Conservancy Board Approves Land Purchase and Bank Loan
The Margaret Creek Conservancy District board votes to buy 2.2 acres of the Bernard Allen property and borrow $5,000 from Hocking Valley Bank Athens. The meeting covers government investigation talks by Rep. Clarence Miller and potential GAO review of the watershed project, with landowners and residents voicing concerns.
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Margaret Creek Conservancy District Board of Directors
Bernard Allen
Hocking Valley Bank
Athens
Albany
Lee
Clarence Miller
Miller
General Accounting Office
Congressional
Don Haning
Miller Office
Washington
Conservancy District
William Lavelle
Perry Munn
W. H. Wakefield
J. Floyd Williams
Lavelle
Soil Conservation Service
General Office
Wakefield
Conservancy
Allen
James Stingel
Munn
Williams
Haning
Nion
Margaret Creek
September Draft Quota Dips Below August Mark
Ohio's Selective Service Board issued a September draft call for 2,289 men with 1,475 to be inducted. Athens County’s call was 15 with surrounding counties totaling 131. Franklin County led with 274 and Cuyahoga 249. Ruth McBee said the Athens call aligns with earlier runs, noting 12 called in August and 15 in July.
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Athens
Ohio
Selective Service Board
Athens County
Gallia County
Hocking County
Meigs County
Morgan County
Perry
Vinton
Ruth McBee
Brown
Butler
Carroll
Champaign
Clark
Clermont
Clinton
Columbiana
Coshocton
Crawford
Cuyahoga
Darke
Defiance
Delaware
Erie
Fairfield
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton
Geauga
Greene
Guernsey
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Harrison
Henry
Highland
Alexander Board Buys Two Buses And Signs Food Contracts
The Alexander Local School Board bought two new school bus chassis from Gibson Motors Athens for 3592 each and awarded the body work to E E H Davis and Sons Langsville. A one year bus insurance policy was awarded to Baughman Insurance Albany for 931. Bids for cafeteria supplies went to Adams Bakery Holsum Bakery Easler Dairy Midland Grocery Robrecht Produce Evans Packing and others amid the 22 buses planned for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Local School Board
Gibson Motors
Athens
Gibson
Bob Hess Chevrolet
Gail Watkins Equipment
Beasley-Mathews Ford Inc
E. E. H. Davis and Sons
Langsville
Clines Standard Hardware
McArthur
Reynolds Body Co
Columbus
Baughman Insurance of
Albany
Adams Bakery
Holsum Bakery
Easler Dairy Products
Midland Grocery Inc
Robrecht Produce Co
Evans Packing Co
Gallipolis
Servicemen News Highlights Air Force and Navy Honors
Maj Clarence E Parker receives a second Air Force Commendation Medal at Ubon Thailand for meritorious service as chief of aircraft systems at Eighth Air Force Westover MA. M Sgt Kenneth E Gorrell earns PRIDE Award at Wurtsmith MI as SAC member. Marine Cpl William D Whited serves with Third Marine Division in Vietnam. ET Steuers USN in the Mediterranean aboard USS Noa with Sixth Fleet.
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Clarence E. Parker
C. A. Parker
E. State St
U. S. Air Force
Ubon Royal Thai Air Base
Thailand
Eighth Air Force
Westover Air Base
Mass
Southeast Asia
Athens High School
Kenneth E. Gorrell
Thomas W. Gorrell
Coolville
Route 1
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Mich
Strategic Air Command
William D. Whited
E. Columbus St
Nelsonville
Third Marine Division
Vietnam
Thomas R. Steuers
USN
Mary Virginia Bricker
Athens
Mediterranean
Noa
Sixth Fleet
Vocational Plan Aired At Athens Rotary Meeting
Wilbur Lewis former assistant superintendent of Athens schools and now on the Wilmington High School staff spoke at the Athens Rotary Club at the Ohio University Inn on vocational education He favored student driven programs and argued that transporting students to Nelsonville’s Tri County Joint Vocational School would be unnecessary and that the local comprehensive high school could provide adequate vocational training Visiting Rotarians and guests included John Dome Hugh Henry Al Rabbit and Russell Dixon
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Wilbur Lewis
Athens
Wilmington (Ohio
Ohio University Inn
Tri- County Joint Vocational School
Nelsonville
John Dome
Oxford
Hugh F. Henry
Green Castle
Ind
al Rabbit
Bound Brook
N. J
Russell Dixon
OU Faculty Workshop Draws 16 Colleges and Unions
Ohio University hosts a faculty development workshop in educational media with 16 colleges and universities represented. The Learning Resources Center and the U S Office of Education sponsor sessions on communication theory motion picture and television use and multimedia system administration.
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Ohio University
Learning Resources Center
U. S. Office of Education
Stanley A. Huffman Jr
Bernadine Allen
Charles Carlson
Emmett A. Conway
Institutute
Martha L. Gardin
Mary Ellen Gillespie
Ann Johnson
Alice S. Lockard
Freda Phillips
Mary Lou Watkins
Karl J. Weimer
Painter Pleads Innocent To Theft Of Fixtures
Painter Donald Jay Rixman, 20, of 7 Park Lane Estates, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to stealing about 5000 dollars worth of furnishings from Riverside Apartments on Route 56. He was bound to the grand jury on 10000 dollar bond. Deputies traced the theft to a truck haul away and resale in Cincinnati. Harold Starkey of Athens and an Akron man were listed as apartment developers.
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Donald Jay Rixman
Park Lane Estates
Baker Road
John Newcomb
Rixman
Riverside
Route
Harold Starkey
Athens
Akron
Two Injured On Route 33
A two car crash on Route 33 injured drivers Roman Phillips 81 of Jacksonville and Grace Ball 21 of Athens. Phillips headed south and turned in front of Ball’s northbound car two miles north of Route 13. Phillips had head and chest injuries. Ball chest injuries a cut to the right knee and a head bump. Both were treated at Mount St Mary Hospital. Phillips cited for failure to yield right of way.
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Roman Phillips
Jacksonville
Grace Ball
Athens
Highway Patrol
Phillips
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Sales Tax Drops Across Counties in July
July sales tax receipts statewide fell from 1966 levels with a total decline of 426727 to 20305868. Athens County declined 771 to 69757, Gallia down 2789 to 18332, Meigs down 1524 to 11730, Morgan down 990 to 7762 while Hocking rose 1094 to 18078 and Perry up 499 to 11433 Vinton up 566 to 8600. A special school board meeting Saturday night will hire an elementary supervisor per Supt. Robert Weinfurther.
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Athens County
Gallia County
Hocking County
Meigs County
Morgan County
Athens
Perry County
Vinton County
Robert Weinfurther
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Births Admits and Discharges
Birth: Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Hamilton of Athens Route 5 welcome a daughter. Admitted: Helen Ward James D. Patterson Star Mrs Myrtle Figley of Athens and Jesse Frum of Albany. Discharged: W. A. Throckmorton and Mary Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl R. Hamilton
Athens
Helen Ward
James D. Patterson
Myrtle Figley
Jesse Frum
Albany
County Court Defendants Pleads Innocent in Child Assault Case
John Allman of Hill Ave Albany pleads not guilty to assault and battery against a 10 year old boy. Bond set at 35 dollars. Case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allman
Hill Ave
Albany
DWI Count Filed Against Floyd C Vincent Pleads Guilty
Floyd C Vincent of White Hall pleaded guilty in County Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 100 dollars and costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and given a six month license suspension. He also paid 10 dollars and costs for running a traffic light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd C. Vincent
Whitehall
Vincent
County Court sentences Hartley for bad check offense
Kenneth Hartley of Athens Route 1 was sentenced to a week in jail for failure to pay on a bad check. He was fined and previously received a one year jail term in 1966 for the same charge and was ordered to pay $25 on the check. Divorce petitions list Byron W. Andrews versus Helen J Andrews for gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Kovian petitions dismissed as parties reconciled.
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Kenneth Hartley
Athens
Byron W. Andrews
Helen J. Andrews
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Clarion State College
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Purdue University
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
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