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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1959
Page
8
Two Crooksville lawmen enter the May Republican primary for Perry County sheriff. John Brown has served as Crooksville marshal for over twenty years, while Les ter Snide is a deputy under Sheriff Dave Moore, who will not seek re election.
Elmer Spears and James Spears pleaded guilty to entering Wickersham s Bus Station and stealing auto parts in Athens County. Mayor Richard Carey fined 500 dollars and costs each, plus six months in jail with restitution to Marvin Wickersham. Unable to pay, they were jailed after arraignment following a tip to deputies DeWitt Walker and Max Valkenburg.
A long list of Christmas weekend guests gathered in Glouster and surrounding communities. Families from Columbus Athens Dayton and Indianapolis visited residents including the Lent Grimms Peabodys and Davises. Military and civilian relatives shared meals and holiday plans across Ohio Indiana and California.
Local residents from Nelsonville and nearby towns gathered for Christmas visits with relatives in Jacksonsville, Marion, New Lexington and other communities. Additional items note New Year’s Eve events in Jacksonville and public meeting in Glouster and Trimble Grange’s Dec 31 party with snacks and entertainment.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Moody of Glouster will observe their 50th wedding anniversary Thursday with an open house Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for relatives and friends. The Moody couple have two sons Johnnie of Glouster and Dallas of Woodward Iowa.
Shawnee, a 1110 population town in Southern Perry County, loses one of its four pumps last week causing a drought in the 100,000 gallon standpipe. A 50,000 gallon reserve remains for fire emergencies while officials delay new wells and anticipate Burr Oak reservoir supply in about three months.
Glouster Kiwanis Club chose a tentative date for the installation of the 1960 club officers likely at the third meeting in January. The event will be a Ladies Night. A board of directors meeting is planned after next week’s gathering. Members present included James Dennison Enlon Grubbs Robert Byers Daniel K Teater Harold Wagner Glen McDonald Richard Guint her Norbert Johnston Roger Kittle David Winefordner Lester Litten Ben Goldberg B R Angle Wayne Wiley Dan Kevach Porter Dugan Lawrence Colbert.
Jaleski Oren Daft resumed work in Athens after a three week vacation. Mrs J J Cavanaugh and Mrs Blanche Potter spent Christmas in Columbus and Washington with Otto Ross, McArthur Route 2 and Mr and Mrs G W Miller. Mr and Mrs Terry Tripp and daughter of Columbus visited relatives here. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Thomas and son David of Athens visited Mr Thomas’s parents, Rufus and Mrs Thomas. Mr and Mrs Frank Mace and daughter were visiting in Logan recently.
Malta will see a leadership change as Mayor M. D. Dan Martin retires on January 1 after a 19 year term. He will be succeeded by Donald C. Primmer, a local Malta pharmacist, in the new year.
Theresa Susan Schwartz wed Roland Stedwill in a midday ceremony at Willoughby Methodist Church. The couple, both graduates with nursing and psychology backgrounds, will reside at 1509 Pennalwood Drive in Toledo while starting new roles at Maumee General Hospital and Toledo State Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Dew hosted a Christmas turkey dinner with guests from Masury Ohio Wheeling West Virginia Athens and Chauncey including the Dew family plus Regina Reed Wilma Kranyik Susan Donaldson and Marilyn Dew. Several other households hosted or attended Christmas gatherings with relatives in Chauncey Rushville Athens Columbus and Toledo Ohio.
Thornville Perry County resident George Stevens long alongside Thornville’s leaders, aged 87 on February 20, is widely regarded as the oldest mayor in the state and among the nation’s oldest. A four term mayor, Stevens has worked as carpenter rural mail carrier assistant postmaster justice of the peace and mayor. His father William T. Stevens also served as Thornville postmaster.
Perry County real estate transfers involve multiple deeds: John E. Wolfe to Naomi Williams for 2 lots in Crooksville. Cora Johnson deceased to Daniel W. Jenkins for 2 lots in Somerset. Andrew J. Kraus and Minnie Kraus to George C. and Nadine E. Newell for 10 acres in Monroe. Blanche D. and Robert H. Danison to Don A. and Phyllis M. Owen for 0.326 acres in New Lexington. Worley and Jennie E. O’Connor to Helen Leonard for .60 in Pleasant Township. Charles E. Daniels deceased to Callie Daniels et al for 2 interest, 1 lot, 1 parcel in Reading Township. Ivan Daniels et al to Callie Daniels for 1 lot 1 parcel in New Reading. Pearl and John William Sidwell to Edwin A. or Helen M. Simpson for 136.82 acres in Bearfield Township. Elliott H. and Eunice Ginn to Samuel Kimpel for lot in Somerset. Evelyn Mae and Charles E. Lanning to Marvin and Kathryn Russell for 1 parcel in Crooksville. Edward J. Bever to Merritt Throgmorton for 2.5 acres in Somerset. Albert A. and Veldine M. Reed to Russhin A. Todor for 74.40 acres in Bearfield Township. Ethel Lee Poling to Helen and Floyd Miller for 13.79 acres in Jackson Township.
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