Snowbound Athens County Braces for Day After Record Snowfall
Snow continued to fall as Athens County and surrounding areas faced travel disruptions. Road crews logged hundreds of manhours spreading salt and clearing routes, while schools remained closed and police reported traffic jams and stalled vehicles. Local offices stayed shuttered and residents adjusted to extreme cold and drifting snow.
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Athens County
Ohio University
Athens
State
Gerald Hann
Hann
Athens Service
Dwight Robinson
Kate Walburn
Wonder Hills
National Forecast Details Snow Flurries and Cold Temps
The national forecast calls for snow and scattered flurries Tuesday with cold conditions across the northern half. Yesterday’s high 29 and low 6. month total 1.62 inches, year to date 4.17 inches. Humidity, precipitation, and barometric pressure readings are noted, with sun set at 5 59 p m and sunrise at 7 27 a m.
Tribe Quits Alexander Local School Board
Ivan Tribe resigned from the Alexander Local School Board citing graduate study at the University of Toledo. The board must wait 10 days and act within 31 days to appoint a replacement, with William Kane named as a possible candidate. The district also appointed Raymond Brooks as administrative assistant to Supt. Marc Lohr, who is restricted for medical reasons.
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Curt Heady
Albany
Ivan Tribe
Alexander Local
Tribe
University of Toledo
Melvin Stedman
William Kane
Ohio University Security
Dan Stright
Raymond Brooks
Marc Lohr
Lohr
Brooks
Bicycle Routes Proposed to Ease City Traffic
Athens plans a network of bicycle paths around Ohio University to keep bikes and cars apart. Alan Geiger leads a cyclists group set to meet March 1 to propose routes along streets and the river. Officials Robison and Hann will place route signs and study bike racks and rentals in Baker Center.
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Athens
Court Street
Ohio University
Alan Geiger
City Service Safety
Dwight Robinson
Gerald Hann
Baker Center
Cartoonist Discusses Work For Newspaper
Gene Craig, a leading editorial political cartoonist for the Columbus Dispatch since 1955, spoke at the Athens Rotary Club at The Ohio University Inn. He described drawing methods using letters like B for Lyndon Johnson’s glasses and joked about cottage cheese while defending his subject choices and noting the male-dominated world.
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Greg Smith
Ed Muskie
Gene Craig
Athens Rotary Club
Ohio University Inn
Craig
Lyndon Johnson
U. S
Columbus Dispatch
Dispatch
Probation Ordered For Former Ohio University Student
Edward Renshaw a 22 year old former Ohio University student was placed on three years probation by Athens County Common Pleas Court for attempted misuse of a BankAmericard The three defendants were arrested in late 1969 and indicted in January 1970 with Renshaw also facing forgery charges The forgery count was dismissed and Jones and Davis cases await trial Irwin Jones set for Feb 16 and William Davis case pending Special prosecutor Roger Jones assists Prosecutor Claire Ball Jr. in bringing the cases to trial
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Ohio University
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Athens
Bankamericard
Renshaw
Jones
Davis
Roger Jones
Irwin Jones
Claire Ball Jr
Girls Now Enrolling in Boy Scouts In Athens
Athens Kiwanis heard district scout commissioner Keith Butt say girls have joined Boy Scouts for ten years using initials to avoid notice. He noted the Explorer program now allows official female participation, while 13 of 26 automotive technology club members are girls.
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Boy Scouts
Keith Butt
Athens Kiwanis
Buckeye
Butt
Automotive Technology Post
Page Chevrolet
Athens County Bar Association
Premier Photo earnings corrected for 1970 shares
Premier Photo Service Inc corrected its 1970 earnings to 91 cents a share, up 15 cents or 19.7 percent from 1969. The prior report had stated 19 cents per share. The adjustment reflects an accurate comparison to last year’s results.
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Coolville
Premier Photo Service, Inc
Birth Announcement at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Sen Hsiung Athens welcome a daughter. Listed birth notices include June D Minton Susan Nouse Sage Reilly Stephanie Bailey and others from Athens and surrounding areas. Dismissals and an Elks Hall Sweetheart Dance details follow with Ray Stipes and The Lively Ones providing music and a $2 admission.
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Athens
June D. Minton
Susan Nouse
Sage Reilly
Stephanie Bailey
George Gilkey
Clarence Lesler
Garth Beal
Flossie Carsey
Dorothy Risley
Carolyn Lilley
Guy Wingett
Albany
William Thomas
Robert Arnold Jr
Glouster
Jerry Wolfe
Murray City
Flora McGlaughlin
Zaleski
The
Athens Elks
Elks Hall
Ray Stipes
New Math Pioneer to Speak at Ohio University Lecture
Dr Saunders MacLane a pioneer of the new math will lecture at Memorial Auditorium 8 15 p m Thursday as Kennedy Lecturer with audience questions to follow Dr MacLane co authored Survey of Modern Algebra with Garrett Birkhoff and is Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago He holds honorary degrees from Harvard Purdue and Yale and earned his PhD at Gottingen Born in Norwich Conn he studied at Yale and the University of Chicago The Kennedy Lecture Series funds by Ohio University alumni is open to students faculty and the public without charge.
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Memorial Auditorium
Saunders MacLane
Max Mason
University of Chicago
MacLane
Garrett Birkhoff
Robert Hessel
Ohio University
Department of Mathematics
Helse
Dr. MacLane
National Academy of Science
Harvard
Purdue
Yale
University of Gottingen
Germany
Norwich
Conn
Edwin L. Kennedy
11 Crashes Reported By Patrol
The Athens post of the State Highway Patrol investigated 11 auto accidents Monday with minor injuries. Delbert W. Peyton and Charles Gilkey were injured when Peyton’s car slid on ice and hit a utility pole. Christina Manos was slightly injured in a collision on U S Route 33. No citations were issued and no additional accidents were reported by 9 30 a m.
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Joneswood Drive
Messenger
Luhrig
Athens
Morgan
Perry
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Gallia
Ohio
Mason
W. Va
Hocking County
State Highway Department
Logan
Highway Department
Paul Hartman
John Campbell
Paul Thrush
Main Street
Meigs County
The
Athens Post
State Highway Patrol
Delbert W. Peyton
the Plains
Charles Gilkey
Peyton
Gilkey
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Christina Manos
Chauncey
Patrick Michael McLaughlin
McLaughlin
James P. Rock
Columbus
Rock
Manos
Barbara Sams appointed to Lawhead Columbus sales office
Barbara Ann Sams, wife of Rev T Ronald Sams, named sales representative at Lawhead Press Columbus office. She brings experience from a midwest credit firm and will train in printing sales under Glen E Downey. Gene Scott also joins the Columbus team. Lawhead employs 85 at Athens plant and expands facilities since 1957.
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John D. Good
Lawhead Press, Inc
E. State St
Barbara Ann Sams
Central Ohio
Columbus
Downey
Gene Scott
Athens
Lawhead
Law
Shade Honors Pupils In Sixth and Eighth Grades
Shade Elementary announces its top students with honor roll and honorable mention. In sixth grade the honor roll includes Mark Douglas Kathy Dillinger Randy Allen Tami Scott Vernon Bobo Linda Gross Lynn Hart and Jeanne Be7s. Honorable mention list includes Debbie Keirns and John Theiss. In eighth grade honor roll named Debbie Green Mike King and Lynette Dougan.
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SHADE
Shade Elementary School
Mark Douglas
Kathy Dillinger
Randy Allen
Tami Scott
Vernon Bobo
Linda Gross
Lynn Hart
Jeanne Be
Debbie Keirns
John Theiss
Debbie Green
Mike King
Lynette Dougan
Athens County Humane Society Sets May Meeting
The Athens County Humane Society will hold its regular monthly session Thursday at 7 30 p m in the meeting room at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company office on May Avenue. Members and prospective members from Nelsonville Glouster Chauncey Buchtel Coolville and other county areas are invited.
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Athens County Humane Society
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
May Avenue
Nelsonville
Glouster
Chauncey, Buchtel
Coolville
County
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