Community groups aid Athens County Christmas effort
Local organizations across Athens County and state entities mobilized food baskets toys clothing and gifts for underprivileged families and hospital patients. The county welfare department coordinated about 25 groups with roughly 150 families assisted and programs extended to the Athens State Hospital County Home and Children’s Home with turkey dinners and holiday activities planned.
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County Welfare Department
Idene Chesser
Athens County
Phyllis Ross
Denver White
Chesser
Elks Lodge
Athens
Salvation Army
The
Elks
Newsies
Glouster
Nelsonville
Athens State Hospital
County Home
Children’s Home
State Hospital
Athens State Hospital Auxiliary
Woman Seeks Share of Christmas Basket at Welfare Office
A needy woman called at county welfare headquarters Tuesday requesting a Christmas basket for her family. She had already received church aid and said she should not accept the basket unless she could share it with others. Welfare officials agreed and she left with the basket.
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County Welfare Headquarters
Births at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Herbert Gilkey welcomed a son Chauncey. Mr and Mrs Jerry Durst welcomed a son Athens. Mrs James A Cline The Plains. Brenda Grim Stewart Route 1. Mrs Robert Hawk Shade. Roy Royce Newell Athens Route 3. Mrs Harold Barnhart Athens Route 3. Earl Grant Athens Route 1. Benton Miller Athens Route 1. Dale Uldrich Athens. F Cliff Tribe Athens. Mrs Helen Wallace Athens Route 1. Samuel Rosser Athens. Mrs Larry Huguenin and son Athens.
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Herbert Gilkey
Chauncey
Jerry Durst
Athens
James A. Cline
the Plains
Brenda Grim
Stewart
Robert Hawk
Roy Royce Newell
Harold Barnhart
Earl Grant
Benton Miller
Dale Uldrich
F. Cliff Tribe
Helen Wallace
Samuel Rosser
Larry Huguenin
Two Ohio Professors to Present at AHA Meeting
Two Ohio University professors will deliver papers at the December 28 to 30 American Historical Association meeting in Philadelphia. Dr. Robert Gilmore, associate professor of history, will speak before the Conference of Latin American Historians, and Dr. Paul Murray Kendall, distinguished professor of English, before a sectional meeting of medieval scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
American Historical Association
Philadelphia
Robert Gilmore
Paul Murray Kendall
Heskett Divorce Granted Custody To Wife
Mary Edith Heskett receives divorce from Raymond Heskett on wilful absence and gross neglect. Court awards custody of two children to Mary Edith and orders support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Edith Heskett
Raymond Heskett
Snow Depth Eight Inches For White Christmas
A heavy eight inch fall that began early Monday remained on the ground for Christmas Eve. Temperatures held near freezing, with a high of 32 and a low of 26, as state highway crews reported plowed roads but slick spots persist.
Athens Meter Cards Deliver Christmas Greetings
Motorists with expired meters received Christmas greetings from Athens as meter maids and officers placed yellow Yule greeting cards on windshields for the sixth year. Police Chief J B Grogan said the cards, same size as fee slips, were first used last Thursday afternoon. The city withholds advance notice to avoid blocking meters and notes meter revenue as an important part of income.
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Athens
J. B. Grogan
Kiwanis Club Christmas Party At Ohio Fuel Gas
About 150 members and their families attended a Monday night Kiwanis Christmas party at Ohio Fuel Gas Co on Route 50E. The buffet dinner was followed by gifts for children.
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Kiwanis Club
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Route 50E
Traffic Fines Hit Two Drivers In City Court
Kenneth Baker Clifford 21 of 55 Elmwood Place failed to stop within the assured clear distance. He was fined 15 dollars and costs with 5 dollars of the fine suspended. Ezra Thomas Miller II 22 of Newark was fined 26 dollars for speeding by the State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Baker Clifford
Elmwood PI
Ezra Thomas Miller II
Newark
Bond Forfeitures In County Court
Gillian Kenneth Taylor of Stewart, 23, forfeits bond for conditional speed violations with the State Highway Patrol and pays $25. Carl Davis of Parkersburg West Virginia forfeits bond for speeding with the State Highway Patrol and pays $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillian Kenneth Taylor
Stewart
Carl Davis
Parkersburg
W. Va
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Richard M. Phillips
Ohio
Lynnwood
By Paul Efaw
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ruth Lyons Hospital Fund
Chil
Firestone Dealer
West Union Street
Athens, Ohio
Hristmas Greetings
Jennie We Key
Murphey
Insulfance Agency
Jessie W Ley
Katherine Hartley
Court
L. S
C. L. Colmer
Seccion G
Athens County Savings
W. Union St
Telephone LY
Dale E. Schultz
Sec
Farilies
Shannon
Geneva
Athens Appliance & TY CO
Reet
Kerr -Hunter Hardware CO
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