Renewal Of 2 Mill Athens Street Levy For Streets
Athens voters will decide in November on renewing a two mill levy to fund street repairs and resurfacing. The city council approved placing the measure on the ballot, noting current improvements from the existing levy begun in 1948 and set to expire Dec 31.
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Athens
Armory St
Grosvenor St
R. H. White
Kroger
Carpenter St
Safety Service
Daniel A. Pierce
Pierce
W. Parker Walker
Common Pleas Court
Walker
Elza Graham
Mill St
Council
Rufus Putnam
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Cincinnati Man Confined to Jail
A Cincinnati resident, Frank Gehring, 25, was jailed in Athens for failure to pay a fine set by Mayor W. P. Mickle after pleading guilty to intoxication and disturbing the peace. Police arrested him following a Monday morning family quarrel. He was fined 15 dollars plus costs. Hospital-Gig F-Foundation.
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Cincinnati
Athens City
W. P. Mickle
Frank Gehring
Gehring
Legion To Elect Officers At K T Crossen Post 21 Meeting
Legion to elect officers at a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting in the Legion home Hospitality Foundation. Floyd Bolin Post 3477 VFW will meet Wednesday 7:30 p.m. at the Armory with refreshments after. Temperatures Monday ranged from 87 high to 68 low.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Legion
Floyd Bolin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. D. Boys
Truck Hits Mine Trestle On Route 56
A Virginia man driving a tractor-trailer crashed into the Starr Jack son Coal Co trestle on Route 56 in Hocking County injuring a passenger. Eugene Bowles 43 of Narrows Va and Giles Trout 33 also of Narrows were in the vehicle.
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Virginia
Route
Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Eugene Bowles
Narrows
Starr-Jackson Coal Co
Bowles
Giles Trout
Dayton
Coolville
James Elliott
Elliott
Roy D. Williams
William Perry
Athens
W. P. Mickle
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Alfred Hanshaw of Albany with a son. Admitted: William Wagner Athens Ralph Hitchings The Plains Mrs Virginia Lewis Athens Mrs Florence Manderbach Athens E T Brewer Gloucester Route 3 Larry E Rupp Athens Baby Gary Leon Donahue Coolville Route. Dismissed: Mrs Robert Baur Athens and Mrs Adrian Chappell Athens Willard Clark Millfield Route 1 Mrs Laura Sapp Athens Mrs Carrie McKinley Athens Route 3 Mrs Janice Ogg Athens Mrs Eva A Zimmer Glouster Sharon Williams Athens Route
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William Wagner
Athens
Ralph Hitchings
the Plains
Virginia Lewis
Florence Manderbach
E. T. Brewer
Glouster
Larry E. Rupp
Gary Leon Donahue
Coolville
Evi
Adrian Chappell
Willard Clark
Millfield
Laura Sapp
Carrie McKinley
Janice Ogg
Eva A. Zimmer
Sharon Williams
Immunization Schedule at Albany for Young Children
Albany report states first graders and preschool children will get a second diphtheria injection Thursday from a county nurse between 10 and 12. Lucille Bobo chairs the program. DeMolay meeting in Athens postponed to July 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple.
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Albany
Lucille Bobo
Athens
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Dutton Family Recalled From Hockingport History
A historical sketch of the Dutton family in eastern Athens County centered on Hockingport. Kingman Dutton settled there in 1806. Samuel Dutton carried settlers up the river with pirogues and flatboats. The narrative traces Duttons through Olive Township and links to notable ancestors including Dr. Waterman and Jacob Eckert amid the area’s rise and decline with the railroad era.
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WH. Harris
Samuel Dutton
Hockingport
Athens County
Ohio River
Chesapeake
Duttons
Kingman Dutton
Pennsylvania
Hocking Valley
Samuel
Logan
Lancaster
Dutton
James Dutton
Humphrey
Edwin Dutton
James
Marietta& Cincinnati Railroad
C. S. Dutton
Olive Township
Meigs County
Martha Waterman
Dr. Waterman
Josiah Bartlett
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
Congress
Bartlett
New Hampshire
New England
C. 8. Dutton
Jacob Eckert
Europe
Napoleon
Fredric William
Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
America
Troy Township
Athens County Claims Decline in Unemployment Filings
Athens County reports a drop in unemployment claims for the week ending July 3 with 28 new filings, down 10 from July 1. statewide totals rose, with Gallia Meigs up to 67, Jackson Vinton to 50, and New Lexington to 72, while Logan Nelsonville fell to 28.
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Athens County
H. H. Sands
Athens
Who Runs Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Questions and Answers describe that contributors of $10 or more become foundation members and elect the board of trustees. Trustees serve seven-year terms with the chairmanship rotating in the last year. public officials are ineligible. Trustees report to members with regular operations disclosures.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Mrs Gibbons Dies at 62 in Athens
Irene Gibbons 62 wife of William Gibbons of New Plymouth died at 6 30 p m Monday in Athens She was daughter of the late Rev William Arthur former Methodist pastors of New Plymouth and Mt Pleasant Surviving are her husband two sisters Miss Minnie Arthur Miss Stella Arthur and a brother Charles all of Gallipolis Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday New Plymouth Methodist Church Rev Carroll Chesser officiating burial in McArthur Friends may call at the New Plymouth residence
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McArthur
New Plymouth
Chauncey Principal Named Head of County Schools
George E. Christman principal of Chauncey Dover High School was named superintendent of Athens County schools by the county board of education. He will start August 1 for a one year term, replacing Glen M. Hanes who resigned to lead Knox County schools. Christman, a 1932 Ohio University graduate, has worked in Owens Corning’s education division and previously served three years at Chauncey Dover, with a master’s in supervision in education earned in 1950.
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George E. Christman
Chauncey-Dover
Athens County
County Board of Education
Christman
Elliott St
Glen M. Hanes
Knox County Schools
Owens Corning Fiberglass Co
Newark
Ohio University
Blood Donor Plea and Vinton Centennial Plans
Kiwanis Club heard a plea for blood donors by Prof. James A. Rundle of Ohio University in support of Red Cross plasma reserves. The meeting also detailed Vinton County Centennial events July 30 through August 5 including a homecoming with Sen. John Bricker, a Farm Day with Gov. Frank Lausche, and multiple countywide activities culminating in a Saturday parade and fireworks. William Neal was inducted as a new member by Dr. John R. Sprague.
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Vinton County
Kiwanis Club
James A. Rundle
Ohio University
Korea
Red Cross
Wallace E. Blake
McArthur
Vinton
John R. Sprague
William Neal
Rotary Told Of Egyptian Life Spirit
John Phelan, visiting professor at Ohio University, spoke to Ath ens Rotarians about Egypt including life, spirit, and thought. He noted three fifths of the world’s people live in poverty and ill health, described nationalism rising among previously overlooked masses, and called Egypt a democratic center of the Moslem world home to the three major world religions.
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Athens
John Phelan
Ohio University
Phelan
American University
Cairo
Egypt
East
America
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F—Foundation
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Alfred Hanshaw
Robert Baur
Berry Hotel
Messenger Newsphoto
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Mercury
Mobilgas
Cation
Rotary
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