Athens Home Building Continues Brisk Pace
Athens area construction remains active with 29 town permits issued for new homes and remodels in the past month. The total value exceeds $80,000, with notable builders and property owners including L. C. Baker, Edward Olson, A. J. Adams, Dr., and John Bardin among others listed for various projects and garage work.
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Athens Cy Co
L. C. Baker
E. State
Service-Safety Director
Edward Olson
N. Congress
A. J. ‘Adams
Euclid
William Lee
Lorene
Ross Cox
John Bardin
Lorene Ave
A. E. Cade
Grand Park Blvd
John Huttman
Sunset Dr
Peter B. Sel
Ex-Merchant Mr Saxton Dies at 61 in Gallia County
Wilbert Saxton 61 of Centerville died at 3 50 a m in Holzer Hospital after a heart attack. Born March 5 1894 in Mason County he moved to Gallia County 31 years ago and ran a Rio Grande service station. Survived by wife Hattie Dowell five daughters two brothers and two sisters he was a member of Thurman Chapter 371 F AM Funeral services Thursday at Thurman Methodist Church with burial in New Zion Cemetery Friends may call Wednesday at the Saxton residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wilbert_ Saxton
Centerville
Holzer Hospital
Mason County
George W
Louisa Carl Saxton
Hattie Dowell
Mary Hall
Faye Folden
Margaret Folden
Anna Mae Perroud
Ruth Saxton
Nde High School
Saxton
Gallia ‘County
Rio Grande
James
Charleston
Robert Saxton
Oak Hill
Mattie Terry
Fees Hit Record High In April County Ledger Report
County Recorder Claudis F. Chappel announced April total fees of 1273.65, the largest single month in his tenure, surpassing March's 1080.88 and April 1954's 1230.65. Deeds fell from 169 to 166, cotel mortgages from 606 to 583, while mortgages rose to 105. Other filings included 8 discharges, 3 easements, 12 affidavits, 6 leases, 4 right of ways, 10 liens, 12 releases, 2 release liens and a power of attorney.
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Claudis F. Chappel
Albany Honor Pupils List on School Honor Roll
Albany schools announce honor roll recipients across grades. Seniors include Jack Bailey and Nancy Myers. juniors feature Helena Escue, Anita Bizony, and Theodore Rupert. sophomores Donna Escue and Leah Hawk. Freshmen Theresa Poston and Linda Pettit win recognition along with several other students across eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth, and fourth grades.
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Albany
Jack Bailey
Bill Covert
Jimmy Jones
Nancy Myers
Janet Nelson
Norma Parsons
Barbara Warner
Maxine Wingo
Soloman Wildman
Mollie Chaseniers
Helena Escue
Regina God
Mary Staneart
Betty, Slager
Judy Radford
Theodore Rupert
Wilma Elliott
Donna Escue
Leah Hawk
Edith Gilmore
Shirley Nelson
Lucille Stimson
Anita Bizony
Fined and jailed in DUI case in Athens area
A nine, our sentence ana ing license suspension was meted out to George Jacob Whiteman of Athens Route 2 after a Municipal Court appearance for driving under the influence. He was fined 125 dollars and costs, sentenced to three days in jail and three months driving suspension. Clarence A. Oxley, 51, Athens Route 5, was fined 25 dollars and costs after a city police arrest for intoxication. Mrs. Inex I. Crouse of Westerville, believed Franklin County’s oldest resident, died yesterday at a Westerville rest home at 102.
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George Jacob Whiteman
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Whiteman
Clarence A. Oxley
Omio
Columbus
Inex IB. Crouse
Westerville
Franklin County
Six Drivers Are Fined in Area Courts
Athens post patrolmen directed six drivers to area courts after weekend traffic arrests. In Municipal Court Leslie E. Rees 28 Point Pleasant W V tested $25 for driving left of center after an accident. Pric Gay faced charges for passing the yellow center line. Samuel Altman 49 Utah Place was fined in Logancourt by Mayor Joseph Phillips. Carl F. Rees 24 Union Furnace and Robert E. Keesee 19 Nelson Mille paid $10 and costs for permitting unlicensed drivers to operate. James Pullin 29 Amherst posted a $15 bond for speeding. Mayor Charles Wadley of Chauncey fined Gerald E. Thomas 28 Nelsonville Route 1 for speeding, with $15 and costs.
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Athens Post
Leslie’ E. Rees
Point Pleasant
Rees
Pric Gay
Ateinet
Samuel Altman
Utah
Logancourt
Joseph Phillips
Carl F. Rees
Union Furnace
Robert E. Keesee
Nelson
Mille
Pullin
Amherst
Charles Wadley
Chauncey
Gerald E. Thomas
Nelsonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Notes list admissions and names at Shelterings Arms Hospital including Donna Stobert Athens Route Thomas Oldfield Athens Mrs Mabel Forbes Athens Bert Hovey Albany Florence Smith Ames Minnie Hallam Jacksonville Martha Phillips New Marshfield Katherine Norris Gloucester Route 1 Elaine McGraner The Plains Sammie Butcher Athens Ruth Ewers Athens Barbara Howard Athens Marian Dodderer Guysville Dean Shinn Herlock Grove Alva Karns Cincinnati Belle Cornwell Athens.
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Thomas Oldfield
Athens
Mabel Forbes
Bert Hovey
Albany
Florence Smith
Ames Ile
Sno
Minnie Hallam
Jacksonville
Martha Phillips
New Marshneld
Katherine Norris
Glouster
Elaine McGraner
Mi Plains
Burglaries Reported At Knowlton Construction Site And Millview Inn
City police investigated two burglaries over the weekend. Chief Joseph B. Grogan said a welding set was stolen from the Knowlton Construction Co tool shed at Stewart and E Mulberry. At the Millview Inn a thief forced entry and took two fifths of wine and 22 pennies.
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Joseph B. Grogan
Knowlton Construction Co
Stewart and E. Mulberry
Millview Inn
Amesville Driver Fined After Accident
An Amesville driver was fined in Municipal Court after a two car crash in Willard. Darby admitted the car skidded on a slippery pavement and was cited for unsafe operation along with costs. Donald Lee Didcock, 25, of Nelsonville Route 1, was the other driver involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Willard
Darby
Donald
Lee Didcock
Nelsonville
New Title Office Deputy Appointed in County Clerk Office
Mrs Mary Low Collins of 3 Sunnyside Drive named deputy clerk of courts by Clerk Phyllis J Cross. Collins will replace Virginia Romine in the Vehicle Title Office as Romine resigns to join private business. F Patrick Collins husband works with Ohio University.
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Mary Low Collins
Sunnyside
Phyllis J. Cross
Collins
F. Patrick Collins
Ohio University
Virginia Romine
Remine
Real Estate Transfers from Athens County Cases
A list of real estate transfers in Athens County includes numerous parcels traded between individuals and entities. Entries mention buyers and sellers such as C F Glass Leonard Brown and Pearl L Rutledge along with various townships including Athens York Waterloo Canaan and Glouster.
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C.F. Glass
Athens County
Lewis F. Hicks
Athens
Leonard Brown
Charles A. Elliott
Albany
RS. Turner
Carpenter
John P. Hamill
Lee Township
Travis Robinett
Fannie ‘Robinett
the Plains
Athens Township
Marcellus C. Rutledge
Pearl L. Rutledge and Heirs
York
Waterloo
Mildred A. Hutchins
Pearl L. Rutledge
Roy Noland
Canaan
State of
Ohio
Nathan Jordan
Roscoe Cook
Hewewt
W. “Ya
Ances
Edgar and
Myrtle Dixon
Frost
Beula Dixon
Colville
Troy Township
Stanford
Nelsonville
Joseph Beshara
Franklin County
William G. Hughes
Glouster
Waldo W. Buck
Guysville
F. Pearl Boggs
Harley Wakefield
Alexander Cemetery, Inc
Alexander
Harley. Wakefield
Alexander, Cemetery, Inc
Pwrence C. George
Claire
Glenna Bal
Thelma Peyton
Reynoldsburg
Connie Burson
Dorrise
Rome Beauty Origin Tied to Stewart Area in Hocking Valley
The Rome Beauty apple's birthplace is traced to the Peter Finsterwald farm east of Stewart in Lawrence County with ties to Athens County where Judge Elijah Hatch’s Rome Township orchard produced the first Athens County Rome Beauty in fall 1825. The Hatch tree inspired nurserymen despite being pruned for grafting. Daniel Stewart’s early Ohio orchard influence and regional plantings shaped the historic apple line.
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Finsterwald
Stewart
Elijah Hatch
Finsterwald Farm
Ohio
Peter Finsterwald
Hocking River
Hocking Valley
Lawrence County
Athens County
Laura ‘Ann
Rome Township
Rome
Judge Hatch
Rome ‘Township
Hatch
Daniel Stewart
Tower 1
Ohio Company
Flagman’s Confusing Direction Causes Weekend Traffic Jam
A lanes bottleneck on President Street near S Court formed as a bottle of wine and a construction area blocked one way. Police found cars traveling both directions on the one way stretch and arrested the flagman for confusing directions amid the jam.
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President St
S. Court
Fire Destroys Shed During Trash Burning
Fire from a trash burn spread to an old shed on the unopened Bardin Ave section near Slaughter Drive. Elmer Jones Realty Co. property owner said the shed was to be razed and no loss occurred. Fire Chief Charles Dalton reported multiple calls as smoke darkened the downtown sky. crews arrived at 9:25 a.m. and extinguished the remaining flames to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardin Ave
Charles Dalton
Elmer Jones Realty Co
Second St
Slaughter Drive
Dalton
Mrs Coulson Dies Sunday in Ohio
Mrs Coulson, 81, of Route 1 Sheltering Arms Hospital after a week illness, died Sunday. Born in Meigs County, she lived 60 years in Athens County and belonged to Poston Methodist Church. Survived by two daughters Mildred McDonald and Esther, three sons James Daniel and John, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Poston Methodist Church. Burial West Union Street Cemetery. Visitation Monday 7-9 p.m. and after 4 p.m. Tuesday at residence Millfield Route 1.
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Ates
Daniel Coulson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Meigs County
Benjamin
Elizabeth Hill
Coulson
Athens County
Poston
Daniel
Cleveland
John
Poston Methodist Church
Max Williams
West Union Street
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Millfield
Weekend Accidents Reported by Athens County Patrols
Athens Messenger reports three weekend accidents on area roads. Mike Brozak of Route 1 was cited for driving left of center after a two car crash near The Plains. Fred A Cole of Coolville Route 2 also involved. No injuries. Brozak and Jack Collins fined in Municipal Court. Collins stood accused after a collision with Charles Beard near Nelsonville.
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State” Highway Patrol
Athens County
Mike Brozak Fewart
Fred A Cole
Coolville
Cole
Canaanville
Brozak
Jack Collins
Nelsonville
Muni
Cipal Court
Plains
Collins
Charles Beard
Bowersville
Clarence Dishong
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Jarry
Loudenslager
Ohio Lions elect district governor in Dayton meeting
Clover G. Martin of Richland Avenue was elected district governor at an Ohio Lions Club convention in Dayton. Martin, former Athens Lions Club president, had served as district deputy governor last year. He was also chosen treasurer of the state council of governors. Athens delegates named were Dwight and Roy Robinson Dale Orcutt Glenn Gaston Lewis McBride and Harold Gottfried.
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Clover G. Martin
Richland Ave
Ohio
Athens Area Receives Wet Spring Weather Revival
Ideal spring conditions returned to the Athens area with two days of soaking rain renewing lawns and gardens. A bright sun followed the rain as temperatures rose to 78 degrees, then cooled to 66 by morning. Friday and Saturday highs reached 70 and 65 with lows near 3 degrees.
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Athens Area
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Deanville
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Athens Unly
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George Gross
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Oho
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Glouster, Ohio
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