Indiana Firm Wins Flood Pact For Athens Hocking River
The Ralph Myers Contracting Corp of Salem Indiana won a 4 192 323 contract from the U S Corps of Engineers Huntington District for the Athens flood control project on the Hocking River The bid was the lowest of four and funding comes from federal money and assessments by the Hocking Conservancy District Work will relocate and widen the river along a 4 5 mile route from White s Mill to near the McBee plant and should start as early as mid March with a two year timeline the project aims for completion in spring or summer 1971 The Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation urged the start at the west end to reuse excavated dirt for a new hospital site which could save about 100 000 in fill dirt costs
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Ralph Myers Contracting Corp
Salem
Ind
Athens
Hocking River
U. S
Clarence Miller
Huntington
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Myers
Indiana
Miller
Hocking Conservancy District
White’s Mill
McBee
Peden Stadium
Athens Control
Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Auto Fire and Squad Calls Reported in City Incidents
Two calls Wednesday and one early Thursday drew city firemen to a wrecked car fire on South Y after an overturn. An emergency squad assisted a medical call at 408 Richland Ave. Ernest D. Creamer faces a Feb. 28 Municipal Court date for failure to stop in a two car crash at Lincoln Street and Barden Brothers Lumber Co. Broadway in Manhattan’s history is noted as the citys first public road before the Broad Highway designation in 1957.
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Richland Ave
Elmer Rodehaver
Robert Elliott
Perry St
Ernest D. Creamer
Stewart
Lincoln Street
Barden Brothers Lumber Co
Brent T. Baker
Elmwood, PT
Manhattan
Broadway
OU Graduate Named To Personnel Post
Warren T. Turnbull of Lancaster an Ohio University AB graduate and husband of former Athens resident Joe Lynn Buck has been named a personnel technician with the Ohio Department of State Personnel He attends Capital University’s Franklin Law School in Columbus and the couple has a two month old son.
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Ohio University
Athens
Ohio Department of State Personnel
Warren T. Turnbull
Lancaster
Capital University
Franklin Law School
Columbus
Joe Lynn Buck
Wilson Buck
W. Union St
Albany landowners awarded 17500 after jury trial
Four Albany landowners were awarded 17500 by a Common Pleas Court jury for 0.53 acre to be taken by the Ohio Department of Highways for the Appalachian Highway. The Throckmortons sought a higher sum after state offer of 15500. appraisals ranged from 13500 to 18975. The verdict reflected a majority of the panel with ten jurors signing.
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Albany
Common Pleas Court
Ohio Department of Highways
State
W. A
Ina B. Throckmorton
Throckmortons
State Street
W. A. Throckmorton
Herman
Clarence
Cecil
18 Year Old Admits He Took Purse
An 18 year old Nelsonville youth pleaded guilty in Athens Municipal Court to stealing a purse valued at 25 dollars from Linda S Hall and was fined 50 dollars with 35 dollars suspended for one year. He had earlier received 75 dollars and a nine day jail term in Delaware for gasoline and hose nozzle theft.
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Nelsonville
Ohio University
Delaware
Kenneth J. Smith
Walnut St
Athens
Linda S. Hall
Lakeview
Franklin Sheeter
Smith
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Hocking Valley Bank
Stimson Ave
S. Court St
F.D.J.C. Full Service Bank
Washington
Sears
Logan
Ernest E. Bastin
Memorial Auditorium
Bastin
Hummel-Corley
Gene P. Thrailkill
Harold Bean
Charles Richardson
Chauncey
Daniel Langley
Chris Wolfe Jr
Floyd Mathews
Guysville
Jerry Mayles
Jacksonville
Geraldine Ball
Amesville
Elton Coffman
Frank Darling
Florence Ogg
Glouster
Virginia White
Gordon Verity
Zoning Board Appeals
Thrift
Goodyear
Silhouette
Sears, Roebuck & Co
S. Spring ST
E. State ST
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