City Office Audit Reveals Minor Findings and Payroll Concerns
An audit by state official R B Sullivan covers 17 months ending April 30 1957 noting payroll irregularities where workers appear on multiple department payrolls. It calls for council investigation and payroll reforms. The report also critiques unauthorized payments and suggests better record keeping and policy clarity for parking towing and tax allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Sullivan
State Auditor’s Office
Water Department
Sewer Department
Sewer Revenue Fund
Two Alarms Answered in Athens Fire Incidents
Athens firefighters responded to two alarms on Wednesday. The first call at 5 19 p m reported a fire at 65 Avon Place owned by Robert Hawk with $25 loss. insulation and siding on the north gable burned and the home was unoccupied. The second call at 7 05 p m involved the John Bergsagel residence at 111 West State Street due to chimney sparks. no loss was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Robert Hawk
Avon Place
Charles Dalton
John Bergsagel
W. State St
ShelterinG Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Richard Rypma of Athens greet a son. Mr and Mrs William Musser and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Skinner Jr of Amesville welcome a son. Admitted include Mrs Frank Woods Athens Route 1 Alma Rose Athens Route Frank Bailey Albany Veronica Baker Athens Mary Ward Athens Route 1. Dismissed include Mrs Kenneth Smart Athens Route 5 Mrs Mary A McGee Glouster Harrison Carter Albany Robert Sheridan Athens Mrs Alonzo Gambill Athens Route 1 and son Mrs Fred Elswick Athens Route 4 Mrs Wendell Fryer Jr Athens and daughter John Wyckoff Athens William Pancake Athens Larry Casteel Athens Route 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rypma
Athens
William Musser
Lawrence Skinner, Jr
Amesville
Frank Bailey
Albany
Veronica Baker
Mary Ward
Kenneth Smart
Mary A. McGee
Glouster
Harrison Carter
Robert Sheridan
Alonzo Gambill
Fred Elswick
Wendell Fryer, Jr
John Wyckoff
William Pancake
Larry Casteel
Kenneth W Cone Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in Athens
Kenneth W Cone aged 26 of Athens Route 2 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a reckless driving charge filed by city police on Friday. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth W. Cone
Athens
Mrs Swett of Colonial Apartments Dies in Athens
Victoria Swett 83 of Colonial Apartments died Thursday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of ill health. Born in Meigs County she was daughter of James I. and Mary Nichols. She lived in Albany Logan and Athens where she joined First Presbyterian Church and Order of Eastern Star. Survived by daughter Mrs Fred Carpenter son Dr Chester P. Swett four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 1 30 p m Dowler Ferguson Hughes Burial Hebardville. Flowers omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Swett
Colonial Apts
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Meigs County
James I
Mary Nichols
Albany
G. D. Swett
Logan
Athens
First Presbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Swett
Fred Carpenter
Chester P. Swett
Lancaster
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
Roger M. Rice
Hebardville
Christmas Meter Notices Hit Athens Streets
The Athens Police Department issued holiday themed parking meter violation notices last week. Violators found with expired meters received a card reading Merry Christmas from the City of Athens and a reminder to pay next time.
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Athens
P. S
Baby’s Burial Rites Held for Three Month Old Terry Thompson
Burial services were held in Columbus for three month old Terry Nathan Thompson who died Christmas Day at Children’s Hospital Columbus where he had been since birth. He was the son of Rev and Mrs Clair Thompson Athens Route 4. He is survived by sister Connie Ann brother Rex and grandparents Mrs EE Thompson Messillon and Mr and Mrs George Nestra Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Terry Nathan Thompson
Children’s Hospital
Clair Thompson
Athens
Two Fines Levied on Williams for Hitch Hiking and Probation Shakeup
Robert Williams 21 of 18 Fern Street pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to hitch hiking a State Highway Patrol charge and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. His probationary three month sentence on a resisting arrest charge was revoked and the 25 dollar fine was imposed but suspended. The case costs had already been paid.
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Robert Williams
Fern St
Marietta man denied on forged check charges
A Marietta man Robert Lee Moughler pleaded innocent Friday to two counts of issuing forged checks and an earlier charge of using a false name to obtain a duplicate chauffeur license. He was held on 500 bond on each charge for a grand jury date. He had cashed a $2 check on December 23 at the Hotel Berry and a $29.72 check at Jack's Shoe Store, both drawn on Bank of Athens and signed James I Barnes. Earlier he received a 100 fine and three month jail term for possessing a Barnes name license.
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Marietta
Robert Lee Moughler
Berry
Jack
Bank of Athens
James I. Barnes
Moughter
Barnes
Athens
Weather notes from Athens and rural areas
The report shows 11 am temperature in Athens at 27 with a low of 9. Christmas Eve snow measured half an inch. Rural Hamley Run recorded a low of five after recent extremes of 29 and 42, with 18 and 30 for the prior days.
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Mercury
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Athens
Hamley Run
One Driver Fined and Other Denies Count in DWI Arraignment
A driver pleaded guilty and another innocent when arraigned in Municipal Court on driving while intoxicated charges. C. Lloyd White, 48, of McConnelsville, faced a typical $125 fine with costs plus three days and three months license suspension. Milburn V. Yates, 48, of Columbus, pleaded innocent and was held under a $350 bond for next Wednesday’s hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lloyd White
McConnelsville
Milburn
Nine Traffic Crashes Reported By Patrol
A Christmas Eve period of icy, snow covered highways caused nine collisions over two days in the Athens area. No fatalities. four hurt and one hospitalized. The page lists drivers and outcomes from routes 33 75 682 and nearby roads near Athens and Nelsonville with citations and fines.
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State Highway Patrol
Hocking Valley Hospital
Leroy Vickrey
New Straitsville
Navy
Route 75
Hocking County
Route
Athens-Hocking County
Arthur Stower
Carbondale
Hotel Bolton
Athens
Nine Athens Countians Complete Army Basic Training in Texas
Nine Athens Countians including seven Athens High School graduates finished eight weeks of basic combat training with the 2nd Armored Division at Ft. Hood Texas. Named are Pvt Alan L McGrath Pvt James J Sweeney III Pvt R Leslie Cornwell and others from local high school classes of 1955 1957 and 1958 along with Chauncey-Dover and Ames-Bern high school graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Billy J. Jones
Everett M. Jones
Morris Ave
Donald B. Shafer
Thearle W. Shafer
Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Danny W. Kasler
Delbert W. Kasler
Trimble Route 1
Ames-Bern High
Trimble Resident Samuel McDaniel Dies After Illness
Samuel McDaniel 79 of Trimble died Friday at noon in an Athens hospital after 14 years of illness. He was a retired coal miner and lived in Trimble for over 50 years. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Wiley Funeral Home of Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Samuel McDaniel
Trimble
Athens
Wiley Funeral Home
Four Are Fined On Intoxication Counts
Four people arraigned in Municipal Court on city police charges of intoxication after Christmas celebrations were fined $25 plus costs on guilty pleas. Named defendants are Josephine White of Athens, Robert L. Smith of Athens Route 4, Joseph R. Ely of Mineral, and repeat offender Charles H. Sheppard of Mineral who received $50 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine White
Athens
Robert L. Smith
Joseph R. Ely
Mineral
Charles H. Sheppard
Army Pair Listed With Unemployment in Detour Notice
Darrell Thomas Dexter 21 of New Plymouth Route 1 serving in the U S Army and Janice Marie Koon 19 of Nelsonville are both listed as unemployed in the latest locality notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Thomas Dexter
New Plymouth
U. S. Army
Janice Marie Koon
Nelsonville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roger Jones Jr
Recreation Department
Recreation Commission
Safety Service
Frances S. Grogan
F. H. Brewer Co
General Fund
Storm Sewer Fund
General Bond
Frank Woods
Alma Rose
Decker's
Chauncey, Ohio
Mrs. Swett
Baby
Ramen S. Rollerbowl
Ting
Stower
Helen Armstrong
Mishawaka
Ind
Robin Armstrong
Lemont McKnight
Harold
Buchert
Piketon
Hiss
Barbara Cullison
the Plains
Francis Graham
John Barnhart
Graham
Donnie Cline
Darrell Gastin
Haydenville
Charles Cain
Gustin
Tion
Cain
Francis Myers
Harold Shover
James Gibbs
Dayton
Paul Meeks
Meeks
Elliottville Road
Willard Dewey
Clarence Blackford, Jr
Dewey
Athens Messenger
Gabardine
Well
Walter Cornwell
Peach Ridge
Roger Risch
John W. Risch
Larry L. Bishop
William C. Bishop
Jack L. Beverage
Jack Beverage
van Vorhes St
AHS
Ladies’ Dusters
Sale Boys
Fernap
Bargain
Lal Lae
Quick's
Batiste
Shoe Dept
Pecia
Avondale
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