Athens Area Motorcyclist Killed in His First Race
A Chauncey man was killed in his first race after being struck by a car on Route 13 Chauncey. Michael Keasey 23 was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for a broken leg and abrasions after being hit by Charles Davis 26 Chauncey while alighting from a car driven by Thomas Dickerson 21 Chauncey. Patrol reported the incident at 2 45 a.m. Sunday. Earlier crashes on Route 33 near the Hocking Fairfield line involved Howard Miller 27 Athens and Richard Reed 19 Millfield with Oliver West 25 Athens sustaining injuries. Miller was fined 20 dollars and costs for driving left of center. A separate incident on Route 682 The Plains injured Bearle Shafer 24 and damaged a car.
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Witcs Valeu
STE Seme
Michael Keasey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles Davis
Chauncey
Keasey
Thomas Dickerson
Davis
Dickerson
Howard Miller
Athens
Richard Reed
Millfield
Oliver West
Miller
W. P. Mickie
Betty Jo Shafer
the Plains
Plains
Bearle Shafer
Richard Walker
Rockbridge
Oral Hathaway
Anderson
James Romine Fatally Injured in West Virginia Motorcycle Race
James Edwin Romine, 29, of Athens Route 3, died in Pennsboro Fairgrounds race after his bike skidded in a turn during the first motorcycle race of his life. He was transported to St Joseph Hospital, Parkersburg, where he died shortly after. Surviving are his wife Helen and daughter Lynett, plus his parents. Services set for Tuesday at Woolley funeral home with burial at New Marshfield Cemetery.
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James Edwin Romine
Athens
Pennsboro
W. Va
Romine
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
McBee Co
Athens Typographical Union
Union Methodist One
Athens Motorcycle Cra
Helen
Lynett
Austin L. Romine
John L Snedden
Woolley Funeral Home
New Marshfield Cemetery
Weekend Auto Accidents Reported by City Police
Four weekend crashes were investigated with two runaway autos. Robert Linscotts car struck Dr. Clarence Sanderss parked vehicle near the courthouse at 1 a m. Harold Withers rear ended Jack Quest on Smith Street. Cletus Hart and Suzanne Saulpaugh collided at College and Mill. Charles Allard was fined 5 dollars and costs after failing to yield to Francis V Wagner Jr. in Parma.
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Robert Linscott
Athens
Court St
Clarence N. Sanders
Millfield
Smith St
Harold Withers
Jack Quest
Cletus R. Hart
Suzanne Saulpauh
Cleveland Heights
College and
Mill
Charles William Allard
State St
Francis Vernon Wagner, Jr
Parma
Allard
W. P. Mickle
Barbershop Announces June Hours on Union Street
DYF S BARBER SHOP on W Union St will open 8 AM to 6 PM on weekdays, except Thursdays when closing is noon. The change starts June 1 for public convenience.
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W. Union St
Mechanicsburg Junior High to Present America Sings
Mechanicsburg Junior High School plans a Tuesday evening performance at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium featuring a musical titled America Sings. Narrators will be Cledyth Brooks Thelma Thomas and Barbara Morgan with other cast members listed.
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Chool
Cledyth Brooks
Thelma Thomas
Barbara Morgan
Bessie Brooks
Jerry Burton
Bill Collins
Rose Marie Dailey
Paul Efaw
Marilyn Frost
Martha Frin
Rain Brings Heat Relief At Local Pool
Sunday night and Monday morning cooled the heat after two days of 94 and 91 degree highs. Temperatures fell to the mid sixties with a 69 by nine o clock. A record 835 residents swam at Crystal Pool on Saturday and 74 on Sunday, surpassing last summer's attendance.
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Crystal Pool
Thirteen Ohio University Students Go For Army Draft Tests
Thirteen OU students left for Fort Hayes Columbus to take pre induction physicals. They were transferred from hometown selective boards with Cornelius Radu of Warren leading the group at 7 10 am. Names include William Fields Georgetown Howard Glenn Bucyrus Donald Satayva Shaker Heights Robert Jewell Columbus Stanley Ginsburg Hugh Taylor Steubenville Milton Lyon Ironton Gerald Schon Elyria Donald Miller Uhrichsville Howard Gadv Mathew Stark Bronx N Y Jerry Dincin Brooklyn N Y. A fourteenth was told to report to home for examination.
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Fort Hayes
Columbus
Fen
Cornelius Radu
Warren
William Fields
Georgetown
Howard Glenn
Bucyrus
Donald Satayva
Shaker Heights
Robert Jewell
Stanley Ginsburg
Hugh Taylor
Steubenville
Milton Lyon
Ironton
Gerald Schon
Elyria
Donald Miller
Uhrichsville
Howard Gadv
Mathew Stark
Bronx
N. Y
Jerry Dincin
Brooklyn
Three Morgan Countians Arrested by Patrol
Three Morgan County residents were arrested by the State Highway Patrol late Saturday on Route 50 A and charged with intoxication. Joe M. Niceswanger, 26, McConnelsville, faced arraignment for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Warren Hambel, 30, and Norma Zunbro, 30, Malta, passengers in Niceswanger’s car, were fined $10 plus costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle.
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Morgan County
State Highway Patrol
Joe M. Niceswanger
McConnelsville
Common Pleas
Warren Hambel
Norma Zunbro
Malta
Niceswanger
W. P. Mickle
Conservationists To Attend Jackson Athens Soil Groups Meet
District Conservationist Ralph Barker will join a joint Jackson and Athens soil conservation work groups at Memorial Hall in Jackson. The event covers agriculture programs with the Production and Marketing Administration and new soil conservation innovations for counties including Athens Vinton Meigs Gallia Jackson Ross Pike Scioto and Lawrence.
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Ralph Barker
Jackson
Athens
Memorial Hall
Barker
Vinton
Meigs
Gallia
M. E. Gatewood
Ross, Pike, Scioto
Lawrence
Athens student elected to Eta Sigma Phi honors
Athens freshman David White son of Mr and Mrs L E White 134 N Congress St was among 17 Ohio University students elected to membership in Eta Sigma Phi national honor society in classical languages He graduated from Athens School in June 1950.
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Athens
David White
L. E. White
N. Congress St
Ohio University
Eta Sigma Phi
Athens School
TWA Official to Speak at Athens High Commencement
Dr John Harvey Furbay director of TWA Global Air World Education and a philosophy doctor will address 115 Athens High School graduates at 8 15 p m Thursday in the high school auditorium A baccalaureate sermon was given Sunday by Rev Harold F Kellogg pastor of the First Methodist Church Kellogg leaves for a district superintendency at Lima His talk What Makes Life Worthwhile urged faith a self and a goal Furbay a Royal Geographic Society and Royal Anthropological Institute fellow and author has taught at Indiana University Mills College and lectured at the Field Museum He has served with U S embassies in Costa Rica and Colombia and was an observer at the first United Nations meeting in San Francisco
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John Harvey Furbay
TWA Global Air World Education
Athens High School
Harold F. Kellogg
First Methodist Church
Kellogg
Lima
Doctor Furbay
Royal Geographic Society of London
Royal Anthropological Institute
Ohio State University
New York University
Yale
Sorbonne
University of Indiana
Europe
College of West Africa
Monrovia
Liberia
Africa
Luchs to Leave Athens for New Mexico Pastorship
The Rev and Mrs Fred E Luchs will depart Athens July 15 for Los Alamos New Mexico where he becomes pastor of The United Church Mrs Luchs is noted as the first woman trustee of Ohio University and former member of the university board of trustees She has held multiple leadership roles in women’s clubs and church organizations.
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Athens
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Luchs
United Church
First Presbyterian Church
Lachs
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Ohio
Ridgeway
Lardis
Franklin and Marshall College
Reformed Seminary
Lancaster
Monroe Pa
Ohio University
Steubenville High School
Mexico
Europe
Columbia University
Horace-Mann-Lincoln
My.waukee State Teachers College
Francis Parker School
Chicago
Edinboro State Teachers College
American Protestant Church Women
Births and dismissals at Sheltering Arms Hospital
The Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list births for the Swart, Johnson, Bowers, Kurita, Cook, Steiff, Smith, Keasey, Williams, Wharton, Beckle, Kempton, Cronin, Southerton, Mansfield, Carsey, Mechem, Rosenberg, and others in Glouster Athens Chauncey Millfield Jacksonvill e Haydenville New Lexington. Dismissals include Harry Joseph, Wickerham, Riseh, Gilkey, Keeton, Fiske, Stauffer, Annlich, Loretta Cornell, Ernest Winning, Joe King.
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Robert Kurita
Athens
John Cook
Glouster
Ruth Steiff
Alfred Smith
Michael Keasey
Chauncey
Estella Williams
Lucy Wharton
Charles Beckle
Gladys Kempton
Jacksonville
Liela Cronin
New Lexington
Charlotte Southerton
Dannie Mansfield
Ethel Carsey
Millfield
Elizabeth Mechem
Laura Rosenberg
Harry Joseph
James Wickerham
John Riseh
Ava Gilkey
Haydenville
Garnet Keeton
Michael Fiske
Stephen Fiske
Phillip Stauffer
Annlich
Loretta Cornell
Ernest Winning
Joe King
Elizabeth Ferrell
William Bradbury
Manuel Crabtree
Marriage Licenses Report From Ohio Towns
A list of marriage licenses issued to couples from Nelsonville Athens Chauncey Carbondale Trimble Route 1 Normantown W Va Deanville and Glouster includes William Giffin 45 and Pearl Edna Householder 49 both of Nelsonville William Eugene Potter 18 and Carol Florence Eblen 17 both of Athens Leo Vernon Cox 31 Carbondale and Dorothy Frances Lane 32 Chauncey Harold Fleming Cain 21 Ches terhill and Pauline Ruth Robinson 22 Chauncey Roger Earl Wolfe 20 Trimble Route 1 and Norma Agnes White set 2 Normantown W Va Elden Lee Wolfe 21 Nelsonville and Constance Laree Tignor 18 Deanville Richard Francis McCarley 21 Columbus and Esther Mae Wright 20 Nelsonville Route 2 Harry Elsworth Hoskinean JF 19 and Phyllis Lewise Wolfe 18 both of Nelsonville Ernest Merle Lanning a Chauncey and Eleanor Sikora Glouster
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Leo Vernon Cox
Carbondale
Dorothy Frances Lane
Chauncey
Harold Fleming Cain
Chesterhill
Pauline Ruth Robinson
Roger Earl Wolfe
Trimble
Norma Agnes Whiteset
Normantown
W. Va
Elden Lee Wolfe
Nelsonville
Constance Laree Tignor
Deanville
Richard Francis McCarley
Columbus
Esther Mae Wright
Harry Elsworth Hoskinean
Phyllis Lewise Wolfe
Ernest Merle Lanning
Eleanor Sikora
Glouster
West Union Street Cemetery Faces Possible Closure Over Land Shortage
The West Union Street Cemetery may close if it cannot acquire more burial land. With fewer than 10 lots left, the cemetery association plans a public meeting at city hall to discuss options, including creating a trusteeship to manage perpetual care. The city owns the nearby West State Street Cemetery and has explored expansion into the Athens County Fairgrounds with limited success.
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Iments
Roger Jones, Sr
H. D. Palmer
West State Street Cemetery
West Union Street
Athens County Fairgrounds
Fair Board
Jones
Jone
Kesterson Investigation Shows No New Leads
Sheriff Bateman said no new developments in the Kesterson case today while planning to question several people. In custody in the county jail is Estella Seaburn, 26, Carbondale, held until Saturday. Elmer Kesterson, 46, Connett, was released after six days of questioning. Mrs. Kesterson's body was found May 24 near her Connett home beaten and scratched with death by shock and exposure per a pathologist.
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Ora Mae
George Bateman
Bateman
Estella Seaen
Carbondale
Kesterson
Elmer (Doggie) Kesterson
Connett
Athens Junior High Recognition Assembly Highlights
Athens Junior High School held its recognition assembly in the senior high auditorium. Principal Helen Dinasmoor led with Growing Up while students Barbara Nellis Paul AbrahamDorothy Barnes and others spoke on school life activities and appreciation. Awards were presented for attendance scholarship and student leadership.
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Athens Junior High School
Helen Dinasmoor
Barbara Nellis
Paul Abraham
Dorothy Barnes
Ronnie Scriven
Claudette Chappel
Ibute
Mary Lou Wichterman
John Cornwell
Joe South
Ronnie G
Kenny Collins
Shirley Weekley
Mark Lachs
Esther Hedges
Dan Merrick
Alice Shuler
Edith Stocklin
William Bryant
Lucille Duffee
Camp Opened For Diabetic Children Near Cleveland
Camp Ho Mita Koda near Cleveland opens to diabetic children from Athenee County. Rowena Sprout of the Child Welfare Board notes the 40 acre wooded site 25 miles east of Cleveland hosts dieticians medical residents and nurses for four weeks. A fee exists but clubs and organizations may aid attendance. Applications go to director Rex W Thornburgh Chardon Route 2.
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Ho Mita Koda
Cleveland
Athenee County
Rowena Sprout
Weilfare
Miss Sprout
Rex W. Thornburgh
Chardon
Route 2
Aetna Official to Attend Four Day Legionnaires Conference
Dwight H. Rutherford of Aetna Life Insurance Co. will attend a four day conference of the firms Legionnaires corps beginning June 28 at the Lake George Sagamore Hotel in Bolton Landing New York.
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Dwight H. Rutherford
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Corps of Legionnaires
Lake George Sagamore Hotel
Bolton Landing
N. Y
Pre School Clinic Set For Diphtheria Shots
Second diphtheria shots for pre school children in Athens will be given at a follow-up clinic on June 5 from 9 am to 1 pm. at the West Side School.
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Athens
West Side
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