Eight traffic crashes leave twelve injured over weekend
An Elliottville couple escaped a Sunday fire that destroyed their five room home near Athens State Hospital. Frank and Mrs Risley, 77 and 47, fled in night clothing as temperatures dropped to near zero. They plan to move to a building on the property and need furnishings and clothing. Red Cross assistance is sought.
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Elliottville
Frank Risley
Charles Bail
Athens
Red Cross
Athens State Hospital
Athens State Hospital Grounds, Into Home
Helen Daily
Mrs. Risley
Mr. Risley
Laura Inman Rites Tuesday Near Alfred
Funeral services for Laura Inman 84 long time Guysville resident were held Tuesday afternoon at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home. She died Saturday at Elmwood Rest Home near Alfred after a three month illness. Survived by a niece Hazel Linscott Miller Thorntown Ind and three nephews Lew Carpenter Athens Samarah Hunter Guysville Charles Hunter Canton. Burial followed at West Union Street Cemetery with Rev Harold Mowery officiating.
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Piennes
Laura Inman
Guysville
Elmwood Rest Home
Alfred
Inman
Alex G
Sarah Morrison Manhorter
New England
Presbyterian Church
Charles
Hazel Linscott Miller
Thorntown
Ind
Lew Carpenter
Athens
Samarah Hunter
Charles Hunter
Canton
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Harold Mowery
West Union Street
Fumes Overcome Albany Pair in Car on Court Street
Two Albany Route 2 residents Lowell Lowery and his son Joe were found unconscious in a car on Court Street early Monday from carbon monoxide fumes. They were revived by Albany Fire Department squad and an attending physician ordered bed rest for 12 hours. Mrs. Lowery found them after leaving Blackmore's Restaurant.
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Albany Route 2
Lowell Lowery
Joe Lowery
Court Street
Thens Fire Department
Blackmore’s
Lowery
Dunfee Dies at 64 in Stewart Rural Community
Lester Edward Dunfee 64 of Stewart died Saturday at White Cross Hospital Columbus native of Stewart Survived by wife Ferna Lucy Infee two daughters Dorothy Ann McGill ofwaysville Delpha Garrett Coolville a son Virgil D Dunfee with the U S Army three foster daughters Ruth Dailey Audrey Dunfee Edith Deeter Stewart two foster sons Edward Howard Dailey Stewart a brother Silas Dunfee Coolville a sister Bessie Scott Stewart a son Darrell preceded him Funeral services Tuesday 2 pm at Stewart Methodist Church burial Bean Cemetery Guysville friends may call at the family homeAny time
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Lester Edward Dunfee
Stewart
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Ferna Lucy Infee
Dorothy Ann McGill
Waysville
Delpha — Garrett
Coolville
Virgil Dae Dunfee
U. S. Army
Ruth Dailey
Audrey Dunfee
Edith Deeter
Edward
Howard Dailey
Dunfee
Silas Dunfee
Bessie Scott
Darrell
Roy Deeter
Stewart Methodist Church
Bean Cemetery
Guysville
Births and Admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs John Barrett of Millfiied and a son for Mr and Mrs George Beveridge of Athens. Admissions include George Swart of Athens Ernest Shaw of Carbon Hill Kay Fought of Jackson and others. some names like Shirley Webster Millfield and Mary Stalder The Plains noted as admitted or dismissed.
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John Barrett
Millfiied
George Beveridge
Athens
George Swart
Ernest Shaw
Carbon Hill
Kay Fought
Jackson
Maude Raybould
Albany
Florence Brooks
Chesterhill
Elsie Stewart
Shirley Webster
Millfield
Teddie McKnight
Coalville
Mary Stalder
the Plains
Chariea Gilkey
Shirley White
Women Officers May Obtain Active Duty
Announcement invites eligible women college graduates to join the Women’s Army Corps Officers in the Reserve Corps for active service up to captain. Reporting dates are Jan 30 March 27 and May 8 1953 with applications due six weeks prior. Details from the Army ROTC office Carnegie Building Ohio University.
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Women’s Army Corps
Former Marshfield Woman Dies at 92
Mrs. Rose Herron Jones aged 92, a former resident of New Marshfield, died Sunday at her home in Indianapolis. The obituary note came through a niece, Mrs. A. B. Conkey of New Marshfield.
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Marshfield
Rose Herron Jones
New Marshfield
Indianapolis
A. B. Conkey
Athens schools and Ohio University resume after holiday
Athens city and county schools reopen this morning after a Thanksgiving break that began last Wednesday. Ohio University resumes classes at noon today.
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Athens City
Ohio University
Guysville Man Fined For Intoxication
Frank Johnson, 64, Guysville, was fined $5 and costs Monday on a city police charge of intoxication. Mayor Peter B. Leel imposed the fine. A cryptic note mentions nine soldiers escaping from a barracks in New Cumberland, Pa, and a separate Akron report notes changes in milk prices by two to three cents.
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Guysville
Frank Johnson
Peter B. Leel
Slippery Roads Blamed For High Toll Weekend
State Highway Patrol investigated eight accidents Saturday and Sunday with 12 injuries. Notable crash on Route 33 near Nelsonville injured seven, including Katherine Robson 88 and Richard Reed 26. Road hazards prompted cautions as conditions remained hazardous.
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State Highway Patrol
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Richard Reed
Pomeroy
Floyd Allbaugh
New ‘Marshfield
Reed
Robson
Katherine Robson
Wen
Edna Hatfield
Kenneth Hill
Marilyn Laughlin
Salem
Lena Klein
Solem
Logan
William Fischer
Wilbert W. Warren
Fischer
Phyllis Schorr
Warren
Lester Edwards
Donald Edwards
Clyde Cross
Columbus
Haydenville
Cross
Athens
Norman Saylor
New Marshfield
Jack Young
Driverless car rolls into intersection collision at Court and State
A parked autonomous vehicle owned by Cecil D. McClain of Athens Route 4 rolled from the curb at the Court and State intersection on Saturday night and struck a southbound car driven by Elmer E. Jacobs of Lakewood. No injuries were reported.
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Court
State
Cecil D. McClain
Athens
Elmer E. Jacobs
Lakewood
Athens Recovering After Snowy Holiday Bout
Athens faced a first season snow event with four to six inch accumulations. Roads stayed hazardous with icy spots and driving delays as residents plowed out and heated temperatures slowly rose. A teen party at the Athens Country Club was canceled due to slick conditions.
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Athens
Colmer
U.S
Marshfield
Athens Country Club
Foreign Service Position Opportunities Outlined at OU
Candidates for foreign service officer examinations to be held next fall will be interviewed at Ohio University in Ellis Hall Room 111 at 10 am by Max V. Krebs of the U S State Department. Open to young American citizens 21 to 30 with ten years of citizenship, the exams lead to careers in embassies and consulates worldwide with starting salaries from 4000 to 5000 dollars and potential to 14300 dollars, rising to ministerial ranks up to 25000 dollars. Krebs recently completed a posting in Bogota and will move to Antwerp. further details are available through the OU Bureau of Appointments or Dr Ernest H Collins.
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Max V. Krebs
U. S
of State
Krebs
Cincinnati
Ohio University
Ellis Hall
Foreign Service
Department of State
Washington, D. C
Bogota
Columbia
Antwerp
Belgium
OU Bureau of Appointments
Ernest H. Collins
Reminder set on seal sale in Athens County
Christmas Seal Sale reminders go to residents who have not replied. Rev. Gilbert Courtney, chair, says many simply forgot. The goal is $6000 before Christmas as 82.2 cents of each dollar stay in Athens County for health education, clinic funding, and rehabilitation services.
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Athens County
Gilbert Courtney
Courtney
Death of Delno Bretz at Columbus hospital
Delno Bretz a Baltimore & Ohio railroad maintenance foreman of Athens Route 2 died Monday morning in a Columbus hospital after a brief illness. Survived by wife Eva Fretz Bretz and three sons Lielie Bill and Richard all at home. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Jagers Funeral Home.
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Delno Bretz
Athens
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Columbus
Eva Fretz Bretz
Helen Channel
the Palms
Lielie
Bill
Richard
The
Jagers Funeral Home
Servicemen Update on Basic and Overseas Training
PVT. Wlliam Br. Stone of New Marshfield completed eight weeks of infantry and eight weeks of medical training at Camp Pickett Virginia. Charlie Sloane of Anhnens Route 4 graduated from the Far East Command chemical school at Camp Guy Japan after enlisting last January and prior duty at Camp Cooke California.
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Pvt
Wlliam BR. Stone
H. O. Eblen
New Marshfield
Medical Replacement Training Center
Camp Pickett
Pie Charlies
Sloane
DeWitt Sloane
Far East Command
Camp Guy
Japan
Army
Camp Cooke
Calif
Bus breakdown shuts Carthage Troy schools for a day
More than 500 Carthage Troy pupils were sent home after the district canceled classes Monday due to 10 school buses breaking down. Repairs were planned and classes were to resume Tuesday.
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Carthage-Troy
County Sept
George Christman
Masters Confer Degrees at Paramythia 25 Meeting
The Master Mason degree will be conferred on two candidates Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Temple by Paramythia 25 F and AM. Kenneth Sands, worshipful master, said refreshments will be served.
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F&am
Masonic Temple
Kenneth Sands
County farms in soil program show record cooperation
Athens County farmers joined the soil conservation program at a record pace with 58 new cooperators in the past 11 months, surpassing 35 in 1951. National data show 80 percent more cooperators in 1952, bringing the U S total to 1 120 000.
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Athens County
Edgar Dixon
Athens Soil Cobservption District
Board of Supervisors
SCS
Robert Wilson
U S. Soil Conservation Service
Dixon
Soil Conservation Service
County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
PMA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Insurance Queries Directed to This Office No Charge
Addressing your insurance questions to this office may yield correct answers with no obligation or charge. We aim to provide assistance and clarify policy details without cost.
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Athens, Ohio
L. E. Dunfee
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Harrisburg
New Cumberland
Akron
MR. Krebs
County Farms IN Soil Program
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Dial
Santa Claus
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
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H. G. Householder
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Zemo
Fleet Lease Corporation
L. Frank Nye
Athens County Agents Association
VanDyke
Donald K
Barstow
Meipie & Kempton
Earl Mathews
Peter B, Seei
Dwight HM
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Murphey and
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Dillon Guinther Insurance Agency
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Athens Armory
George Drake
Angelo Poffo
Johnny Rougeau
George Macrocostes
Ali Pasha
Joe Wolfe
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