Albany Water System Bond Issue Nears Funding
The Village of Albany plans a $100,000 bond issue to fund a new water system and fire protection. Special rep Dale Brookhart will canvass subscribers starting Monday. contracts may waive long terms and tapping costs for early signups. If 150 subscribers are secured, the bond can be issued without a vote.
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Albany
Lee Township
D. Pincelli
Dale Brookhart
Belpre
Albany Water Board
Pincelli
Everett Blackwood
John Sewell
Willard Steele
Sewell
National Board of Fire
FE. S. Willock
Emerson Bigony
G. S. Gillogly
Walter Swift
Robert Cutler
Belprea
Death of Earl Secoy at 59 in Athens County
Earl Secoy 59 died Friday evening at his Salem residence on Athens Route 2 after a long illness. He leaves wife Grace, daughters Mrs. Robert Yerkey of Johnstown Ohio and Mary Jane Secoy, sons James of Johnstown John of Athens Route 2 and Robert with the Army at Indiantown Gap Pa, eight grandchildren, brother Harley H Seeny and five sisters. Two daughters and one son preceded him in death. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at Lubing Pilgrim Holiness Church. burial at Torch. Friends may call at Harley Secoy residence after Sunday noon.
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Earl EF. Secoy
Salem
Athens
Athens County
Grace
Robert Yerkey
Johnstown
Mary Jane Secoy
James
John
Robert
Indiantown Gap
Harley H. Seeny
Freda Black
Leora Hudnall
Nellie Hudnall
Bessie West
Columbus
Jennie Brooks
Stewart
Jay Stiles
Lubing Pilgrim
Harley Secoy
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births announced for Mr and Mrs Walter Pyle Athens a daughter and Mr and Mrs William Stone Athens a daughter. Admissions listed include Charles Drake Gloucester James Drake Gloucester and others in Athens Logan Guysville and Pittsburgh. Weather notes report a sunny 70 degree spring day with ideal fishing conditions on the Hocking River.
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Walter Pyle
Athens
William Stone
Charles Drake
Glouster
James Drake
Carrie Gaynor
Guysville
Faye Richards
Coolville
Geraldine Myers
Logan
Geraldine Ridenour
Emma Wood
Gladys Ivers
Harry Rand
Pittsburgh
George Maxwell
Groveport
Madora Davis
New Marshfield
C. L. Colmer
U S
Escape Death as Car Hurtles Into Hocking River
Rank driving at high speed lost control near the fairgrounds and crashed into the Hocking River. Rescue workers freed four occupants from the 1950 sedan as spectators watched, while police and fire crews examined the scene and identified Rank as a University of Ohio graduate visiting Athens.
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Hocking River
John James
Rank
Fairgrounds
W. Union St
Ex-Resident Killed in Daytona Beach Races
Funeral services were held in Belmont for Charles Gerrard 46 former Athens resident killed at Daytona Beach Florida while attending the March 15 motorcycle races. Gerrard once worked as a mine machinist in Athens County and had lived six years in Cocoa Florida with his brother Ralph in an auto agency. He was struck by a motorcycle crossing the track at a dip that hid riders momentarily. His wife the former Irene Heiser daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Heiser Red town survives. The Gerrards left Athens to live in Old City Pa during World War II.
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Belmont
Charles Gerrard
Athens
Daytona Beach
Fla
Gerrard
Athens County
Cocoa
Ralph
Irene Heiser
Charles Heiser
Redtown
Gerrards
Old City
Four Drivers Fined By McArthur Justice
Four drivers were fined Friday by McArthur Justice of the Peace G. E. Sharp after arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Clyde Rafferty 31 of New Plymouth Route 1 was fined $10 and costs for speeding. Ronald P. Downard 45 of Wellston faced $10 and costs for no driver’s license. Robert E. Thompson 30 of McArthur Route 2 was fined $5 and costs for driving an unsafe vehicle, and Edward S. Nichols 59 of Byer was fined $5 and costs for insufficient brakes.
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McArthur
Justice of the Peace
G. E. Sharp
State Highway Patrol
Clyde Rafferty
New Plymouth
Ronald P. Downard
Wellston
Robert E. Thompson
Edward S. Nichols
Byer
Syracuse man fined for passing in hazardous zone
Morris N. Hardin, 36, of Syracuse, was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor Peter B. Seel after the State Highway Patrol cited him for passing in a hazardous zone.
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Morris N. Hardin
Syracuse
Peter B. Seel
Hardin
State Highway Patrol
Reforestation Trees Available at Athens District
Athens Soil Conservation District received about 70 000 trees for reforestation and 10 000 plants for wildlife improvement. Cooperators who ordered through the district may pick up Monday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the east end of the Athens fairgrounds grandstand. Unclaimed trees move to Tuesday pickup. other trees available at the forestry field day Thursday March 27.
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Athens Soil Conservation District
Bob Wilson
Athens Fairgrounds
Wilson
Soil Conservation District
Court Awards Hallett 53000 After Three-Hour Jury Deliberation
A Common Pleas Court jury awarded J. C. Hallett of Nelsonville 3000 damages after a 3 hour 10 minute deliberation over an January 24 1952 crash on Chestnut Street Nelsonville. Hallett claimed permanent injuries from Miss Margaret Theresa Richardson's speeding car. The defense argued Hallett contributed to the accident and contested the speeding claim.
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Common Pleas Court
J. C. Hallett
Nelsonville
Hallett
Margaret Theresa Richardson
Chestnut St
Miss Richardson
Chauncey Lions Club Board to Meet Monday at Parish House
Chauncey Lions Club directors schedule a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the Parish House. The session covers club affairs and community events.
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Lions Club
Chauncey Lions Club Board of Directors
Chauncey
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