Court and Health Office May Move to 9 N College St
The city county health department and Municipal Court may relocate to the former funeral home at 9 N College St if city leases Presbyterian Church property are finalized. The move would follow a five year lease plan approved by the Presbyterian congregation and city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. College St
Presbyterian Church
Raymond Shepard
College St
Council Capital Improvements Committee
Health Department
E. Washington St
Sam Warren
City Hall
Worstell
N. Court St
Three Accidents Investigated by City Police
City police cited four motorists in three accidents. Wingrove and Well were charged for traffic violations after a Route 50 crash near Hillcrest Nursing Home and were bonded. Wren pleaded guilty to failing to yield at Court and Washington streets, fined $20 plus costs. Ellinger faced a stop within safe distance charge after a two car crash at E State Street and Tulane Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Eugene Wingrove
Athens
Larry Monroe Well
Shade
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Well
Wingrove
Susan Frances Wren
Washington Sts
Robert William Ellinger
Logan
E. State St
Tulane Rd
Firemen Respond to Double Blaze in Glouster and Local Laundry
Firefighters were called twice on a weekend. At 11:05 p.m. Saturday they battled a car fire in a Lewis Everett owned vehicle in Glouster at Court and Carpenter with an estimated 25 dollars damage and cigarette as the suspected cause. At 1:50 p.m. Sunday they inspected the Alico Laundry on 72 West Union Street for a washing machine motor overheating with slight loss of contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court
Carpenter
Lewis Everett
Glouster
Alico
Union St
Shelteringen Arms Hospital Notes List of Admits and Postings
A hospital notes page lists new arrivals and residents by family names and routes. Names include Mr and Mrs Donald Bennett with a son Stewart, and many others such as Mr and Mrs Roy Griffin with a daughter, Athens residents and various others from Albany Albany Route 1 Chauncey The Plains New Marshfield Coolville Renville and The Plains areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Bennett
Stewart
Roy Griffin
Athens
Robert Dian
Katherine Fulton
Michael Vamos
Anita Rice
Albany
Herbert Harris
Arlene Farley
William Keplar
New Straitsville
Kendall Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Carol White
Robert Six
Richard Lawless
the Plains
Brooks
Alonzo Dalton
Coolville
Mary Haning
Carpenter
Leo Walker
Robert Shellman
Ernest Dowler
Chauncey
Frederick Wickham
William Romine
Renville
Richard Black
Patrol Cites Three Drivers After Crashes
State Highway Patrol cited three drivers after Saturday crashes injuring one person. Phyllis Tanner suffered non life threatening injuries on Route 50 west of Torch and faced a conditional speed citation. Jesse Talbert received a charge for driving an unsafe vehicle after a two car collision on York Two Road. Malcolm Stewart was cited for following too closely in a two vehicle crash on Route 50 near Athens. William Chambers pled guilty to driving while intoxicated, fined 125 dollars, jailed three days, and given a 120 day license suspension. Patrol recovered a car stolen Friday night from Gerald Albaugh’s home, found abandoned on Route 13 north of Club 33. no items reported missing. The theft investigation continues. Mary Luman versus John Luman Jr for extreme cruelty is listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Phyllis Marie Tanner
Coolville
Route 50
Torch
Jesse Talbert
Nelsonville
York Two
Malcom Stewart
Albany
Athens
Gerald Albaugh
N. McKinley
Club 33
Area Obituaries in Meigs and Surrounding Counties
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Meigs and nearby counties including Lee Okey Wood Sr. in Syracuse after a heart attack while coon hunting in Harrisonville. James E. Sherlock Sr. of Logan and Leroy Hill of Chesterhill also die, with services announced or held and military rites noted for Wood. Additional notices list Mary Ellen Donley of Columbus and Ernest Newton Lambert of Crown City Route 2 with burial plans and survivors detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lee Okey Wood
Syracuse
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Susie
Lee, Jr
Rutland
F. D
G. R
Columbus
Mary Ann Ross
Tuscan
Ariz
Orma Lou Spiller
Clell Wood
Gallipolis
Rawlings - Coats
Dan Fields
New Haven
W. Va
Beech Grove Cemetery
Feeney - Bennett Post 128
American Legion
Servicemen News from Hawk Flash II at Fort Benning area
Army Pvt. Donald K. Cowdery of Coolville and other 11th Air Assault Division members joined Exercise Hawk Flash II a four day field exercise near Fort Benning Georgia. Cowdery serves as radio operator at Fort Benning after enlisting in 1963 and finishing basic at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Maj. Joseph L. Kennedy attends an 18 week course at Fort Leavenworth to prepare for command and staff duties. Kennedy is the son of Mrs. Florence G. Kennedy born 1920s in Ohio with earlier education at Athens High School. Major Harris and Carolyn Williams are also listed as students in the Athens area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary L. Fuller
Donna Faye Shumway
the Plains
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Fuller
Chauncey-Dover
Army
Donald K. Cowdery
Harold D. Cowdery
Route 3
Coolville
11Th Air Assault Division
Fort Benning
Cowdery
Fort Jackson
S. C
Carthage Troy High School
Joseph L. Kennedy
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
General Staff
Kennedy
Florence G. Kennedy
Fort St
Athens High School
Ohio University
Athens County farmers sign up for new federal wheat program
Athens County farmers may file applications at the ASCC office through Oct 2. County chairman Jewitt Parmiter notes participation is not automatic and signup is the first step toward eligibility. The program offers price support loans and certificates, with specifics on diverting acreage, substitutes between wheat and feed grains, and storing excess under bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Jewitt D. Parmiter
ASCC
S. Court St
Parmiter
Albany Airman Ralph E. Rowell Retires After 20 Years
Albany resident and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Senior Master Sergeant Ralph E. Rowell retires from the Air Force at McGuire AFB New Jersey after 20 years of service. He enlisted in 1943 and served in England Iceland Korea and Japan with 35 World War II bombing missions as a B 24 air gunner and later led base utility operations. His awards include Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters European Theater of Operations four bronze stars and multiple service medals. He is survived by wife Donna and children Donna and Gregory, with parents Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Rowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Air Force
McGuire Afb
N.J
Ralph E. Rowell
Turkey
Sgt. Rowell
England
Iceland
Korea
Japan
Europe
Donna
Gregory
G. H. Rowell
Gilkey Ridge Home Burns Near Athens Meigs Line
The Lawrence Fields family on Gilkey Ridge near the Athens Meigs County line lost their one and a half story home to a Sunday fire. The Richland Area Fire Department fought two trucks to the blaze but it was beyond control upon arrival. Cause undetermined. The family was absent and neighbors did not notice until smoke and flames erupted through the roof. No contents were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Fields
Gilkey Ridge
Athens-Meigs County
Richland Area Fire Department
Fields
Frost Driver Fined On Revocation Count
Homer Edward Fickison aged 55 of Frost Route 1 pleaded guilty in County Court to two State Highway Patrol charges of driving under revocation. He received $35 fines and two days in jail on each charge. cited on August 15 and 16 per court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Edward Fickison
Frost Route 1
Nelsonville Man Admits Drunk Driving
Nelsonville John Harrison Chilcote 23 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before the Nelsonville mayor court. He was fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in city jail after an arrest early Saturday. In a separate session two men Clayton Murphy and Charles Oliver of Nelsonville Route 1 were arraigned on intoxication charges, pleaded guilty, and were fined 10 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Harrison Chilcote
Grosvenor Sr
William Hoffman
Clayton Murphy
Logan
Charles Oliver
Weather in Athens Reports Mild Spring Day
U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer notes Monday brought fair and mild conditions in Athens. Temperature around 75 at 10 a.m. after a low of 57.Sunday high reached 86 with weekend rainfall totaling .74 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Stolen clothing found dumped near Hastings Road
Police report clothing stolen last week from a Mansfield resident Mel Colman’s car parked on N McKinley Ave was located dumped on Hastings Road. Authorities are investigating the incident and tracing possible suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Colman
Mansfield
N. McKinley Ave
Hastings Rd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rine Fair
Tvs
Popula
Lawrence Welk
Homer
Jetero
RCA Rodeo
Labor Dey
Championship Wrestling
Therading
Ohio Youth Choir
Ohio Expositions Center
Columbus, Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Patrol
William Dale Chambers
Mary Luman
John Luman, Jr
Lee Okey Wood, Sr
James E. Sherlock
Gallagher Ave
Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital
Perry County
Eli
Sara Griggs Sherlock
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Boys’ Industrial School
Jennie Mae Redd Sherlock
Clayton
Eddie
Toledo
James
Arthur Aurand
Frederick Weiss
Floyd
Bremen
Leonard Funeral Home
Louis Skiver
P. O
Funeral
Bethel Cemetery
Leroy Hill
Chesterhill
Mari
Etta Memorial Hospital
Athens County
Edward
Mary Goins Hill
Bethel Wesleyan Methodist Church
Flossie Smith Hill
Denzil
Wilbert
Amesville
Carl
Sharpsburg
Mabel Mayle
Fawcett- Stone Funeral Home
Mary Donley
Mary Ellen Donley
Oldham Rd
West Virginia
Otho
Alice
First Methodist Church
John
James R
Pauline
Margaret
Alma _ Harmony
Marie Primmer
Mount Vernon
Agnes Evans
Chillicothe
Warren Funeral Home
Green Lawn Cemetery
Ernest N. Lambert
Ernest Newton Lambert
Crown City
Hannan Trace Rd
Ohio Two
Gallia County
Stephen
Lucinda Foster Lambert
Clara Chandler
Viola Blake
Hillsboro
Patty Montgomery
Scottown
Mary Belle Shropshire
Edward Lambert
Springfield
Big Four
Melvin Halley
Church
Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral Home
Howard Edward Harris
Carolyn Yvette Williams
Moore
Kerr-Hunter
Athens, Ohio
Stephen H. Fuller
Vernon Alden
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Dasaranc
Ade
Donald K. Barstow
D. M. Goddard
Houck & Reed, Inc
Jessie W. Ley, Inc
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
And
C. M. Gill & Co
Dwight H. Rutherford
Joseph Seiple
Nelsonvill
Ohio
Oakley Ins
the Saltz Ins
Glouster, Ohio
Richard Guinther
Frost
Cussins & Fearn
Cline
Insurance Service
U. G. Houck
Don Reed
Bob Baur
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