Census taker fraud warning issued by Athens Board of Trade
The Athens Board of Trade warns residents to report anyone claiming to be census takers who fail to identify as federal enumerators. Imposters seeking sales or entry into homes may be using census talk. such actions should be reported to authorities and the National Better Business Bureau. Census workers have no sales role and only collect information for the public good.
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Athens Board of Trade Today
U.S
Bureau of the Census
Athens Board
Harper C. Pendry
National Better Business Bureau
Board of Trade
Acive
Parking No Problem 47 Years Since Athens First Car
Athens marked 47 years since its first locally owned automobile arrived at the West Side K and M depot. Dr C L Jones, secretary of the Athens Home Telephone Co, recalled the Oldsmobile four horse power and its slow 15 mph pace. Crowds watched as horses fled from the strange vehicle on West Washington Street Hill before glimpsing it near Court Street by the telephone office and Berry Hotel.
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Athens
K&m
C. L. Jones
West Washington St. Hill
Doctor Jones
Athens Home Telephone Co
Court St
Berry Hotel
March Snow Ends Dream
A brief weather note recalls a transition from a sunny day reaching 54 degrees to a cold, cloudy morning. By 10:30 a.m. temperatures barely rose above 29 and a light snow flurry appeared around 11 a.m. signaling winter’s persistence.
Discussion over best fishing spot at Green Lake
Handy Peterson and Easy Roberts argue at Fred's Garage about the top fishing location. Handy backs the spot opposite the old sawmill while Easy touts Cedar Point as the best, citing years of catches as Fred displays a mounted rainbow trout.
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Handy Peterson
Easy Roberts
Fred
Green Lake
Handy
Easy
Cedar Point
Legion Roundup Plan Set for Delivering Membership Cards
G H White outlines a mobile drive to deliver Athens and county Legion membership cards by April 1 via a route to Columbus. Posts must bring undelivered cards to the Athens Legion home by March 31, en route to department headquarters, with Logan post to receive county memberships.
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Legion
American Legion
Columbus
G. H. White
State Highway Patrol
White
Athens
K. T. Crossen
Athens Legion
Department
Logan Post
Hocking County
Post
Joseph Deutschle
State Patrol Auxiliary
Harry Simmons
Orland G. Houck
Joseph H. Kennedy
Glouster
Cecil G. Lunsford
Robert Skinner
William Golden
Alfred Andrews
Charles Danford
Nelsonville
Jim Berry
Ed Carter
Frank Keys
Hoy Seckinger
Trimble
Ival Dunlevy
Jacksonville
Houck
Simmons
Lunsford
Boyd L. Spencer
Ford Oury
Wellston
Don Gallagher
Bruce Henderson
Easement Petitioned for Gas Pipeline Across Hutchison Land
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. filed a common pleas court petition seeking a right of way easement across 0.253 acres owned by Henry and Lillian Hutchison of New Marshfield Route 2. A March 24 hearing is set. construction aims to start in early spring as part of a Texas to east coast gas line plan, including a booster station near Albany.
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Henry
Lillian Hutchison
New Marshfield
Common Pleas
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Waterloo Township
Hutchison
Athens County
Texas
Albany
Real Estate Transfers List Including Athens and Ames Townships
A sequence of real estate transfers lists multiple deeds across Athens, Stewart, Waterloo, Nelsonville, York, Carding to Canaan townships. Names include John Depoy Roy Depoy Edna Hutchings Martin Addie Balderson Emmett West Mac Bethel Frank Brown John Marcinko George Shingler Evelyn Boggs Ernest Minear Ruth Shaw Charles Kuhn Paul Kuhn Amanda Curtis Nora Hall Nora Hall Thelma Jones Martin and others. Deals cover 40 acre transfers 65 acre transfers lots Nos 21 721 100 101 2059 and various parcels in Stewart Coolville Athens Nelsonville Ames Mineral and York townships.
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John Depoy
Arden Roy Depoy
Guysville
Carthage Township
Roy Kohlhausen, Jr
Charles P. Cervone
Coolville
Coolville Village
Edna E. Hutchings Martin
Paul E. Dean
Athens
Stewart Village
Addie Balderson
Stewart
Daniel C. McIntorf
Emmett A. West
H. O. Atkins
Mac H. Bethel
Maxwell Ferguson
Rober Frank Single
Frank E. Brown
New Marshfield
Waterloo Township
John Marcinko
Pataskala
W. T. Martin
Ames Township
George Shingler
G. H. Sickels
Mineral Village
John G. Johnston
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Land and Gravel Co
York Township
Evelyn Fay Boggs
Nora Young
Ernest Minear
Frank C. Steinmeyer
New Marshfield Village
Ruth C. Shaw
Akron
Charles Kuhn
Paul D. Kuhn
Charles McBride
Forrest Jones
Buchtel
Amanda Curtis
Nora G. Hall
Carthage
Ernest Curtis
Oral Daugherty
John E. Snow
Paul H. Graham
Hazel F. (McDonald) O'Neil
Raymond O’neil
Pontiac
Thelma Jones Martin
David E. Blackburn
Clara Bailey
J. E. Bailey
Claude Kantner
Athens County
Charles Cone
State of
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements include a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert Jones Shade Route 1 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clayton Miller Athens and a son for Mr and Mrs Robert Burke Alfred. Admissions list Cletus Chappel Athens accident and Dorothy Daugherty Millfield surgery. Dismissals name Mrs James Minor Athens and daughter and Mrs Medrith Mace Radcliffe. Frixo N Stathopoulo Glouster. Russell Henderson Athens.
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Robert Jones
Shade Route 1
Clayton Miller
Athens
Robert Burke
Alfred
Cletus Chappel
Dorothy Daugherty
Millfield
James Minor
Medrith Mace
Radcliffe
Frixo N. Stathopoulo
Glouster
Russell Henderson
Neglect Charged in Wyoming Divorce Case
Garrett Hudnell files for divorce from Beatrice L. Hudnell in common pleas court alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple, married July 3, 1948 in Pomeroy, have been separated since December 1949. An 18 month old child has been adopted by others.
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Common Pleas Court
Garrett Hudnell
Beatrice L. Hudnell
Riverton
Wyo
Hazel Sager
Vere
Medical, Dental Officer Posts Listed
An examination for medical and dental officer positions at salaries from 4600 to 7600 a year has been announced by the U S Civil Service regional office. Applications and further information may be obtained from F D Higgins, the commission's local secretary in the Athens post office.
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U. S. Civil Service
F. D. Higgins
Commission
Athens
Civil Service Exams Announced for Wildlife Biologist Roles
Civil service examinations for wildlife management biologist fishery management biologist research psychologist and biologist announced by F D Higgins local secretary. No written test required. Full information and applications from Mr Higgins in the post office building.
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F. D. Higgins
Civil Service Commission
Heffron Fined for Unregistered Vehicle Operation
James H. Heffron of 3 Ohio Ave was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without first filing an application for registration.
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James H. Heffron
Ohio Ave
W. P. Mickle
Disorderly conduct case in Mayor Mickle court
Robert Wilson 26 of 53 E State St was arraigned Wednesday in Mayor W P Mickle's court on a charge of disorderly conduct and fined $10 with costs.
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W. P. Mickle
Robert Wilson
State St
Athens Girl Missing. Intensive Search Underway
Athens County juvenile authorities report 14 year old Lorretta Gabriel has been missing from her home since March 6. Probation Officer Kenneth Sands notes the girl was last seen returning from a basketball tournament and a statewide alert has been issued. Searches are intensified in Scranton Kentucky Cleveland and Los Angeles where she has friends or recently stayed. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall about 120 pounds with blue eyes and light brown hair. She wore a gray skirt pink blouse green shoes a gray gabardine raincoat earrings with blue stones and an August sardonyx ring.
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Athens County
Athens
Kenneth Sands
Lorretta Gabriel, Mill Sr
Floyd Gabriel
Lands
Scranton
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Lorretta
Athens Se Ohio solo and ensemble auditions list entrants
Athens entrants, 58 participants, perform in junior and senior district auditions Saturday at Athens Senior High School. Directed by W C Fingerhut, events include flute, clarinet, brass, strings, piano and vocal ensembles with groups led by Miss Lee Pickens. Public invited to attend all sessions.
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Athens
Southeastern Ohio
W. C. Fingerhut
Ohio Music Education Association
Lee Pickens
Athens East Side
Anne Baker
Joan Bush
Patty Peterson
George Sands
Marshall Siegfred
Richard Slater
Nancy Wright
Fingerhut
Dawna Bulloch
Sharon Oldfield
Kathleen Downey
Elizabeth West
David Lewis
Richard DeLong
Bob O’brien
Ronald Saunders
Ruth Wickline
John Mitchell
Charles Frank
Helen Lehman
Nancy Martin
Mary Patrick
Martha Dee Morrison
Mary Sue LaFollete
Carolyn Kellogg
Ruth Sands
Charles Atkinson
Richard Barker
Clara Davis
Wendell Fryer
Athens County Health Report For February Released
Athens County Health Commissioner H G Southard presented February health data at the March 8 monthly Board of Health meeting. The report lists 10 communicable disease cases including scarlet fever two whooping cough chickenpox and syphilis and one rheumatic fever. Inspections covered 50 milk plants 44 restaurants 16 dairy farms eight public buildings with sanitation checks at two sewer plants and two private premises. Water and milk analyses numbered 16 and 47 respectively, while field nursing visits rose to 33 for communicable disease 13 for venereal disease and 81 for tuberculosis control.
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Athens City
H. G. Southard
Athens City County Board of Health
Southard
Accidents Reported on Route 50 and Route 33
State Highway Patrol reported two accidents. A truck driven by Charles Clemens left turning collided with Wade Tom’s car near the Athens Vinton County line causing heavy property damage but no injuries. A second crash two miles north of Logan on Route 33 involved Max Cox losing a wheel and Eugene Grove’s car sustaining minor damage.
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Athens
Vinton County
State
Charles L. Clemens
Creola
Wade Tom
Logan
Max Cox
Eugene Grove
Lancaster
Coolville Man Fined for Dog License Violation
Ray Burkhimer of Coolville Route 2 was fined $5 and costs for giving a false statement when purchasing a dog license. County Dog Warden Homer Barnhart said Burkhimer claimed the dog was bought in West Virginia and hadn’t been in Ohio for 30 days, avoiding the late tag penalty. He pleaded guilty at arraignment before Justice of the Peace J. W. Bailey.
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Ray Burkhimer
Coolville
Homer Barnhart
Burkhimer
West Virginia
Ohio
Barnhart
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Bailey
County Tuberculosis and Health Association to Meet Monday
The Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association will hold its annual meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Athens High School's Little Theater. The event is open to the public and will feature a speaker from the Ohio THA, along with annual reports and officer elections.
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Athens County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Athens High School
Ohio Tha
Addison Bean Dies Thursday at 80
Addison Bean 80 retired farmer died Thursday morning at his niece's home after several months illness. He lived in Guysville area. Survived by daughter Hazel Mansfield of Chillicothe. three sons Wilson Dorsey and Mervin of Columbus. seven grandchildren. six great grandchildren. siblings Milo of Athens C M Conner Wyandotte Mich Leora Mansfield Columbus Francis Efaw Athens. Predeceased by first wife Etta second wife Mattie daughter Ruth and sons Walter Warren. Dowler and Ferguson funeral home arranging.
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Addison Bean
Bertina Skinner
Edmond
Samantha Bean
Guysville
Hazel Mansfield
Chillicothe
Wilson
Dorsey
Mervin
Columbus
Milo
Athens
C. M. Conner
Wyandotte
Mich
Leora Mansfield
Francis Efaw
Bean
Etta
Mattie
Ruth
Walter
Warren
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Marriage License Granted for Ralph Dunfee and Linda Johnson
Ralph Dunfee aged 28 and Linda Johnson aged 18, both residents of Athens, were issued a marriage license.
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Ralph Dunfee
Linda Johnson
Athens
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