Athens National Guard unit to fire on Camp Sherman range
Athens National Guard departs at 4 a.m. Saturday for two days of firing at the Camp Sherman rifle range in Chillicothe and returns late Sunday night. Armed Forces Week features a unit equipment display in the Southern Ohio Electric Company window from May 13 to 20 with an open house at the Armory May 19. Lynn M. Davis earns second lieutenant infantry. Davis, Ohio University photography major and local resident, will lead a platoon after eight years active service. he was commissioned May 2. Vacancies remain. contact 1st Lt. Russell Light. Lt. James E. Scott, commander, seeks historical notes on Headquarters Company, 166th Regimental Combat Team for public info.
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Athens
2Nd Army
Columbus
Guard
Ohio University
Davis
Helen
Russell Light
James E. Scott
166Th Regimental Combat Team
National Guard
Scott
205 Candidates for County School Diploma
Athens county superintendent reports 205 graduates from nine high schools this month, down from 221 last year. Albany and Trimble lead with 33 and 32 candidates. baccalaureate services begin Sunday, with five schools, and five commencements are planned next week.
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Athens County
George Christ Man
Albany
Trimble
Richard Jarvis
Johnny Jones
Anita Jane Bigony
Geraldine Bolin
Phillip Bolin
Ronel Burritt
Linda Byron
Cecile Cain
Sandra Caldwell
June Dearth
Donna Jeanescue
Malcolm Fauber
John David Gulogly
Edith Gilmore
Roland Hacker
Imogene Hager
Leah Mae Hawk
Timothy Henthorne
Albany Road Paving Resume On U S Route 50 Project
Laying of concrete on the eight mile Albany to Athens section of U S Route 50 has been resumed by R C Ringwald Construction Co of Chillicothe. The 2 4 million project, largest in Division 10, started in 1955 and aims for July 31 completion with a mile of four lane highway included.
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Athens
Albany
R. C. Ringwald Construction Co
Chillicothe
Cadell Construction Co
Winchester
Mechanicsburg
K. B. Seelman
Ringwald
Stewart Area Resident Alice Rizer Dies at 86
Stewart area resident Alice Rizer, 86, died Thursday at her home on Stewart Route 1. She was a member of the AME Church in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Survived by husband Early, a daughter Katherine Tabler and two grandchildren, Mary Alice and Little Early, plus two brothers Elias Butcher and Rev. Lewis Butcher. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday in Haga Mission Church conducted by Rev. Wilbur Carr. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Visitation at Jagers and Sons funeral home until 4 p.m. Saturday and at the family residence before services.
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Alice Rizer
Stewart
AME
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank and
Irene Godfrey Butcher
Rizer
Early
Katherine Tabler
Mary Alice
Little Early
Elias Butcher
Lewis Butcher
Coolville
Haga Mission
Wilbur Carr
Sewickley
Jagers and Sons
Betty Lou Taylor Fined for Malicious Property Destruction
Betty Lou Taylor of Mineral was fined 35 dollars and costs in Municipal Court for malicious destruction of property. The charge stemmed from allegedly destroying a Rose of Sharon shrub in M. G. Woods' yard, with the affadavit placing the shrub’s value at 20 dollars.
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Betty Lou Taylor
Mineral
M. G. Woods
Lamade Pleads Guilty In Route 33 Crash
Michael B. Lamade, 22, of 21 Stimson Ave., pleaded guilty in Municipal Court Friday to failing to stop within the assured clear distance. He was fined $15 and costs after a State Highway Patrol charge stemming from a Route 33 accident just north of Athens early Wednesday morning.
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Michael B. Lamade
Stimson Ave
State Highway Patrol
Lamade
Athens
Rabid Skunk Killed By Dog On Shade Farm
A rabid skunk was killed by a dog on a Shade area farm after biting cattle and a cat. A veterinarian inoculated the bitten animals and the skunk’s head was sent to the Southeastern Ohio laboratory in Athens for rabies confirmation. This is the county’s second rabies case this year. A rabid collie was killed in Guysville on April 17.
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Athens City-County
Health Department
State Health Department
Southeastern Ohio
Athens
Guysville
Carpenter Area Native Emma Trainer Kelly Dies in California
Emma Trainer Kelly, native of the Carpenter area, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles after a yearlong illness. Funeral services and burial will be in Los Angeles. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Margaret Hampson of San Francisco, sister Mrs. Belle Goetting of Los Angeles, sister-in-law Mrs. Alma Trainer, and niece Mrs. Ada Belle Maynard, both of Athens. Her husband D. A. Bert Kelly died in December 1955.
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Carpenter Area
California
Emma Trainer Kelly
Los Angeles
Kelly
D. A
Bert) Kelly
Margaret Hampson
San Francisco
Belle Goetting
Alma Trainer
Ada Belle Maynard
Athens
Master Mason degree to be conferred by Savannah Lodge 466
Savannah Lodge 466 F and AM will confer a Master Mason degree in an 8 p.m. Saturday meeting in Guysville. Worshipful Master George L. Smith said refreshments will be served.
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Guysville
Savannah Lodge
F&am
George L. Smith
Athens Education Association elects new officer
Richard Essex, a junior high school teacher, becomes president of the Athens Education Association succeeding retiring Anna Stauffer. Pauline Fierce is vice president, Ann Hoy secretary, and P. S. Wamsley treasurer. A May 20 dinner at Ohio University Center was planned as Harold Lee reported on a conference on instruction.
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Richard Essex
Athens Education Association
Essex
Anna Stauffer
Athens High School
Little Theater
Pauline Fierce
Ann Hoy
P. S. Wamsley
Ohio University Center
Harold Lee
Miss Hoy
Edgar Bannon
Mrs Bell Dies at 67 in Athens Ohio
Mrs Inez Bell 67 of 21 S Lancaster St Athens Ohio died Thursday afternoon after months of illness She was born Chillicothe daughter of the late Andrew and Ella Powell and lived in Athens 41 years She was a Mt Zion Baptist Church member and missionary society She survived by husband Carl a sister Myrna Dyer Chillicothe and an aunt Carrie Beard Chillicothe Funeral services were at 130 pm Sunday in Mt Zion Church conducted by Rev Franklin Upthegrove with burial at West Union Street Cemetery Friends may call after Saturday noon at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home
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Chillicothe
Andrew and
Ella Powell
Athens
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Its Missionary Society
Ladies’ Aid
Carl
Myrna Dyer
Carrie Beard
Mt. Zion
Top Seniors Named At Waterloo High
NEW MARSHFIELD Jan Goff is valedictorian and Nile Hartman salutatorian of the Waterloo High School senior class. Commencement activities begin with baccalaureate services Sunday. Eighth grade exercises coincide, held Tuesday in the high school auditorium.
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New Marshfield
Jan Goff
Nile Hartman
Waterloo High School
Crash injures OU seniors on Route 50 east of Coolville
Two Ohio University seniors, Robert R. Riggin and James Hartin, sustained facial injuries when their car was struck by a truck driven by James J. Jamiel on Route 50 near Coolville at 8:15 am. Riggin, 21, from Willoughby, suffered a bruised forehead. Hartin, 21, from Dayton, had a cut forehead and facial injuries. Jamiel, 29, from Cambridge, received a bruised shoulder but was not treated and was fined $15 plus costs by Coalville Mayor John Aiken for driving left of center.
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Route 50
Coolville
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Robert R. Riggin
Willoughby
James Hartin
Dayton
James J. Jamiel
Cambridge
State Highway Patrol
Jamiel
Coalville
John Aiken
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits Several Names
Admitted to Shelter ing Arms Hospital are Ann Rice of Ashland Gregory Winner of Trimble and Clarence L Meek. Dismissals include George Higgins of Dayton Ronald Cash of Dayton and several Athens area residents with routes noted.
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Ann Rice
Ashland
Gregory Winner
Trimble
Clarence L. Meek
the Plains
George Higgins
Dayton
Ronald Cash
Glen Cline
Athens
Herbert Burke
Charles Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Carthage Elementary to Hold Commencement Adress
Dr John M Versteeg pastor of the First Methodist Church in Athens will deliver the commencement address for Carthage Elementary School at Lottridge May 20 at 8 pm E L Koehler superintendent said
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Leesburg
the Messenger
Athens County
Coolville
Carthage-Troy
E. L. Koehler
Carolville
John M Versteeg
First Methodist Church
Athens
Carthage
Lottridge
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