Porter Delivers AHS Baccalaureate Sermon
The Rev. Phil Porter of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd delivered Athens High School's baccalaureate sermon for the class of 1958. He spoke on knowledge uniting man and nature, urged faith guiding choices, and highlighted the difference between man and objects as graduates faced varied futures. The service featured processional, prayers, music by the senior ensemble and a recessional as graduates prepare to graduate June 5.
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Athens
Helen Dinsmoor
Alice Schuler
Richard Essex
Dinsmoor
Mary Ruth Jump
Jo Davis
John Porter
Blaine
Boyd Cornwell
Betsy Gray
Phyllie Clem
Karen Embrey
Linda Fields
Connie Helwig
Joanne Henderson
Patricia Love
Juliann Roberts
Linda Sams
Sharon Workman
Patricia Lee
Juliann
Phil Porter
Athens High School
Porter
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Victor Campbell
the Lord
God
Mendelssohn
Albert Hay Malotte
Two Riders Hurt When Car Hits Scooter
Two youths were injured when their motor scooter was struck by a car at E State Street and May Avenue. Donald Gregory Sanders 15 operated the scooter with Steven Guthrie 5 as passenger. Sanders suffered multiple injuries and Guthrie had abrasions and a head laceration. police cited Margaret Nolan 39 for failure to yield. Both were treated and released from Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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E. State St
May Ave
Donald Gregory Sanders
Don Sanders
Palmer St
Steven Donald Guthrie
Mansfield
Margaret Alice Nolan
Utah Place
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Injuries Avoided In Memorial Day Week End Accidents
Athens County patrols report no injuries over Memorial Day weekend despite two minor crashes. James Powell 26 Nelsonville and Wanda Cunningham 16 Athens were in Deanville on a township road with minor damage after a side collision. Mary Wolf 36 Glouster was cited for following too closely after rear ending Joseph Toczik 34 Painesville on Route 13 at Route 675 junction.
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Athens County
State Highway Patrol
James R. Powell
Nelsonville
Wanda C. Cunningham
Athens
Deanville
Powell
Cunningham
Mary Wolf
Glouster
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Joseph Toczik
Painesville
Route 675
4-H Boat Trip Tickets Set At Two Hundred
Athens County 4-H clubs set a quota of 200 tickets for Friday’s Ohio River boat trip aboard the Steamer Avalon. The boat departs Middleport dock at 1 p.m. and returns at 5 p.m. Parents and friends of 4-H members may ride. Tickets reserved through the county extension office must be picked up and paid for there.
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Athens County
4-H
Middleport
Don L. Davis
Two Half-Brothers Fined in Liquor Case Here
Elmer E. Kisor of New Marshfield Route 1 pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid 50 dollars plus costs. His half-brother William Kisor, 25, also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and received 125 dollars fine, three days in jail, and three months license suspension, plus 25 dollars for no valid license. He had been using the name Phelps and was paroled from Mansfield Reformatory last January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer E. Kisor
New Marshfield
William Kisor
Phelps
Kisor
Mansfield Reformatory
Bond Forfeited In Speeding Case
A $20 bond was forfeited Monday in Municipal Court by Oscar T. Noon aged 30 of Fairborn after a speeding citation. He was accused of driving 65 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone.
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Oscar T. Noon
Fairborn
Real Estate Transfer in Rome Township
Beulah Starkey Stewart transfers two tracts in Rome Township to D Earl Poston Stewart. The deed records a property exchange between named individuals in the same county with no listed mortgages liens or dates.
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Beulah Starkey
Stewart
D. Earl Poston
Rome Township
Former County Woman Dies in Dallas Texas
Mrs. D. D. Taylor 72 died May 26 in Dallas Texas. Born near Garden in Athens County she was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Blackwell. Survived by son D. D. Taylor Jr and stepmother Mrs. B. T. Blackwell. Husband and a sister had predeceased her.
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E. W. O’brien
D. D. Taylor
Dallas
Texas
Taylor
B. T. Blackwell
Garden
Athens County
D. D. Taylor, Jr
Cloudy and cooler weather dominates weekly notes
Cloudy and cooler weather prevailed Monday after Sunday showers. Rural Hamley Run reported a 9 a.m. temperature of 59, a rise of only two degrees from the early morning low. Temperatures for Thursday to Sunday ranged from 39 to 61 degrees, with highs from 72 to 87.
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Hamley Run
Former City Postmaster Dies Sunday in Upper Arlington
Francis P. Frebault Sr. 75 longtime Athens postmaster died Sunday at his home after a four year illness. He served as postmaster here 18 years until 1953 and co owned the Majestic Theater before Schine’s Athena. He was a WWI veteran and past American Legion commander. Survivors include his wife Sara, two sons, two brothers and two sisters. Funeral set for Wednesday at St. Agatha in Columbus with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Francis P. Frebault
Athens
Edington Road
Upper Arlington
Frebault
Majestic Theater
Schine’s Athena
Mutual Home and Savings Association
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Athens American Legion
France
Sara
Francis, Jr
Parma
Hubert
Chagrin Falls
Paul
M. J. Gross
Helene Frebault
Columbus
St. Agatha Catholic Church
West Union Street
John Quint
Fifth Ave
Treatment By Salt Water Proves Costly
George Malcolm, 75, of Guysville Route 1, reports a strange salt water treatment by a man posing as a minister. The intruder and a woman and child entered Malcolm’s home Saturday morning and patted his pocketbook, taking $60 before leaving. No vehicle description or clear details of the man are available.
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George Malcolm
Guysville
Athens County
Malcolm
Sheriff's Office
Birth And Admissions At Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Hender Trimble and a daughter. Admissions list Don Young Athens Route 1 Mrs Arnold Beckwith The Plains and others. discharges include Harvey Burke Zaleski and several from Athens and surrounding towns.
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Charles Henderson
Trimble
Don Young
Athens
Arnold Beckwith
the Plains
Melda Perry
Roy Carter
New Marshfield
Ray McGregor
Willis Linton
Guysville
Harvey Burke
Zaleski
Hershel LeMaster
Albany
Ralph Andy
Walter Howard
Dwight West
Nettie Hawk
Nick Vicolas
Joyce Grisby
M. D. Moore
Walter Martin
Anna Black
Jena Chesser
Sandra Michael
Athens to host 1959 Eighth District American Legion convention
Athens will host the 1959 Eighth District American Legion Convention after the Bremen 1958 session. Paul Lewis of Athens was elected second vice commander, with Ed Downard and Don Roach named district commander and first vice commander respectively. Athens posts won district trophies and delegates were chosen for the national convention in Chicago.
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Athens
American Legion
Bremen
Paul Lewis
Lewis
Royal McBee Employe
Ed Downard
Coalton
Don Roach
Middleport
Alice Friedman
Edward McBane
Nolan Mace
James M. Vercoe
Charles Gilkey
Albert Wigal
Harold Young
Commander’s Association
William Stewart
Mace
Retired Coal Firm Official Dies at 91
James Vercoe aged 91 of 6 Sunny Side Drive died Sunday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a fall fractured hip at home. Born in England he arrived in New York 70 years ago and was a bookkeeper who worked for coal companies and served as secretary treasurer of Canaan Coal Co. He belonged to First Methodist Church Paramythia Lodge 25 F&AM and Shrine group members. He is survived by three sons two sisters and two brothers plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 1 pm at Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home with memorial services by Paramathia Lodge 25 F&AM at 8 pm Monday. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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James Vercoe
Sunnyside Drive
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Durham County
England
New York
Canaan Coal Co
Canaanville
First Methodist Church
Paramythia Lodge
F&am
Scottish Rite
Aladdin Temple of the Shrine
Columbus
Hannah
Cephas
Herbert
Bert
Athens
Frances Gates
Cleveland
Florence Miller
Findlay
Thomas
Arthur
Buckeye Lake
Dowler-Ferguson Hughes
John G. Koontz
West Union Street
Paramathia Lodge 25
Athens Masons to Elect Officers in Temple Meeting
Ralph W. Clark announces that officers of the Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons will be elected at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the Masonic Temple.
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Athens
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Ralph W. Clark
Not Just a Book Learning in Insurance Service
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Terry Trout
Harry Lackey
Samuel R. Johnson
Devens Marina Agnone
Richard Alston Bacon IV
Jon R. Batdorff
Sharon Kay Baxter
Rich
Patricia Ann Love
Carolyn Mansfield
James Edwin Martin
Joseph D. Mechem
Rexford E. Nickoson
Thomas E. Norris
William H. Ogg
Charles D. Olson
Nancy Jane Organ
Kenneth R. Phillips
Joyce Elaine Reed
Charles W. Rider, Jr
Hele Juliana Roberts
Elizabeth 0. Robinson
Philip W. Romine
Linda Carol Sams
Peter Kendall Seibert
Lynda Jean Shanafelt
Rudy Layne Shaw
Lawrence R. Shea
Ann Elaine Smith
Carolyn Joyce Smith
Jack E. Snowden
Pamela Sue Snyder
Selena D. Southerton
Lowell Brent Spencer
Michael Lee “Tedrick
Dale Thompson
Linda L. Thompson
Thomas Galer Thompson
Theresa Trout
Betty Lou Uldrich
Larry Webb
Kitty K. Weiss
Myron David West
Ann Leora Williams
Theresa A. Williams
Donna Jean Windle
Ronald E. Ziegler
Miata
the Tavern
Tame
Michelob
Spiring
Judy Hill
Sharon Downard
Mr. Porter
Robert Collins
REPP
Ohio & National Burial Vault Associations
Kasler
Koen Phant
Elko Ile Ava Ae Zh Ee
Wd A
John L. Archer
Athens County Fairgrounds
Zanesville, Ohio
John Grimes
Athens Free Methodist Church
Pharmacy
Court St., Athens
Stimson
Athens, Ohio
Vercoe
Lancaster
Racine
Chicago
Alex Blair
Jackson
Ross Williams
Oak Hill
Ollie Smith
W. Joe Brown
Gallipolis
Fred Thacker
Legan
Department of
Mat Moore
Kerr-Hunter
Painters & Carpenters
Mac's Thrifty
West State St
Your
Duswrand
Weneves
Houck & Vandyke, Inc. Insurance Service
O. G. Houck
Don M. Reed
W. Union
Jaynes Furniture Co
East State St
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