County primary yields light turnout and shifted margins
In Athens County, Foster Bean and Wayne Wiley won county and Democratic nominations as 7205 ballots were cast. Republican contender Homer Abele led Jenkins for the congressional nod, while write ins and steady county results shaped the evening tabulation and final tallies by precincts. Local officials credited election workers and cited rain as a factor in the lighter vote.
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Athens
Election Board
Bean
Wayne Ward
Charles Cone
Cone
Richard H. Cary
Wiley
Glouster
Alton Hanning
Carl R. Wilson
Abele
Thomas A. Jenkins
Sponton
John Harvey Weis
Lancaster
Hollister
Board of Elections
Roger W. Tracy
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Paul M. Herbert
John W. Bricker
U. S
George A. Banks
Paul F. Ward
R. Kenneth Kerr
Hocking River Flood Forecast Deepens Across Region
The Hocking River is expected to exceed 17 feet tonight as rain continues. At 11 a.m. the river was two feet below that mark with 1.45 inches of rainfall since last night, swelling tributaries and closing roads including Route 144 between Stewart and Hockingport, plus Amesville area routes 50A and 690. Additional flooding on routes 56 and 356 reported. rural Hamley Run logged seven-tenths inch overnight and 3.15 inches over five days.
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Hocking
Parkersburg
Stewart
Hockingport
Amesville
Federal Creek
State Highway Department
Carbondale
Hamley Run
Radcliff Wins Fourth District Court of Appeals Nomination
In the Ohio primary, Judge William D. Radcliff defeated Judge Francis D. White and Judge Vernon Smith in a three man race for the Fourth District Court of Appeals seat. Radcliff led nine counties including Brown and Pickaway with 16 964 votes to White 13 552 and Smith 11 771 unofficially.
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Paul M. Herbert
Joseph M. Centanns
Ted W. Brown
Roger W. Tracy
William Saxbe
U.S
John W. Bricker
Supreme Court
Willard D. Campbell
James Garfield Stewart
State Central
State Central Committeeman— B. Lewis Jones 2076, Ralph R. MacCracken, Jr
Maxine H. Charlon
C. Stanley Mechem
General Assembly
Wayne Ward
J. W. Whaley
Russell McCurdy
Fourth
Court of Appeals
Francis D. White
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ty Common Pleas Court
Marshall Carlisle
Jackson
James Collier
Ironton
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Albert S. Porter
Cuyahoga County
M. E. Sensenbrenner
Columbus
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Robert N. Gorman III
Clingan Jackson
Vivienne L. Suarez
John W. Donahey
Frank E. Smith
John J. Gallagher
Roy E. Hopple
Charles L. Huberl
John W. Peck
Albert T. Ball
Clarence B. Rais
R. Kenneth Kerr
Mary C. Gallagher
George A. Banks
William D. Radcliff
Circleville
White
Vernon Smith
Radcliff
Brown
Highland
Pike
Pickaway
Ross
Gallia
Lawrence
Vinton
Judge White
Hocking
Meigs
Washington
Athens
Judge Smith
Adams
Scioto
Athens Co
Smith
Scioto County
Pickaway County
Jackson County
Births and hospital notes from Sheltering Arms Hospital
The page lists birth announcements for Mr and Mrs Darrell Hillen of Athens a son. Admissions include Mrs Edward Chesser New Marshfield Mrs Thomas Dew Chauncey and others in Athens Jacksonville and Stewart. Dismissals include Mrs Robert Denny New Straitsville and several Athens residents.
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Darrell Hillen
Athens
Edward Chesser
New Marshfield
Thomas Dew
Chauncey
Robert Worthman
Ens
Virginia Householder
Jacksonville
Jane Evans
David Strawn
David Neutzling
Curtis McDaniel Stewart
Robert Denny
New Straitsville
James Young
Jan Sue Hoisington
Stewart
Annetta Craig
Glouster
Anna Thompson
Chaun
Seven Republican county central committee contests decided
Seven contests for county central committee on the Republican ticket were settled in Tuesday’s primary. In three precincts withdrawals altered scheduled races. Winners included Nellie Coe in Athens Ward 2 Precinct 1 and J Clyde Edmundson in Athens Ward 4 Precinct 5, with other precincts listing Foster Sayre, Roy Walsh, Amy Jo Moody, and George Burgess among victors as rivals withdrew in several cases.
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County Central Committee
Athens
Nellie Coe
Charles E. Stack
J. Clyde Edmundson
Evelyn Dunfee
Circle Hill
Dorothy M. Daugherty
James Stalder
Sugar Creek
Paul E. Brown
Michael Kollister
Trimble
Foster M. Sayre
L. A. Gooding
Albany
Roy Walsh
Olive Baughman
Millfield West
Amy Jo Moody
Arthur Corwin
George A. Burgess
Nelsonville
Precinct
Kenneth W. Vernon
Bern North
Claire M. Ball
Athens South
J B Golden Dies Tuesday In Florida
James B Golden 68 Athens native died Tuesday night in a Bradenton hospital Florida He was a retired Army officer and Ohio University ROTC instructor retiring in 1944 as lieutenant colonel after 27 years service Survivors include wife Margaret Haskins Golden and two sons James B Jr and Greer in Japan The family lived in Bradenton Beach Florida for 13 years Funeral arrangements are being handled by Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home Athens services in progress
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James B. Golden
Athens
Bradenton
Fla
Ohio University
William and
Cora Golden
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Margaret Haskins Golden
James B., Jr
Greer
Air Force
Japan
Bradenton Beach
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
Lions Honor New Citizens At Meeting
Athens County residents welcomed as new citizens at the Lions Club bi weekly meeting held Tuesday evening at Hotel Berry. Dr. L Staats spoke on Heritage American Style as new flags were presented to the honored attendees including Steve Kara george Drs Louisa and Eugene Omilske Irene Sevas Agnes and Dr Stephen Simay Maria Robinson Dinah Davis Michael Deyarky Evelyn Bendervich. Several honored attendees were unable to attend. The citizenship program was led by the committee chaired by William Speller with Albert Squibb and Homer Brown.
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Athens County
Lions Club
Berry
L. €. Staats
Steve Karageorge
Louisa
Eugene Omilske
Irene Sevas
Agnes
Stephen Simay
Athens
Maria Robinson
Columbus
Nelson
Firemen Meet Tonight Plan Civil Defense Discussion
The Plains Volunteer Fire Department association will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in the high school science room to discuss civil defense and related topics.
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Plains Volunteer Fire Department Association
Barber shop patron suffers possible heart attack in Vore Ridge
Clinton Sams age 55 of Vore Ridge was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital around 11 a.m. Wednesday by the fire department emergency squad after becoming ill at his barber shop on West State Street.
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Clinton Sams
Vore Ridge
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
W. State St
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Vic Sherow
Foster Bean
Guysville
Wayne E. Wiley
Sioner
Homer E. Abele
McArthur
Harold Rose
Probate Court
Joseph B. Vanity
Charles P. Taft
Wayne Wiley
Hocking River
Cash
Cary Loan
W. Washington St
Scotty Roberts
E. Main St
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Judge White Appeal Court
Cey
Charles Buckley
Mineral
Charles Lunsford
Dale Hawk
Eric Thompson
J. B. Golden
Florida
Sebring Lumber Co., Inc
Columbus Road
Ohio
Savan
Nah Lodge
F&am
William Rose
Universal ‘Jeep
Jeep
Willys
Maverick
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Ens, Ohi
General Electric
T.V. CO
W. Washington Sr
Athens, O
East State Street
Athens, Ohio
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