Second Liquor Charge Denied
Willard Guess, 64, of Troy Township near Frost, denied a tax evasion liquor charge in Municipal Court. He posted 10 dollars bond after a Wednesday raid yielded a large quantity of untaxed liquor. Earlier Friday he faced a prior charge of selling untaxed liquor with a 300 dollar bond. Deputies arrested him at his hill country home east of Athens after finding moonshine in the house and a nearby barn.
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Troy Township
Frost
Willard
Bill) Guess
Gordon Gray
Cuess
Athens
Harold Shields
Bernard Porter
Ted Dean
Guess
Cunningham Rites Planned for Tuesday
Mrs. Sadie Cunningham 63 of The Plains died Sunday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after weeks of illness. Survived by husband Jennings and many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with burial in The Plains Cemetery. Friends may call any time.
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Sadie Cunningham
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cunningham
Monroe County
Windy Hills Farm
Amesville Road
Lancaster Street
Texas
Martha Pickens
Parkersburg
Jennet Cunningham
Belpre
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
Harry Hawser
Plains Cemetery
Court Fines Five Drivers In Municipal Court
Five drivers were fined Monday in Municipal Court after arrests by the State Highway Patrol. Lena Mae Kirkendall, 32, of 37 Hooper Street, faced $20 and costs for a moving violation. Leroy P. McGee, 28, Mansfield, paid $15 and costs for crossing the yellow line. Gladys Gaver, 55, 498 Richland Avenue, and Charlies C. Brown, 21, 45 Richland Avenue, were fined $10 and costs for speeding. Billy Dean Hill, 24, The Plains, also received $15 and costs on the same speeding count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Gordon Gray
Lena Mae Kirkendall
Hooper St
Leroy P. McGee
Mansfield
Gladys Gaver
Richland Ave
Charlies C. Brown
Billy Dean Hill
the Plains
Driver Denies Right Of Way Violation In Athens Court
Blaine James 19 of Athens Route 4 pleads innocent in Municipal Court to failing to yield to a pedestrian Friday. Bond set at 35 dollars for Tuesday hearing. He said his car stalled on Carpenter St hill and coasted to E State St intersection not seeing pedestrian Harley Headley 71 of 36 W State St who was struck. Headley suffered a knee abrasion and a minor thumb laceration.
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Blaine James
Athens
James
Carpenter St
E. State St
Harley Headley
State St
Gross Neglect Cited In 2 Divorce Cases
Lenora Johnson sues Charles Johnson for divorce in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect and seeking alimony. They wed August 15 1952 and have no children. Loren Warner seeks divorce from Esther Jeannine Warner married June 23 1950 in Rockbridge with two children in the mother’s custody.
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Common Pleas Court
Lenora Johnson
Charles Johnson
Johnsons
Loren Warner
Esther Jeannine Warner
Rockbridge
Divorce Petition Filed in Common Pleas Court
Wade Nanna seeks divorce from Harold Nanna in Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. They married in November 1938 in Ashland Kentucky and have no children. He also requests a restraining order to protect the Oak Grove Rest Home business and ensure equitable property division.
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Wade Nanna
Common Pleas Court
Harold Nanna
Ashland
Oak Grove Rest Home
Old Dam at East Mill Recalled by Co H Harris
The 1907 Hocking River flood destroyed the East Mill dam in Athens and it was never restored. The 1905 scene shows a mill district on Mill Street with the Barth Mill and a woolen mill near it. Otto Barth died in the 1907 flood. a Nelsonville cleanup movement followed to remove river mill dams in Athens and nearby towns.
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Co. H. Harris
East Mill
Athens
Hocking River
Silas Bingham
West Mill
St. Hill
Otto Barth
Dana
University Terrace Hill
Dan Stewart
Barth
Mill St
Nelsonville
Canaanville
Athens City
Point Area Man Kills First Deer
Point Pleasant resident Richard Morrison bagged a 176 pound six point buck at McClintic wildlife weighing station as West Virginia and Mason County opened the deer season. Huntington’s Charles Johnson led weight class with a 190 pound six point buck. Nine deer weighed in by 11 a.m. with nearly 500 hunters checked at the station, and Morrison, Johnson, and seven others named from Point Pleasant, Mason, Evans and West Columbia.
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Point Pleasant
Richard Morrison
McClintic
West Virginia
Mason County
Morrison
Charles Johnson
Huntington
Troy Southall
A. C. Appel
Johnson
Edward Carter
Cleo Reynolds
L. W. Daniels
Virgil Lake
Mason
Rody Harden
P. F. Thomas
Evans
Herman van Meter
West Columbia
Birthday Announcements From Sheltering Arms Hospital
Named families in Athens Nelsonville Newark and surrounding areas welcome newborns and note newborn daughters and sons. Recipients include Paul and Mrs Douglas Athens Scott LaFollette Rodger Cochran Nelsonville Earl and George Kaylor Newark Ralph Sayre Guysville Russell Cullums Athens Osborne Fulks Athens Route 3 Juliet Poffenbarger Judy Throckmorton and others.
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Paul Douglas
Athens
Scott LaFollette
Rodger Cochran
Nelsonville
Earl Starkey
George Kaylor
Newark
Ralph Sayre
Guysville
Russell Cullums
Osborne Fulks
Lawrence Bean
Florence Chalfan
Cora Bechtold
Ezra Henson
Judy Poffenbarger
Jeanie Throckmorton
Albany
Frank Murphy
John Vale
Carpenter
Gerald Koska
Kay Swart
Jacksonville
Route 50 A Accident Reported By Patrol
Slippery weekend roads limited incidents to a single crash on Route 50 A north of Sharpsburg. Emma T. Sephus 37 of Chesterhill drove a turning township road into Wilbert Wayne Hill 22 also of Chesterhill who was cited in Municipal Court for failing to stop within the assured clear distance.
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Sharpsburg
Emma T. Sephus
Chesterhill
Wilbert Wayne Hill
Sephus
Hill
Everett Roush fined for intoxication in Municipal Court
Everett Roush aged 58 of Guysville Route 2 was fined 25 dollars plus costs Monday in Municipal Court on a police charge of intoxication.
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Everett Roush
Guysville
George Lincoln Dearth Burial Services Today
Funeral services for George Lincoln Dearth 85 of Route 2 McArthur will be held today at 1 90 p m He died in November born March 28 1869 in Vinton County to William and Nancy Dearth He is survived by his wife Minte two sons Forrest and Eddie both of McArthur Route 2 two daughters Mrs Fannie Daft of McArthur Route 2 and Mrs Edna Daft of Columbus eleven grandchildren three great grandchildren two brothers Charles of Columbus and William of Carpenter and one sister Julia Canode of McArthur The Rev R W Huff will officiate at Putnam Chapel and burial will be at Elk Cemetery McArthur
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Vinton County
William Dearth
Nancy Murphy Dearth
Minte Dearth
Forrest
Eddie
McArthur
Hearing Slated on Cattle Care Charge
Delbert Mayles of Athens Route 3 pleaded innocent on an affidavit by Mildred Johnson. A hearing is set for 9 am Tuesday on charges he allowed four cattle and a buck sheep to run at large on a public road and unenclosed land. Mayles posted a 25 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Mayles
Athens Route 3
Mildred FE. Johnson
Mayles
Theft I Reported At Mason
Over 1000 dollars in merchandise stolen from Pickens Paint and Hardware Co. in Mason. Watches, guns, shells, clocks and electric razors taken between 3 and 4 am after breaking front glass and prying the door. Neighbor Charles Edwards heard noise and saw a thief with merchandise loading a waiting car. police investigation underway.
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Point Pleasant
Pickens Paint and Hardware Co
Mason
C. L. Pickens
Pickens
Charles Edwards
Edwards
Pomeroy
State Police
Amesville Man Bound Over Forging Check Charge
Far Lochary, 48, an Amesville man with a prior prison sentence, was bound over to the grand jury on a forged check charge. He allegedly wrote a $10 check to himself, signed Don Campbell, and cashed it at an Athens store after pleading innocent in Municipal Court.
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Amesville
Ohio
Far Lochary
Don Campbell
Athens
Real estate transfers filed in Athens County records
Denver L. White of Athens County transfers to Richard Lee Harris of Amesville real estate in Amesville. Julia L. Cable and others transfer to Edwin T. Hellebrandt of Athens real estate in Athens Township. Rossvelt Hughes of Athens County transfers to Jessie McDonald of Nelsonville property on Route in York Township.
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Denver L. White
Athens County
Richard Lee Harris
Amesville
Julia L. Cable
Edwin T. Hellebrandt
Athens
Athens Township
Rossvelt Hughes
Jessie McDonald
Nelsonville
York Township
McBee Plans Move of General Sales Office to Athens
McBee Co. transfers general sales office from New York to Athens announcing completion by Jane. F. H. Gibson R. R. C. McCormick and R. J. L. Lee will relocate with families to Athens while other staff move to Royal McBee offices at 2 Park Ave. The move centralizes administration and links sales offices across major U.S. and Canada locations.
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The
McBee Co
Athens
H. C. Davia
Davia
Rsonnel
Jane
Madison Ave
New York
McBee
Tha
McRee
F. H. Gibson
R.R. C. McCormick
R. J. L. Lee
Royal McBee Corp
Park Ave
Lee
Maplewood Drive
Davie
Tlso
Athena
United States
Canada
Ogden
Utah
St. Loui
Toronto
Wintry Day Ends Holiday As Ohio U Students Return
Ohio University students and area schoolchildren returned to classes under wintry conditions after the Thanksgiving holiday. Spitting snow and a near freezing morning preceded a bustling Athens, with 1400 city and county students back in class and 330 OU students resuming activities at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athens
Hamsey Run
CL. Colmer
U. S
Safe Driving Day Plans In Athens Declared
Athens Mayor Peter B. Seel proclaims December 15 Safe Driving Day as part of the national traffic safety drive. The city police chief and officials urge citizens to observe traffic laws and remain vigilant to prevent accidents on that date.
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Athens
President's Action Committee For
Peter B&b Seel
Tment
J. B. Grogan S
James Carr Fined for Speeding in St Albans
James Carr aged 11 of St Albans West Virginia received a ten dollar fine and coats after a State Highway Patrol arrest for speeding by Justice of the Peace Tucker in Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carr
St. Albans
W Va
Coats
Rock Justice of the Peace
Tucker
Simpson Tunnel: World’s Longest Railway Tunnel
The Simpson tunnel between Italy and Switzerland is rated as the world’s longest railway tunnel.
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Italy
Swtzerland
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Coolville Ridge
Main St
Point Area
Neil Mathews
Harrisonville
Irene Brookover
Coolville
Leona Williams
Thurman Tucker
Juanita Hogue
Glouster
Faye Magies
Nora McClelland
Samuel Jellison
John Thompson
Larry Young
George Lincoln
Mac's
Koys
Mac's Thrifty
State Entiiy Store
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Athens, Ohio
Deesié & Baritow
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Ven Dyke
Tee
Glouster, Ohio
Hickard Gutether
Nelsonville, Ohio
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Ageers
Ageery
New Montclair
Sppeder
Danison
Lee E. Busch
Obie
Logan
Athens Messenger
Aewii
Optometrist
S. Court St
W. Usion
Dial
the Willows
Lewis Warden
Southeastern
Jim Porter
Logan's Book Store
Vantage Press, Publishers
New York City
Federal Depowt Insurance Corporation
O.K
W. Washington St
Gallipolis
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