1948 Athens County employment totals released
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports 1948 Athens County employment averaged 6341 people across 377 employers with a total payroll of 14 708 010 dollars. Increases occurred in contract construction, transport and utilities, manufacturing, and wholesale retail, while mining declined. Average weekly wages rose from 42.13 to 44.61 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
H. H. Sands
Sands
Mineral resident Hadley Ely dies at 66
Hadley W. Ely, 66, a Mineral resident for life, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home Tuesday evening. He worked 30 years for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad before retiring two years ago and belonged to the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way, New Marshfield Grange, and Mineral Methodist Church. Surviving: wife Mary. son Orland of Athens. daughters Marjorie Goodwin and Idene Ely of Newark. two grandchildren Ronald Lane and George K. Ely, both of Mineral. sister Henrietta Penrod of Barberton. brother Pearl of Athens Route 2. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Mineral Methodist Church, Rev. Carroll Chesser, burial at New Marshfield. Friends may call after Thursday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley W. Ely
Mineral
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ely
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
New Marshfield Grange
Mineral Methodist Church
Mary
Orland
Athens
Marjorie Goodwin
Idene Ely
Newark
Ronald Lane
George K. Ely
Henrietta Penrod
Barberton
Pearl
Carroll Chesser
New Marshfield
Mineral Residence
Millfield Man Sigmond Kozma Dies at 71
Sigmond Kozma aged 71 died at his Millfield home after several years illness. Born in Hungary he came to the U S in 1903 and was a retired coal miner. He is survived by his wife Julia six sons and eight grandchildren with services planned after calls at his Millfield home.
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Millfield
Sigmond Kozma
Hungary
United States
Julia
Sigmond, Jr
Bert
Alex
Calmen
Carl
Julius
Chico
Calif
Michael Bardi
Wesley Hayes
Sophia Kozma
Columbus
Lewis
Statten Island
N. Y
New Cubmaster Takes Pack 56 Post
William Trout became cub master of Pack 56 at a Christmas party held at the First Methodist Church. Louis Ruman, retiring cub master since 1948, introduced him. Cubs trimmed a home decorated tree and held a gift exchange.
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William Trout
Cub Pack 56
First Methodist Church
Louis Ruman
Cubmaster
Andrew Brozak Fined in Assault and Battery Case
Andrew Brozak paid a $5 fine and costs after arraignment before Mayor W. P. Mickle on an assault and battery charge. A 20 day jail sentence was suspended. The charge was filed by Brozak's wife Mary.
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Andrew Brozak
Stewart Route 1
W. P. Mickle
Brozak
Mary
Willard Daft Granted Divorce From Edna Daft
Willard Daft was granted a divorce from Edna Daft in common pleas court. The petition alleged gross neglect and wilful absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Daft
Edna Daft
Common Pleas
North Carolina driver fined for truck overloading
Gordon McLamb 32 of Winston Salem North Carolina pleaded guilty to overloading his truck in Belpre. He was fined 25 dollars and costs by Mayor Ralph Hayes after his arrest by Athens post patrolmen on Route 7 near Belpre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Ralph Hayes
Belpre
Gordon McLamb 32
Winston-Salem
N. C
Athens Post
Stores List Gift Exchange Deadline
Athens merchants set a deadline for gift exchanges by Saturday December 31 with no cash refunds. Stores close at 6 pm on New Year Eve and remain closed Monday for the holiday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Mrs. Weber Dies at Keno in Ohio Community
Anna Weber 67 died at her Keno home. Survived by husband Jacob. children Marcia Keller Hilda Weber Floyd. four sisters three brothers and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p.m. in Keno Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Zornes
Clendenin
W. Va
Garrett Worthen
Canton
Jeanette
Roger Keiler
Keno
Keno Christian Church
Births Admits and Discharges At Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Jack Miller Huntington W V welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Joseph Sharp Gloucester a son. Admitted Belle Smith Athens Route 2 major surgery Clara Tribe Athens major surgery Lois Wren Athens minor Lucy Root Athens minor Doughty Gloucester medical. Dismissed Emmett L McDonald and daughter Nelsonville Reuben Gustafson Athens Stella Hamilton Amesville Richard Scott Athens Earl Shuster Zanesville Mrs W H Cooper Athens. Cars Damaged Two cars sustained minor damage Tuesday afternoon when they collided in front of the Athens post office. Ernest McGraner 58 188 Union St and Basil Jeffers Shade driven the cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Smith
Athens
Clara Tribe
Lois Wren
Lucy Root
A Doughty
Glouster
Emmett L. McDonald
Nelsonville
Reuben Gustafson
Stella Hamilton
Amesville
Richard Scott
Earl Shuster
Zanesville
W. H. Cooper
Ernest McGraner
Union St
Basil Jeffers
Shade
New Cephus Damage Suit Is Filed by Descendants
Descendants of Martha Cephus renew a $12,500 damage suit against Valley Greyhound Co in common pleas court claiming injuries from a 1946 bus accident contributed to her death at 34. The original $36,000 suit, decided for the company in 1949, was appealed and later affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cephus
Valley Greyhound Co
Common Pleas
Martha Cephus
Melinda Cephus
Sharpsburg
Miss Cephus
Columbus
Mother Sentenced In Abandoning Three Children In Glouster
Delores Stephenson of Glouster Route 3 was sentenced to six months in the Marysville Reformatory after pleading guilty to abandoning her three children. Deputy Marie Pincelli arrested her over the weekend. Patrick Crawford of Glouster was given six months in county jail with sentence suspended on probation for partial back support payments totaling 12.50 weekly plus 5 weekly for back dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Marysville Reformatory
John F. Newcomb
Delores Stephenson
Marie Pincelli
Patrick Crawford
Crawford
Frosty morning as temperatures drop to 34 degrees
A crisp morning greeted residents with a 34 degree low after a 24 hour swing from 58 to 24, the largest spread since November 14. By 9:40 am the temperature rose to 29 and rainfall totaled .05 inches. The Hocking River rose to 3.8 feet.
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C. N. France
Hocking
OU Graduate Killed In Auto Accident
George Marshall, a June 1949 graduate of Ohio University and Fairport Harbor resident, died in a Christmas weekend automobile crash. Telegram to Mrs. Stanley Nida said he roomed there for two years. He was principal of a Tennessee school. Funeral services were held Tuesday.
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George Marshall
Ohio University
Fairport Harbor
Stanley Nida
Marshall
Tennessee
Speeding fine levied on Charles Brown in Jane Lew
Charles Lester Brown, 27, of Jane Lew West Virginia, was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor W P Mickle after pleading guilty to speeding. Brown was arrested by city police for traveling fifty five miles per hour on East State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speeder
Charles Lester Brown
Jane Lew
W. Va
W. P. Mickle
As Brown
E. State St
Local Union 270 to Meet Saturday at Hall
Local Union 270 of the United Mine Workers of America will convene Saturday at 1 p.m. at their hall here. President Floyd Bridge announced the meeting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coonville
United Mine Workers of America
Floyd Bridge
Prayer Band to Meet at Graham Chapel
Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Hill with Opel Mae Hawk leading the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Chapel
Charles Hill
Opel Mae Hawk
Bound To Grand Jury In Area Cases
Three men were bound over to the grand jury after actions in York Township and Glouster courts. John Lynch of Athens pled innocent to destruction of property trespassing and disturbing the peace over alleged fence removal to build a driveway and a threatened disturbance. Lynch posted 500 dollars bond. Pearl Wright of Glouster pled innocent to uttering menacing threats against Thomas Harty and his son Alvin, posting 100 dollars bond. During the barroom fight Wright alleged Alvin Hardy struck him with a table leg. Hardy had pleaded innocent to assault and battery and posted 100 dollars bond.
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York Township
Glouster
John Lynch
Athens
Floyd Brown
Harriet Monks
Nelsonville
Monks
Lynch
Thomas Williams
Pearl Wright
Thomas Harty
Alvin
Wright
Hardys
Alvin Hardy
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B.F. Goodrich
W. State
BF Goodricht
Coe
Motor Sales
Athens, Ohio
Stratton
Chrysler-Plymouth Sales & Service
Frank Riegel
Medina
Farm Bureau Insurance
Jackson
Riegel
Ohio
Court
State
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jack Miller
Huntington
Joseph Sharp
Cephas
Fogle and Fogle
Marietta
Charles D. Fogle
Woolley, Rowland and Bridgewater
Marysville
Member
Federal Reserve System
THE
Athens National Bank
Chola
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
America
Roy E. Hawk
Eas
Chevrolet
A. E
Dort” Daugherty
Cor. Stimson
Palmer St
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