Matrix replaces Megaphone as Athens High School paper
The Athens High School newspaper changes from Megaphone to Matrix after a student vote. Candy Perry serves as editor in chief, with Ron Kozma as assistant editor and Dan Baur as sports editor. The paper, printed on campus, will publish about ten issues this year with an office in the high school annex.
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The
Matrix
Athens
Candy Perry
Dan Baur
Steve Reis
Ron Kozma
Evan Schneider
Jan Penix
Bill Cline
Linda Gretz
Athens High School
Megaphone
Newspapaper
Bill Hoffee
Forum
Arena
U. S
Four Injured In Area Auto Crashes
Seven highway injuries were reported by the State Highway Patrol over two days in Athens County. Dennis Rosser, 31, Amesville, suffered chest injuries and knee lacerations when his car left Route 690 and plunged into a creek bed. James Cremeans, Little Hocking, fell 15 feet into a creek after his car left Athens County Road 48 west of Route 329. Wilma Johnson, Athens, and Orville Martin, Athens, were in a two car collision on Route 50 near the city limits, with Martin sustaining a finger laceration. Gerald Hollon, Columbus, and Ira Stansberry, Glouster, were in a Route 33 crash. Stansberry cited for failing to yield. Kenneth West, Athens, escaped injury when his car spun after a wheel came off Route 50 east of Athens.
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Athens County
State Highway Patrol
Dennis Lee Rosser
Amesville
Route 690
Route 50
Sheltering Arms Hospital
James Cremeans
Little Hocking
New England Road
Cremeans
Athens’ Corporation Limits
Wilma Johnson
Athens
Clearview Road
Orville W. Martin
Martin
Route 33
Ray Hollon
Columbus
Ira Stansberry
Glouster
Stansberry
Kenneth A. West
Ford Grant Of $5,000 Made To OU
The Ford Motor Co. awarded Ohio University’s mechanical engineering department an unrestricted $5,000 grant the second from Ford. Howard P. Freers said Ford expects to award a third $5,000 grant next year based on instruction quality. Presentations included Freers, Ohio U. President Vernon R. Alden, Dean Walter F. Fahey, and others. Separately, William Howe Jr. of Nelsonville was granted a divorce from Martha Howe in Athens Common Pleas Court, with custody of four of five children awarded to the plaintiff and one to the defendant. court costs to be paid by the plaintiff.
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Ford Motor Co
Ohio University
Ohio U
Howard P. Freers
Ford
Freers
Vernon R. Alden
Walter F. Fahey
College of Engineering and Technology
Robert L. Savage
D. O. E. Adams
William Howe Jr
Nelsonville
Athens
Lions Club Starts Annual Bulb Sale in Athens
The Athens Lions Club will run its yearly light bulb sale on Tuesday with door to door sales and a second sale day for leftovers. Guest speaker William W. Woodward spoke at The Ohio University Inn about the path from darkness to light, showing slides on lighting history through the 1800s. He once collected early lighting devices and sold his collection to the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co, which now employs him to lecture on the collection.
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Athens Lions Club
William W. Woodward
Ohio University Inn
Woodward
The
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Births and admissions roll through Athens area
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bethscheider of Athens welcome a son. Admission list includes Jean Ann Sayre of Chauncey Mrs Phil Carter of Jacksonville and Vance Ramsey of Athens Route 1. Dismissals note several patients including Mrs Bufore Brown and Jack Sickles. Thursday morning in Athens was cloudy cool with a 9 am temperature of 45. Wednesday high 51 and 0.17 inch rainfall since 7 am.
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Jean Ann Sayre
Chauncey
Phil Carter
Jacksonville
Vance Ramsey
Athens
Bufore Brown
Jack Sickles
Rose Ann Hill
Paul Jeffers
Michael Evans
Clark Williams
William Lasansky
U.S
C. L. Colmer
Municipal Court Guilty Plea in Reckless Operation Case
Roneld Kulsehall of Montrose pleaded guilty to reckless operation with a $25 fine plus costs. Police Mary Gesweir of Athens testified. In a separate count, Kulsehall reached a no contest plea for disobeying a stop sign, assessed at $13 with police involvement.
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Roneld Kulsehall
Montrose
Mary Gesweir
Athens
Plutonium Discovery Tied to Berkeley Researchers
The Messenger reports that plutonium was discovered in Berkeley California in 1940 by Glenn T Seaborg Edwin McMillan Arthur Wahl and Joseph Kennedy. The article notes the team of scientists credited with the breakthrough and the initial identification of the element.
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Berkeley
Calif
G. T. Seaborg
E. M. McMillan
A. C. Wahl
J. W. Kennedy
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
FBI
Lions Club
Lawrence Bethscheider
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Logan
W. Main St
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the Messenger
Ohio
Thurs
Belk
N. Court Street
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