Alumni Homecoming Events Cancelled Over Flu Epidemic
Ohio University officials and alumni association cancel all Homecoming events to curb a campus flu outbreak. The float parade house decorations and Saturday alumni activities are off with broader efforts to deter out of town visitors. University health data show about 400 students treated at the infirmary.
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Ohio University
Athens
Martin L. Hecht
Alumni Association
Ing
New York City
Edwin L. Kennedy
Eleanora L. Schmidt
University Health Center
Albany man fined in intoxication case after guilty plea
Mark Zimmerman of Albany pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to a city police charge of intoxication on Monday and was fined $25 plus costs.
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Mark Zimmerman
Albany
Chauncey Man Sent to Jail for Suspend License
Jerry Wayne Lanning of Chauncey was fined 75 dollars and costs and jailed two days after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to operating an auto with a suspended license. Police questioned him over license status while clearing Court St. for street cleaning. his impounded car later vanished and was found parked at his home where he was arrested. He had a prior driving while intoxicated suspension.
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Jerry Wayne Lanning
Chauncey
Lanning
Court St
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births listed include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Folden Stumpf of Athens. Admissions include Moses Evans and Shirley McKibben of Athens, and several others from Kalama Zoo Michigan Guysville Glouster The Plains Chaun ce y The Plains etc. Discharges include Emmett Andrews and several Athens area residents.
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Folden Stumpf
Athens
Moses Evans
Shirley McKibben
Henry Lemmer
Kalamazoo
Mich
Hunter Barnhouse
Guysville
Clark Bratton
John Cunningham
Glouster
Agnes Bateman
Emmett Andrews
Henry Snider
Charles Southwick
Rolland Slisher
Chauncey
Gon
Martin McKibben
the Plains
Charles Stokoe
Glen Bartlett
Joseph Essman
Wilbur Vanness
Chesterhill
Jessie Armour
Ray Hart
Travis Coe
James Dotson
Roy Fryburger Rites Held in Columbus
Funeral services were conducted Monday in Columbus for Roy L. Fryburger 65 a former Athens resident who died Thursday in a Huntington West Virginia hospital He retired May 1 after 50 years with the C O Railroad and had resided in Huntington for a number of years He is survived by his wife.
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Columbus
Roy L. Fryburger
Athens
Huntington
W. Va
Addison and
Mary Fryburger
Fryburger
C&o Railroad
Driver Denies Count. Hearing Set Thursday
John Evans Collins 46 of Ft Wayne Ind pleaded innocent to a state highway patrol charge of driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court. He was ordered held on $300 bond for a Thursday hearing. The arrest occurred on Route 33 in Dover Township. Collins was a former resident of Chauncey.
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John Evans Collins
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Dover Township
Collins
Chauncey
Two Traffic Charges Filed Against Maxine Miller
Maxine Miller, 32, of New Marshfield Route 2, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to two city police traffic charges. She was fined five dollars and costs with the red light fine suspended, and fined ten dollars with costs suspended for operating with an expired temporary permit.
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Maxine Miller
New Marshfield
Mercury Hints at Warm Up After Cold Morning Dip
Skies cleared Monday as southerly winds warmed. Rural Hamley Run posted a low of 22 after a weekend of 47-36 Friday, 44-36 Saturday, 38-28 Sunday. Rain and melted snow flurries brought about one tenth of an inch.
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Hamley Run
Funeral for Nancy Phidella Butcher Rupe at 98
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Bigony funeral home for Nancy Phidella Butcher Rupe 98 who died Saturday evening at Albany Rest Home. A former Lima resident she is survived by two sons William L. Rupe Logan and Harry M. Rupe Cabool Mo with five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Burial was in Temple Cemetery.
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Albany
Bigony
Richard E. Jarvis
Nancy Phidella Butcher Rupe
Albany Rest Home
Lima
William L. Rupe
Logan
Harry M. Rupe
Cabool
Temple Cemetery
One Day Probation Fines Illegal Parking Charge
Arthur R. Harding faced a $3 fine plus costs for illegal parking in a West Union Street zone in Municipal Court. The judge suspended the fine, placed him on one day probation, and warned he must avoid any charges within 24 hours or face the fine and possible further penalties.
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Arthur R. Harding
Park Place
W. Union St
Insurance Agencies Named Across Ohio Locations
A list of named insurance agencies appears across several Ohio towns including Athens Nelsonville Glouster and Nelsonville with firms such as Barstow Dillon Gill Goddard Houck Van Dyke Mathews Rutherford Seel Seiple Kempton Oakley Saltz and Guinther. The item reads as a directory snippet listing agency names without additional context or events.
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Athens, Ohio
Donald K
Barstow
C. B
Dillon
C. M. Gill & Co
D. M. Goddard
Houck & van Dyke, Inc
Earl F. Mathews, Inc
Murphey & Son
Dwight H. Rutherford
Peter B. Seel
Seiple & Kempton
Jury Visits Crash Scene in $35,000 Nelsonville Suit
The Nelsonville case of Robert Elliott versus John E. Bateman and Frank North doing business as Northway Cabs opened in Common Pleas Court. Jurors toured the accident site at the north entrance of Nelsonville on Route 33 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The February 9 1956 collision involved Elliott’s car and a Northway Cab.
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Robert Elliott
Nelsonville
John E. Bateman
Frank North
Northway Cabs
Common Pleas Court
Harold Shields
DeWitt Walker
Max Walkinburg
Elliott’s Auto
Voting Set At The Plains Fire Department Plans
An open meeting is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday in The Plains community room to organize a volunteer fire department with Claire Ball as president. Nearly 100 subscribers have joined. Plans for a Connett Road station and a lot purchase from Harrison Davies are in place, with voting on the lot deal at the meeting.
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The
Plains Community Room
Claire Ball
Connett Road
Harrison Davies
Tests Given For Pupils At Junior Hi
The Athens Junior High held several tests this week. Seventh graders took the California Achievement Test first, then ninth graders faced a mental maturity and personality traits test tied to the new guidance program. Superintendent Samuel Johnson spoke at a Thursday assembly about the school levy. Max Evans introduced him. A Wednesday meeting formed a committee to draft a junior high student handbook with three student representatives.
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Athens
California
Samuel Johnson
New City
Supt. Johnson
Max Evans
Edith Stocklin
Alice Schuler
Lucile Duffee
Boy Is Treated After Asthma Attack at Home
The fire department emergency squad was sent to 82 W Carpenter St when 10 year old Danny Lee Martin, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Martin, suffered an asthma attack. He received oxygen and was left in the care of his family physician.
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Fire Department
W. Carpenter St
Danny Lee Mar
Tin
Joe Martin
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