Athens May Consider Tax Increase To Fund City Improvements
County Auditor Ralph Elliott discusses a possible four mill tax rise based on current valuations. The Athens Board of Trade backs the levy to finance city improvements, with re appraisal complete in about a year and state approval needed before new valuations take effect.
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Athens City
Ralph Elliott
Elliott
Athens Board of Trade
State Tax Commission
County Budget Commission
Board of Elections
Vehicles Fail Safety Check After State Campaign
About 25 percent of 709 cars checked during the first 10 days of Ohio safety blitz showed defects. 218 vehicles required repairs including brakes, headlights, tail lights, tires, and wipers. 175 were given defects to fix before clearance. The statewide effort runs through July and is led by state patrol and police chiefs.
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Athens Sciate Highway Patrol
Seedlings Distribution Planned by State Foresters
Forester Irv ing Dickman heads a meeting with Robert R. Paton and other officials to outline plans for collecting and distributing walnut pine hem lock red oak and other tree seeds. Nurseries at Marietta and Green Springs expect higher output and seedling sales to farmers for reforestation. Farmers should contact Dickman early this fall.
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Irving Dickman
Robert R. Paton
Ohio Forest Nurseries
Carl V. Bailey
Green Springs
Glenn C. Martin
Marietta
Forest Rangers
Paton
Dickman
Security Bank
Elza J Tucker Rites Saturday
Elza J Tucker 73 lifelong Athens County resident and farmer died at home after a two year illness. Survived by wife Emma daughter Mae Sedwick Athens Route 4 son William L Tucker Columbus sister Winnie Jane Doe Athens Route 3 and three grandchildren. Services by Rev E C Kenney Saturday 10 am Dowler Ferguson funeral home with burial at Strouds Run Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Friday.
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Elza J. Tucker
Athens County
Strouds Run
Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home
Route 280 Reopens Linking Trimble and Amesville
State Route 280 connecting Trimble and Amesville opened to traffic Thursday morning per Road Supt. Harry Richards. A steel bridge near Trimble, under construction since June 21, is now open though not yet completed. While closed, drivers used Route 13 to Chauncey and Route 33 to 50-A junction.
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Trimble
Amesville
Harry Richards
Chauncey
Mrs. Kerr's Mother Dies in Lancaster
Mrs. Frank E. Smith 57 mother of Mrs. R Kenneth Kerr Jr Athens dies Tuesday in Lancaster City Hospital. Wife of Frank E Smith a Lancaster funeral director she retired last winter after 39 years as organist at St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at the church burial in Forest Rose Cemetery.
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Lancaster
Frank E. Smith
R. Kenneth Kerr, Jr
Athens
City man fined for intoxication in mayor court
Leonard Ball 40 The Plains pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 15 dollars plus costs after arrest Tuesday night by a sheriff's deputy in Mayor W P Mickle's court.
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Leonard Ball
the Plains
W. P. Mickle
Ball
State Patrolman Don Taylor Resigns From Athens Post
Patrolman Don Taylor of Xenia resigns after ten months service at the Athens State Highway Patrol post to take another position, as confirmed by Corp. R. E. Henderson.
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Don Taylor
Xenia
Athens State Highway Patrol
Corp. R. E. Henderson
Canaan Girl Bicyclist Hit by Truck
Charlene Ogle a 12 year old from Canaan ville was struck by a cattle truck on Route 50 while bicycling with two others. She remained in critical condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital with severe scalp lacerations brain concussion and possible internal injuries. Driver Earl Poston 38 and passenger Lindsey Hutchinson 59 were not held by state police.
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Canaanville
Sheltering Arms
State Highway Patrol
Charlene Ogle
Earl Poston
Stewart
Poston
Lindsey Hutchinson
Athens
Charles Ogie
Rites Held for McKibben Infant Son
Funeral services were held for Walter Eugene McKibben 10 day old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur McKibben Beaumont at Hoodlet funeral home New Marshfield with Rev Phyllis LeMaster presiding Burial followed in Marshfield Cemetery Grandparents were Carl and Mrs McKibben New Marshfield Floyd Hart Beaumont The infant died Tuesday night at Children s Hospital Columbus
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Walter Eugene McKibben
Arthur McKibben
Beaumont
Hoodlet Funeral Home
New Marshfield
Phyllis LeMaster
Marshfield Cemetery
Carl McKibben
Floyd Hart
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Health education under fire at Ohio University conference
Dean Evan R. Collins opens Ohio University’s first annual health education conference, saying the nation has bad health habits and schools must do more. Paul Landis outlines Ohio’s health education aims, stressing practical learning, school community collaboration, and a Kelogg funded program now in 300 schools.
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United States
Evan R. Collins
College of Education
Ohio University
Collins
Dean Collins
Ohio School and Community Health
Paul Landis
Landis
Ohio
Univer
Kellogg Foundation
Sheep and Conservation Field Day at Southeast Farm
Two programs directed by L A Kauffman and C W Blakeslee will cover sheep research and conservation at the Southeast Experiment Farm near Carpenter. Speakers include Ohio State and Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station officials, with a field tour and a special ladies program led by Mrs Geneva Nolan.
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L. A. Kauffman
C. W. Blakeslee
Southeast Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Ross Wright
D. S. Bell
Department of Animal Science
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
L. S. Powelson
L. E. Kunkle
L. K. Bear
Ohio State University
Columbia Grange
Ohio
L. L. Rummell
College of Agriculture
J. D. Bragg
College of Agriculture and Experiment Station
W. H. Bruner
Ohio Wool Growers’ Corporative Association
Columbus
L. E. Thatcher
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Staion
H. L. Borst
Soil Conservation Service
Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station
Geneva Nolan
Missing Lancaster School trio linked to Athens theft
Auto thefts across Nelsonville and Athens connect to three Lancaster Boys Industrial School escapees seen near a Little Hocking service station. They fled into the woods after leaving behind a stolen car with loot from Hilltop Restaurant including pie crusts candy and gum. Police continue the search for the trio.
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Nelsonville
Athens
Lancaster Boys Industrial School
Hocking
Fred James
City Police
James
Lancaster
Carsey Taken To Jail For Fine Nonpayment
Willard Carsey aged 31 of Richland Avenue is confined in Athens County Jail after failing to pay a fine from a guilty plea for intoxication. The fine was $15 plus costs.
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Willard Carsey
Richland Ave
Athens County
W. P. Mickle
Carsey
Slight Temperature Drop Noted in Athens Weather
Temperatures in Athens continued to fall with a high of 81, four below yesterday. Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France reported the latest readings, noting a low of 62, eight degrees down from Tuesday's minimum. The mercury marked a 79 degree high at 10:30 a.m. and the Hocking River dropped to 3.60 feet.
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Athens
C. N. France
Mercury
Hocking
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Busnidd Engineering
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