Nine Weekend Traffic Crashes Injure Eight In Area
Eight people were injured in nine traffic crashes reported by the Athens post of the State Highway Patrol over the weekend. Notable injuries occurred in a two car collision on Route 50 Coolville Saturday evening injuring Luther Brafford and Thurman Deeter who were treated at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg. Other crashes occurred on Route 33 near Nelsonville Route 56 Route 75 and Route 682 with drivers cited for violations including left of center and unsafe operation.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
Coolville
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Luther Brafford
Thurman Deeters
Wadsworth
Brafford
Deeter
Nelsonville
Frank M. Jones
Columbus
George E. Binegar
Catherine G. Jones
Susan E. Jones
Greenville
Vinton County
Ervin Hangen
Buck
Justice of the Peace Charles Rider
Buchtel
George Dixon
Hazel Pride
Glouster
Dixon
Paul Galvin
Mary B. Casteel
Route 144
Hickory St
Phyllis M. Thomas
Richland Ave
Lawrence O. Swadner
Health Theme At Central School Study
Principal ideas focus on nutrition and health education in third grade at Central Elementary. Students build health themed displays, snack diaries, and parent books while self tests gauge habits. Teachers Pat O Laughlin and Jean White assist with the project.
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Juanita Clyse
Central Elementary School
Pat O’laughlin
Jean White
Pauline Collins
Mrs Channell Dies in Childbirth at 23 in The Plains
Mrs Shirley Channell of The Plains died early Sunday in Sheltering Arms Hospital during childbirth. Born in Glouster she attended Murray City schools and was a 1946 Plains High School graduate. Survived by husband Dale Slater parents W E Slater and grand parents Slaters of The Plains. sisters Nelda Culver Sara Slater. brothers Thomas in Korea Charles California Paul Lancaster. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at home of her parents with Rev John Devol. burial Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Shirley Channell
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Glouster
Murray City
United Brethren Church
the Plains High School
Dale
W. E. Slater
John Slater
Nelda Culver
Pomeroy
Sara Slater
The
Plains
Pfc
Thomas Slater
Korea
Charles
California
Paul
Lancaster
John Devol
Urial
Green Lawn Cemetery
Driver Cited After Mill and College Streets Crash
Police cited 55 year old William H. North of Sharpsburg Route 1 for failing to yield after his car struck a westbound vehicle driven by 17 year old Richard Wilson Hall of Athens Route 4 at the Mill Street College Street intersection. North faces arraignment today in Mayor Peter B. Seel's court.
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Mill
College Streets
William H. North
Sharpsburg
Richard Wilson Hall
Athens
North
Peter B. Seel
Hall
Mill St
College St
Crowning Feature Of Ames Carnival
About 450 attended the Ames-Bern Junior Carnival with receipts around 750 dollars. Ronald McPherson was crowned king and Madelon Clark queen with Billy Quinn and Marie Brown as prince and princess. Mrs Howard Starlin directed the crowning. Dick Clark presented a gift to Nellie Poolley, class advisor. Music program led by Mrs Charles McAfee. Grace Webb’s 10th grade handled serving.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern
Ronald McPherson
Madelon Clark
Billy Quinn
Marie Brown
Howard Starlin
Dick Clark
Nellie Oolley
Charles McAfee
Grace Webb
Five Jailed After Arrests Near Guysville
Five Athens Countians were jailed after arrests by the State Highway Patrol when a car was found parked on Route 50 near Guysville. Herbert H. Paul of Guysville was fined for parking on the highway and intoxication. Virgil Evener Gail Showalter Vernon Scott and Edna Haynes were fined for intoxication. Haynes was jailed in Nelsonville while the others were held in Athens.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
Guysville
Peter B. Seel
Route 50
Herbert H. Paul
Virgil Evener
Gail Showalter
Vernon Scott
Edna Haynes
Nelsonville
Athens City
Haynes
Elsonville
Frank Simms Dies Sunday in Athens County
Frank Simms of 103 West Union Street died Sunday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a heart attack. A lifelong Athens County resident, he taught in the county schools and later worked as a checkweigh man for Ohio Collieries Co., retiring in 1947. He was a member of First Christian Church and Paramathia Lodge 25 F&AM. Survived by brother Stanton Simms of Parkersburg and sisters Evelyn and Crystal Simms of Athens, plus nieces Mary and Sandra Simms of Parkersburg. Burial at Canaanville after services Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home. burial in Canaanville.
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Frank Simms
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Henry A
Ella Hubler Simms
Ohio Collieries Co
First Christian Church
Athens
Paramathia Lodge 25
F&am
Rozena
Stanton Simms
Parkersburg
W. Va
Evelyn
Crystal Simms
Mary
Sandra Simms
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
Gilbert Courtney
Canaanville
Rites Set Tuesday For Reedsville Woman
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Reedsville Methodist Church for Mrs Iva Mozelle Buckley 66 who died Saturday night at her home in Reedsville She was a lifelong resident and is survived by her husband Carl and four sisters Miss Mary Kibble Alexandria Virginia Mrs Edna Stewart Reedsville Mrs Edith Milhoan Parkersburg West Virginia and Mrs Alice Bramstrom Toledo Burial will be in Reedsville Cemetery Friends may call at the family home until an hour before the service time.
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Reedsville
Reedsville Methodist Church
Iva Mozelle Buckley
Carl
Mary Kibble
Alexandria
Edna Stewart
Edith Milhoan
Parkersburg
W. Va
Alice Bramstrom
Toledo
Band Tag Day Total Passes Expectations
Athens High School band collected 585.86 during a two day tag sale sponsored by the band. Director Edward Baas announced the total and noted the funds exceed the hoped for 500 and will buy hats for the band as well as support annual band trips to contests.
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Athens High School
Edward Baas
Mr. Baas
Weather Sketch {City} Cloudy Monday Forecast
Skies are cloudy with a high of 56 at 9 am after an early low of 40. Weekend temperatures reached 61/45 on Friday, 58/40 on Saturday, and 68/45 on Sunday.
Gridders Hitch Ride As Bus Breaks Down
Ohio University unbeaten football team rode with the 112 piece marching band after one bus broke down between Granville and Lancaster just after midnight. The band and about 30 players joined the trip to Cleveland and then Athens, arriving at 5 a.m. Sunday.
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Ohio University
Bobcat
Cleveland
Granville
Lancaster
Ohio Western Reserve
Athens
Legion District Conference Scheduled Sunday at Logan
Howard Kingdom the boards first vice commander of the Ohio department is to be principal speaker at the Eighth District Legion fall conference in Logan on Sunday. The event will cover 34 posts across eight counties with morning and afternoon sessions at the Legion on E Main Street. Harold Rowe Coalton district commander will call the morning session to order with Leveret Voris Logan handling colors and minutes read by Jack Milliken Coalton. Logan post commander J B Waldron will open the afternoon and introduce Logan Mayor Roger Friend for the welcome.
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Howard Kingdom
American Legion
Department of Ohio
Legion
Logan
E. Main St
Harold Rowe
Coalton
Leveret Voris
Jack Milliken
J. B. Waldron
Logan Post
Roger Friend
Births at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list new daughters and sons born to families in the Athens Glouster Millfield Canton Nelsonville and The Plains areas. Individuals named include Mr and Mrs Robert Mahn Mr and Mrs Herman Whan and Amanda Rist among others.
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Robert Mahn
Athens
Herman Whan
David Christman
Glouster
Willard Stanley
Albany
Rose Rosenberg
Lenna Wood
John Bennett
Amanda Rist
Canton
Martha Hooper
Worley Baughman
Issed Alfréd Hanning
Millfield
Cora Blair
Coolville
Robert Bledsoe
Louise Bobo
Cathie Tolliver
Tommie van Meter
Berlyann McKibben
Akron
Esther Dunham
Norma Cagg
Nelsonville
Eugene Docie
Gerald Lewis
the Plains
Clarence Leedy
Athens Forum on World Affairs To Feature OU Professors
An Athens attorney Clair E. Berry and Ohio University professor R H Marquis will discuss the impact of the presidential election on world affairs Tuesday at 7 p m over OU Station WOUI. They will be joined by students Frank Dilley Athens and Carolyn Donnell Gibisonburg.
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Athens
Ohio University
Woui Clair E. Berry
R. H. Marquis
Frank Dilley
Carolyn Donnell
Gibisonburg
Speeding cited for Columbus man James C. Bobo
James C. Bobo of Columbus, age 22, was fined $15 and costs after being charged with speeding. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol and fined by Mayor Peter B. Seel.
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James C. Bobo
Columbus
Bobo
State Highway Patrol
Peter B. Seel
E State St Speeder Fined 25 and Costs
Chester Sams an 18 year old was arrested by city police for traveling 70 miles per hour on E State Street in a 30 mile zone Sunday morning. He pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Mayor Peter B Seel.
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Stewart
E. State St
Peter B. Seel
Chester Sams
Sams
Mrs. Luella Cuckler Dies in Harrisonville
Funeral services for 76 year old Mrs. Luella Cuckler of Harrisonville will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Ewing funeral home. She died today at about 2 40 a m. She is survived by brother Emmett Mayhew of Harrisonville. Burial in Wells Cemetery at Downington. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Pomeroy
Luella Cuckler
Harrisonville
Ewing Funeral Home
Wife of Former Athens Pastor Dies in Worthington
Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Tacy Elizabeth Lowe 80 who died last week at a friend's home in Worthington. She was the widow of the late Rev. Thomas L. Lowe a former Athens and Columbus pastor known in Southeastern Ohio.
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Tacy Elizabeth Lowe
Worthington
Thomas L. Lowe
Athens i
Columbus
Lowe
Athens
First Church of Christ
Ohio
Colorful Burr Oak Lake dedication features bands and politics
Crowds along Route 13 for Burr Oak Lake dedication mingle with state and local politicians. Bands from Burr Oak region perform as Governor Lausche and Representative Jenkins tease a boat ride in a lighthearted moment.
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Burr Oak Lake
Evelane
Lausche
Jenkins
Rader Pleads Guilty for Intoxication in Jackson
John Rader age 43 of Jackson pleaded guilty to intoxication. He was fined $10 and costs by Mayor Peter B. Seel and sentenced to jail after unable to pay the fine.
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John Rader
Jackson
Peter B. Seel
Rader
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Natige
Tom Jenkins
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Tom Jenkins Dam
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Athens Carpenter
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
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