Jury Duty Drawn for January Common Pleas Court
Athens County jury commissioners named 125 residents for January term jury service. Twenty five will serve as grand jurors and 100 as petit jurors, with lists published by court officials and drawn in the presence of Judge Francis D. White. Names cover Athens Nelsonville Chauncey Amesville Glouster Coolville The Plains and surrounding rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Hull
Kittle
John Call
Francis D. White
Harold Shields
Phyllis L. Cross
Clarys Hunter
Cynthia B. Howard Bateman
Mary K. Romine
Dwight D. Robinson
Donald Barstow
Gail Watkins
Frank Ley
Athens
James Pitts
John Fink
Elizabeth K. Murphy
Belle Lancaster
Earl L. Worthington
Nelsonville
Victor Clark
Coolville
Helen Langel
the Plains
Tom L. Taylor
Torch
Louis Murray
Jacksonville
Harold Lamborn
Glouster
Ernest Grosvenor
Amesville
Letha McLaughlin
Guysville
Vincent Kish
Chauncey
Henry Laudermilk
Russell Vore
Inez Wade
Howard Gorrell
Darrell Williams
Frost
Mabel Ward
Louis 5. Wolfe
Elmo D. Landis
Emma Householder
Glenn Fiscus
Patrick Burns
Betty Addington
Howard E. Bobo
Hugo O. Theisen
Harry A. Hope
Donald Lash
Thomas S. Wingett
Floyd Ballenger
John D. Bardin
Robert L. Burson
Georgia
Foughty
Pearl Williams
Ed Carter
W. M. Myers
J. E. Lee
Harold Conrad
Betty Butts
OU Police Probe S150 Dormitory Theft
University police investigate the theft of about 150 dollars from Perkins Hall on the East Green. Robert Natale, social chairman, says the money was on his desk when he briefly left the room. the door was left open and no clues had been found by Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Perkins Hall
East Green
Adam Bors
Robert Natale
Natale
William Butler
University
Athens Representative Named to Ohio Voluntary Services Committee
Mrs. Samuel B. Erskine will represent Athens State Hospital on a state wide Voluntary Services Advisory Committee. She is president of the hospital auxiliary, one of Ohio’s first such groups. Dr. R C Anderson announced the plan to organize the committee by late February under T J Clark, aiming to link public, patients and hospital programs across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Erskine
Athens State Hospital
Erskine
Hospital Auxiliary
Ohio
R. C Anderson
J. Clark
Division of Mental Hygiene
Anderson
Births and discharges at Shelter Arms Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Graham of Athens. Admissions include Mrs Willard Wallace Athens Route 1 Karen Snyder Glouster Route Mrs Bernard Westfall Athens Harry Elkins Athens Art Copeland Stewart Mrs John Burritt Athens Route 4 Earl Sedwick Athens Sue Downey Athens Route 5. Dismissals include Mary Moore Athens Gerald Chesser Athens Route and Mrs Paul Green Albany and son Mrs Joseph A A Rhoades Athens and daughter. Blood used one pint.
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Harry Graham
Athens
Willard Wallace
Karen Snyder
Glouster
Bernard Westfall
Harry Elkins
Art Copeland
Stewart
John Burritt
Earl Sedwick
Sue Downey
Mary Moore
Gerald Chesser
Joseph
Mutehler Presents Wright Brothers Painting History
Ohio University faculty member Dwight Mutehler unveiled a nine by twelve foot painting of the Wright Brothers at an Ohio State House ceremony. He reviewed the project history for Athens Rotarians, noting the brothers’ successful launch of the first heavier than air aircraft.
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Dwight Mutehler
Ohio University
Ohio State House
Athens
Wright Brothers
Christmas Hopeful Peace Outlined By OU President
Ohio University President John C. Baker told a Christmas convocation at Memorial Auditorium that 1959 is freer from international tensions than recent decades. He urged students to return home with real hopes of peace and noted hopeful signs in Khrushchev and Eisenhower peace trips. The program featured the University Chorus, Singers, Symphony Orchestra, and Brass Choir conducted by William Brophy Jerald Hamilton and Karl Ahrendt led orchestral works. Soloists included Ruthanna Jones Dixie McNeill Kay Turk Ronald Patton Robert Griffith and Ronald Wilson.
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Ohio University
John C. Baker
Memorial Auditorium
Christ
Ruthanna Jones
Dayton
Dixie McNeill
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Kay Turk
Novelly
Ronald Patton
Delphos
Robert Griffith
Hillsboro
Ronald Wilson
Zanesville
Park Plan Backed by Athens County Fair Board
Athens County fair board members met with William R. Speller, chairman of the Athens Park Committee, to review plans for county fairgrounds use. The proposal calls for portable picnic tables on hill shaded areas and near the race track rear gate, plus movable playground equipment in the hill’s clear area. Speller indicated partial agreement and said he would continue talks with fair board president Wayne Wingett, secretary Emory Allen, and the grounds committee, with a three year stay and a liaison board member proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Fair Board
William R. Speller
Athens Park Committee
Speller
No Change In Fire Number in Athens Says Mayor
Athens residents were reminded that the emergency number 190 for the fire department and emergency squad remains unchanged. Mayor Kenneth W. Sands noted the new Lynwood exchange took effect at midnight and urged placing the number in the phone book for quick access in emergencies.
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Athens City
Kenneth W. Sands
Fire Department
Lynwood Exchange
Two Men Fined In Municipal Court On Intoxication Plea
Albert Carpenter and Carl Williams each paid 50 dollar fines plus costs after pleading guilty to intoxication charges in Municipal Court. Carpenter is 75 and from New Marshfield Route 2, Williams 48 from Congress Street.
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Albert Carpenter
New Marshfield
Carl Williams
Congress St
Trial Delayed By Defense Plea Ruling
Esmond Brandeberry of Coolville requests $24,623.33 in two claims against Richard C. Faulkenstein of Morgantown after an Aug 8, 1958 tractor accident on Route 50. Judge Francis D. White granted a 30 day continuance and allowed production of farm records and medical expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmond Brandeberry
Coolville
Richard C. Faulkenstein
Morgantown
W. Va
Francis D. White
Coolville Driver Fined Jailed License Taken
Clarence Roy Koehler of Coolville Route 3 pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to driving while intoxicated. Prosecutor Joseph B Vanity Jr. filed the charge. Koehler was fined 125 dollars plus 12.70 dollars costs, jailed three days, and license suspended 90 days. He also pleaded guilty to operating an auto without a valid license and paid 25 dollars plus 12.70 dollars costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Roy Koehler
Coolville
Common Pleas
Joseph B. Vanity Jr
Koehler
Albany Man Guilty on Intoxication Charge
Joe Cooper, 23, Albany, found guilty of intoxication after a Municipal Court hearing before Acting Judge Samuel B. Erskine. He was fined $25 and costs after pleading not guilty. Charles R. Tate forfeited a $31 bond on a city intoxication charge in the same court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cooper
Albany
Samuel B. Erskine
Cooper
Charles R. Tate
Washington St
Training School Trains Athens Officers in Self Defense
About 20 officers from Athens and nearby areas attended a police training session Monday night at Athens High School. Sponsored by Sheriff Harold Shields, the class covered self defense and judo techniques led by a Federal Bureau of Investigation member.
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Athens
Athens High School
Harold Shields
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Four Men Held After Theft Of Four Chickens
Four men pled not guilty in Municipal Court and were ordered held for the grand jury on charges of breaking and entering and stealing four chickens from the Birge chicken house on Dec 5. Rodgers also faces a burglary charge at Baughman store. Loot included two razors a watch and a blow torch.
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Albert
Lem Birge
Mark Frazee
Chauncey
Robert Shields
Herman Barnes
Millfield
William Leroy Rodgers
Rodgers
Baughman
Barnes
Birge
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Roy C. Locke
Ray L. Chadwell
Virgil H. Carter
Dorothy Sherman
Mary Keffer
Oscar Chaney
Emma Buckley
Lowell Brunton
Wm. S. Withem Sr
Eva Zimmers
Gilbert Bingman
Hugh Sweeney
Elizabeth McDevitt
Mildred Hines
Frank Skinner
Wiliam Brunton
John Toth
Jack
Carbondale
Ralph Lightfritz
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Cloyd Householder
Murray City
Donald Cook
Emerson Ball
Therese Skinner
Rye Cunningham
Dean Thompson
Fred Cabeen
Denzil Gabriel
Floyd Carpenter
C. E. Nichols
Elwyn E. Dorr
Harvey Wood
Clyde E. Snyder
W. W. Totman
Susan South
Clifford Boudinott
Cecil Thomas
Oscar Lovesy
Ross Wright
Rex Meeks
Guy Hartman
Raymond Humphrey
John Taylor
Clyde McCullough
Charles Hartman
Ruth West
Berlina Dixon
L. A. Barrows
Frost RD
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Matson
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Kauai
Maui
Royal Hawaiian
Waikiki Beach
West Coast
Pacific
Circle Island
Call Dee Abraham
Hotel
Berry Lobby
Athens, Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Paul Green
Mutehler
Pocket
Best Buy
Vere Smith
N. Court ST
Crtah
Millers Falls Tools
Court Street
Royal McBee Corp
Port Chester
N.Y
Ben F. Cutler
A. H. Craft
H. Carl Davis
Philip M. Zenner
Baker
William Brophy
Dr. Bak
Dave Brueckner
Miamisburg
Healey Willan
Michael Praetorius
Giovanni da Palestrina
Jerald Hamilton
Karl Ahrendt
Vivaldi
Herbert Howells
Arthur Warren
Europe
Tel
Lynwood
Berry
Unico Appliances
Imperial
UNICO
West Bend Flavormatic Coffee Maker
Dormeyer
Dominion
Landa T
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Athens Messenger
Santa
And
Gallipolis
Circle's
Circle’s
Miles E. Hoon
Cline Bldg
Municipals Mutual Funds
D. H
Jonesy
Sams Cline
Athens, Oho
Phon LY
New York Stock Exchange
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