Athens Eyes Off Street Parking Plan to Ease Traffic
Mayor Seel told the Rotary Club that the city will reserve part of meter revenue for future off-street parking. A special council meeting was set for July 15 to focus on off-street parking amid broader plans for streets and city services including water supply and fire protection upgrades.
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Peter B. Seeil
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Berry Hotel
Seel
Lee
White's Mill
Zanesville
Car Driven By Oscar Richardson Crashes Into Yard
Oscar Richardson 24 of 307 East State Street faced a charge of unsafe operation after his car jumped a curb and smashed through a fence into the yard of a home on West Union Street. Police said the vehicle skidded 93 feet, damaged the front, and two tires blew out before stopping in a flower bed. Arraignment was set for today.
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Oscar Richardson
E. State St
W. Union St
Richardson
Ernest McGraner
Union and
Factory Streets
Peter B. Seel
Richard Issett
Highland Ave
S. Court St
Donald Groff
Mohnton
Bissett
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Alvin Hess of Athens a son and Mr and Mrs Gerald Bentley of Nelsonville a daughter. Mr and Mrs James McGirr of Athens a daughter. Admissions include Howard Clendenin Athens Gerald Daft Athens John Fockler Athens Mrs Ellen Ferris Millfield. Others admitted Lavina Braley Dexter Mae Rains Albany Betty Wilkes Athens. Dismissals include Bo Dodd Carbondale Nelle Pickering Athens and Frank Grate Zaleski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hess
Athens
Gerald Bentley
Nelsonville
James McGirr
Howard Clendenin
Gerald Daft
John Fockler
Ellen Ferris
Millfield
Lavina Braley
Dexter
Mae Rains
Albany
Betty Wilkes
Bo Dodd
Carbondale
Nelle Pickering
Frank Grate
Zaleski
Neglect Cited in Barnhart Divorce Petition
Elizabeth Barnhart of Nelsonville files for divorce from Earl Barnhart of New Marshfield Route 1 in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect. Custody and support of three children requested. Married March 21 1937 in Greenup Kentucky.
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Elizabeth Barnhart
Nelsonville
Common Pleas
Earl Barnhart
New Marshfield
Greenup
Kiwanis Family Night At Crystal Pool Ends With Picnic
Athens Kiwanis Club hosted a family night at Crystal Pool. Families supplied the food, enjoyed swimming, and gathered for a post swim picnic dinner with guests.
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Kiwanis
Athens
Kiwanis Club
Crystal Pool
Driver Fined For Displaying No License Plates
Clyde H. Hildreth from Athens pleaded guilty to failing to display license plates. He was fined $15 plus costs after arrest by city police and arraignment before Mayor Peter B. Seel.
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Clyde H. Hildreth
Athens
Hildreth
Peter B. Seel
Masons to Meet Guysville for Entered Apprentice Degree
Savannah Lodge 466 F and AM will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. to confer the Entered Apprentice degree. Refreshments will be served at the hall.
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Guysville
Savannah
Knights to Meet Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar
Knights Templar Commandery 15 will convene at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Masonic Temple announced by Commander C J Tippett.
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Athens
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
C. J. Tippett
Marriage License for Walter Wysong and Judith Betts
Walter Lee Wysong, 23, of Dayton, and Judith Betts, 21, of Nelsonville, obtained a marriage license. The filing lists anc as an abbreviation in the groom’s residence field.
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Walter Lee Wysong
Dayton
Anc
Judith Betts
Nelsonville
Rev Clarence G Billups D D dies in Huntington
Point Pleasant report says the Rev Clarence G Billups D D of 108 English Road died today at 2 30 AM at the Veterans Hospital Huntington after four years ill health He was a retired Baptist minister former pastor of Main Street Baptist Church for 15 years WWI veteran and longtime American Legion Mason County Post 23 chaplain He is survived by wife Lucy Powers Billups a niece and two nephews plus sisters and brothers Funeral arrangements are by Crow funeral home
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Point Pleasant
Clarence G. Billups
D. D
English Road
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Billlups
Main Street Baptist Church
American Legion
Mason County
Masonic Lodge
Baptist Seminary of
Louisville
Vanderbilt University
Putnam County
Leonard and
Berdie Ashworth Billups
Lucy Powers Billups
Daniel S. Simmons
Arnett Powers
U. S. Armed Forces
Trieste
Gertrude Wallace
Anna Wilson
Atlanta, Ga
Cecil Billups
Leo Billups
Crow Funeral Home
Modoe Man Held On Threatening Count
Joe Sheskey, 60, of Modoe, faces two counts of threatening to kill. He was bound to the grand jury and jailed in Glouster after failing to post $600 bonds on each charge. Prosecutors John Murray and Don McCullough say Sheskey threatened them with a shotgun.
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Joe Sheskey
Modoe
Sheskey
Court of Justice of the Peace
Thomas Williams, Sr
Glouster
John Murray
Don McCullough
Dana Family History Ties Athens Home to Local Leaders
The 35 Park Place residence links the Athens branch of the Dana family to Ohio University figures from 1818 onward. Joseph Dana, professor and attorney, aided in county leadership, while Captain Joseph M. Dana and son John Perkin Dana held court, bank, and civic roles. The house later housed Otto Barth’s family and survived the 1907 flood before university ownership.
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Park Place
Poston-Biddle
Athens
Dana
Danas
Massachusetts
Richard Dana
Cambridge
Joseph M. Dana
Ohio University
John Perkins Dana
Joseph Dana
Athens County
Catherine Perkins
John Perkins
Ohio
John Dana
Louise Dana
Florida
Ann Colwell
Urbana
Emma Dana
Boyd Sisters
Athens National Guard
Ohio County
Third Ohio Infantry
C. H. Grosvenor
Board of
Athens Commandery
Knights Templar
John Perking Dana
First National Bank of Athens
Univer
Sity
Virginia
Ohio National Guard
Grand Army of the Republic
University Terrace
Otto Barth
Barth
Carl Hibbard
John P. Dana
The
University
Hal M. Woods
Red Cross Awards 28 Home Nursing Certificates
The Athos County American Red Cross chapter announced 28 women completed a 12 hour home nursing course. Recipients include Mrs. Norman Dean Mrs. Katherine Fulton Mrs. D L Gandee Mrs. Inez Kasler and others. Instructors were Mrs Been Nida Mrs W H Kirchner and Mrs Edythe Noble. Chapter secretary Mrs Clarke Daily noted contact changes for the office.
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Athos County
American Red Cross
Norman Dean
Katharine Fulton
D. Ll. Gandee
Inez Kasler
Raymond Lee
Elizabeth Milla
Donald Robinson
F. Shields
E. Wichterman
K. Pickering
Florence Ackley
Wayne Harris
George Malloy
Perry Woman Mae Dunkle Dies in Athens Home
Mae Dunkle 80 of New Lexington died of a heart attack at her daughter Mrs Clarence Sisson 16 Foster Place Athens. Former resident of Trimble and Millfield areas she leaves nine children including Richard of Millfield Roy William Edith Green Eva Sycks Adrien Wright Thomas Fleming Doris Waxler and Sisson. Friends may call at Roy Dunkle’s New Lexington home.
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Mae Dunkle
New Lexington
Clarence Sisson
Foster Place
Athens
Dunkle
Trimble
Millfield
Sissons
Chauncey
Richard
Roy
William
Edith Green
Eva Sycks
Adrien Wright
Zanesville
Thomas Fleming
Corning
Doris Wax
Albany Lodge 723 to Confer Master Mason Degree Thursday
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will confer the Master Mason degree at 8 p.m. Thursday during a lodge meeting led by master Guy B. McDaniel.
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Albany
Albany Lodge
F&am
Guy B. McDaniel
Ohio Delegation Fails First Taft Floor Fight
Ohio delegates at the Republican convention lose a floor vote on a Taft amendment after parleyed talks. Bricker Brown and ONeill led the effort while Langlie’s proposal carried by voice vote. Delegates from districts and at large praised MacArthur’s keynote as the convention began.
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Ohio
Ken Davis
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Brown
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
O'Neill
Bricker
Arthur E. Langlie
Washington
Eisenhower
Langlie
Douglas MacArthur
George H. Bender
Agrin Falls
Ray C. Bliss
Akron
Katherine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Myers Y. Cooner
Cincinnati
Willis D. Gradison
David S. Ingalls
Hunting Valley
Florence G. Morris
Toledo
City Council Sees Bridge News And Crime Funds
City council moved toward White's Mill Bridge construction with state consent steps and potential water line moves. Approval for a new four door police cruiser, updated burning ordinance, elm disease briefing, and funding for feeding jail prisoners were also approved along with a monthly auditor report.
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Douglas MacArthur
Chicago Assembly
Hock River
Union St
White's Mill
W. Parker Walker
Service Safety
Fire Department
Arthur Buckle
Ohio University
Patrol Seeks Driver After Traffic Crash
The State Highway Patrol sought the owner of a car in a two car crash on Route 50 about a mile east of Athens Monday night. Harvey Wood 54 Canaanville was eastbound around 9 p.m when a westbound car struck Wood’s left rear fender. No injuries and Wood’s car suffered minor damage. J Rudd Harrison 62 Fimhurst Tl was arrested for crossing the yellow centerline fined $5 and costs by Mayor Peter B Seel.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
Harvey Wood
Canaanville
Wood
J Rudd Harrison
Fimhurst
Peter B. Seel
Four Fined In Mayor Seels Court On Intoxication Charges
Four people arraigned by Mayor Peter B Seel on intoxication charges. Donald Duncan 32 Trimble fined 75 dollars plus costs and jailed for nonpayment after wife Dorothy affidavit. Mayor suspended 50 dollars of the fine. Howard Clendenin 34 Athens Route 2 paid 25 dollars plus costs. Paul Reynolds 33 Guysville Route 3 and Pete Mernedakis 43 49 Stewart Street each paid 15 dollars plus costs.
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Peter B. Seel
Donald Duncan
Trimble
Duncan
Dorothy
Howard Clendenin
Athens
Paul Reynolds
Guys
Bound to Grand Jury For Non-Support
Ellis Stiers 29 of 16% W Washington St bound to the grand jury on a non support charge filed by his wife Rebecca. He pleaded guilty to failure to support two children before Mayor Peter B Lee. Bond set at 500 dollars. he remained in county jail after not posting.
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Ellis Stiers
Washington St
Grand Jury
Peter B Lee
Rebecca
Stiers
Athens store winner in window display contest
The Yaw Appliance Store in Athens won the $25 first prize in the Ohio Fuel Gas Co window display contest during a spring 1952 show of gas ranges in the Athens district. Second place went to Kelly's Furniture and Appliance of New Lexington after more than 70 dealers submitted photographs for judging.
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Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
L. L. Lovett
Kelly's Furniture and
New Lexington
Salvation Army fund drive in Athens raises over four thousand
O F Rowland and the Advisory Board announced the 1952 Salvation Army campaign gathered more than four thousand dollars from 1435 contributors. They credited public-spirited residents for support and thanked team captains and solicitors while noting continued work toward aiding those in need.
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Salvation Army ‘N
Athens
Iinicity
O F. Rowland
Rowland Space
Salvation Army
Mercury Hits 91 Degrees After Brief Dip
The temperature climbed back above 90 after a short lull. Monday's high reached 91 with a 68 degree low overnight. By 9 am Tuesday the same 91 mark was recorded, the first 90s day in July.
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Troy
Xenia
Findlay
Middletown
Warren
Painesville
Court St
Edna F. Moore
Stack
Fred Beckler
Newark
Neal E. Glenn
Fred W. Weber
Daugherty Tanner, Inc
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Billups
Modoe Man
Walter J. L. Bray
Detroit
Claude B. Hellman
Baltimore
Kiwanis International
Seattle
Wash
Carl] A. Frey
Red Cross
Perry
Council
Hocking Bridge
Blckle
Florence Davis
Davis
Peter B Seel
SIMI
Counct
Lasch
Mercury
N. Court Athens
America
Culligan
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Otarion
Athens Hotel
Athens, Ohio
Columbus St
George Appleman
Mgr
St.—Pomeroy
L. Midd
Mar
N. Court St
Rk, E
Mac” McCammen, Mgr
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