District to Receive 372000 FHA Loan
Margaret Creek Conservancy District to meet with Milton Roush of the Farmers Home Administration to arrange closing on a 372000 loan for Site 2. Funds will back raw water and recreation programs, with final closing date set after FHA checks and conditions. Site 2 includes flood protection and a 1969 dam, 702 acres for sports and leisure north of Albany.
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Margaret Creek Conservancy District
Milton Roush
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHA
J. Floyd Williams
Roush
Albany Area
Conservancy District
Albany
Blood Drive Blood Donation Forms Available At OU Center
Parental consent forms for students under 21 wishing to donate blood at the Red Cross are at Ohio University's Baker Center Information Desk. Dr. Dale Nitzschke says donors must sign and return forms. The next drive is Jan 6–7 at Church of the Good Shepherd. quotas drop to 125 pints daily or 250 for two days.
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Red Cross
Ohio University
Baker Center
Dale Nitzschke
Church of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Dam contract awarded for Margaret Creek Site 2 to Morey Construction
The Margaret Creek Site 2 dam contract was awarded to Morey Construction Co of Parkersburg for 391,718, below the engineer’s estimate of 361,163. Seven firms bid on December 3. work can start around January 1 if weather allows, with a 260 day time limit. Other bids ranged up to 527,203 from multiple firms.
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Margaret Creek
Site 2
Morey Construction Co
Parkersburg
Morey
J. Floyd Williams
Conservancy District
Albany
V and Y Construction Co
Circleville
Lox Construction Co
Wooster
Harley Calvin Co
Marietta
McGovney and McKee Co
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Concrete Contruction Co
Wheelersburg
Joe Skinner
Belmont
Driver Crawls For Aid After Car's Plunge
Michael J. Foy, 20, of Hastings Road, lost power steering when his car stalled on Hastings Road. The vehicle went out of control and dropped 30 feet over a steep embankment. Foy crawled from the wreck to seek help after being stunned and unseen by passing motorists.
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Hastings Road
Sheriff's Department
Michael J. Foy
Foy
Guysville Man Sues County Over Auto Accident
Athens County resident James Delmar Niggemeyer of Guysville Route 1 sues in Common Pleas Court seeking 750 dollars claiming county workers caused mud on County Road 42 leading to his Sept. 9 auto collision. County commissioners say law bars payment without court action.
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Athens County
Guysville Area
Common Pleas
James Delmar Niggemeyer
Guysville
Niggemeyer
Two Women Injured In Head On Collision
Two Athens County women were hospitalized after a head on collision on Hoop er Ridge Road in Morgan County. Mrs Shirley Dearth Jr 34 Amesville Route 1 and Mrs Linda Ewing 20 Glouster were injured when the Dearth car moved left of center and struck the Ewing car. Forrest Dearth Jr 37 was cited for left of center. Elmer Ewing 22 Glouster was not injured.
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Athens County
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Hooper Ridge Road
Morgan
Shirley Dearth Jr
Amesville
Linda Ewing
Glouster
Dearth
Ewing
Forrest Dearth Jr
Elmer Ewing
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Names Local Residents
Sheltering Arms Hospital notes include William Hommel Lonn Graham Mrs Errol Coen Athens W A Throckmorton Albany Joe Lindsey Albany Route 2 Dean Easler Glouster Route 1 Mrs Philip Lavelle Guysville Route 1 Willie Morrison Stewart Route 2 Fredia Cooksey Ira Gilkey Ethel Woolf Mrs Samuel Lones and daughter listed among patients or associated persons.
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William Hommel
Lonn Graham
Errol Coen
Athens
W. A. Throckmorton
Albany
Joe Lindsey
Dean Easler
Glouster
Philip Lavelle
Guysville
Willie Morrison
Stewart
Fredia Cooksey
Ira Gilkey
Ethel Woolf
Samuel Lones
Athens Tops Area In Deer Season Totals
Athens County led the district in deer killed during gun season with 86. Washington followed with 78 and Meigs with 50 as district officers reported. Alan Talbott and Victor Goedicke noted conditions were poor but Athens exceeded last year’s 79.
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Athens
Athens County
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Washington
Meigs
Gallia
Morgan
Hocking
Perry
Vinton
Alan Talbott
Public Fails To Show Up For City Public Hearing
The Athens City Planning Commission drew an audience of four for a public hearing on revised zoning rules. No one attended City Council’s Nov 18 public hearing on the 1969 city budget.
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Athens City Planning Commission
City Hall
City Council
Messenger
Planning Commission
Ronald Martinides
Candeub, Feissig and Associates
Jury awards $1,000 to Hocking Valley Homes
Nine jurors awarded Hocking Valley Homes of Trimble $1,000 against Robert and Barbara Alderman of Chauncey in a suit over an unpaid contract for work on the Alderman home and garage at 42 Ellis Ave Chauncey. The Aldermans seek $7,500 in damages and dismissal of the suit.
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Hocking Valley
Ellis Ave
Chauncey
Hocking Valley Homes
Helen Russell
Athens
Floyd Martin
Edgar Schaffer
Jacksonville
Jane Anne van Fossen
Glouster
Harold Sycks
Elden Grinstead
Homer Brown
Beulah Bumgardner
Dana Collins
Henry Brown
Betty Thackery
F. D. Moore
Mrs. Rapp Resigns From Athens County Board
Mrs. Lowell Rapp of 444 Richland Ave resigns from the Athens County Board of Mental Retardation effective Jan 1. Judge Harold Rose appoints Mrs Roy E Hawk to fill the seat. Rapp, who joined the board in October 1967, was honored with a silver necklace at the board meeting.
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Lowell Rapp
Richland Ave
Athens County Board of Mental Retardation
Harold Rose
Roy E. Hawk
Athens
Professor's Brother Named To Board
Dr. Frank R. Cosiano, Findlay physician, named to advisory board of Equity Capital Corp Columbus. Brother of Ohio University education professor Dr. Pat Cosiano. Fire crew found smoke odor at 307 W Union St at 3 59 a m Tuesday. no fire or damage found at Frank Grim residence.
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Findlay
Frank R. Cosiano
Equity Capital Corp. of Columbus
Pat Cosiano
Ohio University
Cleveland
Athens City
Union St
Frank Grim
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Common Pleas Court
John Bolin
Paul Ploutz
Perry Munn
Walkins
Walter J. Fahey
Reno
New
Shirley Nichols
Thomas ©. Jividen
Maureen McDowell
Eric Watson Stephens
Janice Louise Rogers
Coalville
Deals Hardware Sa
Renee
State Highway Patrol
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Victor Goedicke
Patricia Goedicke
New York City
Federal Deposit Federal Reserve Insurance Corp. System
Nelsonville, Ohio
Commission
Fair Oaks
Ploutz
Coolville
Coolville Lodge
F&am
Milford Griffin
EATON
Follett Store
Logan's
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