Fourth Ohio Workshop opens economic education program
The Economic Education Study opens its fourth Ohio workshop with a Monday rally. University officials and industry leaders discuss goals, fund support, and the need for teachers to better inform students. Farmers’ issues and parity programs are debated by John W. Sims and T. W. Prior.
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Ohio
John D. Baker
Sims
Ohio University
John W. Sims
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc
H. F. Benz
OU College of Education
John ©. Baker
T. W. Prior
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
M. L. Frankel
Joint Council On Economic Education
Gilford Crowell
Center For Educational Service
Luhing Man Bound to Jury In Shooting
Arthur Riley 72 of Athens Route 2 is bound to the grand jury after pleading innocent to shooting his son Robert 42 at their home Sunday morning. The elder Riley faced a shooting with intent to wound charge in Municipal Court with $500 bond. He remained jailed as relatives sought bond funds amid a family dispute that began Saturday at Millview Inn where he worked.
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Arthur Riley
Athens
Robert
Riley
Izaak Walton League Hosts 40 Youth Fishing Party
About 40 boys attended Athens chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America at its cabin and lake for a Day and Fishing Party. After a derby, they watched comedies and westerns, had refreshments, and received prizes. Carl Brookhart and George Norman were voted in as members. Regular monthly meetings will be 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday each month.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League of America
Waltonians
Carl Brookhart
George Norman
City to Query Taxpayers on Water Treatment Plant Plan
Athens to mail ballots with water bill letters asking taxpayers whether to finance a proposed water treatment plant at an estimated 650000 costing project. If approved, water rates would rise about 40 percent on average, while sewer rentals remain unchanged. The council also eyed extensions to the water system at 304000 and details include rate structures and bond plans.
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Athens
Talcnson
Council
Peter B. Lee
Grand Park Blvd
Euclid Dr
Euclid
Charles St
Grand Park
Dalton Ave
Dalton
U. Forestry Ranger
Royal McBee Co
Smith St
McBee Bindery Co
McBee
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Byard St
Briarwood Addition
Dee H. Rutherford
Peter F
Fred H. Johnson
Litho Color Plate Inc. Expands In Athens Ohio
Litho Color Plate Inc led by Rudy Englesmind spoke at the Athens Rotary Club about its new plant in the rear of the Cline Building site once Imperial Ice Cream and later Cline Ice Cream. The firm specializes in color plates and negatives for offset printing and aims to serve a multistate market. Officers Edmund Efaw and Wayne Ward joined Englesmind in leading the venture, which operates in Ohio’s Middle West.
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Athens
Litho Color Plate Inc
Rudy Englesmind
Athens Rotary Club
Ohio
Cline
Imperial Ice Cream Co
Cline Ice Cream Co
Sveament
Litho
The
McBee Co
Edmund Efaw
Wayne Ward
Engleskind
Middle West
Brandt Rites Are Tomorrow
Funeral services for Isaac E. Brandt 81 will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church in New Straitsville. He died Sunday night of a heart attack at his home. Burial is in New Straitsville Cemetery. Survived by widow Plear a daughter Blanche three sons Edward Crestline Ohio Robert F Lancaster and Marvin G Columbus and six grandchildren.
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New Straitsville
Isaac E. Brandt
Brandt
Lronton
Plear
Blanche
Edward Brandt
Crestline
Ohio
Robert F
Lancaster
Marvin G
Columbus
Births and dismissals at Shelter House Hospital
Birth announcements for John Hooper Gloucester Route 3 a son Edsel Pletcher Athens a daughter Martha McCune Trimble Route 1 Joe Jordan Athens Route 5 Zelda Perry Shade Dallas Taylor Athens Robert E Lee Gloucester Route ... Dismissals include Raymond Noble Athens and son Dean Collins Gloucester ni Sager Athens Claude Clark Athens Norah Seipel Athens Route Abie Tewksbury Kate Guess Athens Route Barbara Willis Lancaster Evelyn Potter Athens Harrison Davies The Plains Dr Oscar Viksnins Athens.
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John Hooper
Glouster
Edsel Pletcher
Athens
Martha McCune
Trimble
Joe Jordan
Zelda Perry
Shade
Dallas Taylor
Robert E. Lee
Raymond Noble
and Son
Dean Collins
Ni Sager
Claude Clark
Norah Seipel
Abie Tewksbury
Kate Guess
Barbara Willis
Lancaster
Evelyn Potter
Harrison Davies
the Plains
Oscar Viksnins
Ex Athens Countian Dies in Fostoria
A former Athens County resident George Fisher aged 70 died Monday in Fostoria after a stroke. Survivors include two sisters Mrs. John Parmiter of Athens and Mrs. Price Thomas of Circle Hill plus brother John Fisher of Nelsonville. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Fostoria.
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Athens County
Fostoria
George Fisher
Nelsonville
Athens
John Parmiter
Price Thomas
Circle Hill
John Fisher
Iva Ayers Dies at Age 8 in Local Illness
Funeral services for Iva Ayers, 8, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Jagers funeral home with Minister Andy Benyi. Burial is at Clarks Chapel. Survivors include Clyde Hill and Christopher Hill and two nieces Opal Seith of Columbus and Mabel Phelps of Dover Plains New York. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Jagers
Andy Benyi
Iva Ayers
Clarks Chapel
Clyde Hill
Buckeyee
Christopher Hill
Detroit
Opal Seith
Columbus
Mabel Phelps
Dover Plains
N.Y
County Jail Repair Delays Occupy Athens Officials
Athens County commissioners debated the jail repair project on May 1 1954 awarding a contract for new cells and repairs but got conflicting reports on material shortages. Sheriff Bateman said no problem, while others warned of possible contract cancellation and readvertisement. The panel also planned to hire a county nurse for TB care working with the health department.
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Athens County
Stuart Iron Works
Cincinnati
George Bate
Stuart
C. B. Cash Co
Aan
Iron Works
Bateman
Athens County Tuberculosis Association
Mercury Reaches 90 as Spring Ends in Athens
Spring bows out with a 90 degree heat in Athens and a 62 degree low after a day of rain. High at the E M Poston Plant reached 89 with a 56 degree low, while rainfall measured 0.6 inches in Athens and heavier rains and hail occurred in New Marshfield and Coolville.
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Athens
E. M. Poston
C. L. Colmer
U. S
New Marshfield
Coolville
Police chase check artist targeting Athens businesses
Police warned bank employees and storekeepers about a male check passer in Athens. Aged 38 to 40, about 5'9", sandy hair, slight build, he passed a $25 restaurant check and a $10 cleaning establishment check using Athens National Bank checks with a misspelled forged name.
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Athens
Joseph B. Grogan
Grogan
Employes
Athens National Bank
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E. T. Hellebrandt
Harry Crewson
Bertha Armbruster
Charles Eversole
Doris Lytle
Helen H. Porter
Juanita Jones
Howard E. Kirk
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Fairmont Consumer Service
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Goodyear
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Iva Ayers’ Services
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Chesser Appliances
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Cussins & Fearn
N. Court
Athens Appliance and TV Co
W. Washington
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General Motors
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