Cemetery Removal Speeds Strouds Run Lake Project
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources moves to remove a Tucker family cemetery in Canaan Township as part of Strouds Run Lake plans. About 36 graves dating to 1887 will be disinterred and reinterred if not completed by December 31. The lake, east of Athens, will cover 140 to 160 acres and serve recreation and conservation training for Ohio University.
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Canaan Township
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Strouds Run
Messenger
Tucker Family
Department of Natural Resources
Nellie Everett
Canaan
Department
Nellie L. Everett
Larry Gillette
Lake Hope
Athens
Ohio University
Glouster Official Killed in Mine Accident
William Keith 60 of Glouster dies when crushed between two motors at Mine 255 on Bailey Run during maintenance work. Keith, Glouster village council president, had 12 children and was active in Nagarene Church. survivors include Opal Carpenter Keith and others. Mine inspectors investigate. Jagers funeral home arranging services.
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William Keith
Glouster
Bailey Run
Keith
Glouster Village
Nagarene
Church of Christ
Mr. Keith
Opal Carpenter
Chester
Mary Helen
Richard
Jack
Billy
Denny
Larry
Bertine Stevens
Birmingham
Ala
Anne LeMoine
Gilouster
Betty Reese
Columbus
Alice Noon
Caldwell
Connie Stahl
Giouster
The
Jagers Funeral Home
Blood donors sought for two injured Athens youths
Two Athens youths injured in a truck motorcycle crash near the fairgrounds were listed in critical condition at Sheltering Arma Hospital. Both need O negative blood, described as rare, prompting local donor appeals as the Columbus center can only supply limited stock.
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Athens
W. Union St
Fairgrounds
Arma Hospital
Robert Blower
E. State St
James Garrett
W. Washington St
Red Cross
Helen Dally
Athens County
The
Columbus
Hocking
Carl Freeman
Logan
Cpl. R. FE. Henderson
Students See Safety Exhibit On Stopping Distances
Ohio University Driver Education Workshop held stopping distance tests on 8S Court St in front of Landley Hall with a car fitted with three revolvers firing paint bullets. Trials at 20 mph showed stops from 40 feet with 40 feet 4 and a half inches recorded. at 30 mph averages near 77 feet with drivers reaching 73 feet six and a half inches and 76 feet eight inches. Instructors stressed favorable test conditions and common driver risks like fatigue and distractions. Athens police showcased speed timing gear and assisted in trials as teachers from 38% high schools participate under professors Intorre and Perry. The Farm Bureau Co provided the car and four students drove.
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Ohio University
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Athens
Joseph Intorre
Pennsylvania State University
Don E. Perry
The
Farm Bureau Co
Vacancies Reported In National Guard Unit
Athens Ohio National Guard unit reports 20 vacancies for new members including corporal and sergeant slots. Open to ages 17 to 35 with 1-D deferments for under 18, and prior service for older recruits. Quotas for Infantry School at Ft. Benning, food service at Ft. Knox and Ft. Meade. Potential eight week basic training plan by federal and state authorities.
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Athens
Ohio National Guard
Joel B. Draper
Draper
National Guard
Infantry
Ft. Benning
Ft. Knox
Ft. Meade
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Army Officer Candidate School
Ft. Riley
Kans
Rainfall near seven inches in Athens August totals
August rainfall in Athens neared seven inches with 1.25 inches added last night. Co L Colmer reports the month to date at 6.9 inches and forecasts more showers while noting the wettest August since 1995. Cooler conditions followed a cold front with 11 am temperature at 75 and highs near 87.
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Athens
Co. L. Colmer
U. S
Colmer
Hamiley Run
Stahl Rites To Be Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Stahl 70 who died in Athens Thursday will be held Sunday at 10 am at Ewing funeral home. She is survived by husband Clayton a daughter Mrs Mabel Huntton of Marion Ohio a son John B Terrell of Detroit a brother Lonzo of Pomeroy and a grandson. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Ida Stahl
Athens
Ewing Funeral
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Birth Notices
Mr and Mrs Robert Johnson The Plains welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs John Arthur Wellston welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Joe Vessalo Mrs Dean Kasler Trimble Route welcomes a child. Victor Hudwell Athens Route James Garrett Athens. Robert Blower Athens. Ed Cooley Jr Athens. Nathan Smith Athens Route. Mrs Glen Chadwell Athens. Mrs Frank Foster Athens and daughter.
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Robert Johnson
the Plains
John Arthur
Wellston
Joe Vessalo
Dean Kasler
Trimble
Victor Hudwell
Athens
James Garrett
Robert Blower
Ed Cooley, Jr
Nathan Smith
Glen Chadwell
Frank Foster
Plains High School Band Rehearsals Start Monday
The Plains High School band will begin practice Monday under Elmer G. Horsky with sessions at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Additional invitees include Tom Cade, Larry Horn, Shannon Lovely, Martha McDonald, John Shrieves, Terry Walburn, and Kay Whetstone. Majorette and flag bearer tryouts are set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Plains High School
Elmer G. Horsky
Horsky
Tom Cade
Larry Horn
Shannon Lovely
Martha McDonald
John Shrieves
Terry Walburn
Kay Whetstone
Young man fined for mufflerless car in Chauncey
Norman Tinkham, 20, Chauncey, was fined $5 and costs by Chauncey Mayor Charles Wadley on a State Highway Patrol charge of failing to have a muffler on a motor vehicle.
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Norman Tinkham
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Minnie Cone Rose 76 Athens widow rites set
Funeral services for Minnie Cone Rose 76 of Athens are planned Saturday afternoon. She died Thursday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital after about four weeks there. Born in Athens County to George and Martha Cone she lived most of her life in the county. Surviving are son Wendell Rose daughter Beatrice Rapp and Dorothy Atkins Elizabeth Wolfe and another son Willis Rose with nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial will be in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Minnie Cone Rose
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
George and
Martha Cone
Rose
Frank €. Rose
Willis C. Rose
Wendell ©. Rose
Beatrice Rapp
Wheeling
W. Va
Dorothy Atkins
Vandalia
Elizabeth Wolfe
Ashtabula
Dowler Ferguson-Hughes
Satu
School Registration Slated at The Plains
Executive Head H. W. Humphrey announced registration on the first day of school at The Plains for Sept 7. Pupils will attend until noon and buses will run morning routes, with students returning home for lunch. Regular schedule starts Wednesday.
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the Plains
H. W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Police Report Details Two Car Accidents
City police reported two separate two car accidents on W Union Street and at the W Union and Shafer Street intersection. Charles Martin aged 4 of Richland Avenue backed into Melvin Moore aged 4 of Shafer Street. Eddie Olds Jr aged 22 of Hanlin Avenue stopped for a light when Cecil Rife, 21 of Carpenter Route 1, skidded on wet pavement and struck Olds’s rear.
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Charles Martin
Richland Ave
Melvin S&s Moore
N. Shafer St
W. Union
Shafer St
Eddie Olds, Jr
Hanlin Ave
W. Union St
Cecil Rife
Carpenter
Olds
Miss Kathryn Bauer Pomeroy Dies at 84 in Meigs County
Kathryn Bauer Pomeroy, 84, of Pomeroy, died Thursday at 4 30 p m in Meigs General Hospital after four weeks of hospitalization. She is survived by a sister, Mrs Anna Kautz of Charleston, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p m at Ewing Funeral Home with friends calling at any time. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Kathryn Bauer
Meigs General Hospital
Anna Kautz
Charleston
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Fines Levied on Two Speeding Drivers in Municipal Court
Two motorists were fined $15 and costs each in Municipal Court after State Highway Patrol arrests for speeding. Nick S. Vacolas, 24, of 344 W Washington St, and Thurman L. Tucker, 40, of 3 Elliott St, faced the charges.
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State Highway Patrol
Nick S. Vacolas
Washington St
Thurman L. Tucker
Elliott St
Band Meetings Set New Marshfield
Waterloo High School band members will meet on September 1 and 3, as stated by principal James E. Bobo.
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New Marshfield
Waterloo High School
James E. Bobo
Athens Mothers' Polio Drive Nets $1486 in One Night
Nearly $1486.46 was collected in a one hour house to house canvass in Athens and Richland Ave during a March on Polio led by Mrs. Arthur Cornwell. Additional funds come from Saturday balloon sales by the Jaycees and DeMolays and benefit dances by the Red Men and Stewart residents. Names of 18 more volunteer mothers released.
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Athens
Arthur Cornwell
Athens County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Richland Ave
Athens Jaycees
Athens Red Men
Stewart
Cornwell
Bernard Black
R. C. Wickham
Erle Bridgewater, Jr
Richard Lockard
Jack Gilbert
Dwight Gaskill
David Wingett
Lauretta Collins
Paul Cotton
Henry Corradini
Charlies Rimmey
H. P Curry
Drell Goff
Ruth Pierce
Allen Riley
Clarence Laughlin
Frank Dilley
R. A. Morris
Jacksonville Resident Dies at 87 in Sheltering Arms
Mrs Mary Thompson Stevens 87 of Jacksonville died this morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Surviving are her husband Charlies Edward, four daughters including Mrs Ruby Swindell and Mrs Ruth Sabatoss, several stepchildren, 22 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. A son and four daughters are dead. Funeral conducted Sunday at 1 pm at the Jacksonville EFUB Church by Rev Wilbur Trace. Friends may call after noon Saturday.
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Glouster
Mary Thompson Stevens
Jacksonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charlies Edward
Ruby Swindell
Ruth Sabatoss
Gladys Quevery
Beatrice Sankey
Detroit
Mary Sands
Marie Devore
Columbus
Emmett Stevens
California
William
Roy
Charles Stevens
Wyandotte, Mich
John Stevens
Area Bankers Named To State Committees
Bankers from Athens and Meigs counties join Ohio Bankers Association standing committees for 1954 55 announced by President F George Heidacher Cincinnati They include F E Paul Cotton Bank of Athens installment credit committee and R C Cook Security Bank savings committee both of Athens and Aten Shain Farmers Bank and Savings Co agricultural committee Pomeroy
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Athens
Meigs Counties
Ohio Bankers Association
F. George Heidacher
Cincinnati
FE. Paul Cotton
Bank of Athens
Installment Credit Committee
R. C. Cook
Security Bank
Savings Committee
Aten Shain
Farmers Bank and Savings Co. Agricultural Committee
Pomeroy
Meigs Countian Killed in Route 7 Collision
Leonard Edward Foster 23 of Fagle Ridge died at Meigs General Hospital after a crash on Route 7 near Five Points. James J. Steele 52 of Zanesville suffered minor injuries and was treated. Foster reportedly crossed the curve on the wrong side and skidded into Steele. Foster’s death marks Meigs County second traffic fatality this year. Steele released after examination. Funeral arrangements noted for Foster with services at Chester Methodist Church.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Leonard Edward Foster
Fagle Ridge
Meigs General Hospital
Five Points
Charles Russell
Foster
James J. Steele
Zanesville
Russell
Steele
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Gallipolis
U. S. Army
Real Estate Transfers List From Athens Area
Real estate transfers show Florence H Atkinson of Athens conveying to Arthur Thompson also of Athens. Harry A Evans of Athens County transfers Lots 869 and 870 in Glouster to William J Stephenson of Glouster. Edith Thompson of Amesville sells to Cledath Bolin in Ames Township. Bertine Farley of Athens to James J Farley of Athens. Ethel Seipel of Athens County to Howard B Pritts in Athens Township. Ethel Seipel of Athens County to Ernest C Pritts in Athens Township. Willis T Davis of Athens County to Mabel Morris of Millfield Route 1 in Dover Township. Ruth B Stratton of Athens County to Randall Kelly of Ft Benning Go east half of inlet 978 in Grosvenor's Addition to Athens. Shrouhee Arpee of Athens sells to Edward Arpee of Lake Forest Illinois in Athens. Anna B Mansfield to Ray Hart on three tracts in Canaan Township.
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Florence H. Atkinson
Athens
Arthur Thompson
Harry A. Evans
Athens County
William J. Stephenson
Glouster
Edith Thompson
Amesville
Cledath Bolin
Ames Township
Bertine Farley
James J. Farley
Ethel Seipel
Howard B. Pritts
Athens Township
Ernest C. Pritts
Willis T. Davis
Mabel Morris
Millfield
Dover Township
Ruth B. Stratton
Randall Kelly
Ft. Benning
Inlet
Grosvenor’s
Shrouhee Arpee
Edward Arpee
Lake Forest
Anna B. Mansfield
Ray Hart
Canaan Township
Neglect and Absence Cited in Divorce Suit
Cynthia Carsey Howard filed for divorce from Louis Henry Howard in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect and wilful absence. They married October 13 1951 in St Marys West Virginia and have one child with custody requested by the mother.
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Common Pleas Court
Cynthia Carsey Howard
Louis Henry Howard
St. Mary’s W. Va
Boosters to Meet for State Fair Trip Attire
The Albany Band Boosters plan a 7 p.m. Monday meeting to issue suits for the state fair trip.
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Albany Band
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