Kimberly Youths Burn To Death In Route 33 Truck Wreck
Five Kimberly youths died in a truck wreck on Route 33 near Nelsonville as a coal truck overturned and spilled. Carman Church and his son witnessed the blaze but could not rescue the trapped teens. Carlos Lauderback, 17, and Robert Ray Williams, 17, were among the dead. double funeral planned at Pilgrim Holiness Church in Nelsonville.
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Athens Messenger
Arene
Ohio
Kimberly
Rae
Fiy
Robert Ray Anaiin
Carlos
Jackie
Ana
Freddie
Columbus
Nelsonville
George Bateman
Carman Church
Carman, Jr
Church
Carman
James Lauderback
Frank Joyce
R. W. Finsterwald
Jackie) Lauderback
Carl Lauderback
James
Herman
Nelsonville Foundry
Robert Ray Williams
Herman Williams
Howard
Roger
Audrey
Florine
Mary
Jenice
Christina
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Greenlawn
Amesville Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Miss Grace Webb remained home with the flu all last week. Guests included Mrs. Gilbert Sedwick with her California bound husband now in the Hawaiian Islands. Mrs. Alta Pierce and Mrs. Margaret Bond hosted Mrs. Homer Morehead’s relatives, and Mrs. Isabelle Mitchell visited her father George Bailey.
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Amesville
Grace Webb
Carl Sedwick
Gilbert Sedwick
California
Sedwick
Carlsbad Caverns
New Orleans
Hawaiian Islands
Alta Pierce
Margaret, Bond
Guys
Bessie Gardner
Martha Mae Kuhns
Florida
Rebecca (Smith) Williams
Fort Myers
Fla
William Barrett
Texas
Earl Henry
Lottridge Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Losses
Lottridge residents reported Monday visits to Parkersburg and Athens as Ira Robin son and Miss Bessie Robin son spent time with sister-in-law Pearl Robinson in Athens. Lemons of farm life noted with a cow dying after a fall and a twin calf birth.
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Lottridge
Isadore Mantle
Ralph
Parkersburg
Ira
Bessie Robinson
Pearl Robinson
Athens
Harvey Persons
Scott Snodgrass
Herbert Hoskinson
Otis Mansfield
James Day
Albert Warner
Near Alfred
John Archer
Naomi
Clarence Swartz
Fred Warner
Effie Stout
Rodger Clark
Velma Persons
Paul Robinson
Ed Williams
Samuel Bails
Leroy Boggs
Raymond Boggs
Be Pre, R.D
Carson Boggs
Milo Bean Fined for In toxication in City Court
Milo Bean aged 59 was fined five dollars and costs today by Mayor Franz Woodworth for in toxication in a local city case.
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Milo Bean
Wolfe Sr
Franz Woodworth
Weather note from Athens reports warm day
Yesterday Athens reached 46 with a low of 20. At noon today the temperature stood at 28 as readings continued.
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Athens
Henry L. Durfee Dies at 55 in Athens
Henry Leroy Durfee, 55, a lifelong Athens resident and coal miner, died this morning at 10. He leaves son Harold, daughters Mrs. Lorene Turner of Detroit and Mrs. Henry E. Barnes of Athens, two brothers, three sisters, and three grandchildren. His wife Rose Durfee died 26 years ago. Funeral Tuesday night, services Wednesday at 2:30 at Dowlet t and Ferguson Funeral Home, Rev. O. M. Awe. Burial in South Canaan Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Henry Leroy Durfee
Athens
Durfee
Harold
Lorene Turner
Detroit
Henry E. Barnes
Rose Durfee
Dowlet T and Ferguson Funeral Home
O. M. Awe
South Canaan
Named Kent President George A Bow man
George A Bowman, 49, longtime Ohio educator and current Youngstown schools superintendent, was named president of Kent State University today succeeding Karl A Leebrick who has joined the Army as a major.
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Kent
George A. Bowman
Ohio
Youngstown Schools
Kent State University
Karl A. Leebrick
Ohio Bank Embezzlement Case Involving Burnard Click
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports Bernard Click 37 former cashier and secretary at Killbuck Savings Bank Killbuck Ohio embezzled 16735 dollars. Click is under bond awaiting federal grand jury action and previously worked in Stockport and McConnelsville Ohio banks.
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Washington
Killbuck Savings Bank Company
Killbuck, O
Bernard Click
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Click
Stockport
McConnelsville
Army Private Arrested for Desertion From Fort Ord
Army Private Clarence Boots Smith age 23 of Happy Hollow was arrested in Murray City yesterday by Sheriff George Bateman and held in the county jail awaiting arrival of military authorities from Fort Hayes. Bateman said Army authorities reported Smith failed to report back at Fort Ord after furlough at Thanksgiving.
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Pvt
Clarence “Boots” Smith
Happy Hollow
Murray City
George Bateman
Fort Hayes
Bateman
Smith
Fort Ord
Calif
City Board To Take Lead In Plan for Youth Center
Athens City Board of Recreation agreed to lead in establishing and operating an Athens City Youth Center. A Sunday meeting at Ohio University Men's Gymnasium drew 22 of 40 organizations with 58 invited. Estimated first year costs near 2500 dollars cover equipment rent heat and supervision.
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Athens City
Wise
City Board of Recreation
Recreation Board
Carl Nessley
R. J. Studer
W. H. Herbert
Margaret Hampel
Aa.u.w
Dean Irma E. Voight
A.A.U.W
Mayme Johnston
Athens High School
James E. Householder
Girl Scout Council
Carl T. Nessley
Board of Recreation
Franz Woodworth
Ross Wright
Lewis Oadis
East Side P.T.A
Ralph Straw
American Legion Auxiliary
Thomas Rosser
Child Conservation League
Byron A. Wolfe
American Legion
George Merchant
West Side P.T.A
Earnest Hart
Paramathia Lodge
Edwin A. Brown
First Methodist Church
William C. Stehr
Central P.T.A
Lee S. Roach
City
Relief for Rheumatism Sufferers with NORITO Guarantee
Thousands of rheumatism sufferers report quick relief from muscular pain using NORITO. The ad promises fast action for seutica lumbago neuralgia and neuritis with a money back guarantee if the first three doses fail. See your druggist and buy NORITO today.
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Norito
Nortto
Harriett Johnson Dies At Peach Ridge Home
Mrs Harriet Estella Johnson 64 died at her Peach Ridge home after years of illness. Born in Athens County she lived in the area her whole life. Survived by husband John W Johnson two daughters Mrs Ward Nicholson Dexter and Mildred Johnson four sons Charles Richard Ernest Drake Virgil Dale Raymond S Lancaster and two grandchildren. Services Tuesday at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home at two oclock conducted by Rev Gilbert Courtney. Friends may call anytime.
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Harriet Estella Johnson
Peach Ridge
Athens County
Martha McVay Dies at Albany Home Sunday
Mrs. Martha McVay age 52 wife of Pearly McVay of the Albany district died Sunday morning. She leaves four children Pvt. Leonard McVay Camp Maxey Texas Mrs. Ralph Good and Mrs. Elijah Abbott Amanda and Mrs. Herbert Beverly Lancaster. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at one o clock by the Rev. A E McVay of Elyria at the Townhouse Church.
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Martha McVay
Pearly McVay
Albany
Leonard McVay
Camp Maxey
Texas
Ralph Good
Elijah Abbott
Amanda
Herbert Beverly
Lancaster
A. E. McVay
Elyria
Townhouse Church
Mrs Aumiller Dies at Home Near Racine
Mrs Jacob Aumiller aged 87 died late Saturday at the family home on Portland R D near Racine. Funeral services will be at 2 PM Tuesday at Carmel Church after brief services at the home at 1 PM. She was a widow and leaves two children Leon a Hanes of East Liverpool and Jess Aumiller of Steubenville, one sister Emma Cornell of Bowman Run, 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Racine
Jacob Aumiller
Portland R.D
Caremel
Aumiller
Leona Hanes
East Liverpool
Jess Aumiller
Steubenville
Emma Cornell
Bowman Run
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Willard A. Bartlett
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Lottridge Social Notes
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Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
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