Judge Joseph Wood's Long Career Recalled
This Athens Ohio home at the northwest corner of Washington and Congress Streets marked the residence of Judge Joseph M Wood, a teacher and jurist whose 22 years on the common pleas bench served 14 Southeastern Ohio counties. Born in 1850, he taught at Atwood Institute and Rio Grande College before entering law practice in 1878, later shaping Athens County courts and politics alongside brothers James Perry Wood and others.
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Washington and
Congress Sts
Athens
Joseph M. Wood
Ohio
Palmer Hotel
Athens County
Palmer
Robert
J. P. Wood
Cleveland
Judge Wood
Common Pleas
Margaret Creek
Alexander Township
Joseph Wood
Horatia Alger
Gallia County
James P
Rebecca Mauck Wood
James Perry Wood
H. ©. Wood
Rio Grande
I. Z. Haning
Wood Farm
Raccoon Creek
Cheshire Academy
Atwood Institute
Albany
J. Z. Haning
Rio Grande College
Board of Education
Common Pleas Court
Rudolph DeSteicner
Pomeroy
Wood
Pomerov
West Vir
McArthur
Ohio University
Letart Falls
Meigs County
John V. Wood
Nelsonville
Austin
Wheeling
West Virginia
Birthday and guest lineups mark social notes
Mrs Velma Stobart hosted a birthday for daughter Susie with games ice cream and cake. Numerous relatives visited and traveled from Columbus Beaver Falls Huntington Parkersburg Rochester Belfast Maine Monaca Racine and other cities for family gatherings over the weekend.
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Antiquity
Velma Stobart
Susie
Poston 4-H Projects Judged at Seiber Home
Kenneth Brookhart returns to Ft Eustis with wife Veronica after a furlough. James Brookhart and William Boyd visit Norval South in Athens. Pos ton Busy Bees 4-H judging held at Mrs Seiber’s home. Ladies Club trips to Beckeye Lake with multiple participants. UMWA Auxiliary meeting attended by Mrs South and Mrs Hilley at Chauncey. Edgar Hurst announces birth of a son at Mount St Mary Hospital. Mrs McDaniel returns home after visiting Ashland relatives.
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Poston
Kenneth Brookhart
Ft. Eustis
Veronica
James Brookhart
William Boyd
Athens
Norval South
Jean Seiber
Jean Downey
Florence McBride
Beckeye Lake
Ida Beitelschies
Helen Hart
Gladys McClellan
Mary Arbell
Donna
Skippy
Ollie Hillyer
Nancy Smith
Evelyn Smithers
Susan South
Nornella
Shirley
Mildred Handley
Ollie Hilley
UMWA
Chauncey
Edgar Hurst
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ethel McDaniel
Delmar South
Ashland
Rob Kennedy and relatives visit Langsville for weekend
Robert Kennedy of Columbus spent a week end with his parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Kennedy. Mrs Kennedy and three children will return home with him after a week’s vacation in Langsville. Carrie Hunt and daughter Mrs Rex Edmundson and brother William Barton of Columbus visited. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Carol Pierce included Robert Pierce and son Bobby of Columbus and Pvt. Carol Pierce Jr and son Dicky of Hysell Run. Private Pierce finished basic training at Fort Knox and is on 10 day leave before going to Atlanta for more training. Betty Nichols Joe Bolin Ralph Knapp and Kenneth Long stretch returned home after a week at Lancaster Methodist Youth Fellowship Camp.
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Jess Arnott
Patty
Rochester
Ott Arnott
Don Stobart
New Brighton
Frank Buck
Emil Eynon
Dennis
Bernard Eynon
Belfast
Maine
Mary Stobart
Harry Stobart
Racine
Sarah Diddle
Iva Orr
Doris VanMeter
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kermit Fisher
Bladen
Bernard Diddle
Judy Shain
Betty Rose
Columbus
C. F. Shain
Herbert Rose
Cal Orr
Lydia Walker
W. V
Wilson Brunty
Bowman's Run
Ed Ireland
Blawnox
Bertha Wolfe
Doris Pickens
Reedsville
Point Pleasant
Monroe Pickens
Mrs
Perry Smith
Langsville
Robert Kennedy
Theodore Kennedy
Carrie Hunt
Rex Edmundson
William Barton
Carol Pierce
Robert Pierce
Bobby
Dicky
Hysell Run
Pierce
Fort Knox
Gomg
Atlanta
Betty Nichols
Joe Bolin
Ralph Knapp
Kenneth Longstreth
Lancaster Methodist Youth Fellowship Camp
Mra
Two Men Indicted in Canton Kidnapping Case
Stark County grand jury charges Boone Blanton, 31, and Carl C. Blevins, 25, with kidnapping. They allegedly abducted Raymond Jackson, 28, of Midvale after forcing entry into his car at a North Industry stop light on June 11 last year.
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Canton
Stark County
Nolan, W. Wa
Boone Blanton
Carl C. Blevins
Raymond Jackson
Midvale
Tuscarawas County
North Industry
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H. Harris
Ginia
Evans Gang
Jack Adams
Melvin Weaver
Dayton
John Mannion
Beaver Falls
Irene Miller
Andy Greybeal
Douglas Greybeal
Huntington
Ray Mace
W. A
Athens Messenger
Studebaker Sale
Studebaker
Studebakers
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Athens, O
Siz
Dacron
Boys
Atures
Ane
Cannon Towels
Rayon Gabardine
Ain Floor
Lee
REAL
Hea
Rea
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