OU Board backs capital improvements bond for Ohio
The Ohio University board urges voters to approve a 150 million dollar capital improvements bond on November 8. Funds would support universities, public schools, and mental facilities with a one cent per pack cigarette tax to retire the bonds. A nine member planning board would coordinate long range planning.
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C. Don McVay
Ohio
Ohio University
101St General Assembly
University
Dous
John C. Baker
Athens
Citizens’ Committee
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
AHS Testing In Progress At Athens High School
Athens High School administers a testing program to sophomores and juniors this week and next to reveal aptitudes and interests. Junior tests focus on vocational aptitude, while sophomores will take scholastic aptitude and vocational interest exams. Seniors will be tested later.
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Athens High School
Don Thomann
Thomann
Ex-Resident Calvin W. Ralls Dies at 77 in Zanesville
Calvin W. Ralls, 77, formerly of Athens, died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack as he left a bus in Zanesville. He leaves his daughter Mrs. Robert Hollingsworth, two sons, and a mother over 100. He was a Mason and an Eagle. Funeral arrangements at Hearing and DeLong funeral home, Zanesville, likely Thursday.
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Calvin W. Ralls
Zanesville
Athens
Ralls
Robert Hollingsworth
New Personnel Bill Discussed by Board
Athens County Board of Education discussed funding for extra personnel authorized but not fully paid by the state. The measure takes effect in October 1956. counties receive allocations based on current staffing, with Athens County allotted about two positions. The board approved paying current monthly bills.
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Athens County
Wednesday Warmer Reaches Rural Hamley Run
A 9 am reading at Hamley Run registered 53 degrees with an early low of 36. The previous day saw a high of 78 and a low of 34, reflecting a mild but variable March pattern.
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Hamley Run
Athens High Students Attend YMCA Meeting Omits Larry Snyder
A district YMCA meeting at Jackson drew Athens High School students but failed to include Larry Snyder president of district 33 who presided at a session, a notable omission in the attendance list.
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Athens High School
Jackson
Larry Snyder
Liquor Store to Close for Ohio University Homecoming
The Ohio State Liquor Store will close at noon Friday and stay closed all day Saturday during Ohio University homecoming activities, said manager J. C. Mulligan.
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Ohio State
Ohio University
J. C. Mulligan
Mrs. Orinda F. Peoples, 86, Dies At Home
Mrs. Orinda Foster Peoples 86 died Tuesday at her home 19 S Congress St after a 10 day illness. A former postal employee she served as assistant postmaster until her 1939 retirement after 29 years. She was active in First Presbyterian Church with notable family ties to Athens history. Burial is at West Union Street Cemetery after services at First Presbyterian under Rev. Roger M. Rice Jr. with calling hours after 7 p.m. Wednesday at Jagers funeral home.
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Orinda Foster Peoples
S. Congress St
Annual Cancer Society Meeting Set Oct. 20
The Athens County unit of the American Cancer Society will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m. October 20 in the Hotel Berry Room 144. Rev. Phil Porter Jr., the unit president, invites anyone interested in the cancer control program to attend.
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American Cancer Society
Athens County
Berry
Phil Porter
The Athens Building Materials office burglary
Police investigated a lone break in at the Athens Building Materials Co. on N McKinley Ave. The door and two windows were damaged but only the office telephone was stolen. One theory suggests the thief may be starting a private telephone system from the bottom up.
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Athens Building Materials Co
N. McKinle Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Discharge list includes Ralph Turner Dexter Mrs. Margaret McHarg Athens Lewis Everett Athens Route 3 Edna Ward Lancaster Mrs Reuben Mondhank Athens Ralph Sanders Millfield and others. Names appear with residences across Athens The Plains Stewart Coolville Chauncey Glouster and Day’s notes.
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Ralph Turner
Dexter
Margaret McHarg
Athens
Lewis Everett
Edna Ward
Lancaster
Reuben Mondhank
Ralph Sanders
Millfield
Donald Poston
the Plains
Donald Cain
Wanda McDaniel
Stewart
Arthur Singer
Coolville
Sallie Trimmes
Ruth Thompson
Chaun
City Police Find Missing Elderly Woman
City police searched the town Tuesday for an ill elderly woman who left home without informing relatives where she went. Reported missing at 2 45 p m she was found on E State Street by Sgt Joseph Fields and Patrolman Robert Liggett at 7 30 p m. She was unharmed, police said.
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E. State St
Joseph Fields
Robert Liggett
Reported Shooting Probe Underway Near Route 690
Sheriff's deputies investigated a reported shooting with few details at press time. A man was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for a gunshot wound with the extent and cause unclear and the victim unnamed. The incident was said to have occurred on Route 690 between Canaanville and Route 50 A.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Canaanville
Route 50-A
Frank L. Spence Dies in Athens at 54
Frank L. Spence, 54, of 15 N. College St., died Tuesday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of illness. A Rural Retreat, West Virginia native, he worked in wholesale groceries most of his life before moving to Athens to live with his daughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Roger Rice. He had managed the starter’s house at the University Golf Course for six months. Survived by his wife Eula Lee Spence, a daughter, two sons Frank L. Spence of Detroit and Sam R. Spence of Cincinnati, six grandchildren, a brother F. W. Spence, two sisters and an uncle, he was a member of the Abingdon Presbyterian Church. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home, with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Frank L. Spence
N. College St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Retreat
W. Va
Spence
Athens
Roger Rice
Rice
First Presbyterian Church
University Golf Course
Presbyterian Church
Abingdon
Eula Lee Spence
Detroit
Sam R. Spence
Cincinnati
F. W. Spence
J. L. Ward
F. M. Greer
Charles E. Davis
Fire Drills Conducted at Athens City and Parochial Schools
Fire drills and inspections were carried out at four city schools and one parochial site in Athens by deputy state fire marshal C. H. Stephenson and Fire Chief Charles Dalton. They tested wiring and equipment, checked trash disposal, and reviewed fire hazards at East and West Side Elementary, Central Elementary and Junior High, Athens High, and St. Pauls Catholic School, with another drill at Athens Local and Mechanicsburg.
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Athens
C. H. Stephenson
Trimble
Charles Dalton
East
West Side
Central
St. Paul's Catholic School
Stephenson
Mechanicsburg
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Board of Tustees of
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Harvey B. Jordan
Pittsburgh
Joseph B. Hall
Fred H. Johnson
Columbus
John
Baker
John W. Galbreath
Don McVay
Leroy
Gordon B. Bush
Earl Sez
Earl F. Mathews
General Insurance
Athens County Insurance Agents Assn
Security Bank Bldg
the Security Bank
Court Street
Kem-Glo
Kem. Glo
Reates
Sherwin-Williams Paints
N. Court
Amesville
Howe
The
F. H. Gifford Co
Amesville, O
O. F. Peoples
Franklin F. Foster
McGuffey Elms
I. M. Foster
Peoples
Edward Harris
Mary Peoples
Lynchburg
Bradford Foster Harris
East Orange
N. J
Edward Richmond Harris
Winchester
Sarah Foster Clapp
William Ford
Clapp
Saginaw
Mich
Helen Peoples Clapp
Roger M. Rice, Jr
West Union Street
Jagers
Mrs. Proples
Annual
Cancer Society
Cey
Fred Conner
Elias Butcher
Samuel Buffington, Jr
Burwood Cradlebaugh
Harold Thompson
Glouster
Logan
Elberfeld
Frank Spence
Willamson
Flo
G. H. Martin and Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Union Street
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RCA
Westinghouse
Deluxe International Harvester
International Harvester
TAME
Chesser’s
Albany
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