Athens County Road 110 Poston Road Bid Won by Athens Co firm
The Highway Maintenance Co of Athens submitted the low bid of 284000 for Athens County Road 110 Poston Road. Bids were opened in Columbus with second and third bids of 296168 and 299360. The project spans 3.17 miles from Route 682 near The Plains to Route 691 near Poston Station and includes a new bridge over Hamiley Run.
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The
Highway Maintenance Co
Athens
Poston Road
Athens Company
Earl Williams
Dan Davis
Athenian Now
Cleveland
Columbus
S. C. Linzell
W. A. Wilson and Son
Poston Station
Hamiley Run
Hamley Run
Athens County Commissioners
John W. Dowler
Athens County
Way
Bureau of Public Roads
Marietta
Plains
Hamsey Run
New Creek
New Highway
McBee Awards Honor Year’s Top Proposal Submissions
The annual awards banquet at Athens Country Club recognized winning proposals from firm employees improving operations. First prize totals and previous winners were noted, with Donald Cunningham receiving second place and $50 for a 1940s era entry. Roger Conner served as master of ceremonies and entertainers performed.
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Donald Cunningham
Shafer _ _ ae
Ware St
Kenneth Collins
Patrick White
Clyde Bronson
Howard Romine
Athens Country Club
Roger Conner
H. C. Davis
H. B. Noble
H. E. Wise
Vincent
Minzi Joyce
Harmonaires
Ulntette
Sally Flowers
Ily Scott
181 Attend AHS Session
A final tabulation shows 181 students enrolled in the Athens High School summer session, per Dr. Don Thomann. Seventeen elementary students take remedial courses, twenty in the driver's training course, and 124 are academic high school students, a rise from 110 last year.
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Athens
Don Thomann
Romance in Business: Wax From Brazil Story at Rotary
W F Burke of McBee Co spoke to Athens Rotary Club about carnauba wax, its many uses, and Brazil’s strict controls including a death penalty for taking palms. He noted an American attempted to transplant 40 trees to California, but they failed to thrive due to climate and rainfall patterns.
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Athens
Brazil
Burke
California
Aid Sought for Blind Man Who Lost Home
Fire destroys Harley Brandeberry’s home in Coolville believed caused by a wood stove. The blind man lived alone and depended on his home for shelter. Coolville-Troy Volunteer Fire Department fought the blaze but could not control it. Donations of funds clothing and household goods are being sought by local authorities.
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Coolville
Harley Brandeberry
Coolville - Troy
Brandeberry
Justice of the Peace
Albany Lodge to Confer Fellow Craft Degree Thursday
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will confer the Fellow Craft degree at an eight o clock meeting Thursday, announced Wayne F Weich, the lodge master.
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Albany
Albany Lodge
F&am
Ayne F. Weich
Kiwanis Prep West Side Field For Little League Race
Led by Fred Swearingen a Kiwanis group prepared West Side Park ball diamond for the Little League pennant race. They cleared the field cut the grass lined the base paths after dining at the Kiwanis shelter house and readied for nearly 300 attendees.
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Fred Swearingen
West Side Park
Kiwanis
Dr. Edward A. Sprague Resumes Athens Medical Practice
Dr Edward A Sprague returns to Athens after 18 months aboard the carrier USS Tarawa as medical officer and naval reserve lieutenant He will resume his Athens practice July 1 alongside his father Dr John R Sprague focusing on local patient care after overseas service with the Navy
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Edward A. Sprague
Athens
Tarawa
Navy
Sprague
John R. Sprague
Ohio University hosts economic education workshop dialogue
Ohio University opens a three week workshop on economic education at Lindley Hall with OU President John C. Baker forecasting a return to prosperity. Speakers from Ohio Bell, the CIO, Farm Bureau, and Joint Council discuss labor business and agriculture while addressing unemployment and water conservation.
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Ohio Workshop On Economic Education
John A. Greene
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Jacob Clayman
Ohio Cio
H. E. Benz
OU College of Education
D. R. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
M. L. Frankel
Joint
Council On Economic Education
Gilford Crowell
America
Uet
Ohio Workshop On
Lindley Hall
Dean H. E. Benz
Ng Ve Baker
Baker
United States
al Teed
General Greene
Ness
Clayman
Ohio
Stanfield
Seanaihe U
OU Music Workshop Enrolls 281 Students and Teachers
About 281 high school students and 50 teachers gathered on the Ohio University campus for the eighth annual Summer Music Clinic Workshop running through July 3. Under Dr. Neal E. Glenn, the School of Music organized senior and junior bands and a chorus with directors from OU and outside. Concerts are set for June 26 and 27 under elms, and seminars on public school music problems run daily each afternoon.
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Ohio University
School of Music
Neal E. Glenn
Charles Minelli
Aes
University of Texas
Myron Pearce
Newark
Byron Griest
Massillon
Morris Peaster
Phillips University
Enid
Oklahoma
Konrad Scholl
Boone
Iowa
Wil
Charlotte LaTourrette
Elms
Summer Arrives as City Sees 96 Degree Day
The Athens thermometer rose to 96 to mark the official arrival of summer. U. S. observer Cc. L. Colmer noted a nighttime low near 69 and a morning reading already high, with a 61 degree minimum last night.
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Athens
Cc. L. Colmer
U. S
Master Mason Degree to Be Conferred by Lodge 426
Fragmentary notice indicates a Master Mason degree ceremony to be conferred at a lodge meeting. Details on date time and venue are unclear in the readable text.
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Nstitu Lodge
Prayer Band to Meet at Chapmans Home
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Chapman with Virg Hawk as leader.
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Grahams Chapel
O. B. Chapman
Virg! Hawk
Sheriff to file complaint in juvenile court over mistreatment case
Sheriff George Bateman said he plans to file a juvenile court complaint against the parents of an 11 year old West Virginia girl allegedly mistreated at a summer cabin near Hockingport. The 34 year old Wirt Richards of Mineral Wells is jailed as investigation continues with questions to parents and a sister. Further charges may follow after a juvenile court hearing.
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George Bateman
West Virginia
Hockingport
Mineral Wells
W. Va
Wirt
Willard Richards
Bateman
Richards
al Richards
Births and admissions at Shelter Arms Hospital
Births: Mr and Mrs Chester Buck Athens a son. Mr and Mrs Jack Coen Athens a daughter. Mr and Mrs Howard Murphy, Mr and Mrs Phillip Stauffer Athens a daughter. Admitted: John Coulson Millfield Route. Robert Smith Athens. John Hunter Trimble. F R Painter Athens. Roxie Bulstrom Glouster Route. William Madison Athens. Eileen Saylor New Marshfield. Thomas Howson Athens. Mrs Mary Sharp Athens. Mrs Virginia Mathews Athens. Lena Bowman Chauncey. Dismissed: Mrs Joseph Manda Athens and twin sons Joyce Randolph Athens Mary Pughline Glouster. William Losey Corning. John Miller McArthur. Mrs Kathy Chiki Athens.
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Chester Buck
Athens
Jack Coen
Howard Murphy
Phillip Stauffer
John Coulson
Millfield
Robert Smith
John Hunter
Trimble
F. R. Painter
Roxie Bulstrom
Glouster
William Madison
Eileen Saylor
New Marsheld
Thomas Howson
Mary Sharp
Virginia Mathews
Lena Bowman
Chauncey
Joseph Manda
Joyce Randolph
Mary Pughline
William Losey
Corning
John Miller
McArthur
Kathy Chiki
Athens man pleads innocent to intoxication charge
A plea of innocent was entered Tuesday in Municipal Court by Linton Sickles of Athens Route 5 who was arrested by city police. A hearing was set for Wednesday at 8 45 a.m. and bond was set.
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Linton Sickles
Athens Route 5
Budget and sewer progress dominate Athens council meeting
Athens council spent 75 minutes on routine business and learned the 1955 budget work is ahead of schedule while the city's sanitary sewer system nears full operation. The meeting covered department estimates, Fire Chief Dalton's plan for new ranks and salary needs, and a dust and street condition complaint from Oak Street residents.
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Athens
R. H. White
White
Reques
Charles Dalton
Fire Department
Dalton
Council
Service Safety
Fred H. Beckler
Beckler
Oak St
Farm Bureau
Chiefton
Peter B. Seel
Heer Printing Co
Columbus
Old Council
Heer
Columbus Blank Book Co
Ruth Moorrison
Marietta Ave
Marietta
Arden Place
Street Committee
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T.M
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E. A. Sprague
Economic Workshop
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Ohio University Center For Educational Service
OU Music Workshop
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
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P. R
Pete” Baird, Mgr
W. Columbus St
Nelsonville
Capital Finance Corp
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