Athens County votes on fire protection bonds and levies
Voters in Chauncey, Dover, and Rome Townships will decide on separate bond issues totaling 15 000 for new fire apparatus and a four mile five year levy to fund a Rome Township truck. A Trimble village bond of 5000 for a pre owned truck also appears on the ballot.
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Athens County
Chauncey Village
Dover Township
Rome Township
Village of
Chauncey
Thatrea
Chauncey Firemen
Beaumont
Circle Hill
Millfield
Poston
Rome
Stewart
Ames-Bern-Amesville
Chesterhill
Guysville
Broadwell
Kilvert
New England
Frost
Trimble
Amesville
Ames
Jern
Coolville
Troy
Glouster
Nelsonville
Mabel Guehl Dies in Coshocton After Heart Attack
Mrs. Mabel Rose Guehl 52 former Athens resident died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at her Coshocton home after a heart attack. Survived by husband Lee. mother Mrs. Margaret Rose of Athens. three brothers William Athens John Columbus George Toledo. three sisters Lottie Connett Olive Rose Maude Rose. Father Robert died two years ago. Arrangements by Jagers funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Rose Guehl
Atheny
Coshocton
Columbus
George
Toledo
Lottie Connett
Olive Rose
Athens
Maude Rose
Canton
Robert
Jagers Funeral Home
Zanesville Driver Hurt In Collision
A Zanesville man was injured in a head on crash with a truck on Oak Grove Road near the E M Pos ton Power Plant. James F. Summell, 41, was taken to Mount St. Mary Hospital with lip laceration and possible rib fractures. Jack V. Cox, 21, was cited for unsafe operation and fined for no chauffeur's license. Another car driven by Donald H. Bailey, 17, overturned on Athens State Hospital grounds but he was uninjured.
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Zanesville
E. M. Poston
Hamley Run
James F. Summell
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Summell
Oak Grove
Kimberly-Carbondale
Jack V. Cox
Cox
Arthur Kennedy
Donald H. Bailey
Albany
Athens State Hospital
DAR District Meeting Set For Sept. 23 Cambridge
Mrs. Marshall H. Bixler state regent of the Ohio Society DAR will call to order the Southeast district meeting at Cambridge First Methodist Church on Sept 23 at 10 am with Mrs. George F. Emrick presiding. Workshops cover patriotic projects programs and more with 17 district chapters and 9 000 members in Ohio.
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Marshall H. Bixler
Fremont
Ohio Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Cambridge
First Methodist Church
George F. Emrick
Portsmouth
Arthur T Hopwood
Ohio Society
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Zane Dew
William Siddle
Southeast
Karson Colwell
Murray Hartley
Sheltering Arms Hospital Births and Dismissals List
A hospital roundup lists newborns and discharges. John and Mary Fitch in Corning welcome a son. Howard and a partner in Glouster report a son. Robert and spouse in Nelsonville greet a daughter. Additional entries include Joan Ruth in Athens and Nancy Pocick in Athens. Cora Brown in Glouster. Jerry Leddy in Millfield. George Mail and John Pedigo in Athens. Grace Brill in Stewart. Glenice Lenigar in Athens.
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Rodney Fitch
Corning
Howard Humphrey
Glouster
Robert Johnson
Nelsonville
Joan Ruth
Athens
Nancy
George Pocick
Cora Brown
Jerry Leddy
Millfield
George Mail
John Pedigo
Grace Brill
Stewart
Glenice Lenigar
Sesqui plans rescheduled for McArthur event
McArthur Vinton County Sesquicentennial celebration postponed from Labor Day weekend due to polio scare. Committee limited observance to a religious service Sunday Oct 11 at 7 30 p m in the McArthur school auditorium with Rev Charles Harris, chaplain at the Boys Industrial School, as principal speaker.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
McArthur School
Charles Harris
Boys Industrial School
Athens Countians in California Gold Rush Saga
The article recalls Samuel McCune a pioneer Athens Countian who joined a 1851 expedition to California. He faced capture by Panamanian authorities, a six year prison ordeal with Indians, perilous sea voyage, and later mining ventures before years of wandering ending with his death in Idaho under the name George W. Horace.
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H. Harris
Athens County
California
McCune
Morrison-Brown Hill
Pomeroy
Samuel McCune
America
John Russell McCune
Y. Richland Ave
Athens
John R. McCune
Lancaster St
Martha Pilcher
John K. McCune
Pacific Northwest
Panama
George W. Horace
Idaho
Pleasanton
William Stedman
Pacific Coast
Ohio River
Kingstown
Jamaica
Finsterwald
Hull
San Francisco
Carr
Atheny
Salt Lake City
George M. Horace
Support of Day Drive Urged
A proclamation by May or Peter B. Seel for Conrath Bean Chapter 37 Disabled American Veterans urged community support for the Forget-Me-Not drive to be held Friday and Saturday. The mayor praised the DAV for aiding disabled veterans and boosting community purchasing power through rehabilitation services.
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Peter B. Seel
Conrath Bean
Land Suit Sees Third Day in Route 56 Acquisition Case
Condemnation actions to acquire land west of Athens for Route 56 improvement moved into the third day in Common Pleas Court. Testimony continued in the state’s case against Lillie Millicon Collins Charles L Collins and Charles A Bolin. A special jury hears the proceedings as land owners challenge plans for a curve and slope at the West approach to the Prove River Bridge on Route 56.
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Athens
Common Pleas Court
Lillie Millicon Collins
Charles L. Collins
van Vorhes St
Charles A. Bolin
Hocking St
Prove River Bridge
Graveside rites held for Easterling infant in New Marshfield
Graveside services for the stillborn son of Mr and Mrs John Easterling were conducted Thursday morning at New Marshfield Cemetery by Rev Joe B Maffett. The infant was born Tuesday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survivors include the parents grandparents Allen Easterling and William Perry of Athens Route 2 and Mrs Sarah Easterling of Barberton plus J H Fierce and Mrs J H Fierce of Athens Route 2.
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New Marshfield Cemetery
Joe B. Maffett
John Easterling
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Allen Easterling
William Perry
Sarah Easterling
Barberton
J. H. Fierce
McArthur Serviceman Leaves for Hawaii
John Paw Riffle, son of Rev and Mrs Finner Riffle of McArthur, left San Diego for overseas duty aboard the U S S Rogers DDRS876. A Navy enlisted man, he joined three years ago and is expected to reach Pearl Harbor this week with an overseas assignment until about April 1.
Legion to Launch Membership Drive in 1954
K. T. Crossen Post American Legion will start its 1954 membership drive with a chill supper on October 7. Commander John Buck announced at a regular post meeting he also noted that Saturday’s Legion picnic at the fair grounds set attendance records and praised Owen Carmichael for organizing and serving the food.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Post
John Buck
Buck
Legion
Fairgrounds
Owen Carmichael
Personal Tax Deadline Extended to Sept 21
County Treasurer Lasch warns taxpayers who have not paid the second half of 1953 personal property taxes must pay by Sept 21 to avoid a 10 percent penalty. The extension moves the original Sept 20 deadline since it falls on a Sunday. Property taxes refer only to personal, not real estate, taxes.
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Fd Lasch
Lasch
Center Opens for OU Students During Freshmen Week
Ohio University prepares a three day open house for new students as 1500 freshmen arrive for Freshmen Week. The five story center will host tours for students and parents before its June dedication and public opening during the 1954 Sesquicentennial. Enrollment is expected to reach 4300 on campus with branch class sites in Portsmouth Zanesville and Chillicothe.
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Ohio University Center
Nial
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Chillicothe
Robert E. Mahn
YMCA
Tar Hollow
Laurelville
Area Bankers Attend Group Seven Conference at Belmont Hills
Four banking officials from Athens joined the annual Group Seven meeting of the Ohio Bankers Association at Belmont Hills Country Club near St. Clairsville. Speakers included Edison Hobstetter, detailing training for bank officers and a 1954 banking school at Ohio University. The district covers 12 southeastern counties including Athens and Belmont.
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Athens
Group Seven
Ohio Bankers Association
Belmont Hills Country Club
St. Clairsville
C. L. Beaty
Athens National Bank
C. G. O’bleness
R. C. Cook
The
Security Bank
D. E. Shrout
Bank of Athens
Ohio
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
State Association
Hobstetter
Ohio University
Nathan Howard Gist
New York
Belmont
Coshocton
Hocking
Guernsey
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Washington
Ohio University Hosts One Day Home Economics Meet
A one day workshop organized by the Ohio University School of Home Economics will be held Friday. Dr. Vivian Roberts announces topics on curriculum evaluation and a dual purpose curriculum for home and family living and professional careers. Guest speakers include Deans E J Taylor and George Starcher. Luncheon and buffet dinner hosted at Dr Roberts residence.
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Ohio University School of Home Economics
Vivian Roberts
E. J. Taylor
George Starcher
Roberts
OU Graduate Named As Band Instructor
Marietta welcomes Douglas P. Hess a Marietta native and Ohio University graduate named instructor of the Marietta College Band Hess earned a bachelor of science in education and studied at Ohio University before returning home to teach at the college
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Marietta
Douglas P. Hess
Ohio University
Marietta College
Hess
VFW to Meet at Floyd Bolin Post Home
Veterans of Foreign Wars unit will gather Friday at 8 p.m. at the Floyd Bolin Post home on E State and Home Street. Refreshments will be served.
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VFW
Floyd Bolin Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. State At
Home Street
Hunting Turnout Normal After First Day
On opening day of the squirrel season in Vinton County a normal hunting turnout was reported. Game Protector Robert Guilkey found medium hunting pressure, checked seven hunters in the morning, and counted ten squirrels. He noted a fair population of squirrels based on reliable signs.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Robert Guilkey
Guilkey
Nazarene church leader attends Columbus planning meeting
The Rev. Drell H. Goff spent Tuesday at the Central Ohio District Headquarters in Columbus for an all day district planning and program meeting of the Church of the Nazarene.
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Drell H. Goff
Columbus
Central Ohio
Church of the Nazarene
Weather report shows 84 degree high and 41 low
The day started cool with a low of 41 and rose to 84 as ideal weather continued. Thursday brought a 39.5 low and a 65 degree reading by 9 am with a bright sunny sky and dry conditions.
Columbus driver fined for passing in hazardous zone
Robert Spaeth, 29, Columbus, was fined $10 and costs by Logan Mayor Roger Friend on Wednesday for passing in a hazardous zone, as reported by the State Highway Patrol.
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Columbus
Robert Spaeth
Logan
Roger Friend
State Highway Patrol
DeMolay Meeting Set at Athens Masonic Temple
Athens Chapter of the De Molay will hold a Thursday evening gathering at the Masonic Temple. A closed 6:30 p m session precedes officer installation at 7 p m open to the public with refreshments served.
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Athens
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
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