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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1955
Page
3
The 1954 U S Census of Agriculture for Athens County reports 1734 farms, down from 2025 in 1950, with land value per farm rising from 6239 to 7739 dollars. Cropland totals, tenancy patterns, and varied farm classifications show shifts in ownership, tenancy, machinery, and farm activities across the county.
Christina Youmans, manager of the Zanesville Local Security Office, announced farmers must file social security tax reports and include their number on income tax returns. Self employed farmers earning $100 or more must report net income and pay a 3 percent local security tax. Assistance available from the Zanesville office for social security questions and from the Internal Revenue Service in Athens for tax liability guidance.
Waltonians chose Raymond He as president of the Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League at the Sunday meeting at the cabin. new 1956 officers include Lawrence Helwig first vice president Ralph Kyle second vice president P S Wam Isley secretary and Paul Cotton treasurer. Board directors named Richard Dent Arthur Bennett Charles Conkey and Robert Merz with additional members fate Helwig Kyle Hay Sickles A B Mecuahy and Rob Robie. James A Pollock was voted into chapter membership.
The notice lists multiple marriage licenses including John William Blackford aged 20 and Jeanie Stace 38 of Athens. H. Vilaré 2 and Clarence R. Robinette 25 with Ruby Gaskins 19 of Athens. Harold Donald Brown 22 and Marilyn Sue Morris 20 of Athens. Delbert Browning 20 and Sharma Ellen Boudinot. James Martin 67 of Columbus. Rene Bardain 62 of Nelsonville. Don W. Green 18 of Lancaster. June Graham 27 of Gloucester with Patricia Ann Oliver 17 of Gloucester Route 3. Willard Clark 19 of Millfield and Daisy Louisa Little 119 of Athens Route. Jefferson J. Griffith 20 and Sue Clark 18 of Athens. Charles R. Atkinson 21 and Marcia Gossman 21 of Athens. James D. Gabbard 19 of Dayton and Freda Coe 17 of Athens. Millard Chesser 21 of New Marshfield and Mary Low Gra.
Winter weather returned to Athens with snow flurries and sub freezing temperatures. The 9am reading at Turall Hamley Run was 24. Friday through Sunday saw lows to one below and highs near 46.
Army specialist third class Vonnn Barber 19 and Private Merrill Le Oxley 18 join others in Germany to bring Christmas cheer to 100 orphans. Barber, a battalion cook from Carbondale and Waterloo High School graduate, is stationed near Boeblingen. Oxley, from Athens Route 5, trained at Ft Knox and serves as a tank crewman with the Fifth Infantry Division.
A legal action seeks 97551 dollars and 45 cents in damages tied to a disputed event. In a separate note, a heavy smoke at M. K. Fugate’s Fairview Avenue home prompted firefighters to check for fire at 10 30 pm Saturday, but no blaze was found and Fire Chief Charles Dalton cited a faulty raft as a possible source of smoke.
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