Telephone tariff increases approved by Ohio commission
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a system wide tariff increase for Commonwealth Telephone Co. effective August 1. Residential and business rates rise in Athens and Logan with new charges: residences 4 to 6 dollars monthly for various party lines and extensions rising to 1.50 in Logan. The commission expects gross revenue of 1,025,783.85 from adjusted rates and considers the new rates reasonable given investment. Howard C. Slusher, the company’s general manager, confirms the adjustments align with Athens rates and extend to Logan to match.
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Ness Res
Athens Co Telephone Co
Commission of
Ohio
Howard C. Slusher
Commission
Slasher
Athens
Logan
Pretty Penny Shelter Ad and Athens Council Meeting
An insurance notice lists numerous names and addresses in Athens Ames Albany and Columbus highlighting coverage for property loss theft and fire with a meeting notice stating Athens Council 15 R&SM will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Masonic Temple per Ross M Davis illustrious master.
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Carl Oberholzer
Albany
William Wyatt
Athens
Athens Council
R&sm
Masonic Temple
Ross M. Davis
Paving Job Delayed On Route 50 Completion Near Athens
Final section of the Route 50 highway between Athens and Canaanville was halted Friday as crews ran out of paving motion. About 200 feet remained to finish Monday, with the full 33 mile roadway expected to open next weekend if pouring stays on track. Most of the highway is dry enough for traffic. only a short segment near city roads remains closed for drying.
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Athens
Canaanville
Project Eng Way Department
Ashcraft
Two Divorce Suits Filed In Common Pleas Court
Two divorce suits were filed in Common Pleas Court. The plaintiffs include Thelma F. Harrison suing Thomas Porter, superintendent of Trimble schools, and a wife filing another suit. Details list assets, neglect, and inquiries into marital status with community meeting notices and GOP events.
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Common Pleas Cour
Thelma F. Harrison
Thomas Porter
Trimble Schools
the Plains School
Dana Russell
Mts
W. H. Wakelied
Ois
GOP
Rome Township
Arnaeie Seay
George Mason
Plains
The
Women’s Republican Club
Wayne Ward
T. C. Kincade
Revised exchange rates announced for Plains and nearby towns
The Plains Chauncey Albany Bre man and McArthur schedule updates raise individual business rates to 7.75, five and two party lines at 6.75 and 5.75, with five party residence rates 5.45 and 3.65 for five party residences. Increases run 65 to 90 cents while Commonwealth exchanges Amesville Guysville New Marshfield and Shade remain unchanged.
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Plains
Chauncey
Albany
Bre‘man
McArthur
Slusher
Commonwealth
Amesville
Guysville
New Marshfield
Shade
Damage Suits Dismissed From Court
Two damage suits filed in Common Pleas Court, one in 1954 and the other in 1950, were dismissed from the docket without prejudice to new action. The 1954 case by G. W. Tolliver and Sherman Locke against Wilkinson Coal Co. sought 10500 for fault of a contract over stripping coal from leased property. The second suit by Don Pierce against Delmar Green and Athens Buick Co. claimed 321.90 for damages from a Route 50 collision on January 13, 1950.
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Pla
Common Pleas Court
G. W. Tolliver
Sherman Locke
Wilkinson Coal Co
Oal
Don Pierce
Delmar Green
Athens Buick Co
Insurance Agents in Athens and Nearby Ohio Towns
Directory style brief listing agents and firms in Athens Ohio and surrounding communities including Barstow Dillon Gill & Co Goddard Houck & Van Dyke Earl Mathews Guinther Nelsonville and Glouster with locations cited for easy access to insurance services.
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Donald K. Barstow
C. B Dillon
CM. Gill & Co
D. M. Goddard
Houck & van Dyke, Inc
Earl F. Mathews
Polio Vaccine Clinic Schedule Is Changed
The Athens City County Health Department announced changes to immunization clinics. Clinics will run 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, with Saturday sessions eliminated. The change aims to meet demand and covers first and second doses for children through 19 and for pregnant women. Parents must accompany children to sign request slips.
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Athens City
AHS Graduate Wins Coryell Scholarship for Cornell Study
Roary A. Murchison of Athens, a June 1956 Athens High School graduate, is among seven Ohio men entering Cornell University this fall as freshmen on John McMullen regional scholarships for engineering. The scholarship awards range from 100 to 1000 dollars based on scholastic achievement and general ability. Murchison will study electrical engineering.
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AHS
Coryell
Ohio
Cornell University
John McMullen
College of Engineering
Roary A. Murchisees
Sps
Roary A. Murchison
Athens
Heute 5
Athens High School
Murchison
Auto Theft Indictee Charged By Patrol
Richard D. Morris of Athens Route 5 was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on Sunday morning. He faced two counts in Municipal Court on Monday, fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless operation and 10 dollars and costs for passing on a cure. The latter costs were pendin g. Morris was indicted by the grand jury for auto theft and faces arraignment in Common Pleas Court in August.
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Richard D. Morris
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Morris
Grand Jury
Common Plis
Ideal Weather Is Forgotten In Monday Heat
A stale storm-threat forecast plus lingering sunshine marked the start of the week with 80 degrees at 1 am and a Sunday high of 90. C L Colmer notes cloud cover kept temps moderate while Hamley Run shows a sequence of 79 to 86 across Friday to Sunday and a 66 degree low with a 10 degree rise by 9 am.
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C. L. Colmer
U. S
Hamley Run
Real Estate Transfers Hit Athens County Records
A long list records dozens of real estate transfers in Athens County from Athens to Nelsonville and Coolville, including parcels in Athens Township, Trimble, and the Nelsonville Mining Co. additions. Several transfers involve Athens, Nelsonville, and Columbus parties with properties in Coolville, Mechanicsburg, and Albany. In a separate matter at Municipal Court, Ray Shafer of The Plains was bound over for a hearing after pleading innocent to selling beer to a minor, with a six month license suspension for a juvenile involved in an accompanying accident.
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Anna B. Rizer
Nelsonville
Wavelean Barber
Nelsonville Mining ‘Co
Ralph O. Higgins
Robert P. O’nail
Armstrong and
Allendale
Athens Township
Jesse Wooten
Athens County
Mae Wooten
Rutherford
Athens
Fred H. Johnson
Briarwood
James Smith
John McGuire
Wolfsburg
Frank J. Caldwell
Coolville
Fm Wattemser
Vinton Club
Nelsonite
Ray Shafer
the Plains
Mary Stalder
Elston Mace
New Marshs
Field
Fred Elliott
V. C
Pocketbook Nerve Questioned in Damage Suit
A reader asks if harming you by a $10,000 damage verdict would hurt less than paying out, noting the risk and potential savings. The query frames insurance and settlement costs as a financial concern for defendants.
Athens County Native Dies
A Athens County native, AcoD F. Weisenbach aged 77, died Saturday at his Columbus home. Born in Carthage Township, he was a farmer there before moving to Columbus 20 years ago. Survived by two sons Victor J and Herm, with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call Schoedinger Funeral Home.
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Acod. F. Weisenbach
Athens County
Ave
Columbus
Carthage Township
Lou Winters
Victor J
St. Joseph
Schoedinger
E. State St
Millfield Man Fined On Deputy's Charge
Millfield man fined in municipal court on a sheriff s charge of intoxication. Deputy Harold Shields arrested him during an investigation of a shooting after Joseph Fields of Athens reported to Nelsonville police that someone fired at his automobile on Route 33 Thursday night. Fields charged age not, but Shields recorded intoxication.
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Boudinot
Harold Shields
Athens
Joseph Fields
Nelsonville
Fields
Shields
Taverns Face Liquor-Rule Violations on Wednesday
A board of liquor inspectors scheduled hearings Wednesday for alleged violations at Wonder Bar in Glouster and Mistletoe Inn in Laurelville. Evangelo Pappas and Diamond Morris face charges of selling to minors and Orville Lunsford faces improper conduct.
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Board of Liquorings
Evangelo Pappas
Diamond Morris
Wonder Bar
Glouster
Orville Lunsford
Mistletoe Inn
Laurelville
Driver Signs W iver In State Charge
George D. Ferguson, 19, of Rock, West Virginia, was fined $30 and costs in Municipal Court after signing an upper waiver on a State Highway Patrol charge of reckless operation.
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George D. Ferguson
Sal Rock
W. Va
Montes
Albany man fined in Municipal Court on two charges
Arnold of Albany Route paid $25 and court costs after two State Highway Patrol charges. Clayton Walter, 24, New Plymouth, and Charlotte Brown, 2, Carbondale, were associated with marriage license matters. Samuel Stout, 21, Albany, and others completed a radio and television servicing course at the National Radio Institute in Athens.
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Clayton W. Walter
New Plymouth
Charlotte Brown
Carbondale
Samuel Stout
Albany
Washington, D. C
Frank Betty Bobo
F. Shea
Curran Drive
Athens
John Biddle
Janet
Radio King
George Gill
Murray City
National Radio Institute
Sarah Siater
Glouster
Committees Named by Home Builders Association Meeting
Athens County housing group names committees at a meeting led by John Davidson. Fire, finance, membership, program and other posts filled at 9:24 p.m. Sunday. A fire caused smoke in the building as Logan officials fine Arthur H. Watkins for improper passing. meeting delayed to August 16 with a 45 minute program.
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Associa Motor
Athens County
Press- Grocery
Union St
Dent
John Davidson
Sears
Wath
Oun
Ye Finance
Elmer Jones
Peter’ Isnt Wigmare
B. Seel
Olson
Roger Kitte
Raymond Bardin
Logan
Arthur H. Watkins
Tom Williams
Thomas Griffith
Mansland Davidson
Carlfield
Murphy
Gerald Stauffer
Francis Myers
Cloyce
Martin
Harold S. Leach
Bailey Highway Patrol
Picnic Disrupted By Driverless Auto Wrecks Across Area
Three highway accidents in the region involve a driverless auto causing minor damage and injuries. Donahue 17 of Rockbridge and Wade 39 of Ath suffered injuries when a vehicle rolled off an embankment. Welch 29 of Coolville and Jones 59 of Columbus escaped serious harm as sideswipes and passes occurred on Route 4 and nearby junctions.
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Donahue
Rockbridge
William
Perison
Columbus
Athens
Sai Ld
Clare Wade
Pathens
Thomas Jones
Charles Williamson
George
Ames Festival Sets Fire Department Event Schedule
Amesville announces its annual fire department festival this Friday and Saturday led by fire chief William Clark. Chauncey-Dover High School band performs each evening, with a Saturday crowning of the festival queen featuring Virginia Quinn, Dorothy Henry, Dedee Bowers, and Luella Golden. The event offers games square dancing and refreshments. proceeds fund new firefighting equipment.
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Amesville
Nih
Teer
William Clark
Chauncey - Dover High School
Virginia Quinn
Dorothy Henry
Dedee Bowers
Luella Golden
Clark
Police Cite Two On Intoxication Charges
Police charged Virgil Gilkey of Athens Route 3 with intoxication after a plea, jailed for inability to pay a 100 dollar fine and costs. Delbert Kingland Avenue forfeited a 20 dollar appearance bond posted for intoxication when arraigned Monday at the county court.
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Pee New
Virgil Gilkey
Athens
Delbert Kingland
Albany youths enlist in Marine Corps in 1956
Charles J. Elliott and Charles W. Rich, both 17 and Albany High School graduates, enlisted in the U S Marine Corps. They reported to recruiter Charles J. Martin in the Athens post office building. They will complete 10 weeks of basic training at the San Diego depot before assignment to a marine post.
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Albany
U.S. Marine Corps
T-Sat
Charles J. Martin
Athens
Charles J. Elliott
Charles Elliott
Charles W. Rich
Vada Borinski
Columbus
Albany High School
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Marine
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