Humane Society seeks longer dog pound hold and tag deadline
Athens County Humane Society pressed the county commissioners to extend dog pound detention beyond three days and asked the county auditor for more time to buy dog tags. Officials said extensions are not allowed under current Ohio law.
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Athens County Humane Society
Humane Society
Ohio
Board of Commissioners
The
W. H. Wakefield
Beatrice Postle
Wakefield
Ralph Elliott
Doctor Postle
Elliott
Glouster Woman Denies Charge In Husband Shooting Case
Ella Parks pleaded innocent to assault with intent to kill after being arraigned by Mayor Seel. She could not post 500 bond and remained in county jail. Parks, a Trimble Township constable, was wounded Sunday night by a high powered rifle and reportedly did not want prosecution.
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Ella Parks
Glouster
Ralph E. (Lemmie) Parks
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Bateman
Parks
Trimble
Rotary Hears Ohio University Swim Coach
Ohio University swimming coach Oscar L. Thomas told Athens Rotarians of growing interest in aquatic education and the extensive use of the new university natatorium by students faculty families and residents. He noted the facility can accommodate 450 people per semester and operates seven days a week and announced the upcoming Ohio Relays with ten schools entered.
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Oscar L. Thomas
Ohio University
Athens Rotarians
Ohio State University
Conditioning Class Draws Sixteen Men at West Side School
Sixteen Athens men registered for a weekly conditioning class at West Side School sponsored by the YMCA. The sessions run 7 30 to 9 p.m. each Monday and are open to all men. The board later learned of resignations by Wilbur A. Yauch and Howard H. Sands as secretaries, both leaving the city for other positions.
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Athens
West Side School
YMCA
Robert Lance
Kenneth Tabor
Lance
M. T. Vermillion
Maxwell Ferguson
Drell H. Goff
Bernard Black
Lester Riggs
Thomas Ludlum
Denzil Jones
Harold Hayhurst
Robert Main
Joe Chapman
H. B Boles
Lewis McBride
Edward Brandeberry
Ymca Board of Directors
Wilbur A. Yauch
Howard H. Sands
Goff
Heavy Fine Jail Sentence Imposed on Driver
Delbert Karns 22 of Athens Route 3 pleaded guilty before Mayor Peter B. Seel to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He was fined 150 dollars and costs and sentenced to 15 days in jail after a late Saturday arrest. He initially pleaded innocent but changed to guilty.
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Delbert Karns
Athens
Peter B. Seel
Karns
Social Security Official Moves to Court House Office
Don Yuenger a social security representative may now be contacted at the commissioners' court house office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 30 am to 3 pm. He previously had an office in the Ohio Employment Service headquarters before its move. Cleon Craig 18 of Fostoria was fined five dollars and costs for no muffler on his car after state highway patrol citation and arraignment before Mayor Peter B Seel.
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Don Yuenger
Commissioners
Court House
Yuenger
Ohio Employment Service
Cleon Craig
Fostoria
State Highway Patrol
Craig
Peter B. Seel
Chillicothe Man to Speak on Physics in Industry
Dr. R N Griesheimer director of research for Mead Paper Co Chillicothe will discuss Physics in Industry before the Ohio University Physics Club meeting Wednesday evening.
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Chillicothe
R. N. Griesheimer
Mead Paper Co
Ohio University Physics Club
Candidate for Recorder Is Announced
Mrs. Lillian R. Henderson of Coolville announces her bid for Athens County recorder in the Republican primary May 6. A Meigs County native and Gal lager Drug Co. employee in Athens, she and husband R. S. Henderson, long Coolville marshal, have three daughters including Ohio University student Jeanette and high school junior Yvonne.
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Lillian R. Henderson
Coolville
Athens County
Meigs County
Racine
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
List of births and admissions at Shelterings Arms Hospital includes a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Perry of Albany and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fulton of Athens. Several patients admitted or dismissed include Lucy A. White and Clifford Wade, both of Athens, with others in Glouster and Jacksonville.
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Glenn Perry
Albany
Hubert Fulton
Athens
Alex Docie
Glouster
Lucy A. White
Glen Junod
Clifford Wade
Paul E. Powell
Richard Keith
William Leeper
Jacksonville
Foster Sayre
Paul Sands
Patricia Faires
Sheila Roush
Emma Bowen
Eva Snow
John Boden
Police Investigate Hit-Skip Accident in Athens
Athens police are investigating a hit-skip crash that damaged a parked car owned by William R. Hale at 60 N. Lancaster St. The incident occurred about 3:20 a.m. with the other driver seemingly on the wrong side of the street, leaving front-end damage.
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Athens
Ersy
William R. Hale
Lancaster St
Hale
Springlike Temperatures Bring Mild Week at Local Station
A taste of spring continued as the thermometer rose to 56 degrees after a 55 degree low overnight. Monday saw a high of 64 and a low of 44, marking mild seasonal swings.
VFW TO MEET
The Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Armory. Commander C. J. Ailstock announced the gathering.
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VFW
Floyd Bolin
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Armory
C. J. Ailstock
Prayer Band to Meet at Grahams Chapel
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of the Rev and Mrs Charles Hill with B Chapman as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
Charles Hill
B. Chapman
Film Industry Kiwanis Topic
Benjamin Geary, manager of the Schéne's Athena theatre, addressed Kiwanis members in the Hotel Berry on movies as a hometown enterprise. He said 68 cents of each box office dollar stays locally, the nation's theatres total over 3 billion dollars in value, with 23 000 theatres nationwide and about six million weekly moviegoers. He rejected communist accusations against Hollywood and noted a few bad apples stir headlines.
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Benjamin Geary
Schéne
Athena Theatre
Kiwanis Club
Berry
Geary
U.S.A
Sales Tax Filing Slated in Athens County
Vendors can get help filing semi annual sales tax returns from C. E. Davis, sales tax examiner, at the county courthouse from Wednesday through January 31 excluding Sundays and January 21. On January 21 he will be at Nelsonville city hall. Bring last report copy, gross and taxable sales records, and purchase orders showing tax stamps. Deadline is January 31 with late filing penalties.
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Athens County
C. E. Davis
Davis
Nelsonville
Two Abandoned Cars Reported to Sheriff
Sheriff George Bateman received reports of two abandoned vehicles. A car tied to William and Norma Matheny of Nelsonville was found in the river town and a Plymouth coupe with West Virginia plate 290-313 was left in Guysville, ownership listed as Lawrence George of Parkersburg with no stated reason.
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George Bateman
New Boston
William
Norma Matheny
Nelsonville
Guysville
West Virginia
Lawrence George
Parkersburg
Varsity Debate Set Wednesday at OU
A varsity intercollegiate debate is scheduled for Ohio University Newcomers Club on Wednesday at 8 p m in the Speech Building. The OU affirmative team will debate the OSU negative team with James Dilley from Athens and Bruce Slesnick from Canton on the proposal that the federal government should adopt a permanent program of wage and price controls.
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Ohio University
Ohio State University
James Dilley
Athens
Bruce Slesnick
Canton
Man Pleads Guilty To Speeding On Columbus Road
Norris Hartshorn, 21, of 10 West Mulberry Street, pleaded guilty to speeding on Columbus Road. He was fined $10 and costs after being cited for traveling 50 mph in a 30 mph zone by Mayor Peter B. Seel.
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Columbus Road
Norris Hartshorn
W. Mulberry St
Peter B. Seel
Vet Training Evaluation Set For Athens County
Paul Pulse and J H Lintner of the Division of Vocational Education will lead a Wednesday meeting at the courthouse with the Athens County committee and Institutional On-Farm Training teachers for a semi annual veterans evaluation. The schedule lists multiple instructors at Albany Amesville Coolville and Shade with a 3 p.m. teachers' recommendations session and plans for program continuation in Athens County.
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Paul Pulse
J. H. Lintner
Court House
Athens
Lintner
Ohio
Division of Vocational Education
State Department of Education
Pulse
Emerson Ball
Albany
Paul McVay
Lee Glass
Amesville
George Newburn
Robert Ellis
Coolville
Denver Lightner
Stewart
Floyd Dinsmoor
Shade
Alton Hanning
County Veterans Institutional On-Farm Training Committee
Athens County
George Fe, Christman
Ross Wright
Robert S. Wilson
Irvin Wolfe
Athens County Production and Marketing Association
Georgia Kail
Nelsonville man fined for intoxication plea
Howard Donaldson aged 39 of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to intoxication. Mayor Peter B. Seel fined him 20 dollars plus costs.
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Howard Donaldson
Nelsonville
Peter B. Seel
Rites Set for G. S. Holdren Ex-Children's Home Chief
Funeral services are planned Thursday for George S. Holdren age 78, former Athens County Children's Home superintendent who died Monday in Cincinnati. He lived on Athens Route 1 and had a long career including at Athens State Hospital and a New Marshfield store. He held multiple Masonic and Eastern Star offices and was a longtime member of First Christian Church. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. The Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes funeral home will host services with Knights Templar memorials and presiding clergy in attendance.
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George S. Kowaren
Athens County Children's Home
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Athens
Vinton County
Holdren
Children’s Home
Athens State Hospital
New Marshfield
York
York Cross of Honor
Constitution Lodge
F&am
Athens Council
Athens Commandery
Eastern Star
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Aladdin Temple of the Shrine
Columbus
Athens County Shrine Club
Ren
Joe Maffett
First Christian Church
West Union Street
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Feneral
Athens Commandery 15
Templar
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
George S. Holdren
Knight Templar
OU Mid-Year Graduation Set
Dr. T. Keith Glennan president of Case Institute of Technology will speak at Ohio University mid-year commencement on Saturday afternoon February 2. About 155 seniors graduate. registrar Robert E. Mahn notes Glennan Yale 1927 alum became Case president Sept 1 1947 after 20 years in industry and government including work in Hollywood and he now serves on the Atomic Energy Commission.
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T. Keith Glennan
Case Institute of Technology
Cleveland
Ohio University
Robert E. Mahn
Glennan
Yale University
Case
Hollywood
Atomic Energy Commission
Rennel Weight Loss Claim Promises Quick Fat Reduction
A testimonial from R. S. Jones of Columbus Ohio touts losing 39 pounds in weeks using Rennel a liquid mix sent with grapefruit juice. The ad claims rapid fat and inch loss with a money back guarantee and no hunger while consuming two tablespoons twice daily.
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R. S. Jones
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