Flashes flood Athens area as rivers rise in early 1948
Violent weather brought record rainfall and rapid river swelling in the Athens area. The Hocking River climbed from 3.73 feet Thursday morning to 13.95 feet today as creeks overflowed, closing roads and rerouting traffic on Route 50 A and Route 50 S. Local estimates cite 58 degree high and a 27 degree low, with December rainfall totaling 1.73 inches and December 1946 highs noted for comparison.
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Hocking
C. N. France
Athens
Here
Harry Richards
Federal Creek
Ames Ville
Marietta
Yhere
Fisher Station
Margaret's Creek
France
Henderson Parents Take Stand In Trial
Henderson and family testimony highlighted the trial with Dr. Creed and Dr. Fockler reporting Henderson’s memory largely intact despite a California absence described as a continuous bender. Prosecution and defense cited medical opinions while witnesses debated the shooting location and sequence at Club 33 and the Spot Restaurant.
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Henderson
Creed
Fockler
California
C. H. Creed
H. H. Fockler
Indiana
Gwinn
Dr. Creed
Cuckler
Cains
Cain
Spot
Darrell Bartlett
Charles Jones
Bartlett
Jones
J. B. Grogan
W. Union St
the Messenger
Aid to Vet Hospital Acknowledges County Generosity
County residents and organizations responded generously to the Christmas Stockings appeal for Chillicothe Veterans Hospital patients. Mrs. Roger Connor reports 200 stockings 75 pounds of candy 3000 Christmas seals and $35 postage funded by local council efforts and 74 clubs and individuals across Coolville Albany Glouster The Plains and Athens.
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Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Roger Connor
Connor
Coolville
Albany
Glouster
the Plains
Athens
Zoe Baird
Ruth Blaker
Miriam Clippinger
Dorothy Clutter
Virginia Cottingham
Theresa Josten
Carol Nessley
Patricia Rohrer
Jean Vance
Nina White
Girl Scout Troop 6
Herman Cunningham
B. F. Cutler
Dorothy Dent
L. A Hamilton
M. D. Hughes
J. R. Morton
Thomas Rosser
Allen Smart
W. W. Wiggin
Charles Woodworth
Cutler
Athens County
Mary Leonard
Putnam Elementary School
Chilicothe Veterans Hospital
Ohio University
Red Cross
Joan Cross
Athens County Frances
Athens Area Hospital Notes Patients and Dismissals
A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital records new births and major surgeries for several Athens area families including Sullivan Tucker Harkless Miller Christian Cline Hartley Hayes Poole Nelson McKee Porter Jones Peters Ervin. Dismissals include Walter Gold and daughter Albany Wallace Myers and daughter Jacksonville and others.
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F.E. Sullivan
Athens
George Tucker
Herman Harkless
Zaleski
Henry Miller
J. R. Christian
Delbert Cline
the Plains
Paul Hartley
Ian
Mark Hayes
Jackie McKee
New Marshfield
Bernard Porter
Louise Jones
Mary Peters
Walter Gold
Wallace Myers
Albany
Charles Boggs
Earl Bolin
Rodney Campbell
Jacksonville
Richard Easler
Millfield
Thelma Janchius
Glouster Church Schedule Promotes Several Services
Glouster area churches list Sunday and week programs. Methodist Rev Eugene Brown announces no midweek prayer until March. Other clergy include Rev A A Green Jacksonville EUB, Rev Mr Green Hollister EUB, Rev H H Lafferty Jacksonville Methodist, Rev Mr Lafferty Trimble Methodist, Rev Daniel K Teater Church of Christ, Rev A G Freeman First Baptist, Rev Lewis Robinson Red Town Free Methodist, Rev Leona Thompson MCClean Christian Union and Spencer Ridge Bible Christian. Sermons, Bible studies, and Sunday schools fill the week with times.
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Glouster
Eugene Brown
Brown
Jacksonville
A. A. Green
Christian Endeavor
Builders
George Johnson
Hollister
Mr. Green
H. H. Lafferty
William Deal
Trimble Methodist
Mr. Lafferty
Church OF Christ
Daniel K. Teater
Young People’s Church
Hell
New Testament Church
World Wide Missions
First Baptist
A. G. Freeman
Bishopville Church OF Christ
Red Town
Trimble Westside Church OF Christ
C. M. Clouston
Five Fined in New Athens Mayor Court First Day
Mayor William P. Mickle heard five cases in his new mayor s court. Three men Elmer Kiser Earl Dille and Cameron Richardson were jailed for non payment after pleading guilty to intoxication. Meyers Ackerson paid his fine after pleading guilty. Gordon Stout paid a $5 fine for failing to stop at a stop sign with costs suspended.
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William P. Mickle
Mayor's Court
Elmer Kiser
Millfield
Earl Dille
Amesville
Cameron Richardson
Athens
Meyers Ackerson
N. Court St
Gordon Stout
Mickle
New Year’s Watch Service At Hollister EUB Church
A New Year’s watch party at the EUB Church in Hollister ran from 9 p.m. to midnight. The program featured hymn singing, a sermon titled What Shall We Do by Rev. James Brown, and Holy Communion observed at 11:30 p.m., with Rev. A A Green presiding.
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Glouster
Eub
Hollister
James Brown
A. A. Green
Lodge Meets Saturday at Odd Fellows Hall
Glouster Marcellite Rebekah Lodge will hold a meeting in Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday at 7 30 p m with members urged to attend and conduct regular lodge business.
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Glouster
Services Are Held For Mrs. Faust
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Faust drew attendees from several towns including Dayton Toledo Charleston W Va Fostoria Marion Ohio and Haydenville with relatives listed such as Albert Hayden Russell Faust Rev A E Grant Clyde Edwards Goldie Hook Walter Vernon and numerous Haydens White and Wades among others.
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Dale Dew
Oliver White
David White
Corning
Ed Kelly
Fostoria
Charles White
Harry White
Dayton
Ted Draper
Marion
Ohio
Fern Kimmell
Mildred Wade
Buchtel
Levi Wade
Haydenville
Hanson Couple Welcome Eight-Pound Daughter
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hanson announce the birth of an eight pound daughter named Kenneth Sue on December 23 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Herman North Millfield and Mrs Mary Hanson Glouster Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Cole Millfield and Mrs Henry North Glouster
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Glouster
Kenneth Hanson
Kenneth Sue
Herman North
Millfield
Mary Hanson
William Cole
Henry North
Masons Meet Wednesday in Glouster Lodge
Glouster Lodge 607 F and A M will convene Wednesday at 7 PM The Entered Apprentice degree and the Fellow Craft degree will each be conferred on one candidate.
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Masons
Glouster
Glouster Lodge
Registrar relocates license office to home address
Deputy Registrar David Johnson announced drivers licenses and auto tags will be issued temporarily from his residence at 83 N. Lancaster St. Hours are 8 am to 4 pm daily and 8 am to noon Sunday. Johnson plans a permanent site before auto tags go on sale March 1. Mayor Mickle says Johnson acted independently.
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N. Lancaster St
David Johnson
Johnson
William P. Mickle
Lancaster St
Board of Elections
Mickle
Milk price hike takes effect in Athens area
An expected rise to a record 5.80 per hundredweight for milk from producers prompted new retail prices. Consumers will pay 21 cents per quart for standard milk and 22 cents for homogenized. Distributors cited higher December costs and noted earlier declines and possible future drops as production increases.
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Athens Milk Distributors
Reedsville Woman Jane Bailey Dies at 78
Reedsville resident Jane Bailey 78 died Wednesday at Mason Clinic Mason City WV. Survived by five daughters Virgie Marcinko Hazel Mills Iva Thoeman Ora Hicks Cora Argabright and two sons Elzworth Bailey Corman Bailey. Husband Sid preceded her. Funeral services Saturday at 1 p.m. in Reedsville Methodist Church.
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Coolville
Jane Bailey
Reedsville
Mason Clinic
Mason City
W. Va
Bailey
Virgie Marcinko
Long Bottom
Hazel Mills
Little Hocking
Iva Thoeman
Akron
Ora Hicks
Cora Argabright
Elzworth Bailey
Caledonia
Ohio
Corman Bailey
Racine
Sid
Reedsville Methodist Church
Junior Progressive Study Club Meeting Change
The Junior Progressive Study Club will meet at Mrs Richard Guinther's home on Tuesday January 6 at 7 30 p m instead of Monday January 5.
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Glouster
Richard Guinther
Year's First Baby Reported by Hospital
An OU student and wife welcomed the year’s first Sheltering Arms Hospital birth. A daughter arrived at 6 48 a.m. Thursday to Frank F E Sullivan and wife of Vet’s Village, Garfield Heights, with Sullivan a senior at Ohio University. A competing claim for Miss 1948 arose as five other babies were born around New Year’s Eve and Jan 1. A son born to George Tucker of Athens Route 3 followed about an hour later.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ohio University
Frank FE. Sullivan
Vet's Village
Sullivan
Garfield Heights
George Tucker
Athens
Tiny Baby Twins Born at Home in New Philadelphia
A twin birth at 5:55 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Christmas Eve in New Philadelphia produced Lou Etta who died after nine hours. The surviving Lou Ellen, about two pounds, is tube fed at home on a three hour schedule with saline shots and has not been weighed. Graveside services for Lou Etta were held last Friday in New Philadelphia. Grandparents are Lewis and Mrs. Keffer. a foster mother is Mrs. Roy Eichel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Keffer
S. Lancaster St
Lou Etta
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Lou Ellen
Lewis Keffer
New
Philadelphia
Roy Efichel
Rosary Recital for Frank Weisenbach Tonight
Members of the Host Name Society will recite the rosary tonight at 8 o'clock in the Jagers funeral home for Frank Weisenbach 77 a retired Athens County farmer who died Wednesday in Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Host Name Society
Jagers
Frank Weisenbach
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Ernest McGraner
Veterans Service
Defrin’s
Athens Pharmacy
S. Court St
Athens, O
Stokers
Weber
W. Union
Cross Brothers
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
W. Union St. Athens
Community Service Council
John Algeo
J. E. Algeo
Margaret Benedict
James Boden
Carl Bowmen
Lowelle Burnelle
Marie Carr
Ethel Collins
Cadda Davis
Wm. Davidson
H. C. Dorman
R. D. Graham
Lois Grove
Hunter Hope
Mary Jennings
Constance Leete
W. H. Logan
Jessie McClain
Irvin Quick
Frank Steinman
Katie Stalker
W. A. Yauch
Albany Baptist Church
Albany Methodist Church
Amere Club
American Association of University Women
Athena Delphian Society
Athens American Legion Amiliary
Athens City Federation
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Athens Needle Club
Athens Colony of New England
Business and Professional
Business Women’s Group
First Christian Church
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Child Conservation League
Macleod Service Guild
Daughters of Union Veterans
Daughters of American Colonists
Future Homemakers of America
Faithful Few Club
Higley Study Circle
Hobson Study Circle
Kiwanis Club
Ladies Aid Society
Mt. Zion Church
Lydia Lash Evans
Maecenas Club
Nabby Lee Ames
D.A.R
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Pallas Club
P.E.C
the Plains Garden Club
Rotary Club
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Woman’s Auxiliary Church of the Good Shepherd
Women’s Association of Presbyterian Church
Women's Christian Service Council
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First Methodist
Richaland Avenue
Central Ave
Ellen Poole
Bob Nelson
Earl Ervin
Medical
Sylvia Fulton
Dora Cooper
Radcliffe
Nellie Bradley
Tommie Baldwin
Carlos Dorr
Glouster News
Church News
the Security Savings Bank
Athens, Ohio
United States
Banking House
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
New Athens
Faust
Hansons
Ralph W. Clark
Robinson Bros. Home and Farm Appliance CO
Mill Street
Seadquarters
Court Si
Dronols
Athens Bottling Works, Inc
Chauncey, Ohio
Mee
Kella
Smith Brothers
Fea Nonna
Israel
Stimson Avenue
the Mutual
East Washington St
Outlook
Athens Home Telephone CO
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