Library Archivist Details History Preservation Efforts
Ohio University Alden Library archivist Richard Ryan spoke at the Athens County Historical Society meeting about preserving material for past events. He described sources like diaries, ledgers, photos, and letters and noted plans for a semi permanent exhibit and a donation of porcelain dolls in memory of Mrs Sam Altman. The society discussed moving meeting dates to weeknights and announced a new post office box 423 Athens and nominating committee chair Mrs Edward Stone.
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Richard Ryan
Ohio University
Alden
Athens County Historical Society
Ryan
Sam Altman
Tom Smith
Ft. Gower
Harris
Athens
Edward Stone
23 Cub Scouts Receive Awards At Pack Banquet
Athens Pack 53 held its blue and gold banquet at Morrison School awarding Daryll Perry gold and silver arrow and service star. Scouts Scott Riggs David Dean David Biddle Doug Mitchell Chad Wingett Chad Cooley David Koch Mike Snavely Jamie Atkins Chuck Rowan Kevin Click Kent Knudson Eric Butrick John Wagner Doug Brooks Doug Meryer John Paxton Dale Perry Andrew Russ Loyde Hales Keith Russ earned various bear wolf and gold arrows and showman geologist scientist badges. Jerry France Ohio University's baseball coach spoke on belief and optimism.
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Cub
Athens
Morrison School
Daryll Perry
Scott Riggs
David Dean
David Biddle
Doug Mitchell
Chad Wingett
Wolf
Chad Cooley
David Koch
Mike Snavely
Silver Arrow
David Moday
Jamie Atkins
Chuck Rowan
Eric Butrick
John Wagner
Doug Brooks
Doug Meryer
John Paxton
Dale Perry
Andrew Russ
Loyde Hales
Keith Russ
Jerry France
Ohio University
Las Vegas Night at Athens Elks Lodge
The Athens Elks lodge hosts its annual Las Vegas night this Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Also featured is the 1973 variety show with event open to members and invited guests.
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Athens
Bates United Methodist Church Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Bates United Methodist Church, a non profit corporation, were filed with Secretary of State Ted W Brown by Helen T. Kirkendall of Athens Route 5.
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Columbus
Ted W Brown
Bates United Methodist Church
Helen T. Kirkendall
Athens
Hospital visitation rules and patient admissions report
Visitor hours span 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with maternity restrictions and limits of two visitors per patient per hour. Several families announce newborns and admissions in Athens and surrounding towns. multiple patients admitted include James McVey Ethel Dixon and others, while a long list of discharges follows.
Athens Firemen Respond to Four Calls Sunday Through Monday
Athens firemen answered four emergency and fire calls over Sunday night into Monday morning. At 3:31 a.m. they visited 189 W. State St. after a neighbor called for aid, but the resident woman refused help. A false alarm occurred at Trudley Hall on the West Green at 8:29 p.m. Sunday. At 1:09 a.m. Monday they found Floyd G. Hutchins, 79, dead at 38 Central Ave., with cause not yet learned. At 1:54 a.m. they went to 50 Central Ave. for D. W. Cummings, 83, who was ill and taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital.
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Athens
W. State St
Trudley Hall
West Green
Central Ave
Floyd G. Hutchins
D. W. Cummings
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Dannie's Mobile Homes appoints Ferguson as VP and sales head
Frank D. Ferguson named Vice President and Director of Sales at Dannie's Mobile Homes Inc. He brings 17 years in ministry and 3,000 sales training experiences and will create a dedicated sales training department. The firm operates across Ohio Indiana Kentucky Michigan and Florida.
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Lancaster
Dannie's Mobile Homes, Inc
Frank D. Ferguson
Ferguson
Circleville Bible College
Dannie’s
Dannie’s Mobile Homes, Inc
Dannie
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Florida
Dannie M. Devol
Ohio lottery forecast faces numbers racket doubts
Ohio supporters project a general fund gain of 75 to 100 million annually, against eight states with lotteries. Senator Ronald Mottl predicts strong profits but opponents cite data gaps and point to New York and Pennsylvania earnings as benchmarks while noting voter decision in May on a constitutional amendment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ronald Mottl
Parma
New York
Mottl
U. S. Atty
William Milligan
General Assembly
Ohio Supreme Court
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Edward F. Harrington
U.S. Justice Department
New England
Massachusetts
Frederick Ludwig
Queens County District Attorney's Office
New Jersey
D- 24
Lottery Commission
Matil
Suits Set For May In Crash At Tri-State Airport
Five unsettled civil suits against Southern Airways over the 1970 Marshall University jetliner crash were set for a May 7 trial date by U S District Judge K K Hall The cases involve 75 killed including players coaches and fans and the board will decide liability before damages under WV wrongful death limits of 100000 per person.
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Charleston
W. Va
Southern Airways
Marshall University
U. S
K. K Hall
DCU
Southern
Tri-State
Huntington
Hall
West Virginia
Wellston Council Receives January Police Activity Report
Wellston council heard Chief Max Downard present January police activity: 398 complaints, 342 answered, 20 arrests, 21 accidents investigated, two burglaries, five thefts, two vandalisms, six funerals escorted. Parking meter income totaled 745.20 with 915.85 in fines and forfeitures, for a department total of 1 961.85. The council approved two new street lights on Oak Ridge Addition and New York Ave between 13th and 14th Streets.
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Wellston
Max Downard
Oak Ridge Addition
New York Ave
Thirteenth St
Fourteenth St
Record Deficit in U S Steel Trade Hits New High in 1972
United States steel mill product trade deficit reached about 2.2 billion dollars in 1972 according to American Iron and Steel Institute, slightly above the 1971 record while overall import tonnage eased from the prior year. Darwin Theory
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Washington
United States
American Iron and Steel Institute
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Kathy Sawyer
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Las Vegas
Elks
W. Union St
Rex Hamilton
Albany
Harry Haskman
Roddy Hineman
Glouster
James Hudwell
James McVey
Ethel Dixon
Dean Hann
Orville Stover
James Hughes
Frank Niggemeyer
Howard Dailey
Stewart
John Shrieves
the Plains
Arthur Climer
Millfield
Dale Spencer
Jeff Buckley
New Marshfield
Charles Nichols
Merle Bowers
David McClain
William Hunter
Barry Scott
Cora Love
Lester Fields
Earl Staley
Elizabeth Upp
Lula
Complete Insurance Service
Sonved
Don Reed
Bob Baur
Reed & Baur, Inc
E. State
Pomeroy Man
Pomeroy
Craig Haning
Sheriff's Department
Bird
Australia
Maryland
Council
Africa
The
Athens National Bank
Gibson
Blackburn Appliance
Chestnut St
Nelsonville
ANB
International Silver
McGraw-Edison Autovac
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