Snow and accidents hit area as first snow freezes roads
Subfreezing temperatures and the season’s first snowfall blanketed area highways causing slick roads. State Highway Patrol reported multiple minor crashes, with crews spreading cinders and salt on Athens main streets. A local University of Ohio professor, Charles H Kinison, emerged as a nationwide bake off finalist, earning an all expenses paid trip to New York and prizes.
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Phipay
State Highway Patrol
Athens
Lancaster St
Columbus Rd
Richland Ave
Meigs
Fairfield County
Mercury
Ohio University
Industrial Arts
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Charles H. Kinison
Swank
Dr Reed Dies at 75 After Brief Illness at Home
Dr. Reed, professor emeritus of mathematics at Ohio University, died at 75 after a brief illness at his home 61 Columbia Ave. Born in Wytheville Virginia he held degrees from Peabody College and the University of Virginia. He taught at Michigan Cornell Ohio University and supervised the university observatory. Survived by his wife Kate two sons a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at the Church of the Good Shepherd conducted by the Rev. Phil Porter Jr. Friends may call after 4 pm Saturday at Dowier Ferguson Hughes funeral home. Flowers omitted.
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Rank W
Lea
Columbia Ave
Wytheville
Peabody College
Nashville
Peyton D. Reed
Milford
John Waller Reed
Columbus
Mary Dickey
Staunton
Church of the Good Shepherd
Phil Porter, Jr
Dowier- Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home
Graveside rites for stillborn son of Mrs Leo Carsey
Graveside services were held Thursday at Canaan Cemetery for the stillborn son of Mrs. Leo Carsey of Guysville Route 2. The baby's father Leo Carsey died last June. Survived by the mother a twin sister another sister and seven brothers. Surviving grandparents are Mr and Mrs Edson Carsey of Athens Route 4.
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Canaan Cemetery
Leo Casey
Guysville
Leo
Edson Carsey
Athens
Polio Victim In Accident In Cheshire
Sandra Muttora seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Mulford of Cheshire Route 2 was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by private ambulance at 10 15 am today after a car truck collision on Columbus Reed Street. She was admitted for X rays and has one leg in a cast. The ambulance driver said her parents were taking her to a Columbus hospital for polio treatments. Police reports were not complete but the auto in which she rode collided with a truck in front of the State Patrol Post.
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Sandra Muttora
John Mulford
Cheshire
Columbus Re
Sandra
Columbus
State Pastrol Post
Iwin Dies After Surgery
Martha Ann Richardson ten year old twin daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert E Richardson Athens Route 4 died in Sheltering Arms Hospital Thursday morning after brain surgery at a Columbus Hospital She had been ill two and a half years Survived by twin sister Mary Ellen and two other sisters Carolyn Sue and Sally Jane grandmother Mrs Mary Tucker and grandfather Shermat Richardson Services will be held 2 pm Saturday in the Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home EK Penrose Columbus will officiate Burial in Clark's Chapel Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home anytime
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Martha Ann Richardson
Robert E. Richardson
Athens
Sheltering Arms
Columbus
Tha Ann
Mary Ellen
Carolyn Sue
Sally Jane
Mary Tucker
Shermat Richardson
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes
EK. Penrose
Clark's Chapel
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Admitted List
In Sheltering Arms Hospital notes, births include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wilhelm of Athens and daughters for several couples in Millfield, Athens, Guysville, and Malta areas. Admissions list Jay Stiles of New Marshfield and several patients. several dismissals follow. The piece also notes degrees to be conferred Monday at 7 30 p m by Athens Chapter 39 Royal Arch Masons at the Masonic Temple per Russell L Bailey.
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Athens
Royal ‘Arch Masons
Russell L. Baily
Real Estate Transfers in Athens Area Headline List
A stream of transfers statewide lists numerous Athens properties. Elmer Jones Realty Inc moves acres to Richard Mathews in Grandview while many other residents, firms, and trustees swap lots and undivided interests in Athens and nearby townships.
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City of
Athens
Elmer Jones Realty, Inc
Richard J. Mathews
Grandview High
Marcella H. Creed
Athens County
Hester Creed Rose
Athens Township
Sediby Murphy
Kent
Walter Shafer
Nelsonville
Buchtel
Harry K. Looney
Albert C. Rink
Frank Isbrandt
Harold William Sanders
Trimble
Lola F. Goodin
Gladys M. Murphy
Hill
Albany
Harland C. Ward
Columbus
James Russell Bolin
Bern Township
Angie Boring Cabeen
Helen Hall Gillespie
Pocahontas
Ira Gordon Wiseman
Omer G. Hines
Albert O. Rink
Ida A. Williams
McKinstry and
Jackson's
Corcoran
Glouster
Will _ Orlan G Houck
Nelle Radekin
Locust Heights
W. F. Kampf
John G. Cline
Minear
Gould
Gregory S$. Zenner
John Alden
Robert W. Merz
Evalyn R. Walker
Maplewood Place
Golda A. Archer
Doyle J
Wayne Welch
Dickinson Rites Planned for Joseph F Dickinson
Joseph Franklin Dickinson of 139 W Washington St died Wednesday night at Mercy Hospital Columbus after two years of illness. A Vinton County native, son of the late Rev John and Sarah King Dickinson, he lived much of his life in Athens. Survived by three daughters Mrs Ralph Brown Columbus Mrs Glen Martin Bedford and Mrs Ray Dexter Miami Fla and a son Willis Dickinson Nashville Tenn Also four sisters two grandchildren and six great grandchildren Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home will conduct Saturday at 10 am with Rev J B Maffett officiating Burial will be in Radcliff cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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Joseph Franklin Dickinson
Washington St
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Vinton County
John
Sarah
King Dickinson
Dickinson
Athens
Ralph Brown
Glen Martin
Bedford
Ray Dexter
Miami
Fla
Willis Dickinson
Nashville
Tenn
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Burral
J. B. Maffett
Radcliff Cemetery
Funet
Cupid's Aim Improves with More Marriage Licenses
Twenty one couples applied for marriage licenses last month, up from October and the prior month. The youngest male applicant was 18 and the youngest bride 17, while the oldest were 46 and 42 respectively. Males averaged 25 while brides averaged 22, with occupations including plant workers, service station attendants, mechanics, and various others. brides were mainly unemployed with a mix of clerks, nurses, and teachers among them.
Bennett Cleared in Jackson County Burglar Case
Jerry Bennett aged 27 of Athens has been exonerated of safe duty and cleared of burglary charges in Jackson County Common Pleas Court due to insufficient evidence, after an Athens County case earlier cleared him of breaking and entering. He remains held on separate jail breaking charges following a dramatic monthlong manhunt by about 20 officers.
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Jerry Bennett
Athens
Jackson County
Bennett
Athens County
Francis D. White
Wellston
Jackson
Meigs County Resident Dies in Alfred
Alfred resident Carr a longtime Methodist Church member and Modern Woodmen charter member dies at home. Survived by wife Rosa Barnhill Carr two daughters Mrs Osie Henderson and Mrs Mabel Griffen a son J D Carr sister Ida Kimes Columbus nine grandchildren eleven great grandchildren funeral 2 pm Sunday at Orange Kristian Church with burial in church cemetery
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Alfred—Wilnam
Carr
Alfred
Methodist Church
Modern Woodmen
Rosa Barnhill Carr
Osie Henderson
Mabel Griffen
J.D. Carr
Ida Kimes
Columbus
Orange Kristian
Te Church
Painter Burial Set for Saturday in West Union
Fred Painter, 86, former Amesville merchant, died Wednesday at his Athens home. Burial will be in the West Union Street Mausoleum, instead of Amesville. Services at 2 am Saturday, conducted by Rev. J. Yervin Hess, at Jagers and Jons funeral home.
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Fred Painter
Amesville
Athens
West Union Street
Mausoeum
J. Yervin Hess
Jagers and Jons
Ground Observer posts praised for air defense training success
Three area GOC post supervisors Elsie V Stephenson Darrell West and Ralph Brown received commendations from T Sgt Austin N Leiby for outstanding efforts during an Eastern Air Defense Force and GOC training exercise on November 9 The letter urged more volunteers to monitor skies and establish posts in Athens Guysville Amesville and Shade regions to strengthen defense The report notes Leiby’s transfer to Athens as training officer for Detachment 5 Ohio Area 1 and lists his WWII service ribbons and affiliations
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Ground Observer Corps
GOC
Mineral
Albany
Chauncey
Austin N. Leiby
Southeastern Ohio
Elsie V. Stephenson
Darrell West
Ralph Brown
Leiby
Charleston
Air Defense Command
Athens
Guysville
Amesville
Shade
Air Defense Command Filter Center
Ohio
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Squtt
Daughters of Union Vetrans
Hamley Run
Charles R. Kinison
ED van Dyke
Buckeye
N. Court St
Sultana
Jar
Dr. Reed
Ness
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Iwin
Bintus
Leo Wilhelm
Harold Modic
Jean Crum
Millfield
William Soler
Frederick Rosler
Jay Stiles
New Marshfield
William Connoly
Long Bottom
Pearl Bolin
Armor Skinner
Athen
Laud Miller
William Drake
Ather
Joseph Moore
Don Norman
Ida Lemley
Sarah Roberts
Malta
Clarence Shaw
Cecil Newsom
Roy Llewellyn
Charline Smith
Hoy Seckinger
Nelsonille, and_son
B&b
Sinclair Products
the Plains
Hubbard
Hudson
Frances Labora
Lunda Cordle
Real State
Glouster Village
Pi Chapter
Alpha Xi Delta House Association
Harold W. Parsons
Carl L. Tom
A. B. Wells
Lawhead
Hudson Rambler Platt
Athens Sra
Southerton Beauty Academy
E. Washington Street
Athens, Ohio
Harold Shingledecker
Missionary Rally
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Carpenter
State
The
Missionaries
WIL
George Hull
Sierre Leon
Harold Shingl Urundi
Africa
Rev
Mrs. Shingledecker
J. A. Shanafelt
Cupid
Meigs County
Tir
Conrath Bean Chapter
Disabled American Veterans
Daniel A. Pierce
Washington
Noble
Morgan
Vinson
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Order of Jes
Central Ave
Japan
China Service
Philippine Liberation
John Steven
Sinclair Motor Oil
George L. Smith
Ite
Wedding
Cst.RadBakey
S. Court St
the Mutual Home & Savings Association
East Washington St
Federal Home Loan Bank
George Hult
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