Athens News Summary of July 1952 Events
The Messenger reports mid year items in Athens and vicinity. July 1 death investigation continues for OU instructor Tom Wingfield and pre-draft exams for eighteen county men. July 3 county men drafted into the Army. July 5 death of William Earl Beckley, 51, partner in Beckley and Sons. July 7 Patrol records ten drivers arrested and two accidents over the Fourth. July 9 school board approves 1953 budget. July 10 low 50s and fog. July 12 tractor accident kills 53 year old Raymond Parsons. July 13 heat rises to 93. July 14 mine theft arrest near Glouster and bulldozer disrupts gas service west of Athens.
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Don F. Thomann
Knoxville
Athens High School
William Earl Beckley
J. L. Beckley and Sons
State Highway Patrol
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Joe) Parsons
Athens County
Athens
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Ohio Wildlife and Forestry Radio System
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Columbus
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Chauncey
Cpl
Collitt Jett
Shade
West Virginia
Athens-Washington County
Ed Lasch
City Council
Kentucky Construction Company
East End
Chauncey Village
Mansfield
Bern Township
Nolan Francis Hoyd
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grosvenor Crossing
A. A. Baldwin
Joseph Ferguson
Bette Pincelli
Harvey B. Jordan
American Steel and Wire Co
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Frank J. Lausche
Athens State Hospital
Lodi Township
Herman Howard
Guysville
Common Pleas Court
Fred H. Heck
Carthage- Troy
Zanesville
Athens School
Marysville Reformatory
Wilkesville
Richland Ave
Olays
Ohio Penitentiary
Shade C!ose
Elden Loomis
McLeish
David E. Reese
Dayton
Berry Hotel Co
Common Pleas
John Bricker
Safe New Year's noted in tri county patrol report
The State Highway Patrol reported a safe New Year in the Athens post area with only one accident investigated and six drivers convicted. A two car crash on Route 33 near Nelsonville involved Ralph Brandon and John Bescoe. Bescoe cited for failure to stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
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Tri-County
Athens Post
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Ralph Brandon
Logan
John Bescoe
Brandon
David John David
Detroit
Mich
Peter B. Seel
George A. Prunity
Miami
Fla
Coalville
John Aiken
Clarence W. Lomax
McArthur
Charles Wadley
Friend
Charles Burgess
Columbus
Welfare Office Pay Increases Are Approved
County welfare department salary raises approved at 1952 commission meeting with funding from federal and state sources. Caseworkers Dent Linscott Person Steenrod rise from 220 to 252 dollars monthly. clerks Cullums Packard Reeves from 200 to 210 and 168 to 176. director White 380 to 400. Attorney Erskine paid 300 for work on White Cross Hospital case. assistant prosecutor hired for Columbus hospital dispute over care costs for poor patients.
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Commissioners’ Journal
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Elza Linscott
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Floyd Steenrod
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Frances Packard
Winona C. Reeves
Denver L. White
Samuel B. Erskine
White Cross Hospital
Erskine
Columbus
Year In Cold Start Rain Totals Stir Headlines
The new year began cold with the thermometer at 20 rising to 29 by 9 am. C L Colmer reports December rainfall at 2.84 inches with 0.34 inches on New Year’s Eve. The Hocking River fell to 2.97 feet after Burr Oak Lake gates opened earlier.
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Hocking
Burr Oak Lake
Copper Wire Theft Reported From Mingus Mine
Copper wire was stolen from the Mingus Mine on Route 13 near Millfield and reported Friday morning to the sheriff's department. Sheriff George Bateman said Deputy Bernard Porter was sent to investigate.
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Route 13
Millfield
Sheriff's Department
George Bateman
Bernard Porter
Men’s Special Day At First Methodist Set For 1953
The First Methodist Church designates the first Sunday in 1953 as a men’s special day. After an 8:30 a.m. breakfast, men attend a 9:15 a.m. Sunday School service and then a 10:25 a.m. Communion.
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First Methodist Church
Athens 1952 Fire Calls Top Record and Losses Drop
The Athens Fire Department logged 123 alarms in 1952, the most in its history, while estimated losses fell to 20,890 from 118,115 in 1951. Chief Dalton noted 36 residential and five nonresidential fires, 21 emergency first aid calls, and fires caused mainly by cigarets and burning grass.
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Athens
Charles Dalton
Butler Brothers
Dalton
National Guard Armory
Pendergrass Hardware Co
Chauncey
Richland Ave
Decorations Taken Down in Athens After Holiday Season
City workers began removing Court Street decorations today as the Christmas season ends. Firemen also dismantled the lights and evergreen at the fire station, sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association, praised as the best in recent years.
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Athens
Court St
Retail Merchants Association
County Wide Dimes March Is Underway
Athens County March of Dimes drive is underway with coin containers in local stores and businesses. A. L. Bechtel says over 400 containers have been placed by volunteers, with the Child Conservation League distributing in Athens. Coin cards will go to students when classes resume Monday, as a lights on campaign on January 29 climaxes the drive. Funds aid polio efforts, with four of six Athens County children stricken last year benefiting locally.
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A. L. Bechtel
County Drive
Child Conservation League
Athens
Bechtel
March of Dimes
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