Local Photographer Jon Webb Wins Special Honor
Jon Webb director of photography for The Messenger receives a Special award from Alpha Omega Chapter of Kappa Alpha Mu at a Sportsman dinner during the society’s spring convention in Athens. Gary Settle of the Chicago Daily News is named national photographer of the year for 1967. Webb, Logan native, helped grow The Messenger into national photographic distinc tion. he previously served Ohio University as staff photographer after graduating in photography.
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Jon Webb
the Messenger
Alpha Omega Chapter
Kappa Alpha Mu
Webb
the Sportsman
Athens
Gary Settle
Settle
The
Chicago Daily News
National Press Photographers Association
Logan
Messenger
Ohio University
Measles vaccine given to 1358 county children Sunday
Ohio health officials report 1358 youngsters received measles vaccine across four immunization clinics in Athens County. Counts include 657 at Athens County fairgrounds and 315 at Nelsonville-York Junior High School, 275 at Glouster High School, and 111 at Coolville Elementary School.
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Ohio Department of Health
Athens City-County
Athens County Fairgrounds
Nelsonville-York
Glouster
Coolville
Jim Yerian
Nelsonville
Athens County Medical Society
Grey Ladies
Athens
Welker named to police pension study committee in Ohio
Ralph Welker of Pomeroy represents the 27th District in the Ohio House of Representatives was appointed to the Legislative Service Commission Study Committee on police and firemen pension funds. The 11 member panel will review disability and pension fund conditions, funding methods, and report to the 108th General Assembly. Charles F. Kurfess, speaker, appointed the committee and chairs the commission.
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Pomeroy
Ohio House of Representatives
Legislative Service Commission
Charles F. Kurfess
House
Kurfess
108Th
Ohio General Assembly
Chauncey Group Schedules Tuesday Choirs and Scouts
Chauncey Junior Choir meets at 3 p.m. Chauncey Adult Choir at 7 p.m. Chauncey Boy Scouts gather at 7 39 p.m. in the evening. The notice outlines the sequence of activities for Tuesday events in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Boy Scouts
Ohio student runs campus bus service to aid students
Brian Kinney a junior from Brecksville took over Campus Student Buses started by his brother in 1965 to improve Athens area transport for students. He notes Greyhound copying routes and loading points near campuses while big carriers begin accepting vacation reservations and argues for better scheduling and lower costs. The PUCO has previously heard complaints from Greyhound and Lake Shore regarding Kinney and his family.
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Little Sisters
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Brian Kinney
Brecksville
Allen
Athens
Kinney
Greyhound
University Heights
Cleveland
David White
Miami University
White
Miami
Bus Lines Express
PUCO
Lake Shore
Births and Tributes Parade Across Pomeroy and Surrounds
A long list records births in Holzer Hospital news and names numerous families from Pomeroy Syracuse Gallipolis Racine Huntington and Point Pleasant. The notice names parents and newborns with additional relatives and local residents in a ceremonial round of announcements across several Ohio towns.
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Danny K. Harrison
Pomeroy
Charles Queen
Kerr
Ernest L. Blankenship
Huntington
Donald Walters
Ironton
Ethel M. Young
Gallipolis
Rodney Marhoover
Beaver
Timothy Gillespie
Michael Lance Jr
Tuppers Plains
Donna Marie Kay
New Haven
Dwight Pulley
Cambridge
James R. Adams
Charles Chancey
Syracuse
Ralph Pfeiffer
Wheelersburg
Dorothy Jones
James D. Reynolds
Point Pleasant
Fred Hampton
Athens
Thomas A. Clark
Dana Adramn
Thomas Commons
Eugene Glass
Dorothy Smith
Joy Henderson
Charles Holsinger
Racine
Billie J. Frost
Chester
Roger Waugh
Northup
Robert H. Eads
Rutland
Ernest A. Wingett
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Local Notices
Shelter ing Arms Hospital notes list admissions including John Barker Barbara Allen Richard Gaston Estelle Dutton Dale Morris Robert Schneider and others from Athens area. Several discharged names appear with addresses and relatives. A man, John Welch, was fined ten dollars on intoxication charges in Chauncey. Chauncey village council plans to meet tonight at 7 30 p m in the village hall.
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John Barker
Barbara Allen
Richard Gaston
Estelle Dutton
Dale Morris
Robert Schneider
Athens
Floyd Bennett
Kristi Merriman
Steve Tatalos
Victor Hudwell
the Plains
Wilbur McCune
Millfield
Gaylord Cook
Stewart
Terry Smith
Cincinnati
Walter Totman
Hazel Duncan
Glouster
Chauncey
John Welch
Charles Wadley
Gruesome Chambers at Wax Museums Stir European Curios
Famed European Waxworks known for gruesome horror chambers attract attention while U.S. wax museums routinely recreate key events and figures in American history.
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United States
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