Sly Weatherman Promised Winter Yet Delivers Snow Saga
In a passage recalling 1808, Dr. Chauncey F. Perkins notes a Feb spring bloom then a May freeze that wiped out fruit across Southern Ohio. Settlers faced blazing cold, snow, and famine conditions as the season collapsed, with Perkins and his brother surviving trapped in a cabin near Athens. The piece muses on similar tricks by the current weatherman and the risk of a repeat winter.
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Dr. Perkins
Fiddler
Ohio
Ohio River
Jabex
Athena
Inez
Subpoenas Target Dodds Slaying Witnesses at Grand Jury
State attorneys file subpoenas for a special grand jury to hear evidence in the Eleanor E. Gifford murder case. Names include five Sugar Creek girls and others from Columbus Logan and Carbondale. Harry Z. Dodds Jr. is questioned. Grover E. Rawlins and a third suspect sought.
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Eleanor E. Gifford
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
Grover E. Rawlins
Common Pleas Court
Herbert S. Duffy
William C. Bryant
T. Vincent Martin
Sugar Creek
Miss Gifford
Dana Robinson
Vivian
Florence Burkhart
Marian Hillyer
Alice Thompson
Susan Weymer
Jean Tucker
Columbus
Ralph W. E. Terrell
Logan
Athens
Harry Tarsky
His Chance Is Missed At Athens Court
A 19 year old Glouster youth named Jesse Jennings was sentenced to the Mansfield Reformatory for one to five years after violating probation by stealing a car battery. The probation had been set 36 months earlier by the common pleas court following an Athens County grand jury indictment. Judge Roy D. Williams urged Jennings to behave in the state institution to win early parole as Deputy Sheriff Frank Joyce listened.
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John Lyons
Clarence Williams
Glouster
Common Pleas Court
Athens County Grand Jury
Jesse Jennings
Mansfield Reformatory
Jennings
Roy D. Williams
Williams
Frank Joyce
Frank
Birth at Athens as Reed couple welcomes son
Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Reed of Athens a son born at the sheltering arms hospital. Other notes list admissions including Mrs Frieda Wilson Athens for surgery C M Heaton Glouster for medical care and several patients from Athens Amesville Racine and Nelsonville.
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Lawrence Reed
Athens
Frieda Wilson
C. M. Heaton
Glouster
Charles Pifer
Frank Walton
Racine
Athens Enters Ohio Traffic Safety Contest
Athens enters the 1949 Ohio Traffic Safety contest for cities over 4000. Chief J B Grogan announced the entry. Athens earned honorable mentions in 1941 42 43 and 46. Reports must be submitted by March 15 1949 for 1948 winners to be announced.
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Athens
Ohio
J. B. Grogan
National Guard Unit Hears Talks and Sees Film
Athens National Guard unit held weekly instruction and drill in the Armory. Lieut. Earl F. Mathews and Corp. Langston spoke to about 50 ONG members and a training film was shown. Tests and efficiency examinations were given.
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Athens National Guard
Earl F. Mathews
Corp
Langston
ONG
AHS Seniors Top County on Scholastic Test Scores
Nine Athens High School seniors placed in the upper quarter of the 1949 General Scholarship Test for Athens County led by Frank Brown Dilley with 233 and Charles J. Krauskopf with 229. Other top county scorers included Flora Armbruster, Margaret Scott, Elton Baird, Barbara Hope, Paul Lehman, Carolyn Clark, Shirley Miller, and Mary Krieg tied for sixth. Honorable mentions were Mildred Peugh, Clarence Lindley Jones, and Ruth Nessley.
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Athens
Ohio
Athens County
Frank Brown Dilley
Charles J. Krauskopf
Flora Lucille Armbruster
Margaret Katherine Scott
Elton Jean Baird
Barbara Ann Hope
Paul Robert Lehman
Carolyn Jan Clark
Shirley Jean Miller
Mary Jane Krieg
Nelsonville
Mildred Eileen Peugh
Glouster
Clarence Lindley Jones
Ruth Carol Nessley
Athenns
Magazine Cites Mrs. Bing Work in Readers Digest
The February Readers Digest cites Mrs Lucia Bing formerly of Athens for aiding Cleveland’s old age program. The article notes her push for volunteers to use experience to improve life for the elderly. Mrs Bing, widow of Prof S H Bing, previously led Ohio social administration and lived on Roosevelt Drive in Athens.
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Lucia Bing
Athens
Cleveland
The
Christian Herald
Bing
Ohio Division of Social Administration
County Tax Warning Emphasizes March 15 Deadline
County treasurer Edward H. Lasch says tax payments are coming in but urges early payment to avoid last minute lines. The deadline is March 15 and mail payments must bear a postmark before that date. after that date, payments are late and subject to penalties. No extensions will be granted.
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Edward H. Lasch
Lasch
Chilling Wind Drives Pedestrians Indoors as Cold Snap Hits
A chilling 36 degree wind at 8 45 a m sent pedestrians indoors today while yesterday's high reached 51 and low 34. The Hocking River stood at 6 25 feet and continued to fall, with 0 19 inches of rainfall noted by weather observer Mrs C N France.
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Hocking
C. N. France
Campus Policeman Given Deputy Power
Burns Ervin, campus policeman, has been named a deputy sheriff of Athens County. The appointment, approved by Judge Roy D. Williams, grants police authority beyond campus limits.
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Burns Ervin
Athens County
Roy D. Williams
Ervin
Evener Change of Plea Averts Robbery Trial
Blaine Evener pleaded guilty to pocket picking, averting a planned robbery trial. His penitentiary sentence was postponed to Tuesday to allow family visits. Evener, from Athens, had earlier pleaded innocent before Judge Roy D. Williams.
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Evener
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
John Bolin
Athens
Harold Hawk
Hawk
Gail Sunningham
Ray Lloyd Yoho
Grand Oo
Evener Monay
Exams Slated For Liquor Store Posts In Eight Cities
Athens will join seven other cities in open competitive examinations for state civil service posts on March 26. Gertrude Jones and Carl W. Smith of the state commission announced exams for manager and clerk in state liquor stores with monthly salaries from 115 to 200 dollars. Eligible clerks may be used for cashier positions. Applications due by March 14 at the State Civil Service Commission or via local offices of Ohio State Employment Service. Exams also in Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo.
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Gertrude Jones
Carl W. Smith
State Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio State Employment Service
Division of Aid For
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Cleveland Man Paroled On Athens Sentence
An Associated Press list shows 105 paroles by the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission from the Mansfield reformatory. Frank Carro of Cleveland Athens County is paroled effective April 20 after a spring sentence for operating a vehicle without owner’s consent.
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Associated Press
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Frank Carro
Cleveland
Athens County
Carro
Athens
Mrs Mary Ann Spencer Dies at Chester Home
Mrs Mary Ann Spencer aged 78 died at her Chester home Thursday night after an extended illness. She was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Anthony Fell and lived most of her life in Chester. Funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Chester conducted by Rev Clarence Boyer with burial in Chester Cemetery.
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Chester
Mary Ann Spencer
Anthony Fell
Clarence Boyer
Chester Cemetery
Athens Man Returned From New Doan on Non-Support Charge
Dale Patton of Athens Route 2 was brought back to Athens Thursday afternoon by Sheriff George Bateman on a charge of non-support.
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Dale Patton
Athens Route 2
Athens
New Doan
George Bateman
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