Five Firms Enter Bids For Sewer Trunk Line
Five firms submitted bids for Athens sewer trunk line construction with H E Miller Co Columbus offering the lowest concrete pipe bid at 404,918.30 and a vitrified pipe option at 414,394.50. Council will tabulate bids before tentative award after financial arrangements and consider time estimates ranging up to 750 days.
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Athens
Service Safety
Fred H. Beckler
H. E. Miller Co
Columbus
Miller
Beckler
R. N. Hewitt Co
Mountain State of
Charleston
W.va
Mountain State Co
VSP
RCP
Bauman and Howard Co
Christopher Co
DeLuca Co
Akron
New Athens Schools to Adopt Six-Grade Curriculum
The Athens school system plans a new curriculum for the first six grades next year. Developed by elementary division teachers, the plan features a stronger science program, new textbooks, and closer alignment with overall teaching goals. Superintendent Willard P. Barker emphasizes reading, arithmetic, and language arts, with spelling targeted across all grades.
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Athens
Willard P. Barker
Barker
Weather pattern nearly repeats from Wednesday to Thursday
Thursday’s weather pattern closely matched Wednesday with a top temperature of 69 degrees. The night low at Hamley Run reached 44 degrees, one degree warmer than the prior low, and the 9 a.m. reading of 60 degrees matched yesterday.
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Hamley Run
Birch the Magician Promises Athens Benefit Show
Birch the Magician, praised by Thurston as a top successor, brings the largest magic production on tour to Athens. The two hour performance is on Wednesday September 10 at 8 p.m. in Athens High School Auditorium. Proceeds benefit underprivileged children in Athens County with advance ticket sales at Banks Sport Shop and Cline's Pharmacy.
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Birch
Athens
Kiwanis Club
Thurston
R. Kenneth Kerr
Athens High School
Kerr
Athens County
Banks Sport Shop
Cline
Pennington Fined for Intoxication in Gloucester Township
Walter Pennington age 24 of Gloucester Route 2 was arraigned before Mayor Peter B. Seel on intoxication charges. He was jailed after failing to pay a $10 fine plus costs on Wednesday.
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Walter Pennington
Glouster Route 2
Peter B. Seel
Pennington
Driver fined for unsafe operation in city case
Kenneth R. Ta bor, 27, of 299% E State St pleaded guilty to unsafe operation. He was fined $10 and costs Thursday by Mayor Peter B. Seel. City police made the arrest.
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Kenneth R. Tabor
State St
Peter B. Seel
Two Accidents Investigated on Route 50 Near Athens
State Highway Patrol investigated two crashes along Route 50 west of Athens on Thursday evening. A hay load fell from a truck and struck Arthur Enlow's auto in Albany, and Daniel Hutchens of Guysville drove a truck that caused a separate collision. Donald Bolen of Albany, 30, crashed into Hugh Jefferson, 67, of 1 N Congress St., with no injuries. Bolen was arrested for driving left of center and fined five dollars plus costs by Justice Charles Rider.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
Arthur J. Enlow
Albany
Daniel K. Hutchens
Guysville
Donald W. Bolen
Hugh G. Jefferson
Congress St
Bolen
Justice of the Peace Charles Rider
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Wayne Hutchinson Athens with a daughter and Mr and Mrs William Tolliver Glouster with a son. Admitted patients include Don Campbell Guysville Nita Stage Athens William McMahon Athens Eleanor Smith Athens Wilbur Clendenin Athens Harry Liggett New Marshfield Lavina Peck McArthur. Dismissals include Mrs Leslie Coon Athens and son and Mrs Harold Easter Trimble and daughter.
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Wayne Hutchinson
Athens
William Tolliver
Glouster
Elmer Humphrey
Don Campbell
Guysville
Nita Stage
William McMahon
Eleanor Smith
Wilbur Clendenin
Harry Liggett
New Marshfield
Lavina Peck
McArthur
Leslie Coon
Harold Easter
Trimble
Darrell Withem
Claude Burton
Coolville
Della Edwards
Ethel Misner
Albany
Hockingport Building Destroyed by Fire
A outbuilding on the Russell Nuttier property burned Wednesday with cause undetermined. Coolville Troy Volunteer Fire Department arrived too late to save the structure but saved a nearby outbuilding. A passing motorist alerted responders, per D A Creeger.
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Hockingport
Russell Nuttier
Coolville - Troy
D. A. Creeger
Stop Light Violation Fined In City Arraignment
Joseph Coury Shafer Sr was arraigned before Mayor Peter B Seel on a charge of failing to observe a stop light. The State Highway Patrol filed the charge. He was fined five dollars with costs suspended.
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Joseph Coury
Shafer Sr
Peter B. Seel
State Highway Patrol
Officers Candidates Attend Fort Riley Training for Army
Cpl. Tom Allen reports to Officers Candidate School in Fort Riley Kansas after returning from Lenggries Germany where he met Pfc. George English a former Athens High School teammate. Lt. Col. James Davis of Bladen a Marine Corps officer and Ohio University graduate attends the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kansas among 598 officers starting the 10 month course this week.
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Cpl
Tom Allen
Fort Riley
Kans
Lenggries
Germany
Cpl. Allen
W. H. Allen
Maplewood Drive
Pfc
George English
Athens High School
English
Clara English
S. Court St
James Davis
Ohio University
Bladen
Army Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Davis
Marine Corps
OU Girl Elected To National Office
Marlene Rumbaugh, a Ohio University junior from Ashland, was elected vice president of the national Disciples Student Fellowship at Estes Park Colorado. She is Ohio vice chairman of the DSF and a member of the Athens Baptist Disciples Student Fellowship. The DSF is sponsored by the United Christian Missionary Society and serves student centers on about 200 campuses.
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Indianapolis
Marlene Rumbaugh
Ohio University
Ashland
National Disciples
First County Draftees Are Released From Service
Athens County announces the release of five men from the first induction group started Sept. 1 1950 amid the Korean war. Four have received discharge papers. fifth, Robert Williams, is believed released though papers pending. Several others already officially confirmed include Wagner Simons Brown Lawson Pott Thompson Rusk espera Crow Coen James Dishong Pidcock Blake Martin and Williams.
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Athens County
Army
Selective Service
Athens
Charlies Hanning
Nelsonville
Richard Williams
Glouster
Wilbur Conkey
Albany
Billy J. Powell
Conkey
Korea
Germany
Robert Williams
Giouster
Draft Board
Benjamin Nogrady
Millfield
Jack Metcalf
Camp Breckenridge
Jerry Wagner
Buchtel
James Simons
Glennis Brown
Mineral
James Coen
Guysville
Donald James
James Dishong
Roger Pidcock
New Marshfield
Emmett Blake
Coolville
Robert C. Martin
Thurday
OU Student Attacked by Brother At Ohio University
An Ohio University special student, George W. Miskimen, 21, from Pecanoe Route 1, was attacked in the family home when his older brother struck him with an axe as he slept. Miskimen was listed in fair condition at Twin Cities Hospital Dennison. the assailant was to be sent to Cambridge State Hospital for mental evaluation with no charges filed.
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Ohio University
Twin Cities Hospital
Dennison
Harrison County Sheriff's Department
Cadiz
George W. Miskimen
Tippecanoe Route 1
Sheriff's Department
Cambridge State Hospital
Miskimen
E. State St. Apartments
Athens Girl SA Candidate Joyce Herb Enters Training College
Joyce Herb daughter of Mr and Mrs William Herb of 127 Franklin Ave will enter the Salvation Army Training College in New York City on Wednesday as a candidate for officership. The nine month program covers open air work visitation evangelistic social work Bible doctrine and officer orders and regulations. A public farewell for all Ohio division candidates will be held in Cincinnati before she leaves.
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Joyce Herb
William Herb
Franklin Ave
Salvation Army Training College
New York City
Salvation Army
Miss Herb
Cincinnati
Ohio
Divorce Petition Dismissed in Common Pleas Court
Vernon Covert Jr filed for divorce from Virginia Louise Covert in Common Pleas Court. The petition was dismissed, according to court records.
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Common Pleas
Vernon Covert, Jr
Virginia Louise Covert
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Clerk of Courts
Phyllis LaVelle
Divid
Goodfyear
Goodyear Service
Union St
Athens Home Telephone CO
John T. Butsko
Chauncey
25Th Division
Butsko
John Collins
Audrey Banfield
Andrew L. Timura
Portage
Sheltering Arms Hospital
U S. S
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Wolfe Hardware
Athens, Ohio
First County
Athens Girl SA
Ovec
Motors
Dope
Leon
Main Street & Mulberry
Logan Theater
Logan, Ohio
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
W. Union St
Fast State
Roger Dean
the Mutual
East Washington St
Federal Home Loan Bank
Rauch's Bakery
S. Court Street
Luhiig
J. E. McClung
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