Area Road Projects Open New Bypass And Bridge Work In Ohio
Ohio announces highway improvements in Athens and Vinton counties. A $17 000 bypass around a burning coal seam on Route 216 near New Straitsville is completed. A new bridge for Route 690 north of Athens will replace two narrow bridges. Route 329 relocation near Broadwell advances with a new Fed eral Creek bridge. Route 50 relocation east of McArthur begins with underpass work under the B and O railroad and new grading by W E Engle Construction. Wander and Mason handle main construction.
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Ohio
Athens
Vinton County
New Straitsville
Perry County
Highway Department
Wayne
Athens County
W. J. Elliott and Sons Co
McConnelsville
Canaanville
Amesville
State Highway Department
Broadwell
Federal Creek
W. E. Engle Construction Co
McArthur
Baltimore & Ohio
Engle
Wander and Mason Firm
Men Admit Entering Residence in Nelsonville Case
Two 26 year old Nelsonville men bound over to the grand jury after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to breaking and entering charges. John William Anderson and Eugene Frederick Hamilton jailed in default of bond for breaking into the Kimberly residence of Ira Clark and taking $330 worth of articles. Loot recovered includes TV set, electric sweeper, toaster, power saw, pistol and holster, record player, electric clock and pocket watch.
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Nelsonville
Route 1
Grand Jury
DeWitt Walker
John William Anderson
Eugene Frederick Hamilton
Kimberly
Ira Clark
P. V. Smeal FRS Official Dies at 62
Paul V. Smeal aged 62 of 27 Avon Place died unexpectedly Friday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a month of ill health. Born in Pennsylvania he lived in Cleveland and for six years in Athens where he managed the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland record center. He belonged to First Methodist Church Athens and Gaston G. Allen Lodge F&AM Lakewood. He is survived by his wife Velda and two sons David of Cleveland and Harry of North. Funeral arrangements are with Hughes Funeral Home.
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Paul V. Smeal
Avon Pl
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Athens
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
First Methodist Church
Gaston G. Allen Lodge
F&am
Lakewood
Velda
David
Harry
Hughes Funeral Home
Corporal Robinson Transferred to Portsmouth Post
Cpl. M. M. Robinson moves from Greenville to Portsmouth after serving as a patrolman second in command at Athens. He was promoted to corporal and earlier stationed in Greenville and Athens. He is married to Mona Shepard of Glouster.
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State Highway Patrol
M. M. Robinson
Greenville
Portsmouth
Corporal Robinson
Athens Post
Mona Shepard of
Glouster
New Street Light Fixture Tested by C S O E
A new street light fixture is being tested at the corner of Court and Washington streets by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. The fixture is designed to give better illumination according to C&SOE.
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Court and
Washington Streets
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
C&soe
Truck Strikes Tree Limb Damages Cattle Truck
A cattle truck was damaged Thursday night on Campbell Street The Plains after an overhanging limb struck it. Driver Gerald Weekley 18 Millfield Route 1 escaped injury according to the State Highway Patrol.
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the Plains
Campbell St
State Highway Patrol
Gerald Weekley
Millfield
Religion In Life Week Planned at Ohio University
The Rev. Donald F. Hetzler of the National Lutheran Council will preach at Christ Lutheran Church Sunday at 10 30 a m in Galbreath Chapel and participate in Ohio University's Religion and Life Week February 26 to March 5 He will lead forums ask questions and speak to Lutheran student groups and ecumenical gatherings. The Wesley Foundation will host Religion in Life events at First Methodist Church featuring Claude Singleton and Rev Richard Bauer with a Wesley Mid Winter Retreat on March 4 at the church Fellowship Hall.
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Donald F. Hetzler
Division of College and University
National Lutheran Council
Christ Lutheran Church
Ohio University
Galbreath Chapel
Austin F. Shell
Mr. Hetzler
Strasbourg
France
Church
OU Center
Wesley Foundation
First Methodist Church
Claude Singleton
Board of Missions
Richard Bauer
Interboard Committee
Wesley
Fellowship
Margaret Creek Group Plans Future Activities in Meeting
The executive committee of the Margaret Creek Watershed Association met at the Albany School to review watershed progress and discuss future recreation wildlife and industry use of facilities. Chairman Ed Wagoner read a letter from State Conservationist Raymond S. Brown noting Margaret Creek was listed in the 1960 second priority group for planning and urging rapid land treatment planning and implementation by farmers. A further committee meeting was announced for the near future.
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The
Margaret Creek Watershed Association
Albany
Cilities
Ed Wagoner
Raymond S. Brown
Department of Natural Resorves
Margaret Creek
Births and Admits at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Birth announcements list Mr and Mrs Myrrie Dailey Stewart a son and Mr and Mrs Delmar Tapp Athens a daughter. Admissions include Elmer Finsterwald Athens Route 4 Clifford E Ruth Shade Clark Hoy Athens Merrill Riggle Athens William Woodell Athens Route 2 Mrs Gerald Glass The Plains. Dismissals include Ray Zimmerman Albany Route 1 and several Athens area residents with family members.
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Myrrie Dailey
Stewart
Delmar Tapp
Athens
Elmer Finsterwald
Clifford E. Ruth
Shade
Clark Hoy
Merrill Riggle
William Woodell
Gerald Glass
the Plains
Leland Southerton Denied Plea in DWI Charge
Le land Southerton of Athens aged 52 pleaded innocent in Municipal Court on Friday to a driving while intoxicated charge. He posted a $150 bond and is set for a hearing on March 1.
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Leland Southerton
Athens
Bond Sales Rise in Athens County January Totals
The U S Treasury savings bond division reports Series E and savings bonds in Athens County totaled 106 945 during January up from 22 504 in the same month last year.
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Athens County
U.S. Treasury Department
Auto Wiring Damaged By Fire In Car Parked At Carnegie Hall
A parked car owned by Capt. H. E. Hollenbeck at 47 Avon Place sustained wiring damage from a fire caused by a short circuit. Firemen extinguished the blaze with a chemical extinguisher after being called at 4 10 p m to the front of Carnegie Hall where the vehicle was parked.
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H. E. Hollenbeck
Avon Pl
Carnegie Hall
Injured Man 72 Falls Near Home
Rudolph Barnett age 72 of 20 Brown Ave sustained a laceration under his left eye after a fall on the street near his residence. He was transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad called at 6 10 p.m.
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Rudolph Barnett
Brown Ave
Sheltering Arms’ Hospital
Fire Department
Signature Clarified In City Council Letter Debate
Barbara Daniel of the Lower Plains rejected a city council letter on obscenity legislation saying the signature was not hers. The clarification followed concerns over authorship and intent of the proposed measure.
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Barbara Daniel
Lower Plains
Athens Enjoys Bright Morning as Temperatures Rise
Athens residents started Friday with a sunny sky and rising temperatures. An 11 a.m. reading hit 63 degrees after an early morning low of 37, following yesterday’s high of 63. Rural Hamley Run logged a low of 32 today.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Drunk Driver Jailed After Area Crash
Robert L. Lott 34 sustained minor injuries when his car left Route 50 east of Guysville, hit an embankment, and he fled into the woods. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, was fined $50 and costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and had his operator's license suspended 90 days. He was confined at Athens County jail and later turned over to Pheen Court Feiner.
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Guysville
Robert L. Lott
Athens County
Lott
Seenema Ames Ao.aeseamien Pheen Court Feiner
Richardsons to Be Cited by COBA for Milk Record
Cecil Richardson and Son of Coolville will receive state recognition and a gold plaque at the Central Ohio Breeding Association meeting in Plumb Hall at Ohio State University. They milk 20 Holsteins with 26 head capacity, achieving 13394 pounds per cow and 583 pounds of butterfat in 1960. Cecil Richardson Jr. willrepresent the county at the COBA directors meeting February 25.
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Cecil Richardson
Trustees Meeting Set for United Appeals of Athens
The annual meeting of the United Appeals of Athens board is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Red Cross Chapter House 132 N Congress St. Officers and new board members will be elected. The meeting is open to the public and contributors to the United Appeals Fund are members with voting rights.
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Board of Trustees of the
United Appeals of Athens
Red Cross
N. Congress St
United Appeals Fund
Royal McBee Names Seitz Chairman of Canadian Unit
Royal McBee announces Joseph L. Seitz is elected chairman of the board of Royal Typewriter Co Ltd the Canadian subsidiary. He formerly served as president of Underwood Ltd in Canada and the group has operated in Canada since 1932 with a production facility in Montreal. The McBee Co Ltd is headquartered in Toronto.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Royal McBee Corp
Joseph L. Seitz
Royal Typewriter Co., Ltd
Underwood, Ltd
Canada
Royal
Montreal
Royal McBee
the McBee Co., Ltd
Toronto
Sportsmen Group To Finalize Bird Dog Trials Plans
The Hocking Valley Sportsmen Association will meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the Radford Road clubhouse to finalize arrangements for the annual spring bird dog field trials set for Saturday and Sunday March 4 and 5.
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Hocking Valley Sportsmen Association
Radford Rd
Heart Fund canvass to seek support Sunday in Athens
Heart Fund volunteers plan a Sunday door to door canvass in Athens to distribute a health pamphlet and collect contributions for the 1961 Heart Fund campaign. The effort, chaired by Mrs. Richard M. Phillips, names district captains and includes Ohio University Alpha Epsilon Phi members assisting.
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Athens
Heart Fund
Richard M. Phillips
Heart Sunday
Phillips
Heart
Gerald Stauffer
Athens Heart Council
E. ‘State Street
Lucille Duffee
William Butler
Ben Geary
D. W. Cunningham
Harry Graham
D. M. Downard
William Roberts
Bert Barnes
Robert Baur
Henry Seibert
Ohio University
Alpha Epsilon Phi
State Capital Visit By St Pauls Eighth Graders
Seventeen eighth graders from St Pauls Elementary School visited Columbus. The boys played two basketball games against St Ladislaus and Holy Rosary Schools while the nine girls toured the state capitol building with Mother Mariella and Mrs Robert Main. They visited St Vincent's Orphanage and St Ann's Hospital for Women. Pat Byrd praised Capitol friendliness as each girl received an honorary lieutenant governor certificate from Lt Gov John W Donahoe. Connie Midkiff praised St Vincent's Orphanage visit as as nice as many private homes.
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St. Paul’s
Columbus
St. Ladislaus
Holy Rosary
Mariella
Robert Main
St. Vincent’s Orphanage
St. Ann’s Hospital
Pat Byrd
Avon
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Kentucky
Sunnyvale Garden & Nursery Center
Chauncey Road
Pars
Rock of Ages
Keller & Weltner Monument Co
Athens Hocking
Fairfield Counties
John N. Eberst
W. Hunter St
Logan
P. V. Smeal
FRS
Cpl. Robinson
G. Cafeteria
Gallipolis
Oho
Rev
Hetzler
Margaret Creek Group
Ray Zimmerman
Jay Carsey
Walter Carsey
Darius Michael
Thor Nelson
Coolville
Earl Washburn
Dulcie Williams
Miami
Wee Wes West
Farroune
COBA
Heart Fund Canvass
Tees
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
And
C. M. Gill & Company
Earl Mathews
Earl Hooper
C. M. Gill
General Insurance
Floor
Security Bank Bldg
Insurance Ri
Martin
Middleport
Mac’s Thrifty
W. State St
Clover Farm
ALL Redmen, Pocohontas
Ailens, Onic
Royal Blue Market
Athens, Ohio
Commonwealth
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