Volume of C&SOE postwar expansion outlined in Athens paper
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. announced plans for a 1952 expansion at the Poston station in Hamley Run with three 60,000 kilowatt units, a 7000 foot belt conveyor, new substations, and building Investments totaling about 21.7 million dollars across 23 counties. The article also reports winners of a local American Legion essay contest led by Edwin T. Las Velle with top students from Albany The Plains Ames Bern Rome Canaan and The Plains.
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Fe.m. Posgon
Hamley Run
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Poston
Glen Ebon
C&sofe
Harrison
Picway
Columbus
Lick
American Legion
Edwin T. Las Velle
Athens
K. T. Crossen Post 21
Mioe Pisesat
David Wilson
the Plains
Jim Shaw
Mechanicsburg
Barbara Dougan
Shade
Sally Noble
Rome Canaan
William R. Shafer
Athens County Council of the
Shafer
County Easter Seal Drive Launched in Athens County
The 1952 Easter Seal Sale kicks off with 10 000 envelopes prepared for Athens County residents. Chair Joe B. Draper sets a $2500 goal to fund crippled children services and state and national programs. Volunteer groups from the Child Conservation League aided mailings and praise local generosity for past support and summer camps.
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Athens County
Joe B. Draper
Athens County Society For Crippled Children
Draper
Child Conservation League
Athens
CCL
William J. Davidson
Thomas E. Gibson
Carrie Smith
James McMullen
Ted Stiff
Evan Williams
John G. Cline
R. Kenneth Kerr
Henri Seibert
Mud flap law leads to fines for Ohio truck drivers
State Highway Patrol enforces a new mud flap requirement for all Ohio trucks. In Athens post checks, Laverne Peck Merlin Lee and James Kinnison were fined five dollars and costs for missing mud flaps. Holly Stokes was cited and to be arraigned. Other patrols report incidents including George Stout fined ten dollars for unsafe operation and Roy Harper five dollars for stopping sign violations.
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State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Athens Post
Todas
Laverne Peck
McArthur
Merlin Lee
James Kinnison
Radcliff
Clarence Zeigler
George Stout
Athens
Peter B. Leel
Roy C. Harper
Londonderry
Zeigler
Band To Play At Assembly
The Athens High School band will present an assembly program Friday at 11 am in the high school auditorium. Director W C Fingerhut announced the lineup includes a tuba solo by eighth grader Larry Chesser performing The Ranger by Buchtel.
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Athens High School
W. C. Fingerhut
Larry Chesser
Buchtel
Hall
Bach
Little
Romberg
Walters
Bobby
Alman
List
Innocent Finding In D Daniel DUI Case
Clarence D. Daniel aged 18 from Athens Route 2 was found innocent after a hearing before May or Peter B. Seel. He had pleaded innocent to a charge of physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated after an arrest early Sunday morning. The court ruled he was not guilty.
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Peter B. Seel
Clarence D. Daniel
Athens
Daniel
Hamner Pays Fine In Dog Restraint Case
Fred V. Hammer of 23 Franklin Ave paid $5 with costs suspended in Mayor Peter B. Seel's court on Thursday after an affidavit charged him with permitting a dog to run at large under the city dog restraining ordinance.
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Fred V. Hammer
Franklin Ave
Peter B. Seel
Athens City Teachers Get Pay Increase and Budget Moves
A city school board approved a salary raise for 50 teachers, effective March 1, boosting annual pay by 100 dollars across all levels. Average salary rises to 3537 dollars, moving the city from 40th to 33rd among 113 Ohio cities. Forty teachers receive an extra 30 dollars monthly from state funds for student teaching work. The board also invited bids for lighting fixtures at two schools and approved bills totaling 4133.29. Superintendent Barker reported on the Athletic Association's finances.
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Athens City
Board of Education
Ohio
Willard P. Barker
Athletic Association
Wild 80 mph East End chase ends in court for WV driver
West Virginia driver Early W. Hemsley aged 22 of Gassaway faced unsafe operation charges after a high speed chase that hit 80 miles per hour through the East End. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Peter B. Seel and was fined 50 dollars plus costs.
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East End
West Virginia
W. Hemsley
Gassaway
W. Va
Peter B. Seel
Hemsley
Carpenter
Lash St
Mill St
Palmer
Internal Revenue Office To Stay Open Saturday
The Athens post office IRS office will open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday as announced by deputy collector Herbert J. Kelly. An extension until midnight March 17 is granted for late filers of income tax returns.
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Internal Revenue Office
Athens Post Office
Herbert J. Kelly
Kelly
Ames Bern Concert Set for Friday evening at high school
Amesville Ames Bern Grade and High School will stage a musical in the high school auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. directed by Mrs. Cc D McAfee Jr. The event showcases student performers and local talent in a community program.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern
Cc, D. McAfee, Jr
Brick Retaining Wall Collapses on East State Street
A brick retaining wall on East State Street collapsed Thursday morning, showering bricks into the street. City workmen had been replacing the wall that holds back a bank between North College and Lash, with no earth crumble behind it. Police removed fallen bricks from the roadway.
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E State St
E. State St
N. College
Lash
Petty Larceny Charges Filed Against Two Men
In mayor's court two Coolville area men face petty larceny charges for theft of stave timber from a mill near Troy Township. Emmit Hedges and Saul Dema line are named defendants. charges filed by Talbott R. Allen, with Mayor Peter B. Lee to preside.
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Coolville
Emmit Hedges
Saul Demaline
Troy Township
Peter B. Lee
Talbott R. Allen
Court Approves Transfer To City Plant Site
Common Pleas Court approved county land sale between the Baltimore & Ohio tracks and the Hocking River east of Athens for a sewage disposal plant. Athens bid $4200. county rejected bids as too low and later sought a declaratory judgment to rescind the order. Project costs about $1.1 million with bonds to finance.
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Common Pleas Court
Athens
Baltimore & Ohio
Hocking River
Safety Service
Fred H. Beckler
Board of Commissioners
Ohio
Mrs Fenzel Dies After Fall At Home
Mrs. Fred Fenzel 80 of 19 Park Place died Thursday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a Tuesday fall that fractured her shoulder while entering a Congress Street home for a Child Conservation League meeting. Survived by daughter Mrs. Thomas Rosser of Athens and sons Fred of Toledo and William H Fenzel at OU, services set for Saturday 2 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes with burial at West Union Street Cemetery. Eastern Star memorials Friday 8 p.m. Flowers omitted.
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Fred Fenzel
Park Place
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Congress St
Child Conservation League
Albany
Min
Charlotte Matheny Mathews
So- Sew Sewing Club
Red Cross
Fenzel
American Legion Auxiliary
CCL
Thomas Rosser
Athens
Fred
Toledo
William H. Fenzel
Ohio University College of Commerce
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
William H. Covert
West Union Street
Eastern Star
Daughters and Admissions at Shelter Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ambrose Howard Guysville welcome a daughter. Admitted include Robert Sheridan Athens Floyd Craig Glouster Christine Kirchner Athens William Kirchner Athens Joseph Derrickson Athens James Warner Athens Lena Parker Athens. Dismissed include Mrs Herb Young Athens and daughter Mrs Carl Barnhill Tuppers Plains and daughter Clyde Gibson Amesville Mrs Burta Simpson Shawnee Gordon L Bing Shade and Mrs Nettie Stalnaker Athens.
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Ambrose Howard
Guysville
Robert Sheridan
Athens
Floyd Craig
Glouster
Christine Kirchner
William Kirchner
Joseph Derrickson
James Warner
Lena Parker
Herb Young
Carl Barnhill
Tuppers Plains
Clyde Gibson
Amesville
Burta Simpson
Shawnee
Gordon L. Bing
Shade
Nettie Stalnaker
Rome-Canaan High School Concert Friday Night
The Rome Canaan High School program Friday at 8 p m features vocal solos by George Crawford Marion Kim Marlene Burke and Eddie Sweeney. The program includes the high school chorus a boys ensemble girls glee club girls ensemble boys glee club mixed ensemble and the seventh and eighth grade chorus.
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Stewart
Rome-Canaan
George Crawford
Marion Kim
Marlene Burke
Eddie Sweeney
Nelsonville Minford regional game to be aired Friday
The Nelsonville Minford regional Class B basketball clash will be broadcast live from the Ohio University gymnasium Friday at 8 p.m. on WPAY-FM 104.1.
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Nelsonville - Minford
Ohio University Gymnasium
Portsmouth
Wpay-Fm
Muddy Atmosphere From Dust Storm Grips Local Area
The thermometer dropped to 32 last night then rose to 49 by 9 am on Wednesday. Daytime highs reached 63 with a low of 22, as dust storm centers from the Midwest moved in, producing a muddy atmosphere.
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Midwest
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Messenger News
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Wright
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Robert A. Taft
Thomas A. Jenkins
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Joan W. Bricker
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Katharine Kennedy Brown
Myers Y. Cooper
Willis D. Gradison
David Ingalls
Florence Morris
C. William O'Neill
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Lancaster
Sale O. K
Fleet Lease
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Stauffer
State St
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Carpenter and E. State St
Athens, Ohio
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