First To Be in Columbus Mayor Gessaman To Speak
Mayor Myron Gessaman will speak at the Burn Ohio Coal dinner in Columbus at the Neil House on July 20. Ohio State University engineer H. M. Faust reported coal burning ratios compare with higher quality coal from other fields. Funds and planning were discussed as Governor Bricker could not attend due to commitments at Camp Perry.
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Columbus
Gessaman
H. M. Faust
Ohio State University
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Buckley
Julius Pico
Foundation
Pico
Neil House
Myron Gessaman
C. C. Cook
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
Carbondale
Charles Wallace
Matthew Dawson
Ernest Parker
John Gail
Glouster
C. F. Guinther
Dr. Backiey
Jacksonville
Cigaret License Purchase Records Fine for Inn Operator
Hobart Stanley operator of the Green and White Inn Sugar Creek was fined 25 dollars plus 10.65 dollars costs after pleading guilty to selling cigarets without a license. A 15 dollar portion of the fine was suspended pending purchase of a cigaret license costing 25 dollars, valid until May 22 of next year.
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Hobart Stanley
Sugar Creek
Stanley
Oliver Tracey
T. R. Bennett
County Scout Leaders To Meet At Camp Dupler
Scoutmasters and Boy Scout leaders from all Athens County troops will gather at the scout cabin Camp Dupler Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock. They will discuss camping and scouting activities, advancement and the budget program, and draft an outline for Fourth of July and holiday events. Outdoor meal planned.
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Athens County
Camp Dupler
24 Bike Tags Not Claimed
Mayor Cliff Cornell sought to reclaim 24 unclaimed bicycle licenses from his office as part of a previous Athens Bicycle Safety Bureau campaign. The 80 tags were ordered and paid for by Athens school children with cooperation from teachers police and the state highway patrol.
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Cliff Cornell
Athens
Bicycle Safety Bureau
State
Farmhand Drowns Crossing Conneaut Creek
John Peck reski 21 year old farm hand drowned late yesterday while crossing Conneaut Creek. The Palace of Engineering at Wembley England is the largest concrete structure in the world.
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Conneaut
John Peckreski
Conneaut Creek
Palace of Engineering
Wembley
England
Santa Claus of the Athens Post Office Drives Parcel Truck
Gilbert Knight, longtime parcel post driver known as the Santa Claus of the Athens Post Office, recalls his path from university to mail service. He delivers five to six hundred packages daily, doubles at Christmas, and enjoys boating and weekend trips on the Great Lakes. He has two children living with his parents and cherishes riding over walking.
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Gilbert Knight
Santa Claus
Athens
Ohio University
Postman Knight
Mr. Knight
Billy
Jimmy
J. H. Rogers
Great Lakes
Post Office
C&O Seeks to Abandon Hocking Station
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad petitions the state utilities commission to abandon its non agency station at Hocking in Athens County citing disproportionate maintenance costs and no public necessity for the stop.
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Columbus
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Today
State Utilities Commission
Hocking
Athens County
Mrs Halsey Dies at Home of a Daughter
Mrs. Olive Ann Halsey of Zephyr Hills Florida died at her daughter's home. She was sister-in law to Eva Griffin of 19 N Congress St. Her husband Edward drowned fishing six years ago. A Belpre undertaker, she taught school in Meigs County and leaves a son in law and daughter Carl and wife at Zephyr Hills and three grandchildren.
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C. R. Featherston
Olive Ann Halsey
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Carl Lippincott
Clipper Delayed by Heavy Swells in Harbor
The Atlantic clipper on its pre view round trip Transatlantic flight was delayed in Lisbon due to heavy swells in the harbor at Horta.
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Lisbon
Horta
Farm girl collapses en route to pen pal meeting in Cleveland
Dorothy Saffle eighteen from Chauncey Athens County fell ill on a long hitchhiking trip to Cleveland after traveling without food. Passersby raised eighty cents for a meal but police took her to St Vincent Charity Hospital where she explained she was en route to Leroy Michigan to meet a pen pal she had met through a farm journal column.
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Cleveland
U.P
Chauncey
Athens County
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Dorothy Saffle
Leroy
Mich
Salesmen Entitled To Job Insurance Under Ohio Act
A sales representative whose pay depends on effort may qualify for job insurance under the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Act if his employers bear the credit risks of customers he generates, per H. C. Atkinson, BUC Administrator.
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H. C. Atkinson
BUC
Temperature Drops After Showers Here
Showers and clouded skies caused a drop in the Athens temperature by more than 10 degrees from yesterday's high of 87. With more rain likely, the mercury at 11 a.m. today stood at 75 after a seasonal low of 63 last night.
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Athens
Water Line Project Planned for July 3
Athens plans a WPA funded water line expansion starting July 3 to add 4.12 miles of pipe 21 new hydrants and dozens of connections. The $41 547 project includes 22461 in federal funds and will employ about 200 workers across multiple streets and a new pumping station.
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Athens
WPA
Zanesville
Bart Davidson
Congress
S. High
Washington Sts
Peach Ridge Road
Fairview Ave
Grand Park Blvd
Townsend
Herald Ave
Union St
Highland
Columbia Ave
Wilkes
Factory
Depot Sts
Foster Place
Palmer St
Currier, Mary and Granville
W. State, High and
Carpenter Sts
Third Case of Rare Fever Is Reported Here
The third case in two years of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Athens County is reported at New England by Dr. J. M. Higgins health commissioner. Mrs Celia Lewis ill since June 8 diagnosed June 21 with fever and red eruptions. Fever can be fatal 5 to 90 percent depending on locality. The bite is from a tick and may have come from a colt shipped from Iowa to the Lewis residence.
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Rocky Mountain
Athens County
New England
J. M. Higgins
Celia Lewis
Mrs. Lewis
Iowa
Lewis
Higgins
Ex Panama Teacher To Speak at Albany
Dr Newman Powell formerly an instructor at the University of Panama will discuss life in Central America at an Albany Grange meeting in the organization hall Saturday at 8 30 p m. Born of missionary parents in Panama he is considered an authority on social conditions there. A potluck lunch will follow the discussion and the meeting is open to visitors.
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Newman Powell
University of Panama
Central America
Albany Grange
Panama
Powell
The
Grange
John Jagers Flies to Cleveland Convention
John Jagers of the Athens Rotary Club flew to Cleveland on Thursday to attend the Rotary International meeting. He represented the Athens Rotary, a state host club for the international convention.
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John Jagers
Cleveland
Athens Rotary Club
Rotary International
Jagers
Athens Rotary
Jury Duty Return for A. D. Townsend
A. D. Townsend has returned from Columbus where he served on a federal grand jury and will report for duty again on Monday morning.
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A. D. Townsend
Columbus
Weather observers meet Athens High math class
Members of H. C. Pickett's mathematics class at Athens High School summer session visited Mrs. Nellie M. France, Athens county weather observer, this morning to study measurements.
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H. C. Pickett
Athens High School
Nellie M. France
Athens County
Rescued by Police in Indianapolis Buried 19 Hours
Howard Jackson aged 38 was rescued by police and firemen early today after being buried beneath tons of dirt for 19 hours.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Howard Jackson
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