Athens council moves to annex Mechanicsburg roads
City council approved a bond issue for remodeling the city hall and authorized the solicitor to prepare legislation to annex all Mechanicsburg streets to Athens. The 142 480 remodel bond would be issued next Jan for 10 years if approved in November.
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Rada Sd
Mechanicsburg
City of Athens
Morrison Brownhill
George Rutkoskie
William Weisenbach
Fred Weber
Raymond Shepard
R. A. Smith
Harvey Household
Weber
Householder
William C. Rowland
Richland Avenue
South Bridge
Blackburn Hill
CHORC School Open House Slated for Sunday
Open house for the CHORC school, established last spring by the Council for Handicapped Children, will be held Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Children's Home quarters. Visitors can tour the facilities, view donated equipment, and suggest a name for the school now known as CHORC.
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Council For
James Wilson
CHORC
Ohio University
Vic Sheron
Sherow
Jack Sykes
Darrel Gorbey
Howard Woodyard
W. H. Hyde
C. D. Crawford
E. E. Leadingham
Nelsonville
William Cooper
Lucille Scott
Margaret Trisolini
Athens
Five More Injured In WV Traffic Toll Rises to Ten
Five additional people were hurt in three highway crashes investigated by the State Police, lifting recent days’ injuries to 10. West Virginia incidents on Route 50 near Albany involved Charles Settle and Fred Blazier with minor injuries and a possible back injury for a passenger. A separate Route 50A rollover near Sharpsburg injured Gerald Wendle and passenger Ray Dunkel from Altoona. A third crash near Coolville caused no injuries.
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State Highway Patrol
West Virginia
Route
Albany
Charles Settle
Nutter Fork
Fred Blazier
Athens
Blazier
Settle
Margie
Curtis
Gerald Wendle
Altoona
Sharpsburg Hill
Wendle
Ray Dunkel
Chesterhill
Coolville
Elwin Walls
Ricard Mills
Richard Bailey
OU Workshop Described For Kiwanis
Frank Bean discussed the Ohio Workshop on Economic Education before Athens Kiwanis at the fairgrounds shelter house. He traced the workshop's origins from a 1948 national start to Ohio’s first local workshop in 1952, noting this year’s sixth session with representation from 66 of 88 counties and more than 400 teachers and administrators. President E. T. Hellbrandt reported on the Kiwanis International convention in Atlantic City.
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Ohio Workshop On
Athens Kiwanians
Fairgrounds
Frank Bean
Ohio University Center For Educational Services
Bean
Joint
Committee On Economic Education
Ohio Workshop
Ohio
E. T. Hellbrandt
Bref
Atlantic City
New County Judge Contest Sees Two Candidates
Two candidates filed for the new county judge seat to be decided in November. George Schoonover of York Township Justice of the Peace and Ed ward Conley of Nelsonville Rt. 1 both submitted petitions on Monday. Petitions must be filed by August 10 with at least 101 signatures based on the 1956 governor vote. The winning judge will serve a one-year term starting January 1, after which a four-year term is to be elected in November 1958. The new court covers all county areas outside Athens and Athens Township and candidates need not be licensed attorneys until after January 1, 1963.
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George Schoonover
York Township
Election Board
Athens
Athens Township
Lease Increases Set for Veterans Housing Land at E State St
County commissioners approved a retroactive lease with Ohio University for land used to house married veterans near the Children's Home. The two year rate rises to 1850 annually, with a five year renewal option at 2100. The previous lease was 1650. The university has leased the site since 1946. Plans for Mechanicsburg sewer district hearing on Aug 15 were discussed and bills paid.
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Ohio University
E. State St
University
Mechanicsburg
Hearing Postponed in Malicious Destruction Case
Hearing of charges against Gordon Wend 19 Carbondale for malicious destruction of property and assault and battery was postponed for one week after defense counsel request. Wend held on $200 bond after arraignment stemming from a July 6 Carbonale altercation with Vern Scott and a third juvenile. next hearing set for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday July 23.
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Gordon Wend
Carbondale
William Lavelle
William C. Rowland
Wend
Vern Scott
Lancaster
Legion Installation Set for Wednesday at Post Home
Officers of K. T. Crossen Post 21 American Legion will be installed Wednesday at 8 p.m. by James Wagon seller Lancaster national executive committee man. Don Strawn commander urged delegates and alternates to attend the department convention planning meeting at the post on W Union Street. Mercury hits 49 cooler weather noted with 68 at 9 a.m. in Hamley Run. Athens Rotary watched a Lake Erie fishing film at Hotel Berry. Athens Council 15 Royal and Select Masters to meet Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. in Masonic Temple.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legion
W. Union St. James Wagonseller
Lancaster
National Executive
Don Strawn
Legion
Hamley Run
Athens
Lake Erie
Berry
Masonic Temple
Bert Vercoe
Electrical Burns Fatal to Hamley Run Lineman
Ahlan Doolittle 39, a Commonwealth Telephone Co. lineman, died at University Hospital Columbus after severe electrical burns from installing lines at Waterloo High School New Marshfield. He suffered burns to multiple areas and faced possible amputation. a WWII veteran and Union Furnace HS graduate, he leaves wife Sylvia, two daughters, a brother and three sisters. Body awaiting funeral arrangements at Johnson funeral home Nelsonville.
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Ahlan Doolittle
Telephone Company
University Hospital
Columbus
Doolittle
Hamley Run
Nelsonville
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Waterloo High School
New Marshfield
Union Furnace High School
Elizabeth Doolittle
Ford Doolittle
Sylvia
Lynn
Lita
Nial
Carbondale
Gail Nutter
Lancaster
Fern Chesser
Neward
Iona
Shelterin g Arms E Hospital Notes
Names listed as patients and dismissals at Shelterin g Arms E Hospital including Gloria Cooper Athens Route 1 Samuel P Hartley Athens Route 3 Mrs John Ator The Plains Mrs Robert Essex Athens Route 4 Mrs Darrel Tom Athens Mrs Dannie Kiraly Glouster Dismissed Treva McDonald Albany Route Mrs Howard Parsons Chester Hill Route 1 and daughter Mrs Lawrence White Athens William Speller Athens Mrs Vernon Weddle The Plains and daughter
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Gloria Cooper
Athens
Samuel P. Hartley
John Ator
the Plains
Robert Essex
Darrel Tom
Dannie Kiraly
Glouster
Howard Parsons
Chesterhill
Lawrence White
William Speller
Vernon Weddle
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Ohio University Health Center
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Wilson Smith
Rutkoskie
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Herbert
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Columbia Ave
Columbia
Garfield
Safety Service
Richland Ave
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Chorc School
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Woodrow Thomas
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Gene Clyse
H. H. Fockler
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Charles Jump
Harvey Householder
William Sprague
America
Jack Ryan
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Norman Weiser
B.T.U
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