King Denies Alabama Integration Has Failed
King rejects reports that integration forces in Alabama have conceded defeat after ten. He will move to Atlanta on Feb. 1 to co pastor a Baptist church and plans a South wide nonviolent movement for tolerance and further gains. He aims to recruit one million additional Black voters for 1960 and keep Alabama programs active while expanding leadership roles in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther King
Alabama
John Patterson
King
Montgomery
Atlanta
South
Souuthern Christian Leadership Conference
Stores Close Banks Open for New Year Observance
Athens prepares for a three day New Year observance with most stores and government offices to suspend operations from Thursday evening through Monday morning. The Athens Municipal Court will hold an 8 am session New Year’s Day and the post office will be open Saturday. City banks closed last Saturday will reopen Saturday.
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Athens
Chauncey Man Dies At 67 In Ohio Home
Pearl W. Davis 67 of Chauncey died Wednesday noon at Hillcrest Rest Home after five years of ill health. Born in Hocking County he lived in Jacksonville Millfield Chauncey area most of life, now in Athens with stepdaughter Mrs Ralph Kyle. He worked nine years for Fairmont Foods in Athens. Survived by wife Edna died 1955 a daughter a stepson Lee Henderson a sister Ida B. Brooks a granddaughter and three great grandchildren. Service Friday at 10 30 a.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with Rev John G. Koontz. burial Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
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Pearl W. Davis
Chauncey
Hillcrest
Ben
Hocking County
Jacksonville - Millfield - Chauncey
Athens
Ralph Kyle
Hudson Ave
Fairmont Foods Co
Eagles Lodge
Teamsters’ Union
Edna
Lee Henderson
St. Louis
Ida B. Brooks
Jacksonville
Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes
John G. Koontz
Green Lawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
Admission and discharge notes list multiple patients and routes. Names include Mrs Howard McCune Albany Route Nickie Grueser Albany Route Mrs Walter Forrest Nelsonville Mrs James Doughty Albany Route Mrs Charles Ruth Athens Route 1 and dismissals of Mrs Harry Faulkner Athens Join Farley Athens Mrs Paul Hall Athens Ash Bradbury Athens Route 3 Mrs Glen Von Bargen Wyo Ming O.
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Howard McCune
Columbus
Nickie Grueser
Albany
Walter Forrest
Nelsonville
James Doughty
Charles Ruth
Athens
Harry Faulkner
Farley
Paul Hall
Ash Bradbury
Glen von Bargen
Wyo Ming
Probation Violation Leads to Fine in Athens Court
Roser Gilkey, 19, of Athens, was fined 25 dollars and costs in Municipal Court on violating probation terms from October. He was arraigned for failing to pay the case costs within 60 days, a term to be met by the Monday deadline. Gilkey's October 26 citation alleged assault and battery on his father, filed by his mother Myrtle Gilkey.
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Roser Gilkey
Athens
Sheriff’s Department
Gilkey
Myrtle Gilkey
Driver Fined For Speeding And Fictitious Plates
A Nelsonville Route 1 man Arthur Graham, 44, was fined by Acting County Judge J E Berker on speeding and fictitious license plates, totaling 60 plus costs. Bond for another man, Thomas Sheridan Myers, 35, of Bremen, was forfeited on an excess speed citation.
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Nelsonville
Route 1
J. E. Berker
State Highway Patrol
Arthur Graham
Thomas Sheridan Myers
Bremen
Hat Cleaning Shop Closes After 32 Years in Athens
Savas Demetriou, 72, owner of the Athens Hat Cleaning Shop on South Court Street, ends a 32 year run on Thursday Oct 22 1959. The Greek immigrant from Dayton who opened the shop in 1927 will retire to 221 West Union Street. Gary Hershberger, now manager, will take over and rename the business Hathaway News removing hat cleaning services. Hershberger from Columbus, a Kent State and Bowling Green alum, will make interior changes and shift toward news and magazine sales.
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Savas Demetriou
Athens
S. Court St
Demetriou
W. Union St
Gary Hershberger
Guy Hathaway
Hathaway News
Hershberger
Columbus
Kent State
Bowling Green State
New Athens Municipal Court Sets New Year Session
Judge John Newcomb announces that Athens Municipal Court will hold a session at 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day with police, sheriff and Highway Patrol notified. The move marks the first New Year session in six years and enforces strict adherence to state law, with defendants allowed pleas of guilty not guilty or no contest and immediate hearings if no contest is entered. Night officers must be available for hearings, and defendants must have access to counsel.
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Athens
John Newcomb
Sheriff's Office
Joseph Grogan
Newcomb
Driver Fined After Three Car Crash
George E. Bolin aged 51 of 23 Hudson Ave. was fined 10 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court on a guilty plea to failure to stop in assured clear distance. The incident occurred about 4 PM Wednesday on East State Street west of Watt Street in a three car crash involving Charles R. Welling and Robert L. Nelson.
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George E. Bolin
Hudson Ave
E. State St
Watt St
Charles R. Welling
Given
W.va
Bolin
Robert L. Nelson
Lancaster St
Welling Auto
Bound To Jury On Assault To Kill Count
Doris Jean Oxley of Albany Route 3 appeared in Municipal Court on a charge of assault with intent to kill. She pleaded innocent and was held for the grand jury under $200 bond after a complaint by her former husband, Harold Oxley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Jean Oxley
Albany
Harold Oxley
Two Drivers Cited After Route 33 Crash at Shade
State Highway Patrol cited two drivers after investigating a Route 33 crash in Shade on a Wednesday afternoon. No injuries reported. Wal ter Douglas 25 Athens Route 5 truck southbound left turning. Vir ginia Thoren 57 Minersville Route 1 car attempted to pass and was cited for improper passing.
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State Highway Patrol
Shade
Walter Douglas
Athens
Virginia Thoren
Minersville
National Officer To Be Speaker At Church Service
The Rev. Phillip T. Zabriskie, executive secretary of the Division of College Work for the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will be guest preacher at 10 30 a m Holy Communion services Sunday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens He is a Princeton and Oxford graduate and studied at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria VA He is in town as an Ecumenical Conference official.
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Phillip T.” Zabriskie
Athens
Church of the Good Shepherd
Mr. Zabriskie
National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Princeton
Oxford
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Light Snow Falls in Athens as Dims Melted Morning Snow
A light snow fell in Athens during the early hours while a bright sun melted it. U S Observer C L Colmer reported a low of 28 and a 10:30 a.m. temperature rise of two degrees. Wednesday's high reached 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Brothers Cited In Parts Theft In Trimble Court
Two brothers James Spears and Elmer Spears were fined $500 and costs each in Trimble mayor's court for taking parts from Marvin Wickersham's 1948 Buick parked in a Trimble garage. They were jailed six months with suspension if all parts are returned. deputies apprehended them.
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Trimble
Marvin Wickersham
James Spears
Glouster
Elmer Spears
Corning
Wickersham
Athens- Glouster
Point Pleasant Resident Verner Ward Dies at 61
Verner A Ward 61 of Charleston Road Point Pleasant died suddenly at home Wednesday. An operating engineer in construction he lived his life in Mason County. Survivors include his wife Marie three sons John Charles and Don two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral set Saturday 2 p.m. Crow funeral home Lone Oak Cemetery burial. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Point Pleasant
Verner A. Ward
Charleston Rd
Mason County
Katherine Rice Ward
Wilson Ward
Marie
John
U.S. Navy
New London
Lora Larue
Charleston
Crow Funeral Home
Lone Oak Cemetery
Local Jobless Pairings Reported in Ohio and West Virginia
Kenneth E Storts 21 of New Lexington and Delores Johnson 19 of Nelsonville Route 2 are unemployed. Harry Dowdy 21 of Logan W Va a baker and Nancy Pratt 17 of Shade are unemployed.
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Kenneth Eugene Storts
New Lexington
Delores Johnson
Nelsonville
Harry Dowdy
Logan
W Va
Baker
Nancy Pratt
Shade
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Family Weekly
State
St. Athens
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Elks Club
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Hotfoot Johnson
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W. Washington St
Anltie
Stimson
Meh
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dayton
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Tel. LY
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Tel
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