Forest fires rage across Athens County scorching acres
Eighteen fires across Athens County fire lines, with the largest 60 acre blaze on the Jake Niggemeyer property between Shade and Guysville. Forester Werner Honschell notes some 75 fires since March 1, driven by wind and dry brush as residents burn yard waste and papers.
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Athens County
District Forestry Service
Jake Niggemeyer
Shade
Guysville
Lodi Township
Athens District
Werner Honschell
Lodi-area
Forestry Division
Honschell
Ohio
Jagers
Plains
James Woodyard
Richland Ave
Fire Permits Needed in Athens to Burn Brush
Athens Fire Chief Charles Dalton urged residents to obtain burning permits before burning brush. Paul R. Murphy of 15 Roosevelt Drive was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to an open fire without a permit when sparks from his brush fire spread to adjacent grass. Firefighters contained the blaze with booster hose and rakes. permits are issued free at fire headquarters and do not authorize burning in windy or restricted conditions.
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Athens
Charles Dalton
Paul R. Murphy
Roosevelt Drive
Murphy
Dalton
West Virginia Driver Fined for Drinking
Harold William Turley 29 of Route 4 Charleston was arrested by the sheriff's department after a one car crash on Route 33 near Chauncey. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, was fined 150 dollars plus costs and jailed three days.
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Harold William Turley
Route 4
Charleston
W. Va
Sheriff's Department
Turley
Chauncey
Charles Wadley
Man Held For Drunken Driving After Crash
Roy Cline, 62, The Plains, charged with driving while intoxicated after a two car crash at Routes 56 and 682. Calendine, 17, Athens, involved. Cline pleaded innocent in Municipal Court and is held on $250 bond for a Friday hearing.
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Roy Cline
the Plains
Larry Calendine
Athens
Cline
Miniatures Are Boys' Hobbies
Mike McAfee a Athens High School sophomore and his friends Pete and Michael Siebert beginners in miniature soldiers build dioramas and play war games. Mike plans Civil War battleground dioramas while assembling hundreds of figures using lead models and homemade molds.
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Tara McCarthy
Mike McAfee
Pete
Michael Seibert
Mike
Athens High School
Michael
St. Paul's School
Kathleen McAfee
East Side
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Fredricksburg
Michael Siebert
Gettsyburg
Black Watch
2Nd Ohio Regiment
Siebert
U. Marines
Pete Seibert
Messenger Newsphoto
Easter Program Presented By Athens High Pupils
Athens Senior High School presented its Easter program He Is Risen under Miss Helen Dinsmoor with a girls chorus led by Mrs. Joyce Rucker. Jennie Ray Bush played piano. Raymond Krauss performed a violin solo. Nicole Porpora’s Air in E was also heard.
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Athens Senior High School
Helen Dinsmoor
Jennie Ray Bush
Raymond Krauss
Nicole Porpora
Aira
Joyce Rucker
Handel
Cherubini
Easter Assembly Sermon Delivers Message at Athens Junior High
Rev. S. Thomas Niccolls assistant pastor of First Presbyterian Church spoke at a Tuesday afternoon Athens Junior High Assembly. The event featured eight seventh grade chorus selections with Jan McMullen as accompanist. Bill Reamer read scripture and Carl Gustavson offered prayer. Robert Wyckoff introduced speakers and made closing remarks.
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Athens
S. Thomas Niccolls
First Presbyterian Church
Jan McMullen
Bill Reamer
Carl Gustavson
Robert Wyckoff
Nelsonville Man Pleads Guilty To Speed Excess Charge
Jerry K. Scurlock twenty two of Nelsonville pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a State Highway Patrol speed excessive for conditions charge. He was fined twenty dollars plus costs on Monday.
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Nelsonville
Forfeit of Athens County Lands Sought in Court Action
In Common Pleas Court Joseph B Vanity acting for T O Kincade county treasurer J W Whaley auditor and John G Cline board of county commissioners file an application to forfeit delinquent tax lands to the state. The county board of revision submitted a six page list of lands to be forfeited and the court is asked to set a hearing date and issue an order for forfeiture after objections are heard.
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Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Joseph B. Vanity
T. O. Kincade
J. W. Whaley
John G. Cline
Board of County Commissioners
County Board of Revision
Zwelling and Levanthal Named in Local Notice
Ivan I Zwelling 31 of Zanesville a dry cleaner and Rochelle S Levanthal 24 of Athens an unemployment claimant appear in a local court notice listing defendants and case details.
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Ivan I. Zwelling
Zanesville
Rochelle S. Levanthal
Athens
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