Mothers of Area Join Polio Marches Thursday Evenings
The New Marshfield Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Sugar Creek mothers organize polio fund marches on Thursday evenings. Residents are asked to leave porch lights on to guide solicitors and help the March of Dimes drive. In Athens 125 women volunteer to cover all city sections in the 195 Mother's March from 7 to 9:40 p.m. Groups and captains listed include Mrs. Roger Jones Jr and many others guiding neighborhoods.
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New Marshfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Norman Saylor
March of Dimes
Mothers of
Sugar Creek
Charlotte Smathers
Mra
Athens
George Hooper
Athena
Hooper
Roger Jones, Jr
Fred Picard
Kenneth Begg
H. Curry Jr
Neal Glenn
Allen Riley Jr
J. A Leavitt
T. B. Rothwell
Dale Orcutt
Robert Oberholzer
William Biggs
Fred Higgens
L. A. Hamilton
Kenneth Sands
D. M. Downard
Paul Kimes
Wilson Baker
Helen Roberson
Dayton Kern
Raymond Shepard
Robert Cooley
Maxwell Ferguson
Warren Reininga
C. A. Randall
Marvin White
George K. Buchanan
John Manuel
Francis Fuller
Paul O'Brien
David Strawn
David Hughes
Paul Coffey
Don Thomann
Bert Wigal
Harry Everett
Frank Nuzum
Walter Cornwell
Harry Leach
D. H. Goldsberry
Dewey Dailey
C. P. Zinn
M . Mansfield
Elsworth Sammons
Arthur Wallace
Thomas Rosser
William Wolfe
Lewis Ruman
William Rowland
Township Officials Attend Conference in Columbus
Thirteen township officials from Athens County attended the Ohio State Convention of Township Trustees and Clerks in Columbus last week. Attendees included Ames Township trustees Everett Saulers and Leonard Linscott. Canaan clerk Bessie L. Dill finger. Lee trustees Roy Walsh and Vernon West. Lodi trustees Everett Meeks and Richard Phillips. Lodi clerk C. E. Ruth. Rome trustee P. R. Russell. Trimble trustees William Christman. Trimble clerk Leonard Lent. Waterloo trustees Roy Gilham and Earl Lowery.
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Athens County
Columbus
Everett Saulers
Leonard Linscott
Ames Township
Bessie L. Dilfinger
Canaan
Roy Walsh
Vernon West
Lee
Everett Meeks
Richard Phillips
Lodi
C. E. Ruth
P. R. Russell
Rome Tustee
William Christman
Trimble
Leonard Lent
Roy Gilham
Earl Lowery
Waterloo
Mother’s March for Polio Planned in Guysville
Mrs. Hildreth Grigsby, chairwoman of the 1955 March of Dimes, announced the Mother's March for Polio will be held Thursday evening. Residents are urged to contribute to the campaign.
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Guysville
Hildreth Grigsby
Order of Temple to be conferred at Masonic Temple
Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar will confer the Order of Temple at the Masonic Temple Friday at 7 30 p m Commander O G Houck urged members to attend in full uniform.
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Order of Temple
Masonic Temple
Athens
Mutual Home Elects Officers for 1955
The Mutual Home and Savings Association elected officers at the Jan 24 annual meeting. Charlies Bethel is president, Dr J D Haskins vice president, C Kk Berry secretary, Marilyn Porter assistant secretary and treasurer, J J Sisler and W P Mickle directors, all re elected for 1955. H Hall Chapman became a director and L W Roberts was named an honorary board member. Holdover directors are H H Townsend C C Kerr and F P Frebault.
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Mutual Home and Savings Association
Charlies Bethel
J. D. Haskins
C. Kk. Berry
Marilyn Porter
J. J. Sisler
W. P. Mickle
H. Hall Chapman
L. W. Roberts
H. H. Townsend
C. C. Kerr
F. P. Frebault
Veterans of Foreign Wars Week Stag Party in Albany
Albany Post 9893 hosts a stag party Friday at 8 p.m. to close National VFW Week. Senior Vice Commander Bob Grinstead chairs the event at the post home and invites both social and regular members, with each member allowed to bring a potential new member as a guest.
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Albany
Albany Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Bob Grinstead
VFW
Snow Returns as Temperatures Plunge in Athens Area
Athens experiences another round of snowfall and subfreezing temps with streets and highways icy. Chauncey-Dover and Buchtel-York school systems closed. At 9 a m the reading was 14 degrees after a low of 10. Tuesday's highs and lows reached 33 and 23.
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Athens
Mercury
Chauncey-Dover
Buchtel- York
Hamley Run
Abdella Guilty In Failing To Yield Charge
Edward L Abdella 18 of Chauncey found guilty in Municipal Court after pleading innocent to failing to yield the right of way. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs for an accident Saturday at E State Street and Utah Place.
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Edward L. Abdella
Chauncey
Abdella
E. State St
Utah Place
Chauncey Road Meeting Tonight
State Highway Department officials Max Farley and John J. Helier plan a 7 p.m. talk at Chauncey-Dover High School on Wednesday about the proposed Route 34 location in Chauncey. The meeting is open to the public.
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Chauncey
Max Farley
State Highway Department
John J. Helier
Helier
Farley
Chauncey-Dover High School
Oak Street Resident Marie Sanders Dies
Mrs Marie Sanders of 16 Oak Street died Tuesday night at St Johns Hospital Cleveland after weeks of illness. Funeral arrangements are being made by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Marie Sanders
Oak St
St. Johns Hospital
Cleveland
Sanders
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes Funeral Home
Births and Admits at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Lewis Thompson of The Plains as the parents of a son. Several admissions include Elizabeth Way of Athens Route 2 Fawna Riley of Athens Gertrude Bolus of Cutler Eddie McKnight of Coolville S E Evans of Guysville Don Haning of Athens Route 5 Margaret Jewel of Athens Baby David Rankin of Shade. Dismissals note Ward Starlin of Millfield and son Carol Quinn of Stewart and others.
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Lewis Thompson
the Plains
Elizabeth Way
Athens
Fawna Riley
Gertrude Bolus
Cutler
Eddie McKnight
Coolville
S. E. Evans
Guysville
Don Haning
Margaret Jewel
David Rankin
Shade
Ward Starlin
Millfield
Carol Quinn
Stewart
Margaret Hawk
Edith Freeman
William E. Bolen
Athens church maps $260,000 building program
A $260,000 building and improvement program was unanimously approved at a First Methodist Church congregational meeting. The plan calls for removing the rear of the chapel, constructing a three story building, rebuilding the basement, and adding a dining room for 400 plus, with dual purpose rooms for the Wesley Foundation and church.
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First Methodist Church
Hazen G. Werner
Methodist Church
Ohio
John M. Versteeg
Don R. Clippinger
Wesley Foundation
Ohio University
Werner
George Hill
Chillicothe
The
Maxwell
Charles Oston
Relative of Shade Woman Dies in West
Funeral services were held Monday in Tucson Arizona for James K. Curtis 73 who died January 21 in a veterans hospital. Curtis lived in Tucson and had been in ill health for months. Survivors include his second wife another niece Mrs E W O'Brien Shade a niece Mrs D D Taylor Dallas Texas and a nephew Forest Meighen Chauncey.
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Tucson
Ariz
James K. Curtis
E. W. O'Brien
Shade
Curtis
Veterans’ Hospital
D. D. Taylor
Dallas
Tex
Forest Meighen
Chauncey
Two Drivers Fined In Municipal Court
In Municipal Court on Wednesday, Pedro Herrera, 26, of 54 Second St, paid 25 dollars plus costs for driving to the left of the centerline after an accident Saturday night on Columbus Road. Barton R. Derby, 20, of 469 Richland Ave, was fined 10 dollars plus costs for failing to observe the traffic light at the intersection of E State St and Verona Ave.
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Pedro Herrera
Second St
Columbus Road
Barton R. Derby
Richland Ave
E. State St
Verona Ave
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Cloyce Martin
Anna Margaret Ashton
Eula Ashton
Charles Tribe
Cecil Cox
Robert Mulligan
Jack Robinson
John Clark
Robert Laziman
Floyd Dixon
Harry Lackey
William Harmon
Roger Wiseman
Thomas Curry
Robert Holmes
George Hunter
James Balding
John W. Bolin
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Paul Cotton
Lawrence Shields
Bernard Big
A. C. LaFollette
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E P. Lynn
Robert Wickham
John J. Woolley
M. K. Fugate
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James FE. McMullen
Harold Barker
Stirgil Barnett
Orville Bell
Lawrence Graves
Herbert Davis
Paul Grafton
Eugene Hamer
Herschel Kelsey
Ivan Romine
John D. Spaulding
Herman Theisen
Paul Tribe
Blaine Riggs
Robert Keller
Elbert Jasper
Robert Nelson
Edward McBride
Drell Goff
W. C. Biggers
Elmo Landis
Thomas Williams
Ernest Conant
Ruth Wooley
Township
Athens National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
I. T.O. Kincade
General County
County Home
Children's Home
T. O. Kincade
Fasanea
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I Bern
Westfield
Rome Canaan
Athens Township
Can Aimage Township
Chauncey Corp
Taterie
Sorp
Rome
Murray
Glouster Corp
Ville Corp
Orp
Ls Fbo
York Township
Oleae
City
Nelonville City
Mutual Home
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Pound
Chauncey Road
Oak Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Tony Lee Brooks
Esta Graves
Marietta Goldsberry
Athens Church
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Bishop Werner
George Ocerke
Dean
Rush Elliott
Clippinger
Ira Burnfield
Carl House
Mia
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John Dowler
Charles Jiiden
Arthur Easier
Ann Mumma
H. G. Stalder
J. W. Trout
Downer
Ferguson
Green
Dean Elliott
Dr. Hill
Fred McKay
Carl Sims
Clark Williams
F. H. Gifford Co
Amesville
Bock Beer
Athens Wine & Beer Store
Union St
Arvin
Lionel Trains
Westinghouse Electric
Westing
Clearance Sporting Goods
Spalding Varsity
Ts We
Gilpert Shannon's
Firestone Dealer Store
W. Union Street
Athens, Ohio
West
N. Marshfield
Virgil Bickel
Conrae Cleaners
Plains, Ohio
Pho
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