City OKs emergency resurfacing on major streets
City council unanimously approves an emergency ordinance authorizing the State director of highways to resurface Carpenter Street from Lancaster to East State and East State Street to the corporation line a total of 1.98 miles with the city paying 20 percent plus utilities. The project covers parts of Routes 50 50 A and 33 in Athens with an estimated city share of 12000.
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State Director of Highways
Carpenter St
Lancaster St
East State St
Corporation
Athens
Wolfe
Athens National Bank
Sands
Safety Service
Arthur E. Coon
Richland Easement Rejected by City Council Vote
Richland Ave easement release for Klingensmith property was denied 4 to 3 after tense debate. Klingensmith offered $500 and rights for water mains and sewers with a wider bridge, while residents and officials warned of future widening and flood risk. Harrison Butterworth spoke personally against giving public land to a private owner.
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City Council
Dan Klingensmith
Richland Ave
William A. Lavelle
Klingensmith
Lavelle
E. S. Sherow
Ellis Woodworth
Lewis McBride
William Weisenbach
John Alden
Earl Hooper
Norman Dean
Wakefield Garage
Coates Run
State Highway Dept
Council
Fred W. Weber
Weber
Sherow
Woodworth
East End
Weisenbach
Harrison Butterworth
Voter Apathy Called Greatest Danger To U S Life
Fred J. Milligan of the Ohio Information Commission told the Athens Rotary Club that apathy threatens the American way of life. He warned elections hinge on citizen engagement and urged decentralization to preserve free private enterprise. Milligan, former assistant dean at Ohio State, noted only about half of Americans vote.
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U.S
Fred J. Milligan
Milligan
Ohio Information Commission
Athens Rotary Club
Rotarians
Ohio State University
Thomas Herbert
Air Force
Legion of Merit
Girl Dies At The Plains
Chevy Ann McDonald 15 died Monday afternoon at her home on The Plains. She had been an invalid since birth. Survived by her mother and step father Gilbert B. Wilson, brother Danny, sister Martha, two grandmothers, and father Ellis McDonald who died in 1951. Visitation at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday by Rev A E Beckwith. Burial New Marshfield.
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Chevy Ann McDonald
the Plains
Gilbert B. Wilson
Danny
Martha
Floyd Wilkes
John McDonald
Cottage Grove
Ore
Ellis McDonald
Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes Funeral Home
A. E. Beckwith
New Marshfield
Instructional Supervisor Attends National Convention
Herbert Sanger, Athens County instructional supervisor of schools, attends the national convention of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Washington D C this week.
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Herbert Sanger
Athens County
Association For Supervision and Curriculum Developments
Washington, D. C
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
List of individuals associated with Sheltering Arms Hospital noting blood usage of one pint. Names include Frank Colburn Guysville Athens area residents Mrs William Harkins MacArthur Route 2 Jack Quest Athens Mrs Leonard Martin Athens Jack Earich Millfield Lady Barnhart Guysville Ray Bobo Athens Route 5 John Bala Athens Mrs Anna Watkins Athens Mrs Richard Gardner Jacksonville Mrs Lawrence Caster Athens Route 1 Robert Lent Jacksonville Mrs Walter Ruth Athens Route 5 Richard Schloss Athens.
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Frank Colburn
Guysville
William Harkins
MacArthur
Jack Quest
Athens
Leonard Martin
Jack Earich
Millfield
Lady Barnhart
Ray Bobo
John Bala
Anna Watkins
Richard Gardner
Jacksonville
Lawrence Caster
Robert Lent
Walter Ruth
Richard Schloss
Firefighters Respond Twice To Aid Two Local Men
Emergency squadmen were called Monday afternoon to assist two men. First they transported Jack Quest, 55, from 23 Smith Street to Sheltering Arms Hospital after oxygen was given during transport for breathing difficulties. Later they aided Gus Haning, 64, at Athens State Hospital on South Court Street. he fainted but no further aid was needed.
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Fire Department
Jack Quest
Smith St
Quest
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Gus Haning
Athens State Hospital
South Court St. Hanning
GOP Meeting Shifts to State Patrol Post
A Fraternal Order of Police meeting scheduled for 7 p m Thursday has been moved from Athens city hall to the State Highway Patrol post.
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GOP
Order of Police
State Highway Patrol
Athens City
Royal and Select Master degrees to be conferred Thursday
The Royal and Select Master degrees will be conferred at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple by Athens Council 15 R&SM said Russell L Bailey master The notice lists the time place and the officiating body with named official.
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Masonic Temple
Athens
Real Estate Transfer in Trimble Township 144 Acres
Michael Kochis transfers 144 acres in Trimble Township Athens County to James Kochis of Glouster Route 3. Property details indicate full parcel conveyance. Record notes change of ownership between family members.
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Michael Kochis
Athens County
James Kochis
Glouster
Trimble
Mercury Hits Zero Mark in Athens as Cold Snap Holds
The temperature in Athens dropped to zero early Tuesday with spring a fortnight away. At 10 am the reading was 13 degrees above zero, while yesterday’s high reached 34 after an inch of snow. Rural Hamley Run posted four below zero with a 28 degree high Monday.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
A R Moore Rites Planned
Funeral services for Arthur Ray Moore 66 of Athens Route 1 die Monday in Huntington West Virginia will be held Thursday at 1 PM at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with Rev. Laurence Woodruff. Burial in Hebardville. He is survived by two daughters Eileen Overly and Mrs John White a brother Herbert two sisters and two grandchildren and a great grandson.
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Charles S. Moore
Eileen Overly
John White
Athens
Herbert
Mt. Vernon
W. H. Ball
Columbus
M. J. Hunter
Nelsonville
Athens Kiwanis honors 4 H advisers at Hotel Berry banquet
Women outnumbered men as the Athens Kiwanis Club recognized 4 H advisers at a Hotel Berry banquet. Wallace Barr of Ohio State University discussed farm policy and "resource adjustment" causing overproduction and low farm incomes. The Athens County 4 H team earned second at the Ohio State Fair and fourth nationally. Memorial for A B Graham founder of the 441 movement was given.
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Berry
Wallace Barr
Ohio State University
Barr
Karen McIinturf
Athens
Chicago
Athens County
Scott Burdette
Coolville
Charles Conrath
Tom Ackerman
Carl Harner
4-H Council
Reba Withers
New Marshfield
Ruth Woolley
McBride
Edward Sheridan
Ross Wright
A. B. Graham
Graham
Cincinnatian Is OU Guest T Spencer Shore Speaks at OU
T Spencer Shore president of Eagle Picher Co Cincinnati and Harvard Business School graduate spoke at Ohio University Monday on investment banking and finance in the College of Commerce. He described wartime work with the War Production Board and prior service with Goldman Sachs and General Tire. He and Mrs. Shore were hosted by OU President John Baker and honored at a Dean Noble luncheon.
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T. Spencer Shore
Ohio University
College of Commerce
Mr. Shore
Eagle Picher Co
Cincinnati
Harvard Business School
Goldman Sachs
New York
General Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
War Production Board
Washington
Bloodmobile quota met for Red Cross drive
Donors yesterday reached the 150 pint goal to meet hospital needs while the Civil Defense reserve fell short of its 25 pint target. Today’s schedule lists 135 donors with an additional 65 to 90 needed to reach goals.
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Red Cross
Burton Andrews
Civil Defense Reserve
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