Athens Seaman Roger VanDyke Dies After Illness
Seaman Roger S. VanDyke, 22, of 87 Hooper Street Athens died Monday at Veterans Memorial Hospital Dayton after ten months of illness. A 1966 Athens High School graduate he enlisted in the Navy November 9 1966 served on the USS Butte in Boston and spent one year in Vietnam. Surviving are his parents wife Nora two grandmothers and one brother. Funeral services Thursday at 1 p.m. Hughes Funeral Home Athens with burial Memory Gardens. Friends may call after Wednesday noon.
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Roger S. VanDyke
Athens
Hooper St
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Dayton
Richard FE. VanDyke
Athens High School
Navy
Boston
Mass
Butte
Vietnam
Nora
Ruth Nicholas
Nora Byrne
Hughes Funeral
Frank Hare
Memory Gardens
Floyd R
Cotton
Watt St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
New Marshfield
Pearl
Minnie
Rome
Stewart
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Bethel United Methodist Church
Fern
Robert S
Walter Whitaker
New Marshfield Cemetery
Syracuse University
Centre
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio University
Drake
University of Tennessee
Harwich College
Oneonta
N.Y
Banks
Green and White Club
Richard P. Banks
Columbus
Robert K. Banks
Parkersburg
James P. Banks
Cuyahoga Falls
Isabelle Goodwin
Elmira
Gladys
Chesterhill
Anna B. Cook
Zanesville
Washington County
Alfred
Mary Cook Croston
Leonard Cook
Homer Cook
Maggie Wallace
Mount Hermon
George Morse
Fawcett-Stone
Forty three registrants begin preinduction exams
Forty three members of the local Selective Service board left by chartered bus for armed forces preinduction physical examinations Tuesday. The list includes Wilbur E. Wray, Dale Machir, Samuel B. McCausland, David L. Shinn, Michael A. VanMatre, James R. Call, Gene A. Moore, Earl M. Johnson and others.
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Point Pleasant
Board of the Selective Service
Charter 1
Armed Forces
Wilbur E. Wray
Dale Machir
Samuel B. McCausland
David L. Shinn
Michael A. VanMatre
James R Call
Gene A. Moore
Earl M. Johnson
James R. Moore III
Francis J. Smithson
Charles R. Blake
Sanford J. Viers II
Leland H. Lieving Jr
Harold F. Elliott
Dennis F. Tulloh
Stephen M. Wood
Gary A. Duncan
Dwaine F. Bush
Raymond M. Litchfield
Richard L. Sims
Cecil W. Young
George F. Hoschar Jr
Rickie L. Clark
Robert D. Brumfield
Raymond D. Luikart
James R. Donohue
Mitchell R. Mace
Ronnie D. Neal
Nelson L. Newell
Paul
Forest Change Bid Rejected by Local Officials
Hocking County commissioners and Falls Gore Green Twp trustees rejected a Federal Forest Service plan to alter Wayne National Forest boundaries. They argued the change would add up to 4000 acres to tax exempt land, amid 5 million in tax exempt properties and a county total assessed value of 62 million per auditor Leonard Myers.
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Logan
Federal Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wayne National Forest
Hocking County
Trustees of
Falls- Gore and
Green Twps
George Semens
Forest Service
Athens
The
Boy Scouts
Leonard Myers
Mark Beal Banks Dies Ex Ohio U Grid Coach
Parkersburg, Mark Beal Banks, 86, retired in 1950 after 25 years coaching college football, including a five year stint at Ohio University, died Monday of a heart attack. Born in Elmira, N.Y., he began coaching in 1924 at Centre College, Ky, and built a long career in the sport.
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Parkersburg
Mark Beal Banks
Ohio University
Elmira
N.Y
Centre College
Obituaries From Athens and Columbus Area
Obituaries note Floyd Six of Athens dies after six months illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Survived by Fern, two sons and two daughters, funeral at Hughes Funeral Home with burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. Other notices include Ruth Cowan of Shade, Ruth’s Dayton hospital death, and Juanita Harris Armstrong of Columbus, plus additional obituaries of Vein Burney and Anna Cook with funeral plans listed.
Two Planners Named to Logan Hocking County Planning Commission
Logan County commissioners renamed two members to the planning commission and approved a surplus road equipment bid. Robert Holloway and Claud Chilcote were renominated. Stewart Bros. of Wellston bid 850 dollars for an air compressor and wagon drill, accepted on County Engineer George Mara’s recommendation. The Middleport Literary Club meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. Mrs. Emerson Jones hosts, with Mrs. Dale Dutton presenting. Meigs County Retired Teachers Association cancels January meeting until further notice.
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Logan—Hocking County
Planning Commission
Robert Holloway
Logan
Claud Chilcote
Laurelville
Commission
Stewart Bros
Wellston
George A. Mara
Middleport Literary Club
Emerson Jones
Dale Dutton
Pomeroy
Meigs County Retired Teacher's Association
Births and transfers noted at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Sheltering Arms reports multiple births and patient transfers including newborns for Robert McNichols Nelsonville Route 1 and Jon Biiney Athens, plus a long list of Athens area residents. Lewis A. Glassburn, 86, of Bidwell Route 2, fell at home and is under observation at Holzer Medical Center Gallipolis.
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Robert McNichols
Nelsonville
Jon Biiney
Athens
Gallipolis
Lewis A. Glassburn
Bidwell Route 2
Holzer Medical Center
Appointment of E L Ford as Executor for Helen Ford estate
Notice states E L Ford of Route 2 Coolville Ohio appointed Executor of Helen Ford estate in Athens County. Creditors must file claims within four months. Dated December 1969 in Common Pleas Court Probate Division.
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E. Ll. Ford
Route 2
Coolville
Ohio
Estee
Helen Ford
Idte
Athens County
ITUTE
Harold Common Pleas Court
Insurance bid notice from Tri County Vocational Board
The Tri County Vocational Board of Education invites sealed bids for building and contents insurance and liability coverage for Kimberly Ohio area school facilities. Bids due by 12:00 noon January 16 1970 at the Superintendent's office Nelsonville Ohio.
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Board of Education
Tri County Vocational School
Kimberly
Ohio
Tri-County Vocational School
Nelsonville
Tri-County
Ohio Inspectior Bureau
Lukens makes triple sure newsrooms hear Lukens run
U S Rep Donald E Lukens announced his candidacy for Ohio governor with a multipronged media release. The Lukens for Governor Committee mailed a two page announcement timed for 8 30 am then a phone alert followed by a conference call. The wire services AP and UP I carried the news and Lukens noted past fundraising limits.
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U.S
Donald E
Buz) Lukens
Ohio
Lukens For Governor
Messenger
Buz Lukens
Lukens
Associated Press
United Press International
Ohio University
Singapore Native Talks To Rotarians
Chian Beng Ng, a Singapore native and OU chemistry graduate, spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon in Athens. He returned to Singapore to work at Union Carbide and as a stock broker before pursuing an MBA at OU. Ng showed slides of Singapore's 150th anniversary, a 2 million population, 225 square mile area, and praised its government while urging closer U.S. ties.
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Singapore
Ohio University
Rotary Club
Chian Beng Ng
Union Carbide
Athens
Beng
Southeast Asia
United States
Water line break search continues in Albany
The Albany area probes for a water line break persisted after a day with no success. About 300 users including Alexander High School and Albany Elementary School faced water shortages, while Shade and Waterloo Elementary remained open. Ground was reported frozen 15 to 18 inches deep hindering the listening device.
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Albany
Alexander High
Mentary
Alexander
Shade
Waterloo
Robert E. Guess
Athens
Guess
Parking garage opens for monthly spaces
Mayor Raymond Shepard announced applications will open Feb 1 for about 50 monthly spaces in the new city parking garage. Applicants must sign leases at the water department, pay one month in advance, and risk eviction for nonpayment. Spaces cost $20 a month in the lower level.
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Raymond Shepard
Water Department
Shepard
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Benson Cowan
Miami Valley Hospital
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Wilma Brady
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Donald Parill
Eula Wilson
Brunswick
Steve Burrall
Pearl City
Hawaii
Swart Funeral Home
West Carrolton
J. Armstrong
Juanita Harris Armstrong
Grant Hospital
Middleport
Frank Harris
Arleen Harris Glen
Alonzo
Jeannie Armstrong
Sharon Russell
Teresa Kay Glen
Phillip
Franklin Scott
Ora Scott
Vaul Dearing
Buchtel
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Johnson Funeral Home
Elmer
Doc) Burney
John
Mary Ann Burney
Rutland
Emma Bland
Vernice Peterman
Harry
Floyd Burney
Meigs County
Nora Kelley
Alma Reeves
Norman van Nest
Goff Dunfee
Anna I. Snow
Edith E. Shaver
Carl Williams
Lawrence Colbert
Glouster
Hubert A. Linscott
Albert Perry
Bob Russ
Ethel Finnearty
Josiah Allen
Talona Long
Harry G. Henry
Amesville
John Donaldson
Marland Perry
George R. McDaniel
Ernest Carter
Ernest Coe
Alfred Payton
Teddy Hutchins
Nellie Blackburn
Marietta Memorial Hospital
George Blosser
Tri-County Vocational Board of Education
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