Bids Taken for Demolition of Five E State St Barracks
Ohio University accepts bids by Feb 25 for removing five of the E State Street barracks west of the county garage. Remaining nine barracks to be razed next summer as 57 families still reside there. Some land may be traded to Athens County commissioners for a 30 foot by varied depth strip behind the county garage.
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E. State St
Ohio University
E. State Street
Tony Reis
University
Ohio U
Reis
Athens County
Sells Park Planning Topic For City Meet
Athens recreation commission will meet with city officials to discuss Sells Park development. City workers cleared underbrush and burned brush by the lake. planned restroom facilities will be built on old foundations with connected water and sewer lines. Shelter house work and talks with the federal forest ranger are planned. $3,000 was allocated in 1967. the city leases the park from the federal government.
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Athens Recreation Commission
City
Sells Park
Dwight Robinson
Athens
Agenda Set For School Board Meet
The Athens school board agenda for Monday includes a job description for three positions the district curriculum director high school principal and assistant superintendent. Also on the agenda are a teacher contract policy a dress standard for physical education and a study of the fair labor standards act minimum wage implications. In a recent session the board accepted the resignation of Okon Wodiong and approved Sandra Mysess as junior high teacher replacement.
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Athens School Board
Okon Wodiong
Sandra Mysess
Rapid Rodeo in Speedy Conclusion
An impromptu rodeo on Route 50K near Spanish Maine drew a patrol response as two ponies wandered a highway. Patrolman Robert Speedy led a four minute round up and set a rodeo record for speed.
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Route 50K
Maine
Robert Speedy
Dr Elizabeth B Stanton Named To AAUW Awards Committee
Dr Elizabeth B Stanton president of the Athens branch AAUW has been chosen as one of eight members of the AAUW American Fellowship Awards Committee. She will depart for Washington DC to join seven other committee members in selecting 50 women from 3538 applicants for awards to be made March 1. The program funds post doctoral education for women nationwide.
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Elizabeth B. Stanton
Athens
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Stanton
Ohio University Extensions
Washington, D. C
United States
City School District Sponsors Sunday Film
The city school district sponsors a public showing of the movie Make a Mighty Reach Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Athens High School auditorium. Supt. Fred Chase says the film highlights national programs to modernize school curricula and will interest citizens questioning the district's future program development.
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Athens High School
Fred Chase
Strike Threat at Ohio University Is Postponed Again
Local 37 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees postpones its planned strike at Ohio University until March 4. The hold is to wait for the Inter University Council’s Feb 24 meeting. Union seeks payroll deductions for dues and cites other agencies with similar practices.
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Ohio University
American Federation of State
Aflcio
Grange Hall
Inter-University Council
Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Vernon R. Alden
Alden
Sertoma Club Begins Week for Freedom
The Sertoma Club of Athens starts Freedom Week by distributing 780 copies of the Declaration of Independence to eighth grade students in Athens County. Mayor Raymond Shepard issued the proclamation, with T. Fannin as program chair and Ed Settle as club president guiding the effort.
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Sertoma Club of
Athens
Athens County
Sertoma
Raymond Shepard
United States
Mexico
Canada
Rk. T. Fannin
Freedom Program
Ed_ Settle
assault and battery charge in bridge incident involving Vick
Joseph Vick of Athens pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to assault and battery filed by Richard Rypma. He allegedly grabbed Rypma's son Craig, held him over the South Bridge, and threatened to drop him into the Hocking River. Vick, an Ohio University student, was held on a $32 bond and the case continued.
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Joseph Vick
Athens
Richard B. Rypma
Richland Ave
Rypma
Craig
South Bridge
Hocking River
Vick
Ohio University
African Culture Emphasized in Baker Center Arts Program
Ohio University announces the 1967 Center on the Arts schedule focusing on African nations. The lineup features lectures by Alan Booth and Evan Schneider, films on Nigeria and Congo, an African music talk by Alan Merriam, and events at Baker Center Ballroom and Seigfred Auditorium including exhibitions, a dancing demo, and an African buffet through March 15.
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Ohio University
Baker Center
Center On the
Basutoland
Alan Booth
Baker Center Ballroom
Royal Palace of the Babanki
Gilbert Schneider
Nigeria
West Cameroons
Evan Schneider
Logan’s
Leonard Ostlund
Woub Radio
Memorial Auditorium
Seigfred Gallery
Rev Dutiel Assigned To Church Post In Athens Outreach
The Rev Wesley Dutiel now leads Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Athens after moving from Lima. He holds a Cedarville College bachelor’s degree and did graduate work at Wooster College Oklahoma and Midwestern Theological Seminary. The congregation plans a new church on Radford Road. Mrs Dutiel is former Onda May of Wellston. They reside in Albany with three children, including daughter Pam who will enter Ohio University this fall.
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Wesley Dutiel
Athens
Rolling Hills Baptist Church
Cedarville College
Wooster College
University of Oklahoma
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, MO
Missouri
Alaska
Rolling Hills
Radford Road
Lima
Albany
Dutiel
Onda Marie May
Wellston
Pam
Ohio University
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list Rex Clark and Leslie Mansfield of Athens Rodney Cremeans of Coolville Gary Dun can of Glouster Franklin Gates of Athens Route 3 James M Walter Mrs William Hoffman and son Coy Mc Kibben.
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Rex Clark
Leslie Mansfield
Athens
Rodney Cremeans
Coolville
Gary Duncan
Glouster
Franklin Gates
James M. Walter
William Hoffman and Son
Coy McKibben
Infant Cremeans Admitted After Fire Department Called
Rodney Cremeans Jr., two months old and son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Cremeans Sr of 142 N Lancaster St, was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital Thursday afternoon after the fire department emergency squad was called at 431 PM for a possible pneumonia case.
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Rodney Cremeans Jr
Rodney Cremeans Sr
N. Lancaster Sr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fire Department
Rev. Wilcox Assigned to Mount Blanchard Church
Rev. R. Edsel Wilcox, pastor of Central Methodist in Athens, is assigned to Mount Blanchard Methodist Church near Findlay effective March 1. He succeeds Rev. John L. Markley. Wilcox, a Muskingum County native, educated at Shawnee, Marietta College, Garrett Theological School, and Ohio University, has a wartime VFW and Legion service record and a family including wife Mary Kay and son William E. He joined ministry in 1959 and served Rockland Belpre before Athens appointment.
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Athens
R. Edsel Wilcox
Central Methodist Church
Mount Blanchard Methodist Church
Findlay
Chillicothe
Toledo
F. Gerald Ensley
Ohio West Area
Methodist Church
Wilcox
John L. Markley
Muskingum County
Shawnee High School
Marietta College
Methodist Theological School
Garrett Seminar
Evanston
Ohio University
Rockland Methodist Church
Belpre
Mary Kay
William E
Ohio Northern University
Scottish Rite
OU's Community Role Emphasized
Ohio University vice president for area development Martin Hecht told the Athens Jaycees the university's growth drives community progress. He cited a $175000 Corps of Engineers flood control grant, a $50 million residence hall project for 6700 students, plans for medical and nursing training, airport relocation, two new parking structures, and enrollment to 25000 by 1975, urging public transit as a solution to parking.
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Louis Filardo
Ohio University
Athens Area
Martin Hecht
University
Athens Jaycees
Hecht
Corps of Engineers
Athens
Science Complex
East Green
Architect To Speak At OU February Lecture
Charles P. Graves dean of the University of Kentucky School of Architecture will discuss The New Era in Architecture at 1 p.m. Thursday in Seigfred Auditorium. The talk is part of the 1966 67 Visiting Lecture Series at Ohio University. Graves has practiced since 1958 in Lexington and has worked with Ledbetter and Earle Architects and George C. Means in South Carolina and the National Park Service. He chairs several committees and directs research on new towns in Appalachia.
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Charles P. Graves
University of Kentucky School of Architecture
Seigfred
Ohio University School of Architecture
Graves
Lexington
Ledbetter and Earle Architects
George C. Means
South Carolina
National Park Service
American Institute of Architects
Appalachia
National Trust For Historic Preservation
University of Kentucky
Inch Snowfall Hits Athens Overnight WeatherUpdate
An inch of snow fell in Athens overnight per U.S. weather observer C. L. Colmer. The low was 25 degrees, after a Thursday high of 35. At 11:30 a.m. today the temperature stood at 30.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Colmer
Col Grones Returns From Vietnam Tour in Athens Weekend Visit
Col Don S Grones recently returned from a year in Vietnam where he served with an Army Concept Team researching weapon and equipment use in jungle warfare He is visiting his mother Mrs Alberta C Grones in Athens before reporting to Ft Monroe Va for a new assignment He plans to join his wife Evelyn and daughters Linda Elizabeth and Katherine in Virginia Beach Also reported a 1967 GMC truck owned by Gaylord Storer was stolen from a company parking lot in Stewart Route 1
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Don S. Grones
Vietnam
Athens
Alberta C. Grones
Elmwood PI
Athens High School
Ohio University
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Evelyn
Linda
Elizabeth
Katherine
Virginia Beach
Gaylord Storer
Stewart
Sheriff's Deputies
Water system extension meeting set for Sunday in Canaanville
Residents of South Canaan Road and Canaanville will meet at the Canaan Grange Hall at 1 30 p m to discuss extending the Tuppers Plains and Chester water system to their district. The meeting follows local planning and community input on the project. The article also reports a theft charge against Jack Haddox being dropped by Municipal Court.
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South Canaan Road
Canaanville
Tuppers Plains
Chester
Canaan Grange Hall
Municipal Court
Jack Haddox
Lakeview Manor
Union Shops Claim Haircut Price Hike Not Planned
Foster Coe of Local Barbers Union 478 says the Athens union shops have not discussed raising haircut prices. The Messenger report misidentified Varsity Shop. Campus Shop raised prices to $2, while nine of thirteen shops remain in the union and Wednesday hours split occurred last year.
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Athens
Foster Coe
Barbers Union 478
Messenger
Coe
Varsity
Campus
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