Thanksgiving Feasts Planned Across Athens County Institutions
Athens State Hospital will feed 1690 patients and 340 staff with noon roast turkey and evening soup and mince pie. Sheltering Arms, County Home, Children’s Home and jail also plan festive menus with turkey or chicken, cranberries, candy, and special trimmings for Thanksgiving Day.
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Athens State Hospital
C. H. Creed
Sheltering Arms Hospital
T. H. Morgan
Willard Simonton
Farm Bureau Insurance Opens Enlarged Athens Office
Region Office here expands to serve 21 southeastern Ohio counties with new first floor glass front and separate spaces for agents district manager regional manager and adjuster. Frank Reighe joins as regional manager with offices in Cleveland. staff includes Dennis House Edmundson Wolfe Rimelebach Brown Dennison and others. Pre holiday temperatures rise to 32 degrees.
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Farm Bureau Insurance Co
Athens
State and Court
Glenn Gaston
Athena
Farm Bureau
Ohio
Cincinnati
Columbus
Lima
Cleveland
Canton
Frank Reighe
Gaston
Athens Region
Violet
Roy Davis
Nelsonville
Robert Dennis
Carl House
Clyde Edmundson
Roger Wolfe
J. E. Rimelebach
N. M. Brown
Logan
J. F. Dennison
McArthur
Chest Office Closes Friday for Community Chest Solicitors
Athens Community Chest office will close Friday at 5 p.m. Mrs Daily said solicitors who have not filed packets may submit them to Eleanor Minister, secretary to the Athens Community Welfare Association, at the county superintendent of schools office. Listed names include James Hallet, C. B. Nye, William Orr, John Algeo, Richard Dent, and many others.
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Athens
Daily
Eleanor
Athens Community Welfare Association
County Superintendent of Schools
Foreclosure Sought On Real Estate In Ohio Case
The Marietta Osteopathic Hospital filed a common pleas court petition against D. M. Kittle and Julie Kittle of Glouster Route 2 seeking foreclosure on their real estate. It alleges a 1945 judgment for $42 with 6 percent interest, unpaid, with a lien on the property and asks for sale of the real estate to satisfy the lien.
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The
Marietta Osteopathic Hospital
Common Pleas Court
D. M. Kittle
Julie Kittle
State-Wide Civil Service Exams Slated
The Ohio Civil Service Commission set exam dates for hundreds seeking state jobs. Tests run December 13 to 17 in Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Dayton Toledo and Canton for positions from janitor to executive assistant with pay from 80 to 400 dollars monthly plus 18 percent increases and 10 dollar monthly cost of living raises for those earning 3000 dollars yearly or less. Open posts include superintendent of the Girls Industrial School at Delaware and welfare directors in Delaware Holmes and Union counties. Applications must be postmarked by midnight December 5 or filed in Columbus by 5 p.m. that day.
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Columbus
Ohio Civil Service Commission
Commission
Carl W. Smith
Kenton
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Canton
Girls Industrial School
Delaware
Holmes
Union Counties
State Employment Service
State Civil Service Commission
Driver Fined After Route 50 Crash Near Canaanville
A Guysville driver Harley S. Merritt, 43, was charged with unsafe operation after his car rear ended a truck driven by Walter J. Hall, 51, of Palestine West Virginia, on Route 50 near Canaanville. Merritt was fined 10 dollars plus costs by Mayor W P Mickle.
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Guysville
State Highway Patrol
Canaanville
Harley S. Merritt
Walter J. Hall
Palestine
W. Va
Merritt
W. P. Mickle
No Rest for Firemen in Athens Fire Calls
Athens firefighters faced a flurry of alarms as two fires within 12 minutes struck Court and State streets where an oil filter ignited in a car owned by John Lowry. A short circuit blamed. Moments later, a grass fire ignited at Ohio University Veterans Village due to windblown burning trash.
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Athens
Court
State Streets
John Lowry
Clarence A. Parker
E. State St
Ohio University Veterans’ Village
Township Trustees Seek Funds Transfer For Road Equipment
A petition in common pleas court requests permission for Alexander Township Trustees to move funds from the general fund to the road and bridge fund to buy a motor grader. Troy Township trustees file a similar petition to transfer 1000 dollars from general to road and bridge for road improvements.
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Alexander Township
Common Pleas Court
Troy Township
General Fund
Officers Named For Farm Youth Council
Wilbur White of Guysville was elected president of the Farm Bureau Youth Council. Lloyd Dillinger of Stewart is vice president, Ruth Blaker of Athens secretary, and Doris Dillinger of Stewart treasurer. Recreational leaders are Vernon Walls, Nina White and Floyd Dillinger, all of Athens.
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Wilbur White
Guysville
Farm Bureau Youth Council
Lloyd Dillinger
Stewart
Ruth Blaker
Athens
Doris Dillinger
Vernon Walls
Nina White
Floyd Dillinger
Divorce Granted and Custody Awarded to Margaret Paepke
A common pleas court grants divorce to Margaret D. Paepke from Paul Paepke. Margaret receives custody of their one minor child and Paul must pay $20 weekly for support. The couple married on April 6 1945 in Alhambra California.
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Common Pleas Court
Margaret D. Paepke
Paul Paepke
Alhambra
Calif
Realty Transfers in Dover Township Athens County
Nelle Russell and others transfer real estate in Dover Township to Elizabeth Irene Howard of Millfield. Frederick A. Russell and others also transfer Dover Township property to Elizabeth Irene Howard.
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Athens County Realty
Nelle Russell
Elizabeth Irene Howard
Millfield
Dover Township
Frederick A. Russell
Red Cross Bloodmobile lists 100 volunteer donors
A Red Cross bloodmobile visit yielded 82 pints of blood from 100 volunteer donors registered November 7. Bertha Vickers, recruitment chairman, called the event a success and mailed certificates showing blood type and Rh factor to donors. Regular repeat donors and new registrants from Athens and nearby areas are listed.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Bertha Vickers
Traffic charge denied for William J. Abraham
William J. Abraham, 21, of 120 W Union St, pleaded innocent after arraignment before Mayor W P Mickle on a State Highway Patrol traffic charge. Patrolmen said he ran the Court Carpenter Street traffic light early Sunday. A hearing was set for Friday morning.
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William J. Abraham
W. Union St
W. P. Mickle
State Highway Patrol
Abraham
Carpenter St
Divorce Granted in Common Pleas Court Action
Gaye Law is awarded a divorce from John Law on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The couple married October 16 1937 in Catlettsburg Kentucky.
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Common Pleas
Gaye Law
John Law
Catlettsburg, Ky
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Billy S. Brooks
Carleton I. Calkin
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Jean A. Sawyer
Lucille Scott
Robert Selb
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