Stewart County Music Festival Commended for Delightful Evening
Athens Countians praised the counties first music festival held at Stewart under Mrs. Pauline Heft. The program featured a 60 piece orchestra and a 150 member all county band with directors from Albany The Plains Chauncey Dover and Athens. Participants included Vocalists instrumentalists from schools and communities across the county.
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Stewart
Athens
Pauline .Heft
Rome - Canaan
Rome - Canaan High
Herman Ellis
Heft
Gilbert Stephenson
Ohio University
Karl Ahrendt
OU School of Music
Merlyn Ross
the Plains
Christine Brown
Chauncey Dover
John Pierson
Albany
Elmer Horsky
Thomas Stubbs
Kathryn McCoy
Chauncey-Dover
Five Injured in Weekend Traffic Accidents Reported
State Highway Patrol investigations into three weekend crashes reveal five people injured. A four car north of Logan on Route 33 left Everett Knapp and family hospitalized. a two car near Logan killed an elderly man. Knapp faces reckless operation charges while Charmine Stalmaker is cited for driving left of center in a separate incident.
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State Highway Patrol
Logan
Route
Everett T. Knapp
Columbus
Murial
Robert
Hocking Valley Hospital
Forest E. Moore
Lake Shore System
Frank Barger
Moore
Knapp
James T. Cain
Cain
Francis Myers
Robert Johnson
Bloomingville
Old Man’s Cave
Ing
Charmine Stalmaker
Athens
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Stalmaker
Neil Witham
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Births Andrews Mr and Mrs Dave Young Ath ens Route 5 a son Mr and Mrs Neil Welch Ath ens Route 4 a daughter Admitted Mrs Wendell Moore The Plains Mrs Verna Anderson Athens Doris Minnick Millfield Mrs Minnie Pitts Athens Route Charles Brown Crooksville Oscar Whitman Athens Route Mrs Charles McNally Akron Mrs Bobbie Zeigler Albany Don Miller Athens Dismissed Mrs Anna Perry Athens Route Mrs Floyd Beveridge New Marshfield Mrs Clayton Smith Athens Mrs Warren Schulteiss Hemlock Grove and daughter Harold Cornwell Athens Mrs Naomi Patterson Millfield Route 1 Mrs William Hart Athens Doris Joan Vince Athens Mrs Roger Jones Jr Athens Mrs Leroy Bricker Athens Rt Mrs Ida Cope Chauncey Raymond Ice Albany Mrs Minnie Kennard Athens Herbert Hartley New Marshfield Route 1 St Allen Athens Route 5 Mrs James Darnell Athens and son Mrs Herbert Clemons Carpenter Route 1 and son Mrs Robert Flint Athens and son
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Dave Young
Athens
Neil Welch
Wendell Moore
the Plains
Verna Anderson
Doris Minnick
Millfield
Minnie Pitts
Charles McNally
Akron
Bobbie-Zeigler
Albany
Don Miller
Anna Perry
Floyd Beveridge
New Marshfield
Clayton Smith
Warren Schulteiss
Hemlock Grove
Harold Cornwell
Naomi Patterson
William Hart
Doris Joan Vince
Roger Jones, Jr
Leroy Bricker
Ida Cope
Chauncey
Raymond Ice
Minnie Kennard
Herbert Hartley
St Allen
James Darnell
Herbert Clemons
Carpenter
Robert Flint
Ex-Resident Marcella A Brown Dies at 84 in Springfield
Marcella A Brown 84, former Athens Countian, died Sunday morning at Ohio Masonic Home Springfield where she lived six years. She born in Athens County to Lewis and Melinda Howard, member of First Christian Church Athens and Deborah Class, and Amesville Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Survived by son Clinton E Brown Athens sister Alma Blackwood Cincinnati five grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Funeral home Dowler Ferguson Hughes to host Tuesday 2 p.m. service by Rev. J B Maffett entombment West Union Street Cemetery Mausoleum.
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Marcella A. Brown
Athens
Ohio Masonic
Springfield
Athens County
Lewis and Melinda Howard
First Christian Church In
Deborah
Amesville
Order of Eastern Star
Apollo
Howard
Clinton E. Brown
Alma Blackwood
Cincinnati
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
J. B. Maffett
West Union Street Cemetery
Man Fined in Court After City Collision
Donald R. Van Vliet 25 of 14 Hocking St was fined 30 dollars and costs in Municipal Court Monday after a collision Saturday. An accident report says the Ohio University senior from Kerhonkson N Y struck the rear of a car stopped at College and Washington. The other driver was OU freshman William L. McNikle 22 of 6 Hocking St. Police charged Van Vliet with failing to stop within the assured clear distance.
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Donald R. van Vliet
Hocking St
Ohio University
Kerhonkson
N. Y
College
Washington
William L. McNikle
van Vliet
Meeting on Meat Type Hog vs Lard Type Differences
County agents Donald G. Young and Ross Wright will discuss differences between meat type hogs and lard type hogs at a Tuesday 8 p.m. meeting. The event at the Athens Grange Hall invites swine producers to attend.
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Donald G. Young
Ross Wright
Athens Grange Hall
Ix Albany Resident Dies in Kansas
Donald Russell aged 49 and a former Albany resident died Saturday in Russell Kansas. Survived by wife and daughter Linda two brothers Perry of Athens and Sidney of Glouster and three sisters Myrtle Parkins Huntington West Virginia Olive Ion and Bessie Mars Chicago Illinois. The brothers travel to Kansas for funeral services on Wednesday.
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Donald Russell
Albany
Russell
Kansas
Linda
Perry
Athens
Sidney
Glouster
Myrtle Parkins
Huntington
W. Va
Olive Ion
Bessie Mars
Chicago
Preview of Spring Weafted Into Athens
A spring preview wafted into Athens on Sunday as gentle southern breezes brought out Bermuda shorts and toppled car tops. Rural Hamley Run posted a record high of 69 yesterday, with Athens two degrees cooler, observer C. L. Colmer said. The thermometer rose to 64 by 11 a.m. today after a low of 50 overnight.
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Athens
Hamley
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Mercury
Stewart Man Dies at 38
George Winner 88 of Stewart died Saturday at Athens. Funeral services Tuesday 2:30 p.m. at Stewart Methodist Church, burial in Guysville Cemetery. Retired farmer born June 28 1868 in Rome Township. Survived by nephews J Louis Winner P T Winner and niece Mrs Anna Snow of Athens. Friends may call at Fawcett Stone funeral home Chesterhill until hour before services.
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Stewart
Stewart Methodist Church
George Winner
J. Louis Winner
P. T. Winner
Anna Snow
Athens
Drivers Deny Police Counts In May Ave Crash
Two drivers cited after a Saturday S May Ave collision pleaded not guilty in Municipal Court to unsafe operation. Marvin Bantell 18 of 99 S May Ave posted 50 dollar bond and Wayne Steel 23 of 88 S May Ave bonded 45 dollars. Steel's car was pushing Bantell's when their vehicles struck Harold Cornwell's car at 84 S May Ave.
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S. May Ave
Marvin Howard Bantell
S May Ave
Wayne Russell Steel
Steel
Bantell
Harold Cornwell
Three Forfeit Bonds for Fireworks by University Students
Three Miami University students forfeited appearance bonds posted in Municipal Court for disturbing the peace in Athens after a Saturday night incident. Richard Lee and William Fo Brien of Brecksville and Richard Howell of Massaphus NY were arrested for shooting firecrackers on Court Street. They posted $30 bonds. A fourth youth, a juvenile, was referred to juvenile court.
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Miami University
Athens
Richard Lee
William Fo’ Brien
Brecksville
Richard Howell
Massaphus
N. Y
Court St
Clubhouse Theft Probed By Deputies
The Hocking Valley Sportsmen Association clubhouse on Radford Road was broken into sometime between 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday. About $12 in cash, five boxes of 16 gauge shells, two cases of 12 gauge shells, soft drinks and beer were taken, with no sign of forced entry. Dwight Robinson found the scene as he prepared for the day’s shoot, and tables and chairs were overturned. Deputy Max Valkinburg leads the investigation.
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Sheriff's Department
Hocking Valley Sportsmen Association
Radford Rd
Max Valkinburg
Valkinburg
Dwight Robinson
Straw Bales Fire at Burton DeVeau Residence
Straw bales used as archery targets caught fire Sunday at 12:08 p.m. at 5 Earich Rd the home of Burton DeVeau. Fire Chief Charles W. Dalton said the cause was not determined and firemen used water from the engine tank to extinguish the blaze.
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Earich Rd
Burton DeVeau
Charles W. Dalton
Industrial Clinic Open to Public in Athens
The Athens Board of Trade hosts an industrial development clinic at 7 30 p m in Hotel Berry. The event is open to the public and not limited to board members. Harper C Pendry secretary invites Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials to lead sessions on analyzing the area's industrial possibilities.
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Athens Board of Trade
Berry
Harper C. Pendry
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dean Clarx E Myers to address Cleveland Bobcat Club
Ohio University College of Commerce dean Clarx E Myers will speak to the Cleveland Bobcat Club on Tuesday. Myers will leave the university this summer to lead the Management Development Institute in Lausanne Switzerland.
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Clarx E. Myers
Ohio University
College of Commerce
Cleveland Bobcat Club
Dean Myers
University
Management Development Institute
Lausanne
Switzerland
Athens County adopts 1957 license plates sale schedule
Thelma L. Risley deputy registrar announced start of 1957 license plate sales this Friday at the Athens County courthouse. Plates must be displayed by April 1 with hours 8:30 am to 4 pm weekdays and 8:30 am to noon Saturdays. Last year 8000 passenger and 2500 commercial plates were sold, with 650 sets already reserved.
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Thelma L. Risley
Athens County
Elderly man pleads guilty to intoxication in Municipal Court
Arthur Riley, 73, of Athens Route 2, admitted guilt in Municipal Court on a city police intoxication charge. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
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Arthur Riley
Athens
Riley
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