County Budget Okayed for Athens County 1949
The Athens County Board of Commissioners approved a 1949 budget totaling $1,045,063.39 with $864,563.59 for public welfare and $180,500 for roads. Welfare includes $438,036 for aid to dependent children, aided by state and federal funds, while the general fund is $246,960.57 and other line items cover auditor, treasurer, and numerous court and county services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Board of County Commissioners
Ublic Welfare Fund
General Fund
Methodist Bishop To Speak At First Methodist Church
Baltimore bishop Alexander P. Shaw of the central jurisdiction will be guest preacher Sunday at 10 30 a m at the First Methodist Church in Baltimore.
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Alexander P. Shaw
Baltimore
Central Jurisdiction
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Red Men To Meet Sunday for Initiation
Mohawk Tribe 174 will conduct initiation and degree work Sunday at 2 p m in the Red Men s Hall. A fried chicken dinner for members and their families will be served after the meeting.
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Red Men's Hall
Mohawk Tribe
Three Fliers Escape Crash Near Farm Home
An Air Force B-25 crashed within 100 yards of a Dane County farm house last night after its three man crew parachuted to safety. The incident occurred near Madison Wisconsin as rescuers aided the survivors and investigated the wreckage.
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Madison
Wis
Dane County
Cub Pack 55 Presents Awards At January Meeting
Cub Pack 55 held its monthly meeting at the First Presbyterian Church. Den 1 showcased a minstrel wedding with costumes, while dens 2 through 5 performed magic tricks. Advancement awards went to many boys across dens for Lion Bear Bobcat Wolf and Webelos badges. Gordon Edwards and Ralph Miller were welcomed into Boy Scout Troop 55 as they turned twelve. A potluck dinner was planned for the February meeting.
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Cub Pack
First Presbyterian Church
Arthur Cornwell
Den 1
Dens 2
Jerry Kyle
John Risch
Dick Baldwin
Jack White
Roger Risch
Tom Baldwin
Gordon Edwards
Den
Robert Sylvester
Bob Wickham
David Merrick
Paul Schwartz
Pat Allmark
David Goldberg
Philip Baedecker
Larry Russell
Michael Luchs
Larry Chesser
Robbie Dickens
John Rood
George van Meter
Ralph Miller
Joe Daily
Boy Scout
Carl Sylvester
Hospital Notes Report Births and Discharges
Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list a daughter for Mr and Mrs Edward Dotzlef of Athens and a son for Mr and Mrs George Bartlett of Millfield Route 1. Admissions include Mrs Lillie Shifflet Trimble for major surgery Webb Walker Athens minor surgery Ethel Pierce Athens minor surgery Timothy Teater Glouster minor surgery Frank Reed CoolVille medical. Discharges include Mrs Virgina Carder Athens Route 2 Nellie Smith Athens and Mrs Flossie Slay Haydenville.
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Edward Dotzlef
Athens
George Bartlett
Millfield
Lillie Shifflet
Trimble
Webb Walker
Ethel Pierce
Timothy Teater
Peter Hudnall Dies Wednesday in Tucson
Funeral services will be held in Tucson Arizona for Peter Hudnall aged 52 a former Athens resident and World War I machine gun battalion veteran He is survived by his wife Helen two sons Paul and Gene of Tucson a brother Henry of Sandyville and three sisters Goldie Carsey Athene Stella McNutt Butler and Esther Hamilton Mineral City A granddaughter Lona Kae also survives.
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Tucson
Ariz
Peter Hudnall
Athens National Guard
Hudnall
Helen
Paul
Gene
Henry
Sandyville
Goldie Carsey
Athens
Stella McNutt
Butler
Esther Hamilton
Mineral City
Lona Kae
Guard Unit Sees Training Film At National Guard Drill
A training film demonstrated the proper method to conduct a reconnaissance patrol during National Guard training Thursday evening. Sections received instruction and NCOs school was led by 2nd Lt. James Langsdorf who taught carbine nomenclature and supervised assembly and disassembly of the weapon.
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National Guard
James Langsdorf
Sherman Collins Pleads Guilty in Intoxication Case
Sherman Collins, 53, of 400% Richland Ave., Athens, entered a guilty plea to an intoxication charge filed by Athens police. He was fined and assessed costs in mayor's court on Friday.
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Athens
Sherman Collins
Richland Ave
Friy
Ohio University students invited to job placements
Ohio University seniors and other students may apply for jobs through a representative of the Ohio State Employment Service in Cutler Hall on Tuesday February 1. H. H. Sands of the Athens Bureau of Unemployment Compensation said the statewide college placement program, run with the Veterans Employment Service, helps place graduates and students and offers job information in Ohio and in all 48 states. Cooperative state employment agencies make the program possible.
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Ohio University
Ohio State Employment Service
Cutler Hall
H. H. Sands
Athens Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Sands
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Veterans Employment Service
Ohio
Twenty One Initiated Into AHS Thespian Society Charter
Twenty one Athens High School students became charter members of the Thespian Society, a national high school dramatics group, during a recent initiation. Nelsonville Thespians conducted the event with officers Jane Craig president and Bill Cooley secretary.
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Athens High School
Thespian Society
Nelsonville Thespians
Jane Craig
Bill Cooley
Marty Betts
Nancy Wolfe
Jim Cope
Ft Brush
Bill Bishop
Harry Hoskins
Charles Hayden
Barbara Porter
Nelsonville
Donald Betts
L. Creig
Lelea Davis
Donna Gabrieal
Flora Armbruster
Ruth Binker
Carl Conrad
Paul Lehman
Mary Patrick
Connie Koehler
Connie Herbert
Charles Frank
Frank Pilley
Sally Goedicke
Sharon Oldfield
Lewis Ondis
Jim Hoy
Far Funk
Bob Jones
Bob Shouse
David White
Jo Ellen Goddard
Charles Krauskopf
Ronald Ridenour
Regina Altman
Definite Progress Reported in Gifford Murder Probe
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens said progress has been made in solving the murder of Eleanor F E Gifford on January 3. Investigators focus on robbery as motive, citing a broken steel cabinet, a cashed check over 200 dollars, and forensic marks. A tax box tip line and a $500 reward were announced to obtain information leading to the arrest and conviction.
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Eleanor FE. Gifford
Church of the Good Shepherd
Miss Gifford
Ralph Smeck
Ohio University
Caro Tina
Texas
Florida
New York
Offo
Athens
Gifford
Ewing to Speak at OU on The Atlantic Ocean Basin
Maurice Ewing of Columbia University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will lecture March 1 at Ohio University. The Sigma Xi talk, titled The Atlantic Ocean Basin, covers recent ocean floor studies. Open to students and public in Chemistry Auditorium.
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Maurice Ewing
Columbia University
Ohio University
Sigma Xi
Ewing
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole
Mass
Atlantic Ocean
Professional Research Society
Geology
Gaylord A Ashworth Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Gaylord A. Ashworth 39 who died Wednesday at his Columbus home will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at O R Woodyard funeral home Columbus. Burial is at Hebbardsville Cemetery near Athens. He was the son of O F Ashworth of Athens and a World War II veteran.
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Gaylord A. Ashworth
Columbus
O. R. Woodyard
E. State St
Hebbardsville Cemetery
Athens
Ashworth
O. F. Ashworth
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Board of Elections
Court House
Agriculture Agriculture Societies
Farmers’ Institute
Child Welfare Board
Children’s Home
Relief Commission
ADC
Other General Fund Board of Revision
Bureau of Inspection
Court of Appeals
Poor Relief Fund Relief Department
Dwight Bolen
Albany
Fred Weber
Mildred Dosa
Dwight
Lloyd Bolen
The
Messenger
P. M. Lax
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
W. Union St. Athens
Tad's Bar
Carbondale-Kimberly Rd
Lawson
Meyers Deep and
Rowland Plumbing Co
Highland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Chaperon
Houck & van Dyke, Inc
Donald K. Barstow
Seiple & Kempton
F. R. Murphey and Son
Oscar Fulton Co
M. Gill D. M. Goddard
Oakley Insurance Agency, Inc
Dwight H. Rutherford
Earl Mathews
C. B. Dillon
Athens County Agents Association
Cub Scouts
Sheltering Arms Hospital
OFS
AHS Club
Rex Koons
Chet Haddox
Frazer Car
Ferry Sales & Service
Your Kaiser
Will
Burt
T. W. Dalen
Evangelistic Services
Pratt ST. Athens, C
FE. C. Kenney
Edmond Life
Parkersburg
W. Va
American Business Mens Research Foundation
Emicaba
Southeastern Ohio Social Betterment Foundation
Athens Home Telephone CO
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