24 Hour Alert Issued As Fire Hazards Rise
Ohio Division of Forestry ordered a state 24 hour alert as extended drought increases fire risk. Athens reports additional weekend fires. District forester Vern Honchell noted 24 hour radio operations and moment recall for staff. Wind is the key factor in potential fire size. Nine fires burned 20 acres in the district over the weekend with a Bedford Township Meigs County blaze destroying 15 acres. Bulldozer and tractor plow units helped contain the rapid fire while eight small fires burned five acres and were quickly suppressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Division of Forestry
Ohio
Athens
Department of Natural Resources
Vern Honchell
Honchell
Hondell
Ed Chesser
Bedford
Meigs Co
Chesser
Two Injured In Sunday Auto Crash
Two persons were injured in a one car accident at Routes 33 and 682 early Sunday. Driver William Richard Gardner, 21, of Glouster Route 3, sustained mouth lacerations and two broken teeth. Passenger William Wallace, 21, of Columbus, had forehead cuts. Both were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Gardner was cited for conditional speed after crossing the ramp over Route 33 into a guard rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
William Richard Gardner
Glouster
William Wallace
Columbus
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Route 33
Gardner
Two Youths Fined for Gum Machine Theft
William Martin aged 18 of N Congress Street and Byron Eugene Gaston aged 19 of Shade Route 1 admitted taking a gum machine from in front of the Community Store on West Union Street. They were each fined 100 dollars and costs and received 30 day jail terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Union St
William Martin
N. Congress St
Byron Eugene Gaston
Shade Route 1
Births Reported at Shelterin g Arms Hospital Notes
Birth notices list new daughters for Melvin and Grace Brooks Mineral Clarence Wires Stewart Myron Dewey Athens Paul Beasley Wealthy Tate Charles Gall Bernice Lyman The Plains James McLaren Hockingport Mabel Hawkins Ronn ie Scott Albany Lonnie Woolweaver Athens David Helm Athens Burdella McIntosh Athens Eugene Facemyer Carpenter Route 1 Blood used one pint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Dewey
Athens
Paul Beasley
Wealthy Tate
Charles Gall
Bernice Lyman
the Plains
James W. McLaren
Hockingport
Mabel Hawkins
Ronnie Scott
Albany
Lonnie Woolweaver
David Helm
Burdella McIntosh
Eugene Facemyer
Carpenter
Navy Nuclear Study Plan Explained to Ohio Youth
W P Bressler CS 1 outlined how Southeastern Ohio young men can qualify for the Navy nuclear propulsion training program. Requirements include high school or junior college graduation and at least one year of algebra geometry or trigonometry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Ohio
Navy
W. P. Bressler
CS 1
Ten Area Men Enlist In Army After Two Collisions
Dwayne E. Conners, 19, of Athens Route 3, was cited for failing to yield at an intersection after a two car crash Sunday at Columbus Road and Lancaster Street. John Herbert Young, 51, of Athens Route 1, was cited for failing to stop within assured clear distance after an incident at President and Mulberry Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne E. Conners
Athens
Columbus Rd
Lancaster St
John Herbert Young
President and Mulberry
Auto Blaze Blamed On Cigar Lighter In City Car
A fire started by a cigar lighter burned a hole in a car front seat driven to the city fire station by David Moritz. Noel Antonelli owns the car and a city firefighter extinguished the blaze at 3 50 a m Monday. An enlistment of 10 area men announced by Army recruiter Charles H Houser Jr will begin basic training at Fort Knox Ky with 14 days leave before eight weeks of advanced training. Enlistees include Harold J Stover James H Young Louis R Vamos James R Newton Ralph W Gardner Garry E Kinsley William A James Charles A Wendell John Wright and Dannie Davis Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Moritz
S. McKinley Ave
Noel Antonelli
S. McKinley
M-Set
Charles H. Houser, Jr
Fort Knox
Harold J. Stover
C. B. Stover
Athens
James H. Young
John Young
Louis R. Vamos
Elsie May Vamos
James R. Newton
Arthur Newton
Nelsonville
Ralph W. Gardner
R. W. Gardner
Glouster
Garry E. Kinsley
C. A. Kinsley
Coalville
William A. James
T. C. James
Hockingport
Charles A. Wendell
Joseph R. Wendell
Five FFA Members Return From National Convention
Five members of the Future Farmers of America and adviser D C McInturf returned to Athens after attending the national FFA convention in Kansas City Missouri last week. Attendees were Charles Colburn Mike Brozak Dave Bennett Jim Howell Eddie Lawson and Rome Canaan vocational agriculture instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
Athens
Kansas City
Charles Colburn
Mike Brozak
Dave Bennett
Jim Howell
Eddie Lawson
D. C
Consolidation Information Sheet Printed for Four Districts
County Supt. T. C. Porter told the county school board that an information sheet explaining the northern consolidation plan is being distributed in Gloucester York Trimble and Nelsonville. The four districts will vote on November 5. The Ohio meeting of the State Board of Education will be Oct. 29 in Athens. The 1963 64 county school directories will be finished this week. Porter spoke on the superintendents association meeting in Columbus last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Porter
Glouster
York
Trimble
Nelsonville
Ohio
State Board of Education
Baker Center
Athens
Porter
Ohio County Superintendents’ Association
Columbus
Total Health for Youth at 1963 District Conference
The Ohio Rural Health Council hosts the 1963 District Health Conference at Lake Hope Lodge with pediatrician Elizabeth M. Aplin speaking on youth mental and emotional health and Calvin Y. Young addressing community-based health resources. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with afternoon discussion groups on early detection, home care, facilities, nutrition, and schools' roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Rural Health Council
Lake Hope Lodge
Elizabeth M. Aplin
Columbus
Calvin Y. Young
Mental Health Federation, Inc
Cincinnati
Abele Survey Finds Tax Cut Tied to Spending Reductions
Ninety three percent of 10th District voters favor tax cuts only with federal spending reductions. The newsletter also shows high support for curbing foreign aid and upholding the Monroe Doctrine while opposing aid to communist nations and Red China. Exact respondent numbers were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
10Th Congressional District
Homer E. Abele
Abele
United Nations
Cuba
Servicemen News Released from Training in Pacific Theater
Lance Cpl. Roger L. Stephenson, son of Mr and Mrs Jerand N Stephenson Frost Route 1, serves with a First Marine Division aircraft group taking part in training maneuvers in the Hawaiian Islands with Pacific Fleet amphibious forces. Pfc. Giles L. Ellis, HI, son of Mrs Rosemary Kidd Athens, is assigned to a Nike Hercules missile unit in Trey Nor Iowa. Ellis whose father lives in Roanoke Virginia enlisted in the Army last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance Cpl
Roger L. Stephenson
Jerand N. Stephenson
Frost Route 1
First Marine Division
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Fleet Amphibious Forces
Giles L. Ellis
Rosemary Kidd
Athens
Treynor
Iowa
Ellis
Roanoke
Two Deny Indictments In County And Municipal Court
Two men pleaded innocent at arraignment before Judge Bolin. Carter Steele 21 Shelby was indicted for writing an 85 dollar check using a university student's name and held on 1000 dollar bond. James M Hardick Frederick Md charged with stealing money and checks from a Richland Ave service station and held on 2000 dollar bond. Also listed are speeding arrests with assigned bonds for Stanley Light Lake Motel 25 dollars Charles Vernon McDonald Mt Gilead 19 dollars William Alford McDonald Belpre 20 dollars Arthur William Thorton Pittsburgh 25 dollars Kennis Cook Huntington 18 dollars Mildred Bonar Parkersburg 18 dollars Patrick Sheridan Sayre Buchtel 21 19 dollars Richard L Peters 29 Morris Ave 19 dollars and William Shaffer 58 Lincoln St 21 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
John Bolin
Carter Steele
Shelby
Ohio University
James M. Hardick
Frederick
Richland Ave
Stanley Light
Lake Motel
Charles Vernon McDonald
Mt. Gilead
William Alford McDonald
Belpre
Arthur William Thorton
Pittsburgh
Kennis Cook
Huntington
W. Va
Dorothy Jean Painter
Columbus
Mildred Bonar
Parkersburg
Patrick Sheridan Sayre
Buchtel
Richard L. Peters
Morris Ave
Larry Lee Mitch
Middleport
William Ralph Shaffer
Lincoln St
Chauncey Personal News From Millfield Area
Mrs. Lizzie Canter visited Mrs. Albert Jenicks in Wellston. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Patton hosted guests including Dr. W. W. Patton of Athens and Charles Sander. The Millfield Needle Club met with eight members and one guest, Mrs. James Omen of Zanesville, with a dessert course. Next meeting at Nellie Brookins on Nov 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Canter
Albert Jenicks
Wellston
Grover Patton
Millfield
W. W. Patton
Athens
Charles Sander
Cecil Antle
Concord
Wilbur Everett
Zanesville
Nellie Brookins
Albany man fined for passing school bus
Sheldon Herbert Colvin, 57, of Albany, was fined $5 and costs for passing a school bus. fine suspended. A contact meeting of the Operating Engineers and guests is set for 7:30 p m Wednesday at the Athens Grange Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Herbert Colvin
Albany
Athens
Court records list two local arrests and $25 costs
William H. Denney, 24, New Marshfield, disorderly conduct, city police, $25 and costs. Clyde Earl Rutter, 67, Millfield Route 1, intoxication, sheriff's deputies, $25. In Midland, 21 chemistry professors attend a symposium including Ohio University’s William W. Paulder. Yearbook sale opens in New Marshfield. orders for the Waterloo school yearbook are now being taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Denney
New Marshfield
Clyde Earl Rutter
Millfield
Sheriff's Deputies
Midland, Mich
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
William W. Paulder
Ohio University
Waterloo
SEO Guidance Center Moves to New Quarters
The guidance center, supported by Athens United Appeal, will relocate from 9 N. College St. to 14% S. Court St. on Wednesday. Rent drops from 400 to 200 monthly, with equal facilities, as staff and services for emotionally disturbed residents continue in thirteen counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEO Guidance Center
Southeastern Ohio Guidance Center
Athens
United Appeal
Rev. L. G. Kemmerle
N. College St
S. Court St
Kemmerle
Ohio
Gist
H. N. Whanger
L. G. Kemmerle
Don Worden
Athens County Mental Health Association
Athens County
Three Ohio University Students Helped By Squadmen
Three students at Ohio University were taken to Hudson Health Center by the city emergency squad. Dan Kemp, 18, suffered a possible fractured knee during football at the high school stadium at 5 15 p m Sunday. Carolyn Lamb, 21, ill in her West Green dorm at 11 15 p m Sunday. Kathy Kearney, 18, ill near the engineering building at 10 36 a m Monday. Pete McLaren, 87, of 20 North High Street, received oxygen at home and en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 7 28 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Hudson Health Center
Dan Kemp
Biddle Hall
Carolyn Lamb
West Green No
Kathy Kearney
West Green
Pete McLaren
N. High St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Two Drivers Fined and Jailed for DWI Pleas
Two men pleaded guilty in County Court to State Highway Patrol charges of driving while intoxicated. Gail Showalter, 46, Athens Route 3, was fined 150 dollars and costs and given three days in jail for DWI plus fines for license and fictitious plates. John Hendrix, 44, Strong Arkansas, was fined 150 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in jail for DWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Gail Franklin Showalter
Athens
DWI
Showalter
Dover Township
John Franklin Hendrix
Strong, Ark
Cold Morning in Athens Brings 30 Degree Low
The thermometer fell two degrees below freezing early Monday in Athens. U S Observer C L Colmer reports a low of 30, the coldest of the season, causing ice to form on bird bath water. By 9 30 a m the temperature had risen to 50 after an 8 degree climb under a bright sun. Sunday's high reached 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Mortgage Foreclosure Case Dismissed Against Laundry Firm
A New York City firm’s foreclosure action against Wade Tom and Frank V. Scrubbie in Struthers was dismissed by Common Pleas Court. Plaintiff James Talcott, Inc. claimed an unpaid balance of 3048.38 on a 13717.50 note dated three years earlier for coin-operated laundry equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Wade Tom
W. Union Sr
Frank
Scrubbie, Struthers
Common Pleas Court
James Talcott, Inc
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C. M. Gill and Co
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Joseph Seiple
Donald K. Barstow
D. M. Goddard
Houck & Reed, Inc
Jessie W. Ley
Ins
Nelsonville, Ohio
The
Saltz Ins. Agency
Glouster, Ohio
Richard Guinther
Melvin Brooks
Mineral
Clarence Wires
Stewart
John Wright
M. O. Wright
Dannie Davis Jr
Dannie Davis
Hamden
FFA
Lawhead Press
Lawhead
East State ST
Chauncey
Mrs. Burg Johnston
Florida
Mac’s Thrifty Store
Jen
Vere Smith
N. Court St. — LY
Dukane Corp
ST. Charles, IN
Insurance Service
G. Houck
Don Reed
Dial LY
Union St
Jennie Wesey
Murphey
Insurance Agency
Katherine Hartley
Hatta Nica
Moore
Benjamin Moore
Kerr-Hunter Hardware
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