New Postal Structure Aimed at Athens Site on Stimson Ave
Athens may gain a new post office building on Stimson Ave as land negotiations unfold for a two acre site. Inspectors found current facilities inadequate two years ago and recommended a central one story building with parking and turning space for large vehicles.
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Athens
Stimson Ave
Arthur E. Cornwell
W. Stimson Ave
M&a Dietetic Laboratories
John W. Bricker
Porter Bound To Jury In Robbery Case
Bernard L. Porter a 39 year old former Athens County deputy sheriff was bound over to the Washington County grand jury on armed robbery charges with bond set at 1500 dollars He allegedly held up a Union Finance Co employee in Marietta last Thursday and escaped with 494 in a paper sack He was represented by a Marietta attorney and reportedly also retained James Shumaker of Nelsonville He waived reading of the affidavit and a preliminary hearing He has been identified in a police lineup by the loan company secretary but denies involvement saying he was in Marietta with his stepmother and returned home before the robbery occurred.
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Bernard L. Porter
Athens County
Washington County Grand Jury
Porter
Union Finance Co
Marietta
James Shumaker
Nelsonville
Thomas B. Sprague
Athens
Loan Company
Librarian Recognized at Travis AFB Medical Library
T Sgt Daisy R Chappell of Athens has been praised for leading study and research support at the USAF hospital Travis Air Force Base California She has 16 years active service including two years in Germany She completed the medical administration supervisor course at Gunter AFB Alabama and earned third honors as the sole woman in her class She joined Travis AFB in July 1958.
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Daisy R. Chappell
Athens
Usaf Hospital
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Chappell
Germany
Medical Administration
Gunter Afb
Ala
WAF
Travis Afb
Albany Area Resident Dies
Albany Mrs. Irvin Davies, 85, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital early Tuesday. She was a life-long Albany area resident and survived by her husband, one son Frank Throckmorton of Albany, two grandchildren, four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services Thursday at 2 p m at Bigony Funeral Home conducted by Rev. G H Hein. Burial in Alexander Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Albany
Irvin Davies
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Frank Throckmorton
Bigony Funeral Home
G. H. Hein
Alexander Cemetery
Forfeit Court Bonds For Seven Drivers
Seven drivers forfeited bonds after failing to appear in Municipal Court on charges from city police and the State Highway Patrol. Bonds listed include Chester K. Graham 36 Albany muffler violation $11 Robert Lee Rasquel 31 Columbus unlicensed minor to drive $26 Paul Nicholas Weise 26 Taylor Mich speeding $21 Carl Davis 47 Parkersburg speeding $31 John Jalsek 18 Garfield Hts speeding $21 Also cited were Max Ransom Cone Athens Route 3 stop sign violation $11 Ralph Lee Canter Glouster Route 2 stop sign violation $11 James D. Barkie 27 Athens no operator license $16.
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State Highway Patrol
Chester K. Graham
Albany
Robert Lee Rasquel
Columbus
Paul Nicholas Weise
Taylor, Mich
Carl Davis
Parkersburg
John Jalsek
Garfield Hts
Max Ransom Cone
Athens
Ralph Lee Canter
Glouster
James D. Barkie
Ath Ens County Education Association Sets Meeting
The executive board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the county superintendent's office at the courthouse. Clayton Stein is president.
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Athens County Education Association
Court House
Clayton Stein
Workshop For Chemistry Teachers In Ohio
A March 9 workshop at Ohio University targets high school and college chemistry teachers. Ed Rhine, OU official, leads efforts to boost cooperation between secondary schools and colleges in chemistry and to ready students for college work. OU Marietta Rio Grande faculty join Southeastern Ohio teachers to discuss standards and student achievement. Teachers may contact Rhine to attend. the event is one of seven statewide under multiple sponsors.
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Ohio University
Ed Rhine
Rhine
Marietta
Rio Grande
Southeastern Ohio
Tax Lands Hearing Set in Athens County
The Athens County Board of Revision schedules a 9:30 a.m. hearing on March 14 for objections to forfeiture and foreclosure of delinquent tax lands in Common Pleas Court. Mortgagees and lienors with an interest may attend. Delinquent lands across 13 townships and 16 cities, corporations, and villages are cited.
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Athens County Board of Revision
Common Pleas Court
Snow Keeps Falling As Temperature Dips To Freezing
Snow beginning as flurries this morning stuck as the thermometer dropped to freezing near noon. The 11 30 a m reading was 32 with about one inch of snow on the ground. River levels showed the Hocking at 8.32 feet and falling.
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U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking
B&O Tax Payment Check Sent To Athens County
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad sent a check for 23028.86 to the Athens County treasurer in payment of property taxes for the first half of 1960. For the full year 1960 the B and O taxes in Athens County exceeded 46000.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Athens County
Athens
B&o
Grass Fire Sparks at Sunset Hotel Rear
Grass at the rear of the Sunset Hotel on Columbus Road was ignited Monday afternoon by sparks from burning trash. City firemen, called at 2 10 p m, extinguished the blaze with a booster hose.
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Sunset Hotel
Columbus Road
Fire department aids student who fainted on campus
Emergency squadmen responded to a medical incident near University Terrace and Park Place at 3 06 p m Monday. Ellen McNamara 18 of Scott Quadrangle fainted and was taken to the Ohio University Health Center.
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Fire Department
University Terrace
Park Place
Ellen McNamara
Scott Quadrangle
Ohio University Health Center
Boys Like Scouting Highlighted By Kiwanis Club
John Coker of the Hock Hocking Boy Scout District told Kiwanis members at the Berry Hotel that after 50 years, scouting remains about shaping character in youths. He cited the motto Strengthen America, character still counts, and urged men to invest time and effort to engage boys.
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John Coker
Hock-Hocking
Kiwanis
Berry Hotel
Coker
Athens
Nelsonville
America
K.l.m.lf
M&R Report Presented at Athens Plant Meeting
M&R Dietetic Laboratories Inc employees learned at the Athens Plant annual meeting that the company contributed 705 522.58 to the profit sharing trust for 1960 and spent 765 374.27 on personal benefit programs beyond the trust. Melvin D. Ross presented a 10 year pin to Edward L. Rasmussen and a 15 year pin to James W. Carsey. Fred R. Hampton is Athens plant manager.
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M&R_ Dietetic Laboratories, Inc
Athens
Melvin D. Ross
Edward L. Rasmussen
James W. Carsey
Fred R. Hampton
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
List of patients and dismissals at Sheltering Arms Hospital includes John Bridgewater Athens Mrs Hannah Laughlin Zaleski Mrs HT Curry Jr Athens Barbara Nichols Glouster Route 2 Mrs Worley Perry Athens Route 1 and dismissals Denver Stump Athens Mrs Charles Slusher Albany and son Mrs Howard Welch Carpenter Mrs William Mullins Chauncey.
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John Bridgewater
Athens
Hannah Laughlin
Zaleski
H. T. Curry Jr
Barbara Nichols
Glouster
Worley Perry
Charles Slusher
Albany, and Son
Howard Welch
Carpenter
William Mullins
Chauncey
Former Area Man Is Writer At Stanford
David C. Miller is a Stanford staff writer and doctoral student. A Ohio University and State University of Iowa alumnus, he resides in Sunnyvale with his wife and baby daughter, and is the son of Mrs Pearl Miller of The Plains. He previously worked two years as a technical writer for Sandia AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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David C. Miller
Ohio University
State University of Iowa
Stanford University
Miller
Sunnyvale
Calif
Pearl Miller
the Plains
Sandia Afb
Albuquerque
N. M
Divorce Dismissed in Common Pleas Court
Dorothy Andrews filed for divorce and Lawrence Andrews filed a cross petition. The Common Pleas Court ordered both petitions dismissed as the charges were not substantiated.
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Dorothy Andrews
Cross Petion
Lawrence Andrews
Common Pleas Court
Cross
Boosters to Meet at Athens High Band Room
Athens High School Band Boosters will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the high school band room for routine planning and updates.
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Athens High School
Legion to Meet at Legion Home Wednesday Night
Crossen Post of the American Legion will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the legion home. A marriage license was issued for Donald R. Steimhelfer and Esta Jean Bernhart, both 27, from Galion and Athens respectively.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legions
Legion
Donald R. Steimhelfer
Galion
Esta Jean Bernhart
Athens
OU Senior Wins Reynolds Aluminum Prize for Arts Architecture
Charles E. Held, a senior at Ohio University School of Architecture in Athens, has won one of the first Reynolds Aluminum prizes worth $200. Director Walter A. Taylor announced the award for his prefab aluminum dwelling design. The project, mentored by Prof. Len Dembrow, has been sent to Washington for national judging.
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Tactical Air Command
Langley Air Force Base
Ernest Couture
Tim Dunn
TAC
Athens
Ohio University
Center Ballroom
Memorial Auditorium
OU Center
Royal McBee Corp
Charles E. Held
School of Architecture
Reynolds Aluminum
Walter A. Taylor
Held
Len Dembrow
Washington, D. C
Six Divorce Petitions Dismissed In Common Pleas Court
Six divorce petitions were dismissed in Common Pleas Court on motion of the plaintiff for good cause shown. The cases listed include Beverly Shifflet versus Thomas Shifflet Gladys Russell versus Alfred E Russell Cinda Vaido versus John Vaido Julia K Grafton versus Donald Malcolm Grafton Garnet Lucille Wood versus Melvin Lee Wood and Mary Stover Hiles versus James Hiles.
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Common Pleas
Beverly Shifflet
Thomas Shifflet
Gladys Russell
Alfred E. Russell
Cinda Vaido
John Vaido
Julia K. Grafton
Donald Malcolm Grafton
Garnet Lucille Wood
Melvin Lee Wood
Mary Stover Hiles
James Hiles
Real Estate Transfer in Athens Two Tract
Floyd Edwards transfers tract in Athens Two to James Mackie in a formal real estate record. The action notes a property interest transfer between named individuals in an Athens area parcel.
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Floyd Edwards
James Mackie
Athens
Ohio University to Receive $75,000 Full-Keyboard Organ
John Galbreath donates a four keyboard pipe organ to Memorial Auditorium for OU use in concerts convocations and student programs. Installation planned this year with completion by Feb 1, 1962. Organ built by M P Moller Company will arrive assembled and reassembled on campus.
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
John C. Baker
John Galbreath
Columbus
Pittsburgh
New York
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baker
M. P. Moller Company
Hagerstown
Galbreath
Helen Mauck Galbreath
Flag and Customs Highlight Blue and Gold Dinner
History and customs surrounding the flag discussed as Boy Scout Troop 53 received a 50 star flag at its Blue and Gold dinner at the Athens County Grange Hall. Clarence McKinstry spoke. guests included Williams Teders, Mrs. Jess Weekley, Robert Essex, Benton Miller, and David Carmichael.
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Boy Scout Troop 53
Athens County Grange Hall
Clarence McKinstry
Williams Teders
PTA
Jess Weekley
Robert Essex
Benton Miller
David Carmichael
Ray Carmichael
Randy Lamp
OU Graduate Is Promoted to Manager in Los Angeles
Robert D. Sedwick son of Mr and Mrs H O Sedwick of 18 Morris Ave promoted to manager of internal control in the general office of North American Aviation Inc in Los Angeles He previously headed costing and time keeping at the Columbus division A 1948 Ohio University graduate and Beta Theta Phi member He earned a 1950 master’s degree from Ohio State University The Sedwicks will move to Los Angeles with their two daughters on March 11
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Robert D. Sedwick
H. O. Sedwick
Morris Ave
General Office of
North American Aviation, Inc
Los Angeles
Sedwick
Columbus Divission
Ohio University
Beta Theta Phi Fraternity
Ohio State University
Barbara Ann Peters
Cleveland
Subdivision Plat Is Approved By County
The county commissioners approved Gilbert Hartman’s fourth subdivision at The Plains on Monday. The plan, covering River Lots 347-89, adds more than 30 building lots bounded by Mound Street and County Highway 110.
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Gilbert Hartman
the Plains
Mound St
Court Fines Joseph Rhoades for Prowling Charge
Joseph Rhoades, 20, of 42 Brown Avenue, was fined $25 plus costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to a police charge of prowling and window peeking at 60 North Congress Street.
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Joseph Rhoades
Brown Ave
N. Congress. St
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Kraftreads
General Tire
Buck Auto Supply
Kiwanis Club
M&r Report
Denver Stump
Stanford
Boosters
D. H
Jonesy) Sams
Architecture
Oring
Ford Hack
Lauson, Clinton
Briggs & Stratton
Doctor of Motors
Your
N.A.P.A. Jobber
Logan
McArthur
Logan Federal Savings and Loan Association
E. Main St
Logan, Ohio
Miles E. Hoon
Diles Radiobar Company
Dean & Barry
Bans Barry
Oman
Tel. LY
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