ROTC Officer Slated For Viet Nam Assignment
Captain Willard Portteus ROTC instructor at Ohio University will depart in mid December for a one year advisory post in Viet Nam with MAAG. He trains ROTC and Junior ROTC students and previously served in the U.S. and Germany before joining OU staff in 1960. The family lives at 19 Franklin Ave.
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Willard Portteus
Ohio University
Viet Nam
MAAG
Captain Portteus
Portteus
U. S
Germany
The
University
Patrol Seeks Cadet Trainees for State Highway Patrol
The Athens post of the State Highway Patrol invites young men to apply for its cadet training program. Sgt. C. C. Williams saidSunday interviews at 3 p.m. and inquiries at LY-3-657 are welcome. Cadets start at 300 monthly, advancing to 380 upon commission and 460 in five years. Applicants must be 21 to 35, U.S. citizens, Ohio residents, 5 ft 8 in tall, 165 pounds, with a high school diploma and good health and character. Cadets may be accepted at 20% years if other requirements are met, with entry planned for spring or early summer.
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Athens
State Highway Patrol
C. C. Williams
Williams
U.S
Ohio
Gardner divorce suit seeks custody of three children
Elsie Gardner of 88 Maplewood Drive files for divorce in Common Pleas Court. Robert R. Gardner of Woodsfield is charged with gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple married August 7 1948 in Woodfield and she seeks custody of three minor children.
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Elsie Gardner
Maplewood Dr
Common Pleas Court
Robert R. Gardner
Woodsfield
Woodfield
Goosetown memories recall old gas lights and campus days
The reminiscence recalls Goosetown gas lights along Main Street, abandoned for electricity, with remnants displayed near Pure Oil and the old W A Thomas home. It notes Athens College’s early buildings, a 1897 football dressing room, and a murder on Dean Avenue that haunted locals. It also chronicles the Stewart residence and pioneer brickwork by Eben Foster, contrasting Athens with nearby towns losing landmarks to progress.
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Goosetown
West
L. A. Koons
Pure Oil
W. A. Thomas
Athens Lumber Company
Ohio University
College Green
Ewing Hall
East Wing
Grandma
Walsh
Divorce Granted to Rose Hampton in Common Pleas Court
Rose Hampton obtains a divorce from Earl Hampton on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple wed January 14, 1956 in Corning. Custody of one minor child awarded to Rose.
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Rose Hampton
Earl Hampton
Common Pleas Court
Corning
Court transfers land parcels in Nelsonville dispute
Gilbert B. Courtney Jr of Nelsonville transfers parcels 36 37 and 38 in Nelsonville to John Hull. The deed covers specific lots and records the conveyance in the local property registry.
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Gilbert B. Courtney, Jr
Nelsonville
John Hull
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Tau Kappa Epsilon
Pershing Rifles
Shirley
Faculty Wives Club
Pat
Mike
Franklin Ave
West Union Street
Rindley
Keller & Weltner Monument Co
Hocking
Fairfield Counties
John N. Eberst
W. Hunter
Logan
Patrol
Dean Ave
Dean Avenue
W. Washington Street
South College Street
Daniel B
Stewart
Southern
Stewart Area
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Eben Foster
Schoolhouse Hill
Foster
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Marietta
Altmans Ata Fo
Tan
Nylon
Commonwealth
General Telephone System
Jaynes
DuPont
E. State St.Opp. Airport
Athens, Ohio
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