Athens Man Honored Father of the Year at OU Weekend
An Athens resident, Fran cis A. Lavelle of Albany Pike, is named the first Father of the Year by a student panel and faculty committee for Ohio University Father of the Year events. The celebration includes a pep rally, a Memorial Auditorium show, and Powder Bowl football at Ohio Stadium with more than 1500 visiting fathers. Lavelle, a 1907 OU graduate and longtime post office employee, has deep family ties to OU with six children and relatives who attended the university, and previously led local Elks and American Legion posts.
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Athens
Francis A. Lavelle
Albany Pike
Michigan
Ohio University
Memorial Audi
Nnal
Satur
Torium
Omi
Delia Kappa
Fayilis Madden
Jerry Ro
Alpha Xi Delta
Pi Beta Phi
Mies
Ohio
Sunda
Theta Chi Fraternity
I OU
Jp Agtmerbtion
John C. Baker
Uests
Lavelle
Belle
John
Core
Commerce
Philip
William
Willard Mulvaney
Leroy Shamel
Donald O. Skinner
Athens Elk Lodge
American Legion
Steubenville
Wagner
Peter B. Seel
Marvin Franklin
Elyria
Greenville
More
Eagles
Jocal
Atson
Zanesville
Four Students Fined in Hub Cap Thefts
Four Hall residents from Ohio University were fined 50 dollars plus costs and placed on 30 day probation after pleading guilty to stealing hub caps from the car of Artz of Park Place. Names: James Price Donald Place Hugh Russell Gilbert Rhoades. Two Barton juveniles aided in the theft. hub caps were recovered near Poston Power Plant after a chase toward Nelsonville.
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Suum Hall
D. Artz
Park Place
Ohio Universty
James Price
Donald Place
Hugh Russell
Gilbert Rhoades
Joseph McBride
Chillicothe Driver Hurt In Route 33 Collision
Paul W. Patton 34 of Chillicothe sustained abrasions to his right leg a bruised chest and a cut lip when his station wagon was struck by a truck near Route 3A north of Athens Route 33. The other driver James Rohebough to appear in Municipal Court for unsafe operation.
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Toon In
Rendon
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Paul W. Patton
Philcothe
Northborne
Oe Tames
Rohebough
Reiner de Patton
Area Police Officers Hear d Speakers
A Thursday night session of the Athens police retraining school covered topics from atomic bomb fallout and military views on attack to courtroom procedure and first aid. Speakers included Capt. Don Mansfield of Ohio University ROTC, Judge John Newcomb, and Joseph Chadwick of the Mine Rescue Department. The program, sponsored by the city police and FBI, will continue on November 10 and 17.
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Athens
Ohio
Don Mansfield
Ohio University Rotc
John Newcomb
Muni Court
Joseph Chadwick
Mine Rescue Department
Mansfield
Newcomb
Chadwick
Federal Bureau of InVestigation
Student fined after illegally riding fire truck
W Cragg a 19 year old Ohio University student of 28 Race St hopped onto a pumper responding to a cal t at Washington Hall East Green at 11 pm Thursday Police officer on the truck took him into custody amid East Green crowd disapproval. Firemen soon doused the tarpaulin covered materials and Cragg was fined 9 and costs in Municipal Court on the charge of illegally riding fire apparatus.
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W. Cragg
Race St
Cragg
Ohio University
Washington Hall
East Green
Iim
Discontinuance Sought by New York Central Railroad
In Columbus reports that the New York Central Railroad seeks to discontinue four stations citing inadequate funds. Names appear from Athens area including Mrs Cecil Copeland Amesville and others. The notice lists multiple residents and routes connected to Athens and nearby towns.
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Harold Hayhurst
New Marshfield
George ‘Tribe
Athens
Pits
George “Nagle
Cecil Copeland
Amesville
Clarence North
Marta
John E. Bolin
Nick Veco
Ld Rider
Earl H. Funk
Homer Fridenmaker
Albany
Lorenzo Hooper
Glouster
Patricia Schneider
Susie Bell
Mitfield
Columbus
New York Central Railroad
Bart Hooper Joins Earl F Mathews Insurance Firm in Athens
Bart Hooper of Athens was announced Friday to become a member of the Earl F Mathews Inc insurance firm after leaving Nye automobile agencies. Earl F Mathews, president, confirmed Hooper’s joining as the agency expands offerings and staff.
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Bart Hooper
Athens
Earl F. Mathews
Little Hocking Resident Dies After Hit-Skip Case
Evelyn Marshall 78 of Little Hocking died Friday morning at her daughter’s home in Parkersburg after a hit and run crash. Burton A. Lutz of 40 Moore Ave was fined $75 and costs on two counts and placed on probation for three months for causing the accident by failing to stop. He surrendered his license during probation.
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Cooly Eae
Evelyn Marshall
Little Hockling
Nell Riddle
Parkersburg
Burton A. Lutz
Moore Ave
Sam
Marshall
Mra 'Velma "Lutz
Hawk
Phoenix
Ariz
Lancaster
Roy
Antioch Church
Lawrence P. Beak
Biddle
Lutz
Sus
High School Assembly Features Pianist Frederic Shobiarn
An Athens High School assembly with pianist Frederic Shobiarn entertained students Friday afternoon. He offered interpretive commentary as he performed selections from classic, novelty, and popular compositions. The event, part of a cultural entertainment series, was funded by student contributions.
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Frederic Shobbiarn
Shobiarn
Two Drivers Fined After Patrol Arrests
Two drivers were fined after patrol arrests at Municipal Court. Donald Williams, 21, of 18 Fern it, was cited for driving left of center on Columbus Road and speeding. fined 20 dollars plus costs for unsafe operation. Arthur Burdette, 20, The Plains, paid 25 dollars plus costs for excessive speed.
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Donald Williams
Fern
Columbus Road
Arthur Burdette
Plains
26 State Patrolmen Graduated in Ohio Posts Expansion
An Athens County man joined the Athens strength as 26 state patrolmen graduated Friday. Patrolman Barron from Athens was assigned to Gallipolis post and Patrolman D. E. Cox of Marietta also graduated. The ceremony followed training rules under Col. George Mingle and Superintendent, part of a 1965 expansion plan to increase uniformed strength.
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Athens
Orlen
George Mingle
Columbus
CR Barron
Ohio
Barron
Gallipolis
Patrol
D. E. Cox
Marietta
Area Speech Contests Set By Churches
Albany plans two Nov 13 programs at Presbyterian and Methodist churches with local, county and district meets leading to the state finals. Albany High School trio Shirley and Sue Hunter and Gene Ruth to compete Sunday at 10 1 a.m. at the Baptist Church directed by Rev. Roland P Globig. In Rome, five seniors from Rome-Canaan High School compete Sunday night at 7 30 p.m. at Stewart Methodist Church with winner advancing to the Athens County contest in Athens.
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Albany
The
Baptist Church
Shirley
Sue Hunter
Gene Ruth
Roland P. Globig
Presbyterian
Stewart
Rome-Canaan
Stewart Methodist Ghurchs
Athens County
Athens
William Dwyer
Charles Graham
Beulah Boges
Ralph Zimmerman
Garry Parsons
Route 2 Man Sent to Pen
Route 2 man was sentenced to one to twenty years in the Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty in Common Pleas Court to a breaking and entering indictment. He was arrested July 24 for entering a barn on the Wyatt McDaniel property at Amesville and stealing wheels and tires from a farm wagon. An October grand jury returned the indictment.
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Ana Sweets
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas Court
Sheets
Wyatt McDaniel
Amesville
Athens residents named to Tau Beta Pi at Ohio University
Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, has announced 15 new members from Ohio University. President Robert L. Denison reports four Athens residents among the inductees, chosen for character, ability, integrity, and achievement in engineering.
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Athens
Tau Beta Pi
Ohio University
National Engineering Honor Society
Infield ‘Kelly
Apt
Bitte Sohn Bolin
State
William Fenwick
Judge White visits Nelsonville site for new elementary school
Common Pleas Judge Francis D. White toured a site chosen by the Nelsonville board of education for a proposed elementary school. The visit occurred as eight Nelsonville residents pressed for a permanent injunction to block the location.
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Common Pleas
Francis D. White
Nelsonville
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William Watson
FOE
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Ceci Butts, Jr
Onahue
Chillicothe
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Colville Lodge
FRAM
W. Kenneth. Miles
Robert J. Dixon
Southwick
Arthur” le
Athens Town
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Mechanicsburg
Mary’ Laziman
Wetherholt
Jan Tullis
Cross Bros. Memorials
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Chauncey
Pearl Miller
the Plains
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U.S
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Hamsey Run
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Packard
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
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Kerr-Hunter
Richard E. Troup
State Board OF Education
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Evangelistic Services
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Richard Felton
Newark, Ohio
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