United Appeals Hope Seen for Attaining Current Campaign Goal
Athens United Appeals held its second annual meeting Thursday night. JH Roberts announced Jack Moore will head next fall's fund drive. Frank M. Battlorff reported total pledges at 32,953.90 with a goal of 34,700. Campaign breakdown listed contributions from faculty and local organizations. Directors elected and terms set. Hungarian relief funds allocated.
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Athens
United Appeals
JH. Roberts
Jack Moore
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Moore
United
Portsmouth
Frank M. Battlorff
Ohio University
Drive
Athens State Hospital
Hou
Paul Tipton
M. T.” Vermillion
George’ Drach
Fred H. Sands
Harper C. Pendry
Sol Rosenberg
Emagene Davis
George Rutkosfie
Arthur Kasler
John W Bolin
Fred E. Williams
Elmo Scott
James McMullen
Roberts
Ratdorff
E. J. Taylor
Boy Scouts
Gertrude Linnenbruegge
Girl Scouts
Walter Cornwell
YMCA
Athens Area May Calendar and Scout District Notes
Review of May events in Athens and vicinity includes deaths, vaccinations, awards, and elections. Notable items: May 1 Charles E. Butts dies. May 2 polio vaccine. May 7 Masons receive 50 year medals. incumbents renominated in primaries. May 21 blood drive and church ground breaking. May 28 water bond approved. May 31 wettest May in 23 years. Also district Boy Scout notes and officer elections.
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Charles E. Butts
Athens
Ohio
Republican Executive Committee
Harry Richards
Central
Masons
Masonic Temple
Strouds
GOP
Frost
William C. Wright
Parkersburg
First Methodist Church
Athens Milk Sales, Inc
Charles W. Ramseth
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Lo ‘Tan
American Legion
Nelsonville
Ramseth
First Presbyterian Church
Edward Cole
Truck-Car Drivers Fined In Court
Chorge P Ashcraft of Guysville was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to two State Highway Patrol charges from an Albany area accident on Route 680. Melinda Clark, eight, was slightly injured when Ashcraft collided with a stalled truck. Ashcraft received fines for failure to stop within the assured clear distance and for driving without a license, with suspensions and six months probation. Edwin D Clark of Albany, 29, father of Melinda, was fined 50 dollars and costs for failing to display warning devices on a disabled vehicle. also placed on six months probation.
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Chorge
P_ Ashcraft
Guysville
Ashcraft
Albany
Melinda Clark
Ashstaft
Edwin D. Clark
Melinda
Clark
Council OKs Fund Transfer Amid Year End Moves
The council met Thursday evening in the last session of the year to transfer funds among city accounts. Florence Davis, auditor, said transfers cover current debts and clear the 1957 budget, including $1414 moved from general fund salaries to the health fund and an unspecified amount from waterworks to the electric fund to cover an underestimation in the electric bill.
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Spe
Ars
Florence Davis
General Fund
Health Fund
Waterworks Fund
Electric Fund
Former Resident Injured in Bucyrus Tractor Accident
Lucy Barnhart of Athens and her two sons Michael and David, aged 10 and 9, were injured in a tractor accident near Bucyrus. They were released to their Bucyrus Route 1 home. The driver cited for driving after dark without lights. Cold rain and record temperatures noted in Hamley Run area.
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Ray Games
Lucy Barnhart
Athens
Michael
David
Bucyrus
James
Older Folks Prevail In Marriage Licenses
Unofficial figures show 217 applicants for marriage licenses last month with ages spanning from 16 to 78. The oldest prospective bridegroom was 78, brides ages included 73 and 68, while the youngest groom was 8 and bride 16. Average ages were 33 for grooms and 29 for brides, with nine brides and two brides-to-be unemployed or students. Occupations among male applicants ranged from retired, laborer, machinist, punch press operator, bricklayer, minister, to Post Office clerk and farmer, reflecting a wide array of workers.
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Bee
Ohio University
Menc
County Prosecutor Office Aide Change Named
C K Berry announced a year end personnel shift with Carolyn Withers of New Marshfield taking clerk and trustee duties in court funds on January 1. She succeeds Virginia McBee who resigns, with alimony and support payments redirected to Miss Withers. Incoming prosecutor Harold Rose approves the appointment, effective January 7.
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C. K. Berry
Carolyn, Withers
New Marshfield
Berry
Miss Withers
Virginia McBee
Miss McBee
Harold Rose
Porter Dies in Columbus Resident of The Plains
Orla C Porter a former resident of The Plains died unexpectedly Thursday night at his home in Columbus 113 McMillan A Porter retired had moved to Columbus years ago Survivors include his wife Blanche and a brother Harry of The Plains Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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C. Porter
City Hall and Courthouse Closings Set for New Year
City Hall will close Monday and Tuesday for the New Year holiday per Mayor Peter B. Seel. The courthouse closes Tuesday but remains open Monday in observance of the holiday.
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Peter B. Seel
Births and admissions at Shelter House notes
Mr and Mrs Darius Michael from The Plains welcome a daughter. Admitted to shelter hospital are John Kaszonyi Millfield Mrs Della West Athens George Mosier Chesterhill Joe Kertesz Millfield Lawrence Grubb Amesville Ellis Perry Carpenter Dianne Wills Athens Paul Wills Athens Dismissed are Mrs Ray Dawson Athens Mrs William Minister Athens and her son Marguerite Thompson Athens Route 3.
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Ary Hospital
Darius Michael
He Plains
John Kaszonyi
Millfield
Della West
Athens
George Mosier
Chesterhill
Joe Kertesz
Marriage Licenses and Recovery Order in Glouster Case
Marriage licenses issued for Elza Adams and Lucinda Simms of Parkersburg and Marshfield. Larry Householder and Edith Anderson of Jacksonville. Donald Christopher and Maureen Kelley. Bennie Baughman and Joanne McKnight. In Glouster, Glouster Community Bank wins a cognovit recovery order for $297 from Howard Hill Jr after waived service and debt confession on a promissory note.
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Elza Adams
Parkersburg
Lucinda E. Simms
Marshfield
Larry. Householder
Edith Anderson
Jackonville
Donald A. Christopher
Columbus
Maureen Kelley
Nelsonville
Bennie Baughman
Athens
Joanne McKnight
Stewart
Glouster Community Bank
Howard Hill, Jr
Glouster Route 2
Common Pleas Court
Fatal Crash Driver Given Stiff Sentence
George D. Gilkey a 61 year old from Athens Route 2 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while under revocation of license. He received $100 fine and costs and two days jail. His four month old daughter Sherry died from a fractured skull after a collision with a bridge abutment.
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George D. Gilkey
Athens
Gilkey
Sherry
Margaret Gilkey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Athens’ Post Office
S. Congress St
Begorra
Common Pleas Court
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Vicinity
Morgantown
Athens County
Mechanicsburg
Ohio Kiwanis
Athens Club
Paul Brown
C. E. Handley
J. Louis
Central Committee
Donald Bennett
Hocking Valley Dairymen Coop
Red Cross
Council
Elmer Jones
Logan
Donnie Lee Forester
Wockbridge
Francis Myers
Jed
Taxe
Athens High School
Mercury
Hamley Run
Orla C. Porter
Diesolumbus
ED van Dyke
Buckeye
Court St
E. E. Byrne
Keller and Weltner Monument CO
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
Federal Home Loan Bank
Goodyear
W. Union
Beasley & Mathews
FORD
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