Commissioners Approve 465 000 County General Budget for 1960
The Athens Messenger reports the board of county commissioners adopted a 1960 general fund budget totalling 465 000, down from 487 252 50 in 1959 and 1 796 551 for all funds last year. Some highway and charity figures are pending as allocations from federal and state sources. The article lists detailed allocations by office and notes that complete figures await highway department and other updates.
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Board of County Commissioners
Highway Department
Agriculture Farmers Institutes
Department of Welfare
Child Guidance
Beacon School
Grand Jury to Review 43 Charges Starting Monday
The January term grand jury meets Monday morning to consider 39 cases with 43 charges. Prosecutor Joseph B. Yaniv Jr. will present. Sessions run Monday morning and afternoon and Tuesday morning and afternoon. The docket includes breaking and entering issuing checks without credit non support and a first degree manslaughter case against Donna Lee Jago of Amesville. Additional counts include assault with intent to kill and grand larceny among others. About 112 witnesses are listed for the cases.
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Joseph B. Yanitv Jr
Donna Lee Jago
Amesville
Jago
John Saultz
Jackson
Doris Jean Oxley
Albany
Saultz
Neil Withem
Athens
Warren Wiliams
Columbus
Lindley Leroy Williams
Logan
Charles Decker
Murray City
Herman Barnes
Millfield
Mark Frazee
Chauncey
Robert Shields
William LeRoy Rodgers
Elmer Spears
Harold Spears
Study Grant Awarded for Education Administration Research
A $3000 research grant is awarded to Dean F. N. Hamblin and Prof. Samuel I. Hicks of Ohio University College of Education by The National Blank Book Co. The project studies the relation of business administration aspects in public schools to education quality and aims to guide school systems in improving educational quality through better administration.
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F. N. Hamblin
Samuel I. Hicks
Ohio University College of Education
National Blank Book Co
Hicks
Local Navy Recruiter Sivorn In As Officer
Felix Benoit a local Navy recruiter was commissioned as an ensign in Ashland Kentucky last Saturday under the limited duty officer program. He will depart in March for seven weeks of officer indoctrination at Newport Rhode Island and later report to Subic Bay Philippines. Chief Lee Jackson who replaced Benoit in December has been reassigned to Princeton West Virginia.
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Felix Benoit
Benoit
Ashland
Navy
Newport
R. I
U.S. Naval Base
Subic Bay
Luzon
Phillipine Islands
Lee Jackson
Princeton
W. Va
Ohio educator argues teachers underpaid and worth pay parity
Dr. Robert E. Miner of the Ohio Education Association spoke at West Elementary School in Athens arguing teachers earn too little. He compared starting salaries to engineering, noted career growth gaps, and urged professional pay to reflect educators' work beyond classroom hours.
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Robert E. Miner
Ohio Education Association
Miner
Athens
Ohio
Two Ohio Students Suspended in Swastika Incident
Ohio University freshmen David Michael Bowers and Michael Steve Vourlas of Urbana were suspended indefinitely after a disciplinary hearing for painting a swastika on the door of Ohio State University's Hillel Foundation in Columbus. A third youth, OSU senior Richard Bolton, was dismissed from OSU.
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Ohio University
Urbana
Ohio State University
Hillel Foundation
Columbus
David Michael Bowers
Michael Steve Vourlas
Associated Press
OSU
Richard Bolton
Verdict Directed in Land Appropriation Case
A Common Pleas Court jury directed a verdict of 1550.50 in a highway appropriation dispute. Judge Francis D. White ordered the ruling in the case brought against Claude O. Simers, deceased, and others. The award covers 685 for land 571 for structures and 294.50 for damages in a Route 144 improvement project.
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Common Pleas Court
Francis D. White
Claude O. Simers
Sigma Xi Lecture Sel Dr J Herbert Taylor
Dr J Herbert Taylor of Columbia University will discuss Nucleic Acid Synthesis and Chromosome Duplication at Ohio University Sigma Xi Club meeting Monday January 25 at 8 pm in Chemistry Auditorium. The event is sponsored by the national Sigma Xi Society.
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J. Herbert Taylor
Columbia University
Ohio University
Sigma Xi Club
Chemistry
Taylor
National Society of Sigma Xi
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
A birth reported for Mr and Mrs Alva Robinson of Athens Route 3. Admissions include Mrs Ellis Stiers and Floyd Barker of Athens. Dismissals note Mrs Katherine Murphy and George Fraley of Portsmouth, Mrs Ronald Dougan of Shade Route 1, and Cook Van Dyke of Glouster Route.
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Alva Robinson
Athens
Ellis Stiers
Floyd Barker
George Fraley
Portsmouth
Ronald Dougan
Shade
Cook van Dyke
Glouster
Suit Filed in Common Pleas Court Over Promissory Note
W. R. Woodburn files suit against William Ballard of Coolville Route 1 for damages of 153.51 plus interest on a 150 note dated Sept 9 1955. Only 25 has been paid on the note.
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Common Pleas Court
W. R. Woodburn
William Ballard
Coolville
Air Base fire Chief Donovan to Demonstrate Here
Fire Chief Larry F. Donovan of Lockbourne AFB will give aircraft accident fire demonstrations in Athens on Thursday January 21 at 2 p.m. and 7 36 p.m. Athens Fire Chief Charles W. Dalton invited him to show procedures for ammunition removal and ejector seat handling. Assisted by Deputy Fire Chief Mike Vincent and Tech. Sgt. George M. Gantt, Donovan will appear at the Athens fire department then the university Air Force ROTC field.
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Larry F. Donovan
Lockbourne Afb
Athens
P. m. Athens
Charles W. Dalton
Donovan
Mike Vincent
Tech
George M. Gantt
Athens Fire Department
University Air Force Rotc
Waltonians to Install New Officers at Annual Meeting
The Izaak Walton League Waltonians will hold its annual meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. at the farm cabin with Roy Robinson president. The gathering includes special recognition of the 38th anniversary of the league’s Chicago founding on January 14 1922. Reports from all standing and auditing committees will be heard and 1960 committee appointments presented. No morning work party. bird feeders to be built by the farm committee. Refreshments to follow the afternoon business session.
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Izaak Walton League
Roy Robinson
Izaak Walton League of America
Chicago
Farm Committee
Ohio Court Appeal Stated
Ora O Ashcraft files an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court in a damages suit against Conrad A White of Columbus. The case arose from an auto accident in the Canaanville area, moved through Athens County Common Pleas Court and the Fourth District Court of Appeals, where the defendant won. The Supreme Court appeal centers on questions of law.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Ora O. Ashcraft
Conrad A. White
Columbus
Canaanville
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
United Appeal Meeting Set in Athens
Annual meeting of Athens United Appeal board will be held at 7 30 p m Monday in the Red Cross chapter house 132 N Congress Lt officers will be elected and the 1960 budget approved Anyone contributing to the United Appeal may attend and has one vote.
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Athens’ United Appeal Board of Directors
Red Cross
N. Congress
United Appeal
Southeastern Ohio Beef Cattle Improvement Meeting Schedule
The annual meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Beef Cattle Improvement Association is set for Monday in Gallipolis at the Milk Marketing Building State and Third Ave. The business session starts at 10 30 a.m. with a 1959 feeder calf sales report a film presentation and discussion led by Charles Ingraham livestock marketing specialist. Directors for 1960 will elect officers after lunch.
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Southeastern Ohio Beef Cattle Improvement Association
Gallipolis
State and
Third Ave
Charles Ingraham
Student Ministers To Aid In Service
Two Ohio University ministerial students join Rev. John G Koontz at First Methodist Church for Minister's Recognition Day. After morning worships, they place a wreath on Bishop David Hastings Moore's grave at West Union Street Cemetery and lead scripture reading and prayers. Moore, born in Athens, helped launch the local church that later burned in 1955. a new church opened in 1958, and members aided in producing four later bishops.
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Ohio University
John G Koontz
First Methodist Church
Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church
West Union Street
David
Paul Ullmark
David Hastings Moore
Bishop Moore
Athens
Union Street
Mr. Koontz
Edward R. Ames
Earl Cranston
Charles C. McCade
Thomas Morris
Eleven Graduate Fellowships Set For OU
Ohio University awarded eleven National Defense Education Act fellowships for three years. Recipients gain stipends 2000 first year, tuition remission, plus 400 per dependent, rising to 2200 and 2400 in years two and three. Applications open now through March 1 for eligible bachelor degree holders entering teaching PhD tracks. Ohio University led Ohio schools with the most awards. Ohio State, Case, Western Reserve each earned eight to ten. Cincinnati four.
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Ohio University
Donald R. Clippinger
Graduate College
Washington
Ohio U
Clippinger
Ohio State
Case and Western Reserve
Cincinnati
Auto Theft Conference Held In Columbus
Police Chief Joseph Grogan and Sgt. Robert Liggett attended an FBI sponsored conference in Columbus focused on apprehension and prosecution of auto larceny. Insurance reps, auto manufacturers, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, State Highway Patrol, auto club, Franklin County sheriff, Mark McElroy, J P Rockenfield, Ed Mason led discussions.
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Joseph Grogan
Robert Liggett
Columbus
Auto Manufacturers
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
State Highway Patrol
Auto Club
Franklin County
Divorce petition cites gross neglect and cruelty
Joyce Kisor files for divorce from James Kisor in Common Pleas Court at Millfield. Married January 15, 1949 in Pomeroy, they have two children. Petition cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty as grounds.
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Joyce Kisor
James Kisor
Millfield
Common Pleas
Pomeroy
Driver Guilty in Left Turn Charge after Route 50 Crash
Earl E. Sapp, 69, of 434 Richland Ave., was found guilty in Municipal Court on a left turn charge alleged by the State Highway Patrol after a December Route 50 wreck. He paid a $10 fine plus costs.
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Earl E. Sapp
Richland Ave
Edlodsdeicdiototetc
State Highway Patrol
Reforming of Police Unit Planned
Reforming of the South eastern Ohio Lodge 55 Fraternal Order of Police was planned at a Thursday dinner at the Sportsman. Eleven members and Harold W. Jasnau attended. New officers will be elected at the Feb 11 meeting and all area law officers will be invited. The group will cover Athens and surrounding areas as Meigs and Gallia County groups form their own unit.
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Southeastern Ohio Lodge 55
Order of Police
Sportsman
Harold W. Jasnau
Ohio University
Athens
Meigs
Gallia County
Hillcrest Rest Home Closes to Visitors for 10 Days
Hillcrest Rest Home will be closed to visitors for ten days on physician orders to prevent flu spread among residents. Proprietors announced today.
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Hillcrest Rest Home
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