Village Clerk Commended for 38 Years of Service
Richard Duckworth, Syracuse village clerk for 38 years, was commended by members of the Ohio House of Representatives led by Rep. Ralph Welker. The citation praises his civic service and dedication to the Syracuse community and state. Signed by Speaker Charles Kurfess.
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Syracuse
Richard Duckworth
Ohio House of Representatives
Ralph Welker
109Th General Assembly
Ohio
Charles Kurfess
Bookmobile Schedule Week of February 21
Meigs Jackson Vinton counties publish routes and times for the bookmobile from Salisbury to Harden's with multiple stops daily Tuesday through Friday. A holiday closure Monday affects the week’s schedule.
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Pomeroy
Meigs- Jackson-Vinton County Bookmobile
Salisbury
Salem Center
Route 50
Eagle Mills
Ray
Byer
Syracuse
Racine
Wagner
East Letart
Apple Grove
Antiquity
Racine Bank
Can't Afford The Gasoline Costs Winner's Car
Methwell Mafone of Johannesburg won a $3,360 car in a quiz but says he cannot afford gasoline to operate it. The 26 year old parking lot attendant plans to relinquish the prize due to running costs.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Methwell Mafone
Actor Hurt In Plunge At Ohio University
Mark Schaad 21 fell through a trap door while rehearsing around midnight in the Ohio University Speech and Theater Building. He was treated at Hudson Health Center for a back injury and listed in good condition by Dr. E D Mattmiller. An earlier call reported a faulty light fixture at 42 West Washington Street caused a brief short with no damage.
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Ohio University Speech and Theater
S. College Street
Mark Schaad
N. Court St
Athens
Athens Fire Department
Schaad
Hudson Health Center
E. D. Mattmiller
Washington St
Harlan Harris
High School Music Contest Slated At Ohio University
The District 15 solo and ensemble contest for junior and senior high school musicians will be held in the new music building at Ohio University on February 26. Sponsored by the Ohio Music Education Association with local chairman Charles Minelli, the event features 621 solos and ensembles across woodwinds brass strings percussion piano and voice. Eight southeastern Ohio counties Athens Meigs Vinton Washington Gallia Lawrence Jackson Scioto send participants. 45 instructors attend, and the program is free to the public.
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Ohio University
Charles Minelli
Ohio
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Washington
Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson
Scioto
Pomeroy PTA Observes Founders Day
Pomeroy PTA marked its Founders Day with a Monday night meeting at the elementary school. Past presidents received corsages from the Winding Trail Garden Club. Members wore old fashioned costumes for the PTA golden anniversary and a play How PTA Came About was staged. An American Legion Auxiliary drill, led by Mrs. Neutzling, featured Melanie Burt as Uncle Sam and Sherrie Reuter as the Goddess of Liberty. The business session noted arrival of raincoats and safety equipment for the patrol and announced a storytelling workshop by Miss Bonnie Mitchell at Salisbury School on Wednesday evening.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Pta
Winding Trail Garden Club
Ted Downie
Fred Blaetmar
Aaron Kelton
Dwight Cullums
Ben Neutzling
Donaley Reibel
Floyd Weber
Robert Warner
Harry Davis
Chester Knight
John Terrell
Henry Reibel
James Titus
PTA
Neutzling
Blaetmar
Robert Morris
Gene Mitch
Jerry Fields
James Wansley
John Murphy
Annette Boyd
Diane Hawley
Keith Riggs
Richard Rosenbaum
W. H. Perrin
Arthur Arnold
Earl Thoma
American Legion Auxiliary
Drew Webster Post
Melanie Burt
Uncle Sam
Sherrie Reuter
Goddess of Liberty
Kathy Werry
Lori Wood
Cheryl Lehew
Beth McKnight
Peggy Girolami
Ida Casci
Linda Rosenbaum
Pam Powers
June Wansley
Lori Rupe
Sherri Mitch
Susan Wright
Faye Reibel
Diana Arnold
Charles Neuman
Paul Casci
Grace Pratt
Davis
Computers To Assist Sheriff In Leads System
Athens County Sheriff Harold Shields and deputies will learn the LEADS crime information service on February 23 in Jackson. A warrant-wanted memory bank in Columbus will relay instant car and suspect data to local officers at no county cost. Deputies will query stolen cars or wanted persons in Ohio and a national LEADS service may follow.
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Leads Crime Information Service
Athens County
Harold Shields
Jackson
Columbus
Shields
Ohio
Law Enforcement Automated Data Systems
Italian Plan for World’s Longest Suspension Bridge
Rome AP reports Italy plans a 9000 foot suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina to Sicily with six lanes and four towers up to 650 feet taller than the Empire State Building. Construction is expected to take five to eight years. Coyotes prefer rodents that threaten farms.
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Rome
Strait of Messina
Siciliy
New York
Empire State Building
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Fort Worth, Tex
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Robert E. Naylor
Canada
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Bashan
Harden
Ohio Music Education Association
Katherine S. Gill
Dwight Somerville
Shelby
Minelli
Music Educators National Conference
the Messenger
Bonnie Mitchell
Salisbury School
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Grace
Episcopal Church
Coyotes
Sears
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RNIB
Allstate
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
Logan
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