Old Cases Dismissed in Move To Clear Athens County Docket
In a docket clean up Judge Franci White dismissed or removed 99 cases from the Athens County Common Pleas Court calendar. The clerk Phyllis Cross noted one case had appeared for 42 terms and many others for years. Dismissals came for lack of prosecution or being continued off the docket. some divorces ended with parties agreeing or dropping actions without court notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear County
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Franci White
Phyllis Cross
Charles Reichelderfer
Kenneth L. Blackford
John S. Wright
James Sigman
Credit Equipment Corp
A. Miller
Max Kineer
David W. Howell
Ralph Styron
Ralph Perry
Alex Ross
Virgil L. Bolden
Natalie Polifioni
Earl Shafer
Keller and Weltner Inc
State
Newt
Lucy Stevens
M. S. Porter
Louis Guy
Raymond Cuckler
G. F. Sturm
T. F. Cecil
Jeffrey Lee Ashcraft
Ardis Mansfield
Wilma Beatrice Clark
Robert Thomas Clark
Joann Levering
Margaret Brossert
William Hellyer
Brownfield Mining Co
Tom Wilson
Benchley Marsh Coal Co
John T. Pennington
Charles Howard
L. W. Dukes and Sons
W. A. Miller
Rusell L. Stover
James E. Doss
Joseph Dugan
John W. Cline
Harold Whitmore
Three Divorces Granted by Common Pleas Court
Judge Francis D. White signed decrees granting three divorces. One case cited gross neglect in two petitions, another cited wilful absence leading to a Hatfield divorce from Bettie Hatfield, married January 1949 in Columbus. Doris I. McCormick won custody and support of a minor child plus alimony. Margaret M. Steele resumed her maiden name Margaret M. Gilkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Robert E. Hatfield
Bettie Hatfield
Columbus
Doris I. McCormick
Vvncent J
Voters Who Move Should Check Address
Athens voters who registered during the city-wide registration and have moved should update their address at the board of elections office in the courthouse. This does not apply to moves after September 25. Registrants should vote at old addresses in November but update before the next election.
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Athens
Board of Elections
J. E. Barker
Fire at Steppe's Beauty Salon prompts city firefighters
Firemen were summoned shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday when a transformer on a fluorescent light fixture overheated and smoked at Steppe's Beauty Salon, 10 South Court Street. The defective fixture was removed by the firefighters.
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Steppe’s
S. Court St
Three Drivers Fined for DWI in City Court
Two drivers, Charles E. Campbell and Leroy H. Sullivan, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after a Route 216 stop by State Highway Patrol. Each was fined 125 dollars plus costs, given three days in jail and suspended licenses for three months. A Havdenville passenger, Benjamin C. Lanning, age 21, was fined 25 dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Buchtel
Charles E. Campbell
Haydenville
Leroy H. Sullivan
Inseminator Duties Begin in Athens County
Wayne Henry of Amesville started his duties Saturday as COBA inseminator replacing Charles Hibbard. Henry has completed a training course and can be reached via the Athens County extension office, per county agent Kenneth Ackerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Henry
Amesville
Charles Hibbard
Henry
Athens County
Kenneth Ackerman
Cross Petition Filed In Divorce Action
Solomon H. Adams of Nelsonville filed an answer and cross petition in Common Pleas Court against Jessie M. Shafer Adams in the divorce action begun August 23. Adams seeks return of household goods and an auto, repayment of two loans, and a divorce decree while denying gross neglect and asserting dutiful husband status.
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Common Pleas Court
Solomon H. Adams
Nelsonville
Jessie M. Shafer Adams
Adams
Nelsonville man fined for disturbance at Vinton Club
Darrell Tolliver of Nelsonville pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to disturbing the peace at the Vinton Club south of Nelsonville Saturday evening. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
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Darrell Tolliver
Nelsonville
Vinton Club
Ill resident at Garfield Avenue saved by rapid response
Emergency squad responded to 1 Garfield Ave at 12 16 a m Monday for Ralph Parry age 46 who fainted and fell ill. He had recovered by arrival and a physician was summoned to treat him.
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Fire Department
Garfield Ave
Ralph Parry
Murphy pleads guilty to allowing horses to run at large
Shirley Murphy of Nelsonville Route 1 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to allowing horses to run at large on a township road and on the property of Charles T. Hunter. He was fined five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Murphy
Nelsonville
Charles T. Hunter
Albany Driver Fined and License Suspended
Joseph Cooper Jr 21 of Albany was fined 125 dollars plus costs, jailed three days, and had his license suspended three months after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was stopped about 2 45 a m Sunday on Route 33 north of the city after allegedly ignoring a patrolman near the Valley Drive In theater where another motorist was cited.
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Joseph Cooper, Jr
Albany
State Highway Patrol
Route 33
Valley Drive-In Theatre
McBee Employee’s Son Killed in Ohio Auto Crash
Jack E. West of Dayton son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd West living at 35 S Shannon Ave was killed Sunday night in a traffic crash on Route 4 near Le Lourdesville Butler County. His father works for Royal McBee Corp and moved to Athens in 1954 to manage production research.
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Jack E. West
Dayton
Lloyd West
S. Shannon Ave
le Lourdesville
Butler County
Royal McBee Corp
Athens
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James O'Neal
E. W. Peoples
Mary Parker Nester
Marjorie M. Brown
Hubert Mender
Robert W. Stivers
Harvey Kittle
Mattie Kittle
Nelsonville Home and Savings Assn
Sarah Jane Swingle Dishong
John Ray Dishong
Louis Rogovin
Anthony Skolik
Herman Rogovin
Florence Skinner
Robert E. Skinner
Elza E. Coon
Ollie
Grace Shouse
Joseph A. Bissell
Roger Dean, Inc
Athens Home Telephone Co
R. S. Jones
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
L. K. Krieg
Wooley, Rowland and Bridgewater
Rhodn
Bob T. Willis
Doris Cremeans
Roy Cremeans
June E. Smith
Raymond G. Smith
Athens County Savings and Loan Co
Raymond E. Cuckler
Nellie Smith
Charles Everett Smith
W. H. Wakefield
Charles Bolin
Wayne Ward
Dorothy Chandler
Luella Wandling Rousey
Hugh C. Rousey
Athens Milk Sales Co
Leonard DePue
Mary Lou Rankin
Okey Pullins
Maurice J. Rankin
Roland H. Frazier
Shelby Mutual Casualty Co
Donna Mae
J. R. Huble
Virginia Hope Blair
Charles Martin Blair
William Wachenschwanz
Jean Wachenschwanz
Eleanor Mays
Blame Mays
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dorothy Brown
Monroe F. Brown
Royal Copeland
Elsworth Devore
Charles Lewis
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Mary France
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Gordon B. Gray
R. W. Finsterwald
Betty Silvus
Betty Silvus Stone
Florence Henry
Otto Schaffe
Edward H. Lasch
Hattie Achauer
Tracie P. Raynes
C. R. Jones
Earl D. Mender Sr
Walter D
Opal B. Duncan
Rural Natural Gas Co
Harold W. Parsons
Gertrude Lavender
Richard Lavender
Friedman Finance Corp
Arthur
Evelyn Hill
Luella Moody
Raymond Moody
Mary Ann Parsons
Winnie Mayles
Old Colony Insurance Co
Gilbert Adams
Paul M. Barnes
Raymond E. Duckler
Lester J. Watson
Henry C. Williams
Ohio River
Chesterhill, Ohio
PRUVO
Athens Pharmacy
Athens, Ohio
Cross
Jaynes Furniture
E. State St
McBee Employe
Houck
VanDyke
W. Union
Dial
Jim Farley
NEW York Life
Cline Bldg
Quick's
Logan
Sears
Alla
Keh Hs
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