Christmas Dinner Plans at Athens County Institutions
Christmas menus across Athens County institutions include roast chicken at the County Home and turkey at the Children’s Home and Sheltering Arms Hospital. Gift exchanges occur at the County Home with a Friday night family party, tree decorations, and Santa Claus deliveries while wards at the Children’s Home await presents after a Friday night Christmas program. Carolers have serenaded patients and donations from Moose Lodge and churches support holiday meals.
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Athens County
Willard Simonton
Glenn Scott
Scott
Moose Lodge
T. H. Morgan
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Central Ave
Youth Fined in Mayor's Court for Intoxication Charge
A 20 year old from The Plains named William R. Powell was fined 100 dollars and costs in Mayor W. P. Mickle's court after pleading guilty to a charge of having physical intoxicated. Police arrested him on Franklin Avenue where he was reportedly in a truck. Services for Mrs Eliza M Coleman 92 died Thursday in Columbus have been postponed to Sunday at Jagers Funeral Home.
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the Plains
W. P. Mickle
William R. Powell
Franklin Ave
Powell
Eliza M. Coleman
Columbus
Jagers Funeral Home
Charles F. Scooley
Athens Police Give Parking Tickets With Holiday Greeting
The city issues festive red parking cards saying You need not appear on this ticket. Chief Joseph B. Grogan said patrolmen hand them out to motorists who forget meters, easing participation in the usual city hall visit.
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Athens
Joseph B. Grogan
C M Slaughter Dies Friday at 68 in Athens
Charles M. Slaughter, 68, died Friday morning at his home 107 Central Ave in Athens. He retired to Athens in 1944 after farming in Meigs County. Survived by wife Jessie two daughters Flora McKay and Mabel Flowers two sons Olivier and William two sisters Harl Sayre and Ethel Scarberg and a brother Ed. Friends may call at Jagers funeral home. services Sunday 11 a.m. by Rev. D H Goff. Burial Letart Falls.
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Charles M. Slaughter
Central Ave
Athens
Meigs County
Slaughter
Jessie
Flora McKay
Mabel Flowers
Cottageville
W. Va
Olivier
William
Rushville
Harl Sayre
Evans
Ethel Scarberg
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births listed for Mr and Mrs Willis Haning of Athens a daughter. Admissions include Mrs John H Gross Athens for medical care. Dismissals note Mrs Bess Sayre Jacksonville and a line of Greek text continues with names Mrs Robert Wickham and daughter Athens Mrs Ruth Karns Athens RD Virginia Risley Athens Route 5 Phillip Stanger Athens Mildred Roush Racine Robert Pierre Athens Mrs William Herron and daughter Athens.
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Willis Haning
Athens
John H. Gross
Bess Sayre
Jacksonville
Robert Wickham
Ruth Karns
Virginia Risley
Phillip Stanger
Mildred Roush
Racine
Robert Pierre
William Herron
Christmas Eve Starts With Swim
A basement flood greeted a Palmer Hall furnace attendant at the corner of N Congress and W Washington Friday morning. He opened the cellar to find about four feet of water from a heater line break. City workers pumped the cellar dry. the building, used to house students, was the only one affected.
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Palmer Hall
N. Congress and
W. Washington
Denial of State Findings in Hazel Ridge Coal Co case
Don Shafer and Harry Matheny of Hazel Ridge Coal Co contested the State Industrial Commission findings and any debt to the state in Common Pleas Court. The state seeks 770.96 dollars after a commission hearing awarded that amount to Charles Linton of Nelsonville, a coal company employee.
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State Industrial Commission
Don Shafer
Harry Matheny
Hazel Ridge Coal Co
Common Pleas Court
Charles Linton
Nelsonville
Two Minor Accidents Reported by Police
Two minor traffic mishaps were reported by city police. Roy E. Hawk 23 Athens Route 4 collided at N Court and Carpenter with Earl D. McGee 22 Glouster Route 2 damaging a grill. Elza Daily 38 Athens Route 4 and John P. Price 21 19 Woodland Ave collided at Mill and College damaging fenders.
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Roy E. Hawk
Athens
Earl D. McGee
Glouster
N. Court and
Carpenter
Elza Daily
John P. Price
Woodland Ave
Mill and College
Real Estate Transfers Between Burton and Stover
George Burton and wife transfer to Denver C. Stover and wife land in Chauncey. Denver C. Stover and wife convey back to George Burton a 40 acre parcel in Athens Township.
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George Burton
Denver C. Stover
Chauncey
Athens Township
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Salvation Army
Gilbert Courtney
Sloo
Mayor's
Panione
Mill ST
Merry Christmas
Best
Kerr Hardware
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Southeastern
Ohio
Social Betterment Foundation
C. M. Slaughter
Union
Freedom
Merry
Dwight H. Rutherford Security Bank Building
Friends
Allis
Tele NE CO
Mullins Refrigeration
W. Union ST
Athens County Agents Association
Houck & van P Dyke, Inc
Donald K. Barstow
Seiple & Kempton
F. R. Murphy and Sons
Oscar Fulton Co
M. Gill
D. M. Goddard
Oakley Insurance Agency, Inc
Dwight H. Rutherford
Earl Matthews
C. B. Dillon
Ona
Lima
Ane
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