First six months yield 33 new homes in Athens area
Record Building Spurt continues in Athens with 33 new homes approved totaling $419,000 in six months. Through mid year, activity nears $821,000 in residence and remodeling permits, with multiple addresses cited including Avon Place Elmwood Drive and McGurley Lane.
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Tony
Athens
Elmer Jones Realty Co
Avon Place
McGurley Lane
Isrape
Ringham
Elmwood Drive
Ss'hannon
Siltan Beman
Tepe
Neutaing Ette
Esiate St
Kitcher
Car Truck Collision Injures No One on E State Street
Police investigated a wrutex car collision on E State Street Friday morning. Glen Dale Schoonover, 25, of The Plains, stopped turning left into Bennett's Dairy. Fred Gabriel, 60, Athlams Route 2, passing, caused the crash. The wreck reported at 7:30 am. Also, a rear struck incident on N Johnson Street involved Paul Loos, 43, of 7 Garfield Ave, and another driver. Col. Glenn H. Gardner, former OU PMS&T, returned from Germany and is assigned to the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, with a noted service history including command in World War II and multiple divisions. He and his wife Maxine have three sons and have traveled in Europe.
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E. State St
Glen Dale
Schoonover
the Plains
E. State
Bennett's Dairy
Fred Gabriel
Johnson
Paul Loos
Garfield Ave
Carpenter
Loos
Glenn H. Gardner
Ohio University
Germany
Armed Forces
Staff College
Norfolk
Gardner
Bastogne
80Th
Pms&t
Command and General Staff
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Seventh Army Headquarters
Stuttgart
Maxine
Glenn
Mack
Brent
Europe
United, States
Iirs
Karl" Gardner
Chauncey
O. W
H. L. Shafer
Columbus
Births Reported at Local Hospital Amid Kettle Creek Notes
Hospital births list includes Mr and Mrs Grover Scott The Pining with a daughter. Admitted Chester Dennis Glouster Mrs Florabel Mullins Chan Mrs Hilda Collins Logan Judy Hysell Athens Ralph Allen Coolville Mrs Ava Fuller Nelsonville and others. Names like Alfred Lowfield and Dora Shafer appear, alongside Marta Nichols and Julia Curry with Athens ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Scott
Chester Dennis
Glouster
Florabel Mullins
Chan
Hilda Collins
Logan
Judy Hysell
Athens
Ralph Allen
Coolville
Ava Fuller
Nelsonville
Alfred Lowfield
Dora Shafer
Chauncey
Shirley Nichols
Marta
Julia Curry
Elsie Vamos
Robert Angie
New Marsh
Petition for Divorce Cues Neglect Plea Cited
A petition for divorce has been filed in Common Pleas by Charles Nicholson seeking custody. The Nicholsons were married December 25, 1946, with neglect of duty cited as the reason.
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Nedvin
Sports Editor's Father Injured In Mishap
Laruuvert, 90, father of The Messenger sports editor Jack Gilbert, is hospitalized in East Liverpool after a horse he rode bolted and threw him. He suffered a fractured right leg and a dislocated hip in the Sunday mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lar Uuvert
the Messenger
Jack Gilbert
Liverpool
M Mysiciana
Former Resident Dies in Columbus
Margaret Laughlin Jewel 78 formerly of Athens died early Thursday at her Columbus home from a heart attack. She is survived by her husband Lee and sisters Anna Brehm and Mattie Birchfield, both of Columbus. Burial will be in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esue Wooley
Stewart Sr
Lee Jewel
Margaret Laughlin
Columbus
Athens
Florida housemother Lucille Wilson dies after stroke
Friends in Athens report the death of Lucille Wilson, 10 year housemother for the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, who died July 17 in Stam Florida. She died of a stroke at her daughter’s home, ending a stint in Athens since spring 1964._body found in river near Zanesville Helen Denner, 68, found floating in the Muskingum River yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Lucille Wilson
Wilson
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
William Brown
Zanesville
Helen Denner
Muskingum River
Yesterda
Rites Planned for Mrs Ida Mae Lockard
Funeral services are set for Saturday afternoon for Mrs Ida Mae Lockard age 80 who died Wednesday at Mount St Mary Hospital. She is survived by her husband who died in 1963 and a list of nieces and nephews including Laura Patton Pedro Sirs Roth Lebanon Ira Mille Mantreys and others. Friends may call at the family home State Stand Wood Drive where the service will be conducted at 1 pm by Rev John Snedden. Burial will follow in the Lockard mausoleum on West Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mae Lockard
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Lockard
Laura Patton
Pedro
Sirs Roth
Lebanon
Ira
Mille Mantreys
Chichastha
Oklahra
Grace Baile
Mra
Ruth Fry
Guy Cox
Ha’ '¥ Heidorn
All of Columbus
F ‘State
Standwood Drive
John Snedden
Surial
Lockard Mausoleum
West Union Street
Emet
4-H Dairy Show Session Attracts County Agents And Youths
A dairy judging session at Cale as Ansterey features Rosa Wright County Extension Agent and five 4-H workers. The program, sponsored by University animal husbandry and 4-H clubs, assigns five youths to judge five dairy breeds with subsequent animal handling demonstrations. Participants include Frances Fockler Joan Sandra Nadroski Mike Michael and Tracy Haning. In a separate item Columbus Ramey of Huntington was jailed after failing to pay a $25 fine for intoxication in Municipal Court.
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Cale
Rosa Wright
Animal Husbandry
University
Frances Fockler
Joan Sandra’ Nadroski
Mike Michael
Tracy Haning
Huntington
Columbus Ramey
Ramey
She ll Teach in Thailand ATHENS STUDY AIDS
Mani Bloch a former Ohio University student discusses teaching in Thailand during a Presbyterian mission program. She details curricula challenges, language barriers, and the role of visual aids in educating third and fourth graders, with plans to study Christian education in New York before returning to teach abroad.
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Thailand
Athens
Nancy Christner
Mani Bloch
Eisenhower J
Ohio Universty
Margaret Fiory
Mani
Chulalongkorn “University
Bangkok
Mant
Rufus Putnam ‘Training School
A. Mssemg South School
Presbyterian
Mission
Tor Comblen
They & Putnam
Ma. Ind
New York
Union Seminary
Columbia University
Columbia
Trimble Area Woman Dies at Hooper Ridge Cemetery Service
An obituary for a Trimble area woman notes her death and mentions burial at Hooper Ridge Cemetery. Surviving relatives include two sons Elmer of Logan. Friends may call at Tagers Funeral Home after Saturday, with services scheduled for 2:30 pm Sunday. Burial follows at Hooper Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyer
Arate
Hooper
Elmer
Logan
Tagers Funeral Home
Hooper Ridge
Humid Heat Returns After Cool Respite
The Athens area saw a return of humid heat on Friday with the thermometer at 87 degrees by 11 am. A rainfall total of 0.64 inches on Thursday lowered overnight temperatures to 69 degrees, and by 11 pm Thursday the mercury stood at 73 degrees, 21 degrees below Wednesday's high, according to US observer C L Colmer.
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Amer
Anus
Athens
C. L. Colmer
AWOL Soldier Surrenders to Military Police
Semssomrs vom OF Taylor Mage surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Berhard Porter on Thursday afternoon after going AWOL from a California Army camp. He turned himself in and explained his desertion to the deputy.
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Semssomrs Vom
Taylor Mage
Berhard Porter
Schall
California
Trucker Plunges Into Hocking County Creek
A Missouri trucker lost control on Route 664 seven miles north of Logan and plunged into a creek near Boney's Rock. G W Paul was not severely injured. State Highway Patrol reported the early morning mishap and noted two other local accidents investigated Thursday in Hocking County with no serious injuries.
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Boney
G. W. Paul
St. Anna
Fine Stary
Migsco
Paul
Logan
Fargo Paul
Carsey
Albany
Saandead
Athens
Youthe
Joe 3
Route 395
Eergene Lehman
Peter Fear
Ex Athens Countian Dies in Westerville
Former Athens County resident E Wyatt died of a heart attack at his Westerville home on Thursday. He ran a Columbus dry cleaning business for over 30 years and served in World War I with the Rainbow Division. He is survived by his wife, a step-daughter Sandra Deran, and a sister Mrs CE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marry E. Wyatt
Athens County
Westerville
Wyatt
Columbus
Rainbow Division
Rautine
Sandra Deran
Mra CE
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Lawhead Press
W. Washington St
Lena Strausbeugh
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Baker Young
T Sewart St
Col. Gardner
von Dyke's
Buckeye
Maytag
Ours
W. State St
Athens, Ohio
Florida
THE
Mutual Home Wings Association
Kington St
Ohio
Federal Home Loan Bank
Trimble Area
AWOL
Tome
Tray Odette
East State Street
Platt's Motor Sales
Trucker
Hocking County
Countian
Frank Hor
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Cree An
Steen
Columibus Road
Olin
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