Appeals Court Sets 1959 Session Dates for Fourth District
The Fourth District Court of Appeals releases a calendar listing 59 sessions across 15 counties in 1959. Athens County sits on February 25 and September 23 with judges Collier Gillen and Radcliffe presiding. Other counties schedule two dates each from February through December.
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Appeals Court
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Athens County
Phyllis Cross
James Collier
Ironton
Roy D. Gillen
Wellston
William D. Radcliffe
Circleville
Coolville Man Ralph T. Henry Dies by Self-inflicted Gunshot
Ralph T. Henry, 52, of near Coolville, died Sunday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a milk house on his farm. A note cited despair over his wife’s death in a Frost auto-train crash a year earlier. Funeral set Tuesday at the Coolville Congregational Church with burial in Coolville Cemetery. He is survived by son Larry, daughter Lynda, his father Edward F. Henry, and brother James E. Henry.
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Coolville
Ralph T. Henry
Washington County
Ireland
Marietta
Ireland Congregational Church
Moriah Lodge
F & AM
Minear Chapter Oes
Guysville
Harold Shields
Henry
James
Fleming
Frost
John Elias
Larry
Ohio University
Lynda
Edward F. Henry
James E
Coolville Congregational Church
Freeland Norris
Friends
White Funeral Home
Safety Chief To Be Named In Athens County
Naming of a new chairman for the Athens County Traffic Safety Committee will take place Tuesday evening at Nelsonville. The appointment fills the vacancy after Jack L. Moore resigned and moved out of the county. The executive committee and health and safety members from the Athens and Nelsonville Business and Professional Women’s Clubs will attend at 8 p.m. in Nelsonville’s Episcopal church.
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Athens County Traffic Safety Committee
Nelsonville
Richard Kunzman
Jack L. Moore
Two Ohio University Students Plead Guilty
Two students involved in a Harmony Road incident plead guilty in Municipal Court. Timothy Murphy 21 of 61 Miles Ave faced a 35 dollar fine plus costs for improper backing while J McKee Fleener 21 of Shively Hall was fined 25 dollars and costs for improper pedestrian action. The patrolman said residents ordered them off property after an argument and the car backed into a ditch while attempting a turn around.
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Ohio University
Harmony Rd
State Highway Patrol
Timothy Murphy
Miles Ave
J. McKee Fleenor
Shively Hall
Driver Fined and Jailed in Municipal Court Guilty Plea
Dale Alvin Morris of Athens Route 5 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 125 dollars plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail and had his license suspended for three months.
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Dale Alvin Morris
Athens
Sheriff's Department
Man Denies Charge In DUI Case In Municipal Court
Ralph Taylor and G. Buchtel pleaded innocent in municipal court to a state patrol DUI charge. Bond set at $20 for Wednesday hearing. Alan Howes of Shaker Heights faced a city police charge for parking to obstruct traffic and posted $10 bond for Tuesday hearing.
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Ralph Taylor
G. Buchtel
Alan Howes
Shaker Heights
Sandusky St
Rear-end Collision On Route 33 Injures Driver
A northbound car driven by Kenneth Haning 20 of Albany was struck from the rear Sunday evening near the Route 180 junction in Hocking County. The other driver Donald Barringer 23 of Lancaster was cited by the State Highway Patrol for following too closely.
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Kenneth Haning
Albany
Hocking County
Donald Barringer
Lancaster
State Highway Patrol
Motel Unit Damaged By Blaze Near Albany
An unoccupied Star light Motel unit near Albany suffered extensive interior damage from a fire likely starting in a faulty transformer. Albany Volunteer Fire Department units responded at 1:45 a.m. labeled by Warren Foster Jr. of Albany Route 1. The fire damaged furniture and the unit’s interior. the transformer powered a neon light. Damage was estimated at unknown.
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Athens
Starlight
Albany
Albany Volunteer Fire Department
Darrell West
Warren Foster Jr
Albany Route 1
Clyde Hooper
Boy 10 Dies After Illness in Ohio Community
CHESTERHILL Phil Allen Riley ten year old son of William and Cora Belle Riley died Saturday at Children's Hospital Columbus after an illness that began Tuesday. He had encephalitis and was a fifth grade student at Mechanicsburg School. He belonged to Richland Ave Methodist Church and Cub Scouts. He was born 1948 in Chesterhill and survived by his parents two step siblings a grandfather two grandmothers a great grandmother and a great grandfather. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home with burial in Chesterhill Cemetery. Friends may call anytime at the funeral home.
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Chesterhill
Phil Allen Riley
Athens
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Mechanicsburg School
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
Cub Scouts
William
Cora Belle Wallace Riley
Cora Belle Petit
Cleveland
Allen Riley Jr
Ella Rossner
Florence Wallace
Margaret Riley
Nelsonville
Garfield Grimes
New Albany
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Dale Bumgardner
Chesterhill Cemetery
K O C Members Tour Columbus Air Base and Terminal
Athens Council Knights of Columbus members visited Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus for mass and lunch at the camp mess hall. They toured jet planes and attended the dedication of Port Columbus's new air terminal.
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Athens
Divorce Granted to Floyd E Butcher in Common Pleas Court
A Common Pleas Court decree grants a divorce to Floyd E. Butcher in his petition against Phyllis L. Butcher. The filing cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty as grounds. They wed in July 1953. Custody of their children is awarded to the Juvenile Court and Child Welfare Board.
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Common Pleas
Floyd E. Butcher
Phyllis L. Butcher
Juvenile Court and Child Welfare Board
Largest induction group enlists in Army from Athens County
Nineteen Athens County men formed the largest induction group in more than five years, boarding a bus to Columbus for Army service at Ft. Hayes. Thomas S. Jones of Athens led the group, with 15 volunteers and four regular registrants including James W. Smilie, Lawrence L. McDaniel, and Donald B. Shafer.
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Athens County
Columbus
Ft. Hayes
Said
Thomas S. Jones
Athens
James W. Smilie
Lawrence L. McDaniel
Donald B. Shafer
George W Sands
R. Leslie Cornwell
Jack L. Beverage
Roger L. Risch
Larry L. Bishop
Billy J. Jones
James J. Sweeney III
Alan L. McGrath
Raymond J. Misner
Births and hospital notices from Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Archie Dillie of Athens Route 2 a son and Mr and Mrs James Barrows of Albany Route 1 a daughter. Admissions include Mrs Granville Sharpe Athens and several others. Discharges note Clifton Easler and Brenda Tinkham among others and multiple patients with spouses and children.
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Archie Dillie
Athens
James Barrows
Albany
Granville Sharpe
Joseph Williams
Nora Watkins
Amesville
Paul Douglas
John Shields
Patricia White
Mineral
Clifton Easler
Brenda Tinkham
Chauncey
John Duncan
Dayton
Roger Cochran
Paul Chesser
Glouster, and Son
Jack Thornton
Wade
Poffenbarger
Darlene Foreman
Okey Mayle
Millfield
William Wagner
Everett Pierce
Charles Walraven
Yom Kippur Services Planned by Hillel at OU
Hillel Foundation at Ohio University will hold Yom Kippur services in Music Hall. The schedule includes Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Jacob Mirviss leads with OU students. Dr Herbert Lederer speaks Tuesday evening.
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Hillel Foundation
Ohio University
Music Hall
Jacob Mirviss
Hillel
Herbert Lederer
University
Father and Son Fined On City Police Counts
A father and his son were arraigned in Municipal Court and fined on city police charges. Joseph Dunfee, 34, pled guilty to driving while intoxicated and received a $125 fine plus costs, three days in jail, and a three month license suspension. Elmer Dunfee, 59, pled guilty to intoxication, fined $25 plus costs, with a 30 day jail sentence suspended and six months probation.
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Joseph Dunfee
Shade Route 1
Elmer Dunfee
Guysville
Youth Fined For Damages At Church Cemetery
Gene Williams nineteen of Frost Route 1 was found guilty in Municipal Court of malicious destruction of property after five youths visited the Clark Chapel Church cemetery last week. The four juvenile co-defendants were turned over to authorities. Williams faced a guilty verdict after pleading innocent and was placed on six months probation with costs and one-fifth of repair costs to be paid.
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Gene Williams
Frost Route 1
Clark Chapel Church
Sheriff's Department
Williams
Young Republican Club to elect officers Tuesday
The Young Republican Club will elect officers Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the county engineer depot on E State St. Temporary chairman William J. Abraham and secretary Joseph B. Vanity said membership is open to Republicans 17 and older. Refreshments follow. About 40 prospects attended a courthouse session last week outlining club plans.
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Young Republican Club
E. State St
William J. Abraham
Joseph B. Vanity
Mrs Grubb Dies Monday at 61 in Ohio Home
Dora Ethel Grubb 61 died Monday at her home 24 Hudson Ave after several months illness. Widow of Melvin Grubb killed in a 1936 mine accident she was a former McBee employee. Survived by three sons William Columbus Melvin Jr and Blaine all of Athens a brother Homer Wooten Delaware and four sisters Maggie and Elora Wooten of Coolville Edna Barkes Belrie and Elvira Adams Parkersburg W Va. Friends may call after Tuesday noon at Jagers and Sons funeral home with services at 2 p.m. Wednesday burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Dora Ethel Grubb
Hudson Ave
Grubb
Melvin
McBee
William
Columbus
Blaine
Athens
Homer Wooten
Delaware
Maggie
Elora Wooten
Coolville
Edna Barkes
Belrie
Elvira Adams
Parkersburg
W. Va
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
West Union Street
Youth driver fined for 75 in 50 on Route 50
Gary Litchman aged 18 of Shively Hall was fined 25 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court after being charged with driving 75 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 50. His Buffalo New York home address was listed.
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Gary Litchman
Shive]y Hall
Buffalo, N.Y
Summer Gives Way as Autumn Arrives at 9 10 a.m.
Heavy weekend rains swollen the Hocking River to nine feet with 1.27 inches in Athens and 1.36 inches at Hamley Run. Weekend highs reached the 60s while overnight lows hovered mid 60s. Summer ends as autumn begins at 9 10 a.m. Tuesday with day and night equal.
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C. L. Colmer
U. S
Athens
Hamley Run
AthJCs Plan Dinner at Sammy's Steak House
Members of the Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce will attend a dinner meeting at 6 30 p m Wednesday at Sammy s Steak House. A program will follow, said David E Neutzling, president.
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Athens
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