Fair Opens At Athens County Fair Amid Weather Watch
The 121st Athens County Fair opens at 3 p.m. with potential rain threats as forecasters call for thundershowers. Wayne Wingett, Fair Board president, notes plans to cover the LeFevres if needed and describes a busy first day with rides open and livestock exhibits progressing. The program includes cattle judging Wednesday, 4-H style review, a dog evaluation, and the crowning of the junior fair queen at 7:30 p.m.
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Athens County Fair
Fair Board
Wayne Wingett
Wingett
Gambill Amusement
Deborah Burkhammer
Coolville
Area Death Notices Reach Across Multiple Ohio Towns
Pennsville resident Myers J. Van Fossen died at home at 69. Survived by wife Golda and five daughters, a son, 20 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Services at Fawcett Stone Funeral Home Chesterhill with burial in Pennsville Cemetery. Also reported are death notices for William Worden in Muskegon and Rufus Wright in Nelsonville, plus multiple obituaries across Letart New Haven McArthur Kingston with details on survivors and funeral arrangements.
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Pennsville
Myers J. van Fossen
James William
Madge Kirby van Fossen
Order of Eagles
van Fossen
Golda Wagoner
Paul
Helen) Wood
James
Jane) Smith
Bexley
Philip
Sue) Reger
Columbus
Gerald
Scarlett) Galliger
Xenia
Richard
Nanci) Shriver
Malta
James W. van Fossen
Glouster
Fawcett-Stone Funeral Home
Chesterhill
Claude Davis
Pennsville Cemetery
Muskegon
Mich
William Worden
Hackley Hospital
Athens County
Clara Schoonover Worden
Elizabeth Adkins
Nell Humphrey
Chicago
Louis Hooker
St. Jean’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Nelsonville
Rufus W. Wright
Stratton
Fayette Street
Mr. Wright
Greenbriar County
W. Va
Lafe
Cora Wright
Marie
Robert
Buckeye Lake
Ralph
Worthington
Delma Lennigar
Thelma Moody
Edith Whiteman
Elmer
Harry
Bennie
Smuel
West Virginia
Chess
Ethel
Johnson Funeral Home
Ivan Pullin
Boyd Reeves
Duncan St
Toledo
Mary Wend Reeves
Asher C. Reeves
Reeves
Helen
Scott
Mildred Carlin
Custer Wend
Rodney Reeves
Chester Reeves
Anesberg Funeral Home
Sylvania Avenue
Letart
Ocie Mae Oldaker
Holzer Hospital
Oldaker
Broadrun
Ill
Ellen DeVault
Sycamore
Herbert
John
Edwin
Garland King
Susan Edwards
New Haven
Foglesong
Mason
John Haeberle
Broadrun Lutheran Church
Foglesong Funeral Home
Goldie Grimm
Susie Boston
Minnie Roush
Susie Adkins
Huntington
James N. Blower
McArthur
Hamden
Kingston
Herbert Kempton
Hill
Kingston Cemetery
Kempton
Trimble
Penton
Chillicothe
Loren
Pearl) Parker
Albany
Training Completed By Officers
Local law enforcement officers completed advanced seminars at Hocking Technical College. The program covered police management, criminal investigation, fingerprinting and autolarceny with participants including Howard Falk Dan Clark Jim Ator Thomas Thomas William Kane Robert Guinn John Hicks Foster Coe David Cogar Boyd Sinclair James Deardorff Clyde Beasley and Ted Jones from Athens Police Department Athens County Sheriff and security units.
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Hocking Technical College
Howard Falk
Dan Clark
Jim Ator
Thomas Thomas
William Kane
Robert Guinn
Ohio University Security Police
John Hicks
Foster Coe
Athens County Sheriff’s Department
David Cogar
Boyd Sinclair
James Deardorff
Clyde Beasley
Ted Jones
Athens Police Department
Teen GOP Meet Set in Athens at City Hall
The Athens Teenage Republican Club will meet Thursday at 7 00 p m in the jury room of Municipal Court on the second floor of City Hall. Speakers James Shipman and Jerry Wilson lead the event with Shipman as GOP executive chair and Wilson as county finance chairman. Open to area teenagers. contact Bob Gall at 593-6431.
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Athens
Republican Club
Municipal Court
City Hall
James Shipman
Jerry Wilson
Shipman
Athens County Gop
Wilson
Bob Gall
Meigs County Democrats to Meet in Pomeroy Thursday
The Meigs County Democrat Executive Committee will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Parish House Pomeroy. Speakers include John Halliday Gallipolis for state representative Mary Martin for Meigs County Clerk of Courts and William Snouffer Pomeroy and Joe Dennison Middleport for County Commissioner seats. Ernest Wingett announces. he will report on the Miami Florida Democratic Convention if time permits.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Democrat Executive Committee
Grace Episcopal Parish
John Halliday
Gallipolis
Mary Martin
William Snouffer
Joe Dennison
Middleport
Ernest Wingett
Wingett
Miami
Fla
Mason Plans Softball Tournament
Mason Little League sponsors a 16 team double elimination softball event on August 26-27 with finals September 2-4. Trophies awarded to top three. entry is 25 dollars plus two Dudley baseballs. Contact directors Bob Oliver Charles Stanley or Red Tucker for entry. Refreshments served at the Mason Drive-In diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Mason Little League
Dudley
Bob Oliver
Charles Stanley
Red Tucker
Mason Drive-In
Water Shutoff Affects Mason Route To Adamsville Cemetery
Water will be turned off Wednesday in Mason from Folglesong Funeral Home to Adamsville Cemetery for a hydrant replacement. The outage starts at 1 p.m. Local crews will perform the maintenance.
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Mason
Folglesong Funeral
Adamsville
Wellston School Budget Hearing Sets 1973 Revenue View
Wellston city school board held a special meeting for a public hearing on the 1973 budget. Anticipated general fund revenue stands around 1,382,000, up from 1,365,000 in 1972, with estimated receipts including general property taxes.
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Joann Hunter
Wellston
Wellston City School
Five Hurt In Route 7 Accident Near Middleport
Five people were injured in a two car crash at Route 7 and Hobson Road near Middleport at 1 45 PM Monday. James Finkinson 77 Huntington drove onto Route 7 failing to stop into Loren Neal 18 Bidwell. All were taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital Pomeroy for minor contusions bruises and lacerations. Finkinson cited for failure to yield.
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Middleport
Hobson Road
State Patrol
James Finkinson
Huntington
Loren Neal
Bidwell
Finlinson
Neal
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Pomeroy
Isabel
George Finlinson
Tara Finlinson
Prejudice Hearing Set For 1219 Case
An affidavit of prejudice is to be heard at 2 p.m. in Athens County Common Pleas Court against Judge Franklin Sheeter. Cleveland attorneys Handelman and Walsh represent 75 defendants charged under Ohio House Bill 1219 for May campus protests at Lindley Hall. If the judge is deemed prejudiced, a new judge will preside. otherwise trial proceeds with Pam Smith as the first defendant scheduled for trial.
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Athens County
Sheeter
Howard
Terry Gilbert
Cleveland
Mary Haley Sentenced for Marijuana Charge
Mary Lynn Haley, 27, Cleveland, was sentenced by Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge Lowell B. Howard to an indeterminate term at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville after pleading guilty to selling marijuana. The penalty carries a one to five year term.
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Mary Lynn Haley
Cleveland
Ohio Reformatory For Women At
Marysville
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Lowell B. Howard
Miss Haley
Athens
Ohio University
WSCS Picks Romans For Study
Glouster United Methodist Church WSCS met at the home of Mrs. Venus Elliott for the first fall session. Devotions by Mrs. Enid Cox preceded plans to study the Book of Romans. Mrs. Dave White presented a program on Christ's crucifixion and its impact on believers. Refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Harold Wilson's home with Mrs. Richard Guinther presenting.
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Glouster
WSCS
Glouster United Methodist Church
Venus Elliott
Enid Cox
Dave White
Christ
Harold Wilson
Richard Guinther
Birthdays Noted At Glouster Park Dinner
In Glouster Ohio a pot luck dinner celebrated the birthdays of two Athens County women. Nettie Walton turned 86 and Electa Grimm 81 with many relatives from Gouster Jacksonville Xenia Millfield Wadsworth Akron Crooksville Fultonham Amesville and Dayton in attendance. Nettie Walton played hymns on her harmonica while Rev Charles Walton Tommy Burnham led guitars singing and group singing filled the event.
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Glouster
Athens County
Glouster Park
Nettie Walton
Gouster
Electa Grimm
Jacksonville
Lara Murray
Florence Smith
Xenia
Zoa Jenkins
Homer Davis
Millfield
William Johnson
Robert Johnson
Leroy Johnson
Dayton
Bryan Walton
Joe Walton
Gayle
Wadsworth
Charles Walton
Tommy Burnham
Akron
Leonard Walton
Corning
Donald Reed
Crooksville
Jack Kritz
Fultonham
Ohio
Jim Mechser
Amesville
Fifteen Classes Planned for Athens County Fair Horse Show
The Athens County Fair Horse Show at the fairgrounds Friday at 8 p.m. offers fifteen classes with cash prizes from $10 to $2 and entry fees of $1 for lead-in pony and $2 for others. Classes include lead-in pony, under 56 inches, English and Western pleasure events, appaloosa entries, roadster, Indian costume, flag race, bare-back, dash for cash and more across youth and open divisions.
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Athens County Fair
Athens County
Demos To Meet Demos At Tenth District Democratic Action Club
The Tenth District Democratic Action Club will meet August 9 at Boggs Coffee Shop Ironton at 8 p.m. Speaker Bob Whealey Athens and John Halliday Gallipolis will discuss candidacies. All southern Ohio Democrats invited.
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Tenth District
Democratic Action Club
Boggs Coffee Shop
South 3Rd Street
Ironton
Bob Whealey
Athens
John Halliday
Gallipolis
Hanley Hackett
Marietta
Ohio
Notice of Delinquent Real Property Tax Case
Kenneth H. Coen and Dorothy M. Coen of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio sue for delinquent real taxes on realty in Bern Township Athens County. Publication runs weekly starting the 8th with three weeks before default relief under Ohio Civil Procedure Rules.
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Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Jack Green
Olive M
Court of Mon Pleas
State of
York Township
Marjorie Millerk
Trimble Township
Marjorie Mitchell
Gordon B. Skinner
Olive M. Rose
Athens
Wayne Syx
Grace Irene Syx
Dover Township
Athensee
James F. Jenkins
Stella Jenkins
Mineral
Waterloo
Tnp
Charles Altman
Court of Common Pleas of
Lewis Delong
William Groce
Nora Groce
Creighton
Villagow City
Olsonville
Athens A
City of Athens
Clarence Smart
Waterloo Township
Clyde Russell
Troy Township
Elnora Byron
Buchtel
Joe Finnegan
Bern Township
Kenneth H. Coen
Dorothy M. Coen
Athens Coun
Ggg Fo
Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure
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Linus
Patty
Charlie Brown
Charles Schulz
Patio Theater
Stann Seider
Jenny Felts
Myers van Fossen
Rufus Wright
Ocie M. Oldaker
Delphia Roush
Delphia M. Roush
Lakin State Hospital
Roush
Broad Run
Jerry and
Rosa Grimm Roush
Ida M. Frazee
Mason Plans
Wellston School Budget
Ralph McCormick
Robert Hootman
Bluffton
Willis Stemen
Stemen
Rita E. Cornell
Minford High School
Nancy Scott
McCormick
Boosters Club
Mary Haley
Demos
Donald E. Crawford
Dolores L. Crawford
Court of Common
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