Two Men Held in Burglary Probe by Athens County Sheriff
Two men identified as Leon Malego and Harvey Vanny are jailed in Athens County awaiting further investigation into burglaries at four East End businesses. Malego, 24, of Texas, and Vanny, 22, of Canton were arrested by Chauncey Marsh al Clifford Banfield after a several day stakeout. The men face additional warrants for grand larceny and bad checks in Beckley and Perry County, while police released two suspects questioned about the four burglaries including Algeo Motor Sales and Airport Inn.
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Athens County
East End
George Bateman
Leon Malego
Texas
Harvey Vanny
Canton
Chauncey
Clifford Banfield
Bateman
Malego
Beckley
W. Va
Perry County
Vanny
Algeo Motor Sales
Athens Truck and Implement Co
Three Accidents Reported by State Highway Patrol
Three accidents were investigated Wednesday by the State Highway Patrol with no injuries. Drivers fined included Joe E. Rutter 31 Glouster five dollars and costs for driving left of center after a Route 78 crash near Bishopville with Werther Lantz 46 Trimble. Donald K. Shane 25 Arlington Heights Ill fined ten dollars for failing to stop in the assured clear distance after rear ending Charles F. Davis 17 Coolville. Bonnie L. Ricketts 19 and Creighton W. Whithead (Rockbridge Route 1) faced charges of driving left of center as Ricketts turned from a Hocking County road onto Route 687 and met Whithead turning from Route 687 into the same highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Joe E. Rutter
Glouster
Malta
M. D. Martin
Bishopville
Werther Lantz
Trimble
Coolville
Donald K. Shane
Arlington Heights
Ill
Justice of the Peace
Charles Rider
Shane
Charles FE. Davis
Bonnie L. Ricketts
Creighton W. Whithead
Rockbridge
Hocking
Whitcraft
School Office Appointments Announced
The board of education approved Martha Tolliver as secretary to Superintendent Willard P Barker replacing Lois Washburn who resigned July 1 after 16 years in the city school system Elsie Driscoll will become high school secretary and the board also approved payments for new science and social science textbooks to be used in elementary schools this fall after a teachers study
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Tolliver
Willard P. Barker
Board of Education
Miss Tolliver
Lois Washburn
Elsie Driscoll
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Fourth polio case reported in Athens County
Athens County records a fourth polio case as Chil dren's Hospital Columbus informs the City County Health Department of a new victim. Alfred Mantle age 18 months, son of Basil and Montle, from Guysville Route 2, near Lodi Township, joins two siblings at Children's Hospital. The Montle child was moved to Columbus yesterday. No update yet on the three earlier cases.
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Athens County
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Alfred Mantle
Basil Montle
Guys Ville
Montle
Lodi Township
Anthony Kinnen
Children’s Hospital
Athens schools plan adds staff as new year opens
Superintendent Willard P Barker announced plans for the Athens City schools opening with new faculty appointments. The half day start on September 8 will include pre school meetings for teachers and parents. New staff include Myrta Ashworth at East Side and Mrs Clayton Smith at Central School. Don Thomann becomes high school principal. The high school band appointment goes to Edward Bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Willard P. Barker
Miss Steele
Myrta Ashworth
East Side
Clayton Smith
Central School
Marilyn Hoon Barron
Maydell Helwig
Paul Carpenter
Barker
West Side
Harold McBride
Thomann
Southeastern Ohio
Edncation Association
Athens
Temperature Drops From 83 to 58 Across 24 Hours
The thermometer fell from a high of 83 yesterday to 58 early Thursday. By 9 a.m. today the reading stood at 75.
Columbus Man Jailed Over Unpaid Intoxication Fine
Harold G. Young, 39, of Columbus, was jailed Wednesday for failing to pay a $5 fine and costs from a charge of intoxication issued by Mayor Peter B. Seel. City police arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Young
Columbus
Peter B. Seel
Benjamin Epstein, Cleveland contractor, dies at 102
Ben Epstein, a building contractor active until age 82, died Wednesday aged 102 in Cleveland. He built numerous homes and mentored younger tradespeople across half a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ben Epstein
Korea Veterans Assigned As Marine Recruiters
Two new Marine recruiting sergeants join the Athens office S. Sgt. Merle A. Screeton 23 of Fort Wayne Indiana and S. Sgt. Robert T. Keys of Philadelphia Pa replace personnel reassigned for overseas and ordnance duty Screeton with six years in the Marines including Korea service has been a recruiter for six months Keys a seven year Marine with Korea and China service reenlists for six more years Both are career Marines.
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Athens
Merle A. Screeton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robert T. Keys
Philadelphia
Eugene Franklin
Camp Lejeune
S. C
Lowell O. Harker
1St Marine Division
FMF
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Screeton
Korea
Marietta
Keys
China
Cuba
Crash Fatal to OU Graduate
Funeral services conducted for William M. Smith 28 Ohio University graduate and WLWC announcer who died from injuries after an August 4 Columbus auto crash. Survived by wife Beverly mother Mrs FA Rose aunt Mrs J Alonzo Palmer and cousin Clyde Gibson. Services held in Columbus with burial planned in Parkersburg.
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William M. Smith
Ohio University
WLWC
University Hospital
Columbus
Smith
Willie McKay
Beta Theta Pi
Beverly
FA. Rose
Parkersburg
W. V
J. Alonzo Palmer
Athens
Clyde Gibson
Amesville
Weir Funeral Home
Five Attorneys Named To State Committees
Five Athens County lawyers were selected to Ohio State Bar Association committees. Appointments were made by President Harry S. Wonnell on recommendations from Thomas J. Jones. Athens appointees include Erle H. Bridgewater Jr. and Hal H. Rowland among others. From Nelsonville James F. Shumaker joins legal ethics and professional conduct.
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Columbus
Athens County
Ohio State Bar Association
Harry S. Wonnell
Hamilton
Thomas J. Jones
Bridgeport
Athens
Erle H. Bridgewater, Jr
Hal H. Rowland
W. Parker Walker
Lawrence G. Worstell
Nelsonville
James F. Shumaker
Former Pilot Named To OU ROTC Staff
M-Sgt. William W. Wolfe of Romney West Virginia has been assigned to the Ohio University Air Force ROTC staff. He will serve as supply sergeant for the unit after twelve years in military service and a World War I B 26 pilot with 78 missions who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with 12 clusters. He comes from Wright Patterson AFB and is married with two children.
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William W. Wolfe
Romney
W. Va
Ohio University Air Force
England
Philippines
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Driver James E. Coen Fined for Stop Sign Violation
James E. Coen aged 26 of Athens Route 5 was fined $10 and costs by Justice of the Peace Charles Rider after a State Highway Patrol arrest for failing to obey a stop sign.
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James E. Coen
Athens
Justice of the Peace Charles
State Highway Patrol
Truck Stolen From Mt Hermon Store in Athens County
The Athens County sheriff reports Strode's Store at Mt. Hermon near the Athens Washington County line was entered late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. A single barrel shotgun and a revolver were stolen along with a small cash amount. A separate theft of a pickup from Charles Mayles near Broadwell occurred. the truck was later recovered on a vacant farm near the Mayles home and the thief remains unknown.
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Bern
Rome
Athens County
Mayles
Mineral Driver Fined by Mayor for DWI Charge
James F. Jenkins aged 46 of Mineral was fined 100 dollars and costs by Mayor Peter B K Sees on a charge of being in physical control of his car while intoxicated. A 15 day jail sentence was suspended. Jenkins was arrested Wednesday on Route 6 by the State Highway Patrol.
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James F. Jenkins
Mineral
Peter BK. Sees
Jenkins
State Highway Patrol
Valuable Cow Shot By Hunter On Route 33 Farm
Sheriff George Bateman reported a missing black Angus cow valued at $300 on the Fred Wolfe farm near the Athens Hocking County line. The animal was found shot in the right side with a brush from a shotgun, and officials believe a careless hunter hunting ground hogs in the vicinity caused the death.
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Fred Wolfe
Route
Athens-Hocking County
George Bateman
Bateman
Shade High School Graduate Injured Airman Knight In Pensacola
Apprentice Jimmy Knight, Shade High School graduate, is confined to the Naval hospital in Pensacola Florida for treatment of a serious back injury. The news comes via his grandparents Mr and Mrs J H Rogers of Pomeroy Road.
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Jimmy Knight
Shade High School
Naval Hospital
Pensacola
Fla
J. H Rogers
Pomeroy Road
Athens Council Backs Miller for Sewer Plant Bid
Athens city council recommended H W Miller Construction Co of Covington Kentucky to build the new sewer disposal plant amid re advertising for the trunk line bid. The body noted only one line bid and urged competition while awaiting Board of Control approval and final award.
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Athens
H.W. Miller Construction Co
Covington
Board of Control
Council
Miller Company
Miller
How Co
Cincinnati
Christopher Co
Columbus
Mosser Co
Fremont
Welsbach Co
Philadelphia
Neighborgall, Co
Huntington
W_ Va
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admission and Discharges
Admission entries include Mrs Elaine Miller New Plymouth Mrs Esther Andy McArthur Duncan Falla and Mr and Mrs William H Morris and a newborn son. Discharges list Bert Kuhn Trimble Tommy Flagley Lavina Fouts June Gibson Ruth Oldfield Dorothy Barnes among others.
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William H. Morris
Duncan Falla
Elaine Miller
New Plymouth
Esther Andy
McArthur
Willis Keirns
Chauncey
Bert Kuhn
Trimble
Tommy Flagley
Athena
Lavina Fouts
Glouster
June Gibson
Athens
Mra
Ruth Oldfield
Dorothy Barnes
Released From Jail for Nonpayment of Court Alimony
Russell Gabriel of Columbus was freed Tuesday from the county jail where he had been held since Saturday after Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White ordered release for failing to pay a $2 fine and costs for contempt of court. He had not paid court ordered alimony.
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Russell Gabriel
Columbus
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Gabriel
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Family Shoe Store
Athens, Ohio
Sgt, Keys
Sgt
Screfton
OU Rotc
Shade Sailor
Rapp
White House
W. Union St
R. N. Hewitt Co
Mountain State Construction Co
Charleston
West End
Peter B Seel
Counci
Police Department
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Norm Dean
Bacon
Bologna
Crisco
Maxwell House Coffee
Ohio Food Market
Arge Bunch
Pepperidge
Wright Wena Paper
Meridian Read
Youngstown
Ohio
Roger Dean
Frite Howard
Roger Sean
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