District contest Saturday festival brings 500 musicians
Nearly 1000 people are set to attend the District 15 Solo and Ensemble Competition at Ohio University this Saturday. Five hundred junior and senior high students from eight Southeastern Ohio counties will compete under eight judges with Athens and area teachers and parents expected to observe.
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Ohio University
Gilbert A. Stephenson
Ohio Music Education Association
Ohio
Scioto
Lawrence
Gallia
Jackson
Vinton
Meigs
Washington
Athens
Deputies Seek Stewart Man in Break In at Storage
Deputies jailed Dale Cunningham 35 Stewart Route 1 on charges of breaking and entering a stone and gravel company's storage building near Stewart and stealing gasoline and oil. They seek Carl Ellsworth 30 Stewart Route 1, reportedly implicated, after plaster casts of tire tracks tied to the suspect. Shields said Cunningham’s arrest followed matching tire impressions at the storage site owned by William Withem.
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Fone
Stewart
Old Shields
Dale Cunningham
Carl Ellsworth
Stewart Route 1
Shields
Cunningham
Stortage
William Withem
Hningham
Leap Year Day Marriage Licenses Pass Quietly
A probate office report records no marriage license applications on Leap Year Day February 29. The humorous note recalls a county tradition of couples seeking licenses but the day passed with no couples in line, as clerks note the historical push toward marriages on this date did not materialize.
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Lice Bureau
Fourth District Court Denies Dismissal in Warner Custody Appeal
The Fourth District Court of Appeals kept alive Loren Warner v Esther Warner after denying a motion to dismiss the bill of exceptions in a Athens custody dispute. The case stems from a 1985 common pleas divorce ruling granting an aunt custody of the two children. appeal filed December 1985 with the motion argued late filing.
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Fourth District Court of Appeals
Loren Warner
Esther Jeanine Warner
Athens
Plaintif
Common Pleas
Common Pleas Court
Clerk of Courts Sets March Office Hours
Due to higher March workload Clerk of Courts Mrs. Phyl Cross extended hours to 8:30 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 4:00 am to noon on Saturdays. This follows standard practice during the sale of new auto license tags. Edison McVey, 69, Albany Route 1, was fined $5 and costs in Municipal Court for parking on a highway.
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Clerk of Courts
Phyl ‘Crose
Cross
Edison McVey
Albany
Service members listed from Athens area
News notes several local servicemen including Pte. William J. Burns Jr of 17 Curran Drive Athens who joined in 1954 and earned Soldier of the Week at Ft. Knox and later served in Italy. Also Lloyd L Burt of 15 N McKinley Ave Athens serving at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Charles R France, Ernest E Simmons, and 2nd Lt William Wolfe are named with postings in California New Jersey and Germany along with family ties and education history.
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William J. Burns
Son Support Command
71St Signal
William J. Company
Burns
Curran Drive
Athens
Army
Ft. Knox
Ft. Ind
Camp Darby
Monmouth
N. J
Eghorn
Italy
Hotographer
Lloyd L. Burt
Edgar L. Burt
N. McKinley Ave
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Athens High School
Ohio University
William £. Wolfe
Leonard Wolfe
Ind Park Blvd
Servis
Germany
Sth
le Clerk
Ft. Benning
Europe
Shirley
New Fireman Appointed to Fill Dalton Vacancy
Francis E. Dicken, 23, of 94 W State St, is named to a 30-day provisional fireman post created by Harry L Dalton’s Feb 1 retirement. Dicken, a 1952 New Marshfield High grad and Korea veteran, will take a civil service exam for probationary status within 30 days. He is married to Hazel Deal of Amesville with a six month old son. Also, Floyd Bolin Post VFW will nominate officers at an 8 p.m. meeting, with a fish fry served.
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Harry L. Dalton
Francis E. Dicken
W. State St
Dicken
New Marshfield High School
Korea
Hazel Deal
Amesville
VPW
Floyd Bolin
Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Francis Lavelle
19 Qualify As Teachers Hunter Safety Instructors Named
Wildlife personnel at district headquarters completed gun safety instructor courses and earned eligibility to teach Hunter's Safety Courses. Qualified individuals include Edward Dean Matt Wright Earl Kinner Ben Swartz Jim Lee Tom Kilmer George Billy and Don Leonard Marvin Nungester Richard Schuer Nan Melgs A H Joachim.
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Veteen
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Athens
Edward Dean
Matt Wright
Earl Kinner
Ben Swartz
Jim Lee
Tom Kilmer
George ‘Billy
Don’ Leonard
Hocking
Marvin Nungester
Vinton
Richard Schuer
Nan
Melgs
A. H. Joachim
National Forensics Contest Opens Friday at Ohio U
Ohio University speech department hosts two day district meet of the National Forensic League with about 25 high school teams and 175 debaters. Drawings at 1 p.m. Friday, rounds begin 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m., semifinals 8:30 a.m. Saturday, finals 10 a.m. Sunday. Participants from Columbus Cincinnati Dayton, winner per event advances to national. Robert Wagner directs. Dr L Staats coordinates. Events include debate, oratorical, original oratory, humorous declamation, dramatic interpretation, men’s and women’s extemporaneous, with about 150 entrants total.
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Ohio University
National Forensic League
Columbus
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
NFL
Robert Wagner
Wyoming High School
1L. C. Staats
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