125 Names Drawn For May Term Jury Duty In Athens County
A list of 125 Athens County residents was drawn for potential grand and petit jury service for the May term. The grand jury includes 25 names from Athens Millfield Chauncey Glouster The Plains and other towns. the petit jury list contains 100 names grouped by home routes and towns such as Athens Glouster Nelsonville Amesville Albany Chauncey Jacksonville and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis LaVelle Cross
Lucille E. Sayre
Elizabeth J. Carr
Gilbert H. Hooper
Homer E. Higgins
Athens
Marguerite House
Wendell Wright
John T. Cox
Leonard Linscott
Hugh McCune
Millfield
Ray Pidcock
Francis Crab
Glouster
Tom Wilson
Nelsonville
Theodore Ahls
Amesville
Charles E. Kelley
Guysville
Vivian Moore
the Plains
Edward Conley
Local Insurance Agents List in Nelsonville and Glouster
A compiled listing of insurance firms and agents including Donald K. Barstow C. B. Dillon D. M. Goddard Houck Reed Inc Earl F. Mathews Inc and C M Gill Co Murphey Ins Agency Dwight H Rutherford Peter B Seel Agency Joseph Seiple Oakley Ins Agency The Saltz Ins Agency in Nelsonville and Glouster Ohio plus Richard Guinther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald K. Barstow
C. B. Dillon
D. M. Goddard
Houck & Reed, Inc
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
C. M. Gill and Co
Murphey Ins
Dwight H. Rutherford
Peter B. Seel
Joseph Seiple
Weather shifts after warm Easter as showers ease
An abrupt weather change follows warm Easter days. At 9 a.m. in Athens the temperature stood at 43, up two degrees from dawn. Easter Sunday temps ranged 65 to 76 with light rain totaling .04 inches after a weekend deluge of 1.02 inches. Rural Hamley Run shows weekend rainfall at .39 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Athens
Hamley Run
Widow of ex teacher dies Sunday in Marietta
Marietta Mrs A J Gould of Cutler died at Memorial Hospital Sunday widow of Athens County music teacher A J Gould. She was born in Mason County West Virginia and lived in Athens for years. Survived by 10 children 44 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 3 pm at Doudna and McClure funeral home. Burial Bartlett Cemetery. Flowers omitted.
Currier St Resident Dies at 64 in Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. Bessie Steinmetz of 16 Currier Street died Saturday night after a brief illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by husband Oliver and son William Hahn of Athens, she leaves a brother Clarence Bolin of Athens Route 5. Two sons Howard and Arthur preceded her in death. Funeral services Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Jagers and Sons with the Rev. Gilbert Courtney. burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Steinmetz
Currier St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Gilbert Courtney
West Union Street
Car plunges 75 foot embankment. train hits wreckage
A car plunged over a 75 foot embankment and crashed onto railroad tracks. Seconds later a Missouri Pacific train struck the wreckage, causing a deadly impact and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crash Pacific, Mo
Missouri Pacific
Weekend Manhunt Nets Athens County Fugitive
James F. Koons, 35, of Trimble, surrendered to deputies at his parents home after a three day search by Athens County Sheriff’s deputies and local officers. Koons had been wanted for burglary since March and admitted staying in several homes around Trimble including the Sayre and Baker residences before his capture. He pleaded guilty to burglary in Trimble and was bound to the grand jury on $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Sheriff Shields
Eugene J. Goldsberry
Koons
Shields
Welling
Trimble
Roy Russell
Charles Baker
Pierpoint’s
Redtown
Dean Mason
Federal
Morgan County
Baker
Max Valkinburg
Mason
S. A. McConnell
Teachers May Improve Skill At OU Laboratory
Ohio University College of Education hosts a reading laboratory for teachers to train as reading specialists through clinical therapy and diagnosis courses. Primary school testing, remedial tutoring, consultation on reading programs, and university services are offered in a staffed facility with multiple rooms. An open house on April 29 will showcase the new education building.
Servicemen Return from Short Leaves and Appointments
Sp4 Donald B. Shafer has returned to Ft Hood Texas after a 15 day furlough with his parents. He serves with Headquarters Company 2nd Medium Tank Battalion 35th Armored and is a noncommissioned officer training aide. Sp4 Billy J. Jones 22, wife Linda of Zanesville drives jeep with the 4th Armored Division at Grafenwohr Hohenfels training area in Germany. Jones enlisted September 1958, basic at Fort Hood and arrived overseas last April. Pfc James A. Martin wife Lucille lives on Athens Route 2, with the 8th Division 26th Infantry aiding European rifle and pistol matches in Grafenwhr Germany. He is a truck driver with Company C Baumholder, enlisted September 1958, basic at Fort Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Hood
Tex
T. W. Shafer
Kurtz Ave
35Th Armored
Billy J. Jones
Linda
Zanesville
4Th Armored Division
Grafenwehr- Hohenfels
Germany
Jones
Fort Hood
Athens High School
Bert M. Jones
Morris Ave
James A. Martin
Lucille
Athens
Grafenwhor
Baumholder
Fort Riley
Kan
Surgery Planned After Disking Mishap
Billy Cooper aged 12 from Millfield Route 1 is in Children's Hospital Columbus for surgery on his left leg after a disk barrow he operated cut him. The accident happened Thursday on his grandparents farm noted as Millfield Route One. Billy is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Cooper and attends Ames Bern School in sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Cooper
Millfield
Children’s Hospital, Columbus
Fred Keirns
Billy
Fred Cooper
Ames-Bern School
Easter Emergencies Prompt Fire Crews to Two Calls
City firemen answered two Sunday calls. Harry Beckler, 79, of 35 Morris Ave, was taken ill and carried to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Catherine Delargy, 57, of 11 S High St, had fainted but had recovered before the crew arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Beckler
Morris Ave
Beckler
Washing Machine Motor Catches Fire
An overtaxed washing machine motor caught fire Monday morning in the home of Robert Gibbs at 73 S May Ave drawing the fire department. Cellar was smoky but motor suffered only slight damage. On Saturday evening a burning sofa at Miss Edna Goodman’s trailer home at 452 Richland Ave prompted firemen to remove the sofa before extinguishing the blaze with a soda acid extinguisher. Damage estimated at 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gibbs
S. May Ave
Edna Goodman
Richland Ave
Two Fined In Quiet Court
Judge John F. Newcomb imposed two traffic fines in a quiet Municipal Court session. Charles W. Gross, 78, of 223 State Street, pleaded guilty to failing to stop at a traffic light and was fined five dollars plus costs. Albert E. Bookover, 51, Columbus, construction worker on the Mechanicsburg sewer, paid ten dollars plus costs for driving with expired license plates. He pleaded guilty to a state highway patrol charge. Russell N. Baird, 37, of 49 Madison Avenue, cited by the patrol for failure to stop at an intersection, pleaded innocent. A preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Gross
E. State St
Albert E. Bookover
Columbus
Mechanicsburg
State Highway Patrol
Russell N. Baird
Madison Ave
Divorce Petition Filed In Common Pleas Court
June Smith of Athens Route 4 files for divorce from Raymond Smith in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and requesting custody of seven minor children. The couple married March 2, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
June Smith
Athens Route 4
Raymond Smith
J G Hibbard Native of Athens Dies in Minneapolis
John G. Hibbard 61 died at his Minneapolis home after a life as Prudential Life Insurance district manager. A Athens native and Ohio University graduate, he was Phi Delta Theta member, husband of Isabel McCann, with funeral Thursday at Hadley funeral home Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Hibbard
Minneapolis
Athens
Ohio University
Hibbard
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Phi Delta ‘Theta Fraternity
Pete Hibbard
Earl
Isabel McCann
Beverly
Nelsonville High School
Hadley Funeral Home
Marietta
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Anthony Contino of Athens welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Charles Buckley of Albany deliver a son. Admitted to hospital: Harry Beckler of Athens, Mrs Wade Jarvis of Athens, Mrs Ernest Barrows of Albany Route 1. Discharged: Mrs George Sheeter of Athens and her son, Mrs Arthur Mutter of Athens and her son. Blood used two pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Contino
Athens
Charles Buckley
Albany
Harry Beckler
Wade Jarvis
Ernest Barrows
George Sheeter
Arthur Mutter
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Tree
Chauncey
Ruth Powell
Richard Gardner
Jacksonville
D. C
Bernice Bingman
Lawrence Graves
Earl Funk
Winnie Palmer
Delbert Hayes
George F. Rutkoskie
John P. Donoven
Gordon Liggett
Mildred M. Bean
Derwood Cradlebaugh
Harold S. Douglas
Karl K. Rose
Paul F. Edgar
Frank E. Foster
Don
Ald D. Rosser
Larry A. Goldsberry
Henry Crow
Herbert Rast
Harold T. Konkler
Brandon T. Grover, Jr
Clara D. Johnson
Ruth Crumrine
Harold E. Whaley
Robert C. Chute
Harley Wakefield
Bernard Kinsel
Allen Stage
Arthur Rhorick
Reid McBride
J. H. Porter
John F. Davis
Kenneth W. Davis
Raymond Augustine
Conrad Hill
Charles McAfee
Leo W. Hixon
Albert Everett
Richard Evener
Owen Stotts
William Harmon
Louise Beckett
Betty Clifford
Phil Hess
Richard Grim
Jack C. Gilbert
Falah Wilson
Freda Strohmeyer
Ruth Docie
Louise Keith
James T. Dennison
Owen Ley
Holly Rogers
Mary Savel
Grace Mingus
Pearl Wright
Rosetta Townley
Clarence Stewart
Tom Galvin
Rita Woody
Carl Dusky
James Pitts
Hazel Coon
Leslie Dawson
Margaret Ong
Ruth Hartman
Clarence Stage
Jennie Byers
Edward Chesser
Kitty Porter
B. H. Moorehead
Eldon Bolin
Gene French
Buchtel
Clarence Wood
Ruth Russell
Ruth Patton
Coolville
Pearl Castle
Ray Blake
Arthur Marshall
Marguerite Burdette
Roy L. Sehull
Ann Simonton
Martha Hunter
Doris Cunningham
Frost
Earl Coen
Marion FE
Kim
Nellie Swisher
Francis Tippie Millfield
Mary McCune
Mineral
Jane Sw
Athens Messenger
Holiness Church
Stewart, Ohio
Ben Pugh
David Lyons
Athens, Ohio
Nelsonville, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Richard Guinther
The
Athens County Savings
Masonic Temple
Union & Court Sts
P. G. Chapman
Carl Welling
Sam Buffington
Hooper Ridge
Route 13
Mill
Field
Brush
College of Education
Donald B. Shafer
Mac
Thrifty Store
W. State St
John F. Newcomb
Municipal Court
General Insurance
Murphey
Jessie W. Ley
Mgr
Court
RADIO
N. Court ST. PH. LY
J.G. Hibbard
Swearingen
W. Union
Ph. LY
Western Union
Ohlo
eAuto
Pemdbvat
Houck & Reed, Inc. Insurance Service
Dial LY
O. G. Houck
Don Reed
W. Washington St
Tussy
Ber Tussy
Colma
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