County Commissioners OK County Civil Defense Plan
Athens County commissioners approve a county wide civil defense organization with a board including the county, mayors and subdivision reps and authorize emergency contracts. They appoint Richard Guinther to the Metropolitan Housing Authority board and address a subdivision entrance dispute over an 18 inch culvert on Hickory Hills. A resolution to transfer title to two bridges ends a seven year dispute.
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Metropolitan Housing Authority
Civil Defense
G. Robert Mathews
Defense Council
Richard Guinther of
Glouster
MHA
Richard Hubbard
Nelsonville
Ray Cook
Gloria Snider
James Householder
Athens
Farlier
Hickory Hills
Tte
Francis Gura
City Planning Commission
Gura
Com
Gerald Hann
Hann
Long Run Road
Brown Names 12 To Ohio Election Boards
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown announced 12 new county election board members in Athens, presenting certificates and administering oaths. Recipients include Edward Robe and William Lavelle in Athens County, Fred Murray and Phil Henderson in Hocking, and others in Meigs Morgan Vinton Washington with Jackson’s Stanley Ervin added later. Brown, traveling office, aims to appoint 176 people to four year terms this year, stressing bipartisan teamwork and public trust in the election system.
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Ted W. Brown
Athens
Boards of Elections
Athens County
Edward
McArthur
Washington
Jane E. Ruff
Marietta
Mary
L. Burnworth
Stanley Ervin
Jackson County
Portsmouth
Brown
Ohio
Election Board
Science Fair Set Sunday At St. Pauls
St Pauls annual science fair runs Sunday from 2 to 4 p m in the school cafeteria. The public is welcome. Projects from first through third graders and fourth through sixth graders will be judged separately with four awards in each group. Ohio University science faculty will judge based on presentations and student interviews.
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St. Paul’s
Ohio Universitys
Scouts Learn Politics as Demonstration Disrupts Route
A group of six Cub Scouts in blue and gold uniforms met a student demonstration near the Athens County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon. After a moment, their den mother redirected them, and the boys moved away with cookies and cups intact. Separately, the Athens County Chapter of the Ohio Civil Service Employer Association announced a meeting for Monday at 7 p.m. at the recreation center in the Athens Mental Health Center.
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Antlanti
Ohio University
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
John Bolin
Atty
Paul Brown
Washington Street
Court Street
Civil Service
Ohio Civil Service Employer Association
Athens Mental Health Center
William Sycks
Students Debate At Athens NFL District Tourney
More than 300 Ohio high school students gathered in Athens for the National Forensic League district tournament hosted by Ohio University School of Interpersonal Communication now in its fifth year. Debaters from Cincinnati Columbus Dayton and Toledo compete for a chance at the NFL national contest in Washington DC in June. Events include oral interpretation oratory extemporaneous speaking and debate.
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Ohio
Athens
National Forensic League
Ohio University
School of Interpersonal Communication
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
NFL
Washington, D. C
Athens Firemen Respond To School Injury And Light Smoke
Athens city firemen handled two calls Thursday afternoon. At 12:20 p.m. emergency crews treated Mark Donohue, 9, of 73 S May Ave for a lacerated chin at East Elementary School and transported him to Sheltering Arms Hospital. At 5:04 p.m. firemen reported a smoking fluorescent light ballast at 40 S Court St with no damage.
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East Elementary School
Mark Donohoe
S. May Ave
Sheltering Arms Hospital
S. Court St
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Nelsonville, Ohio
Lettershop
Court
Raymond Beaty
Paul H. Boase
Athens City
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Earl F Mathews
Earl A Hooper
John J. Levelle
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