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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1962

Page

2

Sunday Traffic Crashes Reported in Athens County

Three Sunday crashes were investigated by the State Highway Patrol with no injuries. Cited drivers include Eddie Nott 21 Glouster and William Christman 68 Glouster Route 1 for conditional speed and left of center respectively in a Route 13 two car crash south of Glouster. Rexford Storer 18 Athens Route 4 charged with conditional speed after a South Canaan Road crash involving Bryan James 35 Athens Route 4. Ronald E Golden 22 Athens Route 3 was in a 3 a.m. Route 50 rollover three miles west of Route 329.

State Highway Patrol Athens Glouster Eddie Nott William Christman Rexford Storer Canaan Bryan James Ronald E. Golden

Court Hears Driver Cases and Firemen Meet

Municipal Court continued the cases of two drivers cited for driving while intoxicated and fined a third. Edward H Dunn pleaded guilty to DWI, was fined 125 dollars and costs, six days jail with three suspended, four months probation, and driving rights revoked for four months. Peura case continued until Wednesday and Elliott case until Thursday. both under 300 dollar bonds. Plains volunteer firemen meet at 7 30 p m Monday.

Edward H. Dunn Millfield Edwin Walter Peura State St Don Paul Elliott Athens

Preparation H Promises Rapid Relief for Piles

A breakthrough healing substance named Bio-Dyne now marketed as Preparation H promises astonishing statements from sufferers that piles have ceased to be a problem. Available in suppository and ointment forms at drug counters worldwide.

David Bush Dies At 42 In Ohio Notice

David Milton Bush 42 of 433 Richland Ave died Saturday evening at Sheltering Arms Hospital after admission Wednesday morning. Born Worthington Pennsylvania he moved to Ohio in 1951 and worked for Coates Excavating in Athens. Survived by wife Violet two daughters Catherine Karen four sisters and one brother. Funeral 1 p.m. Tuesday Warren funeral home Nelsonville Rev Ivan Pullin Jr. Burial Culp Cemetery Buchtel. Friends may call at the funeral home.

David Milton Bush Richland Ave Sheltering Arms Hospital Worthington E. J. Bush Ohio Coates Athens Lutheran Church Violet Catherine Karen Dorothy Bush Margaret Hindman Frances Eckman Florence Bush B. J. Bush, Jr Warren Funeral Home Nelsonville Ivan Pullin, Jr Culp Buchtel

Coolville Area Resident Dies at 80

Funeral services for Francis Jerome Smith 80 of Coolville Route 1 will be Thursday at 2 p m at Spencer funeral home Belpre with Rev R Edsel Wilcox officiating burial will be in Rockland Cemetery He died Sunday in Camden Clark Hospital Parkersburg a native of Wood County West Virginia he lived in Coolville 30 years and was a Methodist Church member Surviving wife Nellie two daughters Mrs Bernard Cunningham Fairborn and Mrs Frank Reeder Denver Colo a son Lawrence Chester two grandchildren and two great grandchildren two brothers Lewis Wes terville Ivory Parkersburg and a sister Mrs Ollie Gilliland Pennsville

Francis Jerome Smith Coolville Spencer Funeral Home Belpre R. Edsel Wilcox Rockland Cemetery Smith Wood County W. Va Camden-Clark Hospital Parkersburg Methodist Church Nellie Bernard Cunningham Fairborn Frank Reeder Denver Colo Lawrence Chester Lewis Westerville Ivory Ollie Gilliland Pennsville

Sunny mild Monday follows cold and snow

Sunny mild weather greeted Monday after a period of cold. Hamley Run reported a 9 am temperature of 28 with a morning low of 15 and a high of 34 during a cloudy weekend day.

Hamley Run

R E Graham rites held at South Canaan Church

Robert E Graham 69 died suddenly at home on South Canaan Road after years of ill health. A WWII veteran and American Legion member, he leaves two brothers, three sisters, a niece raised in his home, and his wife Rose. Funeral was Wednesday at 3 p.m. in South Canaan Baptist Church with burial nearby. Friends may call Hughes funeral home after Tuesday noon.

Robert E. Graham South Canaan Road Canaan Township William H Mary Graham Athens County Norwich Conn K. T. Crossen Post American Legion Carl Orley Athens Effie Chapman Emma Jones Akron Amy Winters Cheyenne Wyo Marie Ennis Rose South Canaan Baptist Church Theodore Ertle Hughes Funeral

Death of Ezra P. McDaniel Buried in North Liberty

Ezra P. McDaniel 74 North Liberty Ind mortician died after a heart attack. Survived by wife Frances Stedman McDaniel a daughter Mrs David Fauntell Spellman North Liberty Ind and three sons Earl West Alexander Gail Archbold and Don North Liberty plus 10 grandchildren.

Anna Keirns Ezra P. McDaniel North Liberty Ind Warren and Adaline Woolley McDaniel Frances Stedman McDaniel David Fauntell Spellman Earl West Alexander Gail Archbold Don

Certified Boar Market Starts In Area Area

Lancaster Area Feeder Pig and Improvement and Marketing Committee plans a January program to boost lean meat hogs. Don Davis notes high market demand and prices for lean meat. deadline Jan 7 for applications. Participants may buy a certified boar for $50 to raise two years, under Ohio Swine Producers Association and Extension Service oversight.

Lancaster Area Don Davis Davis Athens Ohio Swine Producers Association Ohio Extension Service

Mrs. Addie Ashcraft 87 Dies in Guysville

Mrs. Addie Ashcraft 87 died Sunday at her daughter's home in Guysville after years of ill health. Born in Folsom West Virginia she lived in Athens County 55 years and was active in South Canaan Baptist Church and Minear Chapter OES. Survived by three sons 15 grandchildren 46 great grandchildren two sisters and a brother. services Wednesday at Hughes funeral home Coolville. City to stop entering homes for garbage collection citing safety concerns.

Addie Ashcraft Albert Hutchens Guysville Folsom W. Va David and Mary Edgell Barker Athens County South Canaan Baptist Church Minear Order of Eastern Star Ora O Orla Everett New Orleans Grace Watkins Pricetown Dessie Bean Joseph Okey Hughes Funeral Home Lewis F. Skiver Coolville Funeral OES

Jacksonville Woman Hurt In Fall On Ice

Mrs. June Baughman 42 an Ohio University employee slipped on ice near Shively Hall at 6 58 am Monday suffering a possible fracture of the left ankle. Fire department squad splinted and transported her to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Also taken to hospital at 1 55 am Sunday was Iris Salyers 16 of 185 West Washington Street after an overdose of pain killing tablets.

June Baughman Jacksonville Ohio University Shively Hall Fire Department Sheltering Arms Hospital Iris Salyers W. Washinton St

Truck Fire Doused By Hand Extinguisher

City firemen used a hand extinguisher to douse a blaze in a truck owned by Carl Proffitt of Parkersburg West Virginia at Court and President streets at 6 51 p m Saturday. The fire started in an overheated brake drum and damage was estimated at 125 dollars.

Carl Proffitt Parkersburg W. Va

Motel Plans Enlarge and Open Restaurant Unit

Gateway Motel operators Mrs. Monte Davis and her husband announce plans to add 30 motel units to reach 64 total at Route 50W in spring. A new dining room is expected to open around January 1 with two banquet rooms and seating for about 100. The couple will run it with Charles and Joan Wright.

Monte Davis Gateway Route 50W Davis Sunset

Dyesville Native Dies After Long Mobile Life

Eber J. Chapman 83, born in Dyesville, died Sunday in Mobile Alabama where he had lived 40 years. A former New York Central Railroad bridge carpenter, he leaves Flora Bosworth Chapman, a daughter Ernes tine Lowery, two sons Andrew and James, five grandchildren and five great great grandchildren, all of Mobile. Funeral services and burial will be in Mobile. HUBCAPS STOLEN: Robert Roberts 294 Highland Ave reports four hubcaps taken from a 1958 auto Monday morning.

Eber J. Chapman Dyesville Mobile Ala New York Central Flora Bosworth Chapman Ernestine Lowery Andrew James

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Earl Gibbs Athens, Ohio Arthur Sapp P.O. Box Chauncey, Ohio The Plains Volunteer Firemen New York, N. Y Nsuras, PoLier Tee Donald K. Barstow D. M. Goddard Houck & Reed, Inc Murphey Ins Agency Nelsonville, Ohio Earl F. Mathews, Inc. and C. M. Gill and Co Dwight H. Rutherford Joseph Seiple Glouster, Ohio Richard Guinther LISS General Electric N. Court St Ph. LY David Bush Frederick H. Burke Cincinnati William R. Butler Howard Schmidt Youngstown Gordon Gray Jacob Boesel Columbus H. R Marion Ray Hagley Lyndhurst R. E. Graham Rites Ser Kerr-Hunter's Gift Rifles Robert Roberts Highland Ave S$. Court ST. Athens General Insurance Jessie W. Ley Katherine Hartley Murphey N. Court Mac Mac’s Thrifty Store W. State ST Houck & Reed, Inc. Insurance Service G. Houck Don Reed W. Union Dia Court St Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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