Council Accepts 10 Per Cent Gas Rate Increase
Athens city council voted to implement a 10 percent gas rate hike effective December 15 after a long meeting. They also scheduled a special session at 7:30 p.m. and discussed PUCO reexamination for 1957. Other actions included approving alley vacation for West Side school expansions, seeking state tax considerations for forestry land, annexation plans for Hughes Rowland Addition, and funding requests from the City-County Health Board.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Frank W. Phillips
city-Gasco
Parker Walker
City School Board
West Side
Councilman-Elect Must Vacate Seat Over Move
Albert R. Linscott appeared before the city council to formally disqualify himself from a council post he was to take Jan. J. Linscott, elected as fourth ward councilman last November, said he has moved from that ward since filing his petition and is ineligible to serve. State law requires the council to appoint a replacement within 30 days from Jan. 1. if not, the mayor handles the appointment. Walter Cornwell, finishing his second term, may be appointed to the seat, though he did not run last election. The new council, taking office Jan. 1, features George Rutkoskie as chair, replacing Floyd M. Wolfe. If Cornwell accepts, Rutkoskie becomes the sole new face at the table. Rutkoskie unseated Wolfe in the at-large race. Wolfe bid farewell, thanking his employers The McBee Co. for letting him attend meetings and perform duties.
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Phillips
Athens
Walter Cornwell
Floyd Wolfe
Peter B. Seel
PUCO
Albert R. Linscott
Jan. J. Linscott
Fourth Ward
Cornwell
George Rutkoskie
Floyd M. Wolfe
Rutkoskie
Wolfe
Council
The
McBee Co
Photographer’s Story In Trade Publication
Don Moore and John Webb write about the challenges of capturing sports events in a national trade publication. The piece appears in Editor & Publisher, a widely circulated industry journal.
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Messenger
Don Moore
John Webb
Marriage License for Bullock and Matheny in Nelsonville
Charles Edward Bullock aged 20 and Frances Eleanor Matheny aged 20, both residents of Nelsonville, obtained a marriage license.
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Charles Edward Bullock
Frances Eleanor Matheny
Nelsonville
Farm Bureau Mortgage Burned After Clear Debt in Athens County
The Athens County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association burned its mortgage to mark unencumbered ownership of the Kurtz Ave. property during the annual meeting. Three directors were re-elected for three-year terms among six candidates, as a $35,000 loan from December 1943 was fully paid. Maurice Well ing spoke on Korea and World Peace, and slides from his Korea trip were shown. Refreshments followed.
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Kurtz Ave
Maurice Welling
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Korea
H. G. Henry
Sharpsburg
Paul Kinnen
Athens
Dean Woolley
Millfield
Farm Bureau
Athens County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Messenger News
C. C. Finch
Finch
Alton Hope
Charles Hawk
New Marshfield
James Edwards
Nelsonville
Merrill Chase
Albany
Henry
Woolley
Kinnen
Albany Yule Program at the Methodist Church Friday
Albany Methodist Church hosts a Christmas program Friday at 8 p.m. Mrs. Arthur Enlow will play an organ medley 15 minutes before the program. Theresa Poston and Carol Hutchinson lead recitations and songs by the primary department. Loree Barnes narrates as representatives from Sunday School classes portray the Christmas story with vocal selections and Santa Claus will visit after, at a tree provided by the Malachian Class.
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Albany
Albany Methodist Church
Arthur Enlow
Theresa Poston
Carol Hutchinson
Loree Barnes
Santa Claus
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Chauncey mayor Charles Wadley fined two drivers after State Highway Patrol arrests. Arthur S. Smith 36 Chauncey unsafe operation and William R. Lakek 34 New Marshfield passing over the yellow line were each fined 10 dollars and costs.
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Chauncey
Charles Wadley
State Highway Patrol
Arthur S. Smith
William R. Laveck
New Marshfield
Royal and Select Master Degrees Conferred by Athens Council
The Royal and Select Master degrees will be conferred Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple by Athens Council 15 RandSM Refreshments will be served said Lewis V Maynard master.
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Masonic Temple
Athens
Legion Plans Rule Party for Children
The Ameri can Legion's Athens post will hold its Christmas party for children after a Wednesday meeting at 8 p.m. in the Elks clubrooms. Commander James M. Vercoe says auxiliary members will help pack more than 1000 treats to be handed out by Santa Claus at 2 p.m. near the courthouse tree. Co chairs Leroy Shame and Edgar Tuckerman, with Ben Williams delivering and others trimming the tree.
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American Legion
Athens Post
Elks
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