Names Drawn For January Grand Petit Juries
Jury commissioners Matt Adkins and B G Chapman selected 150 residents to serve Common Pleas Court for the January term. The first 25 names form the grand jury and 125 comprise the petit jury list with officials present including Phyllis L Cross clerk John W Bolin judge and Harold Shields sheriff. The lists name residents from Athens Nelsonville Glouster Guysville The Plains Trimble and other communities including Florence White Emma Allbaugh David S Crawford and numerous others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Grand Jury
Petit Jury
Matt Adkins
B. G. Chapman
Phyllis L. Cross
John W. Bolin
Common Pleas
Harold Shields
Florence M. White
Emma Allbaugh
David S. Crawford
J. D. Cooper
John Bridgewater
E. G. Burt
Howard I. Shull
Julia L. Cable
Athens
C. L. Williams
R. D. Rowland
W. R. Dixon
Raymond Humphrey
Homer Byrd
Dorothy Ruscoe
James E. Huddy
A. J. Kyle
Lou Allen
Nelsonville
Orville Crow
Nick Hoak
Clyde Bobo
George Billy
Cecil Cooley
Howard Chapman
John L. Williams
Harold Brown
Lester Cordway
Dora Cunningham
Sam Altman
Harry D. Russell
Velma Baker
L. E. Carpenter
Bert Barnes
Kenneth Beckley
C. D. Dorst
Robert E. Birch
Clance M. Swisher
Paul Beckley
George Couladis
Joe F. Chapman
Robert C. Mitchell
Delores Hayes
Dorothy
Guard Unit Reports For Test Alert In Ohio
Ohio National Guard units conducted a battalion wide test alert with Athens and McConnelsville elements reporting a 75 percent plus response rate. Capt James F Schweikert praised the operation as a routine readiness check for national or state emergencies. Additional alerts were issued at Logan New Lexington Caldwell and Marietta with the stamp window at Guysville open 8 am to 4 pm on Dec 15 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio National Guard
James F. Schweikert
Athens
Mc. Connelsville
174Th Artillery
Schweikert
National Guard
Logan
New Lexington
Caldwell
Marietta
Guysville
Cold Wave Eases Slightly in Athens Area
Athens area records show a 19 degree rise in low temperatures to 11 above zero, with 9 a.m. readings reaching 17 as the cold snap eases. Rural Hamley Run reports a 30 degree swing from 20 below to 10 above, while snow falls lightly and most county schools remain closed or reopening after heating issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Bank Holdings Sold By O Bleness Names New Bank Leaders
Charles G. O Bleness, longtime president of The Security Bank, announced selling his holdings to the Lindner interests of Cincinnati and retiring. Ray C. Cook was elected president and chairman, with W. Leo White as cashier and Evelyn J. Linscott as assistant cashier. The board includes Charles Keating Jr., Carl H. Lindner, Robert D. Lindner, and Richard E. Lindner. The Lindners had merged Athens National Bank and Bank of Athens NBA last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. O’bleness
Security Bank
Lindner Interests
Cincinnati
Direcors
Ray C. Cook
W. Leo White
Evelyn J. Linscott
Cook
Charles Keating, Jr
Carl H. Lindner
Robert D. Lindner
Richard E. Lindner
Mr. O’bleness
Henry O’bleness
Nelsonville
Peoples Bank
Athens Bank
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Lindner
Athens National Bank
Bank of Athens
NBA
Dowler Seen As Front-Runner For Division 10 Highway Post
John Dowler former Ath ens County engineer appears to have the inside track for deputy director of highways in Division 10. Republican committees from nine counties endorsed him and a Marietta meeting is expected to formalize Farley’s successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dowler
Athens County
Division 10
Dowler
Max Farley
James Rhodes
Morgan County
Ed Ervin
Cliff Kendall
Highway Department
C. William O’neill
Marietta
Farley
Athens
Washington
Noble
Monroe
Morgan, Hocking
Vinton
Meigs
Gallia
Brother Shows Rifle To Friend Wounds 10-Year-Old
A 10-year-old boy, Larry Peyton of The Plains, was wounded in an accidental shooting when his 15-year-old brother Ralph showed a 22 caliber rifle to a friend. Larry, lightly injured in the left shoulder, was listed in fairly good condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The incident occurred as four boys gathered at the Peyton home for sleigh riding. Milton Douglas, 16, witnessed the rifle discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains
Larry Peyton
Roger Peyton
Johnson Rd
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Carl Welling
Larry
Ralph
Milton Douglas
Roger
Peyton
Auto slams guard rail after snow on Route 33 near Athens
State Police report a southbound motorist Louise M. Morehouse 35 Parkersburg W V lost control on a snow lump on Route 33 just north of Athens Thursday. She was not cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route 33
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Louise M. Morehouse
Parkersburg
W. Va
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New Marshfield
Blanche Cline
Albany
Clyde Gibson
Amesville
Robert L. Hawk
Cliff Martin
Millfield
Charles E. Kelly
Dallas Williams
Trimble
K. Baker
Marguerite A. Roat
James Blazer
Stella Chambers
Nancy Bolin
Paul E. Brown
H. C. Bobo
Bernard Black
Russell Bashore
Frank Higgins
Ahtens
Dorsey D. Lawson
Arthur Goodin
Nellie Linton
Kermit Swartz
John Sherdian
Roger Crawford
Paul Barrows
Hazel Hamill
Elaine Lavely
Fred Evener
Charles Vaughn
Ence E. Nelson
Jeanette Smith
Lucille Cope
Anna Riley
Leslie Dawson
John Reid
David Devore
Dorothy Shearer
Flossie Coupe
Geneseve Hilleary
Letha M. Hartley
Jane Tanguy
Charlotte Hubble
Doris Ellinger
Clyde McMannis
Fred M. Nixon
Helen Murphy
Dale Wharton
Hockingport
Carl Wright
Glouster
Richard Guinther
Ralph Hines
Alfred Anderson
George Campbell
Bill Docie
Clarence Fuller
Russell Archer
J. J. Coger
Buchtel
Floyd Tennehill
Oris Wolfe
Nellie White
Sugar Creek
Oscar Porter
Grace Sedwick
Charles McDonald
James A. Brooks
Warren A. Jeffers
Jacksonville
Garnet Wicks
Ruth Kloh
Irvin Carter
Andrew Roebuck
Stewart
Helen Cook
Ralph Bryan
Shade
Faye Wingett
Otto Swartz
Story Coen
Howard
Columbus Road
Athens, Ohio
Seaman
Libby
Golden Sun Pie
Clover Farm Market
W. Union St
Tri-County Bank
JHE Tri-County Bank
Coolville, Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ames Bern
Ohio University
Rufus Putnam
E. Union St
Morrison
O’bleness
Sistant Cashier
State Highway Post
Volunteer Fire Department
George Church
Coolville
Terry Holbert
Charles Miller
Webster B. Walker
Benjamin Roberson
Chester Dailey
Lena Nida
David M. Bush
Frank M. Davis
Marjorie Davis
Lena Hoey
Michael Martin
Larry Rutter
Viola Foura
Corning
B& T
Sunset Motel
Ohio
van Dyke
Buckeye Cafeteria
N. Court St
Tel
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
C. M. Gil & Company
Earl Mathews
Ear Gill
Jerry Kyle
Cliff's Market
David Davies Bacon
Luckoff's
Rock of Ages Monuments
Keller & Weltner Monument Co
W. Bunter St
Logan, Ohio
Middleport
the Martin
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