County approves $800000 investment and highway gear buys
County commissioners authorize investing 800000 of funds in 90 day U S treasury bills yielding about 5000 over three months and approve purchases for a belt loader at 20000 and a pulverizer at 13500. They also plan sealed bids for two highway trucks to be opened next week.
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United States Treasury
Kincade
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
Walker Machinery Co
Charleston
W. Va
Harry
County Highway Department
Flu cases hold steady in Athens area schools and hospital
Flu numbers are not rising locally with Athens reporting 10 to 15 percent absenteeism in the school system last week. Shade High School closed briefly while other county schools remained open. Ohio University Hudson Health Center notes a campus decline and Sheltering Arms Hospital reports fewer than 10 flu cases as the week began.
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Shade
The
Ohio
University
Hudson Health Center
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Educational Program For Illiterates Planned
Ohio and West Virginia television will air Operation Alphabet on WSAZ TV from March 18 9 30 to 10 a m Monday through Friday for 20 weeks The program teaches the alphabet and 600 common words to illiterate adults and is sponsored by the television station and the Division of Adult Education Civic clubs in Athens will help recruit viewers from area residents which includes Athens County and the state hospital Illiteracy rates are 544 percent statewide and 587 percent in Athens County Plant spoke after returning from Atlantic City where he attended a large school superintendents convention
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Wsaz-Tv
Clyde E. Plant
Plant
Division of Adult Education
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Karl Kessler
Ohio Board of Education
Athens County Schools
Athens County
State Hospital
Athens
Atlantic City
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs Denzel Mat hny Amesville Route 1 welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Randy Denny New Marshfield announce a daughter. Mr and Mrs Howard Fortney Athens announce a son. Admitted include Mrs Ernest Baker Athens and several others across Athens Albany Columbus and New Marshfield. Discharged include Mrs Lewis Weatherby Athens and a Athens couple with a daughter.
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Denzel Matheny
Amesville
Randy Denny
New Marshfield
Howard Fortney
Athens
Ernest Baker
G. R. Cline
Albany
James Josten
Faye Hamer
Joseph L. Cooper
Sophia Lewis
Irene Thompson
Columbus
James H. Diedrich
Lewis Weatherby
Clarence Mansfield
Richard Douglas
Rolland Smith
Berinthia Rosenberg
Ohio University student pleads guilty to indecent exposure
Robert Hugh Cramer of Dayton, an Ohio University married student, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to indecent exposure. He faced a $500 bond and suspended sentencing until Thursday after the act was witnessed by a 16 year old girl in east Athens. Common Pleas Court has continued the divorce case of Alexander Lackey Vinson and Brenda Carol Vinson for lack of prosecution.
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Robert Hugh Cramer
Biddle Hall
Cramer
Ohio University
Dayton
East Athens
Common Pleas Court
Alexander Lackey Vinson
Brenda Carol Vinson
Cold snap records low readings after snowfall
The mercury dipped to four degrees above zero early Tuesday as a cold wave followed a high of 39 degrees Monday. Rural Hamley Run also reported a low of four above with a previous high of 36 yesterday, said U.S. Observer C. L. Colmer.
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U.S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Tuesday Pancake Day for Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club volunteers prepared for their annual Pancake Day after a Monday meeting, serving pancakes sausage and milk or coffee from 7 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Methodist Church. A fire department squad took Joseph Cooper 58 Albany to Sheltering Arms Hospital after chest pains at the General Telephone Co pole yard on Monday afternoon.
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First Methodist Church
Fire Department
General Telephone Co
Pole Yard
Elliott St
Joseph Cooper
Albany
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Kendrick Told 10 Day Jail Term For $51 Laundry Theft
Municipal Judge John Newcomb on Tuesday imposed 10 days in jail and a $200 fine plus costs on Russell S. Kendrick Route 56 Athens after he pleaded guilty to stealing $51 from Nu-Way Laundry in the early month. Kendrick is to appear Wednesday as probation possibilities are explored.
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John Newcomb
Russel S. Kendrick
Route 56
Athens
Kendrick
Nu-Way
Ernest Lambert Kendrick
Labor Union Growth Outlined For Rotary
Robert Fletcher of General Telephone Ohio spoke to the Athens Rotary on labor history from 1636 to postwar fringe benefits. He traced strikes, wage trends, unions like Knights of Labor and AFL, and predicted future emphasis on pensions, vacations, and insurance. Also noted were 1963 1964 nominating committee results and Captain N E Ryder visiting Ohio University to interview students for officer programs.
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United States
Robert Fletcher
General Telephone Co
Ohio
Athens Rotary Club
Uoon
Maine
Fletcher
Association of Unions
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Fletener
Sol Rosenberg
Marine Corps Officer Plans
Athens
N. E. Ryder
Marine Corps
Columbus
Ohio University
Baker Center
Izaak Walton League Plans Birdhouse Contest and Brush Clearance
Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League announces a birdhouse building contest for Athens County schoolboys ages 10 to 15 with 10 prizes totaling 32 dollars. Brush clearance to unveil the White's Mill Dam will be done by DeMolay members under league supervision.
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White's Mill Dam
Athens
Izaak Walton League
Athens County
D. M. Seward
League
Mes
Marriage License for Rowland and Vincent in Athens Ohio
R D Rowland 76 of Athens Route 50 E retired marries Gol die Vincent 72 of Guysville Athens Ohio in a local marriage license filing. The ceremony details were filed in the Athens county records.
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R. D. Rowland
Athens
Goldie Vincent
Guysville
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