CD Preparedness Plans Discussed By Chairmen
Reports on Athens emergency plans were reviewed at a Civil Defense Red Cross meeting in the city building. Roger Jones Jr. chaired as the first combined briefing of key planners with updates from medical, nursing, fire, police, transport, shelter and volunteer sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Civil Defense - Red Cross Mutual
Roger Jones Jr
City Civil Defense
Edward Sprague
Helen Ledford
Athen Hi Y Club Discusses Military Obligation
Service Duty Hi Y program at the Athen Hi Y Club meeting featured Lt Everett Harrison Ohio University Air Force ROTC instructor Sgt Phillip Lambert Marine recruiter Sgt Ronald Miller Air Force recruiter and QM1 C John Amnah Navy recruiter. Speakers outlined branch programs and answered questions before about 50 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athen Hi
Damage Suit Seeks $50 000 Over West Virginia Auto Crash
Ralph R. Miller through his father Edward J. Miller sues Don ald A. Simpkins in Common Pleas Court for 50 000 to cover injuries from a October 27 1957 auto wreck on Route 50 east of Grafton West Virginia. Simpkins is accused of speeding after shifting gears and losing control plunging the Jaguar 40 feet down a cliff. Simpkins was hospitalized at Grafton City and Portsmouth Naval Hospitals through June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Ralph R. Miller
Edward J. Miller
West Virginia
Donald A. Simpkins
Morris Ave
Jaguar
Grafton
W. Va
Miller
Simpkins
Grafton City Hospital
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Dairy Cattle Feed Meeting Planned at Athens Grange Hall
Ralph Porterfield will discuss feeding and management of dairy cattle at 1 p.m. Monday at the Athens Grange Hall. Kenneth E. Ackerman notes the program includes herd health and breeding efficiency, with questions answered by Porterfield. Hay and silage samples may be shown and brought by dairy men.
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Ralph Porterfield
Agriculture Extension Dairyman
Athens Grange Hall
Kenneth E. Ackerman
Porterfield
Richland Avenue Fire Fights Trailer Blaze Near Destruction
Two trucks and 15 Richland Avenue Fire Brigade volunteers responded to an alarm on Thursday evening to extinguish flames that damaged three quarters of a house trailer owned by Mr and Mrs Orville Stover on the Wesley Thomas farms Pleasant Hill Shade Road. The fire was caused by an overheated oil stove and delayed by a relay to the Athens Fire Department. The alarm sounded at 6 45 p m and the fire was extinguished by 8 p m.
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Richland Avenue Fire Brigade
Athens Fire Department
Orville Stover
Wesley Thomas
Pleasant Hill Shade Rd
Driver Denies Charge in Municipal Court Hearing Set
George G. Gaul aged 68 of 17 Ohio Ave pleaded innocent to a city police charge of improper starting from a curb. He posted 30 dollars bond for a hearing scheduled next Wednesday after his auto allegedly pulled from the curb at W State and Court Streets into the path of Berkley L. Frost aged 35 of B-2-W Fairgrounds. Gaul said someone called to him as he began to pull away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George G. Gaul
Ohio Ave
Gaul
W. State and Court Sts
Berkley L. Frost
Fairgrounds
AHS Seniors Honored At Pep Assembly
Senior football players Buz Ball Lowell Conant and Larry Baker received the good luck shoestring at a Athens High pep assembly. Senior cheerleaders Ellie Thackery Linda Lee and Judy Dean got corsages from Judy Ferguson as Coach Don Eskey outlined this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Buz’’ Ball
Lowell Conant
Larry Baker
Ellie Thackery
Linda Lee
Judy Dean
Judy Ferguson
AHL
Don Eskey
Four Drivers Fined In Court At Chauncey
Four drivers were fined ten dollars and costs each by Chauncey mayor Charles Wadley after State Highway Patrol arrests. Speeding charges covered Donald Brackenbush 19 and John F. Towle 22 of Athens and Nicky Jo Green 18 of Nelsonville Route 2. Charles E. Reed 21 of Athens was cited for improper passing.
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Chauncey
Charles Wadley
State Highway Patrol
Donald Brackenbush
John F. Towle
Athens
Nicky Jo Green
Nelsonville
Charles E. Reed
Forest Fire Fighting Equipment Inspected at Local Station
National Forest Ranger R W Knudson led an inspection of all fire fighting gear and methods at the local station on Thursday. Participants included Jim Walley regional fire chief and Arnold Steelman from the national supervisor's Bedford Indiana office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest
R. W. Knudson
Jim Walley
Arnold Steelman
National Supervisor's Office
Bedford
Ind
Municipal Court session canceled for Veterans Day
Judge John Newcomb announced no session of Municipal Court will be held next Tuesday in observance of Veterans Day. The clerk's office will be closed for the day.
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John Newcomb
Bellaire Trucker Has Bad Day In Athens
Richard Thomas Clark a 24 year old Bellaire truck driver for Faires Trucking had a rough morning in Athens. After an earlier collision police cited him for improper parking then his cement carrier hit a parked car on West State Street causing additional damage. He posted $80 bond and was ordered to appear in Municipal Court next Monday.
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Richard Thomas Clark
Bellaire
Faires Trucking Co
Clark
Congress-W. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ray Riley
W. State St
Congress
Riley
W. State
Stephen Milo Zehner
State St
Zehner
John Almasky
Athens High Senior Class Play “Men are Like Streetcars” Nov 14
The Athens High Senior Class Play titled Men are Like Streetcars is a comedy about teenage girls and their love affairs. It features Maudie played by Ellis Thackery teaching sisters Sylvia and Joy how to behave around boys at 8:15 p m in the high school auditorium on November 14.
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Athens High
Graeme
Sarah Lorimer
Maudie
Ellis Thackery
Sylvia
Pam Davies
Joy
Joan Garber
Davy
John Alden
Margot Holmquist
Judy Ferguson
Birth and admissions at Shelterin? Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harry Grigsby welcome a son at Albany Route 1. Admitted: Donald Hawk Athens Route 2, Gary Van Meter Athens, Pamela Matters Athens. Dismissed: Chet Howard Millfield, Mrs Ernest Rosser Athens and son. Blood used one pint.
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Harry Grigsby
Albany
Donald Hawk
Athens
Gary van Meter
Pamela Matters
Chet Howard
Millfield
Ernest Rosser
Richard Leach
Boy Struck By Car Crossing Street Near School
John A. Young of Currier Street, son of Denver Young, suffered a fractured left arm after being struck by an auto driven by Florence E. Cartwright of Central Avenue as he crossed Central Avenue near the West Side school at a traffic light. The driver was not held.
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John A. Young
Currier St
Denver Young
Central Ave
West Side
Florence E. Cartwright
Husband of Former Athens Resident Dies
Charles M. Crane Sr. died Thursday night in a Chambersburg hospital after several weeks illness. Survived by his wife Stella Sanders of Athens and the late Mr. Sanders, the Cranes lived at Ft London Pa. A World War II veteran and government employee, he will have military services Sunday at Linnegar funeral home Mercersburg Pa.
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Charles M. Crane, Sr
Chambersburg
Stella Sanders
B. R. Sanders
Athens
Mr. Sanders
Man fined for no operator's license after patrol arrest
Kenneth McCune, 38, of Athens Route 3, was fined $20 and costs by a judge identified as Wadley on a charge of there being no operator's license. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol during the investigation of a Friday night accident.
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Kenneth McCune
Athens
Chauncey’s
Charles Wadley
State Highway Patrol
Theft Of Gasoline Reported In Talbert Garage
A theft from a car parked in a garage near Stewart was reported to the sheriff Friday morning. A window was broken and gasoline siphoned from the tank after the garage cap was damaged. C. E. Talbert lives on a road from Route 329 toward Washington County.
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Stewart
Sheriff's Office
C. E. Talbert
Talbert
Washington County
Two Nelsonville Men Fined for Intoxication
Sheriff reports Elmer McDonald and Carl McDonald charged with intoxication at Deanville appeared before Mayor Robert Auflick in Nelsonville. Each man pleaded guilty and was fined 18.70 dollars.
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Nelsonville
Route 1
Deanville
Robert Auflick
Elmer
Carl McDonald
Coffman Pleads Guilty to Intoxication Charge in Corr Court
Thomas Harold Coffman of Ath ens Route 3 pleaded guilty to a sheriff s charge of intoxication in Corr Court. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Harold Coffman
Athens Route 3
Corr
Grand Jury Calendar Cleared After Guilty Pleas
The October term grand jury leads ended as Omar Saunders pled guilty to petit larceny and was jailed 90 days with a $300 fine plus costs. James Lafferty also pleaded guilty to removing mortgaged property and received a suspended sentence with probation terms and restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Saunders
Deanville
Francis D. White
Common Pleas Court
Joseph B. Vanity, Jr
Edward Stanley
Saunders
Stanley
Gilbert Smith
Ott Russell
Fred Crabtree
Harry Dust
Alma Roush
Ross Wright
Rex Nagle
Lester Faires
Edith Bahr
Charles Kerr
Frances E. Cline
Norman Dupler
James Lafferty
Carbondale
Vanity
Lafferty
William Abraham
Verta G. Shinn
Charles Carr
Carr
Athens Health Board Accepts President Resignation
The Athens city county health board met Wednesday evening and read and accepted the resignation of Dr. B. R. Goldsberry as board president. Immunization plans for Athens County schools and rabies clinic locations were discussed. Dr. Carl A. Frey, Ray Chadwell, J. M. Felton, and Health Commissioner Dr. H. M. Booeks attended.
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Athens E City-County
Rome Pupils In Contest
Rome pupils from Stewart High School will take part in two Prince of Peace speech contests Sunday. At 9:50 a.m. at Canaanville Methodist Church Douglas Elliott Glenn Jarvis Larry Linton David Coen and Mildred Tabler compete. At 7:30 p.m. at Stewart Methodist Church Willa Noble Zelma Butcher Lorena Cook James Cooper Gladys Velma Flowers Clayton L Stein and Louise J Diver compete with Clayton L Stein as faculty advisor and Miss Diver coaching entrants. Rev H L McDaniel oversees arrangements.
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Tation
Eddie van Dyke
Edwin Mills
Dorothy Dent
Charles Dalton
Joseph Grogan
E. Paul Cotton
George Christman
Earl Nye
Jesse
ED van Dyke
N. Court St
Aldon
Brussels
Jaynes
Alden
E. State St
McKee
Prescription
Fred Kiltan
Security Bank Bldg
AHS
Bellaire Trucker
Rardin Bros
Lincoln St
Commonwealth
Ohio
Rome
Unitarian Fellowship
Emerson, Jefferson, Thoreau
Horace Mann
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Cullen Bryant
Unitarian Fellowship of Athens
University Terrace
The
Mutual Home and Savings Association
the Mutual
6 Savings Association
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
Federal Home Loan Bank
Investors Group
Canadian Fund Ltd
Canada
Robert L. Kern
P.O
CF Irvestors Diversified Services, Inc
Canadian Fund
Carpenter
Phong
Auli
Hocking
Fairfield Counties
Keller & Weltner
W. Hunter St
Logan, O
Robert Liggett
K. E. Byrne
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