Alexander High Opening Delayed to Sept 6
The new Alexander High School is postponed to September 6 to finish minor construction details. It will serve grades 9–12 and was originally set to open September 1. The district noted nearby elementary schools will start September 1 as scheduled.
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Alexander High School
Mark Lohr
Alexander
Albany
Shade
Waterloo
Columbia
Sheaf Construction Co
Federal Hocking
Trimble
York
NEW Alexander High School
Athens County
Messenger
Route 56 Hearing Set for Sept 21 in City Chambers
State officials announce a September 21 hearing in city council chambers to discuss relocation, abandonment, and vacating of a section of Route 56 at Route 691. John Dowler, deputy state highway director, delivered the notice to county commissioners. The board also discussed a township road driveway with Trimble Two trustees and noted a complaint about water runoff from a spouting at the old county garage behind the courthouse, which will be repaired. Commissioners John Law and James Edwards also reported attendance at a regional meeting where opposition was voiced to dissolving offices in Ohio’s smaller counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dowler
Division 10
Trimble
John Newcomb
James Edwards
Ohio
Pony owner fined for allowing pony to run at large
Virginia West of 44 Currier Dr pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to permitting a pony to run at large in her neighborhood. She was fined five dollars plus costs in the case handled by police.
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Virginia West
Currier Dr
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Summary
Mrs Maxine Mixon, 40, of 10244 East State Street, ill, was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital at 3 51 a m Monday after the city fire department emergency squad transported her. The report lists multiple admissions and discharges from Sheltering Arms Hospital including families from Athens, Guysville, The Plains, Albany and surrounding areas.
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Maxine Mixon
E. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
City Fire Department
Three Fires Extinguished On Weekend Report
City firemen battled three incidents over the weekend. A shed near Richard Kern’s home at 9 Spring St was slightly damaged by a fire of undetermined origin at 7:27 p.m. Sunday. A grass fire started by a cigarette burned a small area at 1:39 p.m. Saturday near the east corporation line. A backfire through a car carburetor caused minor damage to a car owned by Millard Walls on Mill St at 9:39 p.m. Saturday.
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Spring St
Richard Kern
East
Mill St
Millard Walls
Armstrong Rd
October Term Jury List To Be Drawn
The jury commission will draw the October term jury list on the morning of September 14. The first 35 names form the grand jury, and the next 80 names form the petit jury. The grand jury is scheduled to meet on October 3.
Court Cases In County Court Resolve Disturbing The Peace
Sam Showalter of Athens Route 3 found guilty of disturbing the peace in a case filed by Elsie Vamos of Athens Route 3 with $10 and costs. Gary Nelson, 18, of Albany Route 2 forfeited a $20 bond on a hunting without license charge filed by the state game warden.
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Sam Showalter
Athens
Elsie Vamos
Gary Nelson
Albany
Motorcycle Forces Car From Highway In Rural Crash
A car driven by Larry Edward Gibson, 18, of 18 Hocking Street, was pushed off Rock Riffle Road Saturday night by a motorcycle that fled the scene. The impact damaged two posts and a woven wire fence on Dr. R. R. Gilson’s property on Athens Route 4.
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Larry Edward Gibson
Hocking St
Rock Riffle
Sheriff's Department
R. R. Gilson
Athens
Driver Fined and Jailed After Patrol Arrest
John Harris Porter, 46, Athens Route 3, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, was fined 150 dollars plus costs and sentenced to three days in jail. Roy Upson Lee, 63, 79 Stimson Ave, pleaded innocent to a patrol DWI charge and was placed under a 300 dollar bond with the case continued. Charles Bolin reported two boys shot out a window with a BB gun on Ervin Road.
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John Harris Porter
Athens
Roy Upson Lee
Stimson Ave
Juvenile Court Records Noted On Area Docket
Area Juvenile Court records list multiple youths from 14 to 17 cited for traffic violations. Offenses include unsafe driving, speeding, left of center, failure to stop, and no operator's license with fines, costs, and varying driver license suspensions.
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Linda Kay Jewell
James Jewell
Albany
Roy Wayne Johnson
Carl Johnson
Nelsonville
Darrell Eugene Ball
Eloise Ball
Amesville
Gary Lee Dotson
Warren Dotson
N. Shafer St
Terry Lee Peach
Leonard Peach
Glouster
Richard Allen Casteel
Clarence Casteel
the Plains
Steven Paul Patton
Lloyd Patton
Charles St
Candy Jones
Roger Jones, Jr
Woodside Dr
Athens
Delbert W. Lawson
Portland
Robert William Trout
Lorain
Robert D. Dalton
Guysville
James Donald McGartney
Haydenville
Helen A. McDonough
Parkersburg
Thomas Edward Winner
Frank Joseph West
Cincinnati
Larry Duane Arnold
Belore
Robert L. Hawk
Union St
James Brantley Williams
Greensboro
N.C
Winnifred Jane Franklin
Marion
Mercury Reaches 91 in Athens Sunday
The day saw a high of 91 in Athens Sunday, two degrees above Saturday. An overnight low was 64, with temperatures rising to 80 by 9 am Monday.
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Mercury
Athens
Athens Man Joins Wesleyan ROTC Staff as Assistant Professor
Captain Charles A. Snyder, an Athens High School and Ohio University graduate, is assigned to Ohio Wesleyan University as an assistant professor of aerospace studies in the Air Force ROTC program. He earned a BFA and commission at OU in 1956 and recently completed the Air University instructor course at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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Charles A. Snyder
Athens High School
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
Captain Snyder
Air University
Maxwell Afb
Aza
Marion L. Snyder
Columbia Ave
Jeanne Mullins
John Mullins
Chauncey
Passengers Injured In Auto Crashes South of Jacksonville
Two people were injured in separate Sunday crashes on Route 13. Florence Judson suffered a left foot injury and Dwight Heinz had a forehead bump. no citations were issued to the drivers. State Police seek the driver of a green 1962 or 1963 station wagon involved in a Chauncey hit‑and‑run.
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Jacksonville
State Highway Patrol
Florence A. Judson
John W. Judson
Nelsonville
Dwight D. Heinz
Meredith D. Heinz
Chesapeake
Chauncey
Ernest T. Porter
Athens
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Raymond Brooks
New High School
Albany, Shade
John Law
Smith
W. Union St
Shelttering Arms
Joe White
New Marshfield
Harvey Putnam
George P. Hamilton
Lancaster
Connie Stone
Floyd Carter
Jack Coen
Clarence Bricker
William Stiers
F. P. Dinsmoor
Stephen Granger
Barbara Lohr
Marwin Drake
Racine
Charles Cremeans
Milton Strausbaugh and Son
Millfield
Martha Woodburn
Justin Mosier
Virgil Thompson
the "Lains
Bovie Morgan
William J. Phillips
Herbert Gilkey
Arthur J. Davis
County Court
Charles Bolin
Ervin Rd
Sheriff's Deputies
Joe Borden
Bernita Marie Barnhart
Frederick A. Shinners
Betty M. Rose
Thomas W. Rose
Leroy Bennett
Lois Jean Bennett
Wesleyan
Jewel Calon Paints
Rapp
Wallpaper & Paint Store
Palmer ST
Logan's
Athens County Fair Grounds
West Union Street
East Gate
East Side School
Morrison School
West Side School
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