Athens County Vehicle Title Office activity mirrors 1952 figures
The Athens County Vehicle Title Office reports first half 1953 totals near the same level as the first half of 1952. Fees collected amount to 7495.65, with Athens County receiving 5124.10. Titles issued total 6521, down from 6744. new cars total 1319, down from 1374. March yields led with 1435 titles and 1698.30 in fees. June shows 1100 titles and 1262.10 in fees. May to June gains noted in titles, fees, and new cars.
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Athens
Phyllis LaVelle
Athens County
New Car
West Side Woman Fires On Intruder
An unidentified man attempting to force entry at a West End residence was fired upon by a rifle wielding housewife around 12 15 am. The prowler fled after the confrontation. police found no sign of a hit and searched the area. The homeowner's husband had left for work minutes earlier.
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West End
Eight Fined After Arrests By Patrolmen
Area officials fined eight persons arrested weekend by the State Highway Patrol. Offenders include Quincy Anderson 68 and William Eastley 48 Athens Route 3 fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication. Ronald M. Castle 24 Columbus paid 15 dollars and costs for passing in a hazardous zone. Alfred C. Rudman 31 Cincinnati fined 10 dollars and costs for failing to obey a stop sign. Julia L. Akroosh 34 Lawrence Mass and Benjamin Goldstein 32 Detroit each assessed 10 dollars and costs for passing in hazardous zones. Ralph Manning 32 Bolt W Va paid 10 dollars and costs for passing in a hazardous zone. Otis Howard 21 Middletown assessed 5 dollars and costs for driving to the left of center. Raymond Isman 52 Wellston Route 1 charged with unsafe operation and paid 5 dollars and costs.
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State Highway Patrol
Peter B. Seel
Quincy Anderson
William Eastley
Athens
Ronald M. Castle
Columbus
Alfred C. Rudman
Cincinnati
Julia L. Akroosh
Lawrence
Mass
Benjamin Goldstein
Detroit
Justice of the Peace
T. F. Cecil
Coalville
Ralph Manning
Bolt
W. Va
Glouster
Charles Wallace
Otis Howard
Middletown
Sharp
McArthur
Raymond Isman
Wellston
Clarence Zeigler
Two Hit-Skip Drivers Fined
Two drivers, Douglas Hess of Marietta and John Lowery of Columbus, were arraigned before Mayor Peter B. Seel on hit and run charges. Each received a $100 fine and 30 day jail term, suspended. Lowery remained jailed due to inability to pay. State patrol arrested Lowery after another Lancaster Street collision while Hess was identified in a Shannon Avenue hit on a parked car.
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Peter B. Seel
Douglas Hess
Marietta
John Lowery
Columbus
Lowery
Lancaster St
Hess
Shannon Ave
Polio Movie to Be Shown at Waterloo High School
A polio documentary screening is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Waterloo High School auditorium Marshfield New Marshfield officials say the event is free and open to the public The auxiliary of Gil ham Frank Post Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors the program with another film by Dr A A Baldwin Athens to follow.
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New Marshfield
Waterloo High School
Gilham Frank Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. A. Baldwin
Athens
Local Marriage Licenses Reported In Nelsonville Coolville and Glasgow
Marriage licenses issued for Joe Andrews 19 and Mildred Wend 18 of Nelsonville Route 2. Clarence A. Wires 29 of Coolville Route 3 wed Ruth Louise Dailey 26. George A. Johnson 33 wed Eth el Marie Dotson 24 of Glasgow.
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Joe Andrews
Mildred Wend
Nelsonville
Clarence A. Wires
Coolville
Ruth Louise Dailey
Stewart
George A. Johnson
Ethel Marie Dotson
Glouster
Red Cross blood mobile to visit Athens on July 13
Mrs. B. F. Cutler announces a Red Cross blood mobile at the F to Methodist Church in Athens on Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a 150 pint quota. She warns gamma globulin supply is low and calls for appointments by calling 31651 or 31755.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Athens
Red Cross Blood Mobile
B. F. Cutler
Alabama
North Carolina
Athens County
Red Cross
Red Cross Office
Second Land Sale Staged At Courthouse
Athens County conducts the second delinquent land tax sale on its courthouse steps. At public auction 300 tracts are offered to recover delinquent taxes after a prior sale yielded 150 tracts for 13533 dollars and heirs paid 8309.87 dollars. The sale, authorized by the county board of revision and a Common Pleas Court order, requires bids to cover delinquency penalties and interest.
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Athens County
County Board of Revision
Common Pleas
Ida R. Kelley Dies Sunday at 55 in Athens
Mrs. Ida R. Kelley 55 died Sunday at her home on E River side Drive after a years long illness. Born in Ames Township she spent most of her life in Athens. Survived by husband Edson, daughter Dorothy Ann, three sons John William and Richard L. Kelley at Craig Air Force Base Alabama, three grandchildren, sister Iva Sands, brother John Grubb, and aunt Miss Maggie Connor. Services Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with Rev Ray Kelchner officiating. Burial at Clarks Chapel.
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Ida R. Kelley
E. Riverside Drive
Ames Township
Kelley
Athens
Edson
Dorothy Ann
John
William
Cpl
Richard L. Kelley
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Ala
Iva Sands
John Grubb
Maggie Connor
Amesville
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Ray Kelchner
Clarks Chapel
Truck Car Collision Reported by Police
City police investigated a crash at the corner of E State Street and Shannon Avenue. A westbound car driven by Clinton N Mackinnon 64 Utah Place began passing a truck driven by Elmer Poston 14 Hocking Street as Poston began a left turn and the two collided.
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E. State St
Shannon Ave
Clinton N. Mackinnon
Utah Place
Elmer Poston
Hocking St
Poston
Light Rain Follows Clear Holiday Weekend
Light rain fell in Athens this morning after a clear and cooler holiday weekend. The temperature reached 76 at 9 am with additional rain possible. Weekend highs and lows ranged from 89 to 64, 88 to 51, and 83 to 62 over Friday through Sunday.
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Athens
Albany Man Fined for Intoxication
Albany resident Miller 52 was fined five dollars and costs Saturday by Mayor Peter B. Lee.
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Albany
Miller
Peter B Lee
New Marshfield Fire Owner Sues Over Destructive Blaze
Mrs Madge Baughman sues Mrs Anna Hysell Lyons in Common Pleas Court seeking 15000 damages for loss of her frame house and furnishings after a March 21 fire that destroyed Lyons store and spread through an alley alleged to have narrowed from 50 to 21 feet. She cites negligence, hazardous materials, and encroachment. Fire departments halted the blaze before full interior destruction.
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Marshfield
Conmon Pleas
Madge Baughman
Anna Hysell Lyons
Hysell
Baughman
Land transfers list across Athens County Ohio
Athens County records show numerous property transfers. Transfers include Dallas Christman to William Kay in Trimble Township for two tracts and lot 42 in Oakdale. and many further deeds between residents of Athens, Nelsonville, Glouster, and The Plains involving parcels in Glouster, Dover, Waterloo, and Lodi townships plus Ohio Company's Purchase and Leaseholds.
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Dallas Christman
Trimble Township
William Kay
Hebron
Ohio
Oakdale
George E. Dowler
Athens County
O. E. Hall
New Marshfield
Ohio Company
Waterloo Township
Clyde E. Stout
Coolville
Opal Archer
Church Barton
Witfield Bean
Donald F. Erwin
Guysville
Carthage Township
Edna F. Copeland
Kenneth. D. Bingman
Athens
Maplewood Place
L. H. Keffer
P. Emerson Spencer
Inlet
Martha Barnicoat
Nelsonville
Inez Safreed Bailey
Zanesville
Jacksonville
Charles Safreed
George Safreed
Dayton
Isaac Safreed
Inez M. Bailey
Catherine Gillett
Harlan C. Collins
Claude L. James
Glouster
Russell Adams
Athens Township
Elmer F. Jones
Robert W. Ohlinger
Jones
Howard McClain
Richard E. van Dyke
Lodis
Carl C. Buck
Oward L. Lake
Clarence E. Williams
James ©. Hill
G. A. R. Hall
Phillipsburg
Bern Township
Leona M. Wells
W. E. Deem
Jonathan Smith
Jessie M. Parker
James I. Lingard
1 H Club Boat Trip and Tar Hollow 4 H Camp
A 4 H Club Ohio River boat trip is planned for this Thursday on the steamer The Avalon leaving Middleport at 1 p m and returning at 4 p m. More than 125 4 H members and family from Athens Meigs Hocking Vinton Gallia and Jackson Counties are expected. A five day 4 H Camp at Tar Hollow runs July 12 16 with crafts swimming instruction and a full staff including counselor life guard and nurse. The canteen opens twice daily on Route 327 between Londonderry and Adelphi.
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Tar Hollow
Avalon
Middleport
Athens
Meigs
Hocking
Vinton
Gallia
Jackson
Vinton County
Londonderry
Adelphi
Four-H and local club officers named in recent meetings
The Plains 4-H Club met at Basil Cullison home naming Gail McCoy as president and Tommie Thomas as vice president. Trim 4-H Club to elect officers at adviser Mrs Oole Sharp's home. Clarys Lantz assists. Lottridge Crop and Livestock Club distributed project books. Albany Happy Junior Cooks had thirteen members with Vicky Mace as secretary leading the session. Rome Canaan Jolly Girls gathered in the Home Economics Room for sewing projects start. The Plains Good Luck Bakers at Violet Bryan home enjoyed refreshments.
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Plains 4-H Club
Basil Cullison
Gail McCoy
Tommie Thomas
Ralph Hartman
Don McCrae
Bob Bryan
Trimble 4-H Club
Oole Sharp
Clarys Lantz
Albany Happy Junior Cooks
Vicky Mace
Violet Bryan
The
Plains
Ohio University Grad Named B&O Public Relations Assistant
Joseph L. Stanton, Ohio University 1938 graduate, is named assistant director of public relations for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He previously led the Export and Import Bureau of the Baltimore Association of Commerce since 1949 and spoke at an Ohio University convocation last winter.
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Joseph L. Stanton
Ohio University
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stanton
Baltimore Association of Commerce
Ohio Workshop on Economic Education Ends Week
The Ohio Workshop on Economic Education enters its final week with a full speaker lineup at Lindley. Ronald Owens of United Mine Workers of Ohio opened Monday, with talks on labor in the U S economy and collective bargaining.
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Ohio Workshop On
Lindley
Ronald Owens
United Mine Workers of Ohio
U. S
E. T. Hellebrandt
Ohio University
Guy Harold Smith
Standard of Co
Ohio
Fred H Johnson
Rankin, Johnson and Co
Columbus
Harry M. Miller
Driver Hurt As Car Hits Embankment
An Athens Countian, Clifford Rice, 31, of Athens Route 2, was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after his car crashed into an embankment at the junction of Routes 278 and 56 in Vinton County. The wreck occurred about 8:40 p.m. with Rice northbound from Lake Hope.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
Clifford Rice
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vinton County
Rice
Lake Hope
Logan
Gerald Albaugh
Jackson
Mich
Harry Vermaaten
Gilouster
Albaugh
Dean Collison
World Affairs Speakers Arrive for Conference
C Hartley Grattan Australian writer arrives in Athens for the eighth annual World Affairs Conference at Ohio University. George Robert Lakin New Zealand consul-general in the U S joins to discuss The Southwest Pacific In World Affairs Today. Grattan speaks Australia and Today's World at 9:45 am Memorial Auditorium. Lakin speaks New England's Place in the Pacific at 2 pm Chemistry Auditorium.
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C. Hartley Grattan
Australia
Athens
Ohio University
George Robert Lakin
New Zealand
U.S
Frederick D. Kershner, Jr
Southwest Pacific
Grattan
Lakin
New England
Pacific
Audi- Grattan
Harper's Magazine
Rotary Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Hotel Berry
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David Jones
Racine
Merle Russell
Juanita Milligan
Erma Ricker
Rowena Sprout
Charles Heiser
Bernice Kayser
Goodyear
Athens Co
Lottridge Crop and Livestock Club
United States
the Security Bank
Banking House
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
B&o
Colmbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Co
R. Karl Honaman
Bell Laboratories
Stanley C. Allyn
No Cash Register Co
P. Ng
George J
OU College of Education
Gore
Harold Souders
Paul Hatem
New Straiteville
Souders
Zemo
Beleae
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Masonic Temple
Bidg
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Householder
Athens County Agents Association
Houck & VanDyke
Donald K
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Scipte & Kempton
D. M. Goddard
Seel
E M. Gill Dwight H. Rutherford
Karl F. Mathews, Inc
PR. Murphey and Son
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Oakley Insurance Agency, Inc
the Saltz Insurance Agey
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