Mechem Addresses SEORC on Nelsonville Progress
State Senator C Stanley Mechem spoke at the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council in Athens praising Nelsonville's growth driven by Oral Daugherty. He cited Brooks Shoe Co and Saint Mary Hospital employing about 700, noted rail service to 52 coal mines in 1917 but none today, and outlined the Legislative Service Commission Bill he authored in 1953. Mechem, celebrating his 65th birthday week, has served since 1943 and is president pro tem of the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Moore
C. Stanley Mechem
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Sportsman Grill
Athens
Nelsonville
Mechem
Oral Daugherty
Brooks Shoe Co
Sylvania
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Daugherty
Legislative Service Commission
Southeastern Ohio
Hocking
Vinton
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
Pike
John Epling
Gallipolis
Brandon T. Gro
S. G. Ziegler
Evangelical United Brethren Church Department of World Missions
Ziegler
Maryland
Asia
Africa
West Indies
Joint Commission On Missionary Education
The
National Council of Churches
World Literaty and Christian Literature
New York
City Water Rates to Rise in Second Phase Plan
Letters mailed to all city water users announce a rate increase effective Saturday. Franz L. Woodworth signs the notice on behalf of the city council. The $650,000 program funds a treatment plant a water softening plant dam repairs and three other projects to build a reserve lower bond interest. Min 3000 gallons rises to 3 from 2 50. 6000 gallons 5 61 from 4 74. 8000 gallons 7 35 from 6 20. Sewer charges stay tied to water bills with no hike.
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Franz L. Woodworth
White's Mill
Millar Named Work Unit Conservationist in Athens District
Athens District SOIL MAN NAMED John W. Millar a Scioto County native was appointed work unit conservationist for the Z ens Soil Conservation District announced Friday by Hanning chair Athens District and Pearl L. Fogle area conservationist. George Lash will focus on helping farmers with conservation plans while Floyd Dinsmoore remains SC technician. Millar previously served eight years as a soil conservationist in Seneca County and has been a range conservationist in Texas and a farm planner in Scott County ll. his Athens posting brings SCS personnel to five, with office at 18% S Court St where David remains.
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John W. Millar
Scioto County
Zens
On Hanning
Athens
Pearl L. Fogle
George Lash
Floyd Dinsmoore
Millar
Seneca County
Midland
Big Spring
Texas
Scott County
SCS
S. Court St
David
Dairy unit meeting outlines dairy goals and awards
The Athens County Dairy Service Unit met at the Athens Grange Hall with Dr. Robert Morrison presenting dairy management goals including 400 pounds of butterfat per cow and 10 000 pounds of milk per cow yearly. Directors elected: J. D. Parmiter chaired. Richard Hayes Alton Hanning Lawrence Bean Walter Jones named. Edwin Wagoner received a soil conservation plaque for outstanding work.
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Athens County Dairy Service Unit
Athens
Robert Morrison
Morrison
Ohio State University
Quaker Oats Co
J. D. Parmiter
Amesville
Richard Hayes
Guysville
Alton Hanning
Lawrence Bean
Walter Jones
New Marshfield
Edwin Wagoner
Soil Conservation District
Mrs Hickman Dies at 84 in Union Home
Matilda Hickman, 84, died Thursday at the Union home of a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Collins, on Athens Route 2. She had been married twice. both husbands died. Survivors include 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 1 p.m. at Salem Church conducted by Rev. Leslie Buck, with burial in Salem Cemetery. Friends may call at Jagers and Sons funeral home.
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Matilda Hickman
Union
Mabel Collins
Athens
Ohio University Extension Offers Craft and Industrial Arts Course
Ohio University's extension division announces a Craft and Hobby Work class worth two semester hours and an Elementary School Industrial Arts course for one semester hour. The weekly 15 week sessions begin Mondays at 7 p m in Ellis Hall with Donald E Perry as instructor. Credit may apply to degree certificate or salary schedule pending approval.
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Ohio University
Donald E. Perry
Ellis Hall
Gilford Crowell
Chauncey Man Pleads Guilty in DWI Case
Chauncey resident Einar Anderson, 30, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He received a $125 fine plus costs, a three day jail term, and a six month license suspension. He also paid $50 for no operator's license. Leatha Anderson, 26, Chauncey, was fined $25 and costs on intoxication charges.
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Chauncey
Einar Anderson
Anderson
Leatha Anderson
Ohio University Mid-Year Commencement Saturday
Two hundred fifteen students will graduate at Ohio University mid-year exercises Saturday at Memorial Auditorium. Athens County seniors include Judy Buswink and Donald Charpentier among others. additional graduates hail from Hocking Meigs Perry and Vinton counties with a range of BSJ BSC AB and BSEd degrees.
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Athens County
University
Judy Buswink
Donald A. Charpentier
Gilbert R. Coleman
Jack Gill
Ronald Lee Leach
Robert E. McCammon
Ralph Allen Mollison
John R. Sweeney
Dudley O. Wills
Douglas J. Young
Mary A. Matson
Ronald R. Smith
Barbara A. Priser
Frank E. Reynolds
Mark T. Shelton
Robert L. Henshaw
BSC
Rex Elmer Maiden
Quinton R. Meek
Hocking County
John A. Druger
BSME
Ronald B. Johnson
Meigs County
John Wm. Kennedy
Roy D. Betzing
Perry County
Ralph E. Gordon
BSJ
James R. Orr
Robert H. Wiseman
BSAE
Vinton County
Contempt Finding in Nelsonville Divorce Case
Eileen Sanders of Nelsonville was found in contempt of court in a divorce case with Lewis W. Sanders. The judge ordered a $100 fine plus costs and 10 days in jail unless she purges the contempt by complying with the visitation order for their minor son.
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Lewis W. Sanders
Sanders
Francis D. White
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Richard Thompson of Athens welcome a son. Admitted were Mrs Andrew Kovlan Jahne Cayton Elza Wyatt. Dismissals include Paul Murphy Mrs Lewis Cottrill Roscoe Locke Mrs June Baughman and Mrs Kenneth McAfee plus Chauncey Willard Wallace all of Athens area with routes noted.
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Richard Thompson
Athens
Andrew Kovlan
Jahne Cayton
Amesville
Elza Wyatt
Paul Murphy
Lewis Cottrill
Carpenter
Roscoe Locke
June Baughman
Jacksonville
Kenneth McAfee
Chaun
County commissioners weigh opening two roads in Carbondale
A board member told the Athens County commissioners on Wednesday that two Carbondale roads may be opened rather than closed. The prior account misstated the proposed action.
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Athens County Commissioners
Carbondale
Writer of obscene letters nabbed in police trap
Police trap last night led to the arrest of Ebert James Thompson, 52, unemployed machinist formerly of Richmond Indiana, on charges of selling exhibiting and possessing obscene literature. Thompson confessed to authorship of at least a dozen letters after extensive questioning and a police stakeout that spanned several weeks.
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Vic Sherow
Ebert James Thompson
Richmond
Ind
Thompson
Muncie
Indianapolis
Lonely Hearts” Club
W. Washington St
Goldsberry Heads Athens Cemetery Association Board
Athens physician Dr. Blaine R. Goldsberry was named president of the Athens Cemetery Association. Dwight Rutherford became vice president, Horace D. Palmer secretary, and Roger Jones Jr. treasurer, with George Hunter and John Bolin on the board. The group discussed land expansion for ten years, and officials noted a police case involving a man linked to to letters to local women. The suspect faced charges and awaited Municipal Court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Athens
Athens Cemetery Association
West Union Street
Dwight Rutherford
Horace D. Palmer
Roger Jones Jr
George Hunter
John Bolin
County Jail Population On Increase
The Athens County jail rose above 30 inmates on Thursday with five men held on warrants for non support and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Names include James F. Phillips 48 Columbus Grover Willis Simms 24 Newark and John Frederick Smith 30 Warren. Also returned from McConnelsville were Jack Hunter 19 and John Renister 20 on contributing warrants. The jail had about 20 inmates at Christmas but has climbed to roughly 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
James F. Phillips
Columbus
Grover Willis Simms
Newark
John Frederick Smith
Warren
McConnelsville
Jack Hunter
John Renister
Mental Exam Ordered for Local Man
Dewey Depoy of Guysville Route 3 has been ordered committed to Athens State Hospital for 30 days for psychiatric examination by the Common Pleas Court. He pleaded innocent to auto larceny charges before Judge Francis D. White, with C. F. Rowland as attorney. Earlier order directed Leon Britton of New England to the same hospital for examination after pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Depoy
Guysville
Athens State Hospital
Common Pleas Court
Depoy
Francis D. White
C. F. Rowland
Leon Britton
New England
Frigid Friday Weather With Snow Flurries In Athens
A gloomy weather day in Athens featured a cold light rain that turned to snow flurries and back to rain. Rural Hamley Run logged a 9 am temperature of 34 degrees, two degrees above the early low after yesterday’s 43 and 25 extremes.
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Athens
Hamley Run
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Cline Pharmacy Co
Wolfe Hdwe
S. Court
John Millar
Overholt
Ohio
Dick Blosser
EDSEL
Eileen Sanders
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Goldsberry
ACA
Joseph McBride
the Messenger
Bill
Capt. McBride
Fred James
Ray Riley
Robert Liggett
Ross Bateman
John Newcomb
FBI
Mich
First Church OF the Nazarene
West State St
Carl L. Wooten
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ohio Ave
Athens, C
Paul Mayer Peeoney
Japan
R. Yavana Ard
Aktieg
World Missions
E.U.B. Church
Harold R. Sturm
Buckeye
N. Court St
Sunbeam Appliances
Rowland Plbg
Howe Co
Euclid
Franklin
Ben Franklin
the Mutual
East Washington St
Fede
Athens, Ohio
Ral Home Loan Bank
Procter & Gamble
McKee Drugs, Inc
Prescription Store
Red Kiltan
Manager
Commonwealth Telephone Co
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