Largest Pre-Draft Group Examined Leaves for Ft Hayes
The largest Athens County group called since the Selective Service Law reenactment left for pre induction physicals at Ft Hayes. A total of 38 men headed by Joe Stratton joined by registrants from Athens Glouster Nelsonville Albany Millfield Doanville and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ft. Hayes
Joe Stratton
Nelsonville
Stratton
Columbus
Gus Karageorge
Robert Martin
Robert Mansfield
Alanza Paynter
Robert Hart
Robert Hartley
John Nye
Paul Erwin
Paul Vercoe
Bernard Marcinko
Gaylord Lonas
Danny Arnold
Dana Zarley
John Bescoe
John Dodson
Alfred Conway
Robert Spears
Glouster
William Ross
Eugene Edwards
Roy Stimes
Charles Blair
Robert Windle
Rail Crossing Crash Near Wellston Under Investigation
State patrolmen probed a railroad crossing crash north of Wellston in which a Baltimore and Ohio freight train with 41 loaded cars and 48 empties was struck by a car. Three box cars and a gasoline tank car overturned. the auto was demolished. Driver believed injured was George Law of Hamden Route 1. engineer Victor Chainl and conductor Claud Conley named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Baltimore & Ohio
Chillicothe
Victor Chainl
Claud Conley
George Law
Hamden
Mother of Athens Man Dies Saturday
Mrs. Mary Herb, 86, of Conneaut, died Saturday night in an Erie hospital after a fall at home last week. She was mother of William Herb, a Messenger linotype operator, of 127 Franklin Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Herb
Conneaut
Erie
William Herb
Messenger Linotype
Franklin Ave
Herb
Saturday Auto Mishaps Reported In City
Police report several weekend traffic incidents at E State and N College and other streets. Drivers include Donald Stauffer 25 Euclid Drive and Casimir Schesky 24 18 W Carpenter. others parked then emerged causing minor damage. Mayor fined Samuel H Stanley 51 Athens Route 3 ten dollars plus costs after guilty plea to intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. State
N. College
Donald Stauffer
Euclid Drive
Casimir Schesky
W. Carpenter
Charlies E. Milliran
Fern St
Mill St
Archer G. Brooks
Athens
Eugene C. Stringer, Jr
East Green
Richard N. Spademan
N. Congress
Mary M. Mingus
Harry F. Efaw
Samuel H. Stanley
W. P. Mickle
Wolf Home Above Hocking Mine Recalled as county pioneer landmark
By C. H. Harris a large brick residence above the Hocking Mine at The Plains recalls Christopher Wolf a major landowner and early citizen. The Wolf family built the house about 110 years ago with bricks made on site. Wolves fostered farming milling and trading in The Plains area and the Stiers Haydenville tracts. The piece notes Wolf’s family lineage graveyard and local pioneer graves including Revolutionary War soldier Matthew Dorr War of 1812 veteran John Coe and Mexican War participant Christopher Armitage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
the Plains
Christopher Wolf
Wolf’s Plains
Hocking County
Joseph Dorr
Plains
Night Club
Wolfs
Starr Township
Stiers Farm
Haydenville
George
Ohio Country
Pennsylvania
Ames Township
Marietta
Stiers
Wolf
The
Hocking Mine
Matthew Dorr
John Coe
Christopher Armitage
Hocking Valley
Safety upgrades urged for Gilchrist mine at Sharpsburg
A Bureau of Mines re inspection report endorses safer blasting rock dusting and other safeguards at the Gilchrist Coal and Trucking Co mine in Sharpsburg run by A W Gilchrist. Inspector J B Vanity notes 35 workers and 175 tons daily during August audit and backs ventilation surface fan placement air locks and better lighting while urging prohibition of smoking and use of permissible explosives and cap lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilchrist
Sharpsburg
A. W. Gilchrist Coal and Trucking Co
Bureau of Mines
J. B. Vanity
Athens County
Yanity
Athens Woman's Sister Dies at Belpre
Mrs. Denver Newton, 59, of Belpre, died Sunday night at Camden-Clark Hospital after a heart attack a week earlier. Survived by sister Mrs. William Mansfield of Stewart Street and brothers Dan Fish of Carlton Michigan and James Fish of Bound Brook New Jersey. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Belpre Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Newton
Belpre
Camden- Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Mansfield
Stewart St
Dan Fish
Carlton
Mich
James Fish
Boundbrook
N. J
Belpre Methodist Church
Slight Damage Crash on Route 33 at Shade
State Police report a two car collision on Route 33 at Shade with minor damage and no injuries. Drivers were Samuel Kembrick 34 of Cambridge and Herbert Daley 36 of Flora. Daley reportedly started to pass as Kembrick began to pass a preceding vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route
Shade
Samuel Kembrick
Cambridge
Herbert Daley
Flora
Daley
Kembrick
Refrigerator Motor Fire at James White Residence
A short circuit ignited a fire in the motor of a refrigerator at 157 Grosvenor St belonging to James White. Fire crews arrived at 6:13 a.m. and the incident caused about 75 dollars in motor damage as reported by Fire Chief Clarence A. Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James White
Grosvenor St
Clarence A. Parker
Local Birth and Family Notices Digest
A compilation of birth and family notices listing names and residences such as Mr and Mrs Earl Brown Millfield. Mr and Mrs Walton Davies Athens with twins. Mr and Mrs Gerald Reeves Carpenter with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Stephen Hamilton Athens Route 3 with a son. Willard Oxley Albany with a daughter. Mary Williams Guysville Route. Gaynelle Welch The Plains. William D Dewey Millfield Route 1. Ernest Judd Skinner Millfield. Ralph Stover Cutler Route 1. Mrs Eva McDaniel Athens. Mrs Bessie Snider New Marsh. Dean Easler Trimble Route 1. Clifton Linscott Trimble Route. eatty Albany and Mrs Robert s daughter. Gary Grace Chauncey. James Meryil Bapble Middleport. Ladie Fulton Athens. James Barnes Millfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Brown
Millfield
Walton Davies
Athens
Gerald Reeves
Carpenter
Stephen Hamilton
Willard Oxley
Albany
Gaynelle Welch
the Plains
Willam D. Dewey
Ernest Judd Skinner
Ralph Stover
Cutler
Eva McDaniel
Bessie Snider
New Marshfield
Dean Easler
Trimble
Clifton Linscott
Gary Grace
Chauncey
James Meryil Bapble
Middleport
Ladie Fulton
James Barnes
Area Soldier Being Treated for Wounds
Cpl. Bernard C. Richardson of Athens Route 3 arrives at Brooke Army Medical Center with other Korean War casualties. He served with the Second Infantry Division and was wounded in action on Sept. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort San Houston
Tex
Bernard C. Richardson
Porter Richardson
Athens
Brooke Army Medical Center
Corporal Richardson
Second Infantry Division
Iis
Witnesses Called As Grand Jury Term Begins
The October term grand jury opens with 90 witnesses subpoenaed for a three day session. Prosecuting Attorney James Shumaker brings four more witnesses as he starts his first term. Forty three cases slated. jury of nine men and six women. Foreman Sol Rosenberg of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shumaker
Harley Meyer
Sol Rosenberg
Athens
Grace Cotton
Porter Dicken
Elza Graham
Morton Pairan
Ethel Knight
Thelma Hutchins
Nelsonville
Anna Jeffers
Emmett Hulbert
Inez Wade
Clarence Throckmorton
Albany
Leonard Meyers
Robert Beckler
Kimberly
Urban Parker
Carbondale
Leona Orme
Jacksonville
Graham
Ernest Bowles
J. W. McBride
Burns Ervin
Fred James
D. H. Goff
Laura Steinmetz
Elmo Steinmetz
J. B. Grogan
W. P. Mickle
George Bateman
Mamie Pincelli
Frank Joyce
James 8. Gibbs
Richard McClung
Roger Jones, Sr
Fred Sands
Alvin Kosch
Homer Barnhart
Robert Blackmore
Pearl Frost
Glouster
Florence Skinner
Frank Pughline
Joseph Pughline
Thomas Jewell
Elizabeth Jewell
William Stephenson
James Waldeck
Hannah Rankin
Frank Ebner
Sharpsburg
Bobby Rush
Alva Mayle
John Kennedy
Julius Mayle
Wade Johnson
Marion W .Norris
Trimble
Betty Orme
James Yocum
C. V. Wingo
Mack R. Braley
Wiley Chubb
Ray Graham
Zaleski—O
Atkinson
Hamden H. B. Tripp
Bill Gregory
Millfield
Elizabeth
Farmer shoots two youths during melon raid at Hooper Ridge
Sheriff reports Clifton Linscott, 20, and Dean Kasler, 19, were wounded by Orville Boudinot while stealing melons near his farm on Hooper Ridge. About 100 and 75 buckshot hits were recorded on the two, who were treated inSheltering Arms Hospital in good condition. Authorities continue investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper Ridge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
George Bateman
Clifton Linscott
Dean Kasler
Trimble Route 1
Orville Boudinot
Bateman
Linscott
Easler
Boudinot
Melon
Kasler
Legion District Fall Conference At Wilkesville
Twenty six Athens residents attended the American Legion Eighth District Fall Conference at Wilkesville. The event opened with remarks by Frank Gray and was hosted by Joseph Freeman Post 476 with a lunch on the grounds. Speakers included C W Whitemeyer, Father Richard Connelly, James Wagenseller, and William Stewart, with entertainment by the Pomeroy Drum and Bugle Corps. Mayor Jess McElroy gave an address of welcome. Athens attendees listed include James Mm Vercoe Ben L Williams Nolan H Mace Paul Lewis W R Shafer Tom Ruth Everett Barnhart John Cox Fa LaVelle C J Ailstock Clyde Jones and Sam Alvarez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
American Legion
Eighth District
Wilkesville
Joseph Freeman
C. Www. Whitemeyer
Richard Connelly
James Wagenseller
William Stewart
Frank Gray
Pomeroy
Jess McElroy
Athens Legionnaires
James Mm. Vercoe
Ben L., Williams
Nolan H. Mace
Paul Lewis
W. R. Shafer
Tom Ruth
Everett Barnhart
John Cox
Fa LaVelle
C. J. Ailstock
Clyde Jones
Sam Alvarez
Athens County Realty Transfers Highlight Local Property Moves
Charles F. Anderson transfers to Day Steward in Albany for Athens property. Day M. Steward and wife deed to Robert H. Bullock and wife of Athens. Julia L. Cable and others sell to Richard L. Blosser and wife of Athens. Charles Abbott and wife to Harold Abbott and wife Route 2 Athens property in Waterloo Township. Nellie E. Wheaton sells to Wilbur R. Linscott and wife Athens property in Athens Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Anderson
Day Steward
Albany
Athens
Day M. Steward
Robert H. Bullock
Julia L. Cable
Richard L. Blosser
Charles Abbott
Harold Abbott
Waterloo Township
Nellie E. Wheaton
Wilbur R Linscott
Athens Township
Ideal Weather Continues With Warm Weekend Skies
The week end ended with balmy conditions as Saturday hit 76 degrees and Sunday 75. Lows cooled to 50 degrees on Saturday and 48 on Sunday, signaling continued pleasant weather into Monday.
Parker Rites Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Morris Parker 66 of Grass Valley California are planned Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock at Pleasanton Church conducted by Rev E C Kenney. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery and the funeral party is to arrive Monday noon at Jagers funeral home where friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Parker
Grass Valley
Calif
PD. c. Parker
Pleasanton
J. P. Calderwood
Jess Pierce
W. D. Wildes
Athens
B. H. Biddle
Lancaster
Te Pleasanton Church
E. C Kenney
Jagers Funeral Home
Traffic fine for driver from Shade
A driver from Shade identified as Steetiere, 28, was fined for a traffic violation involving driving without a valid license and insurance. The case lists the offense as improper operation and legal penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steetiere
Shade
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Selective Service
Draft Board
AETI
L. E. White
Shannon Ave
Woolley Funeral Home
MBUL
LANCE
Oscar Fulton
W. Washington St
Johnny
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Ohio
C. H. Harris
Mildred Grubb
Mary Williams
Guysville
Robert
Eatty
Rober Labus
H. G. Householder
Legion Meet
Athens County Realty
Parker
Underwood
Union Printing
E. Washington St. Athens
Athens Home Telephone Company
Williamson Furnace
Williamson
Abe Stecker
Ohig
Williamson Gas
Williamson Coal
Williamson Oi
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Avy
Walburn Funeral Home
Avera
Daltonaghens
Ander G
Sells
Eco
Athens Home Telephone CO
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