Athens County Central Committee Candidates Set in May Primary
One hundred thirty Athens County men and women filed for central committee posts across Republican and Democrat parties. Republicans total 78 nominees and Democrats 52, with 10 Republican contests and none for Democrats. Vacancies arise where filings were missing in multiple precincts. The county board of elections will verify petitions in a Tuesday session starting at 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
County Board of Elections
Athens City
Thelma Risley
Lillian G. DeMolet
Wayne Ward
Garnet R. McBride
Floyd M. Wolfe
Milton Nuzum
Edna Merchant
Prayer Vigil Precedes New First Methodist Church Opening
A 24 hour silent prayer vigil will open the sanctuary of the new First Methodist Church in Athens. The event runs from 10 a.m. Saturday to 9:30 a.m. Sunday before the 10:30 a.m. worship. Dr. LaVern L. Krantz chairs the membership and evangelism commission coordinating eight prayer leaders and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New First Methodist Church
Athens
New Church
Commission On Membership and Evangelism
LaVern L. Krantz
John G. Krontz
Harry Benz
Homer Bradshaw
William Clippinger
Krantz
Paul Kimes
A. C. LaFollette
Robert Raymond
Ross Wright
Athens County real estate tax deadline nears
County Treasurer T. O. Kincade announced three weeks remain for payment of Athens County real estate taxes. Payments by mail or in person are accepted, with a 10 percent penalty after February 28 for first half taxes. Delinquent taxes accrue statutory interest after more than one year.
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Athens County
T. O. Kincade
Kincade
J. W. Whaley
Winter Concert Presented By Athens High Band
The Athens High School Music Department staged a winter concert in the high school auditorium led by Band Director Thomas Stubbs. The program opened with the Coast Guard March and included Mozart Moehlmanns Cosi Fan Tutti Overture, Souza marches, Tschaikowsky and Verdi selections, Rodgers Bennett March of the Siamese Children, and other pieces. Money from ticket sales will fund new band uniforms as a uniform shortage persists.
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Athens High School
Coast Guard
King
Thomas Stubbs
Stubbs
Chicago
Teike
Tschaikowsky 6Th Symphony
Tschaikowsky - Norman
Manhattan Beach
Sousa
Mendelssohn
Paul Weise
Rodgers - Bennett
Huffine
Aida
Verdi Homes
FEI Capitan
Congo
Berryman
Jessel Morrissey
el Capeo
Parera-Walters
Fillmore
Goldman
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital notes
Birth announcements for Rex Bear and spouse in Athens. Admissions include Jack Taylor Trimble Route 1 Jeffrey Parker Gloucester Mrs Earl Nelson Carpenter Eileen Perry Athens Route 2 Max Nanna Athens Mrs Clara Gladdin Millfield Route 1 John Rhorick New Marshfield Laura Brookins Athens. Discharges include Mrs Gordon Bolin Albany and son Kenneth Leach Zaleski Mrs Everett Starling Sharpsburg Elza Wyatt Athens Mrs Charles Sewell Amesville Route 1 daughter and Mrs Fred Swearingen Athens Arthur Conkey New Marshfield Larry Hughes Athens. Blood used two pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Bear
Athens
Jack Taylor
Trimble
Jeffrey Parker
Glouster
Earl Nelson
Carpenter
Eileen Perry
Max Nanna
Clara Gladdin
Millfield
John Rhorick
New Marshfield
Laura Brookins
Gordon Bolin
Albany
Kenneth Leach
Zaleski
Everett Starling
Sharpsburg
Elza Wyatt
Charles Sewell
Amesville
Fred Swearingen
Arthur Conkey
Larry Hughes
Unitarian Fellowship Plans Organizational Meeting
An organizational meeting of the Unitarian Fellowship of Athens is scheduled Sunday at the Hillel House. The group will adopt by laws to affiliate with the American Unitarian Association, according to Walter Wright, chairman. Interested persons are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Fellowship of Athens
Hillel House
American Unitarian Association
Walter Wright
Trespassing Case Heard In Court
Two Ohio University students, Robert E. King and Robert D. Bedilion, were found guilty of trespassing in Municipal Court. Each received a suspended sentence and two months probation with a warning not to be caught jaywalking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Robert E. King
Parma
Robert D. Bedilion
New Matamoras
Dena Gast
N. McKinley Ave
Sunnyside Dr
John Newcomb
Parking Charge Denied in Municipal Court
Clarence McDonald 60 of The Plains faces Municipal Court after pleading not guilty to a State Highway Patrol parking on the highway charge. He was ordered to post a $15 bond after arraignment, challenging the patrolman’s right to leave his vehicle blocking two private driveways during citation. A continuance was requested to bring a witness to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence McDonald
the Plains
McDonald
Nobel physicist to speak at Ohio University Athens
Dr. Chen Ning Yang Nobel Prize winner will lecture February 10 to 13 at Ohio University Chemistry Auditorium at 8 p.m. The talk titled Parity for the Layman will cover parity in matter and energy. The event, hosted by AIP and the American Association of Physics Teachers, is free and open to Southeastern Ohio students and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Chen Ning Yang
Yang
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
Ohio University
Charles A. Randall
Southeastern Ohio
Chang
China
Southwest Associated University of China
University of Chicago
American Institute of Physics
AIP
American Association of Physics Teachers
Randall
Six candidates vie for two Fourth District Court of Appeals seats
In the May primary six hopefuls compete for two terms on the Fourth District Court of Appeals. James Collier seeks reelection to a six year term from Ironton against Marshall Carlisle of Jackson Route 2. The unexpired term of the late Russell K. McCurdy draws four candidates including William D. Radcliff of Williamsport, with Athens County Judge Francis D. White, Vernon Smith of Portsmouth Route 4, and Clarence R. Rass of Chillicothe. The district spans Pickaway, Ross, Hocking, Washington, Athens, Vinton, Highland, Pike, Jackson, Meigs, Brown, Adams, Scioto, Lawrence and Gallia Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth District Court of Appeals
James Collier
Ironton
Marshall Carlisle
Jackson Route 2
Russell K. McCurdy
Portsmouth
William D. Radcliff
Williamsport
Pickaway County
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Francis D. White
Vernon Smith
Clarence R. Rass
Chillicothe
Pickaway
Ross
Hocking
Washington
Athens
Vinton
Highland
Pike
Jackson
Meigs
Brown
Adams
Scioto
Lawrence
Gallia
Double Park Autos Prompt City Court Ruling
Theta E. Townsend pleaded guilty to driving left of centerline and paid a $10 fine plus costs after an incident on Court Street. Judge John Newcomb criticized double parked cars as a menace to traffic as Guthrie’s auto suffered minor damage from Townsend’s maneuver while a space opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta E. Townsend
Sharpsburg
John Newcomb
Snow Falls Friday As Mercury Drops
Snow began Friday morning and reached 1.5 inches by noon as frigid air settled in. U.S. Observer C. L. Col mer reported a temperature just below freezing while city crews cindered streets and Hamley Run rural area noted 9 am readings near 30 degrees with continued drop.
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U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Troy School Is Entered By Intruder
Intruders break into Carthage Troy High School in Coolville on a Wednesday night. Doors were pried open from outside to the locker room gym laboratory and the principal’s office. A crowbar may have been used. nothing appears missing. Custodian M F Griffin discovered the entry and notified Sheriff Harold Shields and Principal Edgar L Koehler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage-Troy
Coolville
Harold Shields
Edgar L. Koehler
M. F. Griffin
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Athens County Central Committee
Harley Moler
Hazel Young
Pansy Zinn
Vina Ruston
Delbert Hayes
Blanche P. Church
William O. Rowland
Harry Lee Ross
Claude Westfall
Grace R. Knoder
Evelyn Dunfe
Alonzo Figgins
Paul
Shelby Barber
Hazel W. Coon
Joe L. Hardy
Flossie Dixon
Alexander
Chauncey
DeWitt Walker
A. J. Smith
Burg Johnson
Roy McKee
Circle Hill
Dorothy M. Daugherty
James Stalder
Albert Preston
Frank Werner
Arthur Corwin
Ang Jo Moody
Sugar Creek
Paul E. Brown
Michael Kollister
Raymond Augustine
Lodi Township
Ross Phillips
Ray Bobo
Gladys Mulligan
Guysville
Virginia
C. Quinn
C. H. Pierce
Stewart — Lewis L. Moore
J. Louis Winner
W. H. Stahl
Harry Vaughn
Jlarry Richards
Homer Johnson
Frank Skinner
Eldon Faires
C. E. Handley
Jacksonville
C. C. Caldwell
John Rapp
Greens
Mack L. McCutcheon
Alfred Darby
Hollister
Reese Thompson
Dan Kovach
North
Edward Moore
Ben Hufford
L. R. Gooding
Foster M. Sayre
Quinn
Hollow
Quinton Quinn
Olive B. Ashcraft
Torch
Joseph V. Misner
Troy Township
W. R. Clark
Edgar Dixon
Deanville
Edward Conley
Clarence W. Warren
Clayton
Bob E. Hutchinson
Alice Simms
Kimberly -Russell Adams
Carl Andrews
Claire M. Ball
Pearl A. Langston
Carthage
C. M. Swartz
Albany Village
Olive Baughman
Roy Walsh
Lee Township
Pherice Wingett
Hockingport
E. B. McCaulsky
Buchtel Ralph Wilson
Addison Linton
E. Luhrig
Athens Township
Canaan South
Millfield East
Quinn Hollow
Coolville Village
Carbondale
W. Lu
Trimble Village
Mineral
W. Luhrig
Buchtel
Commonwealth Telephone Co. OF
Ohio
Ben L. Williams
Ohio American Legion
Legion
Paul Revere
Broad St
Columbus
Williams
Franklin Park
Fairfield
Perry
Athens High
By Sylvia Bayliss
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Unitarian Fellowship Group
Appeals Court
Buckeye
N. Court St
Rowland Plbg
Howe Co
Euclid Drive
Troy School
Cline Pharmacy Co
Stimson
Campbell
Athens, Ohio
Roy Deeter
John Grimes
the Mutual
Federal Home Loan Bank
Wolfe Howe
Choice
S. Court St
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