Athens Fire Dept Welcomes Four Rookie Firemen
Athens adds Ed Goodwin Clyde Smith Harland Harria and John Tail as four new firefighters. Fire Chief Clarence A Parker urges residents to follow safety steps during National Fire Prevention Week and year ahead to cut Athens fire losses.
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Athens
Clarence A. Parker
Parker
Ed Goodwin
Clyde Smith
Harland Harria
John Tail
New City
Harland Harris
John Tall
Reappraisal Nears Completion in Athens County
Athens County reappraisal ordered in 1943 is nearing completion with four areas pending including Nelsonville and city utilities. Auditor Ralph Elliott says 1941 replacement costs plus depreciation set sound values for tax duplicates, with a 10 day abstract ad and a board hearing before state approval.
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Athens County
Ralph Elliott
Elliott
County Board of Revision
Columbus
Board of Tax Appeals
Ohio State Tax Commission
Fred Kittle
Athens
Len McCune
W. Ray Clark
Troy Township
Fred Elliott
Lee Township
Kittle
Expert Howe rupture demonstration at Berry Hotel Athens
Indianapolis expert and ex Army Medical Corpsman GEO. L. HOWE will demonstrate his method free at the Berry Hotel Athens on Tuesday October 11 from 2 30 to 6 pm. Howe claims his method quickly contracts ruptures regardless of size or location and lets patients return to work the same day. The Howe Rupture Shield is waterproof sanitary indestructible and fitted under heat for a perfect seal.
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Geo. L. Howe
Indianapolis
U.S. Army
Berry Hotel
Athens
Howe
P. O
Michigan St
Ind
Parking collision on S Congress St injures two drivers
Minor damage occurred Friday morning in a parking lot collision on S Congress St between a car driven by Wade Poffenbarger age 40 of Alexander St and another operated by Don na Jean Gaul age 18 of Sumner. Police reported no injuries.
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Wade Poffenbarger
Alexander St
Donna Jean Gaul
Sumner
S. Congress St
Dealer Sued in Car Purchase Case
A petition filed in common pleas court by J B O Brien for Joseph A Bissell of Reedsville a minor against Roger Dean Inc of Athens alleges a used car was bought January 10 1949 for 1131 30 with a 550 trade in and partial payments of 110 121 30 and 62 87 on the balance. The suit says the car was repossessed and both car and trade in later sold and asks rescission of the contract and return of the trade in value and all cash paid.
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Common Pleas Court
J. B. O’brien
Joseph A. Bissell
Reedsville
Roger Dean, Inc
Athens
Bissell
Vandalism Hint Amid Police Car Confusion
Athens police say a private black 1949 model car was damaged when two youths shoved a long pipe through its windows. The act followed reports the vehicle resembled a police patrol car. The owner declined to press charges.
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Athens
W. State St
City Police Tag Overtime Parkers
Ath ens police conduct patrols to remove long term parkers from streets. Chief Joseph B. Grogan says 33 people paid $1 fines after 24 hour parking violations on residential streets Wednesday. Police tagged 39 more offenders Thursday night and early Friday morning.
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Athens
Joseph B. Grogan
Grogan
Driver Arrested After Route 682 Crash
Robert Shields, 25, of Millfield Route 1, was cited to appear Friday before Mayor W. P. Mickle for unsafe operation of a motor vehicle. State patrolmen ordered him to appear after an accident Thursday at 1:45 p.m. near Beaumont on Route 682 where Shields’ car struck Clarence T. Blackford, 48, of Chauncey as he slowed to turn into a driveway. No injuries were reported.
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Robert Shields
Millfield
W. P. Mickle
Shields
Beaumont
Clarence T. Blackford
Chauncey
Blackford
Marriage License Issued to Pearl Carsey and Elsie Bullock
Pearl Carsey, 21, of Millfield Route 1, and Elsie Bullock, 17, of Chauncey, have been issued a marriage license. The couple resides in their respective communities and meet the state's age and residency requirements for marriage.
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Pearl Carsey
Millfield
Elsie Bullock
Chauncey
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs James O Hissom of Athens welcome a daughter. Admitted Betty Bartlett Athens major surgery William Caraway Chauncey medical Mrs Emma Miller Dexter Route 2 medical Mrs Ethel Brooks Athens medical A M Lewis Athens Route 4 medical Dismissed Mrs Donald Russell Millfield and daughter Mrs Helen Miller Athens Mrs Renee Began Athens Patricia Pratt Athens Route 8
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James O. Hissom
Athens
Betty Bartlett
William Caraway
Chauncey
Emma Miller
Dexter
Ethel Brooks
A. M. Lewis
Donald Russell
Millfield
Helen Miller
Renee Began
Patricia Pratt
Pep Assembly at Athens High School Honors Student Leaders
At Athens High School an assembly featured Jean Ray Hartley speaking for the yearbook Arena and a pep talk from assistant football coach Fred Swearingen. Watson Burnfield performed a trumpet solo of My Hero from The Chocolate Soldier. Charles Frank chaired as student council president.
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Athens High School Today
Jean Ray Hartley
the Arena
Fred Swearingen
Watson Burnfield
Hero
Charles Frank
Correction on nurse Dorothy Johnson’s hospital credential
County health officials corrected a report naming Mrs Dorothy Jane Johnson as county health nurse. She is a graduate of Grant Hospital School of Nursing, not Sheltering Arms Hospital as previously stated yesterday.
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Dorothy Jane Johnson
Grant Hospital School of Nursing
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Naval Reserve Unit Adds Members at Athens Meeting
The Athens Volunteer Naval Reserve unit expanded its roster with Arthur J. Crisp and Charles F. Spademan joining at a Carnegie Hall meeting led by Lt. Robert Worthman. The group, meeting weekly for drill sessions, also heard updates on Naval Reserve retirement pay legislation and base pay increases approved by Congress.
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Athens
Ensign
Naval Reserve
Keith Broman
Congress
Fast Talker Targeted In Hotel Cashier Scam
Police seek a 60 to 65 year old man about 5 8 with dark hair and a wrinkled face who used rapid talk and large denomination bills to cheat a hotel cashier Thursday night. He requested change then swapped bills in a confusing exchange and walked away with about 15 dollars.
Moon Eclipse Partially Hidden by Clouds After Rain
Last night's lunar eclipse was only partly hidden by clouds after 13 inches of rain. Skies cleared this morning and the official temperature at 9 15 was 67 degrees. The high yesterday reached 79 and the low last night was 61 per weather observer Mrs C N France.
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C. N. France
Father of Athens Man Dies in Illinois
William Beaty, father of C. L. Beaty of Athens Route 4, died Thursday at Bell Hospital in El Dorado Illinois. Funeral services for Mr. Beaty, a Ridgeway UL resident, will be held Sunday.
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Athens
Illinois
William Beaty
C. L. Beaty
Bell Hospital
el Dorado
Mr. Beaty
Ridgeway
Convocation Talks Slated at Ohio University
First fall convocation at Ohio University set for 9 40 a m Monday in Memorial Auditorium with President Joan C Baker as main speaker Milton Taylor Student Council president will lead the program including the Cutler Hall chimes by Lyndall Woolley and a School of Music performance by Gerhard Mantel Mary Jane Suttle and Lindy Herros A second convocation will feature Charles Laughton on Wednesday evening Nov 9 with an admission charge applying to both students and the public Dean A H Armbrugger announced
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Joan C. Baker
Milton Taylor
Lyndall Woolley
School of Music
Gerhard Mantel
Mary Jane Suttle
Lindy Herros
Charles Laughton
A. H. Armbrugger
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