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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1961

Page

3

If He Had Only Stopped Driver Flees Patrolman Three Charges

A 16 year old, DeWayne Carter of Athens Route 2, was cited for driving without lights, driving to the left of centerline, and a defective muffler after he tried to elude a patrol cruiser on Route 56. He rammed a tree when lights were off. Arraignment pending township of accident and court jurisdiction.

Ohio Highway Patrol DeWayne Carter Athens Carter Athens- Waterloo Courty Court West Corporation Coolville Howard F. Ashcraft Edward Russell Ashcraft Russell John Aiken

Critical condition of J Clifford Dooley in Ohio incident

The 53 year old Denton Texas man J Clifford Dooley employed by Western Pipe Line Co was listed as still critical Friday at Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus. He was injured Wednesday when crushed between pipe and machinery on a project near Wilkesville.

J. Clifford Dooley Denton Tex Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus Dooley Western Pipe Line Co Wilkesville

Keirns Family 33rd Annual Reunion Held at Hooper Ridge Church

The Keirns family gathered for the 33rd annual reunion at Hooper Ridge Church of Christ in Millfield. About 100 relatives attended including Jefferson Keirns and Adda LaFollette, the only two surviving children of Augustus and Sarah Wolfe Keirns. A noon picnic followed by songs talks and poems capped the day with relatives traveling from California Detroit Columbus Lancaster and Newark.

Millfield Keirns Hooper Ridge Church of Christ Augustus Sarah Eleanor Wolfe Keirns Jefferson Keirns Adda LaFollette Bob Lewis California Bill Lewis Detroit Mich Fred Anderson Columbus Herb Calentine Lancaster Floyd Miller Newark

Chauncey Area Personal News and Social Happenings

Community notes list visits and social events from Chauncey and surrounding towns. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Preston and Mrs. Ella Devore. gatherings feature games and prizes. A basket supper near Zanesville will serve after Sunday service with Rev. Kenneth Sedgwick as speaker. A new pastor, Rev. Victor Hudwell, will serve at Pilgrim Holiness Church in Carbondale succeeding Rev. L. A. Robinson.

A. L. Preston Bill Six Salem Ella Devore Ruth Freeman Robert Gillespie Robert Fennell Robert Freeman Jeffrey Jed Devore Johnny Williams Forest Showalter Fern Lora Jo Pennell Lucille Showalter Chauncey Dover Zanesville Camp Moore Kenneth Sedgwick Don Hamrick Debbie Columbus Smokies Miami Beach Fla Hamrick Henry Heffkin Millfield Helen Evans Wayne Mich Jerry Cline Margaret Jones Nelsonville Clarence Markins Pamela Bonnie Athens Markins Harry Trout Worthington Ohio Railway Museum Olentangy Caverns Columbus Jets Rochester Red Wings Victor Hudwell Albany Pilgrim Holiness Church of Carbondale L. A. Robinson

Rev Shell Resigns to Begin Boston University Doctoral Study

The Rev. Austin F. Shell, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Athens, resigns to pursue a doctoral program in psychology and pastoral counseling at Boston University. His last sermon is Sunday at 10:30 a.m. in Ohio University’s Helen Mauck Galbreath Chapel. He plans to move with wife Lois and three children to Boston on August 26. The church formed in 1956 and has since purchased several properties for a future campus ministry and church site.

Austin F. Shell Christ Lutheran Church Boston University Helen Mauck Court Theater University Shell National Lutheran Council Ohio University E. Mill St Athens Southeastern Ohio Guidance Center Board of Higher Education USCA

Day to Speak at New England Chemistry Teachers Meet

Dr. Jesse H. Day chair of chemistry at Ohio University will headline the Monsanto lecture at the Twenty third Summer Conference of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers at the University of Vermont next week. He will discuss programmed teaching machines in a talk titled Only the Student Has No Gears.

Jesse H. Day Ohio University Monsanto New England Association of Chemistry Teachers University of Vermont Day

Homecoming Sunday at Townsend cabin Robinette Ridge

The Linton Townsend homecoming will be held at the Townsend cabin on Robinette Ridge this Sunday. A basket dinner will be served at noon.

Linton-Townsend Townsend Cabin Robinette Ridge

Four drivers cited in three Athens area highway accidents

Ohio Highway Patrol investigated three crashes Thursday near Coolville Athens Route 50 and Laurel Run Road. One minor injury reported Edward Russell cited for tail end crash. Don Welch and Olen Duncan to appear in court. James Anderson not treated after collision in Hocking County.

Athens Ohio Highway Patrol Duncan Welch Athens County Hocking County Laurel Run Rd Route James R. Anderson Lima

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