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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1956

Page

7

Ninety-First Grade Promoted At Athens Junior High

Eighty nine Athens Junior High School ninth graders were promoted to the senior high Tuesday night in ceremonies at the school auditorium. Principal Harry Lackey presided as Superintendent Willard Barker distributed graduation certificates to a long list of students. The program included self written essays on future occupations and multiple performances spanning journalism dietetics nursing animal care music and art forestry and music therapy.

Athens Pricipal Harry Lackey Willard P. Barker

Come and Save at Amesville

Small town overhead means lower prices for home supplies. See us for paints plumbing and lumber. The F. H. Gifford Co. Phone 31 in Amesville Ohio.

Amesville F. H. Gifford Co Ohio

Sheriff Sale Notices In Glouster and Circle Hill

Two Athens County properties are set for sheriff sale in June. On June 18 at 1:30 p.m. two lots in the William Bowley Addition to Glouster will be offered at the east door of the courthouse, appraised at 23000 dollars. On June 25 near Circle Hill, 65 acres off Route 33 will be sold, appraised at 10000 dollars, in a Common Pleas Court action by Roger W. Wolf against Lora Phillips and 38 others with partial ownership claims.

Athens County Court House William Bowley Gloyster Glouster Lodge Loyal Order For the Moose Circle Hill Route 33 Common Pleas Roger W. Wolf Nelsonville Lora Phillips

Driver Cited After Pleasant Hill Crash

Rolland Coberly 21 of Athens cited into Municipal Court June 8 after a two car crash on Pleasant Hill Road three miles south of Athens at 3 30 p m. Coberly driving west rounded a blind curve and sideswiped Marion Willison of Athens. No injuries and light damage reported. Coberly charged with driving left of center.

Rolland Coberly Athens State Highway Patrol Pleasant Hill Coberly Marion Willison

Divorce Petition Seeks Custody After 1953 Parkersburg Marriage

Hilda Jago through her mother Iva Chadwell files for divorce from William Jago citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple wed in Parkersburg on December 4, 1953 and have one child. she asks custody and support.

Hilda Jago Iva Chadwell William Jago Parkersburg

Royal McBee Officials Open Athens Business Show

Royal McBee Corp officials and two divisions arrive in Athens for a two day business show at Ohio University Center ballroom commemorating the company’s golden anniversary. Executives M Zenner Fortune P Ryan Benjamin F Cutler and William B Stitt lead a delegation with local manager James M Scriven and other binder division staff. Continuous demonstrations run daily from 12 30 pm to 10 pm for the public to view Royal McBee products including new models.

Royal McBee Corp Athens Ohio University Center McBee Co Royal McBee M. Zenner McBee Fortune P. Ryan Royal Typewriter Co Benjamin F. Cutler William B. Stitt Harry B. McBee Charles F. McBee St. Louis James M. Scriven A. Baker New Port Richey Fila

Weather note from June heat in Athens region

The June weather continued to favor Athens with rising temperatures under a bright sun. Rural Hamsey Run logged a 9 am read of 60 degrees, up 19 degrees from the cool morning low. Tuesday's temperatures ranged from 43 to 79.

Athens Hamsey Run

Sixteen Athens County men released from service in May

May releases from military service include sixteen Athens County men returning to civilian life. Inducted personnel listed: Edward J. Patterson Athens William L. Jago Amesville Robert J. Llewellyn Grover C. Stoits The Plains Ronald E. vera adapter Leo D. Powell Five county men left the Marine Corps last month: JaneE. Taylor Jerold L. Taylor Joseph D. Pawlusiak Donald F. Evans Allen E. Boudinot. Regular Army discharge: Jon H. Blair. Air Force: Dale L. Evans Robert A. Williams. Navy releases: John A. Matheny Robert H. Ackley. Both Athens residents.

Edward J. Patterson Athens William L. Jago Amesville Robert J. Llewellyn Grover C. Stoits the Plains Ronald E. Vera Adapter Leo D. Powell Couity Marine Corps Janee. Taylor Jerold L. Taylor Chaurcey Joseph D. Pawlusiak Donald F. Evans Nelsonville Allen E. Boudinot Millfield Regular Army Jon H. Blair Air Force Dale L. Evans Robert A. Williams Navy John A. Matheny Robert H. Ackley

Auto Thief Arrested at Little Hocking Gas Station

Ralph L. Skinner was arrested after a gas station attendant reported he had not paid for gas and could not prove ownership of the auto. He claimed the car came from Hawthorne New York and he planned to go to Cincinnati. Hawthorne police turned him over to the FBI for crossing state lines with a stolen vehicle. Rex L. McKnight granted divorce from Joann McKnight, citing gross neglect in the 1955 marriage.

Ralph L. Skinner Little Hocking Skinner Robinson Hawthorne N. Y Cincinnati FBI Rex L. McKnight Joann McKnight Common Pleas

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