Fourth annual Firemens Festival planned by Ames Bern Amesville
The Ames Bern Amesville Volunteer Fire Department outlines a July 16 and 17 festival to fund the 1000 gallon water tank truck. Proceeds support the department’s equipment, including a pumper bought via a bond issue and a tanker funded by festival money. The event features chicken dinners, games, music, square dancing, and a queen contest with volunteers and officials pictured.
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Ames-Bern-Amesville
Arthur Thompson
Thomas KE. Clark
Roy Ziegler
W. P. Clark
James Meseher
Allen Sayer
Eddie Sheridan
Don Kasler
Vern Syx
Rollo Loeffler
James Dillie
Kenneth Vernon
Ernest Grosvenor
Eldon Kasler
Albert Carpenter
Homer Eckard
Walter Cunningham
Ed Moore
Arthur Antie
Cecil Lyon
Allen Wallace
Darrell Antie
Lee Marquis
Howard Starling
Messenger Newsphotos
Lausche Installed as New President of Rotary Club
L F Lausche was installed Monday as president of the Athens Rotary Club at the Berry Hotel. Fred W Weber received a past president’s pin, with HL C Bobo praising Weber’s administration. New officers include Sam Altman vicepresident Paul O’Brien treasurer and Harper Co Pendry secretary.
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Lausche
Rotary Club
Athens Rotary Club
L. F. Lausche
Berry Hotel
Fred W. Weber
HL. C. Bobo
Weber
John Jones
Hunter Hope
Car
Roberts
Sam Altman
Paul O’brien
Harper Co. Pendry
Roger Rice
E. J. Taylor
Don Reed
A. J. Slatter
Altman
James Householder
Howard Slusher
Frank Dilley
C. H. Creed
Penor
John V. Webb
H. C. Dorman
Carol Beatty
E. P. Lynn
John Newcomb
Neal Glenn
Blaine Goldsberry
P. F. Good
Webb
C. H. Haris
Rotary
P. O. Nichols
Roy Hawk
Rice
Lawrence Worstell
John Dowler
Sherman Gilmore
Fred M. McKay
Frankhillips
William Harmon
Charles Ramseth
J. K. Bratton
Pendry
Clyde ‘Sherman
W. Parker Walker
Slatter
John Jagers
Walter Musgrave
Dwight Rutherford
T. C. McCracken
H. O. Sedwick
R. H. White
A. C. Gubitz
O’brien
Willard Barker
C. R. Hoskins
Taylor
Phil Porter, Jr
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Sol Rosenberg
William Biggs
Carroll Widdoes
Ralph Miller
John Good
Knowlton Bid Is Low For New OU Dorm
Apparent low base bid for general construction of a new dormitory at Ohio University Athens was submitted by Knowlton Construction Co Bellefontaine with a price of $417 600 about eight thousand dollars below the state public works department estimate L F Lausche Ohio University engineer said the dormitory is unit number 7 on East Green.
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Knowlton
OU Columbus
Ohio University
Athens
Knowlton Construction Co
Bellefontaine
State Public Works Department
East Green
L. F. Lausche
Mink Gar Compete For Unusual Catch In Athens Area
A half grown mink was trapped by George Banks and released in Strouds Run after wildlife officials verified it. In the same area Everett Ridge and Everett Hewlett report a 34 inch gar caught on a trot line near Canaanville as Fish Management notes few gar of this size are taken in the locking.
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Athens
George Banks
Northwood Drive
Banks
Mr. Banks
Everett E. Ridge
Ridge
Strouds Run
Everett Hewlett
Nelsonville
Canaanville
Mark White
Child Suffered Hand Injury In Athens Home
Three year old Sharon Romine daughter of Mr and Mrs John Romine of Athens Route 5 was playing with a hatchet at the family home Saturday when she nearly severed two fingers on her right hand. Her mother said the child was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital and released Monday.
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Sharon Romine
John Romine
Athens
Theamily
Sharon
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Rest Home Operator Cited for No License
Mildred Guseman of 44 N. Shafer Sr. Athens pleaded guilty to operating a rest home without a license. Municipal Judge John F. Newcomb placed her on probation. fines and costs were suspended after the state welfare department worker cited the violation.
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Athens
John F. Newcomb
Mildred Guseman
N. Shafer Sr
Myrtie Dunbar
State Welfare Department
Driver Fined and Jailed After Two-Car Route Crash
Blaine Evener 36 of Athens Route 3 was fined 125 and costs and sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to a Route SO-A collision with Ralph Wheatley 30 of Athens. Evener’s license suspended six months. Patrol noted a second collision on Fisher-Chase road near Route 50 involving Otto Sauters 43 and Russell Mason 19 of Albany Route 2.
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Evener
John F. Newcomb
Otto V. Sauters
Russell G. Mason
Albany
Fisher-Chase Road
Mason
Athens Area Boy Suffers Arm Break After Swing Incident
Five year old Teddy Potts, who already wears a throat tube, broke his left arm when he jumped from a swing while playing with other children. His mother, Mrs. Evelyn Potts of Athens Route 2, reported the fracture was set at Mount St. Mary Hospital. Teddy had been featured in a Messenger story last year.
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Teddy Potts
Teddy
Evelyn Potts
Athens
Local Union Furnishes Music for City Dance
The Athens summer recreation program hosts the first dance of the season tonight at 8 p.m. at the high school tennis courts. The Local Union of the American Federation of Musicians, under director Harry Lackey, provides live music from its recording fund through local representative Paul Lewis as a community service.
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Athens
Union of the American Federation of Musicians
Harry Lackey
Paul Lewis
Lackey
Mrs Minnie Loeffler 75 Dies After Illness
Mrs Minnie Loeffler aged 75 of Guysville Route 2 died Wednesday morning after a ten day illness at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Funeral arrangements are handled by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home.
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Minnie Loeffler
Guysville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
Athens Sees Record Heat Spurred by 100 Degree Day
Athens records its hottest spell in twenty years with highs near 100 degrees at the 11 am mark. Weather observer C L Colmer notes 99 official while poston station reads 102 elsewhere. Overnight lows ranged from 61 to 75 as a heat wave continues.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
E. M. Poston
Colmer
Poston
Receivership Ordered In Milk Sales Dispute
Plaintiffs allege Athens Milk Sales deducted funds from members in 1950 52 to fund a Oak Hill milk plant intended to stabilize prices. The plant cost 130000 plus 7000 yearly upkeep but operated about seven months. A Jackson County suit appointed W H Middleton as receiver. Farmers fear intimidation and loss of records as ten members expelled after seeking injunction to force buyers to accept their milk.
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Athens
Oak Hill
Jackson County Common Pleas Court
W. H. Middleton
Wellston
Athens Milk Sales, Inc
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
State Patrol reported two drivers were fined on charges from area courts yesterday. Raymond Shafer, 25, Charleston, was fined 10 dollars and costs in Logan for speeding. Eugene Roberts, 24, Athens, was fined 10 dollars and costs in Chauncey for failing to observe a stop sign.
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State Highway Patrol
Raymond Shafer
Charleston
Joseph Phillips
Logan
Eugene Roberts
Athens
Charles Wadley
Chauncey
Albany Lodge 723 F and A M Meeting Planned
Albany Lodge 723 F and AM will hold a meeting Thursday at 8 p m announced by Wayne F Welch master
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Albany
Albany Lodge
F&am
Wayne F. Welch
Driver Fined After Crossing Yellow Line in Reid Case
Howard Glynn Reid of Alexandria was fined $15 and costs in Municipal Court after State Highway Patrol arrested him for crossing over the yellow line.
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Howard Glynn Reid
Alexandria
Ohio University hosts aviation education workshop events
Ohio University held its first annual aviation education workshop with a orientation flight for 30 participants from Athens to Burr Oak Reservoir and back. Jacqueline Cochran spoke at a Memorial Auditorium convocation as the "first lady of aviation" observers.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Jacqueline Cochran
Memorial Auditorium
State Aviation Board
Civil Air Patrol
Athens
Burr Oak Reservoir
Marietta
Gallipolis
Lake Hope
Two Community Meetings Set to Plan County X-Ray Survey
Two public meetings are planned to organize a county wide x-ray survey. The Glouster committee meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the American Legion Hall with Dr. John H. Elias. New Marshfield holds a meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the school with Dr. Allen A. Baldwin. Transportation for those without other means is arranged through the Athens district health office.
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Glouster
American Legion Hall
John H. Elias
New Marshfield
Allen A. Baldwin
Athens
Probation Granted in Non-Support Case
Halsie Albright of Richwood Route 1 was indicted by the May term grand jury on non-support and placed on probation. Common Pleas Court records show a guilty plea and a five year probation term requiring him to support his children and remain a law abiding citizen.
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Halsie Albright
Richwood
Common Pleas
Albright
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