Athens Fairgrounds Trailer Slaying Recalls Parole for Jewell Peters
Jewell Peters, central figure in Athens crime, is slated for parole from the Ohio Penitentiary in June. Once a West Virginia student at Ohio University, he pled guilty to first degree manslaughter in the 1946 trailer slaying of his wife Leah at the fairgrounds.
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Athens Fairgrounds
Jewell Peters
Ohio
Peters
Associated Press
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio University
West Virginia
Leah
Athens County Fairgrounds
Anthrax Outbreak Hits Hogs Across Ohio Counties
Local veterinarian reports six hogs affected on a farm in Athens County with two deaths and four recovering. The outbreak, first noted in Clinton County, has spread to Payette, Athens, Knox and Licking Counties and may reach Allen and Pike. State veterinarian says no evidence of spread and outlines prevention and carcass disposal.
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Ohio
Clinton County
Payette
Athens
Knox
Licking
Allen
Pike
Harry Geyer
Charles W. Burkett
Burkett
Britannica
R. A. Craig
Engineers head to Ohio Society convention in Cleveland
Prof. and Mrs. Neil D. Thomas and Prof. George W. Clark will attend the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers convention in Cleveland from March 13 to 15. Thomas seeks the society secretary post. Clark ends a four year term on the executive committee and has led the Ohio Engineers Placement Service. A large OU student delegation will join, with Kenneth R. Smith as chapter president and Ray B. Fogg as president elect. Sessions are at the Hotel Statler with educators and industry speakers.
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Cleveland
Neil D. Thomas
George W. Clark
Thomas
Ohio University
Ohio Society
State Society
Hocking Valley
Clark
Ohio Engineers Placement Service, Inc
Kenneth R. Smith
Ray B. Fogg
Hotel Statler
Rome Canaan High School Band Banquet Set for April
The annual Rome Canaan High School band banquet is scheduled for April 23 after a band boosters meeting. Mrs. Ralph Colburn is banquet chair. Jim Rees, Rev. Frederick W. Haley, and Jack McIntorf serve on the awards committee. Majorettes will wear white uniforms with red trimming and pill box hats. The guest list includes President and Mrs. Nathan Noble and Supt. Herman L. Filis among others.
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Fdurn Sweeney
Mary MclInturf
Boyd L. Spencer
R. C. Gould
Marjorie Copeland
Dwight Kim
Marie Williams
Lawrence Burton
Herman L. Filis
Carol Gould
Rosalie Kim
Gene Williams
Clarys Burton
Helen P. Williams
Shirley Colburn
JoAnne Chambers
Marlene Burke
Carole Gould
Janice Simmons
Rachel Williams
Bill McIntorf
Bill Linton
Buffalo Man Held By City Police
Buffalo city police held Charles Frederick Anderson 29 for investigation after his Tuesday arrest on a downtown street. Sergeant Joseph McBride identified the suspect as a former hotel worker. Police were contacting the State Highway Patrol to check if he was wanted elsewhere. Anderson said he had recently completed a 90 day Erie County jail term.
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N. Y
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Charles Frederick Anderson
McBride
Anderson
State Highway Patrol
Erie County
Cleveland man returned to Athens on Juvenile Court charge
John Brooks of Cleveland was brought to Athens by Sheriff George Bateman and Deputy Bernard Porter after a warrant issued by a Glouster woman. He was returned Tuesday to answer the charge filed in Juvenile Court.
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Cleveland
Athens
George Bateman
Bernard Porter
Outdoor Movie Sets Reopening at Valley Drive-In Theater
The Valley Drive-In Theater will open for the season on March 22. Co owners Frank Nolan and Frank Rauch Jr say the outdoor theater begins its fourth year with a new attraction board and a canopied box office. The theater adopts a first subsequent run policy with films 30 days after downtown release.
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Frank Nolan
Frank Rauch, Jr
Auto Title Office Hours Extended in Athens County
Temporary extension of the Athens County Vehicle Title Office hours announced by Clerk of Courts Phyllis LaVelle Cross. From March 17 to April 1, title office hours will run 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with noon hour closed only for the extension.
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Athens County
Phyllis LaVelle Cross
Conservation Education Being Planned
A new conservation education program is proposed by a recently formed conservation committee led by Alton Hanning. District Farm Planner Robert Wilson said steps to widen education through area schools and newspapers will be outlined by Floyd E. Heft with a special session attended by County School Supt. George E. Christman and others. The board approved farm plan applications for Carl E. Hawk and G. E. White of Alexander Township.
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Robert Wilson
Alton Hanning
The
Soil Conservation Board
Soil Conservation Supervisors
Floyd E. Heft
State Soil Conservation Committee
George E. Christman
Robert E. Main
Athens
D. C
MedIaturf
Stewart
PMA
Irvin A. Wolfe
Ross Wright
R. R. Barker
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Conservation Board
Carl E. Hawk
G. E. White
Alexander Township
Lafe Gaston Dies Tuesday at 80 in Athens
Lafe Gaston 80, a retired coal miner, died Tuesday evening at his home 28 Moore Ave after several months illness. Born in Lodi Township he lived most of his life in Athens. Survived by wife Ottie two sons Mike and Raymond, mother Mrs. Sarah Gaston a brother and four sisters plus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services Thursday 1 30 p m at Dowler Ferguson Hughes with Rev Drell H Goff officiating and burial at Grahams Chapel.
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Moore Ave
Lodi Township
Athens
Gaston
Ottie
Mike
Raymond
Canaanville
Sarah Gaston
Arthur Gaston
Columbus
Susan Mansfield
Bertha Auker
Crooksville
Sophronia Richardson
New Straitsville
Mary Spencer
Nelsonville
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
Drell H. Goff
Grahams Chapel
Births and hospital admissions listed for Athens area
Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Clarence Mason of Logan and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Bernard Porter of Athens. Admissions list Robert Kennard Bellefontaine and several Athens area residents. Dismissals include Mrs Harry Taylor Trimble and daughter and Dale Sapp Athens plus several other local names.
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Clarence Mason
Logan
Bernard Porter
Athens
Robert Kennard
Bellefontaine
Danny Bailey
Glouster
Lydia Fenzel
Charles Steward
Albany
Robin Roush
Clyde Gibson
Amesville
Joyce Grigsby
Guysville
Judy Curry
Harry Taylor
Trimble
Dale Sapp
Mary Louise Rose
Daniel K. Teeter
Steve Toth
Evela Shafer
Emmett Rogers
Betty Davis
Frances Thompson
Nelsonville
Cruelty and Neglect Cited in Ohio Divorce Suit
Hazel M Wachenschwanz filed for divorce from Charles L Wachenschwanz in Common Pleas Court alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty in their 1947 Pomeroy marriage. In a separate case Merle John Beachy pleaded guilty to unsafe operation and was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor Peter B Seel for the offense at 23 West State Street.
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Common Pleas Court
Hazel M. Wachenschwanz
Charles L. Wachenschwanz
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Merle John Beachy
State St
Beachy
Peter B. Seel
Cold Weather Arrival averts Hocking River flood
The Hocking River crested near 15 feet as cold clear weather arrived. Flood stage is 17 feet, with the 11 am gauge at 14.85 feet and no roads closed. Rising barometers and winds indicated the shift, as temperatures fell to 22 and later to 35.
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Hocking
New Trial Requested in Auto Crash Damage Suit
Berniece Whaley files a motion for a new trial in Common Pleas Court against Berniece Skinner Coen over an April 30, 1949 Millfield auto accident. Whaley sought 6803.89 dollars plus injuries. jury previously found for the defendant. The motion argues jury interrogatories misstate facts and voting, claiming Whaley was a paying passenger under contract and that the verdict conflicts with law. Three damage suits arose, two of which total 10824.50 remain active.
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Common Pleas Court
Berniece Whaley
Berniece Skinner Coen
Accidents Reported By Patrol In Athens District
Two accidents on district routes were reported Monday by an Athens post of the State Highway Patrol. No injuries occurred. Jennings Boyer and Bert Carpenter collided on Route 50 east of Athens. Boyer was fined 10 dollars. Harmon Huntley and Glen Hutherinson collided on Route 56 near Route 328. Huntley fined 5 dollars. Virgil Albert paid 10 dollars for failure to have mud flaps on his truck.
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State Highway Patrol
Jennings Boyer
Stewart
Bert Carpenter
Carpenter
Boyer
Peter B. Seel
Harmon Huntley
New Plymouth
Glen Hutherinson
Zanesville
Huntley
Hutherinson
Roger Friend
Virgil Albert
Columbus
Driver Arrested After W Union St Crash
An Athens Route 2 driver, Robert W. Kasler, 25, was arrested by city police after his car went out of control on W. Union St. It struck a tree in front of 310 W. Union St., causing heavy damage. Kasler faces a charge of unsafe operation and will be arraigned in May or in Peter B. Seel's court.
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Athens
Robert W. Kasler
Kasler
W. Union St
Peter B. Seel
Albany pair obtain marriage license
Lowell Wetzel Hoger aged 24 and Virginia Eather Pope aged 23, both of Albany, secured a marriage license.
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Lowell Wetzel Hoger
Virginia Eather Pope
Albany
Athens County farm product outlook discussed at institute
An Athens High School audience heard a five speaker panel review poultry eggs livestock and milk prospects for 1952. OSU economist C F Christian moderated with updates from Harold Koker Jean Gribble B G Chapman and others. The group noted egg prices likely rise after a spring low while milk and cattle markets depend on production and market conditions. The 1953 executive officers were elected and the next meeting set for March 23 at the Athens Grange Hall with S G Gruber to discuss hay and silage harvesting equipment.
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Athens High School
C. F. Christian
Ohio State University Rural Economist
Harold Koker
Nelsonville
Koker
Jean Gribble
Washington County
Gribble
B. G. Chapman
Guysville
Ohio State University
C. W. Hammans
Vivian Roberts
Ohio University School of Home Economics
Institute
Paul McVay
Ed Sheridan
Lee Glass
Alton Hanning
Emerson Ball
R. H. Hayes
W. C Stout
Willard Beyler
Athens Grange Hall
S. G. Gruber
Athens camp fund miss by big margin at drive end
Athens failed to meet the 1250 goal in a state drive toward 40000 for YMCA Camp Nelson Dodd. Only 622 was raised in the city as drive workers finish reporting. funds will be accepted throughout the week per E. J. Taylor chair of the Athens Camp Nelson Dodd Committee. A filter purchase and a beach bed for the pool are planned at the 30 year old Brinkhaven camp.
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Athens
E. J. Taylor
Nelson Dodd
Brinkhaven
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