Athens City Council approves new electric rate contract
The Athens City Council approved a ten-year electric rate contract with the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. The plan sets residential rates at 1 for the first 20 KWH, 4.5 for the next 40, 3.3 for the next 70, and 2 for over 130 KWH per month with a $1 minimum. Commercial rates remain unchanged. The ordinance also allows adjustments for cost changes, including discounts for decreases and surcharges for increases. Electric official Fred M. McKay noted the average bill would fall under the new schedule.
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Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens
Athensity Council
Ordinrance
Fred M. McKay
The
Electric Company
Council
Smith St
Washington and
Byard Sts
Paper Out Early Reminder From Athens High
Mr and Mrs Athens a reminder that the Athens High School Junior Army will canvass every home tomorrow morning to collect papers. Residents are urged to separate newsprint cardboard brown paper and magazines and tie into bundles for easy handling. Bundles should be placed where visible as 220 to 240 students will gather 12 to 15 tons in a few hours. If papers are not collected by noon call 595. If rain delays, collection will move to next week. Get your paper out early.
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Athens
Athens High School
4000 in Fall Winter Phone Books Directory Size Grows
The Athens Home Telephone Co has distributed fall and winter 1944 45 directories. More than 4000 subscribers are listed with seven pages for Athens and Chauncey growth since moving into a new building 16 years ago. No rate increases have occurred in that period.
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Athens Home Telephone Co
Dr. CL
Athens
Chauncey
James Hanson Fatally Hurt Near Cambridge
Davis Ohio reports the death of James Carlos Hanson aged 28 after a collision with a railroad locomotive while seated on a track near Cambridge. He worked for B and O Railroad as a flagman and is survived by his wife Fay and two children James and Beverly, with his parents Homer and Mrs Hanson and a brother John in the Army. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Shawnee Methodist Church.
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Davis
Athens
James Carlos Hanson
Newark
Cambridge
Haneson
B & O Railroad
Hanson
Fay
James 1
Beverly K
John
New Gaines
Homer Hanson
Somerset
Ohio
Methodist Church
Shawnee
Home Leave for Wilfred J. Smith in Athens Ohio
Wilfred J. Smith, injured in China with the 14th U.S. Air Forces under Gen. Claire Chennault, is home on a 30 day leave with Mrs Smith and their children at 72 Elmwood Place Athens. The Mercury records a high of 68 and a low around 31 with unsettled remarks and mixed weather notes from yesterday and today.
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Wilfred Smith
Wilfred J. Smith
China
14Th U.S. Air Forces
Claire Chennault
Athens
France
Sauer Speaks At Rotary Meeting In Athens
More than 70 Athens notaries wives and guests heard Mack Sauer former Messenger Watch Dog now a nationally known author and lecturer in a Ladles Night event at Athens Country Club. He spoke about Bunker Hit using charts with humor and philosophy during a half hour talk. Jane Coldren and Lieut. Joe Thackery sang solos. Thackery is Army on furlough from New Orleans. Social hour followed the dinner on the veranda amid autumn foliage.
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Athens
Mack Sauer
Messenger
Athens Country Club
Sauer
Brandon T. Grover
Athens Rotary
Ohio Univerity
Leesburg Citizen
Edith Kasler
Fauer
Bunker
Jane Coldren
Ohio University
Joe Thackery
Ohio University Music College
Thackery
New Orleans
Marjorie McClure
Prof. C. Robinson
Miss Kathryn Finsterwald Dies in Columbus Hospital
Miss Kathryn Elzaneth Finsterwald age 21 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Finsterwald 26 Hock Ing Street died at 12 30 this morning at White Cross Hospital Columbus where she was a student nurse She recently fell ill Sunday Her parents were with her in Columbus when she died She was a 1940 Athens High School graduate and would have finished nurses training in November Survived by her parents a brother Harold Finsterwald a sister Mrs Donald Bennett and a nephew Donald Bennett Jr Funeral arrangements not yet set
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Kathryn Elzaneth Finsterwald
Elmer Finsterwald
Hock Ing St
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Miss Finsterwald
Athens High School
Harold Finsterwald
Donald Bennett
Donald Bennett, Jr
Ladd Orchard Places In Ohio Fruit Contest
Ladd Orchard in Athens route 4 earned third place in a state wide evaluation of 86 Ohio orchards conducted by Ohio State University disease and insect specialists. Owner Kaloa Ladd and sister Grace Warren describe eight sprayings from early April to mid July for Rome Beauties and other varieties. Kampf from another Athens County man scored 97 94 perfect fruit, while Williams and Hamilton County orchards took first and second respectively.
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Kaloa Ladd
Athens
Ohio
Ohio State University
Ladd
Grace Warren
Rome
Athens Tea and Storage Co
Athens County
W. F. Kampf
Williams
Hamilton County
Warning Issued Over Halloween Pranks by Police Chief Grogan
Police Chief J B Grogan warned Halloween revelers that pranks are going too far. He cited stolen advertising signs from a filling station and said those responsible were ordered to restore property. He urged prudent driving and announced prosecutions for any property damage.
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Malloween Pranxters
J. B. Grogan
Grozan
Camera Club To Meet In Amesville Tonight
The Amesville area reports a camera club meeting set for this evening at 7. The event occurs alongside multiple police and court notes including William H. Marshall 42 charged with intoxication and fined $100. Ruth Baruch 28 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined $100. William Miller 60 jailed for failure to pay a $5 fine after intoxication charges. GOP rally postponed due to scarlet fever health ban. PTA meeting also postponed amid county health orders.
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William H. Marshall
Cns
Yester Fine Arts
Ruth Day
Baruch
University of Andcosts
Franz Wood
William Henry Miller
West
Washington St
Woodworth
Miller
GOP
Amesville
Health Department
PTA
Ames-Bern
Parent-Teacher Association
Miller Rites Held for Mrs Ettle Miller
Mrs Ettle B Miller aged 89 died Oct 11 1944 in Athens Ohio after a fall in her daughter’s home at 64 N Congress St Athens Burial followed at Veto Cemetery with funeral services at the Presbyterian Church.
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Ettle B. Miller
Charles Hayes
N. Congress St
Athens
Ohio
Vincent Friday
Presbyterian Church
Turday
Veto Cemetery
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Athens Messenger
Lorin C. Staats, Jr
Fort. Lewis
Washington
John A. Hess
Grosvenor Street
Arrowhead Springs Naval Hospital
San Bernardino
California
Naval Hospital Corps School
Portsmouth
Virginia
Point Pleasant
Paul S. Thomas
Mason County War Fund
Wes
Emmett T. Cox
Cox
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Hotel Berry
Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Fred Sanders
City Loan Co
Evan Jones, Jr
Park Place
J.” R. Hayes
Cincinnati
Trey
Cpl
Gladys Brooks
Women's Army Corps
Fort Oplethorpe, Ga
W.H. Brooks
Nellie Brooks Griswold
N. Court
Brooks
Camp Crowder Mo
Fort Oglethorpe
Carl Clifford
Clifford
Curtis and
Kenneth
L. C. Baker
State St
Ingleside
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Isabel Work
College of Fine Arts
Ohio Water Color Society
Miss Work
Rush Eliott
Frances Gray Elliott
Edna Way
Edward B. Matthews
Matthews
Bobby
Freemont St
Dayton
Basil Rutter
Claudine Steppe
Claude Steppe
Court St
Cpl. Rutter
Thomas A. Jenkins
Trenton
Washington D. C
House of Representatives
Ernest McGraner
McGraner
Union St
Grange Hall
Fletcher Hospital
Dorothy Mace
Kenneth Ver
Family Night Central
Pt.a
J. B .Grogan
Rade
Christian Church
W. W. Lee
Grosvenor St
PHU
Pi Beta Phi
College St
Homer Goodin
Arthur Goodin
Alvany
Homer
Belgium
Camp Atterbury
Ind
James Hanson
Bunny Fur Mittens
Col
Logan
Rotary
Kathryn Fries Tuesterwald
Ladd Orchard
Camera Club
the City Loan and Guaranty Company
GS. Court St
Madison
Wis
Howard Eugene Wilkinson
Steensrud
Dane County
Daisy Wilkinson
SHADE
Shade High
Hoo
Juste
Bob Thompson
Ken Powell
Eryone
George Starcher
Northwood Drive
Fred Luchs
Sunset Garden Club
Athens Township
Carmen
Daisy Winnson
Fas
Cole
Kerr Hardware Co
DR. Caldwell
Stender
the Cline Pharmacy
Ted
Lydia E Pinkham
Miracle Arch Shoes
Stanley's Shoe Store
South Court St
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