Voter Registration Slated For 5 Township Precincts
The county election board moved to extend registration to five townships outside Athens including The Plains 1 Baker Athens North and South. Registration begins Nov 7 after May elections and closes before the general election unless issues arise May 2 or at a special election. The board seeks funds from county commissioners for election night, office use, and precinct official compensation.
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County Election Board
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Plains 1
Baker
E. B. Young
Young
Ohio University
Election Board
Common Pleas Court
Ohio University Grants First Semester Sabbatical Leaves
Twenty eight tenured Ohio University professors began semester long sabbaticals the first such program at the university. Initiated by the Ohio Faculty Senate and approved by the board of trustees in October, the plan grants a sabbatical after each six year teaching cycle for scholarly work or advanced study. Some professors work away from Athens while others write at home or elsewhere as campus research and library funding expanded markedly alongside federal grants and salary increases.
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Ohio University
Ohio
Athens
Regents Release Details Ohio Construction Costs
A status report from the Ohio Board of Regents shows Ohio higher education building programs totaling about 400 million dollars through December 1966. It cites 320 million from 1963 and 1965 bond issues and 95 million in federal and local matching funds, including 26.6 million for Ohio University. Ongoing projects include a 6.5 million library and a 5 million science and engineering research building, plus a 2.5 million TV and radio building and a 2.8 million music building with spring groundbreaking plans.
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Ohio Board of Regents
Ohio
Institutions of Higher Learning
Ohio University
Ohio U
Masonic Inspection and Pins Mark Glouster Lodge Meeting
Glouster Lodge No 607 F and A M held a yearly inspection with Rev Harris inspecting. Ernest Parker received a 25 year pin and hoped to attend a 50 year pin with Dwight Hartley. Attendees included O H Ormiston Russell Bailey M M Sears and George Edwards. Moose Hall dinner followed with 148 men present and 20 lodges represented. Plans announced for Mt Olive Chesterhill inspection February 10. Hanlin Ave traffic change to one way. CYF and Friendship classes meet midweek at local churches.
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Glouster
Glouster Lodge
F&am
Rev
Harris
Dwight Hartley
Ernest Parker
Parker
Hartley
O. H. Ormiston
Bartlett
Russell L. Bailey
Mt. Olive Lodge
Chesterhill
Snow Fuels School Closures and Snowplow Rush
Athens area awoke to two and a half inches of snow with many schools canceled. Highway crews deployed seven plows and multiple graders and trucks, while state teams fielded fourteen plows. Roads were generally passable though Route 50W remained slick. temperatures rose from 12 to 30 as the Hocking River fell to 4.92 feet.
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C. L. Colmer
U.S
Athens
Trimble
Federal
Shade School
Harry Dust
Colmer
Hocking
Snow Delays Kennedy Lecture Arrival at Athens
Athens campus talk by Greek planner Constantinos Doxiadis was grounded in New York City because of heavy snow. Ohio University reported the speaker could not leave New York Tuesday morning. The Athletic Boosters will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Glouster High School. The Jacksonville Mothers Club meets Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Mrs. Phyllis Koons's home.
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Constantinos Doxiadis
Athens
New York City
Ohio University
New York
Glouster High School
Jacksonville Mothers Club
Phyllis Koons
Early Evening Blaze Destroys Albany Garage
A two car garage at the Sy Bowles residence on Albany Chase Road in Alexander Township burned early last night. Albany fire units with 12 men fought the blaze. some furniture inside was lost. No cars were in the garage. Betty Gillilan, 20, of Racine, an Ohio University employee, was treated for breathing difficulty with oxygen at the scene and en route to Sheltering Arms Hospital by the fire squad.
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Albany
Sy Bowles
Albany Chase Road
Alexander Township
Betty Gillilan
Racine
Ohio University
Haning Hall
Sheltering Arms Hospital
City Fire Department
Gloria Shea and the Trouble Analysis Center
Gloria Shea leads a Troubles Analysis Center in the General Telephone system. The article highlights dedicated staff and technical gear, including computerization, working to protect, find, and fix faults quickly for better service.
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Gloria
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F.D.S.C
Mail Toe Security Bank
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the Security Bank
Hanlin Ave
West Hill Drive
Shafer Street
Thomas Chesser
Cyf
Millfield Christian Church
Friendship Class
Chauncey Church of Christ
Trimble Church of Christ
Glouster Meetings
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Albany Garage
Atness
Misty Harbor Ltd
Ria
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