Athens area eyes coal tied growth and rising wages
Athens business leader Pendry paints a rosy picture of growth from coal reserves. He cites Olin Mathieson ties, Route 38 relocation, higher land costs, and wage comparisons to Logan as drivers of industrial expansion. 368 employed ten years ago rising to near 1000, with housing and tax receipts up amid pipeline pay.
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Athens County
Athens City
Harper C. Pendry
Athens Board of Trade
Rotary Club
Ing
Pendry
Olin-Mathieson
Belmont County
Athens
Plains
Touna
Carboranaum Company
Logan
He J. Pendry
Athens Machine Co
Vanadium Tool Co
Mebee Voding
Leland Kreig
Nelsonville
Bill Trautwein
Colume
W. J. Trautwein
Water project costs rise as council approves tax advance
City council in a two hour session authorized a 1 percent advance draw on real estate tax receipts and noted higher costs for the water improvement project. Expanded plans increased the project from 450000 to about 520000, with audit and tax book certification delays cited. Adjournment set for 7 p.m.
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East End
Howard C. Slusher
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ing
Kincadde
Twormill
Ben Bare
Burgess and
Niple
Vane Momscreens Sole Inctease
Bare
Peter B Seel
Service Safety Director
Harold Bright
Ben Davis and Sons Co
Brewer and Brewer
Brandon and Sons
Cornell
R. H. White
AHS Faculty To Be Feted By FTA Unit
Athens High School teachers receive honors at the annual Teachers Banquet in the home economics room at 6 30 PM. Alexei Selenoi YMCA executive secretary will speak about his Iron Curtain refugee experiences. Master of ceremonies Paul Pugh and President Carolyn Williams will present club achievements. A woodwind trio will perform.
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Athens High School
AHS
Alexei Selenoi
Pike County Ymca
Future Teachers of America Club
Selenor
Paul Pugh
Carolyn Williams
Don ‘Thomann
FTA
Miss Williams
Sarah Bowling
Sharon Wilson
Athens Rites Planned For Mrs. Bentley
Funeral services set for Mrs. Henrietta Prescott Bentley former Athens resident who died Saturday at her Worcester New York home born in Cambridge Massachusetts wife of late Professor William B. Bentley Ohio University moved to Worcester after 1943 member of Church of the Good Shepherd services at 11 a.m. Thursday officiated by Rev Phil Porter Jr with burial in West Union Street Cemetery friends may call at Dowier Ferguson Hughes funeral home Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Athens
Worcester
N. Y
William B. Bentley
Ohio University
Bentley
Cambridge
Prefect Bentley
Church of the Good Shepherd
Reading
the Good
Route 2 residents bound over on shooting charge
Municipal Court Judge J F Newcomb bound over Leslie Perry and Ada Welsh both of Route 2 to the grand jury on a charge of shooting with intent to wound. Perry pleaded innocent to the shooting count. Welsh was found to be shot in the hand. The false put Perry under a S200.
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J. F. Newcomb
Leslie Perry
Ada Welsh
Perry
Driving Count Denied and Hearing Set for Rob ert Hamilton
A hearing is scheduled in Municipal Court after Robert Hamilton, 25, of 20% Elliot St, denied a city police charge of trunk driving. Bond was set at an unspecified amount.
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Mitchell Hodges
Doylestown
Rrigay
Robert Hamilton
Elliot St
Baccalaureate Service and Fire Alarm Reported
A baccalaureate sermon by Rev Lena Brandenburg at The Plains High School preceded by invocation and benediction by Rev Virgil Versteeg. The Plains choir and Ruth Curry accompanied two selections. Fire crews responded to a trespass call at Richard A. Bryan’s fraternity house and to 41 Fort Street. OU students Lewis W. Roberts and Bryan were fined $15 and costs. no fire damage occurred.
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Lena Brandenburg
the Plains High School
Virgil Versteeg
Ralph Talbo
Gis
G. Horky
Ruth Curry
Sig
Ma Chi
Richard A. Bryan
N. Park Pl
Court St
Lewis W. Roberts
Fort St
Charles W. Dalton
G. Royl
Wilson
Bryan
Bloodmobile visit yields 111 pints collected
Red Cross bloodmobile visit to Athens collected 111 pints from 125 donors. Volunteers logged four hours of service. the Lins Club contributed $25 to Richard T Fisher. Ten donors earned the gallon club by giving their eighth pint. Names include Mrs Karl Rose and Rev Chester Marquis among others.
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L. Collins
Howard A. Eschen
Hunter
Red Cross Leacer
Robert Nelson
Jan Hope
Athens Lins Club
Richard T Fisher
Ohio
Read Hall
Karl Rose
Chester Marquis
Walter R. Ervin
Iona Grace
Leslie Green
Sidney Clark
Shel
Nine Kiwanis Cited for Attendance at Club Meeting
Nine Kiwanis members received perfect attendance awards totaling 58 years at a Monday meeting led by Clarence Kelch with 16 years. Other honorees include Ray Lee 12 years Al Bechtel Gail Watkins Ted Hellebrandt John Alden Pat Collins Carl House and Sylvester Rose with one year. William Dobson of Cincinnati spoke on the major medical insurance plan now offered by 22 firms covering catastrophes from illness or accident. Athens Kiwanis will join Glouster for an interclub picnic dinner at Glouster Park next Monday meeting in front of Hotel Berry at 5 30.
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Clarence Kelch
Ray Lee
al Bechtel
Gail’ Watkins
Ted Hellebrandt
John Alden
Pat Collins
Carl’ House
Sylvester Rose
William C. Dob
Cincinnati
Athens Kiwanis Club
Glouster
Glouster Park
Berry
Four Drivers Cited By State Patrolmen
Four motorists were cited Monday by the State Highway Patrol. Three were fined and one received a court appearance bond. Richard A. Radcliff, 26, of 32% Second St, and James Farmakis, of State St, were fined $10 and costs for parking on the highway. Roger W. Hawk, 10, of Athens Route, Iran, was fined $22 and costs for failing to yield the right of way. Tacky Me Starnes, 33, of Dougan Gans, received a hood for failing to display howe aber lowes.
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State Highway Patrol
Richard A. Radcliff
Second St
James Farmakis
State St
Nll
Roger W. Hawk
Athens
Iran
Font ‘Tacky Me
Starnes
Dougan Gans
Howe Aber Lowes
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