Interest Grows in Athens County Primary Petitions
Athens County election officials report rising interest as petitions become available for the May primary. Three candidates have filed petitions with County Clerk Ray Bobo. Alton Hanning, Democrat incumbent commissioner, plans to circulate one. John Cline, a Republican and former commissioner, also seeks a petition. Leo Sheridan of The Plains and John Law of Chauncey have petitions pending. Filing deadline is February 7. precinct committeemen petitions are also offered. The county will elect central committee members and other county and state offices including governor and U S senator.
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Ray Bobo
County Election Board
Alton Hanning
John Cline
Athens
Leo Sheridan
the Plains
Bobo
John Law
Chauncey
Dover Township
Hanning
Old-Time Gas Lights Recalled by C H Harris
In memory piece recounts a village Athens revival of gas street lights six decades ago. Nostalgia notes easier maintenance and antique yard installations, with tales of East End mischief, a farm bell prank, and Marshal Finsterwald pursuing youths through East State Street hills.
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Saturday Evening Post
Grandma
Athens
East
Pete Finsterwald
Halloween Mischief Report From a Bygone Era
A historical note recalls Halloween as a dangerous yet festive time with youths disrupting roads and causing property damage, illustrating how celebrations triggered more casual mayhem than modern times.
OU Fund Drive Opens Athens Campaign Led by Five Captains
Ohio University Fund Inc launches its annual campaign in Athens with five captains Francis Fuller Sol Rosenberg Charles Ramseth Robert Mathews and Parker Walker. OU Fund Director Myron Hutcheson outlines campaign objectives and President John C Baker notes the fund covers nonbudgeted needs.
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Athens
Ohio University Fund
OU Fund
Myron A. Hutcheson
John C. Baker
Disturbance Leads to Two Arrests in Washington Street Incident
Police cite Mrs. Carmel Wills 38 and Thomas Wise 53 after a disturbance at Dotson's Inn Washington and Shafer. Wills faces dis orderly conduct and Wise intoxication charges as both post $31 bonds for Municipal Court Friday.
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Rosser Bateman
Dotson
Three Forfeit Bonds Set in Municipal Court
State Highway Patrol cited drivers for speeding and forfeiture of bonds in municipal court on Wednesday. Mark Y. Zinken 19 West Lafayette and Bruce M. Szabo 19 1 N Lancaster St each forfeited bonds of 26 dollars while Walter R. Futty 41 Strongsville forfeited a bond of 21 dollars.
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State Highway Patrol
Mark Y. Zinken
West Lafayette
Bruce M. Szabo
N. Lancaster St
Walter R. Futty
Strongsville
Athens Landmark Tied to Henry T Brown Office
The east of City Hall building once hosted famed Athens attorney Henry T Brown and earlier housed the first Athens hamlet school. Brown, from a pioneer family, raised his family in the brick home across from the First Methodist Church, a rare surviving local landmark.
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Athens
Henry T. Brown
Brown
First Methodist Church
Fragments of Brown and Friday family history in Athens
The piece notes an original Brown home now an apartment building and its grounds reaching to the Speech Arts Building and City Hall parking lot. It recalls Athens residents tied to the Fridays, kin to the Zenner department store family, with Leopold Friday killed by a streetcar in 1901 on a visit to Germany and his brother John involved in early Zenner operations.
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College Street
Speech Arts
The
College
City Hall
Athens
Friday
Zenners of
Department Store Fame
McBee
North
Congress Street
Maude Rutherford
Leopold Friday
Germany
Zenner
John
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KEY Finance CO
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Wrights
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