Home Builders Forming Association for County
A new Home Builders Association for Athens County was formed at a Thursday night meeting with builders and associates from Athens Glouster and Nelsonville. Peter B. Seel was named temporary chairman Elmer F. Jones formed the membership committee and seventeen firms signed mem bership applications. The group aims county wide representation and plans to meet Monday at the Athens Building Materials office. Clifford M. St Clair executive vice president of the Ohio Home Builders Association spoke on affiliation with state and national bodies.
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Association of
Athens County
Athens, Glouster and
Nelsonville
Peter B. Seel
Elmer F. Jones
Athens
Carl_ Murphy
Gerald Stauffer
Dwight D
Flicers
Clifford M. St. Clair
Ohio Home Builders Association
J. Paul Frank
Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio Association
National Assocition of Home Builders
National Association
Washington
Wool Grower Forms Due Next Month
Growers must file participation proof for the 956 wool program at the Athens County ASC office by May 1. Ivin A. Wolfe and de Folfe urge careful provision of sales records for shorn wool and lambs sold for slaughter, including bill of sale, seller and slaughterer details, weight, and a 20 day ownership period. Eligibility depends on timely applications and accurate documentation.
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Athens County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Ourt St
Ivin A. Wolfe
ASC
de Folfe
Telo
H. W. ‘Tom
Dividends Declared at Shelter Arms Hospital Notes
Corporations board of directors has declared the following dividends on and for the quarterly dividend period ending April 90 to stockholders of record on March 30. Series A four percent, $1.12 per share. Series B five percent, $1.25. Series C five and a half percent, $1.37. Series D six percent, $1.50. common stock eight cents per share.
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Em Runn
Avyar Sciee
Corp
Daniel Eggleston
Athens
Son
Athens Men To Attend SCS Meeting
Ten Athens County men are expected at an eight county Southeastern Ohio District Soil Conservation Supervisors meeting in McArthur next Wednesday to hear Lois Hochberg, Goodyear official. Hochberg, newly elected president of the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council, will discuss industry support for regional development. Attendees include supervisors from Gallia, Fairfield, Hocking, Jackson, Perry, Meigs and Vinton counties and Athens County staff such as Linscott, Enlow, Hanning, Stright, Wagoner, Barker, Laseh, Wright, Finch. Industry interest and coordination between agriculture and industry are cited as goals.
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Athens County
Southeastern
Hochberg
Don Linscott
Trimble
Lee Enlow
Albany
Alton Hanning
Athens
Dan Stright
Edwin Wagoner
Ralph Barker
George Laseh
SCS
Ross Wright
C. C. Finch
Arm Bureau
Laseh
Credit Check Advised by Zanesville Social Security Office
The Zanesville district office urges workers including self employed to verify earnings every three or four years and report any uncredited wages to correct Social Security records. Robert P. King of the Athens County courthouse offers a postcard form to obtain past earnings records. Oscar Chase, 87, Hebardville, was treated after fainting at an A and P. emergency squad revived him.
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Zanesville
Social Security
Robert P. King
Athens County
Oscar Chase
Hebardville
Charles Dalton
Mr. Chase
Athens Thefts Linked by Wellston Prisoner Bennett
Perry Bennett of Hudson Ave was bound over to the Jackson County grand jury on safe robbery charges after a chase and arrest. He refused to reveal the location of stolen copper wire said to have been taken from the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co depot. Athens police seek Bennett for additional thefts and a $5000 property bond is held in Wellston Court. Bennett said he could clear up other Athens robberies if bonds were lowered and he could return to the city.
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Perry Bennett
Hudson Ave
Toia McBride
Jackson
Athens
Wellston
Highway Patrol
J. B. Grogan
Jackson County
J. W. McBride
McBride
Bennet
Wellson Court
Bennett
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Curran
Capt
Troy Youth To Be Cited At OSU Fete
Troy youth jarry Henry of Coolville will be honored at the Ohio Junior Leadership Recognition Ceremony and Banquet at Ohio State University. A freshman at Ohio University, Henry has seven years in 4-H, served as a camp counselor, led the Trojan Lucky Aces Club, and presides over the Adams County Junior Leadership Club. He will receive the Ohio Junior Leadership Honor Award and a jackets donation from the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company. The event is supervised by the Ohio 411 Club Department with the banquet sponsored by the Ohio CH Club Foundation.
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Iarry Henry
Coolvile
Ohio
Ralph Henry
Trojan
Coolville
Abhe County
Ohio University
Pershin Rifles
Henry
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
Ohio 411 Club Department
Ohio CH Club Foundation
Albany Area Resident Dies
Albany resident Mrs. Belle Gibson aged 2 died Thursday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a heart attack. She was taken to the hospital earlier Thursday by ambulance. Beside her husband and several children, relatives survive. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Friday at Bigony Funeral Home. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. John Snedden. Burial will be in Alexander.
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Albany
Belle Gibson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Foreign Service Seminar Attended by University of Cincinnati Group
Five university stages sponsored by Dr. Ernest M Collins attend a foreign service seminar at the University of Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday. The event aims to acquaint qualified Ohio Indiana and Kentucky students with career opportunities in the foreign service.
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Univ University
Ernest M Collins
University of Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Good Friday Service Set Albany Churches Unite
Annual observer expected at Albany Methodist Church for a one hour open service on Good Friday with the cross as the central theme. Brief messages by three pastors Rev Richard Jarvis Rev Laurence Woodruff and Rev Roland Globig.
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Albany
Albany Methodist Church
Richard Jarvis
Laurence Woodruff
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Roland Globig
Albany Baptist Church
OU Dorm Revenues Pledge Powers Upheld
Ohio University officials may pledge dormitory revenues to secure sites for future dormitories even if projects are not yet planned. Atty. Gen. William O’Neill issued the ruling to Paul R. O’Brien, secretary to the Athens campus board. In Cleveland, Dorothy Kaplay is accused of attempted poisoning in an indictment returned by a grand jury.
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Columbus
Ohio University
Atty
William O'Neill
Paul R. O'Brien
The
Athens
Cleveland
Dorothy Kaplay
Two More Dog Owners Fined for Off Leash Pets
Two dog owners, Harry C. Morris of 178 W State St and Mrs Lucy Young of 176% W State St, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to letting pets run at large. They were fined 10 dollars plus costs. Fire Chief Charles Dalton reported a cigarette caused a seat fire, damaging the front seat worth about 20 dollars, in a car owned by Clarence Hanning of Athens Route 5. Funeral services were held Thursday in Mansfield for Louis Bromfield, Pulitzer Prize winning author, who died Sunday in Columbus after a brief illness.
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Harry C. Morris
State St
Lucy Young
Congress
Charles, Dalton
Clarence Hanning
Athens
Mansfield
Louis Bromfield
Bromfield
Columbus
Driver Fined After Route 33 Crash
Route 33 near Athens saw a crash after Jivi den’s truck failed to stop within the assured clear distance. He pled guilty in Municipal Court and paid a $20 fine plus costs. Mrs. Mabel Sisson of Trimble and a passenger reported slight neck injuries.
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Xonaus Sriigen
State Highway Patrol
Jivi ‘den
Mabel Sisson
Trimble
Athens
Sisson
Helen Also
Two Coolville Men Injured On Route 7 Crash
State Highway Patrol reports two Coolville men were seriously injured when their car went out of control on Route 7 near the Athens Meigs county line at 2 45 am. Detter 19 broken nose possible skull fracture. Richard Burkhamer 23 hospitalized with bruises abrasions possible internal injuries.
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Coolville
Route
Athens Meigs County
State Highway Patrol
Richard Burkhamer
Burkhamer
OU Fraternity Project Sets Plantings on Route 33
Ohio University Phi Delta Theta volunteers will fertilize plantings in northern Route 33 sections on Saturday morning using fertilizer from the Athens Garden Club. City-supplied tools and a dean are used as crews work near Lancaster and Carpenter Streets and the State Highway Patrol post on Columbus Road in a city service project observed by 119 chapters nationwide and in Canada.
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Route 33
Athens Garden Club
Ohio University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Manger Lancaster
Ohio University student convicted for trespassing
Mogan, a sophomore at Ohio University from Willoughby, was fined 1.28 and costs in Municipal Court Friday after pleading guilty to trespassing. Roy Wilson filed the complaint alleging Mogan parked his auto on private property.
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Frands
Mogan
Roscve
Ohio University
Wiloughsby
Roy Wilson
Athens Elks lodge earns memorial service honors again
Francis Ponticus exalter ruler notes Athens Elks winning memorial service honors for 1955. Grand Lodge marks third such award in seven years and cites district ritualistic success at Chillicothe. Memorials honor members died in the prior year.
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Athens
Athens Elks
Ime
Ponticus
J. B. Vanity, Jr
Clarence McKinstry
Fred Lee Tom
Athens Iks
Chillicothe
Friday Warmer Temperatures Rise Mrng Slips to 12 Degrees
Frid ay saw warmer conditions with an early morning low of 22 in rural Hamsey Run, two degrees above Thursday's cold spell. The high reached 49, and by 9 0 a.m. today the thermometer stood at 12 degrees.
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Hamsey Run
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