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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1957
Page
6
Lana Jane Weber, a Brownie, arranges a Girl Scout Exhibit with guidance from Mrs. Thor Olson inside the fair’s exhibition building. The photo captures fair preparations as Ath ens County visitors arrive.
Disorderly conduct charges against Gene Perry 18 The Plains were dismissed by Judge John Newcomb after a Tuesday municipal court hearing. Perry denied the charge at arraignment and remained held on a 32 bond. Thelma McKibben Athens Route 2 filed the charge as part of a group of nearly a dozen witnesses recalling a July 30 hayride incident during which youths threw water balloons at riders from several cars.
A two year old Albany boy, Michael Slusher, was injured Tuesday evening when he ran into a truck on Carpenter Road. He was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital for a deep lip laceration and facial injuries and released. The driver, Dewey F. Cubbison, 58, Albany Route 2, was not charged.
The four day 106th Athens County Fair started with good weather and rising crowd hope. Activities include the Queen of the Furrow contest at 2 pm and WLW Midwestern Hayride at 8 pm, with exhibits by Grange groups FFA and 4 H in the Agriculture Hall. Senior and junior beef cattle judging begins at 1 pm and 5:30 pm respectively, plus Tilt a Whirl rides and Nebraska White Horse Troupe performances.
Orville S. Rucker of Gallipolis faced a recklessness charge after a Wednesday Municipal Court hearing. The court suspended imposition and placed him on 50 days probation for driving an ambulance through Athens with siren on and allegedly speeding toward the Southeastern Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital while returning a patient from a funeral. Claude Miller, owner of the ambulance, accompanied Rucker.
Birth notices list Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews Glouster a son and Mrs Herbert Dick hans Athens a son. Admitted Vern Riley Athens Route 2 Mrs Richard Stanley Athens Mrs Bertha Dunler Athens Foster Harry Glouster Mrs David Douglas Athens Route 2 Mrs John Tippie Chauncey Joyce Malone Glouster Mrs Jennie Ramsey Athens Route 4 Mrs Charles Hoffman Athens Route 3 and son Carl P White Athens Mrs Floyd Rosser Athens Route 3 Richard Cullison The Plains Mrs William Schoonover Chauncey Michael Slusher Albany
Edman Gabriel 54 of New Marshfield Route 1 died this morning at Mount St. Mary Hospital Nel sonville after a brief illness. Hoodlet funeral home is handling arrangements.
Lew Gatchel 75 died early Wednesday at his home 66 N Shafer St after months of ill health. A former coal miner and 11 year worker at Athens State Hospital, he retired in 1952. Survived by his wife Marcia four sons and several grandchildren includes John Gatchel of Tucson and others. Funeral Thursday service at Glouster Methodist Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Municipal Court funds rose by $174 Tuesday from forfeitures by 10 drivers caught speeding on E State Street last week. Roger L Williams alone pled guilty to 44 in a 35 zone, fined $9 and costs. others paid varying amounts for excess speeds above 34. An AP correction noted Charles Quest died in Parkersburg after transport.
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