Mayor Fair Leads Veterans Day Tribute at Ohio University
Chillicothe mayor and retired Army colonel Charles H. Fair spoke at Veterans Day ceremonies near the Ohio University campus gate. He recalled organizing OU’s first ROTC unit 29 years earlier and praised those who serve while criticizing pacifist protests. The event featured veterans groups, ROTC units, a parade, and invocations by local church leaders.
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Chillicothe
Ohio University
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Eady
American Legion
Veterans of For
Eign Wars
Air Force
Raymond Shepard
Athens High School
Walter Suchanek
Richard Rypma
K. T. Crossen Post 21
Edsel Wicox
Central Methodist Church
Paul Herbick
Church of Christ the King
Bulging city school buses trigger policy clash
City schools face overloaded buses due to laws expanding transportation to parochial students and delays in new buses. Dr. Wilbur Lewis cites eligibility limits, central purchasing delays, and state aid policies as core issues amid safety and funding concerns.
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State Department of Education
Lewis
City School Board
City
New Officers Elected By Athens Masonic Lodge
J William Roberson university bursar elected worshipful master of Paramythia Lodge 25 F&AM in an Athens lodge annual meeting. He succeeds J Clayton Smith and is joined by officers George Dresher Wayne Williams Bernard Spaulding Glenn Atkinson Thomas Chesser R Dale Channell Richard Coffman Wilbur McLean Ralph Clark and Smith as education officer. Robert Cooley named senior steward David Neutzling junior steward. installation set 7:30 pm November 26 at the Masonic Temple. Roberson has long university service and led the Ohio association of college and university business officers in 1965.
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F&am
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J. Clayton Smith
George E. Dresher
Wayne P. Williams
Bernard Spaulding
Glenn L. Atkinson
Thomas E. Chesser
R. Dale Channell
Richard L. Coffman
Wilbur D. McLean
Ralph W. Clark
Robert E. Cooley
Seward
David E. Neutzling
Masonic Temple
Ohio Association of College and University Business Officers
Lodge
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Ohio
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
Athens
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Columbus
Order of Eastern Star
Burglary at Poston Elementary School Reported
A burglary at Poston Elementary School in Kimberly left $144.05 in change and dollar bills stolen. Entry was gained by breaking a west side window. teachers' desks in all rooms were ransacked with money taken from five of eight rooms. Reported to the sheriff’s department Wednesday.
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Poston
Kimberly
Carl Welling
Sheriff's Department
Hocking River Rises in Athens After Rainfall
The Hocking River rose to 13.3 feet in Athens Friday morning as heavy rains lingered from the previous day. Forecasters predict a crest near 16 feet tonight while temperatures rise from an overnight low and rainfall measures about nine tenths of an inch.
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Colmer
U. S. Weather Bureau
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W. Va
Area Medical History Topic Comes to Athens County Society
The Athens County Historical Society will hear Area Medical History Topic prepared by Mrs. John R. Sprague read by Mrs. Bernardine Sprague Main at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Columbia Gas Co auditorium Rt 50E New Marshfield VFW Post 8804 meets Sunday at 2 p m instead of 8 p m Guest speakers Henry Truitt and Hargus McKenzie will attend Cmdr Robert Andrews says a stag fish fry is on tonight at 8 p m to raise funds for community Christmas treats
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John R. Sprague
Athens County Historical Society
Bernadine Sprague Main
Sprague
Columbia Gas Co
Rt. 50E
New Marshfield
Frank Gilham
VFW
Henry Truitt
Sciotoville
Hargus McKenzie
Jackson
Cmdr
Robert Andrews
Post
Hospital Notes and Chemistry Society Meeting
Two people were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire department emergency squad. Ernest Mullins, 36, of 54 S. May Ave., was treated for insulin shock. Michael O'Brien, 54, a Wisconsin transient, was found in the courthouse restroom and given oxygen on the way to the hospital. Prof. Stanley Wawzonek of the University of Iowa will speak at the American Chemical Society meeting Friday at 8 p.m. in Ohio University's Chemistry building.
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Ernest Mullins
S. May Ave
Michael O’brien
Wisconsin
O’brien
Stanley Wawzonek
University of Iowa
American Chemical Society
Ohio University
Ohio U ROTC cadet earns Legion of Valor medal
Cadet Lt. Col. John R. Hamilton received the Legion of Valor medal at a luncheon at the Ohio University Inn. National commander W Wallace Stoner presented the award, making Hamilton the first Ohio University Army ROTC cadet to win it. He maintains a 3.68 GPA as a senior in business and plays varsity basketball.
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Legion of Valor
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W. Wallace Stoner
Hamilton
Ohio University
Ohio University Army
Cecil C. Helena
W. Wallace Stover
Army
J. Arthur Hamilton
AIR Force
Wesley Rowe
Ohio University Air Force
South Viet Nam
Louis A. Garvin
Kimball Leaves Beasley and Mathhews for Marion G T O Ohio Post
James B. Kimball to rejoin General Telephone Co of Ohio as sales program administrator at Marion headquarters on November 28. He resigns as vice president of Beasley and Mathhews Inc after two months. A former commercial manager for General Telephone in Athens, Kimball has led the Appalachia Chapter of the Army and other civic groups. He is a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Kimball, 32, with wife Betty and three children, will move to Marion.
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J. Arthur Hamilton
Marion
General Telephone Co
Ohio
Beasley and Mathews, Inc
Kimball
General Telephone
Athens
Appalachia
The
Association of the U.S. Army, Green and White Club
Athens County
Republican Party
U. S. Coast Guard
Betty
Lee Road Closed During Bridge Project
A bridge replacement at Onion Run near the Vinton County line prompts a road closure on Lee Road Two for about 10 days beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, County Engineer Harry Dusz said.
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Dusz
Onion Run
Vinton
Fire hydrant knocked over by Crown City teen
A fire hydrant on E Carpenter Street was knocked over Friday morning when a truck driven by 18 year old John Stapleton of Crown City backed into it, according to city police.
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E. Carpenter St
John Stapleton
Crown City
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