Postage Rate Increase Procedure Is Explained
Postmaster Arthur E. Cornwell announces most postage rates rise effective Jan 7. Letter mail 5 cents per ounce, surface and post cards 4 cents, air mail 8 cents per ounce, air post cards 6 cents. No change for parcel post or special services. Cards and prestamped envelopes need the extra penny after Jan 6. vending machines updated. Also new rules render non rectangular envelopes under 3 inches wide or over 4½ inches tall nonmailable.
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Arthur E. Cornwell
Lic
Post Office Department
Cornwell
Commission To Report Wednesday Findings On Local Divorces
A four attorney commission from Common Pleas Court will file its findings Wednesday morning. They questioned the county welfare director Denver White, four welfare workers, one attorney, and 16 mothers involved in local divorce actions across three hearings.
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Special Common Pleas Court Commission
Denver White
Ohio University WOUB TV to Begin Regular Programs
Ohio University's WOUB TV starts regular broadcasts Thursday giving Ohio five educational stations and placing the state near Florida for the most such outlets. NET will supply instructional and cultural programs. the first airing is The Building of a TV Station at 7 pm. WOUB will air 5:30 pm to 9 pm weekdays from a tower near Athens with the signal reach about 30 miles.
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Vernon R. Alden
Ohio University
Vincent Jukes
Ohio
Woub-Tv
Florida
National Educational Television
NET
Woubtv
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Staff Influx
Mr and Mrs Walter Klingenberg Athens welcome a son. Admitted include Lisa Bail Athens Route 5 Walter Williams Glouster Alice M Dolan Glouster Route 2 James Davis Amesville Mrs Margaret Snedden Athens Route 1 Mrs Charles Slater Jacksonville Leslie Perkins Athens Mrs Nettie Hawk Athens James Cooksey Athens Dismissed list includes Hollie Hudwell Athens and daughter Carl Trusty Athens and daughter Edward Boyd Shade Mrs Darrel Scott Athens Route 4 Mrs Greg Bullock Athens and son Mrs Phillip Chesser Athens and daughter Mrs Raymond Finnearty Athens Route 2 and son Mrs John Hamilton Mansfield Jacksonville Adult Choir of Jacksonville Methodist Church to practice Wednesday 730 p m.
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Walter Klingenberg
Athens
Howard Roush
Lisa Bail
Walter Williams
Glouster
Alice M. Dolan
James Davis
Amesville
Margaret Snedden
Charles Slater
Jacksonville
Leslie Perkins
Nettie Hawk
James Cooksey
Hollie Hudwell
Carl Trusty
Edward Boyd
Shade
Darrel Scott
Greg Bullock
Phillip Chesser
Raymond Finnearty
John Hamilton
Mansfield
Burglaries Hit Two Autos Abandoned on Highways
Deputies report two autos were burglarized over the weekend. Bernard Walker of Glouster Route 2 said two front wheels and tires were stolen from his 1959 auto on Route 13 near Club 33. Eddie Swaro’s auto on Ten Hollow Rd near Glouster lost a toolbox, socks, wrenches, two mirrors and a flashlight worth about 89 dollars.
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Bernard Walker
Glouster Route 2
Route 13
Sock
Eddie Swaro
Glouster
Robert Allen
Swaro
Ten Hollow Rd
Crooksville
Elmer Milton Spears
Spears
Jerry Thomas Spears
Mineral Area Resident Dies at 78 in Albany
Halbert M. Mc Lead, 78, Mineral Area farmer and sawmill operator, died Sunday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by sister Vesta Lowry of Mineral. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. William Brown at Bigony funeral home. Burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Albany
Halbert M. McLead
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mineral
Vesta Lowry
William Brown
Bigony Funeral Home
New Marshfield
Mercury Dips Near Zero in Athens Monday
The temperature neared five degrees above zero in Athens early Monday as sun failed to lift readings. Sunday's high reached 25 degrees with 0.67 inches of rain falling Saturday, report US Observer C. L. Colmer.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
Local man escapes injury after rollover near Athens
David Ross of Athens, 23, escaped injury when his car veered off Harmony Road three miles east of Athens. The vehicle overturned on its top after a curve. State Highway Patrol cited Ross into Municipal Court for reckless speed.
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David Ross
Athens
Harmony Road
State Highway Patrol
Ross
Ruth D Ruth 89 longtime Shade resident dies
Mrs. Ruth D Ruth age 89 a Shade community resident dies Sunday morning at Hillcrest Rest Home after years of ill health. She was a lifelong Athens County resident member of Shade Methodist Church survived by son Robert and daughter Inez Sickles both of Columbus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hughes Funeral Home Rev Evan Edwards burial Shade Cemetery. Jacksonville Eagle club New Year’s Eve dance and sauerkraut dinner planned from 9 p.m. to midnight with dinner after.
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Lucy D. Ruth
Shade Community
Hillcrest Rest Home
Athens County
Shade Methodist Church
John
Gordon
Dana
Robert
Inez Sickles
Columbus
Ralph Pinkerton
Athens
Hughes Funeral Home
Evan Edwards
Shade Cemetery
Area News Highlights Review Continues for Athens 1962
A year in review of Athens area events lists July items from the deaths of Anna Pearl McVay to the Route 33 crash, council pay raises, and the county budget. August entries note the Sunday bowling opening, county fair turnout, and OU purchases, with drought and weather events shaping the month.
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Athens
Anna Pearl McVay
McKee Drug Store
Council
Athens Livestock Sales Co
Planning Commission
Guysville
Rhodes
Peace Corps
John Marshall Briley
U.S
GOP
Trickett, Homer Trickett Dies at 72 in Glouster
Charles Homer Trickett 72 of 26 Hill St Glouster died Saturday afternoon at the Glouster Eagles Hall of a heart attack. He worked 43 years for the New York Central Railroad, lived in Corning 30 years, and was a World War I veteran. He is survived by his wife Fannie and several siblings with services planned at Wiley funeral home and Glouster Cemetery. Masonic rites Tuesday evening and graveside rites by the Glouster American Legion.
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Glouster
Charles
Homer) Trickett
Hill St
Glouster Eagles
Bailey Run
Newton and
Mary Tanning Trickett
New York Central Railroad
Trickett
Corning
American Legion
Methodist Church
Corning Eagles
Brotherhood of Railroad
Corning Lodges
F&am and
Eastern Star
New Lexington
Knights Templar
Columbus
Fannie
Lenora Bingman
Chester
Lillian Davidson
Athens
Edytha Trickett
Washington, D.C
Laberta Hemlick
Buckhannon
W. Va
Betty Jack
Maxine Tayton
Plant City
Fla
Wiley Funeral Home
Gene Winans
Glouster Cemetery
Glouster American Legion Post
Death notice and local briefs from Cincinnati area
Mrs. Frieda Spring 68 Cincinnati died Saturday in Bethesda Hospital. Survived by two sons Ray F. and Charles plus six grandchildren. Funeral at Frederick Funeral Home Cincinnati. Traffic stops: James B. Knaus 20 of 12 Poplar St. fined $11. Herman E. Moss 22 Bloomington Ind. speeding fined $16. Stewart youth John Featherstone 18 Stewart arrested by city police. Marriage license Charles E. Nunemaker 54 Huntington W Va and Macatawa Bulloch 53 Athens.
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Frieda Spring
Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Ray F
Ohio University
Charles
Pittsburgh
Frederick Funeral Home
James B. Knaus
Poplar St
Herman EE. Moss
Bloomington
Ind
State
Charles E. Nunemaker
Huntington
W. Va
Macatawa Bulloch
Athens
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Washington St
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Donald K. Barstow
D. M. Goddard
Houck & Reed, Inc
Murphey Ins
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Nelsonville, Ohio
Oakley Ins
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Joseph Seiple
Area News
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Patricia Ann Adams
Children’s Home
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Ted Frey
Ralph Cain
Self
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Haskell
Casey” Jones
Roger Burke
AHS
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New City
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Ruth Ann Slisher
Alden
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