Callers Set Record for Athens Long Distance Across Storm Delays
Athens Home Telephone Co reports about 1500 completed calls on Christmas Day despite cable trouble upstate and busy switchboards in other cities. Dr. C. L. Jones commends operators for efficient service as New York delays reached five to six hours due to heavy traffic. Ice storm in Lancaster disrupted circuits including Messenger teletype until about 7 a.m.
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Athens
Athens Home Telephone Co
C. L. Jones
New York
Jones
Lancaster
One Hurt In Monday Ice Crash Near Athens
Athens patrol reports Christmas period quiet with only one arrest. E J McCombs 24 of Nelsonville Route 1 skidded on ice on Route 691 and hit a tree near Route 33 junction, taken to Mount St Mary Hospital with a severe facial laceration needing 64 stitches.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
E. J. McCombs
Nelsonville
McCombs
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Thursday Rites Planned for Mrs. Cooley
Elizabeth Cooley aged 8 died Monday at her Athens Route 4 home after a month long illness. She was born near Pleasanton and lived 42 years on Route 4. She belonged to Clarks Chapel Methodist Church and was an honorary American Legion Auxiliary member. Surviving: daughter Goldie Konkoskia. sons John W. Ashton and Stanley M. Cooley. half-brother George Love. 16 grandchildren. 29 great-grandchildren. six great-great-grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1:30 pm at Clarks Chapel with Rev H L McDaniel. burial in adjoining cemetery. calling hours at Dowler-Se Funeral Home.
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Elizabeth Cooley
Athens Route 4
Pleasanton
Cooley
Route 4
Clarks Chapel Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Samuel P. Ashton
John J. Cooley
Maude Ashton
Grace McClanahan
Lulu Bobo
Hoyt Ashton
Goldie Konkoskia
John W. Ashton
Athens
Stanley M. Cooley
George Love
Clarks Chapel
H. L. McDaniel
Dowler- Se
Indictments Nolled for Two Men in Common Pleas Court
Forgery indictments against Ralph Dailey of Albany and Eugene Gunn of Rocky River were nolled. Dailey, indicted by the October 1950 grand jury, has since worked for a Cleveland firm and arranged restitution. Gunn, a former Ohio University student, has made restitution and entered the armed services.
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Common Pleas
Ralph Dailey
Albany
Dailey
Cleveland
Eugene Gunn
Rocky River
Ohio University
James F Shumaker
Gunn
Armed Services
Knights Set Meeting for Athens Commandery 15 Templar
Knights Templar of Athens Commandery 15 will meet at the County Home Friday at 7 p.m. for entertainment and refreshments for residents. Commander Howard J. Ong urged members to wear full uniform.
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Athens Commandery
Knights Templar
Howard J. Ong
Petition for Easement Filed Against Hutchisons in Court
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. seeks permanent easement across land of Henry and William Hutchison in New Marshfield Route 2 and a temporary easement of 878 acres for one year to construct a pipeline. The company cites a Federal Power Commission certificate of public convenience and necessity. A prior easement case with the same defendants was settled out of court.
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Common Pleas
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Henry
William Hutchison
New Marshfield
Federal Power Commission
Athens County
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
A list of names appears under Shelter ing Arms Hospital Notes with both dismissals and residents noted. The names include Mrs. Gertrude Welch and William Whited among others from Albany Athens Columbus Logan and Logan.
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Gertrude Welch
Albany
William Whited
Athens
Charles Pierce
Loring Tewksbury
Gloria Ann Harris
Marilyn Mitchell
Meredith Martin
Columbus
Bertha Murphy
Logan
Millfield Man Fined and Jailed for DWI
Harold L. McCune, 30, of Millfield, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He was fined 125 dollars and costs and sentenced to 10 days in the county jail after arraignment before Mayor W. P. Mickle.
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James F. Kennedy
Dayton
Kennedy
W. P. Mickle
James H. Shrigley
Pataskala
Chauncey
Charles Wadsley
Lester D. Cooper
Lancaster
Harold L. McCune
Millfield
Wee eCune
Columbus Man Bound to Jury on Non Support Charge
Kenneth Frost, 38, pleaded innocent to a non support affidavit in Columbus. He was bound to the grand jury by May or W. P. Mickle and released after posting a $150 bond.
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Columbus
W. P. Mickle
Kenneth Frost
Deputies Aid Tax Return Filing in Five Towns
Deputies from the Athens Internal Revenue Office will visit five towns to help taxpayers file income tax returns. The schedule covers Logan Nelsonville Middleport Pomeroy and Gallipolis with deputies Blosser Marks Bailey and others assisting from Jan 7 to Jan 16. Taxpayers must file between Jan 1 and March 15 1952 and bring income records prior year return and farming or business forms.
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Athens
Internal Revenue Office
Herbert J. Kelly
Kelly
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Columbus
Ohio
Logan
George Blosser
Jesse Marks
Nelsonville
Blosser
Marks
Middleport
Howard Bailey
Pomeroy
Bailey
Gallipolis
Family heads to Marietta after ambulance crash
Mr and Mrs Willard Simon ton and daughter Ann travel to Marietta for treatment and examination after an ambulance accident Friday that also injured Will H Woolley Athens funeral director. Woolley remained in very poor condition Monday at St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Willard Simonton
Ann
Marietta
Will H. Woolley
Athens
Mr. Woolley
St. Josephs Hospital
Parkersburg
W.va
Local Marriage Licenses Filed In Nelsonville And Athens
Oscar Ramsey age 21 and Dorothy Morrison 23 both of Nelsonville reported. Eugene Workman 35 of Athens and Mary Ellen Moorehead 27 of Nelsonville listed. Robin Matthews 21 and Cherie Munn 19 both of Athens. Robert Hart 22 of Athens County and Dora Ann Hawk 23 of Hebbardsville recorded.
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Oscar Ramsey
Dorothy Morrison
Nelsonville
Eugene Workman
Athens
Mary Ellen Moorehead
Robin Matthews
Cherie Munn
Robert T. Hart
Athens County
Dora Ann Hawk
Hebbardsville
Portland Resident Dies at 96 in Christmas Day Death
Mrs. Susan Price aged 96 of Portland died Christmas Day at 9 a.m. in a Charleston convalescent home. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Portland Methodist Church.
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Portland
Susan Price
Charleston
Cold Rain Marks Athens Christmas Weather
A cold all day rain drenched Athens for Christmas. Temperatures ranged from a high near 42 to a low around 22, with earlier readings at 38 and 15. The low last night was 30 degrees and by 9 a.m. Wednesday the temperature remained steady.
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Athens
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William Bricker
Ann McClain
Bernice Winning
Gerald E. Taylor
Trimble
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Conn
Ames-Bern High School
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Navy
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Chesterhill, Ohio
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Kerr Hardware
S. Court St
Allal
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Playtex
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