Police report shows fewer accidents in 1957 with多 traffic safety gains
The 1957 department activities report to Mayor Lands notes 284 accident investigations, down 40 from 1956, with personal injury and injury counts both 17 below prior year. No traffic fatalities for the second straight year, factors include parking changes on E Union St, better weather, and meter maid patrols. Arrests totaled 1454, including 49 DWIs, with driving offenses and traffic violations detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth W. Lands
J. B. Grogan
Grogan
E. Union St
Court
University Terrace
County Budget Battles and Board Reorganization
County commissioners wrestled with the 1958 budget cutting session continuing Thursday to balance spending. Foster Bean was elected chairman replacing W H Wakefield as the board reorganized. The jail contract with Athens was discussed with options to alter terms as prison occupancy fluctuates. Final action on shifting weekly meetings to Wednesday was deferred to Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster Bean
W. H. Wakefield
James R. Ogg
Athens
Shields
Tavern Owner Denies Buchtel Shooting Count
Guy Millholland operator of the Star Grill in Buchtel pleaded innocent to a charge of shooting with intent to wound. He was held on a $4000 bond for the grand jury in county court. Russell McDonald, Buchtel marshal, was wounded in the left shoulder and right thigh and treated at Mount St Mary Hospital in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Millholland
Star Grill
Buchtel
Edward Stanley
John Newcomb
Ing Russell McDonald
McDonald
Millholland
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Assistant Prosecutor Appointed by Judge White
Homer B. Gall Jr. is named assistant prosecuting attorney effective Jan 1 at $200 a month for an indeterminate period. The appointment was made by Prosecutor Harold Rose. Carolyn Withers is trustee at $250 a month and Dorothy F. Terrell is stenographer at $310 a month. The court fixed $9270 for the year’s prosecuting staff expenses, leaving $150 for clerk hire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer B. Gall Jr
Francis D. White
Gall
Harold Rose
University Hospital At
Columbus
White
Carolyn Withers
Dorothy F. Terrell
Answer Filed To Petition In Ohio Divorce Case
An answer and cross petition were filed in Common Pleas Court by Lewis L. Sanders of Millfield in a divorce action brought by Eileen Sanders of Nelsonville. The cross petition asks for divorce on grounds of gross neglect and seeks custody of a minor child. The couple married October 8, 1949 in Greenup Kentucky. The original petition, filed August 12, 1957, alleged gross neglect and extreme cruelty. in a later hearing the court awarded the plaintiff custody of the child with the defendant having visitation rights and ordered payment of attorney fees and $20 weekly child support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Lewis L. Sanders
Millfield
Eileen Sanders
Nelsonville
Greenup
Three children awarded in Tate divorce decree
In Common Pleas Court Judge Francis D. White granted custody of three minor children to the plaintiff in the divorce case Robert Lee Tate versus Yvonne Marie Tate. The couple married January 14, 1947, and the suit cited gross neglect and wilful absence. Meanwhile Ohio University student Colin Hornsby, 18, slipped a disc during intramural games at Reed Hall and was rushed to the University Health Center. Judge Edward Stanley of Athens County Court has a $5000 bond posted by Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. of Hamilton. the bond was filed January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis D. White
Common Pleas Court
Robert Lee Tate
Yvonne Marie Tate
Fire Department
Ohio University Men
Colin Hornsby
Cincinnati
Reed Hall
University Health Center
Edward Stanley
New Athens
Ohio Casualty Insurance Co
Hamilton
Shipwash Fined for City Intoxication Plea
William L Shipwash of Mayfield Kentucky was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a city police charge of intoxication in Municipal Court on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Shipwash
Mayfield
Campus Leaders To Hear Attorney Gill At Banquet
Columbus attorney Joseph S. Gill, OU alumnus and former first assistant attorney general, will address about 100 campus leaders at the annual Men's Union Governing Board Leadership Banquet Thursday night at the OU Center. Gill served as bomber pilot in World War II and earned degrees from Ohio University and Harvard Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Gill
Columbus
Ohio University
Athens High School
Gill
C. William O'Neill
Men's Union Governing Board
C. M. Gill
Athens
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Delta Theta
Harvard Law School
Paul Haring
Kiwanis Club Installs New Athens Officers
New officers of the Athens Kiwanis Club were inducted in a Berry Hotel ceremony led by Carroll Singer the 9th Division Lieutenant Governor. John Huffman becomes president with Harry Lackey first vice president Howard Stout second vice president Al Bechtel secretary and R E McCammon treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Kiwanis Club
Carroll Singer
Berry Hotel
John Huffman
Harry Lackey
Howard Stout
al Bechtel
R. E. McCammon
Huffman
E. T. Hellebrandt
Health Center Director Undergoes Retina Surgery Abroad
Dr. Eleanora Schmidt head of Ohio University Student Health Center, was hospitalized in St. Louis for a detached retina after a Christmas morning hemorrhage. She had surgery last week and has regained partial vision. return date to Athens not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanora Schmidt
Ohio University
McMillan Hospital
St. Louis
Schmidt
Athens
Physisians
Mrs. Herman Clements Dies in Waverly Widow of Rev D W Snyder
Mrs. Herman Clements widow of the late Rev D W Snyder died at her Waverly home on Thursday. She is survived by her second husband Herman Clements. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 PM in the Church of Christ in Christian Union in Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Clements
D. W. Snyder
Waverly
M. Snyder
Tuppers Plains
EUB
Knights of Columbus to entertain Steubenville youth
Steubenville's Youth Camp Council will be entertained Jan 19 at the home of Athens Council Knights of Columbus. The Athens unit formed plans to sponsor a teenagers rifle club and announced Pat White as Knight of The Month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Athens Council
Knights of Columbus
Athens
Pat White
Colder Weather and Snow Flurries Hit Area Morning
Colder weather and snow flurries moved through Tuesday morning with Hamley Run recording a 9 a.m. temperature of 24 degrees after a low of 20. The prior day’s extremes were 16 and 46.
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Hamley Run
Jury Trial Delayed for Dayton Driver Herbert Warner
Herbert Warner of Dayton, charged with driving while intoxicated, has a jury trial delayed to January 16 in Municipal Court. The case, set for Thursday, involves a Burch Construction Co. truck that struck a telephone pole on W Union St and crashed into a Christmas tree display, damaging about 20 trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert the Warner
Dayton
Warner
Burch Construction Co
W. Union St
Shelter ing Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Norman Stout of Athens welcome a son. Admissions include Mrs John Sewell Albany Mrs Robert Simpson Athens Mrs Ferne Rorick New Marshfield R M Clutter Athens Mrs Margaret Bolin The Plains Roger Dearing Glasgow Mrs Anna Perry Athens Route Mrs Donald Cone Athens Mrs Leland Turner Athens Mrs Olah Woods Athens Discharged Lucy Stotts Downington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sewell
Albany
Robert Simpson
Athens
Ferne Rorick
New Marshfield
R. M. Clutter
Margaret Bolin
the Plains
Roger Dearing
Glouster
Anna Perry
Donald Cone
Leland Turner
Olah Woods
Lucy Stotts
Downington
Ross County Farmer Bound to Grand Jury
Everett Kelley, a Ross County farmer, was held for the grand jury under $500 bond in each case after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to two charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly signed notes for 175 dollars at the Athens National Bank and Bank of Athens on July 31 and then refused to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Kelley
Ross County
Grand Jury
Kelley
Athens National Bank
Bank of Athens
Civil Defense Chief Reappointed in City
Mayor Kenneth W. Sands announced on Monday that Roger Jones Jr., local attorney, is reap pointed as head of the city Civil Defense unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
Kenneth W. Sands
Roger Jones Jr
AP outlines Associated Press gathering and distribution method
B. T. Johns of the AP Columbus bureau outlined the wire service’s cooperative, nonprofit operation serving 7600 members in 75 nations. He described news gathering in Columbus with four Ohio bureaus and national and overseas distribution via New York and London hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
B. T. Johns
Columbus
Rotary Club
Hotel
Berry
Johns
New York
the Messenger
ARG
U.S
Europe
Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Cleveland
London
Moscow
Gordon K. Bush
The
Messenger
Huntington Chevrolet Dealership Acquired by Roger Dean
Roger Dean acquired Rich Chevrolet in Huntington West Virginia for about 1.5 million dollars. The three story building in downtown Huntington houses the new dealership doubling as part of Dean Inc which already operates in four cities. Dean plans to maintain residence in Athens and expects 1958 to be even stronger for his business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Roger Dean
Dean
Rich Chevrolet
J. B. Rich
West Virginia
Charleston
Roger Dean, Inc
Six Athens Countians Inducted Into Army At Ft Hayes
Six Athens Countians left Athens by bus at 7 10 a m Tuesday for induction into the Army at Ft Hayes led by Lewis E Hawk of Athens. The group included John A Cornwell and Joseph E Lucas of Athens and Clyde G Stanley of Nelsonville. Also inducted in January quota were William R Love of Athens and Alvin C Chutes of Coolville. Inductees received Bibles from the Gideon Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ft. Hayes
Lewis E. Hawk
John A. Cornwell
Joseph E. Lucas
Clyde G. Stanley
Nelsonville
William R. Love
Alvin C. Chutes
Coolville
Gideon Society
Driver Fined and Jailed in Albany DWI Case
Charles W. Carsey, 44, of Albany, charged with driving while intoxicated when arraigned Tuesday in Municipal Court. He received a $125 fine and costs, 3 days in jail, and a 3 month license suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Carsey
Albany
Invention by Mrs J P Asterbilt Salt Shaker Quiet Dinner Guests
A new invention owned by Mrs J P Asterbilt of East State Street features a gold plated salt shaker with no holes for dinner guests who cannot eat salt. DOW FINSTERWALD of Athens, a top golf professional, urged thinking before striking the ball in Sports Illustrated, noting amateurs often fuss after the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Asterbilt
East State Street
Dow Finsterwald
Athens
Sports Illustrated
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Gallipolis
Answer
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Norman Stout
Quick's
AP Bureau I
San Francisco
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Cleary
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W. State ST
Reece Atte
Rambler
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Union St
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