Suits Filed Against City To Protest Sewer Assessments
Citizens of Sanitary Sewer District 1 in Athens move to court to halt assessments. Two suits target the city of Athens and county officials over notices and fairness of the levy, seeking to block charges totaling 1467.75 for Steppe Dilley and 1242.94 for Sands. The protests follow a 1956 levy plan and a 1959 equalization board outcome.
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Athens
Claude L
Blanche E. Steppe
Columbia Rd
Frank B. Dilley
Fred H
Constance A. Sands
Cable Lane
T. O. Kincade
Athens County
James W. Whaley
Sion
Steppe
Dilley
Sands
Equalization Board
Safe Theft Is Denied Hearing Set
Harry J. Steele, 32, Athens Route 1, arraigned in Municipal Court on grand larceny charges for the February 13 theft of $215 from the Buckeye Cafeteria safe where he works. bail set at 250 dollars. he pleads innocent. Herbert Paul, 19, Guysville, fined 50 dollars and costs for intoxication. probation six months. William B. Doerr, Columbus OH University freshman, forfeits 21 dollar bond for failure to appear on a traffic charge.
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Harry J. Steele
Athens Route 1
Buckeye
Steele
Herbert Paul
Guysville
William B. Doerr
Columbus
Ohio University
Sunday Rites Set ALOU For Dohnanyi
Ohio University School of Music faculty plan a memorial service for Dr. Ernst von Dohnanyi at 4 p.m. in Galbreath Memorial Chapel. Dohnanyi died Feb 9 in New York after long ties with Ohio University as guest artist and teacher. Dr. Karl Ahrendt será director speaks. Gerald Hamilton will present funeral music in Tallahassee, and President Baker will pay tribute. Dr. Ahrendt attended the funeral in Tallahassee on Feb 13.
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Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ohio University School of Music
Galbreath Memorial Chapel
Dohnanyi
New York
Ohio University
Karl Ahrendt
School of Music
Gerald Hamilton
Tallahassee
Fla
Dr. Ahrendt
Baker
Ahrendt
University
Dr. Dohnanyi
William Byrd Rites Planned
William Byrd aged 79 died Wednesday in Athens after years at the Broadwell rest home. He is survived by brother Elias of Mt. Vernon and sister Mrs Carolina Sloane. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mt Zion Baptist Church Circleville with burial there. Friends may call at Jagers and Sons funeral home Friday.
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William Byrd
Broadwell
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Danny Wells of Athens Route 1 welcome a daughter. Admitted William Cunningham Cutler Route 1 Wilson Gilbert Athens Anna Watkins Athens James Culp Jr Athens Christy Cotterill Albany Route Mrs Robert Young Athens and son Mrs Charles McGrath Rutland and son Mrs Leonard Lucas Athens Route 3 and son James Rodgers Corning Wendell Moore The Plains Mrs Raymond Clark Mineral Mrs William Graham Athens Route 4 Blood used one pint.
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William Cunningham
Cutler
Wilson Gilbert
Athens
Anna Watkins
James Culp, Jr
Christy Cotterill
Albany
Robert Young
Charles McGrath
Rutland
Leonard Lucas
James Rodgers
Corning
Wendell Moore
the Plains
Raymond Clark
Mineral
William Graham
Route 56 Straightening Project In Athens County
Work will begin this spring on a Route 56 project to remove a sharp curve near the Athens Country Club, about three miles west of Athens. Contractors will bid March 1 for a $140,000 job including right of way and engineering. The plan adds 24 foot pavement and aims for completion in late summer.
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Athens County
Department of Highways
Athens Country Club
Athens
Sixty AHS Seniors Set for OU Test Saturday
Sixty Athens High School seniors will take the American College Testing Program at Ohio University Saturday. Across Southeastern Ohio 218 seniors are registered for the four battery test. Dr. David Russell assists in the OU Center ballroom at 8 30 a m with a four section exam including English mathematics social studies and natural science.
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Athens
Ohio University
Ardyce Bowling
Ohio
David Russell
OU Center
Mrs. Laura Nickoson Glazier, 98, Dies in Athens Home
Laura Nickoson Glazier, 98, died Thursday morning at her son’s home on Dalton Ave after living with them ten years. Born in Jefferson County, she long resided in Carthage Township. She was predeceased by husband Edelbert in 1899 and by siblings. Survived by son Ernest Glazier, sister Jennie Bean, and brothers Frank, Myrna Nickoson, and Leroy Nickoson. Services Saturday at 1 30 p.m. at Dowler Ferguson Hughes Funeral Home. burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Laura Nickoson Glazier
Ernest Glazier
Dalton Ave
Jefferson County
Thomas and
Eliza Nickoson
Carthage Township
Athens County
Edelbert
Glazier
First Methodist Church
Athens
Jennie Bean
Frank
Myrna Nickoson
Cleveland
Leroy
Guysville
Dowler-Ferguson- Hughes
John G. Koontz
West Union Street Cemetery
Breakfast theft on doorstep at Blackmore's Restaurant
Athens police report a thief stole nine dozen donuts two French rolls and a pecan roll left on the doorstep by Ray Collett Holsum Bakery delivery man. The incident occurred Thursday morning at Blackmore's Restaurant and security is reviewing bakery delivery logs.
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Athens
Blackmore's
Ray Collett
Holsum Bakery
Refreshers for Southeastern Ohio law officers in Athens
Athens Police Chief J. B. Grogan says the refresher session for Southeastern Ohio law enforcement officers will start at 7 p.m. Weather conditions may alter plans for a mock raid, postponed due to last Thursday’s snow. Officers should bring flashlights.
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Southeastern Ohio
Athens
J. B. Grogan Grogan
Speidel to Speak at Accounting Group Meeting in Vienna
Robert G. Speidel from Pittsburgh will address the National Association of Accountants at the Parkersburg Country Club in Vienna West Virginia. The Pittsburg Haskins and Sells principal will discuss tax planning with a social hour at 6 15 p m dinner at 7 and a technical session at 8. Meanwhile in Guysville a Heart Fund drive planned for tonight is postponed due to weather per Mrs Lee Bretz.
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Robert G. Speidel
Pittsburgh
National Association of Accountants
Parkersburg Country Club
Vienna
W. Va
Speidel
Haskins and Sells
F M. Maerker
Athens
Guysville
Lee Bretz
Degree conferment ceremony at Masonic Temple
The Most Excellent Master degree will be conferred at 7 30 p m Friday in the Masonic Temple by William D Stewart high priest
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Masonic Temple
William D. Stewart
Day To Meet Conrath Bean Chapter 37
Disabled American Veterans will meet at 8 p.m. Friday, said Albert Peyton, commander.
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Conrath Bean
Albert Peyton
Teachers Plan Committee Attendance in Columbus Trip
Three Athens teachers travel to Columbus for Ohio Education Association committee meetings. Pauline Fierce on rules and regulations and Esther Staats on the legislative committee help prepare for the annual Department of Classroom Teachers meeting next fall. Supt. Samuel Johnson discusses the foundation program with committee members and recommends changes benefiting all schools. Johnson notes English teachers from grades seven through twelve meet with book reps to select a new test line for those grades.
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Athens
Columbus
Ohio Education Association
Pauline Fierce
Esther Staats
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Book Company
Phillip Harris Leads Troy High in Athens County Tests
Phillip Harris of Carthage Troy High School placed second in Athens County senior scholarship tests with a score of 219 out of 300. Other C T students receiving honorable mention were Richard Ackley Barry Halsey and Herbert Schul.
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Phillip Harris
Carthage- Troy High School
Athens County
C-T
Richard Ackley
Barry Halsey
Herbert Schul
Snow persists as cold week ends with light accumulation
Snow lingered under gray skies as temperatures edged above freezing. U S Observer C L Colmer reported about a half inch of new snow with the thermometer near 35 after a 32 low. Rural Hamley Run recorded a low of 15 and a current 31 this morning.
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Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Man Rescued After Fall From South Bridge
Fire department squad rushed to the Hocking River after reports a man fell from the South bridge. Wilson Gilbert 43 of 88 Central Ave fell into cold water but reached shore and was pulled out by Ohio University students. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in good condition. No aid was needed at Harry Efaw’s Mulligan Road residence later that night.
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Fire Department
Hocking River
Wilson Gilbert
Central Ave
Ohio University
Gilbert
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Harry Efaw
Mulligan Road
County Commissioners Approve Routine Expenditures
The county commissioners met Wednesday for routine business and approved expenditures totaling 4262.24. Participants included Commissioners John Cline W H Wakefield and Wayne Wiley plus County Auditor James Whaley and the board clerk.
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John Cline
W. H. Wakefield
Wayne Wiley
James Whaley
Engineers Week Observed Feb Twenty Seventh Slogan
The 1960 National Engineers Week runs February 21 to 27 with the theme Engineering's Great Challenge the 1960s. John D Dowler, local chair, notes the timing honors George Washington's Birthday and stresses a strong academic foundation for the coming decade. The Hocking Valley Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers includes Athens, Hocking, Perry and Vinton counties with officers George Sheeter and John Lindley. County members named include Fred Cartland, John W Dowler, Norman Hatch, Eugene Leffler, Richard Selleck, Carl Shermer, Gustavus Smith, E. J. Taylor, Neil Thomas, Charles Walker, Daryl Watkins Jr, Harold Larimer, John Owens, Don Russell, Albert Seabright, William Baughn, Homer Wilson, Miles Ogan, Elmer Frasure, Frank Hoffman and Henry Roy.
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National Engineers
John D. Dowler
George Washington
Dowler
Hocking Valley
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Vinton
George Sheeter
John Lindley
Athens County
Fred Cartland
John W. Dowler
Norman Hatch
Eugene Leffler
Richard Selleck
Carl Shermer
Gustavus Smith
E. J. Taylor
Neil Thomas
Charles Walker
Daryl Watkins
Harold Larimer
John Owens
Don Russell
Albert Seabright
William Baughn
Homer Wilson
Hocking County
Miles Ogan
Elmer Frasure
Frank Hoffman
Henry Roy
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