Thirty two cases to be heard by Athens County grand jury
The January term Athens County grand jury will hear thirty two cases against twenty five defendants. Among those bound over are Jan Taylor charged with abduction criminal assault and attempt to kill a deputy, and three Nelsonville men accused of breaking and entering the Mine Tavern. Other names include Clarence Sykes, John A. Clark, Robert Miller, Clarence Hutchins, Myrnie Dailey, George and Ethel Evener, Claude Burton, Bessie Love, Orval Ryan, Mrs. Inez Curry, Gale Evans, Albert Snyder, Raymond Foreman Jr., Gareth Schumacher, Raymond Foreman Jr., and six men charged with non support. Several defendants pleaded innocent or guilty in Municipal Court prior to grand jury consideration.
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Athens County
Jan Taylor
Ann O'Neil
Dewitt Walker
Taylor
Clarence Sykes
Nelsonville
Circle Hill
John A. Clark
Millfield
Fred South
Lancaster St
N. Court St
Robert Miller
Athens
W. O. Kail
Clarence Hutchins
Guysville
Mary Abraham
Myrnie Dailey
Stewart
Hutchins
Mercer County
Celina
Claude Burton
Coolville
Janice Sutton
Dollie
Burton
Sutton
Bessie Love
Deanville
Trick
Orval Ryan
Haning
Inez Curry
Baker Rd
Glenn A. Scott
Gale N. Evans
N. College St
Albert Snyder
Jasper
Pike County
Woodrum
Route
Vinton County
Ray Woodrum
Ath ens County March of Dimes Drives Highlight Weekend
Ohio University Pi Beta Phi and Phi Kappa Sigma plan peanut and balloon sales in the business district as part of Ath ens County polio fundraiser. A Saturday night Red Men's Hall dance will donate proceeds to the March of Dimes. County campaign head Jer ry Graves and Lois Simmonds lead the effort with numerous community chairs across towns and groups.
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Athens County
Ohio University
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Red Men’s Hall
Athens
Kappa Rho
Beta Sigma Phi Business Sorority
Jerry Graves
Lois Simmonds
Albany
VFW
Amesville
William P. Clark
Buchtel
Ruth McDonald
Whitmore
Carbondale
Ernest Glass
Chauncey
Lions Club
John Smart
Glouster
Albert Hall
Hollister
Bonnie Irvin
Clara Cooper
Mineral
Dave Stephenson
Nelsonville
Business and Professional Women’s Club
New Marshfield
Bernard Withers
the Plains
Paul Tipton
Torch
Robert Ellis
Trimble
Harold Morrison
Sugar Creek
James Davis
Mechanicsburg
C. G
Coolville Town Bond Fraud Ties to Local Officials
Sheriff reports third bond fraud in Coolville as Chester motorist Eugene Story shows a signed receipt for a $7 bond and a $3 balance. Mayor’s court records indicate no deposit for Harold Shields says Coolville police chief Calvin McGee was released after pleading guilty to bond fraud and has since left the county.
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Sheriff's Department
Coolville
Chester
Harold Shields
Eugene Story
Clayton Lee
Story
Shields
Lee
Meigs County
Calvin McGee
McGee
Old Fashioned Winters Linger In Subzero Scenes
Messenger photographer Don Moore captured cars in extreme cold and the ice-clogged Hocking River near East Bridge. U.S. observer C. L. Colmer logged 11 a.m. temperature at 18 while Athens endured a low of 15 earlier. Forecasts predicted continued cold with wind and light snow.
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Messenger
Don Moore
Hocking River
White's Mill Dam
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Colmer
Athens
Izaak Walton League Installation Set Sunday
Newly elected officers will be installed Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Waltonian farm. Committees for the year to be named. Weather permitting a work party will be active in the morning. National president W H Pringle will visit in February with plans for a regional event. Ralph Kyle said a film Alaska's Silver Millions will be shown detailing sockeye salmon from Alaskan rivers to American tables.
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Izaak Walton League
Waltonian Farm
W. H. Pringle
Ralph Kyle
Alaska
Funeral services for Dr Roscoe Gilmore Stott in Patriot Ind
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Patriot Indiana for Dr Roscoe Gilmore Stott 76 former Chautauqua circuit lecturer who died at his Patriot home last Saturday He appeared in Who's Who in America and held degrees from Franklin College University of Chicago and Lennox College He is survived by his wife and three children including daughter Mrs Charles Logan Smith of Athens
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Patriot
Ind
Roscoe Gilmore Stott
Chautauqua Circuit
Stott
Franklin College
University of Chicago
Lennox College
Charles Logan Smith
Athens
Wheat Loan Deadline Near for 1956 Wheat
Final date for Athens County farmers to apply for price support loans or purchase agreements on 1956 wheat is January 31. Loans require wheat to be clean dry high quality and stored in a rodent and insect protected structure.
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Athens County
ASC
Foreman Back From Great Lakes Conference
Carl Weber foreman of The Messenger press-stereo department returned from Cleveland after attending the Great Lakes Mechanical Conference with his wife Mrs Weber. The three day event drew about 1000 newspaper representatives from across the nation and Canada.
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Carl Weber
Messenger
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Forman
Weber
Canada
Burley Tobacco Farm Allotment Applications Open
Applications for new burley tobacco farm allotments can be filed at the Athens County ASC office at 18% S Court St before February 1. Eligibility requires two years of burley growing in the past five, residence on the farm, and at least 50 percent of income from that farm. The farm must be owner operated and the sole burley allotment recipient for the year.
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Burley Tobacco
Athens County
ASC
S. Court St
Irvin
Wolfe
State Conservation Meeting Set in Ohio
The first annual Ohio Chapter Soil Conservation Society of America meeting will be held Monday and Tuesday at the Youth Center building in the Ohio State fairgrounds. Topics include soil conservation research weather related erosion and new forestry techniques. Noted speaker Hayden W Olds chief of the Ohio Division of Wildlife will discuss Conservation Possibilities of the Soil Bank. The talks are open to the public.
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Ohio
Soil Conservation Society of America
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Ross Wright
Wright
Hayden W. Olds
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Soil Bank
Meigs Woman Martha Sargent Dies in Utica Hospital
Martha Sargent 76, a former Middleport resident and widow of railroad engineer Harry Sargent, died Thursday in a Utica hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs. Thomas Elder and grandson Dr. Davis Elder of Scotia. Funeral by Rawlings-Coats. burial Lone Oak Cemetery Point Pleasant. visitation Saturday.
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Middleport
Martha Sargent
Utica
N. Y
Harry Sargent
New York Central Railroad
Thomas Elder
Davis Elder
Scotia
Non- Rawlings-Coats Funeral
Lone Oak Cemetery
Point Pleasant
George and
Julia Davis Lee
Investigation Continues After E State St Car Crash
Police said they are continuing the investigation of a two car collision on East State Street near the Children's Home Wednesday around 6 p.m. The crash caused slight injuries to Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White and two Ohio University students.
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E. State St
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Ohio University
Amesville Dial Exchange To Open Conversion Slated
The Amesville exchange will convert from magneto to dial beginning Saturday. Howard C. Slusher says work in the new fireproof Hillcrest building will run through Sunday with full conversion over several weeks for 275 customers. During this period emergency calls use the Amesville operator via dialing 3. Exchanges between magneto and dial systems will continue.
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Amesville
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Howard C. Slusher
Hillcrest
Slusher
Athens
Ohio U Dean Honored with Academy Fellowship
Ohio University College of Commerce Dean Clark E. Myers was honored in Cleveland for election as a Fellow of the Academy of Management. The Academy includes over 200 professors across 72 U.S. business schools. Myers has led an Executive Development Program and will direct a Management Development Institute in Lausanne starting this summer.
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Clark E. Myers
Ohio University College of Commerce
Cleveland
Academy of Management
United States
Dean Myers
Ohio U
Lausanne
Switzerland
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Perry Bennett
Athens State Hospital
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Theda Graham
Paul Dunfee
Okema Dunfee
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Charles F. Powell
Columbus
Alice Powell
Cleo F. Hopkins
Parkersburg
Wanda L. Braham
Ophal R. Shinn
Toledo
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Ard
Commonwealth Telephone
Ciate
Business Office
Indepe
Commonwealth
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Foreman
Burley
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Gerald Dickerson
Murray City
Homer Gall, Jr
Michael Molchan
Gerald White
Opal Nichols
Luetta O’brien
Zada Caldwell
Peggy Mansfield
C. W. Quick
Sherwood Hall
Jessie Hamm
Anna Harner
William W. Chase
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