Boy Scout Week Observance to Begin Friday
National Boy Scout Week marks the 59th anniversary of scouting from Feb 7 to Feb 13. Activities include dedication of the Kootaga Area Council Center in Parkersburg, ceremonies in Athens, court of honors, blue and gold Cub Scout banquets, and a public tour of the new council service center.
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Messenger
Student Reporter
America
Boypower
Kootaga Area
Parkersburg
Athens
Beacon School
Athens County Asssociation
Explorer
First United Presby
Terian Church
Robert L. Billington
The
Boy Scouts of America
Congress
Cub
Wesley B. Bergdorf
Bergdorf
D. D. Montoya
Athens County
Henry Colby Steps Down as Athens Troop Scoutmaster
Henry Colby ends a 13 year tenure as Scoutmaster of Athens Troop 77, replaced by former assistant William Moorehead. Colby, 19 Fairview, moves to Philadelphia to work as an engineer for Nicholson File Co. He led Troop 77 from obscurity to the area's largest troop.
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Henry Colby
Athens
William Moorehead
James Graham
Colby
Fairview
McBee Systems
Philadelphia
Nicholson File Co
Graham
Bethel United Methodist Church
Ohio Ave
Driver Fined 160 After Four Traffic Counts
Eugene Dunfee, 19, of 77 Franklin Ave., Athens pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to four moving traffic violations. He was fined a total of 160 dollars plus court costs after a Friday night pursuit by Athens police. Charges included fleeing a police officer unsafe operation speeding and squealing tires.
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Eugene Dunfee
Franklin Ave
Athens
Dunfee
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list patients and transfers including Mrs Buster Curtis Nora Kindell Mrs Glen Mathews Mrs Donald Carsey Chauncey Martin Rub in Mrs Fred Weber Albert Britton Anna Kampf and others in Athens and Chauncey with transfers to University Hospital Columbus for Eva Driggs Louise Diver and Lorelei Jabs among names listed.
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Buster Curtis
Guysville
Nora Kindell
Athens
Glen Mathews
Donald Carsey
Chauncey
Martin Rubin
Fred Weber
Albert Britton
Anna Kampf
Guy Garber
Effie Sharpe
Lorelei Jabs
Goldie Scott
Alice Barstow
William Carr
Eva Driggs
Louise Diver
University Hospital
Columbus
Chiki Assigned as Infantryman in Vietnam
Thomas A. Chiki son of Mr and Mrs Arthur L Chiki of 40 Ohio Ave is an infantryman with the Americal Division in Chu Lai Vietnam He is a 1966 Athens High School graduate who attended Ohio University and Franklin University before enlisting in August 1968 After basic and advanced training he spent two weeks on leave and now serves as US 51885449 Co A 1st Bn 6th Inf 198th Bde Chu Lai APO San Francisco Calif 96219
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Vietnam
Pic Thomas A. Chiki
Arthur L. Chiki
Ohio Ave
Americal
Chu Lai
Athens High School
Ohio University
Franklin University
Columbus
Army
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Pfe
Thomas A. Chiki
Co. A
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Athens Residents Named In Local Student and Staff List
Keith Chul Hungoi 22 and Sandie Yuen Wol-san 21 both of Athens are students. Richard Dixon 22 and Estelle Murray 23 both of Athens are teachers. F Randolph Combs 21 and Carol A Peterson 22 both of Athens are students. Gary Edwin Bromiley 22 from Portsmouth Navy and Janet Case 24 of Athens are students.
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Keith Chul Hungoi
Sandie Yuen Wol-san
Athens
Richard Dixon
Estelle Murray
F. Randolph Combs
Carol A. Peterson
Gary Edwin Bromiley
Portsmouth Navy
Janet Case
Fertilizer Conference Planned For Feb 12
The Southeast Ohio Fertilizer and Lime Conference will be Feb 12 at the Production Credit Association Building in Jackson from 9 30 a m to 3 35 p m Kenneth E Ackerman county extension agent says topics include reliming forage establishment maintenance and management of forage year round grazing soil testing grass tetany and weed control The conference is presented by Ohio State University departments and industry groups in Ohio.
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Southeast Ohio Fertilizer and Lime Conference
Production Credit Association
Jackson
Kenneth E. Ackerman
Department of Agronomy
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio Soil Fertility Education Society, Inc
Ohio Processed Limestone Association, Inc
Fertilizer Industry of Ohio
Tuesday Cold Weather Continues in Athens
Tuesday brought clear skies and 41 degrees with no precipitation and ample sun, a welcome follow up to last week's stormy spell. By 8:30 a.m. Wednesday the thermometer stood at 31, rising from 29 at dawn, per observer C. L. Colmer.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
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Louis Sytsma
Boy Scouts
Philmont
Cimarron
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Sears Roebuck
Order of the Arrow
Moorehead
Sunnyside Dr
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Church of the Nazarene
Rev
Willis Coburn
Jackson, Ohio
Harold Holmes
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Warriage Licenses
Altmans
Belk
Cornwell & Son Jewelers
Logan
Stanley
Beckley
Cornwell Jewelry
Kerr-Hunter Howe
Roberts
Swearingen’s
Woolworth’s
Sinclair Heating Oil
Bob Meredith
Sinclair Oil Products
Hope
Stevens
Dollar Days
Cannon & Pepperal
Dacron
Terry Kitchen Towels
Mall
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