Nutrition and Health Clinic Tour Extended in Athens County
The Athens County Nutrition and Health Survey extends clinics from Nov 29 to Feb 14 with sites in Coolville Athens Buchtel Albany Glouster Amesville Nelsonville and New Marshfield. Each family attends once a year with 1000 families picked randomly from farm rural non farm and urban areas.
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Athens County Nutrition and Health Survey
H. G. Southard
Coolville
Athens
Buchtel
Albany
Glouster
Amesville
Nelsonville
New Marshfield
Southard
Foreclosure Petition Filed Over Chattel Mortgage
The Bank of Athens petitions common pleas court to foreclose a chattel mortgage on a dump truck. Defendants Edith Meek C A Daugherty and A R Linscott administrator of Lewis Meek estate signed a 1870 note on June 22 1948 at 6 percent interest. Plaintiff seeks judgment on the note plus accrued interest and sale of the mortgaged property to satisfy the judgment.
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Common Pleas Court
Bank of Athens
Edith Meek
C. A. Daugherty
A. R. Linscott
Lewis Meek
If I Become Unemployed booklet aids Ohio workers rights
A new booklet titled If I Become Unemployed explains rights and obligations under the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Law. Free from the Athens BUC office or other local centers, it covers benefit requirements appeals procedures and how and when to file for benefits.
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Ohio
Athens
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Notable admissions and births listed from Shelterin g Arms Hospital notes include Mr and Mrs Robert Langston Athens Route 1 a son and Rev and Mrs Wilbur Householder Glouster a son. Also listed are surgeries and medical admissions for Helen Stephenson Glouster minor surgery Carlos Brent Nicholson Jr Athens Route 5 and Mrs Mary Horn The Plains.
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Robert Langston
Athens
Wilbur Householder
Glouster
Harley Thomas
Helen Stephenson
Carlos Brent Nicholson, Jr
Mary Horn
the Plains
Jessie H. Vance
Civil Service Posts Listed by Government
Recent U. S. Civil Service Commission announcements list examinations for agriculture and home economics posts with salaries from 3825 to 10000 dollars. Local secretary W. H. Oldfield says applications may be obtained at the post office, along with openings for pilot workboat operator crane derrick operator construction foreman toolkeeper and boilermaker.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
W. H. Oldfield
Court Awards Divorce and Custody to Alice Congrove
Common Pleas Court Judge Roy D. Williams grants Alice Congrove divorce from John Congrove and custody of their four minor children. The couple married March 4, 1931, and the petition cited willful absence and gross neglect of duty.
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Alice
John Congrove
Common Pleas Court
Roy D. Williams
Divorce petition cites gross neglect filed by Weyrick
Norman N Weyrick seeks divorce from Hazel May Weyrick in Athens on grounds of gross neglect of duty. They married in Parkersburg West Virginia on October 3 1947 and have no children.
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Norman N. Weyrick
Hazel May Weyrick
Athens
Parkersburg
W.va
New England Ohio Once Thriving Village Holds Quiet Memories
New England in Rome Township Athens County grew around 1857 rail passage and early hotels. It declined after the railroad abandoned in 1876, leaving a small hamlet with no store or post office and residents sending children to Stewart schools.
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Athens County
New England
Rome Township
Jacob Tedrow
A. G. Brown
E. H. Moore
Marietta and
Quincinnati
Marietta
Canaanville
Thaddeus Rider
Pattersons
L. R. Jarvis
Hiram Guard
Stewart
Amesville
Police Arrest Two on Quiet Thanksgiving
Athens police recorded two arrests during a peaceful Thanksgiving. Virgil Evener, 32, Sugar Creek, jailed for failure to pay a $15 fine plus costs after a disorderly conduct arrest. Edward Conde, 30, Columbus, fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication.
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Athens
Virgil Evener
Sugar Creek
W. P. Mickle
Evener
Edward Conde
Columbus
Driver Guilty In Court-Carpenter Traffic Light Case
William J. Abraham, 21, of 120 W Union St, was fined $5 and costs by Mayor W P Mickle for running the Court Carpenter traffic light. Abraham pleaded innocent and was found guilty after arrest by the State Highway Patrol.
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William J. Abraham
W. Union St
W. P. Mickle
Abraham
State Highway Patrol
Breach of Contract Cited in Lima Petition
R H Mc Donald of Lima sues Ray Shafer in common pleas court for $1000 plus interest from Oct 15 1949. He alleges a contract dated July 23 1949 to remove a church from a Lima site was not completed by the agreed date, causing damages.
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Common Pleas Court
R. H. McDonald
Lima
Ray Shafer
Shafer
McDonald
Hunters in Waterloo fined for forbidden ground violations
Obert Finsterwald and James Wingo, both 21, were cited into Mayor Mickile's court after Game Protector Ben Swart arrested them on a game refuge in Waterloo Township on Thanksgiving Day. Finsterwald faced two fines of 25 dollars and costs for hunting on forbidden ground and using another person's license, while Wingo was fined 25 dollars and costs for the same offense.
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Athens
Obert Finsterwald
Watt St
James Wingo
Hocking St
W. P. Mickile
Ben Swart
Waterloo Township
Finsterwald
W. R. Morgan Dies Thursday At Age 38
William Robert Morgan 38 died Thursday morning at his Athens Route 5 home after an eight week illness. He was born in Skowhegan Maine and lived in Athens County most of his life, employed seven years at Athens State Hospital. Survived by his wife Helen and daughter Barbara plus parents Alfred and Mrs. Morgan, two brothers Richard New Marshfield Edgar McArthur, three sisters Bessie Penrod Columbus Helen Morgan McArthur Flora Pratt Athens Route 5. Funeral services Saturday 2 pm at Dowler and Ferguson with Rev H L McDaniel. burial Hebbardsville.
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William Robert Morgan
Athens
McArthur
Bessie Penrod
Columbus
Helen Morgan
Flora Pratt
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
H. L. McDaniel
Hebbardsville
Cars Damaged in Backing Accident
Charles J. Rowan 20 of 129 Grosvenor Street backed into Stanley L. Svarpa 24 of 16 Hocking Street in front of 5 Park Place. Svarpa’s car suffered damage described as alight. No injuries reported by city police.
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Charles J. Rowan
Grosvenor St
Stanley L. Svarpa
Hocking St
Park Place
Svarpa
After-Thanksgiving Snow and Cold Grip Athens
Snow and freezing temperatures framed the after holiday weather in Athens with 32 degrees and swirling flurries at midnight. Residents noted 25 inches of rain yesterday and a high of 51, while local groups attended Turkey Day games in Pomeroy and Cincinnati for high school and Mid-American Conference title action.
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Athens
Mercury
C. N. France
Pomeroy
Wn Middleport
Cincinnati
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Goulds Rhythm Band
Athens Motor Sales
W. State
Athens, Ohio
BUC
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert F. Robbins
Sallie Bricker
Fern Arthur
Wellston
William G. Thomas
Hazel Martin
Shade
Pauline Smith
Edward Ley
Robert E. Mahn
Mabel Jeffers
South Court Street
H. Harris
Grosvenor
Hill
Jarvis
Patterson
Tedrow
Copeland
Spaulding
Norris
Border
Jackson
Winner
Wyatt
Ginn
Third St
J. W. Brown
Third
C. E. Starlin
Starlin
Cynthia Ginn
Carl F. Starlin
John Copeland
Noah Tedrow
Walter Burson
Presbyterian
Middle St
Village of
Cross Bros
Frank H, Cross
Union
W. R. Morgan
Peach Ridge
Hocking Valley
Seiple & Kempton
Cline Bldg
Ferry Sales & Service
E. State St
Kaiser-Frazer
America
Oldsmobile
NYE Chevrolet CO
N. Court St
Fayette St
Nelsonville, Ohio
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