Lions Club Official Returns to Athens From Convention
Lewis McBride international counsellor for Lions returns to Athens from Atlantic City where he served on the convention committee. About 45 000 Lions and families from 113 countries attended. McBride co-chaired the Ohio Night party with 600 attendees at the Ritz Carlton poolside. he and his wife accompanied him. He noted next year’s convention will be in Europe at Nice France with delegates from free countries.
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Lewis McBride
Lions
Athens
Atlantic City
Lions International
McBride
Ohio
Ritz Carlton
Accompan
Europe
Free Countries
Nice
France
Itchy skin relief promise in quick self test
A promotional blurb touts a quick 15 minute check for itchy skin and claims a refund of 48 at any drug store if itching persists after using ITCH.ME-NOT. It promotes day or night application and immediate relief claims.
Spilled Grease Burns Girl at Home
Miss Mary Cathleen Decker a 13 month old girl of 26 Stimpson Ave was burned when grease spilled on her head and right shoulder. The fire department emergency squad transported her to a doctor’s office at 4 08 p m Wednesday. Parents are Mr and Mrs Robert Decker Jr.
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Mary Cathleen Decker
Stimpson Ave
Robert Decker, Jr
Patrol Lists Two Collisions
Reported by the State Highway Patrol, two injury free crashes were logged. Loretta Feen, 62, of Albany Route 3, was cited in Athens County Court for conditional speed after her car hit a utility pole on Chase Road south of Albany. A second collision on Route 33 near Logan involved William Glaeser, 21, of Athens and John Smith from Lockbourne Air Force Base, who sideswiped on a slight curve.
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William J. Daugherty
Zanesville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Daugherty
Hillcrest
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Messenger News
Loretta Feen
Albany
Athens County
Chase Road
Logan
William Glaeser
John Smith
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Rain Heavy in Athens As Thunderstorms Roll
Thunderstorms drenched Athens with 1.34 inches reported by U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer at 1 a.m. A gradual warmup followed a low of 64 and a high of 82. Rural Hamley Run recorded an inch with a 63 low after a 77 high yesterday.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Roadside Stand Attracts 500 Motorists In Test Visit
The Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a roadside stand for motorists next July 4 if current plans hold. Bob Pullum reported that over 500 motorists stopped for free coffee and cigarettes at the stand on Tuesday. The Jaycees also arranged a dinner meeting at the Sportsman Grill for next Wednesday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bob Pullum
Jaycee
Sportsman Grill
VFW to Meet Floyd Bolin Post Friday Night
Veterans of Foreign Wars Floyd Bolin Post schedules a meeting at 8 p.m. Friday for members and invited guests. Attendance details and agenda will be announced at the start.
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VFW
Floyd Bolin Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Panel to Review Municipal Finances in OU Officials Session
Elllis Woodworth Athens councilman at large joins Paul Flohr Portsmouth city manager and Richard Custer Zanesville city manager on a three member panel to discuss educating the public to the financial needs of city government at 7 30 p m in Room 205 Baker Center Wayne Harbarger Jackson mayor presides Friday session features Ernest Stork Columbus director of public service on street construction and repair and J E Gotherman Ohio Municipal League director of research on state funding factors officials from 15 cities including Columbus Logan Wellston attend the conference sponsored by the OU department of government
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Ellis Woodworth
Athena
Baker Center
Paul E. Flohr
Portsmouth
Richard H. Custer
Zanesville
Wayne B. Harbarger
Jackson
Ernest H. Stork
Public Service For
Columbus
J. E. Gotherman
Ohio Municipal League
Ernest H. Collins
Ohio U
Logan
Wellston
OU Department of Government
Police pursue leads in two July 4 robberies
City police continue the investigation into two July 4 robberies with Chief Joseph Grogan noting no definite suspects. Officers spent Thursday fingerprinting offices and gathering evidence after about 400 dollars disappeared from the E State St medical center and 1800 dollars from the Vanadium Tool Co on Mill St 900 in cash and 1500 in checks reported missing. Grogan denied rumors of an auto supply office break in and said no entry report exists.
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E. State St. Medical Center
Mill St
Grogan
Three Area Graduates Win McBee Scholarships To OU
Three 1961 graduates from Athens area high schools win Henry Zenner scholarships to Ohio University. James Martin and Philip Romine of Athens High plus Lynn Nadroski of Ames Bern High receive four year, two thousand dollar awards. Alternates include Linda Fields, Sally Simonson and Virginia Smith.
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McBee
Athens An Area
Royal McBee
Ohio University
Henry Zenner
Dale Schumacher
James Martin
Philip Romine
Athens
Lynn Nadroski
Ames-Bern
University of Connecticut
Howard Romine
Franklin, Ave
Romine
Athens High
Linda Kay Fields
Emery Coen
Spring St
Sally Simonson
Samuel Simonson
Pittsburgh
Virginia Smith
Edward Smith
Wheeling
W. Va
Schumacher
Identity Confusion Report Clarified
A New Marshfield man nicknamed Lonnie was misidentified with a Waterloo bus driver. Alonzo Carter, 61, was fined in Municipal Court on Monday, while Alfred E. Carter, 51, was the bus driver involved in prior legal trouble.
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Alonzo Carter
Alfred E. Carter
Waterloo
Lonnie
Former Resident Greta Merritt Dies in Youngstown
Funeral services were held in Youngstown for Greta Merritt a former Athens resident who died in a rest home there Survivors in Athens include an aunt Margaret Chevalier and four cousins Paul Casley Ralph Watkins Mrs Clarence Laughlin and Mrs Walter Baird These details come from her obituary listing family connections in Athens
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Youngstown
Greta Merritt
Athens
Margaret Chevalier
Paul Casley
Ralph Watkins
Clarence Laughlin
Walter Baird
Mother Of Armitage Resident Dies At 79
Mrs. J. C. Lawson aged 79 native of Greenbrier County West Virginia died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. She is mother of Mrs Henry DePue of Armitage. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Simpson and Chandler funeral home Charleston with burial in the city.
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J. C. Lawson
Henry DePue
Armitage
Charleston
W. Va
Greenbrier County
Simpson and Chandler Funeral Home
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