City to start $100,000 street repairs in May
The city will begin a $100,000 street repair program funded by income tax revenue in May. Bids for treating five streets with slurry seal and resurfacing six others are due by May 6, with May 20 bids for Madison Ave. The project covers about 90k to 115k total, with Madison Ave costing 40k to 50k and taking about three months to finish.
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Dwight Robinson
Service - Safety
Madison Ave
Robinson
City Council
Robert Sutton
Gasco Men To Receive Long Service Awards
Eight Athens County workers of Columbia Gas of Ohio will be honored at the Southeast Quarter Century Club banquet on May 6 at the American Legion Hall in Lancaster. Recipients include William T. James Sr. for 45 years and others for 35 30 and 25 years.
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Athens
Columbia Gas of Ohio
American Legion Hall
Lancaster
William T. James Sr
Millview Pl
The
Gas Company
William P. Tryon
Lowell H. Ziegler
Albany
Doren R. Brill
Tulane Rd
L. L. Lovett
S. May Ave
Lewis E. Ogg
Harris Dr
Dix Powell
Nelsonville
Ogg
Quarter Century Club
Max O. Hoskins
Athens County
Francis Ponticus
Richland Ave
Frank E. Colburn
Write-In Campaign Reported For County Engineer Candidate
A write-in campaign is reported for George Sheeter a Republican candidate for county engineer. Sheeter a Navy Reserve lieutenant commander is on active duty two weeks and unavailable for comment. A Republican official said he hasn’t been told about the write-in movement. The election board requires 15 percent of party votes in the primary. Suzanne Wallace and David Wallace, lack of prosecution.
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George Sheeter
Utah Pl
Sheeter
U.S. Navy Reserve
Election Board
Thursday Deadline For Absent Voting
The election board announced 4 p.m. Thursday as the deadline for civilian absentee and disabled voting for the May 5 primary.
Phone Union Agreement Reached Between G T Co and CWA Local
A three year contract with General Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America Local 4374 was ratified at IOOF Hall in Athens. The deal, effective April 26, includes minor hourly raises and fringe benefits with automatic 1965 wage increases and a 1966 re opener.
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General Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America Local
Samuel A. Eblen
CWA
Afl-Cio
IOOF
Athens
Probation Violation Leads to Second Term in Penal
A 25 year old man Leon Henson Foster PI was sentenced by Common Pleas Court to the Ohio State Penitentiary for a second probation violation. He had been paroled on grand larceny in January 1961 and violated probation October 16 and again recently for intoxication and visiting liquor outlets. The sheriff will transport him to the penitentiary this week.
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Common Pleas Court
Ohio State Penitentiary
Leon Henson
Foster
Guidance Center Staff Hit By Funds
Dr. Herbert Whanger of Ohio University spoke at the Kiwanis meeting on guidance counseling at the Southeastern Ohio Guidance Center. He noted staff decline due to dwindling funds from community and state while Ayres D Costa discussed India's vocational guidance challenges.
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Herbert Whanger
Ohio University
Ayres D’costa
India
Southeastern Ohio Guidance Center
Kiwanis
Sportsman Grill
Whanger
D’costa
Dr. Whanger
Hudson Health Center
Shade area escapee Rankin captured in Uniontown
A former Shade area resident and escapee Maurice Jake Rankin, 29, who fled the Marietta honor camp April 11, was arrested Monday night in Uniontown Pennsylvania by the FBI. He faces return to the Ohio State Penitentiary after being transferred two weeks prior.
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Shade Area
Marietta
Uniontown
FBI
Maurice Jake Rankin
Ohio State Penitentiary
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Showers Hit City Tuesday in Athens Rainfall Update
An early morning shower Tuesday brought Athens total rainfall to .47 inches in the last 24 hours, while the Hocking River rose to 7.3 feet and continued to climb. The sky remained partly cloudy as the temperature reached 72 degrees at 10 am after a sunrise low of 61.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking
Highway Bond Issue Advocated at Athens Rotary Meeting
David Miller, former president of the Middleport Rotary Club, urged support for Issue Number One at a luncheon of the Athens Rotary Club. He said the $500 million highway construction bond would not raise taxes and that good roads attract industry to Ohio, with about seventy organizations backing the measure.
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
A list from Sheltering Arms Hospital records admissions and discharges. A newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Albert Ogun sola in Athens is noted. Other admissions include Mrs Harry Bowles Paul Neutzling Francis Coen Mrs Richard White and Judy Coen. Discharges mention Mrs Darrell Bartlett and daughter and Mrs Durward Stotts and daughter. Douglas W Douglas 24 of 45 N Lancaster St was taken by emergency squad after being found ill and unconscious at a gas station.
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Harry Bowles
Athens
Paul Neutzling
Francis Coen
Richard White
Carpenter
Arthur McCoy
the Plains
Judy Coen
Douglas W. Douglas
Lancaster St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
City Fire Department
Carpenter and Grosvenor Sts
District Scout Unit Plans Events in Nelsonville and Columbus
The Hock Hocking District committee met at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric office. The next roundtable is set for May 7 at First Methodist Church Nelsonville. District commissioners convene May 20 at William Nutter’s home. John Dowler announced two new members Ed Zopp and Tom Cassell joining district committees.
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Hock-Hocking
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
First Methodist
Nelsonville
William Nutter
John Dowler
Ed Zopp
Tom Cassell
Courthouse Projects Set to Remodel Recorder and Auditor
Commission Chairman W. H. Wakefield said a remodeling project will begin in a week or two in the recorder and auditor offices to add balconies for more record space. County workers will handle the jobs. Balconies already exist in the treasurer and auditor personal offices.
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Recorder
Commission
W. H. Wakefield
Driver Plea Guilty. fined and jailed in Route 50 crash
Morris Bills 48 of Cutler pleaded guilty to a State Highway Patrol charge of driving while intoxicated in County Court. He was fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in jail. A deer wandered onto Route 50 east of Athens Monday night, killed by the truck driven by William L. Arnold 52 of Columbus.
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Morris Bills
Cutler Route 1
Route 50
Athens
State Highway Patrol
William L. Arnold
Columbus
Explosion at Bridgwater plant blamed on dynamiting
The Bridgwater blast at the plant is linked to threats from union reps during contract talks. Police report arrests after a 7 am disturbance as Sheriff Shields secured removal of equipment per a court order. Three locals from The Plains pleaded innocent to disobeying police. bonds set at $25 with May court dates.
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Frank Ratdorff
UAW
H. Jeffers
Ratdorff
Harold Shields
Shields
Pate. Shields
Athens
Bridgwater
Don Stotts
Richard Strole
Carlos Rutter
Plains
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Smith
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Strath
More Blvd
North End of
Grand Park Blvd
Charles St
Euclid Dr
Gasco
Dover
Oberlin
Smithville
Toledo
Suzanne Wallace
David Wallace
Hayden
Stone
NEW York Stock Exchange
D. H
Jonesy) Sams
Cline Bldg
O. Ph. LY
Mahaffey
W. State St
Tel. LY
Ohio University Inn
Richland
Dairy Aves
Messenger Newsphoto
Lloyd Bolin
Athens State Hospital
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Henry Hennings
Delta
Keawana Johnson
Albert Ogunsola
Darrell Bartlett
Durward Stotts
Dowler
Gordon B
Court OF Appeals
Gordon B. Gray
Logan Federal
Watchmaker — Jeweler
Wilson Baker
Berry Holl
Richard M. Phillips
Lynnwood
Complete Insurance Service
G. Houck
Don Reed
Houck & Reed, Inc
W. Union St
Bob Baur
Economy Savings & Loan Company
N. Court St
Lynwood
Pomeroy
Logan
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