Fireman Civil Service Exams Planned Aug
Civil service exams to fill four city fire department vacancies will be held August 10 at 7 p.m. in city hall. Qualified applicants from Athens or outside must relocate to the city if hired. Age 21 to 30, good health and character, high school graduate, willing to reside in the city. Salary starts at 475 monthly, rising to 525. Benefits include two weeks vacation, 10 paid holidays, disability pension, and uniform allowance. Applications and exams forms available at fire chief’s office Columbus Road. return by noon August 7.
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City Fire Department
City Hall
Athens
Charles Dalton
Fire Department
Columbus Road
Athens Area Sees 54 Degree Low Friday
Friday morning temperatures dropped to 54 degrees in the Athens area with a high of 68 by 11:10 a.m. No precipitation was reported. Thursday’s high reached 86 degrees per U.S. observer C. L. Colmer.
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Athens
C. L. Colmer
U.S
Sheltering Arms Hospital Notes
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Raines of Albany. Admitted were Clark Fisher of Frankfort Robert Via of Carbondale Mrs. Francis Graham of The Plains Mrs. Edna Hartman of Nelsonville Herlie Haning of Albany Route 2 Mrs. Frances Evans of Athens Mrs. Harry Smathers Mrs. Larry Falquet Harry Holdcroft Jay Bratton Mrs. Richard Furnish Carlos Croston Miss Linda Gretz Mrs. Francis Higgins.
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Lawrence Raines
Albany
Clark Fisher
Frankfort
Robert Via
Carbondale
Francis Graham
the Plains
Edna. Hartman
Nelsonville
Herlie Haning
Frances Evans
Athens
Harry Smathers
Larry Falquet
Harry Holdcroft
Jay Bratton
Richard Furnish
Carlos Croston
Linda Gretz
Francis Higgins
Wheelchair starts Athens business venture with 3M aid
Jack Wise of Athens, confined to a wheelchair since an Ohio University maintenance accident, will launch a small graphics and communication services business with support from the Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation and 3M's Community Business Services Association. The program, started in 1964, now spans 30 states with 200 centers and aims to help disabled individuals open and operate their own firms. Wise plans an Athens office, with equipment provided by 3M, and may arrange free services in exchange for office space to build a clientele while avoiding debt. He is a 1955 Athens High School graduate, Navy veteran, and father of three.
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John Oliver
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Jack Wise
Wise
Perry St
Jack
Ohio Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Athens
Rehabilitation Bureau
Ohio University
Community Business Services Association
Minnesota
Ohio
Oliver
John Patchen
Bureau of Rehabilitation
Bureau
Wise Project
Athens High School
Jack Jr
Becky
Brenda
Grant backs Ohio U. Fine Arts Institute program
Ohio University backed by an $18,970 U.S. Office of Education grant to run an advanced study institute for 30 fine arts administrators from across the United States. The July 17 to 29 program at New York University features noted leaders from Ohio University Harvard SUNY Buffalo Carnegie Tech Cal State San Diego and other institutions.
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U. S
Ohio University
New York University
Jack Morrison
Ohio University College of Fine Arts
Theogram
U. S. Office of Education
National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities
Vernon R. Alden
J. L. Raymond
Harvard University Graduate School of Business
Alan Sapp
State University of New York
Buffalo
Norman Rice
College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Robert Corrigan
School of the Arts
New
Prosecutor Seeks Funds For Assistant Prosecutor
Athens County prosecutor Homer Gall asks the County Commissioners for money to hire an assistant prosecutor, noting past budget cuts and estimating $300 monthly pay. He cites that counties of similar size usually have at least one assistant prosecutor. A foreclosure petition was filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court by First Federal Savings and Loan of Parkersburg against William McQuaide, Veterans Hospital, Brecksville Ohio, and Mary I Simmons ex ex ecutrix of Eva McQuaide. The suit seeks foreclosure on a $5600 note plus interest from September 1965.
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Athens County
Homer Gall
Gall
Athens
Six Scouts Return From Philmont Trip
Six area Boy Scouts completed a 12 day Philmont trek at the Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico. The group joined 230 scouts on a 60 mile 10 day hiking and survival journey including an ascent of Mt Baldy 12400 feet. Philmont hosts about 6000 scouts each summer.
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Philmont Boy Scout Ranch
Cimarron
N. Mex
Greg Frank
Mark Oakley
Tony Osborne
Mike Faughty
Nelsonville
Dennis Shay
Mike Disko
Athens
New Mexico
Mt. Baldy
Titles Issued By County Clerk In June
Athens County Clerk of Courts reports 1 773 titles issued in June totaling 2740 dollars. Marjorie Mitchell notes 187 new cars and 32 new trucks sold, plus numerous used cars trucks wagons cycles trailers and other vehicles. Boat titles reached 18 with four 1967 boats sold and various used boats and boat motors.
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Athens County Clerk of Courts
Marjorie Mitchell
Mitchell
Athens Ohio Employment Office Seeks Clerk Stenos
The Athens office of the Ohio State Employment Service seeks qualified clerk stenographers to be employed by Sept 1. K E Elliott, bureau job interviewer, said applicants are sought for clerk typist nurses aide laundry laborer stock clerk for a chemistry lab engineering technician and library supervisor. Job claims for week ending July 8 totaled 131 continuing and 34 initial, up from 143 and 17 the prior week and well above 1966 figures in the same periods.
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Athens
Ohio State Employment Service
K. E. Elliott
Soldier Gary L. Chambers Completes Fort Sill Training
Pvt. Gary L. Chambers, 19, son of Mrs. Ivalou Chambers of Athens Route 5, finished eight weeks of advanced artillery training at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He became a cannoneer, learned artillery guns and howitzers, maintenance, ammunition handling and communications, and is now stationed in Frankfurt, Germany. Cub Scout Pack 56 held a picnic at Dow Lake where Tom Stillman advanced to Boy Scouts and Bill Roberts joined as a new Cub Scout. The pack plans a swim party on July 25.
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Pvt
Gary L. Chambers
Ivalou Chambers
Athens
Fort Sill
Oka
Frankfurt
Germany
Cub Scout
Dow Lake
Tom Stillman
Bill Roberts
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Fine Arts Institute For
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Athens Office Supply, Inc
Washington St
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Alvarez
Athens TV and Appliance Co
Bill Rescoe
Fairgrounds
Philmont
Stenos
Athens State Hospital
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association Executive Board
Athens County Ohio Civil Service Employees Association
Glouster
Gillette Foamy
Miss Casey
Wrangler
Jamaicas
Dacron
Cotton
Dacron-Cotton Permanent Press
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NeLsonville Home and Savings Association
Savings and Loan
Columbus ST. Nelsonville
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