The Daily Saturday, Local August 15, 1987 Page 5 Advocate, Life New unit opens at hospital COLDWATER Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital here has opened a department for area residents. This new service will provide area cancer patients the opportunity to receive chemotherapy treatments without leaving the area. Hospital Administrator Lysle Schmidt stated that opening of this new service for cancer patients culminates years of searching for a qualified physician to take charge of the program, He went on to say that adding this service is another part of the hospital's comt mitment to provide area residents quality care. Roy S. Patten, MD, will be directing the program.
He has been granted staff privileges at Community Hospital. Patten is excited about being a part of a new venture for the hospital. "Now, cancer patients requiring chemotherapy can stay in town rather than go out of the area. I'm delighted to be able to provide this important service," he said. Patten's office is located in the Community Hospital Specialty Clinic, 809 W.
Main Coldwater. All patients treated by him must be referred by another physician. Among the diagnostic tools Patten utilizes is the Physician Data Query system recently installed at Community Hospital. This computer-based communication tool is linked directly to the National Cancer Institute. It provides the most current information on cancer treatment and research.
According to Patten, this will allow him the ability to ROY S. Patten, M.D. (seated) Hospital's chemotherapy treatment staff includes Nancy Wermert, secretary-receptionist. Patten's Hospital Specialty Clinic, 809 W. Main provide the very best treatment available for his patients.
"'The PDQ will keep us in the leading cancer treatment experts and provide us with the very latest in treatment techniques," he said. Patten received his medical degree at the University of Florida in 1963. His residency and internship was completed in internal medicine pathology at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Md. He then returned to the University of Florida to complete a will direct Coldwater Community program for cancer patients. His R.N., (left) and Angie Searight, office is located in the Community Coldwater.
two fellowship in hemotology. Prior to coming to this area, he established a practice in hemotology- at a medical center in Bangor, Maine. Four years ago, while vacationing with his wife, they passed through this area. His wife commented that she would like to live in this area after seeing the Courthouse in Celina. "We didn't realize until after we moved here that the same town we had talked about," Patten remarked.
Lears speak vows in Florida Wendy Rosemarie Rawe exchanged. wedding vows with Robert Henry Lear of Royal Palm Beach, at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in the First Presbyterian Church in Clarence, N.Y. The Rev.
Dr. John B. Paterson of Barre, performed the ceremony for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H.
Rawe of East Amherst, N.Y., and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Lear of Greenville. Rem-embroidered Alencon lace, seed pearls and sequins trimmed the bride's taffeta gown styled with a sabrina neckline and short puff sleeves accented with ruffles.
The skirt formed a cathedral train. She included in her ensemble a strand of pearls that had been given to her mother by her father on their wedding day. A tiara of Alencon lace, pearls and sequins held fingertip veil. She carried roses, stephanotis and gypsophila. Linda J.
Morris of Cincinnati was Eleven earn OSU degrees Eleven Darke County students received degrees at Ohio state University's recent spring quarter commencement exercises in Ohio Stadium. Awarded degrees were: Anjeanette Albright, 4938 Ohio 49, Greenville, bachelor of science in agriculture; Douglas John Garbig, 5274 Dininger Road, Greenville, doctor of optometry; Melanie Ann Lehman, 2932 Weavers Station Road, New Madison, bachelor of science in education; Diane Marie Barga, 6192 Medford Road, Rossburg, bachelor of science in I home economics; David Edward Subler, 219 S. Center, Versailles, and Theodore Joseph Grieshop, 9494 Ohio 705 Yorkshire, both doctor of medicine; Todd Joseph Treon, 1025 Woodland Drive, Versailles, bachelor of science in business administration; Daniel Joseph Grieshop, 13529 Road, Yorkshire, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; and Michael Gallagher Buell, 1108 Donald Drive, Greenville, Ann Marie Stammen, 12006 Coletown-Lightsville Road, Rossburg, and Lori Ann Frantz, 11567 Ohio 185, Versailles, all bachelor of science in allied health professions. Of 5,358 students receiving degrees, 229 chose not to have their names released under provisions of the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Their names have been excluded from the list.
Volksmarch planned PIQUA The Miami Valley Vagabonds Volksmarch Club will sponsor a volksmarch (walkfest) Aug. 22 here. The 10-kilometer (6.2 miles) event, sanctioned by the American Volkssport Association, will start and finish at the Piqua National Guard Armory, 623 E. Ash seven-tenths of a mile west of I-75, Exit 82. Participants may start any time between 8 a.m.
and 1 p.m. with a finish time by 4 p.m. The event is free and open to everyone. It is not necessary to be a member of a volksmarch club to participate. However, everyone must register at the starting point.
Participants may, if they wish, pay a small fee and receive a commemorative medal upon completion of the event. The commemorative award for this event is a sculptured brass-colored medal of the late Capt. Don S. Gentile, World War II hero and a native of Piqua. The sculpture is similar to monument of Gentile that stands in the downtown plaza of Piqua.
For additional volksmarching or event information, interested registration may contact Bob Mercer, Troy, 335-8066, or Piqua residents Jim Lawrence at 773-8032 or Ed Mann 773-1046. Miami County Fair starts TROY The 116th Miami County Fair gets under way today and runs through Thursday. On tap for today is the 4-H dog show, 4-H cake decorating contest, art hall and bake with lard contest judging, county horseshoe tournament, draft horse show, junior dairy goat showmanship followed by junior goat show, flower show, rooster crowing contest, 4-H dog grooming and showmanship contest, junior fair poultry show, harness racing, sheep fitting contests, cavies and small animals contests, 4-H cat show, motorcycle races, junior fair king and queen contest and horse pull. The Miami County Horse Advisers are sponsoring a horse show to begin at 8 a.m. Sunday.
Other Sunday events include: county horseshoe tournament, ATV races, junior and open class beef breeding show, open steer show, ladies lead show, junior sheep showmanship, adult open class showmanship, live market lamb carcass show, 4-H senior style review and OSTPA-sanctioned tractor and truck pull. On Monday's agenda is rabbit showmanship; junior fair western horse show, open class registered Shetland pony show, junior market lamb sale, open class market lamb show, meat rabbit pen show, 4-H cook-off, junior and open dairy show, showmanship and future showman, cheerleading contest, junior sheep breeding contest, junior fair steer show, pari-mutuels harness Morrow Morrow receives scholarship Jeff Morrow, a 1987 graduate of Greenville Senior High School, has been awarded a $1,500 competitive scholarship by Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, for the 1987-88 academic year. Based on academic achievement, these scholarships are offered by the university each year. The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Morrow, Jeff will be an incoming freshman this fall at Duquesne, where he is enrolled in the school of business and administration. Duquesne is a private school, founded in 1878, and i is located on a bluff overlooking the Monongahela River and downtown Pittsburgh and its Golden Triangle. paternal grandparents are the late Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Straker. Reunion near Greenville High School's class of 1932 will hold its 155th graduating class reunion Aug. 23 at the Mad Anthony 1 Restaurant at the Greenville Inn. The party room will open at 11 a.m. Reservations may be made by contacting Richard "Pete" Brown at 548-2545, Marjorie Post at 548-5161 and Thelma Seibel at 548-4929.
Koch in hospital Dale Koch is a patient in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Dayton. His room number is E4320-1. He would appreciate visitors, cards and prayers. Cleanup set The Darke County Sheep and Lamb 4-H Club will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
at the Fairgrounds sheep barn for cleaning the barn. Those who plan to attend are asked to bring rakes, hoses and energy to clean the pens. After cleaning, there will be a pizza party for everyone and each family is asked to bring their own beverage. New members will pick up their 4-H t-shirts if they do not have them yet. Fair passes will also be distributed.
There will be help needed on starting the float. Donna Peters is chairman for this year. The annual 4-H picnic, it was noted, will be held Sept. 12 at the woods of Charles Sackett on Wildcat Road at 5:30 p.m. Each family is asked to bring a covered dish, table service and lawn chairs.
family of the Sheep and Lamb 4-H Club is urged to attend this picnic. Have you tried the Classified lately? racing and horseshoe pitching. On tap for Tuesday are: the Shetland pony futurities show, junior fair rabbit breeding stock show, creative arts and special projects review, junior fair livestock judging contest, 30th annual open class pony show, flower show, 4-H nutrition projects review, junior barrow show, lumberjack contest, campfire awards program, harness racing (pari-mutuels and ladies night) and the Bruce Sampson Memorial junior fair lamb and goat sale. Highlights on Wednesday, which has been dubbed Senior Citizens Day and Armed Forces and Veterans Day, include: junior fair English horse show, junior fair swine showmanship, 4-H third and fourth grade style review, open class sheep show, pedal power, tractor pull, tug of war, 4-H awards program, the Bruce Sampson Memorial junior fair barrow sale, harness racing (pari-mutuels), horseshoe pitching and junior fair dance. Horse Fun Day is one of the special events slated for Thursday, the last day of the fair.
Also scheduled are the Bruce Sampson Memorial junior fair steer sale, the Bruce Sampson memorial junior fair rabbit sale, grand parade and demolition derby. The Miami County Fair's stage entertainment schedule offers something to please the whole family all free in the entertainment tent just north of the secretary's office. Music will fill the air with local performers featured almost every evening. Joy Behlers, a bluegrass entertainer will perform at 8 p.m. today.
Dottie and the Country Four with Bob, a country music group, will entertain at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. A gospel group, the Rogers family, will entertain Tuesday; the Ramblin River Band (country) on Wednesday; and Jerry and Linda Hurd, a gospel duo, will entertain Thursday, all at 8 p.m. Daytime fair-goers can enjoy the Ross Chevrolet Show of Shows under the entertainment tent with shows at noon, 2:30 and 5 p.m. every fair day except Monday when the shows will be at 1, 3:30 and 7 p.m.
The Ross Chevrolet Show of Shows features such performers as Jerry Masters, the magician; Presto the Clown; Whits the Juggler; and Ian and Alfred, a ventriloquist act. The fair will feature the rides and games of Poor Jack Amusem*nts based in Milton, Ind. The company has oldfashioned rides as well as the new thrillers, 36 rides in all of which 16 to 18 will be located at the Miami County Fair. Poor Jack Amusem*nts will sponsor two ride specials during the fair. Kid's Day will be Monday from noon to 5 p.m.
with ride bracelets featured at $6 each. Family Night Special will be Wednesday from 6 to 11 p.m. with unlimited ride bracelets again at $6 each. Marriage licenses D'Agostino of Boston, Cheryl Forbes of Houston, Texas, Melanie A. Smith of Denver, and Lynne Rifkin of East Amherst.
Kimberly A. Rawe was a junior bridesmaid for her aunt. attendants wore pink taffeta tealength dresses fashioned with puff sleeves and accented with cumme*rbunds with bows at the back. Randolph T. Lear of Cleveland was best man for his brother.
Ushers were Kenneth H. Rawe Jr. and David B. Rawe, brothers of of the Andrew G. E.
nephew bride; Speros of Denver; Gregory T. Engler of Cincinnati; Joseph P. Frees of New York City; Michael Buell of Columbus; and Marc E. Cullers of Baltimore. A reception was given at Brookfield Country Club after which the couple left for a wedding trip Ixtapa, Mexico.
They will be at home in Royal Palm Beach. Local girl nationals-bound Lindsey Curtis is on her way to the Sunburst Nationals in Georgia. She was chosen one of the top 10 in state finals in Indianapolis. Lyndsey also was awarded six other trophies after competing in other competitive events that day. The 4-year-old is the daughter of Sue Curtis of Greenville and the late Richard Curtis.
Grandparents are Arthur and Evelyn Curtis of Versailles and Charles and June Lane of Curtis Greenville. Local Life digest Free trees Mrs. Robert Henry Lear maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Susan L. Rafferty of Cleveland, Cheryl The National Arbor Day Foundation is giving 10 free trees to each person who becomes a foundation member during August.
The free trees are part of the foundation's effort to promote tree planting throughout America. A Colorado blue spruce, white flowering dogwood, pin oak, white pine, red maple, birch, American redbud, silver maple, red oak and sugar maple tree will be given to members joining during August, The 6- to 12-inch trees will be shipped this fall at the right time for planting between Oct. 15 and Dec. 10. They will be sent postage paid with enclosed planting instructions.
These trees were selected to provide benefits every season of the year. The National Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit organization, is working to improve the quality of life throughout the country by encouraging tree planting. The foundation will give the 10 free trees to each member contributing $10 during August. To become a member of the foundation and to receive the free trees, a $10 membership contribution should be sent to: Ten Trees, National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Nebraska City, Neb. 68410 by Aug.
31. Elks head here Dr. Ted Callicott, grand exalted ruler and highest officer of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is now visiting Ohio. His visit is in conjunction with the 58th annual fall reunion of the Ohio Elks Association to be held at the Marriott Columbus. The order and its 1.5 million members, and their families have, received acclaim for their many charitable and patriotic works for more than a century of the organization's existence.
State President James E. Payne of Marysville Elks Lodge No. 1130 further stated that the occasion for the visit is to honor the Ohio Elks for their noteworthy service in youth activities, drug awareness programs and aid to William L. Byrd, 51, Indianapolis, salesman, to Linda K. Pitman, 40, Indianapolis, packer.
Blair H. Grote, 25, Ansonia, factory worker, to Teresa L. Erwin, 21, Ansonia, custodian. Dane L. French, 18, Butler Township, laborer, to Kirsten J.
Erbaugh, 18, Monroe Township, file clerk. Donald Farr 24, Richmond, self-employed, to Bonita Nelson, 22, Richmond, waitress. Kenneth G. Walters, 35, Indianapolis, auto refinisher, to Carol S. Stewart, 43, Fountaintown, claims service assistant.
Christopher J. Kemper, 18, Wayne Township, factory worker, to Shawn R. Hall, 18, Wayne Township, secretary. Edwin J. Friend, 62, Portland, retired, to Amanda E.
Copenhaher, 59, Portland, retired. Scott H. Knecht, 21, Adams Township, laborer, to Karla J. Byram, 20, Bradford, dental assistant. Charles H.
Parfitt, 44, Dunkirk, laborer, to Melody A. Overla, 23, Dunkirk, Ind. Brian D. Durham, 30, Hartford City, to Sandy K. Cooper, 26, Hartford City, factory worker.
Jeffrey G. Schricker, 33, Ansonia, truck driver, to Jennifer J. Morrow, 30, Ansonia, factory worker. Douglas D. Riley, 26, Greenville Township, to Tonya E.
Hopper, 19, Greenville Township, companion. James M. Dodd, 19, Bradford, landscaping, to Sharen L. Lykins, 17, Bradford. Tony E.
Mikesell, 21, Greenville, to Kelley Renee Crowell, 18, computer operator. Richard A. Worden, 21, Versailles, laborer, to Cheryl A. Tucker, 31, Versailles. Merrill J.
Bush, 22, Greenville, to Peggy S. Bush, 20, Greenville. Darel B. Rinehart, 31, Monroe Township, truck driver, to Tracey M. Yinger, 25, Monroe Township, cash grain clerk.
Robert E. White, 22, Greenville, restaurant manager, to Susan J. Back, 21, Arcanum, restaurant work. Dennis P. Cain, 29, Greenville, sales, to Kathy S.
Jones, 25, Greenville, restaurant cashier. Frederic -L. Hoff, 45, Woodbridge, economist, to Shirley Ann Aldridge; 46, Greenville, homemaker. Brian L. Witwer, 23, Adams Township, machinist, to Tammy S.
Cook, 22, Covington, registered nurse. Steve A. Thornton, 31, Van Buren Township, factory worker, to Kathy L. Hawes, 23, Van Buren Township. Terry G.
Briner, 29, Union City, welder, to Tonya L. Maloy, Union City. Barry D. Canan, 20, Arcanum, student, to Brenda S. Long, 19, Pitsburg, nurse's aide.
Darren K. Fraley, 23, Columbia, S.C., carpenter, to Robin M.I.M. Skipper, 18, Palestine. William E. Hamilton, 30, Fort Wayne, mechanic, to Deborah R.
Kelley, 37, Fort Wayne, nurse, William R. Matheny, 68, Monroe Township, retired, to Edna E. Kidder, 68, West Milton, retired. Brian K. Winner, 23, Osgood, laborer, to.
Beth A. Huelsman, 22, Chickasaw, registered nurse. Military digest Harter in Italy Army Private Christopher M. Harter, son of Larry J. and Angela J.
Harter, both of Greenville, has arrived for duty with the 325th Infantry Regiment, Italy. Harter, an infantryman, is a 1987 graduate of Greenville Senior High School. Kuhn graduates Airman Traci D. Kuhn, daughter of Rob and Pam Cooper of 1286 Sugar Maple, Greenville, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force aircraft pneudraulic systems mechanic course at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.
During the course, students were taught to repair and maintain aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic systems. They also earned credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. She is a 1984 graduate of Greenville Senior High School. children with Cerebral Palsy. Grand Exalted Ruler.
Callicott will present a substantial check to President Payne from the Elks National Foundation which will be used by the Ohio Elks to continue their many civic projects. Delegates to the fall reunion welcomed Callicot with a gala buffet Friday evening. Series to begin The Darke County Health Department is sponsoring a series of four, twohour classes for diabetics and their immediate families. The classes are scheduled for Sept. 8, 16, 22 and 29 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
at the Department of Human Services, 802 E. Fourth Greenville, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services and Family Health Services. Topics of discussion and participation will include: What is Diabetes, Diabetic Exchange Diets, Sugar Substitutes, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Administration of Medications and Footcare. New recipes will be available to meet the needs of those hunting for variations for exchanges, low-cost recipes, high fiber recipes and menus for the whole family. For maximum benefit of all class participants it is important that all classes are attended.
Those interested in attending are asked to contact the Darke County Health Department, 548-4196, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to register by Sept. 4. Straker cited James David Straker, 19, of Columbus was named to the dean's list of the College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, for the fall semester.
Straker has been selected for participation his junior year in the Notre Dame Foreign Studies program at the Universite' Catholique De L'Quest in Angers, France. Straker's parents are James L. Straker and Tanya Blocher Straker of Columbus. Maternal grandparents are Mrs. James E.
Blocher of Greenville and the late James E. Blocher, and the Isn't CASH IN THE BANK Better Than Scrap In The Dresser Drawer? WE BUY OLD GOLD Fritz Martin Jewelers Greenville. Ohio BACK TO SCHOOL SALE SALE SALE START SUNDAY 12:30 P.M. OFF MENS AUSTIN MAN OR UNDERWEAR OFF ALL MENS ATHLETIC SOCKS OFF ALL MENS FASHION UNDERWEAR OFF ALL GIRLS UNDERWEAR OFF ALL GIRLS HOSIERY SOCKS OFF ALL BOYS UNDERWEAR OFF ALL BOYS HOSIERY SOCKS OFF ALL WOMENS BIKINIS Sale prices on regularly priced merchandise effective through 8-22-87. Percentage off represents savings on regular prices.
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