United Appeals Workers Stage Homes Canvass Tonight
Athens residents were urged to welcome 250 volunteers beginning at 6 p m Monday as United Appeals drives reach the half way mark toward 34700. Frank Satdorff campaign chairman stressed the home to home canvass is vital to meet the goal with 17492 50 raised from 75 percent of advance solicitations. The drive supports Red Cross Salvation Army YMCA Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Mental Health. Carl Roberts led an Athens High School assembly to boost a 200 fund goal for the school drive.
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Athens
United Appeals
Frank M
Dorff
Ratdorff
Plains Mechanicsburg
Red Cross
Salvation Army
YMCA
Boy’ Scouts
Girl Scouts
Mental Health
Carl Roberts
Aliens United Appeals Board
Don Thomant
Vicki Rauch
Two Suspects Held After Area Thefts
Two suspects are being held in county jail on charges of auto theft and grand larceny after a series of Thursday night thefts. Sheriff’s deputies and an FBI agent traced a stolen truck from Gail Watkins Equipment Co on Route 50 east and an auto from Raymond Cuckler of Athens Route 1, plus break ins at Shade School and Wakefield Motors on Richland Ave. The Watkins truck was recovered Sunday off Strouds Run Rd and stripped of tires, wheels, radiator, battery and generator. Deputy Harold Shields refused to name the suspects until formal charges are filed.
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FBI
Harold Shields
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Raymond Cuckler
Athens
Shade School
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Shields
Pomeroy
Cuckler
Watkins
Strouds Run Rd
Patrol May Seek Warrant For Morris On Safe Operation Charge
A warrant for nuchara wave Morris, 18, of Athens Route 5, is expected after she failed to appear in Municipal Court on an unsafe operation charge arising from a two car collision on Pleasant Hill Road last month that hospitalized an expectant mother, Mrs. Juanita Wood yard, of Athens Route 1. Morris has numerous auto accident records and is on probation from Common Pleas Court for auto theft.
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Nuchara Wave Morris
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Morris
Pleasant Hill Rd
Juanita Woodyard
Common Pleas
Light Rain Falls In City Monday In Athens
A light steady rain reached three tenths of an inch by 11 a.m. Monday in Athens, aiding weekend precipitation to near a half inch. The 11 a.m. temp was 60, up from the early morning low. Sunday's high in Athens was 75. Rural Hamley Run reported weekend extremes of 77/43, 72/51, 74/41 with a 56 today low. rain there totaled .58 inch Saturday.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Colmer
Hamley Run
Herbert Talk Sponsored by OU Club
Former Ohio governor and ex attorney general Thomas J. Herbert, now a Supreme Court candidate, will speak to the OU Young Republican Club Friday at 3 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium. He chairs the Subversive Activities Control Board in Washington. A luncheon at the OU Center precedes his remarks and reservations are requested.
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Herbert
OU Club
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Supreme Court of Ohio
OU Young Republican Club
Ewing Auditorium
Elmer Jones
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Subversive Activities Contol Board
Washington
Eis
Enhower
Athens County Young Re
Publican Club
Department of Justes Berry
Jones
Ins
QU Center
Tom Fess
OU Young Republican
Stub
Fess
Retirement Planned for The Plains Postmistress After 41 Years
Mrs. mrs. Tipton, postmistress at The Plains for over 41 years, will retire Oct. 31. Gail Slater will become acting postmistress. Tipton began in 1915, noting The Plains had 64 post office boxes then and most were unrented. The village now has about 450 boxes and modern post office facilities installed in July.
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N. Tipton
the Plains
Gail Slater
Tipton
Plains
Post Office Department
Weekend Accidents Reported By State Patrol
Two injuries-free crashes recorded on area roads over the weekend by the State Highway Patrol. At 2 pm Sunday Roland L Aungst 22 of Findlay northbound on Route 33 near Route 374 tried to pass and hit a southbound car driven by Mai Hoemaker of Columbus causing moderate damage. Aungst forfeited a $15 bond in Francis Myers court for driving left of center. A utility pole was broken and heavy damage to a car on Route 33 near Haydenville Sunday at 10 pm when Delmer E Columber 21 of Logan lost control and hit the pole. he was uninjured.
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State Highway Patrol
Roland L.aungst
Findlay
Mai Hoemaker
Columbus
jAungst
Logan
Francis Myers
Haydenville
Delmer E. Columber
Berm
Columber
Shelter Work: Hospital Notes From Sheltering Arms
Admission and discharge notes list new births and patient movements at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Families named include Burl Ashcraft of Guysville with a son and James Farley of Athens with a daughter, plus several other residents and visitors from Athens Amesville The Plains and nearby areas.
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Burl Ashcraft
Guysville
James Farley
Athens
Orland McMullen
Robert Dishong
Amesville
Alton Pidcock
New Marshfield
Charles Hoffman
Servicemen from area to leave U. S. for Europe Oct 30
Area servicemen face rotation under Operation Gyro with the Eighth and Ninth Infantry Divisions. Pvt. James R. Birkbeck of Coolville, Pvt. Boyd Sidwell of Frost Route 1, and Pvt. Giles P. Borden of Porter depart Fort Carson, Colorado before the Ninth Division moves to Germany. Gould of Athens serves aboard the destroyer Maddox with the 7th Fleet after arriving at Yokosuka, Japan. David E. Young, son of Don and Mrs. Young, left for California after 17 days with his parents. He is with a weather observation unit at Burtonwood Air Base near Manchester, England, and will join a crew returning to England from Ontario with a B-90 bomber.
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U. S
Europe
James R. Birkbeck
Albert E. Birkbeck
Coolville
Boyd . Sidwell
Harley Sidwell
Frost
Giles P. Borden
Marie Payne
Porter
Eighth Infantry Division
David E. Young
California
Don H. Young
Fultz Road
Young
Burtonwood Air Force Base
Manchester
England
Ontario
Calif
Denied in Court in City Vehicle Incident
Janice Edgar, 18, of 46 Shafter Street, denied in Municipal Court Monday a charge of unsafe operation after her auto struck seven year old Robert Blackmore Jr. on Shannon Avenue in October. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Blackmore of 100 Elmwood Drive, sustained serious injuries. Accident reports said he ran into the street into the path of the car. A hearing was set for Wednesday and Miss Edgar was released on a $50 bond.
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Janice Edgar
S. Shafer St
Miss Edgar
Robert Blackmore Jr
Shannon Ave
Robert Blackmore
Elmwood Dr
Woman Hurt as Car Rolls in Store Lot
A woman received a bruised leg when her auto rolled from a Kroger parking lot Saturday morning after she left it. Erma H. Lincott tried to set the hand brake while squeezed between a post and the door, and her car struck a parked vehicle owned by Harold V. Kessler causing minor damage.
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Amens Mouie
Kroger
Erma H. Lincott
Harold V. Kessler
Grosvenor St
Two motorists fined in city court on Monday
Police charged McKinley Ave motorist and others after an intersection incident near Athens. William Graham of Temple and Clara Stock of Albany Route 1 were fined 15 dollars plus costs for failing to stop within a safe distance and other minor traffic charges. Clarence Allen, commander, noted the Knights Templar event. A clinic schedule at Sugar Creek school was listed as 10:30 a.m. Tuesday immunization plan.
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Munich
Pal Court
M. alcDonaia
Order of Red Cross
McKinley Ave
William ‘T. Graham
Athens
Umbus
Clara
Knights Templar
Stock
Albany
Clarence Allen
Chester L. Buch
Court
Washington
Marshfield Woman Dies at 99 in New Marshfield
Mary Alwin Pidcock, 99, died at her New Marshfield home after a heart attack. A longtime resident of New Marshfield she previously lived in Unionville. She is survived by her husband Alton and 11 children including Elizabeth, Bernard Warton, Robert Warton, Mary Perdue, Ernest Warton, Francis Smith, John Warton, Louise Foltz, Rawley Warton, James Warton, and Thomas Warton plus sisters and two brothers in Virginia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with visitation at Hoodlet Funeral Home in New Marshfield available Tuesday.
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Mary Alwin Pidcock
New Marshfield
New
Rawley Warton
Madison
Wis
James Warton
Culpeper
Thomas]infield
Virginia
Intruders Break Into Athens High Building
Intruders broke into Athens High School offices over the weekend, damaging entry points from a ground level shop window to a drilled door panel. Superintendent Will Barker reported the incident, noting the principal and superintendent offices were entered but nothing reported missing, as police under Captain Mele investigated.
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Athens High School
Will d P. Barker
Don Thomann
Civil Service Exams Set for Three Fireman Posts
Fire Chief Charles W. Dalton says civil service exams for three regular fireman vacancies will be held Nov 8. Ed Cole, local civil service agent, notes applicants must be 21 to 30, height at least 5 feet 7 inches, weight 150 pounds, and health certificate required. Applications cost $1 at city hall. exam at 7 p.m. in council chambers. New salaries take effect Nov 1 with starting pay 263.50 monthly and a 12 monthly raise after first year. Also Paramathia Lodge 25, F and AM, to meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday per J W Kelley.
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Ed Cole
Charles W. Dalton
City Hall
Council Chambers
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Joseph Vance
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Glenn Linscott
Robert Blackmore, Jr
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Harrhees “Davies
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Tom James
Chillicothe
Verl Smith
Edward van Dyke
A. C. Jago
Donald Meeks
Oma
Sugar Creek
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Athens, Ohio
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Ohi University
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Esse Fairchild
Athens High
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F&am
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Houck and van Dyke, Inc. Insurance Dial
Union Street
Church OF God
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New Toston, Ohio
R. E. Kelchner
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