Junior High Debate Club Set Plans at Athens
Twenty three Athens Junior High students form a debate club led by president Mary Jane Lee and vice president Judy Buck under social studies teacher Nancy Wichterman Smith. Officers include treasurer lary and others aim to challenge nearby high schools with a resolution on governmental subsidies for education while listing numerous members.
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Athens
Mary Jane Lee
Clayton
Nancy Wichterman
Smith
Judy Buck
National High School
Mary Wilson
Suzanne Barople
Betty Roberson
Hammer
Judy” Fur
Karen
Sharon Wallace
Adanona Traiing
the Young
Sandra, Myers
Ick Tay Caec
John Krauskopf
I Glass
Charles Burnfield
David Tolliver
Gary Barber
Douglas ‘ Ramseth
George Murphy
Frank Bean
Jack Weatherby
Rainwond “Keat
Hospitalized after fall at Maplewood Inn on E State St
Howard Gilson, 65, of Harmony Rd., slipped and fell in the Maplewood Inn on East State Street. Emergency squad took him to Sheltering Arms Hospital for chest injuries at 11:52 p.m. Thursday, according to emergency reports.
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Howard Gilson
Harmony Rd
Maplewood Inn
E. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hebardville Resident Dies at 69 After Illness
Dres ele W Bailey of Hebardville died Thursday at his home after years of ill health. He was a West Virginia native and farmer survived by Grace his wife two daughters Mrs Oliver Riley Athens Route 3 and Bessie Bailey five sons Leslie Lee Russell and Glen all of various Athens addresses five grandchildren and brother Cramer Bailey of Alliance. Funeral services at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home Saturday at 2 p m conducted by Rev Harry Dickerson. A separate municipal court case saw Cunningham 35 Stewarts Route 1 plead guilty to breaking and entering and bond set at 400. Davis of Stewart Route 1 sought after by deputies for thefts related to plaster tire tracks near a gravel pit building tied to William Witham crowds.
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Ele W. Bailey
Hebardville
Bailey
West Virginia
Grace
Oliver Riley
Athens
Bessie Bailey
Leslie
Lee
Russell
Glen
Cramer Bailey
Alliance
Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes
Con Dale
Cunningham
Muni
Harry Dickerson
Sheriff's Department
Grand
Stewart
William Withem
Harold Shields
Bernard Porter
Carl Ellsworth Davis
Stewart Route 1
Davis
James Dyar Dies at 87 in Athens Home
James S. Dyar 87, retired carpenter, died Friday morning at his home 19 Montrose Ave after a three month illness. Born near Marietta he had lived in Athens many years and was former superintendent of Charles Kircher Construction Co. He was a Catholic, a Knight of Columbus and an Elk. Survived by four sons Raymond W James Albert etc and two daughters Anna Marie and Mrs James Martin. seven grandchildren. Requiem high mass at 9 a.m. Monday at St Pauls Church with burial Mount Ferguson-Hughes funeral home where Rosary will be recited 8 p.m. Sunday.
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James S. Dyar
Montrose Ave
Marietta
Dyar
Athens
Charles Kircher Construction Co
Knights of Columbus
The
Athmms Elks
Anna Marie Dyar
James Martin
Columbus
Raymond W
James Albert
Robert
Syracuse
Clarence
St Paul’s Church
Jan B. Kish
Mount Perguson-Hughes
Athens Youths Detained Over Car Theft Investigation
Athens police apprehended two boys 4 and 16 at 10 p.m. Thursday in Fan Auto, seized from Beasley Mathews used car lot. Police Chief J B Grogan said they wereTurned over to juvenile court and spent the night in the Juvenile detention home.
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Wo Wemase
Athens
J. B. Grogan
Beasley-Mathews
Juveni Te
Boy 13 Hurt in Alley Crash With City Truck on Congress
Police accident reports detail a 13 year old boy, Charles L. Smith Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Smith, injuring badly when his bicycle struck a city truck at an alley intersection on S Congress St. The truck was driven by Howard Russell of W State St as it emerged from the alley.
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S. Congress St
Charles L. Smith, Jr
N.eyele
Howard Russell
W. State St
Brush Fire Start After Children Toss Torches on Col Avenue
Fire Chief Charles Dalton reports a brush fire started Thursday evening after children threw torches from a hill along Columbia Avenue beyond Northwood Drive. No damage was reported. A two car collision on Elliott Street at Mill left James C Hill 21 backing into Mary P Ervin’s vehicle. Hill to appear in Municipal Court Monday. Richard Newton Chesterfield facing a support charge appears Friday in Municipal Court.
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Columbia Ave
Northwood Dr
Charles Dalton
Elliott St
Mill
James C. Hill
Stewart Rd
Mary P. Ervin
Athens
Richard Newton
Chester
Athens Builder to Get Contract for East Side School Addition
Athens builder John Davidson Co. of Athens won the general contract for the East Side School Addition with a bid of 196 05.50, while mechanical and electrical subcontracts went to Conditioned Air Inc. of Charleston and Persha Electric Co. of Columbus respectively. The total project bids amount to 904 283.50, with cost reductions from earlier re-bidding and plans showing nine classrooms plus kindergarten, offices, showers, and a cafeteria, and about 900k still available for senior high expansion plans.
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Athens
Stpractio
East Side
John Davidson Co
Otto J. Paul
Zanesville
Adler
Willard P. Barkler
Conditioned Air, Inc
Charleston
W. Va
Gessling Plumbing Co
Lancaster
J. F. Puckett
Chill
General
Person Construction
Huntington
Barker
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes and Union Honor
In Athens and nearby towns several admissions and discharges appear for sheltering arms hospital. Amid the entries an Athens Local 482 of the International Typographical Union honors Earl L Funk of The Messenger for 32 years of union membership. Gordon K Bush presided and Funk recalled training at Macon Linotype 1925, and his career from Pomeroy Tribune Telegraph to The Messenger.
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Athens
International Typographical Union
Earl L. Funk
the Messenger
Funk
Messenger
William Herb
Gordon K. Bush
Macon
Meigs County
Mr. Funk
Morris Ave
Fart Hl Funk
Ath
Harrison Lovsey
The
McBee Co
ITU
Three Drivers Plead Guilty In Municipal Court
Blain Taylor of the State Highway Patrol led charges for unsafe operation after an accident on Route 0 February 10. Ronald W. for unsafe operation and Lester E. Haybron fined for passing without the assured clear distance. David Tucker pleaded innocent to assault and battery, posted $50 bond for March 5 hearing.
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Municipal Cour
Patol Blain Taylor
Tasloetras
Ronard W
Lester E. Haybron
New Plymouth
David Tucker
Pratt St
William’ Cook
March Wind Whips Through Athens in Strong Gusts
Wind gusts struck Athens Thursday night with rainfall totaling 0.15 inch. At 11 am the temperature was 55, utilities reported no serious damage, and rural Ham Jey Run logged extremes of 62 and 20 yesterday. Today's low 42 and 9 am 46.
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A. Maren
Athens
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Ham Jey Run
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City Board of Education
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Buckeye
Court St. Athens
Lear Howard Gilson
Robert Sheridan
Esta Cunningham
Glouster
George Young
G. C. Bryan
Jacksonville
Cecelia Devitt
Joe Williams
Delbert Adams
Ind
Jack Sickels
Mineral
Richard Harris
Amesville
Lawrence Peck
Lewis Prine
David Lindsey
Albany
Virginia ‘George
Addie Balderson
P.T.A
Studebaker
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Das
Mathews “Sone
INCE
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Mutual Home & Savings Association
Fort Washington St. Athen
Federal Home Loan Bank
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