Three Injured In Four Athens Area Traffic Crashes
Three people were injured in four traffic crashes over the weekend in Athens County. The incidents included two-car collision on Route 50 near Guysville injuring Mary Conaway and Ethel Ellenberg, a hit and run on Route 50 at Canaanville involving Edward McVicker and William Butcher leading to a drunken driving charge, and a three-car crash on Route 33 south of Logan injuring only a bystander. Nine arrests were reported, including Butcher for DUI and resisting arrest, Kovaleski for intoxication, and others for intoxication and traffic violations. Various other arrests included AWOL soldiers and license violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Post
State Highway Patrol
Guysville
Mary Conaway
Nelsonville
Ethel Ellenberg
Vernon
Athens
Ellenberg
Canaanville
Norwood
Athens County
Edward McVicker
William Butcher
Stewart
Butcher
McVicker
East Bridge
Harmony Road
Route 50
Route 690
Jack Kovaleski
Chauncey
Kovaleski
Pyam Bartlett
Bartlett
W. P. Mickle
Logan
Owen Workman
Detroit
Robert Huntley
New Plymouth
Huntley
Ray Juhan
Donald Hill
Parkersburg
W. Va
Robert M. Johnston
Columbus
Florence Burchfield
Burchfield
Bertha Little
Washington County
Genevieve L. Alter
Coolville
Steve Charney
Nary Q. Clayton
Athens Township
Ethel P. Tribe
Atwell M. Wallace
the Plains
Alexander Township
Ralph E. Parks
Esther M. Parks
Jacksonville
W. H. Morrison
Glouster
Dorothy E. Wallace
Trimble Township
Emory Lantz
Trimble
Mae Hartley
Millfield
Brodricks and
Chappelear
Sharpsburg Man Held After Dispute Over Dice Loss
Lloyd Cook of Sharpsburg Route 1 faced a grand jury after a nighttime dispute over a five dollar loss. Mayle testified Cook threatened him with a knife and gun on a Tick Ridge lawn. Cook pleaded innocent, bond set at 250 dollars, witnesses supported Mayle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Mickle
Lloyd Cook
Sharpsburg
al Greshen Mayle
Cook
Frank Joyce
Marie Pincelli
Mayle
Two Athens Area Students Named to Dean's List
Janet Ruth Linscott Amesville and Nona Jean Green Athens were named to Ohio University University College dean's list for earning at least a 3.0 average and completing 15 semester hours. In total 45 campus students and 11 branch students were honored, including two at Chillicothe, seven at Portsmouth, and two at Zanesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Area
Ohio University
University College
University News Bureau Today
Janet Ruth Linscott
Amesville
Nona Jean Green
Arden Place
Athens
University
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Two Accidents Reported by Police
City police reported two weekend accidents on Athnes streets with no injuries. A parked car at E. State near Home Street was hit by a hit-and-run driver, reported by owner Harry W. Jones of 15 A. E. State St. Apartments. A collision occurred Saturday afternoon at S Court and W Union Street involving Howard W. Call of 8 Sunnyside Drive and Granville C. Stout of Carpenter Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athnes
Harry W. Jones
A. E. State St
E. State
Home St
Howard W. Call
Sunnyside
Granville C. Stout
Carpenter Route 1
S. Court
W. Union St
Radcliff Resident Arthur Jeffers Dies at 74
Arthur P. Jeffers, 74, of Radcliff, died Saturday afternoon at Roy Allman’s near Hamden. Survived by three sons Aldo Columbus Arnot Radcliff and Othc Wales Mills, nine grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Services set for Tuesday at Velne Mill Church with burial at Bowen Home in Vales Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. Jeffers
Radcliff
Roy Allman
Hamden
Aldo
Columbus
Arnot
Othc of
Wales Mills
Tuesthe Velne Mill Church
Bowen
Otis Jeffers
Vales Mill
Real Estate Transfers in Athens County and Surrounding Townships
A list of real estate transfers in Athens County and nearby townships including Clinton M Wright and others transferring land to Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and various spouses. Transactions cover farms, lots, Inlets, and tracts in Athens Township Trimble Franklin and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton M. Wright
Trimble
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens Township
C. A. Daugherty
Athens County
Fred H. Sands
Athens
Hillcrest
Margaret Sabo
Andrew Sabo
Franklin County
Steve Charney
John Pina
Canton
Mildred Pina
Bern Township
Mabel A. Mayle
Stewart
Nary Q. Clayton
P. F. Good
George O. Shanks
Coolville
Harold Davis
Troy Township
Georgia James
Inlet
Henry Boska
Mae C. Shepherd
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples
George Gevas aged 27 of Baltimore Maryland weds Mary Varnes 21 of Athens. Carlos A. Glenn 36 of Nelsonville weds Joann Dearing 18 of Buchtel. Thomas H. Coffman 22 of Athens weds Jo Ann Wheaton 17 of Athens. Leo D. Snyder 23 of Columbus weds Shirley L. Bullock 16 of Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gevas
Baltimore
Residence on Greens Run Home of the Kempton Family
This Athens County home off State Route 675 once housed the Kempton family of Trimble Township. The article traces their Civil War hero James Kempton of the 75th Ohio Infantry, his battles at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, imprisonments, and later life, along with heirlooms and letters preserved by descendants. The Kempton home remains well preserved after more than a century of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Harris
Greens Run
Kemptons
Trimble Township
Athens County
Connecticut
Amesville
Dover
Trimble
Stephen N. Kempton
Trict
Modoc
Stephen
New England
Warren Brison
William Biddison
James F. Kempton
Jacksonville
James Kempton
75Th Ohio Infantry
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Georgia
75Th Ohio
Kempton
Emma Dupler
Akron Iron Co
Buchtel
O. D. Jackson
Jackson Mine
Columbia
S.C
Fred Kempton
Athens
David Putnam
Marietta
E. V. Wolfe
Plains
Louisiana Tigers
Wolfe
Job protection for servicemen expanded under new act
Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act broaden reemployment rights for those leaving jobs to enter military service but later rejected or released from training. It extends protections to reservists and retroactively covers current service members, with reinstatement within 30 days of release and preserved seniority and pay. Information available from the Bureau of Veterans Reemployment Rights Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Beat‘tie
Department of Labor
Beattie
Bureau of Veterans
U. S. Dertment of Labor
Cleveland
4 H Club Activities and Get Ready Plans
The Lucky Clovers met at Betty Tippie’s home with visitor Carolyn Shrum from Cleveland. Junior camp reports noted. Next meeting is at Maxine Webb’s on July 31 at 7 p.m. Hamley Run Round Towners held 13 members at Betty Jo Price’s home. A breakfast hike for Get 26 a pie social a square dance and a wiener roast were planned but dates not fixed. A special meeting is set for Monday at 1 p.m. at Alma Jean LaFollette’s home. Refreshments served by Betty Jo Price and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky Clovers
Betty Tippie
Carolyn Shrum
Cleveland
Maxine Webb
Betty Jo Price
Alma Jean LaFollette
Girl Survives 100 Foot Fall From Mt Katahdin
Marcia Doolittle of Schenectady New York fell a hundred feet down Katahdin Maine’s highest peak last Saturday night and spent seven hours on a ledge in fog before being rescued. She was reported in good condition at Bangor Hospital after landing on the ledge which saved her from tumbling into a basin of boulders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millinocket
Maine
Marcia Doolittle
Schenectady
N.Y
Bangor Hospital
Mt. Katahdin
Athens Minister Leaves for New Post
Edward White, minister of the Lancaster St. Church of Christ, delivered his final sermon and will depart Tuesday for a new post at the Crystal Park Church of Christ in Canton. Harold Stanley of Parkersburg, W Va, to succeed him after five years here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward White
Lancaster St. Church of Christ
Crystal Park Church of Christ
Canton
Mr. White
Arold Stanley
Parkersburg
W. Va
Driver’s license charge ends in fine for Arora
Satish Kuman Arora aged 19 of 70 North High Street was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor W P Mickle after pleading guilty to lacking a valid driver's license. City police filed the affidavit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satish Kuman Arora
High St
W. P. Mickle
Weekend temperatures ease with cooler Sunday
A cooler spell prevailed Sunday with a high of 85 degrees, five below Saturday's 90. The nightly low reached 60, and by 9 a.m. Monday the thermometer read 75.
Former Plains Resident Mrs Rose Helber Dies
The Plains reports the death of Mrs Rose Helber 36 at her home in Wyandotte Michigan daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Joseph Barkie former residents of The Plains. She is survived by her husband Clarence two sisters and five brothers. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 pm at Cook funeral home Columbus burial Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus.
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Plains
Rose Helber
Wyandotte
Mich
Helber
Joseph Barkie
The
Clarence
Cook Funeral Home
Parsons Ave
Columbus
Green Lawn Cemetery
Service Rewarded for 15 Years at City Loan and Savings
Athens assistant manager George M. Fee returned from Lima where he received a diamond studded lapel pin honoring 15 years of service. The pin was among 40 presented at a 39th anniversary dinner hosted at Mirror Lake by company president Thomas Schoonover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Fee
Athens
City Loan and Savings Co
Lima
Mirror Lake
Thomas Schoonover
City Firemen Return To Butler Brothers Store Fire
Athens firemen returned to the Butler Brothers store in the Zenner Building after residents reported smoke. Fire Chief Clarence A. Parker said booster lines dampened embers with no rekindling expected. Damages were estimated from 180000 to 305000 dollars. lightning was suspected as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Butler Brothers
Zenner
Clarence A. Parker
Columbia Ave
Water Works
Harley Koon Dies After Heart Attack
Harley M. Koon, 54, The Plains, died on arrival at Sheltering Arms Hospital after falling ill at home. Coroner Dr. John H. Elias ruled coronary thrombosis as the cause. He was a coal miner with survivors including brother Marion Koon and half siblings Charles Tittle Webb Tittle and Lucy Vansickle. Arrangements are by Stout funeral home of Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley M. Koon
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
John H. Elias
Koon
Mr. Koon
Marion Koon
Charles Tittle
Indianapolis
Ind
Webb Tittle
Moxahala
Lucy Vansickle
McArthur
Stout Funeral Home
Nelsonville
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Local hospital notes list births and dismissals including new babies for families in Athens Glouster Albany Nelsonville and Philo. Notable entries include a son for Woodrow Ash and a daughter for Charles Carpenter and Bruce Norton with other newborns and recent discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Ash
Athens
Arthur Deeter
Stewart
Hubert Lanning
Leo Sheridan
the Plains
Jimmy Hulbert
Charles Carpenter
Bruce Norton
Glouster
Lucy Lane
Albany
John Gibbs
Edmunda Clark
Fred D. Russell
Curtis W. Fishinger
Ahents
Mary Conaway
Nelsonville
Bernadine West
Nellie Jones
New Marshfield
Joanne Fulton
Louisa Riegel
Granville Stout
Carpenter
Jim Hoisington
Allen Newell
John Risch
Elias Butcher
James Henry Snedden
Joseph Stewart, Jr
Benton Miller
Gertrude Pritchard
Martin Spires
Philo
Missouri Shannon
Three Men Fined on Intoxication Charges
Three men were arraigned before Mayor W. P. Mickle after arrests Saturday night on intoxication charges. Lester P. Parsons, 36, of New Marshfield Route 1, and Fred Savage, 24, of 173 N. Lancaster St., paid fines of 10 dollars and costs. Savage was arraigned Sunday and Parsons Monday. Harry Williams, 43, of 18 Fern St., was jailed Monday for failure to pay a 10 dollar fine and costs. All three pleaded guilty to the charges filed by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Silvey
Amesville
Silvey
Columbus Road
Mickle
Kenneth Michael
Union Furnace
Roger Friend
Logan
Francis Tabler
Stewart Route 1
W. P. Mickle
Lester P. Parsons
New Marshfield
Fred Savage
Lancaster St
Savage
Parsons
Harry Williams
Fern St
Civil Service Exams Announced For Federal Posts
Open competitive civil service examinations for indefinite appointments to fill vacancies in the federal service have been announced by the U S Civil Service Commission. Positions include architect chemist electronic scientist mathematician metallurgist mycologist physicist physiologist and all branches of engineering. Applications and info available at the local secretary's office at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Service
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Commission
A D. Higgins
Area men enlist in Army and Air Force during past week
MSgt James Mooney reports thirteen area men joined the Army or Air Force in the last week. Names include Lewis E Van Cooney of Middleport and Kenneth W Wood of Lodi who enlisted July 10 and 27 respectively, with many others from Athens and surrounding towns enlisting for Air Force duty or Regular Army placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
James Mooney
Athens
Lewis E. van Cooney
Middleport
Margaret Bellean Cooney
Kenneth W. Buttrick
Route 4
Lodi
I of
Ohio University
Asonnel
Fort Knox
Patrick L. Rose
Front Logan
Art N. Rose
Raymond F. Mays
Paymaster Donald Pate Delivers Pay in Korean Foxhole
Warrant Officer Donald H. Pate, known as the money man, and his three assistants paid soldiers from a foxhole where Company M and Mike Company were dug in on hills south of Chorwon. They also carried money order blanks so infantrymen could send pay home as Chinese forces pressed a delaying action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
INF
Korea
Donald H. Pate
7Th Infantry Regiment
M”. Pate
Julia A. Pate
W. Union St
Athens
Mike
Chorwon
Pate
Athens sailors serve aboard USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
Two Athens area sailors serve abroad the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Charles E. Kinder machinist's mate first class of Trimble and Gene F. Walker radioman third class of 29 Brown Ave Athens enlisted in 1946 and 1948 respectively. The ship is Atlantic Fleet destroyer force named for the son of a former ambassador to England killed in World War I. John W. Calentine completed six weeks at the ROTC summer camp near Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, Area
Joseph P. Kennedy
Charles E. Kinder
Trimble
Gene FE. Walker
Brown Ave
Athens
Kinder
Naval Service
Walker
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Tll
Atlantic Fleet Destroyer Force
U. S
England
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Extension Service
County Extension Service
Ross Hocking
Ross Wright
Hocking
Vinton
Ross
Pike
Pickway
Fairfield
Jackson
Meigs
Dan Fogg
Lancaster
Quick's
Harley Koon
Air
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Robert L. Whitlatch
Grosvenor St
Minnie Pincelli
Herbert E. Hiles
Arlis W. Hiles
Robert K. Weaver
Charles FE. Almasky
Mrs. Almasky
Wade E. Jarvis
Payday
Drea Men
John W. Calentine
Washington St
Reserve Officer ‘Training Corps
Army Chemical Center
L. E. White
Shannon Ave
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
Bidg
H. G. Householder
Athens County Agents Association
Flouck & van Dyke
D. M. Goddard
Donald K Barstow
Earl Mathews
Seiple & Kempton
Peter B. Seel
Walker & Ebright
M. Gill
Dwight H. Rutherford
F.R Murphey and Son Co
E. Atkinson Co
B. Dillonney, Inc
Ashland
Rhnee
Ashland Bottled Gas Service
Morrison-Brown Hill
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