Primary Vote Boards Cut In Athens Glouster
Four workers assigned to each precinct in Athens and Glouster for the May primary, down from six as economy and single party contests limit needs. Athens rejects GOP contests while Glouster sole Democratic ticket. Nelsonville maintains full six per precinct. Voting hours 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m. absentees deadlines set. Polling places listed by ward and precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Glouster
Ray Bobo
County Board of Elections
Nelsonvile
Bobo
Central School
Armory
Central Ave
N. Lancaster St
Courthouse
Mechanicsburg
City Hall
Music Hall
East Side
E. State St
Kamentos
High St
Town
Swartz
Nelsonville
Legion Hall
Figgins
Adams St
Christian Church
YMCA
Presbyterian Church
City
Methodist Church
Town House
Tignor
Poplar St
Dixon
Fourth St
AHS Girls Chorus Wins Top State Rating
Athens High School choir directed by Joyce Rucker earned a superior rating at the state final auditions held at Ohio State University. The chorus also earned a top rating at the district level last month, with members across seniors juniors and sophomores receiving high marks from three judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AHS Girls’ Chorus
Athens High School
Joyce Rucker
Ohio State University
Carolyn Bricker
Weltha Clark
Judy Ferguson
Joan Garber
Cecily Jukes
Linda Lynn
Lelia Roberts
Joyce Shull
Lynn Tedrick
Ellie Thackery
Sharon Wallace
Mary Cox
Judy Dickens
Louise Dodds
Tessie Frum
Kay Haddox
Linda Holland
Carolyn Hooper
Sue Hooper
Marie Kirchner
Phyllis Lenigar
Lease Suit Is Settled In Common Pleas Court
Esther G. Robinson sued Reba Shafer Seltz the Reba Shafer Corp. and Thomas J. Adams over a 14 S. Court St. lease now occupied by Tops Cleaners. The Reba Shafer entity pays Robinson 2600 through May 31 and 100 monthly June 1 to Aug 31 1960 with the lease ending then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Esther G. Robinson
Reba Shafer Seltz
Reba Shafer Corp
Thomas J. Adams
S. Court St
Tops Cleaners
Adams
Divorces Granted In Common Pleas Court
In Common Pleas Court Helen Cox and Gladys Lamoreaux were granted divorces from James Cox and Frank Lamoreaux respectively. Cox marriage began May 29 1949 in Athens with custody of three minor children awarded to the plaintiff. Lamoreaux marriage began April 30 1953 in Athens with no children listed and charges of extreme cruelty and gross neglect in the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Cox
Gladys Lamoreaux
Common Pleas Court
James Cox
Frank Lamoreaux
Cox
Athens
Lamoreaux
Fellowship Awarded to Mrs. Ivanue Ryan for Summer Study
Mrs. Ivanue Ryan of Athens Route 1 has won a six week American Studies Fellowship to Abilene Christian College 1959 Summer School. One of 55 fellows, she will study June 2 to July 10 with tuition, board, room, and fees covered. Fellowships total 100 teachers that year, funded by the Coe Foundation and the Texas Educational Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanue Ryan
Athens Route 1
Abilene Christian College
Coe Foundation of
New York City
Texas Educational Association of Fort Worth
Athens County Land Transfers Gauged Across Multiple Parcels
A list of Athens County property transfers shows numerous buyers and sellers including Clarence C. Meek, Bessmer, to Joseph John Wagner for 0.44 acres. Winfield Alva Lewis from Charles Edgar Greene. and Roy Noland from Nelsonville for 96 acres. Other consignors include Sidney V. Everett to Roy Noland, Inlet entries, and transfers involving Virgil C. Stanley Inlet 647, plus multiple inlets and acreages for Oakley, Dewhurst, Summers, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence C. Meek
Athens County
Joseph John Wagner
Bessmer
Charles Edgar Greene
Columbus
Winfield Alva Lewis
Nelsonville
Sidney V. Everett
Et al
Roy Noland
Ames
Raymond C. Holland
Athens
Virgil C. Stanley
Inlet
Richard Gene Anderson
James Max Dewhurst
Francis Lavelle
Harry R. Barstow
Victor R. Oakley
Joseph Toczik
Trimble
D. L. Keffer
James T. Shipman
L. E. Yoho
Earl L. Nye
William D. Herron
Newark
N. J
Frank L. Bellows
Glen Blake
Troy
Hazel Hershman
George W. Berg
Hollis Summers
Fred R. Hampton
Local listings of residents and employment statuses
Louis Harlan Thompson 29 of Athens works for Nye's Volkswagen. Cecile Jean Cain 19 of Albany Route 3 McBee is an employee. John E. Pierpoint 55 of Glouster Route 3 is a storekeeper and Flossie F Hoisington 53 of Glouster Route 3 is unemployed. Charles Robert Glover 21 of Athens is a construction worker and Sally Jean Hamer 19 of Athens is unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harlan Thompson
Athens
GE Official OU Alum speaks at OU engineering building
Richard L. Shetler general manager of GE defense systems in Syracuse will address the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers at 7 30 p m Tuesday in room 118 of OU's Engineering Building He is a 1943 electrical engineering graduate and oversees radio command guidance for the Air Force Atlas ICBM He holds a patent on sensitivity time control circuitry and participates in IAE Air Force Association and American Ordnance Association
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Shetler
General Electric Co
Defense Systems Department
Syracuse
N. Y
Ohio University
Engineering
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
The
Institute & Radio Engineers
U. S
IAE
Air Force Association
American Ordnance Association
Ground breaks for New Marshfield Church of Christ
Mrs Janet Russell 76 oldest member turns first shovel to mark ground for the New Marshfield Church of Christ on Route 56. About 100 people witness the ceremony as construction to start this week, with a one floor brick structure replacing the old wooden church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Russell
Marshfield Church
Russell
Reece McGoldrick
Walter Jones
Delores Beal
McGoldrick
Addi
Kiwanis Leader Addresses Circle K Convention in Athens
Circle K International counselor Clum Bucher spoke to over 60 delegates at the Ohio District convention banquet in Athens. He urged youth to combine talent with social influence and service through Circle K or Kiwanis. Two area college students were elected to district posts Earl Dun as treasurer and Norman Weber as lieutenant governor of Southern Ohio. The Ohio district clubs attended included Rio Grande Bowling Green Capital Sinclair Ohio Wesleyan Ashland Wilmington Case Center of Kent State. Next year the convention moves to Capital University in Columbus.
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Clum Bucher
Circle K International
Kiwanis International
Ohio
Circle K
Kiwanis
Athens
United States
Bucher
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earl Dun
OU Club
Norman Weber
Rio Grande College
Southern
Dun
College of Commerce
OU Finance Club
Circle K Club
Weber
Rio Grande
Bowling Green
Capital
Sinclair College
Dayton
Ohio Wesleyan
Ashland
Wilmington
Case Institute of Technology
Ashtabula
Kent State University
Albany Driver Fined Twice By Mayors
An Albany driver arrested by the State Highway Patrol for an unsafe vehicle was cited the next day for driving while intoxicated. In a Route 13 crash the driver faced Mayor Wilbur Balderson who fined him 125 dollars plus costs and six days in jail. Earlier Mayor Charles Wadley fined him 20 dollars and costs for the Friday charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Highway Patrol
Glouster
Wilbur Balderson
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Suit Filed In Common Pleas Court Over $1692 Payment
Rish Equipment Co of Columbus sues Ken Kirkendall of Nelsonville in Common Pleas Court seeking 1692.52 dollars plus interest from April 16 on a three to four year purchase of various equipment from the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Rish Equipment Co
Columbus
Ken Kirkendall
Nelsonville
Spring Feeder Calf Sale Set Wednesday at Ath ens Barn
A spring feeder calf sale is scheduled for Wednesday at the Ath ens Livestock Sales barn on Route 50 as part of the regular auction. Buyers and farmers seeking to bring calves should contact manager James Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Route 50
James Woods
TV Teaching Course Set at Ohio University
A new five week summer course at Ohio University teaches instructional methods in educational television. Led by Vincent Jukes and Russell Milliken, the program uses a modern studio to train teachers as producers directors and cameramen. It runs June 15 to July 17 with observation, participation, and closed circuit monitoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Vincent Jukes
Russell A. Milliken
Milliken
Jukes
Ohio U
Stairs Fall Fatal To Ex Resident In Columbus
Funeral services planned Tuesday in Columbus for former Athens resident Charles Calentine 34 found dead Saturday at his home 1090 E Rich St. He fell down basement stairs causing a skull fracture. Survived by wife Thelma and four children, plus father Harvey and sister Mrs. Virgil Walraven and four brothers. Services at 2 p m Tuesday at Fiel Funeral Home. Burial East Lawn Cemetery.
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Columbus
Athens
E. Rich St. Charles CC
Calentine
Korea
Thelma
Karen
Peggy
Ronald
Harvey
Virgil Walraven
Clifford
Twinsburg
Frederick
Chicago
John
Akron
Robert
Jonesboro
Ark
Fiel Funeral
King Ave
East Lawn Cemetery
Partition Suit Filed Over Dover Township Lands
Allen H Boudinot files in Common Pleas Court a partition petition against Goldie Corwin Lillian G Boudinot Jeannine Wolfe Jeanne Gilrean. He seeks partition of four parcels totaling about 125 acres with third interests for each party and sale if partition is impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Allen H. Boudinot
Goldie M. Corwin
Lillian G
Allen Boudinot
Jeannine Marie Wolfe
Jeanne Louise Gilrean
Dover Township
Goldie Corwin
Johnsons Welcome Son at Athens Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Johnson Jr of Athens welcome a son born at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Other admissions include Daniel Hill Clarence Biggins Pearl Ely and Clara Bail with addresses in Athens Mineral Glouster and Guysville. Discharges include Mrs James Phelan and several Athens residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson, Jr
Athens
Daniel Hill
Clarence Biggins
Pearl Ely
Mineral
Beryl Ashcraft
Guysville
Patrick Bulstrom
Glouster
Clara Bail
Downpour Hits Athens After Threatening Weather
An April downpour struck Athens Monday around 10 a.m. bringing .41 inches of rain in under thirty minutes. The temperature fell six degrees to 58 as the shower continued, with earlier readings in Hamley Run at 54 and 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Mercury
Hamley Run
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Quilon
Mac
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W. State
DuPont
Famous
Avard
Alden
Alden Rug. Co
East State St
Teleph
Richard Shetler
Church of Christ
James Horner
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bishopville
Utica
Greenfield
Marietta
Miles Hoon
Dave Phillip
Earl Stiff
Horner
Shelbyville
Donald Kasler
Gerald Stemm
Norman Hatch
New Marshfield
Miller Anderson Swimming Pool CO
West 5Th Ave
Columbus, Ohio
Bob Bartels
Oadis Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James Phelan
Dana Loomis
Tom Weihe
Jessie Williams
Mary Ellen Huffman
Edna Whiteman
Uw Moore
Moore
Benjamin
Kerr - Hunter
Rdware CO
Auto Club
Travel
Hotel! Berry
General Insurance
Murphey
Insurance Agency
Jessie W. Ley
Mgr
M&w
S. Court
Swearingen
Rovinia
Fonograf
North Court Street
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