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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
6
Fire burned over 250 acres in Athens County from January to June with 171 fires totaling 1728 acres across the eight county district. Total damage exceeded $7000 district wide, including $1000+ in Athens County alone and nearly $500 paid to firefighters.
Two Mineral youths were injured early today when a car went off an embankment on a county road west of New Marshfield. Marvin L. Brooks, 18, driver, suffered face lacerations and shoulder abrasions. Larry Jenkins, 16, passenger, had leg and hip lacerations.
Twelve Athens County youths and one transfer underwent pre-induction physicals at Fort Hayes in Columbus. Seven inductees are slated for July 7, with leaders and examinees named from Guysville Nelsonville Athens Glouster Carbondale and surrounding areas. Transfers include Anthony Lauro from Sandusky to Athens and Roy Martin to Cleveland.
Fire Chief Charles Dalton says a store employee told the department of a bad fire, but calls were not placed. Officials from Commonwealth Telephone Co. offer tracing to curb future false alarms. Offenders will be prosecuted as the department urges residents to report potential blazes promptly.
An Ohio University senior from Cleveland Bruce Bryant 23 a geology major and OU roomer at 16 S Brown Ave drowned last week at Little Current Ontario. He and a shipmate were in a rented canoe that overturned in the channel between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron while Bryant served as a fireman aboard a Cliffs Iron Co steamer for the summer.
Delegates from the Athens Seventh-day Adventist church travel to Mt. Vernon for the Ohio Conference annual convocation at Mt. Vernon Academy. Pastor A. D. Leach will lead the local delegation as the gathering, expected to be the largest Adventist meeting in years, runs from Thursday night to Sunday July 11.
James Link Duncan of Athens retires after 37 years in the U S postal service reaching the automatic retirement age. He started as a part time substitute in 1917 and became regular in September the same year. He worked under four postmasters and his two sons also served in the Athens office.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Floyd Bolin Post 3477 convenes at 7 pm Friday at the post home on E State Street and Home Street, according to Commander Harold Young.
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