Children Home Pleas Heard in Athens County
Spokesmen from the Athens County Child Welfare Board and the Athens Junior Women's Club urged the county commissioners to build a cottage-type Children's Home near Athens. They argued for a homelike facility housing small groups and highlighted advantages for transport, volunteers, and local facilities. The board endorsed a cottage plan on present Home acreage, near Athens, over Chauncey, and promised dialogue with commissioners before action.
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Athens County Commissioners
Athens
Howard Stout
Athens County Child Welfare Board
James E. Parsons
Athens Junior Women’s Club
Child Welfare Board
Athens County
Chauncey
Eas
Ily
Commission
James Edwards
Athens Merchants Sponsor Day With 10 Cent Bus Fares
Athens merchants and city officials unveil Merchant's Day with all transit fares cut to 10 cents Saturday. Transfers vanish and a special fair service starts at 10 15 a m Thursday, with continued nightly runs to Athens County Fair. Several routes and schedules are adjusted as ridership trends rise.
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Athens
George Drach
Retail Merchant’s Association
Raymond Shepard
Shepard
Athens County Fair
Drach
Merchant’s Association
Charles White
White
Fairgrounds
Downtown Athens Sewer Cleaning by Columbus Firm
Crews from the Roto Rotor Co. work in Court Street downtown Athens to finish a sewer cleaning project in the East End. They will tackle trouble spots on Franklin Ave Lancaster St and in the West End over the next two to three days. Officials hope federal funds may help cover flood damages costs from May.
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Raymond Shepard
Roto Rotor Co
Court Street
East End
Franklin Ave
Lancaster St
West End
Shepard
Break In and Thefts Reported Across Athens
Over the weekend, Athens police investigated a break in and two thefts. Bruce Llewellyn reported a rock tossed through a rear window at Shell Service Station and the door opened. changes missing. Riverside Sinclair Station saw a forced pop machine opened with change stolen. Dale Sanders Used Car Lot had a car jacked and two rear wheels stolen along with three hubcaps. total value $221.
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Athens
Bruce Llewellyn
New Marshfield
Shell
E. Carpenter
Grosvenor Streets
Riverside Sinclair
Columbus Road
James Simpkins
Dale Sanders
E. State
Two Calls Reported for Athens Emergency Squad
Two calls were logged for the Athens fire department emergency squad Saturday. At 12 49 p m Miss Doris McKinney 25 fell ill at 221 West Washington Street and was transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Later at 10 07 p m Hert Rast 61 of 20 South Shafer Street also became ill and was taken to a hospital.
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Athens
W. Washington St
Doris McKinney
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hert Rast
S. Shafer St
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Births listed in Athens area include a son for Mr and Mrs Larry Koenig and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Howard Sharpe Amy Athens. Other newborns named with families in Athens and surrounding towns. Dismissals include Dorothy Baughaman and Brenda Smith among listed patients and relatives.
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Larry Koenig
Athens
Howard Sharpe
Martin Levy
Thomas Gillette
Dorothy Baughaman
Charles Sanders
Newt Knowlton
Brenda Smith
Stephanie Bailey
Clarence Uldrich
Walter Cunningham
Charles Dowler
Two-Car Crash on Hocking County Road Injures Six
A two car collision on Hocking County Road 7 near Fairfield County High School injured six Saturday night. Augusta Cox 33 and James R. Young 26 were hospitalized with arm and knee injuries. Passengers Gary Johnson 13 Cathy Johnson 5 and others sustained minor injuries. Police reported no citations issued.
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Hocking County
Fairfield County High School
Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Augusta Cox
Fairfield Hospital
James R. Young
Young
Alva Caroll
Rockbridge
Gary Johnson
Pam Johnson
Richard Johnson
Cathy Johnson
Cox
Lawrence Cox
Fairfield
Athens County Fair ready as 117th event nears opening
Athens County Fairgrounds prep ramps up for Wednesday start of the 117th Athens County Fair. Dairy cattle 52, beef cattle 39, sheep 154 entered. 4-H projects total 725 with 211 livestock entries. Rides by Gambill Co. amid stronger election-year crowds and ongoing cleanup after spring flooding.
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Athens County Fairgrounds
Athens County Fair
Emory Allen
Agricultural Society
Allen
Weather notes show warm spell and rising river levels
The morning temperature reached 74 with overcast skies and a muggy overnight low of 71. Sunday's high hit 86. Rainfall in the last 24 hours measured 0.65 inches as the Hocking River stood at 4.57 feet and rising, per observer C. L. Colmer.
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U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hocking River
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