Train Hits Stalled Semi near Route 50
A stalled semi with ore from United Carbide Co. was struck by a train near Route 50. The driver Henderhan and two other truckers had stopped to awaken colleagues. the vehicle blocked tracks and split after the crash. Road closure and detours affected B&O traffic to Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendersan
Route
United Carbide Co
Marietta
Armco Steel
Middletown
Henderhan
Johnson
B&o
New York Central
Grosvenor Crossing
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Parkersburg
Canaanville
Baltimore & Ohio
Township Trustees Buy Fire Fighting Equipment
The Athens Township trustees approved about 1900 dollars for The Plains Volunteer Fire Department. Funds from the fire protection levy in The Plains School District financed two used trucks and added gear including hoses, Siamese-Y couplings, a portable pump, and booster hose. Trustees Dwight Robinson Roy Nolan Harold Brown and Clerk Vern Shaw announced two levies for renewal at the July meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Township
Plains Volunteer Fire Department
Plains
Joe Jagers
Athens
Birch Fire Equipment Co
Columbus
The
Plains Fire Department
State Department of Education
Dwight Robinson
Roy Nolan
Harold Brown
Vern Shaw
Consecration Service Planned for New Church Building
A consecration service is scheduled Sunday at 10 30 a m for the newly opened educational building adjoining Central Ave Methodist Church. Dr Stanley Jeffery former pastor and district superintendent will speak. First classes start at 9 30 a m with nursery kindergarten and other departments. Marion Brown discussed building use with local Sunday school teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Stanley Jeffery
James C. Charney
Marion Brown
Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church
Athens
Columbus Driver Fined for Hit-Skip in Municipal Court
Albert W Hughes 42 pleaded guilty to a hit and run after striking a parked car in front of The Messenger building around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Nichols of Amesville owned the damaged car with about 200 dollars in frontal damage. Hughes paid damages to avoid jail. a 30 day sentence was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wilson Hughes
Messenger
James R. Nichols
Amesville
Hughes
Columbus
Nichols
Father Killed Enroute To Enroll Daughter at Ohio University
James Schiffer aged 50 of Cleveland died in a Route 13 crash near Mansfield while enroute to Athens to enroll his daughter Louise as a freshman at Ohio University. Louise and the mother were injured as passengers in the car Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Schiffer
Cleveland
Athens
Ohio University
Louise
Sutton McKinstry Named Pure Oil Distributors in Athens
Pure Oil Co announces Sutton-McKinstry Oil Co as new distributors for Pure Oil products from Route 50 E. in Athens replacing the former Hocking Street bulk plant. Robert Sutton and Richard P. McKinstry, both Athens High School graduates, run tire service and retreading with a Route 50 E facility opened in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton-McKinstry Oil Co
The
Pure Oil Co
Sutton-McKinstry
Route 50-E
Pure Oil
Hocking St
Robert Sutton
Richard P. McKinstry
Sutton-McKinstry Pure Oil Products Dealers
Sutton-McKinstry Tire Service
Ohio Fuel Project Replaces Pipeline Across Counties
Work begins in Athens, Hocking, and Meigs counties on a 175000 dollar pipeline replacement by Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Crews lay 15000 feet of 18 inch pipe from the Ohio River across from Ravenswood West Virginia to Crawford Compressor Station near Sugar Grove. Service remains through Gallipolis and other towns during construction with completion expected mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hocking
Meigs Counties
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Harold B. Cornwell
Ohio River
Ravenswood
W. Va
Ohio Fuel
Crawford
Sugar Grove
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Chester
Nelsonville
Logan
Enterprise
Rockbridge
Albany
Haydenville
Floyd Six
Pipe Lines Department
Meigs Native Mildred Welsh Dies in Detroit
Miss Mildred Welsh a Meigs County native and former Detroit schoolteacher died early Thursday in Ford Hospital Detroit after a brief illness. Daughter of the late T A and Bertha Shaver Welsh she is survived by sister Eva Welsh Strong of Detroit and an uncle Clyde Shaver of Plains. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Alexander Presbyterian Church with burial in the adjacent cemetery.
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Mildred Welsh
Meigs County
Ford Hospital
Detroit
T. A
Bertha Shaver Welsh
Clyde Shaver
Plains
Ollie M. Strong
Eva Welsh
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Confined To Jail Carl Williams Pleads Guilty On Intoxication
Carl Williams aged 48 of Athens Route 4 was fined 30 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. Deputies said Williams was jailed for non payment and had been arrested yesterday in the Athens State Hospital lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Williams
Athens Route 4
Sheriff's
Williams
Athens State Hospital
Local Teens Named in Unemployment Pairings
Donald Stanley age 18 from Millfield works as a logger and Marsha Powell 17 of Glouster Route 3 is unemployed. Paul David Jones 18 of Salem works as a laborer and Sharon Yvonne Arnold 17 of Carbondale is unemployed.
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Donald Stanley
Millfield
Marsha Powell
Glouster
Paul David Jones
Salem
Sharon Yvonne Arnold
Carbondale
Pilgrim Motel for Sale Promises Profitable In Athens County
Owner Rev N L Russell offers the Pilgrim Motel and home for quick sale to an interested buyer. The 11 unit motel includes TV and air conditioning, carpeted rooms, lawn equipment, and a swimming pool. Property shown by appointment only with no phone inquiries.
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Pilgrim
Rev. N. L. Russell
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits and Discharges
Admitted: Mrs Clifton Pearman Albany Sanford B Perry McArthur Route 2 Joseph Lucas Athens Route 3 Edward Foster The Plains. Discharged: Mrs W C Gibbs Albany Alfred Hudnall Albany Route Margaret Gilkey Athens John McElfresh Athens Lewis Prine Athens Julie Driesbach Athens Rhea Dean Athens Emma DeBose Athens Mrs Darrell F Ziggafoos Athens Mrs Betty Williams Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Pearman
Albany
Sanford B. Perry
McArthur
Joseph Lucas
Athens
Edward Foster
Plains
W. C. Gibbs
Alfred Hudnall
Margaret Gilkey
John McElfresh
Lewis Prine
Julie Driesbach
Rhea Dean
Emma DeBose
Darrell F. Ziggafoos
Betty Williams
Stolen car recovered after theft report in Millfield
City police said James Kisor's car stolen Tuesday night on N Court Street was found parked behind the Economy Loan Co. office, ending the investigation with the vehicle recovered.
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James Kisor
Millfield
N. Court St
Economy Loan Co
Warm weather returns to Athens with warm air from the south
Warmer weather returned to Athens as south winds push temperatures up. The thermometer rose from a 56-degree low to 80 by 11 a.m. with Thursday reaching 83. Rural Hamley Run reported a 51-degree low after yesterday’s 83-high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Patrolman Arrests Four On Route 33
Four drivers were fined a total of 80 dollars and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to charges from a State Highway patrol encounter on Route 33 between 9 54 p m Tuesday and 12 25 a m Wednesday Three of the cited for speeding 70 mph in a 50 mph zone were Hugh John Moore 19 Lakewood Dennis Lee Dowler 18 New Marshfield and David Lawson Wiggins 21 Columbus The fourth fined for reckless operation was Robert D Schneider 23 Athens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh John Moore
Lakewood
Dennis Lee Dowler
New Marshfield
David Lawson Wiggins
Columbus
Robert D. Schneider
Athens
Seventeen Boys Head to YMCA Camp Nelson Dodd
Seventeen local boys depart Sunday for Camp Nelson Dodd, the Athens YMCA camp at Brinkhaven, Ohio. Names include Douglas Picard, John Foster, Lantz Repp, and others. two weeks remain for Michael Rose, Richard Timblin, and Mickey Seel. Girls camp opens August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Dodd
Athens
Brinkhaven
Douglas Picard
John Foster
Lantz Repp
Jeffrey
Gerald deLaval
John Crewson
Bill
Jack Barnes
Terry
John
Robert Bumpass
Bernard
Larry Spaulding
Alan Sherman
Jim Savage
Scott Noble
Albert Shuster
Michael Rose
Richard Timblin
Mickey Seel
John Gibbs Rites Incomplete After Death at Sheltering Arms
Funeral arrangements for John B. Gibbs, 56, of 10 Sunny Side Dr., are incomplete. Gibbs died unexpectedly Thursday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gibbs
Sunnyside Dr
Mr. Gibbs
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Vacation Special at Dewey Motel in Hollywood Florida
Air conditioned Dewey Motel offers an October only vacation special in Hollywood near beaches golf and fishing. Efficiency units 30 dollars Motel rooms 25 dollars reservations to Harlan Antle 1727 Dewey St Hollywood Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Hollywood
Fla
Mrs. Harlan Antle
Dewey St
Hollywood, Fla
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State Highway Patrol
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Theocomotive
Pullman
Erty
Route 50
Dax Cox
Donald Bever
Carl Seiferth
Sheriff's Department
Carl Welling
Hugh Bresnaham
William Gehres
Chillicothe
Greyhound
Jane Parker
U.S
Cmorgasbord
Mid-Ohio Valley
Circle's
Second Ave
Ohio
Mansfield
Athens Men Oil Firm Distributors
Sutton
E. State and
Morris Ave
McKinstry
Athens High School
Graduat
E. State St
Graham Dr
Ohio Fuel Project
YMCA
John Gibbs
Rok
E. Washington
Athen A
Association
City Hall
Federal Home Loan Bank
Athens Messenger
Martin
the Martin
Rowland's
Euclidar
Buckeye Cafeteria
Tel
Round & Square
Jack Sickles
Green Valley Boys
Red Men Park
HAM
Cliff
Royal Blue Market
Athens, Ohio
Jaynes Furniture
Ar Aes Mattress
Sealy
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