Four Injured In Athens Traffic Accidents Monday
Athens police investigated multiple crashes injuring four people on Monday. Shirley Hickman, 14, and Mary Thompson, 69, suffered serious injuries in a collision with Pauline Coulson, 54, driving the other car. John Hickman was charged with failure to stop. A 6 year old boy, Christopher Rowe, sustained a head laceration after a bicycle collision with David Kasler. Dewey DePoy faced intoxication charges after a separate incident and a hit and skip case. A semi driver left the scene of another crash on Mill Street.
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Athens
Shirley Jean Hickman
Sharon
W. Va
John R. Hick
Pauline M. Coulson
Millfield
John Hickman
Christopher Allen Rowe
Avon Pl
Eden
Jacobs
David Lee Kasler
Eden PL
Dewey DePoy
Guysville
Grosvenor Railroad Crossing
State Highway Patrol
Mill St
College St
Robert Mulligan
Mary St
Mental Health Conference to Feature State Leaders Oct 19
A one day mental health study session will be held October 19 at The Ohio University Inn in Athens. Leaders from Ohio mental health programs and state agencies will participate, with remarks by Judge Harold S. Ewing and OMHA chair Martin A. Janis. Reservations are with Mrs Black at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
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Ohio Mental Health Association
Athens
William G. Black
Southeastern Ohio Guidance Council
Paul Perkins
Jackson County Mental Health Association
Ruth Matthewson
SEOGC
Marvin W. McDargh
League of Women Voters
Ronald Mills
George Lovell
Ohio University Inn
William Black
The
Ohio
Mental Health Association, Inc
OMHA
Ohio General Assembly
Congress
Black
Harold S. Ewing
Elyria
Martin A. Janis
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Corwin M. Nixon
Lebanon
Donald K. Worden
Athens State Hospital
Eugene Capocasale
Zanesville
Ferdinand E. Fournier
Church of the Good Shepherd
Experiences In Viet Nam Described By Professor
Dr E P Lynn of Ohio University spoke to the Rotary Club about his three month stay in Viet Nam assisting Thu Due high school in Saigon under a teacher training contract. He outlined aims to improve high school training, aid developmental schools, provide facilities and teaching aids, expand high schools across four Military Districts, select students for abroad study, and develop non academic training at the high school level.
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Viet Nam
Rotary Club
Ohio University Inn
E. P. Lynn
Ohio University College of Education
Lynn
Thu Due
Saigon
Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Local Dismissals
Sheltering Arms Hospital lists multiple patients from Athens, Sharon, Albany, and surrounding areas with names including Pauline Coulson Shirley Hickman Mary Ann Kasler Maude Whyte George Sweeney Hazel Henson Christopher Jennings Norman Duler and others. Dismissals include Leslie Rollins Gene Gross Lawrence Brown Jerry Miller and Elson Hedges among Athens residents. City Police Chief J B Gorgan admitted to St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg. Masons to Meet Guysville Savannah Lodge F AM to convene 8 PM Thursday with refreshments.
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Pauline Coulson
Millfield
Shirley Hickman
Sharon
W. Va
Med Thompson
Mary Ann Kasler
Athens
Maude Whyte
George Sweeney
Albany
Hazel Henson
Christopher Jennings
Norman Dupler
Richard P. McKinstry
Leslie Rollins
Gene Gross
Lawrence Brown
Jerry Miller
Eric Dluhosch
Charles Snow
Thomas Nicholson
Shade
Elson Hedges
Earl Metcalf
Stewart
Columbus Day Observed By K of C Athens Council
Columbus Day marked by the Athens Knights of Columbus noting the 474th anniversary of Columbus discovery and the 84th anniversary of the order. Joseph Vanity leads a council of 100 plus at 169 Mill St with programs for Columbian Squires Little League and a bowling team. An October day in Athens reached 60 at 10 a.m. with a 42 overnight low and 71 high Monday.
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Athens
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Joseph Vanity
Mill St
Columbian Squires
0. S
C. L. Colmer
Judge Gray elected to Institute of Judicial Administration
Judge Gordon B. Gray of the Fourth District Court of Appeals was named a member of the Institute of Judicial Administration announced by Tom C. Clark. He previously served Athens city solicitor 1936–40 and prosecuting attorney 1945–50 and holds an Ohio State University law degree earned in 1931.
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Gordon B. Gray
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Institute of Judicial Administration
Tom C. Clark
Institute
Athens City
Judge Gray
Ohio State University
Ohio State Bar Association
Bar Association
Judicial Administration Committee
Franklin Ave
Firemen drill at Athens Country Club trains area crews
Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department conducted a drill at the Athens Country Club to acquaint firefighters with the area. Pumping exercises obtained water from the swimming pool and a storage cistern. The community banks will observe Columbus Day with Wednesday closures, except the Athens National branch at 13 West Union Street remaining open.
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Richland Area
Athens Country Club
Athens National
W. Union St
Bridge Repair Okayed in Lee Two and Road Hearing Planned
County commissioners approved remodeling and repair plans for a bridge on County Rd. 13 south of Albany with estimated cost 4595 and authorized highway crews to purchase materials. They also set a hearing date to extend a Dresher Manor road in The Plains area and will view the proposal next Monday.
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Lee Two
the Plains
Harry Dust
Albany
Dresher Manor
Plains
Athens County
American Cancer Society
Court House
Cancer Society
Teachers At Newspapers Class Meeting in Columbus
Two Athens city schoolteachers attended the third annual Newspaper in the Classroom seminar in Columbus sponsored by the Ohio Newspaper Association and the Ohio Circulation Managers Association. Mrs. Francis Fuller and Mrs. Curt Simpson represented The Messenger and joined talks by working newsmen, plant tours, and classroom demonstrations.
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Athens City
Columbus
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio Circulation Managers Association
The
Messenger
Francis Fuller
Curt Simpson
ONA
Southern
Stillborn Baby Attributed To Route 33 Crash
The stillborn child of Mrs. Janet Varner a 33 year old from Athens Route 5 was ruled a traffic fatality by Athens County coroner Dr. Robert L. Butts. She and 11 others were injured in a Route 33 crash near Deanville and she was eight months pregnant at the time.
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Janet Varner
Athens
State St. Traffic Lanes Are Painted
City workers began painting passing and left turn lanes at E State Street intersections Shannon and May Avenues. Left turn lanes for eastbound traffic were added previously at Madison and the Medical Center. More passing lanes may be added in the future.
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State St
E. State St
Thomas Chesser
Shannon
May Avenues
Madison
Medical Center
Democratic Rally Planned for Albany
The Athens County Democratic Party will hold a rally at 7 30 p m Thursday in the cafeteria at Albany Elementary School old high school Mrs Bessie Goodin and Mrs Wilma Allen are in charge of the meeting.
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Athens County
Democratic Party
Albany F
Old High School
Bessie Goodin
Wilma Allen
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