Commissioners Postpone Vote on Tax Levy Until November Election
The Athens County tax levy for the Chil dren's Home and county infirmary, set for August 8, is postponed to the November general election. The move saves about 2500 for the county but may not boost approval odds. A Wednesday meeting will review a proposed jail levy and election measures amid looming budget strains.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
PACE
Athens County Children's Home
Len McCune
County Board of Elections
Walter Maccombs
Board of Commissioners
McCune
Ralph Elliott
Auditor's Office
Elliott
Opal Cooley Dies in Auto Crash Near Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Donald Cooley 21 of near Pleasant Hill dies in Chambersburg hospital from crash injuries. Her husband died six hours earlier. Surviving are daughter Mary 15 and son Boyd 17, plus Steve Benyi 47 of Sugar Creek. George W. Robinson 24 of Cumberland Md. held pending inquest. Funeral plans unavailable.
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Donald Cooley
Pleasant Hill
Chambersburg
Mary Cooley
Boyd
Steve Benyi
Sugar Creek
Mary
Alfred Cooley
Pleasanton
Donald
Alfred
Donna
Cecil
Carl
Coe Ambulance
Albany
Cooley
John Cooley
Mabel Danner
Troy
Janice Green
Toledo
Blaine Woodyard
Near Chase
Ernest
Alton
Delmer
Laura Kenney
Helen
Hazel
American Legion Amateur Broadcast Contest at Athens Fairgrounds
The American Legion hosts an amateur entertainment contest at the Athens County Fairgrounds on July Fourth afternoon. Prof. Paul Fontaine leads the judging panel from Ohio University, awarding cash prizes based on crowd reaction as well as merit. Entries must be in by noon July 3 to Raymond Connett, with details mailed to Box 155 Athens.
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Mike
American Legion Broadcasting Contest
Athens County Fairgrounds
Paul Fontaine
Ohio University School of Music
Raymond Connett
Athens
American Legion
Collecting Orchids Is Walter Porter’s Budget Hobby
Walter Porter a Athens High School botany instructor has collected orchids for years, mounting samples from at least ten states and counting 19 orchids in the local county. He studies epiphytic growth and germination experiments while also keeping a glass case at the school and photographing field trips in color.
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W. P. Porter
Athens High School
State Hospital
Carbondale
Walter M. Buswell
Miami University
Fla
Porter
Mr. Porter
Australia
South America
Beekeepers to Meet in Athens for Disease Inspection
Athens County Beekeepers Organization will meet Thursday at 8 p m in the civil service office of the Athens Post Office to coordinate inspections of hives. Secretary Oscar Andrews says increased membership helps identify which hives require checkups as the honey flow begins and foul brood is the major concern. State bee inspector John Binderbason plans inspections soon after the meeting.
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Athens County Beekeepers’ Organization
Civil Service Office
Athens Post Office
Beekeepers’ Organization
Oscar Andrews
John Binderbason
Andrews
Vinton County To Pay Hamden Election Cost
Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled that Vinton County must cover the cost of Hamden election contest from last November. Hamden's election board had called the vote 222 to 218 for the days, but on May 15 the supreme court reversed and declared the vets won 218 to 215.
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Columbus
U.P
Thomas J. Herbert
Vinton County
Hamden
Board of Election
Days
Supreme Court
Election Board
Vets
School Bus Drivers Meet in Amesville Friday
Athens County School Bus Drivers Association holds a meeting at the skating rink in Amesville on Friday night June 30 at 7 30 o clock. Each driver should bring at least two local school board members. Refreshments will be served, announced secretary R E Byron.
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Athens County School Bus Drivers Association
Amesville
R. E. Byron
Firemen Called But No Blaze At Hot Dog Stand
Firemen arrived when a coupe in front of a Hot Dog restaurant began to smoke and exhale fumes. Spectators gathered as the would be blaze was extinguished. The owner had left the motor running, and the car needed a garage more than the fire department.
OU Students Ask for Additional Holiday
Petitions bearing signatures of several hundred Ohio University students request that the University be closed on Monday July 3 as well as on July 4 as scheduled. The Summer Session Committee was considering the request with a final decision to come from the University Executive Committee this afternoon.
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Ohio University
E. A. Hansen
Former Athens Merchant Dies In California
Mr. J. L. Householder 78 died Monday in Newhall after a paralytic stroke. He formerly ran a Shafer and W Washington Streets grocery in Athens for 15 years and lived in California the last 20. Survived by three sons Harvey G C L and H C. two daughters Mrs O R Hunsicker and Mrs S P Walters. three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral in Newhall Thursday.
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H. G. Householder
Lancaster St
Newhall
Calif
J. L. Householder
Vinton Furnace
McArthur
Athens
Shafer and
W. Washington Sts
Ida Stephenson
California
Harvey G
C. L
H. C
Los Angeles
O. R. Hunsicker
Middleport
S. P. Walters
Thursay
Mr. Householder
Clover Farm Backs Legion Celebration in Athens July 4
The Clover Farm Board of Retailers in Southeast Ohio will not hold its seventh annual customers picnic in Athens City. It endorses the K T Crossen Post Legion July 4 celebration and will publicize and participate in Legion advertising. The plan invites all Clover Farm retailers and families to attend and support the event.
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Clover Farm Retailers
Southeast Ohio
Athens City
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Carl H. Beasley
F. J. Beasley Co
Clover Farm Board
Legion
Clover Farm Organization
Beasley
Clover Farm
Scout Boards of Review Set for Tonight in Three Towns
Boy Scout Boards of Review will be held tonight in Athens Coolville and Glouster announced by G E Ashwill scout executive. Athens room at First Methodist Church with Ralph Dupler in charge Rev E B Dean preside Coolville and Emmett Anderson Glouster Nelsonville board Friday night led by Harry Mettler to judge advancement and ensure all requirements are met.
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Athens
Coolville
Glouster
G. E. Ashwill
First Methodist Church
Ralph Dupler
E. B. Dean
Emmett Anderson
Nelsonville
Harry Mettler
Fulton Is Serving on Convention Committee
Oscar Fulton, manager of the Athens Credit Bureau, has been drafted to serve on the program committee for the fall convention of the Associated Credit Bureaus of Ohio. The event will be at Cedar Point in early September. Athens Credit Bureau was organized in June 1937 and is recognized as a leading small town bureau.
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Oscar Fulton
Athens Credit Bureau
Associated Credit Bureaus of
Ohio
Cedar Point
Fulton
Ellen Spaulding Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Mrs Ellen Spaulding marked her 102nd birthday with a family dinner at her son’s home attended by relatives and friends in a U P area celebration.
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Mentor
U.P
Ellen Spaulding
Train and air schedules mix for regional travel routes
Time cards show Chesapeake & Ohio trains arriving daily except Sunday at 11:20 a.m. and departing at 6:35 p.m. New York Central South and North routes run daily except Sunday with midmorning and evening times. Athens Airways links Columbus with national flights and Charter Service offers daytime trips to any city with an airport.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Large storm sewer on Carpenter Street under repair
Heavy rains washed out a 16 foot diameter 30 by 40 inch sewer on Carpenter Street near Congress. City crews excavate 12 feet deep to replace 16 feet of brick bottom with reinforced concrete. Estimated cost 500 dollars. four workers under Louis Steinmetz aim to finish in about 10 days.
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Carpenter St
Congress
Bart Davidson
St. Curb
Davidson
Louis Steinmetz
27 Millionth Ford Co Pilots Guests at Athens Reception
The 27 millionth Ford touring car co piloted by Jimmy Rooney and Jack Doyle arrived in Athens after visiting New York and headed to San Francisco. Local dealer Fred R Beasley hosted a buffet as 22 governors and 500 plus mayors signed the trip log. The car carries 16 plates and logged 4 756 miles on its eastbound journey via Route 50.
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San Francisco
Ford
Athens
Fred R. Beasley
Jimmy Rooney
Dearborn
Mich
Jack Doyle
Richmond, Calif
Cincinnati
Court St
Rooney and
Doyle
Hotel Berry
Beasley
Athens County
Cliff Cornell
C. G. Dew
George Bateman
Nelsonville
Ent
Ford Organization
United States
Chillicothe
Richmond
Calif
Public invited to hear Bigelow at City Building
Herbert S. Bigelow former Ohio Congressman will speak Tuesday at 7 30 in front of the City Building. He supported workmen compensation and will discuss the Bigelow Old Age Pension Plan financed without tax on farm or residence property. Supporters seek 400 000 signatures to place the measure on November ballot. Bigelow once ranked among the nation’s ten best speakers.
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Herbert S. Bigelow
Ohio
Bigelow
Louis Tyro- Jer
Ady
Worstell Reports on Rotarian Convention in Cleveland
Lawrence Worstell, Athens club delegate, outlines Rotary International meeting in Cleveland. P. O. Nichols retires as club president. Dr. C. H. Creed succeeds him. Worstell cites 10 000 Rotarians at the convention with over 1 000 from the Eastern Hemisphere. Nichols receives a diamond Rotary pin from former leaders, and Dr Edward H Sprague becomes a new member of the Athens Rotary Club.
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Rotary International
Cleveland
Lawrence Worstell
Athens Club
P. O. Nichols
C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Worstell
Hemisphere
Nichols
B. R. Goldsberry
M. T. Haines
T. R. Biddle
Edward H. Sprague
State bar exam underway as 400 candidates take test
Nearly 400 men and women from across the state are taking the semi annual bar examinations today, with candidates from all parts of Ohio gathering to complete the test.
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Columbus
U.P
Is This Why You Are Constipated
An advice note promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural bulk-forming breakfast cereal to ease constipation. It cautions on diet and hydration, claiming daily All-Bran with water improves regularity and overall well being. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
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