Cornfield to Be Much Higher in County 1948
A Columbus woman suffered severe head lacerations in a two car collision on Route 691 near Kimberly when her husband’s car rear ended a Nelsonville taxi. The driver, James E. Hatfield, was fined after pleading innocent to unsafe operation. Separate fines were issued for a rear collision on Route 33. County extension agent Ross Wright projects a 50 percent increase in Athene County corn yields in 1948 due to hybrid seed and favorable land, while winter wheat yields may dip and hay output stay near 1947 levels.
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Columbus
Kimberly
State Highway Patrol
Catherine Hatfield
Nelsonville
James E. Hatfield
Maynard E. Hurd
Oral Daugherty
Hatfield
W. P. Mickle
Athens County
Ross Wright
Wright
Ohio
Simonton Trial Postponed Amid County Fair Scheduling
The State of Ohio v Willard Simonton former county home superintendent is moved from Aug 23 to Aug 30 as the Ath ens County Fair week could affect juror availability. Indictments accuse him of assault and battery on county home inmates. Simonton pleads innocent and cites political motive behind actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Ohio
Willard Simonton
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Simonton
Waterloo seniors plan Labor Day activities meeting
Waterloo High School seniors will gather Wednesday at 7 30 p m at their teacher's home to plan Labor Day events. The notice was announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
New Marshfield
Waterloo High School
Runaways Say It's Thrilling at Athens County Home
Three teen age boys fled from the Athens County children's home Sunday night and hid in a ditch evading city police for over three hours. It was the second runaway incident at the home within a week and followed five youths who left Wednesday and were found in Hillsboro Thursday. The youths said they left for the thrill and offered no other reason.
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Athens County
Hillsboro
Home St
Glen Scott
Five Jailed By Mayor After Guilty Pleas
Five men pleaded guilty in Mayor W. P. Mickle's court to intoxication charges. Calentine, Rast, and Byran were fined and jailed for failure to pay, while Allen and Chappel received a week in jail and $5 fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Mickle
Fred L. Calentine
Athens
Herb Rast
Shafer Sr
James Byran
John W. Allen
Athens Rfc
Joe Chappel
Shade
Athens man fined for unlicensed dog Nassau
Herald Miller of Athens RD was fined ten dollars and costs by Justice J W Bailey on a charge of keeping a dog without a license. The charge was filed by dog warden G J Tewksbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Miller
Athens RD
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Bailey
G. J. Tewksbury
Marshfield Resident Moressa Young Dies at 83
Moressa Young, 83, died Sunday at his home on New Marshfield Route 1 after a weeklong stroke. Survived by son Henry Young. daughters Felicia Lantis of Columbus and Rosa Mace of New Marshfield Route 1. brother Pearl Young of Zanesville. 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Wife and one daughter preceded him. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at the Methodist Church in New Marshfield with Rev. Carroll Chesser. Burial Marshfield Cemetery. Hoodlet funeral home in New Marshfield hosting visitors.
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Moressa Young
New Marshfield
Henry Young
Felicia Landis
Columbus
Rosa Mace
Pearl Young
Zanesville
Young
Carroll Chesser
Marshfield Cemetery
Hoodlet
Reedsville Man Dies at Age 33
COOLVILLE Staff Special Funeral services for John J. Barringer 88 will be held at Eden Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial in the nearby cemetery. Survived by wife Anna Mandy four daughters Lydia Cochrane Eva Adams Thora Coleman Irene Boring and three sons Floyd Bernard Elza. Friends may call at Arbaugh funeral home Tuppers Plains until services.
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Coolville
John J. Barringer
Reedsville
Eden Church
Anna Mandy
Lydia Cochrane
Wellsville
Eva Adams
Long Bottom
Thora Coleman
Ravenna
Irene Boring
Floyd
Bernard
Porterfield
Elza
Scotts Depot
W. Va
Sheltering Arms Hospital Births and Admissions
Birth notices list new arrivals at Sheltering Arms Hospital including Ed Molihan Za leski a daughter Harold Williams Glouster a daughter Richard Rypma Athens a daughter Robert Windland Guysville a daughter Harold Young Athens a son John Vessalo The Plains a son. Admissions note major surgery for Goldie Grandy Trimble William Hollingshead Trimble Joseph Dailey Athens Bertha Lightfritz Mineral Charles Guinther Glouster Mrs Arnold Clark and daughter Albany Mrs Carl King and son The Plains Mrs Carl Bell Athens Florence Hysell Athens Irma Dowler Canaanville Opal Blake Coolville Rachel Burke Zaleskil Stella Radekin Carpenter Irene McManaway Trimble W A Steinmetz Shade Robert Bauer Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Molihan
Zaleski
Harold Williams
Glouster
Richard Rypma
Athens
Robert Windland
Guysville
Harold Young
John Vessalo
the Plains
Goldie Grandy
Trimble
William Hollingshead
Joseph Dailey
Bertha Lightfritz
Mineral
Charles Guinther
Arnold Clark
Albany
Carl King
Carl] Bell
Florence Hysell
Irma Dowler
Canaanville
Opal Blake
Coolville
Rachel Burke
Zaleskil
Stella Radekin
Carpenter
Irene McManaway
W. A. Steinmetz
Shade
Robert Bauer
Motorcyclist Hurt In Skid Into Parked Car
Paul M. Vercoe aged 18 of 95 Franklin Ave sustained slight injuries to his left arm when his motorcycle skidded on E State St near Lash and struck the rear of a parked car owned by Francis Sykes of 150 Grosvenor St. The city police report notes he cut the turn too sharply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Vercoe
Franklin Ave
E. State St
Lash
Auto City
Vercoe
Francis Sykes
Grosvenor St
Athens Man Passes State Dental Board Exam
William Bailey Biggs, 71 Maplewood Dr., among 52 persons who passed the June State Dental Board examinations and qualified for licenses to practice dentistry, the Associated Press reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bailey Biggs
Maplewood Dr
Dental Board
Associated Press
Poultry and Butter Prices Reported in Cincinnati Market
Cincinnati market bulletin lists poultry categories with price ranges: heavy fowls over 4 lbs 31 to 34, heavy fryers to 88-42, heavy broilers 38-43, Leghorns 26-29, old roosters 16-19. Butter wholesale prints per pound at 75 to 76 with butterfat premium 70. Potatoes 2.50 to 5.00.
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Cincinnati
Drivers fined as Athens Inter-Church Youth Choir tours Indiana
The Athens Inter Church Youth Choir arrived in Winona Lake after a trip in eight cars. In Fort Wayne three boys were fined six dollars each for running a red light, claiming they were country boys unfamiliar with red signals. The group includes 32 of 36 members under director Mrs. Don D. Tullis and performs at Bethany grounds with help from noted music figures.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Don PD. Tullis
Athens
Don D. Tullis
Bethany Grounds
Dorothy Tewksbury 82 Dies at Middleport Home
Middleport resident Dorothy Tewksbury died after weeks of illness at her Mill Street home. Surviving are two daughters, two sons, five grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday noon to Wednesday noon.
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Middleport
Dorothy Tewksbury
Mill St
Oliver Mitch
Eva Struble
George Tewksbury
Ed Tewksbury
Rawlings-Coats
C. E. Shepard
Resident's Mother Dies In Columbus Hospital
Mrs. Ida Kirkpatrick Harlan, mother of Mrs. Helen Beckley of Athens, died Saturday in White Cross Hospital, Columbus. Funeral services were to be held today in Columbus. She is survived by her husband and another daughter, Mrs. Louise Peet of Richwood, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Kirkpatrick Harlan
Helen Beckley
Athens
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Harlan
Louise Peet
Richwood
Ohio
Mercury Drops Thirty Degrees Overnight
The mercury fell from a high of 83 to a low of 53 last night as reported by local weather observer Mrs. C N France.
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C. N. France
Fire damages car at Dowler Ferguson funeral home rear
Fire Chief reports a car owned by Howard Sands caught fire at the rear of Dowler and Ferguson funeral home on College Street due to a short circuit in wiring. Firemen responded Sunday at 9:45 a.m. Damage described as slight.
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Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
College St
Howard Sands
Maplewood Dr
Clarence A. Parker
Former Ames School Teacher Audrey Miller Dies in Ohio
Audrey G. Miller, longtime Bern Township educator and Amesville resident, died Sunday afternoon at White Cross Hospital Columbus. She taught locally before retirement due to ill health. Survived by husband Roy, her mother and stepfather, eight sisters, and one brother. Services planned in Wilson Chapel with burial at Sand Rock.
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Audrey G. Miller
Amesville
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Roy Miller
William
Katie McManaway Goff
Miller
Bern Township
Methodist Church
Will Hughes
New Marshfield
Lou Goff
Mildred Webb
Haydenville
Frances McCollum
Athens
Nelvalene Guthrie
Flora Battrell
Merle Wilson
Mineral City
Ohio
Olive Hughes
Somerset
Faye Mauger
Pickerton
Helen Wilson
Wilson Chapel
H. N. Snider
Sand Rock Cemetery
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Chesterhill
Cars Crash at College State Corner
No injuries were reported after a two car collision at the College and State corner Saturday at 6 30 p m city police said E H Randle 31 of 22 Avon Place was turning onto State from College when his car was struck by Paul Ferry 34 of 71 Stewart St who was turning left onto College St The Randle car had a damaged left front fender and the Ferry car sustained damage to the left rear and front door
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College and State
E. H. Randle
Avon Place
State St
College
Paul Ferry
Stewart St
Ferry
College St
Randle
Visits Sister Chauncey in Millfield
Mrs. Theodore Heffken of Glouster recently visited her sister Mrs. Hattie Mingus in Millfield during a short sojourn.
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Chauncey
Theodore Heffken
Glouster
Hattie Mingus
Millfield
Plains Bible Class Meets at Tipton Home in Chauncey
The Naomi Bible Class of The Plains Methodist Church gathered at Mrs. Tipton's home with Mrs. Carrie Nida as president and Mrs. McDonald as secretary leading the meeting. Mrs. Marie Michael delivered the devotions and a stork shower was given for a member. Mrs. Mary Evans will host September's gathering.
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Chauncey
Jeanette Tipton
Cynthia McDonald
Plains Methodist Church
Tipton
Carrie Nida
McDonald
Marie Michael
Mary Evans
Ola Shamel
Jean Schmidt
Ida Davies
Althea Snyder
Lucy McDonald
Constance Scott
Dean Nida
Jane Nida
Zelma Matson
Elizabeth McCullough
Helen Weller
Loretta Henry
Nellie Lee
Ruth Couell
Sybil Gabriel
Elva
Alta Cooper
Chauncey Hosts Sunday Dinner Guests
Mrs. Mary Dew of Chauncey entertained a group from Chauncey and Detroit including Mr. and Mrs. Louis Seleggi. Attending were Miss Wilma Kran yik Miss Susan Donaldson from Athens and several Chauncey residents with relatives Mary Jane and Marilyn Dew.
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Chauncey
Mary Dew
Louis Seleggi
Detroit
Mich
Wilma Kranyik
Susan Donaldson
Athens
al Madek
Seleggi
Fiona Rider
Louise Moody
Harry Blick
Mary Jane
Lancaster
Wilbur Dew
Marilyn
Noah S. Harvey
Wharf Honored At Potluck Dinner
Mrs Ivy Thompson Wharf who recently returned to Trimble was honored guest at a potluck dinner hosted by the Loyal Women's Class of the Trimble Church of Christ. Attending were Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney Mrs Edna Kasler Mrs Nettie Walton Mrs Frances Clark Mrs Gertrude Rainey Mrs Clara Penrod and granddaughter Barbara.
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Chauncey
Ivy Thompson Wharf
Trimble
Loyal Women’s
Mingus Family Visits in Athens
Mrs Hattie Mingus of Millfield visited her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Robert Mingus in Athens.
Quilting Planned by Chauncey Ladies Aid Society
The Ladies Aid Society of Chauncey Methodist Church will meet at the Chauncey church on Thursday for an all day quilting session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
America
Visiting Phillips Family Attends Funeral in Athens
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert L. Phillips and daughter Betty Louise from Sedalia Ohio visited former Albany Methodist Church connections and attended the funeral of Mrs. Phillips' brother Charles KE Sweeney in Chauncey. Burial followed at W Union St Cemetery in Athens after services at First Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Robert L. Phillips
Betty Louise
Sedalia
Ohio
Phillips
Charles P. Sweeney
Converse St
Albany
Albany Methodist Church
Ollie Sisson
Charles KE. Sweeney
First Christian Church
W. Union St
Athens
Weekend in Canton Guests Visit from Millfield
Mr and Mrs Lew Muzio of Millfield and daughters Lucy Ann and Delores spent last weekend in Canton as guests of Mrs Muzios brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Joe Guerra.
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Chauncey
Lewis Muzio
Lucy Ann
Delores
Millfield
Canton
Muzio
Joe Guerra
Keaseys Return From New Mexico Visit
Mr and Mrs Will iam Keasey and son Michael have returned from three years in Albuquerque New Mexico to Circle Hill home of Mrs Keasey’s brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Wilfred Hammond
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Chauncey
Willliam Keasey
Bessie Hammond
Michael
Albuquerque
N. M
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Kyle M. Stump
Wadsworth
Alex J. Clark
Caldwell
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
Evans Thrifty Market
Qin
C. E. Clyse
Mer
Dan Bartlett
Marshfield
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Varkets
Paca
Anase
Field
Naval Base
Philadelphia
Joseph Ondrechen
Navy
FT. Wayne
Youth Choir
Indiana
Ames
College-State Corner
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
The
Plains Bible Group
Irs. Wharf
Kix
Keaseys Return
Griffin
Medical Service Department
Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association
E. Broad St
Golvindyour
ROY E. Hawk & CO
Athens, Ohio
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