autos at Richland Ave and a parked car collision on W State St.
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State Highway Garage
Harry Richards
Richards
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Washington County
Marietta Post
Joseph Powers
New York City
Belpre
Powers
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Charles J. Kasser
Albany Road
Worley D. Perry
Richland Ave
Ralph A.gabriel
the Plains
Divorce Action Filed in Common Pleas Court
Leonard McQuaid has filed suit for divorce from Norma McQuaid in Common Pleas Court. The defendant is living with her parents, Morris and Celia Dupler, Murray City. The couple married in 1944 and have no children.
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Leonard McQuaid
Norma McQuaid
Common Pleas Court
Morris Dupler
Murray City
McQuaid
Athens Masonic Chapter to Confer Degrees Friday Evening
Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will hold a special meeting Friday at 7 p.m. to confer the Mark and Past Master Degrees on candidates. Ernest E. Hart, high priest, announced. Visiting members will be welcome.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Ernest E. Hart
Ben Ryder Returns to Our Town After Twenty Years
Ben Ryder, back in Capital City after two decades, laments the town’s changes and praises its orderly, temperate life. He notes mud, feuding, and moonshine are gone, and credits a preference for moderation with fostering neighborly conduct.
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Ben Ryder
Capital City
Ben
Maple Street
Young Hamden Boy Involved In Truck Crash
Fourteen year old Jack Horner of Hamden drove a truck after assisting Edwin Fain and collided with Carl Frazee's vehicle at the State Route 160 and Potts Ridge Road intersection. Fain was cited for permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle.
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Jack Horner
State Highway Patrol
Hamden
Vinton County
Potts Ridge Road
Edwin G. Fain
Jack
Horner
Fain
Carl A. Frazee
McArthur
Medical Group Names Officers in Athens County Society
Athens County Medical Society elected officers at a Tuesday meeting. Dr. P. J. Woodworth to preside, Dr. Beatrice Postle as vice president, Dr. C. R. Hoskins secretary treasurer, Dr. Blaine R. Goldsberry censor, and Dr. L. A. Hamilton delegate. Ohio University Health Service chaired after dinner with case reports by Dr. Frank Moore, Dr. E. H. Hudson, Dr. E. L. Schmitt, and Dr. C. E. Harco.
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Athens County Medical Society
P. J. Woodworth
Beatrice Postle
C. R. Hoskins
Blaine R. Goldsberry
L. A. Hamilton
Ohio University Health Service
Frank Moore
E. H. Hudson
E. L. Schmitt
C. E. Harco
Shelter Notes From Sheltering Arms Hospital
Admitted: Mrs Frances Konkoskia Athens medical. David Lee Hensley Glouster Edward Carsey Athens medical. Everett Stewart Athens medical. Cpl Virgil Arthur Virginia observation. Dismissed: Mrs James Welcher and daughter Athens. Mrs Jack Quest and daughter Athens. Mrs Mamie Henry Athens. Alexander Lindsey Columbus transferred.
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Frances Konkoskia
Athens
David Lee Hensley
Glouster
Edward Carsey
Everett Stewart
Cpl
Virgil Arthur
Virginia
James Welcher
Jack Quest
Mamie Henry
Alexander Lindsey
Columbus
ONG Members To Clean New Rifles Tonight
Local National Guard unit will forgo drills and orientation to devote the session to cleaning recently received M1 rifles. Lt. Earl Mathews, public relations officer, said troops will also receive instruction in use and care of the weapons.
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National Guard
Earl Mathews
Ohio Third in Hiring of Handicapped Workers
Ohio ranked third nationwide for handicapped job placements during October as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week was observed. 2,168 of 48,000 national jobs went to Ohio, including 1,007 for disabled veterans, with roles from clerks to engineers.
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Ohio
Frank J. Collopy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
New York
Texas
NEPH
Collopy
Ohio Interagency Committee
Ohio State Employment Service
Employment Service
Troop 56 Registration Meeting Tonight
Approximately 30 boy scouts and 15 adult scouters will register for Troop 56 at 7 o clock tonight. Scoutmaster Leslie Clark announced the troop enters its fifteenth year of activity in the area at the First Methodist Church.
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Troop 56
Leslie Clark
First Methodist Church
Husband answers wife's divorce petition in Common Pleas
Willard E. Hall filed an answer to his wife's divorce petition denying her charge of extreme cruelty and filed a cross petition accusing Mrs. Hall of gross neglect of duty. Both petitions seek custody of their eight year old daughter with Mrs. Hall asking for alimony and a property settlement.
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Willard E. Hall
Common Pleas
G W Hope 83 Former Athens Resident Dies
G W Hope aged 83 and former resident of Athens and McArthur died late last night at his daughter Marie Dixon’s Sandusky home. He leaves another daughter Elizabeth Basom in Maryland and numerous Athens relatives. Funeral services set for Saturday afternoon in McArthur.
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G. W. Hope
Athens
McArthur
Sandusky
Marie Dixon
Elizabeth Basom
Maryland
AAA Warns of Filing Deadline for 1946 ACP
Athens County AAA chairman Irvin A. Wolfe warns that the filing deadline for payment applications of ACP practices done in 1946 is December 31, 1947. Late filers should contact his office immediately.
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Irvin A. Wolfe
Athens County Aaa
Liberal Loans for Builders Are Advocated at Athens Meeting
Earl D. Mender, president of the Athens County Real Estate Board, urged liberal loan contracts and 100 percent loans to dependable veterans to head off federal subsidies. He warned Congress measures could end private building, noting a likely subsidy by March and a goal of one million home units by January 1 amid labor and material shortages.
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Earl D. Mender
Athens County Real Estate Board
Mender
Court Orders Land Partition in Athens Township
Common Pleas Court orders partition of real estate in Athens Township jointly owned by Ernest Mayme and Floyd W Whitlatch. The suit by Ernest Whitlatch seeks division of Lots 365 366 and 367 in the Johnson Coal Mining Co Addition to Verity with two tracts fronting 50 feet on the Lancaster Nelsonville road. Commissioners Harry Tipton High Finney and Pearl Miller will partition or appraise the property.
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Athens Township
Ernest, Mayme
Floyd W. Whitlatch
Common Pleas Court
Ernest Whitlatch
Johnson Coal Mining Co
Verity
Lancaster-Nelsonville
Harry Tipton
High Finney
Pearl Miller
Two Arrested by Patrol
Thor Nelson aged 28 of Little Hocking was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth on a State Highway Patrol charge of driving with defective brakes. William Speers aged 21 of Halifax Pa forfeited bond for his appearance in mayor's court on a charge of crossing and defacing freshly painted highway centerlines.
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Thor Nelson
Little Hocking
Franz Woodworth
William Speers
Halifax
Funds Received Today Elevates County Highway Budget
The county auditor reported a third advance this year of 17 336 16 from the state for auto license funds and 9 800 for townships plus 20 000 for county gas tax revenue. County and township shares are detailed with Albany Amesville Athens and others receiving specific amounts. The funds are tagged for road and street maintenance and will cover months of outstanding bills with checks to be mailed within a week.
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Lew Russell
Russell
Albany
Amesville
Athens
Buchtel
Chauncey
Ralph Elliott
Three Columbus Men Plead Guilty to Intoxication
June Budge of Nelsonville and Harold Byers and Orville Johnson of Columbus were each fined $5 in mayor's court Thursday after pleading guilty to police intoxication charges.
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June Budge
Nelsonville
Harold Byers
Orville Johnson
Columbus
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R. A. Cox
Lancaster St
W. State St
Claudius Chappel
Athens County Recorder
State Recorders’ Association
Chappel
Recorders
Meigs County
George Meinhart
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Mars
Sheltering Arms Hospital
ONG
City Hospital
Mount St. Mary Hospital
H. C. Bobo
Fred R. Beasley
Beasley
Athens County
Frank W. Phillips
George Bateman
C. B. Nye
Nye
Mount St. Mary
Carmen Church
C. J. Ailstock
Don Millikan
E. State St
Marie Cavanaugh
S. Congress St
John H. McElroy
N. Lancaster St
Agnes Padden
Kern St
Morris Ave
H. B. Blair
Arden Place
H. F. Cokonougher
Pleasant View St
Thor Olson
Woodard St
Villa Tippie
Elmwood Place
Ada Barnhart
W. Washington St
Memoriam
C. D. Shafer
The
C. D. Shafer Co
AAA
Foley
Ory
Economy Savings & Loan CO
Hte
Buick
Beauty
Athens Buick Co
N. Court and
Carpenter Sts
Athens, Ohio
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