Snow and Cold Snap Hits Athens After Weekend Winds
Snow and cold swept into Athens as high winds toppled trees and leaves. Temperatures fell to 22 by 9 a.m. from 30s, with Sunday high 38 and one inch of snow on the ground. Roads were wet but passable after eight or nine cinder trucks, while secondary roads remained slick. No schools closed and police diverted traffic when a tree fell on Richland Ave. Power lines and lights were affected in Shade and Willow Creek areas.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
State Highway Department
Richland Ave
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Willow Creek
Athens Man Appointed To AEC Post
Capt. Thomas W. Dowler, previously district deputy director of the Army Reactor Service in New York, is reassigned as resident engineer for the Atomic Energy Commission. He will work on an air transportable nuclear reactor to be installed in a Byrd Station snow tunnel in Antarctica. Dowler, his wife Joanne, and their four children will move January 9 from Fort Wadsworth to 211 First St Scotia 2 New York.
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Thomas W. Dowler
Army Reactor Service
New York City
Schenectady
N. Y
Atomic Energy Commission
Byrd Station
Antarctia
Capt. Dowler
John W. Dowler
Athens
Joanne
Ft. Wadsworth
First St
Scotia 2
Leaving OU for New Post Dr William Baxter to Howard College
Dr William Baxter associate professor of journalism will leave Ohio University in July to become chairman of the journalism department at Howard College in Birmingham Alabama. He will hold the rank of full professor and return to Howard where he taught from 1948 to 1951. Baxter joined OU in September 1955 and earned a PhD from the University of Iowa in June 1960 along with BA and MA degrees from Louisiana State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baxter
Ohio University
Howard College
Birmingham
Ala
Howard
Baxter
University of Iowa
Louisiana State University
Shade Area Resident Dies in Ambulance Toward Hospital
Harold Fletcher aged 54 died Saturday evening while being transported by ambulance from his home on Athens Route 5 near Shade to Sheltering Arms Hospital. He was a farmer disabled two years earlier by a fall from a tree while picking pears. Survivors include wife Ruby, three sons Thomas Paul and James, a Navy member, a brother Fred of Butler Pennsylvania, and two sisters Lucy Fletcher and Mary Carpenter of Fairmont West Virginia. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Jagers and Sons, with burial in Alexander Cemetery.
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Harold Fletcher
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Shade
Fletcher
Robert
Kimberly
Ruby
Thomas
Paul
James
Navy
Fred
Butler
Lucy Fletcher
Mary Carpenter
Fairmont
W. Va
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Robert Ossman
Alexander Cemetery
Traffic Fine Levied on Stop Sign Violation
Thomas A. Skinner 21 of 23 S Congress St pleaded guilty in Municipal Court Monday to a city stop sign citation. He was fined 10 dollars and costs.
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Thomas A. Skinner
S. Congress St
Suit Filed To Recover Lost Wages In Auto Crash
A husband from New Marshfield filed in Common Pleas Court to recover 10 268.44 for lost wages and medical expenses after his wife Leona Barkie 40 was a passenger in a January wreck with Alta Clark at County Highway 10 and Lee Township Road 11. He says 153 work hours were lost while taking her to Athens and Parkersburg for care. The Barkies previously sued Clark for 15 000 for past and future medical costs.
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Common Pleas Court
Anthony Barkie
New Marshfield Area
Leona Barkie
Alta Clark
Lee Township
Barkie
Athens
Parkersburg
Miles
Barkies
Ohio University ROTC To Sponsor Two Free Evening Movies
The ROTC department at Ohio University will screen two public films at 7:30 p.m. in the Hudson Health Center Auditorium. On Target and Jungle Survival will be shown without admission charges and are open to all attendees.
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Ohio University, Rotc Department
Hudson Health Center
Paramythia Lodge 25, F and A M to meet Tuesday
Paramythia Lodge 25, F and AM, will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Masonic Temple. Master Bernard Spaulding announced the session.
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Paramythia Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Bernard Spaulding
Area Man Fined for Intoxicated Conduct
William Henry Phelps aged 36 of Albany Route 1 was fined 35 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to an intoxicated offense cited by police.
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William Henry Phelps
Albany
Drive Officials Fund Raising Results Listed
Appointment of drive officials and results of weekend fund raising events for the New March of Dimes announced by Robert Mathews general chairman Carl Murphy business chairman in Athens and Mrs John Good special gifts chairman with Jack Wilson chairman of special gifts in Nelsonville. He said Murphy will be assisted by Walter Cornwell Earl Funk and Kenneth Jones. Athens residents pledged 38350 Sunday evening at a telerama by a Huntington TV station. During a blanket toss at Saturdays basketball game Ohio University vs Bowling Green 24630 was tossed into 14 blankets at half time.
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Robert Mathews
Carl Murphy
Athens
John Good
Jack Wilson
Nelsonville
Murphy
Walter Cornwell
Earl Funk
Kenneth Jones
Mathews
Huntington
Ohio University
Bowling Green
Pool Room Proprietor Faces Juvenile Pool Charge
Na man Joseph 68 of Richland Avenue was cited to appear in Municipal Court Friday for allowing juveniles to play billiards at his new pool room The Chatterbox near The Plains High School He posted a 31 bond Two 16 year olds from Athens and The Plains and a 17 year old from The Plains will be sent to juvenile authorities with guardians cited State law bars under 18s from pool rooms.
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Richland Ave
Joseph
the Plains
Harold Shields
Chatterbox
The
Plains High School
Athens
Plains
Shields
Births at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Athens Route 5, a son. Mr and Mrs James E Dailey. Admitted Lloyd Barrows, Harold Cartwright, Mrs Maphet Hunter, Mary Ewan, George Leboutilier, Mrs John Grim, Mrs Angie Vore, Vera Smith, Rose Foreman, Glen Zimmerman, Alberto Reyes, Jeffrey Bush, Debra Mansfield, Rebecca Mansfield, Mrs Sophia Lewis, Mrs Gary Grubbs, Jan Beckley, Mrs Marcella Creed, Mrs Oliver Steinmetz, William Kranz, Cathy Seel.
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Harold Cartwright
Athens
Maphet Hunter
Nelsonville
Mary Ewan
George Leboutilier
John Grim
Carpenter
Angie Vore
Vera Smith
Rose Foreman
Glen Zimmerman
Albany
Alberto Reyes
Portsmouth
Jeffrey Bush
Debra Mansfield
the Plains
Rebecca Mansfield
Sophia Lewis
Gary Grubbs
Jan Beckley
Marcella Creed
Oliver Steinmetz
Glouster
Booster Shot Schedule Set For Athens County
Athens County health commissioner Dr H M Boocks announced a six day diphtheria tetanus booster immunization drive starting January 15. Schools listed include Nelsonville Chauncey Sugar Creek Millfield Glouster Coolville Hockingport Trimble Hollister Albany Buchtel Poston Stewart Lottridge Shade New Marshfield St Pauls Seven Day Adventist Beacon Athens City The Plains. Immunizations will also occur at the department office on select Saturdays and any age beyond three months may attend at those times.
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Athens County
H. M. Boocks
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Sugar Creek
Millfield
Glouster
Coolville
Hockingport
Trimble
Hollister
Albany
Buchtel
Poston
Former Dean Dr. Clark Myers To Visit OU Campus
Dr. Clark E. Myers former dean of the Ohio University College of Commerce will be guest of honor at a Baker Center coffee hour at 4 p.m. Thursday hosted by OU College of Commerce. Now dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Miami Florida he left OU in 1957 to lead a management development institute in Lausanne Switzerland. He will visit the campus for several days participating in executive seminars on decision making at Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Clark E. Myers
Ohio University College of Commerce
Baker Center
OU College of Commerce
Myers
College of Business Administration
University of Miami
Florida
Dr. Myers
Lausanne
Switzerland
Parkersburg
W. Va
Driver Denies Counts in Court for Leaving Scene
James Rea King of The Plains faces two State Highway Patrol citations. He posted 81 dollars bond for leaving the scene and 26 dollars for driving left of center. He denies both charges. Patrol says he was involved in an accident on Route 56 last week.
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James Rea King
the Plains
King
Nineteen Athens Countians Go For Induction Tests
Nineteen Athens residents left by bus for Columbus to take pre induction physicals at Ft. Hayes amid snow and cold. Four Ohio University students from other boards joined as transfers. Leaders and participants hailed from Nelsonville Glouster Chauncey Albany Millfield Buchtel New Marshfield Guysville and Sharpsburg with OU students Ginaven Haldi Wagner and Wells among those taking the exam.
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Athens
Columbus
Ft. Hayes
Selective Service Headquarters
Ohio University
Donald M. Snyder
Lewis D. Wilson
Don F. Pinkerton
William Weston
Melvin D. Devol
Danny R. Millican
John F. Hopstetter
Calvin L. McDonald
Nelsonville
Eric R. Angle
John B. Sikorski
Joseph A. Dunlap
Glouster
Alan C. Borshart
Joseph E. Nicholson
Chauncey
Ronel A. Burritt
Albany
Fred
D. C
Thomas A. Ginaven
Springfield
Richard J. Haldi
David B. Wagner
Canton
Ted Wells
McArthur
Driver Cuts Opening Door In Traffic Cause Injuries
John Russell Cooper nineteen of Zanesville opened a door of a parked car as Mathew Hawk driving a 66 Ath ens Route 1 vehicle passed. Cooper suffered a cut to his right hand from broken glass and both cars were heavily damaged. Police also noted a driver struck a parked car on Madison Avenue. Gerald Jamison posted eleven dollar bond after a Friday red light citation to appear in Municipal Court.
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Richland Ave
John Russell Cooper
Zanesville
Mathew E. Hawk
Athens
Cooper
Charles Brozak
Madison Ave
Gerald Odell Jamison
Columbus Rd
Columbus Driver Hurt In Route 33 Two Car Crash
A Columbus driver injured Saturday night in a Route 33 collision three miles north of Nelsonville in Hocking County. Ernest Parsons, 38, released after Mount St. Mary Hospital treatment for a head laceration, was cited in Hocking County Court for failing to stop within the assured clear distance. His car rear ended another driven by William Barstow, 19, of Nelsonville, who had paused to make a left turn.
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Columbus
Nelsonville
Hocking County
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ernest Parsons
William Barstow
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Underwood — Olivetti
Athens Typewriter Sales and Service
Union Ph. LY
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Men's & Boys
Mac
Thrift
State St
Jessie W. Ley
Katherine Hartley
Murphey Insurance Agency
Moore
Ondertulse
We Decorator
Benjamin Core Paints
Kerr
Hunter
S. Court St
AEC
Fleaifone
Gre Smiths
N. Court ST
PH. LY
Dukane Corp
St. Charles
Mil
Athens Route 5
James E. Dailey
Lloyd Barrows
William Kranz
Cathy Seel
the Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
P.O. D
Erick A. Ferris
Paul D. McCombs
Nile F. Hartman
New Marshfield
Niel E. Niggermeyer
Guysville
Wilbur L. Nichols
Sharpsburg
Larry L. Armstron
Washington
New York, N. Y
Messenger Family Weekly
Houck & Reed, Inc
Vicks
Vicki Lnhaler
Alena
Fini
Birt Sims
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