Plains Residents Voice Complaints Over Phone Service
The Plains subscribers criticize General Telephone Co. service after emergency calls fail to reach the fire department and ambulance. Robert Keatley pledges tests and new lines while noting January snow caused problems, and promises progress to reduce strain on party lines.
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Plains
General Telephone Co
the Plains
Robert Keatley
General Telephone District
The
Keatley
Mons
Charles McAllister
Wake Up Your Peristalsis And Be Your Smiling Best
An old style advertisement promotes Carter's Pills claiming to wake up peristalsis and relieve irregularity. It touts temporary relief by stimulating lower tract muscles and promises a return to a smiling best. It notes a price of 49 cents and appeals to millions of satisfied users.
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Carter
Donate Blood Drive Continues in Athens County
The second and final day of the Athens blood drive at the Church of the Good Shepherd, co-sponsored by the Athens County Red Cross and Lincoln Hall, set a 460 pint goal for the year. On Tuesday 97 people registered and 84 pints were collected. several donors became one gallon donors. Volunteers and staff listed include doctors Allen Baldwin and Elizabeth Hoover, nurses and aides, canteen staff, and numerous volunteers including Mrs. Burton DeVean as blood bank chair.
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Athens
Church of the Good Shepherd
Athens County Red Cross
Lincoln Hall
John Ryan
David Wallace
Martha Semmens
Stephen Blatt
Allen Baldwin
Elizabeth Hoover
Eugene Amelsky
Joseph Reeves
Walter Johnson
Stanley Licht
George Kennedy
William Wilson
Donald Pearl
William Kuhre
Howard Romine
Elza Wyatt
Ray Knudson
Howard Cox
W. J. Trautwein
H. A. McCaskill
Donald Clippinger
R. H. Marquis
Carl Shermer
Charles Minelli
Mary Stalder
Herbert Cox
Donald Barrett
Earl Bolin
Vernon Shaw
Roy Wichterman
Motor Corps
Edward Stone
William Huntsman
Walter Wright
Paul Wagner
Blood Bank Volunteers
Burton DeVean
Mobil
Tom Tuthill
Joel Bitters
Dale Verlinger
Squad Answers Two Emergency Runs
The Athens fire department emergency squad was called on two runs Monday night and transported two men to Shelter ing Arms Hospital. Alfred Carr, 86, of Richland Ave., was ill at 9:02 p.m. John McComb, 37, of Stroud's Run Road, became ill at 9:41 p.m. McComb, Ohio University hockey coach, was released from the hospital today.
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Athens Fire Department
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Alfred Carr
Richland Ave
John McComb
Stroud’s Run Road
McComb
Ohio University
OU Post Financial Woes Base
Ohio University's The Post faces financial difficulties with potential cessation after the February 20 edition. A fundraising drive has raised about 3,600 toward a 17,000 need, with a university pledge to cover remaining shortfall of 7,000 to 8,000 to keep the paper publishing.
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OU Post Financial
the Post
Post
James Whalen
The
University
Print Firm President Speaks at Rotary on Athens Development
John Good, president of Law Head Press in Athens, addressed the Rotary Club on Athens growth. He cited about 45 million planned for highway construction including the Athens bypass, and highlighted Sheltering Arms Hospital, Hocking flood control, and the proposed 1 million Ohio University Airport. He stressed Ohio University’s role in the area’s future.
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John Good
Lawhead Press
Athens
Rotary Club
Hocking
Ohio University
Good Noted
Fires Hit Train Shed and Farm in Athens
Athens firemen answered two alarms on Monday. A spark from a Baltimore and Ohio engine ignited a canvass canopy between two railroad cars at the W Union Street depot. loss estimated at 150 dollars. A grass fire on First Street by the cemetery destroyed an old shed. Richland Area units fought a smoldering trough fire at Francis Conrath farm Route 33 near Athens. Cause undetermined.
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Athens
Baltimore and Ohio
W. Union Street
First Street
U. W. State Street
Richland Area
Francis Conrath
Route 33
Deaf Man Perfects Midget Transistor Hearing Aid
An extremely small hearing aid using a tiny energized unit has been perfected by a hard of hearing man who has suffered hearing loss for over a decade. Readers are invited to write A. W. Newell at 2616 W 8th St, Erie, Pa for full information at no cost or obligation.
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A. W. Newell
8Th St
Erie
Snow Eases Threat of Forest Flames in Ohio
Snow spread across Southeast Ohio today, stopping a string of wildfires. State and federal crews had fought 18 fires in three days, with six burning over 59 acres Monday, and a major fire in Meigs County’s Racine area noted separately as the snow halted the threat. Wayne National Forest crews had two fires ongoing.
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Ohio
Wayne National Forest
Ohio Division of Forestry
Racine
Meigs County
Wayne Forest
Births and fires mark Sheltering Arms notes
Mr and Mrs Milton Roberts of Millfield welcomed a son and several Athens residents were named in birth notices. Major fires covered 40 acres in Fairfield, 12 in Vinton, 2.5 in York Two, with Wayne crews fighting blazes near Nelsonville and Buchtel. In three days about 50 area fires were reported amid dry winds and a lack of rain since Feb 7. Athens police reported a minor accident on E Union Street with Edward Kern backing into Fred Hart’s vehicle. Kern charged with improper backing.
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Division of Forestry
Fairfield County
Vinton County
York
Athens County
Wayne
Route 33
Nelsonville
Buchtel
Chillicothe
Wayne Forest
Murray City
Hemlock
Athens
E. Union Street
Edward Kern
Central Ave
Baker Center
Fred Hart
Old Coach Road
Kern
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