Two Accidents Injure Three Over Week End Near Albany and Beaumont
Edward Saunders 26 of Ironton WPA timekeeper treated for minor injuries after his car skidded near Albany at junction of highways 346 and 143. John Francis 30 and J Kenneth Crabtree were involved as well as Saunders left the scene. Ben Griffin 44 and Willa Richards 42 suffered minor injuries in a separate crash on Route 33 near Chauncey Beaumont. Patrolmen report Saunders ran a stop sign and failed to slow for a right angle turn. Damage estimated at $50 to Griffin’s car.
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Edward Saunders
Ironton
WPA
Athens
Albany
Saunders
John Francis
J. Kenneth Crabtree
Carpenter Rt. 1
Crabtree
Ben Griffin
Willa V. Richards
George W. Griffin
Chauncey
Beaumont
Chicago
Griffin
City Officers Arrest 6 Men in Athens Streets
Six men were arrested on Athens streets Saturday and Sunday by Police Chief E S Finsterwald and Officers Carman Church and Charles Maple. Four were arraigned before Mayor Cliff Cornell this morning. Mansfield, released earlier, was rearrested and sent to city jail with six weeks to serve or a $50 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
E. S. Finsterwald
Carman Church
Charles Maple
Cliff Cornell
Leslie Mansfield
Athens County
Cornell
Mansfield
George Hatfield
Union St
James Millican
W. Union St
Louis Palmer
Smith St
Clinton Fiske
Ray Graham
Court St
Luchs Attends Open Championship While Officiating Wedding
Rev. Fred Luchs returned Sunday from Philadelphia where he officiated at the wedding of Dr. John Keithan of Jefferson Hospital. He also witnessed part of the 43rd U S Open Championship at the Philadelphia Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Luchs
Philadelphia
John Keithan
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia Country Club
Preston Graduates at Rensselaer Institute
G. Merritt Preston of Athens today received the bachelor of aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's commencement in Troy New York. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John H Preston of 197 East State Street. At Rensselaer he was a member of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences student chapter the varsity basketball team and Theta Chi fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Merritt Preston
Athens
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
John H. Preston
E. State St
Rensselaer
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Theta Chi
Retired Teachers To Meet Tuesday Night
The Athens County Retired Teachers and Ex-Teachers Club will meet Tuesday June 13 at 7 30 p m in the basement of the Dean Chubb Library building Room 6. Arrangements will be made for a picnic and there will be an interesting program. Anyone interested is invited to attend announced secretary Charles E Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Dean Chubb
Charles E. Miller
James Carsey Taken To State Hospital At Lima
James Carsey, committed to the State Hospital at Lima last Thursday by Judge O F Rowland after a 30 day examination at Athens State Hospital, following indictment on a charge of shooting at with intent to kill, was taken to the Lima institution this morning by Sheriff Charles Bayless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carsey
State Hospital
Lima
O. F. Rowland
Athens State Hospital
Charles Bayless
James R Patrick Named Associate Dean of Men at Ohio University
Dr James R Patrick associate professor of psychology will become associate dean of men for 1939 40 at Ohio University effective Sept 1 1939 He succeeds Dr George W Starcher who held the post last year Patrick joined Ohio University in 1928 after earlier posts at the University of Georgia and the University of North Carolina He holds BA MA and PhD degrees and has served as vice president of the Ohio Academy of Science and is a Phi Beta Kappa member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Patrick
Herman G. James
Ohio University
Patrick
George W. Starcher
University of Georgia
University of North Carolina
Ohio Academy of Science
Phi Beta Kappa
Gun Club Entertains Parkersburg Shooters
Members of Athens Gun Club hosted skeet and trapshooters from Parkersburg at the Athens grounds near the airport. About 30 shooters competed in two skeet sessions and one 16 yard trap. Parkersburg won two of the three matches, but Athens outscored them 577 to 575 overall.
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Athens Gun Club
Parkersburg
Athens
Athens Gunners
Navy apprentice seaman on 16 day leave visits Syracuse home
Ernest Harvey Teaford of Syracuse visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Teaford while on 16 days leave after graduating recruit training with platoon 14 on June 2. He enlisted Feb. 20, 1939 through the Athens Navy Recruiting Station and is a Racine High School class of 1936 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Harvey Teaford
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Glen E. Teaford
Syracuse
United States Fleet
Teaford
Navy
Athens
Racine High School
Townsend Strikes Gas On John Hartley Farm
A gas well drilled by A. D. Townsend of Athens on John H. Hartley’s Coolville Ridge farm in Lodi Township struck gas in the second Berea sand at 1649 feet, producing about 0.5 million cubic feet with 700 pounds rock pressure. The well reaches 1676 feet, the fourth on the Hartley farm, with another location expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Townsend
Athens
John H. Hartley
Coolville Ridge
Lodi Township
Hartley
Berea
Townsend
Wade Volwiler to Be Graduated at Oberlin
Wade Volwiler a senior at Oberlin College will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree at the 106th commencement exercises tomorrow. The speaker will be Dr. James L. McConaughy president of Connecticut Wesleyan University and lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Volwiler chemistry major Phi Beta Kappa senior honor list son of Dr and Mrs A T Volwiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Volwiler
Athens
Oberlin College
James L. McConaughy
Connecticut Wesleyan University
Connecticut
Volwiler
Phi Beta Kappa
A. T. Volwiler
York Township Relief for Unreceived Allotments Tuesday
Relief clients of York Township who did not receive their allot ments Saturday are asked to be at Township House Tuesday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Township House
Washington Observes Centennial in Missouri Corncob Pipe Center
Washington Missouri marked its 100th founding anniversary with a three day celebration featuring local history displays and community events in the city known for its corncob pipe industry.
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Washington
Skywriting Over Athens Reveals Mississippi Crash Mystery
In mid southern Mississippi ten miles northeast of Prentiss Clem community witnesses watched a low flying Aeronca plane vanish into Bowie River swamps during rain. Rescuers found ten cars and one truck washed from a bridge at Clear Creek bayou with 24 aboard, eight surviving. The author disputes media bias toward sensational private flying accidents and notes Pilot Schanz later appeared at an air show in Jackson.
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AL Knouff
Air Facts
Wally” Schanz
Mississippi
Prentiss
Jeff Davis
Clem Community
Clem
Bowie River
J. L. Polk
A.H. Polk
Schanz
Hattiesburg
Clear Creek Bayou
Black River
Vicksburg
Laurel
Judge McInnis
Highway 80
New York
Aeronautical Corporation of America of Cincinnati
Aeronca
Jackson
Arrested After Chase Hoffman Is Fined 100
Robert Hoffman of Athens Road was arrested late Saturday by state highway patrolmen on State Highway 682. He pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court before Judge O F Rowland to driving while under the influence, was fined 100 dollars and costs, and had his driving privileges revoked for six months. The patrolman testified officers chased his car for more than a quarter mile at high speed with sirens on before stopping it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hoffman
Athens RD
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Hoffman
First Bicycle Safety Licenses Issued in Athens
Harold Finsterwald won the first license in the new Bicycle Safety Bureau campaign conducted by Athens students with help from teachers city police and state patrol. Mayor Cliff Cornell greeted the scene as Finsterwald waited with his bicycle on City Hall steps and ten more youths joined for the morning issuing of license tags and tail lights.
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Bicycle Safety Bureau
Athens
Harold Finsterwald
Elmer Finsterwald
Hocking St
Cliff Cornell
City Hall
Finsterwald
Cornell
Wallace LaBaw
Donald Bingham
Wendell Parke
Billy Edlerman
J Leo Shuler
Robert Lee
Billy Smiley
Richard Swartz
Jimmy Westfall
Richard Whitehouse
Civil Service Exams Open Here for Public Health Roles
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams with deadlines by July 3. Positions include Public Health Nurse 2000 dollars yearly, Graduate Nurse 1800, Junior Graduate Nurse 1620, in the Interior Department Alaska field service, U S Public Health Service, and Veterans Administration. Full details from J L C Kelley secretary at the Athens Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Department of the Interior
U. S. Public Health Service
Veteran's Administration
J. L. C. Kelley
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Athens
Bond set in road suit over easement for State Highway 156
Appellant Bernice Halbirt had bond set at 100 dollars by Judge O F Rowland in Common Pleas Court. The case names defendant Robert S Beightler state highway director and concerns the appropriation of an easement over her property needed for the improvement of State Highway No 156 Section B in Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
O. F. Rowland
Bernice Halbirt
Robert S. Beightler
Athens County
Gandee Escapes Again Charged With Burglary
Everett Gandee 19, who escaped from an Athens County officer in May after sentencing for breaking and entering and larceny, has added burglary and escape charges in Jackson County West Virginia and a third escape. He was armed with a stolen 44 caliber revolver, wore dark brown trousers and a straw hat, and carried a sample case marked Albert Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Gandee
Athens County
Mansfield Reformatory
Columbus
Charles Bayless
Police Exchange Bulletin
West Virginia Department of Public Safety
Gandee
Jackson County
W. Va
C. F. Myers
Ripley
Albert Mills
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America
Luchs
Preston
Rensselaer Institute
D Advertisers Exchange Inc
Mes Pharmacy
J. R. Patrick
Gun Club
Ernest Teaford
John Hartley
Oberlin
Oscar Fulton
Dial
Dowler & Ferguson
Funeral Home
Athens, Ohio
Ition
Aero Club
Athens Aero Club
Lima, O
Pilots Club of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-Butler
Carl Elkins
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. Alliance, O
B. B. Bruce
American Airlines
Air Corps Reserve
A. M. Hooper
Cincinnati
T. D. Zinn
C. F E. McElroy
Zinn
Chase
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bond
Coolerator
Athens Ice & Storage Co
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