Armed Robbery Suspect Bound To Grand Jury
Robert Lee Lloyd 32 of Parkersburg was bound to the Athens County grand jury after pleading innocent to two armed robbery charges. Bond set at 1000 per case by Judge John F. Newcomb. Lloyd suspected with George Lee Hosey in the Oct. 23 Sharpsburg holdup. Hosey arrested in Detroit and returned to penitentiary officials. Lloyd indicted for felonious assault in Parkersburg and possibly Auto theft. Athens County received him after Marietta declined to prosecute.
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Robert Lee Lloyd
Parkersburg
Athens County Grand Jury
John F. Newcomb
Lloyd
George Lee Hosey
Ohio State Penitentiary
Sharpsburg
Hosey
Detroit
First Primary Petition Taken in Foster Coe Run
Foster Coe at 5 First St. becomes the first prospective spring candidate to file a petition to run for city councilman Ward 1. He seeks to defeat incumbent Lewis McBride with a Feb 1 filing deadline, according to Board of Elections clerk Ray Bobo.
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Foster Coe
First St
Board of Elections
Ray Bobo
Coe
Harry Begg Rites Are Set Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services are planned Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Harry M. Begg 48 Royal McBee Corp vice president who died Friday in a Daytona Beach hospital. He lived at 19 Marietta Ave and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Izaak Walton League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Begg
Royal McBee Corp
Daytona Beach
Fla
Begg
Marietta Ave
Pompano Beach
Izaak Walton League
Athens
Roger M. Rice, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
OU Graduate Dies in New York Plane Crash Toll
Richard L. Bitters 33 an Ohio University official died in the TWA crash on Staten Island along with Mrs Karen Lee Greenwood Griebel 22 of Amlin Ohio. Funeral services for Bitters planned in Wapakoneta with memorials and a university fund to create scholarships in his name.
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Wapakoneta
Richard L. Bitters
Ohio University
TWA
Staten Island
N. Y
Bitters
New York
United Airlines
Peter B. Griebel
Karen Lee Greenwood
Amlin
Ohio
Scioto Darby
Hilliard
Griebel
Fuller Brush Co
Jennifer
Mr. Bitters
Evangelical Reformed Church
Athens Native Florence Watkins Dies at 26
Florence Wilkes Watkins died last Wednesday at University Hospital Columbus at age 26. Burial was in New Lexington Cemetery after last rites in Columbus. She is survived by husband Robert, two daughters Linda and Susan, father Albert Wilkes of Athens, brothers Raymond of Columbus and Leonard of Athens, sister Mary Wilhite of Athens, and by a deceased mother and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
University Hospital, Columbus
Columbus
Athens County Land Transfers Reported
Francis Yonker of Harris, Texas transfers two Athens lots 3215 and 3213 to George Williams in Athens. Mildred Smith of Athens transfers Nelsonville lot 1282 to Jack Oakley and heirs in Nelsonville. Deslar Kittle of Homer transfers lot 343 in Glouster to Virgil Kittle in Glouster.
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Francis Yonker
Harris
Texas
George Williams
Athens
Mildred Smith
Jack Oakley
Nelsonville
Deslar Kittle
Homer
Virgil Kittle
Glouster
Lot
Verity Divorce Petition Cites Gross Neglect
Clarence J. Verity files for divorce from Imo gene L. Verity at Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect of duty. The couple, married May 15, 1937, have no children and reside at 7 Riverside Drive.
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Common Pleas Court
Clarence J. Verity
Imogene L. Verity
Riverside Drive
Plains Youth Fined for Stop Sign Violation
William W. Adams, 19, The Plains, was fined 10 dollars and costs in Municipal Court after admitting a charge by the State Highway Patrol that he failed to observe a stop sign at the intersection of Routes 50A and 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Adams
the Plains
State Highway Patrol
Junior High Science Exhibits Featured in Ohio News
Photographs show Athens Junior High School girls Holly Hecht and Tracy Smith in an Ohio Academy of Science News issue. Their Grand Canyon stratifications and shell collection helped Athens win four superior awards from 40 entries in the 1959 60 Science Day, with further exhibits planned for April 1961 at Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cluded
Ohio Academy of Science News
Holly Hecht
Martin L. Hecht
Tracy Smith
Charles L. Smith
Athens
Richard H. Essex
Carol Kendall
Charles Niggemeyer
George Murphy
Essex
Charles McAfee
Ohio University
Icy Roads Cause Four Rural Auto Accidents
Icy surfaces on country roads blamed for four weekend crashes with one vehicle sliding into oncoming traffic. No injuries reported. Citations issued in one case and others investigated with no citations.
Weekend auto crashes list four arrests and one injury
Four weekend traffic incidents investigated by the State Highway Patrol led to four driver citations and one reported minor injury. Levi Clark Jr and George Burgess were cited for failing to stop within the assured clear distance. Robert Jenkins and Rose Beekman faced charges of improper backing and conditional speeding, with justice courts set in Athens and Hocking counties respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Court
Births and admissions at Shelterin Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Paul Alden Athens a son Mr and Mrs Arthur Casteel Athens Route 4 a son Mr and Mrs Bret Russell Athens Route 3 a daughter. Admitted include Frank Jones Shade Route 1 Leroy Darnell The Plains Mrs Fred Dailey Athens John Greeen Athens Mrs Howard Forney Athens Route 2 Albert Shuster Jr Athens Dismissed include Chris Martin Athens William Herb Athens Route 3 Mrs Richard Gladden Athens and son Charles Creely Shade Charles Bodkins Mineral Mrs James A Brooks Athens and son Mrs Gary Gabriel Athens Route 3 and daughter George Tedrow Stewart Blood used two pints.
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Ens
Arthur Casteel
Athens
Bret Russell
Frank Jones
Shade
Leroy Darnell
the Plains
Fred Dailey
John Greeen
Howard Forney
Chris Martin
William Herb
Richard Gladden
Charles Creely
Charles Bodkins
Mineral
James A. Brooks
Gary Gabriel
George Tedrow
Stewart
Forfeit Bond Postponed in Vienna Driver Case
Bond of 31 dollars forfeited in Municipal Court by Eleanor J. Poling 32 Vienna West Virginia cited by the State Highway Patrol for driving left of center. She was charged following an accident investigation.
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Eleanor J. Poling
Vienna
W. Va
State Highway Patrol
Commonwealth Telecom outlines Athens area improvements
Commonwealth Telephone Co of Ohio announced a plan to abolish five minute disconnections at seven Athens area exchanges Albany Amesville Chauncey Guysville New Marshfield Shade and The Plains and to expand free calling. The budget for capital improvements totals 642300 with toll free dialing to Athens. A 70000 remodeling project is planned for Logan central office space.
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Athens Area
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ohio
Albany
Amesville
Chauncey
Guysville
New Marshfield
Shade
the Plains
Clare E. Williams
Marion
Commonwealth
Williams
Athens
One Inch Snow Falls in Athens as Temperatures Rise
Monday snowfall disrupted Athens morning traffic with a one inch fall reported by observer C L Colmer. Thermometer started at 20 degrees and warmed to 29 by 10 a.m. The prior day brought 38 degrees. rural Hamley Run logged 35 high and 10 low.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Mercury
Hamley Run
Driver and Two Companions Fined for Intoxicated Driving
Robert Lee Carsey, 23, of 50 Madison Ave., was fined $125 and costs and sentenced to six days in the city jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court. His license is suspended four months by Judge John F. Newcomb. Carsey’s companions, Robert Koon and Stanley Joe Smith, both 23 and 22, pleaded guilty and were fined $25 and costs each. Police said the trio were seen on West Union St. around 1:30 a.m. Saturday and arrested in front of the post office by campus police from Ohio University.
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Pleasant Hill Road
Mildred H. Downey
Athens
Lowman Dairy Products
William L. Morehart
Morehart
Hess
Robert Lee Carsey
Madison Ave
John F. Newcomb
Carsey
Robert Koon
Elliott Sr
Stanley Joe Smith
Charles Cochran
West Union St
Ohio University
Athens Countian Elected to OAEO Board of Trustees
William Mechem of Nelsonville was elected to the Ohio Association of Election Officials board of trustees at the OAEO convention in Columbus. The OAEO has over 500 members and twenty one serve on the board. Mechem sits on the Athens County board of elections.
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Athens
OAEO
William Mechem
Nelsonville
The
Ohio Association of Election Officials
Association
Columbus
Mechem Is
Athens County Board of Elections
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Harold E. Shields
Mar
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Tention
Lewis McBride
Motorola
Mill & State
Harry Begg
Hughes
Royal McBee
Corporation
Port Chester
Fortune Peter Ryan
Carl McKelvy
James Widman
Ben Cutler
Edward Belsho
James M. Scriven
St. Louis
Otis Simpson
Ogden
Utah
T. P. Lawnsbrough
Toronto
Can
McBee Co., Ltd
Univer
Sity
OU Fund Inc
Martha
Mrs
Dean Bitters
Ottawa
Galbreath Chapel
University
John C
Baker
NERC
Kerr
Hunter
S. Court St
New Lexington Cemetery
Colum
Florence Wilkes
Hospital Road
Richard M. Ackley
Harold H. Gregory
Gallipolis
Ackley
Gregory
Tick Ridge Road
Dale L. Rasmussen
Cutler
Earl Lee Flowers
Depu
Way Patrol
Glouster Corporation
Levi Clark, Jr
Clark
John Murray
Ty Court
George Burgess
Coolville
Earl Guess
Frost
Robert Jenkins
Hocking County
Rose Beekman
Junction City
Logan
Kenneth Bell
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. and
Paul Alden
Ath
Albert Shuster, Jr
Donald K. Barstow
Mill St
Athens, Ohio
Jor
General Insurance
Murphey
Jessie W. Ley
Mgr
N. Court Phone LY
S. Court St. Athens
Mac’s
Thrifty Store
W. State St
North Pole
Toon Insurance
Independres
D. M. Goddard
Houck & Reed, Inc
Murphey Ins. Agency
Nelsonville, Ohio
Oakley Ins
the Saltz Ins
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
C. M. Gill and Co
Dwight H. Rutherford
Peter B. Seel
Agency
Joseph Seiple
Glouster, Ohio
Richard Guinther
Earl Gibbs
Underwood
Athens Typewriter Sales and Service
W. Union Ph. LY
America
General. Electric
E Smiths
N. Court ST
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