Five Hurt In Weekend Crashes Involving Five Injured And Three Cited
State Highway Patrol investigated Sunday crashes in Hocking and Athens Counties. Richard Lee Frost, 23, Long Bottom, failed to stop and was charged. A pony owned by Virgil McClain was injured. Cars driven by Soltesz, Davis, and Anderson sustained minor damage or injuries.
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State Highway Patrol
Nelsonsville
Hocking County
Hocking County Rd
Richard Lee Frost
William Joseph Soltesz
Columbus
Carrol O. Davis
Avon Place
Arthur Leslie Anderson
Nelsonville
Soltesz
Barbara Soltesz
Darla
Kyle
Lisa
Frost
County Judge Ill Case Backlog Hits Court
Illness of County Judge George Schoonover and a single interim attorney for the jurisdiction have left 65 State Highway Patrol cases plus sheriff's office matters and civil cases pending. Judge Schoonover missed court. James Shumaker clinics as sole qualifying attorney and Nelsonville city solicitor. Officials planned further investigation for interim judge. Defendants could forfeit bonds or return later. 16 bonds were forfeited and one case deferred.
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George Schoonover
Jane Pancake
Way
Sheriff's Department
Schoonover
James Shumaker
Nelsonville
4-H Leaders To Address County Units
Two area 4-H leaders will address committee members from Athens Hocking and Vinton counties at Ohio University Inn The meeting starts with a 7 p.m. dinner Beatrice Cleveland OSU assistant state 4-H leader and Ivan Archer Jackson Area 4-H agent will discuss the committee role in the county and its relation to the state group The event is cosponsored by the Ohio 4-H Foundation and the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service.
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Ohio University Inn
Athens
Hocking
Vinton
Beatrice Cleveland
Ohio State University
Ivan Archer
Jackson Area
Ohio 4-H Foundation
Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
Driver Denies Count in DWI Case Continued
Herbert Arthur Erickson aged 36 of Warren Michigan pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested after a Friday night mishap and his case was continued until December 7 with a $500 bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Arthur Erickson
Warren, Mich
Erickson
Michael
Harold Shields
Gallaher
Stave Mill
Area Traffic Court Fines List with Speeding Citations
A lengthy list from Area Traffic Courts records numerous speeding tickets across multiple cities and states. Names include Richard Baldwin Donald Forsythe Robert Congreve Sherrill Skaggs Richard Startzman William Thomas Elwood Stanley Walter Bean Larry Fehr Robert Noll Terry Daugherty Gary McConkey Cleo Depoy Susan Householder Roger Linscott Jake Lloyd Paul Crouse Robert Rivera Sherman Hudwell Galen Ours James Proffitt Harold Thompson Charles Uhl and others with fines ranging from 10 to 35 dollars plus patrol costs. Municipal Court entries add excessive speeding failure to stop and costs for Donald Johnson Wendell Gerlach Vivian Brookhart and Raymond Craig.
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Robert Lee Congreve
New Marshfield
Sherrill Skaggs
Athens
Richard Theodore Startzman
Lincoln Ave
William Otto Thomas
McDonald
Elwood Gary Stanley
Cincinnati
Walter Clair Bean
Sardis
Larry Woodyard Fehr
Lansing
Robert Blum Noll
N. Congress St
Terry W. Daugherty
Nelsonville
Gary Neal McConkey
Central Ave
Cleo T. A. Depoy
Guysville
Susan Elaine Householder
Marietta
Roger Linscott
Columbus
Jake B. Lloyd
Sutton
W. Va
Paul W. Crouse
Loogootee
Ind
Robert J. Rivera
Chicago
Ill
Sherman Grant Hudwell
Cardington
Galen Ours
James G. Proffitt
Parkersburg
Harold O. Thompson
Belpre
Charles Deland Uhl
Wendell C. Gerlach
Middleport
Vivian Ruth Brookhart
Albany
Raymond Boyd Craig
Scout Meeting Set Tonight in Hock-Hocking District
Hock-Hocking Boy Scout District schedules 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Columbia and Southern Ohio Electric Co. with district officers to be nominated. McDaniels notes the program includes nominees for district offices and the annual operating committee report. Names of local attendees listed with ages and occupations.
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Hock-Hocking Boy Scout District
Larry MacDaniels
Columbia and Southern Ohio Electric Company
McDaniels
Hock-Hocking
Athens County Land Transfers
Athens County records list transfers from Charles E Huddy deceased to Goldie V Huddy 258 acres with minerals rights excepted to Preston Oil Co. and other mineral rights carved out. Transfers include Mary J and James Martin and Winifred J and Harry Naylor to Sidney Lowell and Catherine Mae Boggs at Guysville 39 100 of an acre in Rome Two. Eugene F and Carmelita Fultz of Nelsonville to Homer and Catherine M Adams inlets 321 and 322 Nelsonville. Norbert W and Loretta F Johnston of Glouster to Edna L Moody 80 ft Glouster. Harry R Childress Nelsonville to Jack and Joan Hartley Inlet 999 Nelsonville. Harold Starkey Guysville and Chester L and Louise Poston Akron to William F and Betty E Poston Lease Lot 73 one acre Athens County. Wilson Carr executor to Harry V and Margaret D Gorly Lot 1780 Athens.
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Charles E. Huddy
Athens County
Goldie V. Huddy
Preston Oil Co
Mary J
James Martin
Winifred J
Harry Naylor
Sidney Lowell
Catherine Mae Boggs
Guysville
Rome
Eugene F
Carmelita Fultz
Nelsonville
Homer
Catherine M. Adams
Harold Starkey
Chester L
Louise Poston
Akron
William F
Betty E. Poston
Athens
Wilson Carr
Marie Carr
Harry V
Margaret D. Gorly
Youth Missing as Coolville Fire Probe Expands
Investigation into the Thanksgiving Day Coolville fire that killed four continues as authorities seek 19 year old Michael D Gallaher believed to have survived. An arson specialist will return to the Reno Gallaher home area for further inquiry and autopsy results confirm asphyxiation.
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Coolville Area
Coolville
Michael D. Gallaher
Reno Gallaher
Brimstone Ridge
Robert Butts
Mild Weather Ends as Athens Sees Warm Spell Break
A spell of mild weather ended in Athens as of Monday morning. Observer C. L. Colmer reported a 9:30 a.m. temperature of 38 degrees, down one degree from overnight. The high for Saturday was 60 and Sunday 68, with six-tenths of an inch of rain yesterday.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Two County Officials to Attend State Conventions
James Edwards president of the commissioners and Harry Dust plan to leave Monday for state conventions this week in Columbus. In the Athens County meeting Monday two roads were discussed with a postponement to hear a petition to establish a road off Radford Road near the Carl Welling residence. The road failed to meet specifications and officials reviewed whether an Athens Township road had been abandoned.
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James Edwards
Harry Dust
Columbus
Athens
Radford Rd
Carl Welling
Cooperative Seedling Planting Arranged in Southeast Ohio
Fred E Morr director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced a seedling matching program for nine counties in Southeastern Ohio. The program is a joint effort of the Ohio Division of Forestry and West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co with support from ASCS and USDA. Landowners receive free one pine seedling for each purchased and may plant on idle farmland cutover woodland or forest property with minimal cost. The brochure Grow Pines for Profit is distributed locally through soil conservation service extension and farm forestry offices. Landowners are not obligated to sell pulpwood to Westvaco.
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Ohio
Fred E. Morr
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Morr
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs Monroe
Vinton
Washington
Ohio Division of Forestry
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
U. S. Department of Agriculture
ASCS
Agriculture Conservation Program
Westvaco
Soil Conservation Service
County Extension Service
Farm Forestry
I. I. Dickman
Division of Forestry and Reclamation
Logan Driver F Leodk Jailed
Roger Lee Stewart twenty one with Logan pleaded guilty in County Court to a State Highway Patrol DWI. He was fined one hundred fifty dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail. William R Croston fifty four of Columbus pleaded innocent to patrol DWI charge placed under three hundred dollar bond with case continued.
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Roger Lee Stewart
Logan
State Highway Patrol
William R. Croston
Columbus
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Hospital notices list births and admissions at Sheltering Arms. New arrivals include a daughter for Richard and a daughter for Donald Christian and others in Athens The Plains Nel sonville The Plains Guysville and nearby towns. Discharges include Harvey Deem Kevin Cunningham James France Judy Weddle and others in Athens Wellston Stewart and surrounding areas.
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Richard Downs
Harvey Deem
Athens
Kevin Cunningham
Leland Stokes
Josie Huseman
the Plains
James France
Judy Weddle
Robert Jones
Cecil Campbell
William Holcomb
Michael McCune
Wellston
C. C. Chapman
Dennis Pursell
William Simmons
Stewart
Debbie Clark
Kenneth Thomas
Gerald Weekley
Lillian Clay
Police City Driver After Traffic Crash
Robert D. Bell Jr aged 16 of 82 S. May Ave will be cited into Juvenile Court after a two car crash Monday morning at 56 W Carpenter St He faces an improper right turn charge Urban health trend notes spas in the United States are becoming general health resorts and emphasize reducing risk and stress
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Robert D. Bell, Jr
S. May Ave
W. Carpenter St
Bell
Serviceman Stephen Kibble Attends Great Lakes School
Electrician's mate fireman Stephen E. Kibble, USN, son of Mrs. Asa C. Burford of Little Hocking Route 1, is at the 14 week electrician's mate school at Great Lakes Naval Training Center Illinois. City firemen responded at 10 25 a m Sunday to 93 Central Ave to a short circuit in an electrical receptacle with no damage reported.
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Joseph A. Blazer
John A. Rouse
25Th Air Division
McChord Afb
Wash
Sergeant Blazer
Ernest F. Blazer
Rio Grande
Sarah Call
Dorothy Call
Nelsonville
Air Defense Command
McChord
Stephen E. Kibble
USN
Asa C. Burford
Little Hocking
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Richard Thomas
Central Ave
Mrs Merle Depoy Taken After Asthma Attack
Mrs Merle Depoy 54 of 30 E Carpenter Sr suffered an asthma attack. She received oxygen at home and while en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the city fire department emergency squad around 11 45 p m Sunday.
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Merle Depoy
E. Carpenter Sr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
City Fire Department
First Home Buyer's Guide From a Savings and Loan
This piece advises young couples on buying their first home, highlighting the excitement and planning involved. It promotes savings and loan associations as trusted partners for budgeting, financing, and final escrow services.
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Savings and Loan Associations
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Jerry Niggemeyer
Charlene Hersman
Kermit E. Gilkey
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Frank Swingle
Washington St
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Pomeroy
Cx and & Savings CO
Leodk
Harry Barstow
Fred Anderson
Trimble
Clay Golden
James Cumley
Emmett Gilkey
Jane Rutkoskie
James Clark
Catherine Duncan
Pearl
Langston
William Kuhre
Bobbie Neal
Bryan Neal
Meril Depoy
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Mill Street
Athens County Savings & Loan
Smith
W. Union St
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