Athens County Treasury Shows February Balance and Receipts
February financial report by Edward H. Lasch and Ralph Elliott shows a treasury balance of 73 87087. The total receipts 142 548 64 include 68 677 77 in overdrafts. Disbursements 82 613 57 cover general county road maintenance aid to needy children and county relief. Township gasoline fund distribution via state to townships accounts for 11 200 of this total.
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Athens County
Edward H. Lasch
Ralph Elliott
Treasury
County Health
County Board of Education
Two Injured In Route 50 Sunday Crash Near McArthur
Two people suffered minor injuries when their car crashed into a truck on Route 50 about a mile east of McArthur. Clyde Reynolds and wife Cassie were hurt. driver Proctor Faber was arraigned for failing to signal and fined.
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Route 50
McArthur
State Highway Patrol
Clyde M. Rey
Faber
Reynolds
John Crow
Crow
Everett M. Reynolds
Edward Coffey, Jr
Zaleski
Dorothy Louise Bevard
W. D. Witham
Albany
John Carroll Elliott
Naval district transfers set new Ohio and Kentucky alignments
The Ninth Naval District Bulletin reports April 1 transfers realigning districts to match regional commands. Cleveland gains the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts field office while Ohio hosts 16 reserve centers and two joint training facilities. Kentucky moves to Fifth District at Norfolk. Other notices include Army and Air Force enlistments and Navy assignments across Ohio.
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Ohio
Fourth Naval District
Ninth Naval District
Naval Reserve Bulletin
Naval District
Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Philadelphia
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Cleveland
Marine
Naval Air
Akron
Columbus
Ohio State University
Canton
Naval Ordnance Plant
Volunteer Naval Reserve
Second Army
Ninth Air Force Command
Kentucky
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Disabled veterans training under Public Law 16 unaffected by GI Bill changes
Alton F. Friedel the local VA contact representative stated that Public Law 16 training procedures are completely distinct from GI Bill rules. He said Public Law 16 places full training responsibility on the VA while the GI Bill leaves supervision to schools or training establishments.
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Veterans Administration
Alton F. Friedel
Friedel
Insurance refunds for WWII veterans near ten million mark
Treasury officials report insurance refund payments have reached 10,000,000 this week with total payouts close to 1.8 billion and about 1 billion more to go to roughly 6 million veterans. About 1.5 million veterans have not yet applied for their dividend. William Lee Murphy serves aboard the USS Franklin D Roosevelt in Operation Portrex. Pfc William L Gray is assigned to the 97th Bomb Wing at Biggs AFB El Paso Texas after prior service at Lackland AFB. Pvt Melvin Scurlock is stationed in Sendai Japan performing duties there.
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Washington
Treasury Department
William Lee Murphy
USN
Coolville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
Bermuda
Vieques
William L. Gray
A. F. Gray
Tuppers Plains
97Th
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Texas
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Pvt
Melvin Scurlock
David Scurlock
Athens
Sendai
Japan
Armstrong Trial Opens Before Full Courtroom
Seven of 19 state witnesses testified as the trial moved toward noon with prosecutors outlining Armstrong s admitted role. Deputy Joyce Police Chief Grogan and Coroner Dr Elias were among those present along with Sugar Creek witnesses and others from prior Dodds Rawlins cases. The defense noted Armstrong s neat dress as spectators crowded the courtroom including Grover Rawlins father.
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Armstrong
Martin
John W. Bolin
Athens
Frank Joyce
Grogan
John H. Elias
Dana Robinson
Sugar Creek
Miss Gifford
Dodds
Rawlins
Bus David
Attorney General's Office
John C. Rohr
Franklin County
Columbus
Theather
Grover Rawlins
Three Auto Crashes Reported by City Police
City police logged three weekend crashes. William B. Orr, 35, of 96% N Congress St, said steering failure caused his car to overturn near W Union St with minor head bruises. A two car collision at Highland and Columbia Avenues caused heavy damage but no injuries. Treva Black, 541 Richland Ave, and Jesse Bishop Lee, 16, were involved when Lee’s 1950 sedan hit Black’s vehicle after turning from Highland onto Columbia. Charles Marvin Frank, 17, of 65 W Washington St, woke to find his auto hit a utility pole on E State St after falling asleep at the wheel.
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W. Union St
William B. Orr
N. Congress St
Orr
Highland and
Columbia Avenues
Jesse Bishop Lee
Raymond A. Lee
Treva Black
Richland Ave
Lee
Highland Ave
Columbia Ave
Charles Marvin Frank
Washington St
Frank
State St
Dedication Planned for New Ohio Drive in DC
Rep Thomas A Jenkins says a formal dedication of the Ohio Drive in Washington DC is being planned for early May. The route runs from Constitution Ave north of the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River then along the East Channel past Arlington Cemetery and the White House. Signage has been set to aid visitors and Oscar Chapman, interior secretary, may deliver the dedicatory address.
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Ohio Drive
Washington, D. C
Thomas A. Jenkins
Constitution Ave
Lincoln Memorial
Memorial
Potomac River
Arlington Cemetery
White House
Capital Building
Washington Monument
Jenkins
Oscar Chapman
Secretary of the Interior
Shelter Wings Hospital Notes Record New Births
The column lists births at Shelter Arms Hospital: a son for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Hoisington of Athens Route 2 and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Baker of Athens. Several admissions and dismissals follow including major surgery for Mary Smith of Athens and medical cases for William Wyckoff, Lee Dowler, Kathryn Shultz, Elza Morris, Arthur Bruce, and others in Athens, Glouster, Millfield and Logan.
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Clarence G. Hoisington
Athens
Clifford Baker
Mary Smith
William Wyckoff
Lee Dowler
New Marshfield
Kathryn Shultz
Elza Morris
Glouster
Arthur Bruce
Millfield
Logan Mayor Imposes Fine and Jail for DWI Case
Bernard LaFollette, 26, of Logan Route 3, fined $300 and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail by Logan Mayor Roger Friend. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol on Route 33 and charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Bernard LaFollette
Logan
Roger Friend
LaFollette
State Highway Patrol
Harner Will Admitted and Widow Named Legatee
The will of the late John C. Harner of Lodi Township has been admitted to probate in the Ath ens County Court. Genevive Harner, the widow, is named sole legatee and devisee.
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John C. Harner
Lodi Township
Athens County
Genevive Harner
Coolville Seminary Once Thriving Institution
This historical note recalls the Coolville Male and Female Seminary founded in 1846 by the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church. It flourished for two decades before closing in 1866, later used by various teachers and then by the Coolville board of education, with founders including A. S. Tidd and Andrew Dodderer. The two-story building now houses the Troy Grange.
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C. H. Harris
Coolville
Ohio University
Ohio Conference of the
Methodist Church
Athens County
Athens University
Methodists
Ohio
Hillsboro
Troy Grange
Vegetable crop bulletins released by extension service
W E Keirns OSA extension specialist announces three new bulletins on Fertilizer for Ohio Vegetable Crops Vine Crops Growing Vegetable Crops outline soil soil mixtures seed sowing transplanting and disease control. The bulletins cover five fertilizer methods including band application surface plow down and plowsole and advise deeper drill settings for heavier soils.
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W. E. Keirns
OSA
Ross Wright
Ohio
Bulletin
Keirns
Nutrition Clinics Set in Three Towns
Nutrition clinics part of the Ohio Cooperative Nutritional Health Demonstration Project will be held in three communities this week. Albany hosts on Tuesday, Glouster on Wednesday, and Chauncey on Thursday per the Athens City County Health Department.
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Ohio Cooperative Nutritional
Athens City-County
Albany
Glouster
Chauncey
Two Fined One Jailed After Police Arrests
Bessie Love, 51, of The Plains, fined $10 and costs on a disorderly conduct charge and jailed for nonpayment. Twenty days of a suspended sentence were added. Richard Webb, 42, of 29 First St., fined $10 and costs on an intoxication charge in Mayor Mickle's court.
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Bessie Love
the Plains
W. P. Mickle
Mickle
Richard Webb
First St
Cruelty and Neglect Alleged in Nelsonville Divorce
Josephine Tipton sues James R. Tipton in common pleas court charging extreme cruelty and gross neglect. Married April 5 1941 in Logan they have a 7 year old child. Plaintiff seeks custody alimony restoration of her maiden name and household furniture.
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Common Pleas Court
Josephine Tipton
James R. Tipton
Nelsonville
Logan
Red Cross Fund Drive Reaches $10000 in Athens County
Athens County reports its Red Cross annual fund campaign has surpassed the ten thousand dollar mark toward a twelve and a half thousand dollar goal. James A. Rundle, the campaign chairman, says about half the county units have reported with Athens city about one hundred fifty dollars from its seven thousand five hundred quota and urges quick submissions of reports.
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Athens County
James A. Rundle
Athens
Rundle
Real Estate Transfers Across Athens and Nearby Towns
A long list of property transfers moves real estate among residents and firms in Carthage Athens Nelsonville Chauncey Glouster Trimble and nearby areas. Transfers involve buyers including R Carson Boggs Ellen McPherson and Roy Vermonten with multiple parcels and acres specified.
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R. Carson Boggs
Carthage
Maurice Ackley
Belpre
Ellen McPherson
Rockland
James R. Woody
Coolville
Walter Hooker
Lancaster
John P. Kelso
Nelsonville
Delbert Lemoine
August Lemoine
Jacksonville
Roy Vermonten
Clyde Williams
Glouster
Bessie A. Wood
Marion E. Wood
Athens
R. V. Oakley
Matt J. Adkins
Betty Sparks
Zada L. Wycuff
Holt S. Courtney
Marinda Courtney Cruikshank
Chauncey
Edward Braglin
Carey Braglin
Robert Jones
Kenneth P. Jones
Car J. Murphy
Athens Building Materials Co
Lorena Congreve
Jack E. White
Coalville
Troy
William P. Trion
E. Martin
Harter B. Fortney
Charles L. Wingett
Guysville
Lodi
Alma Sams Fined for Roaming Dog in City Streets
Alma Sams, 62, of S. Shafer Street, was fined $5 by Mayor W. P. Mickle after police charged her dog with roaming the streets. The case was filed by city police.
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Alma Sams
S. Shafer St
W. P. Mickle
Thumbers Given Ride
Two men Holtz and Rapp were fined five dollars plus costs after being found on a public street at 12 30 a m attempting to solicit a ride to a nightclub. State Highway Patrol officers warned that hitchhiking on highways is improper and Ohio law restricts the practice. The incident occurred on Lancaster Street near Carpenter in Athens.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
Lancaster St
Carpenter
Ohio
W. P. Mickle
William J. Holtz
A-14
East Green
Joseph H. Rapp
N. Congress
Straitsville Fifty Year Pin Recipient Dies
John S. Wilson, 82, died at 10 30 p m Sunday at his home after a brief illness His obituary notes his long affiliation with the Masonic Blue Lodge 484 earning a fourth 50 year membership card He also held 50 year memberships in the Odd Fellows Rebekah lodges and the United Mine Workers He was a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star Surviving are four daughters two sons a brother five grandchildren and several great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Methodist Church with the Rev Owen Plumley officiating Burial will be in New Straitsville cemetery
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New Straitsville
John S. Wilson
Wilson
Masonic Blue Lodge
Sunday Messenger
The
Blue Lodge
Odd Fellows and Rebekah
United Mine Workers of America
Order of Eastern Star
Mary Wilson
Columbus
Ismay Brandt
Lancaster
Esther North
Nelsonville
Agnes Fleming
Newark
James
Toledo
Mathew
Athens
Matthew Wilson
Bicknell
Ind
Methodist Church
Owen Plumley
New Straitsville Cemetery
Rocksprings Resident Della Hiland Joachim Dies at 84
Della Hiland Joachim, 84, a lifelong Meigs County resident from Rocksprings, died at 3:15 a.m. in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after two weeks illness. Widow of George W. Joachim she leaves two daughters Norma Nickeson and Mrs William A Morgan, a son Adolph H Joachim, eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements by Trevey-Finsterwald.
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Pomeroy
Della Hiland Joachim
Rocksprings
Meigs County
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Joachim
George W. Joachim
Adolph H. Joachim
Meda White
Newark
Minnie B. Hiland
Oklahoma City
Okla
Trevey-Finsterwald Funeral Home
Warm spell lifts temperatures as January record stood
The report notes a warm start to the week with 70 degrees by 9 a.m. and a 73 degree high on Sunday. It recalls January 25 1950 reaching 77 degrees, earning the title of warmest January day on record.
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Mercury
Divorce Sought By Helen Spencer Against William Spencer
In common pleas court Helen Spencer of Glouster Route 1 seeks divorce custody support alimony and attorney fees from William Spencer of Oakdale. They married Oct 10 1936 and have seven children. Cruelty alleged.
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Common Pleas Court
Helen Spencer
Glouster Route 1
William Spencer
Oakdale
Go To Congress With Mr. Smith Republican Candidate for Representative
A political advertisement urges residents of Athens Gallia Meigs and Vinton Counties to vote for Mr Smith the Republican candidate for the 10th Congressional District in the May 2 primary. The piece emphasizes sound finances wartime security leadership and opposing special interests. It appeals to youth and promises governance improvement. Pol Adv.
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Congress
Mr. Smith
10Th
Congressional District
Athens
Gallia
Meigs
Vinton
U. S
America
Pol. Adv
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Rosalyn R. Armell
Syracuse
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San Diego
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McCabe
Pomeroy High School
Wooten
Illiamson
Fred Cardosi
Williamson Gas
Williamson Coal
Williamson Oil
G. H. Martin & Son
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
Sheltering Arms Hospital
William Knapp
Herschel
McCoy
Mary Tribe
Roger J. Jones
Harner
Legatee
Coolville Seminary
Haymakers
Redmen's Hall
Charles Townsend
Buckeye Ramblers
Mayor's Court
Straitsville
Oscar Fulton
Paul W. Smith
Athens, Ohio
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