Storm Breaks Heat With Street Storm In Athens
A late night storm hit Athens easing a long heat spell. Thunder and rain cooled temps to 72 F by 9:30 am as power substation at Shade briefly failed. The month of August posted highs near 95 F and 3.79 inches of rain, while Crystal Pool closed after weekend activity with 315 swimmers on Sunday.
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Athens
C. N. France
Shade
E. C. Wyatt
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Wyatt
Jerseyville
France
Crystal Pool
Trial Set for William Lee in Gabriel Death Case
William Lee, 22, Athens Route 2, pleaded innocent to second degree manslaughter in the July 25 traffic death of 14 year old Harry Edward Gabriel. Arraigned before Judge O F Rowland, Lee’s trial was set for Sept 10 with $2,000 bond. The May Grand Jury also charged six others in the W Union St accident that killed Gabriel and injured Russell Tinkham of The Plains.
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William Lee
Athens
Harry Edward Gabriel
O. F. Rowland
Common Pleas
R. W. Finsterwald
Rowland
Lee
W. Union St
Gabriel
Clifford Gabriel
Lower Plains
Russell Tinkham
Plains
Athens County
Athens Entries Win Honors At State Fair
The Ohio State Fair honors included three firsts three seconds and one third for Athens horses and ponies. Mrs. Fred R. Beasley won first in the Harness Show Pony Stake with Windy Hill's Spiteful and took second in the Amateur Five-gaited Stake on Sheltered Genius. Vivian Flash, driven by Janice Jo Edgar, earned a third in the harness pony event, with Beasley earning additional seconds and thirds on other mounts.
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Columbus
Fred R. Beasley
Windy Hill
Athens
Vivian Flash
Janice Jo Edgar
Beasley
Athens County Fair
Civil Service Exams Open for Corrective Rehabilitation Posts
Federal Civil Service announced exams for corrective rehabilitation specialists with positions from instructor to chief across Veterans Administration hospitals and other agencies in Ohio Kentucky and Michigan. Applications available at the Athens post office with a closing date of September 30.
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Civil Service
Veterans Administration
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Athens
Temporary Alimony Granted in Divorce Actions
Marguerite C. Moore received temporary alimony of 90 dollars from Common Pleas Court in her divorce suit against Arthur R. Moore of Whitehall. The court also granted 50 dollars temporary alimony to Faye K. Secoy to cover costs. Omer L. Secoy of Vere Ridge was ordered to pay 10 dollars weekly for the support of the couple’s 18 month old child during the case.
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Marguerite C. Moore
Common Pleas Court
Arthur R. Moore
Whitehall
Faye K. Secoy
Omer L. Secoy
Vere Ridge
Marriage Licenses for Athens and Amesville Couples
Richard F Eugene and Shirley 19 of Athens marry Virginia Irene Butcher 19 of Amesville. Donald Bruce McLeod 24 of Athens weds Carol Maxine Van Nest 18 of Shade.
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Richard F Eugene’ Shirley
Athens
Virginia Irene Butcher
Amesville
Donald Bruce McLeod
Carol Maxine van Nest
Shade
Youth Council Meets in Amesville at Masonic Hall
Farm Bureau Youth Council will meet Wednesday at 8 30 p m at Masonic Hall. All young people and freshmen or over are invited to attend.
Teachers Sought for Indian Schools in West 1947 48 Term
U S Department of Interior notices recruiting teachers for elementary positions in U S Indian Service schools across Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Montana and Wyoming for 1947 48 term. Preference given to college graduates with rural background two years college acceptable in some cases. Open to men and women single or married. Salary about 2168 dollars yearly. Information available at the Athens post office.
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U.S. Indian Service
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
U.S. Department of Interior
Francis P. Frebault
Athens Post Office
Milk Truck Driver Fined in DUI Case
Ralph A. Colburn of Stewart was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He received 20 days in jail and a one year license suspension following his Sunday arrest by the State Highway Patrol on Route 50 near Hebbardsville. Mayor Franz Woodworth had previously fined him on a similar charge.
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Stewart
State Highway Patrol
Hebbardsville
Common Pleas Court
Ralph A. Colburn
O. F. Rowland
Colburn
Franz Woodworth
Firemen Tack Two Auto Blazes in Athens Holiday Weekend
Athens firefighters were summoned to two automobile fires over Labor Day weekend. A Delno Pratt car on Church Street caught fire at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday from a wiring short circuit. A second blaze, at 1:15 a.m. Sunday in front of the post office, involved William Cunningham’s car on Chauncey, also caused by defective wiring.
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Athens
Church St
Delno Pratt
Grosvenor St
William Cunningham
Chauncey
Two Athens Men Fined On Liquor Charges
Two Athens residents, Jerry Cavanaugh aged 19 and Jack Hershey aged 25, were fined $10 and costs each after pleading guilty to possessing open bottles of intoxicating liquor in a public place. They were arrested by city police Friday night before Mayor Franz Woodworth Saturday morning.
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Athens
Franz Woodworth
Jerry Cavanaugh
Congress
Jack Hershey
E. Carpenter Sr
Liquor Agent Beaten While On Duty In Portsmouth
State Liquor Control Department opens an investigation after inspector James Mears, 51, of Wood County, is beaten and thrown out of a Portsmouth drinking spot. He was treated at a local hospital for facial lacerations an ear wound and hand injuries.
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Columbus
State Liquor Control Department
Portsmouth
James Mears
Wood County
Wainwright Joins Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright has been appointed by Gov. Beauford H. Jester to the Texas Good Neighbor Commission. He will take over duties as a member of the nine person board after retiring from a 45 year army career on Monday.
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Austin
Tex
Jonathan Wainwright
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Beauford H. Jester
Wainwright
State Patrol Investigates 4. Crashes
Four accidents over the Labor Day weekend were investigated by the State Highway Patrol. Eldon DePew motorcycle crash sent him to Martz Clinic with a broken back, his wife with minor injuries. A Portsmouth driver escaped injury when his truck rolled over on Route 50 near Whitehall. Two other crashes led to fines in local mayor courts with defendants including Jack Jones and Virgil Shark.
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State Highway Patrol
Eldon DePew
Chillicothe
Martz Clinic
Pomeroy
DePew
Route 33
Rock Springs
Della
Mount
Boomer
W. Va
Portsmouth
Route 50
Whitehall
Wilber Grant Sommers
Jack Jones
Wilkesville
Jones
Herbert C. Dodrill
Marion
Thomas Hartley
John Crow
McArthur
Logan
W. D. Weltner
Virgil Shark
Haydenville
Shark
Dwight H. Rutherford
E. State St
Franz Woodworth
David L. Holbart
Columbus
Earl G. Davis, Jr
Franklin Ave
Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
Donald A. Johnson
Charles E. Mays
James E. Lomax
Weltner
Births and Admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital Note
Births record listing Mr and Mrs Rudolph Carter of Athens a son and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Cartwright of Millfield a son. Admissions include Judith White of Athens major surgery William Slater The Plains major surgery Max Edmundson Langsville Naomi Bond The Plains minor surgery Olaf Pinker Athens. Dismissals include Mrs Gomer Jones and daughter Athens Penny Coury Athens Barbara Cullison The Plains Mrs William Stevenson Middleport Cleo Crabtree Millfield Leigle Johnson Athens Bob Swisher Athens T E Dixon Athens.
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Rudolph Carter
Athens
Wilbur Cartwright
Millfield
Judith White
William Slater
the Plains
Max Edmundson
Langsville
Naomi Bond
Olaf Pinker
Gomer Jones
Penny Coury
Barbara Cullison
William Stevenson
Middleport
Cleo Crabtree
Leigle Johnson
Bob Swisher
T. E. Dixon
Real Estate Transfers in Athens County Nebeneath Ohio Listings
Multiple transfers recorded in Athens County include William and Eva Stalder to Donald and Beulah Radford for two and a half acres in Athens Township and Lott Bricker to Basil Cullison for lots 379 and 380 in Johnson Mining Company s Addition, Verity. Other deeds involve Bailey to Ira Whitmore two tracts in York Township and Ferguson to Willoughby in Inlat 1967 L H Clark s Addition, Athens.
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William
Eva Stalder
Donald
Beulah Radford
Athens County
Athens Township
Lott
Mary A. Bricker
Basil L
Garnet Cullison
Johnson Mining Company
Verity
Herbert
Clara Bailey
Ira Whitmore
York Township
Maxwell
Margaret E. Ferguson
Harry E
Jane H. Willoughby
L. H. Clark
Athens
Edna Lanning
Walter
Minnie Shaw
O. D Jackson
Glouster
Fred
Frances Hillsbrunner
Carrie Kirk
Trimble Township
B. F. Allen
Bertha Ashby
T. Longstreth
Nelsonville
State of Ohio
Katie Johnson
W. H
Dorothy Lowman
Wade W. Burk
Carl C. Buck
W. H. Lowman
Crandall Farm Sold To Automobile Dealer
John Oshel, a local automobile dealer, has purchased the Crandall farm of about 500 acres two miles east of Henderson on Route 17 from Smith. The sale follows Smith's earlier acquisition of the Crandalls’ land after its wartime government purchase nearby in 1942. Oshel’s former Charlestown Road property was sold recently to Circuit Judge Hereford of Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Homer
Smith
Crandall
John Oshel
Henderson
Crandalls
Kaylong
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Osher
Charleston Road
Hereford
Huntington
Livestock Market Active Cattle Prices Reach Highs
The POINT PLEASANT livestock sale showed cattle strong across classes with steers averaging around 1155 pounds selling near 24.90 a cwt. Grass steers hit top 26.90 while stockers sold 18 to 23.50, hogs 21.50 to 27.25, veal calves up to 26.80, and sheep prices ranging from 4.80 to 22 for lambs and older stock.
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Point Pleasant
Billy Rutherford Celebrates Tenth Birthday in Pt Pleasant
Point Pleasant reports the tenth birthday of Billy Rutherford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rutherford, celebrated with a lawn party at 222 North Park Drive. Favors included paper hats and candy. games and refreshments followed. Guests listed include Brent Pickens, Judy Snodgrass, Brenda Frazier, Peggy Rutherford, and others.
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Point Pleasant
Billy Rutherford
Carl Rutherford
North Park Drive
Brent
Carol Pickens
Judy
Karen Snodgrass
Brenda
Sue Frazier
Peggy Ann Rutherford
Carol Sue Machir
Mary Esther Tennant
Patty Buffington
Stevie Safford
Garry
Nile Minton
Richard
David Cromley
Dewey Tennant
Billy Blessing
Jimmy
Dickie Childress
Howard Lee Gorrell
Jimmy Therman
Wayne Robinson
Virgil Cromley
William Safford
Paul Gorrell
Zuspan Reunion Brings Ohio Couple To Kaylong Home
Mrs. Marie Purdum spent Monday in Huntington with relative Mrs. H. Co. Mathews. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ferry of Waldo Ohio arrived for the Zuspan Reunion at the Ezra Zuspan home in Kaylong. Mrs. Rideout from Richmond Virginia plans to stay longer as son Frank Jr. enters high school here.
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Marie Purdum
Huntington
H. Co. Mathews
Floyd Ferry
Waldo
Ohio
Zuspan
Ezra Zuspan
Kaylong
Frank Rideout
Richmond
WAA
WVOW
Frank, Jr
Three Fined After Labor Day Arrests by Police
Three men were fined on intoxication charges over the Labor Day weekend by Mayor Franz Woodworth. Pearl Burchfield 70 of 175 N Lancaster St was fined 10 dollars and costs after arraignment on an affidavit from Mrs Hazel Burchfield. Milo Bean 65 of 20 Wolfe St and William Jaynes 42 of Athens Route 3 were each fined five dollars and costs, with Bean sentenced to five days in the city jail.
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Franz Woodworth
Pearl Burchfield
Lancaster St
Hazel Burchfield
Milo Bean
Wolfe St
William Jaynes
Athens
Bean
LaGuardia_reports not doing well after operation
Former New York mayor Fiorello H LaGuardia was reported by his physician to be not doing very well while recovering from an operation.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Masons to Meet New Marshfield for Special Degree
Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM calls a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m to confer the Entered Apprentice degree. Visitors welcome, announced by S L Collins master.
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
S. L. Collins
Three Auto Wrecks Reported In Weekend Crashs
Sgt. Paul F. Thomas and Patrolman H D Coyner reported three accidents over the weekend along Route 17 Route 33 and Crab Creek. One driver Joseph Edgington of Charleston suffered minor injuries and was fined for speeding. Sobirski had a severe leg injury and facial injury requiring clinic treatment. Charles Shirley of near Flat Rock pleaded guilty to passing when not clear and paid a fine. No injuries in the Crab Creek crash.
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Point Pleasant
Paul F. Thomas
H. D. Coyner
Route 17
Henderson
Joseph Edgington
Charleston
Raymond Sobiiski
Edgington
Graham Station
Columbus
Jackson County
Shirley
Crab Creek
Kanawha
Two Men Fined on Traffic Charge in Point Pleasant
Clarence M. Newell and Charles Cartwright of The Bend were fined $25 and costs after being arraigned on charges of permitting an intoxicated person to drive and driving while intoxicated. The state police Sgt. Paul F. Thomas filed the complaint.
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Point Pleasant
Clarence M. Newell
Charles Cartwright
The
Bend
Newell
Cartwright
Paul F. Thomas
State Police
Plants reunion set for September 14 at Eckard Chapel Church
J. W. McKinney secretary announced the Plants reunion will be hosted at Eckard Chapel Church on Sunday September 14. He said the program would be announced later.
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Point Pleasant
J. W. McKinney
Plants
Eckard Chapel
Marietta Paints Distributed by Regional Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros Co Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co Gallipolis.
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Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis
Worthless $1,200 check leads to arrest warrant
Deputy Sheriff and a constable captured Robert C. Lilly of Beckley after a warrant was issued for a $1,200 check to Mason County Motor Co. Lilly allegedly gave a used car dealer a check that bounced on July 23. Prosecutor Rardin says Lilly agreed to pay but delayed for over three weeks before a warrant was issued.
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Point Pleasant
Toral Morrison
Robert A. Kayser
Beckley
Robert C. Lilly
Mason County Motor Co
Lilly
Florida
Motor Company
William H. Rardin
Rardin
Lela Fling
Non-Support Charged To Bigamy Suspect
Raymond Parsons held on a bigamy charge and now arrested on a non-support warrant by Sheriff Ernest Hesson. Complaint filed by wife Gladys Parsons on behalf of herself and three children.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond Parsons
Illinois
Ernest Hesson
Gladys Parsons
Divorce Suit Entered in Circuit Court
Point Pleasant Tuila C. Messick has entered suit for divorce in circuit court against Garland L. Messick charging cruelty. The couple, married in 1933, separated in July 1946. No children are involved.
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Point Pleasant
Tuila C. Messick
Garland L. Messick
Patrolman Bitten During Arrest Near County Jail
Four men Frank Wheeler William Dunlap Charles Mattox and Burwell McKinney were arrested for intoxication near the county jail. Mattox resisted and bit Patrolman Robert A Kayser on the arm as Sheriff Ernest Hesson assisted. Prosecutor William H Jardin will present Mattox for resisting an officer to the grand jury.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Wheeler
William Dunlap
Charles Mattox
Burwell McKinney
Mattox
Robert A. Kayser
Ernest Hesson
Kayser
William H. Jardin
Marriage license issued to Kessell and Reynolds
A marriage license has been issued to Harry Roger Kessell of Parkersburg and George Allison Reynolds of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Roger Kessell
Parkersburg
George Allison Reynolds
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Mill St
Bank of Athens
Athens, Ohio
Real Estate Home Loan Headquarters
the Security Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
Texas
State Patrol
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Court Brothers Produce
W. State St
Crandall Farm
Reunion
Marietta Shieldcote Enamel
Gibson
Athens Pharmacy
S. Court St. Athens, O
R. E. McCammon
Fco
Jane Parker
Marvel Bread
Joaf
Yukon
Whitehouse Milk
California
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
H. G. Householder
Tappan
Fawcett-Stone
Chesterhill
Evans Foods
Bic
Choice
Evans Meats
Colby
O. E. Clyse
Dan Bartlett
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