Athens District Volunteers Boost Weekly PE Program
A weekend physical education program in Athens district elementary schools expands to five locations with 2,148 boys and 1,303 girls enrolled. The joint effort by the school board and city, led by Robert Burson, includes 39 Ohio University students as supervisors and offers intramurals, gymnastics, dancing, fitness, and free play through May.
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Athens
Robert Burson
East
West
Morrison
Plains
Chauncey
Burson
Robert Finnearty
Darrell Tewksbury
Marjorie McIntorf
Gerald Inbody
Clyde Jarvis
Lee Beckett
Jerry Kapusta
Greg Linscott
Hanne Lore Heyen
John Gordon
Susan McElfresh
Tom Moe
Cheryll Spensler
Ohio University
WHAM
West Elementary
George Lovell
Arson Probe In Vacant House Blaze Near Chase Road
Sheriff reports a fire at a vacant Chase Road house in eastern Alexander Twp may be arson. The structure owned by the Clyde Ballinger estate was empty with no wiring, and was found by neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Cooley after 2 a.m. Friday. Furniture inside burned. no injuries. Trimble Lodge 557, F and AM to hold a stated meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. Leonard Lent presiding.
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Chase Road
Alexander Twp
Harold Shields
Clyde Ballinger
Boyd Cooley
Shields
Trimble Lodge
F&am
Leonard Lent
Computers Can't Match Human With His Mind
Dr. Harry D. Huskey said computer machines have advanced but would need about 100 billion modern high speed units to approach human brain complexity. He spoke at Memorial Auditorium as the Kennedy Lecturer, noting future machines will be more complex and citing music generation and chess plays as examples.
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Harry D. Huskey
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Kennedy
University of California At Berkeley
Huskey
Stanford University
Study Finds Cat That Bit Officers Not Rabid
Ath ens City health officials concluded a cat that bit two police officers on Morris Avenue was not rabid. Officers Robert Windle and James Deardorff were bitten while capturing the animal at the resident's home after she requested disposal of the creature.
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Athens City
Athens Warmth Returns With 64 Degree Thursday High
Unseasonable weather moves through Athens with temperatures rising into the 60s. U.S. weather observer C. L. Colmer reports 11 a.m. reading at 63 and a low of 46 overnight. The day’s high reached 64 degrees.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Tri-County Action Director To Speak At Public Meeting
Martin Sharrett, director of the Tri County Community Action office in Logan, will speak at 7 30 p m March 10 at the Broadwell EUB Church. He will discuss child development and comprehensive community services in the war on poverty. The meeting is open to the public.
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Martin Sharrett
Tri-County Community Action Office
Broadwell
EUB
Sharrett
Logan
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Dismissals include Mrs. Floyd Gould and daughter Roger Brooks, Mrs. Bert Vercoe, Miss Rise Rosenberg, Mrs. Harold Harrah, Harold Todd, Virginia Baker, Bernie Winders, Frances M. Coon, Jerry Lee, Edgar Wilson, Richard Mark, and Mrs. Allen Kresge. A hospital note lists several Athens residents and routes. A Thursday fire at 3:50 p.m. caused minor damage to Michael Allaman’s auto at 89 Columbus Road. firemen extinguished the blaze after arrival.
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Floyd Gould
Roger Brooks
Bert Vercoe
Rise Rosenberg
Harold Harrah
Harold Todd
Virgi] Baker
Bernie Winders
Frances M. Coon
Jerry Lee
Edgar Wilson
Richard Mark
Allen Kresge
Michael Allaman
Athens Apartments
Columbus Road
Jaycees Plan Poverty War Meeting in Ohio University area
Ohio University official says ten Jaycee state presidents will meet in Athens on April 2 and 3 to plan their role in the war on poverty. Samuel Sharp of the Center of Economic Opportunity cites model programs and private government cooperation. Mrs Herbet Kimmel of the League of Women Voters asks Jaycees to join as volunteers or groups, steering committee to direct projects. A first center meeting is set for mid April. A new constitution and candidate slate are also approved for April 20 elections.
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Ohio University
Athens
Samuel Sharp
Center of Economic Opportunity
Athens Jaycees
Sharp
Appalachia
Herbert Kimmel
League of Women Voters
Jaycees
State Officer Under DiSalle Is Dead At 61
John W. Donahey former Ohio lieutenant governor and son of a governor and U S senator died at 61 in Grant Hospital Columbus after heart attack following surgery on Feb 24 He served 1959 62 as lieutenant governor and later directed the Small Business Administration district office Surviving are his widow John Jr a Nashville Tenn sister and five brothers Funeral arrangements pending
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DiSalle
Columbus
Ohio
John W. Donahey
U.S
Grant Hospital
Donahey
Michael V. DiSalle
Small Business Administration
New Philadelphia
A. Vic Donahey
Gertrude Walton
John Jr
Nashville, Tenn
Variance OK'd For Apartment Conversion
Two requests to change two-family homes to four-family units were reviewed by the zoning board. Robert L. Blackmore earned a variance to remodel at 167 N Lancaster St with three stipulations including parking and fire marshal rules. Rosser Bateman’s bid at 182 W State St was denied due to residential district limits and insufficient lot size.
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Robert L. Blackmore
N. Lancaster St
Rosser Bateman
W. State St
Blackmore
Ohio University to Offer Free Community Recreation Seminar Series
A series of 10 three hour sessions begins Wednesday at 7 p m in Grover Center Athens. Open to Southeastern Ohio residents at no charge with a federal grant of 2417 dollars under Title 1 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and matching university funds. Dr James G Mason will direct with instructors Charlotte LaTourrette John O Neal John McComb and Owen Wilkinson.
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Ohio University Division of Physical Education
Ohio University
Grover Center
Southeastern Ohio
Ohio Board of Regents
James G. Mason
Charlotte LaTourrette
John
O’neal
John McComb
Owen Wilkinson
Dr. Mason
Athens
Robert Burson
Richard Duncan
Holly Hecht
Jerry Kapusta
William Kinnearty
Chauncey
Harold Esselstein
Corning
Paul Aikman
Dexter
Meigs County
Carol Ann Rupe
Jacksonville
James Potthoff
Latrobe
William Walter
New Straitsville
Two Athens County men get prison terms in B and E cases
Common Pleas Judge John Bolin sentenced Melvin and William Friend to terms in the Ohio State Penitentiary for breaking into the county dog pound and a Shade area house. Melvin, already wanted in Fairfield County, received concurrent penitentiary terms while William was placed on probation. James C Smith pleaded guilty to larceny and received a penitentiary term. Sheriff’s deputies investigated. Charles R Vollmer pleaded guilty to non support after a bench warrant issuance.
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Common Pleas
John Bolin
Athens County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Melvin Eugene Friend
William Ralph Friend
Athens
Shade Area
Charles Evans
Melvin
Fairfield County
William
James Clifford Smith
Smith
Charles Roger Vollmer
Nelsonville
Athens Officials Review Parking Garage Styles
Athens officials studied parking facility options to address downtown congestion. Mayor Raymond Shepard, Service Director Dwight Robinson and Council Finance Chairman Tad Grover visited Cincinnati to inspect pre cast concrete structures, including a University of Cincinnati site for 888 cars.
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Athens
Raymond Shepard
Dwight Robinson
Council
Tad Grover
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Shepard
Pulmonary Specialist Plans Office in Athens
Dr. Jon P. Tipton former Plains resident announced plans to open an allergy and pulmonary disease clinic in Athens this spring. He earned a BS from Ohio University and an MD from Ohio State University in 1960 and is a Duke University Medical Center allergy and pulmonary diseases fellow. He was elected to the American Academy of Allergy at the Palm Springs convention and has published on hypersensitivity diseases of the lung.
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Jon P. Tipton
the Plains
Athens
Tipton
Ohio University
Ohio State University
College of Medicine
American Academy of Allergy
Palm Springs
Calif
Duke University Medical Center
Air Force
University Hospital
Columbus
Duke
Ohio State Medical Journal
Jury Rejects 13140 Claim Against Wallace Estate
A Common Pleas Court jury rejected Phyllis L. Betts 13140 claim against the estate of the late Sadie L. Wallace. Betts, of Nelsonville, said she cared for the deceased during the last six years of life and sought payment from Edna L. Williams, administratrix from Athens Route 5. The jury returned for the defendant. Agnes L. Feen of Albany filed suit for 532 against James W. Tom, administrator of the late Bessie M. Gorstene, saying she cared for the deceased and the bill was refused by the estate.
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Sadie L. Wallace
Common Pleas Court
Phyllis L. Betts
Nelsonville
Edna L. Williams
Athens
Iris Hartman
Carolyn K. Strickland
Richard Holtz
Byron Sams
Carl Keirns
Lloyd S. Bolin
Raymond Huston
Kenneth R. Steward
Glenn Brooks
Anna Withrow
Roger Whaley
Agnes L. Feen
Albany
James W. Tom
Bessie M. Gorstene
Union Dues Checkoff Topic at Ohio University Meeting
Local 37 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will meet at Grange Hall at 7 30 p m Saturday to discuss the university administration denial of a payroll deduction for union dues. More than 600 university employees belong to the local, which had threatened a strike over the issue.
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Ohio University Rank and File
American Federation of County
Afl-Cio
Grange Hall
Court Cases in Municipal Court
James W. Hudnell, 28, of 8% W State St, charged with intoxication. Police report filed. Bond forfeiture set at 33 dollars.
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James W. Hudnell
State St
Edwin V Hayden to Speak at East Athens Church Dinner
Edwin V Hayden editor of the Christian Standard will be guest speaker at a men’s dinner and fellowship starting at 6 30 p m tonight at the East Athens Church of Christ.
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Edwin V. Hayden
The
Christian Standard
East Athens
New Pastor Assigned To Central Avenue Methodist Church
The Rev. Eugene Brundige is named interim pastor at Central Avenue Methodist Church for March or until a new pastor is appointed. He follows the Rev. R. E. Wilcox who moves to Mount Blanchard. Brundige, a Ohio University graduate and Athens Junior High School teacher, has served Pleasant Hill and Chauncey churches. Call 593-3795 for church business if needed.
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Eugene Brundige
Central Avenue
R. E. Wilcox
Mount Blanchard
Ohio University
Athens Junior High School
Brundige
Pleasant Hill
Chauncey
School Board Session Set For Saturday Meeting
The Athens County board of education will hold a regular session Saturday at 7 30 p m at the superintendent s office 41 W State St Discussion will cover a committee on philosophy and policy recommendations A Tri County vocational school grant and applications for an elementary school supervisor position will be reviewed.
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Athens County Board of Education
State St
Elmira College Dean's List Includes 102 Students
Miss Molly Butterworth daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Butterworth Phillips Lane Athens Route 4 is named on Elmira College Dean's List along with 101 other students in Elmira New York.
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Molly Butterworth
Harrison Butterworth
Phillips Lane
Athens
Elmira College
Elmira
N.Y
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