Athens County Blood Drive Sets One Day and Two Day Records
The Red Cross collection in Athens County totalled 354 pints over two days, with 193 pints on Tuesday to break the single day record of 174 pints set in 1959 and the two day record of 319 pints from 1955. Rotary corps included ROTC volunteers Circle K and Ellen Curl et al naming donors and New Members of the One Gallon Club Bruce Kotchey and Donald Radachy. Angel Flight workers aided donors in the Good Shepherd Episcopal dining room. The New Marshfield Constitution Lodge No. 426 F and AM to meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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The
Red Cross
Athens County
Collec
Circle K
Blood Mobile
Athens
Max Brinkman
Blood
Brinkman
Ellen Curl
Felix Oyula
Thomas Lynch
Bill Jansen
Matthew Baraga
Chares Anco
Lucille
Jesse
Kate Raush
One Gallon Club
Bruce Kotchey
Donald Radachy
Ohio University
Angel Flight
Good Shepard Episcopal
New Marshfield
City Board Studies New High School Sites and Curriculum
The city school board met in executive session to study proposed high school sites and conduct a three week intensive review, including finances. The curriculum plan calls for a library hub with seating for 25 percent of students, audio-visuals, study nooks, and 11 vocational units plus expanded facilities for business education, home economics, and industrial arts. The plan covers 138,049 square feet, serves 1,773 students, and provides 54 teacher stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Chase
Driver Program Is Planned By Bureau
The Athens County Farm Bureau board met with eight members present. A motorist education driver improvement program is planned for March 22 at the Junior Fair Building in cooperation with the State Highway Patrol. Lunch will be a sack lunch. coffee and milk are free. Four scholarships were approved for Athens County youths attending the Farm Bureau youth conference June 27 to July 2 at Otterbein College, with about 150 rural youths from 22 southeastern Ohio counties expected. A dairymen meeting is set for Albany High School on March 17 to discuss farm surplus control, with invitations extended to Meigs and Gallia counties. And a Washington trip report was given by Andrew Cross and Golden R. Canaday. Various local court fines were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Farm Bureau Board of Trustees
Women’s Committee
Worley Perry
State Highway Patrol
Athens County
Farm Bureau
Paul Bower
Otterbein College
Ohio
Albany High School
Meigs
Gallia
Andrew Cross
Racine
Washington D. C
Toward Income Equality in Norway Is Published
The University of Wisconsin Press releases a new book by Dr. Lee Soltow of Ohio University. Based on a Ford Foundation grant and a year in Norway, it traces Norwegian income distribution changes over the past century and analyzes the driving factors.
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University of Wisconsin Press
Norway
Lee Soltow
Ohio University
Soltow
Ford Foundation
Athens area sheltering arms hospital notes and arrest
The item lists admissions to Sheltering Arms Hospital including Mrs Fauna Rhoades, Donna Secoy, John Dickens, Harter Fortney, Everett Meeks, Frank Phillips, Carl Roy Brooks, Louise Ellen Hook, David Preston Sinclair, Julia Ann Tippie, Ronald Sickel, Jean Brooks, James C Buck, Karen Vaughn, James O Gates, Louise Barnes, and Ralph Ray Arrowood. It notes Ralph Arrowood, 40, of Portsmouth arrested for driving while intoxicated on Union Street with bond set at 300 and March 16 hearing. Also Eileen McGrath cited for extreme cruelty and gross neglect.
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Carl Roy Brooks
Athens
Louise Ellen Hook
David Preston Sinclair
Shade
Julia Ann Tippie
Ronald 0. Sickel
Logan
Jean Brooks
Nelsonville
James C Buck
Cardington
Karen Vaughn
James O. Gates
Louise Barnes
Millfield
Ralph Ray Arrowood
Portsmouth
Union St
Snow Flurries and Chill Dip To 30 Degrees
Snow fell Tuesday totaling .05 inch as cold air swept in. The high reached 40 with a Wednesday morning low of 30, then warmed to 33 by 10:30 a.m. C. L. Colmer, U.S. weather observer, reported the figures.
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C. L. Colmer
U.S
Two Injured One Cited In E State St Mishap
Two drivers were cited after a two car crash on E State St near Graham Dr. Lynn Wickham, a passenger, suffered whiplash and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Frederick Wickham was cited for expired license plates and Ruth Ann Scarberry for failure to stop within a safe distance.
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E. State St
Graham Dr
Lynn Wickham
Frederick Wickham
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wickham
Ruth Ann Scarberry
Central Ave
Three Citizens Helped by City Squad
Mrs. Fauna Rhoads, 50, of 24144 Brown Ave, was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the emergency squad Tuesday at 7:43 p.m. The squad was called again Wednesday at 7:43 a.m. to transfer her. James McAllister, 20, of 34 W. Carpenter St, an employee of Frisch's Restaurant, grew ill at 9:37 p.m. Tuesday and was taken to the hospital. Miss Carolyn Morris, 18, Wilson Hall, was brought to Hudson Health Center from Bird Arena at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday with back pains.
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Fauna Rhoads
Brown Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Rhoads
James McAllister
W. Carpenter St
Frisch’s
Carolyn Morris
Wilson Hall
Hudson Health Center
Bird Arena
OU Seniors Plan Drive for Library Enrichment Fund
Ohio University alumni in Athens County are asked to donate to the Library Enrichment Fund to buy books for a proposed new campus library. For every $10, a book will be added with the donor’s name on a plate. The senior class aims for $2500, following a prior effort that raised nearly $2000. Others noted include state debt interest totals for Ohio universities and several local arrest summaries.
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Ohio University
Athens County
Skip Hoovler
Brooke Seckel
Rainfall Above Normal In Athens For Past Three Months
The U S Weather Bureau in Huntington W V reports Athens rainfall above normal for three months ending in 1964 with 53.35 inches for the year. County agent Kenneth Ackerman cites heavy March rains and late fall totals, noting improved groundwater and soil moisture essential for crops. He warns floods may still occur but less likely than in prior years.
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Athens
U.S. Weather Bureau
Huntington
W. Va
Kenneth Ackerman
Ackerman
String Trio Winners In District 15 Music Festival
Winners in the string division of the District 15 music festival were reported. An Athens High School string trio earned a superior rating with Ann Rannon Joyce Jame and Stepania Dembow. an Athens Junior High trio, Susan and Nancy Selleck and Steve Clark, also received superior marks. The seventh grade cello duo Nancy Selleck and Steve Clark, and Clark with Cornelia Baumgartel for piano, both rated superior. Fred Baumgartel of Albany earned an excellent piano rating.
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Athens
Albany
Ann Rannon
Joyce Jame
Stepania Dembow
Susan
Nancy Selleck
Steve Clark
Clark
Cornelia Baumgartel
Fred Baumgartel
Church Aid Staff and Volunteers Attend Hilltop Incident
Mrs Vernon Shaw supplied sandwiches for the church aid effort. Doctors John Smith Ruth Mathewson and John Sprague assisted. Nurses listed with aides and gray ladies. Registration by Mrs William Herbert and Mrs David Baker. ROTC cadets ran the motor corps. Chatsman of volunteers was Mrs Paul H Wagner. Emergency squad transported Mike Mitchell 20 97 N Lancaster St home after he collapsed at the Hilltop Restaurant Monday at 1 05 p m.
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Vernon Shaw
John Smith
Ruth Mathewson
John Sprague
Robert Ellis
Richard Huling
David Hostettler
Mary Sue Weiland
Albert Whitmore
Walter Fahey
Gerald Kyle
Carl Gustavson
Harry Begg
Gray
M. D. Hughes
L. P. Eblin
William Mickle
William Herbert
David Baker
Earl Bolin
Motor Corp
ROTC
Paul H. Wagner
Mike Mitchell
Lancaster St
Hilltop
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City Board
Ohio Farm Bureau
Golden R. Canaday
Northup
Washington
Clayton E. Rose
Lancaster
Stephen F. Fuller
Waron
Melvin Richard Nicholas
Reedsville
Francis Victor Nelson
Everett Eugene de Costa
Columbus
Martin Robert Hoover
Springfield
Ewing E. Hutton
Rutland
Nolan Gene Ellison
Vienna
Lee Fenton Woodruff
Paul Edward Angle
Gore
Charles Thad Hunter
Donald B. Jones
New Berlin
Wanda Jean Nelson
Delores Jeanette Hudnall
New Marshfiel
David Shakarian
Pittsia
James E. Eggleston
Linda D. Aber
N. McKinley Ave
Arthur D. Brooks
Alva Robinson
Fauna Rhoades
Donna Secoy
John Dickens
Harter Fortney
Stewart
Melvin Walls
Everett Meeks
Frank Phillips
Corning
Eileen McGrath
Weldon McGrath
Chester W. Goble
Ohio State University
Miami
James E. Cox
Glouster
Route 33
Elbert Monroe Grim
Guysville
Ross Gordon Nickoson
Louise Myers
Harrisonville
Brian W. Anthony
Athens Apts
Will H. Pugh
Richard Hendrix
Dayton
Arthur Richard Nichols
Patrick Dewey Hanson
Zanesville
Jack E. Evener
Gary Elmer Gabriel
Woodrow Wilson Hendrix
Peter L. Seidman
Jamaica
N. Y
John Neal
Milford
Tanya Lynn Spencer
Ama
Aessh
ARS Zis
Ferdies
Dipar
Peter Pon
Carter
Casey Jones
Yank
Big Ben
Blue
Cannon
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