Cornerstone Laying for $690000 First Methodist Church
The First Methodist Church in Athens plans a Sunday ceremony at the building site to lay the cornerstone of its new $850000 edifice. Dr. John M. Versteeg leads the event with seven church officials and messages from national and state leaders read at Memorial Auditorium.
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John M. Versteeg
Ohio University Memorial Auditorium
Rush Elliott
William H. Fenzel
Building Fund Committee
Richard Nixon
John W. Bricker
Frank Lausche
William O’neill
Thomas A. Jenkins
Hazen G
Erma I. Anderson
Wesleyan Service Guild
Frank Batdorff
Church School
J. William Trout
Virgil Baker
Carl Nesley
Allen R. Kresge
Versteeg
Maxwell Ferguson
Charles Jividen
H. Donnell Miller
Wesley Foundation
Marguerite Appel
Potter
Tyler
Martin and Roth
Cincinnati
Baker and Coombs
Morgantown
W.va
Royal McBee Plans Center Expansion in Hartford
Royal McBee will locate a new research and development center in Hartford for typewriters data processing machines and electronic computing gear. Elmer H. Dreher leads engineering with Hartford as the hub while supplementary work continues at Athens Attleboro Hendersonville Seattle and European plants and Tally Register Corp. expansion follows Athens plant project.
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McBee
Hartford
Zenner
Elmer H. Dreher
Royal McBee
Athens
Instrument Development Laboratories
Attleboro
Mass
Royal Precision Corp
General Precision Equipment Corp
Rototyper Corp
Hendersonville
N. C
Royal McBee European
Tally Register
Jailed Man From Pennsboro Held for WV Authorities
Ernest C. Hiley, 24, jailed in Pennsboro for unpaid fine from drunk driving, admitted the offense April 17. Paroled from a WV institution last November, he faces parole violation detention at Athens once his Municipal Court sentence is resolved.
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Pennsboro
W. Va
West Virginia
Ernest C. Hiley
Hiley
Athens
Heat Reaches 90 Degrees in Athens Two Days
The mercury hit 90 in Athens on Thursday for the second consecutive day. At 11 a.m. today readings showed 87, while Rural Hamley Run reported a high of 87 yesterday and 79 at 10 a.m. today, according to U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer.
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Mercury
Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Dake Denies Juvenile Status In Vagrancy Hearing
A Wednesday Municipal Court session for Margaret Ann Dake of Norwalk Route 3 referred to a 17 year old girl in a vagrancy case as an ex inmate of Girls Industrial School. Athens police say Miss Dake was an inmate of GIS not the juvenile.
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Margaret Ann Dake
Norwalk
Girls Industrial School
Athens
Miss Dake
Clergy Leader Appointed Administrative Assistant to Ohio Bishop
Dr Harold F Kellogg former minister of the First Methodist Church takes on the role of administrative assistant to Bishop Hazen G Werner of the Ohio Methodist Area effective June 9. Kellogg formerly supervised the Lima district after leaving Athens six years ago. His career began in Wilkinsburg as an associate under Dr Sheridan W Bell and Dr John M Versteeg who later moved to the Athens pastorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold F. Kellogg
First Methodist Church
Hazen G., Werner
Ohio Methodist Area
Kellogg
Lima
Athens
Wilkinsburg
Sheridan W. Bell
John M. Versteeg
Salvation Army Plans Service at Athens County Jail
Salvation Army will hold a service at the Athens County jail at 2 p.m. Sunday for National Correctional Institution Sunday. Capt and Mrs F William Carlson of Cincinnati divisional secretaries will speak.
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Athens County
Salvation Army
National Correctional Institutional
F. William Carlson
Cincinnati
Driver Glenn Dale Chesser Fined for Unsafe Operation
Glenn Dale Chesser of New Marshfield was fined $20 and costs in Municipal Court Friday after the State Highway Patrol filed the complaint following an accident investigation.
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Glenn Dale Chesser
New Marshfield
State Highway Patrol
Mental Illness Seen as Challenge by Albrecht Speaker
Dr. C Earl Albrecht, acting director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Correction, told a workshop in Athens that mental health offers the greatest potential for progress in medicine. He cited an 88 percent rise in juvenile delinquency over seven years and urged support for child guidance clinics to keep youths from juvenile court commitments.
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C. Earl Albrecht
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Correction
Ohio
Ohio University Center
Albrecht
Alaska
William Harlan
Ohio University
Department of Sociology
Athens County
Maxwell Pullen
OU Department of Psychology
Beatrice Postle
Prof Morton Dies at 79 in Ohio University Family Ties
Prof Morton, 79, of Meigs County, died after a long career. He leaves wife Nellie A. Morton and three daughters Doris Shetter, Frances ONeill, Emma Trace, all OU graduates, plus a granddaughter and great grandson. Surviving sons-in-law are also OU graduates. Funeral services Sunday at 1 30 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery.
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Izaak Walton League
William A
Emma Dilworth Morton
Columbia Township
Nellie A. Morton
Morton
Ohio University
Egbert P
Doris) Shetter
Charleston
W. Va
Athens Hospital Admits and Discharges Noted
Admitted Amelia Conkey and Edward Cole both of Athens along with Lloyd Martin Lucida Coates Route 5. Dismissed Mrs. George Sheeter and daughter Nancy Vamos Athens Route 3. Also Mrs. John Shields Cleoria Mason Athens Iva McKinley Glouster Route 3 Andrew Jackson Chauncey Mrs. Claire Potts Glouster.
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Amelia Conkey
Athens
Edward Cole
Lloyd Martin
Lucida Coates
George Sheeter
Nancy Vamos
John Shields
Cleoria Mason
Iva McKinley
Glouster
Andrew Jackson
Chauncey
Claire Potts
Hattie T Kennard Rites Set For Saturday
Funeral services for Hattie Thomas Kennard of Chesterhill will be held Saturday at 2 p m at the Fawcett Stone funeral home conducted by Rev Max Donahue. Burial will follow in Chesterhill Cemetery with calling hours at the funeral home.
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Chesterhill
Hattie Thomas Kennard
Fawcett-Stone
Max Donahue
Chesterhill Cemetery
Athens High Students Attend Sixth YMCA Youth in Government
Two Athens High School students Max Cone and Clark Williams travel to Columbus for the sixth annual YMCA Youth in Government program. More than 400 youths participate in a three day model legislature with pre legislative training and over 100 bills expected. Gov C William ONeill addresses opening session urging citizens training. Lt Gov Paul Herbert Secretary Ted Brown and Chief Justice Carl Weygandt join about 75 state lawmakers.
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Athens
Columbus
YMCA
Ohio-West Virginia Council
AHS
Max Cone
Clark Williams
William O'Neill
Paul Herbert
Ted Brown
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Senate
House of Representatives
New Permit Issued For Restaurant In Union Ohio
The Ohio Board of Liquor Control issued a liquor permit to the Union Grill at 18 W Union. Parkis and Nick Parkis, brothers in law, purchased the grill once opened 37 years ago by Parkis' father. The Elk Hotel above the grill plans reopening with 21 rooms to begin occupancy in about four months.
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Union Grill
W. Union
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Charles Hanning
Nick Parkis
Parkis
George Couladis
Nick Dandos
Elk Hotel
Hanning
Caroline
Toni
Barbara
Columbia Ave
Forensics Professor Attends Baldwin Wallace Inauguration
Dr. Gordon Wiseman of Ohio University forensics department visited Berea on Friday to represent his alma mater Vincennes University at the inauguration of Alfred B. Bonds as Baldwin Wallace College president.
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Gordon Wiseman
Ohio University
Berea
Vincennes University
Alfred B. Bonds
Baldwin-Wallace College
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