Kimberly Youths Burn To Death In Truck Wreck
Kimberly youths Jackie Lauderback 17 and Pat Williams 17 died in a truck crash on Route 33 south of Nelsonville when the vehicle overturned and caught fire on a canal bed. Witness Carman Church helped extract one victim before the truck burned. Nelsonville Fire Department and local officials opened an investigation.
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Athens
Ohio
Kimberly
Nelsonville
Carlos
Jackie) Lauderback
Pat Ray Williams
Furn
Fred Pritts
Carman Church
Carman, Jr
Church
Carman
James Lauderback
George Bateman
Frank Joyce
R. W. Finsterwald
Amesville News Briefs Highlights Local Moves And Visits
Miss Grace Webb spent the week at home recovering from influenza. Carl Sedwick hosted his daughter in law Mrs Gilbert Sedwick who traveled via Carlsbad Caverns and New Orleans while her husband serves in the Hawaiian Islands. Luminaries and visitors include Mrs Alta Pierce and Mrs Margaret Bond visiting Mrs Homer Morehead’s kin. Residents make local moves as Fritz Phillips property is sold to Lawrence Quinn, Frank Quinn and family move into the old hotel, Dena Robinson works at Kasler’s, and families plan Florida trips.
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Amesville
Grace Webb
Carl Sedwick
Gilbert Sedwick
California
Sedwick
Carlsbad Caverns
New Orleans
Hawaiian Islands
Alta Pierce
Margaret Bond
Guysville
Homer Morehead
Isabelle Mitchell
George Bailey
Dena Robinson
D. O. Kasler
P.T.A. Chorus
Lawrence Quinn
Fritz Phillips
Frank Quinn
Lathrop
Bessie Gardner
Martha Mae Kuhns
Florida
Rebecca (Smith) Williams
Fort Myers
Fla
William Barrett
Texas
Earl Henry
Lottridge Social Notes Highlights Parkersburg Visits
Lottridge residents share weekly social visits with relatives in Parkersburg and Athens. Notable events include Isadore Mantle and son Ralph’s trip, Ira and Bessie Robinson visiting Pearl Robinson, and several families from Athens and Belpre stopping by. Farm news includes two cattle losses with calves born. calves bottle fed. Mrs Effie Stout and Mrs Rodger Clark called on Velma Persons.
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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
Belpre
R.D
Carson Boggs
Milo Bean Fined for Intoxication in City Court
Milo Bean aged 59 and Wolfe Sr. faced a fine of five dollars plus costs today as Judge Mayor Franz Woodworth presided over the intoxication case in the city.
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Milo Bean
Wolfe Sr
Franz Woodworth
Mercury in Athens Reaches 46 Yesterday
The Athens thermometer rose to 46 degrees yesterday with a low of 20 overnight. By noon today the reading stood at 28 as the day progressed.
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Athens
Durfee Dies at 55 in Athens with Funeral Planned
Henry Leroy Durfee 55 died at 10 this morning in Athens after two years of ill health. A lifelong coal miner, he leaves son Harold and daughters Mrs. Lorene Turner of Detroit and Mrs. Henry E. Barnes of Athens, plus siblings and three grandchildren. His wife Rose died 26 years ago. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home conducted by 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
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
O. M. Awe
South Canaan
Kent State appoints Bowan as president replacing Leebrick
George A. Bow man, 49, veteran Ohio educator and last three years superintendent of Youngstown schools, is named president of Kent State University. He succeeds Karl A. Leebrick, now a major in the Army.
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Kent
George A. Bowman
Ohio
Youngstown
Kent State University
Karl A. Leebrick
Ohio Bank Employees Accused of Embezzling
Federal Bureau of Investigation reports Bernard Click a 37 year old former cashier and secretary at Killbuck Savings Bank Killbuck Ohio embezzled 16735 dollars. Click is under bond awaiting grand jury action and previously worked at Stockport and MacConnelsville banks.
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Washington
Killbuck Savings Bank Company
Killbuck, O
Bernard Click
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Click
Stockport
MacConnelsville
Army Private Arrested for Missing Fort Ord Report
Army private Clarence Boots Smith, 23, of Happy Hollow, arrested in Murray City by Sheriff George Bateman. He is held in the county jail awaiting transfer to Fort Hayes authorities after failing to report back at Fort Ord following Thanksgiving furlough.
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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
The Athens City Board of Recreation accepted responsibility to administer a proposed Athens City Youth Center. A Sunday meeting in the Ohio University Men’s Gymnasium drew 22 of 58 invited representatives from 40 city organizations. The board will outline action plans and possible locations as costs for year one are estimated at about 2500 dollars financed by public subscriptions.
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Athens City
Wise
City Board of Recreation
Recreation Board
Carl Nessley
R. J. Studer
W. H. Herbert
Margaret Hampel
A.A.U.W
Dean Irma E. Voight
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 Federation of Women's Clubs
Julian Snyder
Wallace LaBaw
Pete Vanity
JoAnn Paterna
Jim Farley
Harriett Johnson Dies At Peach Ridge Home
Harriett Estella Johnson 64 died at her Peach Ridge home after a long illness. Born in Athens County she spent life in the area. Survived by husband John W. Johnson two daughters Ward Nicholson and Mildred. four sons Charles Richard Ernest Drake Virgil Dale and Raymond Jr. at Lancaster. Two grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM in Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Friends may call anytime.
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Harriet Estella Johnson
Peach Ridge
Athens County
Army Air Force Officers Required To Take Spanish Course
A course in Spanish must be taken by every Army Air Force officer. The directive emphasizes language training as part of officer education and readiness.
Martha McVay Dies at Albany Home
Mrs. Martha McVay 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 Wednesday at one o’clock conducted by Rev. A E McVay Elyria at 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 Road near Racine. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Carmel Church after a 1 PM home service. She was a widow and survived by two children Mrs Leona Hanes of East Liverpool and Jess Aumiller of Steubenville, a sister Mrs Emma Cornell of Bowman Run, 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Racine
Jacob Aumiller
Portland R.D
Carmel Church
Aumiller
Leona Hanes
East Liverpool
Jess Aumiiller
Steubenville
Emma Cornell
Bowman Run
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Amesville News
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Lottridge Social Notes
Henry L. Durfee
St Joseph
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Pepsi-Cola Company
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Frank B. Gullum
W.B. Drake
Harriett Johnson
Norito
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