Coed Shooting Plea Changed in Avon Case
Bennett E. Blakeslee, 20, ex Ohio University student, altered his plea from innocent to guilty on a lesser charge shooting without malice after a jury panel was released. He had faced an indictment for shooting his coed girlfriend Lora Jean Smalley, 21, in January at Scott Quadrangle. The case awaits sentencing as Judge John W. Bolin considers testimony on Blakeslee’s condition before June 11.
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Bennett E. Blakeslee
Ohio University
Common Pleas Court
Blakeslee
Erle Bridegwater, Jr
Homer B. Gall, Jr
Miss Smalley
Herbert Whanger
Whanger
Southeastern Ohio Guidance Center
John W. Bolin
Scott Quadrangle
University
Mrs. Opal Lee 53 Dies in Athens County
Opal Lee, 53, of 79 Stimpson Ave died early Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a six month illness. A lifelong Athens County resident, she lived in Athens 31 years and was a WBA member. Survived by husband Roy A. Lee and daughter Mabel, four sisters and other relatives. Burial at West Union Street Cemetery after funeral at Hughes Funeral Home Wednesday.
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Opal Lee
Stimpson Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Athens
WBA
Roy A. Lee
Mabel Lee
William Younes
Freda Phillips
Esther Miller
Cutler
Fdna Mae Smith
Irma Buckholtz
Toledo
Robert
Hughes Funeral Home
Joe B. Maffett
West Union Street
Wife Denies Stabbing of Husband in Early Morning Arraignment
Connie Flickinger 31 of 410 West Union Street pleaded innocent to a cutting with intent to wound charge at Municipal Court arraignment. Bound over to the grand jury on $500 bond, she was jailed for not posting. Police say she stabbed Ross Flickinger 30 during a quarrel at their trailer home as Sheltering Arms Hospital reported his stab wound to the chest.
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Connie Flickinger
Union St
Flickinger
Ross
City Hall
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Rites Set Tuesday for Tabler
Funeral arrangements completed for Tabler born in Athens County the son of Adam and Julia Ann Goins Tabler. A retired coal miner he leaves two sons Willard Canton and Leroy Ravenna, three brothers David William Stewart Route 1 and Albert Zanesville, plus a sister Mrs Ida Flowers Stewart Route 1. Service 3 pm Tuesday at Mount Hermon EUB Church. Burial Mount Hermon Cemetery. Friends may call Stone funeral home Chesterhill.
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Tabler
Athens County
Adam and
Julia Ann Goins Tabler
Willard
Canton
Leroy
Ravenna
David
William
Stewart
Albert
Zanesville
Ida Flowers
Mount Hermon Eub Church
Ralph Tate
Mount Hermon Cemetery
Stone Funeral Home
Chesterhill
Birth Announcements and Court Probation Record
Birth notices list families in Athens and The Plains with names and addresses for new daughters and sons. A Munici pal Court ruling places Earl Lochary on probation for a year after he pled guilty to issuing bad checks and must make restitution.
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Earl Lochary
Trimble Route 1
Lochary
Patrol Reports Weekend Accidents and Local Installations
Edward Matheny and Patrick Beaty involved in separate weekend crashes near Chauncey and Coolville. Matheny, 60, escaped with a minor eye laceration after his car left Route 13. Beaty, 22, of Parkersburg, cited for speeding after his vehicle struck an embankment on Route 50 when a rear tire failed. Athens Eagles announce installation of officers Luther Mayles to John Mann. Blanche Waller, Municipal Court clerk, fracturing an arm after stepping on a toy. hospitalized at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Matheny
Chauncey
Patrick Beaty
Parkersburg
Coolville
Beaty
Athens County
Blanche Wallar
Sunnyside Dr
Father Kish Baccalaureate Speaker For 135 AHS Seniors
Rev. Fr. Jan B. Kish spoke at the Athens High School baccalaureate informing 135 seniors to beware false images in society and seek truth. He urged recognition of God as both merciful and just and warned against viewing man as merely an animal.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Father Kish
Jan B. Kish
Athens High School
Kish
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
God
Robert Frey
Sharon Efaw
Lee Trout
Stephen Bridgewater
With God
AHS
Jesse Stuart
Kentucky
Mark Rogers Abel
Paul Nelson Aikman
David Arthur Allen
Richard Antoinette
Alice Marie Babinec
Larry Howe Bailey
Jerry Lynn Baker
Sue Ann Barker
James R. Bashor
Anna Baumgaertel
Robert Andrew Baur
Joe Ann Beckley
Bully C. Betts
Rebecca Wood _ Biggs
Linda Lee Bishop
Cassandra Jeannine Black
Cynthia Caralys Black
Jerry Clark Bratton
Nancy Lou Bretz
Erle
Carl R. Brooks
James L. Buffington
Keith Allen Burt
David Allen Chesser
Donald G. Christman
Lisabeth
Robinette Cline
Edith Ann Coe
Sarah Margene Collett
Sandra Kay Collins
Larry Charles Coon
Richard Porter Curry
Judith Anne Daggett
Carl Jon Denbow
Ronald Edward DeVeau
Beverly Ann Dodds
Charles Henry Douglas
Ronald Edward Downey
Robert Louis Ducharme
Sharon Lee Efaw
Leonard George Ervin
Robert Louis Eschenbacker
Frederick Maxwell Evans
Robert Lee Frey
Nancy Eileen Gabriel
Nancy Sue Garrett
Mary Magdalene Gates
Regenia Mae Gilbert
Robert LaVerne Gilbert
Lauretta Kay Glasgo
Leslie Alan Goldsberry
Lynn Windsor Graham
Edward Leon Greer
Leona Ruth Griffin
Linda Lou Gwinn
Paul Dean Gwinn
Judith Ann Gura
Richard Wayne Haddox
Sherwood Estabrooke Hall III
William A. Harmon Jr
Karen Ann Heffelfinger
Della Welsh Holland
Donald Lewis Hughes
Thomas Alan Huggins
Crystal Ann Hurst
Shirley Louise Jones
Billie Joyce Jordan
David Arthur Kant
Ex Athens Man Dies After Months of Illness at Mount St Mary
Former Athens resident Carlos H. McCrum aged 58 died Sunday at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was born in Athens, worked as an interior decorator, and belonged to the Painters and Paper Hangers Union. Surviving are his wife Ada, three daughters, two sisters, four grandchildren, and other relatives. Funeral services to be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Hughes funeral home with Rev. Claude Sandlin officiating. Burial in local cemetery.
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Carlos H. McCrum
Athens
Mount St. Mary Hospital
George and
Felzina McCrum
McCrum
The
Painters and Paper Hangers Union of America
Ada
Mary Matthewson
Belpre
Betty Kincade
Albany
Emma McCrum
Cincinnati
Gladys Crawford
Mary Carsey
Hughes Funeral Home
Claude Sandlin
West Union Street
Athens Legion Wins Fifth Activities Trophy at District Convention
At Lancaster, Athens Legion Post received the post activities trophy for the fifth straight year. Nolan Mace was elected second vice commander of the district, James M. Vercoe named a national convention delegate, and Wayne Hutchison was chosen district commander. The convention named Athens as next spring conference site and Wellston for fall, Lithopolis winter, and Wilkesville the 1963 convention.
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Athens’ American Legion
Lancaster
Athens
Ber
Las Vegas
Nev
Fairfield Post
LeRoy E. Kuntz
Charles L. Harrison
Boys’ Industrial School
Wayne Hutchison
Wilkesville
Fison Spencer
Racine
James M. Wagonseller
William D. Stewart
Gene McGrath
Jackson
Hutchison
Wellston
Lithopolis
Winter
Home Destroyed by Fire Near Broadwell in Rome Township
A newly completed residence of Clarence and Mary Cunningham was destroyed by fire early Sunday in Rome Township near Broadwell. Loss was estimated at 5000 with 3000 for structure and 2000 for contents. Firefighters responded after residents Keith Singer and James Hill saw flames and alerted Mrs Frank Tabler. The cause was undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadwell
Rome Township
James Dutke
Ames-Bern-Amesville
Clarence
Mary Cunningham
Dillie
Cunningham
Cunninghams
Keith Singer
James Hill
Frank Tabler
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New healing substance Bio-Dyne leads to shrinkage of hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual reduction while easing discomfort. Sold as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form at drug counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N.Y
Moderate Athens Weather and Auxiliary Meeting Planned
Weather remained moderate in Athens with 11 am temperature at 81 and an early low of 65. Record highs over the weekend were 84 and 80, while the city police auxiliary meets at 7 30 pm Tuesday at city hall to review camera ticket sales.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
City Police
City Hall
J. B. Grogan
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Avon
Lora Jean Smalley
Arthur Sapp
P.O. Box
Chauncey, Ohio
Moore
Kerr
Hunter
S. Court St
Frank McDaniel
New Marshfield
Sheriff's Deputies
Plains Volunteer Fire Department
Mation
the Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
Vtabler
Floyd Mace
Mitchell Bloomfield
Chung K. Kim
Forest Metcalf
Guysville
Harry B. Noble
Thomas McBride
Anthony Trisolini
Patricia Riley
the Plains
Howard Waller
Norman van Nest
Billy Riley
Shirley Wilson
Roger Hamer
William Smith
Joan Walraven
Edward Collins
Duane Bell
Edwin Sweeney, Jr
Joseph Dean
Retha Whan
Conrad Collins
Eagles
Athens Eagles
Luther Mayles
Orland Hurst
Henry Collins
Floyd Karns
Thomas Winning
John Mann
Donald Cunningham
Lodge
Mac
Thrifty Store
W. State
Julian Laziman
Randy Lee Locke
Harold Maurice Loss
Edward Curtis Lynn
Thomas Edward McBride Jr
Herbert Emerson McClintick
Toni Joellen McGrath
Carla Jane Miller
Wanda Lucille Mingus
Charles Edwin Mitchell
Sonia Beth Nanna
Robert Wilson Norris
Eric Craig Olson
Craig William Patton
Barbara Jo Phillips
Gary F. Pontious
Wayne Harrison Poston
Stephen Blaine Riggs
Nathan Webster Robe
Thomas Howard Romine
Michael Willis Rose
Shelley Margaret Rowland
James Robert Russell
Phillips Samuel Russell
John Spencer Rutter
Robert Payton Rutter
Ronald Richard Selleck
Theodore Alvin Sharpe
Stephenie Kay Sherow
Iva Lee Slater
Donna Grace Boggs Sowards
David Lawrence Stanson
Kathleen Steiner
Carole Lynne Steinmeyer
James A. Stewart
Phillip Keith Straw
John R. Tate
Gary Lee
Ralph Clayton Walker Jr
Karen Sue Walls
Roger Donald Walls
Robert Edward Walraven
Jack Lewis Ward
Joseph R. Watkins
Virginia Ruth Welch
Rodney O. Well
Pamela Dare Whaley
Mary June White
Garen Ray Wickham
William C. Willcox
Barry Leroy Wilson
Ronald Rowland Witham
Melanie Lee Wood
Patricia Ann Woodburn
Ner
Bruce R. Kelsey
Crysta
Cheryl Kimes
Laurene
Phoebe Kirchner
Phylis
Lee Kittle
Reid Eugene Krantz
Charlotte Anne Lane
Athens Legion Post
Jessie W. Ley
Katherine Hartley
Murphey Insurance Agency
S. Court St. Athens
Adv
Jasuran
Donald K. Barstow
D. M. Goddard
Houck & Reed, Inc
Murphey Ins. Agency
Nelsonville, Ohio
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
And
C. M. Gill and Co
Dwight H. Rutherford
Peter B. Seel
Agency
Joseph Seiple
Glouster, Ohio
Richard Guinther
F. H. Brewer Co
Allel
Filexifone
Smith
N. Court
Dukane Corp
ST. Charles, Ill
Farmers and Young
Insurance Service
G. Houck
Don Reed
W. Union St
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