Sale of Delinquent Tax Land Attracts Bidders
Athens Counties delinquent tax land sale opened on the front courthouse steps to auction 400 to 500 tracts aiming to raise about $50,000 in taxes. County Auditor Ralph Elliott said the sale could take most of the day as bidders examined listings and competed for parcels after a court hearing allowed objections from owners and mortgagees.
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Court St
Athens County
Ralph Elliott
John West
Albany
Board of Revision
Rome Board Announces 1953 54 School Staff Changes
The Rome-Canaan board of education approved staffing for 1953 54 with Elizabeth Carr of Athens to teach social studies at Rome Canaan High replacing Treva Black on leave. Berniee Koehler’s home economics leave extends, Marie Glenn to continue teaching. Instrumental music position cut and Pauline Heft to teach it. Regular furnace repairs bid review set for July 11.
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Marie Glenn
Athens
Pauline Heft
Albany Area Resident Dies
Guy Lee aged 63 died at his Albany home on Route 3 Saturday night. He is survived by his wife Cora six children Homer Loren Harry and Mrs Pearl Goodin all of Albany Guy Jr Athens Route 1 and Mrs Fred Sager of The Plains. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Alexander Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev John Snedden of Athens First Baptist Church. Friends may call at Bigony funeral home in Albany.
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Guy Lee
Albany
Examinations and Induction Planned for Athens County Men
Fourteen men will take pre induction examinations Wednesday and seven men are slated for induction Thursday. The groups fulfill July quotas as announced by draft board officials.
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Athens
General Sunday storms hit Athens County
Sunday storms swept Athens County with showers bringing .13 inch of rain in Athens as heat relief followed a 90 degree day. C L Colmer noted rain occurred in intervals across the county earlier, with 9 am temperature at 76 and highs of 86 and 88 on Friday and Saturday.
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Athens County
Athens
C. L. Colmer
Six Drivers Fined After Weekend Highway Patrol Arrests
Six drivers were fined by local mayors after weekend state police arrests. In Logan Frank R Smith 29 New Straitsville and Walter Bolin 18 Nelsonville were fined 15 for unsafe operation. Logan acting mayor Collison fined Joseph Holland 25 Columbus 10 for speeding up while another car passed. Coolville mayor John Aiken fined Richard G Eaton 21 Akron and Frederick H Clark 42 Pomeroy 10 for passing in a hazardous zone. Glouster mayor Charles Wallace fined John Murray 29 Glouster Route 3 10 for passing without the assured clear distance ahead.
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Logan
Coolville
Glouster
State Highway Patrol
Roger Friend
Frank R. Smith
New Straitsville
Walter Bolin
Nelsonville
Dean Collison
Joseph Holland
Columbus
John Aiken
Richard G. Eaton
Akron
Frederick H. Clark
Pomeroy
Charles Wallace
John Murray
Shelter Children at Arm Hospital Notes
A hospital notes section lists new births and dismissals from Shelterin g Arms Hospital. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Careno and a daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and a son, plus several Athens residents such as Mary Linton and Raymond Bullock. Discharges include Mrs. Donald Ryan and others from Athens Stewart and Carpenter.
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Robert Careno
Athens
Lawrence Mitchell
Mike Chakiris
Mary Linton
Raymond Bullock
Frances Six
Daisey Little
Rose Tippie
Lindley Williams
Nile Parks
Glouster
Olive Morrison
Stewart
Robert Sharp
Wade Storer
Herb Rasp
Sara Bickley
Lydia Gilkey
Donald Ryan
Wilbur Jenkins
Stewart, and Son
Richard Brown
Warren Kirkendall
Rex Cheadle
Carpenter
Orlan Cullums
Hamilton Oldfield
Frederick Coen
Guysville
Delph Parker
Judy Hunter
Violet Sinclair
Albany
Three Divorces Granted by Common Pleas Court
Three divorce decrees were granted by Common Pleas Court. Donald Nicholson was divorced from Delores G. Nicholson on grounds of gross neglect, with six children to divide between them. James Raymond Savage divorced Marjorie L. Savage with four children to the father and two to the mother amid gross neglect. Marjorie Eileen Overley divorced George B. Overley after a marriage on October 25 1952.
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Common Pleas
Donald Nicholson
Delores G. Nicholson
James Raymond Savage
Marjorie L. Savage
Marjorie Eileen Overley
George B. Overley
Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons Meet Wednesday
A meeting of Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple. Cecil Richardson Jr high priest said refreshments will be served.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Cecil Richardson, Jr
Trucker Fined for No Mud Flaps in McArthur
Jerry George age 22 of McArthur Route 1 was fined five dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace Sharp for operating a truck without mud flaps. State Highway Patrol conducted the arrest.
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Jerry George
McArthur
Justice of the Peace Sharp
State Highway Patrol
Dean Kabat Recalled by Army and Resigns OU Post
Dr. George J. Kabat dean of Ohio University College of Education since fall 1949 resigns effective July 31 as he is recalled by the Army for a three year term. Acting dean Dr. Harry E. Benz will serve until a successor is appointed.
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Dean Kabat
Army
George J. Kabat
College of Education
Ohio University
Athens
Ft. Belvoir
John C. Baker
Kabat
U S. Army Reserve
Evan R. Collins
Albany, N. Y
State Teachers College
Harry EB. Benz
Benz
Collins
Baker
Center of Educational Services
F. H. McKelvey
Southeastern Ohio School Board Association
Ohio
Ohio Council On Economic Education
France
Spain
Winona
Minnesota
University of Colorado
Trinidad State
Colorado
University of Maryland
Maryland
College of
Ohio U
Army Engineers
Office of Strategic Services
U. S. Office of Education
U. S
Institute of International Education
Geneva
Switzerland
Unesco
Paris
European Command
Germany
Mrs Sells Dies Sunday in Parkersburg
Mrs Laura Sells of 41 Avon Place died Sunday morning in Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg after a long illness. A West Virginia native and Ohio University graduate she taught in Athens County schools and worked as a traveling librarian. Survived by husband E F Sells and two cousins Dr I D Miller and Mrs P E Hixson. Services set Tuesday at 2 p m at Dowler Ferguson Hughes with burial in Burson Cemetery Shade.
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Laura Sells
Avon Place
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
James and
Julia Miller Reading
John Harmon Dies at 69 in Point Pleasant
John Wes ley Harmon 69 died Sunday at 11 15 a m at 101 First St Point Pleasant after two years of ill health He was born April 2 1884 in New Matamoras Ohio a retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employee and Church of Christ member in Henderson He is survived by his widow seven other relatives and nine grandchildren Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m at the Henderson Church of Christ with John N Ford officiating Burial is in Lone Oak Cemetery
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Point Pleasant
John Wesley Harmon
First St
New Matamoras
Ohio
Daniel W. Harmon
Loretta Jones Harmon
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Church of Christ
Henderson
Clara Reedy Harmon
Clarence
Glouster Men Held in Theft of Chickens
Two Glouster men Virgil Collins and Robert Collins were jailed in Athens County for stealing chickens from Bill Capos's Trimble Township farm. Nine birds were reported missing, with one man admitting six chickens taken. No charges filed yet. the sheriff noted the suspects are not related.
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Athens County
Trimble Township
Virgil Collins
Robert Collins
Bill Capos
Trimble
Capos
Frank Joyce
George Bateman
McArthur Drivers Are Fined in DUI Case
Two McArthur men, Charles Hoyd aged 35 and Joseph Forcier aged 40, were each fined $50 and costs by Justice of the Peace Sharp at McArthur after arrests by the State Highway Patrol on charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
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McArthur
Justice of the Peace Sharp
State Highway Patrol
Charles Hoyd
Joseph Forcier
Man Injured by Bus Door Swing as It Passes
James E. Brown 22 of Lancaster sustained a severe arm cut when an auxiliary door on a Lake Shore bus swung open while passing on Route 33. The injury occurred Saturday morning and Brown was treated at Hocking Valley Hospital. The accident was among eight investigated by Athens post patrol on the weekend. no other major injuries were reported.
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Lancaster
State Highway Patrol
Athens Post
James E. Brown
Lake Shore
Lewis Tucker
Obetz
Brown
Hocking Valley Hospital
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Franklin H. McVicker
Norwood
McVicker
Guysville
David R. Thompson
New Straitsville
Bobby Walker
Rainesville
W. Va
Athens- Hocking
Gerald Shank
Haydenville
Paul E. Cargo
Laurelville
South Perry
Charles Kisor
Millfield
John Henderson
New Plymouth
James Myers
Union Furnace
Lacy T. Connor
Norfolk
Roy T. Higgins
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio Adoption Bureau Chiefs Host Lake Hope Meeting
Rowena G. Sprout of the Athens County Child Welfare Board welcomed members of the Adoption Clearance Service of Ohio at Lake Hope. Mary E. Fairweather chaired the committee with representatives from Cincinnati Columbus Dayton and Toledo. The group promotes a statewide service to match adoptable children with prospective parents and discusses national expansion possibilities. A state registry tracks homes and children with factors like race nationality age and handicaps. County clearance and planning guide referrals, with the state acting as a clearinghouse. Right homes have been found for several difficult-to-place children.
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Rowena G. Sprout
Athens County Child Welfare Board
Lake Hope
Ohio
Mary E. Fairweather
Cleveland Children’s Services
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Miss Sprout
Ohio State Welfare Department
Zeigler Fined After Route 33 Crash
Wayne Zeigler 24 of Albany Route 2 was fined 10 dollars and costs by Justice D. E. Jones after a State Highway Patrol arrest for failing to stop within the assured clear distance ahead in a Friday night accident on Route 33 at the South Y.
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Athens
Connor
Justice of the Peace
D. E. Jones
Wayne Zeigler
Albany
State Highway Patrol
Zeigler
South Y
OU Students Win War Scholarship Awards
Two Ohio students whose fathers died in World War II receive Maud Warwick Fund for War Orphans scholarships. Imogene Fannin of East Portsmouth will enter Ohio State University College of Dentistry, and Elizabeth Anne Hubbard of Urbana attends Ohio University. Scholarships average about $500.
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New York
Ohio
Maud FE. Warwick Fund For War Orphans, Inc
Imogene Fannin
Rose St
East Portsmouth
College of Dentistry
Ohio State University
Elizabeth Anne Hubbard
Urbana
Ohio University
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Common Pleas Court
Kasler
Good Housekeeping
Parents’ Magazine
E. State St. Athens, O
Nsurance
Guinther Insurance Agen
Glouster, Ohio
Nelsonville, Ohio
Oakley Insurance Agency
Aine
the Saltz Insurance Agey
Fred Wright
Rome Board
Robert
Hollingsworth
Washington
Main, Pomeroy
Gallipolis
John Harmon
Adoption Bureau
Mac
Athens, O
Gilbert Shannon
Firestone Dealer
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Masonic Temple Bidg
Tel
H. G, Householder
Sec
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Houck & van Dyke
W. Union St
Dial
Goodyear
Robeson
Caaven
Biedes
Pakkawood
Slieer & In
Kerr-Hunter
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