Taft Urges Action On Coal Stoppage Amid Ohio Tour
Senator Taft warned President Truman may invoke the Taft Hartley Act if no coal agreement is reached by Wednesday. He spoke in Athens during a 1900 day Ohio tour at a Grange Hall gathering and urged price supports within limits while opposing Brannan plan. Patrol reports four arrests and two accidents in weekend Athens area traffic.
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Truman
Athens
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senator Taft
John L. Lewis
Taft
Berry Hotel
Athens County Grange Hall
Fairgrounds
Grange
Farm Bureau
Brannan
Stores Stay Open Thursday Afternoons in Christmas Drive
Athens retailers will keep all Athens Retail Merchants Association members open Thursday afternoons through December 29. Officials say extended hours for Christmas week will be announced later.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
OU Students Return After Thanksgiving Break
More than 5000 Ohio University students return to Athens after the Thanksgiving recess and 1200 city pupils rejoin classes. The break ends Friday and classes resume in early January with a two week shutdown for both OU and city schools.
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Ohio University
Athens
New York
Ity
Stolen Law Is Found In Outbuilding Believed Missing Tool Recovered
Earl Poston 40 of New England entered a plea of innocence to a charge of receiving and concealing stolen goods after being arraigned by Mayor W. P. Mickle. He was bound over to a jury and released on 1000 bond. A power saw valued at 350 was found in an outbuilding on Poston property and reported missing September 23, 1948 by Baker Wood Preserving Co. McArthur workmen were nearby when the tool disappeared. Deputy sheriffs located the saw Friday afternoon following a tip.
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Earl Poston
New England
W. P. Mickle
Poston
George Bateman
Bateman
Baker Wood Preserving Co
McArthur
Frank Joyce
Marie Pincelli
Weather records show 33 degree high after 25 low
A low of 25 degrees was followed by a 9 15 a m rise to 33 degrees reported by Athens observer Mrs C N France. Yesterday reached 44, Saturday’s high 38, with 0 03 inches of melting snow observed.
Examinations Announced For Federal Positions
The U S Civil Service Commission announces exams through local secretary W H Oldfield for posts including Plate printer Veterinarian trainee and operators of addressing graphotype bookkeeping calculating and tabulating machines.
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
W. H. Oldfield
Kilvert Ghost Town Now Known as Tablertown
Kilvert near the sharp bend of State Route 329 north of Stewart in Athens County is now called Tablertown. Once a bustling coal town with a post office, four platted streets, a railroad depot, and several stores, it declined after cyclones and the removal of older buildings.
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Kilvert
Athens County
Stewart
Tablertown
Samuel Kilvert
Ohio Company
Jonathan Turnbull
Connecticut
Silas Elson Hedges
Athens
Marietta & Cincinnati
Crippen
Big Run
Baltimore & Ohio
Hedges
Morrow
Federal
Church
Hedge Street
Albert Tabler
Andrew McGraw
Rome Township
Cal Lucas
Broadwell
Albany man held for Dayton trial on non support charge
Harry Larch of Albany Route 2 was taken to Dayton by Montgomery County authorities to stand trial on a non support charge. Larch was arrested by Deputy Frank Joyce and held for the county sheriff.
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Dayton
Harry Larch
Albany
Montgomery County
Lareh
Frank Joyce
Omission in Paramathia Lodge 25 officer slate
In Sunday's account of the election of officers for Paramathia Lodge 25 F and AM the name of Evan Williams senior steward was omitted.
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Paramathia Lodge 25
F&am
Evan Williams
Plains Man Fined After Plea in City Court
Wilbur Powell, 46, The Plains, was fined $10 and costs Sunday by Mayor W P Mickle after pleading guilty to a law violation. The brief court action followed a municipal citation issued earlier in the day.
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Wilbur Powell
the Plains
W. P. Mickle
Twin Daughters Born To Hayes and Hokanson Families
Admitting notes list births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mr and Mrs William T Hayes of Stockport Ohio welcome twin daughters, joined by Mr and Mrs John S Hokanson of Athens with a son. Other admissions include Mrs Rosina Eddy Athens surgery and Mrs Mary Manda The Plains surgery. Dismissals include John Coffman McArthur and Ada McConkey Athens among others.
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William T. Hayes
Stockport
John S. Hokanson
Athens
Rosina Eddy
Mary Manda
the Plains
Grace Shouse
Shries
John Coffman
McArthur
Ada McConkey
Wilber Householder
Glouster
Nutrition Health Studies Begin This Week in Athens County
Health officials outline the first nation wide nutrition and health clinics in Athens County for rural and urban families. The study starts Tuesday at Coolville High School with 1000 participants, then Athens and Buchtel High School, detailing examinations, blood tests for carotene vitamins and anemia, diet records, and dietary recommendations. A complete report will go to the Athens County Health Department and family physician.
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Athens County
Coolville
Athena
Buchtel High School
Atthena
Frank Lowenstein
Lowenstein
Athens “Ty
Health Department
Van Dyke Rites Set Wednesday
Nancy T. Van Dyke 84 died Monday at a daughter’s home in Athens County after a long illness. She lived in the county most of her life and belonged to Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis. Survived by three daughters and four sons, two sisters, two brothers, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 2 pm at Hooper Ridge Church with burial nearby. visitation after Tuesday noon at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home.
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Nancy T. van Dyke
Pearl Keirns
Hudson Ave
Athens County
Calvin C
Eliza Wooley Johnson
van Dyke
Grace Methodist Church
Gallipolis
Pearl Walrns
Athens
Loberta Roche
Hiawatha
Utah
Virgene Bolin
Fred
Frank
Cecil H
Amesville
Ernest
Cincinnati
Cynthia Easler
Trimble
Jessie Kincade
Guysville
Lonnie T
William H. Morrison
Stewart
Washington van Dyke
George Floyd van Dyke
Carlos Calvin
Charlotte Newman
Hooper Ridge
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
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Jess Pierce
John
Pleasanton, Pierce
Pleasan
Ton
Patrol
Jack Pritchard
Oakland
Calif
Hebbardsville
Pritchard
William Wine
South Bloomingville
Laurelville
Waldo Anderson
Lancaster
Route
Anderson
Lloyd Hayes
Columbus
Roger Friend
Logan
Hayes
William Crutcher
Amanda
Crutcher
St. Joseph
R. B. Rowland
Dan Bartlett
Mgr
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ezio Pinza
Schenley
Scmemly Distributors
Joe
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