Children’s Home Levy Again Placed on Ballot
Athens County commissioners approved a 0.70 mill five year levy for the Children’s Home to appear on November ballots to ensure timely tax collection. The board also approved a $2000 transfer to salary for Common Pleas Judge Francis White before his Parkersburg trip to view a photostat microfilming machine. split vote with John Cline dissenting. A 90 day road closure for Stroud’s Run Road due to Dow Lake construction was discussed with no decision.
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Athens County
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Parkersburg
Judge White
John Cline
W. H. Wakefield
Foster Bean
Cline
Stroud’s Run
Dow Lake
Wife of Ex-Resident Dies in California
Mrs. Charles Quest wife of a former Athens resident died unexpectedly Sunday evening at her Imperial Beach California home. The former Beverly Knapp of Parkersburg is survived by her husband three children Michael Jane and Joe all of Imperial Beach her mother Mrs Garnet Knopp of Parkersburg and her father Richard Knopp of Florida. The body is being brought back to Parkersburg with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Charles Quest
Athens
Imperial Beach
California
Court Recess to Clear Municipal Court Bookwork
There will be no Municipal Court session on Thursday. The break allows clerks to catch up on backlogged bookwork after a near-record Monday session with 24 cases heard.
Births and hospital admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs George Johnston Glouster a daughter. Mr and Mrs Dwight H Mutchler Athens a daughter. Mr and Mrs Raymond L Buck Athens a son. Admitted include Desmond Ash Athens Delbert Mayles Athens Route John Biggers Athens Mrs Eldon Barrows Athens Jesse Brown Athens Route 5 Mrs Cora Lines Millfield Route Mrs Robert White Athens Route 4 Dannie Rise Athens Route 3 James DeWeese The Plains Mrs Cossett Jarvis Stewart Mrs Richard Haning Athens and daughter Ralph Chapman Athens Mrs Robert Allred Athens Mrs George Park Athens Route 2 and daughter Mrs Clyde Cornell Athens Mrs Dale Windland The Plains and daughter Mrs Edward Sycks Athens
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George Johnston
Glouster
Dwight H. Mutchler
Athens
Raymond L. Buck
John Biggers
Eldon Barrows
Jesse Brown
Cora Lines
Millfield
Robert White
Dannie Rise
James DeWeese
the Plains
Cossett Jarvis
Stewart
Richard Haning
Ralph Chapman
Robert Allred
George Park
Clyde Cornell
Dale Windland
Edward Sycks
World’s fattest man to exhibit in Athens
The Human Blimp, a 763 pound 51 year old known as the world’s fattest man, will be displayed in a trailer in front of the Athens courthouse from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday under Athens American Legion sponsorship. Louis Dees, advance agent for National Exhibits, notes the man wrestled 25 years and weighed 18 pounds at birth, reaching 365 pounds by age 16.
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Athens
Parkersburg
Science degraded? OU institute hears praise for science
Dr. E C Hughes of Standard Oil told Ohio University Institute for Teachers of the Physical Sciences that science has been unfairly labeled as evil. He argued science supports democracy and progress, citing innovations in fabrics, housing, education, and health and urging humanitarians to back a culture that fits science and technology.
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Standard Oil Bureau of Chemical and Physical Research
Ohio University Institute For Teachers of the Physical Sciences
E. C. Hughes
Dr. Hughes
Ohio U
Driver Fined and Jailed for Driving While Intoxicated
Dennis F. Kilkenny 51 of Whitehall near Columbus was fined 125 dollars and costs, jailed three days, and had his driving license suspended three months after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to a sheriff s charge of driving while intoxicated. He was arrested Monday on Route 13 near Millfield.
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Dennis F. Kilkenny
Whitehall
Columbus
Millfield
Ohio University names Dean's List honorees for 1956 57
The College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University released the Dean's List for the second semester 1956 57 with scholastic averages of 3.3 or better. Included are Margaret Elliott Eugene Gunn William Hooper and Mary Lou Wichterman all of Athens.
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Ohio University
College of Arts and Sciences
Margaret Elliott
Eugene Gunn
William Hooper
Mary Lou Wichterman
Athens
Fire at 17 W Union St causes minor range damage
City firemen were called to 17 W. Union St at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday when a gas line to a kitchen range ignited due to a defective valve. Slight damage was caused to the range. The property is owned by Mrs. John Farley. Occupant's name was not learned.
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W. Union St
John Farley
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Children’s Home Levy
Shell
Belford Davis
Pleassure
Logan
Doctor of Motors
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Desmond Ash
Delbert Mayles
OU Institute
Hughes
NEW Standard and Poor's
D. H
Jonesy
Sams Cline
New York Stock Exchange
Roger Dean
FORD
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Harry Hitt
Roger Dean's
Fayette Street
Nelsonville
Tre Quectrie
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
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