Three Men Hurt in Two Accidents on Route 56
Two crashes on Route 56 within ten minutes left three men injured. Ernest Shank, 54, of Belleville West Virginia and Everett Chapman, 38 of Medina Route 4 sustained head on collision injuries west of New Marshfield at 4 p.m. Marion Mace, 22 of Carbondale was ejected when his car left the highway near the Baker Settlement at about 4 10 p.m. Shank and Chapman were treated at nearby hospitals. Mace faced unsafe operation charges with later hearing pending in mayor's court. Ambulance crews noted Shank aided by Richard Bucher used a tourniquet before help arrived. Police and deputies assisted at both scenes as traffic was diverted.
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Ernest Shank
Belleville
W. Va
Everett Chapman
Medina
New Marshfield
Marion Mace
Carbondale
Athens
Baker Settlement
State Highway Patrol
Shank
Chapman
Sheltering Arms Hospital
West Virginia
Perkersburg
Ohio River
Richard Bucher
State Highway Department
Mace
Frank Hague
Bernard Porter
Merie Robinson
Auto En Route To Hospital Strikes Pole
A Chauncey youth driving toward Sheltering Arms Hospital with a girl struck a curb and pole on W Union Street near the fairgrounds. The car nearly fell into the Hocking River. The girl, who gave the name Ann, was treated for slight poisoning and released. Taylor received a warning from Patrolman McClung not to use his car as an emergency vehicle. No charges were filed.
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Chauncey
W. Union St
Jan Taylor
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ruth Roberts
Fairgrounds
Hocking River
Taylor
Richard McClung
McClung
Athens High elects officers for student council
Athens High School today announced the elected student council leaders for the coming year. Jon Thackeray is president Anne Goddard vice president Phil Saunders secretary and Ronnie Williams treasurer with other candidates named for various offices. Officials say four more officers will be chosen after this week’s final elections and a new constitution has been prepared. Seniors plan a Lake Hope breakfast on Wednesday June 3.
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Athens High School
Don Thomann
Jon Thackeray
Anne Goddard
Phil Saunders
Ronnie Williams
Barbara Nellis
Paul Abraham
Joyce Mills
Beth Collins
Mac Morrison
Ronnie Corradini
Don Pierce
Dick Barker
Thomann
Lake Hope
Wildlife Projects Inspected On Council Weekend Trip
Ohio Wildlife Council members conducted a two day inspection of the Raccoon Creek project and related sites. Everett Ridge announced the trip coinciding with the council meeting in Gallipolis. Other visited areas included Forked Lake in Meigs County Veto Lake and the Waterloo Restoration Area.
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Raccoon Creek
Ohio Wildlife Council
Everett Ridge
Gallipolis
Wildlife Council
Forked Lake
Meigs County
Veto Lake
Waterloo
Non-Support Charge Denied in Court
Vern Scott of Athens Route 4 pleaded innocent to a minor non support charge in mayor's court on Tuesday. He was bound over to the grand jury in 200 dollars bond, supplied. The charge was filed by Clara Sheridan.
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Mayor's Court
Vern Scott
Athens
Scott
Clara Sheridan
Car Crash In Athens Strikes Parked Vehicle
City police report a Tuesday afternoon collision on S Court St. involving Annis L. Snedden 67 of Athens Route 1 who hit Roger B. Christian 19 of A-8 East Green as Christian’s car was parked in front of Lindley Halil. Snedden was driving from a parking race.
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Annis L. Snedden
Athens
Roger B. Christian
A-8
East Green
Lindley Halil
S. Court St
Snedden
Savannah Lodge to Confer Fellow Craft Degree Thursday
Savannah Lodge 466 F&AM will confer the Fellow Craft degree at a meeting here Thursday at 8 p.m. George Norman, master, said refreshments will be served.
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Guysville
Savannah Lodge
F&am
George Norman
Marriage License for Brazier and Manda
John S. Brazier, 30, of Athens, marries Ellen Manda, 27, of The Plains, in a license granted today.
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John S. Brazier
Athens
Ellen Manda
the Plains
16 Year Old Hen Biddy Dies at The Plains
Biddy the Leghorn known in barnyard circles for long life died last week at Lois Hartman’s home in The Plains. The 16 year old hen, featured in a Messenger story, weakened by age and died quietly and was buried under a pine tree on the Hartman property.
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Biddy
Leghorn
Lois Hartman
Ralph Hartman
the Plains
the Messenger
Hartman
Storm Winds Out Power Bring Relief to Athens Area
A late day electrical storm and high winds disrupted power in Athens Tuesday with a river rise of foot to 4.8 feet reported by U. S. observer C. L. Colmer. The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. line on West State Street failed, cutting power. Shade saw circuit breaker damage from lightning. Heat relief followed a high of 84, with 67 at 9 am Wednesday and a low of 57.5 the prior night.
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Athens
Hocking River
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
West State St
Shade
Sheep Struck by Auto Kill Fourteen Near Albany
Fourteen sheep were killed Tuesday evening on Route 680 two miles north of Albany when a car struck the flock as they crossed the road to pasture. Owner Carroll Elliott reported the driver stopped but could not provide the operator’s name.
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Albany
Carroll Elliott
State Highway Patrol
Elliott
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Milhoan Maria a son to Mr and Mrs Bernard Foughty The Plains another son to Mr and Mrs Richard Essex Athens Admitted are Betty McMahon Athens Dennis Davis Millfield Elizabeth Reichelt Athens Lawrence M Walden Coolville Mary E Metz Giouster Dorothy Cunningham Athens Tommy Midkiff Guysville Milton Jean Hartman The Plains Dismissed are Mary Goodwin Trimble Helen Williams Athens Leona King Athens
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Robert Milhoan
Maria
Bernard Foughty
the Plains
Richard Essex
Athens
Betty McMahon
Dennis Davis
Millfield
Elizabeth Reichelt
Lawrence M. Walden
Coolville
Mary E. Metz
Giouster
Dorothy Cunningham
Tommy Midkiff
Guysville
Milton Jean Hartman
Mary Goodwin
Trimble
Helen Williams
Leona King
Three Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Three drivers faced fines after arrest actions by the State Turner Patrol. Leonard Frost, 34, of McConnelsville Route 4, paid 100 dollars and costs and received two days in jail for driving with suspended rights. Richard Jones, 27, of Athens, paid 10 dollars and costs for parking on the roadway. James Cole, 51, of Logan, paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to observe an automatic stop signal.
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Turner Patrol
Leonard Frost
McConnelsville
Roger Friend
Logan
Richard Jones
Athens
Peter B. Seel
Sewer Friend
James Cole
State highway department lists Athens Meigs Washington Morgan road repairs
Sections of Route 124 in Troy Township Athens County and routes in Meigs Washington and Morgan counties are slated for improvements. Bids opened in Columbus show low bidders A W Burns and Sons 96537 and John G Winter Co Sardis 85559 for work in Athens Morgan and surrounding townships.
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Athens
Meigs
Washington
Morgan Counties
State Highway Department
Columbus
Troy Township
Athens County
Olive
Sutton and Lebanon
Meigs County
Belpre
Dunham
Barlow Townships
Washington County
A. W. Burns and Sons
John G. Winter Co
Sardis
Morgan County
Dover
Trimble
Lee and
Alexander
Malta
Ifield Poe
Malta Township
Morgan and
Bloom
Speeding youth fined in 51 mph city zone case
Charlies Harrison of 10 W Mulberry Street was fined $16 with costs suspended after being charged with speeding at 51 mph in a 30 mph zone. City police cited him for the violation on Tuesday.
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Speeder
Charlies Harrison
W. Mulberry St
Harrison
Boy 16 Injured in Bicycle Accident at Truetown
Dennis Davis of Truetown, 16, suffered a broken arm Tuesday night in a bicycle crash. He received treatment at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Dennis Davis
Truetown
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ohio fuel officials visit Athens for dinner tour
A group of Athens business and professional men hosted Ohio Fuel Gas Co officers from Columbus at the Berry Hotel dinner. The visiting officials, on a Southeast Ohio tour from Gallipolis to Logan, included chairman Earl Overbeck and president Allan Lundstrum among others.
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Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
Gasco
Southeastern Ohio
Gallipolis
Logan
Berry Hotel
Earl Overbeck
Allan Lundstrum
Edwin Bivens
W. E. Ferguson
J. A. Scanion
F. S. Williams
John Rutherford
W. F. Smiley
J. H. Lang
A. E. Bradbury
John Adams
E. W. Sailey
Sugar Grove
Neaster
Bruce Beal
Piper
Cambridge
Driver Falls Asleep Causing Car to Leave Route 33
State patrol reported that 23 year old Jack Ables of Letart Falls fell asleep at the wheel, sending his auto off Route 33 about three miles south of Athens. He was uninjured.
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Jack Ables
Letart Falls
Athens
Ables
Blood mobiles surge as Athens drive collects 87 pints
The second day blood bank drive in Athens gathered 87 pints for Red Cross distribution to hospital and military. Edith Bartlett joined the gallon club and Frank Deardorff donated his 20th pint since World War II.
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Athens
Red Cross
B. F. Cutler
Edith Bartlett
Gallon Club
Frank Deardorff
Erma’ Betts
Richard Whitehouse
Louise Bobo
Kenneth Radcliffe
Margaret Root
Janice McDaniel
D. M. Downard
John Algeo
Daniel Whitehouse
John Good
James Dunn
Elizabeth Ann Roberts
Paul Edward Allmark
Kenneth Shingler
Clair E. Berry
Robert M. Freeland
Roy Mullins
Virgil Frum
James Sutton
Wanda Rose
Liewellen Robe
Howard Nicholson
Eunice Nicholson
Walter Ervin
Athens State
Lloyd Wagner
Janet McDaniel
Harry Lackey
Thomas Bowen
Clayton Smith
Lloyd Dillinger
Court St
Clinton Chadwick
Kenneth Woogerd
Erma Betts
Francis Fuller
J. B. Vanity
Fred Picard
Juanita Bardin
McBee Company
Gordon Verity
E. K. Bryson
Joe S. Adams
Irene Gretz
Wendell Drake
Ora Darnell
Hubert Matheny
Bill Kasler
Dean Nida
James Scriven
Fred Williams
Andrew McCaulsky
Charles Hunsicker
Robert Johnson
Howard Fisher
Leo Sheridan
Clarence Casteel
Bill Roberts
Plantsville Man Still Reported Missing
Sheriff George Bateman confirmed 68 year old George Goins of Plantsville remains missing. He was last seen Sunday night in Athens and searches covered Route 56 Poston and Athens area. Goins is five feet eleven inches tall with a slender build and was wearing blue overalls a brown coat and a work cap.
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George Bateman
George Goins
Plantsville
Goins
Athens
Bateman
Route 56
Poston
Albany Clinic for Pre School Children Scheduled
The Albany PTA announces a final pre school clinic Thursday at 9 30 a m in the high school gym for physical exams and immunizations for children entering school this fall. First grade children missing immunizations or needing boosters may attend.
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Albany
PTA
Custody Sought in Action for Divorce
Elizabeth Chesser files for divorce from Claudius Chesser in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect and seeking custody of two children. They were married March 20, 1934 in St. Marys West Virginia.
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Elizabeth Chesser
Claudius Chesser
Common Pleas Court
St. Marys
W. Va
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