Ohio Univ to Award 222 Degrees Saturday
Ohio University will award 222 degrees Saturday afternoon at Memorial Auditorium in the 191st commencement. Maj. Gen. Brooke E. Allen will speak, with invocations by Rev. Austin F. Shell. Graduates include 148 men and 73 women, mostly bachelor’s degrees in several colleges. The Graduate College will grant 23 master’s degrees.
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Brooke E. Allen
U.S. Air Force
Washington
D. C
Eral Allen
Air Force
Austin F. Shell
Christ Lutheran Church
Athens
College of Commerce
Athens County
Amesville
Josephine C. DePue
Patricia Beckett
Keith D. Bigley
Jaqueline Bolen
Marilyn I.davis
Charles E. Dent
Virgil L. Frost
Ruth T. Ingham
Philip E. Peters
BSJ
Ronald A. Wade
Bsed
Jacksonville
Thomas A. McCaskey
BSA
Trimble
Blanche A. Buchman
James R. Wolfe
John A. Fisher
BSIT
Middleport
Lucy A. Amsbury
New Forest Game Chief Named for Athens District
Donald F. Behrend 28 is appointed to head forest game management for the Ohio Division of Wildlife in Southeastern Ohio. A Navy veteran of four years and U Conn wildlife master, he succeeds the post vacant since George Ervin’s resignation three years ago. Behrend will oversee 25 counties from the Athens district office with his wife and child noted in the record.
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Donald F. Behrend
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Ohio
Behrend
Navy
University of Connecticut
Athens
George Ervin
Michigan
Ex-Resident Dorsey Bean Dies at 60 in Dayton Hospital
Dorsey Bean 60 Columbus resident died Thursday in the Veterans Hospital Dayton after illness. A former Athens County resident and World War I veteran, he was the son of Addison Bean of Guysville. Survived by sister Hazel Mansfield and brothers W R Bean and Mervin Bean of Columbus. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Spears funeral home Chillicothe with burial there.
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Dorsey Bean
Columbus
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Athens County
Addison Bean
Guysville
Hazel. Mansfield
Chillicothe
W. R. Bean
Mervin Bean
Spears
Three Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Three motorists were fined in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to State Highway Patrol charges. Richard W. McKinstry aged 60 of 52 Briarwood was fined 15 dollars for passing without the assured clear distance. Guy C. Gabriel age 41 of Athens Route 3 was fined 10 dollars and costs for hav ing no wheel protectors on his commercial vehicle. Marlene Cole age 20 of Athens Route 3 was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving left of center.
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State Highway Patrol
Richard W. McKinstry
Briarwood
Guy C. Gabriel
Athens
Marlene Cole
Fire Contract Renewed Then Home Fire Damages Albany Area
Lewis Smith renewed his fire protection contract with the Albany Area Volunteer Fire Department on Thursday. Friday morning a blaze damaged two upstairs rooms of his story and a half home two miles west of Albany, with $2000 in damages. Fire Chief Boyd Williams cited faulty wiring as a possible cause as insulation between walls burned. Fire crews arrived at 7:25 a.m. and confined the fire to the upper portion. two trucks and ten volunteers responded.
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Lewis Smith
Near
Albany
Albany Area Volunteer Fire Department
Boyd Williams
Articles Stolen From Parked Car At Athens Hotel Lot
Elizabeth Griffith reported theft from her parked auto in the Commonwealth Telephone Co. lot. About $140 in valuables including a transistor radio, two skirts, two pairs of women's shoes and a brief case were taken. The right wing vent was left unlocked.
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Elizabeth Griffith
Athens
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Mansfield
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Paul G Poston Logan welcome a son. Admitted Frances Wheaton Athens Route 4 Ralph Burkey The Plains. Dismissed Earl Tewksburg Albany Mattie Treace Athens J Floyd Williams Athens Route 1 John Rose McArthur Route 2.
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Paul G. Poston
Logan
Frances Wheaton
Athens
Ralph Burkey
the Plains
Earl Tewksburg
Albany
Mattie Treace
J. Floyd Williams
John Rose
McArthur
Bound To Jury On Non-Support Charge
Dana Hutchinson 30 of 385 W State St was arraigned in Municipal Court on non-support charged by Rowena Sprout executive secretary of Athens County Child Welfare Dept. Hutchinson pleaded innocent and was held under 250 bond for the grand jury for failing to provide support for his child in recent months.
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Dana Hutchinson
State St
Rowena Sprout
Athens County Child Welfare Department
Hutchinson
Weather warmer in Athens report on Friday
Athens weather reported by U S observer C L Colmer shows cool cloudy conditions with a morning temperature of 45 and a low of 41. Thursday’s high reached 48 degrees.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Plains Girl to Attend Cooperative Bucket Workshop
Patricia Lovsey of The Plains and Don L. Davis, county extension agent, will attend the Cooperative Bucket Recreation Workshop at Delaware starting Sunday. The session runs through February 6 at Asbury Methodist Church with training in games party plans folk dancing nature crafts camp counseling and song leading. Lovsey has eight years in 4-H and FHA honors as a Plains High School junior. Her trip is funded by a scholarship and local 4-H Council.
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Patricia Lovsey
John Lovsey
the Plains
Cooperative
Delaware
Asbury Methodist Church
Miss Lovsey
FHA
the Plains High School
4-H Council
Don L. Davis
4-H
Four Men Sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary
Four men pled guilty to January term indictments and were sent to the Ohio Penitentiary. Charles Decker 22 Murray City received a minimum five year term for breaking and entering and an indeterminate term for grand larceny. Lindley Leroy Williams 21 Logan and Elmer Spears 23 Glouster received breaking and entering sentences. Edward Harry Wolfe 40 Hanley West Virginia received auto larceny and operating a vehicle without consent charges.
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Ohio
Harold Shields
Charles Decker
Murray City
Lindley Leroy Williams
Logan
Elmer Spears
Glouster
Edward Harry Wolfe
Hanley
W. Va
R L Burkey Dies At 43 In The Plains
Ralph L Burkey 43 of The Plains died unexpectedly Friday morning after arriving at Sheltering Arms Hospital by ambulance. A heart attack caused his death. Born in Akron he served in World War II with the Army and worked for Bridgwater Machine Co in Akron before moving to The Plains nine years ago. He belonged to The Plains Methodist Church and is survived by his wife Mary a daughter Mrs James Nida Athens a son Ronald at home and his mother Mrs Ida Burkey Akron. His father Albert had died earlier. Funeral arrangements are with Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Ralph L. Burkey
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Akron
South High School
Army
Bridgwater Machine Co
The
Plains Methodist Church
Mary
Athens County Land Transfers Report
Athens County transfers include Sebring Building Center to Francis Gura and George Wiseman for six tracts in Athens. Roy Davis to J F Blackford and Barbara Blackford in Glouster. Gladys and Eileen Davis Bates to Eva D Kientz et al in Glouster Lot 909. Lester and Stella Judy to George and Mona Buckley in Waterloo Township 9450 acres. Elza and Justina Graham to Charles L Williams in Athens 10 acres. Charles L Williams to C L Williams and Olive Williams in Athens 10 acres. C R Robinson Jr to Betty L Robinson and David C Robinson in Nelsonville. Myrle and Anna Griffin to Lewis M Nichols in Troy Township 0.21 acres.
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Sebring Building Center, Inc
Athens
Francis Gura
George Wiseman
Roy Davis
Nelsonville
J. F. Blackford
Barbara’ Blackford
Glouster
Outlet
Trimble
Gladys Davis
Eileen Davis Bates
Eva D. Kientz
Lester M. Judy
Stella G. Judy
Athens County
George Buckley
Mona Buckley
New Marshfield
Waterloo
Elza Graham
Justina Graham
Charles L. Williams
Athens Township
C. L. Williams
Olive Williams
Charles R. Robinson, Jr
Betty L. Robinson
David Charles Robinson
Myrle Griffin
Anna M. Griffin
Millfield Man Fined For Highway Parking
Harry Amon Bradbury of Millfield was fined 15 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty in Municipal Court. His car, parked on Harmony Road without lights, was struck by another vehicle during Wednesday night’s fog.
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Harry Amon Bradbury
Millfield
Sheriff's Department
Bradbury
Harmony Rd
Missing Car Towed Away In Athens County
Ohio University freshman Jay E. Jones reported his car stolen last Friday. Sheriff Harold Shields found the vehicle, license Y-787-V, towed to the county garage after being blocked at Harmony Road near the United Dairy plant. Jones, from Jackson, will owe towing charges to redeem the auto.
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Ohio University
Athens County
Jay E. Jones
East Green
State Highway Patrol
Harold Shields
Ohio
Jones
Sheriff's Office
United Dairy
Harmony Road
East Bridge
Jackson
Gas Rates To Increase In Athens And 117 Ohio Communities
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co announced a rate hike effective March 1 raising the price by one half cent per thousand cubic feet. The increase also affects 117 Ohio communities and 238 large volume industrial customers under fuel cost clauses.
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Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio
Nestor forfeits bond on intoxication charge in Munici pal Court
Michael Robert Nestor aged 19 of 57 E State Street forfeited a 31 dollar bond posted on a city police charge of intoxication Friday in Municipal Court.
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Michael Robert Nestor
State St
First Athens County Arrest Under New Ohio Drag Race Law
Raymond Cassidy age 19 of Tuppers Plains is the first driver cited under Ohio's new drag race law in Athens County. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs after a Route 50 incident near Coolville. Cassidy's judge suspended jail time after he promised to be a goodwill ambassador to warn youths about drag racing dangers. John Brookover, a juvenile in the car, was cited and will appear in Juvenile Court.
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Raymond Cassidy
Tuppers Plains
Athens County
Ohio
Cassidy
State Highway Patrol
Coolville
George Schoonover
Cpl. C. C. Williams
John Brookover
Will Anneal
Harold Roseque
Driver Leaps Before Car Plunges Off Cliff
Three one car accidents were investigated by the State Highway Patrol with no injuries. Clarence Foyer 25 jumped from his car before it plung ed over a 200 foot cliff on Frost Hill Rd near Stewart. Harold Schover 20 was cited for conditional speed after his car struck a telephone pole and rolled near Jacksonville Route 13. Charles Blackford 30 was cited for conditional speed after his northbound car ran off the road and hit a guard rail near Chauncey Route 13.
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State Highway Patrol
Brush
Clarence Foyer
Coolville
Frost Hill
Stewart
Harold Schover
Glouster
Jacksonville
Schover
Charles Blackford
Dale Pugh Rites Planned
Funeral services for Dale Pugh 56 of Athens Route 1 will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Bates Methodist Church. Pugh died Thursday at University Hospital Columbus after weeks of illness. Survivors include wife Edith two daughters Betty Pugh Lancaster Mildred Hassink Cleveland a granddaughter three sisters and a brother. Burial in the adjoining cemetery. Visiting hours at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home end Friday 4 p.m. and at the residence after 5 p.m.
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Dale Pugh
Athens
University Hospital
Columbus
Meigs County
Wright
Ruth Pugh
Athens County
Stout Farm Supply Co
Edith
Betty Pugh
Lancaster
Mildred Hassink
Cleveland
Freda Douglas
Mary Colmer
Pomeroy
Edna Burson
John
Bates Methodist Church
Ewing Ross
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
Dog Held by Police After Rabies Call at Clark and Central
Police on Friday called on the humane officer to check a dog picked up Thursday evening for possible rabies. The dog, appearing malnourished, was taken from the corner of Clark Street and Central Avenue after reports it was running at large.
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Humane
Clark St
Central Ave
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Katherine Campbell
Larry J. Nutter
Belpre
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Chesterhill
William F. Vickroy
McConnelsville
New Forest
Circle's
E. Main St
Commonwealth
Clover Farm
R. L. Burkey
Ann Page
Dog
Dially
Esquires
Court St
Athens, Ohio
Redmen Hall
Redmen
Pocahontas
Marguerite Frank
Combe
Jack Sherick
E. Carpenter
Buckeye
Sherwin-Williams
Kem-Glo
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Rowland
Mac's Thrifty Store
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