Five weekend traffic crashes injure nine near Athens
State Highway Patrol reports five crashes over the weekend injuring nine people near Athens. A Route 33 collision north of Athens involved Rexford Nickoson and Hubert Henderson, with five injured treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Other incidents included Route 50 and Route 278 crashes causing injuries and a deer strike on Route 50.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
Rexford E. Nickoson
Lancaster St
Hubert D. Henderson
Chauncey
Hudson Health Center
Frank Zgonc
Euclid
Ronald Fehrer
Geneva
Zgonc
Mr. Russell Dies Monday In Veterans Hospital Dayon
Clarence Nub Russell 74 a former Athens County resident and World War I veteran died Monday morning at Veterans Hospital in Dayton after months of ill health. He was a retired coal miner with a wife who predeceased him in 1924. Survived by son William L of Parkersburg granddaughter Jue lee Belle Russell Centerburg sister Effie Hunter Akron and brother Alex Hawthorne California arrangements by Hughes funeral home.
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Clarence
Nub) Russell
Athens County
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Katherine
William L
Parkersburg
Juelee Belle Russell
Centerburg
Effie Hunter
Akron
Alex
Hawthorne
Calif
The
Hughes Funeral Home
Correction Issued For Quartermaster Display Hours At Baker Center
Lt. Col. Robert W. Burns oversees a Quartermaster Corps display at Ohio University Baker Center. Hours are noon to 5 p m Monday, 9 a m to 5 p m Tuesday, and 9 a m to noon Wednesday. Howard L. Pennell Sr. of Chauncey, 54, cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian, forfeits a 41 dollar bond in Municipal Court Friday.
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Quartermaster Corps
Ohio University
Baker Center
Robert W. Burns
Howard L. Pennell, Sr
Chauncey
Soft Drink Suit Opens in Common Pleas Court
A jury of 12 was sworn in Monday for the civil case Lucille Courtney vs Athens Bottling Co in Common Pleas Court. Courtney seeks 10000 dollars claiming a February 7 1959 drink carton from a Nelsonville area store cut her mouth on glass from a bottle. Defendant denies the allegations. The suit names Howard Forst of Nelsonville as bottling company manager. Seven witnesses for plaintiff and one for defense were subpoenaed.
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Common Pleas Court
Lucille Courtney
Athens Bottling Co
Nelsonville
Tiff
Howard Forst
Birth announcements from Sheltering Arms Hospital notes
A list of birth notices includes Mr and Mrs Hershel Le master of Guysville Route 1 a son and several other families such as Mr and Mrs Robert Vance of Athens a son Mrs William Rice of Guysville Route 1 and a son Mrs Irvin Bridge of Oakland California and Joe Weaver Stewart plus additional parents and newborns from Athens Belpre and Jacksonville with multiple names and locations.
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Hershel Lemaster
Guysville
Robert Vance
Athens
William Rice
William Menifee
Irvin Bridge
Oakland
Calif
Joe Weaver
Stewart
Cyril Crooks
Ernestine Glass
Jacksonville
James Holland, Jr
Local incidents report assault emergency and fires
A 70 year old man William Menifee was charged with assault by his wife Liza and jailed, then ill and taken to Shelter ing Arms Hospital. Residents fought a brush fire near 31 Carpenter St with water. Firefighters responded Saturday at 5 35 p m. Willard Emerson Newton was fined 15 dollars and costs for an intoxication charge in County Court. Rosa Hoffman 77 received oxygen at 3 40 p m then was taken to Mount St Mary Hospital. Marilyn Hall 18 was struck by a falling tree limb on Athens State Hospital grounds and taken to Hudson Health Center.
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Springfield
Athens
David Calhoun
Dorothy Rusert
Marietta
Calhoun
Caroline Holmes
Vinton County
Hocking County
Norma L. Dobosiewicz
New Lexington
Ralph S Sayre
Guysville
Route 50
William Menifee
Menifee
Liza
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Carpenter St
Willard Emerson Newton
New Plymouth
Fire Department
Walker St
Rosa Hoffman
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ohio University Coed
Athens State Hospital
Marilyn Hall
Lindley Hall
Hudson Health Center
Youth on Scooter Collides With Auto on State Street
A youth riding a motor scooter, Fred Slater age 16 of 155 East State Street, collided with an auto at State and Avon around 11 p m Saturday. Slater was apparently not injured. The auto was driven by Richard Stevenson, 21, of 83 Grosvenor.
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State and
Avon
Fred Slater
E. State St
Fire Department
Richard Stevenson
Grosvenor
Waterloo Kindergarten Enrollment Set for May 12
Waterloo Local schools announce kindergarten enrollment on May 12 from 12 to 3 p.m. for fall term. Children must be five by Sept 1 1962 with birth certificate and immunization proof for smallpox diphtheria polio and tetanus. Parents may immunize at Athens County Health office on Fridays 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. and Saturdays 9 to 11 a.m. in May.
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Waterloo
Athens County
Mercury Reaches 92 Degrees in Athans Sunday Heat
The mercury climbed to 92 in Ath ens Sunday and rose again this morning. The unseasonably warm spell set a city record since last summer, with a low of 60 overnight. By 11 30 am Monday the thermometer hit 90, US Observer C L Colmer reported. no relief in sight.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
OU Graduate Heads Stamp Issue Firm
An Ohio University graduate becomes president of The E. F. MacDonald Stamp Co in Dayton. Fred M Hussey, BS 1939, leads a plaid stamp line now issued in over 2200 A&P stores and 10 000 other businesses. Hussey helped organize Top Value stamps in 1955 and is married to Virginia Pride of Glouster a 1941 OU graduate.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Fred M. Hussey
E. F. MacDonald Stamp Co
Dayton
A&p
Hussey
MacDonald
Virginia Pride of
Elmer Dewey dies at 76 in Athens Ohio
Elmer Dewey 76 of 140 Mill St. died Saturday night in a Columbus nursing home after a long illness. Survived by wife Ella two daughters Mrs Frank Levacy and Mrs Robert Harrison both of Athens a son Kenneth of Daytona Beach Fla three sisters Mrs Belle Keirns Athens Mrs Elva Stevers Cleveland and Mrs Grace Croxall East Liverpool and two brothers Myron and John both of Athens. A son George and a sister Eva had died previously. Retired painting contractor funeral services at Jagers and Sons at 2 p.m. Tuesday led by Rev. Paul Alden burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Elmer Dewey
Mill St
Columbus
George
Eva
Dewey
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Paul Alden
West Union Street Cemetery
Four Drivers Fined In County Court For No Mud Flaps
Three drivers from Marysville Zanesville and Raymond each paid 10 dollars plus costs after Highway Patrol arrests for lacking mud flaps on their trucks. A fourth driver, Nelsonville resident John Sheffield, 44, was fined the same amount for having no muffler.
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Athens County
State Highway Patrol
Robert Armentrout
Marysville
John Moore
Zanesville
Kenneth Coakley
Raymond
John Sheffield
Nelsonville
Unseasonably Hot Dry Weather Pressures Athens County Farms
Unseasonably hot and dry weather threatens farms in Athens County with reduced hay yields and slower crop growth. Kenneth Ackerman notes first cutting hay will be short, corn planting may not yet show growth, and oats and grasses struggle without rainfall. April rainfall was above average, delaying impact, but the current drought sharpens the need for steady rain rather than a cloudburst.
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Athens County
Kenneth Ackerman
Ackerman
County School Calendar Sets Sept 4 Opening Date
County schools in Athens system will open Sept 4 and close May 27 for 179 days. Calendar includes dismissals for SE Ohio Education Association conference, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Board sent congratulatory letters to county contest winners Linda Rice Karen Stanley and Melba M Flowers. Ester Dailey and Superintendent Christman to attend Clerk's Clinic at Ohio University Baker Center.
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Athens County
George Christman
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Linda Rice
Waterloo
Washington
Karen Stanley
Albany
Melba M. Flowers
Rome-Canaan
Ester Dailey
Christman
Ohio University Baker Center
Albany Area Native Ethel Steward Dies at 75
Mrs. Ethel Steward, 75, of Albany died Sunday at the Angel of Mercy Rest Home. Born in Albany she lived here all her life. Survived by husband Day, son Melvin of Cleveland, daughters Hazel Chesser Shade and Bernice Hope Athens, four grandchildren, one great grandchild, and brother Ray Morris. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Albany Methodist Church with Rev. Earl Russell. Burial Alexander Cemetery. Calling after 7 p.m. Monday at Bigony Funeral Home.
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Albany
Ethel Steward
Angel of Mercy Rest Home
Day
Melvin
Cleveland
Hazel Chesser
Shade
Bernice Hope
Athens
Ray Morris
Albany Methodist Church
Earl Russell
Alexander Cemetery
Bigony Funeral Home
Tri State Purchasing Agents Meet Planned at Athens Club
The May meeting of the Tri State Purchasing Agents Association is set for Tuesday evening at the Athens Country Club. About 75 members are expected to attend. Real estate transfer Lula E. Frank of Grove City to Hugh Scott of Nelsonville covers a York Township tract.
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Tri- State Purchasing Agents Association
Athens Country Club
Lula E. Frank
Grove City
Hugh Scott
Nelsonville
York Township
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Henderson
Messenger Newsphoto
F. H. Brewer Co
Athens, Ohio
General Insurance
Jessie W. Ley
Katherine Hartley
Murphey
Insurance Agency
Mr. Russell
the Security Bank
Frances Stanley
Leonard Wilkes
Walter Miller
Rexford Nickoson, Jr
Leonard Cassadakis
Belpre
S. Court St. Athens
Signness
Sissy
Houck & Reed, Inc. Insurance Service
G. Houck
Don Reed
Union
Dial LY
Mercury
OU Graduate Heads Stamp Issue Firm
Mac
Thrifty Store
W. State St
Dalton
Athens Fire Department
Joe Jagers
Richland Ave
Athens Salvation Army
George P. Hunter
Arthur Sapp
P. C. Box
Chauncey, Ohio
Ohio Medical
Blue Shield
Ohio Medical Indemnity, Inc
N. High St
Maker
Athens Pharmacy
S. Court St
Pol. Ady
Richard B, Rypma
General Assembly
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