War Dead Honored In Athens Memorial Rites
In Athens Ohio a Memorial Day observance by the American Legion paid tribute to war dead at West Union Street Cemetery. Lt. Col. Burton S. Andrews, a retired Ohio University ROTC officer, urged defiance of Cold War threats and stressed national faith and sacrifice. A parade preceded the ceremony and Gold Star mothers were honored afterward. Capt. Homer T. Baird introduced the participants.
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America
American Legion
Burton S. Andrews
West Union Street
Ohio University
Andrews
Legion
Homer T. Baird
USNR
Four Athens County Men Injured In Route 682 Crash
Four Athens County men were injured when a car struck a bridge abutment on Route 682 two miles north of Route 56, rolled over, and demolished the vehicle. Driver Virgil Williams, 23, suffered a bruised nose and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with three passengers. James R. Young, James Levme, and William McCoy received bruises, an elbow sprain, and an eye laceration respectively. A separate holiday period patrol logged two other injury free crashes and two citations for other drivers.
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Athens County
Virgil Williams
Fern St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James R. Young
Athens
James Levme
Amesville
William McCoy
Race St
Edward Moleski
Glouster
Trimble
Patrokmen
Trimble Corporation
Jacksonville
Emily L. Shinn
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits Several Residents
Admitted list includes Mrs. Gary Sayers Athens Route 3 Mrs. Charles Craig Corning Route 2 Mrs. Charles Klingerberg Athens Route 4 Mrs. Grace Carpenter Athens Lawrence Eblin Athens Clyde Legg Athens David Llewellyn New Marshfield Vicki Llewellyn New Marsh DISMISSED list includes Mrs. Glenn Dougan Pennsville Route 1 Mrs. Gilbert Coen Athens Mrs. Nick Parkis Athens Route 1 and daughter Mrs. Frank McKibben Zaleski and son Martha Burdette Glouster Dale Uldrich Athens Mrs. Andrew Brozak Athens.
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Charles Craig
Corning
Charles Klingerberg
Athens
Grace Carpenter
Lawrence Eblin
Clyde’ Legg
David Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Vicki Llewellyn
Gilbert Coen
Nick Parkis
Frank McKibben
Zaleski
Martha Burdette
Glouster
Dale Uldrich
Andrew Brozak
Stolen Checks Cashed For $500 In Local Store Case
Three forged checks drawn on R W Finsterwald Athens attorney were cashed in local stores totaling more than $500. The checks bore his name as payor with forged signatures and appeared torn from the attorney’s check book. Police linked the offenses to a break in at the Cline Building last week. no missing items had been reported until now.
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Cline
R. W. Finsterwald
Athens
Theodore S
E R Gross Dies At 42 In Louisville
Ernest R Gross 42 of 5412 Erlann Dr Louisville died Tuesday after surgery in St Anthony Hospital Born in Athens he was a graduate of Athens High School and Ohio University He belonged to First Methodist Church Society of Dispensing Opticians Guild of Prescription Opticians Louisville Elks and civic groups He worked with Gates and Lenz Optical Co Survived by wife Patricia daughter Martha Ann his mother Mrs Esther Gross sister Mrs Jack Miller brother Charles F Gross Athens Father Ernest R Gross and infant son Ernest III predeceased Services set for 2 pm Thursday at James R Jones funeral home and 1 pm Friday at Hughes funeral home with burial Maplewood Cemetery Gloucester Call Friday optional
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Ernest R. Gross
Erlann Dr
Louisville
St. Anthony Hospital
Athens
Athens High School
Ohio University
First Methodist Church
Society of Dispensing Opticians
Gross
Guild of
Prescription Opticians
Louisville Elks Lodge
Gates and Lenz Optical Co
Patricia
Martha Ann
Esther Gross
Pomeroy
Jack Miller
Hamilton
Charles F. Gross
Ernest III
James R. Jones
Hughes Funeral
Morris Ave
Eugene Brown
Maplewood Cemetery
Glouster
Hughes Funeral Home
Marriage License for Dan Hamilton Grubb and Darlene Foreman
Dan Hamilton Grubb aged 19 of Athens Route 4, a construction worker, and Darlene Kay Foreman aged 16 of Athens, a student, obtained a marriage license.
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Dan Hamilton Grubb
Athens
Darlene Kay Foreman
Jail Work To Start New Deputy Is Added
Provisional appointment of Robert Allen, 26, of Athens as deputy sheriff was announced by Sheriff Harold Shields. County commissioners had allotted two part time deputies for six months during jail remodeling and a new sheriff residence. Razing of the 117 year old former dwelling is set to begin about June 1. Shields will move to McKinley Avenue during construction and will need someone to operate courthouse communications after hours. Allen becomes full time and will share off hour duties with four other deputies. His father Si Allen was a deputy under the late Sheriff George Bateman.
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Robert Allen
Athens
Harold Shields
McKinley Ave
Shields
Allen
Si Allen
George Bateman
Crystal Pool opens for season with 164 swimmers
Athens memorial day pool opens to 164 patrons despite cool weather. The crowd swam in temperatures in the low 70s to high 60s as Barry Wilson Shelly Rowland Carol Frey Steve Bridgewater Nancy Bretz and Allan Goldsberry assisted. Municipal pool manager is Mrs Blaine Riggs.
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Athens
Barry Wilson
Shelly Rowland
Carol Frey
Steve Bridgewater
Nancy Bretz
Allan Goldsberry
Blaine Riggs
Motter McArthur attorney dies at 76 in Columbus
Edwin C. Motter 76 a former federal official during the Harding era and Vinton County probate judge died Tuesday at University Hospital Columbus He was born in Londonderry a OU and OSU Law School graduate He practiced in Oklahoma served as special assistant to Attorney General Daughtery and later as Vinton County probate judge 1942 1949 Survived by wife Jane Jennings Motter daughter Mrs Earle Young of Chillicothe Services 1 pm Friday at Wrightsel funeral home Londonderry burial Londonderry Friends may call after Thursday noon
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McArthur
Edwin C. Motter
Harding
Vinton County
University Hospital, Columbus
Londonderry
James and
Ida Faust Motter
Ohio University
Motter
Ohio State University Law School
Oklahoma
Warren Harding
Mr. Motter
Harry F. Daughtery
Jane Jennings Motter
Earle Young
Chillicothe
Wrightsel
Hubcap thefts investigated after vandalized car
City police report a wave of hubcap thefts with four taken from a Dodge at Kinneer Motors on Moore Avenue another from Fred Gaskins and two from William Lindeman.
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Kinneer Motors
Dodge
Fred Gaskins
Moore Ave
William Lindeman
Illness Sends Martina O'Donnell to Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire department emergency squad responded twice to Town House Grill at 22 West Union Street on Tuesday as Martina O'Donnell 26 of The Plains fainted both times. She was transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Fire Department
Town House Grill
Union St
Martina O’donnell
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Abe Murphy TGT Official Dies of Heart Attack
A B Murphy 45 district superintendent of Tennessee Gas Transmission Corp died early Wednesday after a heart attack. Ill at home near the TGT station west of Albany he was pronounced dead at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by wife Helen four children Steve Susie Mickey and Pat Hauser. Assigned Athens County station since 1952 arrangements by Wrightsel funeral home McArthur.
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A. B
Abe) Murphy
Tennessee Gas Transmission Corp
Helen
Steve
Susie
Mickey
Pat Hauser
Wrightsel Funeral Home
McArthur
Former Carbondale Resident Roxie Pollock Sturgill Dies
Roxie Pollock Sturgill, a former Carbondale resident, died Tuesday in Barberton. Survived by brothers James Pollock of Carbondale, Amos Pollock of Nelsonville, and Henry Pollock of Akron, plus sisters Mattie Frisby of Akron and Ruth Clark of Philo. Her husband had died earlier. services in Barberton.
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Roxie Pollock Sturgill
Carbondale
Barberton
James Pollock
Amos Pollock
Nelsonville
Henry Pollock
Akron
Mattie Frisby
Ruth Clark
Philo
Tiny OU Gymnas ium and Goosetown relics from Athens history
Memory’s Well recalls a tiny pre 1900 OU gym behind Ewing Hall later split into Hudson Addition homes. Goosetown displayed Civil War relics in a Winfield Scott tent, with five pins admission, while old Athens fields gave way to homes.
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Ewing Hall
Hudson
Goosetown Boys
Winfield Scott
East State Street
Montrose Ave
Andersonville
Surratt
Lincoln
Athens
W. B. Foster
E. State
Franklin Ave
State St
Townsend Place
L. A. Koons
Morris Ave
Hooper Denies Charge In Municipal Court
James H. Hooper 31 of Athens Route 1 pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a State Highway Patrol charge of passing traffic on the right berm. Bond set at 21 dollars for a later hearing.
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James H. Hooper
Athens
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Harold A. Bails
Denzil E. Leach
Burr Oak Road
Perry County
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Carpenter's
Athens, Ohio
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Glenn Dougan
Pennsville
the Security Bank
E. R. Gross
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Telex Hearing Center
Hotel
Berry Lobby
Henry Depue
Leonard DePue
Abe’ Murphy
TGT
Ohio U
C. H. Harris
Sigma Chi
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Henry Whitmore
State
Charles Henry
Elizabeth Rich
Cable St
Townsend
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Northwest Territory
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Versity
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Sunnybank
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dean & Barry
Barry
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