Democrats To Choose Area Muskie Delegates
A public meeting in Athens City Hall is set for 7:30 p.m. to select five Muskie pledged delegates and two alternates for the 1972 Democratic convention. Nominations must be received by noon Monday at William A. Lavelle’s Athens office. The five delegates will be gender balanced 3-2 and include a member under 30.
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Muskie
U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Athens
Athens City Hall
Ohio Democratic Party
Democratic Party
William A. Lavelle
Lavelle
District 10 Muskie
Security Bank
National Party
the Messenger
Ruth Enters Race for Athens County Recorder
Athens native Thomas Ruth announced he has filed petitions to run as a Republican for Athens County recorder. A former U.S. Census official, Ruth served 26 years in the Navy including administrative roles with the Chief of Naval Personnel and the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, with postwar reserve service in Athens. He later worked as a state manpower field supervisor and is a member of the American Legion K. T. Crossen Post.
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Thomas Ruth
Athens
U.S. Census Bureau
Ruth
Southeastern Ohio
Southern Ohio
Navy
U.S. Pacific Fleet
American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Prowler in Skylight Rescued as Arrest Looms in Detroit
Detroit police found 23 year old Johann Drescher hanging head down in a skylight of a bar supply store on the East Side. Firemen cut him down after four to five hours trapped. Drescher argued he did not enter the building, only hung there while awaiting arraignment with bond set at 1000 dollars. He was born in Athens in 1921 and lives at 48 Walker Street with wife Ruth.
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Johann Drescher
Drescher
Olsen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New Marshfield
Athens
Rufus Putnam
Shade
Dublin
Walker St
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Admissions and Discharges
The Athens based hospital reports admissions including Ruth Nicholas and Amy Midkiff plus George Carpenter from New Marshfield and Daniel Parkinson from Haydenville. Discharges include Mabel Rhollans Edna Settle and a Hamilton baby girl among others.
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Ruth Nicholas
Roger Quisenberry
Matthew Jordan
Amy Midkiff
Dorothy Conkey
Athens
Roger Lovsey
Columbus
George Carpenter
New Marshfield
Daniel Parkinson
Haydenville
Mabel Rhollans
John Clark
Clarence White
David Hellyer
Charles Clench
Edna Settle
John A. Deputy
Ralph Davis
Hamilton
Michelle Geary
Robert Cecil
William Oney
Child Drano Ingestion Sends Two to Hospitals
A Chauncey family involved in a Drano ingestion incident sent 17 month old Jennifer Lehman to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Columbus with mouth throat and forearm burns. Her sister Christine was observed at Children’s Hospital with eye burns but no lasting damage. Navy father Irvin Lehman had served in Norfolk Virginia. The Athens ASCS office announced signup dates for 1972 feed grain and wheat programs changing to February 3 through March 10. Ohio Company representatives Richard Phillips and W David Waters will attend a statewide investment seminar in Columbus on Saturday.
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Chauncey
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Jennifer Lehman
Ivan Lehman
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Christine
Lehman
Norfolk
Navy
Athens
Richard M. Phillips
W. David Waters
Ohio Company
Washington St
Ohio University Students Show Unique Voting Outlook
Athens magazine reports its winter issue finds OU freshmen and other first time voters far more registered and independent than national averages. Only about 21 percent plan to vote in Athens with most using absentee ballots in home communities while the issue covers campus attitudes and faiths.
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Ohio University
Athens Magazine
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New OU
Athens
New
Scouting Membership Rises as Programs Planned in February
Keith Butt reports membership growth from 866 to 971 in Hock-Hocking District. A leadership training course for cubmasters and den leaders begins February 24, while a four Thursday February swim program assists beginners to meet first class and lifesaving merit requirements. Merit badge books are available at Nelsonville and Athens libraries. Dr. James Gaskell promotes Operation REACH with March deployment. Ted Essex, regional winner, to present to governor February 8 in Columbus. The event marks Scouting’s 63rd anniversary in February. Gordon Page notes 1971 gains and targets 1000 boys for 1972, urging support via United Appeal and sustaining memberships. Council annual meeting set for January 27 in Parkersburg.
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Keith Butt
Hock-Hocking
Bob Neiser
Nelsonville
Athens
James Gaskell
Health and Safety
Ted Essex
Reader’s Digest Pub
Open Sesame Workshop Opens Doors for Elementary Students
Open Sesame invites 2nd to 5th graders to join a workshop at Ohio University Ewing Auditorium from 9:00 to 11:00 AM on January 15. The first session is free with a 62:00 enrollment fee for the quarter. Center Program Board sponsors the program under experienced leaders with information distributed in elementary schools.
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Ewing
Ohio University
Open Sesame
Center Program Board
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