Two Youths Injured As Auto Strikes Tree On Route 682
Two 19 year old males William Goins and Frank Stemon Jr were treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a car driven by Goins swerved on a sharp curve on Route 682 near Vore Ridge Road and hit a tree. Goins cited for excessive speed and to appear in Municipal Court. A separate hit skip on Route 50 near the Athens County line injured C Leroy Miller but he was uninjured.
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Vore Ridge
State Highway Patrol
William Goins
the Plains
Frank Stemon, Jr
Chesterhill
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Goins
Stemnen
Vinton County
Athens County
C. Leroy Miller
Mohnton
Waterloo Band to Practice at New Marshfield
The Waterloo High School Band will practice Monday at 6 p.m. at the high school building.
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Waterloo
New Marshfield
Waterloo High School
Trio Will Return To Face Counts
Two sheriff's deputies Ward Cunningham and De witt Walker will leave Saturday to pick up three suspects in Newnan Georgia for a burglary at the Valley Drive-In Theater. The trio Albert Leon Britton 22 Clara Virginia Lonas 18 and William Roger Litteral 19 are said to have confessed and signed extradition waivers in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Cunningham
Dewitt Walker
Newnan
Albert Leon Britton
Stewart
Clara Virginia Lonas
Cairo
W. Va
William Roger Litteral
Athens
Valley Drive-In
Harold Shields
Georgia
R. D. Brown
Shields
Attendance jumps at 111th Athens County Fair events
Fine weather drew 4350 paid attendees on Thursday for the 111th Athens County Fair second day. Top acts included Rotroff International Auto Daredevils and fireworks later rescheduled due to date confusion. Junior Fair saw steers and lambs sold, with many dairy and showmanship winners announced.
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Dwight Connelly
Athens County
Rotroff International Auto Daredevils
Grange Hall
Kiwanis
Ayreshire
James Perry
Kay Jones
Little Beavers
Guernsey
Charles Byron
Sunny Isle
Marilyn Conrath
Dan Carmichael
Holstein
Margaret Brookover
Richard Everett
Ames-Bern Wonders
Ronnie Miller
Jersey
Jerry Bobo
Bates Boosters
Larry Conrath
Tom Bobo
Richard Blazier
Willard Stanley
All Together Clovers
Little Beaver
Coin Hunter Lena Townsend Wins Prize
Lena Townsend of Athens Route 1 won a prize in the Coin Treasure Hunt published by Family Weekly Magazine in the Sunday Messenger. She found one of the rare coins and will soon receive her chosen reward. A new Coin Treasure Hunt begins in the August 19 Family Weekly issue.
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Lena Townsend
Athens Route 1
Family Weekly
Sunday Messenger
Municipal Court Finds Driver Guilty in Yield Right of Way Case
Thomas Floyd Lowery, 78, of Nelsonville pleaded guilty in Municipal Court Friday to failure to yield the right of way. He was fined 20 dollars with 10 dollars suspended. Readings show admissions and discharges at Shelterin Arms Hospital notes list.
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Thomas Floyd Lowery
Nelsonville
Lowery
Shade Board Hires Teachers and Awards Insurance
Shade Local Board of Education hired two teachers Mrs Doris Williams of Athens for home economics and Mrs Lillian Pence for home instruction. Jean Mills received a one year leave of absence. Insurance contracts went to Olive Baughman Agency Albany for bus coverage and Murphey Agency Columbus for building contents. H D Martin Furnace and Roofing Athens got 134 08 for downspouts and gutters. Roofing by Virgil Davis completed for 881 in materials plus labor.
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Shade Local Board of Education
Doris Williams
Athens
Nelsonville
Lillian Pence
Jean Mills
Olive Baughman
Albany
Murphey Agency
Columbus
H. D. Martin Furnace and Roofing Co
Virgil Davis
County Court Hears Two Traffic Cases
Two traffic cases heard in County Court yielded a $10 fine for Wendell Mitchell 26 of Co shocton on driving on a freshly painted centerline and a forfeited $10 bond for Gerald F. Congreve 57 of Stewart Route 1 for parking on the traveled portion of the highway.
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State Highway Patrol
Wendell Mitchell
Coshocton
George Schoonover
Gerald F. Congreve
Stewart Route 1
Four Men Inducted Into Armed Forces From Athens Area
Four men left Athens on Thursday to be inducted into the Army at Fort Hayes. Volunteers were Ralph D. Calvert and Walter L. Schall from Guysville, Roy H. Welch of Coolville, and Ronald C. Williams newly transferred from Virginia, Texas. Real estate transfers include Cindy K. Herald of Newport, Kentucky, selling two tracts in Glouster to Gladys Kittle.
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Guysville
Athens
Army
Fort Hayes
Selective Service Board
Ralph D. Calvert
Walter L. Schall
Roy H. Welch
Coolville
Ronald C. Williams
Victoria
Tex
Cindy K. Herald
Newport
Gladys Kittle
Glouster
John Wilson 1st Mechanic Dies at 86 in AmesvilleVicinity
John T. Wilson 86 former Amesville resident and first Ford mechanic when Fred Beasley opened an Amesville agency died 9 15 p m Thursday at Angel of Mercy Nursing Home Albany He was married twice and a 50 year member of Bartlett Lodge 293 F AM He survived by two daughters a son 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Sunday Fawcett Stone Funeral Home Chesterhill Rev Virgil Versteeg officiating Burial Coolville Cemetery Call after 10 a m Saturday
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John T. Wilson
Amesville
John Huffman
Second St
Angel of Mercy
Albany
Stewart
Alice Ward Wilson
Edna Barrett
Clara Copeland
Ford
Fred Beasley
Bartlett Lodge 293
F&am
Huffman
John Hite
Columbus
Dale W. Wilson
Fawcett- Stone Funeral Home
Chesterhill
Virgil Versteeg
Coolville Cemetery
Wagner Takes Instructor Post at Lorain Technical Institute
William Wagner of Strouds Run Road has joined Lorain Technical Institute as electronics instructor. He comes from the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co engineering department and begins Monday. Wagner, Athens High School 1957 alum, will earn a BS in electrical engineering from Ohio University this August. He is married to Linda Cain. they will relocate to Lorain with their two children in September.
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William Wagner
Strouds Run Rd
Lorain Technical Institute
Ohio University
Wagner
Linda Cain
Paul Cain
Lorain
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Columbus Road
Athens, Ohio
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