Rains Swell Streams Flood Two Roads in County
Weekend spring storms overflowed Federal Creek covering Route SO A in Amesville for 11 hours and Margaret Creek flooded Route SO at Fisher Station. The U S observer reported 1.29 inches of rainfall, river crested at 127 feet, and river temperature remained around 45 degrees as temperatures swung from 42 to 67 earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Colmer
U. S
Athens
E. M. Poston
Hamsey Run
Two Vehicle Crash Near Meyers Crossing Cites Driver
Lancaster driver cited for unsafe operation after a two car crash on Route 33 near Meyers Crossing south of Nelsonville. Another Saturday night crash near Laurelville injures two. Brown fined for parking on roadway and lacking license.
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Meyers Crossing
Nelsonville
Brown Swiss Plans To Be Formed Here
Brown Swiss Canton 8 will hold its annual meeting Wednesday with organization plans to be formed and an illustrated lecture by Charlies Baldwin of the Central Ohio Breeding Association. The gathering begins with a 12 noon luncheon at the Cottage Tea Room 70 N Lancaster St.
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Charlies Baldwin
Central Ohio Breeding Association
Cottage Tea Room
Lancaster St
Fire department treats Millard Barnett after 2:58 a.m. alarm
Emergency squadmen reported to 20 Brown Ave early Sunday to treat Millard Barnett, 32. They advised the family to call a physician after the alarm was received at 2:58 a.m.
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Fire Department
Millard Barnett
Brown Ave
Nine Drivers Cited By Athens Patrolmen Over Weekend
State Highway patrolmen from the Athens post cited nine drivers on Athens and Hocking County highways over the weekend. Six cases were processed in Municipal Court Monday morning. Fines ranged from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs for speeding improper plates driving without lights at night and failing to observe a stop sign. Local judges also heard two cases in Logan Mayor Joseph Phillips court with fines for speeding.
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State Highway Patrol
Laurelville
Hocking County
Joseph R. Miller
Athens
Dow
Kelly R. Hannan
Lancaster
Miller Auto
Hannan
Edward James Brown
London
James Vandergriff
Gene Carr
South Perry
Stella Delong
Vandergriff
Brown
Logan
Joseph Phillips
Athens Post
Hocking
Norman Eugene Williams
Gilbert A. Richards
Greensburg
Ind
William A. Zirkle
Columbus
Thomas Schall
Kenneth Simmers
Charlies Wadley
Charles J. Dooley
Miss Ella Woodyard Dies at 72 in Athens
Miss Ella Woodyard 72 lifelong Chase resident died Sunday in Athens after a years long illness. Daughter of Al and Angeline Ellis Woodyard she belonged to Chase Baptist Church. Surviving nieces and nephews include two sisters and a brother who predeceased. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Pleasanton Methodist Church with Rev. Carroll Chesser officiating. Burial in adjacent cemetery. Friends may call Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home.
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Ella Woodyard
Chase
Athens
Angeline Ellis Woodyard
Chase Baptist Church
Blaine Woodyard
Jane Cabeen
Alwilda Martin
Pleasanton Methodist Church
Carroll Chesser
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admissions and Discharges
A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital records multiple admissions including Thomas Winning Jr of Athens Elizabeth Docie Glouster Webb Cole Athens Route 3 Emma Williams Glouster Anna Lewis Athens Route Lawrence Dupler Athens Ethel Cable Athens Margaret Wann Athens Anna Strausbaugh Glouster George Mathews Athens Route 1 4 White Gallipolis Sue McVey Albany Route 1 and discharges Reynolds Callender Athens Andrew Williams Glouster Gard Dickens Athens James Noonan Athens Mearie Levering Corning Robert Foreman Athens Route from the shelter.
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Thomas Winning, Jr
Athens
Elizabeth Docie
Glouster
Webb Cole
Emma Williams
Anna Lewis
Lawrence K. Dupler
Ethel Cable
Margaret Wann
Anna Lee Strausbaugh
George Mathews
Old Line Abandoned in Athens County Railroad Recall
The 40 mile Marietta and Cincinnati line with terminals at Palos and Lathrop in Athens County is abandoned. Depots trestles and tracks will be torn up and sold after years of coal traffic from Lathrop area. The Palos to Marietta route opened 1887 serving west to north traffic before motor vehicles.
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Palos
New York Central
Glewster
Lathrop
Athens County
Palos and
Marietta
Cincinnati
Athens
Pioneer City
Northwest Territory
Big Run
Cutter
Vincent
Ville
Warren Station
Baltimore & Ohio
Cowl
Hocking Valley
Pakresburg
Kanawha
Kanawha & Michigan ,Along State Route 13 North of Glouster
Hishopville
Amesville
Curtis Junction
Alley
Broadwell
Sharpsburg
Bern Township
Palos To
Points
Athens County Coal Fielde
Federal Valley Railroad
New York
Morgan Co
Bishopville
Ameeville
Utley
Indian Guides Hold Joint Council At Athens Armory
More than 50 Braves met around the council fire at the Athens Armory for an Indian Guides combined meeting sponsored by the YMCA. The program featured Indian dancing a movie and a Ghost Dance acted by Shawnee allies with Navajos Skitos Apaches and Kickapoos under Chief Red Eagle M T Vermillion. Each tribe prepared its own ritual written jointly by the boys and their fathers and attendance requires accompaniment by a partner.
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Athens
Indian Guides
YMCA
Little Braves
Red Eagle
M. T. Vermillion
Double Rites Planned for Ervin and Evelyn Rutter
Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at The Plains Nazarene Church for Ervin Dean Rutter 41 and Evelyn May Rutter 37 who died in a Saturday auto crash near Oberlin that also claimed the car’s driver and a passenger. The couple, former Athens residents, had lived in Oberlin ten years where Rutter worked as a construction laborer. Burial will follow in Hocking Cemetery with calling hours after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Ervin Dean Rutter
Evelyn May Rutter
Oberlin
Rutter
Athens
Plains Nazarene
Drell H. Go
Athens County Native Gertrude Mathews Dies at 79
Gertrude Mathews aged 79, Athens County native, died Saturday in Zanesville where she resided since 1927. Survived by two sons, Carl and others, two daughters Nel and Grace, five grandchildren, six great grandchildren, two sisters Fanny Matteson and Sybil Gabriel, and three brothers Ed Matteson and Dave. Husband Eildon and a son Ted preceded her. Brief services in Zanesville Tuesday morning followed by services at 2 pm in Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebardville with call after 1 pm. Burial in adjoining cemetery.
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Gertrude Mathews
Athens County
Zanesville
New Lexington
Carl
Athens
Nel Mathews
Grace Saunders
Fanny Matteson
Amesville
Mra Sybil Gabriel
Ed Matteson
W. Va
Dave
Columbus
Woman Swerves On Route 5 Crashes into Ditch
Deputy Sheriff reports Virginia Mae Cochran Allen, 21, of Athens Route 5 swerved to avoid a pedestrian and crashed into a ditch on 682 Saturday. Allen suffered a bruised leg after the vehicle left the roadway while William Shay, Athens Route 2, was walking on the road.
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Athens
Trespassing Charge Faces Hershel Kelsey in Court
Hershel Kelsey of 69 N Shafer Sr pleaded innocent in Municipal Court on a trespassing charge filed by William C Dunn. A hearing is scheduled for Monday at 8 30 a m and Kelsey was released on a 25 dollar bond.
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Hershel Kelsey
N. Shafer Sr
William C. Dunn
Kelsey
All-Time High Elementary Student Teachers at Ohio University
Ohio University reports a record semester for student teaching in elementary education. Ninety four students are teaching in Athens and branch campuses, with placements across the city and county. Cadet teaching programs offer two year certificates and state scholarships to aid those pursuing this path amid branch enrollments.
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Ohio University
Wmimester
H. H. Mendrin
Saya Hendrix
Mendrix
Athens
Luniversity Flementary
Central
Piaing
Mechanicsburg
Chillicothe
Zanesville
Portsmouth
Dean Benz
State Department of Rnvestion
Ofvo
Kyle
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Carl Roberts
Roberts
Entered Apprentice Degree to be Conferred at Mythia Lodge
The Entered Apprentice degree will be conferred to a class of candidates Legg at the Mawmie T ty Para mythia Lodge 2. C M. Howman, master, oversees the ceremony.
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Mawmie T Ty Paramythia Lodge 2
Mia C
M. Howman
Maater
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