Five Accidents Investigated by State Patrol in Athens County
Five traffic crashes were reviewed by the State Highway Patrol with two drivers hurt and five arrested. Arthur Janchius Jr. of Glouster suffered a wrist laceration and bruises after his car left Route 13 near the Athens Perry line. Kenneth Fisher of Athens endured facial injuries when his car left Route 216 north of Murray City. Additional crashes occurred on Walker Road south of New Marshfield and County Road 107 north of Glouster involving multiple drivers. Homer L. McWilliams, jailed on drunken driving charges after a Saturday Fisher Road crash, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court and received fines, jail time, probation, and license suspension.
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Athens County
State Highway Patrol
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Arthur K. Janchius, Jr
Glouster
Route 13
Athens
Perry County
Janchius
Kenneth Fisher
Route 216
Murray City
Hocking County Court
Byron M. Barber
Carbondale
William F. Story
Walker Road
New Marshfield
Story
Larence Faulkner
Dayton
Rhoda Brennan
Springfield
Fisher Road
Jack R. White
Albany
Homer L. McWilliams
Hockingport Woman Marie White Wheaton Dies at 89
Marie White Wheaton 89 of Hockingport died Monday at home. Survived by four sons Sinsel Maxwell Paul Brooks and E W White a daughter 17 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services at Shaffer Parkersburg 2 p.m. Thursday with graveside rite at Hockingport Cemetery.
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Hockingport
Marie White Wheaton
Henry White
Parkersburg
Robert Wheaton
Moses Bottom
Jackson County
W. Va
Sinsel
Maxwell
Columbus
Paul
Brooks
Washington, D. C
E. W. White
Shaffer
Hockingport Cemetery
Mercury Hits 95 as Heat Persists Across Athens Area
The readings show continued heat with a 10 am observation of 81 and an early low of 69. Monday reached 93 with .06 inch of rain, just shy of Sunday's 95 in Athens. Rural Hamley Run posted highs of 87, 87, and 89 over the holiday weekend.
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The
Mercury
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Athens
Hamley Run
Glouster Man Fined For Removing Train Fuse
Virgil Francis Guffey pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to taking a lighted fuse from railroad property. Lt. Don Arbaugh of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad filed the charge. Guffey was fined 50 dollars plus costs, with half suspended on 30 days probation. The fuse is used as a flare to warn approaching trains.
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Glouster
Virgil Francis Guffey
Don Arbaugh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Guffey
Meigs Postal Worker Dies
Windsor E Stivers aged 56 former Pomeroy post office worker dies after long illness at Meigs General Hospital. Survived by wife Gertrude and stepson David. Services set 2 p m Thursday at Ewing Funeral Home with Rev Melvin Alkine officiating. Burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Windsor
E. Stivers
Meigs General Hospital
Stivers
Pomeroy Lodge
F&am
RAM
Gertrude
David
W. L. Stivers
Ewing Funeral Home
Melvin Alkine
Beech Grove
Mrs Foster's Mother Dies in Oregon
Mrs Rachel M. Smith 84 mother of Mrs S G Foster died Tuesday morning in Coos Bay Oregon after a long illness. Funeral services are tentatively planned for Thursday. Mrs Foster has cared for her mother for eight weeks. Mr Foster traveled by plane today to Oregon.
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Mrs. Foster
Mr. Foster
Oregon
Drivers Deny Counts Hearings Slated for Sept 12
The cases of two drivers cited for driving while intoxicated were continued until Sept 12 by Municipal Court. Stanley Mack Bolen, 53, of 119 North Congress Street, and William Lee, 35, Athens Route 2, pleaded innocent. Bonds were set at $200.
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Stanley Mack Bolen
N. Congress St
William Lee
Athens
Athens Police Auxiliary to Meet Tonight at 7 30
The Athens police department auxiliary will gather at 7 30 tonight at the department according to Chief Joseph Grogan.
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Athens
Department Saa Decadens
Joseph Grogan
1904 Homecoming book depicted Athens pioneers
The piece discusses the 1904 Athens Home-Coming pictorial by C. H. Harris, highlighting early settlers and notable figures such as George Norris and Christopher Sheldon. It recalls Main Street activity, berry patches near East State Street, and childhood scenes, including selling berries by the gallon.
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Athens
George Norris
Ohio University
McQuay-Norris
Christopher Sheldon
George Baker
D. B. Stewart
Leonard Brown
Brown
Aaron Dell
Russell Hadley Stewart
Stewart
Beatons
Welch
Curriers
E. H. Moore
Pickerings
Deans
Cochrans
Potters
Lost in Goosetown and College Green Days
Recounting a nostalgic snapshot of Goosetown life years ago with limits on venturing up street and to West Athens and Lancaster Street. The piece recalls apple stealing from sidewalk displays, OU campus ball games, quiet Main Street, dogs resting, horse teams, and a College Green ridge overlook with few buildings and hidden store basements.
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College Green
Old Cemetery
Martinsburg
West Athens
Lancaster Street
Main Street
Insurance Agents to Attend Convention at Atlantic City
Top producers from the local Peoples Life office will attend the 1961 agency leaders convention in Atlantic City New Jersey September 7 to 10, accompanied by their wives. The local office at 6 W State St is run by J D Wooddell with 20 full time underwriters and two clerical employees.
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Peoples Life
Atlantic City
N. J
W. State St
J. D. Wooddell
Plains Volunteer Firemen to Elect Officers Tuesday
Officers of The Plains volunteer fire department will be elected at a 7 30 p m meeting Tuesday. Refreshments will be served, said Kenneth Harvey, president.
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The
Plains Volunteer Fire Department
Kenneth Harvey
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