Millfield Couple Hurt As Auto Hits Road Grader
Richard Laman and his wife Ann were seriously injured when their car collided with a county road grader driven by Ralph Lightfritz near Graham Drive in Athens. Laman suffered a severed neck artery and shock while Ann had a severe head laceration. both were hospitalized in poor condition. The Lumans’ 1951 Buick was a total loss and Lightfritz faced charges of failure to stop in the assured clear distance.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Richard Kraft Laman
Millfield
Ann
Ralph H. Lightfritz
Carbondale
Amesville
Lightfritz
Graham Dr
Lumans
Luman
Auto Collides With Truck Near Guysville
A Yellow Springs woman, Odette Sparrow, 29, was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a Route 50 crash that happened Monday afternoon a mile east of Guysville. Her car, driven by George Henry Fuller, 30, Yellow Springs, was totaled after hitting a two ton truck driven by Cecil V. Cremeans, 42, Shade Route 1, who was turning onto a county highway. Fuller said he did not see the trucker’s signal light in time to avoid the collision.
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Yellow Springs
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Guysville
Odette Sparrow
Sheriff's Department
George Henry Fuller
Cecil V. Cremeans
Fuller
DAV VEW Annual Dinner Set Wednesday
The annual Christmas dinner by Conrath Bean Chapter 37 Disabled American Veterans and Floyd Bolin Post 3477 Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held Wednesday evening at the organizations home at E State and Home Streets.
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Conrath Bean
Floyd Bolin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. State
Girl's First Snow Wonderful for California Visitor
Shirley Green a 15 year old from Gridley California experienced her first snow during a visit to Athens Ohio. She rode a sled and made her first snowball beside her aunt and uncle the Quest family. Her mother Mrs. Clara Gibson Green accompanied her. The 2.5 inch snowfall delighted her after a train trip from California. The visit includes relatives in Columbus Ironton Detroit and Athens. They plan to return to California December 31 with photos of her first Ohio snow.
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Shirley Green
Mrs
Hal Quest
N. Congress St
Shirley
California
N. Congress
Clara Gibson Green
Gridley, Calif
Quest
Mrs. Green
Mrs. Quest
Ohio
Larry Gibson
Freddie Gibson
Susan
Linda
Cindy
Athens
Gibson Girls
Athens State Hospital
Peach Bowl
Sacramento
Mr. Green
Gridley
Calif
Susan Quest
Hal P. Quest
Linda Quest
Messenger
Joan Bush
Edward Coon Dies At 49 In Snow Shoveling Incident
Edward Coon 49 a carpenter of Athens died of a heart attack while shoveling snow at the Gilkey residence in Xenia. He is survived by his wife Thelma Bean Coon of Athens, his father Frank Coon, brothers Charles and Harry, and two grandchildren Charles and Tammy. Funeral services at Jagers and Sons on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Carl Wooten will officiate. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Edward Coon
Athens
Virginia Gilkey
Xenia
Coon
Gilkey
Thelma Bean Coon
Mound St
Frank Coon
Charles
Harry
Tammy
Jagers and Sons Funeral
Carl Wooten
West Union St
Winter Arrives as Cold Air Drops in Athens
The weather menu reflected winter as temperatures stayed well below freezing. At 10 a.m. Athens reported 12 degrees with a low earlier in the morning and a 7 degree rise, while Monday’s high reached 45 degrees and a 3 inch snow persisted.
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Athens
Auto Fire At Brown's Pure Oil Station
City firemen responded at 8 54 a m Tuesday to Brown's Pure Oil station on North Court Street when an auto owned by H W Norman of 8 North McKinley Avenue caught fire. Oil leaked from the transmission, overheated, and ignited the oil and grease. Car loss was slight.
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Brown
Pure Oil
N. Court St
H. W. Norman
N. McKinley Ave
Route 33 crash injures two on snowy morning
On Route 33 during Monday morning snow two women were injured in a three car crash. Brenda Hartley 60 New Marshfield and her 65 year old passenger Linnie Hankerson Nelsonville received injuries and were treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Arthur S. Smith 40 Chauncey skidded into Hartley then into a third car driven by Donald Smales Columbus. Smith was cited into Municipal Court for conditional speed and fined 15 dollars plus costs.
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State Highway Patrol
Brenda Hartley
New Marshfield
Linnie Hankerson
Nelsonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hartley
Arthur S. Smith
Chauncey
Donald Smales
Columbus
Lulu Brown Dies After Long Illness at 79
Mrs Lulu Brown 79 died at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Edmund at 333 E State St and sister Miss Captain Collins of Lancaster. A practical nurse in Athens homes, she will be waked at the funeral home at 2 30 p m Thursday with Rev Austin Shell officiating. Burial will be in the W Union.
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Lulu Brown
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pierce and
Dora Dew Bright
Edmund
E. State St
Captain Collins
Lancaster
Trimble Area Woman Minnie Townsend Dies at 84
Minnie Townsend 84 died Monday night at the home of Mary and Ernestine Foughty Trimble Route 1 after a brief illness. Daughter of William and Mary Slaughter she was widow of Herb Townsend. Survived by brother Charles Slaughter Athens. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. burial at W Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Minnie Townsend
Mary
Ernestine Foughty
Trimble
William and
Mary Hunter Slaughter
Herb
Charles Slaughter
Athens
Jagers and Sons
W. Union St. Cemetrey
Pastor Delivers Kiwanis Christmas Message
The Rev. Roger M. Rice Jr of First Presbyterian Church delivered the annual Christmas message to Kiwanis members at their weekly dinner meeting Monday at the Hotel Berry.
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Roger M. Rice Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Berry
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