Attendance at Athens County Fair tops last year
Attendance totaled about 13 000 over four days with 3 000 paid on Saturday. Thursday and Friday drew the best crowds with nearly 3 600 paid per day. Open class sheep and swine judging produced multiple firsts and grand champions, led by J H Barnhouse and sons and Asa Linning among others. Cash awards were given to winners.
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Athens County
Athens County Fair
J. H. Barnhouse and Son
Blue Rock
Poland
China
Jersey
William Maghes
McConnelsville
Shropshire
Hampshire
Jerry James
Athens
Galen Wilson
Chandlersville
Ram
Corriedale
S. H. Wolborn
Bidwell
Berkshire
Herbert Sanger
Frost
Barrow
Mike Sheridan
Amesville
Yorkshire
Horse Pulling Contest Final Event Of Fair
A near capacity grandstand crowd watched three classes at the county fair horse pulling contest. Marvin Whitt of Piketon won with 7000 pounds pulled 12 feet 21 inches in the up to 2800 lb class using Bob and Bird. John Crouser’s Belgians Prince and Barney won class two for 2801-3200 lb, with Homer Storts second and Ralph Guthrie third. In the over 3200 lb class Wiley Geho with Bud and Prince won 27 feet, followed by George Guthrie, E. L. Tucker, and Ellis Derry. Prizes varied by entries plus a fair board donation after a $3 entry fee.
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Marvin Whitt
Piketon
Bob
Bird
Barney
Doc
Home Sports
Frankfort
Prince and
Tobe
Glen Liming
Wilmington
Wiley Geho
Bud
Prince
Geho
Silver Hill
W. Va
George Guthrie
Doc and
Guysville
E. L Tucker
Zanesville
Ben
Dan
Ellis Derry
Fair Board
Blaze at fairgrounds fire damages auto owned by Lucas
City firemen responded to the fairgrounds Saturday night where an auto owned by John Lucas of Guysville Route 1 backfired through the carburetor. Firefighters used a booster hose to extinguish the blaze with damage estimated at 75 dollars.
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Fairgrounds
John Lucas
Guysville
Rhodes OKs School Bill
Gov. James A. Rhodes signed a $633 million school foundation bill passed by the 106th Ohio General Assembly. The measure, retroactive to July 1, adds $108 million for public schools in the current biennium through June 30, 1967 and provides $200 yearly pay raises for teachers.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio General Assembly
Marines and Airman Reach Duty Stations in 1960s Posts
Marine Corps private Kark E Barnhart son of Amos and Mrs Barnhart Route 2 Guysville serves with the Marine range detachment at Camp Perry scene of national rifle and pistol matches after returning with First Battalion Eighth Marine Regiment Second Marine Division Camp Lejeune N C Airman 3 C James E Wingrove son of Ina E Wingrove Route 4 Athens completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and heads to Keesler AFB Mississippi as a missile facilities specialist a 1965 Rome Canaan High School graduate.
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Marine Corp
Kark E. Barnhart
Amos Barnhart
Guysville
8Th Marine Regiment
Second Marine Divison
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Camp Perry
Dominican Republic
James E. Wingrove
Ina E. Wingrove
Route 4
Athens
Lackland Afb
Tex
Keesler Afb
Miss
Rome,Canaan High School
Harold V. Douglas
Harold Douglas
Albany
Fort Knox
Douglas
Auto Club Hosts 24th Orphans Outing at Scioto County Fair
About 300 children from 10 counties will join the Automobile Club of Southern Ohio for a day of fun at the Scioto County Fair in Lucasville. The AAA affiliate based in Portsmouth serves Athens Vinton Gallia Meigs and Hocking counties and funds transportation and gifts for the outing.
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Automobile Club of
Southern Ohio
Scioto County
Lucasville
The
Auto Club
AAA
Portsmouth
Athens
Vinton
Gallia
Meigs
Hocking
Sheriff Holds Suspect For Jackson County Auto Theft
The Jackson County auto theft case leads to Glenn Franklin Orendor 18 Rutland Route 1 being held by the Athens County Sheriff for investigation. He was arrested Sunday evening after joint inquiries by Athens Meigs and Jackson County sheriffs. The case remains under investigation.
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Jackson County
Athens County Sheriff's Office
Glen Franklin Orendor
Rutland Route 1
Jackson
Athens
Meigs
Izaak Walton Chapter to Elect Officers and View Yosemite Film
The Athens Izaak Walton chapter will elect officers at 7 30 p m Thursday at the clubhouse per secretary P S Wamsley A Yosemite National Park film will also be shown Athens County Royal and Select Masons meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday per Master William Roberson
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Athens
Izaak Walton
P. S. Wamsley
Yosemite National Park
Athens County
Sahara Highway Plan Links Algiers and Timbuktu
A proposed modern Sahara highway would connect two famed cities, Algiers in Algeria and Timbuktu in central Mali, promising a transdesert link across North Africa.
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Sahara Desert
Africa
Algiers
Timbuktu
Mali
Transfer On Agenda For Board Meeting
The county school board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss a transfer request from York district residents north of Nelsonville along Route 33 and potential tuition changes. The board may also consider hiring two supervisors for the next school year.
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T. C. Porter
York District
Nelsonville
Birth announced at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth to Mr and Mrs Robert Har son a son in Athens. Admitted list includes Sharon Merrick Stewart Route 1 Mrs W F Schuler Athens Don Carl Shafer The Plains Mrs Gladys Ivers Glouster John Cowan Athens Route 5 Thomas Gultrie Athens Grover Armbruster Athens Shirley Ware Athens Route 2 Arthur Seymour Albany Route 1 Mrs David Wagner and son Athens William Buckley Mineral Mrs Rose Kidd Zaleski Eva Kidd Zaleski Mrs Louise Mullenix Athens Charles H Milligan Athens Route 1 Mark Kasler Glouster Route 1 Mrs James Vaughn Athens Mrs Robert Stalder Athens Sallie Gentry Athens Mrs Ernest Lambert Athens Mrs Robert Dalton Frost Route 1 Mrs Edna Lasch Albany Mrs Georgia Ervin Athens Route 1
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Sharon Merrick
Stewart
W. F. Schuler
Athens
Don Carl Shafer
the Plains
Gladys Ivers
Glouster
John Cowan
Thomas Gultrie
Grover Armbruster
Shirley Ware
Arthur Seymour
Albany
David Wagner
William Buckley
Mineral
Rose Kidd
Zaleski
Eva Kidd
Louise Mullenix
Charles H. Milligan
Mark Kasler
James Vaughn
Robert Stalder
Sallie Gentry
Ernest Lambert
Robert Dalton
Frost
Edna Lasch
Georgia Ervin
Motorist Injured In Rt. 33 Mishap
Motorist Jerry Lee Wolfe age 19 of Nelsonville Route 2 suffered bruised legs after losing control on Route 33 north of Route 13. Patrol says he crossed a bridge, struck one side then the other and was cited for conditional speed.
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Jerry Lee Wolfe
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Route 33
Route 13
Area Traffic Court Citations Include Dozens of Offenses
A list from Area Traffic Courts shows Gary Minerd 18 Athens Route 3 reckless operation ten dollars plus costs. Bowen Van Cooney 30 McConnelsville Route 3 excess of legal height ten dollars. William Kennard 30 Trimble Route 1 expired license twenty five dollars. William Kirkpatrick 26 Millfield left of center ten dollars. Ralph Langel 38 Athens Route 2 excessive speed fifteen dollars. Carl Pancake 18 Nelsonville Route 1 no turn signals juvenile court Shields 17 Chauncey speeding five dollars and costs thirty day suspension. Joseph Romine 17 Nelsonville improper lights five dollars and costs thirty day suspension. Bernard Norris 320 Nelsonville excessive speed twenty dollars. Carl James 28 Greenfield speeding twenty dollars. Benjamin Warren 22 Deanville passing at curve fifteen dollars. Thomas Dingus 19 Sharpsburg passing injurious object on roadway twenty dollars. Edwin Green 21 Millfield left of center twenty five dollars.
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Gary Dwight Minerd
Athens
Bowen F. van Cooney
McConnelsville
William L. Kennard
Trimble
William E. Kirkpatrick
Millfield
Ralph O. Langel
Paul R. Paynter
Portland
Carl Pancake
Nelsonville
Lewis Edward Shields
Lewis E. Shields
Chauncey
Joseph Ronald Romine
Virginia Romine
Bernard Cecil Norris
Carl Gene James
Greenfield
Benjamin Joseph Warren
Deanville
Thomas Lee Dingus
Sharpsburg
Uneasy Peace Settles In Chicago Riot Environs
Police and about 2 000 National Guardsmen held in reserve as rioting in a Negro neighborhood began Thursday and Friday nights. Saturday saw no new violence while officers in West Garfield Park broke up groups to prevent mobs.
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Chicago
Garfield Park
Court Rules For Wagners In Suit
Common Pleas Judge John Bolin ruled the defendants did not prove the Wagners signed a release for liability in a $21,000 West Virginia oil well suit. H. O. and Mildred Wagner claim they invested in wells and that a release, if signed, was obtained by trickery. Trial date to be scheduled as the case remains in court amid ongoing related litigation.
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Common Pleas
John Bolin
H. O
Mildred Wagner
West Virginia
Wagner
Harold T
William A. Konkler
Konklers
Wagners
Bolin
Motorist Thrown From Car In Sunday Route 50 Crash
John Edward Dearnaley, 34, of Cleveland, suffered a possible broken hip after his car veered off Route 50 east of Coolville and struck a guard rail. He was taken to Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg by Coolville emergency squad. The accident remains under investigation. Lester Arnold, 21, of Pomeroy Route 1, was cited for left of center after a two car crash on Route 681 south of Route 50. Eugene James Zamecnik, 28, of Cleveland, cited for failure to produce operator's license after a Route 33 highway construction zone collision while towing another vehicle.
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State Highway Patrol
John Edward Dearnaley
Cleveland
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Coolville
Lester Arnold
Pomeroy
Arnold
Eugene James Zamecnik
Social Security's 1965 increases set for September
About 6200 Athens County residents will receive average seven percent higher checks next month as retroactive benefits from January to August are issued. The minimum climbs from 40 to 44 dollars, maximum from 127 to 135.90, and example payments rise to 64.20, 80.30, and 107 dollars. District office at 331 Fourth Street Marietta offers help by phone or mail.
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Athens County
Fourth Street
Marietta
Storm delays Chile ship disaster search. 100 feared dead
A week-long storm over southern Chile delayed the search for survivors after the Chilean cutter Janequee broke up and sank. Officials fear 70 or more men aboard the 850 ton vessel are lost as more than 100 may have perished in the storm. Mae Bartlett from Ralph Bartlett cited neglect.
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Santiago
Chile
Youngs in Custody Battle and Heat Wave Notes
Claudette Young sues Robert Young for custody of three children and support amid allegations of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Weather reports show temperatures in the 90s with 95 at 11 am and a Monday high near 97, a warm spell continuing into the week. Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department members plan a 7 p.m. Wednesday train-infare session at the fire station.
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Claudette Young
Robert Young
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Richland Area
Changes In Requirements Announced By Marine Corps Office
Lancaster Marine Corps recruiting office announces new enlistment rules for a three year term via Athens draft board contact or 654-1482. Former Marines with honorable discharge up to gunnery sergeant may reenlist at the same rank. 120 Day delay, buddy system, and aviation guaranteed program remain in effect.
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Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Lancaster
Athens
Bennett Named as Athens Fireman
Mont Bennett, 23, of Route 56 near Athens, has been named a City fireman on a 30 day provisional basis subject to Civil Service examination later. Bennett, an Athens High School graduate, recently returned from the U S Marines.
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Mont Bennett
Athens
Bennett
Athens High School
VU. S. Marines
Municipal Court Dismisses Traffic Charge for Hess
Barbara Anne Hess, 238 Athens Route 4, had a patrol charge of running a traffic sign dismissed for insufficient evidence. Lawrence Clark 27 The Plains, Powell W Gadd 64 Mr. Gilead, and William Phelps 40 Albany faced intoxication charges with fines and costs. jail time and bonds were noted for some defendants. multiple intoxication cases were recorded with specific addresses and penalties.
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Barbara Anne Hess
Athens
Lawrence Clark
the Plains
Powell W. Gadd
Gilead
William Phelps
Albany
Bob Barrett
Washington Hall
Eloise F. Justice
Columbus Road
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