Athens County Children's Home plan revised to cut costs
Athens County officials and groups approved revisions to the state funded children's home project. Architect Doug Strang will remove an administrative building and reconfigure the three cottages to fit a $173 000 per unit target, aiming to trim at least 120 000 from total costs.
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Curt Heady
Athens County Children’s Home
Athens County
Jack White
John Law
Children's Services Board
Friends of Childrens Services
Children’s Home
Doug Strang
Strang
Strange
Athens Fire Crews Handle Six Calls In Two Days
Athens firemen answered five EMS calls Wednesday and a Thursday fire alarm. A train truck crash at the B and O crossing near the city sewer plant left Harlan F. Clark dead after transport to O Bleness Hospital. Others, including Roy Mullins and Derwood Cradlebaugh, were treated at O Bleness, and two Ohio University coeds received aid at Hudson Health Center. A trash container fire at Shirley Hall, East Green, was extinguished.
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Athens
Baltimore and Ohio
City Sanitry
E. State Street
Harlan F. Clark
Dayton
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
O’bleness
Roy Mullins
Second St
Derwood Cradlebaugh
Richland Ave
Ohio University
Kiwanis Dentists Demonstrate for Third Graders
Kiwanis sponsors a Dental Health Week with demonstrations by area dentists for Athens third graders. School nurses refer children needing care to the Kiwanis committee. Doctors Biggs Halterman West Wootton and Duckler assist as Crest supplies materials. About 375 children expected across St Pauls West East Morrison The Plains Chauncey and Putnam Schools.
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John White
William B. Biggs
James L. Halterman
Richard G. West
Michael D. Wootton
William R. Duckler
White
Crest
Athens
Feed Wheat Program Opens For Farmers March To April
Farmers with a feed grain base or wheat allotment may sign up March 1 through April 9 for potential benefits. Participants must set aside about 20 percent of feed grain base or 50 percent of wheat allotment and keep conserving use equal to the conserving base. Remaining acres may be planted to any crop except tobacco. Signups at the ASCS office 77 E State St. in Athens.
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Irvin Wolfe
Athens County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Services
ASCS
Wolfe
Two Cited In Separate Ohio Auto Crashes
Laurelville woman Linda R. McNabb aged 19 was cited for failure to yield after a curve collision with John W. Payne 27 on Town ship Road 145 four miles from State Route 180 in Hocking County. Gerald Mercer 25 was cited for following too closely after his car rear ended Charles Samuel Boring 18 on State Route 93 half a mile south of Hamden. No injuries were reported.
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Laurelville
McArthur
State Highway Patrol
Linda R. McNabb
John W. Payne
Hocking County
Gerald Mercer
Charles Samuel Boring
Hamden
OU Invites Experts On Strip Mining
Dr. Theodore Voneida of Case Western Reserve University will present a lecture and slide program on strip mining at 8 p.m. Friday in the Alumni Lounge of Baker Center. The talk, sponsored by the Athens Ecology Group, follows with an open discussion at 10 a.m. Saturday with Dr. Claude Colvin and Dr. Moid Ahmad in Baker Center Room 327.
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Theodore Voneida
Case-Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio University
Baker Center
Voneida
Athens Ecology Group
Claude Colvin
Belmont
Moid Ahmad
Athens
Marijuana charges dropped in Athens County court
Two men, Melvin Tucker and Fred Daubenspeck of Athens Apts., saw marijuana possession charges dismissed after Prosecuting Attorney Claire M. Ball Jr. moved. Judge John Bolin ruled the police search warrant invalid and suppressed all evidence.
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Athens County
Pigeons Tackle Dublin Phone Delays
A Dublin carpet factory manager advertised for carrier pigeons after a six month phone wait, seeking pigeons familiar with the area to help run his business. The Posts and Telegraphs department apologized and promised a phone within a month.
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Dublin
Department of Posts and Telegrams
Kiwanis To Serve Pancakes At Annual Event
Kiwanis to host Pancake Day at First United Methodist Church from 7 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. on Tuesday. Adults pay 125, children 75 cents. sausages and beverages included. Proceeds fund Kiwanis community projects including dental program, junior fair, Halloween parade, Easter Egg hunt, and swimming and baseball programs.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
First United Methodist Church
Kiwanians
Kiwanis
Dale Leach
Births At O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harner Jr. of Athens welcomed a son. Admitted: Rennie Scarmack and Heber Lessig of Athens, Samuel LaHugh of The Plains, Mrs. Jo seph V. Hawk of Stewart, Lennie Campbell of Jacksonville, and many listed patients and relatives including Mrs. Todd Hook and Mrs. Jerry Wolfe along with several others.
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Fred Harner Jr
Athens
Rennie Scarmack
Heber Lessig
Samuel LaHugh
the Plains
Joseph V. Hawk
Stewart
Lennie Campbell
Jacksonville
Todd Hook
Jerry Wolfe
Terrance Seaman
Robert L. Frank
Sen Hsiung Cheng
Robert Arnold Jr
Gilbert S. Keirns Sr
Everett McNally
Alfred Cline
James Tinkham
Orville E. Buck
Barbara Exline
Ruth Bobo
Bernice Hook
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Jon Shallop
Friends of Children’s Services
Fred Landis
Childrens Services Board
Rowena Sprout
Children’s Services
Joe Brugger
Messenger
St. Paul’s
West Elementary School
East, Mor
E. State St
Slipon
Oxfords
Discount Center
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Frigidaire Appliances
Columbus St
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