Athens Council approves 1972 budget and new wards
Athens City Council approved 1972 appropriations totaling 2 700 576 75 including general fund 886 875 38 police and fire funding and major capital items. The council also adopted new ward boundaries based on 1970 census with students at Ohio University placed in the same districts. Two federal funded police positions were approved under the Emergency Employment Act and will require civil service exams for future hires.
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Tom Price Messenger
Athens City Council
Council
Tad Grover
General Fund
Police Department
Fire Department
Mayor's
Auditor's
Solicitor’s
Edgar Tuckerman
Tuckerman
Finance Committee
Grover
Harry Crewson
Ohio University
U. S
Gerald Mollica
Messenger
FOP
Donald Barrett
Athens inaugurates new city officials at ceremony
Judge Franklin Sheeter administered oaths at City Hall for Athens officials headed to new terms. Mayor-elect Donald Barrett and Auditor-elect Ralph Nuzum led a slate of newcomers. several incumbents were sworn in for another term as outgoing Mayor Raymond Shepard ends his tenure. About 75 attended.
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Tuckerman
Robinson
Raymond Shepard
Messenger
Monty Calvert
Donald Barrett
Thomas Smith
Ralph Nuzum
Athens
City Hall
Franklin Sheeter
Barrett
Second Ward
Edgar Tuckerman
Mildred Woodburn
Nuzum
Robert J. L. Lee
Lee
City County Plan Mulch From Christmas Trees
Athens County Engineer Gerald Hann proposed using the county brush chipper to convert city Christmas trees into mulch at the county fairgrounds. The mulch would be offered to residents, saving city workers time. A meeting with city and county officials will be arranged to organize the project.
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Athens County
Gerald Hann
Athens City Council
Robinson
Hann
Phillip Goldsberry
County Fair Board
Howard Stout
Stimson
Fruit Farm Program Offers 10 Acre Picked Orchards
Oklahoma to create 300 ten acre fruit farms for unemployed families with minimum income of seven thousand dollars yearly. Participants must clear land of black jack and scrub oak and perform hard manual labor. If successful, thousands more families may receive the same deal within five years, per Gov. David Hall.
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Oklahoma City
State of
Oklahoma
State Office of Economic Opportunity
David Hall
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Nelsonville
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LLE Hardware and Farm Supply
Stimson Ave
Bankamericard
L.E. Yoho Construction CO
Wey
Dwight H.rutherford, Inc
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