Parking Meters Trail City Traffic for Nine Months
The Athens City Council approved leasing and installing about 300 parking meters for the business district for nine months. Meters will operate 8am to 6pm daily except Sundays. fees range one to five cents. Removal at period end if unsatisfactory. City Solicitor to notify bus lines of pending measures addressing congestion on West Union Street. Budget and sewage project plans discussed. Homecoming event canceled.
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Athens
Court St
Foster
B. Cornwell
W. Union
Ben Bare
Burgess & Niple
Columbus
Columbus Engineers
Athens area service members in war duties and honors
Rdt. M 2-¢ Richard Alton Pierce and his wife Virginia celebrate a 39 day leave with daughter Diana Lynn in Millfield. Pierce served 20 months aboard ILST 983, arrived in the States July 1 1947, and was treated at Brooklyn Naval Hospital before homebound. Also listed are Kermit E. Smith on furlough with Judith Ann at The Plains before returning to Indiantown Gap, and Pfc. Wilson Harr awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for Luzon combat with the 43rd Infantry Winged Victory Division. Additional notes cover S-Sgt. Harry D. Aberts earning the Bronze Star in Europe and Sgt. Warren F. Cunningham’s Panama Canal commendation. Also noted are Florence Albert Descontivo’s training in Norfolk, and Michael F. Canter with Oak Leaf Cluster on the Distinguished Unit Badge for the 320th Bomb Group. Frank Reed Beverage and brother Robert Beverage are identified with Navy service and Athens roots.
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Richard Alton Pierce
Virginia
Diana Lynn
Millfield
Pierce
States
Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Ellas Sti
Athens
Everett Pierce
New Guinea
Donald Pierce
Italy
Clyde Wilson
Pacific
43Rd Infantry
Luzon
Wilson Harr
Elizabeth J. Carr
Gainesville
Carr
Marvin Maxwell
Newark
43Rd “Winged Victory
New Georgia
Columbus and
Southern Ohio
Elect Tric Co
Norfolk
Florence Albert Delcontivo
USNR
Glouster
Naval Tr
Descontivo
Florence Delcontive
Locust St
Dorothy Miskel
A. Ninth Atr Force
Germany
Michael. F. Canter
Lathrop
Earl H Crossen Dies In Columbus At 38
Earl H Crossen, 38, son of the late Richard and Mary Crossen, died in Columbus yesterday morning. An expert lens grinder for White Haines Optical Co he is survived by brothers Israel and Harry and sister Irene Crossen Seidowski, all of Columbus. He lived with sister and Otto Seidowski and with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gist. Funeral services are set for tonight in Columbus with interment Thursday at Hebbardsville Cemetery.
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Earl H. Crossen
Richard and
Mary Coe Crossen
Columbus
White-Haines Optical Co
Israel
Harry
Irene
Crossen Seidowski
Crossen
Otto Seidowski
Lawrence
Thomas Will Address Trustees and Clerks
Joe R. Thomas state president of the Ohio Township Trustees and Clerks Association will address a meeting of the Athens County Association in the courtroom Monday night September 17 at 8 o'clock. E M Daugherty Coolville county president announced it. He will discuss legislation passed by the last session of the General Assembly and other matters. He urged that all ministers and clerks plan to be present.
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Joe R. Thomas
Ohio Township Trustees and Clerks Association
Athens County Association
E. M. Daugherty
Coolville
General Assembly
Daugherty
Walton Leagueholds Thursday corn roast at cabin
All members of the Athens Izaak Walton League are asked to go to the cabin Thursday afternoon Sept 6 to help cut wood and enjoy a corn roast that evening The league will furnish the corn and coffee and members are asked to take sandwiches.
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Athens Izaak. Walton League
Man fined for hauling strip mine shovel without permit
William R. Clark, 24, Charleston, West Virginia, was arrested by state highway patrol on Route 43 north of Glouster for moving a strip mine shovel on a highway without a highway department permit. He was fined 25 dollars on costs by Mayor Thomas Williams of Glouster.
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William R. Clark
Charleston
W. Va
Glouster
Highway Department
Thomas Williams
New Legion Officers To Be Named Tonight
Members of the K. T. Crossen Dost of the American Legion will elect officers at a meeting tonight at 8 30 oclock at the Legion Home. Delegates to the state convention in Columbus Sept 22 24 also will be elected. Refreshments will be served.
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K. T. Crossen Dost
American Legion
Legion
Colummbus
Gilmore Predicts Bulldogs Championship Hope
Athens High School coach Sherman Gilmore told Kiwanis Club members at Hotel Berry that the Bulldogs have a better than even chance to repeat as league champions in Athens. Other members offered predictions for the league finish, while W. H. Lowman received Kiwanian of the Week honors. L. Staats discussed the Community Chest Drive and youth services, noting the county fair booth proceeds aid underprivileged children.
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Sherman Gilmore
Athens High School
Bulldogs
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Athens
Ae Ae Fp
Iit of
Navy resumes old policy of enlisting men
At the Navy Recruiting Station in Marietta the reopening of voluntary enlistments for men aged 17 to 50% was announced. The policy, restricted since December 1942, invites men 17 to 20 to join the regular Navy to maintain a peacetime fleet, with Navy trade schools offering skilled post service jobs. Men 21 to 50% are eligible for the reserve if fit. Details available at the Athens post office building each Monday 10 am to 4 pm.
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Navy
Marietta
Regular Navy
Navy Department
Congress
Naval Reserve
Athens
May Robinson Funeral Set In Athens Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs May Poston Robinson longtime Athens and Nelsonville resident who died Monday in Charleston W V will be held Thursday at two o clock in the Athens First Presbyterian Church with interment in the family plot at West Union Street Cemetery A brief service will be held at the Charleston home this evening at eight She was the wife of Attorney Delbert T Robinson and they lived in Charleston since their marriage in Athens on June 26 1919 Daughter of William W Poston and Margaret Nelson Poston of Nelsonville she was born there Surviving besides her husband are a brother Henry Poston of Columbus
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May Poston Robinson
Athens
Nelsonville
Charleston
W. Va
Athens First Presbyterian Church
W. Union St
William W. Poston
Margaret Nelson Poston
Poston
Henry Nelson
Elizabeth Nelson
WN. College St
Youth Center Closed in Athens Pending Director Appointment
The Athens Youth Center will be closed until a new director is appointed, announced today by Mrs. W. H. Herbert of the City Recreation Board. While closed, the center will be cleaned and maintained.
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Athens
W. H. Herbert
City Recreation Board
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Athens Messenger
Vinton Furnace
Lucille Allman
McArthur
Pinkham
Finkham
Kabel
Loli
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
America
Pardin Bros. CO
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Mamoru Shigemitsu
MacArthur
Tokyo Bay
United States
Nea-Acme
NEA
Pvt
Kermit E. Smith
Judith Ann
the Plains
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
83RD
Thunderbolt Division
Harry D. Aberts
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Addie Aberts
Panama Canal Department
Warren F. Cunningham
Route 3
Coast Artillery Command
Republic of Panama
Otto W. Pongrace
Frank Reed Beverage
Naval Training Station
Beverage
Clyde Beverage
Franklin Ave
Robert
F. W. Woolworth Co
Earl BH
Thomas
Walton League
Gilmore
May Robinson
Washington
Mir
Joseph Faster
James H. Wilson
Security Bank Bldg
Keystone Custodian Funds
Furps
Srrius
Serims
Preventep
Ssrius
Roy E. Hawk & Co. Investment Securities
Cline Bidg, Bhone Isa
Fairport
Grant Oak
Remington Realty Co
West Gay ST
Ohio
Main
Bethel
S. Court St
Wrights
Mason
Prunes
Jaynes
S. Court St. Rhone
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