Father rushes sick child in crash near Buchtel
Charles C. Mitchell 30 of Buchtel headed to Mount St Mary Hospital in Nelsonville with his four year old son Charles Jr to treat facial and scalp wounds from a yard glass cut. Mitchell lost control on Route 216 skidding off gravel into a guard rail and coal shed. The child was taken to the hospital and released after treatment.
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Buchtel
Charles C. Mitchell
Charles, Jr
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Mitchell
Berm
J. K. Kinneer
Mitchell Child
Former Meigs Judge To Hear School Transfer Case
A master commissioner will hear testimony in the York Nelsonville school transfer controversy. Cedric Clark, ex Meigs County common pleas judge, was appointed to supervise proceedings as petitions from York residents seek moving parts of York Township to Nelsonville district. The hearing may take two to three days with no fixed start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York- Nelsonville
Fourth Judicial Court of Appeals
Cedric Clark
Meigs County Common Pleas
Clark
York
Nelsonville
Appeals Court
Forest Weinrich
Logan
Athens County Board of Education
York Group
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Poston
Paul Hoskins
Deanville
Gordon
Tolliver
Victor Dixon
Chriss Wolfe
John Bolin
Bolin
York Township
Athens Youth Choir Plans Annual Meeting At Church
The Interchurch Youth Choir of Athens schedules its annual meeting for Monday at 8 p.m. in the First Christian Church. An new executive board will be elected and sponsors and parents of both senior and junior choirs are invited. Choir selections will be performed.
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Athens
Interchurch Youth Choir
First Christian Church
Retired Ames Farmer Dies
W E Potter 76 a retired farmer died Thursday at his son Wilbur's Newark Ohio home. Lifelong Amesville resident until 18 months ago he moved to Newark. Survived by wife Alice Linscott Potter four sons Joseph Parkersburg Wilbur Leonard Newark Glenn Amesville one daughter Frieda Mulligan Athens nine grandchildren three great grandchildren. Friends may call at Glenn Potter's home after 10 am Saturday. Funeral Sunday 3:30 pm Amesville Methodist Church Rev Harold Jeffers Rev Virgil Close. Burial Amesville Cemetery.
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Amesville
W. E. Potter
Wilbur
Newark
Ohio
Potter
Alice Linscott Potter
Joseph
Parkersburg
Leonard
Glenn
Frieda Mulligan
Athens
Amesville Methodist Church
Harold Jeffers
Virgil Close
Amesville Cemetery
Questions and Answers About Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Dr. Morgan publicly announced he will turn the hospital over to the community free of debt or investment. Our hospital will be received at no cost, a sound investment. It is vital the hospital be equipped to care for any emergency and any ailment. Any day any of us can be stricken and our contributions now may prove to be cheap insurance.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Harold Wise
Ellen Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Sheltering Arms
Sheltering Arms Hospital
van Meter
Wise
Morgan
Youth Fined Sentenced For Theft Of Wheel
Paul Nutter an 18 year old of 44 Shafer Street pled guilty to petty larceny in Mayor W P Mickle’s court. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs with 50 dollars suspended and three months in jail suspended. He admitted stealing a steering gear from a car owned by the Athens Buick Co and parked near the Athens Junk Co on Shafer Street. He said he wanted the gear for his own car.
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Paul Nutter
Shafer St
W. P. Mickle
Nutter
Athens Buick Co
Athens Junk Co
Old Dover Farm Home Tells Spaulding Family Railroad Heritage
The Peach Ridge farm home in Dover Township Athens County belonged to Jonathan Spaulding a New England Yankee who helped build early U S railroads including the first line between Quincy and Milton Massachusetts in 1824. His descendants and the Spaulding family history in the area are noted with local memory and landmarks.
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Peach Ridge
Dover Township
Athens County
Spauldings
Jonathan Spaulding
New England
United States
Quincy
Milton
Mass
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Maryland
Philadelphia
Allegheny Mountains
New West
Bal
William A. Spaulding
William Spaulding
E. C. Logan
W. H. Logan
Athens
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Fred Stephenson
William Spauldings
Dover
Ames Townships
Dennis Dixon
Dixon
Julia Mintus Cone
Sand Ridge
Spaulding
Rome Township
John M. Spaulding
Jonathan
Driver Jailed After Wreck Involving Fence Belonging to Local Farmer
Waldo K. Anderson of Lancaster Route 4 was jailed on an alcohol DUI charge after losing control on Route 180 two miles east of Laurelville and smashing into 40 feet of Henry Boden’s fence. Boden held the car for fence payment while Anderson faced a Friday hearing. A separate fatal crash near McArthur yielded Delmar Ervin’s death. Burt Ervin was fined for unsafe operation and suspended driving rights for six months after a two-vehicle crash on Route 50. Charles Walburn paid fines for passing on a curve in Coolville.
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Waldo K. Anderson
Lancaster
Hocking County
Anderson
Laurelville
Henry Boden
Boden
McArthur
Burt Ervin
W. State St
Athens
Common Pleas
Arlo Chatfield
Vinton County
Ervin
Delmar Ervin
Chatfield
Charles Edward Walburn
Middleport
John Aiken
Coolville
Wigal Rites Set Saturday
Ernest E. Wigal 56 World War I veteran died Wednesday in Veterans Hospital Outwood Kentucky. A native of Wadesville West Virginia he lived in Ohio most of life and resided in Coolville. Surviving brother Everett Wigal Athens sister Milie Griffin Coolville. Visitation Saturday morning at White funeral home with Masonic services at 10 am and military rites at 2 pm by New Marshfield VFW post burial in Coolville Cemetery.
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Coolville
Ernest E. Wigal
Veterans’ Hospital
Outwood
Wadesville
W. Va
Ohio
Troy High School
Everett Wigal
Athens
Millie Griffin
White Funeral Home
New Marshfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Coolville Cemetery
Hospital Notes From Sheltering Arms Include Dismissals
Hospital notes list patients at Sheltering Arms including John Vickerey Malta Route 3 Mary Shepard Glouster Route 2 Eva Zimmer Glouster Ethel Batey Albany Vivian Roberts Athens Cora Munn Albany Garnette Mowry Athens and dismissals of C H Courtney Chauncey and daughter Bernard Matheny Athens Route 4 and son George Hodge Athens Mary ble Carpenter Route 1 Helan Aberts Glouster.
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John Vickerey
Malta
Mary Shepard
Glouster
Eva A. Zimmer
Ethel Batey
Albany
Vivian Roberts
Athens
Cora Munn
Garnette Mowry
C. H. Courtney
Chauncey
Bernard Matheny
George Hodge
Mary Ble
Carpenter
Helan Aberts
L Williams Dies At 69 In Middleport
Lewis Williams 69 of Middleport died Friday at 11 am. He was survived by his wife Carrie and children Mrs George Casto Mrs Margaret Cole Mrs Lewis Manley and Mrs Stanley Ralph. Five brothers two sisters twenty grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were set for Sunday at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home.
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Middleport
Lewis Williams
Carrie
George Casto
Margaret Cole
Lewis Manley
Columbus
Stanley Ralph
Bucyrus
Rawlings-Coats
Train Delays Fire Trucks At Fairgrounds Blaze
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train blocked the W Union Street crossing delaying city firemen responding to a fire at the Doyle Construction Co site on the fairgrounds. Firemen extinguished a car fire caused by welding a trailer hitch before arrival.
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Baltimore & Ohio
W. Union St
Fairgrounds
Narow Alley
Foster Place
Byard St
Shafer St
Doyle Construction Co
Fair
Athens and Vinton Roads Set for Resurfacing Bids
State Highway Department opened bids in Columbus for 49 road resurfacing projects in Athens and Vinton counties. Fenton Construction Co. of Ashland submitted the low bid on Route 33 in Athens Township, while The Highway Maintenance Co. of Athens won six other bids totaling 83 733. Projects cover Route 50 and Route 144 in Athens County and multiple routes in Vinton County with bids about 200 000 under estimates.
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Athens
Vinton County
Whch
State Highway Department
Columbus
Athens Township
Fenton Construction Co
Ashland
Highway Maintenance Co
Vinton
Athens County
Carthage
Rome
Troy Township
Wilkesville Township
Wilkesville
Clinton
Elk Townships
Elk Township
Richland Townships
Associated Press
Highway Department
Glouster
Perry County
Meigs County
Joy bell ringer Wilbur Fish to appear at Coolville High
The event features Wilbur Fish known as the joy bell ringer, scheduled for Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Coolville high school auditorium under Rebekah Lodge sponsorship.
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Coolville
Joy Bell Ringer
Wilbur Fish
Rebekah Lodge
Temperatures Reported Range From 78 to 60 Degrees
Temperatures Thursday ranged between extremes of 78 and 60 degrees. The report notes the day’s readings and the cooler late afternoon.
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Meigs
Sheeter
Prient Us
the Cline Pharmacy
Jeffrey
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Abcrass
SCUTL
Scotts Lawn Research
Ames
Old Dover
Seiple and
Kempton
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Cline
Onlo
L. Williams
Mrs. Edmond
Edmond Life
McDougal Church
Rev. Shifflett
Saavice
Yukon Asst
Ann Page
Marvel
Meat Dept
Lake Herring
Calif
Reader’s Digest
Athens Pharmacy
Court St
Athens, O
Dont. Delay
Kool-Aia
Aofs
Martia
Cross Bros
Frank H. Cross
Carrols Market
Arasco
Rasco
F. J. Beasley CO
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East Washington St
Jackrabbit
Bugs
Athens Home Telephone CO
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