Athens Jaycees Name Fishing Derby Winners at Hocking Valley
Winners announced for the Athens Jaycees fishing derby held at the Hocking Valley Sportsman Club on Saturday. Sabrina Shoemaker won girls largest fish with a 7.14 inch bass while Randy Motter topped boys with a 10.44 inch bass. Robin Garrett and Danny Clark won smallest fish, each at 3.5 inches, and Garrett also led girls in most fish. Kenny Green topped boys in that category. Wayne Dowler received a tackle box prize and Paul Beasley a hamburger and fries consolation prize. Trophies were presented by Jim Frost and Ken Woodburn.
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Athens Jaycees
Hocking Valley
Sam Bennett
Bennett
Robin Garrett
Danny Clark
Robin
Kenny Green
Wayne Dowler
Paul Beasley
Jim Frost
Ken Woodburn
Derby
Athens
Chauncey and the Plains Jaycees
Jaycees
Two Cars Collide West Of Albany
A two car crash west of Albany left three women with bumps and bruises. Bernice Mapes and Della Butler were the drivers. Butler was cited for failure to yield the right of way. Brenda Dorsey was cited for following too closely after rear ending Michael Brown.
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Albany
State Highway Patrol
Bernice Mapes
Wellston
Della Butler
Cincinnati
Mapes
Frances Shepherd
Middletown
Butler
Brenda Lou Dorsey
Bridgeport
Athens Breeders Dominate Proctorville Beef Show
Two Athens breeders Arrow Farms and Charles Jeffers & Sons captured 20 of 40 top places at the Thursday open beef show in Proctorville. Arrow Farms, led by J. David Sturbois and Harry W. Williams, earned multiple titles including reserve champion female and top placements across bull calves yearling heifers and heifer pairs. Jeffers claimed several second and first places in junior and senior female and calf classes.
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Athens
Proctorville
Arrow Farms
Charles Jeffers & Sons
J. David Sturbois
Harry W. Williams
Jeffers
Glenford Steam and Antique Power Show Announces Dates
The Fifth Annual Glenford Steam and Antique Power Show will run August 14 and 15 in Glenford, Perry County. Co sponsored by the Glenford Lions Club and the Hocking Valley Steam and Antique Power Club of Lancaster, it features over 100 engines in operation, a steam driven saw mill with oxen, a steam calliope, weaving and pottery displays, a fireworks show, and lectures by State Senator Robert Secrest and U S Representative Clarence Miller on Sunday. Proceeds go to Lions projects. admission is 1. camping available.
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Glenford
Perry County
Glenford Lions Club
Hocking Valley Steam and Antique Power Club of
Lancaster
Lions Projects
Robert Secrest
U.S
Clarence Miller
OVIA Opposes New Federal Barge Tolls on Ohio River
Cincinnati's Ohio Valley Improvement Association registers formal objection to proposed tolls on commercial and recreational boating on the Ohio River. OVIA cites impact on 12 states, higher fuel costs, and adverse effects on low and middle income families while supporting rail and trucking industries.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio Valley Improvement Assocation
OVIA
Harry M. Mack
New York
Illinois
Mack
Ohio Valley
Gold Mines at Breckenridge Yield Near 1 Million Since 1860s
Breckenridge Colorado sits at 9600 feet near the Continental Divide where its gold mines have averaged about one million dollars per year for 111 years since settlement during the 1860s. At Boreas Pass once stood the nation's highest post office at 11482 feet with a narrow gauge railroad crossing the Rockies, now marked by an old log section house.
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Breckenridge
Colo
U.S
Boreas Pass
Rockies
Golda Meir Celebrates 50 Years in Palestine
Premier Golda Meir marked half a century since immigrating to Palestine with a dinner party at her Jerusalem home. Attendees included fellow emigrants who sailed from the United States in 1921. Meir was born in Russia and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Palestine
United States
America
Mrs. Meir
Russia
Milwaukee
Wis
Gnu Sale Offered by Natal Parks Board in Bulk
In Pietermaritzburg the Natal Province Parks Board offers 750 blue wildebeest to qualified landowners with a minimum order of 10 at 42 dollars per head. Pick up at Hluhluwe or Mkuzi reserves due to drought. In Austin, UT, Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick, UT professor, named fellow of the International Association of Business Communicators for notable contributions.
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Pietermaritzburg
South Africa
Natal Province
Hluhluwe
Mkuzi
Austin, Tex
de Wi. C. Reddick
University of Texas
International Association of Business Communicators
FFA Units Meet for Softball and Plans at Alexander High
Albany article reports the Alexander Chapter of FFA hosting Vinton County FFA at Alexander High School on Aug 9. A 7 p.m. softball game precedes a business meeting to discuss Athens County Fair exhibits and the BOAC program. Freshmen entering vocational agriculture in fall invited. Cleveland notes C&O Railway directors declare quarterly dividend of 1 per share, payable Sept 20 to record holders Sept 1.
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Albany
Alexander
Future Farmers of America
Vinton County
Alexander High School
Athens County
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Bankers Meet In Springfield Ohio Association Gatherings
Ohio Bankers Association delegates from across the state convene in Springfield for two days to map the coming year’s activities. Southeastern Ohio representatives include executives and officers from Farmers Bank Pomeroy Gallipolis and Jackson among others on committees such as agricultural operations and education. Local 1699 AFSCME invites laid off Ohio University food service staff to a Saturday meeting at Seigfred Auditorium with action anticipated on demotions.
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Columbus
Ohio Bankers Association
Springfield
OBA Council of Administration
Association
Southeastern Ohio
Food Service
Ohio University
American Federation of State
Seigfred
Oscar McGee
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DANA
SupeRx Drugs, Inc
Sarah A. Dalrymple
Cincinnati General Hospital
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Calif
Virgie Dalrymple
N. Lancaster St
University of Cincinnati
Teacher’s College
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First National Bank of Jackson
Doris M. Powell
Citizens National Bank
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