Fatal taxi crash kills Herbert Blackford on Route 56
The taxi owner Herbert Emery Blackford, 23, of Athens died from a broken neck and fractured skull when his cab skidded in driving rain and slammed into a concrete bridge abutment on Route 56 early Sunday. Five others were injured including June Reeder and Arthur Blackford. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Jagers Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Emery Blackford
Earich Rd
Athens
Route
State Highway Patrol Re
Athens Corporation
Jackville
John R. Elias
Glouster
Blackford
Sheltering Arms Hospital
June Reeder
Athens Rt. 2
Albert Dodson
Union
Arthur Blackford
Community fat drive boosts soap production
Citizens are urged to turn in every drop of used fats to accelerate soap making. Daily soap use means saving fats each day, with one pound yielding about two pounds of needed soap and earning about four cents per pound for the contributor from the butcher.
KEEP TURNING IN USED FATS TO HELP MAKE SOAP
Readers urged to recycle kitchen fats for soap production. Community program promotes collecting cooking fats for local makers and business uses.
Austin Hartley Dies at 81 in Athens County
Austin Hartley 81, retired farmer and lifelong Athens County resident, died Monday at his son Pearl Hartley’s home on New Marshfield road after a two week illness. He is survived by a daughter Ada Jenkins of Mineral and three sons Herbert of Cleveland Pearl of New Marshfield Road and Don of Marion Illinois twelve grandchildren and two prior wives. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Union Methodist Church with burial beside the churchyard. viewing at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home after Tuesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Blackford
Jagers
Donald Allen
W. Union St
Blackford
Shirley
David
Joseph Blackford
Lena Blackford
Athens
Arthur
Joe Jr
Jeff
Allen
Robert
Frieda
Vivian McNutt
Blackie
Austin Hartley
Pearl Hartley
New Marshfield Road
Hartley
Athens County
Richland Ave
Ada Jenkins
Mineral
Herbert
Cleveland
Pearl
Don
Marion
Illinois
Nettie
Effie
Union Methodist Church
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital notes
The Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list births for Carl Snyder and Mrs. Snyder Glouster a daughter and Mr and Mrs Harry Hope Athens a son. Admissions include Flossie McGee The Plains and Wilbur Downey Athens with meds and major surgeries for several listed patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Snyder
Glouster
Harry Hope
Athens
Flossie McGee
the Plains
Wilbur Downey
Divorce Suit Filed in County Court Over Neglect
Sam Kornell of Nelsonville files a divorce petition in Common Pleas Court against Grace Kornell alleging gross neglect of duty. The couple, married in 1938, have two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kornell
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
Grace Kornell
Hocking River Surges After Heavy Rains in Athens
Heavy rains in Athens and the upper Hocking region sent the Hocking River up nearly ten feet in 48 hours. The river rose to 146 feet Saturday night from 486 feet stage and then fell to 13.85 feet the following morning. Rainfall in Athens reached 1.84 inches with a high of 72 and a low of 53. yesterday’s precipitation was .02 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hocking
June Brides Annual Rush Underway With 11 Licenses
The County Probate Court issued 11 marriage licenses in the first three days of June. Licenses include Dudley Abbott and Ruth Elaine Lee. William Walton and Dorothy Mescher. Ralph Maxwell and Betty Marshall. Gerald Tabler and Geraldine Harris. Alvin Coolidge Houston and Betty Cooper. Leonard Selz and Beatrice Case. Burton Birdwell and Kathryn McDaniels. Robert Elson and Carolyn Case Carl. Woodruff Highberg and Frances Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Abbott
Evansville
Ruth Elaine Lee
Athens
William R. Walton
Trimble
Dorothy Helen Mescher
Amesville
Ralph E Maxwell
Betty Mare Marshall
Gerald E Tabler
Chesterhill
Geraldine Harris
Stewart Alvin Coolidge Houston
Columbus
Betty Louise Cooper
Glouster
Leonard E. Selz
Cincinnati
Beatrice Ann Case
Burton Birdwell
Kathryn E. McDaniels
Robert C. Elson
Carolyn Case Carl
Carle
Woodruff Highberg
Rochester
New York
Frances Carpenter
Judge Rowland Denies New Trial in Hawkin Estate suit
Judge O F Rowland Saturday overruled the motion for a new trial by Clifford Wade administrator of Ernest Hawkins estate. The juried verdict in Common Pleas Court awarded Miss Waveleen McClelland $7 275 after a joint $15 000 claim against the Hawkins estate and Woodrow Lyons for injuries in a car crash in which Hawkins was killed. The jury directed a verdict for Lyons and awarded damages to McClelland from the Hawkins estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Rowland
Clifford Wade
Ernest Hawkin
Waveleen McClelland
Rowland
Miss McClelland
Common Pleas Court
the Hawkin
Woodrow Lyons
Ernest Hawkins
Lyon
Lyons
Hawkin
Two Fined After Arrest By Highway Patrolmen
Jack Marshall, 19, Logan, was fined $10 and costs in the Logan Mayor's court after pleading guilty to unsafe vehicle operation. Delmar Bean, 29, Columbus, was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Daugherty at Nelsonville on unsafe operation. Bean was arrested Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Marshall
Logan
Highway Patrol
Delmar Bean
Columbus
Daugherty
Nelsonville
Bean
Jones son assigned to Buenos Aires base in Pan-American carrier duties
Roger Jones Jr son of Mr and Mrs Roger Jones of 44 Elmwood Place has been assigned to a permanent base in Buenos Aires Argentina from which he will fly for Pan American Airlines. The former bomber pilot has spent months in South America and completed ground school in Peru and flew from Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Jones, Jr
Roger Jones
Elmwood Place
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pan-American Airlines
Jones
South America
Peru
Chile
Legion to Meet at K T Crossen Post 21
American Legion Post 21 will hold a meeting at the Legion Home on West Washington Street Wednesday at 8 p m. The announcement was made Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
W. Washington St
Promotions of Ninth Graders Announced at Athens Junior High
The ninth grade class from Athens Junior High School will be promoted in an ceremony at the High School Auditorium on Wednesday, June 5. The list includes Mitchell G. Abraham, Barbara Allen, Flora Armbruster, and many other students such as Robert Armbruster, Beverly Bachus, and Zoe Casey Baird, with many more names extending into a second group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Junior High School
Mitchell G. Abraham
Barbara Anne Allen
Flora Lucille Armbruster
Robert Armbruster
Beverly Bachus
Jean Baird
Zoe Casley Baird
Louis Bartlett
William L. Black
Joanne Blair
Ruth Blaker
Phyllis Joan Bolen
Louise Buck
Sammy Carpenter
Dolores E. Cassels
Barbara Jo Chesser
Carolyn Jan Clark
Miriam Jo
Fred Fisher
Don Flowers
Frank Foster
Jeanne Francis
Carl E. Freeman
Jay Freeman
Robert L Frost
Earl H. Funk
Richard L Garrett
Alice E Gaskill
Evelyn Gaskins
Dolly Loretta Gates
Phyllcs Jean Grafton
Don Dalton Graham
Harry Graham
Beulah Goodwin
Dona Marie Green
Paul R. Green
Norma Jean Hamilton
Mary Haning
Samuel T. Henderson
Constance Wilma Herbert
Bonnie Lee Herron
Charles Hoffman
Charles E. Hunsicker
Marjorie Johnson
Donald F. Johnston
Bob Jones
Lindley Jones
Theresa Josten
Lois Kail
Constance Lee Koehler
Hubert Lee Koker
Charles J. Krauskopf
Richard W. Leach
Paul Lehman
Karen Link
Harry Luman
Glenn L. Martin
Louise McClaskey
Emma McCrum
Jesse Harrison McGrath
Bill McKee
Dick McKinstry
Shirley Miller
Maxine Moore
Carol Nessley
Robert Nida
Barbara Jane Nuzum
Joan Ours
Rosemary Palmer
Hazel Irene Pierce
Jean Poston
Geraldine Powell
Onnalee Pringle
Ronald E. Ridenour
Muildred Roberts
Pat Rohrer
Eugene Rosser
Jack L. Rosser
Cornelia Ann Rowles
Paul Russell
Lillian Rutter
Marilyn Ann Sanders
James D. Scott
Margaret Scott
Richard E Selby
Donald R. Shafter
Bob G. Shouse
Janice Shover
Virginia Spears
Robert Clark Staneart
Dorothy Strawser
Berdena Faye Thompson
Gerald James Tolliver
Kenneth M. Tompkins
Charles R. Tucker, Jr
Jean Vance
Jack Vickers
Betty Wagner
William H. Wallace
G. Lawrence Wamsley
Nina White
Betty Jo Whitlatch
Virginia Williams
Lyndall Lee Wooley
Herbert O. Young
Janet Young
William Cullison Dead at 86 in West Virginia
Relatives report the death on Saturday June 1 of William Cullison Morrisvale West Virginia age 86. Former Plains resident left over twenty years ago. Wife survives with two nephews Henry Cullison The Plains Roy Cullison Salen two daughters Della Lahugh Chauncey Myrtle McCarigh West Virginia and a stepdaughter Mrs George Pitts Beaumont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cullison
Morrisvale
W. Va
Cullison
Plains
Henry Cullison
the Plains
Roy Cullison
Salen
Della Lahugh
Chauncey
Myrtle McCarigh
West Virginia
George Pitts
Beaumont
Mayor Fines Eight For Intoxication
Wade Jefferis of Cleveland was fined $5 and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was taken from a bus Friday night in an intoxicated condition. William Gaskin of Athens was fined $3 and costs for allowing an unlicensed operator to drive his automobile. Six men were fined $5 and costs for intoxication: George McDonald 43 Guysville Virgil Gulkey 30 Athens Route 3 Russell Mayles 57 Mullfield Route 1 James E Wolfe 20 Church St Henry Stanley 34 Albany Route 1 Frank Howell 31 N Lancaster Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Jefferis
Cleveland
Woodworth
Jefferis
William Gaskin
Athens
Franz Woodworth
George McDonald
Guysville
Virgil Gulkey
Russel Mayles
Mullfield
James E Wolfe
Church St
Henry Stanley
Albany
Frank Howell
N. Lancaster Street
OU Concert Band To Present Outdoor Concert on June 8
The Ohio University Concert Band directed by Daniel L. Martino will give its second concert "On The Porch" at Memorial Auditorium on Saturday June 8 at 7 30 pm A pre Commencement musicale features Strauss Naval Reserve Sousa Gershwin and other composers with solos by Bull Smith and trumpeters George Whaley William Smith and William Duer Open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Daniel L. Martino
Memorial Auditorium
Strauss
Naval Reserve
Sousa
Bess
Gershwin
Rose
Beisterling
District Meet Of Garden Clubs Set For June 5
The Ohio Association of Garden Clubs regional meeting will be held June 5 at 10 30 a m in Middleport at the Presbyterian Church. Luncheon at noon. Reservations for lunch should be made by Tuesday. Main speakers are Mrs Frank Gary of Cincinnati state president on Flower Arrangements and Mrs James Sloan of Cincinnati on Good Gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Middleport
James Titus
Frank Gary
Cincinnati
James Sloan
Verna Katona Water Colors In Exhibit
Verna Wendelin Katona unveils an Athens themed water color exhibit over two weeks in the Electric Company display window on Court Street starting Monday June 3. The show features sections The Business District In Town Neighborhoods Countryside and People and notes Mrs Katona is married to Dr Arthur Katona of Ohio University sociology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Wendelin Katona
Athens
The
Electric Company
Court St
Outward Bound to Be OU's Mid-July Play
Ohio University drama adds Sutton Vane’s Outward Bound as its first major summer production. Cast includes Albert Feiring Scrubby Elaine Plomske Ann Dave Neuhaus Henry Gene Dybvig Mr Prior Therese Nelson Mrs Clividen Banks Don Fahne stock Rev Walliam Duke Margaret Ferguson Mrs Midget Edward Birkner Mr Lingley Walter Joyce Rev Frank Thomson. Directed by James Dyas with Nancy Fisher assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton Vane
Ohio University Dramatics Department
Albert Feiring
Scrubby
Elaine Plomske
Ann
Dave Neuhaus
Henry
Gene Dybvig
Mr. Prior
Therese Nelson
Clividen-Banks
Don Fahnest
Past Officers Breakfast Honors Visiting Officer
The Post Officers Club of Athens Shrine hosted a breakfast at Mrs. C. E. Washburn home in Nelsonville to honor Nellie J. Combellack and fellow supreme officers. Combellack group were weekend guests of Mary E. Bartlett in Nelsonville after an official visit in Parkersburg, and a July picnic is planned at Middleport with Sylvia Burford as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie J. Combellack
S.W.H P
Long Beach
Calif
John Klain
Sw.os
Ingleside
Zelma Kah
S.W.S
Middletown
Marie J. Knight, Jr
P.s.w.hp
Pittsburgh
May Huffman
Athens
Post Officers Club of
C. E. Washburn
Nelsonville
Club Calendar Details for Monday Meetings
Esther Class of the Christian Church meets Monday at 7 30 pm with Mrs H M Bennett 15 Montrose Ave WBA Review convenes Monday at 7 30 pm in lof Hall Wesleyan Service Guild meets Monday at 7 30 pm at Miss Mary T Noss 48 University Terrace
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
The
Christian Church
H. M. Bennett
Montrose Ave
WBA
Loof Hall
Wesleyan Service Guild
Mary T. Noss
University Terrace
Jean Thompson and David Stewart Are Married
Jean Thompson and David Stewart wed in a single ring ceremony at the Methodist parsonage on April 27. The couple plans residence at 16 Stimpson Ave after a visit to Summersville West Virginia. reception included Mrs. Ivan L. R. Romine as matron of honor and a best man. A separate notice invites a June 7 shower for the newlyweds Belford and Mrs. Belford Bobo. Daughters of 1812 group and Circle Two WSCS will meet at local homes on respective dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin M Thompson
Mill St
Athens
Jean Louise
David Stewart
Lydia A. Stewart
Summersville
W. Va
Harold Kellogg
Ivan L. R. Romine
Romine
Stewart
Stimpson Ave
J. H. Rogers
Pomeroy Road
Belford Bobo
Rebecca Morris McKee
U. S Daughters of 1812
J. R. Harvey
W. State St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rt. 56
Bridge
Earl Wright, Jr
Athens Rt. 1
William
Miss Reeder
Dodson
Wright Brothers
Midniight
Mr Blackford
W. Ulbrich
Dowler and Ferguson
Edward A. Sprague
State Highway Patrol
George Bateman
Ulbrich
Mrs. America
William Wright
Athens Rt
Jeffrey Buhla
Jack Wallace
Athens R. D
Warren Sprague
Medical
Vernon Huggins
Gladys Keirn
Millfield
Helen Keirn
Effie Sands
Mildred Allen
Ervin Wolfe
Roger Williams
Sidney
Richard Jackson
Mary Cheney
Iva Adams
Rollie Figgins
Mr. Cullison
Sam Rosser
Henry Bolin
Bertha Bridgman
Durward McKee
Lexington
Quartermaster Division
McKee
Signal Depot
University of Montana
James Boden
Walle
Jesse McClain
Albuquerque
N. M
Boden
McClain
New Mexico
Bnef
Southwest
Carl F. Brandt
Robert F. Brandt
Roy Dupler
Carl Brandt
Dupler
Patsy Beckert
R. F. Beckert
St. Aloysius Academy
New Lexington
Beckett
Patsy
S. College
Clarks Chapel
WSCS
J. E Hedges
Verna Katona
Demand &T
Real Estate Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Mrs
Jean Thompson
Circle Two
Central Ave Methodist Church
Gertrude Matheny
Second St
Lidia E. Piriham
S ‘Verstns
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Coury Bros
W. State
R. E. McCammon Berry Hotel
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
G. Householder
California
Ng White
E. Clyse
B. L. Themmpeon
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