Route 50 upgrade plans revealed in Ohio in 1959 program
Charles M. Noble announced in Chillicothe that Ohio plans a four lane limited access Torch area highway using 1959 funds and a second four lane strip from Little Hocking to Belpre. He noted 5 percent of Route 50 traffic is local, Ohio is 15 years behind, and bond funds from 1953 enable 10 percent state share of interstate costs. Five Athens Countians attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Charles M. Noble
Highway Administration
George Washington Highway Association
Noble
Torch
Little Hocking
Belpre
Ohio
Athens
Albany
McArthur
Athens Countians
Clyde Parris
Jack White
Coolville
W. H. Herbert
Fred H. Sands
Franklin C. Murphey
Wise Leads New Rare-Earth Chemistry Initiative at Arizona
Dr. Edward N Wise, University of Arizona chemistry associate professor and Athens native, heads a $7000 Atomic Energy Commission funded project on rare-earth elements using a new micro balance method. The yearlong study aims to advance basic analytical chemistry and material metallurgy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Wise
H. T. Wise
Franklin Ave
University of Arizona
Wise
Atomic Energy
Commission
Athens
Athens High School
Ohio University
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant
University of Kansas
Edward King is Dead in Chester Area
Edward King a Chester resident and World War I veteran who ran a small lawn mower shop died recently. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with burial in Chester cemetery. Survived by wife Edith eight children and many relatives The list includes Eloise Eardley East Liverpool Inez Brehm Barrington Ill Geneva Leonard Chester Cecil East Liverpool Charles Rutland Mabel Lela and Donna at home. Also surviving three sisters six brothers a stepmother and eight grandchildren. Two children William Franklyn and Robert Dail preceded him in death.
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King
Chester
Ewing
Edith
Eloise Eardley
East Liverpool
Inez Brehm
Barrington
Ill
Geneva Leonard
Cecil
Charles
Rutland
Mabel
Lela
Donna
Lena Pooler
Lizzie Cather
Murrayville
W. Va
Ona Walker
Wheeling
Donald
Lawrence
Ernest
Troy
Lewis
Quaker City
Ohio
Anna Pullins
William Franklyn
Robert Dail
City Firemen Respond to Three Runs
City firemen made three runs, two with the emergency squad. They aided Mrs. Charles Rider, 49, at 7:08 p.m. Monday on Gay Street for a shoulder laceration, then Mrs. Hannah Brookins, 73, at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday on 168 North Lancaster Street for asthma. The Rider injury was treated and she was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. An 7:28 p.m. Monday alarm cited a short in wiring causing minor damage to a car owned by J B Wilder on 175 North Lancaster Street.
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City
Gay St
Charles Rider
N. Lancaster St
Hannah Brookins
Rider
Sheltering Arms Hospital
J. B. Wilder
Doraville
Lancaster St
Mrs Pollard Dies Tuesday in Dayton at 81
Bertha V. Pollard, 81, of Dayton, died Tuesday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after two weeks of illness begun during a visit to Athens. Born in New Marshfield, she lived in New Marshfield and Salem before moving to Dayton 14 years ago. Survived by two daughters and a brother. funeral arrangements in Athens handled by Dowler Ferguson Hughes.
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Bertha V. Pollard
Dayton
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
New Marshfield
Salem
AMC Official OU Speaker Dr Kendel Visits Ohio University
Dr John C Kendel vice president of the American Music Conference spoke to music and education classes at Ohio University. He traced the evolution of music education discussed modern teaching procedures and urged students to aid community music life after graduation. The conference promotes music participation nationwide through school and college visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Kendel
American Music Conference
Ohio University
Dr. Kendel
The
Births and discharges at Shelter Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list a daughter for John and Jane Bardin of Athens and a son for Robert Hawk of Athens and another for Richard Newton of Chesterhill. Discharges include Ronald White of Mineral Route and Mrs. Robert Daugherty of Chauncey with son, plus Mrs. Frank Barton of Athens with son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bardin
Athens
Robert Hawk
Richard Newton
Chesterhill
Elmer Finsterwald
Katherine Tabler
Stewart
Ronald White
Mineral
Robert Daugherty
Chauncey, and Son
Frank Barton
Athens, and Son
Auto Theft Denied Sailors Bound to Jury
Two sailors from Belpre were bound over to the grand jury on auto theft charges after appearing in Municipal Court. Charles Sedrick, 18, Tucson, and Kenneth Bowling, 20, Hamilton, pleaded innocent. They are accused of stealing an auto owned by Sherman Estile Jackson of Hillsboro after giving the men a ride near Hillsboro to Athens.
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Belpre
Charles Eugene Sedrick
Tucson
Ariz
Kenneth Alaric Bowling
Hamilton
Sherman Estile Jackson
Hillsboro
Jackson
Athens
Temperatures Rise to 83 in Hamley Run Area
A rising mercury hit 83 degrees at 11 a.m. Tuesday in rural Hamley Run after a low of 74 on Monday. The day’s extremes were 8&8 and 64.
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Hamley
Edith McBee Dies Daughter of Local Industrialist at 67
Edith F. McBee 67 of 26 S Congress St. died Monday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of illness. Born in Baltimore she was daughter of the late Charles F. and Edith Farson McBee and lived much of her life in Athens. She studied at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University and served as a China mission missionary for 15 years. She worked at Ohio University registrar after retirement. Survived by brothers Earl E. McBee Basil and a half sister Mrs. Sarah Glas North Ridge CA along with four nieces. Funeral services Thursday at 1 pm at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home conducted by Rev. John G. Koontz. Burial West Union Street Cemetery.
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Edith F. McBee
S. Congress St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Baltimore, Md
Charles F
Edith Farson McBee
Athens
The
McBee Co
Miss McBee
Athens High School
Cincinnati Missionary Training School
Ohio Wesleyan University
Boston University
China
Ohio University
First Methodist
Martzolff
Wesleyan Service Guild
Order of Eastern Star
Pallas Club
American Association of University Women
Harry B. McBee
Royal McBee Corp
St. Louis
Earl E. McBee
Basil
Sarah Glas
North Ridge
Calif
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
John G. Koontz
West Union Street Cemetery
Ames Dog Fracas Brings Dismissals and New Charges
Hearings continue in Ames in a dog wardens case. Charley Calentine’s trespass charge was dismissed when no prosecution witnesses appeared. Van Dyke filed a warrant against Homer Bolin for harboring unlicensed dogs as a separate action.
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Ames
Charley Calentine
Amesville
William O. Rowland
Harold Rose
Calentine
Homer Bolin
Harry van Dyke
Bolin Place
van Dyke
Bolin
Georgia
Athens County
Patrol Cites Two Drivers In Municipal Court
Two driving while intoxicated cases heard in Municipal Court after morning sessions of the State Highway Patrol. Alvin Willard Carsey of 439 Richland Avenue pleaded guilty to intoxicated driving and no operator's license, receiving a $125 fine, costs, three days in jail and a six month license suspension. second charge fined $50 and costs. His arrest followed a Friday accident on Big Bailey Run Road. William John Tate forfeited $300 bond after failing to appear on a DWI charge. Gene F. Perry of The Plains was fined $50 and costs for left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Willard Carsey
Richland Avenue
Big Bailey Run
William John Tate
Canton
Gene F. Perry
the Plains
Fined After Accident In City Court
Priscilla Ondis, 20, of 15 Ondis Ave., was fined $15 and costs after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to failure to stop in assured clear distance. The charge arose from a three car crash last Friday on State Street near Carpenter, injuring an 8 year old boy with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Ondis
Ondis Ave
FE. State St
Carpenter
Plea Change Sees Driver Fined and Jailed
Patrick C. Crossan 35 of Columbus first pleaded innocent then admitted guilt to driving while intoxicated at Municipal Court arraignment. He received a three day jail sentence and a three month driving ban after he explained he could not raise the $250 bond on his initial innocent plea. He was arrested by city police.
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Patrick C. Crossan
Columbus
Scientist Expands Frontiers in Medicine and Health
A scientist uses his knowledge to pioneer new fields for conquest and broader life extension. As new medicaments arrive, we stock them and dispense exactly as prescribed by your physician.
Mechanicsburg sewers hearing set for August in county action
Mechanicsburg Sanitary Sewer District proposed with public hearing scheduled for 10 a m August 15 in the county courthouse. The measure calls for a district wide assessment to cover construction and a $2,400 annual maintenance estimate, with notices to property owners and published report in The Messenger. The board also awarded limestone contracts to Shamrock Quarries Albany over Diamond Stone Quarries Albany, with bid details and payments window noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg Sanitary Sewer District
County Board of Commissioners
Foster Bean
John Cline
W. H. Wakefield
Messenger
Shamrock
Albany
Diamond Stone
Abany
Charlie Woods
Willow Creek Road
Tick Ridge
Hillcrests On Route 690 See Two Sideswipes
Two separate accidents occurred on Route 690 under identical conditions on Monday. In Albany, Arthur Lievell en, 65, and Kenneth Butterworth, 24, sideswiped on a north hillcrest and faced charges for driving left of center. A second crash near the 50 A junction involved Russell Pettrie, 52, Stewart, and Timothy Fulks, 18, Chauncey, with Fulks cited for the same driving violation.
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Arthur Lievellen
Albany
Kenneth Butterworth
Butterworth
W. C. Trainer
Russell Pettrie
Stewart
Timothy Fulks
Chauncey
Fulks
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Dr. Wise
Edward
Court St
Athens, Ohio
City Firemen
AMC
Glen W. Fiscus
H. M. Williams
L. S. Miller
Treva McDonald
James Whaley
James Weisenbach
Frank Spires
Millfield
Mercury
Standard Service
B&b
Automatic Home
Walter Ervin
West Stimson
Edith McBee
Vern Calentine
Zanesville
Patrol
State Highway Patrol
Cline Pharmacy Co
Mechanicsburg
Hillcrests
D. H
Jonesy
Sams Cline Bldg
New York Stock Exchange
Cincinnati
Charleston
Emer
Buck Auto Supply
Mill & State
E. State St
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