State To Conduct Traffic Survey in Athens Soon
The Athens city council learned a traffic survey will be conducted in the next three weeks under Harry E. Neal of the State Department of Highways. The survey follows a delayed spring request and will begin after a Zanesville study finishes. The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. will install 28 Union Street lights and 13 Washington Street lights at no city cost, with a potential $470 annual rise in electric bills on Washington.
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Athens
Harry E. Neal
Division of Traffic Safety
State Department of Highways
Neal
Council
Safety Service
George R. Evans
State Highway Department
Zanesville
Evans
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Union Street
Washington Street
Court St
Foster Cornwell
Harry Dalton
Athens’ Veterans
Harry Wilson
Morris
E. State
Congress
W. State
Oscar Fulton
Kiwanis Hears Drive for Mount St Marys Hospital Aid
Rev. Lloyd Evans urged Kiwanis to back Mount St. Marys Hospital in Nelsonville a 100 bed facility to ease long trips for miners and attract doctors. Sisters of St. Francis sponsor plan with $600000 toward $800000 total. Athens targets include $50000 with splits among firms residents and other gifts. Awards for 450 250 and 200 consecutive Kiwanis meetings were presented to Fred Sands E Paul Cotton and Dewey M Goddard.
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Mount St. Mary's Hospital
Nelsonville
Kiwanis
Lloyd Evans
Sisters of St. Francis
Athens
H. C. Bobo
Evans
Fred H. Sands
E. Paul Cotton
Dewey M. Goddard
Jerry Disney
L. P. Eblin
Bruce Roach
Mount St. Mary Hospital urged as vital public health advancement
Supporters praise Mount St. Mary Hospital as a major boost to public health. A nurses training school would spread sanitation and sick care skills, improving valley health over years. Backers urge one hundred percent support from every right thinking county resident.
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Mount St. Mary Hospital
Glouster Man Jailed Here After Cafe Affray
Dan Adams of Glouster awaits grand jury action in county jail on a cutting with intent to kill charge from an after hours affray near a Glouster cafe. He allegedly slashed Floyd Sikorski also of Glouster, who is hospitalized and reported in good condition. Adams is jailed on a $1000 bond set by Mayor Thomas Williams.
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Dan Adams
Glouster
Adams
Floyd Sikorski
Thomas Williams
Sikorski
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Honorary Colonel To Be Selected by ROTC Unit
Ohio University ROTC cadet corps will elect an honorary colonel November 18 in Memorial Auditorium to reign over all ROTC activities for the coming year. The selection will occur at 4 15 p m Tuesday.
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Athens School Board Plans Auto Driving and Free Kindergartens
The Athens school system will add automobile driving instruction at the high school and establish free kindergartens funded by the Daniels-Cramer Bill. Superintendent Harper C. Pendry says driving instruction will start within two weeks and aims to save lives, while noting students perform well in language and math but lag in handwriting.
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Athens
Harper C. Pendry
Ohio
Pendry
Rotary
Local Area Men Take Mine Foreman Examinations
Twenty two area men appeared for mine foreman certificate exams conducted by the State Mine Examining Board in the Athens County Common Pleas courtroom. Written and oral tests covered first and second class foreman and clay mine foreman certificates with results due after January 1.
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State Mine Examining Board
Athens County
Royal Hartman
Nelsonville
George Householder
Thomas E. Swanger
Jacksonville
Bert D. Murray
Steve Toth, Jr
Walter Yount
Near Giouster
Dale Dew
Corning
John R. Morrison
Crooksville
James A. Winegardner
New Lexington
C. E. Buckley
Zanesville
Samuel
Russell
Herbert King
Letart
Raymond W. Martin
George E. Morris
Glouster
William Neal
New Straitsville
Thomas L. Spohn
Somerset
Wilbert E. Weaver
Mason
Major Justis
Pomeroy
Lee Thomas Jenkins
Stewart
Harold BE
Garlinger
South Webster
Charles Spriggs
Cove
Waterloo Trustee's Residence Burns
The residence of Clarence E. Wolfe a Waterloo Township trustee burned to the ground Sunday near New Marshfield. Wolfe who lived alone was outdoors as the fire started and all belongings including a World War I Purple Heart were destroyed.
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Clarence E. Wolfe
Waterloo Township
New Marshfield
Wolfe
Q-99 health tonic promoted for digestion and vitality
An advertisement extols Q-99 herbal and mineral formula with Vitamin B-1, claiming it boosts appetite, relieves gas, eases constipation, and aids sleep. It touts benefits for nervousness and well being, urging readers to buy at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store with two sizes and mail order options.
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Quick’s
Quick’s Cut Rate
Athens Man Defendant In Suit for Divorce
A divorce suit, filed in Common Pleas Court, names L. D. Corwin of 72% N. Congress St. as defendant. Mrs. Vera Corwin alleges gross neglect of duty and seeks property settlement and alimony, noting they married in 1927.
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L. D. Corwin
Congress St
Vera Corwin
Common Pleas
Cattle Tuberculosis Tests Stall Over Pay at County Board
Athens County commissioners failed to resolve pay terms with veterinarians for TB tests delaying start of testing planned for December. Veterinarians demanded 15 dollars per day plus 10 cents per mile, with the board proposing 13.50 per day. The cost was estimated at seven hundred to one thousand dollars, with action deferred to next Monday.
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Athens County
Board of County Commissioners
Chauncey
Willard Simonton
County Health Department
Three Bound To Grand Jury In Local Court
Delmer Kisor 27 and Lonnie Phelps 19 of Sand Ridge were bound over to the grand jury on $500 bond each after pleading guilty in mayor's court to stealing a truck from French Nursery at Clyde. A third suspect, George A. Vickers 18, of 15 Race St., released on $300 bond after pleading guilty to breaking and entering Wycoff's Billiard Parlor. State Highway Patrol recovered the truck from a ditch on Route 33 near Athens.
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Delmer Kisor
Lonnie Phelps
Sand Ridge
Roy Straw
Clyde
Athens
Canaanville
George A. Vickers
Race St
Wycoff
Mayor's court guilty plea for intoxication case
Lawrence Gilmore 37 of Hemlock Grove pleaded guilty in mayor's court on Tuesday to a police intoxication charge. He paid a $5 fine plus costs.
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Lawrence Gilmore
Hemlock Grove
Athens shoppers split on Truman price control plan
An informal Athens survey shows varied views on Truman's Congressional proposals. Opinions range from support for consumer credit controls and price limits to opposition to rationing and further controls, with some calling for immediate action and others indifferent or unconvinced.
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
List of patients at Sheltering Arms Hospital includes Mrs. Robert Bretz and Mrs. William Burns both awaiting major surgery names repeated for Mrs. Martha Tewksbury of Albany scheduled for major surgery. Mrs. Charles Zinn and Betty Lonas from Athens listed for minor procedures. Louis Jandes and Wanda Jean Cline from Athens along with Ronald Dougan are noted as medical or discharged.
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Robert Bretz
Athens
William Burns
Martha Tewksbury
Albany
Charles Zinn
Betty Lonas
Louis Jandes
Wanda Jean Cline
Ronald Dougan
Man Claims Sleep Powers From Tibet To Boost Mind
A Los Angeles explorer known as The Voice of Two Worlds describes a 9000 word system learned in Tibet that purportedly unlocks mind and energy powers while sleeping. He says the method can prolong youth and aid success, offering free copies from the Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles with limited print runs.
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Los Angeles
Tibet
Land of
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart Blvd
Dept
Calif
Adv
Temperature Drops to 23 Degrees Overnight
The mercury fell to 23 degrees last night per weather observer Mrs. C N France. Monday's high reached 43 while at 11 am today the reading was 35. The Hocking River stage stood at 3.68 feet, down from 4.02 feet yesterday.
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C. N. France
Hocking
Real Estate Transfer in Belpre to Parkersburg owner
Howard S Walden and Lelia Walden transfer 3.10 acres in Hockingport Ohio to George H Weser of Parkersburg. The deed records indicate a land transfer between neighboring cities with parcels described in standard acreage terms.
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Howard S
Lelia Walden
Belpre
Ohio
George H. Weser
Parkersburg
Hockingport
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Athens Messenger
Hocking Valley
Aus
Dionne
Ber
Cer Weel Te
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Cussins & Fearn
N. Court St
Mt. St. Mary Hospital
H. T. Phillips
Athens Home Telephone CO
Waterloo
Coonskin Conservation Club
Amesville
Conservation Department of Ohio
Grocer
Opa
Truman
CPA
Sunnyfield
Whitehouse Milk
Meat Dept
Callies
Whiting
Orie
Florida
Texas
Temple Methodist Church
Robert Phillips
R. E. McCammon Berry Hotel
Zemo
Festival OF Roses
Pim
Glosheen
Waverly
Axminster
Totten
E. Carpenter
Dale H. Kirkendall
the McBee Company
Byard Street
Johnson
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