Losers Fined After Route 50 Car Race Fines
A three car race on Route 50 Sunday night ended with two Athens County drivers fined $20 each after being stopped by a State Highway Patrolman. Roger Lee Bartlett 19 and James Otis Graves 20 both of Athens Route 4 were arrested when a third car halted the event. Mayor W P Mickle fined Wilbur W Perry 36 Athens Route 5 ten dollars and costs for driving on the road shoulder and Charles E Bolin 4 Athens Route 4 five dollars and costs for driving a truck without a muffler. A Monday traffic check west of Athens found 41 commercial vehicles and 107 passenger cars inspected with 12 and 19 warnings issued respectively for minor defects.
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Route 50
Athens County
Eeete
Cerene Taper Eraeara
Roger Lee Bartlett
James Otisgraves
Athens
W. P. Mickle
Wilbur W. Perry
Charles FE. Bolin
Speenen
Parking Rules Laid Down in Athens City Council Action
Athens city council passed a long awaited ordinance governing parking and travel on several streets. The measure includes one way westbound traffic on W Washington Street and restrictions on E State Mt Street Elliott and Morris with penalties for double parking. Officials discussed acquiring J G Hope land for a garbage disposal site two miles east of the city.
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Athens
W. Washington
E. State
Carpenter
Madison
Evans
FE. State
Mt St
College and
Oak
Elliott St
Morris
State
Court St
Union
W. State
Congress
W. Washington St
High
Pratt
J. G. Hope
Canaan Road
Hope
Ohio Railroad
Hocking River
N May Ave
Costly Pastime Costly Pastime
Bruce H. Buchholzer of Utah Place chased a fire truck at the fairgrounds fire scene and was charged with unsafe operation. He pled guilty in Mayor W. Pickle's court, fined $10 and costs. Firemen reported the trash fire caused no damage.
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Bruce H. Buchholzer
Utah Place
Fairgrounds
Buchholzer
W. Pickle
Lack of Sex Education for Youth Charged
Robert Wilson of Ohio University urged Kiwanis members to push honest sex education in schools churches and homes. He argued ignorance fuels crime and blamed lack of open discussion about sex while urging church and parental involvement alongside schools. Wilson noted state polling showing few supporters of sex education.
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Kiwanis Club
Robert Wilson
Ohio University
Wilson
Chicago
Local Temperature Rise as Heat Keeps Sky Clear
The morning sun brought rising temperatures with Mrs. C. N. France recording 77 degrees at 10 15 a.m. A cool low of 56 accompanied the dawn and Monday’s high reached 83 degrees.
Car Strikes Athens Boy In Richland Ave Incident
A 10-year-old Athens boy named Samuel C. Brown was struck while crossing Richland Avenue from behind two parked cars. He suffered cuts to the mouth and was taken by the driver John David Kasper, 27, to his parents home, the Rev. and Mrs. R. D. Brown, where he rested after the incident.
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Athens
Central School
Richland Ave
Samuel C. Brown
John David Kasper
Kasper
R. D. Brown
Mayor Fines Three Men in Lansing Court
A Lansing youth Walter Hartley Jr aged 19 pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Mayor W P Mickle s court and was fined 25 dollars plus costs with a 30 day jail sentence suspended on good behavior Patrick C Byrne 20 of 19 N Congress St was found guilty of intoxication and fined 10 dollars plus costs He had pleaded not guilty Herman Curry 68 of 2 Spring St pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
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Lansing
Mich
W. P. Mickle
Walter Hartley, Jr
William Johnson
Athens
Hartley
Patrick C. Byrne
N. Congress St
Byrne
Herman Curry
Spring St
Three Names Omitted From Scholarship List
Three Athens High School pupils were left out of a state scholarship contest participant list published Sunday. Competing students earned ratings for their participation in the Ohio University district and in a subdivision for schools with 400 or more enrollment. Llewellyn Robhe placed third in American history locally and ninth district wide. Yvonne Sherow was third in Latin in both district and division. Dick Taylor ranked seventh in Latin district but had no division rating announced.
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Athens High School
Ohio University
Llewellyn Robhe
Yvonne Sherow
Dick Taylor
Band Boosters Honor Rome Canaan High School Group
Thirty six members of the Rome Canaan High School band were honored at a Band Boosters Club banquet. Senior awardees Barbara Wood Virginia Williams and Mary Esther Burch each received recognition for six years in the band under director Mrs E G Cliffton. Officers elected included Raymond Gould president Mrs Isabelle Jarvis vice president and Mrs Ethel Springer secretary treasurer.
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Rome- Canaan
Band Boosters Club
Barbara Wood
Virginia Williams
Mary Esther Burch
E. G. Cliffton
Raymond Gould
Isabelle Jarvis
Ethel Springer
OU Singers Heard At Rotary Meeting
Four members of the Ohio University Male Glee Club Jim Allen Malcolm Rhul and Sidney and Joseph Claunch presented several quartet numbers at a Monday Athens Rotary Club meeting. The program was arranged by Rotarian Walter Davis.
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Ohio University Male Glee Club
Jim Allen
Malcolm Rhul
Sidney
Joseph Claunch
Athens Rotary Club
Walter Davis
Degrees to be conferred by Constitution Lodge 426
The Entered Apprentice and Master Mason degrees will be conferred at a special meeting of Constitution Lodge 426 F&AM Thursday at 7 p.m. announced by E. W. Allen, the lodge master.
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Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
E. W. Allen
VFEFW Post 3477 Set To Meet Wednesday Evening
Floyd Bolin will address the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3477 at 7 30 p m in the post club room. W D Boyd commander announces refreshments will follow the meeting.
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VFEFW
Floyd Bolin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post Club
W. D. Boyd
Ohio World War II compensation fund payouts in six-county area
In one year 113,008 veterans in Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Perry and Vinton counties received bonus checks totaling 3.3 million dollars. Next of kin payments to deceased veterans totaled 153,659 dollars for 402 claims. Athens leads with 3,489 living veterans and 128 next of kin cases totaling 1.08 million. Overall state total reaches 709,509 checks worth 217 million.
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Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Perry and
Vinton
Leslie G. Scrimger
Athens County
Scrimger
Fred Coffey Dies Monday in Cincinnati
Fred R. Coffey, 62, former Athens businessman, died Monday at his daughter’s home in Cincinnati. He lived in Athens 24 years, worked as a repair shop operator, later served as a machinist for the government at Bowman's Field and Fort Knox, retiring due to illness. He is survived by his wife Grace, four daughters, three sons, and a Marine son, with funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Cincinnati.
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Athens
Lawrence W. Sands
Hereford St
Cincinnati
Coffey
First Methodist Church Men's
Copeland
W. Union St
Bowman's Field
Louisville
Fort Knox
Pushed Car Case Highlights Driver Responsibility
Amos Theodore Bretz of The Plains was arrested after a three car collision on Route 682 when his car, being pushed by Paul Darnell, crossed to the wrong side and struck Thomas Slater’s vehicle in Athens. No injuries reported. Bretz fined $10 and costs for driving on the left side of the road.
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Amos Theodore Bretz
the Plains
Paul M. Darnell
Thomas Edward Slater
Athens
Bretz
Darnell
Slater
W. P. Mickle
Athens Automotive Ie Co
Bonndale
Muah Run
New England
Ames Man Denies Cattle Sale Charge
An Amesville man, T. J. Pennington, 59, was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of conversion of property after pleading innocent to selling five head of cattle owned by Charles Howard of Flatwood Kentucky. Pennington released on $750 bond. Howard hired Pennington to care for his stock on a farm near Amesville. Pennington allegedly sold the cattle for $750 and kept the money.
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Amesville
W. P. Mickle
T. J. Pennington
Charles Howard
Flatwood
Pennington
George Bateman
Howard
Kentucky
Claims Pennington
Navy Inactive Reserve enlistment urged by district officer
Lt. Comdr. Homer T. Baird, USNR, urged men to enlist in the Navy Inactive Reserve noting eligibility for a pension at 65 or after 20 years via a points based system. Reward points are earned by joining, courses, summer cruises, and drills. Reservists can return to civilian life and may resign on request. Several local service members are listed with overseas assignments and training in Japan and the U.S. But all text kept factual from the readable content.
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Navy
Homer T. Baird
USNR
Baird
Naval Reserve
Athens Junior High Spring Concert Tonight
AJHS hosts a 7 30 p m concert at Athens High School Auditorium with Girls Glee Club nine group ensembles and soloists led by Misa Lee Pickens. Performers include Martha Dee Morrison Ellen Tullis Barbara Williams Katie Carpenter Phyllis Peterson Marilyn Paulsen and others.
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Athens High School
Rachmaninoff
Bella
Porter
Denza Riegger
Glee Club
Gerahwin
Martha Dee Morrison
Ellen Tullis
Barbara Williams
Katie Carpenter
Phyllis Peterson
Marilyn Paulsen
Claris Spencer
Marilyn Martin
Geneva Wilson
Cibb
Pestaloeza
Lae Gane
Herbert
Anne Goddard
Nancy Wright
Patty Peterson
Marilyn Jackson
Suzanne Shepard
Carey
Misa Lee Pickens
Katie Cargearee
Ancy Wright
Holdren Resigns as County Child Welfare Head
George Holdren resigns as chairman of the Athens County Welfare Board effective immediately. A. Algeo of Athens is appointed to fill the unexpired term. Holdren served 9 years on the board and 26 years as superintendent of the Children's Home, dating from 1915. He plans retirement to his Route 1 farm.
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George & Holdren
County Welfare Board
Athens County Enorme
A. Algeo
Athens
Holtren
Welfare Board
Commonera
Holdren
Nie
Rior
Athens State Hospital
Use of Wood Preservatives Is Advocated
Forestry expert 0 D Diller told Athens County agent Ross Wright that treating non durable woods used in fences can double service life. Non durable woods such as aspen elm hop hornbeam cottonwood and pine need preservation. durable woods absorb little preservative. Copper naphthenate creosote zinc chloride and phenol based treatments are recommended. unprotected wood lasts only five to six years in soil contact. County extension office offers procedures for using preservatives.
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D. Diller
Forestry Department
Ross Wright
Athens County
Diller
County Extension Office
Wright
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bartoe Zaleski welcome a son. Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Hawk Athens welcome a son. Admitted Mrs. Hazel Edwards Corning for surgery. Dismissed Mrs. Grace Shouse Guysville. Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Athens Route 2. Mrs. Rosemary James Athens. Mrs. Fern Post Corning.
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Gerald Bartoe
Zaleski
Charlies Hawk
Athens
Hazel Edwards
Corning
Grace Shouse
Guysville
Elizabeth Rose
Rosemary James
Fern Post
Local Couples Obtain Marriage Licenses in Glouster Area
Elton D. Swart 23 and Twila M. Williams 20 both of Glouster obtain marriage licenses. Donald L. Whiteman 27 of Canton and Alice L. Bolin 19 of Albany also licensed. Jack Trace 20 and Wanda M. Lewis 18, both of Glouster, are issued licenses.
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Elton D. Swart
Twila M. Williams
Glouster
Donald L. Whiteman
Canton
Alice L. Bolin
Albany
Jack Trace
Wanda M. Lewis
Cars Damaged In Union Street Collision
Two automobiles were damaged but no injuries occurred in a Monday afternoon crash on West Union Street. Police said Paul E. Bashford, 30, of 220 West Union Street tried to pass Pearl L. Ely, 57, of Athens Route 2, when the collision happened.
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W. Union St
Paul E. Bashford
Pearl L. Ely
Athens
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