Boy Scouts Promote Nonpartisan Get Out the Vote Drive
The Hocking district officials outlined a nationwide nonpartisan Get Out the Vote campaign in cooperation with Freedoms Foundation. Scouts will distribute door hanger signs on November 1 and receive George Washington medals for participation.
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Boy Scouts
Hock-Hocking
Ohio University Engineering
E. J. Taylor
D. D. Montoya
Scouts’ National Council
Freedoms Foundation
First Presbyterian Church
James Markle
Dean Taylor
Ohio University
Richard Atkins
Charges Dismissed In Jacksonville Assault Case
Claude Weldon, 51, of Jacksonville, faced assault and battery charges after Grace Weldon claimed he kicked her. He entered an innocent plea and the complaint was later withdrawn in May or's court.
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Mayor’s Court
Claude Weldon
Jacksonville
Grace Weldon
Bean Supper At Coolville Set By GOP
A bean supper will be held at the Carthage-Troy school in Coolville on Tuesday October 7 at 6 p.m. sponsored by the Athens County Women’s Republican Club with Coolville residents and county candidates. Rep. Thomas A Jenkins will be the principal speaker. Attendees are asked to bring a pie.
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Coolville
Athens County Women’s Republican Club
W. H. Wakefield
Thomas A. Jenkins
Carthage-Troy
Walter King
Ed Daugherty
Charles Bentz
John Aiken
Hal Chapman
Clyde Parrish
Helen Chapman
Hazel Parrish
Inez Bentz
Gladys Aiken
Lois Daugherty
May King
Ella Tipton
Mary Belle Cody
Paulette White
Lucile Davis
Vere Davis
Marie Root
Cora Daugherty
Ella Friend
Jessie Wines
Luella Norman
Lucy Davis
Republicans Open Office in Athens County HQ
The Athens County Republican Party will open headquarters Monday at 15 N Court St. County Chairman Ray Bobo said the party will maintain the offices in rooms formerly occupied by the Robinson Brothers Annex until election time. Party literature and information will be available.
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Athens County
Republican Party
N. Court St
Ray Bobo
Robinson Brothers
Man Finds $300 in Backyard Pipe Buried by Bates
In Ashtabula John C. Bates reports digging a pipeline trench in his yard when he found a canister containing $300. Police were alerted and the money’s ownership details were to be investigated.
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Ashtabula
John C. Bates
Bloodmobile seeks 100 more donors for Athens visit
Mrs. B F Cutler, recruitment chairwoman, says more than 100 registrations are needed for next week's Red Cross bloodmobile visits at the First Methodist Church. Nearly 200 have signed up for Monday and Tuesday, with about 125 more appointments required to meet daily quotas.
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Red Cross
B. F.cutler
Blood Center
Red Cross Office
Cutler
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Ohio University
Athens County
Three Cars Damaged in Freak Crash on Route 50 A
Three cars were damaged in a chain collision on Route 50 A near Sugar Creek when a westbound driver struck a tow chain being pulled by Flora Johnson and William Evener, dragging both into his vehicle. Karns was cited for speeding in a school zone and fined $10 plus costs. Evener fined $5 and costs for no white tow chain flag. Others faced fines in a separate event for muffler and passing violations.
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Sugar Creek
Flora E. Johnson
Athens
William R. Evener
Johnson
Sugar Creek School
John Henry Steinbrink
Carbon Hill
Logan
Roger Friend
Luther L. Hatfield
Mansfield
Lee
Two Drivers Fined After Police Arrests
Gladys M. North, 35, Athens Route 3, fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to unsafe operation of motor vehicles following a collision with a truck on E State St at Aaron Ned Nance, 29, Chillicothe, paid $25 and costs after his truck struck a car on E State St at Strathmore Blvd Wednesday night. Both affidavits filed by city police.
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Parsons
Peter B. Lee
Gladys M. North
Athens Route 3
E. State St
Aaron
Glouster Man Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary
Herman Thomas aged 35 of Glouster Route 3 began a sentence of one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary on a charge of shooting with intent to kill. Sheriff George Bateman escorted him to the prison this morning after a Common Pleas Court jury convicted him of firing at George Goodwin in a Glouster barroom on May 30.
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Herman Thomas
Glouster Route 3
Ohio Penitentiary
George Bateman
Thomas
Common Pleas Court
George Goodwin
Columbus
Glouster
Bids Opened for Construction of Athens County Children's Home Cottages
Athens County commissioners opened bids for three phases of cottage construction at the county children’s home. Five firms bid general work, four for plumbing, and three for electrical. Low general bid was H. W. Miller Construction Co. of Covington Kentucky at 176 600. Modern Plumbing Co. of Nelsonville bid 39 110 for plumbing and George Electric Co. of Ironton bid 11 000 for electrical work. Total law bids 225 710 under the 300 000 bond authorization. contracts likely awarded Monday after review by a citizen board.
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Athens County Children’s Home
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
H. W. Miller Construction Co
Covington
Miller
Ohio Uni
Versity
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Athens
Modern Plumbing Co
Nelsonville
George Electric Co
Ironton
W. J. Camlin Co
Newark
Geis Construction Co
Columbus
Joseph Skilken Co
C. B. Cash
Wisser and Gabler
Chillicothe
Geiger Brothers
Logan
Gosling Co
Lancaster
Electric - Lynchburg Electric Co
Lynchburg
Ohio
Conrath Electric Co
Servicemen News Highlights Local Graduates and Transfers
AA Jack Armstrong, son of Mr and Mrs. Rollo Armstrong Sharpsburg, enlisted in the Naval Air Force in February 1952 and has graduated from a Norman Oklahoma school then to Jacksonville Florida for further training. Cpl Landis D. Baker will rotate back to the United States from Japan. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Baker of Burgoon and a Heidelberg College graduate. Marine Sgt Eugene B. Ervin, 19, husband of Mrs. Margaret A. Ervin, has graduated from the NCO leadership school at Camp LeJeune. he was a Marine reservist employed by Athens Ice & Storage Co prior to active duty in 1951. Edward R. Burke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dolphus Burke of Carpenter, serves as machinist’s mate fireman aboard the USS Newman K. Berry with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. he is a Columbia High School graduate. Allen W. Gilkey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Gilkey, 39 First St., is in recruit training at Bainbridge Naval Training Center. Pvt Gerald W. Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. W J Phillips of Athens Route 1, recently graduated from the Army Engineer’s tractor-scraper operation school at Ft Leonard Wood. he entered the Army in May 1952.
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Jack Armstrong
Rollo Armstrong
Sharpsburg
Naval Air Force
Norman
Okla
Jacksonville
Fla
Ames-Berne
Cpl
Landis D. Baker
Elizabeth
N. Congress St
United States
Japan
Howard C. Baker
Burgoon
Heidelberg College
Ohio University
Eugene B. Ervin
Margaret A. Ervin
Lorene Ave
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Athens High School
Ervin
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Edward R. Burke
Dolphus Burke
Newman K. Berry
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Columbia High School
Allen W. Gilkey
Guy Gilkey
First St
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
Navy
Gerald W. Phillips
W. J. Phillips
Athens
Army Engineer's
Ft. Leonard Wood
Army
Temperature Surges in Athens Amid Growing Heat Trend
The thermometer hits 76 in Athens at 11 a.m. after a 33 degree rise from 6 a.m. While the sun shines, barometer falls and southerly winds hint at rain, welcomed by farmers tired of the dry spell. Earlier, readings at the Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Hamley Run plant peaked at 68 and 37 with a low of 36 and 53 noted later.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamley Run
Athens County Land Transfers
William Harrison Ford transfers real estate in Athens Township to Maynard Coates. Ernest P. Whitlatch transfers property in New Marsh field to Maude Lewellen. Mrs FE Hatfield transfers in Athens Township to Franz L Woodworth. Edna Steinmetz transfers in Lodi Township to Clarence Welsh. Norma Ervin transfers in Nelsonville to Don Robson. Frank Whaley transfers in Glouster to Homer Mecum in Franklin County.
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William Harrison Ford
Athens County
Maynard Coates
Athens Township
Ernest P. Whitlatch
Maude Lewellen
New Marshfield
FE. T. Hatfield
Franz L. Woodworth
Edna Steinmetz
Clarence Welsh
Lodi
Norma Ervin
Don Robson
Nelsonville
Frank Whaley
Homer Mecum
Franklin County
Glouster
Divorce Petition Filed in Common Pleas Court
Donald H. Nicholson filed for divorce from Delores G. Nicholson in Common Pleas Court via his next of friend Howard Nicholson. The petition cites gross neglect. the couple married on June 23, 1951 and have no children.
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Common Pleas Court
Donald H. Nicholson
Howard Nicholson
Delores G. Nicholson
N. McKinley Ave
Exams Announced for Federal Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announced examinations for junior agricultural assistants with salaries starting at 3410 a year. Applications and information may be obtained at the post office from local secretary F D Higgins.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
F.D. Higgins
Accidents Reported in Athens Three Minor Crashes
Athens police reported three traffic accidents on city streets with no injuries. A car owned by Fred Baker rolled from a parking spot on E Carpenter Street and struck Donald Shoenfelt’s parked auto, which hit a utility pole. Jeffers and Patterson collided on St Court Street while backing into a spot, and Laura Rosenberg’s car struck Robert Blower’s parked vehicle on Elmwood Place. Damage described as slight.
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Athens
E. Carpenter St
Fred Baker
Charles Clair Jeffers
Former Nelsonville Resident Mrs Pierce Dies at 70
Mrs Samuel Herbert Pierce about 70 died Thursday night at the home of her daughters Miss Eva Pierce and Mrs Sara Conkle 290 East Lane Avenue Columbus. She was a former resident of Nelsonville and Glouster. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Samuel (Herbert) Pierce
Eva Pierce
Sara Conkle
Lane Ave
Columbus
Pierce
Nelsonville
Glouster
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