Four city ordinances get first readings amid council fray
Athens council, in a tense session described as a three ring circus, gave first readings to four ordinances. Residents on Joneswood Drive urged paving to curb dust while debate on suspension of the rules delayed routine business.
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Charles Robb
Fred W. Weber
Weber
Joneswood Drive
Joneswood
Woodworth
McBride
Alden
Sheron
Weisenbach
Hooper
Dean
Sheeter
Ellis Woodworth
John Alden
Police Exam Set and Meter Maid Sought in Athens
City police invite civil service applicants for a May 12 exam at city hall to fill a patrolman post after Patrolman Howard McLaughlin’s resignation. Applicants must be US citizens, Athens residents, 21 to 30, physically fit. Also hiring for meter maid. Sue Rosser leaves May 15. age 18 to 30. starting salary 160, rising to 175 after three months. Uniforms provided.
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City Hall
Howard McLaughlin
U. S
Athens
Joseph B. Grogan
Sue Rosser
Grogan
Ex-Resident Dies Monday in Chauncey
Mrs. Freda Fink Linscott 47 died Monday evening at her daughter’s Chauncey home after a year long illness. She worked seven years at Begorra Restaurant Athens and formerly lived at Cash Trailer Park Richland Ave. Survived by daughter, grandson Tommie, five brothers and two sisters, with services at Jagers and Sons funeral home Thursday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Langley Gullett and burial in Hocking Cemetery at The Plains.
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Freda Fink Linscott
Chauncey
Nita Daugherty
Linscott
Begorra
Athens
Cash
Richland Ave
Tommie
Violet Shields
Jennie Day
Clifford
John
Nelsonville
Jay
Alfred
Canton
Floyd
Long Beach
Calif
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Langley Gullett
Hocking
the Plains
Texas Tractor Driver Fined After Speeding on Route 33
Texas man Donald F. Mead, 23, of Dallas, was arrested by state highway patrol for speeding at 60 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 33 while towing a trailer. He was cited to Athens Municipal Court but failed to appear, forfeiting a $16 bond.
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Texas
Texan
Donald F. Mead
Dallas
Mead
Athens
City awards contract for two new wells
Mayor Kenneth W. Sands announced at the city council meeting that the contract to build two new wells in the city well field has been awarded to Diehl Pump and Supply Co. of Cincinnati for 15 184 dollars with a 90 day completion. The bid was not the lowest but the rapid completion and compatibility with existing pumps favored Diehl. Other bids came from Ohio Drilling Co. of Massillon at 15 148 dollars with 120 days and Layne Ohio Co. of Columbus at 16 126 dollars with 112 days.
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Kenneth W. Sands
Diehl Pump and Supply Co
Cincinnati
Diehl Co
Ohio Drilling Co
Massillon
Layne- Ohio Co
Columbus
Boy's Foot Caught in Drain Tile Promptly Freed
Fire department emergency squadmen freed Ralph Dunfee four from his yard drain tile after his foot became stuck. Earlier, at 6 10 p.m., firefighters used a chemical extinguisher to quell an auto fire in Kenneth Frost’s car on West State Street near Kasler Dairy Products.
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Fire Department
Ralph Dunfee
Mary St
Kenneth Frost
West State St
Kasler Dairy Products
Real Estate Transfer Between Albany Residents
William D. Lievellen of Albany Route 1 transfers Inlet 220 in Albany to William D. Canter of Albany. Property details indicate a straightforward transfer between two named individuals in Albany.
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William D. Lievellen
Albany
William D. Canter
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Quick's Drug Store
West Union Street
Prescription Chemists
Naps 92A
Cline Bldg
Miles E. Hoon
Athens, Ohio
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Athens LY
Gallipolis
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Wyandotte
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Mill & State
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