Hospital Fund Goals Raised for Sheltering Arms Drive
Officials of the Sheltering Arms Hospital building fund drive report a higher minimum objective and increased costs. G Kenner Bush notes 2,100 pledges total 1 350 000 over original 1 250 000 goal as hospital cost rises to 3 450 000. Construction to begin in July with final phase outreach to employers, clubs, and rural Grange chapters.
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Sheltering Arms
G. Kenner Bush
Bush
Hill- Burton
Athens County
Athens
Wednesday Athens Weather Reaches 30 At 10 A.M.
Athens observers report a cooler Wednesday with a 10 a.m. temperature of 30 after an early low of 24. Tuesday’s high reached 49 as fair but colder conditions persisted.
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Athens
Apartment Construction Is Planned by EVNA Corp
EVNA Corp a subsidiary of Athens Building Materials Corp plans a $75 000 two story cement block and brick apartment building on Columbus Rd just south of the Workingmans Service Station Kenneth Jones president says construction will start when weather permits and finish by late spring Parking will be provided The city service director office has issued a permit for the project.
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Evna Corp
Athens Building Materials Corp
Columbus Rd
Workingman’s Friends
Kenneth Jones
Jones
City Service Director
Feed Bins Construction Under Way for Farm Bureau Coop
Four bulk feed bins are being built behind the Farm Bureau mill on Palmer Street with a total cost of $11,000. Delbert Kasler says completion is expected around January 11. The system includes four metal bins with 64 tons capacity and an elevator handling 50 tons per hour to load trucks for poultry and dairy feed customers.
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Farm Bureau Co-op Association
Palmer St
Delbert Kasler
City Service
Farm Bureau
Kasler
Driver Hurt In Accident On Route 682
A motorist named Jerry Roger Shumway of Millfield was injured in a one car crash Wednesday morning on Route 682 north of Route 56. He suffered a cut below the left eye and was treated and released at Sheltering Arms Hospital. His car went into a ditch and struck a telephone pole and highway marker. he was cited for conditional speeding.
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State Highway Patrol
Jerry Roger Shumway
Millfield
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Shumway
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes Admits Dismissals and EMS Call
The Sheltering Arms Hospital notes list new admissions including a daughter Chauncey for Mr. and Mrs. Rex Storer and several named patients in Athens Albany and Chauncey. Two heart ailment cases were treated by the city emergency squad with transports to Sheltering Arms, one for Ellen Oxley and another for Guy Sapp who was advised to see a physician.
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City Fire Department
Ellen Oxley
W. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
N. Lancaster St
Guy Sapp
Chauncey
Strickland Family Has Air Force Ties In Vietnam Era
Staff Sgt Wayne W Strickland son of Rev and Mrs William Strickland 256 W Slate St left Thursday with his wife Kathy for Luke AFB Arizona after two weeks with his parents. Strickland received the commendation medal in Vietnam. Another Strickland son Staff Sgt Frank H Strickland heads the 456th Combat Defense Squadron Armory at Beal AFB California.
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Wayne W. Strickland
William Strickland
W. Slate St
Kathy
Luke Afb
Ariz
Strickland
Vietnam
Frank H. Strickland
456Th Combat Defense Squadron
Beal Afb
Calif
City Safety Director Outlines Police Program for 1967
Athens safety director Thomas Chesser outlined plans to expand the police force, fund training at Ohio University and London, form a small detective squad, and launch a public relations push. He seeks five new positions, two recruited this year, and a mobile unit for parking enforcement while promoting officer speaking engagements and a new regulations manual.
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Athens
Thomas Chesser
Chesser
Ohio University
Max Valkinburg
Nelsonville
Robert E. Guinn
Ohio University Security
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
London
Northwestern University
J. B. Grogan
Police Chief Exam Set for January Nineteenth
The city civil service commission announced a written and then mostly written police chief examination at 7:30 p.m. January 19 at city hall. Eligible candidates are Police Captain Fred James Sergeant Clyde Beasley Jr. and Sergeant Charles Cochran. Mayor Raymond Shepard will appoint the top test taker. Also scheduled January 19 is a civil service test for police patrolmen. Applications are available from the mayor’s office.
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Civil Service
City Hall
John Buck
City Civil Service Commission
Fred James
Clyde Beasley Jr
Charles Cochran
Raymond Shepard
Buck
Public Personnel Association
Chicago
James
J. B. Grogan
Grogan
Athens Man Charged With Driving Left of Center After Crash
Athens police charged 42 year old Hoyt R. Weekley of Route 3 Athens with driving left of center after a Tuesday night Columbus Road collision. Weekley's car sideswiped another auto according to police reports.
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Athens
Hoyt R. Weekley
Columbus Road
Weekley
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Timothy Pratt
Bernard Bobo
Sadie McDaniel
Mae Wooten
Ernest Rosser
Laura LeMay
Arthur Smedley
Don C. Shafer
the Plains
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Athens High School
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ACME
Hartley & Bennett Shoe Store
Pomeroy
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Athens, Ohio
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