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Blond youth claims Athens County marble title
Warren Stevens reports 14-year-old Bill Stalder of The Plains won the Athens County marble championship, defeating 39 county rivals at the Athens County Fairgrounds under the K T Crossen American Legion Post. Stalder earned a gold trophy and 15 dollars, with Ray Finnerty, Donald Bennett, and Ronnie Walls taking second through fourth prizes.
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Warren Stevens
The
Plains
Athens County
Bill Stalder
Clarence Stalder
K. T. Crossen American Legion Post
Athens
Athens County Fairgrounds
Stalder
Ray Finnerty
Donald Bennett
Mechanicsburg
Ronnie Walls
American Legion Post
Cleveland
Euclid Beach
Edwin LaVelle
William Schaffer
Lewis Ondis
Elmer Martin
Charles Chandler
John Jeffers
John Deissle
Gordon Hamilton
Mel Sacks
Maywood Smith
Howard English
Harlan Carpenter
Edgar Tuckerman
Paul Tribe
Paul Lewis
Herman McAfee
Louis Shaffer
Legion
Melvin Pyle
Bill Irwin
Larry Shea
Philip Straw
Mike Shea
West Side
Gail Watkins
Joe Watkins
Jim Sweeney
Butch Gardner
Errald Howell
Daniel Howell
Michael Sacks
Raymond Kestner
Robert Tucker
Central School
Tom Lewis
Franklin Foreman
Robert Foreman
Kenneth Sams
Max Cone
Charles Cooley
East Side
Ivan White
James Dean
Joe Hudnall
Bruce Buckle
Boyd Cornwell
Logan Smith
Blaine Cornwell
Robbie McCreanor
Rufus Putnam
Hubert Koehler
Philip Smith
Amesville
Alfred Darby
Edward Erdy
Jacksonville-Trimble
Bill Thomas
Roger McCauley
Deanville
Charles McDowell
Grant Sewell
Albany