Ross Wright to direct Athens County Red Cross drive
Ross Wright named chairman of the Athens County Red Cross drive for townsships not covered by United Appeal. The May campaign was postponed from March due to other drives and weather. Assistants span several townships with a 1961 budget of 18,250. 63 percent stays local for disaster relief, services to servicemen, blood programs, and nurse training.
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Ross Wright
Athens County
Red Cross
United Appeal
Bernard Black
Wright
Long Run Road
Clarke Daily
James Hollenbaugh
Herber Little
York Township
Wayne Wiley
Trimble
C. J. Tippett
Dover
Carl McKibben
Waterloo
Albert Keirns
Lee
Clyde Parrish
Carthage Troy
Foster Bean
George Marshall
Rome
Watson Brill
Bern
Wayne Wingett
Lodi
Basil Coe
North Canaan
Alton Hanning
East Alexander
Athens Red Cross
National Red Cross
Dailey
Workshop Hears Panelists On Democracy And Aid
Pushkar Johari of the Indian embassy and Samuel Adusei Poku of the Ghana information service told Athens attendees that democracy requires broad participation and wealth sharing. They urged U S aid aimed at poverty reduction, not anti communist goals, plus technical assistance to Africa. Dr Robert Gilmore called for U S leadership in Latin America with long term loans and investment to build skills and industry.
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Pushkar Johari
India
U.S
Johari
Samuel Adusei-Poku
Ghana Information Service
Africa
Poku
Latin America
Robert Gilmore
OU History Department
Gilmore
Two Men Fined for Auto Looting in Ohio Case
Paul Fields of Columbus and Clifford Koon of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to five counts of grand larceny tied to thefts from cars in Athens County. Both fined 50 dollars plus costs and bound to the grand jury. Fields to begin term at Ohio State Penitentiary after sentencing by Judge Bolin.
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Paul Fields
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Carl Welling
Ward Cunningham
Fields
Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
Ing Co
Nelsonville
Athens County
Clifford Koon
Trimble
Kenneth Neville
Koon
Mansfield Reformatory
F. A. Patterson
Malta
Court Fines Four Drivers in Municipal Court
Four drivers were fined in Municipal Court on State Highway Patrol charges. Zoder Eldry Aswell of Albany received $5 and costs for speeding with two months probation suspending $30. Pansy Lee Byers of Glouster got $50 and costs for improper registration, with $30 suspended. James Kisor Jr of Millfield pleaded guilty to driving with license suspended and Wyatt A McMillan of Nelsonville faced unsafe vehicle charges. Kisor paid $20 and costs with one month probation, McMillan $15 and costs with $10 suspended.
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Zoder Eldry Aswell
Albany
Pansy Lee Byers
Glouster
James Kisor, Jr
Millfield
Wyatt A. McMillan
Nelsonville
Kisor
McMillan
Lane H. Sheets Forfeits Bond OverTrespass Court Appearance
Lane H. Sheets of Lincoln Hall forfeited a $21 bond Wednesday for failure to appear in Municipal Court on a trespassing charge filed by Edmund Settle of Luck Offs Store. The charge relates to Sheets parking his car in Settle’s private lot.
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Lane H. Sheets
Lincoln Hall
Edmund Settle
Luckoff
Sheets
Boy Scout Dwight Leedy Receives Life Badge at Court of Honor
Dwight Leedy received a Life badge during the Boy Scout Troop 55 court of honor on Monday. His name had been omitted from a list of awards in yesterday's account.
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Dwight Leedy
Boy Scout Troop 55
Spring day brings mild warmth to Athens morning
An ideal spring day was brewing in Athens as the 10 a.m. reading reached 56 degrees after a frosty start of 28. The previous day’s high was 61, according to U S Observer C L Colmer.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Three Men Placed on Probation by Court
Three men faced probation sentences after waiving grand jury action to enter guilty pleas. Gilbert Ellsworth Cross, 40, of Cutler Route 1, received a three year probation for forging and cashing a check. Fred Croston, 30, of Zanesville, got a three year term for forgery. Maxwell, 18, of Glouster, was given a two year probation after pleading guilty to auto theft. Both Cross and Croston had prior five year probations in Washington County on check forgery charges and were brought in on detainers.
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Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
Gilbert Ellsworth Cross
Cutler
Fred Croston
Zanesville
Washington County
Donald Lee Maxwell
Glouster
Iiau
Ex-Resident Cecelia Devitt Du Bois Dies in West
Relatives report the death of Cecelia Devitt Du Bois 37 San Diego California. She was born near Coolville daughter of the late Thomas M. Devitt and lived in Athens and Washington Counties. Survived by six brothers and sisters. Rosary 8 p.m. Friday Jagers and Sons funeral home. Burial 9 a.m. Saturday Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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Cecelia Devitt du Bois
San Diego
Calif
du Bois
Coolville
Thomas M. Devitt
Athens
Washington
Jagers and Sons
Mount Calvary Cemetery
World War I Vets Plan District Meet in Jackson
Annual meeting of the Eighth District Veterans of World War I will be held in Jackson with registration at 10 30 a m and dinner at noon. Members and delegates meet at the American Legion Home by 9 30 a m, where transportation is provided. Call Kinison at LY 2 1223 for dinner reservations before Friday evening.
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Jackson
Charles R. Kinison
American Legion
Kinison
First City Injunction Suit Heard in Sanitary Sewer Case
The first of 14 injunction suits against the city sanitary sewer assessment for Sanitary Sewer District 1 was heard by Judge Thomas Mitchell in Jackson County Common Pleas Court. H. C. Dorman’s case, heard earlier, features city witnesses and counsel from Squires, Sanders & Dempsey, with multiple named witnesses subpoenaed.
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Jack
Son County Common Pleas
Thomas Mitchell
Joe T. Klingenberg
Mitchell
Athens County Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
H. C. Dorman
Dorman
W. Parker Walker
William C. Rowland
Squires, Sanders
Four Athens Teachers to Attend State Meeting
Four Athens High School critic teachers will attend the Ohio Association for Student Teaching meeting in Columbus on Friday and Saturday. Participants include Miss Irene Hand and Mrs. Mary Vickery English instructors Ethel Woolf art teacher and Harold Lee math instructor. The annual statewide meeting covers problems in student teaching.
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Athens
Ohio Association For
Columbus
Irene Hand
Mary Vickery
Ethel Woolf
Harold Lee
School Orientation Program To Start In Athens High School
Athens High School will conduct its annual orientation program Friday for students in grades 10 11 and 12 Curriculums will be explained with each class and registration forms will be passed out for next year. Dwight Harold Long Jr of Athens was fined 25 dollars and costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to intoxication.
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Dwight Harold Long, Jr
Athens
Athens High School
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