Legion Aid Sought In Cold War Mind Battle
Athens American Legion post members were urged to renew their resolve in a ceaseless vigil against aggressors. Rossiter Williams, former department commander, spoke at a joint post auxiliary birthday event noting the Legion as a bulwark against evil and a model in the cold war era. He highlighted veterans benefits, youth programs, and the group’s Paris founding on March 15, 1919, urging enrollment to reach 552 members for 1961 by Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens American Legion Post
Legion
Rossiter Williams
Oak Hill
Department
National
Williams
America
Paris
France
American Legion
Athens Braces for Large St Patrick's Day Student Celebration
Athens police expect a potential spike in activity during St Patrick's Day events as hundreds of visiting students from Ohio State Bowling Green and Otterbein may join local participants. Extra officers will patrol Friday and Saturday to keep order with arrests for law violations. OU and tavern officials plan disciplinary steps for troublemakers and share visitor lists with their schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
J. B. Grogan
Athens
Ohio State University
Bowling Green
Otterbein College
Grogan
William Butler
Butler
Waterloo Honor Roll Announced at New Marshfield
Waterloo Local School announces honor roll for the fourth six weeks. Students achieving B or higher include seniors Edna Hudnell Virginia Carsey Nedra Frisby Phyllis Lovsey Linda Mace Ben Mills John Pidcock Bob Stanley Lewis Wigal and others across grades from juniors to sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Raymond H. Brooks
Edna Hudnell
Virginia Carsey
Nedra Frisby
Phyllis Lovsey
Linda Mace
Ben Mills
John Pidcock
Bob Stanley
Lewis Wigal
Charlotte Lovsey
Sharon McClain
Nancy Young
James Carman
Darrell Smith
Corraine Walker
Loretta Byrd
Anita Chesser
Chevy Dee Keffer
Judy Carman
Logan businessman C. E. Allen dies at 75
Clarence E. Allen of Logan 75 died suddenly at home after a heart attack. He operated a Logan grocery 1925 to 1956 after earlier work in Mt. Pleasant and a stint as a teacher. Survived by wife Enid Odessa son Marion a teacher and granddaughter Susan. funeral services set at Heinlein funeral home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Clarence E. Allen
Walnut St
Allen
Hocking County
Mt. Pleasant
Enid Odessa
Marion
Logan High School
Susan Allen
Harry Heinlein
Rites Planned for Mrs Nannie Hester in Mineral
Funeral services for 84 year old Mrs. Nannie Hester of Mineral are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Mineral Methodist Church with Reverends William Brown and Lillian Wright officiating. Burial will follow at New Marshfield. Memorial services by the New Marshfield Order of Eastern Star are set for 8 p.m. Friday at Hughes Funeral Home. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday and after 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Nannie Hester
Mineral
Mineral Methodist Church
William Brown
Lillian Wright
New Marshfield
New Marshfield Order of Eastern Star
Hughes Funeral Home
Dailey Sues Allman for 4004 20 Debt in Common Pleas
Eldon Dailey filed in Common Pleas Court to recover 4004.20 from Dale Allman claiming a 3830.92 loan on July 10 1960 with seven percent interest.
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Eldon Dailey
Common Pleas Court
Dale Allman
Allman
Dailey
Mrs Paul Hawk Rushed to Hospital After Illness
Mrs Paul Hawk age 40 of 13 Lam ar Drive was taken to Shelter ing Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad Thursday after becoming ill at about 10 22 a m.
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Paul Hawk
Lamar Dr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Scout Session Moves to Saturday at Ohio University
The Hock Hocking District scouters regional training institute will be held this Saturday at Ohio University instead of Sunday as previously announced. Vice Chairman John Coker confirmed the change today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
John Coker
National Foresters Plan 264000 Tree Planting Initiative
Ray W. Knudson, district forest ranger for Wayne National Forest, says 264000 trees will be planted this spring. The effort adds 25 local workers funded by Congressional appropriation to plant pines on government land and on strip mine sites paid by owners. Species include 11000 tulip poplar, 8000 black locust, and 5000 red oak raised at a government nursery in Wallonia Indiana with 90 percent survival. Planting supports watershed protection timber production hunting areas and experimental forest management.
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Ray W. Knudson
Wayne National Forest
Knudson
Wallonia
Ind
Frey to Speak on Emerging Health Problems at Ohio U
Dr. Carl A. Frey, professor of bacteriology at Ohio University, will present the 59th faculty lecture on Emerging Health Problems. The talk Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Speech Building Auditorium is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Frey
Ohio University
Speech
Frey
Ohio Department of Heath Laboratories
Athens Combined District Board of Health
Wintry Touch Returns to Athens with Snow Flakes
A wintry touch returns as snow flecks appear over Athens in a partly cloudy morning. U. S. Observer C. L. Colmer reports 11 am temperature 39 after a 29 morning low. previous day high reached 58. Rural Hamley Run logs 26 low and 53 high yesterday.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Servicemen from The Plains earn assignments overseas
Sp 4 Charles M Burdette 22 son of Mr and Mrs George Burdette The Plains participated in a training exercise with the 22nd Infantry Division in the Philippines where the division was airlifted from Ft. Lewis Washington He is a 1957 graduate of The Plains High School and a radio telephone operator in the division headquarters company Jerry W Tolson radarman first class son of Mrs Gwen M Canale The Plains serves aboard the guided missile light cruiser USS Little Rock for a Mediterranean cruise with the Sixth Fleet
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Charles M. Burdette
George Burdette
the Plains
22Nd Infantry Division
Philippines
Ft. Lewis
Wash
the Plains High School
Jerry W. Tolson
Gwen M. Canale
Uss
Little Rock
Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet
Larry C. Hopkins
Walter C. Hopkins
Coalville
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Texas
Sheppard Afb
Carthage-Troy High School
Two Drivers Fined When Found Guilty
Edward Russell, 31 of Coolville, found guilty in Municipal Court for failing to stop at a traffic light and fined $5 plus costs. John B. Lavelle, 67 of Athens, fined $15 plus costs after guilty verdict on a State Highway Patrol charge of failing to yield the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Russell
Coolville
John B. Lavelle
Athens
Friday Rites Set For Mrs. Nona Gist
Funeral services for 79 year old Mrs. Nona Gist are planned Friday at 2 p.m. at Hughes funeral home with Rev. Joe B. Moffett officiating. She died Wednesday at her home 32 Elliott Street. Burial will be in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Nona Gist
Elliott St. Friends
Hughes Funeral Home
Joe B. Moffett
West Union Street Cemetery
Summer Program Set For Five Weeks At Ohio University
Plans for a five week summer enrichment program from June 19 to July 21 at Ohio University elementary school were announced by Harry Lackey. The program for kindergarten to grade six includes music art swimming and field trips with eight faculty supervising half day sessions.
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Ohio University
Harry Lackey
Mortgage Foreclosure Sought in Athens County Suit
The Athens County Saving and Loan Co files in Common Pleas Court to foreclose a mortgage on Grover C. Stotts Jr. The lender claims a $2937.13 debt and failure to insure the property as required, asking that the land be sold to satisfy liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Saving and Loan Co
Common Pleas Court
Grover C. Stotts Jr
Stotts
Experimental Studies Added in Nigeria
Dean F N Hamblin of Ohio University announced two night in service training programs added to the teacher training project in Nigeria. The Ibadan and Abeokuta programs involve about 300 teachers and are gaining widespread publicity.
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Ohio University
Nigeria
F. N. Hamblin
College of Education
Ibadan
Abeokuta
Hamblin
Driver Fined and Jailed in Court Plea
Thomas R. Alcock of Athens was fined $75 and costs and given two days in jail after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to driving with a revoked license on a State Highway Patrol charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Alcock
Athens
Bond forfeited in Spear s case for speeding
Harry F. Spears of Parkersburg forfeited a $31 bond in Municipal Court after failing to appear on a State Highway Patrol speeding charge.
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Harry F. Spears
Parkersburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meeting Scheduled for Friday
Floyd Bolin Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Friday, announced commander Charles Evans.
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Floyd Bolin Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles Evans
Education Honor Unit Plans Event
Representatives from 15 chapters of Kappa Delta Pi will attend the society blowout regional conference in Athens on Saturday March 25 hosted by Ohio University's Omega chapter. Miss Billie Sue Connally Alabama College and Dr Katherine Vickery Alabama College join speakers. sessions are open to faculty and alumni with luncheon reservations due by Saturday.
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Kappa Delta Pi
National Education Honor Society
Athens
Ohio University
Omega
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Katherine Vickery
Alabama College
Ann Mumma
OU College of Education
Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes Births and Admissions
A local hospital log lists births and admissions. Notable entries include a daughter for Mr and Mrs John D Dowler of Athens and multiple admissions such as Mrs Sam Tomso and Ara Scott of Athens. Dismissals include Mrs Ernest Barrows of Albany Route and John Koons of Jacksonville.
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John D. Dowler
Athens
Richard Black
William Lavelle
Sam Tomso
Albert Jeffers
Shade
Charles Cone
Cora Hawk
Ara Scott
Ernest Barrows
Albany
Vana Dougan
Pennsville
Florence Collins
John Koons
Jacksonville
Kenneth Frost
John W. Martin
Marriage Licenses For Three Couples In Athens Area
Robert C. Appel Jr twenty from Columbus bank teller and Marie Joyce Shull nineteen from Athens student obtain license. Frank W. Schneider twenty two from Athens minister and Ruth I Mee Kee twenty nine from Athens stockroom clerk obtain license. Billie Jack Simmons thirty from Deanville repairman and Marion Lee Miller twenty three from Athens small machine operator obtain license.
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Robert C. Appel, Jr
Columbus
Marie Joyce Shull
Athens
Frank W. Schneider
Ruth I. Mee- Kee
Billie Jack Simmons
Deanville
Marion Lee Miller
Parkersburg Woman Murdered in Athens County Crime
A 37 year old Parkersburg widow Mrs Dawn Delight Sheppard was found murdered Wednesday in her South Parkersburg apartment bedroom. Police in Ohio and West Virginia seek Waterford youth Roger Dean Wilson 18 for questioning. Wilson fled in a stolen car and was linked to a prior 1958 Athens County burglary involving her husband James Sheppard who is serving time in Atlanta federal prison.
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Parkersburg
Athens County
Ohio
West Virginia
Waterford
Roger Dean Wilson
Wilson
Sheppard
Athens State Hospital
James Charles Sheppard
Chauncey
Atlanta
Athens
Injunction Sought Over Sewer Assessments in Common Pleas
Nine residents file petitions in Common Pleas Court seeking tax relief from sewer district assessments claiming charges exceed benefits. Plaintiffs name County Treasurer T. O. Kincade as defendant, listing Rutherford Good Johnson group and other property owners with large arrears from 1959 objections and equalizing board requests.
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Common Pleas
T. O. Kincade
Dwight H. Rutherford
P. F. Good
Fred H. Johnson
Rose Rutherford
H. C. Dorman
Carl T. Nessley
John P. Highlander
Joe T. Klingenberg
John R. O’neal
Lawrence G. Worstell
Robert L. Bartels
Rutherford-Good-Johnson
Dorman
Equalizing Board
Degree Conferment Set by Athens Council 15 R&SM
The Super Excellent Master Degree will be conferred at 7:30 p m Friday in the Masonic Temple by Athens Council 15 R&SM, announced by Master Roger E Van Dyke.
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Masonic Temple
Athens Council
R&sm
Roger E. van Dyke
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