Athens Council Approves 1960 City Budget in Adjourned Session
Athens City Council approved the 1960 budget totaling 851 595 with increases over 1959. The meeting, adjourned from Monday, outlined funds for general and service accounts plus waterworks garbage sewer and street maintenance. After voting, most council members toured the new water treatment plant expected to operate soon.
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Athens
Emerson Sherow
Robert
Council
Fred Weber
Norman Dean
William H. Weisenbach
Kenneth W. Sands
O. G. Houck
Norman Hatch
New City
Hatch
College Fund Started For 3 Lash Children
Ohio University faculty established a college fund on campus for the three Lash children Amy Jill Andrew and Byron who were left orphaned by the December 30 traffic crash that killed William D Lash an OU instructor and Patricia Lash a medical technologist. Contributions have come from faculty alumni and students with gifts up to 100 dollars and may be sent to the Ohio University Fund Lash Fund. The children will be cared for by Lash’s brother in Long Island New York until they reach college age.
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Ohio University
William D. Lash
Ohio University Fund
Lash
University
Long Island
N. Y
Ex-Principal and Family Injured in Wisconsin Crash
Former Athens High School principal Don Thomann and his wife sustained serious injuries when their car collided with another that swerved into its path near Fort Atkinson Wisconsin. Thomann suffered a crushed knee, Mrs Thomann a head injury, and daughter Lee Ann a pelvis fracture. daughter Kathie had no injuries. All were hospitalized. Thomann later chaired Ripon College education department.
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Athens High School
Don Thomann
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
Thomann
Ripon
Fred C. Shafer Rites Planned for Former County Official
Funeral services are set for Friday afternoon for Fred C. Shafer 77 a former county commissioner and welfare director who died Wednesday in a Columbus nursing home. He leaves wife Evela eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter two sons Fred Jr and William H two daughters Mrs David W Jones and Mrs J R Seltz. burial in Hocking Cemetery.
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Fred C. Shafer
Columbus
First Methodist Church
Shafer
Evela
Fred, Jr
Cleveland
William H
Detroit
David W. Jones Columbus
J. R. Seltz
Chicago
Lee
Athens
Lester
Akron
Dowler- Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home
John G. Koontz
Hocking Cemetery
Athens Native Dies In West
Harry W. Brown aged in his 70s died Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles California. Born in Athens he moved to Piqua Ohio to work with an uncle then to Washington state and finally California. Survivors include his wife Mary a daughter Betty Jones both in California a daughter Mary Catherine Symes of Dallas Texas and a sister Mrs Edwin L Olson of 26 N Congress St Athens. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Harry W. Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Athens
Piqua
Ohio
Washington State
California
Mary
Betty Jones
Mary Catherine Symes
Dallas
Tex
Edwin L. Olson
N. Congress St
Births and discharges at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birth notices list Tan Lin and Arlo Johnson among new arrivals with parents and addresses in Athens and Pittsburgh. Discharges include Mrs William James and Earl Cooper of Athens. Blood used one pint noted.
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Tan Lin
Athens
Marjorie Repp
Arlo Johnson
Pittsburgh
Wilbur Overly
Albany
Norman van Ness
Rosalie Ganci
Jerry Brock
Sharon Kelly
William James
Earl] Cooper
Walter Forest
Nelsonville
John Algeo
Power Outage Planned in Chauncey for Substation Work
Power will be off in Chauncey for an hour starting at 2 30 p m Friday while Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co workers complete installations at a new sub station. The outage may be postponed for bad weather and has been attempted twice before due to rain, the C SOE said.
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Chauncey
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
C&soe
Conrath Bean Chapter Meeting Noted
The Dis abled American Veterans unit Conrath Bean Chapter will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Friday. Members are reminded to attend and participate in planned discussions and activities.
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Conrath Bean
Disabled American Veterans
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ABC
Cussins & Fearn Store
E. Carpenter St
Athens, Ohio
Lockoff Stores
Glouster
Logan
Allen's Market
Pleasant Hill Road
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jerry Jagers
James Shifflet
Welder
Patricia Coey
Court & State Sts
Scott's
Scott
South Court Street
Famous Vanguard
Wright Paint & Howe
THE
Plains
Roberts
S. Court St
W.L. Douglas
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