Snow Returns as Athens Hits Deep Freeze After Warm Spell
A 45 degree drop and two inch snow hit Athens Thursday after a sunny mild spell. Snow began around 9 p.m. and lingered as temperatures plummeted from 52 to near zero. By 9 a.m. the thermometer showed two degrees with forecasts predicting eleven below zero tonight. The John Glenn Story will air on WOUB-TV at 9:30 p.m. March 1 to mark the 1962 orbital flight.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Weather Bureau
John Glenn
Woub-Tv
Waterloo High School auto shop damaged by fire
A fire damaged the Waterloo Township workshop at New Marshfield High School basement rear when fumes ignited near a welding machine. Billy McKibben escaped safely as the building was evacuated. Firefighters contained the blaze and classes were dismissed due to smoke.
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Waterloo High School
Billy McKibben
Carlos Lowery
Carbondale
New Marshfield High School
Young McKibben
Waterloo Township
Raymond Brooks
Heart Fund Events Announced This Week at Ohio U
Sponsors of the Heart Fund outline a series of fund raising activities for Heart Sunday. Business and Professional Week features solicitors in business districts while Phi Kappa Tau and Pi Kappa Alpha members plan to sell heart balloons at supermarkets and on Court Street. A Kiddie Cartoon and comedy show at the Varsity Theater Saturday at 10 a.m. offers free pop and candy. all proceeds support the Heart Fund.
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Heart
Heart Fund
Phi Kappa Tau
Pi Kappa Alpha
Ohio University
Court St
Rites Planned for Glen M. Romine
Funeral services are set for Glen M. Romine 70 of Athens who died Wednesday at the Angel of Mercy Rest Home Albany. Services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Memorial services are planned for 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home by the Ath ens Elks lodge of which Romine was a past exalted ruler. City police cited Roy Eric Sams 41 of 9 Brown Ave for driving while intoxicated after a two vehicle crash near 99 W State St at 1:45 a.m. Thursday. Sams pleaded no contest in Municipal Court with bond set at 250. Continued Friday. Bond forfeitures listed for several defendants including Paul Buell Lewis 19 Howard Scott Straley 22 Don Edmund Kasler Sr 73 Thomas Havlik 21 Dorris McInturf 27 and Robert Conaway 18.
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Glen M. Romine
Athens
Angel of Mercy
Albany
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
James W. Brown
West Union Street
Athens Elks’ Lodge
Romine
Roy Eric Sams
Brown Ave
W. State St
Clarence Leedy
Millfield
Sams
Charles William Smith
New Marshfield
Paul Buell Lewis
Rose St
Howard Scott Straley
Garnertsfelder Hall
Don Edmund Kasler
Thomas Albert Havlik
Maplewood Dr
Dorris William McIinturf
Robert Michael Conaway
Columbus
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Summary
List of names associated with Sheltering Arms Hospital notes including Walter B. Williams Glouster Dale Uldrich Athens Mrs Flora Johnson Albany John Summers Athens Clay Golden Stewart and dismissed individuals Mrs George Smith Athens Richard Simpson Millfield Route 1 Nick Dandos Athens William Exline Glouster Walter Keirns Millfield Route 1 Paul R Maccombs The Plains Mrs Kenneth Green Athens Route 4 and daughter Sophia Lewis Albany.
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Walter B. Williams
Glouster
Dale Uldrich
Athens
Flora Johnson
Albany
John Summers
Clay Golden
Stewart
George Smith
Richard Simpson
Millfield
Nick Dandos
William Exline
Walter Keirns
Paul R. Maccombs
the Plains
Kenneth Green
Sophia Lewis
Traffic Fines In Various Ohio Towns By State Patrol
William Duncan 20 The Plains fined 20 dollars for speeding. Charles Sanders 28 Millfield fined 35 dollars for no operator's license. Edward Davis 29 Millfield fined 15 dollars for speeding. Charles Grinstead 49 Glouster fined 15 dollars for speeding. James McCall 18 Murray City fined 10 dollars for headlights. Dennis Walters 45 Guysville fined 10 dollars for failing to yield. Kenneth Sacks 19 Cleveland fined 20 dollars for speeding. Paul Ross 28 Chauncey fined 10 dollars for passing on a curve. Linda Mary Brooks 26 Athens Route 2 fined 15 dollars for failure to stop within assured clear distance.
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William Duncan
the Plains
Charles Sanders
Millfield
Edward Davis
Charles Grinstead
Glouster
James McCall
Murray City
Dennis Walters
Guysville
Kenneth R. Sacks
Cleveland
Paul Ross
Chauncey
Linda Mary Brooks
Athens
Fr iday closings due to Washingtons Birthday observed
Government offices including post office windows and delivery will close Friday in observance. City banks city hall and the courthouse also close. The Fourth District headquarters of the Department of Natural Resources will remain staffed, a spokesman said.
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Washington
Department of Natural Resources
City Plans Exercise Options On Two Parking Lot Properties
The city will exercise options to buy two adjacent properties to expand the E Washington Street parking lot. The Moler property on College Street costs about 36000 and expires in March, adding 36 feet of frontage for more spaces. The Carpenter property on E Washington costs about 70000 and adds 43 feet, with financing still under discussion.
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E. Washington St
Raymond Shepard
Harley
Greta Walker Moler
College St
Moler
Shepard
Fred and
Gladys Carpenter
Carpenter
Mrs. Dessie May Watson Rites Friday
Mrs. Dessie May Watson, 71, found dead at her home 363 W State St in what police term a burn incident. Survived by husband James and son Curtis of Athens plus four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren and two brothers. Funeral services Friday at 10 am Hughes Funeral Home with burial in South Canaan Cemetery.
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Dessie May Watson
State St
Doddridge County
W. Va
Parkersburg
Athens
James
Curtis
Harry
Edward Hughes
Chillicothe
Bessie Brown
Clarence
Hughes Funeral
Joe B. Maffett
South Canaan
Morrison School Citizens Are Honored
Morrison School pupils and faculty named Citizens of the Week for improving conduct and overall citizenship. Recipients include Jan Jeffers and Gary Crabtree in first grade, Fred Van Dyke and Debbie Lamp in second, Ann Fletcher and Jeff Scott in third, Ben Wiegal in fourth, Sharon Sturgeon in fifth, James Yates and Frances Watkins in sixth. Also listed are marriage licenses for John D Swart and Linda Lou Mace, plus Danny L Brookhart and Renee Deeter as couples.
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Morrison School
Jan Jeffers
Gary Crabtree
Fred van Dyke
Debbie Lamp
Ann Fletcher
Jeff Scott
Ben Wiegal
Sharon Sturgeon
James Yates
Frances Watkins
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Court Street Market
J. A
Peck” Simpkins
Mgr
Court and
State Sts
Athens Appl. & TV Co
Best Buy
Admiral
Precision Admiral
Parkview
Sadmliral
Mark
Itonavera
Athens Appl. & TV CO. Hens, O
LNG
Jersey
Kasler
Kasler's Dairy
N. Court St
G. M. Romine Rites
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mrs. Watson
John D. Swart
Linda Lou Mace
Danny L. Brookhart
Renee Deeter
Royal McBee
Wright's
Vanguard
Wright Paint & Hardware Sian
Fuller's
Hamilton
George
Fuller Electric Service
Ohio
George Washington
Scott's
South Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Tops Cleaners
Gallahers
Nelsonville
Oxfords
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