National Legion Official to Speak in Athens
James M. Wagenseller, national executive committee member for Ohio, will be the principal speaker at Athens K T Crossen Post for the American Legion Birthday observance. A 6 p.m. dinner follows, with a social hour, then a 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. dance to conclude the birthday events. Wagenseller is a Lancaster real estate and insurance broker and WWII Air Force veteran.
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National Legion
Athens
James M. Wagenseller
Ohio
American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Don Strawn
Wagonseller
Lancaster
Air Force
Legion
Fairfield Post
Strawn
W. Union St
Mechanicsburg Sewer Funding Question Stirs County Council
County commissioners and Mechanicsburg council wrestle with using general fund or bonding to finance a sewer line. Two percent and intersection costs total about 30 000 dollars of a 300 000 project with remaining costs to be assessed on property owners. Bonding attorneys from Squire Sanders and Dempsey will review who bears the 30 000 sewer tab and a meeting with lawyers is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Mechanicsburg
Ben Bare
Burgess
Niple Engineering
Harold Rose
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Cleveland
Six Achieve Perfect Mark At Ohio University
Six Athens area students earned a 4.0 or perfect scholastic average last semester. Named include Richard Williams of 210 Highland Ave, Mary Lou Wichterman of 20 Arden Place, Dennis White of Athens Route 4, and David Knauf of 3 Franklin Ave. Also listed are John Carran of 27 FE Columbus St and Olan L Koehler of Amesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athens Area
Athens
Richard Williams
C. E. Williams
Highland Ave
Mary Lou Wichterman
R. F. Wichterman
Arden Place
Dennis White
Denver White
David Knauf
Franklin Ave
John Carran
S. O. Steer
Columbus St
Nelsonville
Olan L. Koehler
E. L. Koehler
Amesville
Albany GOC Post Plans Training Meet
Albany Ground Observer Corps volunteers will meet in the high school agricultural room Tuesday for a training session. Post supervisor Darrell West urged all who have volunteered to aid in observing and reporting aircraft to attend.
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Albany
Albany Ground Observer Corps
Darrell West
Awards Set for Athens Guard Unit
Lt. Col. Erle Bridgewater Jr will present National Guard Awards of Merit to Sgt. John Easterling and Sgt. Philip Willeke for three years of faithful service. Athens National Guard wins sportsmanship award for company basketball at Lancaster tournament. New enlistee Sgt. Lawrence Graves, WWII veteran, joins unit.
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Erle Bridgewater
National Guard
John Easterling
Philip E. Willeke
Athens National Guard
Lancaster
Lawrence W. Graves
Curran Drive
Graves
Geraldine Chrisman
Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Court St
CWO
Carl Wilson
Russell Light
Entering Round to Jury In Breaking Case
Martin Carpenter of Stewart Route 1 denied breaking and entering charges in Municipal Court brought by Mrs. James Singer of Coolville Route 2. Sheriff’s department says he was involved in several Bethany Ridge break ins last November with Bobby Dale Dalton, who received an Ohio Penitentiary sentence. Carpenter was bound over to the grand jury Tuesday and jailed for failure to post a $400 bond.
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Martin Carpenter
Stewart
James Singer
Coolville
Carpenter
Sheriff's Department
Bethany Ridge
Bobby Dale Dalton
Ohio
Juvenile Officer Takes Over Auto Theft Case
Federal officers withdraw from the auto theft case involving two sailors from Norfolk. Suspects Terry Taylor, 17, Dayton, and Creed Hughes, 19, Indianapolis, were arrested trading hub caps for gas. Taylor claimed AWOL status, while Hughes had emergency leave then was released. County juvenile officer Kail sought custody of the 17 year old, as the Dyer Act case drew county handling.
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Norfolk
Terry E. Taylor
Dayton
Creed A. Hughes
Indianapolis
W. O. Kail
Norfolk Naval Station
Police Ball Returns to Boost City Crime Tools
Police announce tickets for the annual Policemen's Ball go on sale at $2 per couple for April 26 at the Athens Country Club. Proceeds fund equipment including a photo graphic device a submachine gun and a bloodhound. A new Alcometer device may be purchased to record blood alcohol levels automatically.
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Athens Country Club
Phi Delt
Alcome
Fire damages Plains residence. minor loss
A faulty flue sparked a blaze at Emma Sherwood's home on Connett Road The Plains. Richland Ave Fire Brigade volunteers extinguished the fire at 8 45 a m as residents kept it under control until 11 volunteers with two engines arrived Chief Ralph Perry reported only slight damage to the building.
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Emma Sherwood
Connett Road
Plains
Richland Ave
Ralph Perry
Two Men Fined and Jailed in Mine Theft Case
Two men charged in a Cottingham mining equipment theft case faced fines and jail time. Sherman Cunningham, 19, Athens Route 2, was fined 300 dollars and served 9 days in county jail. Charles Saunders, 20, Deanville, aiding Cunningham, received 30 days in jail and a 150 dollar fine. Both also paid costs.
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Cottingham, Inc
E. A. Cottingham
Sherman Cunningham
Athens
Charles Saunders
Deanville
Cunningham
Local Man Guilty on Double Parking Charge
Ray A. Morris of 2 Columbia Ave was found guilty of double parking in Municipal Court Tuesday. He was fined $5 and costs, with the fine suspended, after pleading innocent at arraignment following a police charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray A. Morris
Columbia Ave
Morris
Fire Department Advises Parents After Child Faints
Emergency squad responded to 1 Pearl St at 5 59 p m Tuesday to Colleen Clark 18 months old who fainted at home. Fire department advised parents to consult a physician for the infant and monitor her condition.
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Fire Department
Colleen Clark
Don Clark
Pearl St
Guysville lodge meets at 7 30 p.m Thursday
Savannah Lodge 466 F and AM will convene at 7 30 p.m. Thursday with refreshments served. Worshipful Master George L. Smith announced the gathering.
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Guysville
Savannah
F&am
George L. Smith
Mrs James Dies at 70 at Home on Mill Street
Mrs Bessie Jamies 70 died late Wednesday morning at her home 89 Mill St after months of illness. Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home arranging arrangements.
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Bessie Jamies
Mill St
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes Funeral Home
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admissions and Dismissals
Admitted Deborah Barton Athens Martin Buechler Athens Glen Romine Athens Frank West Glouster Route 3. Dismissed Mrs E G Ashcraft Coalville Mrs Alva Robinson Athens Route 3 Mrs Millard Dulin New Marshfield Route 2 and daughter Mrs Al Huetteman Athens and son Mrs Bernard Buchenberg Athens and son Mrs Robert Chasteen Albany Route 2 and daughter Phillip Tinkham Athens Route Mrs Wallace Foreman Athens Route 1.
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Deborah Barton
Athens
Martin Buechler
Glen Romine
Frank West
Glouster Route 3
E. G. Ashcraft
Coalville
Alva Robinson
Millard Dulin
New Marshfield
al Huetteman
Bernard Buchenberg
Robert Chasteen
Albany
Phillip Tinkham
Banquet Set Saturday as Lodge Confers Entered Apprentice
NEW MARSHFIELD Constitution Lodge 426 F&AM will confer the Entered Apprentice degree Thursday at 7 30 p m with Raymond H Brooks as worshipful master. The lodge will hold its annual Father and Son banquet at 7 p m Saturday in the high school with a speaker and entertainment.
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge
F&am
Raymond H. Brooks
Brooks
State Hospital Patient Dies In Plunge
Alice C. Roush 61, a veteran of World Wars, died at Athens State Hospital after plunging from a fire escape Tuesday afternoon. Coroner Dr. John H. Elias said death was instant from a broken neck. Survived by his wife, he served 29 years in the Army, with WWI and WWII active duty. funeral planned at Hillsboro.
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Athens State Hospital
Alice C. Roush
Highland County
John H. Elias
Athens County
Elias
H. H. Fockler
Hillsboro
Mine case heard in court with fines and probation actions
A Middleport man, Harry Graham, 30, was fined 50 dollars and costs and given a suspended 30 day jail term for entering Hocking Mine property with intent to steal. Another man, Sherman Schall of Athens Route 3, was sentenced to prison after probation was revoked by Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White. Schall had run from a sheriff’s deputy when Graham was apprehended and was on probation for breaking and entering other mine property last year.
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Middleport
Ohio
Harry Graham
Hocking
Sherman Schall
Athens
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Schall
Graham
OU Professor Attends Cincinnati Observance
Dr. John E. Edwards of Ohio University attended Cincinnati events marking the 50th anniversary of the University of Cincinnati graduate school. Sir Edward Appleton delivered the main address as principal and vice chancellor of the University of Edinburgh and Nobel laureate in physics.
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Cincinnati
John E. Edwards
Ohio University
University of Cincinnati Graduate School
Sir Edward Appleton
University of Edinburg
Parking Meter Heads Stolen in City Thefts
City police investigate thefts of five parking meter heads in 10 days. Capt. J W McBride notes four meters with double heads and a single head meter taken from Congress Street and President Street. He says theft of one meter could amount to grand larceny carrying a 1 to 7 year prison term.
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J. W. McBride
Congress St
President St
Cutler Hall Named Among Ohio's Ten Most Historic Buildings
Cutler Hall, built in 1815 and Ohio University’s oldest college building, is named after Dr. Manasseh Cutler. The Toledo Chapter of the American Institute of Architects lists it as one of the ten most historic structures in Ohio. Photos hang at the Toledo Art Museum for the AIA Centenary.
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Cutler
Ohio
Toledo
American Institute of Architects
Northwest Territory
Manasseh Cutler
Ohio University
Toledo Art Museum
AIA
Athens merchants push wait and walk traffic at key intersections
The Athens Retail Merchants Association will ask the city council to study a wait and walk light system at Court and Union and Court and President. The plan aims to reduce jaywalking at busy intersections. They discussed promoting a parking lot expansion on Washington Street. The site will be cleared this month for use in June.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Sportsman Grill
Court
Union
Washington St
C&SOE Pays County Tax of 220808 in Athens County
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. pays its semi annual county tax of 220808, per H C Bobo, manager. Athens division. The utility, largest county taxpayer, expects about 441700 in county property taxes for the year as its expansion continues.
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
H. C. Bobo
Athens
Electric Company
Athens County
Bobo
Easter Seals To Be Mailed In Athens County Drive
Athens County Society for Crippled Children and Adults announces 10000 Easter Seals prepared for mailing to residents as the first step in the 1957 campaign opening Friday and running through Easter Sunday April 21. Homer Gall Jr leads the drive aiming for 3500 dollars, after last year’s 7000 envelopes raised 1869.82. Funds support the Speech and Hearing Clinic at Ohio University the orthopedic clinic county health cases and special shoes.
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Athens County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Athens County
Homer Gall, Jr
Gall
Ohio University
Mr. Gall
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Department of Ohio
By Ray Noble
Niple
Council
the Security Bank
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
U.S
Taylor
Hughes
Masons
Everett Baughman
Riverside
Columbus Road
Sinclair Products
James
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wallace Foreman
Athens Route 1
Regree
Nee Or
Mr Ans
State Hospital
Cutler Hall
C&soe
Earl Sez
WATH
Earl F. Mathews, Inc. General Insurance
Earl F. Mathews
Earl A. Hooper
Athens County Insurance Agents Assn
Security Bank Bldg
the Tavern
Michelob
Electric
Vucalrod
G-E
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deplogit Insurance Corporation
T. V. CO
W. Washington St
General Electric
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