Canadian MP Jack Wratten Addresses Athens service clubs
Athens speakers heard Jack Wratten member of the Canadian Parliament discuss Canada US relations and trade The talk covered wheat sales to Red China the St Lawrence Seaway defense partnerships and potential exchanges of military assets He noted Canada’s pro Canadian stance and referenced National Salvation Army Week noting the Army’s 1865 founding
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Athens
Jack Wratten
Robert Wratten
Athens Salvation Army Post
Rotary
Cuba
U.S
Canada
China
Wratten
Kennedy
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Eisenhower
National Salvation Army
The
Army
Kiwanis
Max Kinneer
Salvation Army Post
Messenger Newsphoto
Eden Place Improvement Approved By City Council
Athens City Council approved concrete pavement on Eden Place and awarded the contract to W J Heck Co of Zanesville for 28488.20 dollars after engineer George Sheeter recommended concrete over asphalt for long term cost. The body also gave first reading to a parking meter lease ordinance and passed a water department fund transfer.
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Eden Place
Athens City Council
W. J. Heck Co
Zanesville
Eden Pl
George Sheeter
Council
Sheeter
Water Department
Rites Planned For Clarence F. McAmbley
Clarence F. McAmbley dies after long illness and funeral services are planned in Bradford Pennsylvania near his home. His wife Winnie Higgins of Athens is the former Mrs. McAmbley. Her brother Homer of 96 Richland Ave. attended. He was a bookkeeper for a Bradford garage br and storage firm. Survived by widow, two sons Joe and Kay, daughter Marian, and four grandchildren.
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Clarence F. McAmbley
Athens
Bradford
Royal McBee Reports Decline In Sales
Royal McBee Corp reports nine months ended April 30 sales of 77.8 million versus 80.2 million in 1960. The period shows a loss of 1.419 million or 1.09 dollars per share after preferred dividends, against a 1.023 million profit or 50 cents per share in 1960.
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Port Chester
N. Y
Royal McBee Corp
OU Graduate Named School Superintendent
Jacob H. See an Ohio University graduate finishing his doctorate has been named superintendent of schools at Independence in Cuyahoga County. His contract pays $13 000 annually for three years. Formerly at Wheelersburg See has lived here since last July with wife who teaches at Logan. The Sees reside at 9 N McKinley Ave.
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Jacob H. See
Ohio University
Independence
Cuyahoga County
Wheelersburg
Lee
Logan
Sees
N. McKinley Ave
Festival Scheduled by Athens Schools at Stadium
A music festival featuring Athens city schools upper elementary grades is planned for 7 p m Wednesday at the high school stadium. If rain occurs the event will move to the new gymnasium officials said.
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Athens
Mrs Heck Dies At 77 In Glouster Then Athens
Mrs. Fred H. Heck aged 77 died Tuesday morning at her home 14 Morris Ave Athens County lifelong resident who spent most of life in Glouster She leaves three daughters Mrs Elmer Jones Mrs John Laufhutte and Mrs Keith MacKachron five grandchildren and two brothers Burial will be at Glouster Cemetery with services Thursday at 2 p m at Hughes funeral home Rev Joe B Maffett officiating Friends may call after Wednesday noon
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Fred H. Heck
Morris Ave
Athens County
Glouster
Athens
Heck
First Christian Church
Elmer Jones
John Laufhutte
Keith MacKachron
Pittsburgh
Fred L. Jones
David W. Jones
Oklahoma City
Okla
Hughes Funeral Home
Joe B. Maffett
Glouster Cemetery
Recreation Meeting Re set For Thursday
The Athens teen town committee meeting, postponed from Wednesday, is rescheduled for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers. Wellston guests who could not attend Wednesday will attend Thursday to share experiences with a similar project.
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Athens
Council
Wellston
Two Drivers Forfeit Bonds In Municipal Court
In Municipal Court on speeding charges for failure to appear. John William Hynes a 36 year old from Vienna West Virginia and James H Tyree 38 from Syracuse forfeited bonds of 21 dollars. Donald E Burns 20 of Metuchen New Jersey forfeited a 16 dollar bond on a patrol charge of having no right head light.
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Highway Patrol
John William Hynes
Vienna
W. Va
James H. Tyree
Syracuse
Donald E. Burns
Metuchen
N. J
Real Estate Transfer in Athens Between Wolfe and Entwistle
Floyd M. Wolfe of Athens transfers lot 2772 in Outlet 142 to Harry G. Entwistle of Athens. The conveyance covers the city of Athens property details shown in the transfer record.
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Floyd M. Wolfe
Athens
Harry G. Entwistle
Defense Seeks Mental Examination for Miller
A defense motion in Common Pleas Court asks for a psychometric evaluation of Donald J. Miller, indicted May 1 for second degree murder in the shooting death of his uncle Eddie Bobo. Miller, held since Feb. 13, pleads innocent. trial tentatively set for June 8 with a hearing at 10 a.m. on the motion.
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Donald J. Miller
Common Pleas
James F. Shumaker
Miller
Eddie Bobo
Athens
Shumaker
Grandy Thomas F. Dies at 53 in Athens County
Thomas F. Grandy, 53, of Athens Route 1, died Tuesday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after two years of ill health. A WWII veteran and former baker, he is survived by wife Ethel two sons James and Richard, his mother Blanche, and sister Thelma Talbert. Funeral Friday at The Plains Methodist Church with burial Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Thomas F. Grandy
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
New Straitsville
Athens County
Ranch and Carrad Bakeries
Blanche Grandy
Thelma Talbert
the Plains
William
Dude) Grandy
Plains Methodist Church
John E. McRoberts
Virgil Versteeg
Green Lawn Cemetery
Birth at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens
Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Wood ford of Athens welcome a son. Admissions include Neisel Robinson and several Athens residents. Discharges include Mrs. Denzel Matheny with daughter and others from Amesville and Frost routes.
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Freddie Woodford
Athens
Denzel Matheny
Amesville
Ronald Bond
Frost
Henry Shelton
Orland A. Mansfield
Nelsonville Man Fined and Jailed for DUI
John W. Raybould 53 pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Common Pleas Court. He was fined 100 dollars and costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and his driving rights suspended for one year. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol.
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Nelsonville
Common Pleas
John W. Raybould
State Highway Patrol
Fire crews quell tractor blaze at Ohio University course
City firemen responded to a 12 30 p m call at the Ohio University golf course to extinguish a tractor fire caused by a wiring short circuit. The fire was suppressed using a chemical extinguisher.
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Ohio University Golf Course
County Job Study Completed
An Ohio University team presented a county wide job evaluation to the board of commissioners after interviews and questionnaires. The 24 classifications arose from 30 employee analyses with a five tier pay scale and monthly salaries tied to current southern Ohio rates. The commissioners plan to use the study to guide fair fund distribution within tax limits. They approved buying a mower for 3546.40 with trade in and appointed Mrs Lowell Rapp to the Child Welfare Board.
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Board of Commissioners
Ohio University
Donald S. Bolon
Ralph D. Smith
Ohio
C. D. Swartz and Son
Guysville
Lowell Rapp
Child Welfare Board
V. O. Kail
Prisoners Transferred Ahead of Athens County Jail Remodel
Nine prisoners from Athens County jail were moved to Logan Monday to allow remodeling of the jail and sheriff residence. Sheriff Harold Shields will relocate with his family. after completion he will return to new quarters with a jail fit for juveniles and women. The $100,000 project to be done by October 31 is led by general contractor A. J. McMillan of New Lexington. Prisoners will stay at Hocking County jail under an intercounty agreement. The transfer reduced the jail population and the original jail was scrubbed, fumigated and sealed.
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Athens County
Logan
Harold Shields
A. J. McMillan
New Lexington
Hocking County
Sheriff’s Department
Colorado Runaway Girls Held by Juvenile Authorities
City police turned the two Colorado runaway girls over to juvenile authorities after detaining them at a Sohio station on East State Street Hudson for inability to pay for gasoline. The 17 and 18 year olds reportedly stopped in a car believed to belong to one of their parents. their fathers were expected to come to retrieve them.
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Colorado
Sohio
E. State St
Hudson
Woman Taken To Hospital After Left Hand Cut
Mrs Odessa Howell 42 of 101 N Lancaster St was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad for treatment of a left hand laceration suffered while slicing potatoes at Lindley Hall dining hall where she is employed. She received first aid at 10 18 a.m.
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Odessa Howell
N. Lancaster St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Lindley Hall
Marriage License for Donald E Johnson and Wilma Darnell
Donald E Johnson a 49 year old Athens printing pressman and Wilma Darnell a 40 year old The Plains teacher have obtained a marriage license.
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Donald E. Johnson
Athens
Wilma Darnell
the Plains
Temperature Records In Athens See Wide Day Rise
The temperature fell to 38 degrees early Tuesday in Athens and rose to 62 by 11 a.m. Monday’s high reached 70 under a clear sky, reported by U S Observer C L Colmer.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
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