County Schools Set Aug 31 Opening for Athens County
Athens County will start classes August 31, delaying Labor Day impact and a later spring dismissal. Two schools The Plains and Athens Local won’t follow the opening date due to collaboration with Ohio University and city schools. Vacancies remain in vocational agriculture, industrial arts, English and foreign language positions.
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Athens County
George Christman
Christman
Plains
Athens
Ohio University
Athens City
Carthage-Troy
Hockingport
Shade— Industrial Arts
Albany
Two Defense Motions Filed In Stover Assault Case
Orville Stover 36 of New England faces an indicted attempted criminal assault on Kathryn Britton. His court appointed attorney James F Shu..."
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Stover
Orville Stover
New England
Common Pleas Court
James F. Shumaker
Kathryn Britton
Britton
Ford Sampson
Marietta
Sampson
Persinger Funeral Set for Apple Grove Man
Funeral services for James Thomas Persinger aged 34 of Apple Grove are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Beale Chapel Church Apple Grove. Persinger died from injuries sustained in a Tuesday automobile accident near Lancaster Ohio.
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Point Pleasant
Beale Chapel
Apple Grove
James Thomas Persinger
Lancaster
Ohio
Athens Men Are Jailed After Down River Fight
Two men identified as Kenneth Thomas aged 31 and Wesley Thomas 27 were held in Middleport jail after a village affray. Norwood Van Cooney 42 from Middleport was treated at Meigs General Hospital for facial cuts and released. Prosecutor James B. O'Brien said the Thomases face assault and battery and resisting arrest charges. The fight followed a dispute over construction work at the Middleport swimming pool where all three men work.
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Athens
Middleport
Kenneth Thomas
Wesley Thomas
Norwood van Cooney
Meigs General Hospital
James B. O'Brien
Thomases
Draft Calls Are Stated by Athens County Board
The Athens County Selective Service Board reports induction and pre induction physical exams on August 3 and 4. Eight men will enter the armed forces on Monday August 4 and seven more will be examined the following day. The calls are all that have been listed for August.
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Athens County Selective Service Board
William Lyons Rites Conducted at Temple Methodist
Funeral services for 84 year old William Lyons, who died Monday at University Hospital in Columbus, were held Wednesday afternoon at Temple Methodist Church by Rev. William H. Covert. Surviving are daughter Mrs. Minnie Tedrow of Wellston and two sons Clarence C. of near Carpenter and Jacob of New Marshfield. burial followed at Temple Cemetery.
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William Lyons
University Hospital
Columbus
Temple Methodist
William H. Covert
Minnie Tedrow
Wellston
Clarence C
Near Carpenter
Jacob
New Marshfield
Temple Cemetery
Bound to Jury on Exposure Charge
Roy Lee Hardwick 25 of Athens Route 2 pleaded innocent to indecent exposure and was bound to the grand jury by Mayor Peter B. Lee after local complaints about a market display along Route 56. He was held on $200 bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Roy Lee Hardwick
Athens
Peter B. Lee
George Bateman
Union-New Marshfield
Hardwick
Ardwick
Grand Jury
Coolville Driver Is Fined and Jailed
A Coolville driver, Roy Butcher, 35, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence, fined 125 dollars, and sentenced to 15 days in jail after arraignment before Mayor Peter B. Seel on charges by the State Highway Patrol. Passenger Dallas Schulta, 41, was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Coolville
Peter B. Seel
State Highway Patrol
Roy Butcher
Mound Hill Church Sets Annual Homecoming Event
The Mound Hill Church will host its annual homecoming this Sunday with Sunday School in the morning, a noon picnic dinner, and a 2 p.m. song fest featuring singers from other churches. The church sits three miles north of Amesville on Route 280 and invites the public.
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Mound Hill
Amesville
Route 280
Named to McBee Sales Post in Columbus
Alfred T. Craft named one of four assistant general sales managers for The McBee Co. He will direct mid western sales activity from Columbus with offices there. Other appointees include E. H. Tunis Los Angeles St Clair Bromfield Jr. Hartford and Robert Reynolds Memphis. Craft previously led Athens Ohio University and Glouster Press.
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Alfred T. Craft
McBee Co
Gibson
Craft
McBee
Mid-West
Columbus
E. H. Tunis
Los Angeles
St. Clair Bromfield
Glouster Press
Glouster
Detroit
Athens
Mr. Craft
Ohio University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Air Force
Thelma
Susan
Deborah
Camden Rd
Arlington
Fire Damages Mine Tipple Near Broadwell
The tipple at the Harry Van Dyke mine on Route 329 near Broadwell caught fire this morning from a nearby slack pile. Ames-Bern-Amesville volunteers arrived at 8:30 am and extinguished the blaze before major damage. Fire Chief Roy Zeigler said the fire stayed near the screens on the tipple.
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Amesville
Harry van Dyke
Broadwell
Ames-Bern-Amesville
Roy Zeigler
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Brief hospital notices list include Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kasier of Glouster with a son, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller of Athens with a son, and absent others such as Mrs. Loretta Keirns of Millfield, Ethel Wilcox of Shawnee, Joe Paskievitch of Jackson, Mrs. Royal Wolfe and Mrs. Louise Hammer of Athens, Mrs. John Cline and Mrs. Bernice White of Athens, and Mrs. Irene Thompson of Athens.
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Donald Kasier I Glouster
Carl Miller
Athens
Loretta Keirns
Millfield
Ethel Wilcox
Shawnee
Joe Paskievitch
Jackson
Royal Wolfe
Louise Hammer
Cleveland
Bernice White
Irene Thompson
Vit Hermon Resident Dies at 82
Charles T. Strode, 82, of Mt. Hermon, died at Marietta Memorial Hospital Tuesday evening. He was born February 5, 1871, and was a longtime Mt. Hermon storekeeper who closed his store in December 1952 due to ill health. He is survived by his wife Leota McPeak, married September 10, 1906, a daughter Vera Walder of Columbus, two grandchildren, and four sisters. A son, daughter, and three brothers had died earlier. Funeral plans are incomplete. friends may call at the Fawcett-Stone funeral home.
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Charles T. Strode
Mt. Hermon
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Mr. Strode
John and Mary Thompson Strode
Leota McPeak
Vera Walder
Columbus
Mary Wells
McConnelsville
Lizie Dixon
Mt. Vernon
Lyda Lovell
Akron
Lucie Harris
Sharpsburg
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
State Trucks figure in two Route 50 and Union Street crashes
State Highway Department trucks were involved in two accidents Tuesday. Cecil McLeod, 52, Athens, backed a dirt dump truck on Route 50 when its front bumper struck Richard Schmertzier’s auto, causing no injuries but damage. On W Union Street, Ralph Baker’s truck rear-ended Brenda Hartley’s car after Baker’s foot slipped from the brake. no injuries reported.
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State Highway Department
State Highway Patrol
Athens
Highway Department
Cecil McLeod
Richard Schmertzier
San Francisco
Calif
W. Union St
S Shater St
Brenda Hartley
New Marshfield
Hartley
Ralph Baker
Coolville
Baker
Peddie
Doanville Man Bound to Grand Jury in Theft Case
Pearley Cunningham of Doanville was bound to the grand jury Tuesday by Justice of the Peace D E Jones on a charge of breaking and entering. He pleaded guilty to a charge filed by Willis K Wolfe. Cunningham is accused of entering the New York Coal Co warehouse and taking $100 worth of equipment. His bond was set at $1000.
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Pearley Cunningham
Doanville
Grand
Justice of the Peace
D. E Jones
Willis Kk. Wolfe
Cunningham
New York Coal Co
Sixth polio case reported in Athens County
The Athens City-County Health Department confirms the sixth polio case, Eugene Sonny Burch, age 17, son of Fred and Mrs. Burch of Athens Route 4. He began symptoms last Wednesday, was diagnosed Monday, with only slight facial paralysis and home treatment. No siblings at home, so gamma globulin was not administered. county polio tally nears last year’s total and nears a peak not seen before August in 1948 or 1952.”
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Athens County
Athens City-County
Eugene
Sonny) Burch
Fred Burch
Canaan Road
Athens Route 4
Hot Day in Prospect as Mercury Rises
Prospects for a hot day appeared Wednesday morning with the thermometer at 87 degrees by 10 am. The humidity remained high after a warm evening, and the peak so far this summer was 97 degrees on July 1.
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Prospect
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Rapp
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
John Cline
Hermon
Athens National Bank
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Court Street
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