Five Athens County road projects total nine million dollars
State Highway Director E. Preston outlined five Athens County road projects totaling nine million dollars under the current highway program. The plan includes a 140000 dollar Route 56 project to eliminate the Golf Course Curve, realign the road, drain and repave the front of the Athens Country Club entrance, with Route 56 rated C and potential reclassification to second priority.
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E. 5. Preston
Route
Ohio
Preston
Athens County
George Banks
Athens Country Club
di Salle
Banks
Country Club
Athens
New Marshfield
Mineral
Coolville
Little Hocking
Hockingport
Slusher elected president of Commonwealth Telephone Co
Howard C. Slusher of Athens was chosen company president at the annual stockholders meeting, replacing Barton A. Holl who retired to become chairman of the board. New officers include Rolland S. Jones as vice president and treasurer, Robert W. Keynes as vice president, and R. W. Finsterwald as secretary. the merger of Athens and Logan firms has grown the system to about 16 000 telephones and 13 exchanges with several dial and rural services expanded.
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Howard C. Slusher
Athens
The
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Barton A. Holl
Rolland S. Jones
Robert W. Keynes
R. W. Finsterwald
Logan
Commonwealth Company
Slusher
Logan Home Telephone Co
St Mary’s
W. Va
Indland Telephone and Telegraph Co
Middleburn
County Home Children To Be Entertained By Kiwanis Circle K
The Kiwanis Circle K club of Ohio University will entertain 50 Ath En Children from the Ath ens Childrens Home Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Rufus Putnam School playground. Softball soccer and volleyball will be provided for ages four to 17. Refreshments will be served. Earl Dun president said the club raised over 65 dollars for the Kiwanis Easter Seal Fund after doing odd jobs.
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Kiwanis
Circle K
Ohio University
Athens Childrens
Rufus Putnam
Earl Dun
Dr. Shermer Named To Head Civil Engineering
Dr. Carl L. Shermer named chairman of Ohio University civil engineering department, effective September. A former Soo locks designer and author of Statically Indeterminable Structures, he comes from Michigan State University where he is a professor. Shermer holds degrees from Illinois Tech and Michigan, with Fulbright leave in Istanbul. The OU department has seven professors and over 110 upperclass students.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Carl L. Shermer
Michigan State
Istanbul
Turkey
Richland Volunteers Respond to Fourth Alarm This Week
The Richland Area Volunteer Fire Brigade added two more calls this week raising alarms to four since Tuesday. Assistant Fire Chief Phil Hess led crews at Whaley Oil Farm Fisher Station where a grass fire burned about an acre after a prior pump house blaze. Earlier Tuesday the department fought a pump house fire at the same oil farm and headed to Harmony Road Tuesday night for logs and brush burning along the Hocking River bank.
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Richland Area
Firefighters tackle trash blaze at College of Education
At 6 05 p m Thursday city firemen responded to a trash pile fire at the new College of Education building on East Union Street. Chief Charles Dalton said children who started the blaze had vanished by arrival and a booster line was used to extinguish the flames.
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College of Education
E. Union St
Charles Dalton
Shelter Babies and Dismissals Noted at Area Hospitals
A hospital note lists newborns and dismissals including a son for Mr and Mrs Charles Burleigh of Guysville Route 1 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Donald Johnson of Nelsonville Route 2. Other births include Wayne Hoyd and Debra Lowe. Dismissals mention Johnny Guess and several mothers with newborns previously admitted across Athens and Amesville areas.
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Charles Burleigh
Guysville
Donald Johnson
Nelsonville
Roy Saylor
Athens
Troy Boone
Amesville
Alta Pierce
Scott Erwin
Mary Huston
Carpenter
Seminars Set At Ath ens State Hospital
Two seminars on mental illness will be presented at Ath ens State Hospital during National Mental Health Week. Dr. Hubert H. Fockler will lead discussions on nervous disorders and treatment from 10 to 11 30 a m on Monday April 27 and Tuesday April 28. Instructors should reserve space in advance as facilities are limited.
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Athens State Hospital
Hubert H. Fockler
Fockler
Drivers Cited After Crashes in Athens County
Two injury free crashes led to citations by the State Highway Patrol. Delbert Baker, 30, Columbus, was charged with excessive speed for conditions after his car left Route 56 and damaged a farm fence. he posted a $31 bond in municipal court. Amos Tigner, 46, Deenville, was cited into county court after his car rear-ended Patty Witham, 24, Amesville, on Route 50A as she slowed to turn west of the village.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens County
Delbert Baker
Columbus
Athens
Amos Tigner
Deanville
Patty Withem
Amesville
Marriage License Involving Four Couples Claimed
Laurence Burdiss 21 of Jacksonville with Sandra Taylor 19 of Butchiel receive license. Carl Cummans 22 of Nelsonville with Ursula Musslick 22 of Nelsonville. Elson Munn 19 of Athens with Patricia Hooper 16 of Nelsonville also listed.
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Laurence Wayne Burdiss
Jacksonville
Sandra Lou Taylor
Butchiel
Carl C. Cummans
Nelsonville
Ursula Musslick
Elson Munn
Athens
Patricia Hooper
Courthouse Attic Cleanup and Dow Lake Filling Studied
County workers began attic cleaning ordered by a state inspector deeming the courthouse attic a fire hazard. Debris and outdated tax records are removed, books sold for paper, with pigeons’ droppings cleared as part of a broader cleanup. Separately, a request seeks a resolution placing liability on the commissioners for potential flood damage if Dow Lake is filled near the spillway following road work.
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State
Board of County Commissioners
Herbert B. Eagon
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Court Fines Young Driver
Juvenile court found Jeffrey Allen Buhla 16 guilty of owning a motor vehicle and allowing its operation with a muffler emitting dangerous gases. He received a $5 fine plus $4.78 costs, payable from earnings, and a 15 day license suspension. Melvin Cozart 17 was found not guilty and discharged on an improper left turn charge.
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Harold Rose
Jeffrey Allen Buhla
Frank Buhla
Fairlawn Ave
Glouster
Melvin Cozart
Guysville
State Highway Patrol
Retired Coal Miner Dies in Mount St. Mary Hospital
Isaac Edwards aged 75 of 742 West State Street died Thursday afternoon in Mount St. Mary Hospital after months of ill health. Born in Wales, he lived in Murray City and Athens County. A retired coal miner, he belonged to the Eagles and Red Men lodges in Athens. Survivors include nephews Gerald Edwards and Lester Edwards. Funeral 1 p.m. Sunday at Duller Ferguson Hughes funeral home with Eagles lodge memorial service at 7 p.m. Saturday. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
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Isaac Edwards
State St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Wales
Murray City
Athens County
Eagles
Red Men's Lodges
Athens
Gerald Edwards
Cheshire
Lester Edwards
New Lexington
John G. Koontz
Dowler - Ferguson - Hughes
Eagles’ Lodge
Green Lawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Novice Debate Tournament slated at Ohio University
Four schools will take part in a novice debate tournament at Ohio University this Saturday. Visiting teams are Mershall College Ohio Wesleyan University and Witten berg College. Selected Athens citizens will serve as judges.
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Ohio University
Mershall College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Wittenberg College
Athens
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SECRC
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Lake Logan
Broadwell
Paul E. Gates
Underwood
E. L. Denton
Gates
Athens Typewriter
Robert L. Gates
Middletown
Esquires
Court St
Whizz! Fast Service
S. Court
Swearingen
American Marietta Company
Ses Merc
Ari Ett
Plata
Sun Valley
Bermuda
Morocco
Audionos Lumber
Lincoln
Dr. Shermer
Richland Men
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wayne Hoyd
Maude Linscott
Robert Barber
Long Bottom
Debra Lowe
Radcliff
Johnny Guess
Ry Cae
the Mutual
East Washington St
Athens, Ohio
Federal Home Loan Bank
Dow Lake
A&p
Unitarian
P.O
Tel
the Unitarian Fellowship OF
Commonwealth
Foley Tartan
Gumout
S. Court ST
Carpenter HA
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