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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1968

Page

2

Cars Meet On Peach Ridge Curve Five Are Hurt In Head On Crash

Five persons were injured in a two car head on crash on Peach Ridge Rd Sunday afternoon. Elmer E. Reitelschies 74 Athens Route 3 and Gary L Dunfee 23 Zanesville were the drivers. Dunfee left of center and hit the Reitelschies car. Injured were Helen L Hart 49 Ida Beitelsschies 70 Karen Larrison 15 Cheryl Ann Larrison 18 and Linda M Dunfee 23. All were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Dunfee was cited for failure to yield half of roadway. A Newark man 53 was cited for excessive speed after he lost control on Route 33 near the Hocking Fairfield line while attempting to pass Mary Camp 55 Columbus and hit Camp's vehicle.

Peach Ridge Curve Peach Ridge Rd Elmer E. Reitelschies Athens Hillcrest Gary L. Dunfee Zanesville Dunfee Beitelschies Helen L. Hart Ida Beitelschies Karen Larrison Cheryl Ann Larrison Linda M. Dunfee Newark Joseph Toth Mary Camp Columbus Hocking Fairfield

Ex Ohio ROTC Prot Heads Viet Brigade

Brig. Gen. George W. Dickerson former ROTC professor at Ohio University named commanding general of the 3rd Brigade Separate 82nd Airborne in Vietnam. He leaves Fort Monroe August 1967 post as comptroller for U S Continental Army Command and has a long Army career including WW II service and multiple decorations.

George W. Dickerson Ohio University 82Nd Airborne Division Vietnam U. S. Continental Army Command Fort Monroe Dickerson Warrentown Virginia Polytechnic Institute George Washington University Command and General Staff College Armed Forces Staff College Industrial College of the Armed Forces 24Th Infantry Division New Guinea Leyte Mindoro Verde Mindanao Philip

Ohio U Student Wins State Speech Contest

Ohio University junior Susan Adair of Sylvania won first place in the Ohio Intercollegiate Forensic Association's annual individual events contest at the Zanesville branch, earning a chance to represent Ohio at the national contest in Detroit next May. Her speech on volunteering will appear in Winning Orations 1969.

Susan Adair Ohio University Sylvania Ohio Intercollegiate Forensic Association Zanesville Ohio Wayne State University Detroit Miss Adair Ohio U Linda Kurtz Susan Baughman

Thrift Shop Opening Set Tuesday in Athens

An open house Tuesday from 10 a.m. to p.m. will introduce the new Thrift Shop operated by the Athens County unit of the American Cancer Society at 35 Elliott St. Volunteers led by Maybelle Bartlett will staff the shop offering used clothing dishes ceramics and handmade articles. Donations may be left at the Cancer Society office on Monday Tuesday or Wednesday 8 to 12 a.m. Call 592 1045 for info. After opening hours the shop will operate 11 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Tuesday Wednesday and Friday year round. Benjamin Franklin proposed daylight saving time while minister to France.

Athens County The American Cancer Society Elliott St Edward van Dyke Glenn Atkinson Charles Shirley Maybelle Bartlett Miss Bartlett Cancer Society

Warrant Planned for Kentucky Man Who Missed DWI Hearing

A warrant for the arrest of John H. Duncan, 47, Georgetown, Kentucky, is to be issued by Athens Municipal Court Judge Franklin Sheeter after he failed to appear for a DWI hearing. Duncan forfeited a $300 bond after his no show following an early Saturday arrest by the State Highway Patrol. Under Ohio law bond forfeiture does not settle a DWI charge.

Athens Mike Croucher Donald C. Mossman Croucher Kentucky Franklin Sheeter John H. Duncan Georgetown State Highway Patrol Ohio

Athens County boards seeks funds for three Title III programs

The Athens County school board submitted a prospectus for three Title III programs totaling about 205000 dollars. A February decision is expected on funding. Programs include a $135000 accelerated primary reading plan, a $38000 dialogue project among administrators and community, and a communication skills module to stress speaking and listening. The board will interview Friday December 13 for a Title VI special coordinator post.

Athens County Robert Weinfurther Nications Technology Wein Common Pleas Marilyn Herrick

Cleveland Student Fined On Two Counts

An Ohio University student from Cleveland was fined 55 dollars and costs in Municipal Court for public intoxication and destruction of property. Clifford W. Platt, 19, Irvine Hall, was arrested at 2 a.m. Sunday and faced 25 dollars and costs on intoxication and 30 dollars and costs on destruction of property.

Ohio University Cleveland Clifford W. Platt Irvine Hall

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