Patrol Cites Three Following Accidents
Four weekend crashes investigated by the State Highway Patrol yielded three arrests. A Route 50 crash east of Route 690 involved Richard Luck and Del Riffle with James Hope. Luck tried to pass and struck Hope. Sideswiped cars on Fisher Road near Route 50 led to Steven Morris being cited in Athens County Court for left of center. Other incidents on Route 50 Coolville and Route 33 near the Athens Hocking line produced fines for Charlotte Lane, Holly Staats, and Betty Mc Donald for traffic violations including following too closely and intoxicated driving.
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Richard E. Luck
Lancaster
del Riffle
Parkersburg
Riffle
James G. Hope
Athens
Luck
Hope Auto
Fisher Road
Coolville
Charlotte Lane
Holly Staats
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Staats
John Aiken
Athens-Hocking County
Betty McDonald
Glouster
Hocking County
Vaughn Collins
Ex-Resident Emma Pratt Walker Dies at 82 in Akron
Emma Pratt Walker 82 former Athens resident died Sunday at her son George W Walker's Akron home She was a Bates Methodist Church Bates Chapter 175 Order of Eastern Star and Athens White Shrine member Her husband Charles W died earlier She is survived by daughter Sylvia Vail and a granddaughter two brothers and three sisters Funeral at Hughes Funeral Home Wednesday 1 PM Rev Ewing Ross Burial Bates Cemetery Memorial services by Athens Chapter CBS Tuesday 7 38 PM
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Emma Pratt Walker
George W. Walker
Akron
West Union St
Athens
Bates Methodist Church
The
Order of Eastern Star
Athens White Shrine of
Jerusalem
CBS
Two Men Fined for Disturbance at Berry Claxton Hotel
In Municipal Court Monday Richard I. Luther and John B. Altig were found guilty of causing a disturbance at the Berry Claxton Hotel last week. Luther was fined 10 dollars plus costs and Altig 25 dollars plus costs. The Athens paper notes the verdict and fines.
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Berry- Claxton
Richard I. Luther
S. College
John B. Altig
S. Congress
Ames Township Tax Levy Proposal Heads to Vote
Athens County Ohio residents will vote on a renewal levy of 0.4 mills per dollar for five years to fund Ames Township Fire Department maintenance. Polls open 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM on November 7, 1961, at regular township voting places. This notice is issued by the Athens County Board of Elections with Chairman B. Young and Clerk Ray Bobo.
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Athens County Agricultural Society
Grange
Athens County Fair
Agricultural Society
Board of Directors
Athens County
Emory Alien
Athens
Ohio
Ames
Board of Elections
B. Young
Ray Bobo
Monday Cloudy Weather Report From Athens
U.S. Observer C L Colmer reports Athens weather with a 10 am temperature of 46 degrees the day’s low. Sunday’s high reached 58 degrees and rainfall totaled .03 inches in the last 24 hours.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Ex Meigs Pair Hurt In Mishap
A former Meigs County man Leo Curtis 56 and his daughter Donna Lou Vance 25 were hospitalized after a head on collision on Route 665 five miles south of Columbus. Curtis suffered severe facial and head injuries while Vance endured a fractured leg a shattered kneecap and leg lacerations. Major Donald R. Felty 35 of the Lockbourne Air Force Base avoided serious harm and was treated for facial cuts. The Curtis family recently moved to an Athens address and were traveling to Athens when the crash occurred.
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Meigs County
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Leo Curtis
E. Union Sr
Donna Lou Vance
Grove City
Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies
Vance
Donald R. Felty
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Major Felty
Curtis
Darwin
Athens
Ohio University
OU Graduate Becomes New York Patent Attorney
Arthur T. Fattibene, a 1948 Ohio University engineering grad, opened a New York office specializing in U S foreign patent trademark and copyright law. He earned a Georgetown law degree in 1952 and was registered as a patent attorney in 1954.
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New York
N. Y
Arthur T. Fattibene
Ohio University
School of Engineering
U. S
Georgetown University
Miller Murder Trial Delayed by Attorney's Illness
In Athens on November 6, 1961, Miller faces a murder trial for his uncle Bobo's shotgun death. Miller maintains self defense after an ax struck the gun. the state argues he deliberately shot Bobo. Jury trial rights, a three judge court, and courtroom transfers feature in the proceedings as 13 witnesses for the state and one for the defense testify.
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Bobo
Miller
Bolin
Gall
Shumaker
Petition Seeks Marriage Annulment In West Virginia Case
Margaret Elaine Cooley Watkins filed a suit in Common Pleas Court seeking an annulment of her marriage to Joseph Reese Watkins both minors. The petition states the marriage on October 5 in St Marys WV was illegal as both parties were under the minimum age of sixteen.
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Margaret Elaine Cooley Watkins
Joseph Reese Watkins
Common Pleas Court
St. Marys
W. Va
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PH. LY
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Said County
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Ohio Reformatory For Women
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Doris Matheny
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Elizabeth G. Byrd
Lancaster Street
Sheppard
Potts Proper
Harold E. Shields
O. James F. Shumaker
Meigs
Mary Miller
Harold Shields
Horace Davidson
Carol France
Lima
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Howard Leith
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
Richard Sharp
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Carol Evener
Dewitt Walker
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Charles Patton
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Roy Cross
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Lima State Hospital
Athens Messenger
S. Court St. Athens
Carpenter’s
Athens City and Township
Roy Noland
Athens Township
Howard
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