City Council Considers One Year Gas Rate Contract
A special city council meeting is set to discuss revisions to the se-centrate ordinance tying gas rates to a one-year term with an option for two more years. The measure aims to avoid a prolonged fight with Logan Gas and salvage funds impounded during the dispute.
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Local residents remember longtime Athens painter
An 80 year old resident died after a long illness on Monday. The obituary cites Alex Cochran and Mrs. Cochran as local figures from Athens with connections to the Hines family. Funeral services are set for 3 30 PM at the home, burial in Union Street Cemetery, with a March 30 date and local committee coordinating calls and donations to Hooper and family.
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Athens
Irs
Alex Cochesidents
Tig City
L. Schrantz
North Elizabeth Cochran
Alex Cochran
Shland Avenue
Meth
Mt Ct
A. Hooper
Grocers Urged to Pay Code Contributions or Face Prosecution
H N Burgett district code authority executive secretary says grocers in 15 Southeastern Ohio counties face jail and fines under state law if they falsely claim Code membership after not paying required contributions. Each store owes 50 cents per employer and 30 cents per worker. payments must be sent to Athens by April 1 or prosecutions will follow.
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Food and Grocery Code
Code Authority
H. N. Burgett
District Code Authority
Burgett
Ohio
Athens
Democratic Rally Reservations Open in Athens County
More than 100 reservations have been received for the Democratic Party banquet at Hotel Berry Friday night at 7. D A Bardin Athens County Democratic Executive Committee chairman announced Jimmy Littler Orchestra will play. All party members in the county are invited with reservations. Local men and women will speak.
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D. A. Bardin
Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
Hotel Berry
Jimmy Littler
Three Men Fined Five Dollars Each by Mayor McCune
Emmett Quest of 203 West Washington Street and A R Sprague of Court and Washington Streets were fined five dollars and costs each after pleading guilty to intoxication. George Secoy of Stewart also fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding.
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Washington Street
A. R. Sprague
Court
Washington Streets
Len B. McCune
George Secoy
Stewart
McCune
Gas Pumps Wrecked in Amesville Auto Crash
Two gasoline pumps were wrecked and damages totaling about $75 occurred when a car driven by Frank Collins hit the pumps at Frank Gifford's station in Amesville after a left turn by Wilbur Chappelear’s auto. No injuries were reported.
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Frank Collins
Woodsfield
Frank Gifford
Athens
Collins
Wilbur Chappelear
West Side School Hosts Kite Contest Field
Thirty seven kites will rise at West Side School on Wednesday at 3 p m as third fourth and fifth graders compete for prizes for highest boy and girl kites and best design. Boys built frames and pupils covered their kites with faces and initials. One kite features a clown with a bright red tongue.
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Couple Killed In Train Crash Funeral Planned
Double funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 o clock at The Plains M E Church for Mr and Mrs John D Westfall killed when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Dayton. Buried in West Union Street Cemetery Athens, the couple left children Eli Westfall Glouster Ann Speakman Londonderry Mary Westfall Dayton and other relatives. Mrs Westfall 52 formerly Estella Stanley of Vinton County and Mr Westfall 73.
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Meigs County
Northeast
Ten More Join Sons of Legion in Athens
Ten more boys joined the Athens Squadron of the Sons of the American Legion at a Monday night meeting, bringing total enrollment to 66. Officers were chosen and regular meeting dates set for 7 p m on the second and fourth Mondays to avoid conflicts with Boy Scout meetings. Plans include forming a junior rifle team and initiating other activities with a possible State Commander presiding at the squadron’s formal installation. New officers are Captain Jack Fulton and Lieutenants John DeMolet Emmett Parker. adjutant Clark Biedel. finance officer Glifford Corner Jr sergeant at arms Robert Hutchins. chaplain David Winget. historian Ted Sprague. New members listed: Richard Campbell Guysville Jack Verity Chauncey Don Finsterwald Richard Garrett Jack Gorham Dave Nichols Jimmie Worley David Worley, all of Athens.
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Sons of the American Legion
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M. ¢. Morrison
Jack Fulton
John DeMolet
Emmett Parker
Clark Biedel
Glifford Corner, Jr
Robert Hutchins
David Wingett
Ted Sprague
Legion Advisory Group
Richard Campbell
Guysville
Jack Verity
Chauncey
Don Finsterwald
Richard Garrett
Jack Gorham
Dave Nichols
Jimmie Worley
David Worley
Boy, 3, Dies After Choking On Bean At Appleton Home
Dale Stough, age three, attempted to swallow a navy bean at his Appleton residence. The bean lodged in his windpipe and he choked to death while being taken to a doctor's office.
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Newark
Dale Stough
Appleton
Here
Disabled Veterans Leaders To Speak In Athens Thursday
Albert L. Daniels and Brian J. Thornton will address the Conrath Bean Chapter of Disabled American Veterans at the American Legion Hall in Athens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Daniels will discuss rehabilitation and legislation while Thornton explains veterans rights and assist with claim issues. Commander Clarence Wolfe invites all interested veterans to attend.
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Johl L. Daniels
Ava Brian J. Thornton
Athens
Conrath Bean Post
Albert L. Daniels
Greenfield
Brian J. Thornton
Cincinnati
American Legion Hall
Conrath Bean Chapter
Daniels
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Thornton
Clarence Wolfe
O U Students Secure Teaching and Business Positions
Since September, 98 Ohio University graduates and seniors have located positions in teaching or business, per Miss Lillian Barbour, director of the Bureau of Appointments. The bureau contacts employers and job seekers, and in spring publishes a Business Book listing 106 graduating seniors with photos, descriptions, and career goals.
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Ohio University
Lillian Barbour
Bureau of Appointments
Dynamite Explosion Injures Woman in Island Kentucky Car
Miss Martha Jewell age 23 stepped on the starter of a car in Island Kentucky five sticks of dynamite under the floorboard exploded injuring her and wrecking the vehicle.
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Martha Jewell
Missionary Brigadier Dodge to Speak in Athens
Brig. Horace Dodge retired Salvation Army foreign missionary will discuss experiences with the Salvation Army in foreign countries. He spent years in Japan and three months in South India with his daughter and son in law Major and Mrs William Noble at Catherine Booth Hospital Nagercoil. Adjutant W W Hinshaw and Adjt William Maltby from Cincinnati join the Thursday night 8 o’clock service at the Army Hall.
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W. W. Hinshaw
Athens Corps
A. E. F. Adjt
William Maltby
Young People’s
Cincinnati
No Leniency Awaiting Mr. Morrow in Athens
Mayor Len B. McCune has assumed responsibility for bringing Emmett Morrow of Columbus to Athens to face charges from an automobile crash last Tuesday. Morrow’s car hit a vehicle driven by Mrs. Homer Rhodehaver of Athens. police say he and a companion fled after dimming their lights. Morrow later called to report, but did not show, and Columbus police say he has disappeared.
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Emmett Morrow
Columbus
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Morrow
Homer Rhodehaver
Central School Honor Roll Achieves 75 Students Listed
Seventeen of the seventy five students named on Central School’s honor roll are second graders the largest group by grade. Names include Duane Bell Eddie Brown Jack Corwin Seaman Glover Frank McEwen Frank Moler John Lee Nickow onook Richard Shirley and more across first through sixth grades.
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Duane Bell
Eddie Brown
Jack Corwin
Seaman Glover
Frank McEwen
Frank Moler
John Lee Nickowon
Richard Shirley
Donald Turrill
Joe Walburn
Clyde Walker
Joan Algeo
Mary Daugherty
Dorothy Love
Deanue McPherson
Mary Nash
Margaret Schaeffer
Mattie Lou Allen
Allene Holmes
Homer Stanley
Luther Dunfee
Johanna Daugherty
Marion Franz
Rachel Hoffman
Ann Keever
Jo Ann Murphy
Luella Powell
Jane Quest
Wanda Quest
Mary Parestides
Ohio relief chief states no raises for workers
C Columbus Ohio federal relief administrator for Ohio C Stillman announced there will be no salary increases for relief workers.
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Columbus
C. C. Stillman
Ohio
Dairymen Benefit From New West Virginia Trade
Athens County dairy interests gain $2,300 monthly through a West Virginia milk trade, with Tri-Valley Cooperative noting sales rising from 1100 to 2300 dollars per month and county milk sales totaling 157,694.94 last year. Wright cited milk code enforcement as high quality, contrasted farm income declines, and warned against looming federal controls on processing taxes and procurement. Oliver Wood won the Kiwanis attendance prize. C E Blaine attended as a guest.
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Athens
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Oliver Wood
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New Deal for Aliens in Ohio Outlined by Stillman
Columbus reports that federal relief administrator C. C. Stillman announced a new deal for aliens unable to earn a living in Ohio. In ten months 501 indigent aliens have been repatriated and reunited with families in foreign lands.
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C. C. Stillman
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