Two Mill Levy and Pay Hike Approved by City Council
City council approved a plan to place a two mill street levy on the November ballot and authorized wage increases for city employees retroactive to July 1 1948. The wage boosts vary by position with police fire and utility staff receiving modest pay jumps as part of a drafted budget for 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Wilson
R. H. White
Wade Bean
Harry Wilson
Vern Vorhes
Mickle
Weil seeks married men for sales engineer training in Ohio
An advertisement by Weil Household Furnace Warm Air Heating and Air Conditioning Mfr invites married men aged 25 to 35 with pleasing personalities to train as sales engineers in nearby Ohio territories. Liberal income offered. Apply to WH Wuerdeman at 4558 Marburg Ave Cincinnati 9 Obro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weil
Ohio
WH. Wuerdeman
Marburg Ave
Cincinnati
Obro
Community drives eyed for unity at Kiwanis meeting
Kiwanis members and guests from Red Cross, Community Chest, Cancer Drive, March of Dimes, Salvation Army, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Hospital Foundation and other groups met at the Berry Hotel Tuesday to discuss merging drives. They urged coordinated efforts while noting national rules limit full consolidation and solicitors’ workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Berry Hotel
L. C. Staats
Kiwanis
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Ellen Biddle
The
George L. Smith
Community Chest
Staats
George Merchant
Jo Johnson
Ruth Ward
Salvation Army
Clark Dailey
Girl Scouts
Raymond Lee
Boy Scouts
John Jagers
Hospital Foundation
Mrs Beam Dies at 91 in Athens Home
Mrs. Alwilda Beam aged 91 died Tuesday at her residence 34 S High St Athens after a hip fracture from a fall. A civil War widow, she lived 37 years in Athens with children Floyd Beam and Mrs Frank Super, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral rites set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Wesleyan Methodist Church with Rev E C Kenney, burial Zion Cemetery.
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Alwillda Beam
High St
Keno
Meigs County
Athens County
Athens
James Beam
Frank H. Super
Floyd G. Beam
Cleveland
S. High St
Harold F. Kellogg
E. C. Kenney
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Annual Elks Picnic Set for Thursday at Fairgrounds
Athens Elks lodge plans a Thursday picnic at 5 30 p m at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Exalted ruler Clarence Flowers says dinner and entertainment are on the program and visitors are expected to attend.
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Athens Elks Lodge
Athens County Fairgrounds
Clarence Flowers
Flowers
David Johnson Found Dead in Athens Home
David Johnson 74 deputy registrar of motor vehicles and active Republican is found dead about 11 30 a m at his home 83 N Lancaster St Athens Police Chief J B Grogan says the body was discovered in the dining room by a Bureau of Motor Vehicles representative Johnson was a longtime Athens County Republican figure and lived alone since his wife’s death no further details were released
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David Johnson
Lancaster St
Johnson
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
J. B. Grogan
Athens County
Three Hurt in Two Highway Crtw
Three people were injured in two of three Tuesday crashes in the area. Wilbur Williams and Matt Atkins, both injured in a Route 216 crash near Murray City, were treated and released. A Arlington Virginia passenger Richard Oehser fractured a shoulder in a Route 50 incident near Canaanville, and Lloyd Weaver escaped injury after his truck overturned following a fence breach near Guysville.
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State Highway Patrol
Nelsonville
Wilbur Williams
Matt Atkins
Charles W. Carter
Salem
Ind
Murray City
Williams
Atkins
Air Mapping Outlined for Lions Club
George Clark assistant professor of civil engineering at Ohio University spoke on the application of photogrammetry for air mapping before the Lions Club. The meeting at OU's temporary engineering building followed the club's regular session at Hotel Berry with guests Pat Haner and Mr. Deiner attending.
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Lions Club
George Clark
Ohio University
Clark
Lions
Berry
Paul Ullmark
Ex Monument Dealer Howard Walden Dies at 89
Howard Walden of 51 Mill Street died Wednesday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a week of illness. He spent 41 years in Athens and formerly owned Walden Monumental Works before selling it 30 years ago. Survived by wife Ida B. Walden and grandson Howard Theo Walden. son Harry preceded him in death. He was a member of First Methodist Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. in the Dowler and Ferguson funeral home with burial in West Union Cemetery. Friends may call after Thursday noon.
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Howard Walden
Mill St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Walden
Athens
Kentucky
Paris
Walden Monumental Works
The
Cross Brothers
Ida B. Walden
Howard Theo Walden
Harry Walden
First Methodist Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Harold Kellogg
West Union St
Early Morning Fog Slows Area Traffic
An early morning fog slowed motor traffic with haze persisting at 10 a.m. The temperature was 71 degrees. Mrs. Re France, weather observer, reported a fee of 82 and last night’s low 61 with .09 inches of rain on Tuesday. The Hocking River measured 3.65 feet.
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Re France
Hocking
County Levy OKayed by Commissioners
Athens County commissioners approved a one mill levy for the county ballot in November. Revenue is to fund current operating expenses with earmarking for the Children's Home, about $34 000 yearly for five years. Also approved were road repairs Wemmer Road Trimble Township and Myers Crossing Deanville York Township and plans for a new bridge on Millfield Sand Ridge Township Highway to replace a hazardous crossing used by Chauncey school buses.
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W. P. Mickle
Athens
Clarks Chapel
Canaan
Bud Williams
Canaan Township
Vore Ridge
Athens County
Child Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Commission
Ray Bobo
George Holdren
Wayne Wingett
L. B. McCune
Wemmer
Trimble Township
Myers Crossing
Deanville
York Township
John Dowler
Millfield
Sand Ridge
Chauncey
Prayer Band to Meet at Mrs Hawk's With Leader
Graham Chapel announces a Thursday meeting at the home of Mrs. Mary Hawk with Mrs. Letha Dailey presiding as leader.
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Graham Chapel
Mary Hawk
Letha Dailey
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Council
R. J. Studer
Safety Service
Daniel A. Pierce
Meeting OF Albany
Albany Veterans of Foreign Wars
Albany
Keystone
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities
Cline
Sea Foods
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Tappan
Monarch
Detroit
F. P. Ables & Son
Logan, Ohio
William B. Biggs
Dental
Schine
Athena Bldg
Mr . Lovely
Masia
Blue Bell Factory
Bargain Square
Ladies
Rayon
Big Yank
Blue Bell
Grey
Pelzer
Nelson
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