Jacksonville Mayor Shot While Aiding Town Marshal
Mayor Robert Carr of Jacksonville is in good condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital with a bullet wound in the left jaw. The injury occurred during a scuffle at the Old Settler's Reunion when Carr intervened as Village Marshal Joe Burch tried to break up fighting on Jacksonville's main street. The bullet lodged in the roof of the mouth after the gun discharged during the struggle. Deputies DeWitt Walker Wayne Stotts and Robert Daugherty assisted in the investigation and anticipate charges after speaking with the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Robert Carr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County Sheriff's Deputies
Joe Burch
Burch
Carr
Dewitt Walker
Wayne Stotts
Robert Daugherty
No Big Clue for Solon's Background
Congress members with sports backgrounds include Robert Mathias of California and Wilmer Mizell of North Carolina. Morris Udall of Arizona also played professional basketball. The study notes many lawmakers were teachers publishers or reporters and several held federal agent or medical backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Clearing House
Robert B. Mathias
Calif
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
N. C
Morris K. Udall
Ariz
Denver Nuggets
First W. C. Handy Award Goes to Kenneth Brown Billups
In St Louis the National Association of Negro Musicians honors Kenneth Brown Billups of St Louis with the first W C Handy award. Billups directs choral music at Sumner High School serves as choir master at Antioch Baptist Church and sits on the Missouri State Arts Council board.
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ST. Louis
W. C. Handy
National Association of Negro Musicians
Kenneth Brown Billups
Billups
Sumner High School
Antioch Baptist Church
The
Missouri State Arts Council
Athens County Land Transfers Show Wide Range of Property Deals
A long list of transfers across Athens and surrounding towns includes Emerson and Virginia Ball conveying 7 acres in Athens to Charles and Betty Buckley. Cleo Hansford to Clyde and Darren Grinstead for 100 acres in Dover Two. Dewey Tanthorey to Fern Tanthorey for 765 acres in Bern Two. and multiple transfers in Nelsonville, Chauncey, The Plains, Glouster, and Watkins Addition. Several couples and individuals, including the Board of Education, appear among grantees or grantors.
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Emerson
Virginia Ball
Charles
Betty Buckley
Mill
St. Athens
Athens
Cleo
Sadie Hansford
Clyde
Darren Grinstead
Dover
Board of Education
Nelsonville
Jove Bumgardner
Nelsonvileye Warren
Michael
Anita Coe
Dewey Tanthorey
Fern Tanthorey
Bern
Lillian
Clarence Oxley
William Halsam
Hannings Valley Acres
Currier
Howard Pennell
Maxine Pennell
Chauncey
Ilas Cochran
Charles Cochran
Pigins
Plains
Virginia McDonald
Buchtel
Denver
Conker
Kenneth and
Ethel Elliott
Waterloo
Woltar
Ester Kuhra
Waldo
Clara Moston
Rolla
Elia Wagner
Beechwood Estates
Lee Township
Thames
Viola McMasters
Talma
Ann McAfores
Glouster
Jack Rborn
Jayne
Jayne Looquate A Lot Wer In of "Yetmibe. Mae Des Conant, Athens, To Charies
Linda Gould
Alexander Township
Lucille Lowe
Rodney Oe Elliott
Hanlin Ave
Watkins
E Ahens
Jacob and
Lena Niggemeye
Ervin
Prone de Fyett
Guysville
Enid Winded Sion” Vanes
Ind
Dover Traine Products Company, Inc
Ine
Neoma Brown
Hamilton
Moorehead
Ruth Snow
Race Betting Funds Support 1969 County Fairs In Ohio
Ohio tax on wagers at fair race tracks generated funds for the 1969 fair season. The Ohio Fairs Fund provided most revenue, with 40 counties receiving tax refunds and a $94,000 legislative appropriation, including $1,000 per county fair for track premiums and junior fair promotion. Local payments totaled varying amounts to Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, and Vinton counties.
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Columbus
Roger Cloud
Ohio Fairs Fund
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Forgotten GI to be sent to Vietnam from Ford Ord
Pte. Richard G. Beaty, 22, a father of three, longtime Army “forgotten soldier,” has been notified he will leave for Vietnam soon with about 10 months of active duty remaining. He was sent home on leave in November 1967, waited 15 months, and after his February 1969 separation date was denied his discharge he must serve an additional year of active duty as ruled by a U. S District Court judge.
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Ford Ord
Calif
Richard G. Beaty
Vietnam
U. S District Court
Beaty
Compensation Suit Filed In Athens County Court
A Jacksonville man Floyd C Ayers sues Jay Flowers administrator of the Bureau of Workers Compensation Industrial Commission of Ohio and Trimble Local Board of Education claiming back injury on April 15 1959 while cleaning a boiler at a Trimble school and denial of participation in the states program. Also includes August weather notes and municipal court traffic fines.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Jacksonville
Sstate
Floyd C. Ayers
Sixth St
Jay Flowers
Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Trimble Local Board of Education
Ayers
Trimble
Columbus
City School Cafeterias To Open On First Day
Athens city school cafeterias will open on the first day of school Wednesday. Bus route times remain the same as last year with first pickups at 7:00 a.m. for rural routes and 7:25 to 7:40 a.m. for city and Chauncey/The Plains riders.
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City School
Athens City
Morrison
Chauncey
Chauncey and the Plains
Plains
Masons Move District Meet to Athens
The 17th Masonic District meeting scheduled for Stockport is relocated to Athens. Wayne Williams Paramythia Lodge 25 F AM states the 7:30 p.m. gathering follows a 6:30 p.m. dinner with women invited and reservations via phone.
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Masonic District
Stockport
Athens
Wayne Williams
Paramythia Lodge
F&am
Williams
Masonic Temple
Athens Police Chief Urges Careful Driving for School Opening
Athens Police Chief Fred James urged the public to watch for children on the streets as the new school year begins. He cited a pedestrian safety award for the 1968 fiscal year and said he hopes for a long-term, fatality-free community with public cooperation.
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Athens
Fred James
AAA
Two Auto Mishaps Clip Two Drivers and Injure Passenger
Athens police cited William M. Frye 20 for failure to stop within an assured clear distance after his car hit Donna A. Hayes 21 in front of the Ohio University Inn on Richland Avenue. Lonnie LeMaster 58 was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital for neck pains after a two car crash. Ellen L. Simon 19 faces unsafe operation charges after her car rear ended James L. Ault 21 on Franklin Avenue.
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Athens
William M. Frye
Hudson Ave
Donna A. Hayes
Columbus
Richland Avenue
Ohio University Inn
Lonnie LeMaster
LeMaster
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Ellen L. Simon
N. Court St
Franklin Ave
Arnott Family Attends Ruby Bond's Funeral in Ohio
Mrs. John Arnott and family attended funeral services for cousin Ruby Bond in Barlow Ohio. A group including Mrs. Faye Woltz, Jerri Woltz, Mrs. Amanda Tucker and others visited Mrs. Fred Cadle to celebrate her birthday in Racine.
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Francis Morris
John Arnott
Ruby Bond
Barlow
Ohio
Faye Woltz
Jerri
Amanda Tucker
Lancaster
Edna Proffitt
Gail Bradford
Keith
Tammie
Great Bend
Fred Cadle
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House of Representatives
Congress
Athens County
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Steart
Dess
State Farm
JOM Hendershot
Richland Ave
Ohie
Prone
Insurance
State Farm Live Insurance Company
WOME
Bloomington, Illinoi
Fand
C. L. Colmer
U. S
Colmer
James E
Ricky
New Stroiteville
Herold R. Thomas
Kermit E. Gilkey
Hubert R. Hunting
Morris
Thomas H. Littler, D.D
Riverside Pinovimional
West Filion
Masons Plan
Asis
James
Emersons Dept. Store
Toyland
Steno Book
Ala
MR. Wrangler
Cardigan
Coats and Clark
Bankamericard
James L. Ault
Franklin Avenue
Simon
Ault
Racine
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