Changes Approved On Courthouse Roof and County Radio Repairs
Athens County commissioners approved a contract change for courthouse roof repairs and opened bids for two county radio projects. Avard Hashman of Corning lowered dormer removal by retaining dormers, saving about 278 dollars. an extra dormer contract will be added with Hashman handling labor and materials plus 10 percent. Road inspections for federal aid near 5,000 dollars were noted, with seven township trustees seeking aid. Bridges require outside help under a state law, covering more than 700 bridges. County Road 7 repaving near The Plains awarded to York Construction for 10,098 dollars with flagmen. F H Brewer bid 9,945 dollars without flagmen. local preference cited. County Road 19 repaving awarded to Brewer for 7,087 dollars. county crews to perform the work.
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Athens County
Avard Hashman
Corning
Hashman
Harold Hitchens
Bureau of Roads
Ohio Department of Highways
Hitchens
T Dye Bornhouse
Rockoff Associates
Bornhouse
New Athens High School
the Plains
York Construction Co
Nelsonville
York
F. H. Brewer Co
Lancaster
John Cline
Beauty Queen From Mason Hospitalized
Mason County entry in the Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant, Carol Lynn Kegley, was hospitalized in Charleston after finals. She collapsed at a Heart-of-Town reception and is expected to stay in Charleston Memorial Hospital until at least Tuesday. Doctors cited bronchial pneumonia diagnosed last week and noted she refused to withdraw from the finals.
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Point Pleasant
Carol Lynn Kegley
Mason County
Three Drown When Boat Rolls Over Dayton Dam
A motorboat carrying 10 people drifted over a Dayton area dam and crashed into rocks in swirling rapids. Rescuers saved seven. three, including Junior Holt and Shirley Williams, are missing and presumed drowned as a search resumes.
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Dayton Dam
Associated Press
Miami River
Dayton
Ben Holt
Shirley Williams
Warren
Holt
Williamses
Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputies
Woodford Williams
Ohio University hosts 23rd Annual Publications Workshop
More than 1,500 high school students from 405 schools in 16 states attend Ohio University's 23rd Annual Publications Workshop in Memorial Auditorium. Notables like Bob Dunn NBC News journalist Robert Goralski and Seventeen editor Barbara Kerr lead sessions. Participants choose from five workshops in newspaper yearbook and photography and publish three student papers The Streamliner Workshopper and The Offset Gazette. Faculty include Isabella Boothman Kendall Falke Robert Dague James Hines Ralph Kliesch Ruth Anglemyer Lester Benz. Activities include moonlight and graduation dances and a careers discussion for women plus an advertising clinic by the Cleveland Women’s Advertising Club.
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Ohio University
John W. Click
Memorial Auditorium
Robert Goralski
Washington
NBC News
Barbara Kerr
Seventeen Magazine
Jess Gorkin
Parade Magazine
Robert W. Dague
Medina Senior High School
James S. Hines
Washington High School
Massilon
Ralph Kliesch
Ruth Anglemyer
Centerville High School
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
National Scholastic Press Association
Lester G. Benz
University of Iowa
Quill and
Cleveland
Theta Signa Phi
Honor and Professional Society For Women Journalists
Women’s Advertising Club of
Indiana contest crowns pistol team from Athens area
A pistol team from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, with Athens native Edward Dean, Fairfield County’s Harold Holste, Union County’s Robert Reigler, and Lancaster enforcement agent Richard Pierce, won the national four-man team title at Bloomington. Competing against 280 shooters and 30 teams, the masters-class squad took eight individual matches over a two day meet, surpassing several master teams in another division. last year the group finished second.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Athens
Bloomington
Ind
Edward
Ted) Dean
Harold Holste
Fairfield County
Robert Reigler
Union County
Richard Pierce
Lancaster
Innocent Plea Entered in Jail Break Aiding Case
Morris Mosley Sr. aged 50 of 373 Richland Ave Athens pleaded innocent in Athens Municipal Court to two charges of aiding an escape from the city jail. A preliminary hearing was set for Thursday before Judge Franklin Sheeter. bond for the first charge was set at 500 dollars.
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Morris Mosley Sr
Richland Ave
Athens
Franklin Sheeter
Robberies and arrest mix in Athens incident
Firemen rushed Dewey Depoy 29 of Guysville to Sheltering Arms Hospital after illness at the Eagles Lodge on N Court Street. Police report Mosley posted 1500 bond, had hack saw blades visible, and asked directions to the city jail. A broken blade found in food and another in Vaughn’s bunk ties to a Marietta station robbery. Vaughn, wanted for parole violation in Parkersburg, gave name James Lee Davis during arrest.
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Athens
Eagles Lodge
N. Court Street
Dewey Depoy
Guysville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mosley
Vaughn
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. Va
Manslaughter Hearing Is Continued for Mrs. Etter
A preliminary hearing in Municipal Court for Ruth Etter 42 Cloverdale on second degree homicide by vehicle charges was continued to Friday. Etter pleads not guilty to manslaughter and failing to yield and remains free on a 322 bond. The death of Oho University student Donald Malcomb 23 Middletown followed a motorcycle collision with Etter’s truck on Columbus Road near Terrace Drive.
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Ruth Etter
Cloverdale
Etter
Oho University
Donald J. Malcomb
Middletown
Athens
Malcomb
Columbus Road
Terrace Drive
Mercury Marks Muggy Athens Sunday Heat Peak at 87
The Athens area endured a hot humid Sunday with temperatures reaching 87 degrees before dropping to 67 overnight. Observer C L Colmer records Monday dawn at 70 as skies clear and the Hocking River sits at 4.07 feet and falling. Overnight rainfall totaled .10 inch.
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Athens
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking
Two Persons Injured In Route 62 Mishap
Two people were injured in a two vehicle crash on Route 62 at Lakin. Thomas Oldaker, 34, and his wife Maxine, 32, were in Pleasant Valley Hospital at 11 a.m. Harry Goodnite, 43, of Point Pleasant, drove a vehicle owned by Lakin State Hospital and was crossing the highway when his car was struck.
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Point Pleasant
Lakin
Thomas Oldaker
Maxine
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Harry Goodnite
Lakin State Hospital
Oldaker
Penitentiary fire marks third blaze in 40 years
In Columbus Ohio on Easter 1930 and Halloween 1952 fires at the Ohio Penitentiary killed 322 and one convicts respectively. The 122 year old prison housed 4222 inmates in quarters for 1600. A riot after the 1952 blaze left one inmate dead and four wounded. Overcrowding spurred calls for a new facility.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Man Pleads Guilty in Athens DWI, Jailed Seven Days
Norman H. Fulton of Shade Route 1 pleaded guilty in Athens Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated and failure to stop within an assured clear distance. He was fined 200 dollars plus costs, license suspended 180 days, and seven days in city jail. A 30 dollar fine was levied on the second charge after a 940 p.m. collision at N Congress and W Washington Streets involving a vehicle that struck a 16 year old driver from Eden Place.
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Norman H. Fulton
Shade Route 1
Athens
Fulton
Franklin Sheeter
N. Congress
W. Washington
Fulton Auto
John Millman
Eden PI
Social Dance Instruction Set Thursday at Athens High
Adult and teen social dance instruction begins Thursday in the Athens High School cafeteria. Intermediate class at 6 30 p m and beginners at 8 p m. Registration Thursday is 3 dollars. Call Mrs Daryle Mayer 592 1614 or Robert Burson 593 8073 for details. Week of June 17 to 21 playground attendance tallies Chauncey 223 East 362 Morrison 364 St Pauls 17 The Plains 398 West 453. Theme for the week Hobby Week.
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Athens High School
Daryle Mayer
Robert Burson
Chauncey
East
Morrison
St. Paul’s
the Plains
West
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Admitted Sandra Miller and Dewey Justice both of Athens Mrs Ronald Smith Albany Victor Clark Jr Coolville Arthur McCown Millfield Dismissed Mrs Paul Bartlett Calvin Murphy Viola Brite Mrs Clarence McKnight Elsie Snow Mary Klock Marilyn White Bertha Sammons Edith Cumbo Laura La May Charlotte Finsterwald Deloris Nelson Mrs Forrest Rorick Mrs Robert Sheridan Mrs Vernon Gabriel and son Mrs Robert Barber and son
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Sandra Miller
Dewey Justice
Athens
Ronald Smith
Albany
Victor Clark Jr
Coolville
Arthur McCown
Millfield
Paul Bartlett
Calvin Murphy
Viola Brite
Clarence McKnight
Elsie Snow
Mary Klock
Marilyn White
Bertha Sammons
Edith Cumbo
Lauara la May
Charlotte Finsterwald
Deloris Nelson
Forrest Rorick
Robert Sheridan
Vernon Gabriel
Robert Barber
Morgan Local Education Association votes for mass resignations
About 80 of 120 members of the Morgan Local Education Association voted in favor of mass resignations following defeat of a four mill operating levy. The Saturday meeting drew about 80 members, but no resignation date was set.
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Mcconnellville
Morgan Local Education Association
Reactor plan altered by breakdown causing test changes
A breakdown in mobile x ray equipment forced changes to plans for follow up chest x rays after tuberculin skin tests. Positive reactors should report to Mount St Mary Hospital on Wednesday or Sheltering Arms Hospital on Thursday between 1 p m and 5 8 p m. The skin tests proceed as scheduled. CAR SLIGHTLY DAMAGED A car owned by Ellsworth Holder received slight damage when it backfired at 9 10 a m.
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Health Department
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ellsworth Holder
Northwood Dr
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King Features Syndicate
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