Heat Wave Ends as Storm Brings Rain to Athens Area
Athens area reels from a 16 day heat spell as a late afternoon storm delivers rain and cooler temperatures. Lightning hit the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric substation causing a temporary power outage. areas affected included Guysville Stewart Coolville Hockingport Torch. Rainfall totaled 0.53 inch with temps falling from 98 to about 80 and farmers expect relief for corn.
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Athens
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
New Strouds Run
Guysville
Stewart
Coolville
Hockingport
Torch
C&soe
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Nine Hurt In Weekend Traffic Crashes Across Area
State Highway Patrol reports nine injuries from Saturday crashes including a two car wreck on Route 56 near Route 664 in Hocking County. Victims include Howard Raymond 52 Sugar Grove and Arthur Wagner Laurelville with gauge lacerations. Other incidents involve Paul Love 21 Murray City and James Lanning 23 Glouster with facial injuries and eye lacerations. Juvenile Tabler 16 Stewart cited in Route 329 crash with Carl Flowers 39 Sharpsburg. Mayle 49 Cutler injured as passenger. Arrests made for license violations in an Oak Street incident near Trimble Township.
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Athens Post
State Highway Patrol
Hocking County
Howard Raymond
Sugar Grove
Arthur Wagner
Laurelville
Woodrow Wagner
Joseph Johnson
Wagner
Raymond
New Straitsville
Paul Andrew Love
Murray City
Mount St. Mary Hospital
James Lanning
Lester Paul Tabler
Stewart Route 1
Carl D. Flowers
Sharpsburg
Wealthy Mayle
Cutler
Tabler
Oak St. Rd
Route
Trimble Township
Edward Rutter
Jacksonville
William Smith
Winfield
W. Va
Rutter
Allen Russell Conway
Glouster
Driver Fined On 2 Counts In Municipal Court
Kenneth Gene Smith of Pontiac Michigan was fined 125 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in jail after a guilty verdict for driving while intoxicated He also paid 25 dollars and costs for carrying an open flask in a car His license was suspended 180 days by Municipal Court Judge John Newcomb Michael Molchan moved offices in Athens and is a city council member Richland firemen fought a blaze at Ashwith Farm on Frum Road Two outbuildings burned but barns were spared and the cause was undetermined
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Kenneth Gene Smith
Pontiac
Mich
Smith
John Newcomb
Michigan
Molchan
Washington St
Ohio University
Ohio State College of Law
Athens
Richland Area
Ashwith
Frum Rd
Three Aided By Squadmen During Holiday Run
The fire department emergency squad made two runs over the weekend and one early Tuesday. Jane Bittner, 23, of 13 Fern St., and JoAnn Stottlemyer, 19, of Jefferson Hall, suffered possible appendicitis attacks and were taken to Hudson Health Center. Bittner’s trip occurred at 1 27 p.m. Sunday and Stottlemyer’s at 11 34 p.m. Monday. Judy Evans, 19, Jefferson Hall, was taken to Hudson Health Center at 5 59 a.m. Tuesday after illness at the dormitory.
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Fire Department
Jane Bittner
Fern St
JoAnn Stottlemyer
Jefferson Hall
Hudson Health Center
Miss Bittner
Miss Stottlemyer
Judy Evans
Birth and dismissal notices at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announces Levi and Mrs. Ezekoye in Athens a son. Dismissals include George Burns Albany and others in Athens and nearby townships with several mothers and children listed. Details show admissions of Dana Turner Harrisonville and multiple residents across Athens region.
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Levi Ezekoye
Athens
Dana Turner
Harrisonville
William Wildes
Cynthia Henson
Letha Riley
Harold Efaw
Bessie Richards
Giouster
Frances Wallace
Millfield
Charles Miller
Albany
George Burns
Gary Hanning
New Marshfield
Beth Ann Maccombs
the Plains
James Deeter
Stewart
Mary Leake
L. R. Shaffer
Stanley Phelps
Dulcie Murphy
Glouster
Ben Clay
Amesville
Boyd Cooley
Lloyd Boring
Steven Skinner
Chauncey
Fred Thompson
Edward Cowley
Nelsonville
Ezra Henson
H. A. Henson
Early Seel
Richard Craig
Gerald Kyle
Osee Deckard
Gas Lines Project Aims to Rework Court and State Streets
Columbia Gas Co. district manager E F Rothel says a $6500 gas line replacement project will start within two weeks. The work will remove three and four inch lines and replace with four and eight inch lines across all five corners of the intersection and the converging streets for better service.
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Court
State St
E. F. Rothel
Columbia Gas Co
Coolville Driver Is Fined and Jailed for DWI
William Lester Mayo, 54, of Coolville Route 3, pleaded guilty in County Court to driving while intoxicated. Mayo was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to three days in county jail.
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William Lester Mayo
Coolville
State Highway Patrol
Mayo
Direct Distance Dialing Expands Nationwide Access
DDD will launch Sunday at 2 01 a m for Athens area subscribers in several exchanges with 80 million phones reachable. A new long distance microwave links Athens Logan and Columbus and Athens pay stations switch to prepay. Dialing rules for station to station and person to person calls will use 1 or 0 prefixes.
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Athens
Albany
Amesville
Guysville
New Marshfield
Shade
Plains
Chauncey
Logan
Columbus
J. B. Kimball
United States
Canada
Kimball
U. S
Ames Home Damaged by Early Morning Fire
An Amesville home of Clarence Stover was damaged by a 12:50 a.m. fire caused by an electric light short circuit. Firefighter Richard Brown suffered a wrist cut and Stover sustained burns while fighting the blaze. Volunteers also battled a second fire at Albert Hubler farm later that day, burning about an acre.
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Amesville
Ames Township
James Dillie
Clarence Stover
Richard Brown
Stover
Ames
Albert Hubler
Tax Collection Steps Set By Treasurer
County Treasurer Vaughan Earich will collect tax receipts at the Amesville bank on Wednesday and at the Coolville bank on July 12. The tax books will close for the current fiscal period on July 20.
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Vaughan Earich
Amesville Bank
Coolville Bank
Youth Charged With Resisting Officer In City Court
Clarence Tinkham of 14 Smith Street Athens was cited in Municipal Court Tuesday for resisting an officer and intoxication. City Patrolman Teddy L Hutchins charged that Tinkham resisted arrest Saturday.
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Clarence Tinkham
Smith Street
Athens
Teddy L. Hutchins
Tinkham
Two Charges Denied in Athens Driver Case
Patricia Johnson, 24, of Athens Plaza Apartments pleaded innocent to driving with no license and an expired 10 day tag. She posted bonds totaling 45 dollars for a July 6 Municipal Court hearing.
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Patricia Johnson
Athens’ Plaza
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Tom Hendershot
Columbus Road
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Rhonméngrtion
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D. H. Genesy
Sams
Cline Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Love
Vernon Edward Russell
Roger Allen
State of
Columbus Finance, Inc
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Springfield
Dayton
Cincinnati
the Ohio Company
The
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N. High St
Ohio Company
Richard M. Phillips
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Complete Insurance Service
Reed and Baur Inc
Houck & Reed, Inc
Michael Molchan
Athens Pharmacy Bldg
S. Court St
Richland
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George Perry
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
James Wagenseller
Lancaster
Ohio Department
Richard Rypma
Robert Carsey
James Balding
Wilson Carr
Edsel Wilcox
Herman Sharpneck
Daswrancé
Donald K. Barstow
Jessie W. Ley, Inc
Earl F. Mathews, Inc. and
C. M. Gill & Co
Dwight H. Rutherford
Reed & Baur, Inc
Joseph Seiple
Oakley Ins
the Saltz Ins
Richard Guinther
Pat Mabe Mae
Insurance Agency
W. Union Street
Economy Savings and Loan Company
Court St
Pomeroy
West Union St
Earl Mathews, Inc. Insurance
Earl F. Mathews Earl A. Hooper
C. M. Gill
D. M. Goddard
Security Bank
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