County Commissioners OK Poston Road Levy Plan
Athens County votes to place a November levy of 0.60 mills to fund tuberculosis treatment about $40,000. Health officials pledge support as TB patients face funding shortfalls and hospitalizations rise. election filing planned. More funds needed as current $13,000 could be exhausted by September.
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Athens County
Athens County Commissioners
Athens City-County Health Department
Athens County Tuberculosis Association
Health Department
TB Agency
Board of Elections
Mount St. Mary Hospital
No Bids Entered For Elevator
Athens County commissioners reported no bids were entered on the courthouse elevator project. Judge Francis D. White had ordered advertising for bids during a hearing on the elevator’s necessity and the Common Pleas Court will review the matter as no estimates were received and the case stalls.
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Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Francis D. White
Indian Guide Induction Set Sunday in Athens
Two new Athens Y Shawnee Indian Guides Tribes will receive charters at an induction ceremony Sunday at 7 p m hosted by Chief M T Vermillion. Apache and Scioto chiefs Don Hoffee and Harold McBride will preside with Indian style camp fire and Indian dance by Bill Morey. Families are invited. fathers and sons listed for both tribes.
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Athens Y Shawnee Indian Guides
Athens Route 1
M. T. Vermillion
Don Hoffee
Harold McBride
Scioto
Vermillion
Bill Morey
Lo University
Max Ferguson
Jimmy
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Mickey
H. K. Bumpass
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J. T. Stiff
Ted
Richard E. Life
Everett
Floyd Pole
Bobby
Robert Lance
Bob
Mr. Vermillion
Garry
Edward Baas
Jim
Roger Wiseman
Rocky
J. S. Sampselle
Jack
Charlies Halloway
Michael
George Rutkoskie
Mark
Leon Ramage
Bill
Paul Carpenter
Paul, Jr
Mr. McBride
Scioto -— R
Monroe
Charles
Billi Porteous
David
Frank Batdorff
Tom
James Cassell
David Levinson
Mathew
Ralph Cade
Dennis
Mr. Hoffee
Byron
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits and Discharges
Admitted at Sheltering Arms Hospital are Mrs. Ethel Wright from The Plains Mrs. Dorothy Williams from Athens Helen Marie Hunter from New Marshfield and Mrs. Hattie Inman from Amesville Discharged are Mrs. Don Skinner of Athens and her daughter Mrs. Goldie Russell of Glouster Route 3
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Ethel Wright
the Plains
Dorothy Williams
Athens
Helen Marie Hunter
New Marshfield
Hattie Inman
Amesville
Don Skinner
Goldie Russell
Glouster
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Two out-of-state drivers were fined in Municipal Court after patrol arrests. Ben Ralph Scharrer, 56, Greenwood, Ind., paid 16.75 plus costs on a speeding charge. Robert K. Hedrick, 38, Hendricks, W. Va., paid 5 plus costs for failure to have mud guards on his truck.
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State Highway Patrol
Ben Ralph Scharrer
Greenwood
Ind
Robert K. Hedrick
Hendricks
W. Va
Federal Aid Approved for County Land Road Project
Athens County commissioners approved a federal aid participation with the State Highway Department to pave 3.2 miles of Poston Road connecting Route 682 near The Plains to Route 691 at Hamsey Run. The county would pay about 188000 for 50 percent of the work, with funds matched by federal aid. Bids open around June 22. excess funds, if any, split between county and state. The road will improve access to the Hamsey Run power plant and coal traffic, and adds a third paved route to the district alongside Route 691 and Glen Ebon Road. Construction includes straightening rights of way, blacktop surface, waterbound macadam, and a 78 foot bridge over Hamsey Run.
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E. M. Poston
Hamley Run
Poston
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamsey Run
Glen Ebon
Poston Road
John Dowler
E. State St. Institution
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Resources Department
State
Athens
Ohio
Logan
Hocking County
Athens County
Firefly Tells Athens High Its First Operetta in Years
Athens High School presents Firefly directed by Edward J. Bass with soprano Jane Barker in multiple roles. The production features strong performances by Arminda Kimes Steraly, Ralph Miller and Jim Taylor, a 35-voice chorus, and a recreation pier setting with Bermuda and New York scenes.
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Edward J. Bass
Miss Barker
Dietro
David Merrick
Paris
Jenkins
Jan Musser
Sybil van Dare
Bill Clippinger
John Thurston
Jack
Ernest Kittle
Herr Franz
Janet Hill
Crash Injures Detroit Men
Two Detroit men were injured when a car they rode in struck a Route 50 A culvert east of Amesville after the driver fell asleep at the wheel. Buddy Slatkin, 31, suffered a nose laceration. Jack Stern, 41, had a possible rib fracture. both were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for observation. The driver, Bert Leon Rose, 30, was uninjured. The car damaged the right side of the road, hit the culvert guardrail, and nosed into a creek in five inches of water.
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Amesville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Buddy Slatkin
Jack Stern
Bert Leon Rose
Rose
Marine Recruit David Nichols Completes Basic Training
News of Servicemen reports David Nichols son of Mrs Virginia Rice of New Marshfield has finished thirteen weeks of basic training in San Diego California. He enlisted in the Marine Corps January twentieth and is now stationed at Camp Pendleton California.
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Virginia Rice
New Marshfield
San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Car Strikes Truck At Service Station Collision
A car driven by Mrs. Izotta Bush lost control on E State Street and State Street at Hudson Avenue, striking a half ton truck at a service station. No injuries were reported. The incident occurred Thursday evening. F M King of Pratts Fork owned the truck.
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Hudson Ave
Izotta Bush
Strathmore Blvd
E. State
F. M. King
Pratts Fork
Athens Man Fined in Municipal Court for Intoxication
Paul Woods of 50 East State Street was fined $22 and costs after pleading innocent to an intoxication charge in Municipal Court. He was found guilty following a hearing and received credit on the fine for time served in jail.
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Paul Woods
State St
Woods
Banquet Set in New Marshfield With Ohio Orator
Andrew J. White of the Grand Lodge of Ohio will speak at a Father-Son banquet at the high school Saturday at 7 p.m. The event is presented by Constitution Lodge 426 FA&AM led by Clyde R. Barron, master.
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New Marshfield
Andrew J. White
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Constitution Lodge
Fa&am
Clyde R. Barron
Ohio University forms 15 member Future Planning Committee
A 15 member faculty administration Future Planning Committee at Ohio University begins an intensive study on how to handle the next 15 years of rising enrollments. The panel will report by commencement and to the Student Council, addressing curriculum expansion faculty adequacy and building needs.
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Ohio University
John C. Baker
Baker
William Fengel
George W Starcher
Earl C. Seigfred
Harry E. Benz
Rush Elliott
Donald R Clippinger
E. J. Taylor
Fred Picard
Joseph P. Trepp
R. L. Morton
Ohio Wildlife Aims Outlined for League
Members of the Athens chapter of the Laak Walton League heard Lee Roach describe objectives of Ohio’s wildlife division. He traced its 1873 origins from a fish commission to a modern agency, noting aims in regulations, propagation, habitat improvement, and public hunting and fishing areas. New members Isaac Arnold Miles Hoon and Maynard W. Thomas were welcomed.
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Laak Walton League of America
Lee 5
Roach
Division of Wildlife
State Department of Natural Resources
Waltonian Farm
Wildlife Division
Fish Commission
Ohio
Isaac Arnold
Miles Hoon
Maynard W. Thomas
League
Jury Convicts Driver in 17 Minute Deliberation
A Common Pleas Court jury convicted Earl Metcalf, 57, of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a 17 minute verdict. Judge Francis D. White sentenced him to W days in jail, a $100 fine plus costs, and one year driving privileges suspension. Metcalf was arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Porter and Shields after a May 3 Route 50 crash near Guysville.
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Common Pleas
Earl Metcalf
Stewart
Francis D. White
Metcalf
Bernard Porter
Harold Shields
Guysville
County approves bid for hog house at county home
County commissioners on Thursday approved a bid of 660 entered by Herb Hooper of Athens for the construction work on a hog house to be built at the county home.
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Herb Hooper
Athens
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