Hotel Berry Sells to Californian. Athens Hosts New Manager
The Hotel Berry in Athens changes hands with a leasehold sale of about 300000 dollars. Jack Claxton of Long Beach California takes over Friday replacing Dave Quarles who has run the hotel for 80 years under a 20 year lease. The 85 room hostelry, started in 1892 by E. C. Berry, has long served traveling salesmen in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Athens
Jack Claxton
Long Beach
Calif
Dave Quarles
Quarles
Fred R. Beasley
Claxton
Los Angeles
Kansas City
E. C. Berry
Vermont
Union City
Tenn
Wave Excess Report for Social Security Recipients
Social Security Administration urges beneficiaries to notify district offices if earnings will exceed 1200 dollars a year. Many do not report until reaching the limit, causing overpayments to be returned. Earning above 1200 annually may withhold one or more months of benefits through age 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
SSA
Bonds Forfeited In Wrong Way Driver Case
Three more individuals forfeited $5 bonds in Municipal Court tied to a Palmer Street wrong way drive incident. Emily McConkey Gerald Lee Glass and Gordon Liggett surrendered bonds. another set on Thursday saw seven people either forfeit bonds or enter guilty pleas and pay $5 fines with costs suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Street
Emily McConkey
Spring St
Gerald Lee Glass
Gordon Liggett
Mill
Athens High Band to Be Measured for New Uniforms
Athens High School band members will be measured for new uniforms Tuesday morning at 9.00 in the AHS band room per director Thomas Stubbs. Those absent must leave their measurements with the director. the band’s first practice is set for 9 a.m. Monday August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Thomas Stubbs
AHS
Stubbs
Fireman Resigns Post To Join Gas Company
Weldon T. Rupe resigns from the Athens fire department effective Thursday to join the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Fire Chief Charles Dalton says Rupe was provisional since May 1 and failed the civil service exam to establish an eligibility list. A replacement will be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon T. Rupe
Athens Fire Department
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Charles Dalton
Rupe
Dalton
Palmer St Woman Dies in Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. Fred Mathews, 59, of 25 Palmer Street, died Friday morning after a brief illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by husband, brother Harold Linscott of Columbus, and four sisters in Columbus Shawnee Okla Athens. Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Jagers and Sons funeral home. services Sunday at 2 p.m. Burial in Hooper Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mathews
Palmer St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jagers and Sons
Hooper Ridge Cemetery
Resident of Chauncey Dies at 80 in Hospital
Mrs. Gertrude Grandstaff 80 of Chauncey died Friday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital two weeks after a fall fractured her hip at home. Widow of Fred Grandstaff who died in 1945 she lived alone on Mill Street. Arrangements are by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Grandstaff
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chauncey
Fred Grandstaff
Mill St
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Writer Held For Grand Jury Action
Owen Brooks of Athens Route 5 was ordered held for the grand jury under 500 dollars after pleading innocent Friday in Municipal Court to issuing a check without sufficient funds. He was arraigned on a warrant by A H Carpenter of Carpenter Hardware Co who accused Brooks of writing a 61.50 dollar check on July 3 that the bank returned marked insufficient funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Brooks
Athens
A. H. Carpenter
Carpenter Hardware Co
Owens
Ballard Divorce Filed Over Cruelty Custody Fight
Alice C Ballard sues William A Ballard in Common Pleas Court for divorce and child custody alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect. The couple married Oct 16 1952 at The Plains and have one child. custody sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Alice C. Ballard
William A. Ballard
Coolville
the Plains
Armed Bandit Holdup Baffles City Police Authorities
Road blocks by city police, the sheriff, and the State Highway Patrol failed to find the gunman. Two men were questioned and released. Western Union traced 15 ten dollar travelers checks and 19 twenty dollar checks missing, with about 125 dollars in bills and 20 to 25 dollars in change taken. Edward Krems, Western Union district manager, stayed to review records and help determine the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Office
State Highway Patrol
Western Union
Edward Krems
Western Union District
Polio Chapter Expands Health Work Beyond Polio
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis plans broader efforts beyond polio. Basil O'Connor outlined expanded work in arthritis birth defects and nervous system disorders at Columbus. Athens County chapter leaders Mrs. Wilson Baker and Mrs. Bob F. Yaw noted ongoing polio patient aid while building capacity for new programs subject to public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Columbus
Basil O’connor
Wilson Baker
Foundation
Athens County
Bob F. Yaw
O’connor
Baker
Rabies Meeting Set by Amesville 4-H Club
The Amesville 4-H Club plans a Monday 8 p.m. program at the Presbyterian Church on rabies and stray dog control in Athens County. Ed Sheridan says the event features health officials and County Dog Warden Harry Van Dyke with Dr. J. M. Bratton commenting on the rabies issue and a proposed dog vaccination clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ames Ville
Presbyterian Church
Ed Sheridan
Amesville
Ohio
Harry van Dyke
J. M. Bratton
van Dyke
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Ross Tippie of Athens Route 1 and Okey Mayle of Athens were fined $10 and costs by Albany Mayor Roy Walsh and Chauncey Mayor Charles Wadley on a State Highway Patrol charge of driving left of center. Tippie’s arrest followed a July 20 Route 33 crash injuring eight people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Tippie
Athens
Albany
Roy Walsh
Tippie
Okey Mayle
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Evan Frame Rites Planned for Saturday
Evan Frame 92 died Thursday morning at the home of Leslie Halbirt on Athens Route 4. Friends may call at Jagers and Sons funeral home with services Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Lewis Roberts. Burial will be in West Union St. Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Frame
Leslie Halbirt
Athens
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Lewis Roberts
West Union St
Court Grants Divorce Porce to Huseand
James Vernon Walls received a divorce on his cross petition in the Common Pleas Court. Ruth Walls had filed for divorce. her petition was dismissed. The marriage began November 5, 1950. The court awarded three minor children to Ruth Walls with the husband to pay partial child support and custody arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Vernon Walls
Ruth Walls
Common Pleas Court
Hines Divorce Action Cited in Common Pleas Court
Jack K. Hines files divorce action against Ruth J. Hines of Athens citing gross neglect. The couple married July 3, 1954 at St Marys West Virginia and have one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Jack K. Hines
Ruth J. Hines
Athens
St. Marys
W. Va
Richard Henderson Fined for Crossing Yellow Line
Richard Henderson aged 58 of 14 N High St pled guilty in Municipal Court to a State Highway Patrol charge of passing over the yellow line and was fined 15 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Henderson
N. High St
Pastor Charnley Enrolled in Garrett Institute Summer Session
EVANSTON Ill Reverend James C Charnley pastor of Central Ave Methodist Church Athens is enrolled in the second summer session at Garrett Biblical Institute He is a Wheaton College and North Park Theological Seminary graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
James C. Charnley
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Athens
Garrett Biblical Institute
Wheaton College
North Park Theological Seminary
Wettest July in 62 years dampens Athens area weather
U S Observer C L Colmer reports July total rainfall 10.59 inches, near all time highs but shy of May 1933’s 10.64 inches. Hamley Run totals 9.31 inches, with highs around 86 and 68 in the mornings. Forecasters warn of more rain in August as river levels fall and improve slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Athens
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hamley Run
Four Enlist In Air Force From Athens Area
Four Athens area men enlisted in the Air Force during July per S Sgt. Ronald Miller. Re-enlistee A 1C William W Switzer, son of Lewis and Mary Switzer, is bound for a four year term at Columbus AFB Mississippi. The others Larry Loudner Deanville. Charles Malpas Glouster Route 3. and George Black Laurelville Route 2 were transferred for basic training to Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Area
Air Force
Ronald Miller
Andrew Loudner
Deanville
Buchtel High School
Charles Edward Malpas
Clarence Edward Malpas
Glouster
Trimble Township High School
George R. Black
Laurelville
Laurelville High School
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Texas
Birth at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Morristown
Mr and Mrs Richard Stanley, Morristown, welcome a daughter. Dismissed patients include Georgia Antle Millfield Route Morris Hatch Athens Marvin Snow Athens Route 4 Mrs Alvina Farabee Athens Mrs Robert Smith Athens Route 5 and son Leslie Coon Jr Athens. Blood used two pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stanley
Morristown
Georgia Antle
Millfield
Morris Hatch
Athens
Marvin Snow
Alvina Farabee
Robert Smith
Leslie Coon, Jr
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Present
Larry R. Mace
Dwight Mace
Carbondale
Navy
Mace
Waterloo High School
F. D. Roosevelt
Charleston
S.C
ED van Dyke
Buckeye
N. Court St
Athens Wine & Beer
West Union
Creedow
SMTA
Hocking, Athens
Fairfield Counties
Keller & Weltner Monument Co
John N. Eberst
Robert Liggett
Lincoln St
W. Hunter Sr
Logan, Ohio
Armed Bandit
Porce
Gross Meelert
Fey
Dry Cleaners
Colmer
Hocking
Commonwealth
Beasley's & Mathews
Custom
East
Carpenter St
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