Athens Leads 1955 In Record Building Year
Athens reports a new high in building activity for 1955 with 12 permits for new homes and total valuations exceeding one million dollars. The year featured 58 new homes, 230 total permits, and a peak monthly valuation of 106000 in July, with August registering the most permits at 36 and notable developments at Townsend Drive Eden Place and Morris Avenue.
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Athens
Service Safety Director
Elmer Jones Realty Co
Townsend Drive
Eden Place
Morris Ave
Paul
Court St
JL. Shanafelt
Ohio Ave
Laura Rosenberg
Utah Place
Joe Puzz
William D. Ave
Theta Chi Fraternity
E. State St
George Klare
Grosvenor St
Department of Natural Resources
County Park
Athens County Fair
Athens County
Ohio University
S—Nye
United Appeals Drive
Athens Jee & Storage Co
John Brown
Annexation Route Seen for Mechanicsburg to Athens
Local officials and property owners met at the Richland fire department building to discuss enforcing sanitation laws in Mechanicsburg. A petition signed by 70 percent of property owners asks county commissioners to declare the area a sanitary sewer district and explore annexation by Athens to share water, waste disposal, and sewer services at Athens rates.
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West Side
Nelsonville
Ohio
Kilvertman
Mechanicsburg
Ecumenical Christian Mission Conference
Colville
Athens
Richland Fire Department
County Commissioners
City of Athens
Two Drivers Are Jailed In Municipal Court
Phillip Ervin, 31, of Athens Route 11, pleaded innocent to leaving the scene of an accident, was found guilty, fined 75 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to 5 days in city jail. George S. Whiteman, 22, pleaded guilty to driving while suspended and driving a vehicle with plates issued to another, fined 75 dollars and costs and sentenced to 2 days on the first count and 50 dollars plus costs on the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Ervin
Athens
T Ervin
Carrtlett
George S. Whiteman
Ath Company Office Break-In Noted Over New Year Holiday
Ath Company reported a second entry into its Athens Junk Co office during the New Year holiday with no theft despite a shattered desk drawer lock. The break resembled a prior incident involving a broken glass panel in the office door. Howard E. Abbott of Pomeroy was fined $10 and costs after a highway patrol arrest for parking on the highway in Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Junk Co
Chauncey
Howard E. Abbott
Pomeroy
Charles Wadley
Patrol Cites Five Drivers In Municipal Court
Five men faced traffic charges in Municipal Court today. Three were fined for speeding, one for unsafe operation, and another for crossing the yellow line. Ernie L. Scurlock, Billy D. Hill, and Melvin Morris Jr. paid fines for speeding. George D. Scott was fined for crossing the yellow line. Darrell F. Hillen was fined for unsafe operation.
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Rungaway Patrol
Ernie L. Scurlock
Athens
Billy D. Hill
the Plains
Melvin Morris, Jr
Harrisonville
George D. Scott
Laneter
Darrell F. Hillen
Columbus
Three Men Held After Dynamite Theft Arrests
Sheriff deputies arrested Thomas H. Schall, Harold N. Hudnell, and Donald R. Thompson on suspicion of breaking into a shed on abandoned mine property and stealing dynamite. Thirty nine sticks were identified as belonging to Oskey of Glouster. charges to be filed later.
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Ay Sheriff's Deputies
Thomas H. Schall
Harold N. Hudnell
Athens
Donald R. Thompson
Harold Shields
Oskey
Glouster
Elds
Mercury Peaks At 55 At Hamley Run Yesterday
The day opened with rising temperatures as the mercury climbed to 55 at Hamley Run yesterday, and reached 55 again at 9 a.m. today, signaling a continued warm spell for the area.
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Council
Lancaster St
Mercury Registers
Don Campbell
Mercury
Breal
Hamley Run
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K. T. Crossen
James M. Vercoe
United Appeals
Legion
Body of Columbus
Junk Yard
Oakdale
Texas Eastern
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Zanesville
Athens- Canaan
State
Sand Ridge
David Bobo
McLeish Grocer
Millfield
Colum
City Council
Commission
Common Pleas Court
George Rutkoskie
First United Appeals Drive
Charles E. Glass
Jacksonville
United Apeats
Dr. C Dow
Grand
N. Lancaster St
Poston Road
Burr Oak
Kentucky
Athens Albany
Nounce
Canavacy
Donald Rupe
Guysville
Eisenhower
Bender
High Board
Rardin Bros
W. Union St. Man
Ordina
PUCO
New Marshfield
Sidence
Wayne Ward
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Children's Home
Department
Nancy Campbell
Ath Company
Patrol
Burns’ Shell Station
Athens, O
Sylvania
Are
Sylvan Superioriy
Foca
Athens Appliance & TV Co
W. Washington
Unio
Mie
Cussins & Fearn Store
Frigidaire
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Beasley and Mathews
yHlow
Culligan Soft Water Customers
Athens Lee & Storage Company
Factory Street
P. O. Box
Culligan Water Conditioning, Inc
Walter Ervin
Mathews “Store
Union
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