Athens High to Graduate 109 in 93rd Commencement
One hundred nine students will receive diplomas at Athens High School in the 93rd commencement. Harold Hand of the University of Illinois will give the address. Willard Barker presents diplomas. The program includes solos by Clara Davis and Nancy Martin, and a commencement dance for undergraduates and alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Harold Hand
University of Illinois
Drell H. Goff
Earl Washburn
Willard P. Barker
Charles Atkinson
Clara Davis
South
Scott
Ronald Saunders
Mozart
Nancy Martin
Chopin
Lena Harriett Ackley
Virginia Lee Ashton
William D. Ashworth
Eva Elizabeth Cooley
Joy Jeannine Cooley
Shirley Ann Daft
Clara Ellen Davis
Frances Evelyn Davis
John David Dowler
John Thomas Evans
Patricia Louise Evans
Paul E. Foreman
Wendell R. Fryer
Jerry R. Galvin
Allen Wesley Gilkey
John Samuel Guthrie
Marilyn Jean Hall
Caroline Mary Hefti
Mary Anna Hellebrandt
Ronald C. House
Virginia Anna Huffman
Eugene Pau Jones
George Kabat, Jr
Claude Kantner
Hazel Marie Kennard
Joan Elizabeth Klingenberg
Barbara Ann Knox
Clarice Lasure
James D. Leach
Ronald Lee Leach
Helen Joyce Lehman
Carole Jean Lewis
Thomas Layton Lykins
Jo Emerson Maffett
Jack Mahaffey
Nancy Ellen Martin
Violet D. Miller
Rudy M. Misner
James C. Mitchell
Richard Arlen Mitchell
Martha Dee Morrison
May ‘Yn
Sue Munn
Dwight R. Mutchle
Ruth Emily McConkey
Gary R. McCune
Don Harley McPherson
Richard Allen Nellis
B.’lie Jo Nuzum
Ralph Pressley Nuzum
Antoinette Leila Ondis
Betty Jane Parry
Edward James Patterson
Marilyn Helen Paulsen
Alice Pawlusiak
Joe Pierce
Monnalee Quick
Lions Club Plans Installation and Circus Visit
The Lions Club completed plans for installing new officers at a June 17 event in the Hotel Berry with Lawrence Hobtsberry as speaker. Leonard Beard will conduct the ceremony. The club also arranged the Hagan-Wallace Circus appearance for June 12 at the Athens County fairgrounds and voted to sponsor a local Little League team this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Berry
Robert Blackmore
Lawrence Hobtsberry
Hebron
International
Athens County Fairgrounds
Fred Swearingen
Air Force Offers Direct Commissions for Electronics Officers
The Air Force invites qualified applicants to apply for direct commissions as electronics countermeasures officers. Requirements include a college degree or final semester status, under 27 years old, and physics or mathematics credits. Physically qualified and willing to fly will be commissioned as second lieutenants and activated immediately. Details are available from the Director of Officer Procurement at Headquarters First Air Force Mitchell Air Force Base New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Headquarters
First Air Force
Mitchell Air Force Base
N.Y
Youth Hurled From Scooter in Freak Columbus Road Crash
An 18 year old Athens youth, Dick Nellis of Northwood Addition, was injured early Wednesday on Columbus Road when a low hanging utility wire attached to a pole and tree limb dropped into the street and struck his motor scooter, causing chest injuries and shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Columbus Road
Dick Nellis
Northwood Addition
Nellis
Athens County Land Transfers Include Nelsonville Lots
Readable transfers show multiple Athens County deeds with parcels in Nelsonville and Athens including lots 1208 1207 38 39 Hollister and 1591 Maplewood, plus 40 59 Coats and 38 29 Hollister. Names include Cora M Evans Charles H Evans Eva Marie Jackson Moore Dorothy Anderson Elwin R O Neill and Jimmie Jones Post 8289. Several spouses swap property in Lodi Columbus and Trimble areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M. Evans
Athens County
Charles H. Evans
Lodi
Hattie Sapp Stover
Sandusky Stover
Nelsonville
Longstreth
Nelville
Milliron
Celia Neiman
Patton
Jackson
Dwight Jones
Licking County
Morris E. Ricketts
Junction City
Trimble
Ralph Jackson
Eva Marie Jackson Moore
Glouster
Hollister
Charles A. Ewing
Nita Ewing
Charles E. Mitchell
Athens
Maplewood
Hazel P. Roach
Evan Williams
Coats Addition
Lucy J. Davis Welling
Harry Elliott
Flossie Laff
Lawrence Ketell
Nellie Keene
Tucson
Arizona
Lawrence F. Kettell
Dorothy Anderson
Columbus
Lawrence Kettell
Poston Addition
Clarence FE. Nichols
Elwin R. O'Neill
Lodi Oral Daugherty
Jimmie Jones
Ohio
York Eva Marie Jackson Moore
John S. Shifflet
Man arraigned on fake plate charge in small town
Murat Regep 22 of South Bridge Mass paid a $20 fine and costs Tuesday after arraignment before Acting Mayor Murphey of McArthur. State Highway Patrol charged Regep with using fictitious license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murat Regep
South Bridge
Mass
Murphey
McArthur
State Highway Patrol
Regep
4-H Officers Meet Emphasize Youth Goals
C C Lang state 4 H Club leader from Columbus told advisors and officers at Mechanicsburg School that rural youth should become good farmers or homemakers good citizens and leaders. He urged members to gain real work experience make friends and live by a personal code of standards to foster self respect and progress toward a good life. Lang urged stronger clubs rooted in communities expanding into villages and cities to tackle real youth problems. June 22 Go To Church Sunday and July 15 all county picnic were noted with 4 H Club Camp at Ross Hocking set for July 2 to Aug 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
Lang
Lewis McBride
Agnes Terrell
Boots White
Gwen Roach
Alvin Phyllis Jackson
Ross Wright
Ross Hocking
4-H Club Officers and Local Group Meetings Named
The Ames Bern Crop and Livestock Club and several area 4-H clubs elected officers for the year including presidents vice presidents secretaries treasurers and news reporters. New chapters The Plains Mohawk Maidens and Hamley Run Round Towners held meetings naming officers and advisors. Additional clubs named officers for Clever Clippers Crop and Livestock and Nifty Needlers with member counts reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Bern Crop and Livestock Club
Dick Clark
Olan Koehler
Patsy Glass
Jack Sayer
Jim Glass
Paul Kasler
Paul Hanson
Jack Sedwick
Plains Community Room
Kay Whetstone
Shanon Lovesy
Verna Sue Beckley
Beth Williams
John Laovsey
Plains Mohawk Maidens
Mary Fockler
Amesville
4-H Sewing Club
Shirley Potter
Diane Hamilton
Madelon Clark
Pat Glass
Norma Zeigler
Sally Robinson
Shirley Walton
Albany Crop and Livestock 4-H Club
Jim McHarg
Rene Burritt
Donald Ice
David Young
Tom Hutchison
Joe Cooper
Nellie Graham
Hamley Run Round
Foreclosure Sought Over Mortgage and Cattle in Court
Athens National Bank sues Chilton Depue Lillian Skiles Depue and John Eggleston in Common Pleas Court seeking foreclosure on a 661.07 promissory note secured by seven cows and a heifer. The bank asks sale of the cattle to satisfy the debt and a restraining order to prevent disposal by Eggleston or the Depues before foreclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Athens National Bank
Chilton Depue
Lillian Skiles Depue
John Eggleston
Depues
Eggleston
de Pues
Driver Plea Change Delays Court Trial
Donald Young, 21, The Plains, changed his plea to innocent in Common Pleas Court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. The State Highway Patrol had filed the charge, and Young had pleaded guilty earlier. The court allowed the plea change. no trial date was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Young
the Plains
Common Pleas
State Highway Patrol
Young
Orville Wingett Dies at 61 in California
Albany man Orville Wingett age 61 died May 29 in Chico California. Survived by wife daughter two sons and three grandchildren and brothers Roe Rex Wingett of Charleston W Va Faye Saylor Rockwood Pa Amanda Chesser Hebron Ruth Hines Columbus Marie Dorsey Guy Emmett Wingett Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Orville Wingett
Clarence
Bertha Wingett
Chico
Calif
Roe
Rex Wingett
Charleston
W Va
Faye Saylor
Rockwood
Amanda Chesser
Hebron
Ruth Hines
Columbus
Marie Dorsey
Guy
Emmett Wingett
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band Meeting Arranged
Grahams Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Dailey with Mrs Edith Lauer as leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grahams Chapel
Curt Dailey
Edith Lauer
Carrier Contest At Pomeroy Youth Center
Enthusiastic turnout of Messenger carriers and parents from Pomeroy and Middleport heard plans for this year’s economy reading plan contest at the Pomeroy Youth Center. About seventy attended to learn about trip awards and prizes for carriers, with officials from The Messenger and Whitlock and Company assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Messenger
Fred W. Weber
J. M. Vercoe
Vernon Weddie
Norman Saylor
Tom Turnbull
Pauline Roush
Messenger Pomeroy
Effie Kessinger
Messenger Middleport Office
Lewis Mottice
Russell Fryer
Whitlock and Company of
Chicago
Howard Ceri
James F Ingram
E. E. Follrod
Harold Hysell
Harry Bailey
George Batey
Carl Rives
Winifred Clark
Harold E. Boney
Charles Lewis
Walter Cleland
Racine
Bernard Lieving
Henry Capehart
New Haven
W. Va
Office records big May for Athens County vehicle titles
May proved one of the busiest months on record for the Athens County Vehicle Office. Phylis LaVelle Cross reports 321 new car titles issued, beating previous marks and surpassing March. Fees totaled 1464. percent with county earnings over 4210 dollars for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Clerk of Courts
Phylis LaVelle
Corres
Athens County SS Payments Totaled In Old Age Plan
Monthly payments under the old age and survivors insurance program reached 65174 in Athens County. 1011 recipients are over age 65, with 435 children and 95 widowed mothers receiving 12037 in monthly benefits. A Zanesville Social Security representative visits Athens County Court House Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 3, Logan on Mondays 9 to 12, and Nelsonville Employment Center on the second and fourth Mondays of each month 2:30 to 4:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Robert B Youmans
S86
South St. Zanesville
Youmans
Zanesville
Athens County Court House
Court House
Logan
State Employment Center
Nelsonville
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Dr M Downart Athens welcome a son. Admitted are Marilyn Herrick Deanville Mrs Mildred Lee Albany Ruth Dickson Albany Mrs e Mullins Carpenter Joe Mechem Jr Athens Margaret Alice Brookover Coolville Lynn Cowell The Plains. Dismissed are Roy Patrick Athens and daughter Mrs Fiossie Rogers Chauncey Harold Laughlin Athens Ernest Ray Eliott Athens Orley Young New Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Downart
Athens
Marilyn Herrick
Deanville
Mildred Lee
Albany
Ruth Dickson
E Mullins
Carpenter
Joe Mechem
Margaret Allice Brookover
Coolville
Lynn Cowell
the Plains
Roy Patrick
Fiossie Rogers
Chauncey
Harold Laughlin
Ernest Ray Eliott
Orley Young
New Marshfield
OU Graduate Named To OPS Office
Walter Logan Fry, an Ohio University graduate, is named enforcement attorney in the Columbus OPS office. Fry previously audited a bank in Liberia in 1933, later practiced law, and served as a Navy recruiter in Columbus from 1942 to 1945, then as an OPA price attorney in Columbus and Cleveland. He and his wife Frieda have five children and reside at 64 West Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Walter Logan Fry
Ohio
Uiversity
OFS
Clyde C. McBee
Fry
Liberia
Africa
Navy
OPA Price
Cleveland
Frieda
Weat Cooke
Cutting Charges Dismissed in Washington County Court
Charges of cutting with intent to wound against William Mayle and Leo Lucas of Bartlett were dismissed by Mayor Peter J. Seel in the mayor’s court due to lack of evidence after a preliminary hearing. William Butcher Kilvert had filed the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Mayor's Court
William Butcher
Kilvert
William Mayle
Leo Lucas
Bartlett
Peter J. Seel
Driver Fined Jailed After Police Arrest
Edgar B. Allison, 41, of Phoenix City Alabama, was arraigned before Mayor Peter B. Lee on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. He received ten days in jail and a $125 fine plus costs, with twenty days suspended and confinement to the city jail. City police made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar B. Allison
Phoenix City
Ala
Peter B. Lee
Allison
Weather snapshot from a warm day with hazy skies
The mercury stood at 85 degrees during the day and did not drop below 6 at night. At 9 am Wednesday the temperature was 68 with hazy skies lingering across the area.
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Jane Maxine Rose
Betty Lou Ryan
Harold R. Sams
Ruth Ellen Sands
Grace Sapp
Ronald Pettiford Saunders
Joseph B. Scott
Larry McGregor Scriven
Suzanne Seigfred
Lena Evelyn Shea
Myrdith
Helene Shea
Rochelle Sandra Silverman
Dottie
Jeanette —Silvas
Robert F. Six
Russell Dean Smith
Charles Allen Snyder
Tommie Lou Southerton
Bill Ctarkey
Phyllis Marie Thomas
James Wade Tippie
Donald Dean Tolliver, Jr
Suzanne Lou Tolson
Martha Roberta Vaught
Kathryn Bee Vercoe
Arthur Guale
Vermillion
William N. Wallar
Joy Patricia Whaley
Barbara White
Dewayne Vern White
Barbara Marie White
Richard Lucas Williams
Jean Wingett
William Fonce Wolfe
Jackson Erich Wood
Adv
Moore
Moore's
Sanesenene
Jacks
N. Court St
America
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Athens Wine & Beer Store
W. Union St
Dwight H. Rutherford
Athens Insurance
Carl Newhouse
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Rutherford
Messenger Newsphoto
C. C Lang
The
Shade Farmers and Farmerettes
Ted Rupe
Leonard Keirns
Eula Cowan
Stanley Meeks
Janet King
Larry Jones
Franklin Smith
Martha Rupe
Wendell Rupe
Albany 4-H
Clever Clippers
Loretta Stout
Barbara Warner
Jo Ann Thomas
Jean McMasters
Kay McMasters
Judy Barnes
Linda Byron
Mary Elien Stout
Barbara Davis
Donna Jeanescue
Harry Crippen
Joe Thomas
Nelsonville Nifty Needlers
Bernard Goes
Jayne Jarvis
J-T Star Stitchers
Mary Jane Ginnan
Ocie Sharp
California
Sheltering Arms Hospital
OPS
Mercury
Ailiees
St Jos
St.Jose
Keystone Custodian Funds
Paderpeton
Wmv
Asemg
Capetal
Wome
ROY E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities
Cline Bidg
Athena, Ohle
Hawk
Washington, D. C
New York
N. Y
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Orewhound Terminal
Fast State St
Ee OeeRe
W. Weashington
Robert Hollingeworth
Met
Allipelie
Nion
Ella
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