Early Gifts Promote Sheltering Arms Hospital Drive
Fred R. Beasley led an informational dinner at Ohio University's Baker Center pledging $250,000 while noting the campaign has raised $675,000 toward the $1.25 million goal. Dr. Kenneth McFarland praised local leadership as the drive prepares to seek broader gifts and Hill-Burton aid hinges on August 1.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fred R. Beasley
Ohio University
Baker Center
Beasley
Marjorie
Mathews
Claude Steppe
Basil
Rutter
Harry Foster
George Hunter
Foster Harmon
Harlow Carpenter
Charles O’bleness
New Hospital Financing Decision Is Explained
Sheltering Arms Hospital board chaired by Dwight H. Rutherford explains financing via subscription drive over bond issue. Ownership transfer by late Dr. T. H. Morgan conditions trustees. aims to keep assets and avoid public control. Board cites physician shortages and a drive to attract doctors, noting four already willing to move if built. Administrator Mrs. James Anastas resigns, to remain until replacement found for her service and contributions.
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Dwight H. Rutherford
Sheltering Arms Hospital Board of Trustees
T. H. Morgan
Sheltering Arms
Athens
Rutherford
Sheltering Arms Foundation
Athens County
James Anastas
Flood Control Plan Aids Athens Hospital Site
Robert S. Mathews notes the Athens flood protection project moves toward reality with Army Corps work starting in late 1967. The two year flood widening and straightening along the river from White's Mill to 2000 feet beyond the university airport costs 7.12 million dollars and should reduce major floods by at least two feet and spring minor floods by about seven feet at the hospital site. Upstream reservoirs are planned for future protection.
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West Union Street
Robert S. Mathews
Hospital
Hocking Conservancy District
Athens
Army Corps of Engineers
White’s
University
Mathews
Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Driving While Intoxicated
In Municipal Court on Tuesday Terry DeWitt Gatewood 21 of 562 E State St and James Bishop Grim 54 of 45 Sun nyside Dr pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Both received fines of 125 and costs three days in jail and a 180 day license suspension with imposition suspended until July 1.
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Terry DeWitt Gatewood
State St
James Bishop Grim
Sunnyside Dr
Three Pittsburgh youths cited for trespassing at dormitory
Three 20 year old defendants from Pittsburgh forfeited $22 bonds Tuesday in Municipal Court on trespassing charges after three youths could not enter Berry Hall dormitory on Sunday. Police said one suspect Thomas Werlinich, a former Ohio University student, left clothing in Berry Hall and opened a window to gain entry. Also cited were Lee Youngquist and Delbert D. Hamilton.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio University
Thomas 8. Werlinich
Berry Hall
Lee Youngquist
Delbert D. Hamilton
Traffic Fines from Municipal Court
Names and fines from Athens Nelsonville Zanesville Parkersburg and Cincinnati residents cited by patrols for traffic violations and offenses including failure to stop for red light defective horn speeding and failure to yield after a car truck crash with amounts listed as five to forty five dollars plus costs.
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Barbara M. Oates
Wonder Hills Drive-in
Athens
David Henry Mantle
Guysville
Joe Michael McClelland
Zanesville
Ohio
James Allen Howell
Stewart
Robert David Schwenning
Parkersburg
Robert Herman Binkley
Hemlock
Rotary selects new officers and reports on town court actions
Fritz Wheaton was installed as president of the Athens Rotary Club. Court notes include Richard Ruhlman found guilty of trespassing with 30 day suspended sentence. several residents fined for disturbing the peace or trespassing. others found innocent. Rotary officers named Kenneth Ackerman program chair, with Howard Bobo secretary and Hunter Hope treasurer. Wheat of Athens Oil Co. spoke on club activities and outgoing president George Drach received his pin.
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Tommy Coffman
Athens
Richard C. Ruhlman
W. Union St
John Snyder
Howard Bobo
Hunter Hope
Rotary
Ernest Rother
James Kimball
Robert Mahn
Robert Savage
Wheat
Elmwood PL
Athens Oil Co
Athens Club
Denver
George Drach
L. G. Worstell, Jr
Rotary District
Fritz Wheaton
Athens Rotary Club
Wheaton
Messenger Newsphoto
Meeting Spotlight Shows Coal Revival Forecast
Fred Beasley predicts a revival of coal mining as a key economic issue at a community dinner. Jon Webb photographs leaders at a hospital informational event highlighting local health initiatives and civic engagement.
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Fred Beasley
Indus
Ccc
Jon Webb
Record 101 Degrees As Ohio Heat Persists
U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reports Athens sweltering with a 101 degree record, ninth straight day over 90. A 9 am reading hit 85 after a low of 70, while southwestern Ohio saw relief from heat as damaging storms struck Dayton.
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Ohio
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Dayton
Driver Hurt In Car Crash East Of Athens
Ralph Allen Wade 22 of 4014 S Court St was injured Tuesday when his car left Route 50 east of Athens striking a tree after traveling 150 feet up a hillside and rolling onto its top. Wade was cited for excessive speeding.
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Route 50
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Ralph Allen Wade
S. Court St
Wade
Two Firemen Are Named This Week
Two new firemen join the city department with a Friday start. Walter H. Jones, 26, of 39 First St., received a 30 day provisional appointment after Air Force service. Carlos Bailey, already a city policeman, gets a one year probationary appointment after passing the civil service test.
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Charles Dalton
Walter H. Jones
First St
Air Force
Carlos Bailey
Jones
Bailey
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes and Real Estate Transfer
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes lists patients and dismissals in Athens Trimble Glouster Davisville and surrounding areas. Real estate transfer shows Elza and Oma Osborne of Athens selling Lot 3 LaMar Heights Subdivision to Shirley A Nichols in Athens.
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Elza and
Oma Osborne
Athens
Shirley A. Nichols
LaMar Heights
Athens urged for regional health center with Appalachian funds
Ohio University vice president for development Martin L. Hecht outlined prospects for a regional health demonstration center in Athens using Appalachian funds around Sheltering Arms Hospital as the core. A new hospital must be funded locally first, with a 91 acre site on W Union St. ready for development. The $9 to $12 million center would offer medical specialists training internships and research while the hospital remains community owned and operated.
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Ohio University
Martin L. Hecht
Athens
Appalachia
Sheltering Arms
Hecht
Appalachia Commission
the University
W. Union St
Ohio
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hospital Foundation
Hospital Needed For Training Of Doctors
Dr. Blaine R. Goldsberry of Sheltering Arms argues for a new community owned regional hospital in Athens. He says modern tests require large hospitals and nearby equipment, and locals fear doctors will practice elsewhere if a new facility is not built. He notes Ohio University leases the land and the federal government will not direct operations.
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Blaine R. Goldsberry
Sheltering Arms
Athens
Goldsberry
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